'Dakota Picture' is a remake of Bollywood's 2006 hit film 'Malaamal Weekly', directed by Priyadarshan. Though the people connected to the film claimed that the film is a laugh riot, in reality it is just a remake made in a hurry.
Barring a few sequences, the film does not offer any opportunity to tickle the audience's funny bone. Even 'Malamaal Weekly' had a weak script, but the perfect choice of artists as well as their timing did the trick. Even though 'Malamaal Weekly' was not as good as Priyadarshan's other films 'Hera Pheri', 'Hungama' and 'Hulchul', it had struck a chord.
Rather than correcting the mistakes in the original script, Om Prakash Rao, who has also acted in the movie, just follows the original script. And he clearly faulters in presentation. His trademark dialogue delivery misses the track in this film. The title of the film is itself a bad choice. It seems both, producer Rockline Venkatesh and director Om Prakash Rao might have been inspired by the success of 'Dakota Express' in which both of them played lead roles. The film was made under the banner of Rockline Productions, which has now produced 'Dakota Picture'.
Other than this factor, there was no reason as to why such a title was chosen. Despite selecting talented artists like Mukyamanthri Chandru and Doddanna to reprise the parts essayed by Paresh Rawal and Om Puri in the original Hindi film, director Om Prakash Rao has failed to get proper artists
05:43 PM, Nov 03, 2012
The much expected cinema of Shivraj Kumar - 101st movie boast with mind blowing stunts, usual revenge, mistaken identify getting in to costly lapse, sharp dialogues, lovely music, cinematography and terrific presence of Shivraj Kumar and Ragini. Coming to director Om Prakash Rao director of over 25 action films the terrific story is what missing. Some of the scenes what other heroes have done are copied in this film. Om...
06:43 PM, Aug 25, 2012
The highly talked about film, 'Shiva', the 101 film of superstar Shivarajakumar, for which the fans are waiting since one year had been given a 'U/A' certificate by the regional censor board. This is the first movie of Shivarajakumar and sizzling heroine of Kannada cinema, Ragini Dwivedi. "'Shiva' has many appealing contents and technically is of high standards says producer KP Srikanth". The additional graphic representation has consumed more time....
06:22 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Super Star Upendra is all set to team up with director Om Prakash Rao for the first time. Currently the director is busy with the release of 'Shiva' which will be hitting theatres sometime this month. The film is Hatrick hero Shivarajkumar's 101 st film and 27th film coming from the action director. On the other side, Upendra is juggling between two schedules of 'Kalpana' and 'Topiwala'. Uppi will join...
11:37 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Film: "Prince"; Cast: Darshan, Nikita, Jennifer Kotwal, Avinash, Shobaraj, Ramesh Bhat, Ravi Chetan, Suchendra Prasad, Rekha, Sangeetha, N Omprakash Rao and others; Screenplay writer-director: N Omprakash Rao; Producer: Sandesh Nagaraj MLC; Composer: Hari Krishna; Cinematographer: Veenus Murthy; Rating: * 1/2 It seems director Om Prakash Rao has now become a specialist in lifting sequences and story lines from non-Kannada films and claiming them as his own. His recent film "Prince"...
12:07 PM, Apr 04, 2011
