Rating: 4.25/5 It is…
Robo movie completely proves the fact that Shankar is the best among the indian directors.
Plot:
Robo is a typical science fiction movie in which Rajinikanth plays a dual role of a scientist and a robot. The scientist Dr. Vaseegaran creates a robot with artificial intelligence and names it as Chitti. The robot eventually falls in love with Sharmili, a character played by Aishwarya Rai. The robot starts writing romantic poems and behaves like a human being. Being aware of the extraordinary artificial intelligence of the robot, the villains try to get hold of the robot. Thescientist then fights back to prevent the robot from falling prey to the enemies. The story then revolves around the battle between the scientist and the evil forces.
Review in Brief :
Dr.Vasi(Rajnikanth) creates a robot for 10 years to help the society in need.
Special Features of robot : A human who is not born, but is created. He can dance, sing, fight, is water and fire resistant. He can do all that a human can and more. He feeds on electricity. He takes instructions literally. Where a human can lie to save himself, thisrobot cannot lie.
Where he has a razor sharp memory and can memorize an entire telephone directory by just running through the pages, he cannot understand human emotions. Dr. Vasi upgrades Chitti’s processor and simulates human emotions without realizing the repercussions. Chitti gets transformed. He can now feel and the first feeling that he discovers is Love. Will this love come in the way of Dr. Vasi’s purpose of creating Chitti? Will Dr. Vasi’s own creation destroy him?
A title like ROBOT automatically puts tremendous responsibility and pressure on the director’s shoulders. And ROBOT is not merely a display of VFX, but it also has soul, a story to tell. At first, ROBOT comes across as a clash between the virtuous and wicked [Danny Denzongpa]. But ROBOT changes gears in its post-interval portions as the focus shifts to the creator [Rajnikant] and his creation [Rajnikant].
WHAT’S GOOD…
It’s a Rajnikant film and it would be incomplete if his loyal fans don’t get to watch his stylish actions and feats. Thankfully,ROBOT showcases it all. He can glide on the railway tracks, run horizontally on a moving train, transform into an Anaconda, can swallow helicopters and even fire at people with his fingers, without using a pistol. These are truly clap-trap moments!
Even otherwise, the screenplay is really well penned and absorbing. While the film is a super ride from start to end, it’s the penultimate 25 minutes that leaves you awe-struck and speechless. You can’t imagine a Hindi film having such an out of the world climax. There will be pandemonium inside theatres when the climax unfolds, I am sure. Let me confess, it’s the mother of all climaxes!
Only thing, Shankar could’ve controlled the length of the film. It could’ve been shorter by at least 10 to 15 minutes, which includes doing away with a song or two. Of course, like all Shankar movies, the songs are filmed most imaginatively on exotic locales, but what’s the point of having songs if they act as speed breakers?
That Shankar ranks amongst India’s best directors is well known by now and ROBOT only cements the fact. His vision and execution of the difficult subject deserves the highest praise, in fact distinction marks. He not only dreams big, but the outcome is incredible too. A.R. Rahman’s music doesn’t compliment the content of the film, but like I pointed out earlier, every song has been filmed exquisitely. The action and chase sequences are outstanding [Yuen Woo Ping, action choreographer in the MATRIX and KILL BILL sequels, was the stunt coordinator]. Visual effects are spectacular [Stan Winston Studio, the studio behind JURASSIC PARK, PREDATOR, TERMINATOR, IRON MAN, AVATAR, provided the animatronics technology]. Cinematography captures the grand production values with precision. The locations of Austria, Machu Picchu in Peru, U.S.A. and Brazil only enhance the visual appeal of the film. The sets are mind-blowing. Dubbing is near-perfect.
ROBOT is a Rajnikant show from start to end. And no other actor, not from Bollywood at least, would be able to do what he does with such amazing ease. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan looks stunning and acts most convincingly. Danny Denzongpa is efficient, as always. The remaining actors enact their parts well.
Verdict :
It’s the Big Daddy of all entertainers. Miss it at your own risk!
Jeevi rating: 3/5
Punchline: Vamsy brand comedy
Genre: Comedy
Type: Straight
Banner: Sri Keerthi Combines
Cast: Allari Naresh, Srinivas Avasarala, Madhurima Benerjee, Jeeva, Ahuti Prasad, Kondavalasa, MS Narayana, Krishna Bhagawan, Jayaprakash Reddy, Devi Charan, Duvvasi Mohan, Sana & Jayalalitha
Music: Chakri
Cinematography: Loki
Editing: Basva Paidireddy
Art: Mouli
Story: Sankaramanchi
Dialogues: Padala Sivasubramanyam
Screenplay
- direction: Vamsy
Producer: ML Padma Kumar Chowdary
Release date: 17 September 2010
Theater watched: Screen 3, INOX, Hyderabad
Story
Srinivas (Srinivas Avasarala) completes his studies in USA and returns his hometown. Rangababu (Allari Naresh) is the driver to Srinivas. Srinivas’s father (Jeeva) is a greedy person and he wants Srinivas to get married to Manimala (Madhurima Benarjee) who is the daughter of a rich man and retired military officer (Ahuti Prasad). Srinivas decides to swap roles with Rangababu so that he could test the character of his future-in-laws. Things go wrong as they reach the house of Manimala. The rest of the story is all about the comedy of errors.
Artists Performance
Allari Naresh is a fine comedy actor and Vamsy enhances Naresh’s comedy timing. Srinivas Avasarala who came up with an amazing job in Ashta Chemma has limited scope in this movie and he has done well. Madhurima Benerjee is nice. Ahuti Prasad is hilarious as an old man obsessed with punishing others for trivial mistakes. Krishna Bhagawan entertains again with his typical dialogue delivery. Jeeva, Jayalalitha, Sana, Kondavalasa and Duvvasi Mohan are adequate.
Technical departments
It’s a film of ‘comedy of errors’ genre. Vamsy made sure that his kind of comedy is clicked in this movie. Screenplay of the movie is predictable and direction is old-fashioned. He made sure that he uses trees to maximum effect in a song. Music by Chakri is adequate. Background score and re-recording is bad. Director Vamsy rendered a couple of Songs. Songs appear as speed-breakers to the narration. Cinematography by Loki is average. They haven’t used proper lighting in outdoor shoots. Dialogues by Padala Siva Subramanyam are good. Production values of the movie are cheap.
Analysis:
First half of the movie is entertaining. Second half is predictable and climax is routine. Plus points of the movie are Allari Naresh and comedy. The negative points are predictable second half and cheap production values. Though it is a typical story with a predictable screenplay, Vamsy’s comedy timing and dialogues makes Saradaga kasepu is decent watch.
Chulbul Pandey, co-written by writer-director Abhinav Kashyap and enacted by Salman Khan, is the most thunderously crackling character I’ve seen in a Bollywood film in months.
This lower-rung cop in small-town Uttar Pradesh is so larger than life that when he stands fully erect and enraged, his shirt rips off his body from the sheer force of his muscles-just like The Incredible Hulk.
Chulbul is cheerfully corrupt but not without honour. He steals from the bad guys and occasionally passes it on to the poor and calls himself Robin Hood Pandey.
He delivers killer one-liners, defeats dozens of armed gunmen with a water hose, does Rajnikant-like tricks with his Ray-Bans and charmingly bulldozes the local beauty into marrying him.
Chulbul Pandey is an unstoppable force of nature. And did I mention that he also makes fart jokes.
It’s the role of a lifetime and Salman Khan bites into it like a starving man devours a feast. He inhabits it fully, strutting and swaggering and even, spoofing himself.
Like Amitabh Bachchan and Vijay, Shah Rukh Khan and Raj, the actor and character are a perfect fit. Chulbul Pandey is an absolute delight.
Like its hero, Dabangg doesn’t bother with subtlety or sub-text. Taking a cue from the potboilers of the 1970s and the more recent bone-crunching street heroes being churned out of Chennai - you recall Ghajini and Wanted - debutant director Abhinav Kashyap has created a purposefully loud masala movie.
The dialogues, co-written by Dilip Shukla, are unapologetic clap-traps; the action artfully choreographed by S Vijayan is comic-book - so in the midst of a battle, when a phone rings, Pandey pauses to admire its ring-tone - and the musical score by Sajid-Wajid is deafening enough to beat you into submission.
A lot of this - especially the rollicking item number Munni Badnam Hui by Lalit Pandit - is seriously good fun.
But the trouble is that these set-pieces of dialogue, dance and fight aren’t connected to each other in any meaningful way.
Kashyap and Shukla have created an engaging character but they don’t provide him an engaging narrative to play in.
Dabangg, about Chulbul’s love-hate relationship with his stepfather and stepbrother, is a structural mess.
The first half is all set-up-each scene essentially being a showcase for Chulbul-so when interval arrives, you are still waiting for the story to begin.
When the story finally kicks in, it turns out to be a tired rehash of conniving politicians, familial misunderstanding and revenge.
The plot movement is random - anything is possible at anytime.
The supporting cast is limp-Arbaaz Khan, who has also produced the film, is consistently wooden; Sonu Sood keeps glowering and poor Vinod Khanna wears exactly two expressions: anger and helplessness.
There are too many songs and too, too much fighting, which becomes more gory and gratuitous as the film unfolds. Dabangg feels longer than it is and way more exhausting than it should.
Still I recommend that you see the film for the sheer pleasure of watching Salman Khan in top form.
And for the nicely smoldering Sonakshi who despite their difference in age and experience, holds her own effectively.
Dabangg ends with the promise of a sequel. I would be happy to see more of Chulbul Pandey. I only hope that Kashyap writes him a better script.
It is…
The return of the SJ Suryah and Pawan Kalyan duo with a slight alter, this time the film was tedious, dull, draggy and all else unlike their collaboration in 2001.
The plot…
The bore kicks off with Saranya (the wife of a missing cop) complaining about her husband’s where abouts. And when she tries to run away from the cops who try to shut her up, she ends up in a temple and starts demanding God for answers. Answers regarding the lives of sincere cops, will You ever show up? etc. Just then she realizes that the answer is in her womb.
That fetus grows on to become Komaram Puli. The high jumping, monologing and chopper hanging Pawan Kalyan (seems like the whole family’s obsessed with hanging on to helicopters). With the help of the government Puli sets up his own force to take up any complaints regarding cops not attending properly to the complaints of the common man (we’ve already seen this in a bunch of Shankar movies SJ, and the way you shot it was even more annoying). This, that, this, girl, songs, fights, monologues, punch scenes, dons, twists and desperate attempts at humor fill in for the rest of the tiring 3 hours. Though there was a ‘bit’ happening with the screenplay, I wouldn’t want to write about that and create an interest which might make you wanna watch the film.
The Actors…
Pawan Kalyan was the only attraction now and then.
As for the new comer (Nikisha Patel), another film – another porn star.
What was slightly enjoyable?
The tempo of the film seemed like it was gonna pick up in a few instances, but, somehow never made it.
What went wrong (terribly)?
The screenplay is halfhearted from start to end. And what the film didn’t have on paper, it tried to make up for in fancy and unsuccessful visual presentation.
Nikisha Patel had this amazing capability to brake hard on the film’s pace whenever it seemed lime picking up a bit of pace (unfair, can’t blame the pretty lady. Blame the writers).
MONOLOGUES. For the first time Pawan kept on talking for long minutes and without the whole rich ‘first day’ atmosphere, they would ____ even more. Even other characters (like the mother’s) had these lengthy monologues. They were so damn long that you can fall asleep, wake up and doze off again; all before one of these things end.
Film: GAAYAM 2
Rating: 3/5
Banner: Kartha Creations
Cast: Jagapathi Babu, Kota, Vimala Raman, Tanikella, Kota Prasad, Harshavardhan, Ajay, Tarzan, Nagesh, Ravi Kale, Jeeva, Revathi, Siva Krishna and others
Music: Ilayaraja
Camera: Anil Bandari
Director: Praveen Sri
Producer: Dharma Kartha
Release date: 03/09/2010
Story
A well knit tale, the story begins with Ram (jagapathi babu) who runs a coffee shop in Bangkok and he has a happy family in the form of his wife Vidya (vimala), son and brother in law (harshavardhan). Things take a turn with the arrival of Shankar Narayana (kota prasad) along with his lawyer (tanikella). They suspect that Ram is none other than Durga, the arch enemy of Guru Narayana (kota). They come up with various attempts to confirm if Ram is Durga but Ram insists he is not so. What happens after that forms the rest of the story.
Presentation
The director has come up with a continuation to the original and his presentation, narration were decent. The dialogues were good, the script was alright and the screenplay was consistent. Background score was good and songs were average. Cinematography was nice. Editing was crisp. Costumes were apt and the art department was appealing. Jagapathi Babu carries out his role with élan and he was effective. Vimala Raman looks seductive to the core. The real show stealer was Kota, he was excellent. Kota Prasad was good. Ajay was brief. Tanikella was another star performer. Nagesh Salve is another man to watch out for, he resembles Ajay Devgn in few angles. Ravi Kale was regular, the others did their bit as required.
Conclusion
The film happens to be a sequel to the original movie 'Gaayam' which came many years ago. While the first half was a lift from a Hollywood film, the second half was perfect in connection and it syncs well with the audience. Though there were hiccups in the emotional graph and few critical scenes, overall the pace and the narration makes it watchable. At the box office, this should be an above average entertainer and if word of mouth goes correctly then it will be a hit.
verdict: Worth watching once...
Film: Don Seenu
Rating: 3.25/5
Banner: R R Movie Makers
Cast: Ravi Teja, Srihari, Shriya, Anjana Sukhani, Sayaji Shinde, Mahesh Manjrekar, Brahmanandam, Ali, Venu Madhav, Raghu Babu, Kasturi, Surekha Vani and others
Music: Mani Sharma
Dialogues: Kona Venkat
Editing: Gautham Raju
Cinematography: Sameer Reddy
Screenplay, direction: Malineni Gopichand
Producer: Venkat
Release date: 06/08/2010
Ravi Teja is back and this time he has brought along Shriya who was off the Telugu screens since quite a while.
Story
Seenu (Ravi Teja) always likes to be called as ‘Don’ Seenu since childhood due to the strong influence of the Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Don’. His only ambition is to become a don and this also gets him to the city.
Here, he joins hands with Machiraju (Sayaji) whose target is his biggest rival Narsing (Srihari).
Machiraju gives Seenu a task, to go to Germany and win the heart of Narsing’s sister whose marriage is fixed with the son of the super don Mukesh (Mahesh Manjrekar). Seenu goes to Germany and wins the heart of Deepthi (Shriya) and later, he discovers a twist which leads to various turns in the story.
What happens after that forms the essence.
Performances
Ravi Teja was his usual energetic self and his dialogue delivery with positive body language was enough to charge the audience. He scored well.
Shriya looks stunningly beautiful and just like wine, she is building on her oomph factor and natural beauty as years pass by. She has made a thumping comeback and will remain in the hearts for a long time.
Srihari was his regular style and his typical Telangana dialogue delivery will appeal to the masses.
Anjana looks okay and though she is not pretty, she looked cute in few scenes. Sayaji was standard, Ali gave few smiles, the characters of Brahmanandam and Venu Madhav were also hilarious and their tracks were well etched. Mahesh Manjrekar was moderate, Raghu Babu was alright, Kasturi looks sick, Surekha Vani was brief, the others didn’t have much to offer.
Plus Points:
Ravi Teja’s energy levels
Shriya’s glamour
Comedy by Venu Madhav, Ali and Brahmanandam
Production values
Limitations:
Length of the movie tests patience
No virgin feel in the story (it’s a beaten formula recalling the films like Dhee, Ready, Bujjigadu etc)
Music
Analysis
In a typical Ravi Teja style, the film is a racy commercial entertainer. The director included the elements of comedy, glamour and rich presentation in good proportions and it is a treat to those who are fond of time pass comedy entertainers. On the flip side, the film has few limitations which could have been tweaked. The length of the film during the second half could have been trimmed Ravi Teja seeks inspiration from Amitabh Bachchan but it is difficult for the front benchers to connect with someone like Amitabh since he is a fading personality in today’s time.
The content was not there as the take off is on a silly note (Dons worrying about their marriage alliances with each other) but thanks to the presentation this got covered up.
The climax was weak and especially the fight sequences which resembled some ‘Tamil Paithyam’, perhaps Ravi Teja is the only star in film history to jump inside a manhole and come out of it breaking the bones of baddies.
Overall, the film would appeal to the B and C center audience in a big way while the A center viewers who are fond of ‘Kick’ type films will also get attracted to it. The biggest asset to the film is Shriya who will pull crowds to the theaters. The dialogues were witty, the script was moderate, the screenplay was above average. Songs were a letdown but the background score was good. Cinematography was impressive. Editing could have been better. Costumes, art department made their presence felt. At the box office, this has the right menu to end up as a profit grosser.
“Don Seenu” audio function was celebrated in Hotel Taj Deccan, Hyderabad on July 23rd in the presence of top celebrities and stars of Tollywood.
The following is the response from the audience about the songs of “Don Seenu”:
Audio Rating : 3 / 5
Song 1: Aiedhella Vayasu…
This song was sung by Baba Sehgal and Lyrics written by Ramajogayya Sastri.
A typical voice by Baba Sehgal. Lyrics in this song say that hero RaviTeja is a big fan of Amitabachan. Ravi Teja in this song narrates the uses of being a DON. This song is really impressive with Amithabachan’s “DON” theme music. Good work by Baba Sehgal and Mani Sharma. This song seems to be an introduction to Ravi Teja’s character in this movie. So it will be a good opening.
Song 2 : Raja Raja Ravi Teja...
This song was sung by Sri Krishna and Geetha Madhuri and Lyrics written by Ramajogayya Sastri.
This song is a nice duet between Hero and Heroine and it is soothing to ears. This song is Mani Sharma’s standard of romantic duets. Besides melody the song in the middle turns into some interesting beats. Sri Krishna and Geetha Madhuri have done good work. But this is not Ravi Teja’s mark. Lyrics formation in the song is quiet impressive and Ramajogayya sastri did excellent job with the lyrics.The visuals must suit the lyrics to be a hit number.
Song3 : Naa Yenaka...
This song was sung by Venu, Rita and Bhargavi Pillai and Lyrics written by Bhaskar Batla
This song seems to be a situational one where Hero and Heroine quarrel each other. The Lyrics in this song includes chuckling comedy to enjoy. Overall, this song with good music score is enjoyable. Singers did excellent good job. This song is in the hit number even without visuals.
Song4 : Adugutundi yeda.....
This song was by Hemachandra and Malavika and Lyrics written by Vennelakanti.
This song is another duet that resembles the bollywood way of music composition. We can expect the visuals include some scenic locations like Switzerland or hero and heroine sing this song driving a bike or car on a never ending highway road in the song visuals. This song has western style music and melodious lyrics. Good job by the singers.
Song5 : Andamemo Istaraku.....
This song was by Hemachandra and Malavika and Lyrics written by Bhaskar Batla.
This song has stylish composition and the Lyrics are like a conversation between Hero and Heroine in a romantic way. The way the singers sang is suitable for RaviTeja’s body language on-screen.
Song6 : Aiedhella Vayasu… (Remix)
This song was sung by Baba Sehgal and Lyrics written by Ramajogayya Sastri.
This is a remix of the first song. The remix is not rocking. But good job by Baba Sehgal and Ramajogayya Sastri. This song may come during rolling titles. The remix of Ravi Teja’s song is not impressive.
Overall, the audio of Don Seenu is above average. If the visuals are good it definitely reaches the audience.
Rating: 3/5
Banner: Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures
Cast: Mohan Babu, Manchu Manoj, Tapsee, Tanikella, Sudha, Ishwarya, Suman, Pragathi, Ahuti Prasad, Brahmi, MS, Ali, Raghu Babu etc
Story: Bhupathi Raja
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Music: M M Keeravani
Camera: S Gopal Reddy
Screenplay, direction: K Raghavendra Rao
Producer: Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna
Release date: 01/07/2010
The elegant celebrity Manchu Lakshmi is making her foray as a producer and that too with a musical of sorts. And it is the directorial treat from the great K Raghavendra Rao after a very long time.
Story
Balu (Manoj) is an aspiring singer and he wants to become as great as S P Balasubramanyam, he comes from Bhadrachalam to fulfill an oath he had taken. Opposite his home lives the retired principal Captain Rao (Mohan Babu) who has a disliking towards the younger generation and their thoughts. As usual, they have their cat and mouse games to outwit each other. The story takes a turn with the arrival of Shravya (Tapsee), Rao’s close friend’s (Suman) daughter. She wants to make a documentary on the traditional Telugu folklore songs and seeks a music guide. Events lead her to Balu and in no time, love ignites. Meanwhile, Balu and his music group is keen on making their mark at a music contest but then Rao holds the key to their entry. He takes a promise from Balu. What is that promise? Does Balu keep up the promise? Does he fulfill his ambition of becoming a singer? What happens to his love story? All this forms the rest of the story.
Performances:
Manchu Manoj was energetic and gave his hard work and efforts. His imitation of Mohan Babu during few scenes was entertaining. He just has to add more fire to his expressions while enacting the serious scenes. Overall, a good performance.
Tapsee is luscious and has given a complete visual feast. She is not beautiful but is sexy. So, she will fit better as a glam doll. On the performance front, she is alright but having a long innings would be a challenge.
Mohan Babu is a show stealer. Though there is not much in his character, it is his screen presence, exceptional dialogue delivery and the entertaining voice modulation that scores at many places. He was impressive.
Brahmi was usual, M S was good, Ali was alright, Suman was okay, Sudha was loud, Tanikella was effective, Pragathi was composed, Aishwarya was apt, Ahuti Prasad was hardly there, Raghu Babu was not used to his potential.
Analysis:
The selection of theme looks good at the onset with a young boy picking tunes and notes of music from his surroundings but with each passing scene, the film begins to lose grip. There are few conflicting points which give a big blow to the film.
- Tapsee comes in as an NRI girl passionate about Telugu tradition but more than half the time, she is shown in skin tight shorts.
- The marriage song of Manoj’s friend was the right opportunity to show the Telugu tradition but instead, it turns out to be a navel and cleavage show of the heroine and ironically, the bride herself. That was crude.
- There is no brewing of romance in the right depth between the lead pair but then it becomes a critical point of decision for the hero before the interval.
KRR specializes in giving visual appeal and that’s what he has done here. For a change, instead of using the ‘Jaamakaayalu’ and ‘Batthai Pallu’, he brought in ‘Kobbari Chippalu’ and ‘Gummadi Kaayalu’- and a green mango on the navel instead of mosambi!!!. However, KRR has not been able to give a depth to the content so it looked like a modified version of the 80s cinema.
The film was meant to be a musical and almost all the songs engage the audience with great visual treat, tunes and rendering. Cinematography was rich. Presentation was nice but narrative was not upto the mark. Editing was okay. Costumes and art department made their presence felt. The film will appeal to the hardcore front benchers given the nasty camera angles and the double entendres. So, it would have worked if the makers focused on making it a mass masala entertainer. Overall, it is not a musical as the title suggests nor is it a family entertainer.
Plot.
Balu (Manoj) is an aspiring singer who lives opposite Captain. Rao (Mohan Babu). Balu and Rao are constantly at feud over various petty issues. Rao’s friend’s daughter (Shravya played by Taapsi) comes to India for the first time to make a documentary on traditional Indian music and is in need of somebody who’s well versed with Indian music. And the musician across the street starts helping the girl. The boy and girl gradually fall for each other, but, Capt. Rao puts in the blockade by messing with Balu’s singing career. How Balu tries to win his love and career is the rest.
The Actors.
It’s amazing to see how all these actors are up for such open humiliation. You need brave souls who are willing to put themselves up on screen and perform these primitive vulgar acts.
Reasons to ban this film
The most patient audience can sit through may be the first half of the film.
Everyone involved with the film (or may be just the Darsakendra) are stuck somewhere around 1995 and are in real need of a time machine.
Raghavendar Rao will be an award winning filmmaker, if he were to make pornography.
This is probably my shortest review, but, the most stressful, by far. I just couldn’t bring myself to write anything about such a sorry and brainless film.
Verdict.
Save yourself. Avoid it.
Film: Pappu
Rating: 2.25/5
Banner: Arya Entertainment
Cast: Krishnudu, Subbaraju, Dipikka, Uttej, Banerjee, Junaid, Siva Reddy, Sangeetha, Melkote, Surya and others
Music: Phani Kalyan
Cinematography: Kesani Rajendra
Editing: Chandrasekhar
Story, screenplay, direction: Sapan Pasumarthy
Producers: Praveen Reddy, Yada Nagesh
Release date: 25/06/2010
The fat but cute and highly talented Krishnudu has now arrived with a new venture and this time, he is accompanied by a team of talented debutantes.
Story:
Pappu (Krishnudu) is a young man whose life is written with bad luck. His helping nature and kind heart tends to do good to others but at his own expense. His life takes a turn when he sees Radha (Dipikka), his boss’s (Banerjee) daughter and begins to like her. However, Dipikka gets kidnapped by few goons and this puts her family in a dilemma. They call for the help of the ace detective Ram (Subbaraju) and due to a sentiment, even Pappu is sent in the search mission. What is that sentiment? How does a guy riddled with bad luck help Ram? What happens to Pappu’s love story? All this forms the rest of the story.
Performances:
This is an entirely new Krishnudu that we see. He has grown in confidence and his body language is more demonstrative. He is able to emote the expressions very well and does full justice to his character. His efforts and commitment levels are praiseworthy.
Dipikka is a natural beauty and has shades of Sharmila Tagore in few angles. She has shown ease in front of the camera though it is her debut attempt and she can do well if she works on her expressions and lip movement. She needs to change her hairstylist though…
Subbaraju looks handsome as ever but for some reason, he has imbibed Mahesh Babu in his expressions, body language and dialogue delivery. It looks like the ‘Pokiri’ effect is still strong on him. He is a naturally talented and high caliber actor so if he just does his own bit, that will give him great results. But it is good to see an elevated character for him in the film.
Banerjee was good, Uttej was apt, Surya was brief, Junaid did his bit as required, Siva Reddy was not used to his potential, the others tried to contribute in their own way.
Analysis
The film takes off on an interesting note but then it fails to get the audience into the flow. The key flaw in the entire movie is the weak direction. The presentation was somewhat okay but the narrative was poor.
Dialogues were strictly okay, script was average and the screenplay was not upto the mark. Since the storyline is known, a lot depended on how the characters are etched and what is the intensity they are showing to attract the audience into the film.
Though the lead cast gave spirited performances, it didn’t work that much due to the lack of depth in their characters. Editing was abrupt, background score was convincing but it could have been avoided at some scenes. Songs opened very well but lost grip in between, the ‘Anjaneya Stotram’ was impressive.
The film will have good openings at many centers due to the presence of Krishnudu and also due to the interesting combination of Subbaraju and Krishnudu. However, it would take some aggressive publicity and positive word of mouth for the film to sustain decent collections.
Bottomline: Just okay, could have been much better
| Cast : Anushka , Vijay Samrat |
| Director : V.Samudra |
| Music Director : Chinna |
| Rating: 2/5 |
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It's About?
Movie starts with the voice over of Mohan Babu who explains about the origin of human life and the respect to gods given by the people in India. Among those, temple of DURGA in JANAGAM is one of the famous. Our story revolves around that temple.
Plot:
Anushka plays dual role in the movie. One as modern city girl ’Honey’ daughter to Najar who aspires to become a top fashion designer and the other is ‘PANCHAKSHARI’, born to Chandra Mohan’s couple on the footsteps of Janagam Durga temple where all the people of that village devote that girl as the symbol of the good living. There in the same village stays the goon Pradeep Rawat and he kills the panchakshari for some reason and he ordered to close the temple. And rest is the story you have to watch on screen why he killed the girl and how the city girl enters the village & takes the revenge on Pradeep ravat and how Najar and Chandra Mohan related etc.
Actors:
Anushka who gave the tremendous performance in Arundathi slightly disappoints with this one. Choreography of the 1st song which was picturised on Honey is very good. I think make up doesn’t suited her as goddess that much but the emotions she showed are very well picturised on the screen. I remembered the actress SOUNDARYA in AMMORU movie while watching Anushka during the climax.
Samrat, the guy who acts as a friend to Siddharth in "Konchem Istham Konchem Kashtam" comes as hero in this one but he has no much role to play. Chandra Mohan, Najar, Sudha and all others did their characters well.
Brahmanandham did the cameo of Magadheera who thinks himself as KALA BHAIRAVA and keep trying to ANUSHKA (MitraVindha ) and character of Ali is OK.
Verdict:
On total, 1st half is little disappointing and second half is good. Music and photography is good at times. Can watch once for watching the performance of Anushka. |
తెలుగులో లీడింగ్ వెబ్సైటు గా చేపుకునే ఒక ఆంధ్రా సైటు సింహ మీద బ్యాడ్ రివ్యూ రాయడం వెనుక పెద్ద తతంగమే నడిచింది అని తెలుస్తుంది. ఈ సినిమా ఓవర్ సీస్ పంపిణీదారు ఈ వెబ్ సైట్ నిర్వాహకులని సినిమా ప్రమోషన్ కి సహకరించాల్సిందిగా కోరారట . అందుకు అంగీకరించిన సైటు నిర్వాహకుడు అందుకు గాను 25000 వేల అమెరికన్ డాలర్లు డిమాండ్ చేశారట . అయితే కేవలం ఒక్క సైట్ కి అంత డబ్బు ఇవ్వడం ఇష్టం లేని సదరు పంపిణీదారుడు అందుకు అంగీకరించలేదని దాంతో అసలే కాస్త తలపొగరు కలిగిన సైట్ నిర్వాహకుడు సింహా కి వ్యతిరేకంగా ఆర్టికల్స్ వ్రాయడం మొదలెట్టాడట. అయినా సదరు పంపిణీదారుడు దిగిరాకపోవడంతో తన సత్తా ఏంటో అతనికి చూపించాలని డిసైడ్ అయిన వెబ్ సైట్ ఓనర్ సింహాకి చాల బ్యాడ్ రివ్యూ తన సైట్ లో వ్రాశాడు. అయితే ఆ వెబ్ సైట్ లో వ్రాసిన రేటింగ్ కన్నా కూడా సినిమా చాలా బాగుంది అని మరో టాక్ రావడంతో కంగారు పడి మరొక రివ్యూ ఇంకా చండాలంగా రాయడానికి పూనుకున్నాడట.
ఒక చెత్త సినిమాకి మంచి రివ్యూ వ్రాసినా దాన్ని పట్టించుకోవాల్సిన అవసరం లేదు గానీ ఒక సినిమా కి రివ్యు వ్రాయడానికి నిర్మాతలని బ్లాక్ మెయిల్ చేసే స్థాయికి కొన్ని వెబ్ సైట్లు చేరడం ఆందోళనకలిగించే అంశం ఇది ఇలాగే కొనసాగితే రివ్యులని జనం నమ్మే పరిస్థితి ఉండదు.
Movie : Simha Rating: 3.75/5 Cast : Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayantara, Sneha Ullal, Namitha, Aditya, K R Vijaya, Saikumar (Malayalam), Hemanth, Rehman, Kota, Brahmi, Ali, Venu Madhav, Dharmavarapu, L B Sriram, Krishna Bhagawan, Jhansi and others Directed by : Boyapati Sreenu Produced by : Paruchuri Kireeti Banner : United Movies Music : Chakri Release Date : 2010-04-30 Story: Set on the backdrop of a college, the story begins with Sriman Narayana (Balayya) who is a lecturer and he is a fearless, handsome and honest man fighting injustice wherever he is. The students also fear him. The story takes a turn with the arrival of the new student Janaki (Sneha Ullal) and Sriman Narayana helps her escape from the villain (Aditya). Romance blossoms between both but then Narayana has a story which his grandmother (KR Vijaya) reveals and this has a link with Janaki as well. What is that past and what happens from there forms the rest of the story. Artist performances: Nandamuri Balakrishna is back in action and that too with a bang, his dialogues, his dances, his action sequences will pump up the blood levels. He has worked hard in the stunts and dance department. Sneha Ullal looks sweet and gels well with the story, Nayantara looks elegant and she has given a decent performance, Namitha was plump as usual and she was brief, K R Vijaya was gracious, Sai Kumar was okay, Aditya was good, Kota made his presence felt, the comedy team comprising of Brahmi, Krishna Bhagawan, Ali, Dharmavarapu, Jhansi were not utilized to their potential. Venu Madhav scored few points, Rehman looks handsome as usual, Sana was neat, the others didn't have much to offer. Plus points: * Balakrishna * Dialogues * Songs * Nayantara and Sneha Ullal * Second half * Action sequences * Production values Minus points: * weak comedy Analysis: The film is a pure mass oriented movie and while the first half goes about with a college backdrop, the entire momentum changes in the second half. To all those who wanted to see the fiery eyed Balakrishna, this will be a major treat. The storyline is predictable and the plot is weak but the execution was nice. Background score was good and songs were the highlight. Editing was alright, art department was grand, overall, the film will go well with the masses and will ensure huge profits to the makers. A must watch for all people who love powerful mass entertainers. This film will be a milestone in Balakrishna's career. Verdict: Watch it to know how a Simham Roars!
