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print   ·   mom’s the wordUrmila Kanetkar and Esteban in a still
from the film mom’s the wordUrmila Kanetkar and Esteban in a
still from the film  There was a time when Singeetam Srinivasa
Rao gave us some of the most entertaining films that broke new
grounds both in storytelling and technical departments. Films
like Aditya 369, Pushpak (Pushpaka Vimanam in Telugu) , Apoorva
Sagodhararkal ( Appu Raja ) and Michael Madana Kamarajan (
Michael Madana Kamaraju in Telugu) saw the coming together of
smart screenplays, witty dialogues, merit-worthy performances
and memorable music. Now, at the age of 82, when the filmmaker
with unbeatable fervour comes up with a story that discusses
surrogacy, it is natural to expect a social family drama that
tugs at your heart strings while making observations about
surrogacy. But as the drama unfolds, you are left looking for
the missing magic of a once-brill