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Review @ DON 2 - A must watch for action buffs!!


Movie : DON 2
Rating : 3.5/5
Starring: Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta and others
Director : Farhan Akhta
Producer : Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani
Music Director : Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa
Release date: 23 December 2011

Story:
Don (Shah Rukh Khan) has plans to looting the Euro currency plate from a high security vault. He makes plans after plans to hit bulls eye and amidst meets his old foes Roma (Priyanka Chopra) who plays a cop and her mission is to disturb Don’s plans; and Vardhan (Boman Irani) who is looking at side lining Don. He’s still being chased by the police, and this time not of 11 countries, but 101 countries. What happens next is the climax, which is better, undisclosed with the question that will Farhan make Don 3.

Review @ JOURNEY Movie


Movie : JOURNEY
Rating: 3/5
Cast : Sharwanand, Ananya, Jai, Anjali and others
Directed by : M Saravanan
Produced by : A R Murugadoss, Sure
Banner : SK Pictures, Fox Star Studios
Music : Satya
Release Date : 2011-12-16
Story:
A well knit tale, the story begins with two couple. There is Gautham (Sharwanand) a random stranger who is asked for help by Amrutha (Ananya) who comes to Hyderabad for an interview from a small town. She takes Gautham's help to reach the venue but she doesn't trust him completely. But having spent almost a day she starts liking him but doesn't express her feelings to him. The other track is that of Krishna (Jai) a soft spoken guy who falls in love with the dynamic, practical and straightforward Madhumita (Anjali). She reciprocates his feelings but with certain conditions. The twist occurs when Krishna takes Madhumita to his hometown in a bus from Hyderabad and the same bus has Gautham in it. On the other hand, Amrutha decides to search for Gautham and takes a bus towards Hyderabad. Both buses collide with each other and what happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Review @ The Dirty Picture


The Dirty Picture Movie Rating: 4/5
Cast: Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, 
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Screenplay: Rajat Arora
Producer: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Director: Milan Luthria 
The Dirty Picture Movie Review: Yes! It’s Dirty but entertains! Ekta Kapoor has yet again hit bulls eye with an unconventional subject that is true and debatable. The film totally belongs to its lead protagonist Vidya Balan who once again proves that there is no one like her. 

Story:
The film is a biopic on a C Grade actress of the South Indian actress Silk Smitha played by the very talented Vidya Balan. She has just one dream, to make it big in the industry and she could do anything for it. She gets whatever she wants but loses her identity of a small town girl. As Suryakant (Naseeruddin Shah) who plays a top actor of the 80’s era puts it in the film, she becomes the dark secret of the film world that cannot be acknowledged in daylight. The first half shows how she is the main reason films work and the second half shows the lows of her career. 

Analysis:

Milan Luthria is a pro at showing the intricate details of a true life story. He did it in ‘Once Upon A time in Mumbaai’ and he does it again. I haven’t closely monitored Silk Smitha’s life but from what is said about her, Milan gets it right. The film transports you to the 80’s era successfully and how films were made those days and what worked. Sex sells, yes just the packaging changes. It is shown in a more sophisticated manner these days but it’s true, how much ever we may try to defend. The point is that the woman is shown sultry loses everything, but those who are showing her in that light and those who are watching it get away. The film makes you think. 

Talking about the entertaining aspects of the film, it has it all. It has all the masala needed for a commercial potboiler and those who refrain from watching emotions will love the first half. Second half is more on the darker side and is not for people who like light comic flicks. It gives glimpses of Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’ as the latter was also about the ups and downs of a model’s career. But ‘The Dirty Picture’ hits the right nail and works big time.

Performances:

Vidya Balan, enough said!! The name is synonym to abundance of talent. The gets into the nerve of the character and forgets that she is Vidya, she is Silk in the film and makes you believe that. She has put on 12 kgs for the film and is shown bulky but manages to look good, apart from a few scenes where here tummy is focused more on. Tusshar Kapoor plays a writer who is in love with Silk. He does a decent job. Emraan Hashmi has a mystic charm to him. He entertains with his dialogue delivery and is refreshing to see him in a different role than seen before. Naseeruddin Shah is a gem. He is par-a-class. The rest of the supporting cast is aptly cast. 

Technicalities:

Direction is a total thumbs up. Background score totally apt. Music is a blend of the 80’s with Bappi Lahiri’s ‘Ooh La La’ already a chartbuster while ‘Ishq Sufiana’ is in sync with the on-going trend. Milan manages to recreate the 80’s era and it’s refreshing to see for the younger generation who haven’t witnessed the actual. Cinematography is good. Dialogue and its delivery is a major plus. All the dialogues are worth lauding.

Plus Points: Performances, Dialogues, Music
Minus Points: overdose of emotions in the second half

Final Word: 
Truly said in the film, A film works for three reasons, entertainment, entertainment and entertainment and ‘The Dirty Picture’ has loads of it.

Review @ Bezawada Movie


Cast – Naga chaitanya, Amala paul, Anjana sukhani, Prabhu, Mukuldev, Abhimanyu singh, subhaleka sudhakar, Kota srinivasa rao, Ahuti Prasad, Brahmanandam
Rating: 0/5
Director – Vivek Krishna
Producer – Ramgopal varma, Kiran kumar Koneru
Music director – Amar Mohile, Tutul
After disaster Dhada, Naga chatanya decided to  shift the genre and experimented the faction based story 'Bezawada'.Vivek Krishna directed this movie.Controversies before the movie got the required promotion free of cost.Lets analyse whether movie could stand to the free publicity obtained and whether Naga chatanya's experiments succeeded..
Story:Kaali (Prabhu) is a noted gangster in Bezawada.Vijay Krishna(Mukul Dev,Krishna Villian) is right hand of Khali and Jai Krishna(Ajay), Shiva Krishna(Naga Chatanya)are his brothers.Khali always mistreats Shankar(Abhimanyu singh) infront of Vijay Krishna and derogates with abusive lanuage. Shankar aims  to take over his father seat and kills his own father Khali.After Khali's lanuadeath, Vijay Krishna's dominance rules among unions and shankar  gets rid of Vijay Krishna to secure the permanant leader tag in Bezawada.Shiva Krishna decided to take the revenge for his brother's death.How Shiva krishna executes Shankar forms the rest of the story.
Performances:
Naga Chaitanya:
Rating:1/5
He is hardly seen in the first half of the movie, except for few namesake love scenes and meaningless fight.After Dhada disaster,everyone expected Nagachaitanya to sign a powerful role, which elevates his performance.But his Bezawada was nothing less than a murderous attempt from unbearable hereditary product, Naga chaitanya.With Bezawada, it is proved that this young talent is devoid any talent required to act in Telugu movies.However, there is a little betterment in the dialogue emoting when we compare with first movie josh,but that is not at all enough.It requires lot of patience to watch him for 1 hr(only second half).When a hero delivers a punch dialogue, we expect whistles in the theatre, but whenever there is any powerful dialogue with stupid emotions from Naga Chaitanya ,theater is full of laughters,
It is high time Naga chatanya work on his acting skills by joining a decent acting school.And Nagarjuna should not leave him to choose his own scripts to avoid anymore Dhadhas and Bezawada's.
Amala Paul: She has very less screen presence.She is homely and sweet.Her looks slightly match with Priya anand.Beside Naga chaitanya any actress can pull a decent performance.However, there is lot of mismatch in lip sink , especially in closeip scenes.Director should have taken care of silly mistakes, that turn very costly on the screen.
Others:Mukul Dev dubbing is a disaster, it missed the native feel.Abimanyu singh is boring and torchure.His repeat physcho acting is very irritating and his dubbing is very stupid.Prabhu is ok.Kota Srinivas rao is wasted with useless character. Ahuti Prasad as SP is just ok.Brahmanandam and MS Narayana are idiotic and stupid.
Direction and Screenplay:
Rating:0/5
Why does Ram gopal verma hate Telugu Film industry? this is the question that popsup in everyone after watching Bezawda.How is vivek krishna qualified as a director is a million dollar question.Useless script, brainless narration, careless direction, mediocre camera work, cheap dialogues are few feathers in his directorial cap.In order to get the feel of RGV brand, he shakes the camera to his will and wish, giving headache to audience.He has zero knowledge on movie making.In one line, he is a yet another garbage by product of RGV company.
Other Departments: Music and background reminds us of death band.Telugu teleserials has better cinematography.Mahabharath teleserial dubbing is lot better. All departments suck equally and bang viewers left right and center without leaving any gap.
Titbits:
We had our eyes popped out in searching for a scene that is worth mentioning in this section,but vivek krishna did not give us a chance,every scene is equally competing to be the worst scene of the movie.So we could not find anything to place in this section.
Positives:
Nill
Negatives:
Complete movie
Final Analysis:
Revenge drama is common aspect in RGV movies.Even his hit movies Sarkar and Sarkar Raj are classic examples of how a routine revenge drama can be packed in a attractive box.Bezawada also adopts same routine story.When one believe in routine story, one has to be very careful about the narration.Director seems to be less interested in a making a movie in the first place.There is hardly anything that local people can relate to and every scene is abrupt and every dialogue is lacklustered.Background music acts as soul to this kind of movies, but BG of bezawada haunts us through out the movie.
One can say this movie stands as black mark in the history of great Vijayawada.Earlier when movie was titles Bezwada rowdies local people objected for depicting Bezwada in a negative way,but after watching the movie they might fight against the name of the movie.(for making a ugliest movie in the name of Bezawada)
On a whole bezawada a just a nightmare and another super duper flop show from RGV brand director.
Final words: Do not even enter the street where movie is screened.People might turn sociopath and suffer a brain damage after watching the movie.

Review @ Desi Boyz – Mindless Comedy


Movie: Desi Boyz
Rating : 2.5/5
Director : Rohit Dhawan
Producer : Vijay Ahuja, Krishika Lulla
Jyoti Deshpande
Music Director : Pritam Chakraborty
Release date: 26 November 2011
Starring: Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Chitrangda Singh.
Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangada Singh come together for ‘Desi Boyz’, a movie which has been directed by Rohith Dhawan. The movie has released all over the world on the 25th. Let us see how it fares.
Story: Desi Boyz is about the lives of two desi boys living in the UK. Nick Mathur (John Abraham) and Jignesh Patel ( Akshay Kumar ) are faced with a host of economic and personal problems when they lose their jobs in the recession. Nick is engaged to Radhika (Deepika Padukone) while Jignesh Patel needs to take care of his orphaned nephew. Out of desperation, they start working as something that is a cross between a stripper and a male escort.
All hell breaks loose when their loved ones discover this act. What follows next is a story filled with desperate attempts by Nick and Jignesh Patel to win back their loved ones. Along the way, Jignesh also falls in love with his ex classmate Tanya (Chitrangada Singh)
Plus Points : The lead stars look good on screen. Deepika Padukone is especially hot. Dialogues are a major asset. The movie proceeds along at a fair pace in the first half. and is entertaining in parts. Cinematography is good. Music and background score provided by Preetam is an asset. Songs have been shot well. Sanjay Dutt’s cameo is good.
Minus Points: The movie has some mindless, outdated and cliched comedy. Many scenes in the movie will remind you of the movie ‘Hey Baby’. There is zero logic in many of the sequences that unfold in the movie. The characterization of the heroes is highly hypocritical in nature and is not believable. The concept of the actors turning into male escorts but refusing to sleep with their clients(because of values!!) is idiotic.
Rohit Dhawan’s direction leaves a lot to be desired.
There is also a lot of idealistic preaching in the movie, things which have been said over and over for a zillion times in Bollywood movies.
Finally: This is a movie that can only be watched if you leave your brain back home. The first half has some mildly enjoyable scenes. The second half is where everything goes for a toss. If you are a Deepika Padukone fan though, there are some ‘colourful moments’ in the film for you. Otherwise, Desi Boyz is best avoided

Mayakkam Enna Movie Review


Rating: 3/5
Cast: Dhanush, Richa Gangopadhyay, Sunder, Pooja and others.
Director: Selvaraghavan
Music: GV Prakash Kumar
Cinematographer: Ramji
Producer: Gemini Film Circuit
Released on: November 25, 2011
Story
Dhanush is the pivot around whom the whole story revolves. Karthik (Dhanush) is a freelance photographer who lives life his own way. He does work hard and wants to leave a mark as an photographer. Though he does portfolio and weddings, his pasion is wildlife photography. His only desire in life is to work with Madhesh Krishnaswamy (Ravi Prasad), a world renowned wildlife photographer. 

Solo Movie Review


Movie : Solo
Rating: 3/5
Cast : Nara Rohit, Nisha Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, Srinivas Reddy, Ali, Jayasudha, Ravu Ramesh, Pavitra Lokesh, M S Narayana, Ravi, Mumaith Khan and others
Directed by : Parasuram
Produced by : Vamsikrishna Sriniva
Banner : SVK Cinemas
Music : Mani Sharma
Release Date : 2011-11-25
Story:
Gowtham (Rohith) is an orphan, who dreams of having his own family. Gowtham feels that if he marries a girl from a big family then he could have all the relatives. So he tries his best to find one such girl. He falls for Vaishnavi (Nisha) as she has everything that he is looking for. She is the daughter of Raghupathi (Prakash Raj), who wants his daughter to marry a man from a joint family. He rejects Gowtham as he is an orphan. The love pair got separated. How do they convince Raghupathi is the rest of the story.

Veedu Theda Movie Review


Movie : Veedu Theda
Rating: 2.5/5
Cast : Nikhil Siddarth, Pooja Bose, Sayaji Shinde, Suman, Krishna Bhagawan, Ali, M S Narayana, Raghu Babu, Master Bharat, Hema and others
Directed by : Chinni Krishna
Produced by : Kalyan Chakravarthy
Banner : Lakshmi Narasimha Entertainments
Music : Chakri
Release Date : 2011-11-18
Story:
Srinu (Nikhil) is a happy go lucky guy. He falls in love with Meghana (Pooja Bose) and tries desperately to get a positive response from her. But Meghana’s father Durga (Suman) is in jail and his opponent Shankar (Sayaji Shinde) is after Meghana. Now how Srinu rescues her from Shankar and win her love forms rest of the story.

Performances:
Nikhil tries to imitate Raviteja yet again, but failed to be as entertaining as his mentor. He should learn to act as he hardly emotes except putting faces. His dances and fights are good though. Pooja Bose doesn’t know to act. Ali, Raghubabu, Master Bharath and Venu Madhav are mildly entertaining and MS Narayana leads the pack. Suman and Sayaji Shinde are alright in their roles. Rest of the star cast did their bit.

Highlights:
  • Nikhil's performance and Pooja's appeal    
  • Dialogues   
  • First half
Drawbacks:
  • Weak content   
  • Dragged sequences in second half 
  • Predictability
  • No depth in emotional scenes
Analysis:
Veedu Theda is a routine fare in which the director tries to keep the audience entertained all the time. There is no freshness in the subject and the screenplay goes haywire. Only plus point is there are loads of comedians all over the film and they don’t let the film go down.
First half of the film is a bit lengthy and interval point is very predictable. Director deals the rest of the story in a comical way by introducing various comedians at various points in the film. MS Narayana does his ‘Dookudu’ mimic stunt yet again. This time he imitates Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu in addition to Balakrishna and Rajinikanth.

However, the film ends on an abrupt note and there is nothing to carry home. Songs are pretty bad and there is no freshness in the film whatsoever. Mass audience might enjoy the film for its extra dose of comedy. All the comedians in the film ably shouldered it. If the director has come out with fresh scenes and has written fresh comedic lines, it should have ended up as a real commercial entertainer. Now it will only appeal to lower sections of audience and classes who look for healthy comedy may disown it completely.
Finally: Good start, poor end..!!!

Sri Rama Rajyam Movie Review


Movie : Sri Rama Rajyam
Rating: 3.75/5
Cast : Nandamuri Balakrishna, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nayantara, Srikanth, Master Gaurav, Master Dhanush, K R Vijaya, Vindoo Dara Singh, Sameer, Brahmanandam, Balayya and others
Directed by : Bapu
Produced by : Y Sai Babu
Banner : Sri Sai Baba Pictures
Music : Ilayaraja
Release Date : 2011-11-17
Story:
Sri Rama (Balakrishna) and Sita (Nayanthara) comes back to Ayodhya after ‘Ravana Samharam’ and ‘Agni Pareeksha’ (these are not shown). After Sri Rama’s ‘pattabhishekam’, he comes to know that Sita is pregnant. When everything is going fine, people speak low about Rama and Sita as she spent one year in Ravana’s place. Rama has to leave Sita in order to protect his family values. Sita is sent to the forest and there she gives birth to Lava and Kusa. What happens next is to be seen on the silver screen.
Performances:  
Balakrishna looked good as Rama. However he seemed a little aged to play this role. He should have attempted this role early in his career. Saying so, there is no other actor who could have pulled off this role among the current heroes.
Nayanathara did her career best role. Her performance is top notch and she will definitely receive so many awards for her portrayal as Seetha. Akkineni Nageswara Rao has done a fine job. Hanuma and Lava Kusha are pretty good. Srikanth is decent as Lakshmana and all others did their part so well.
Highlights:
  • Balayya as Lord Rama is a delight to watch
  • Nayantara's career best performance
  • Screenplay
  • Outstanding Visuals
  • Soothing Music and Excellent Background Score
  • Perfect Casting
  • honest efforts
Drawbacks:
  • known story
Analysis:
This is a known story to everyone. Bapu hasn’t added any new flavor to the narrative and simply stuck to the original subject. Ramana’s screenplay is just the same as it was in Lava Kusha. The first half of the film is good with superb songs coming at right points. Emotions are captured well and the actors gave wonderful performances.
Second half goes on a heavy note for some time. But the pace picks up towards the climax. Final war between Lakshmana and Lava-Kusa is nicely done. Second half too has good songs but they aren’t as good as the songs in first half. On a whole Sri Rama Rajyam is a brave attempt from the producer, director and the hero.
They have put in honest efforts and the film is richly made. Visuals are pretty good and it will definitely appeal to female audience and families. People who wants to know about values of Rama and story after actual Ramayana shouldn’t miss this one.
Finally: Don't Miss It On Big Screen!!

Oh! My Friend Movie Review


Movie : Oh! My Friend
Rating: 3/5
Cast : Siddharth, Shruthi Haasan, Hansika, Navadeep, Tanikella Bharani, Ali, Sana etc
Directed by : Venu Shreeram
Produced by : Dil Raju
Banner : Sree Venkateshwara Creations
Music : Rahul Raj
Release Date : 2011-11-11
Story:
Chandu (Siddarth), Siri (Shruti Haasan) are very close friends. Siri

It’s My Love Story Movie Review



Movie : ITS MY LOVE STORY
Rating: 2.5/5
Cast : Aravind Krishna, Nikitha Narayan, Jayasudha, Sarath Babu, Vennela Kishore, Kalpika, Tagubothu Ramesh, Kasi Viswanath, Pragathi, Vennela Rama Rao, Harish Koyalagundla, Praveen etc
Directed by : Madhura Sreedhar
Produced by : Dr M V K Reddy
Banner : Shirdi Sai Combines
Music : Sunil Kashyap
Release Date : 2011-11-10
Story:
Arjun (Aravind Krishna) is a video game developer who stays in Hyderabad in his own flat. Vandana (Nikitha Narayan) is a fashion designer who comes to Hyderabad to achieve big in her career. They become friends ‘accidentally’ and after a bad experience with her roommates, Nikitha comes and stays in Arjun’s apartment.
Vandana parents (Jayasudha and Sarath Babu) object this love and what happens next forms the rest of the story.

Performances: 
Aravind Krishna is good looking and a decent actor. He should work on his expressions though.Nikitha Narayan is fine. She did a good job for a debutante. Jayasudha plays a vital role and she is as bankable as ever. Sarath Babu is natural. Pavitra is good. Vennela Kishore as ‘Sujatha’ is a riot in few scenes. ‘Tagubothu Ramesh’ got a lengthy and noticeable role after a long time. He is Okay. The guys who played heroes colleagues annoys with silly conversations. Sundeep Kishan of Prasthanam fame appeared in a song.


Highlights:
  • Songs
  • Aravind- Nikitha performances
  • Cinematography
  • Technical values
Drawbacks:
  • Editing
  • Pace
  • Lack of depth in emotional scenes
Analysis:
When the director named his film as ‘It’s My Love Story’, one would expect it to be a unique love story. Sadly, IMLS is not unique but just a rehash of lots of love stories that we have already seen hundreds of times on the silver screen. A couple facing problems from parents and finally their love triumphs is not a great or special love story.
Director should have dealt this routine love story in an engaging and entertaining way. He tried to infuse freshness in the first hour, which is fairly decent. But in the second hour, the film started to head in a beaten track with ‘predictable’ twists. As the film reaches the finale, it gets on to your nerves with a pathetic storytelling. The ending leaves you gasping and exhausted because it could have been ended that way at the interval itself.

When the director is going to conclude this story on a predictable note, there is no point in dragging it for that much time. Comedy scenes are fine at few instances and cheap/vulgar most of the time. Only saving grace for this stale love story is the music. Songs are good on ears and a couple of them would stay with you.
Finally: Watch it for songs and pleasant feel
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