Karthikeya Movie Review

Film: Karthikeya
Starring: Nikhil, Swathi, Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh
Director: Chandoo Mondeti
Producer: Venkat Srinivas
Banner: Magnus Cine Prime Banner
Music: Sekhar Chandra

Story:

Karthik [Nikhil] is a youngster with inquisitive nature to solve all the mysteries taking place around him. Karthik falls in love with Valli [Swathi], a Dentist on the first sight. The duo along with co-medicos lands in Subramaniapuram for a Medical camp. A mystery of murders happening with a Snake bite in Subramaniapuram temple interests Karthik. How Karthik get through the bottom of the mystery? Forms the crux of Karthikeya.

Performances:

Nikhil has given a subtle performance. He has shown a great transformation as an Engineering student in 'Happy Days' to a Medico in 'Karthikeya'. His dialogue delivery is one more plus, he pulled out the role with ease.

Swathi is restricted to few moments in the movie. She has nothing much to offer, yet looks glamorous in the songs.

Rao Ramesh, Tanikella Bharani, Praveen and Kishore have done justice to thier roles. Police officer, 30 years industry Prithvi and poor old mad Sadhu are wasted among others.

Karthikeya is never felt as a debut film of Chandoo Mondeti. The new filmmaker maintained the suspense with par excellence. Laudable screenplay with well written and best suited dialogues. Sekhar Chandra's background music stands as a pillar for the movie. 'Intalo', 'Saripovu', 'Prasnante' songs shot well. Karthik Ghattamaneni's cinematography is an asset. Flashback episodes with a storyboard narration have been executed well. Art direction is praise worthy.

Editing by K Srinivas is acceptable with the pace and run time. Comparatively second half could have been better.

Karthikeya is technically sound. The movie is incorporated with right amounts of twists and thrills. Screenplay, cinematography and background score complements each other from the first frame, generating right mood to the audiences. Comedy quotient is neatly maintained in the movie without deviating from the story line. After the interesting first half and the interval bang, few unfolds in the counterpart appears predictable. Abrupt Climax leaves instances for the sequel.

'Konni Abaddalu Alochinchakunda Nammutham, Konni Nijalu Nammadaniki Alochistam' and 'Prapanchamlo Prathi Prasnaki Samadhanam Untundhi, Samadanam Lekapothe Samasya Prasnadhi Kadu Prayathnanidi' are best dialogues.

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Ulavacharu Biryani - Movie Review

Director Aashiq Abu's 2011 Malayalam movie Salt N' Pepper is a beautiful romantic comedy entertainer. Having impressed family audience, the flick has become a big Money spinner at the Kerala Box Office. Now, actor-turned-director Prakash Raj has remade this hit film in Telugu as Ulavacharu Biryani, which has released in theatres across the globe today (June 6). As its name suggests, food plays an important role in Ulavacharu Biryani. The story of the film revolves around a few foodies, whose fondness of food bonds them together. The screenplay was the biggest strength of the original movie Salt N' Pepper, which was high on the entertainer quotient. Its decent entertainer values had driven the Malayalam audience crazy towards theatres.

 Prakash Raj has made certain changes in the screenplay to suit the taste of the local audience in Andhra Pradesh. Though the director has done a brilliant work, a few changes made by him play a spoilsport in Ulavacharu Biryani. He has used the same ingredients that were in Salt N' Pepper, but he has failed to maintain the same recipe and taste in its Telugu remake. Kalidasa (Prakash Raj) works in the state archaeological department. He is at his late 30s and is a food lover. His nephew (Tejas), who is looking for a job, comes to stay with him. On the other side, Gauri (Sneha) is a unmarried dubbing artiste and she is living with her sister (Samyuktha Hornad). Her miss-dialed call to Kalidasa brings them together. After knowing each other on phone calls, they decide to meet each other at a hotel. But in bid to hide their age and physical appearances, Kalidasa and Gauri decide to send younger and better looking substitutes nephew and sister as both of them, when they meet for the first time.

This twist in the tale turns the comic element and develops a romantic relationship between their nephew and sister. The rest of the story forms the crux of the movie.  All the actors in Ulavacharu Biryani have tried to live up the performances of the characters in the original Salt N' Pepper. As main leads, Prakash Raj and Sneha have delivered brilliant performances and their chemistry is one of the main highlights in the film. Young actors Tejas and Samyuktha Hornad tried their best to do justice to their respective roles and their romance is also a treat to watch on screens. Other supporting artistes have also done justice to their roles. Ulavacharu Biryani has decent production values. Maestro Ilayaraja's song compositions and background score are the main attractions in the technical front. Preetha's camera work is another big highlight in the film and his perfect frames makes the film a visual treat. Lyrics and dialogues are well written. Kishore's editing is also good, but the film should have been even better entertaining, if he had trimmed a few dragging scenes. Overall, Ulavacharu Biryani is decent family entertainer with high comedy quotient. Barring a few dragging moments, the movie keeps you engaged and entertained. It is a good time passer for this weekend.
source:oneindia.in

Telugu Movie Green Signal Review

Cast: Revanth, Gopal Sai, Rakshitha, Manas, Ashutosh, Dimple Chopade, Shilpi Sharma
Direction: Vijay Maddala
Genre: Comedy

Story: Sandy (Manas), Naidu (Revanth), Google (Gopal) Prem (Ashutosh) are four compulsive bachelors fall in love only to have their hearts broken. They make a joint pact to stay single for life to deal with the ensuing heartache. Can they stick to their guns?

Movie Review: Ever wondered why is it that every other 'rom-com' in Telugu cinema inevitably based on male heart ache? Consider this. Exactly four months after actor Dhanush sang his way to national prominence with that 'soup song' - soup being a Tamil slang for the pain that men go through after being dumped by their girl friends - we had a film called Ee Rojullo that ushered in a new era of small budget Telugu films that thrive on cheap sex comedy.

Well, this movie we're afraid is another collection of juvenile boy gags gone wrong. Sample a few of the choicest ones from the movie. Dotnetlu, dotcomlu enni unna walla deggar unna miracle software ni chuse meeku java karipovalsinde ra...(it roughly translates as irrespective of the innumerable kinky websites, men cannot resist the lure of the miracle software) remarks a watchman after seeing a couple walk out very late after work.

We have this bizarre situation in which a gay man is trying to explain his orientation to his perspective bride. He goes about explaining how his favourite ice cream flavor is ice fruit and his preferred fruit is the banana. But the girl doesn't get it. In a last ditch attempt he explains that given a choice he'd get married to all the three Khans at once! Well, there are plenty more of these jokes laid out in this relationship comedy. In another scene we have a man tying a rakhi to another man!

It's almost as if the movie is just an excuse for the filmmaker to stitch together as many of such pj's as possible. So if you have a taste for such humor make sure you carry along a gang of hooters who can get off on Santa Banta kind of jokes. Well there is a song in which we have three women dancing around in Bikinis. That's perhaps the most evolved piece of cinema you'll find in the two-and-a-half-hour run time. Everything else about the movie, we're afraid is inconsequential. To call it a sleaze fest will be putting it kindly.
source:timesofindia

"Basanti" Movie Review

Brahmanadam Son Gautham's "Basanti" Movie Review

Starring: Gautam Raja,Alisha Beig,Ranadeep Ghatla, Naveena Jackson
Director: Chaitanya Danthuluri
Producer: Chaitanya Danthuluri
Banner: Start Camera Pictures
Music: Mani Sharma

Basanti Movie Story: 

Arjun (Goutham Raja) a happy go lucky guy, falls in love in the first instance with Roshini (Alisha Baig). From that time with the help of his friends Abbas (Ranadir) and Swathi, Arjun starts following Roshini. Being a good with heart Arjun always helps people in need, that's how unknowing Arjun helps Roshini's grandmother. From that time they start liking each other. But things turns around when Roshini confirms her P.hd studies in London. In the meanwhile, Gaazi a renowned terrorist comes to Hyderabad to save their leader Barbar from High Security Prison. On the eve of Basanti college Farewell party Terrorists attack Basanti College and capture 80 students as Hostage. Why did Gaazi attack Basanti College? How will Arjun help his friends and make their friends escape? Will Roshini accept Arjun's proposal forms the rest of the storyline.

Performances

Raja Gautam delivers a subtle performance and he is impressive in the act. He gains command on dialogue delivery and surpasses his performance from previous films.

Alisha Baig looks good and she is a mediocre performer. Ranadir is impressive, Tanikella Bharini is convincing, Sayaji Shinde is interesting, Dhanraj is wasted. Others were adequate.

Technicalities:

Direction is fine. Chaitanya Dantuluri could have worked harder on the script to cover the loopholes and make it original. Cinematography is neat. Action sequences were reasonably average.

Analysis

Basanti takes off well and the cast Gautam, Alisha Baig keeps engaged with decent performances. Chaitanya Dantuluri executed the first half neatly with refreshing scenes. Interval block is impressive and raises expectations on the latter half. A couple of twists in the second hour are impressive but the proceedings move at slow pace. Also with too many cinematic liberties like a college student attacking the terrorists without weapons lacks realism approach. Such forced heroism scenes could have been avoided. The film has been set in a strong backdrop and audiences will expect a gripping screenplay but the film lacks the needed strength at crucial scenes thus failing to make it a memorable one. Nevertheless, Basanti has its moments with some impressive dialogues and the director makes an honest attempt unlike opting for commercial elements and formulaic approaches.

A decent attempt, but could have been much better…

Paisa Telugu Movie Review

Film: Paisa
Starring: Nani, Catherine Theresa, Siddhika Sharma, Charan Raj, Raja Raveendra and Duvvasi Mohan
Director: Krishna Vamsi
Producer: Ramesh Puppala
Banner: Yellow Flowers banner
Music: Sai Karthik

Story

Sherwani Model Prakash (Nani) is desperate to turn rich with his tricks. He likes his neighborhood Muslim girl Noor (Catherine Tresa). But Prakash has set his heart on the beautiful Sweety (Siddhika Sharma), daughter of a rich and powerful minister (Charan Raj). Both become good friends. On the other hand, Sanyasi Raju plans to become CM spending the money illegally of 50 Crores. Noor’s family is in financial trouble and to come out of it Noor agrees to marry an old Dubai Sheikh. Prakash comes to Noor’s rescue by jeopardising her marriage and escaping with her in a van. This incident brings about the twist in the plot as Prakash soon discovers a bag containing Rs 50 crores in the van. It is around this bagful of money that the entire movie revolves.Prakash realizes his love for Noor, once her wedding with old Dubai Sheikh is set and he plans to spoil the marriage with the help of his friends in an Innova without knowing there are 50 crores in the same car. Now, Dubai Sheikh’s Goons, cops and Sanyasi Raju’s gang chases Prakash and the rest forms the crux.

Performances

It is tailor made role for Nani and he is at ease in performance. He was quite good at dialogue delivery, expressions in emotional sequences and action sequences. A special mention of scene where Nani finds money is neatly shot.

Catherine Tresa is beautiful but she has nothing much to perform in the limited role. Same is the case with Siddhika Sharma, who also looked glamorous in the film.

Charanraj is impressive, Raja Ravindra, Duvvasi Mohan, Bharath Reddy are effective in their given roles.

Technical Analysis

Cinematography is not up to the mark, the visuals fails to appeal, Sai Karthik’s audio scores are decent but the BGM is too loud. DI works are poor, dialogues have nothing to boast of. Story is appealing but screenplay isn’t effective, Krishna Vamsi’s direction is not upto expectations. Editing is bad. Yellow Flowers Production values are poor.

Analysis

Krishna Vamsi comes up with a decent, realistic storyline where the current society is after money and how money plays key role in day-to-day lives. However, the screenplay lacks freshness or thrilling moments. Direction is not up to expectations and the scenes are over the top at times. Logic goes for a toss and there are too many loopholes in the script. Cinematography could have been neat rather than the complex angles. The first half is too sluggish with slow-paced narration. Though the interval episode and few good scenes in the second half impress you, the proceedings loose its steam. Climax is okay but Paisa doesn’t provide any entertainment.

Verdict – Film might disappoint, but you can watch it for Nani.

Heart Attack Telugu Movie Review

Title : Heart Attack (2014)
Star Cast : Nithiin , Adah Sharma…
Director : Puri Jagannadh
Producer : Puri Jagannadh
Music Director:Anoop Rubens

Released on : Jan 31, 2014.

Story
The story begins after a year in Spain.Varun (Nitin) is a hippie living in Spain and doesn’t believe in relationships. As guessed in Puri’s movie fight will be followed by a song. And its now the time for the song “ee chitti life lo” He comes across Hayati (Adah Sharma), daughter of Devan, a powerful cop. Hayati who is from India comes to Spain for helping her friend Priya (Kesha Khambati). Varun woos Hayati for a kiss but doesn’t love her and the latter who initially hates him falls in love with Varun eventually. At last, Nitin finds Adah… but its too late… her marriage is already fixed… Lovers meet ….emotional scene.Varun and Hayati decide to meet up for one last time after few instances. Does Hayati wins Varun’s love and will the latter change his view on relationship forms the rest. Lovers meet at the End.

Performances

Nithin’s performance is impressive. He opted for a new look and he carried off it with style. He is good in romantic and emotional scenes. Adah Sharma has performed well and she looked good at times. She is at ease in dialogue delivery and expressions. Ajaz Khan is impressive, Brahmanandam is okay, Ali is wasted in a poor role, Prakash Raj’s cameo is good.

Amol Rathod’s cinematography is on top-notch while Anup Rubens musical scores are good and the background score is impressive. Puri Jagannadh scores in dialogues than the direction, Screenplay is predictable, Editing is neat. Production Values of Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies are rich.

Heart Attack takes off well with strong and quirky hero characterization and the scenes of hero falling for heroine, initial action scenes are all well-shot. Romantic love stories need the proper plot and the tight screenplay with right mix of entertainment.  DEEP KISS to Nitin by Adah. But this is where Heart Attack fails. Though the first half is passable with few refreshing scenes and Brahamanandam’s comedy here and there, the second half leaves you to boredom. The intensity or the feel in the love story is purely missing and there are as many as four songs in the first half and the placement could’ve been better. Neither the comedy is engaging except for few Brahmanandam scenes. Heart Attack has few interesting moments here and there but not upto the expectations.

Kshatriya Telugu Movie Review

In recent years, actor Meka Srikanth, who is known for his family entertainers, has tried his luck with several action thrillers like Devaraya, Sevakudu, Satruvu and Shadow and tasted back-to-back failures. But he does not seem to be giving it up. He is back with another action entertainer titled Kshatriya, which has hit the screens on January 1. However, he has once again failed to impress the viewers due to its poorly-handled screenplay.

Kshatriya is an action suspense thriller that is all about an NRI girl, who knows key details about her forefathers' treasure. Besides direction, Uday Chandu has also penned story and screenplay for the movie. Though his story is interesting, he has failed to include enough amount of entertainment quotient in it. The narration is bit slow in the first half, but it picks up the speed after the interval bang. Srikanth is an angry young man, who is ready to do anything for money. Dawood (Jaya Prakahs Reddy), who is involved in illegal activities, appoints him to collect important details from London-born Madhu (Kum Kum), who returns to India to stay in her ancestral home. Her evil grandfather (Kota Srinivasa Rao) makes her life hell, but Srikanth saves her from all threats posed by her grandfather. She reveals the story of the key details related to her ancestral treasure.

What happens next will form the crux. As usual, Srikanth has delivered brilliant performance in Kshatriya and he impresses the film goers in action sequences. Actress Kum Kum has also done her best and wins the heart of viewers in sentimental scenes. Others like Rao Ramesh, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Jaya Prakash Reddy and Eerojullo Sai have also done justice to their roles, but the director could have used these comedy actors to add humour to the film. Kshatriya has decent production values and camera work is the main attraction in the technical front. Vishwa's song compositions are big let down, but his background score is big asset of the film and helps the director to elevate several emotional scenes. Other technicians have also done a commendable job. Overall, Uday Chandu has chosen a very good story for Kshatriya, but he has failed to execute it on the screen. If you are a hardcore fan of Srikanth, you can watch the movie.

source:oneindia.in

Varna Movie Review

Film: Varna Cast & Crew
Starring: Arya, Anushka Shetty, Radhika, Siva Karthikeyan
Director: Selvaraghavan
Producer: Prasad V Potluri
Banner: PVP Cinemas
Music: Harris Jayaraj, Anirudh Ravichander

Varna - Story

It is about two love stories in two different worlds. Madhu (Arya) and Ramya (Anushka) fall in love and when everything seems bright to the couple an unfortunate thing happens. Now Madhu is taken to another world by some super power. There he meets Mahendra (Arya) and Varna (Anushka). Is there some purpose for Madhu to come to that world?

Other World Story: A place where people have not experienced the feel of love. Mahendra (Arya) falls in love in the first instance with Varna (Anushka Shetty) and marries her. But as they don’t understand the feeling they get separated. Due to a time worm Mahendra goes to Earth and saves Madhu. The rest of the story is about who ends up with Varna.

Varna - Star Performance
The less said about the acting skills of the lead cast, the better. There seems to be a big race happening to decide who will come up with the worst performance. Arya is wooden faced in Mahendra’s character and tries to portray his emotions in Madhu’s role. Similarly Anushka is ok in her role as Ramya but failed to live in the character of Varna. Rest of the characters just ham it up.

Varna - Technicalities:

Director tried to do create some different world like Avatar in this movie. Most of the creatures in that world resemble Avatar's animals. Other than that his imagination is silly. Graphics are just okay. They are not cheap and also not that great. Cinematography is good and background score is fine. Songs are not impressive. Editing is not up to the mark. Production values are rich.

The only problem is the film didn’t need to spend more than two and a half hours explaining this when the concept became clear within the first half hour. Also two stories are so loosely connected that they ultimately feel like pointless padding.The constant lurching between different plots also makes it difficult for any character development. There were some good set-ups early on, like Amma – Evil connection or a mysterious time worm. But these never mounted to anything. These could have easily been taken much further and tied the stories closer together.

The film boasts twists and turns but in the end you've probably seen them all before and they will not surprise too many people with where it goes.Tamil director Selva Raghavan, who is known as Sri Raghava for Telugu audience has come up with a romantic fantasy film Varna. This is made in Tamil as Iraandam Ulagam. Anushka and Arya played the leads.

Cinematography by Ramji is very mediocre. Especially shots in another world were very blurry. Harris Jayaraj music is fine but the songs were situation less and shot with casual choreography. Must say Anirudh Ravichander BGM is the major asset of the movie.

Especially BGM in scene where Arya fights with mysterious animal and Interval sequence receives a special mention. Graphics in the film are second grade and failed to elevate mythical second world scenes. Fights in the film are very ordinary. Lip sync is missing in the major scenes connected to Amma - Varna - Mahendra. Production Values of the movie is grand.

Varna - Analysis
Have you ever felt like there is a after life? Had a case of Déjà vu? Felt like you have seen something after you lost it but you aren’t sure where?

First half of the movie itself is enough to know that Varna is going to be a torturous movie till the end. There is no plot or story whatsoever. Director had a vague idea about true love and he simply experimented by making a movie with so many crores. It will not only leave holes in the pockets of investors, but also will out its audience through endless torture.

Telugu Movie Bhai Movie review

Story

Bhai (Nagarjuna) is the most skilled and trusted enforcer of a Hong Kong based Don, named David (Ashish Vidyarthi). David is heavily dependant on Bhai for his day to day operations and this is resented by David’s sons, James (Sonu Sood) and Tony (Ajay). David relies mostly on Bhai rather than his sons James (Sonu Sood), Tony (Ajay) which makes them to envy him. An undercover cop starts killing vital members of mafia interrupting their operations in Hyderabad, and David assigns the task to Bhai to kill the cop, who later comes across some shocking facts. Who is the undercover cop? What does Bhai find out and How does he resolve it forms the crux.

Performances

Nagarjuna looked charming, stylish in his getups but his characterization lacked intensity and the senseless dialogues didn’t suit the actor.

Richa Gangophadyay has nothing much to perform but shake legs in songs and look glamorous and she has done it good.

Brahmanandam is wasted in a poor role, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao was brief but noticeable, MS Narayana is monotonous in regular role,  Sonu Sood and Prasanna have done a good job.  Zara Shah is impressive. Kamna Jethmalani hardly has couple of scenes. Rest others Asish Vidyarthi, Sayaji Shinde, Jayaprakash Reddy are pretty ordinary.

Technical Analysis

Devi Sri Prasad’s musical scores are good but the songs are poorly captured. Background score isn’t effective. Veerabhadram Chowdary fails in direction, punch dialogue are overflowing and lacks sense, screenplay is inconsistent, and editing is jerky. The only asset from technicalities is Annapurna Studios Production values. Sameer Reddy’s cinematography is a big asset for the movie.

Analysis

Mafia backdrop films aren’t new to Tollywood and the genre films works due to stylishness in hero characterizations and the underworld mafia set up besides the taut screenplay and a good story. Sadly, nothing works for Bhai other than Nagarjuna’s hard efforts. Director Veerabhadram Chowdary failed in establishing the characterizations and handled the scenes amateurishly. The storyline is wafer thin though it had a couple of good twists, but the poor handling takes away audiences’ interest.

Half way into Bhai, the sentiment scenes work when the main plot twist gets revealed. Pre-interval episodes create curiosity and so the second half picks up momentum and pre-climax has some very good scenes. However, the comedy scenes and songs picturization are pathetically handled. The climax has nothing new to offer. Plentiful needless punch dialogues and fights are unconvincing but the worst part is the director failing in his strong forte ‘entertainment’. Veerabhadram has wasted a good opportunity of handling a star hero like Nagarjuna. Forced commercial elements distracts you away from main story, Bhai is a below average.

Potugadu Movie Review

Film: Potugadu
Starring: Manchu Manoj, Nathalia Kaur, Simran Mundi Kaur, Sakshi
Director: Pavan Wadeyar
Producer: Lagadapati Sridhar, Sireesha
Banner: Ramalakshmi Cine Creations banner
Music: Achu

Story
Govind (Manchu Manoj) tries to attempt suicide due to love failure but he comes across Venkat (Posani Krishna Murali), a software engineer who also gets rejected by a lady. The duo narrates their love stories to each other and Govind fails in love for four times with four girls Vaidehi (Simran), Mumtaz (Sakshi) Stacy (Rachel) and Mary (Anupriya). Will the duo give up their suicide idea and win their love forms the crux.

Performances
Manchu Manoj shows his extreme energetic levels in his acting skills. He has imitated Mohan Babu at times but he could have toned down his mannerisms to fit into the role better. The film has four leading ladies. Simran Kaur is glamorous while Rachel fails to impress. Both Simran and Rachel got cameo roles. Anu Priya is impressive and emotes well while Sakshi Chowdary haven’t got good characterization. Posani Krishna Murali is entertaining while Ali, Raghu Babu, Rajesh are okay. Others were adequate.

Technical Analysis
Achu composed music is asset for the film while the background score is impressive. Cinematography is neat and editing is crisper. Dialogues are witty and gel well with masses. Pawan Wadeyar scores in direction. Production values are good.

Analysis
Potugadu is packed with good entertainment and racy screenplay in the first half. Director has incorporated five love stories in the film. However, due to the run length the stories fail to connect emotionally but the double-entendre dialogues will connect well with the masses. Interval block is impressive. Second half could have been racier like the first half. The third story with Rachel isn’t properly established. Music is an additional asset for the film and Pyar Mein Padipoya, Devatha are visually pleasing. Potugadu offers commercial elements action, comedy, romance and pleasing music but the film is loud and lacks logic which might not go well specific audiences. Mass Entertainer!!

Attarintiki Daredi Telugu movie review

Pawan Kalyan's forthcoming film Attarintiki Daredi is finally seeing the light. The Trivikram's directorial is set to be a family drama and let's quickly cut across to the highlights of the movie review

Pawan Kalyan (as Gautham Nanda) looks ubercool and stylish. He scorches the screen with his performance, outlook, body language and his trademark antics. Pawan Kalyan has shown it again how an actor can own and carry it on when the right character is offered. His dialogues, which spring straight from the Telugu heartland, are street-smart and colloquial. His performance during the emotional scenes are just about brilliant Trivikram Srinivas, who is known for his candy floss humour quotient, perfectly blended Pawan Kalyan's mannerism and attitude to the character. His direction is commendable - he maximises his star cast whilst, maintaining balance and keeps the film packed.

The dialogues penned by Trivikram, especially those written for Pawan Kalyan, are terrific and pack a punch
Samantha as Sashi and Praneetha as Prameela are good. Nadiya perfectly fits in the role of aunt. Perhaps one just gets the feeling that no one else could have done such a character other than her There are several one-liners that had fans erupt in joys Prasad Murella's cinematography captures the gloss and grandeur of Spain and Pollachi to the minutest.

Devi Sri Prasad's music and background score is a huge asset to the film 'Attatintiki Daredi' stands on three pillars - Pawan's star power and Trivikram's dialogues and cool music. The film unleashes the powerstar in full fury and flair
source:timesofindia

Potugadu Telugu Movie Review

Cast: Manchu Manoj, Anu Priya, Sakshi Chowdhary, Simran Kaur Mundi, Rachel, Posani Krishnamurali, Chandramohan
Direction: Pavan Wadeyar
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes

Story: The only competition Govind (Manoj) perhaps has is the eel. He falls in love - not once, but several times - and manages to survive like the slithering creature even out of water. Shedding his skin like a snake and shaking off his past, he goes on with life like there was no yesterday. But just `one yesterday' haunts him and he hits the bottle. His woes are because of the bottle, though. And you laugh your heart out.

Movie Review: Govind (Manchu Manoj) is handed over a bundle of cash by Shastri (Chandramohan), his grandfather who is a pujari. Shastri gives him the money to elope with the girl he loves. Govind is elated that he has a 'modern' grandfather. Much as he likes the Vaidehi (Simran Kaur Mundi), the smell of the currency notes Rs one lakh in all - turns his heart after from the girl. He thinks he can make much better use of the money than getting married to the girl. Disgusting man, you'd say. There's no remorse in him. Next, he dumps Stacy (Rachel), a 'gori' stealing her from her boyfriend. Govind first sets his eyes on the diamond ring that her boyfriend had gifted her. He is successful in attracting the girl to himself just in the hope that she will give him that diamond ring so that he can buy a big car after selling it. It doesn't materialise. She tells him she threw away the ring. He throws her away out of his life. You'd want to describe him as shameless. Nothing can affect him; leave alone your impression about him. When he meets Mumtaz (Sakshi Chowdhury), he is drawn to her. She reciprocates. But they soon separate.

A drunk Govind brags with his friends that he will have no hesitation to dump her if a don that he knows sets his eyes on her. Mumtaz is hurt with such talk. She asks him to go take a walk. Of course, you'd want to take Mumtaz' side and tell her she did the right thing. Our man feels the only thing right that is to be done is go on with life. He finds someone who he thinks can be his wife. Mary (Anu Priya) takes care of orphan girls giving them coaching in sports they want to excel. She's the one he will tie the knot with. But he's caught by the police. Govind realises his life has been tied in knots. What gets him behind bars and how he wriggles out of his problem forms the rest of the story. Right from the word go, the movie promises laughter and much more of it. Double meaning dialogues flow like there's no stopping them and they affect the otherwise clean fun. Manchu Manoj does a splendid job with his performance and tickles your funny bone, with his actions and spontaneity. He's got it in him to grab your attention. He's composed the stunts too and impresses. Posani Krishnamurali as a software engineer (Venkat) repeats his style. Never mind. Director Pavan Wadeyar makes the movie a visual treat also especially the lilting melody 'Pyar Me Padi Poya'.

Anthaku Mundu Aa Tharuvatha Movie Review

Cast: Sumanth Ashwin, Esha, Rao Ramesh, Rohini, Roja, Ravi Babu
Direction: Mohan Krishna Indraganti
Genre: Romance
Duration: 2 hours 31 minutes

Story: Despite being in love, Anil (Sumanth) and Ananya (Esha) can't figure out if they are really made for each other. So they decide to live in together to find out.

Movie Review: Good old fashioned, syrupy, well intentioned romance - that is free of innuendos and double entendres i.e. - has become a rarity in Tollywood off late. This movie offers a surfeit of such moments. In what turns out to be their second date, Ananya takes Anil to a hill overlooking Hi-Tech city on a moonlit night and serves him instant noodles and coffee, just to help the guy understand the meaning of romantic outing. The couple spends the night just admiring the night sky.

In another episode, Anil drives out to a far away lotus pond on a rainy morning, takes a swim, gathers some choicest lotuses just to wish Ananya (who is watching it all via a video call) happy birthday after which a rain song follows.

It isn't just the romance but the characters are honey dipped as well. Anil is the son of a wealthy flower merchant from Rajamundry, who moves to Hyderabad ostensibly to expand their business. In reality though, he just wants and to live up the city life. Anil is attracted to Ananya the moment he sees her when a focus light lands on her face, while she is helping set up the light ambience of a wedding mandap. A string few honey dipped romantic episodes and songs later the duo admits love to each other and then comes the twist in the tale when Ananya comes up the subject of marriage.

Doubts begin to crop up. Are they really made for each other? Will romance last a life time? So they decide to play "amma nanna aata" (Telugu for that game children play where they act as a married couple). They move into an apartment to live together and find out if they are compatible enough to last a life together and soon the romance begins to make way for acrimony. Meanwhile their respective parents also have their share of marriage issues which only complicate matters.

Simply put the filmmaker has designed the movie like an academic thesis on what constitutes romantic compatibility, starting from courtship, commitment, living in and marriage.

The writing is simple, sharp, witty and hard hitting depending on the situation. The boldness and maturity with which issues of premarital sex, women's menstrual cycles is commendable. The artwork in the movie also deserves a special mention as well. Every property used looks very real and adds that sense of believability to the proceedings. The visuals are pleasing much like the music. Both Sumanth and Esha have carried off their roles very believably and fit the bill perfectly. It all adds up to make a pleasant viewing experience.

Telugu Movie Romance Review

Film: Romance
Starring: Prince ,Dimple , Manasa
Director: Darling Swami
Producer: G. Srinivasa Rao, SKN
Banner: Good Cinema Group
Music: Sai Karthik

Story

Story takes off with Krishna (Prince) narrating his story. He is a graduation student who is in search of his soulmate with some restrictions like a virgin girl and doesn’t believe in pre-marital sex. He comes across two women in which he wants to select a better character girl. He sees Lalitha aka Lola(Manasa) and gets attracted to her. He becomes close to Lola but later opines she is not right for him and ditches her for another girl Anuradha(Dimple). By the times, he feels Anuradha is the better girl for him the former starts on a mission to test Krishna back. What happens next forms the rest.

Performances

Prince is charming while his performance was good. But it’s better for the young lad to choose the scripts with care.

Dimple Chopade can barely act but has the sex appeal which she did her bit. Manasa was decent in her performances but lookswise she hasn’t scored much.

Sai as Bluetooth bobby, Venu Madhav brings few smiles here and there while others were there to fill the space.

Technical Analysis

Cinematography has nothing to boast of while the editing is jerky. Swamy not only fails as director but his dialogues also fail to impress. A couple of songs are good while the background score is pretty mediocre. Production values are standard.

Analysis

The story is wafer-thin, neither the screenplay is impressive. The humor elements hardly impress and the dialogues are unattractive and looked c-grade. Swamy fails in his direction. Maruthi’s earlier films Ee Rojullo, Bus Stop though had adult comedy and double-entendre dialogues, the films have done well due to its plot and youth appeal, but Romance neither has a plot nor comedy but it’s packed with disgusting and sleazy content like guy testing girl’s virginity and character while the girl ends up testing a guy in girl’s hostel. Such scenes test the audiences patience. It’s not the romance, not the love story but plain trash. The title is misleading giving the impression of youthful love entertainer, but it’s totally crap with lust factor and double-entendre as main theme. The film has managed to create good hype with its title and promotions, but the makers fail to reach the hype.

Action 3D Movie Review

Action 3D is a suspense-comedy genre film.The movie story is about four best friends and their troubles.How they came out of the problems is the actual story.

Story

Bava (Allari Naresh), Purush (Raju Sundaram), Ajay (Kick Shyam) and Siva (Vaibhav Reddy) are childhood friends. Ajay's marriage get settled with Sruthi (Sheena) and the four friends plans for a crazy bachelor party in Goa before the marriage.While travelling to Goa Bava falls in love with Geeta (Neelam Upadhyay) but she rejects him.Once they reach Goa, they decided for grand celebrations, they eat-drink-dance and also take drugs unknowingly.The four friends drunk fully and in the state of aberration, several incidents take place in their life which land them in all sorts of trouble and they wake up in the next morning Ajay goes missing. What happened to Ajay? What really happened on that night and how they find Ajay is the rest of story.

Performances

As usually Allari Naresh managed to bring laughs with his timing and performance.Raju Sundaram's character also entertain audiences and he brings some laughs with his punches.Kick Shyam and Vaibhav Reddy looks alright for the tiny roles given to them.

Neelam Upadhyay looks gorgeous and her sexy Navel and Cleavage shows will entertain C center audience.Nothing new in Sneha Ullal characterization and she gets a very small role and a song. Sheena and Kamna Jethmalani are just ok with their tiny roles.

Brahmanandam not used properly. MS Narayana Rao entertains with spoofs of Dookudu and Ali is also not fully utilized.Sunil & Posani are just OK.Master Bharat role is very bad.

Music of the film is OK

Plus

3D Effects

3D Songs

Background Music

Allari Naresh and Raju Sundaram Comedy

Skin Show

Cinematography

Minus

Less Comedy

Poor Screenplay and Editing

Dialogues could have been a lot better

Verdict

The story of this movie is a straight lift from popular Hollywood film Hangover, so nothing much to talk about because the films looks as xerox copy of hangover.So, who have already seen any movie within the Hangover series need not watch this movie but others will watch for 3D Effects and 3D Songs in the movie.

Tadakha Telugu Movie Review

Title :Tadakha (Thadaka) 2013
Star Cast : Naga Chaitanya, Sunil, Tamannaah
Director : Kishore Kumar
Producer : Bellamkonda Ganesh
Genre : Romance
Music : S. Thaman
Releasing on : May 10, 2013.

Akkineni Naga Chaitanya, Sunil and Tamanna’s “Thadakha” released today. This is a romantic action entertainer with commercial elements. It is basically a remake of tamil movie Vettai. Chaitanya and Sunil are playing the roles by Arya and Madhavan. Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam director Kishore Kumar is directed here. Naga Chaitanya did not get a hit after 100% Love. It may be hit in his account.

Siva (Sunil) and Karthik (Naga Chaitanya) are brothers. While Siva is a timid guy, Karthik is courageous. Siva fears for everything. Karthik is a brave heart and doesn’t backtrack in any situation. Their father (Nagababu) is a police. After their father’s death Siva gets into father’s job hesitantly. He joins police job with the confidence that his younger brother Karthik will support him. Bugga (Ashutosh Rana) is a notorious criminal. He is terror for the public. He does smuggling making sea shore as his base. Kasi is his opponent. Siva gets posting as a police at Bugga’s place.

Karthik always gives moral support to Siva and inspires him to be strong and brave. Karthik goes in the place of his brother and thrashes goons and gives credit to his brother. With this Siva becomes a hero in that place. Siva marries Nandini (Andrea). Nandini’s sister Pallavi (tamannah) and karthik (chaitu) fall in love. But Nandini brings an American match for pallavi. Meanwhile Bugga and Kasi find out that, it’s not Siva who is after them but it’s karthik. What turns the story takes after this point, How Karthik saves his brother from Bugga and Kasi, Did Karthik marry Pallavi, among others form the main part of movie.

Story - Coming to story this is related two brothers. Elder brother is a fearful person and younger one is heroic. Here as an elder one Sunil appears on the screen. He is a police officer here. After getting job he faces lot of problems with rowdies and all. Here Naga Chaitanya appears as a Younger brother. Here he will take action on rowdies who reason for the problems. Sunil gets the credit. Sunil becomes a powerful officer in the department. Here anyone find entertaining between JP and Sunil. Another character Vennela Kishore is attractive. Brahmanandam and Vennela Kishore’s comedy also big asset to the movie. Tamannaah and Naga Chaitanya chemistry is good in all areas. Some of the scenes between Naga Chaitanya and Vennela Kishore are too funny. Climax of the movie is simply superb. For that you must watch the movie.Songs have added josh. As a result first half impressed.

The whole problem lies in the second half. As soon as the villains know about the secret drama of brothers, there is no other element which will keep audience engaged. There is not even one gripping scene in the second half. Whatever merits the movie had in the first half, have turned into demerits in second half. The cinema ended with routine scenes and routine climax. Audience, who had great expectations after watching first half, feel disappointed with second half.

Tadakha is an effort to project Naga Chaitanya as a mass hero. Fearing Sunil might dominate Chaitanya, care has been taken in songs and fights to give maximum mileage to Chaitanya. Sunil has been side lined in many instances. If Sunil had been given some more importance, it would have helped film in B and C centres.

Taman’s tunes remind his old songs. But he has excelled in re-recording. Cinematography deserves praise. Every scene has been shot very richly. Production values of Tadakha are extraordinary. Kishore gets pass marks as director. He has moulded a super hit story as an average film. As a whole Tadakha is a film suitable for just time pass.

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SAHASAM TELUGU MOVIE CAST & CREW
Directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Produced by BVSN Prasad
Bapineedu (presenter)
Written by KK Radha Krishna Kumar (Dialogues )
Starring Gopichand
Taapsee Pannu
Music by Sri
Cinematography Shyam Dutt
Studio Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra
Reliance Entertainment (presents)
Country India
Language Telugu
Release Date: 31 May 2013

SAHASAM TELUGU MOVIE REVIEW


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Dookudu Movie Review

 Dookudu Movie Review – Dookudu Telugu Movie Review, Rating: Mahesh Babu latest film Dookudu was released today amidst high expectations. This is undoubtedly the most awaited cinema of the year in Tollywood. The pre release buzz was so huge that the expectations on it surmounted to unexpected levels. Did the film reach the expectations and match the hype and hungama? Read on Dookudu Review

Story:

Ajay (Mahesh Babu) is the son of Ex MLA Shankar Narayana (Prakash Raj), who is in a state of coma for fourteen years after meeting with a deadly accident. Shankar wants to see his son as a politician, serving the poor, but Ajay becomes a cop, who hunts a mafia don named Nayak (Sonu Sood). In the meantime Shankar Narayana comes to senses and the doctors advice Ajay to take good care of him as shocking things might upset his health again.

So Ajay rents their house, which is now occupied by a greedy person Padmasri (Brahmanandam) and starts playing a drama to keep his father happy. Ajay also comes to know that it was Nayak, who is the actual reason for his father’s current state. How he eliminates the sidekicks of Nayak and finally kills Nayak is the story.

Analysis:

Dookudu is a brand Srinu Vytla film laced with good humor and action. There is another angle to regular Srinu Vytla brand movies in it and that is the father sentiment. Whole story is based on the father-son sentiment and Srinu Vytla penned a screenplay around it in his own style.

Almost all the characters in the film are from previous Srinu Vytla’s films. He made subtle changes to the already seen characters and scenes and made a brand new film. Somehow it works even after heading in the ‘beaten track’. First half is hilarious until the first half hour and later it drags a bit and gets back on track after sometime. Second hour starts on an average note and picks up with all the characters turning out to be too funny to resist.

On a whole, Dookudu is a Srinu Vytla formula film carried on able shoulders of Mahesh Babu. It will entertain the holiday crowds and family audience. Fans will be extremely satisfied whereas people who look for something new might be disappointed with the formulaic stuff.

Performances:

Mahesh Babu comes up with a superb performance especially in the comedic scenes. His timing is impeccable and his charm is unmatchable. He is true superstar and the savior of this movie. His dialogs in various modulations and accent will be a treat to his fans. Samantha is gorgeous. Her steps in De thadi song are very good. She doesn't have big role to play in the film.

Brahmanandam’s role worked in parts and it was ‘howl’arious during the few scenes. Watch out for his outburst in the climax scene. Prakash Raj and Nasser are apt. Sonu Sood is perfect. MS Narayana is good. Dharmavarapu role hardly works. Parvathi Melton' s item song is a bomb. The best one on screen alongside Dethadi.

Suman, Nagababu, Vennela Kishore, Sayaji Shinde and all the actors did their parts well and are apt in their respective roles.

Technicalities:

Dilaogs by Kona Venkat are good. Few dialogs are pretty hilarious. Powerful lines written for Mahesh are good too. Music by Thaman is good for a commercial film. Background score is Okay. Cinematography is good and all the technical crew did their job well. Production values are very good.

Srinu Vytla stick to his strengths despite having a superstar and he made a decent entertainer yet again. He should have kept a watch on the length of the film as it is tad lengthy at times. Barring few boring moments he did a fine job with Dookudu.

Highlights:

- Mahesh Babu
- Samantha
- Comedy

Weakness:

- Lengthy film
- Routine script

Final Word: Dookudu is a perfect entertainer for holiday crowds

Dookudu Movie Rating: 3.25/5

Banner: 14 Reels Entertainment Pvt Ltd
Cast: Mahesh Babu, Samantha, Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Nassar, Sonia, Vennela Kishore
Story: Gopimohan
Music: Thaman
Dialogues: Kona Venkat
Editing: M.R.Varma
Producers: Anil Sunkara, Gopinath Achanta, Ramu Achanta
Director: Srinu Vaitla

Daggaraga Dooramga Movie Review

Daggaraga Dooramga Review – Daggaraga Dooramga Telugu Movie Review, Rating: Sumanth, who has been struggling for form has come up with his latest film Daggaraga Dooramga, which is labeled as a romantic thriller. Ravi Kumar Chavali has directed this film which is produced by J. Sambasiva Rao on Sudha Cinema banner. Here is the review of Daggaraga Dooramga…

Story: 

Gowtham (Sumanth) is an ad filmmaker creates an ‘imaginary model’ for one of his ad films. That model happens to be Meenakshi (Vedika), whose engagement gets canceled due to Gowtham’s sleazy ads. Meenakshi comes to Hyderabad from Vizag to take action on that ad agency.

She contacts her close friend Zareen (Sindu Tolani), who is an investigative journalist to take action against them. Zareen is on a dangerous mission at that time as she wants to expose the facts about a dreadful terrorist attack. Zareen hands over a DVD which contains all the details about the terrorist attack to Meenakshi before she gets killed by them.

Now terrorists are after Meenakshi for that DVD and she will be accompanied by Gowtham, who comes to rescue her. Meenakshi and Gowtham have to run away from the terrorists and also stop the planned terror attack. How do they succeed in doing so forms the rest of the story

Analysis:

Our filmmakers never get tired of making films about terrorist attacks. We have seen many a film till now on the same lines and Daggaraga Dooramga is moreover very ‘Daggaraga’ to most of those mediocre thrillers.

The concept of the film is very silly and lacks logic. There are too many loopholes to ignore. Director lacks vision and clarity over the concept he has taken up. First half is okay to some extent with irrelevant comedy scenes. Second hour should have been gripping and serious to keep the audiences on the edge of their seats.The screenplay is very loose and lacks the necessary thrills to make this a winner.

Performances: 

Sumanth is Okay in his role which doesn’t really test him at any level. Vedika is good looking and can act. Brahmanandam is fine and the only saving grace of this film, especially in the second hour. Raghu Babu, Rajesh, Krishna Bhagavan tried their best to make the audience laugh. There is nothing significant from the remaining star cast. 

Technicalities:

Music by Raghu Kunche is ordinary. Not a single song remains with you. Cinematography is fine for a small budget film. Editing is Okay. Daggaraga Dooramga is made on a shoestring budget and that should keep the producer in safe zone.Ravi Kumar Chavali, who made a far better film Samanyudu failed to reach at least half of it with DD. There are many scenes which would raise doubts about his capabilities as a director.Final Word: Stay as close as to your homes and as far as from this movie theatres!

Daggaraga Dooramga Movie Rating: 2/5

Banner: Sudha Cinema
Cast: Vedika, SumanthMusic: Raghu KuncheProducer: J Sambasiva RaoDirector: Ravi Chavali

Kodi Punju Telugu Movie Review

Kodi Punju Movie Review

Kodipunju Review – Kodipunju Telugu Movie Review, Rating: Chocolate boy Tanish after trying his hand at glycerin filled sentimental flicks, tries to show off his talent as a mass hero in Kodipunju. The very idea of casting Tanish in a rural mass film is bad and read on to know how the film has gone worse in many ways.

Story:
Abhimanyu (Tanish) is the only son of Seetha Ratnam (Roja), who completes his degree and goes for ICET coaching to the nearby town. Nandini (Sobhana) is daughter of a village president Rama Chandra Rao (Shiva Krishna). They both fall in love and both sides are happy for them except Rao, who is unaware of this. One day Abhimanyu and Rama Chandra Rao exchange words in a heated moment. That puts the couple’s love in dilemma and how Abhi overcomes it is the remaining story.

Analysis:
Kodipunju is straight out of eighties village backdrop films where the hero can blow away as many as dozen goons with single punch. The setup, characters and the script is very familiar and dated too. With an age old script on hands, the director has to make it an interesting watch by incorporating engaging scenes and entertaining dialogue.

Sadly, the director’s vision too is stuck in eighties and none of the scenes really make an impact. Scene after scene follows without any particular flow! Poor direction damaged it further. The interval scene looked forced and out of place. However, it does raise some expectations of having something in the second half.

Director simply ignores the interval scene and laughs it off as a joke. This is nothing but taking audience for granted. Firstly, casting Tanish in a full blown mass character is the biggest error and the rest of the damage is done by the director himself.

Performances:
Tanish is a complete miscast in this film. He doesn’t have the build, voice, looks or anything to become a mass hero. Audience couldn’t help but burst into laughter whenever he mouths heavy dialogues. He has failed as an actor in romantic scenes too. That is not a good sign.

Sobhana is alright. Roja is fine. In fact she is the only saving grace in this boring and torturous film. Siva Krishna is standard. Satya Prakash is routine. MS Narayana comedy fails big time.

Tehnicalities:
Cinematography is fairly decent for a low budget film. Music by Anoop is pretty bad. Dialogues are very weak. Editing is substandard. Director lacks vision and clarity. He could have made a routine film without any errors to prove his talent. But this film is a complete waste of time.

Plus Points:
Roja’s presence

Minus points:
Everything else

Final Word:
This Kodipunju is very weak to survive for at least a week.

Kodipunju Movie Rating: 2/5

Banner: Sri Sailendra Cinema
Cast: Tanish, Shobana, Roja
Music: Anoop Rubens
Producer: SS Bujji
Direction: BVV Choudary