Middle Class Melodies is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by debutante Vinod Anantoju, who wrote it with Janardhan Pasumarthi.
The film stars Anand Devarakonda and Varsha Bollamma while Chaitanya Garikipati, Divya Sripada, Goparaju Ramana, Surabhi Prabhavati and Prem Sagar play supporting roles.
The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 20 November 2020 to positive reviews from critics and audience.
On their way to Nageshwara Rao's house, the AE's family boards the auto whose driver intends to marry Gouthami.
[2] It was reported to be helmed by newcomer Vinod Anantoju and produced by Bhavya Creations,[2] and Varsha Bollamma was announced as the female lead.
[5] The album features six tracks with lyrics by Kittu Vissapragada, Sanapati Bharadwaj Patrudu, Palnadu Janapadam and Sai Kiran.
[11] Hemanth Kumar of the Firstpost rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Middle Class Melodies is a heartwarming drama, and it treats its world and characters with a great amount of verve and emotional heft, while never losing its touch with humour."
He added that the film makes "plenty of space" for its supporting characters, with a particular praise to Goparaju Ramana who played Kondal Rao.
[12] The News Minute's Jahnavi Reddy also echoed the same, "The strong performances of the supporting cast overshadow Varsha and Anand," she wrote, awarding the film 3.5 out of 5 stars.
[14] The Hindu critic Sangeetha Devi Dundoo, opined that "Middle Class Melodies is a heartwarming addition to new-age Telugu cinema.
"[15] Haricharan Pudupeddi writing for Hindustan Times, stated that "The small town milieu is captured beautifully and as authentically as possible.
"[16] Manoj Kumar of The Indian Express, who gave the film 2 out of 5, felt that "Vinod Anantoju could have benefited from fine-tuning moments that define the very nature of the middle class.