

She totally justifies her role and her characterization in the film makes a great first impression. She’s extremely lucky to have bagged this role, because such roles come once in a lifetime. The best kept secret of the film, however, is Samantha. A big thumbs up to Naga Chaitanya, he has certainly become more versatile, be it his expressions or adding a lot of soul when he acts. It’s difficult to find any similarity between Chaitanya’s performance in ‘Josh’ and ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ and what’s even harder to believe is that there has hardly been five months of gap between the two. He’s not too flamboyant and most of the time he underplays his role but he knows that he’s passionately in love with Jessi. Of the star cast, Naga Chaitanya delivers an incredible performance in his role as Karthik. There’s a strong Malayalam flavour in the film which is there for a good reason and he makes sure each and every aspect of the film is authentic. Gautham Menon's casting for the film is impeccable. And from this confusion arises unpredictability which almost always engulfs Karthik’s life. This characterization not only makes her strong but also she appears to be confused most of the times. On one hand, we have Karthik who’s blindly and passionately in love with Jessi and on the other hand, is Jessi, who is both impulsive and compulsive at the same time. The biggest strength of the film is Gautham Menon’s script and the way he has written the characterization of the lead actors. Does Jessie accept Karthik’s love? How do the differences in their culture, religion and age affect their lives? This forms the basis of this poignantly written and beautifully narrated love story. He blindly falls in love with her and one fine day proposes to her. He comes to know that she’s a Malayalee Christian named Jessie (Samantha) and that she’s 24 years old. One day, his heart skips a beat when he sees a girl on the road and within no time he realizes that both of them live in the same building. With the help of his friend, Krishnudu, who is an actor, he gets introduced to a prominent director (Puri Jagannadh) and begins his career as an assistant director under him. Naga Chaitantya stars as Karthik, a 22 year old Mechanical Engineering graduate who wants to be a film maker. ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ narrates a love story between a couple who come from different backgrounds and how they try to find solace in each other’s company. Samantha made her debut in Telugu in this film. The film is Naga Chaitanya’s second, after he made his debut in ‘Josh’ which was released in 2009. His latest film ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ tries to find out what love is and how does love evolve from a spark in the heart to life itself. This is exactly what Gautham Menon tries to narrate in his film.

Gautham Menon’s new film ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ starring Naga Chaitanya is not only a love story par excellence but also puts every other film with a love story to shame! Truth be told, most of the love stories made these days are so cheesy and predictable that it’s hard to find the true essence of love in such films. Starring : Naga Chaitanya, Samantha, Krishnudu, Devan, Surekha Vani, Lakshmi and Others.
