The word ‘chunk’ also has two new synonyms: Amal Davis and Amban. Will you be my Amal Davis? After watching ‘Premalu’, who wouldn’t want to ask someone like this? “Even if you don’t have a girl to love, you should have an ‘Amal Davis’ to stay with.” These are the lines from a troll that came out when the theaters were full as Premalu was released.
‘Can you stand with me like you stand with Ampan Rangannan’? Even if you don’t have anyone to love, you should have an ‘Ambaan’ to stay with. As soon as ‘Avesham’ created a frenzy in theatres, trolls came out like this. The fact is that these co-stars in both the films stole the hearts of the audience with their performances that stood alongside the heroes or at least in some scenes above them.
Fahad and Sajeen Gopu in excitement (Photo: @sajingopu/instagram)
Jokes aside, Amal Davis and Amban, the lead characters of both the films, are the deepest co-stars seen in recent films, as evidenced by the amount of attention they both received. It remains to be seen whether Sangeet Pratap who played Amal and Sajin Gopu who played Ampan will be known by their real names anytime soon. Because these two names have become so intertwined with them.
Amal Davis and Amban are the protagonists of these two blockbuster films and are shadow characters from the beginning to the end of the film. These are the two people who change the course of the story at crucial moments and influence the life journey of the protagonists. It can also be seen that they often take a bigger stance against the heroes’ enemies than they do.
It is Amal Davis who defends Adi who comes as Sachin’s rival in Premalu from the beginning and presents Sachin’s arguments against Adi in front of Renu and Kartika who say that they have not seen Sachin’s love. Amal Davis often criticizes, advises and guides Sachin Tendulkar.
Nazlin and Sangeeth Prathap in Premalu (Photo: @sangeeth.prathap/instagram)
At the same time, Amban is the character who stands with the hero’s actions with a blind eye. Absolute loyalty is Amban’s trademark. Ampan’s life is determined not only to beat, kill and love, but also to receive bodily harm from the hands of Rangan and to be killed if necessary. Amban is the one who keeps unconditional love for Ranganna in his heart.
In one of the last scenes of the movie, Ampan is seen from outside the window looking at Rangan with red eyes when Rangan is standing inside the house saying that no one loves him. This is one of the important scenes that show his selfless love.
A scene from the movie Gutsham (Photo: @sajingopu/instagram)
In one of the first scenes of Premalu, Amal Davis is seen reluctant to talk about his girlfriend as Sachin will get upset. This is one of the first scenes that show Amal’s love for her friend. Amal Davis’s plan is to come up with the idea of going to Hyderabad for gate coaching, invite Sachin and come to Hyderabad with him and stay in the same room.
It was Amal’s idea to go to the wedding of Shobi sir, who teaches in the coaching class, and to buy his relative’s car and go with Sachin. It is that journey that becomes crucial in the story.
Sachin met heroine Renu for the first time at that wedding house. Also, Amal has no qualms about arranging a job at cousin Maryanti’s chicken restaurant as soon as Sachin asks. Amal is also creating all the tricks to smooth the relationship between Renu and Sachin. It is Amal Davies who brings up the idea of going to the pub as a couple and makes it possible for Renu and Sachin to go out together for the first time.
A scene from the movie Premalu (Photo: @sangeeth.prathap/instagram)
In one of the climactic scenes, when Adi hits Amal and begs him not to hit him, the whole program is going to stop, Amal Davis’s untainted love for her friend is shown. And in the last scene, when Amal hugs Sachin and caress his hair and leaves, you can read the pain of parting with Sachin in Amal’s eyes.
Behind the success of Amal and Amban is deep character creation which is not seen in any of the recent films. The performance of these two characters changes in such a way that the movie becomes a superhit among the co-stars who come as a mere ‘side kick’ of the hero or heroine and disappear from the minds of the audience as soon as the movie is seen. The continued trolls and the compliments they receive on social media posts are proof that Amal Davis and Amban have influenced Sachin and Rangnan as much as or more than they have in the minds of the audience.
