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In many movies recently, the so called comedy tracks are proving to be pointless. In some cases, the scenes involving the comedians are irritating rather than entertaining. Many movies in the Telugu Film Industry have failed due to poor comedy* tracks, yet directors and/or story writers continue to include such scenes in their movies. This article will discuss how it is not important to have a special/parallel comedy track in every movie, how it is not important for a movie to have multiple comedians and how some movies might have failed due to irritating comedy* tracks.

In the latest Prabhas - Puri Jagannadh combo movie, Ek Niranjan, the movie has a comedy track with Ali, Bhramanandam, and Abhinaya Sri. This is a parallel comedy track as it has nothing to do with main plot of the movie. It is also a special comedy track as it is an addition to the comedy of Prabhas, Kangana Raunat, and Sonu Sood who are the main characters and have everything to with the main plot. While the main plot of the movie is dealt awesomely, the special comedy* track is a total waste. It feels as if the main plot of the movie is put on a hold for some time, while some other nonsense is played. The movie would have been above average or a possible hit, only if that comedy track didn’t exist.

Like Ek Niranjan, the uncut version of Geetanjali had a parallel comedy track that is meaningless and painful to watch. As the comedy track was proving to be a negative factor to a wonder plot, the comedy track was eventually deleted. Now many watch the movie contently without any irritation. Why aren’t the movie makers learning from the past and still throwing in dim-witted comedy* tracks in their movies?

Moving on, it has become a habit for some movie makers to have multiple comedians in a movie. Isn’t one comedian good enough? Many actors, like Raviteja and Prabhas, are doing well in providing comical relief in their movies, which makes it unnecessary to have other comedians. It is understandable to have one other comedian to interact with the hero, like in the case of the movie Kick. In Kick, we have Bhramanandam interacting with Raviteja and Illeana as a comedy track. Such tracks are enjoyable, as they are interwoven into the main plot.

In recent times, many movies, like Anasuya, Leader, Ye Maya Chesave, tasted some decent success without any special/parallel comedy* tracks. If special comedy tracks were added to these movies, they would surely not be the successful hits they are today. It is important for movie makers to learn from the past and make better movies.

comedy* = intended to be funny, but are not.

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