ash-35524 Imma be real concise here. Size Zero is your stereotypical Indian movie. Only difference is the concept. Raising positive awareness of plus-sized women was a novel concept, but it was executed poorly in this movie. Anushka Shetty does her absolute best to portray herself as an overweight, confident woman. She handles herself with panache and flair even when the movie gets extremely melodramatic. Arya isn't amazing, but he does the job. Sonal Chauhan is an extra. Prakash Raj, with his limited screen time, is commendable. The plot of this movie is some straight elementary crap. The love triangle mess is so clichéd and annoying, and immersing that with the social message makes this movie a mess on display. Overall, watch it for Anushka's performance.

fahimay Kudos to Anushka for her mighty efforts in manipulating her weight gain and loss... Good to see a woman centric movie.... Theme is good, that a girl needs to be judged by her heart n intellect, not her weight....and to stay away from instant slimming solutions....But movie lacked consistency; few editing errors n movie loses rationale at places.... The hot girlfriend, the dashing lover boy, seem unnecessary supporting cast..... Veterans like Urvashi n Prakash Raj have done their roles with ease...you can see their well sculpted style and signature acting and you appreciate them for that.... Expected more from Arya... little difficult to recognise him as a seasoned actor. ..but he did justice to his role... But of course, spotlight is on Anushka,whose weight problem you can easily relate to, yet that doesn't overshadow her civic sense and guts to speak her mind out... Though logic takes a backseat at several frames and cinematic exaggeration settled down at times, you can dismiss all that. ..coz you want to see Anushka a winner...Music and songs failed to mesmerise me but you don't tend to concentrate much on that.... Watch it for a relaxing break....

snaidu422 There was a time, especially in south India when heroine oriented films meant a long suffering heroine shedding oceans of tears, praying to countless gods to end her misery and finally alls well and ends well. Thanks to new age heroines and new age directors, this concept of debauched heroine oriented films have come to an end, and given rise to a new era of heroine oriented films where the heroine picks a cause and fights a relentless battle against it.SIZE ZERO is one such movie which fights against a very dangerous business concept which has weeded itself and spreading its tentacles. The message is told in clear manner and hits it mark as the whole conceptualization is in a light hearted manner with a flawless performance by Anushka Shetty.Soundarya aka Sweety (Anushka Shetty) is an obese female obsessed with weighing machines and fortune cookies. She is friends with her colleague Jyothi (Pavani Gangireddy) who is preparing for a miss India contest and enrolls herself in a weight loss clinic run by Satyanand (Prakash Raj). Jyothi often advises Sweety to enroll too, but Sweety does not believe in unnatural methods of losing weight. Sweety's mother (Urvashi) is off the rocker as her daughter is not getting married as all her matches go down the drain because of her weight. Sweety has a crush on Abhishekh (Arya) a documentary film maker who is a fitness freak and as luck would have it, Abhishekh is already going steady with Simran (Sonal Chauhan) a drop dead gorgeous NRI. Shattered by this revelation, Sweety comes to the conclusion, that her romance failed because of her weight and enrolls herself into the weight loss clinic.Disasaster strikes, when Jyothi collapses during a routine weight loss exercise and is diagnosed with liver damage, a direct result of the illegal weight loss drugs administered by the clinic. Sweety decides to take upon the clinic and bring it down and helping her is a rich business man Shekhar (Adivi Sesh) who is besotted by her.The movie totally belongs to Anushka, who has put on oodles of weight for this role and her comic timing is perfect. She is good in the comic as well as the emotional scenes.Arya is decent as the documentary filmmaker confused between his love of simran and friendship with Sweety. He holds his own even in scenes where Anushka is the obvious showstopper.Prakash Raj hams his way through as usual, it is getting boring to watch him with the same expressions over and over again.Sonal Chauhan's role is as skimpy as her outfits and manages to give us a guessing game as to what her expressions actually mean, she has the same expression when oozing oomph, when she is sad, and when she is happy.Screenplay by Kanika Dhillon is excellent, the comic sequences are well timed into the narrative and scenes free flow.We can forgive Prakash Kovalemudi for Anaganaga O Dheerudu,and thank him for giving us a movie like SIZE ZERO. The direction is perfect and though he relied on some unnecessary scenes involving Ali and a Little over the top item dance by an overweight Anushka Shetty, the movie is entertaining enough for the whole family barring one or two naughty dialogs by the lead actress.I would recommend it to anyone looking for a different fare and also have a hearty laugh at the same time.

Sohom Pramanick By now, we all know what Anushka Shetty can do if she is provided with a meaty role. Films like Arundhati, Bahubali and Rudhramadevi are a proof of the actress' acting prowess and screen presence. So when she gained 20 kg for a film, I, as a fan and movie buff, was extremely excited to see her on big screen as no heroine other than Bhumi Pednekar had braved to undergo such drastic transformation. And after raising our level of expectations with its interesting promos, Size Zero aka Inji Iddupazhagi has hit the screens today.It is obvious that the entire film revolves around Anushka Shetty and once again the talented actress has come up with spellbinding performance on the big screen. Anushka does the heavy lifting and manages to keep the proceedings likable even when the film hits speed breakers in the second half. She is incredibly cute as the obese girl and ably portrays the various complexities of her character with panache. Arya is decent in the film as he plays second fiddle to Anushka. Even Sonal Chauhan is good in her brief role. Urvashi is awesome as the nagging mother and has some memorable lines in the film. Bharath, who plays Anushka's younger brother, is funny and adds humour to the proceedings. Brahmanandam makes you chuckle in a small cameo of fake godman. Apart from performances, the film's simple story line and important message about loving yourselves the way you are deserves to be lauded. In an industry which churns out massy films more often than not, it is a welcome change to see a sweet sensitive story about an overweight girl. First half of the film is breezy and manages to keep you hooked thanks to Anushka's lovable act as obese Sweety. The wedding song in the first half is good and the light hearted humour makes for an easy watch. Even the emotional scenes are not over indulgent so we are saved from the melodramatic mess which we are served generally in our films. The creatives used in the campaign against Prakash Raj's Size Zero are quite impressive.Though Size Zero is a decent film, there are quite a few flaws which can't be overlooked. After giving us an enjoyable first half and setting the premise for a classic love story, the film enters the subplot of exposing the unsafe methods to lose weight in Prakash Raj's slimming centre. Though those scenes are from being bad, it hurts the film a little as it meanders from the basic plot of the film. An actor of Prakash Raj's caliber is wasted in the film as he has limited screen time. Other comedians like Posani and Ali fail to invoke laughter. The second half is laden with clichés and it becomes quite predictable after a while. The climax is also ordinary as the film ends in a typical way in which all our love stories conclude. In the climax, instead of feeling ecstatic about the Arya and Anushka's coming together, I ended up feeling bad for Sonal Chauhan and the guy who was supposed to get engaged to Anushka in the film. After playing a good guy throughout the film, Arya turns into a typical loser who proposes his love to Anushka just when she is about to exchange rings during her engagement. While, I agree that these things are quite common in our romantic films, I wished the makers could have opted for a different climax.Size Zero is not a great film. It is a good film which tries to convey a gem of a message, but falls prey to the clichés of typical love story in the end. Overall, Size Zero is a decent watch. If you are looking for a decent family entertainer, Size Zero is your pick. Last but not the least, please do watch it for Anushka as she is absolutely fab in the film!