Eto Vellipoyindi Manasu Movie Review -3/5

Rating: 3/5
Release Date: Dec 14, 2012
Star-Cast: Nani, Samantha, Anupama Kumar, Ravi.
Director: Gautham Menon
Music Director: illayaraja
Producer: Gautham Menon, Reshma Gatala, Venkat Somasundaram, C. Kalyan, C. V. Rao

Synopsis:

Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu is the story of Varun and Nitya who were close to each other since their childhood. The strong bond between them grew as the grow older. Finally, when they get closer, Varun gets strangled in the family responsibilities and had to move away from Nitya. Ego, ignornace creeps in between them and finally they part ways. And the rest of the story is how they realize they can not live with out each other and finally unite.

How they performed?

The role of Varun is a cake walk character for Nani. He plays the role of a simple boy who struggles in life unable to choose between Love, Parents and Career. He manages to come up with a subtle performance as demanded by the character. Samantha plays the role of Nitya, a Psychology student who later dedicates to help Tsunami affected people. Her role was very much similar to that of Jessie in Yem Maaya Chesave. She looked beautiful and serene. She had shown enough maturity in portraying a role of confused girl.

Krishnudu gets a similar role of Hero's friend in this movie too and managed few laughs from the audience. Rest of the characters are as required.

Technical Performance:

Post the success of Yem Maaya Chesave, much is expected from Gautam Menon's movies but the director does not seem to have come out of that frenzy. The look and mood of Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu is almost similar to that of Yem Maya Chesave. Audience can correlate few of the characters in both the movies too. He had chosen a youthful subject to connect with the current generation but failed to make most of it with uneven narration. The screen play seem to be boring and the songs appear to come very quickly at odd times disturbing the flow of the movie.

The music rendered by Ilayaraja is awesome as always and blended properly in to the movie. There were some beautiful moments in which the rerecording had enhanced the mood of the scene. Cinematography by MS Prabhu is good with some excellent locations. Editing is below par.

Final Say:

The entire movie goes on at snail pace testing the patience of the audience.  The expectations on the movie are on a rage and people are expecting another Yem Maya Chesave from Gautam Menon. But magic can not created always. The movie does not have any real entertainment to bind audience in to their seats. I would not call it a bad movie but certainly not up to the mark. You can watch it if you have nothing to do this weekend! 

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Devaraya Movie Review - 2/5

Rating: 2/5
Starring: Srikanth,Meenakshi Dikshit,Vidisha
Director: Nani Krishna
Producer: Kiran Jakkam Shetty,Nani Krishna
Banner: Sun Ray International
Music: Chakri

Story

Dorababu (Srikanth), a rich village guy lives life in a happy way enjoying with friends. He tries to impress Swapna (Vidisha), who comes to see his grand father (Ranganath) in the village and the latter reciprocates to him seeing his good nature. In the meantime, (Sivaji Raja) an archaeologist discovers some items belonging to Sri Kirshna Devaraya in Godavari Delta and with the help of Ranganath, tries to investigate further and he trieds to translate a diary which conveys that there is a connection between Dora Babu and Lord Krishna Devaraya? What is this connection and what happens next form the rest of the story.

Performances

Actor Srikanth has tried to convince in the role of Lord Krishna Devaraya while he has done Dora Babu kind of roles earlier. He took care on the diction and dialogue delivery but the script does not help him anyway.

Vidisha is good and glamorous in the film while Meenakshi Dixit is weak in her expressions. Balayya, Sivaji Raja, MS Narayana, Ranganath filled the screen with their notable performances.

Technical Analysis

Chakri’s musical scores fails to please while the background score is loud. Cinematography by Poorna is fine and Nani Krishna’s direction is poor. Screenplay had lots of loophole while the editing is pathetic and dialogues by Veerababu are poor. Production values are okay.

Analysis

Devaraya is based on socio-fantasy story but the plot is poorly scripted and the story never takes off in the first half. It takes off in the second half and then too many songs in the film hinder the flow and the placement is terrible. Logic has gone for a toss big-time and the director needs to be blamed for it. The admirers of Krishna Devaraya might disappoint with the film with the flaws and the illogical proceedings. Choosing a glorious king like Krishna Devaraya and showcasing him with a love affair with a dancer may not gel well with audiences. The climax is very poorly shot.

Final Verdict

It’s hard for Devaraya to sustain at the Box-Office.

Krishnam Vende Jagadgurum Review - 3.25/5

Rating: 3.25/5.0
Banner: First Frame Entertainments
Presented by: Bibo Srinivas
Cast : Rana Daggubati, Nayantara, Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivas Rao, Posani Krishna Murali, L B Sriram, Raghu Babu, Milind Gunaji, Satyam Rajesh, Hema and others
Script Consultant: Venkatesh Chakravarthy
Lyrics: Sirivennela Seeta Rama Sastry, E S Murthy, Sai Madhav
Dialogues: Sai Madhav Burra
Action: Vijayan
Editing: Sravan k
Cinematography: Gnana Sekhar V S
Music: Manisharma
Producers: Y Rajeev Reddy, Sai Babu Jagarlamudi
Story-Screenplay-Direction: Krish(Jagarlamudi Radhakrishna)
CBFC rating: 'U/A'
Release Date: 30-11-2012

Story
B.Tech Babu(Rana) wants to go to US for higher studies and good earning, Rana does some key roles in the dramas with his grandfather(Kota Srinivasa Rao) who is member of Surabhi Drama Company. His grandfather is against to his wish. Babu wants to perform lastly in a drama "Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum" written by his grandfather in Bellary. Devika(Nayanatara) is Tv journalist who comes to Bellary to shoot a documentary on mining mafia. What happens after that? What changes babu and what he learns in his journey is what the movie is about.

Performances
Rana is good and he performed well. His muscular body and expressions overshadowed his performance in crucial scenes, his expressions are hardly visible in emotional scenes. Nayana tara suited to the role of TV Reporter. Kota Srinivasa Rao, Milind Gunaji, Murali Sharma, Posani are okay. L.B.Sriram sparkled once again in a brief role. Brahmanandam delivered poor show. The remaining supporting cast are okay. Music by Manisharma is fantastic. The technical departments Cinematography, Editing score good marks. The Story is good. The screenplay is racy in the second half. The Direction is good in parts.

Analysis
Krish’s much-anticipated follow-up to his ‘Gamyam’ and ‘Vedam’ features Rana Daggubati as B Tech Babu and Nayantara as Devika, a documentary filmmaker. Rana is good, he has given decent performance and in action sequences he is too good. Nayanatara suited to the role. she dubbed her own voice for the first time in Telugu and she is okay. The chemistry between the lead pair is okay. There aren't much scenes to depict that.

Kota Srinivas rao is good, he was restricted to only a couple of scenes. Posani Krishna Murali is good as cab driver and he evokes some laughs. Brahmanandam have been wasted. Raghu babu and Satyam Rajesh are okay in their roles. Murali sharma is okay. Milind Gunaji suited to the role of antagonist. L.B.Sriram once again tops the others in a brief role in the second half. He delivered good performance. Venkatesh-Rana shared silver screen for the first time (though it’s for few minutes) with Sameera Reddy in an item song and the response in the theaters is huge.

Cinematography is okay. Art work and editing are neat. Music by Manisharma is fantastic , he has come up with some soulful tunes supported by good lyrics. Manisharma once again proved that he is best in BGM. The background score is fantastic. Lyrics by Sirivennela and ES Murthy are good. The story is good and has a lot of potential. The screenplay is also engaging in parts but the Direction could have been better. There are some scenes which appeared dragged. The Dialogues are good in most of the places. The dialogues have deep philosophical insight. The dialogues are big asset to the movie.

The director should first decide on which pattern and mode to proceed. The characters and the roles of the protagonist and antagonists are not properly etched. If the movie have been taken in the artistic way it could have turned into a master piece by showing the struggle and pain of the villagers who lost their land, children and food.. The unnecessary inclusion of so called mass elements and the ups and downs in the graph effected the flow of the movie. Some scenes appeared forced and artificial. The personal grudge and the public frustration/anguish weren't well balanced towards the end. Krish failed at places in blending the mass elements to a classical and subtle treatment.

Rana has put a lot of effort and it's evident, He tried his best in the diction of Dialogues in the Drama sequences. All the songs are well picturised. The item song in the Second half is a pop-up. The Climax get-up as Lord Narasimha Swamy in the song just before the climax is very good; for the common mass movie lovers it's hard to bear the typical Drama sequences which may bore them.

The first half is okay(even though nothing much happens) and the second half is just okay(with good climax). Krish should definitely be commended for the effort made to portray the essence of Bhagavad-Gita; the movie has a subtle message and is thought provoking. The movie surely gets good reviews from intellects but it's commercial success solely depends on how it fares at the B,C Centers. How family Audience receive this flick is awaited.

Plus: Music, Dialogues, Performances

Minus: Slow beginning, Comedy, drama scenes,Artificial scenes

Verdict: Decent Attempt, Krish tried to narrate a serious issue in a commercial way and succeeded to some extent

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Damarukam Movie Review - 3/5

Rating: 3.0/5.0
Cast: Nagarjuna, Anushka,Prakash Raj, Ravi Shakar, Ganesh Venkatraman, Jeeva, Devan, Brahmanandam, Raghubabu, M.S.Narayana, Krishna Bhagwan and others
Lyrics: Jonnavithula, Bhaskarabatla,Chandrabose,Sahithi,Ramajogayya sastry
Story: Veligonda Srinivas
Art: Ashok
Editing: Gowtham Raju
Cinematography: Chota .K.Naidu
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Producer: Dr. Venkat
Screenplay-Dialogues-Direction:Srinivas Reddy
CBFC Rating: U/A
Release Date: 23-11-2012

Story: Dhamarukam is a Socio-fantasy flick. Mallikarjuna(Nagarjuna) is a driver and he hates Lord shiva, as he thinks that he has taken the lives of his parents. Maheshwari (Anushka ) is born with the blessings of goddess parvathi. She is a doctor by profession. Andhakasura(Ravi Shankar) wants to marry her to get control over the panchabhutas (earth, sky, Air, fire and water). Mallikarjuna and Mahi fall in love. How Mallikarjuna saves her from the baddie is what the movie is about?

Performances: Nagarjuna is okay. He has done some comedy in the first half. Anushka is good and suited to the role. Ravi Shankar and Ganesh have done decent job. Prakash Raj suited to the role. The comedians Brahmanandam, M.S, Krishna Bhagwan and others fitted to the roles well. The story is good with some tight screenplayin some places. Cinematography is good. The art work along with the special effects is good in most of the places. Editing is okay (could have been better at some places).Music by Devi Sri Prasad is one of the highlights of the film. The Direction is old fashioned. The production values are rich.

Analysis: DHAMARUKAM got released at last after clearing all the hurdles. It has been a long time we have watched a socio-fantasy flick with a big star hero in it. Dhamarukam has a strong story line supported with good screenplay (interesting scenes), a little bit of humour and good amount of Visual effects to engage the Audience. Dhamarukam lacks some spellbinding/overwhelming scenes and the mediocre Direction failed to elevate some crucial scenes. The old fashioned direction in many places makes you feel like it’s a routine Average flick.

Nagarjuna is okay. He has less role when compared to his regular heroic flicks. He delivered decent performance. Anushka is good in the role. She too doesn’t have much to portray. She has done her job well. Ravi Shankar is good; he has come up with some good expressions in many scenes. His voice is a plus as always. Prakash raj is good even in the subtle role. The visual effects by Fire fly are good. I don’t say that they are extra ordinary (because you can find the blur in some scenes in the Digital screening when you watch in a multiplex) but have given reasonable output.

The art work is good. Especially the story board artists (graphics department) have done reasonably good job. Editing by Gowtham raju could have been even better(some unnecessary scenes appeared dragged), the length of the movie is 156 minutes. Music by Devi Sri Prasad is a big plus to the movie. The songs sounded good and the visuals are cool. The song sung by Shankar Mahadevan in the Pre-Climax definitely elevated the mood. The background score is good.

We already know that Director Srinivas Reddy’s forte is comedy. He started the comedy threads in a hilarious way as usual but could not blend them properly (in the second half especially). The entertainment in the first half is good. Director himself has written the Dialogues, he is good at comedy ones but in serious scenes they are stale. There are some Serious scenes where you burst into laughs (like “This is a medical Miracle”) which the director could have taken care of. Srinivas Reddy cannot be compared with Kodi Ramakrishna but he tried his best to visualize and make the Audience believe in the pre -climax and the climax Scenes. The last half –an- hour is good to watch (excluding some jumps/falls of Nagarjuna in the climax)

The movie may do Average business in the ‘A’ Centers but the movie surely does go strongly with the masses. There are fair chances of becoming a hit in B,C Centers.

Plus: Story, Screenplay, Music, Special effects
Minus: Some artificial scenes, old fashioned Direction

Verdict: Average movie with good amount of graphical narration

LUCKY Movie Review - 2.5/5

Rating: 2.5/5
Movie : LUCKY
Cast : Srikanth, Meghana, Roja, Brahmanandam and others
Directed by : Hari
Produced by : Rajeshwari
Banner : Raja Rajeswari Pictures
Music : Sai Karthik
Release Date : 2012-11-01


Story

Lakshmi Narasimha who is fondly known as Lucky (Srikanth) is a unhappy man who is not satisfied with his job or his family. He hates women as most of the women in his life only torture him. He gets a special power of knowing what women think and then his perspective changes.

Performances:

Srikanth simply sleep walked through the role. He is believable as a man in mid thirties despite being older. His performance in the scene where he compares women to wifi network is hilarious. Meghana has nothing much to do except for looking admiringly at Srikanth. There are few popular actors in the support cast. Roja is alright as the strict lady boss.

Brahmanandam has been wasted. AVS is fine. Tagubothu Ramesh and others didn't have sizeable roles to make an impact. Sana didn't look like Srikanth's mother and it has been confessed by Srikanth himself.

Dialogues are not up to the mark. This film is intended to be funny most of the times. But poor writing didn't help the cause. Cinematography is strictly okay. The methods that are implemented are mostly outdated. Music is mediocre. Sai Karthik didn't compose a single impressive tune. Director Hari failed in the writing department itself. He could have made this a laugh riot. Despite having good concept on hands, he failed to translate it into a decent film.

Analysis:

Lucky is a blatant copy of 2000 Hollywood romantic comedy 'What Women Want'. The main plot has been lifted from that film and director added few commercial elements to suit our tastes. However, he has failed miserably with pretty bad writing.

Except for few scenes which are genuinely hilarious, Lucky is a badly made movie. First half is fine with few good laughs, but second half mostly runs on dramatic mode. Terrorism angle given to the film was an utter failure. Those scenes were so stupid that its impact might give an impression that watching Lucky is sheer waste of time.

Despite having fair chance to make this a good entertainer, director couldn't make use of talented star cast. Saying so, Lucky is far better than Srikanth's films like Ranga the Donga etc. Poor openings suggest that Lucky may not be so lucky on the commercial front. You may wait for the home edition if you are planning to watch it.

Verdict: Srikanth's Bad Luck still Continues!

Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu Movie Review - 3/5

Rating: 3/5 Presented by: S.Radha Krishna(Chinababu) Banner: Universal Media Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Thamanna, Gabriela Bertante, Prakash raj, Kota Srinivasa rao, Tanikella Bharani,Ali, Brahmanandam,Uttej, Scarlett Wilson,Nassar Action: Vijay Art: Chinna Editor: SR Sekhar Cinematography: Sam K. Naidu Music: Mani Sharma Producer: DVV Danayya Story-Screenplay-Dialogues-Direction: Puri Jagannath CBFC rating: ‘U/A’ Release Date: 18-10-2012

Your Verdict for Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu ?

Story: Rambabu(Pawan Kalyan) is mechanic and he runs a repairing shed. Pawan reacts to every sensitive news and goes to question the culprits. This attitude is liked by Ganga(Thamanna) who works for a media channel, she invites him to join her channel as reporter. What are the issues that take place in the state and how Rambabu as a reporter faces them is what the movie is about?

Performances: Pawan kalyan is fantastic in the role of reporter, he justified it very well. He has given remarkable performance in some emotional and serious scenes. Tamanna is okay and suited well to the Tomboyish role. Prakash Raj is good as usual. Kota Srinivas Rao and Tanikella Bharani are apt for their roles. Nassar, Ali, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana created some laughs and did justice to their roles. Gabriela is restricted to a couple of scenes and a song. The Art work is okay. The Cinematography and Editing are mediocre. Music is Average with couple of catchy songs. The story has strong potential but the screenplay could have been better.The production values are okay.

Analysis: Pawan looked good and focused. He delivered his lines with the emotion in peak heights. Tamanna is okay in the role of camerawoman. She dominates Pawan in the first half as pawan is subtle and calm. Gabriela (Billa 2 & Devudu chesina Manushulu “Disturb chesthunnade” fame) is okay. She appears only in the second half. Scarlette sizzles only in the item song “Joramocchindi”. Kota and Prakash raj are good in their roles. Ali,, Brahmanadam, MS are okay.

The Art work is good but most of the sets are in dark colors and The Lighting is not bright (may be intentional). The cinematography is mediocre. The VFX work could have been better. The editing is okay, the movie appeared bit lengthy. There are hardly no moments where Audience feel bored, they are engaged but not with satisfactory content.

Fans of Pawan kalyan are on cloud nine after the block buster Hit Gabbar Singh. The hype and Euphoria started well before when the teasers and Audio songs got released. Gabbar Singh is a typical Mass masala flick with all ingredients. Puri did not concentrate on mixing the mass elements (All the scenes appeared artificial even though he tried in couple of places). The movie goes on a single point agenda of how media works and how it should be? Dialogues of Puri are again a Highlight in this movie. Puri proved once again that he is good at scripting strong Dialogues.

There are only three stories to which the Scenes shift:- Pawan-Thamanna Thread, Kota_Prakash raj thread and Studio scenes in the combination of Ali or Brahmanandam. Director puri has selected a strong message oriented concept and pawan’s performance made it even powerful but the execution leaves the Audience unsatisfied at times.

There are some scenes which work very well

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Pawan telling to Tamanna that all girls are Ordinary and only Men make them feel extraordinary (followed by song)

Pawan talking to media in the Pre-Climax (“Poradithey Poyedhi Emi ledhu baanisa Sankellu Thappa”)

Kota Coming to the Studio where Pawan works to question his son’s Arrest is very good.

Hilarious scene in the studio, where pawan asks Brahmanandam to read news.

Pawan Questioning Prakash raj just before his arrest regarding ‘Telugu Thalli’

Fight sequence where Prakash tries to kill Pawan and shoot that (railway wagon shed).

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These scenes work well not only with fans but appeal to all the sections. The entertainment quotient also did not work as expected.

The Sequence of songs:

First half:

1. Joramocchindi

Singers: Kushi Murali, Shravana Bhargavi

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

The song is picturised as Item song on Scarlette and pawan. The song is catchy.

2. Extraordinary

Singers: Hemachandra

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

The song is picturised on Thamanna and Pawan, The song is melodious and slowly gets into the nerves. Pawan has come up with some simple steps.

Second Half:

3. Pillani Choosthey

Singers: Karunya, Chaitra

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

Picturised on Gabriela and Pawan, Pawan appears in traditional costumes. The song is okay.

4. Melkal Thiruguthuntey Ammayo

Singers: Narendra, Geetha Madhuri

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

The Song Picturised on Thamanna and Pawan in typical Mexican/European Cow boyish style. The song looked good on the screen.

5. Thaladinchuku

Singers: Hemachandra, Karunya, Srikrishna, Narendra

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

The song comes in the climax where all the supporters of Rambabu come over to Hyderabad

CMGR Theme

Singers: Hemachandra, Karunya, Narendra

Lyricist: Bhaskarabhatla

The theme song is used as background score in a couple of scenes.

The songs are okay on the screen, couple of songs got highlighted due the previous establishment scenes (Joramocchindi and Melkal thiruguthuntey).All the songs (duets) are picturised in interiors (sets) which gave a dark feel. The Background score is good. The BGM just before the speech of Pawan before media is damn good.

The First half is passable and the second half is good. It’s a feast for the fans to watch their hero delivering his best lines. Pawan kalyan mesmerizes Once again with his explosive and electrifying performance. A sensitive and message oriented movies which touch Social issues and contemporary problems should be told in a commercial format (sugar coated) to make them Big Hits, this movie lacks too many commercial elements.

Watch the movie with fewer expectations to enjoy more. The Movie gets good openings and Collections (probably record high) as Pawan kalyan scored a big Hit recently. The Potentiality of the flick at the Box-Office depends on how the B, C Centers receive it.

Plus: Pawan kalyan, Dialogues, couple of songs and fights

Minus: lack of commercial elements

Verdict: Pawan’s show all the way. Can be watched for Pawan kalyan’s wonderful performance.

Brothers Movie Review - 3/5

Rating: 3/5
Cast and Crew : Suriya, Kajal Agarwal, Sachin and others
Music: Harris Jairaj
Cinematography: Sounder Rajan
Producers: Gnanvel Raja and Bellamkonda Suresh
Story-Screenplay-Direction: KV Anand

Synopsis:

The protagonists of the movie are two conjoined twins, Akhil and Vimal and they are after the formula of lactose supplement which supposedly contains molecules which might harm children who are fed with it. And that antagonist is the protagonist's father is a new twist here though there are enough (forced in...!) justifications given in the end for the punishment to be meted out by the son.

Cast Performance:

Suriya is brilliant in the conjoint twin portions. The body language that are so contrasting in accordance to the difference in the shades of the two characters is astounding. Though Akhil has a change over in his style similar to Vimal after the separation , the body language of Akhil is so stark that one sees only Akilan though he looks like Vimalan. Even physically they look different with Akilan well built & brawny while Vimalan averagely built with a tummy.

Others in the cast have done their parts well. Sachin Kedhekar is brilliant as the antagonist while Kajal Agarwal does her bit in a role without much scope. Good to see Tara after a long time on screen. The foreign actors have done a neat job unlike in "Thandavam".

Analysis:

First half moves at a very brisk pace which includes characters introduction, love angle (not that interesting or novel) , & preparations for the story to move forward. Towards the intermission unexpected twist results in a completely different second half which involves Hero & heroine going after the mystery behind the dreaded formula. Second goes on endlessly does tests one's patience towards the end. What could have been a crisp ending is stretched unnecessarily. Last 10 minutes of the movie is needless & should have finished it with the antagonist getting nabbed by the police. Needless to say, KV Anand had come up with a good subject but faltered miserably in rendering good screenplay.

Other departments:

Harris Jayarj's songs are already a huge hit. All the 5 songs are good with good visuals. His background score is average as usual. Soundarrajan's visuals are brilliant. The technical team including the CG & performance capture team have done a stupendous job in presenting the first half without any observable glitches. No where it is apparent that it is actually a single person who has done both the characters. So nicely done. But Anthony's editing could have been a bit better in the second half.

Final Say:

The movie may go well with some viewers in A centers. But the movie will not work in B and C centers because of the excessive length and the lack of entertainment in the second half. Overall, this is a film that is ok, but could have been much better if a little care was taken.

Shivathandavam Movie Review - 2.75/5

Rating: 2.75/5.0
Presented by: UTV Motion pictures
Banner: Teja Cinema
Cast: Vikram, Anushka, Jagapathi babu, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Nassar, Santanam, Lakshmi Rai, Amy Jackson, saranya
Editing: Antony
Cinematography: Nirav Shah
Music: G.V.Prakash Kumar
Producer: C.Kalyan
Written and Directed by: Vijay
CBFC Rating: ‘U’
Release Date: 5-10-2012

Story: Kenny (Vikram) is a blind man who lives in London and plays piano in a church. Sarah (Amy Jackson) is a British born Indian girl and winner of Miss London title, meets Kenny in a church and develops a soft corner for him. Kenny travels in a cab for which Satya(Santanam) is the diver and kills few people. Veerakathi(Nassar) is the police officer who investigates those murders. Why Kenny does all this? What’s the story behind his silence is what the remaining story is about?

Performances: Vikram has delivered another finest performance. He is very good. Anushka is good and suited well to the role. Jagapathi Babu is good as friend of Vikram. Santanam, Nassar are okay. Lakshmi Rai and Amy Jackson fitted to their roles. Cinematography is topnotch. Music by G.V.Prakash is good. Editing by Antony is okay. The story is simple and the screenplay is predictable. The Direction is good.

Analysis: Vikram has come up with yet another different role. He tried a different character with varied shades. Vikram has done fantastic job both as Sivakumar and blind man Kenny. His body language and performance are of top class. Anushka played the role of wife of Vikram and she has given a very controlled and matured performance. Vikram does not have a lot of dialogues, but his eyes and expressions convey all the emotions. The Love thread between Vikram and Anushka is more like a Maniratnam montage with fewer dialogues. Jagapathi Babu is good in a pivotal role and he delivered the needed output.

Sivathandavam is the dubbed version of Tamil flick THANDAVAM released last week in Tamil. The story is not a new one, its simple - hero taking revenge type but the backdrop and execution is different. Music and background scores composed by GV Prakash Kumar are one of the highlights of the movie. The two melody songs with Anushka are good. The songs are melodious but slowed down the pace of the movie a little bit and appeared as speed breakers.


Santhanam has done a little bit of Comedy as a London taxi driver. He is good as usual with his typical comedy punches. Lakshmi Rai is seen only in a brief role. Art work is good. Cinematography by Nirav Shah is eye pleasing. The action choreography by Manohar Verma is awesome especially the fight scene when blind Vikram is attacked by foreigners in a park was well choreographed. The movie appeared bit lengthy, Antony could have trimmed the length of the movie; a ten minute chopping in the Telugu version could have helped in make it look crisper.

The director AL Vijay earlier directed KIREEDAM, MADRASAPATTINAM, DEIVATHIRUMAGAL(dubbed in Telugu as Nanna). The attempt of the director to mix the concept of human echolocation to a revenge drama is good but the concept could have been explained clearly to appeal to the masses. The screenplay is predictable at times. The movie runs with/around a few characters only. Vikram- Anushka love track was well dealt. It has shades of Ghajini. The concept of blind man performing murders reminds us of RENDU (starring Madhavan, Anushka) movie. There are some scenes which miss the general logic, keep them aside to enjoy the movie more.

The movie is targeted at Multiplex Audience.


Plus: Performances (Vikram), Direction
Minus: Slow Narration, Simple story



Verdict: Vikram’s show all the way, Not for all- Only for those who are bored of watching routine run-of- the- mill movies.

Nagarjuna's Damarukam Movie Review

Movie Title : Damarukam
Starring: Nagarjuna, Anushka
Music :    Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: Chota K. Naidu
Editing:Gautham Raju
Direction:Srinivasa Reddy

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Cameramen Gangatho Rambabu Movie Review

Movie: Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu Cast : Pawan Kalyan, Tamannah Director : Puri Jagannadh Music Director: Mani Sharma Producer: DVV Danayya Release Date: 18th October

Your Verdict for Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu ?

Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Tamanna starrer upcoming film Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu has cleared its censor formalities today and the movie got U/A certificate without any cuts from the censor board.Now the movie is all set to hit the silver screens worldwide on October 18th, 2012.

Camera Man Gangatho Rambabu Live Updates

• Titles Started with a background of politicians from Gandhi – KCR period
• Good Response for the CBN,YS Jagan,Chiranjeevi Visuals …
• Pawan Kalyan(Rambabu) enters in Orange Dress
• Pawan shows interest in common people problems..
• Tamanna (Ganga) in search of Pawan….
• Ganga joins Pawan in the TV Channel she is working for…
• Jarramochndi song started
• Ali Enters as senior of Pawan Kalyan in the same channel
• Pawan interviews a lady Politician…
• Comedy Scene between Ali and Pawan is Good Time pass 
• Puri maintains same tempo for the Pawan and Tamanna Scenes
• Prakash Raj Enters as a Villain..Son of Kota Srinivas
• Pawan to Kota Dialogue…”Nuvvu CM ni kalisi Vudochu,,PM nee Kalisi Vundochu kani Na Lanti Tikka nakoduku ni Kalisi Vundav”
• Another song .. Extraordinary......…Song is Good
• Pawan to Prakash raj Dialogue….”Nuvvu 10 mandi 20 mandi 120 mandi enta mandini techina nannu round up chesedi nalugure…teesuku raara enta mandini testavoo” 
• 2nd Fight Started…INTERVAL follows
• Movie Started with Brahmanandam Entrance…To start Campaign for Prakash Raj
• Tamanna Drinks beer..
• Pillani Chooste song …
• Prakash Raj starts moment against other states are looting us… 
• Movie continues with Prakash Raj's telugu Vudyamam
• Pawan Kalyan fight with hijras..Lady getup for Gents…fight was Good
• Pawan Kalyan dialogues with Tamannna “Prapamchamlo aadavallu andaru Ordinary memu mojuuu padithene meeru Extraordinary” 
• Melkal Thiruguthunte Song Started…Tamanna looks and Pawan steps are Good
• Prakash raj son kills Kota for his political career
• Pawan Kalyan dialogue “Orey ninnu prakash raj gurinchi cheppamante - Nagarjuna, Pawan Kalyan gurinchi enduku raa…vadiki asale tikka ekkuva eppudoo vachi nadi road lo kalchi dobbutadu”
• Pawan Kalyan violent Speech on Media and their Responsibilities
• Very emotional dialogue from Pawan Kalyan “Movies kosam, girl friends kosam edaiana chestaru….saraina nayakudini choosukoraa raa??  neeku hero lu kavala..nuvvu hero kaadaa??? "
• On the eve of UDYAMAM all are invited to hyderabad..followed by a Song…
• Prakash Raj kills Pawan ??? …people kills Prakashraj  ???..watch on silver screen

Stay Tuned for Full Review

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Prabhas's Rebel Movie Review - 2.75/5

Rating: 2.75/5

Banner: Balaji Cine Media

Cast: Young Rebel Star Prabhas, Tamanna, Krishnam raju, Deeksha Seth, Brahmanandam, M.S.Narayana, Kovai sarala, Supreet,Ali

Lyrics: Ramajogayya Sastry, Bhaskarabhatla

Dialogues: Darling Swamy

Fights: Ram-Lakshman

Art: A.S.Prakash

Editing: Marthand.K.Venkatesh

Cinematography: Ram Prasad

Producers: J.Bhagwan, J.Pulla Rao

Story-Screenplay-Choreography-Music-Direction: Ragava Lawrence

CBFC rating: ‘A’

Release date: 28-09-2012

Story: Rishi (Prabhas) comes to Bangkok along with brahmanandam and joins as a student where Nandini(Tamanna) teaches dance classes. Rishi actually has come over there in search of some one who is closely related to Nandini. He traps her in his love and what happens after that? What’s his mission? Did he succeed in that is what the film is about? Deepali(Deekshaseth) is Rishi’s lady interest in the flash back episode.

Performances: Prabhas is good. He performed well. He completely surrendered to the director. He emoted well in crucial scenes. Tamanna is used for skin show and she has done complete justice to it. Deeksha Seth is okay in small role. Krishnam raju appears in a brief role in the flashback. The remaining actors are okay. The art work is good. The Editing could have been better. Cinematography is good. Music is bad. The story is predictable. The screenplay is boring and the direction is poor (except a few episodes)

Analysis: Prabhas is good. He performed well in all the scenes. He is good in temple (Krishnam Raju, Prabha, and Deekshaseth) scene. He looked macho with stylish costumes. He once again proved that he is a director’s actor. He showed variation in all the get-ups. Tamanna looked good in glamour show and she has done a bit of over action (over board) at times. She danced well in the songs. Deeksha Seth is okay; she has less screen presence and can be seen in a song only. Krishnam raju is okay (doesn’t do much other than delivering dialogues sitting in a chair). Supreet got a crucial role and he impresses very well. Prabha, Mukhesh Rishi, Ali are okay.

Brahmanandam and Kovai Sarala track is the only comedy track in the film. The comedy is of cheap standards. Ali dance episode is dragged to the maximum limit. The second half is completely stuffed with violence scenes. The flash back episode also failed to rise to the expectations. There are very limited scenes in the movies. All the scenes are lengthy and appeared stretched. You may even get a feel like you are watching continuous lengthy episodes which are not edited.

Coming to the technical aspects, The Art work is fine and film is horribly lengthy with many ups and downs, the editor could have made it crisper. The Music of the film is a big letdown. The songs are not even worth for listening once. Lawrence should seriously think of quitting that responsibility (Music Direction). The Background score is loud at times.

Lawrence once again cooked up another film who doesn’t apply much of the brain and they don’t have many questions in their mind like why and how? The Fight sequences are well choreographed. They looked stylish. The pre interval, episode and the Fight at the temple and the climax fight looked good on the screen. Lawrence showed much maturity in monitoring Fights rather than choreographing the songs as the Music is utterly poor. The graph of the film suddenly drops and bores you and quickly rises to peaks just before the fight episodes. The violence dosage is more.

If you are a fan of Prabhas and waiting/wanting to see him in a mass role it’s for you, You can enjoy the movie more if you care less about logic, scenes and in the fights (if you are okay with heavy Thread work filled with artificiality)…..and last but not the least if you don’t bother much about the story You may watch it once.

Like earlier Lawrence movies this movie too has Black /white suits and cars. Fights shot in rain effects. Blue swimming pools with skin show, a chopper in the climax and some trained lady fighters. The movie has style even though it lacks substance. The fate of the Film completely depends on how the masses receive this flick.

Plus: Prabhas, Fights

Minus: Story, Screenplay, Music, Direction

Verdict: Strictly for Prabhas fans and Masses

Avunu Movie Review - 3/5

Rating: 3.0/5.0
Banner: Flying Frogs
Presented by: Suresh Productions and PVP
Cast: Poorna, Harshavardhan Rane, Chalapathi Rao, Delhi Rajeswari, Ravi Babu, Jeeva, Sharath, Sudha
Screenplay: Satyanand
Dialogues: Nivas
Art: Narayana Reddy
Editing: Marthand KVenkatesh
Cinematography: N Sudhakar Reddy
Music: Shekar Chandra
Written-Produced & Directed by: Ravi babu
CBFC Rating: ‘U/A’
Release Date: 21-09-2012

Story: Mohini(Poorna) and Harsha(Harshavardhan) get married and they shift to a villa in the outskirts of Hyderabad near gandipet. Harsha’s parents (chalapathi Rao, Rajeswari) come over there to spend few days with them. Strange things start happening in the house after they leave. What are they? And to what consequences they lead to?

Performances: Poorna is fantastic. She performed well in all the scenes. Harsha(Thakita Thakita Fame) is okay as lovable husband. Chalapathi Rao and rajeswari too done decent job. Ravi babu and Jeeva made brief appearances. Art work is good. Cinematography is neat. The Music elevated the scenes well. The Screenplay is good. The Direction is good in few scenes. The movie is made on a shoe-string Budget.

Analysis: Ravi babu is one Director who always experiments with new concepts and themes. He is one Director who doesn’t follow regular format. He takes complete care about his project right from the design, look, taking and Publicity (he has come up with the typical Elephant poster). Ravi always chooses a color pattern for his film, this time he has gone with White color with light sea green and light Grey border. The color grading is good and it gave the complete movie a single tone.

The best part of the film is performance by Poorna. Poorna( who is known to Telugu Audience through Sri Mahalakshmi(Srihari) and Seematapakai(Allari Naresh)) has done very good job. She has put on some weight but suited to the role of a typical newly married house wife. The remaining actors suited to the role and have delivered decent performance. The kid and his grand father (Sharath) thread was dealt well.

This movie is not a horror flick, it’s a simple suspense thriller set within a small family, and there are a couple of scary moments. In the second half there is a bit drag for about 5-10 minutes (where Harsha searches for Poorna- – - calling Mohini…. Mohini…). The abrupt ending also raises many questions among the normal cinegoers. What happens next? Why the Director has stopped here etc; the story is wafer thin. The way movie was opened and the screenplay are interesting. The narration is bit slow with more blank frames.

The film is very good in the technical aspect. The CGI effects are good. The art work is good. Camera work by Reddy is good, Ravi once again experimented with steady and static camera angles, and many shots give the view of entire room/hall visible. Shekar Chandra has shown his mark in background score. The sound effects used are good. Thrillers always look good when they are short and crisp and this movie is 115minute duration and the lack of songs is a big plus (songs could have definitely been speed breakers to the flow).
The movie is targeted at only Multiplex Audiences and it serves the purpose. The movie gives you a feel of watching a Short Film on a Big Screen.

Plus: Performances(poorna), Thrilling scenes
Minus: abrupt ending, Wafer thin story

Verdict: A simple thriller high on Technical values, A Short film(mini Movie) on a Big Screen

Nagarjuna's Shiridi Sai Movie Review - 3.5/5

Rating: 3.5/5
Banner: Sri Sai Krupa Entertainments Pvt. Ltd.
Cast: Nagarjuna, Srikanth, Sneha, Kamalini Mukherjee and others
Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
Art: Sri.Bhaskar Raju, Srikanth
Editing: Shravan
Music: Keeravani
Producer: A.Mahesh Reddy
Screenplay- Direction: Raghavender Rao
Dialogues: Parchuri Brothers
CBFC rating: U
Release date: 06-09-2012

Synopsis -

There have been several prior depictions on the life and times of SADGURU SAI BABA on celluloid in quite a few languages. But why this version stands out is, for its unique approach, presentation, uses of technology, and of course portrayal of Baba by one of the greatest actors of our times – Shri NAGARJUNA. The film has been directed by one of India’s most successful directors – Shri K.RAGHAVENDRA RAO. Producers of the movie Shri Mahesh Reddy and Shri Girish Reddy have set up rich production standards.

Nagarjuna as Shiridi SaiShirdi Sai Baba is widely accepted as the 6th incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. At a tender age of 16yrs Baba arrived at the village of Shirdi. He was found wandering about outskirts of the village, and was often seen sitting under a neem tree eating leaves. After a brief stay there, he disappeared for a long period, only to suddenly reappear to a muslim- Chand Patil. Patil was searching for his lost horse, and Baba leads him to his horse. Thrilled, Patil asks him to travel with his entourage for a marriage in his family.

The moment he sets foot in Shirdi, miracles begin to happen. Baba decides to stay in Shirdi. Baba makes a dilapidated mosque his home. More and more people became his devotees and started tidying up the place. The mosque soon became a holy place and Baba named it DWARAKAMAI, where everyone irrespective of their caste or creed was welcome.

Devotees used to bring him food every day. But he preferred to go around the village begging for alms. When asked why Baba begs for food, when he could create anything with his powers, he says by doing this he was taking away all the sins committed by people. Through this he also made people realize the importance of “anna daanam”.

Baba believed in celebrating URUS and SHRI RAMA NAVAMI together with muslims and hindus thereby teaching everyone communal harmony.As the story unfolds, many more significant and interesting aspects of Baba’s life are narrated in a captivating manner.Right from the British officer- Wales- clicking Baba’s only existing photo- to Baba’s soul travelling the three worlds in 72 hours- to the Nagpur multi-millionaire Booti proposing to build a Krishna Mandiram in Shirdi- right down to Baba’s Mahaasamaadhi.

All devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba would be overwhelmed with happiness and be blessed by watching this masterpiece.

Performances:
Nagarjuna proved the actor in him portraying the role to perfection. His radiant eyes, subtle expressions, the pain and joy in his actions prove that Nagarjuna lives the role and has poured oodles of devotion into the whole act.
Srikanth as Dasaganu, Sri Hari as Wales, Brahmanandham as Sandeham, Kamalini as Radha Krishna Mai, Shiyaji Shinde as Bhatia, Sharath Babu as Mahalsapathi, Tanikella Bharani as Bhooti, Vinaya Prasad as Bayijya Bai are good in their roles.


Positives
Nagarjuna’s action
Climax sequence
Keeravani’s Music and BGM
Situational Songs
Screenplay, Direction and Cinematography
Technical aspects


Negatives
Over make up in some situations
Slow paced story
unnecessary Comedy track

Analysis
Shirdi Sai takes into a different mood and world right after the beginning. Director tried to give some clues about the origin of Shirdi Sai, which is still a mystery. Story moves along at a quick pace with nice usage of songs at the right places.Sai Baba's teachings about life are uplifting. His confrontation with Nanavali (played by Sai kumar) is one of the best scenes in the film. There are some good dialogues in this scene. Despite the weak comedy track, first half impresses with neat orientation.

Second half is even better. Director makes sure that this half is wrapped up within an hour and hence the audiences don't get bored at all. There are some touching scenes in this hour. Climax sequence is the best of the lot.Shirdi Sai will appeal to the target audience and has good chances to make good money at the box office. Watch it if you are devotee of Shirdi Sai

Verdict:
Given the budget and huge popularity of Sai Baba in AP, ‘Shirdi Sai’ can be a commercially viable venture. On the other side, audiences will easily flow down to theatres with bliss-ful expectations to watch the miracles and life of Sai Baba.

Ok ok Movie Review - 2.75/5

Rating: 2.75/5.0

Banner: Sri Sai Ganesh Productions

Cast: Udayanidhi Stalin,Hansika, Santanam, Saranya, Sayaji Shinde

Editing: Vivek Harshan

Cinematography: Balasubramaniam

Music: Harris Jayraj

Produced by: Bellamkonda Suresh, Bellamkonda Ganesh babu

Written and Directed by: Rajesh. M

CBFC Rating: ‘U’

Release Date: 31-08-2012

Story: Srinivas(Udayanidhi Stalin) is a happy-go-lucky youth and Bangarraju(santanam) are friends who work for a multiplex in Vizag. Srinivas happens to see Meera(Hansika) at a traffic signal and falls for her charm instantly. He follows her and expresses his love but she is not interested, how he encounters it with his friend and what does he plans to make her fall in love is the remaining story.

Performances: Udayanidhi is okay, he has to concentrate more on his body language and dances if he wants to act in more films. Santanam is at his all time best with good lines. Hansika is beautiful and performed well. Saranaya impresses in her scenes. The remaining cast suited well. Cinematography is good. The art work and editing are okay. Muisc by Harris Jayraj is Average with a couple of catchy numbers. The story is simple, the screenplay is interesting and the direction is good in few scenes.

Analysis: Udayanidhi is okay and represents the present day youth who runs after girls. Udayanidhi (The producer turned actor) who made a cameo in Ghatikudu(Surya, Nayanatara), appears in the end of the film along with K.S.Ravikumar tried his hand as hero also. Hansika is beautiful with chubby looks; she has put on a lot of weight and looked odd in some costumes. Santanam has done a very good job. He has given his all time best with perfect comedy timing. Santanam is the saving grace with witty punch lines. Sunil has dubbed his voice in Telugu version. Initially it appeared that it’s a mismatch but later the timing is so good that you start enjoying. Sunil has done decent job.

Art work and Editing are okay. The cinematography by Balasubramanyam is good. All the frames looked rich. Music by Harrish Jayraj is okay, “Vaddu raa” and “Akila Akila” are foot tapping numbers. The Background score is good. The story of the film is wafer thin. The way it’s narrated is good. There are some repetitive scenes but can be ignored.

The Director Rajesh has come up with yet another film which revolves around love and friendship. All the movies(Siva Manasula Shakti- remade in Telugu as SMS, Boss Engira Bhaskaran- dubbed in Telugu as “Nene Ambani Aru Nelallo”) of Rajesh have common elements, Hero-Heroine have clash in their love thread, hero has a friend who delivers punch dialogues and becomes a fool in the end. Rajesh and Santanam combination rocks once again. Hero-Heroine ego problems have become repetitive in Rajesh films.

Tamil Hero ‘Arya’ and ‘Andrea’ made brief appearances in the climax. The flight scene where Sneha was seen in a cameo was edited in the Telugu version. There are limited characters in the film which may bore you at times. Saranya impresses once again in her scenes. All the scenes of Santanam and Udayanidhi are entertaining. The story narration scene on the stage towards the climax is good. There are many scenes which are predictable and nonsensical but make you sit all through. There is no big story in Ok Ok but the way its packaged entertains you.

The movie is targeted at youth Audience and it may go well if received by them.

Plus: Entertainment, Santanam

Minus: wafer thin story line, limited characters

Verdict: An OK love story---Decent and Clean youthful Entertainer 

Srimannarayana Movie Review - 2.75/5

Rating: 2.75/5.0

Presented by: R.R.Movie makers

Banner: Yellow Flowers

Cast:Balakrishna,Isha Chawla,Parvati Melton, Suresh, Kota Srinivas rao,Vijay Kumar, Jayaprakash reddy, vinod Kumar, Ahuthi Prasad, M.S.Narayana, Krishna Bhagwan, Nagineedu

Lyrics: Kandikonda,Praveen Lakma,Chandrabose

Dialogues:Ghatikachalam

Art: Nagendra Prasad

Editing: Gowtham raju

Cinematography: Surender reddy

Music:Chakri

Producer: Ramesh Puppala

Story-Screenplay-Direction: Ravi Kumar Chaavali

CBFC rating: ‘A’

Release date: 30-08-2012

Story: Sreemannarayana (Balakrishna) and Swapnika(parvati Melton are journalists who works for two different channels and there is always competition between them for covering Breaking news. Sreemannarayana gets engaged to his maradalu Bhanu(Isha Chawla). Sree’s father fights for the welfare of Poor farmers and raises crores of rupees as fund (Jai Kisan) to help them. The amount gets robbed and Sree is arrested in that Scam. How Sree comes out of it is what the remaining story is about.

Performances: Balakrishna is good both in dances and performances. He delivered neat performance. Parvati Melton looked odd in the zero sized skinny shape. Isha Chawla is okay with mass appeal. Kota Srinivas rao, Jaya Prakash reddy, Supreet and Suresh suited to the villain roles. The Comedy track is weak. Art work and editing is neat. Cinematography is good. The story is single threaded and the screenplay is okay. The Direction is good in parts. The Production values are good.

Analysis: Balakrishna has come up with a mass flick in the Combination of Ravi C. Kumar who earlier delivered a hit with political drama “Samanyudu”. This time he combined his films (Victory and Samanyudu) and churned out a new one (Real estate + Scams). Balakrishna is okay as journalist but the track with Parvati Milton appeared to be forced (for the sake of masses). Isha Chawla is okay in the traditional attire and the combination scenes with Balayya, Parvati and Duvvasi Mohan were enjoyed well by the masses. Parvati Melton looked odd in many frames in that skinny look. Audience couldn’t bear her in the initial scenes/Songs with her eyes popping out.

The remaining supporting cast is okay and they have done their job well. The story line is thin; it’s a simple revenge formula with a social responsibility added to it. The Director could have inserted a couple of threads and made it big on the canvas. The movie appeared one directional after the intermission. There is no strong opposition. The action episodes are okay. The fight Sequence shot in Malaysia with Supreet is okay,

Art work and editing are okay. Cinematography is good.

Music by Chakri is below Average with weak background score. The Songs are well picturised on the screen. A Couple of songs are shot in Malaysia. The Choreographers should be appreciated for coming up with different themes and concepts. The comedy track with M.S. and Krishna Bhagwan is a not so appealing. A Good entertaining Comedy track could have helped more. Dialogues by Ghatikachalam are good.

The fate of the film solely depends on how it gets received at the B, C Centers.

Plus:Balayya, Mass Elements

Minus: comedy, unidirectional orientation in second half

Verdict: Routine Revenge Mass Flick, can Skip it if you are not so interested

Srimannarayana Movie Review

Film: Srimannarayana
Starring: Bala Krishna,Isha Chawla,Parvathi melton
Director: Ravi Kumar Chavali
Producer: Ramesh Puppala
Banner: Yellow Flowers
Music: Chakri


Bala Krishna is back to big-screens this week in a yet another powerful role as Srimannarayana. While the Nandamuri star played the role of Srimannarayana in his blockbuster Simha, director Ravi Chavali has cashed on it by registering it the title of the movie Srimannarayana. Let’s check out what the makers have in store for us through the movie review of Srimannarayana.

Bala Krishna for the first time is playing the role of a journalist and his characterization and dialogues are said to be Srimannarayana highlights. Standing against the injustice, Srimannarayana will be seen fighting with as many as six baddies in the movie, Suresh playing the main negative role.

Poluru Ghatikachalam has penned the dialogues for Srimannarayana. To add the glamour quotient, Parvathi Melton, and Isha Chawla are roped in as the leading ladies romancing Bala Krishna and dancing to the tunes of Chakri. T Surendar Reddy is the lensman and Gautham Raju is the editor of Srimannaraya. Ramesh Puppala produced the film on Yellow Flowers banner.

We’ll be back with the updated Srimannarayana movie review in a while.

Sudigadu Movie Review - 3.25/5

Rating: 3.25/5

Banner: Arundathi Movies

Cast: Allari Naresh, Monal Gajjar and others

Cinematography: Vijay Vulaganath

Music: Sri Vasanth

Producer: Chandra Shekar D. Reddy

Story: Amudhan

Screenplay- Dialogues-Direction: Bheemineni Srinivasa Rao

CBFC rating: U/A

Release date: 24-08-2012

Story: Shiva (Allari Naresh) gets separated from his parents (Allari Naresh,Hema) at the time of his birth and is brought up by his grandmother(Kovai sarala). He falls in love with priya(Monal). Priya’s father asks for his parents’ whereabouts. Siva along with priya goes in search of his parents. What happens after that is what the climax is about?

Performances: Allari Naresh justified the role very well and he does all the spoofs brilliantly. Monal is cute and has limited role. Allari Naresh is okay in the father’s (kamesh) role also. Jaya Prakash reddy does the same role as factionist. The remaining supporting cast has done their job well. There is no story at all but the screenplay is entertaining with some good witty lines. Cinematography and editing is okay. Music is passable with one catchy number. Direction is good. The production values are rich.

Analysis: Sudigadu is the re-make of Tamil film TAMIZH PADAM (2010). The director has taken only the concept and a few (Introduction, Climax ones in particular) scenes and has built a very entertaining and engaging script full of spoofs from hit films in Telugu Industry.

All the actors have done decent job in their limited roles. There are almost all the comedians of the industry. Kondavalasa, LB.Sriram, M.S.Narayana as Boys(under age) is funny. Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav, Ali, Dharmavarapu have very small roles. Rachana Mourya sizzled in an item song.

The credit should be given to Bheemineni and his team for coming up with such hilarious episodes which evoked good amount of laughter in the theaters. The Dialogues are very good. The scenes and Dialogues which have come out well are

“Ye maya Chesave”, Boys Pittagoda Scene

“Ammayi Posani Krishna Murali, R.Narayana Murthy, Upendra fan---- first day first show Miss kakunda choosthundi”

Hero making an impression with Anadha saranalayam Scene

“Bharateeyudu” Spoof

Allarinaresh going to Priya’s house and dancing (Premikudu movie) and the SMS request which follows

ThodaKottudu Public School ,

“EE… Gokudu” and the Dialogue “Maree Violent ga vunnadu Puvvulni Ammaylni Choopinchina Aagey laa ledu” in the climax

“EE Pata choodakunda Bayatiki veili Poga Thragatam Haanikaram” in the second song.

Music by Vasanth is okay and the background music (reminding us all movies) is good. Art work is good. Cinematography and editing are okay. Hero (Naresh) does all the heroic deeds our Mass heroes have been doing from ages which bring smiles on your face and you really enjoy them.

Bheemineni has done a correct job in selecting Allari Naresh for this satirical Comedy Spoof. The Script is entertaining and the artists have done good job in making it a Success. Director could have taken care towards the climax, as the climax is not so gripping. This film is to get entertained keeping your mind at home (No Story, No logic)

A very good satirical Spoof (spoofs) on the Drama dominating Telugu Industry Flicks.

I can’t reveal much about the movie as you loose the thrill and entertainment. Go watch this entertainer to this weekend.

Plus: Performances, Entertainment, Spoofs

Minus: story line (not a problem), Climax

Verdict: Hilarious laughing riot all through, watch it for entertaining spoofs

Devudu Chesina Manashulu - Movie Review

Rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra & Reliance Entertainment
Cast: Ravi Teja, Ileana,Prakash Raj,Brahmanandam,kove sarala
Cinematography: Chota K Naidu and Syam K Naidu
Editing: S. R. Shekhar
Action Choreographer: Peter Heins
Music: Raghu Kunche
Producer: BVSN Prasad,
Story-Screenplay- Dialogues-Direction: Puri Jagannadh
CBFC rating: U/A
Release date: 15-08-2012

Synopsis:

Vishnu Murthy (Brahmanandham) tells a love story of two orphans to Lakshmi Devi on Akshaya Thruthiya day. Ravi Teja (Ravi Teja) is a settlement broker in Hyderabad while Ileana (Ileana) is a taxi driver in Bangkok. Both of them are orphans and they share common likes. Because of an arati thokka (Banana peel) thrown by Papayya (M.S.Narayana) on the road, the story takes a certain direction and Ravi Teja heads to Bangkok to negotiate a settlement between Circle Inspector Subba Raju (Subba Raju) and Bangkok Don Prakash Raj (Prakash Raj). He meets with Ileana in this process and falls in love with her. Rest of the story is about the game Vishnu and Lakshmi plays with Ravi Teja, Ileana and Prakash Raj.

Performances:

Ravi Teja is at his usual energetic self. He brings fabulous energy and entertainment with his interpretation of character. And we never get tired of his kind of comedy.

Ileana has lost herself in recent times. Somehow, the charm and beauty on her face is lost and her body looks too pale on the screen. The romantic track between Ravi Teja and Ileana never really takes off and the viewers will find it hard to connect with their feelings.

Though Prakash Raj was the main villain of the film, Puri uses him for comedy purposes in the role of a mafia don who forgets every thing in regular intervals. Jyothi Rana looks sufficiently vampish. Ali brings a few laughs as Bangkok taxi driver Goli. Brahmanandham and Kovai Sarla are good in their roles. Subba Raju did well in the little role he is offered. M.S.Narayana is seen in a very brief cameo. Fish Venkat is routine.

Technical Performances:

Puri Jagan said something interesting in the audio function of the film. “I made the film without a story”. He was telling the truth. This movie does not have a story but he entertained the audience through out the run time of the movie. The songs tend to come in at abrupt intervals and spoil whatever flow is there in the narrative. This is especially more evident in the second half, where screenplay is quite bad. He made good decision in restricting the run time of the movie to 2 hours otherwise it would have become difficult to entertain audience. Dialogues written by Puri are awesome as ever. Characterizations and Certain dialogues were too good. There were certain moments in the second half like the Anna Chellemma track between Prakash Raj and Ileana bored a bit but is manageable.

Raghu Kunche's music is average and picturisation of songs is okay. Cinematography and Editing is good.

Positives:

1. Energetic performance by Ravi Teja

2. Superb dialogues penned by Puri

3. Good Entertainment

4. Good Run Time

Negatives:

1. No novelty in story

2. Ugly Ileana

3. Offers nothing for serious movie lovers

Final Say:

Devudu Chesina Manushulu might be the only movie in recent times which released with such low expectations in recent times. Expectations are almost zeroed due to several postponements. This might help the movie at box office. Watch it if you have nothing to do!

Julayi Movie Review - 3.25/5

Rating: 3.25/5.0
Banner: Haarika & Hassine Creations
Presented by: DVV.Danayya
Cast: Allu Arjun, Ileana,Rajendra Prasad, Sonu Sood, Kota Srinivas rao, Brahmanadam,Tanikella Bharani,M.S.Narayana, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam
Script Co-ordinator: Sai Gopal
Stunts: Peter Hein
Art: Ravinder
Editing: Prawin Pudi
Cinematography: Sam k Naidu, Chota .K.Naidu
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Producer: S.Radha Krishna
Written & Directed by: Trivikram Srinivas
CBFC Rating: ‘U/A’
Release Date: 9-08-2012

Story: Ravi(Allu Arjun) is typical youngster who believes in easy money. His father (Tanikella Bharani) scolds him always for that. Bittu(Sonu Sood) and his gang plans for a bank robbery and Ravi helps police in spoiling their plans. He has a threat from them so he leaves for Hyderabad. Ravi falls in love with Madhu(Ileana). How Ravi escapes from the gang is what the movie is about?

Performances: Allu Arjun is energetic and showed some variation from his previous movies. His typical careless nature with intelligent brains and smart characterization worked well. Ileana is okay. Rajendra Prasad is back with some comedy. Sonu Sood is okay as villain. Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu, Rao Ramesh, Brahmaji fitted to their roles well. Kota’s role is limited to a couple of Scenes. Art work is fine. Cinematography is good. Music by Devi Sri prasad is good. The story is wafer thin. The screenplay is okay to certain extent. The Direction is good in few scenes.

Analysis: The film is not new. The story line is very thin. The padding scenes are also weak in terms of drama but the director Trivikram Srinivas’ treatment of the subject is very fresh and innovative. He followed a different (not his original style) pattern in taking the movie forward. Trivikram once again proved that he can insert entertainment (comedy) at any point of the film. The Comedy and dialogues have turned the serious subject into lighter vein entertainer.

Allu Arjun’s energy is rocking and he excelled in comedy timing too. Ileana doesn’t have much to do. Rajendra Prasad is good. Kota Srinivas rao is wasted. Sonu Sood has done yet another baddie role. The remaining cast is okay. Ali, Posani Krishna Murali and Vennela kishore are seen in small cameos. Cinematography is very cool with eye catchy locations. Art work is fine. Editing by Praveen Pudi is decent. The production values are rich. The Screenplay and some scenes are predictable at times. The characterization of Allu Arjun (initially) could have been better [Should have shown that Allu Arjun is addicted to easy money and then his life takes a ‘U turn due to the circumstances]. The Hero-Heroine love/romantic thread is also not satisfactory. Trivikram followed the pattern of “ATHADU” again --- where he opens with a serious incident and then blocking it and reveals the fact in the later half. The bank robbery scenes are highly inspired from Dark Knight (recently we have seen the same in Mr.7 Movie).

Music by Devi Sri Prasad is the biggest asset to the film. The background score is okay. The lyrics are youthful and peppy. The lyrics are catchy even though they are not up to the standards of Trivikram’s previous movies.

All the songs looked good on the screen. The visuals are cool. Allu Arjun danced well, he dances so effortlessly.

Apart from the Dialogues in the trailer there are some good ones which is the core strength of the film. Few of them are

“Young and allergetic”

“Ganta Kottalantey Ila - - - -Kotteyalantey Ila”

“Polaalaki Vesinatlu dheeni pallaki Kanchesaarenti”

“Andhukey manadesam lo scientist la kanna Baba lu famous”

“O Dastha Pagee lu Oo Bastha Pennulu Kaavali”

“Maatalu icchukoni Kotudhunnadu veedekkada puttadu raa”

“Neekey Thalanoppi Theppinchadu anteyVadu Amrutanjan Amma mogudu ayyi vuntadu”

“Aasa Cancer vunnodini kooda Bathisthundi---Bhayam Ulcer Vunnodini kooda Champesthundi”

“Dheenni okka Thopu thosthey Bhayam tho paatu Brain kooda bayatiki Vasthundi”

Nee salaha ela vundhantey….“Okadu rain coat vesukoni Sunami lo nunchunnadanta”

“Karuvu vocchina Country ki Ambassidor laaga vundi”

“Nenu pidikili Bigisthey Gaali kooda Voopiraadaka chasthundi”

The dialogues of Tanikella bharani in the hospital with Allu Arjun are good.

The plot is loose and logic has gone for a toss many times. In the second half the story and the scenes went wayward and all of a sudden the story shifts from catching the villain to impressing the heroine with a song. The fight sequences also appeared unrealistic at times. In the last half- an- hour Trivikram brought back the movie on to the track and succeeded in building tension and kept up the pace. Trivikram once again ties the Audience to their seats with his magical dialogues and punches.

It has been a long time we have witnessed a Clean ‘U’ certificate movie from top heroes. This film can be enjoyed with whole family. Audience who seek Entertainment and mass elements can enjoy this weekend. The films range depends on how the B,C centers receive this flick.

Plus: Dialogues, Performances, Songs, Cinematography

Minus: wafer thin story line, Logic less scenes

Verdict: Decent Entertainer, Can be watched once – Trivikram fans can have good time with some punchy entertaining Dialogues.

Oonamalu Movie Review - 3.5/5

Rating : 3.5/5
Movie : Onamalu
Directed by :Kranthi Madhav
Produced by : Kranthi Madhav, K. Durga Devi
Written by : Thammudu Sathyam
Starring : Rajendra Prasad, Kalyani
Music by : Koti
Cinematography : Hari Anumolu

Story:

Onamalu revolves around a village. Narayana Rao master (Rajendra Prasad) grows as an orphan in a village and completes his education taking help of villagers. And join as a teacher in the same village. His children settle in America and he leaves to America. He does not digest the culture and returns to the same village, He recollects all the sweet memories of his village while travelling from the airport in a car to his place with a view that Village people will have the same old mindsets and they give importance to human relationship But, for a surprise he find people with completely changed mentalities. As Mahatma Gandhi said “India lives in its villages” . How our Narayan Master will enlighten the people? And what all changes he brings in their lives? …is the story.

Performance:

For Rajendra Prasad it is a cake walk, he already proved in earlier films like Aa Naluguru and Mee Sreyobhilashi. He is the obvious choice for the role.Kalyani in wife role does a very good job and they make a fine pair. Raghu Babu is adorable as Erramanzil and credible performances from Chalapati Rao and Siva Parvati.

Technical:

Lyrical beauty adds to the greenery and also describes the pathos and pain the master undergoes. Director Kranti Madhav’s narration exudes sincerity, honesty and sense of purpose. He hasn’t left any lesson untouched, those ignorant can learn a few and the learned ones can go through them once again. The strength of the film is the dialogue writer and the cinematographer. Koti music is pleasant.

Analysis:

Onamaalu is not a movie as much as it is a string of little vignettes – if the first half is about showcasing incidents of goodness in the picture-perfect rural community, the second half is all about how life has “degraded”. It’s all about painting a picture with individual elements in place, with little emphasis on making this a free-flowing story.

While the word ‘commercial cinema’ is order of the day, any poster that has an artiste, dressed as a senior citizen in dhoti and kurta, bespectacled is bound to keep youth away but…give it a thought why Rajendra Prasad and why not someone? Rajendra Prasad must have been an obvious choice after Aa Naluguru and Mee Sreyobhilashi in Onamalu that revolves around a village.The intention of the director is very clear, he shows the ideal village in India where air is pure and people don’t think twice in feeding people. The philosophy behind the thought is simple, just keep feeding and God will ensure you are never short of food.

Verdict:

A True film…Dont Miss