Abbai Class Ammayi Mass Movie Review

Abbai Class Ammayi Mass Telugu Movie Review

Film Name: Abbai Class Ammayi Mass 

Cast:    Varun Sandesh, Hari Priya, Ali, Srinivas Reddy, Prabhas Srinu, Sri Lakshmi

Banner:    Lakshman Cine Vision
Direction:    Koneti Srinu
Production:    Lakshman
Music:    Shekar Chandra

Release Date:03 Auguset 2013

Movie Review
If a Freudian analysis of the writer-director of 'Abbai Class Ammayi Mass' has to be made, one would surely see him as a lover of rich hotel suits, booze, sexy women, and the haughtiness of the rich.  That's why he deals the story with so much insensitivity and forgetfulness that he doesn't realize the mind-numbing slips (borne out of the mindset problem) that he makes at crucial turns.

What are the odds in favour of a young entrepreneur, who trembles at the thought of standing near a mild-mannered/soft-spoken girl, visiting a brothel to cherry-pick a damsel and agreeing to live with a tough-looking prostitute in his palatial house for 10 days?  And as if there is no other option available, he nervously and fearfully prevents his friend (Srinivas Reddy) from sending her back, lest he may never acquire the guts to marry Anjali (Ahuti Prasad's daughter).  You don't need a psychologist to tell that the easiest way to kill his aversion for women would have been to make him talk and spend time with the one he is going to marry. (After all, a call girl can only evoke tension, not interest in such a guy).  The director's failure to realize the need for coming up with a strong justification probably stems from his overpowering tendency for objectification of women.

Next we come to booze.  Unable to bear his frustration with his incapacity to speak before the ladies in the business meeting (and this comes in the second half; so you can imagine the sluggish pace of the movie), the always-nervous hero guzzles peg after peg that night, cursing his jejamma (Sri Lakshmi) for making a waste fellow of him.  This act of the hero has no iota of connection with his characterization or the story. It is just there because a stay in Goa would be incomplete without the Telugu cinema hero drinking beer.

In another scene meant to show Varun Sandesh IMPRESSING the angel in his life, we see the hero hurl an insult at a 'gumastha' of an apparel store.  Yes, he only pays back in the same coin, but heroes in our cinema have to be sensitive in teaching the lesson, not look brash.

But these are nothing when compared to the bombardment that comes somewhere in the middle of the second half.  After a 'gyan' session by Neeru the prostitute, whose life-changing words woefully celebrate the virtue of looking at girls as sex objects and thinking of everything in life like a businessman thinks of transactions through the prism of customer satisfaction, we see a new Varun from thereafter, displaying a humanly impossible confidence to deal with the species of which he has been phobic since childhood.   He grows so unimaginably debonair that he breaks into an impromptu dance with a seductress at his friend's bachelor's party!  What a script!

The screenplay is a textbook case of crassness.  Despite having a heroine like Hari Priya who is as oomphalicious as the yesteryear screen diva Rambha, the director felt the need for an item song by using the bachelor's party as an excuse.  There is so much titillation and unoriginal double entendre in the film that there was hardly a need for a sub-standard item song, that too at a point where the film should have become serious.

There is a crime element involving Kashi Vishwanath and an unseen man and it is dealt shoddily.  Showing the paunchy and extra-weighty Vishwanath as having neither commonsense (he spoils his plan by shooting Varun in a ludicrous manner) nor the capability to run fast as a killer employed by a big shot is laughable.

There are three dream sequences in the first half.  Three, it must be said, is not a big number considering the long time that our hero takes to outgrow his fear of women. From slightly frightening Varun with her seductive 'Rajaa..', Neeru even unconsciously makes him fear being raped by her.  Kudos to the director's idea of empowering women!

Thus, the crucial turns mentioned above were almost conceived like a joke.

What is an icing on the rotten cake is someone who killed an MLA and his aide serving ordinary imprisonment for 1 year, looking completely fit and, yes, ambivalently ready to sleep for Rs. 5000, which the prostitute with rules, principles and sensitivities, rejects as a tribute to the memories of the Man.

Jejamma's investigative journalism saves the hero, who is not seen saying a single line to Ahuti Prasad or the daughter after Jejamma's revelation.

This one is easily Varun Sandesh's worst ever performance.  He is totally at a loss to enact the role because of the director.  His body language, even when not a girl is around, doesn't reflect the thinking of an achiever who was recently featured on a business magazine.  There is so much of college boy hangover in him that he looks almost confused.

What makes us sit through ACAM is Hari Priya, Srinivasa Reddy and the double-meaning dialogue.  Hari Priya delivers the role with aplomb, though she is seen seductively pursing her lips for most part.

The music is eminently forgettable.


The dialogue pass the muster.

The poor script and a bad acting output by Varun Sandesh spoil the show.  Neeru shines in her part and makes an impact.


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Romance Movie Review

Romance Telugu Movie Review

Film Name:Romance 

Cast:    Prince, Reethu
Direction:    Swamy
Production:    G. Srinivasrao, M.K.N

Banner: Good Cinema Group, Maruthi Media House
Music:    Sai Karthik

Movie Review
'Romance' is a film where the romanticisation of casual fling (complete with obscene symbolism) and reification of love go hand in hand.  The former is meant to cater to the gallery class (and there is a gallery audience in each of the audience) and the latter is meant to cater to the higher being in us that wants a semblance of a story.

In telling the story of a youngster (Prince as Krishna) who wants to marry a virgin (a breaking news for his companions), 'Romance' treats us to some expected dose of titillation, commodifies the 'aam ladki', sexualizes a whole bunch of female characters even while raising a toast to true love.

Taking a cue from Maruthi's style, the director delivers a B-grade candy floss film that works in bits and pieces mainly because of the element of suspense, the narration and the lowly thrill of watching another flash of prurience after every 5 minutes (almost).

Krishna is an engineering student and unlike the rest of the world, he romanticizes romance.  His roomies sexualize romance and they belong to the normal world that the film is set in. Krishna reveals to his shell-shocked friends that he will have first touch, first kiss, and first hug with that special girl alone.  He decides to test waters with two girls, one after one, and whoever passes his test will be his wife.

A girl who tells her date of birth correctly can be said to be 33% genuine, if she never sought the help of a guy on a rainy night she scores more and so on.  The first one (played by Manasa) fails the test and Krishna dumps her, only to bump into a second girl (played by sultry-looking Dimple), who initially comes across as even more difficult.

The second girl poses a challenge to him at some point and in comes the first girl to make the matters worse.

The narration somehow cleverly manages to deceive us but the screenplay is a badly-cooked hotch-potch.  One sees flashes of '3G Love' and 'Saradaga Ammayitho'.  There is so much of tu-tu-main-main fight between the species of strong character (girls) and the species of loose morals (boys) that reminds one of '3G Love'.  The hostel episodes are so utterly unimaginative that the film actually puts Varun Sandesh's last film to shame.

There is a terrible itch that our filmmakers are increasingly suffering from - the ridiculous urge to go for parodies (read the hostel girl's imitation of superstars and a few memorable lascivious numbers) and mimicry scenes that simply fall flat.  There is an item song involving so many sex objects and the biggest sex object of them all -  the hero - to add to our owes.

A good idea like Break-Up Day is spoilt by the writer's imposing desire to convince the Telugu audience that most girls are incredibly promiscuous enough to dump their boy friends by publicly denouncing the latter's failure to take advantage of the former's overtures.

The film is entirely a series of gags; it has got not much to hold the interest of the audience for 140-plus minutes.  Thus, the director laces the dialogue with titillation.

Krishna's character required someone with the skill to enact in a nuanced manner.  Prince woefully lacks this quality and he fails his otherwise meaty role.  Dimple doesn't have the grace to be a female lead; all that she bottles up is oomph.  Manasa is OK.

Few of the friends will excite the college-going audience and bore the rest of us.

In the hands of a sensible director, 'Romance' could have fared a little well and that is all.

The music is a let down; the songs are forgettable.  Cinematography could have been better.

'Romance' comes with the flavor of 3G Love and Saradaga Ammayitho more than Ee Rojullo or Bus Stop.  It is a second-rate film doling out nothing more than a dose of titillation.

Alias Janaki Movie Review

Alias Janaki Telugu Movie Review

Film Name: Alias Janaki

Cast: Rahul Venkat, Anisha Ambrose, Naga Babu, Sathru, Tanikella Bharani
Direction: Daya K
Genre: Drama

Story: Janaki Ram, (Rahul Venkat), son of an idealistic school teacher gets a government job and moves to the city. Disillusioned by the rampant corruption, he stands up to fight for the values instilled by his father.

Movie Review: It is a bizarre turn of events when the cinematography (which seems to have a huge Panjaa hangover about it) and music are more dramatic than the plot, and the narrative flow. To put it simply there is a gaping disconnect between the story and the story telling. In any case how differently can you tell the story of an underdog who rebels against an exploitative system? We've seen too many films with that plotline and even with a non-linear narrative there is hardly any element of surprise per se.

However, we can't fault the debutante filmmaker for not trying, although only partly succeeding in weaving an intense cinema experience. With grim lighting, immersive sound design and skillful camera work, the director creates an intense visual ambience. However, that nuance goes missing in the execution.

The protagonist, Janaki Ram is a reserved good guy who is brought up on staunch ideals in a far away village moves to Hyderabad after getting a job in the GHMC. He is appalled with the immoral ways of the city life. Janaki prevents a local goon, Maisa, from forcefully evacuating slum dwellers and earns his wrath. He soon finds himself framed in false corruption charges and his girlfriend, Chaitra (Anisha) dumps him unable to deal with his moral uprightness. On seeing the hapless slum dwellers being burnt alive by Maisa, he decides to retaliate, for the values he believes in. Then we have a happy ending.

There isn't the usual jingoism like gravity defying action episodes, forced comedy tracks (there is one redundant love track though), punch dialogues and stays reasonably realistic. But the film takes a typically over simplistic look at the whole idea of corruption. Neither does it offer any worthwhile insights into causes and effects of this collective moral degradation in the society at the story level. Neither does it offer any quirky solutions.

It takes the easy way out by playing to the messiah syndrome where we have this righteous Ram like character who goes though the proverbial "angipravesh" (trail by fire) to cleanse the society of it's ills, which is embodied by a menacing looking guy with dreadlocks. So zero points for any philosophical or intellectual integrity there. All the movie has to offer is good intentions. The acting is generally subdued. Rahul Venkat looks like Chiranjeevi in some profile shots, and does a reasonable job of breaking down into tears every now and then, but there isn't anything wow about the performance as such.

Anisha Ambrose has a vivacious screen presence but is just filling up the numbers here. She's the decorative ornament in an otherwise bleak effort. However, with better roles and capable directors, she would do much better. The rest of cast does an ok job. The music is easily the stand out.

Note: It's a little too loaded and preachy, besides some shallow intensity and noble intentions it has nothing much to offer.

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Akasamlo Sagam Movie Review

Akasamlo Sagam Telugu Movie Review

Film Name: Akasamlo Sagam

 Cast: Ravi Babu, Asha Saini, Posani Krishnamurali, Swetha Basu Prasad
Direction: Prem Raj
Genre: Drama

Movie Review
It's a traumatic marital life for Vasu. The husband is more bothered about his mother and sister but the wife, who does all the household work, feels slightly, insulted, neglected and hurt. Not because she has to do all the work but because her husband is indifferent to her. Add to that the mother-in-law's attempts to play spoilsport. The result: Vasu trips.

Vasu (Asha Saini) has dreams. She's intelligent. Has dreams. And has business sense too. A school teacher, Vasu would have wanted to buy a two-wheeler instead of going in a bus and getting late to school too often but the husband punctures her plans. The man goes to the extent of even slapping her. In a communal riot where the couple are caught, the husband even runs away leaving the wife in a desperate situation.

Help comes in the form of her husband's brother (Ravi Babu) who thoroughly understands Vasu's predicament and comes to her aid. Vasu finds consolation in him but this leads to a physical relationship.

Vasu's husband who comes to know of this confronts her. Vasu accepts her mistake. But then, she decides to push her case and show who drove her into such a situation. She blames her husband's indifference and her brother-in-law taking advantage of her in a weak moment.

The film told in flashback also has Swetha Basu Prasad playing the daughter of Vasu. Saveri (Swetha) is brought up in Mumbai by her single mother and in dramatic circumstances has to tell her story in flashback.

At the best, the film's story as picturised is regressive. The Telugu novel `Anaithikam' penned by Yandamuri is the basis of the story and the movie could surely have done much more to elevate a woman who has been pushed into a difficult situation by circumstances. As mentioned in the introduction of the film, it could be a story that is acted out in the everyday life of many people but the film maker could have brought about a change in the attitude of the family members to become a solace to the victim.

With nothing of that sort shown, the film ends with perhaps a hope that Vasu's daughter would forgive her for her wrong doing. A victim of circumstances may need a helping hand but Vasu had to suffer only condemning eyes staring at her.

Note: You'll yawn

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Kevvu Keka Movie Review

Kevvu Keka Telugu Movie Review

Film Name: Kevvu Keka
Cast:  Allari Naresh, Sharmila Mandre, Ali, 

Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, M.S.Narayana
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released on: Jul 19, 2013
Director: Devi Prasad
Music Director: Bheems, Chinni Charan
Censor Rate: U/A

Movie Review
Comedy King Allari Naresh has teamed up with Sharmila Mandre and director Devi Prasad for the comedy film ‘Kevvu Keka’. Boppana Chandrasekhar is the producer. The movie has released today, so let us see of if it is going to entertain as promised.

Story :
Buchi Raju (Allari Naresh) is a salesman in Kalanikethan Mall. He lives with his uncle Abrakadabra Appa Rao (Krishna Bhagawan), who is a magician. Buchi Raju happens to come across Maha Lakshmi (Sharmila Mandre) one fine day and falls in love with her. Maha Lakshmi also responds to Buchi Babu and they fall in love.

Maha Lakshmi’s father Subba Rao (M.S.Narayana) does not approve of this alliance as Buchi Raju is not a rich guy. To win Maha Lakshmi’s hand, Buchi Raju promises to earn a lot of money within 6 months and leaves.

Through his uncle Appa Rao, he comes to know about a Bangkok businessman named Gottam Gopalakrishna (Ashish Vidyardhi) and a fortune that is waiting for him. Armed with this information, Buchi Raju decides to go to Bangkok to seek his money.

What happens next? Will Buchi Raju succeed in his efforts? That forms the story of this film.

Plus Points :

Allari Naresh was his usual self in this film. He succeeded in entertaining viewers to a certain extent with his comedy timing and mannerisms. He also looked quite stylish in this film. Sharmila Mandre has done a good job. Ashish Vidyardhi is very effective in a full length comedy.

Krishna Bhagawan, Ali and Dhan Raj entertain parts. The first half of the movie has some good moments. The shopping mall episode, party episode and the song medleys have come out well. Entertainment quotient in the first half is decent.

Minus Points :

The film’s second half is a big letdown. Comedy quotient drops alarmingly here and the film seems to drag on and on.

The director has concentrated more on coming up with a confusion drama in the second half and this has not worked well. A senior and talented comedian like M.S.Narayana has been wasted in this film.

The romantic track between Naresh and Sharmila Mandre should have been better. It is quite superficial. Songs act as speed breakers for this movie and do not help the proceedings at all.
The climax block is dragged out.

Technical Aspects :

Cinematography is ok. The editor should have trimmed off a number of scenes in the second half. Background score is just about ok.

Devi Prasad has handled the direction, screenplay and story departments. He has not done justice to any of them. He loses control of the film in the second half.

Verdict :

Kevvu Keka has a decent first half but the film goes downhill in the second half. Allari Naresh has tried his best, but that is not enough to save this film.

Om 3D Movie Review

Om 3D Telugu Movie Review

  
Film Name:Om 3D

Banner:    NTR Arts
Cast:    Kalyan Ram, Nikeesha Patel, Kriti Karabanda
Direction:    Suneel Reddy
Production:    Nandamuri Taraka Advitha
Music:    Achu
Release Date:19-July-2013

Movie Review
There are many reasons for this film to be seen as ludicrous, but none is more important than the make-up director's immense contribution to rob the story of a few suspense elements.  His brilliance lies in helping us imagine the character of both Sampath Raj and Suresh even before the first twist is delivered; he makes them up to look like a downtrodden-loving revolutionary and an international mafia don, respectively.

There are other foreseeable and unforeseeable revelations in store, and some of them do engage us for a minute or two, only to give way for the screenplay to mock at our stupid expectation in two shakes of a lamb's tail.  Make no mistakes, only one thing is certain while one watches Om 3D.. Every conversation is invariably interrupted by an attack before the hero or his benevolent father or some other female character can have breathing space.  Kalyan Ram cannot afford to play Holi in peace, he can't peaceably have a conversation on the road, heck, he is not even allowed to sit.  He makes his eyes Xtra large, there comes a fight.  He is confused, he is threatened.  He makes a call and sits on the bike waiting for Nikita Patel, there is a fighting scene.

One thing about the conversations between the son and his English-savvy father, played by the now veteran Tamil star Karthick.  As much as you try, you will lose count of the number of times they tell each other how much they can't bear it if they were stunned out by Byreedy or Bhavani Shankar.  How many times the father self-assuredly talks about the strengths of his heroic son in the presence of the family members..

Such conversations are demanded by the script, the director might want to say.  And he can be forgiven for that.  Whether he has a fashionable hairdo or a bald head, Kalyan Ram is in perpetual danger.  What is definitely unforgivable is this: Two or three blood-curdling villains (it is difficult to keep count of the number of baddies here) brandish the gun to express their raging desire to kill the father-son duo in the latter's absence, but, strangely and illogically, they don't wield their fecund pistols when the hero is around.  They watch him with a trembling expression on their face from a distance.

In one fight, the hero enters the villain's fiefdom, beats up the thugs, overpowers one of the villains - everything while keeping the gun in his back pocket, only to be beaten on his head from behind.  In another breathtakingly imbecilic scene, one of the heroines almost shoots the Union Minister, warns him and leaves the place as comfortably and confidently as Pawan Kalyan in 'Gabbar Singh'!  Will any sensible villain tolerate a chamcha after he/she shifts loyalties?

The hero is told by one of the villains (even in the climax it is a plural, never a singular, because you never know whose villainy might be revealed next!) that he is "Shocked!"  What a characterization!

Through and through the film, the characters converse on the brink of extinction.  In one scene where Kalyan Ram has gotta go to meet a bad character (don't be surprised), the papa with the puerile hairdo stops him and talks about why he should marry the friend's daughter!

Of course, there do come some odd moments when you thank the director for showing mercy on us.  Like the scene where the papa (predictably, his name is Harischandra Prasad) dissuades the fuming son from avenging the grandpa's death (Nagineedu in a forgettable cameo).  Is it not a big relief in a movie full of killings and avengings?

Rao Ramesh's x-tra large nose has never looked obvious and kudos to the director for exposing this facial feature.  Between him and Karthik, they have more lines than the emotionally-loaded hero.

Don't even start to talk about Karthick, he is sheer torture to watch.  Kirthi Karbanda has matured enough to look like a news presenter.  Nikita Patel should be given her due: she is spot on and does full justice to her role.

Technically, the film passes muster.  The cinematography and BG score are just about ok.  What you don't understand is, why the film was made in 3D format in the first place, just as you fail to make out why it has been titled Om.

Verdict: Will give one after I have a count of the number of baddies, the number of fights in which bullets are rained, the number of tense conversations..

Pelli Pusthakam Movie Review

Pelli Pusthakam Telugu Movie Review

Film Name:Pelli Pusthakam

 Cast: Rahul Ravindran, Niti Taylor, Bapineedu
Direction: Ramakrishna Machakanti
Genre: Family
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes

Released:12-July-2013

Story: The couple is married. And it could not have been worse for the bridegroom. His wife isn't interested in him. He goes all out to woo her until he discovers there's another man in her life.

Movie Review: For such a sorry state of affairs, the man to be blamed is Satyam (Bapineedu), the family patriarch. Consanguineous marriages have been part of the family always, and Satyam has to stage a drama to get both the grand children in the family - Rahul (Rahul Ravindran) and Niti (Niti Taylor) get married. The cousins had grown up together and there were more like friends and getting married to each other was never on their mind.

It is Niti who gives word to her grandfather that she would marry Rahul, who is only too shocked at it. They get married but Rahul's woes begin immediately after as Niti tells him plainly that she had married him only to please their grandfather.

With Niti, still a college going student, clearly not interested in living a marital life, Rahul goes all out to make her realise that having got married to her, he was in love with her. He even joins her college as a lecturer.

But Niti loses her heart to another student in the college by keeping her marriage a secret. She prefers to spend time in her boyfriend's company - until she is caught on television cheering for him at a basketball game. Rahul who sees this is heart-broken. On another occasion she is accidentally captured on video with her boyfriend and her family which gets to watch it is shell-shocked.

How Rahul copes with the situation and how the joint family handles Niti's wayward behaviour forms the rest of the story.

As actors, both Rahul Ravindran and Niti Tayor slip into their tailor-made roles. The director could, however, have etched Niti's role to suit her character. Sometimes, it appears she is too young to realise what she is getting into and at other times she is projected liked she has taken a conscious decision on life matters.

Note: Let Rahul chase his wife. You can do without prying into his private life. Here's a word of caution too. Geneticists do not advise consanguineous marriages as they are likely to result in the offspring being born with congenital or genetic defects. The film promotes consanguineous marriages for `joint family sentiment' reasons.

Sahasam Movie Review

Sahasam Telugu Movie Review

Film Name:Sahasam

 Banner: Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
Cast: Gopichand, Taapsee Pannu
Music: Sri
Cinematography: Shyam Dutt
Story: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Writer: KK Radha Krishna Kumar
Screenplay: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Director: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Producer: BVSN Prasad 

Release date:12-July-2013

Story:
Gopichand, Taapsee Pannu and Chandra Sekhar Yeleti’s “Sahasam” released today. This is a 2013 Telugu adventure film directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by BVSN Prasad under Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra starring Gopichand and Taapsee Pannu.  The film characters the second time Gopichand and Chandra Sekhar Yeleti are worked together after Okkadunnadu.

The film was known under the working title Jackpot but was later renamed as Sahasam. Here stars appears on the screen Gopichand as Goutham, Taapsee Pannu as Sreenidhi, Shakti Kapoor as Sultan, Suman as Varma, Ali as Khayamat Raju and R. Narayana Murthy are presented here in the movie.

Coming to the story of the movie Goutham (Gopichand) functions as a guard inside a private security agency. His ambition in existence would be to become very wealthy, extremely fast. Goutham keeps purchasing lottery tickets and consults babas to be able to achieve his goals. He just get disappointed using the results and curses his luck. But fate has other suggestions for him. Goutham understands that his grandfather Varma (Suman) is an extremely wealthy guy. Varma accustomed to operate a prosperous gemstone buying and selling business in Peshawar, prior to the partition.

Goutham results in a will that describes the riches left by Varma for his successors. Regrettably, the riches have been in Pakistan and they're associated with the legendary Hinglaj Devi temple. Equipped with his grandfather’s will and artefacts, Goutham sets to Pakistan to be able to claim his riches. He seeks the aid of Sreenidhi (Tapsee), who's an advocate of Hindu religion and it is greatness. But Goutham’s journey is difficult. He understands that some dreaded Pakistani terrorists, headed by Sultan (Shakti Kapoor), want exactly the same property. The stakes tend to be bigger and also the treasure search now involves as fabulous horde of the Kanishka Empire. What happens next? For that you must watch the movie on big screen…

Analysis:Coming to the Sahasam movie analysis the film’s theme and story are very novel for Telugu cinema. Chandrasekhar Yeleti should be recommended to handle the work in an exceedingly competent way. The pictures are extremely grand and Ladakh continues to be taken quite majestically. Pakistani atmosphere continues to be recreated quite effectively and legitimately. The treasure search, the intricate clues that cause it and also the effects are very thrilling. Fans of films like National Treasure, Tomb Raider and Indiana Johnson will love this movie. The film’s action sequences deserve special mention. They've been choreographed quite reasonably. The gun fights and also the vehicle chases are great.

The interval and climax episodes happen to be created quite nicely. Our male lead Gopichand performs exceptionally well becoming Goutham. He is excellent within the action sequences and the body gestures are ideal for your role. Tapsee is very good within this film like a devout and slightly naive youthful lady. Ali entertains to some extent as Khayamat Raju. Shakti Kapoor is just brilliant because the evil terrorist Sultan. His transformation and gratifaction are extremely authentic. Narayana Murthy is alright as Gopichand’s father. Suman includes a brief role and that he has been doing a great job.

Performances:Gopichand looked easily fit in the film and emerged with a decent performance of course. He's particularly good for action sequences. Tapsee the very first time made an appearance inside a girl nearby character. The typical loudness we have seen in her own figures isn't within this movie and she or he carried out well. Suman is nice within the little character which is available in the expensive back. Ali’s comedy track as Qayamat Raju is ok but might have been written well. Shakthi Kapoor is great becoming a dreaded terrorist. Narayana Murthy is alright as Gopichand’s father. Relaxation from the figures is okay.

Technicalities:
Chandrasekhar Yeleti has been successful in delivering a technically superior adventure flick. Because of the financial constraints, he's done a good job. He must have taken some worry about the entertainment quotient within the film. Shyam Dutt’s cinematography can be a major resource for your movie. His work provides the film a very sophisticated feel. Art direction is excellent. Sri’s background score is rather good which he's shipped nicely. Editing is neat. Even production values are also too good here.

Final Word: Gopichand’s Sahasam is a beautiful movie. Everyone must watch this movie. This is definitely a worthy watch for this rainy weekend.

Mallela Theeram lo Sirimalle Puvvu Movie Review

Mallela Theeram lo Sirimalle Puvvu Telugu Movie Review

Film Name:Mallela Theeram lo Sirimalle Puvvu

Cast: Kranthi Chand, Sri Divya, Ronson Vincent, Rao Ramesh
Direction: Rama Raju
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes

Story: Newly married, Lakshmi (Sri Divya) is trapped in an unhappy marriage. Her life changes for the better when she befriends a likeminded lyricist, Kranthi (Kranthi) and finds love.

Review: The movie is laden with truckloads of seemingly profound and philosophical ruminations about love, pursuit of happiness, advaitam, freedom and the works. The lyrical nature of the dialogues, augmented by a background score which is a mish mash of hit Ilayaraja compositions and nifty cinematography, all add up to create a wistfully poetic visual aura to the proceedings. But we're afraid it's all a little too indulgent and pretentious at the core.
The characters are over simplistic, their conflicts too superficial and the film takes itself a little too seriously by trying to champion the cause of gender parity in the institution of marriage. For one, the movie implicitly celebrates losing oneself in your beloved's love and terms it the ultimate elixir of life. Nee lo nanni koli paya... (I lost myself in you) pronounces Lakshmi to her lover Kranthi. Maataki andani paata la manaiddaramu kalisamu ga Mallepula daralo oka swasaayi manamiddaramu kalisamu ga (the two of us have met like a song that cannot be captured in verse come together like a breath of air in a jasmine garland) go the lines of the central song.
The characterizations of the protagonists are doused in metaphor. Lakshmi is an unhappily married woman who loves oil lamps and her lover Kranthi is a Telugu cinema lyric writer who wishes to be reborn as a flower. Their romance blooms over unending pseudo-philosophical conversations while having coffee in the rain or walking in a lawn.
If you are the sort whose idea of romance is all about indulging in the little pleasures of life, you will love it. But the rest of us might just struggle to see what the big deal is about the whole thing. Their love is so pure that the lovers only touch each other three times in the entire first half, sharing just one affectionate embrace in the entire length of the movie!
There are quite a few ideological issues with the movie as well. Though the movie suggests that woman must have the right to live their lives on their terms like men get to do, it also suggests that finding a man that will love and understand her is the ultimate goal in life. Had you tried to be a loving husband, I would have stayed with you whether you physically abused me or even killed me, declares Lakshmi before leaving him to live with her lover. How liberating is that? You decide.
Note: If you have a thing for poetry, this is the movie for you. The lesser mortals though, might have a more difficult time of sitting through it.

Singam (Yamudu 2) Movie Review

Singam (Yamudu 2) Movie Review

Film Name;Banner:Singam (Yamudu 2)

   Prince Pictures
Cast:    Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Danny Sapani, Hansika Motwani, 

Vivek, Santhanam
Direction:    Hari
Production:    S Lakshman Kumar
Music:    Devi Sri Prasad

Singam (Yamudu 2) Movie Review

The level of intelligence of characters in a film depends on the level of intelligence of its director.  Depending on who the director is, villains are cerebral or foolish or comical (a bit of two or more things sometimes, panning out in an inconsistent fashion, depending on whether it is first hour or second half or the last 15 minutes).  So as to escape critique, directors whose international dons behave as if they have no brains after the hero enters their life, very cleverly ask us not to look at the logic.  Proving that a commercial entertainer need not be a no-brainer, director Hari presents a realistic screenplay.  The investigations/operations carried out by ACP Narasimham are so credible that one wonders whether Hari grew up listening to cop stories from accomplished investigators since the time he was a child!

Hari is a director known to indulge in some pot boiling commercial film making, and nothing less. The movie shoots off right from where 'Yamudu' was left off, the die hard Narasimham avenging his pride, only to be delegated as an undercover agent to unearth the venal events that take place on the coastline. He moonlights his secret mission by posing as an NCC officer of a school, and yet Hari makes him look powerful.

And as you may have predicted, Hansika is the beautiful damsel whose one sided love story shoots off, and elsewhere is Anushka aka Kavya still waiting for Narasimham.  There are three antagonists who are armed to kill anyone who interrupts their smuggling.

Santhanam is the office boy giving us jolts of giggles also playing as the sidekick for a while.  Lines like Bodhidharma giving a bouquet to Narasimham for his intelligence is one such example.

Now with all the fiasco in the first half, second half is about Suriya's schemes to bring the baddies to justice, including the international smuggler Danny.

So what leads up is quite predictable, yet enjoyable.  Here is an example: Danny's arrest by Suriya who doesn't know his identity, several politicians and police biggies going into a tizzy to make Suriya release him before he comes to know Danny's real identity.. it is marvellous.

Singam 2 is everything you would look for, love, masala, sentiment, raw action and so on, however adding a slight overdose to every single element mentioned, as a whole it almost topples over. Hari's justification to Narasimham's character deserves a special mention as yet again this will also be a tribute to the cops, such is the power the role delivers.

Suriya carries the octane energy from the first part intact and if the intro scene was viola unleashed, then the scene when he resumes DSP command is MASS undoubtedly.

Hari could've given some more power to the antagonists, to make it look evenly matched. Given the space for baddies, it just adds to the endless list of outwitting and action sequences. Priyan's camera work is pretty laudable for the scenes in South Africa, however back here it's a lot of tilts and zooms.

Hari deserves praise for the way he handles the Suriya-Anushka love story.  It is just for a few scenes and an equal number of songs that they are seen together.  Yet if the love story registers in our mind it is because of the scene where Suriya emotionally explains to Hansika how much he loves her. 

Santhanam steals the show with his USP of one liners and witty jokes, however Vivek's character has been sized down. Yet another big crater size hole in this movie is DSP's BGM and music, which does not offer anything new and is monotonous.

There does seem to be an overdose of fights.  In fact, the second half is almost full of operations and fights.  One may have to jot down Suriya's manoeouvrs, the villains' moves so as to follow the movie better!

However the intentions of the director are pretty clear, a mass pot boiling commercial cinema that will surely entertain you, if not for its arguable length.

Verdict:  It is one of the most impactful performance by Suriya in a long time.  Watch it to have a feel of police patriotism.  To speak in a light-veined fashion, all wannabe saviours of the motherland should watch Singham-2 before getting into the police department!

Operation Duryodhana 2 Movie Review

Operation Duryodhana 2 Telugu Movie Review

Film Name:Cast:Operation Duryodhana 2 

 Erasu Pratap Reddy, Jagapathi Babu, Posani Krishna Murali, 

Kota Srinivasa Rao, Babu Mohan, Sonia, Kathi Karthika
Direction: Nandam Harishchandra Rao
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes

Story: Chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy dies in a helicopter crash. A senior minister in the cabinet takes it for granted that he would be the next natural choice and even accepts felicitations from his partymen. He is in for a shock when someone who has not even been a minister is nominated by the party high command to occupy the CM's chair.

Movie Review: An announcement at the beginning of the movies says what is to be shown in the movie is not directly related to any real incidents or people. The announcement was mandatory but doesn't the story sound very very familiar?

Erasu Pratap Reddy who is the law minister in chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet turns actor with this movie. In the film, he essays the role of a chief minister - as one who is clean, has only public good in mind, and aiming to get the party back to power in the 2014 elections by taking up many welfare measures for the people.

The first half of the film can best be described as a documentary that eulogises N Kiran Kumar Reddy in the way Erasu Pratap Reddy portrays the role as CM. Erasu retains his name in the movie. The film takes special care to show the jealously of senior ministers who try to bring disrepute to the chief minister.

Home minister Venkatadri (Kota Srinivasa Rao) tries to get the chief minister into trouble. Caught with Rs 500 crore black money, the driver of the ambulance in which the money is being transported tells the police that it is chief minister Erasu's money. Erasu is keen that the truth should come out.

It's the second half that is gripping and funny. With a sniper in hand, locking himself up in a room in a huge complex, looking through a tele lens, the man who is supposed to get the crooks on their knees, is up to his game. The target is Krishna (Posani Krishnamurali). Well, the man is as funny as he can be. He is the link to a hawala agent.

Jagapathi Babu as CBI officer Ashok goes about his job in a planned manner, literally freezing Krishna to death in a public telephone booth. Krishna spills the beans about who the Rs 500 crore black money belonged to and how the senior minister had stuffed away as much as Rs 45,000 crore in Swiss banks. The chief minister is relieved that the truth has been brought out. Coming out with a `clean' tag, Erasu also advises the media not to sully anyone's image.

At one point he even wonders why the media should have wasted time for an entire week dwelling on the wedding arrangements of a filmstar's son and what the bride's attire would be.

Note: The movie is meant to project chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in good light and to enhance his image. The maverick Posani Krishnamurali keeps you engaged. He recalls that previous chief ministers like Kotla Vijayabhaskara Reddy and N T Rama Rao had a clean image and were not corrupt. That tells you something about what he intends to say about some others.

Moksha Movie Review

Moksha Telugu Movie Review

 

Film Name: Moksha

Cast: Meera Jasmine, Rajeev Mohan, Nassar, Rahul Dev
Direction: Srikanth Vemulapalli
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes

 Moksha Movie Review
Chubby and cute. That's Meera Jasmine for you. What, if she were to be cruel also? Say, like a blood-sucking vampire! Phew! She'd get your goat. And you'd run for cover. The others had no chance.

Moksha (Meera Jasmine) is a pampered girl. Her father, single after her mother's death, dotes on her so much that he will not even accept her step into the kitchen. Or even step out of the house, as we see later. The only time she seems to step out of her flat as her neighbour Srinu (Rajeev Mohan) observes is during the night.

Srinu's friends rag him at college and there's a vamp who tries to cling on to him. Instead, Srinu prefers the vampire - not knowing that only human blood can satisfy her thirst and hunger. Meanwhile, there are mysterious murders in town. There's no clue to the serial killings which happen at night. No, the killer isn't Moksha.

Moksha hardly talks but she infuses confidence in Srinu as their friendship gets stronger. The timid Srinu gives his college mates a taste of what he can dish out if he were to get real angry. No, Srinu does not use that knife is secretly carries in his college bag and does not kill.

But who is behind those mystery murders? You'd have to wait until the interval and the chilling fact is revealed. Moksha's father, a security guard (Nassar) is the killer on the prowl. He kills and Moksha sucks the blood of the victim. On one occasion, he's caught and the victim he is after, throws acid on his face. Death is inevitable. Moksha does not hesitate to even kill her father, at his own request, and suck his blood.

How then does the loving daughter turn into a vampire and still be a human? Director Srikanth Vemulapalli makes Moksha herself narrate her tale to Srinu who now realises with whom he had developed such good friendship. It's time to take a decision about the girl he has innocently harboured in the house.

Forget the not so well framed shots at certain places in the movie and the repetitive scenes that do not add to the narration but the director has shown he can handle suspense the way it has to be. Rajeev Mohan was as plain as he was to be for the role. As for Meera Jasmine who had a completely deglamourised look all through the film, the talent was seen in the way she looked at her would-be victims -cool and cruel.

Balupu Movie Review

Balupu Telugu Movie Review

     Film Name: Balupu

Banner:    PVP Cinema
Cast:    Ravi Teja, Anjali, Shruthi Hassan, Prakash Raj, Ashutosh Rana,

 Adivi Sesh, Brahmanandam, Ali, Nasser, Srinivas Reddy, Tagubothu Ramesh
Direction:    Gopichand Malineni
Production:    V. Potluri
Music:    S.S. Thaman

Disclaimer: If you want to watch Balupu without being able to predict the story, venture out only without knowing the star cast.

Balupu Movie Review
First things first.  Ravi Teja has finally wriggled himself out of the sleepwalking mode to deliver a dekko, true to his Mass Maharaja image (though not as crazy as his Vikramarkudu act).  He gets to show three variations, and the true blue 'balupu' avatar is the best of them all.

With any other writer, predictability would have made 'Balupu' mean nothing more than an inflated balloon.  But when Kona Venkat (co-written by Veligonda Srinivas) is around, it cannot be that way.  He experiments comically with mass-y ideas and caters to both the class and mass audiences.  He achieves this gargantuan feat by milling his tested formula with a few tweaks and dishes out a spice-peppered script topped with the sensibilities of his director.  The idea is VARIATIONS.  Sreenu Vaitla is the host of this contagion and Kona is his estranged carrier.  It has infected Gopichand Malineni and the result is action plus entertainment.

Puncturing the 'paga+prateekaram' tyre when the audience most expects it to go the whole hog takes guts and the makers of Balupu, including RT, have enough.  When a mimickrian of Ravi Teja's quirkiness is the hero, the impossible would be child's play.  Within 30 minutes of imitating Balakrishna's public speech delivery, he cheerfully and confidently morphs into Shafi and the parody actually makes Shafi's now-boring act look interesting.

Coming to how the writer-director duo make-up a routine story into an engaging film, they weave a circus around a serious villain without asking us to suspend our disbelief like we have to do when watching the films such as Naayak.  Our villains have had a sentimental profile of their own, not just avarice and a murderous agenda.  It is this quality that Kona Venkat exploits and instead of using an item girl or a comedian like the writers/directors of the bygone era, he makes the hero do the masala comedy.  That's how Mahesh won the BO battle through Dookudu.  That's how Ravi Teja will win a battle for the first time since Mirapakai.

Balupu's storyline is no big deal, what is enjoyable is the treatment, the hero, and the mandatory 'garam masala' star - Brahmi, who delivers a few laughs.

Ravi (RT) leads the life of a recovery agent and the only complaint his father (Prakash Raj) has is that his son refuses to get married.  Enter Shruti and Brahmi (as Crazy Mohan) and they both like to live a crazy life by victimising teenage guys.  Ravi takes it upon himself to avenge his friend's loss of money and plots to teach a lesson to the duo.

In other parts of South India, Poorna (Ashutosh Raja) is hunting for Shankar and Nanaji, who we understand are on the run.  The up-and-coming twist at the interval would come as a surprise only if you haven't watched a single film since Samarasimha Reddy.

What happens thereafter too doesn't hold much surprise.

If story-wise Balupu is just about ok, Malineni's experiments with Ravi Teja save the day.  The Settlement Shankar variation is neatly dealt, the attitude he shows in the presence of Commissioner babai, the way the scene begins and ends bears testament to what a director can do with his touch.

Overall, the dialogue pack a punch.  However, it would help if our heroes are not made to make similes out of the 'vishwasam' of 'kukkalu' and their power..

Age is gradually showing on Brahmi's face, the imitation of Pawan, Allu Arjun and Shafi notwithstanding, his comedy is routine.

If Ravi Teja walks away with an energetic performance after a gap of half-a-dozen movies, Shruti looks drop dead gorgeous.  Her sizzling presence is sure to be a plus.  Anjali doesn't convince with her expressions in the last heavy scene of her, her diction too needs maturing.  Prakash Raj doesn't show any new variation, his two variations are things of the past.

The villains - played by Rana, Adivi Sesh, Ajay and Shafi - perfectly fit the bill.

Thaman's music and BG score are fine.  Cinematography and editing are up to the mark.

Verdict:  Balupu is a mix of action plus entertainment.

Psycho Movie Review

Psycho Telugu Movie Review

Film Name:Psycho

Cast: Priyanka Kothari, Raj Shroff, Milind Gunaji
Direction: Kishore Bhargav
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes

Psycho Movie Review
 Story: Meera (Priyanka) is a simple girl from a middle class family. Her life goes for a toss when she unknowingly befriends a stranger, Nikhil (Raj), who turns out to be an obsessive stalker.

Movie Review: The movie feels like an 86 minute long sequence of trembling handheld POV shots. While the narrative flow is straight as an arrow, the camera seems to be on oscillating mode all through. There isn't a single scene when the frame stays still and all the shakiness does add an unsettling sense of drama to even the most mundane of episodes.

In one scene, we have Meera refusing to meet a perspective groom suggested by her parents. While she keeps saying no to everything her parents say, even as she keeps ignoring a barrage of text messages from her stalker, the camera stays under the glass dinning table giving you a very wobbly under the table perspective of the episode while the background score keeps pounding away at a very high BPM (beats per minute).

In another episode the camera keeps rotating and quivering all around Meera as she makes a run to a hospital after receiving a phone call. It's only after a couple of minutes and a bit of thumping back ground score - while the camera follows Meera through the hospital walkways - that it revealed, her kid brother met with an accident.

Seems like the debutante filmmaker wanted to attempt a shaky new way of portraying drama on screen. The only problem is that the camera movements end up being more dramatic than what's running onscreen and gives you the impression that it was deliberately designed to be some kind of a test for the audience's ability to stay zoomed in on the proceedings.

The plotline is so simplistic that it borders on lame. Nikhil meets Meera on a bus and a couple of meetings later begin to harass her. Neither does the movie offer revelatory conjectures about stalker behavior nor does it throw up any psychological insights on why helpless women silently bear such torture. The over dramatized ending - where Meera avenges herself by pouring acid on her tormentor - only goes to prove that all the thought went into invested in finding the weirdest camera angles.

The movie just ends up offering little more than an impersonal voyeuristic peek into the whole process of stalking. The bad lip synch suggests the movie was shot in Mumbai for a Hindi audience, so there is very little in terms of local connect as well. Save Priyanka's acting, everything about the movie is a little too pretentious and indulgent, much like the performance of the psycho, played by Raj.

Note: Go prepared to watch a lot of shaky camera movements and blasting background score, and keep your ear phones and aspirin in tow.

Anarkali Movie Review

Film Name:Anarkali

Cast: Omkar Pilli, Gouri Sharma, Kota Srinivasa Rao, M S Narayana
Direction: P N Roy
Genre: Romance
Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes

Anarkali Movie Review
Girl bumps into boy. And boy chases the girl. It's no easy task because he himself does not want to adopt the easy route. And thereby hangs a tale.

It's quiz time folks. Answer a few simple questions. Check the answers and decide whether you will play Salim to this Anarkali.

Let's get going. Have you ever seen on screen, a boy instantly falling in love with a girl? Umpteen number of times? Oh! Just keep the answer to yourself.

Question no.2: Did you see the girl's father react with anger, horror and vowing to kill the guy who dares fall in love with his beloved beti? Such screen fathers are several, you might want to say. Cool. You seem to know better.

Let's proceed further. A bad guy who eyes the girl and does what all villains are expected to do - have you seen such types on the silver screen? So, what's new? No questions please, you are simply supposed to answer.

After a certain while, just when the hero gives up on her, the girl who has a change of heart realising how sincere his love is towards her, starts chasing him. The villain's play their role and the item girl does her number. Any sense of deja vu? Your call is valuable to yourself, keep hanging there.

Finally, the father has a change of heart. Yes, only that's when it can be called `finally', and the accidental lovers are united. Ever watched something like this, in the movies that you have suffered so far? If your answer is `Yes' to all the questions, there's one final question that you will have to answer: Why suffer one more?

Action 3D Movie Review

Action 3D Telugu Movie Review

Film Name: Action 3D

Cast: Allari Naresh, Shaam, Vaibhav, Raju Sundaram, 

Neelam Upadhyay, Sneha Ullal, Kamna Jethmalani, Sheena Shabadi,

 Nassar, Brahmanadam, Ali and others
Direction: Aniol Sunkara
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 2 hours 37 minutes

Story: Four buddies - Bawa (Naresh), Ajay (Shaam), Purushottam (Raju) and Shiva (Vaibhav) - go to Goa for Ajay's bachelor party. The night after the party Ajay goes missing even as the rest of the gang wake up heavily hung over, having no memory of what happened the night before.

Movie Review: Telugu cinema's first ever "3D comedy" is a rip off! To put it kindly, it's a "gauche adaptation" of the 2009 Hollywood cult comedy, Hangover. As luck would have had it, the third part of the movie (Hangover 3) was running in the adjacent screen in the same multiplex and it threw up some questions. Did the filmmakers did not see the sequels? May be it was a "creative call" to stick to the first part? Whatever the reasons, the final product we're afraid is a little too asinine, quite literally at that.

In one particular scene you have a pile of "infant-poop" (there's crow poop as well in another scene) flying out of the screen on to your faces before it lands on Allari Naresh's face. You can't blame the filmmakers for not trying to dish out the most indulgent 3D experience ever. Right through the movie, all sorts of things - rocks, flower petals, smoke, water drops, knives, steel tumblers, fruits, vegetables, crows - keep popping out of the screen in regular intervals. Clearly, filmmakers were in no mood to hold back on the 3D effects, and literally threw in the kitchen's sink.

Figuratively speaking, the movie serves up some never before seen effects for sure and it was obvious from the moment the opening credits began to roll, highlighting the depth of field. The movie begins promisingly with an actor (Sunil) and a director (Posani) discussing a movie plot. Even as Sunil begins to narrate a spunky "action entertainer" the camera cuts to a flashback episode about how Bawa, Ajay, Purushottam and Shiva meet in school.

The four grow up to become best friends. Bawa is well paid corporate employee with a gambling streak. His dream is to somehow win one crore rupees needed to buy a hotel his deceased dad used to once work in. Purushottam, a fashion designer is a compulsive flirt. Suman is a dentist married to a domineering doctor wife. Ajay is due to get married in couple of days when the gang of boys head of on a road trip to Goa for a bachelor bash and things start spiraling out of control right from the word go.

All the funny situations in the movie seem a little too over the top and the writing isn't very sharp either. The likes Ali, Brahmanadam, Simbu and Sudeep make special appearances without really evoking many laughs. There are a few funny moments but they are too far and few in between.

The music is pretty decent and has a sense of humor about it. However, the much publicized "Raghavendra Rao tribute" seems to have been snipped by the Censor Board. The performances, leaving Allari Naresh's, look a little too blah. What this movie lacked was some chutzpah, as a result it ends up looking a little too crude. Guess it might have got lost in all the visual gimmickry.

Note: The movie does pack a few gags, but there's plenty that can make you cringe as well. Watch it purely to get a taste of the extra dimension.

Aha Na Premanta Movie Review

Aha Na Premanta Movie Review

Film Name:Aha Na Premanta 

Cast: Suman, M S Narayana, Krishna Bhagavan, Satya Krishna, Melkote, Dhanraj
Direction: T Chandrasekhara Reddy
Genre: Romance

Movie Review

Aha Na Premanta Movie Review

True love stands on truth. But is it harmless to build a relationship on an untruth and carry on a bond based on lies? Have an opinion, swing this way or sway the other way. When the High Court gives its verdict in the film, you will be flabberghasted.

The climax first. The High Court is hearing a public interest litigation on a programme titled `Love with lie' (whatever that means!) being telecast on television. The programme tries to challenge people to stick to the truth in a relationship. If they lie, they run the risk of being exposed as their telephone will give out a beep sound. For such a technology to work, the participants have to register themselves with the show.

The show takes its toll. Couples in love separate as their lies get exposed. Relationships break because the truth is revealed.

An advocate Vishwanath (Suman) does not take kindly to this show being hosted by Satya (Satya Krishna). There are protests everywhere - for and against the programme. Vishwanath argues in the court against the programme vociferously. His argument is that it is okay to tell lies to sustain a relationship. He sees no harm in speaking untruth if the situation demands between lovers and married couples.

The court gives its verdict. The host of the programme is reprimanded and it is directed that the programme be taken off air!

It is baffling as to how the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) could allow the judiciary to be shown in such poor light standing by the argument of the lawyer that it is okay to tell lies.

In the story preceding are shown some lovers in relationships that are built on selfish motives. A girl ditches her lover telling him she intends to marry a wealthy man. The shocked lover promises to take up a job and keep her happy. Poking fun at him, she asks if he wants to become a collector or a conductor. Bus conductors do have their honour, don't they?

Krishna Bhagavan plays the role of a junior artiste in films and gets poked by his wife all the time for being a junior artiste and not a hero. It's like taking a dig at junior artistes in general and is not in good taste. In any case, Krishna Bhagavan's role was irrelevant. If it was intended to generate some humour in the otherwise nauseating proceedings, no one laughed. That is because there was hardly anyone in the theatre.

M N Narayana portrays the role of a `love guru' who walks around in parks with a laptop dishing out solutions to lovers in problems. You wish you could wish him away.

Note: The movie started at 11.30 am and ended at 1.30 pm. You will have to put up with the ridiculous for all of those six hours. You know what I mean.

Something Something Review

Something Something Telugu Movie Review

Film Name:Something Something

 Cast :Siddharth, Hansika Motwani, Brahmanandam…
Director : C.Sundar
Producer : B Subrahmanyam , Suresh
Genre : Romance – Comedy
Music : Sathya
Releasing on : June 14, 2013

Something Something Review

Story
Kumar [Siddharth] is an IT employee, who is a boy next door kind and due to his sore experiences in love he maintains distance from girls. Sanjana [Hansika] joins kumar’s company and he falls in love with her. George [Ganesh Venkatraman] who works in same office sincerely try’s to marry Sanjana. Kumar takes help of Premji [Brahmi] to win heart of Sanjana. Rest of the story revolves around what happens between Kumar-Sanjana-George and did Kumar got successful in winning heart of Sanjana with help of Premji or not ?

StarPerformances

Siddharth did a decent job to mingle with Brahmi comedy timing. Sidd gave life to his role of IT employee and he performed naturally going into skin of the character. Any software guy will definitely see themselves in Sidd in this film.

Hansika looked bubbly & cute in fact very similar to heroine Khushboo throughout the film. This time she has less scope for acting bcoz of less screen time and even in songs she disappoints. Ganesh Venkatraman of Dhamarukam fame left his mark in character of George.

Brahmi is at his best comic roles this year and as Premji he crossed peaks of comedy. His comedy timing is outstanding, costumes used for him made him look young. Without hesitation Brahmi is hero of this flick and Siddharth is second hero.
Something Something Review: Direction, Music & Technical Aspects

Sundar C. did alright kind of work in his direction, screenplay and story for this movie. Especially his screenplays in Brahmi-Sidd episodes are funny but he looked struggling hard to manage two hours movie on a simple-sinle point story. Music scored by Sathya is big minus to this movie, other than one song rest sounded nonsense and even BGS is sounded week.

Gopi Amarnath cinematography, Praveen K.L –N.B.Srikanth editing looked mediocre and even production values are above average.
Something Something Review: Analysis

Don’t expect an intense love story or complete fun ride from starting frame to end in Something Something. But one thing is sure there will be entertaining comedy episodes between Brahmi-Sidd and for sure you will laugh every time Brahmi is on onscreen. Credit for fresh funny lines which appeals to today’s audiences goes to Sundar C and Brahmi’s perfect execution  made  Something Something movie to get above two rating.

Bottom Line: Just a one time watcher [only for Brahmi].

Saradaga Ammaitho Review

Saradaga Ammaitho Telugu Movie Review

Film Name: Saradaga Ammaitho

Cast : Varun Sandesh, Nisha Agarwal, Brahmanandam…
Director : Bhanu Shankar
Producer : Pattikonda Kumara Swamy
Genre : Romance
Music : Ravi Varma
Releasing on : June 14, 2013.

Saradaga Ammaitho Review

Varun Sandesh has been appearing in way too movies and most of them have fared badly. He is back yet again with his latest film ,Saradaga Ammaitho. The film has Nisha Agarwal and Charmi has appeared in a special role. The film has managed to hit the screens today. Let’s see how it is.

Story:

Santosh(Varun Sandesh) is a playboy. He leads a flashy lifes and has affairs with lots of girls. One fine day, he meets Geetha(Nisha Agarwal) and falls for her grace. He tries to woo her but to his bad luck, is ignored by Geetha completely. But he does not lose hope and continues to bug her.

Sick and tired of Santosh’s tricks, Geetha throws him a huge challenge. She asks him to live in a ladies hostel for ten days and lays down a condition that he should not flirt with anyone. Once Santosh lands in the hostel, his patience is tested by some good looking girls who try to woo him all the time.

Santosh tries hard to keep away from these unnecessary attentions and in the process realizes his true love for Geetha. He decides to confront Geeta once again but to his shock comes to know that Geetaha has left him for good.

A depressed Santosh starts searching for Geetha and once he finds her ,he comes to know some bitter truths about Geetha and her identity. What are those truths? Why did Geetha leave him for good? That forms the rest of the story.

Positive Points:

Varun Sandesh has done a decent job in the movie. He is good in the scenes based in the ladies hostel. Nisha Agarwal gets a plump role and she makes the most of it. She looks beautiful in the songs.

Rao Ramesh is neat. Ali and Mumaith Khan are OK as a married couple and try to bring some laugh with their double meaning jokes. When compared to the first half second half has some interesting twits.

Negative Points:

Saradaga Ammaotho has a story which you might have seen in many films. The entire first half is outdated and has nothing much to offer. One would surely wonder why a star like Charmee needs to appear in a character which has no significance to the film. She is utterly wasted

Though second half has many twists and turns, most of them are highly predictable. An unnecessary comedy track and way too many songs spoil the flow of the film.

Double meaning dialogues are very cheesy.

The makers have faltered in the execution of this movie. A below par screenplay and some mediocre direction lets this film down completely.

Technical Points:

Music is ok. Editing could have been sharper as some scenes could have been chopped off. Camera work is pretty good.

Direction is not upto the mark and leaves a lot to be desired.

Verdict:

Saradaga Ammaitho is let down by its poor execution. A below par first half, predictable story line and way too many characters spoil the fun completely. This film can safely be skipped.

Theatre Lo Review

Theatre Lo Telugu Movie Review

 Film Name:Theatre Lo

Banner:    Maantrix Media Works
Cast:    Srikanth Raghava, Dheeraj, Varun, S. Shankar, 

Swatha Pandit, Moulika and Others
Direction:    Srinivasa Raju
Production:    Sai Kiran
Music:    Chinna

Theatre Lo Review

Two comedies can be entirely different, two romances can be distinct, there are many styles in which villainy and gore can be depicted in the case of the action genre, but horror movies cannot be horror movies without the mandatory eerie sounds, characters that have never suspected anything ominous falling in the trap of the evil spirit, the night effect, so on and so forth.

Theatre Lo is one such movie, but what is curious about the horror-comedy film is that one remembers more the weird characters, the ogling/stalking buffoonery of two of the characters, rather than the evil and its avenging agenda.

In an effort to scare the daylights out of us, the director, for a change, has created a character who is a viewer of his film (titled Naluguru) like the rest of us.  However, with the execution not so imaginative, the idea fails to have the intended effect on the audience.  After RGV's tired attempts to psychologically win over the audience by challenging him, and sometimes glorifying the evil, subtly mocking at the naivete of those who refuse to believe in its existence, writers like Maruthi and Saikiran Mukkamala (the concept is by the producer himself), whose films were incidentally released on the same day, have a commonality when it comes to their stories.

The film begins with a scene outside a theatre playing Naluguru, we see a range of funny characters.  In the film, four youngsters - a short-tempered cricket better, a rich magician, and their two friends who belong to a lesser class.  The last two constantly leer away at the better's girl friend, trying to grap her attention by indulging in silly tricks.  The first part packs many laughter-filled moments, there is a cool comic touch to each scene.

Their car journey to Vizag is used to establish their quirks, arrogance, meanness, and when they show fear at the sight of the police, a suspense is created.

Stranded in a forest, they move to a guesthouse, once there the endgame begins for them, with one guy after another trembling at the darshan of the evil spirit in a colourful attire.  Concomitantly in the theatre playing this film, four guys disappear one after one, in front of the very eyes of an audience.

Is there a link between the film and the real world?  Watch out for the climax.

Though a fairly well-written narrative, the tricks employed by the writer fall flat thanks to the total absence of a substantial plot oustide of the film within the film.  One feels either cheated or let down or both when a devil other than the anguished kind we see is not introduced.  The Pizza-kind ending is a mere shadow, for we don't feel for the victim (the character who has been experiencing ominous signs from the beginning).

The RGV comedy by the actor who played Gour Raju is enjoyable.  The dialogue is fine and what works most for Theatre Lo is the realistic reactions of the characters in danger.  The loud crying of the better, the fear shown by the maid when she first sees the devil and so on.

The actors prove to be good choices.  Swetha Pandit is a mere glam doll and she doesn't deliver a dekko.

Technically, Chinna's music and the cinematography are average.

  All in all, Theatre Lo, though a fine narrative, is devoid of the factors which are must for a good horror movie