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'100% Love' Review: Just Pass With Meager Marks
Film: 100% Love
Rating: 3/5
Banner: Geetha Arts
Cast: Naga Chaitanya, Tamannah, K R Vijaya, Naresh and others
Music: Devisri Prasad
Cinematographer: Venkat Prasad
Story, Direction: Sukumar
Producer: Bunny Vasu
Release date: 06/05/2011


Naga Chaitanya is back after his super hit movie ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ and he has teamed up with Sukumar who is keen on scoring 100% success. Let us see how good this gets.

Story

Balu (Chaitu) is a topper throughout his academic life and he believes in nothing but success and successful people. In comes his ‘Maradalu’ Mahalakshmi (Tamannah) from the village to study. At the start, Balu dominates Mahalakshmi and gives her instructions. In no time, she picks up and overtakes him. In between this, she develops feelings for Balu but it is his ego and self-pride which brings problems in their lives. What happens to Mahalakshmi’s love? Does Balu change his attitude? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performances
Naga Chaitanya gave a spirited performance and he is yet to come out of his blank facial expressions in few scenes. Overall, his confidence and positive body language covers up.

Tamannah has shrunk in her figure and looks a bit skinny. However, she has scored with a significant performance and justified her presence to the fullest. Of course, there are few places where she shines with her glamour as well.

Nandu comes up with a decent act and though his role is limited, he made his presence felt. He has the potential to deliver more if given meaty roles.

Naresh was natural, Dharmavarapu brought few smiles, K R Vijaya was matured, Vijay Kumar was alright. The others did their bit as required and added value to the film.

Highlights

->Cinematography
->First half
->Tamannah’s glamour and performance
->Opening titles
Drawbacks
->Second half
->Weak emotional quotient in scenes
->Strong urban flavour
->Rendering of songs not that effective
Analysis

The film gives a very interesting punch with titles. It’s first of kind titles and one needs to watch how it went on humorously and intelligently. At the same time it gives an appeal that we are getting into a stuff that appeals for the educated crowds.

Sukumar’s school of thought has always been unusual and his focus has been on intense emotions and relationships. Holding the experience of working as lecturer of Mathematics earlier, he could convincingly chalk out this script with convincing college atmosphere in first half. On the other hand, he showed the flashes of brilliance by creating peppy scenes and logical comedy.

First half is good with full dose of energy along with kids, the second half fails to grip the audience at many moments due to predictable emotions and ending. The humor dose was also not up to the requirement in second half since the first half was on top. The director has kept all his energies in first half and got confused to carry on with second half. He might have taken better care as it’s just a single line story.

Coming to the music part, the pity is the lyrics are very beautiful but the singers killed them. Care must have been taken to make the lyrics audible and clear.

While the director was able to strike a chord instantly with the college going audience, he was unable to give the required maturity in the sentimental and melodramatic scenes. This may not go well with B, C center audiences for sure and may appeal to a small section of A audience.

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'Pravarakhyudu' Review: 'No Love' To 'Full Love'

Film: Pravarakhyudu
Rating: 3/5
Banner: Tolly 2 Holly Films
Cast:Jagapathi Babu, Priyamani, Hamsa Nandini, Brahmanandam, Sunil, Ali, Chalapathi Rao, Dharmavarapu, Rajyalakshmi and others
Music: M M Keeravani
Cinematography: Surender Reddy
Editing: M R Varma
Director: Madan
Producer: Ganesh Indukuri
Release date: 4th Dec 2009

Prime star Jagapathi Babu and Priyamani are being known as the ideal pair of Tollywood and here they are with a new movie that is meant to be a different love story and an entertainer. Let us see if it was impressive or not.

Story:
Sasi Kumar (Jagapathi) and Shailaja (Priyamani) study in the same college and though they are of opposite natures Shailaja gets attracted to Sasi. However, he doesn’t believe in love and Shailaja is disgusted with him. They get into their lives separately.

Years pass and Sasi becomes a noted name in his field of Zoological studies. He leaves Harvard job and comes to join a girl’s college as a lecturer. The principal of that college is Shailaja.

Why did he come to this college? Will their love rekindle? Will ‘no love’ factor transforms to ‘full love’? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performances:
Jagapathi Babu:
He has carried out his role with ease and the scenes where he is shown as a student, he looked too puffed up. Performance wise, it was a normal walk in the park so not much to be said.

Priyamani
She has done her job perfectly in terms of glamour and performance department, though she looks more sensuous in the Indian outfits, Priyamani was seen in all varieties. Two emotional scenes were good from her.

Hamsa Nandini
She has a brief presence and looks hot. As is the custom, she was given with a song and she has not disappointed.

Sunil
Though his role was small, he managed to come up with good laughter from the audience.

Others
Brahmanandam was regular, Dharmavarapu was effective, Ali failed to impress. Chalapathi Rao, Rajyalakshmi and other senior actors came up with the standard performances to add value to the film.

Highlights:

• Content in plot
• Music
• Cinematography
• Picturization of songs

Limitations:

• Jagapathi Babu touching the tummies of young girls while teaching music is not convincing but confusing and appeared ‘extra’!
• Girls’ getting carried away by charms of Jagapathi Babu is repetitive
• Lion episode is not well-fitting although pictured with good technique
• Ali’s comedy turned mere waste
• The climax scene where students and staff hold placards recommending love was ridiculous.

Analysis:
The director has come up with a simple tale of relationships and with a message that each has their own outlook depending on their experiences. The dialogues were simple but they could have added more depth, script was okay and screenplay was good during the first half. Comedy was not that much and editing was neat.

Costumes and art department made their presence felt. Full marks to cinematography and background score. The songs were captured really sensuous and though they were not situational, the picturization made up for it.

There were few silly things that the director could have avoided to make things look mature. Overall, the film relied heavily on the screenplay and due to that, the first half went smoothly without much complaint. However, the second half fizzled out and got dragged with unwanted songs and weak comedy. The climax should have been etched out with more impact to drive the message. The mass will like the songs and the family audience might find the narrative appealing barring a few elements of erratic script.

Bottom Line: Ok for family audience and ladies

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Latest Telugu Movie 'Arya2' Review

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Film: Arya2
Banner: Aditya Arts
Rating: 2.5/5
Cast: Allu Arjun, Kajal, Navadeep, Sraddha Arya, Ajay, Erina, Brahmanandam, and others
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Lyrics: Chandrabose, Vanamali
Art: Chinna
Producer: Aditya Babu
Director: Sukumar
Release date: 27th November 2009

Sequel culture has started in Telugu film industry way back many years but still, that’s bringing in bigger hype. When something is made as sequel or flavor of a hit film title and cast, the expectations are soaring high. Now Arya-2 has seen light. Let us see how it’s received by audiences.

Story:
It’s the story of two friends Arya (Arjun) and Ajay (Navadeep) who fall in love with same girl Geeta (Kajal).

Arya’s possessiveness for Ajay is the underlined aspect in this movie. But Ajay never likes Arya. Despite, he places him in his company for not being able to bear his torture.

Geeta comes as colleague in their office and story starts from then. But Rajireddy (Mukesh Rishi), the father of Geeta arranges her marriage with the son of another factionist. Arya takes the responsibility to cancel that wedding and enters the village. He says to Ajay that he would bring Geeta for him. How things turn from there…falls rest of the plot.

Performances:
Allu Arjun appeared confusing in the film. His obsession for his friend Ajay has projected him on the lines of a ‘gay’, and many in theatre shouted the word! That’s because of mishandling of narration. On the other hand his contrast in characterization is disgusting. Sometimes he looks convincing and many times confusing. Director should be questioned for that.

Although Navadeep is a very able actor in delivering histrionics he was not given that chance by the director. His character remained dull through out.

Kajal looked innocent, beautiful and charming while Shraddha Das glued some oozing glamour to screen.

‘Ringa Ringa..’ girl has got glowing skin but lacked in raunchy appeal that’s required for an item girl. Others are ok in their shoes.

While every department worked with all dedication it’s the flaw of director that marred the film. Cinematography, Choreography and Music stood high but the director made a confused concoction and ruined entire show. He got confused with screenplay part in second half.

Highlights:
Allu Arjun’s energy levels
Music
Dances by Arjun

Limitations:
Director’s mishandling
Lack of required comedy
Confused screenplay and dialogue

Analysis:
It’s the movie released with many expectations but finally ended up as a disappointment. The masses in theatres yelled like hell when the show has begun but slowly turned pale and passive as the movie is rolling on.

Many are seen walking out of theatres either for a puff of smoke or relax in rest rooms especially in second half. First half is a bit ok. Only songs stood as saving grace by the virtue of Allu Arjun’s dances and music.

Coming to the essence in the movie, it has given many negative signs on a whole: The following doubts would light in the minds of audience:

• Is the protagonist a sadist or a gay or a mentally imbalanced one?
• Is the heroine character-less who runs behind any man who sheds tears for her?
• Is the director conveying that marriage ritual has no significance?
• Is the director introducing the wife-swapping subject on Telugu screen?
• Is the director confused totally?

The first day morning show has given a signal that it’s going to be thumbs down in B,C centers. But A centers may find some oxygen. On a whole it’s a disappointment.

Bottom Line: Disappointment

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Kurradu Telugu Movie Review

Film: Kurradu
Rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Anandhi arts
Cast: Varun Sandesh, Neha Sharma, Tanikella, Ravi Shankar, Venu, Ali, Surekha Vani, Pragathi etc
Music: Achchu
Story: Vetri Maran
Cinematography: Sarvesh Murari
Director: Gunnam Sandeep
Producer: Gemini Kiran
Release date: 12 Nov 2009

Varun Sandesh has been on top ever since his Happy Days. His Kotha Bangaru Lokam also had set a new record and thus he became a youth icon. He came up with Kurradu and obviously the expectations will be above the plane. Let us see how this worked.

Story:
Varun (Varun Sandesh) is a young boy who loves owning a sports bike. But his below middle class family background turns a barricade to fulfill his dream. His poor father (Tanikella Bharani) worries about his day-dreaming and irresponsible son. But after a dramatic incident his father gives him Rs 70000 to purchase bike out of his all life time savings. Varun buys a bike and enjoys. He finds a girl Hema (Neha Sharma) and both fall in love. But that bike results in turbulence in Varun’s life. What is that? That has to be seen on big screen.

Performances:
Varun Sandesh looked lean and lanky and he didn’t suit for the energy levels required for the role. He needs to upgrade his dialogue delivery pattern especially while portraying the roles of this kind.

Neha Sharma looked good with naughty smile and big eyes. But she hasn’t upgraded in the matter of performance. Many of her expressions sounded artificial and sometimes lagging in dialogue.

Tanikella Bharani is ok as middle class father while Pragathi is perfect in mother role. Ravi Shankar, the popular dubbing artiste played the lead villain role in fitting manner.

Others are ok.

Technically, the movie has no big thing to discuss about. The story sounds not so great as already ‘Ride’ has come on screen with similar theme.

Highlights:
Nothing notable

Analysis:
It’s a different version of ‘Ride’. It is also inspired from the Tamil movie ‘Polladavan’. But Pollavadan has already inspired Ride. While Ride has two heroes where one is arrogant and other is the one with poor background, here the hero in Kurradu possessess both in him. The bike forms common element both in Ride and Kurradu.

On a whole, the movie has no tempo that keeps audience fix on to seats with interest. First half is ok while second half seems to have run with no punch and required emotion.

The movie may not appeal in the way it’s expected.

Bottom Line: It can be watched only to kill time if you feel that’s Hobson’s choice.

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A Aa E Ee Telugu Movie Review

Film: A Aa E Ee
Rating: 1.75/5
Banner: Kalpana Arts
Cast: Srikanth, Sada, Meera Jasmine, Krishna Bhagawan, Tanikella, Kavitha, Brahmanandam, Ali, Sunil, Kovai Sarala, M S Narayana, Telangana Sakuntala, Raghu Babu, Apoorva, Venkat, Uttej etc
Music: M M Srilekha
Lyrics: Bhaskarabhatla
Camera: Vijay C Kumar
Editor: Gautham Raju
Director: Srinivas Reddy
Producer: Boddam Ashok Yadav
Release date: 6th Nov 2009

Charming star Srikanth came up with his 101st movie and this was on floors since a long time. Whether it was worth the wait or not, let us see.

Story:
Chandram (Srikanth) is an honest man and a devoted husband to Kalyani (Meera). His life takes a turn when he discovers that Kalyani has a rare disease and he has to get money. A sequence of events compels him to act as husband to Ramya (Sada) who is thought dead. However, Ramya comes back alive and now Chandram is caught between both women. What happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Performances:
Srikanth
Srikanth has come up with his performance as usual and he has done these several times before so nothing new from his end. However, his presence on posters after ‘Mahatma’ would add as a crowd puller to the theatre.

Meera Jasmine
She looks cute as usual and will appeal to the lady audience. However, she must try not to come up with western outfits in song sequences and that too figure hugging ones. It just doesn’t go with her.

Sada
She is sexy and makes up for the glamour quotient in a large way. Despite wearing regular outfits, she still has that oomph in her. Performance wise, she did justice to her role.

Others
Tanikella was standard, Sunil gave good laughs, Brahmanandam was okay, Ali was hilarious, Kovai Sarala was loud, Raghu Babu was a bit annoying, Krishna Bhagawan was witty and funny as well, M S was good, the others did as required.

Highlights

• Srikanth and Sada
• Pre-Climax
• Ali and Sunil’s comedy

Disappointments

• Outdated storyline
• Songs
• Brahmanandam comedy track
• Screenplay

Analysis:
The film has got every possible comedian in the Tollywood circuit but then the director has not been able to create a laugh riot out of it. The main drawback was the stale storyline which would have fitted the 80s time.

Also, the title conveys a comedy film but there is a strong dose of sentiment and melodrama which downs the enthusiasm. There is not much depth to the characters due to the weak script and there are not many moments when the audience can connect to the film.

There are few sparks of comedy here and there but overall, the film is not that appealing due to the tasteless flavor of the storyline. Except for Sada’s glamour, Sunil and Ali’s comedy, there is not much one can enjoy in this flick.

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Village Lo Vinayakudu Telugu Movie Review

Film: Village Lo Vinayakudu
Rating: 3.25/5
Banner: Moon Water Pictures
Cast: Krishunudu, Sharanya Mohan, Yandamuri Veerendra Nath, Rao Ramesh, and others
Story: Mahi
Dialogues: Mahi, Saikiran Adivi
Music: Manikant Khadri
Lyrics: Vanamaali
Cinematography: Rams
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Screenplay, Director: Saikiran Adivi
Producer: Mahi
Release date: 5th Nov 2009

The film ‘Vinayakudu’ was a major success and this has led to the sequel of the film ‘Village Lo Vinayakudu’. The expectations are obviously high on this one and whether they have been met or not, let us see.

Story:
Set on the backdrop of a village, the story is about Karthik (Krishnudu) a teacher in Hyderabad and it is love at first sight for him when he sees Kavya (Saranya) a doctor. She lives with her father Colonel Laxmipathi (Rao Ramesh), an ex-serviceman at their village and one day Karthik lands at their door confessing his love and asking for Kavya’s hand. Her father strictly retaliates and from then on, Karthik begins his efforts to win the hearts of Kavya’s father and her family. Meanwhile Col Laxmipathi’s friend (Yandamoori Veerendranath) makes attempts to separate Karthik from Kavya. Is he successful or not forms the rest.

Performances:
Krishnudu
Yet again, he has come up with a good performance and not many challenges for him in this one. He has done his best in carrying the film on his shoulders throughout and did a fairly good job. His body language and few dialogues bring smiles and make him look much cuter and perfect.

Saranya Mohan
She is looking sweet and her performance is also good. She has got wonderful photogenic features and for the role she suited best. She certainly loots many hearts with her cute expressions and naughty smiles.

Rao Ramesh
He has done justice to the role and has come up with some highlight dialogues and catchy scenes. This is a different character he has done unlike his earlier movies and he makes his presence felt. He is trying to imitate Prakash Raj knowingly or unknowingly in some scenes and that should be avoided.

Yendamuri Veerendranath
He has given few stiff expressions in front of the camera. But his character is interesting although little.

Bharat Reddy
Though he had a brief presence, he gave his best shot and there are few places where he made his presence felt very well.

Highlights:
Title design
Music and Lyrics
Bongulo Chicken Episode
Heroine Saranya
Cinematography
Krishnudu
Locations
Subtle Humor

Disappointments:
Pace in screenplay could be better

Analysis:
This is the sincere attempt by the director, and he scores good encomiums from all sectors of audiences. He has knitted the movie with all dexterities that a hero should possess. It is an eye opener for many directors those are showing heroes as smugglers, professional killers, thieves and robbers. The film condemns ‘ridiculing mythology’ which should be underlined. That’s a good lesson.

It is the effort that really appeals as it is made with honesty and sincerity. The film is a clean flick and it has enough ingredients to appeal to the family audience but then it doesn’t have that sort of momentum and pace.

There are no idle moments due to its good presentation. Background score was ok, songs were worth, picturization was top notch. While the first half is quite mild, it is not until the second half that the real tempo begins. Overall, the film is good in parts but could have been better. So it can be appreciated for its efforts than anything else.

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Ek Niranjan Telugu Movie Review

Film: Ek Niranjan
Rating: 2.75/5
Banner: Adithya Ram Movies
Cast: Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut, Sonu Sood, Tanikella, Makrand Deshpande, Mukul Dev, Posani, Ali, Brahmanandam, Brahmaji, Abhinayasri, Sunil, Venu Madhav etc
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu
Editing: M R Varma
Fights: Stun Siva
Story, dialogues, screenplay, director: Puri Jagannadh
Producer: Adithya Ram
Release date: 29/10/2009

The Puri- Prabhas team has come up once again after ‘Bujjigadu’ and this is a litmus test for both since they have not been able to score success lately. How good is ‘Ek Niranjan’? Let us see..

Story:
Chotu (Prabhas) is an orphan who makes an earning by catching hold of criminals and taking commission from the police. He is also in search of his parents and keeps pampering Chidambaram (makrand) his guardian to reveal the truth since he kidnaps Chotu when he is a baby. Things change when Sameera (kangana), a music teacher enters into his life and along with her also come Johnny Bhai (sonu), Kailash (mukul) and others. What is the link between all? Does Chotu get to meet his family in the end? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performances:
Prabhas:
Yet another energetic performance from him but he needs to change his dialogue delivery which has become repetitive and sometime rolling. The idea of getting closer to the masses is a good thought but this doesn’t work always. He can recollect his diction for ‘Chatrapathi’ which had more punch and impact.

Kangana
Though not very pretty, she has got an innocent sex appeal making her attractive. She looks just average and did justice to her character given her debut in Telugu.

Sonu Sood
Interesting and entertaining performance, his sequences with Brahmaji are a highlight. He seems to be filling the gap of Raghuvaran in a large way with his body language and voice.

Brahmanandam, Ali, Abhinayasri
The trio has come up with a comedy track but that has not been able to impress. Both Brahmi and Ali look stereotype. Abhinayasri looks shapely and looks seductive in few scenes.

Mukul Dev, Makrand Deshpande
These Bollywood imports were not required as their characters didn’t have much to offer. Not really sure why they had to be roped in. Makrand is a highly talented actor but his caliber was not used properly.

Others like Posani, Venu Madhav, Sunil did their bit as required but not very appealing.

Tanikella Bharani and Sangeetha are ok.

Technically, the highlight in the movie is music. All departments functioned well and the production values are also impressive. The director seems to have not kept full energies in some areas of script. Hence the drop down in entertainment graph here are there.

Highlights:
Prabhas
Sonu Sood
Puri’s Dialogues
‘Amma Ledu…’ Lyrics
Music

Disappointments:
Ali-Brahmanandam comedy track
Choice of heroine
Screenplay

Analysis:
The movie promises good entertainment in the take off but the graph suffers in the flow. The problem in the movie is with the lack of comedy carried by comedy artistes. The actual comedy was worked well with Prabhas and Sonu Sood. And it is obvious that the choice of heroine has reduced the scope of attracting family audience to theatres. It’s bluntly limited to mass audiences and as there is no potential for the movie to allure repeat-viewers, the purpose wouldn’t work completely.

First half of the movie is entertaining but the second half is disturbing to some extent. The graph has fallen down when the narration goes to Bangkok. Puri seems to be so obsessed with Bangkok in his films and hardly understands the need to roll cameras there every time. The climax gets mixed response- some feel that it’s subtle to end the movie that way but others may feel it’s incomplete.

On a whole, it’s a movie that hasn’t reached expectations although entertained to some extent.

Bottom Line: While audiences expected a full meal from Puri, he served only plate meal.

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Jayeebhava Tollywood Movie Review

Film: Jayeebhava
Rating: 2.75/5
Banner: N T R Arts
Cast: Nandamuri Kalyanram, Hansika, Mukesh Rishi, Jayaprakash Reddy, Ashish Vidyarthi, Chalapathi Rao, Ali, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav, Raghu Babu, Hema, Banerjee etc
Music: S Thaman
Fights: Vijay
Editing: Gowtham Raju
Dialogues, story: B V S N Ravi
Cinematography: Dasaradhi Sivendra
Director: Naren Kondapati
Producer: Nandamuri Kalyanram
Release date: 23rd Oct 2009

Nandamuri Kalyanram has come up with his third venture from his home banner and the expectations were high since the pre release talk was quite positive. Whether it matches to the reality or not, let us see.

Story:
Bhavani (Mukesh Rishi) and Narasimha (Jayaprakash) are best friends turned foes due to misunderstandings caused by Yadu (Ashish). This is told to Ram (Kalyan), son of Bhavani and he decides to play game with Yadu. He is successful in that but in due course falls in love with Anjali (Hansika). However, a sequence of events takes place and Ram realizes that Anjali is the daughter of Narasimha. Now, he has to ensure that both sworn enemies come together to accept for his marriage with Anjali. Whether he is successful or not forms the rest of the story.

Performances:
Kalyanram
He has given a standard performance and there is nothing new or variety that he offered. Given the comedy quotient, he should have been more charging and expressive. His naturally handsome looks are nice. Costumes are also good.

Hansika motwani
She has turned out to be a real gorgeous doll after her last movie ‘Kantri’. She looks sexy and wears some really attractive outfits and this would provide a visual delight. Performance is as usual but her beauty overshadows most of her drawbacks.

Mukesh Rishi, Jayaprakash Reddy- both senior actors came up with a standard performance but the makers could have looked at extracting more from Mukesh. Jayaprakash Reddy gives the required dose of humor, performance and the bad looks. Both of them are versatile.

Brahmanandam, Ali, Raghu Babu- the trio has come up with decent performances but the energy could have been better in the line. Raghu Babu in particular is good and he does these roles very well.

Highlights
Hansika

Disappointments
Weak romance track
Inconsistency in climax

Analysis:
The film relies mostly on the technical aspects and the focus has been on the style and presentation than the content and punch in the story. While the first half is just okay, the real story picks up in second half and there are traces of movies like ‘Dhee’ ‘Ready’ etc and protagonist using brain than brawn has become the in thing now. The mass audience would relish the presence of Hansika, songs and the comedy part but overall, there is no rhythm and there are fluctuations in the depiction of emotions. The film is good in parts but on a whole there should be something more. The movie is on the lines of ‘Ready’ but could have handled with more power in dialogues and screenplay.

Bottom line: Just okay, could have been better

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Mahatma Telugu Movie Review

Film: Mahatma
Banner: Golden Lion Films
Rating: 3/5
Cast: Srikanth, Bhavana, Jayaparakash Reddy, Jyothy, Uttej, Jagan, Brahmanandam, Paruchuri Venkateshwara Rao etc
Music: Vijay Anthony
Lyrics: Seetarama Sastry, Suddala Ashok Teja and Lakshmi Bhupal
Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
Cinematography: Sarath
Director: Krishna Vamsi
Producer: C R Manohar
Released On: 9th October 2009

The movie ‘Mahatma’ has been in news from quite some time by the virtue of publicity and controversies with songs. The expectations have been huge on the movie and let us see how it gelled with the anticipations.

Story:
Dasanna (Srikanth) is a rugged youngster who lives in a ‘basthi area’ and his life style includes only fights, daily intake of alcohol and non-veg. His livelihood depends on rowdism. In the process he happens to encounter an advocate Krishnaveni (Bhavana) who keeps on bailing him out whenever he gets into police case.

On the other hand a political rivalry runs between ruling party leaders Dattanna (Jayaprakash Reddy) and Kalarani (Jyothy). In the flow of events, Dasanna happens to become a tool between Datthanna and Kalarani.

But Gandhism attracts Dasanna all of a sudden. He stops alcohol, non vegetarianism and also fights. He starts the process of accepting mistake. How that affected him? How that helped his area? That forms rest of the story.

Performances:
Srikanth:
He did his best with utmost care. His expressions worked really well for every scene. He also tried to show some expertise in dances as well although choreography is pretty poor. The shades of his portrayal in Shankaradada Zindabad are seen on some scenes.

Bhavana:
She is the biggest minus for the movie and there is nothing more speak about.

Jagan:
Although a trivial role, he deserves a paragraph here. He appears in various get ups- NTR, Tanguturi Prakasam. Pingala Vekayya, Alluri Seeta Rama Raju, Potti Sree Ramulu and Gandhiji. The song ‘Kontha mandi inti peru…’ was shot on him.

Brahmanandam appears in guest comedy and that is just ok. Jayaprakash Reddy aptly grooved in the role of Datthanna. Jyothy is ok as Kalarani. Uttej and Paruchuri Venkateshwara Rao have played as side kicks to protagonist.

Charmee spilled glamour in an item song and Navneeth Kaur also made her hot presence on screen although appeared for a few seconds.

Editing has suffered some problems (Gandhi’s statue looks shabby for some time and clean and neat for other time in the same scene). Cinematography is good. Story is fine and screenplay could have been better. On a whole it’s a laudable attempt by director but could have carried the subject with more intensity.

Highlights:
Title song ‘Talayetti jeevinchu..’
Song on Gandhiji ‘Kontha mandi inti peru kaadura Gandhi..’

Disappointments:
Heroine
Dialogues (except ‘kattana..kottana’ and ‘amma ..neeyamma’)
No proper comedy

Analysis:
The take-off of the movie is pretty hysterical with the title song ‘Talayetti jeevinchu Tammudaa..’ But the actual story wouldn’t start till the interval bang. The beginning of second half promises bigger things but that goes with various ups and downs. First 45 minutes of the movie goes in run of the mill style and that could have been confined to 20 minutes jumped into actual story.

The song ‘Indiramma inti peru kaadura Gandhi’ that raised controversy was changed to ‘Konthamandi inti peru kaadura Gandhi’. But Censor didn’t bother to cut down the word ‘f...k off’ used by artiste Jyothy for Kalarani character in first half.

Director seems to have ignored masses and that is evident through his selection of heroine and the get up given to her. Any other heroine would have aptly fitted in the requirement.

On a whole, the spirit of non violence, truth, accepting the mistake and perseverance are conveyed in this attempt through some scenes. But more homework should have done to make it a better product since the title is ‘Mahatma’!!!

Bottom Line: Watch it at least to know the value of Gandhiji once again.

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Ganesh- Just Ganesh Telugu Movie Review

Film: Ganesh-Just Ganesh
Rating: 3/5
Cast: Ram, Kajal, Sameer, Kasi Viswanath, Ashish Vidyarthi, Poonam Kour, Rohini Attangadi etc
Dialogues: Abburi Ravi
Camera: Hari
Music: Mickey J Mayer
Lyrics: Sirivennela, Rama Jogayya Sastry
Art: Peketi Ranga
Action: Peter Heins
Editing: Sreekar Prasad
Producer: Sarvanthi Ravi Kishore
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Saravanan
Released On: 25th Sep 2009

This is the movie that’s released without any hype. It hasn’t been in big discussion till its release. Hence the expectations weren’t high on this. Let us see how far it entertained audiences.

Story:
Ganesh (Ram) is a young man who knows nothing but helping others. His friend loves a girl but he fears to let that known to his father (Kasi Viswanath) . The idea of the father is to get his son married to his niece Divya (Kajal).

Hence Ganesh plans to make Divya fall in his love so that line will be clear for his friend to marry his love interest. He implements the plan by becoming a tenant to Divya in Express Towers Apartments, Kondapur. The apartment is famous for mischievous children and their playful acts. But how Ganesh becomes close to them and how he sees success in his plan? That has to be watched on screen.

Meanwhile Mahadev (Ashish Vidyarthi), a hooligan disturbs the society with his goondaagiri. A comedy don Yadagiri (Brahmanandam) also presents parallel to him. How Ganesh settles these accounts forms the action and mass comedy part.

Performances:
Ram: He is at his best by all means. First to say is about his dances. He has improved a lot and his dances are with full of grace. His timing in dialogue delivery and energy levels in performance are also good. He proves to be best bet for family entertainers.

Kajal: She has caught the attention with beautiful screen presence once again and scored well with performance as well.

Child Artistes: The biggest asset for this film is child artistes. Everyone has delivered the best output and entertained audiences. Director could have banked on these tiny talents and extend scenes on them for better narration of the whole story. The boy who acted in role of Nani is quite interesting. His exam hall scene and getting 72% marks entertained audiences. The stout boy in the group who tests the protagonist whether he is really a Super Man is humorous. Another boy wearing spectacles also made his presence felt. Other child artistes also acted up to the mark.

Ashish Vidyarthi is adequate in his negative role but there is no big punch for that. Poonam Kour acted as side kick for hero and heroine although she looked more graceful than heroine in some frames. Sameer is ok in his character as brother to Kajal. Rohini Attangadi appeared in a guest role.

The technical departments are ok. Music is well placed by Mickey J Mayer although not on par with his previous flicks. The song ‘Tanemando…’ is almost similar to ‘Nijamga Nenenaa’ from KBL. Other songs are just above average. Cinematography deserves good mention and the costumes department also worked well. Director did well but failed to focus on screenplay. The story is highly predictable till the climax without any twists and turns. And he failed to spruce up the second half adequately. It became elastic.

Highlights:

• Child Artistes
• Ram’s Dances
• Costumes
• Music

Disappointments:

• No interesting story line
• Weak second half
• Lengthy narration in second half
• Lack of sufficient humor in second half
• Flat and predictable narration

Missed Opportunities:

• The scenes of dog that stops chasing once seeing a hug should have extended with more scenes for better laughs
• The children walking into Divya’s house to negotiate marriage terms with her brother (Sameer) should have made a parody out of similar scene in old movie ‘Seetakoka Chiluka’ for humor.

Analysis:
The first half is better but second half is elastic. The movie promises huge entertainment till the interval and brings hopes that second half will be on par. But the expectations have come down due to length. It is true that length marred the strength of the movie. And the children episode with more entertainment could have added right value.

It is crucial for any film to possess with strong second half when compared to first half. But here it has become inversed. The audiences those stand up from their seats after the completion of the movie feel that first half is better. That drops the graph on a whole.

To sum up, it’s a film that can be watched by all family members at least for children episode. But at the same time one needs to carry lot of stamina to bear with lengthy second half that runs with no excitement.

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Eenadu Telugu Movie Review

Film: Eenadu
Rating: 2.75/5
Banners: Raajkamal International, UTV
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Venkatesh, Lakshmi, Ganesh Venkatraman, Anuja Iyer, Poonam Kaur, Santhanam, Mahesh Jayee etc
Music: Shruti Haasan PRO: BA Raju
Cinematography: Manoj Soni
Dialogues: Neelakanta
Director: Chakri Toleti
Producer: Kamal Haasan
Release date: 18th Sep 2009

The sensational movie that shook the heads of many critics, film lovers on a whole ‘A Wednesday’ was brought into Telugu as ‘Eenadu’ today. Has it shaken the heads again? Let us go into the details.

Story:
Police Commissioner Eeshwar Prasad (Venkatesh) gets a threatening call from an anonymous caller (Kamal Hasan) who states that he planted 5 RDX explosives in city which would explode by 6PM. Terror starts from then. Eeshwar Prasad handles the issue by reporting to Chief Secretary (Lakshmi) and Chief Minister. His missions are two.

1. Safeguarding that city from blasts and
2. Smoking out the anonymous caller.

And why that caller threatens? His demands are to release 4 terrorists those are linked up to Gokul Chat and Lumbini blasts.

Eeshwar Prasad releases them and sends to the place suggested by that anonymous caller. What happens after that? Has Eshwar Prasad succeeded in his missions?

That has to be watched on screen.

Performances:
Venkatesh- He is the only saving grace in the movie. Audience found relaxed and pleasant watching him. He suited perfect to the role of Police Commissioner. He looked more convincing than Anupam Kher, who played same role in original ‘A Wednesday’. He never smiles through out the narration and his serious portrayal is laudable. He kept all sorts of star-hero image and airs aside and performed very subtly. That is highly commendable.

Kamal Hasan- He hasn’t shown the conviction that was shown by Naseeruddin Shah in original. There is no scope for performance in this role, but still Naseeruddin could show some glitters drawing the attention of audiences completely. But here the director spoiled the character by not suggesting anything about the timing in dialogue delivery and expressions to Kamal. Kamal is the biggest disappointment as audience expect more than what they have actually watched from him.

Ganesh Venkataraman: He is perfect in cop’s role. He is the one who stole the attention of audiences with his macho look as Cop Arif. He is far better than Jimmy Shergill who played same role in original.

Bharat Reddy: He played subtly as Cop Goutham Reddy with bits of humor in a couple of scenes.

Lakshmi is a waste. Technically, this is the first full length film in Telugu that’s made with Red-One digital camera. The output is good. Sruthi Hasan’s music could have been better. Dialogues are good. Editing is ok.

Highlights:
Venkatesh’s presence
Ganesh Venkatraman’s performance

Disappointments:
Kamal Hasan
Chakry Toleti’s direction
Lakshmi’s character
RR

Analysis:
A few said that Kamal wouldn’t have chosen to work in this movie as his performance is not up to the mark. Some from back seats murmured, Prakash Raj would be a better choice than Kamal Hasan for this role.

Audiences find a kind of terror watching Naseeruddin Shah’s performance in ‘A Wednesday’. But Kamal couldn’t bring that. And Chakry Toleti is successful in copying the film from original but failed with some senseless additions.

Directorial Flaws:

• Kamal Hasan talking about a pregnant woman getting raped nude in public, while dealing with terrorists, on phone with Police Commissioner is out of the box. That has confused audiences.
• And there is no reasonable conclusion to Poonam Kour’s role. Has she got down from train? The circle hasn’t completed.
• Showing Lakshmi in the role of Chief Secretary in not in tune with requirement (although director tried to depict the ego clashes between IAS and IPS officers in general)

The movie lacks luster with respect to boosting up the adrenaline of audience. The best part is that the movie has got no extra-peripherals like songs and hence saved time and energies of audience. First half has picked up slowly and caused some stir before interval. The intensity in second half could be better to fit into the requirement.

Mass audiences may not relish this film. Majority of multiplex audiences already watched ‘A Wednesday’ and comparison mars it. Rural audiences may feel it a documentary sort of film and finds hard to understand what is happening on screen. Hence it’s difficult for this film to continue its odyssey at box office. This is an unexpected outcome.

Bottom Line: Whatever copied is not bad. And what ever added is not good

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