The film depicts that all love stories go through the same phase before eventually reaching the conclusion. ...
03:25 PM, Nov 24, 2012
'Lucky', which is loosely based on US romantic comedy 'What Women Want', is a disappointing affair - not worth either your time and money. Neither is the film as humorously quirky as the original, nor has any elements that can engage throughout its running time. Lucky aka Lakshminarayana, a misogynist, works in a travel agency company and lives in a joint family. An alpha male, Lucky adores his mother and...
12:59 PM, Nov 03, 2012
After watching the trailers, most of us did not expect anything more from Vennela 1 1/2 than low brow comedy. What came as a surprise was that the film did not pack a sensible story that might have made us sit through the haranguing second half. There is a character who willingly becomes a pawn in Krishna Krishna's game, only to ensure that he get rid of his millionaire girl...
04:15 PM, Sep 21, 2012
'Life is Beautiful' is like watching the 2012 version of 'Happy Days' with extended running time and characters so similar to the latter that you walk out of theatre in utter disappointment. Running almost close to three hours, one should be blessed with a lot of patience to sit through the film. The film celebrates the coming-of-age story of six youngsters in a colony, who come from different strata of...
01:23 PM, Sep 15, 2012
The incarnation of Nagarjuna into Shirdi Sai Baba comes as a breath of fresh air for his fans and Sai devotees alike. Far different from regular cinema with cliched performance, run-of-the-mill storyline, director K Raghavendra Rao's 'Shirdi Sai' takes you on a spiritual journey of self-actualization, purity and sanctity. Unlike 'Annamayya' and 'Sri Ramadasu', Nag's 'Shirdi Sai' is interestingly narrated the basic Sai's philosophies. Without deviating much from the known...
05:58 PM, Sep 06, 2012
If you go to watch 'Srimannarayana' expecting an intellectual side, you will be in disappointment. As the story moves forward, you will realise that the gutsy young chap (Balakrishna) fights impossibly, murders miserably, talks funnily, dances at the drop of a hat in the presence of one or both the heroines, but never makes sense! The film fails miserably without making any sense, as it picked up a subject, which...
01:51 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Two lessons for us: 1. We should learn how to try to sell a movie from BVSN Prasad. He said that there is an invisible story behind the no-story in 'Devudu Chesina Manushulu'. 2. We should learn how not to tell a story from PJ. Two points about PJ's new-found faith in RGV's belief that the audience don't take the story as seriously as the director takes: 1. If not...
10:58 AM, Aug 16, 2012
In Jalsa the hero loved the two daughters of the cop because of whom he (the hero) had joined the 'jana jeevana sravanthi'. It required some sense of humor to enjoy the humour Trivikram had put into the story. There is no such difficulty while watching 'Julayi'. It is because though it is more amusing than intelligent, 'Julayi' comes off as a mainstream film which anyone could understand easily. However,...
01:50 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Naa Ishtam'; Cast: Rana Daggubati, Genelia D'Souza, Harshavardhan Rane, Nasser, Brahmanandaam, Ali, Raghubabu; Director: Prakash Tholeti; Producer: Paruchuri Kiriti; Composer: Chakri; Camera: Venkat Prasad; Rating: ** 'Naa Ishtam', which is Rana Daggubati's first full-length commercial film with fights and dances, suffers from same inadequacies seen in big budget commercial Telugu films. It is made with regular masala elements. 'Naa Ishtam' not only has a weak plot and an...
05:38 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Nuvva Nena'; Cast: Allari Naresh, Shriya Saran, Sarwanand, Vimala Raman, Brahmanandam, Raja, Ali, Srinivasa Reddy, Kovai Sarala and others; Director: Narayana; Producer: Vamshi Krishna; Cinematographer: Dasaraathi Sivendra; Composer: Bhims; Rating: Allari Naresh and Shravanand, the jodi of Krish directed 'Gamyam', teamed up for the wholesome entertainer 'Nuvva Nena'. If you are watching the film without any expectations, you are sure to find that it rocks. Debutant director Narayan...
08:03 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Mr. Nookayya'; Cast: Manchu Manoj, Kriti Kharbanda, Sana Khan, Brahmanandam, Vennela Kishore, Ahuthi Prasad, Raja and others; Screenplaywriter-Director: Ani Kannerghatti; Producer: DS Rao; Composer: Yuvan Shankar Raja; Rating: ** 1/2 Young actor Manchu Manoj's new film 'Mr. Nookayya' could have been a good timepass popcorn film if director Ani Kannerghatti had increased the pace of the movie, which seems to be inspired by Mexican film 'Lucia Lucia'. Manchu...
01:46 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Ishq'; Cast: Nitin, Nitya Menon, Ajay, Sindhu Tholani, Nagineedu and Ali; Producer: Vikram Gaud and Sudhakara Reddy; Screenplay-writer-Director: Vikram Kumar; Cinematographer: P.C. Sriram; Composer: Anoop Reubens-Arvind Shankar; Rating: *** Telugu actor Nitin shot to fame with Teja directed 'Jayam' and thanks to the success of the film he was touted as the next superstar in the making. But his choice of bad films with routine stories and ordinary...
07:42 PM, Feb 26, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Nippu'; Cast: Ravi Teja, Deeksha Shet, Rajendra Prasad, Brahmanandam, Srikanth, Mukul Deve, Pradeep Rawat and Krishnudu; Producer: Y.V.S. Chowdhary; Writer-Director: Gunashekhar; Composer: S. Thaman; Camera: Sarvesh Murari: Rating: ** Telugu film industry star Ravi Teja's films are neither pretentious nor have any semblance of a convincing story line to reveal. They are just mass entertainers. And he is the sole strength of all his films as he can...
05:08 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Love Failure': Cast: Siddharth, Amala Paul, Suresh, Ravi, Balaji, Surekha Vani, Vignesh, Sri Ranjini, and Pooja; Director: Balaji Mohan; Composer: S. Thaman; Camera: Nirav Shah; Rating: *** Actor Siddharth's maiden production venture made under the banner of Y Not Studios is a well-made movie with a good breezy narration and a trendy presentation. Thankfully, 'Love Failure' ends up as a sincere attempt that has no room for a...
04:50 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'SMS'; Cast: Sudhir Babu, Regina, Vennela Kishor, Chanti, Priyanka, Hemanth and Rohini; Director: Satya Tatineni ; Producer: Vikram Raju; Composer: Selva Ganesh; Camera: Chitti Babu; Rating: *** 'SMS' is a remake of Tamil film 'Shiva Manasulo Sakthi', which was made with new faces and did well at the box office. Satya Tatineni, who made a mark with his debut film 'Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu' (another remake), has helmed the...
07:20 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Bodyguard'; Cast: Venkatesh, Thrisha, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Prakash Raj, Saloni, Subbaraju and Ali; Writer-Director: Gopichand Mallineni; Producer: Bellamkonda Suresh; Camera: Sam K. Naidu; Rating: *** After being successfully made in Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil, here comes the Telugu version of hit film 'Bodyguard'. The Telugu remake with Venkatesh and Thrisha has remained faithful to the Malayalam version as it does not focus on commercial elements as was...
06:50 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Businessman'; Cast: Mahesh Babu, Kajal Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Shayaji Shinde, Nasser, Dharmavarapu Subramaniam, Brahmaji, Bharat Reddy, Raja Murad and Jahangeer Khan; Writer-Director: Puri Jagannath; Producer: Venkat; Music Director: S.S.Thaman; Camera: Shyam K. Naidu; Rating: *** The magical combination of charismatic hero Mahesh Babu and director Puri Jagannath has come back again after a gap of nearly five years. The duo's last film 'Pokkiri'(2007) was a spectacular success and...
06:44 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Hyderabad: Film: 'Sri Rama Rajyam'; Cast: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayantara, Akkineni Nageswar Rao, Srikanth, Brahmanandam, K.R. Vijay, Murali Mohan, Master Tanay Teja and Master Satvik. Producer: Yalamanchili Sai Baba; Director: Bapu; Dialogue Writer: Mullapudi Venkata Ramana; Music Composer: Ilayaraja; Cinematography: P.R.K Raju; Rating: **** Octogenarian director Bapu has been described as one of the top directors who specialised in making films that represented nativity, culture and richness of folk elements peculiar...
07:06 PM, Nov 20, 2011
Hyderabad: Film: 'Madatha Kaja'; Cast: Allari Naresh, Sneha Ullal, Jayaprakash Reddy, Ali, Dharmavarapu Subramanya and Vennela Kishore; Director: Sitarama Raju; Producer: K.K. Radha Mohan; Music: Vasanth; Rating: ** Telugu film makers are weaving the same type of stories and remixing the content of films already released. They end up making silly movies, but yet complain that well made films do not run. 'Madatha Kaja' featuring Allari Naresh in the lead...
08:35 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Hyderabad: Film: 'Dookudu'; Cast: Cast: Mahesh Babu, Samantha Prabhu, Parvathy Melton, Sonu Sood, Sonia, Brahmanandam, Vennela Kishore, M.S. Narayana, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Dharmaavarapu Subramanyam, Shaaji Shinde and Nazar; Director: Sreenu Vaitlaa; Writer: Gop Mohan; Producer: G. Ramesh Babu; Camera: K.V. Guhan; Music: S.S. Thaman; Rating: *** 1/2 'Dookudu' was much awaited because of the two big names of the Telugu film industry associated with it - Mahesh Babu and director...
08:29 PM, Sep 25, 2011
