Work and Worship!!

Hi Friends... This last day of this year, Let me share something I came across which sounded interesting and at the same time thought provoking!! It is related to the Work and Worship…

We all know that sage Narada is a great devotee of Lord Vishnu and he chants restlessly the name of the Lord “Narayana…! Narayana…!” Narada was in pride that he is the greatest devotee of Vishnu in this entire universe. Lord Sri Hari having realized his inner thought called Narada and told “Narada…you please go to a particular village and meet my devotee over there…And you know he is my true devotee!” Narada couldn’t believe this, so went on to meet the person suggested by the Lord to just disprove the fact.

The Person, the Lord Vishnu suggested is a poor peasant. Daily when he wakes up he chants the name of “Vishnu” and starts his work. All the day long, he is so busy in his work sowing seeds…farming his land etc. He comes home tired, spends some time with family. Before he goes to sleep, he chants the name of “Vishnu” and ends his day. Narada returns back and complains to Vishnu “O Lord, I chant thousand times your name daily and how can I be comparable with that farmer over there who takes your name just twice”

Lord Vishnu smiles and hands a bowl filled with Oil to Narada...and asks him with a smile “Narada…!! A small test for you!! Take this bowl of oil and make a complete round around Vaikuntam and remember that not even single drop should spill from it”.

Narada takes up the challenge and completes the task successfully. Now Vishnu asks him “Dear Narada, now tell me how many times you chanted my name while going around Vaikuntam this time”.

Narada Replied “Come on Lord…I was so tensed not to spill even a drop of oil…So I did not get a chance to chant your name”

Lord Vishnu answers him “See Narada…this small bowl of oil diverted your attention away from me…Now look at the farmer, who in spite of bearing the burden of his family, he chants my name twice…” Narada realizes the truth and discards the pride he had a moment before. It is the work we do with utmost respect that makes us closer to the lord and not anything else. No matter call the divine by any name…Allah, Rama or Jesus, Just remember to chant the name of the divine once a day and you are there in his heart forever!

This is the story told by Sri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa!

Thanks a lot, friends for your continuous support and encouragement all this year for the blog!!

Wish you all a prosperous and happy new year …Wish all the success in 2011 and in new decade to start!!

Ragada Review

December might be chilling cool for everyone out there…But there’s one cool person who promises us the best this month. Yuva Samrat Nagarjuna always delivered the best in form of Manmadhudu, Mass and King in December and now he is with us with his new flick ’Ragada’ . Ragada is produced by his loyal friend Siva Prasad Reddy (Kamakshi films) and this is second venture for ‘’Bindaas” director Veeru Potla, While the queens who shared the screen with the King are Anushka and Priyamani…

Plot (Not a Spoiler): Satya who hails from Kadapa enters Hyderabad city. A person with daring nature, cool attitude has mission of earning a big amount for a noble cause and revenge behind it.

How he tackles the goons in the city while accomplishing his goal? How does these two sexy girls become part of his plan and what’s the story behind this man is all the Ragada about!!

Actors

Nagarjuna… Surprise this man is a wine who gets younger and romantic with age. He is as charming as he was in Santosham almost a decade ago. And he is the best in all the emotions...be it a comedy, action or sentiment, He has shown us all. He used Rayalaseema slang…and it worked well. Overall he is again at his best, No doubt. Fights and dances are in style!

Both the girls Anushka and Priyamani are damn good in this flick. They fitted their roles perfectly. Their costumes are decent and at the same time oozed required glamour. While Anushka is seen as clever and arrogant girl, Priyamani is seen as village girl and both obviously fall for our hero. But there’s a twist and director should be appreciated for cleverly utilizing them in the plot!

Charmi sizzles in intro song…

Brahmanandam strikes the chord this time…His entrance is hilarious (Funny Jail escapade)… This role of he going behind the heroine is not fresh but the scenes here are fresh enough to evoke laughter. Dharmavarapu and Master Bharath are good.

Then there are whole set of Gangsters including Pradeep Rawath, Kota, Tanikella Bharani, Dev Gill (Magadheera fame), Supreeth(Chatrapathi), Shravan etc. Kudos to the director who effectively uses all of them. While Kota and Tanikella are given the roles that require seniority, Youngsters like Supreeth, Shravan, and Dev are seen as Machos.

Good Direction and excellent dialogues

Veeru potla who managed a decent hit with Manoj got a large canvas directing Nagarjuna. And he fully utilized it even crossing the second debacle. He told a simple story with gripping screenplay revealing the plot wherever necessary. And he has given good importance to each character including the heroines.

Dialogues are great. Good ones are Nag saying “ooru kadapa…Kalisostey Cheruku gada…Kaaadantey Ragada”. And the one where Tanikella explains about the small dip below the nose. Whether it be Nag’s Rayalaseema dialect or Brahmi’s antics all were in sync.

Other Departments…

Thaman as we know is new wave in Tollywood music. Though he do not provide evergreen tunes, he is lucky enough to provide music to good flicks this year. Four songs…intro Song, Ragada Ragada and songs on heroine’s names...Astalakhmi (Priyamani) and Sirisha (Anushka) are adequate. Songs are placed very well and are colorful. Last song could be trimmed off.

Sarvesh Murari is very good in camera work. Although many Action sequences,each is different one. Production values are great.

Drawbacks…

Theme is not really innovative…We have seen a similar plot in Mass...Where hero comes to city on a mission. And Priyamani’s Brahmin family irritates us for a while with repetitive noise.

Also at times...there is too much blah blah for Nag..especially in intro. There are few jerks in first 20 min in second half. First half is better than the second as latter drags a bit.And Climax falls flat. Actually it would have ended in a jovial note rather than placing “The End” on action sequence. And once all is revealed we feel we are done.

Final Say…

A regular commercial cinema that gives the feel of a Full meal. Watch it for Nag and Glamour. Lighter you take…the more you like it. Decent movie.

Rating

3.25/5

Nagavalli Review

Nagavalli a sequel to super hit Chandramukhi starring Victory Venkatesh and directed by P.Vasu released this weekend promising us lots of thrill and loads of glamour as delivered by the Rajnikanth starrer…Lets check out how far the movie met with the expectations….

Plot: Chandramukhi’s portrait which caused the havoc in the first part this time reaches a mansion in Tirupathi. The master (SarathBabu) of the house has three daughters namely Gayathri, Geetha and Gowri… Things go wrong from the day the portrait is brought to house. A Psychiatrist Vijay is called for, to identify who among the three girls were affected by Chandramukhi’s spirit!!

Actors:

Venkatesh celebrates his 25 years in the Tollywood with this film…And it is in fact a daring move by our Venki to step in the shoes of Superstar. Venkatesh has donned two characters of a Psychiatrist and King and there’s a surprise get up as 130 year old man (the King himself). The First role is an ease to our victory star….and he is perfect. Sometimes imitates Rajni saying “Chumma” and pays respects...So humble he is! As a King, It’s a different one…A great treat to his fans. And as an old man…Oh its surprise taken to next level. But the role was made laugh riot at the climax with it being too far from reality where in Venki just Runs and dances faster than the thunderbolt!!

And the heroines lit the screen with loads of glamour…

Kamilini Mukherjee as elder daughter Gayathri has got a chance of showcasing her dancing skills…She is great as a dancer and a mentally handicapped one. Great going “Godavari” girl!!

SraddhaDas as Geetha is a total surprise…She is cool as mysterious and arrogant girl. Wish she chooses this kind of meatier roles in future…

Richa Gangopadhyay (Leader fame) as Gowri too has got a milestone and she was brilliant…Long way to go Richa…Big Kudos!

And we have our Sweety Anushka donning Nagavalli, a royal dancer in the past. She looks stunningly great thanks to the costumes by Rama Rajamouli. But she disappoints us while dancing. An avid classical dancer is needed for this role! And don’t ever ask about the boy who played her love interest. Anushka is more like his aunt rather than lover. Vineeth in Chandramukhi is so nice in such role!!

Avinash who is seen as Tantrik in Chandramukhi continued the good work here…

Brahmanandam is not only wasted but sucks for big time…blame the director and beware he might be hero in 3rd part. Dharmavarapu is ok…check out the hilarious bathroom scene. SarathBabu, Prabha, Raksha etc were adequate

Call it Remake of Chandramukhi rather than a Sequel…!!

Chandramukhi has roots from Manichitrathazu for which Sobhana received national award for her superb performance. So in a way the Original has a strong base and it worked great with Soundarya and Jyothika fantastically in Kannada and Telugu respectively. But this one Nagavalli is just cooked by Vasu keeping side the Original. It just goes in similar pattern, screenplay and style. Had been Chandramukhi remade then by Venkatesh, It would have been the same.

First half introduces us to all the mysterious characters of the house…And then we have repetitive events of day and night where in, during the day the girls in the house try to woo our Venky…and in the Night Venki runs around to find the spirit of Chandramukhi…And our Brahmi tortures us in between!!

Second half is little better where in things move little faster. There was some good debate between science and myth and way the things get unfolded is interesting. And the Flashback episode is just fine. Pre-climax where Chandramukhi is revealed is the best part. But the Climax again is big laugh game for different reasons.

Good and Bad….

Good things are Venkatesh in 3 different roles…Not sure everyone appreciates all three…but he should be appreciated for trying different! Then the girls won’t disappoint you…nice to watch them move stylishly here and there as in fashion parade advertising for Kalamandir and at times performing!! Graphic’s are good enough but could have been lot better… coz they look artificial many times. Art is good.

Bad things …No novelty and flashback episode should have been richer .Forget to tell horrible songs! More than the Chandramukhi, Music director Gurukiran and the director Vasu threaten us for planning such sickening songs. And Climax though bad is fun for us to walk out smiling!!

Final Say…

Well all said…Nagavalli is not brilliant but at least serves as an average thriller…Venkatesh fans will have a great treat. It’s been six years we saw Chandramukhi…So no offense in trying this if you seek time pass…

Rating:

2.75/5 …Nagavalli might make producers safe for good campaign and the craze for the franchise

Raktha Charithra-2 Review

Raktha charithra….Yes finally RamGopalVarma has overcame his controversies this time and really enjoyed the success with the first part of the film. And now Surya playing the lead role in sequel, RGV promised us the same excitement in store for the part-2…

This time I shall be brief

Plot: As many know, while first part deals with Pratap Ravi’s rise to power, Second one deals with his demise in hands of his biggest enemy Surya, son of Narasimha Reddy who is killed by Pratap eventually.

Actors…

Surya : No doubt …It is he, the USP of this sequel. What a dedication and insight he took in his role. His eyes speak tons and he will convince us in all shades of the role whether it is anger, misery, frustration or joy. Check out all the scenes.whether it be Car blast scene, or TV blast, Court scene,Jail Fight or Climax in Jail, every scene is fantastic And look at his physique…that’s his conviction to his character…Next best to Ghajini , one can say!

Vivek Oberoi: Though he excelled in first part….he is much dominated by Surya this time..But he delivered his best and brought the completeness to Pratap Ravi’s character…

Priyamani joined the team as Surya’s wife Bhavani…she is great in sarees and obviously full marks to this national award winner.

Sudeep …Kannada actor as DCP has meatier role in this one. Subalekha Sudhakar and Radhika Apte are adequate.

Not as great as the First Part….

Yeah…the first part is more natural…more characters …more racy and thus liked by everyone…But in second venture there is not much to say except the rivalry between two characters…

With limited characters, RGV tested our patience with lot of slow motion action sequences…Problem is there is no suspense for audience as movie is based on real life incidents and there is no point in dragging the scenes…

And coming to relevance, this is utter disappointment for those who watched for relevant history…as movie deviates atleast by 60%...

Movie as such has content for just 1 hour.

Watch it for Surya…

Surya is one obvious reason to watch this flick. People who like him should never miss it.

Secondly those who have seen first part can give it a try to get the complete feeling…

Few Dialogues are good…like Surya telling “Chaavantey naaku bayam ledu…kaani satruvu ni champa kunda chastaanani bhayam..”

Back ground score is awesome, but songs are not great…except for scrolling title song at the end “Kattulatho saavasam”.

There are three action sequences and they are just ok as they were in slow motion...And justifying the title, there is little bloodshed too.

Final Say…

Not really a flick that's worth the wait of 2 months after the first one…Give it a miss and wait for DVD or try based on your leisure…just for Surya!!

Rating

2.5/5

Orange Movie Review

Orange has more than a reason to make us wait …Firstly because Ram Charan has chosen a completely different path by opting for a full length love story after stupendous success ‘Magadheera’. Secondly Movie being directed by Bhasker who earlier touched sensible story lines, like Bommarillu and Parugu. Above all it is Harris Jairaj tunes that are real magic that serve as a big driving force.

Let us check out the range of Orange….

Plot: Ram is a one lucky go crazy youngster. He believes that love stays sweet only for short time and has no faith in long term relation. Thus he keeps on switching his love interests. Ram once falls for a confused girl Jaanu (Genelia) who is more childish by nature. Now it’s clash between Jaanu’s desire of having secure and lifelong relation and Ram’s belief in short and sweet love relation

Movie entirely goes with this argument whether Love between a pair exists throughout the life!!

Actors:

Ram Charan Tej comes up with super cool Casanova look. He looks handsome and reasonable share of credit should be given to the styling section. Again this is not an easy role to essay and Charan excelled in his character. It flows in the lines of Allu Arjun’s Aarya way, and I felt Charan is still little behind his cousin in terms of ease. Seriously no great dance moves though they are reasonable…he disappoints the mass audience for sure. But no regrets he has long way to go and one should appreciate for he opted for a change.

Genelia…really looked cute in the promos and the stills…but on screen she is not great. And lesser we talk is better about her creepy acts and her dubbing in first half hour. She giggles…screams for no reason only just to repeat the Bommarillu act. But she is far away and over all she disappoints though she looks good in few scenes.

Shazahn Padamsee who is seen with Ranbir in Rocket Singh looks cute in her brief appearance in second half. She is a heroine stuff and is capable of gaining few more offers

Brahmanandam as Puppy who loves love stories but then hates love stories is not that fun...there are few scenes he could entertain us just by his mere presence.Vennela Kishore, Asta chemma’s Srinivas and other friend of Ramcharan are just ok.Happy days girl (Appu) Gayathri appears here.

Prabhu acted as genelia’s dad and his hair color sucks….

Manjula and her husband are seen as Ram charan’s sister and bro-in-law. They are not great and so is Prakash Raj who is utterly wasted.

Nagababu though nothing much to do plays crucial part.

Movie flow…

“Can we ever find an Everlasting love…?” This is the debate Bhasker has raised as a theme for this colorful flick. It takes at least 20 minutes for the audience to actually settle down, thanks to the Genelia’s screaming childish acts. Anyways as Ram Charan looks cool and confident, things go little smooth. First half goes in reasonable pace…one would love the sky-diving, Encounter with the Lion, Some cool fun episodes between Brahmanandam and Genelia. And at the same time, Story as such never moves in inch as entire first half is hero convincing the girl about his distinct ideas like that of Aarya’s one-side love.

Thus First half erases the Post Magadheera effect completely and makes us sit through same unending debate of true love. So things move dead slowly and no surprises for climax even. Yes there are some real good scenes …where Ramcharan challenges to face the truth&dare in Pub (remember a Q&A round in playground in Arya); Ram imitates Gennie of her creepy acts(good act), Also a best love track with Rooba Rooba song on Shahzan in his flashback. With more of talk and with direction loosing the grip with confused theme and no goal makes the flick just little appealing to the class audience, just forget about the rural audience.

Harris Jairaj rocks….

It is undoubtedly unanimous that Music Rocks…And yeah picturization of songs is good. “Sydney Nagaram “ Rocks…”Nenu nuvvantoo” is cool…”Rooba Rooba “ is awesome…Other 3 “Hello rammantey” “chilipiga” “O Range love” are just ok.

Cinematography exploring plush locations of Australia is cool…Dialogues are just ok. At times they confuse the public.

Far behind Bommarillu!!

Bhasker is one director who can be shortlisted among the best for his Bommarillu…He has depicted the conflict between the two generations in his earlier flicks…And this time he picks up the point of love that diminishes with time and thus leading to divorces!! But he has not really showed that conviction. All Narration is wasted in hero running behind the heroine.

It would have been good if there is a cool love track between Gennie and Ramcharan and Hero reveals his belief as interval bang. And especially movie ends in a way that no proper goal is achieved…more stress on last hour of the movie would have added value

Final Say…

It is Songs and locations that appeals commonly to everyone…It has some serious debate on love…where in the graph moves up and down….at parts convincing, at times boring…at times funny…but not any time heart-touching…Watch it if you don’t afford to miss it…for Ram Charan

Rating:

2.75/5

Guzaarish Movie Review

Sanjay Leela Bhansali…Hrithik Roshan…Aishwarya Rai. I cannot imagine a perfect blend than this trio at least for a moment I heard it for the first time. And the result…The “Guzaarish” is out. It’s a quick third for Aishwarya and a faster one for Hrithik this year…

Let’s check out how far Bhansali has succeeded in this “Black” “magic”…

Plot: Ethan (Hrithik) was a great magician in past who then is paralyzed due to an accident during one of his magical shows. He had to confine himself to his bed for 14 years. Sophia (Aishwarya), a nurse by profession takes care of his entire needs. Ethan also runs a Radio show “Radio Zindagi” and inspires many lives.

As his health condition weakens further, Ethan files a petition for mercy killing! This decision of his comes as a surprise and is opposed by the court and his kith and kin. Whether is request “Guzaarish” to end his painful life is accepted or not? is the entire movie about

Outstanding performances:

Hrithik Roshan: It’s a daring stunt for an energetic dancer like him to play a role that is confined to a wheel chair…And Hrithik no doubt delivered his fullest efforts to make us believe in Ethan. It would have been real wrong decision if the movie had taken years to wrap up, but thanks for things moved faster. Of course few glances of magical shows depicting his glorious past are the real feast compared to his agony…

Aishwarya Rai: World’s once most beautiful lady clad in black uniform throughout, May be it is only possible for Aish to pull it off the role of Sophia with elegance. She is honest …she is subtle. She understands Sophia to the core. It’s not a surprise if she takes more brownie points with this movie…because after all it’s her life that’s been sacrificed for someone she adores.

Aditya Roy Kapoor who is last seen with Aish in “Action Replay” played Omar Siddique who learns magic from Ethan. Welcome this promising lad for he is to stay for long with us with cool acts.

Shernaz Patel as Devyani, Ethan’s friend and Lawyer is best as friend and worst as Lawyer as he quotes in climax.

Suhel Seth as the doctor and Nafisa Ali as Ethan’s mother leaves their mark.

Pain is really not felt…!!

Yes we are prepared for the plot, fully tuned our mindset to bear some sob saga for two hours looking at the teasers for the sake of performances. Firstly one would wonder why Bhansali should take a paining task of confining an avid dancer with lightening speed in a wheel chair and a beautiful lady in black uniform (I wonder is that the uniform of a nurse, she could at least try some other colors often at least when she goes to court and later dances in the bar). Had it been great and commercially viable, if the director had chosen some lively theme utilizing the strengths and charm of the lead pair?

Secondly one could barely connect with the entire set up… There are hardly handful of sets that make the movie more like a stage play. And the court scenes, we wonder why the two lawyers often bark at the judge so much that someone is killing them in the name of euthanasia…

With stretched theme throughout and slow narration at times and jumbling the proceedings at the end with the return of Sophia’s husband, the real pain of the Ethan is not felt but a pain of we struck in our seat in the theatre is felt in between.

Brownie points by the way…

That’s gist of performances and pain together, nevertheless there are sparks all over…I loved the touching scenes here and there…like When Ethan explains his first trick to bring a smile on his mother’s face…When Ethan combats with rain drops from leaking roof, Ethan’s gift to Omar on his completion of course… etc

And the chemistry of Aish-Hrithik still speaks tons and it is admirable of a believable love story between the couple that is never near to the imagination if not them!!

Glances of Ethan’s magical performances where he rocks the dance floor along with his ex-assistant played by Moni Kongana Dutta are a delight and I loved the climax for it is only colorful event throughout.

Two songs that are simply great are “Sau gram Zindagi” which is lyrically richer too and “Tera Zikr Hai ya Itra hai” fantastically shot. And excellent background score that helps the audience to indulge in the movie. Full marks to the musician in Bhansali himself!!

Final Say…

Guzaarish by its genre seeks the compromise from the audience in terms of entertainment. Do watch it only if you love Aish-Hrithik together no matter they amuse you or not. And you might end up liking it for the good things mentioned. Not in mood for misery, Skip it for Harry Potter….

Rating:

3/5

Kalyanram Kathi Movie Review

KalyanRam has done it real big long back with “Athanokkade”. And till date that’s his best. But nevertheless he tries to deliver cool movies from his home banner NTR Arts to hit the bull’s eye again. His Latest venture Kathi is in the town, Thanks to the title controversy that has provided little publicity…

Here’s something...about the movie…

Plot: Rama Krishna (KalyanRam) is aspiring foot ball player. He is happy going guy with nice family comprising two elder brothers and naughty younger sister Haritha (Saranya Mohan). Everything goes cool until when Haritha falls in love with Krishna Mohan (Shaam) who hails from Factionist background.

She is in big trouble marrying him and now it’s her brother’s turn to protect her…!!

Actors:

KalyanRam is perfect to his role. He has gained that ease. He’s good in action sequences and tried few new things in dance. But he still needs to polish his skills and to be slow in dialogue especially to reach the mass audience. Especially he needs to concentrate on costumes and hair style…Just have a look at NTR in Brindavanam how cool he looks…And I don’t agree having beard appeals to mass …Senior NTR never had a beard but has huge mass following

SaranyaMohan got the right slot. She is complete…She is cute in sarees. She dons her role so naturally with her innocent looks.

Sana Khan as heroine has limited screen presence. She looks good and her role though short is designed well as she gives support to the hero in much needed time.

Shaam looks cool. He suited well the role he played.

Kota shines in new get-up. Chandramohan, AhutiPrasad, Telangana Sakuntala, Jhansi etc did their job. Ajay as sham’s brother is nothing new.

Brahmanandam and Dharmavarapu had few decent laughs….

Plot and Screen Play are nice…

First half moves with typical joint family setup which we see in every alternate movie these days. Entire family set up seems little filmy . But the bond between the hero and his sister is build very well with few encounters of hero with auto drivers, politician etc to fix the pranks done by his sister. This bonding fills the first half with light fun and is tolerable.

Interval bang is great. Shaam’s character holds some interest pre-interval before it is revealed in second half. Second half shifts to Rayalaseema. Movie thereon is just in one house with bits and tits of sentiment, comedy, action and good narration that completes the film in good way

Direction should have been better

Though plot is good enough, Director Mallikarjun has misused the opportunity to some extent. There is ample scope for comedy in first half but with director having no ease, entire narration looked flat and artificial. Interval bang is great which creates ample expectations on second half with suspense surrounding sham’s character.

He picks up for better in second half. But in later half too there are neither enough comedy punches nor sufficient scope for sentiment where your eyes become wet. But as screen time is 1 hour, he manages decently with help of good actors like Kota, Brahmanandam etc. The movie I feel has shades of Arjun (MaheshBabu and Keerthireddy playing siblings).

Technically good effort!!

Manisharma is regular…Though songs are just adequate; ‘Jai Jai Ram’ and “Naatu Kodi Koora” are appealing on screen. Background score is appealing.

Dialogues by Ratnam are just passable with few sparkles here and there. Action sequences score 50-50. Actually there is no feel of Rayalaseema faction…and the little bloodshed shown is also not appealing.

Cinematography by Sarvesh Murari and Art etc are all in sync.

Final Say:

Kathi is regular family entertainer. It’s neat and good enough. Do watch it if you are looking for weekend time-pass. Don’t expect beyond the director’s capabilities….

Rating:

2.5/5

Action Replayy Review

With Diwali around…along with the crackers…colorful skies…great food and fun…It’s a high time for movies in Bollywood…And this time we had Akshay and Aishwarya Rai’s “Action Replay” which by its promos promises the revival of Bollywood of 70’s…

Let’s check out how it is…

Plot: Bunty(Aditya Roy Kapoor) is not happy about unremitting quarrels between his dad Kishan(Akshay) who looks like nerd and his mom Mala(Aishwarya) who spends all her time shopping. Bunty’s grandpa invents a time-machine that could travel back in past. When he comes to know that their parent’s marriage began with hatred, Bunty decides to restart their bonding with love taking the help of the time machine…

How this tough task is accomplished is the entire movie about….

Cast:

Akshay should be appreciated ton for being in much deglamorised look for more than half movie. He infuses life into his character…Lives it so great that u love the looks. This is completely different from mundane comedy he was doing in his recent flicks. And he gives one of his finest performances. Big kudos to him.

Aishwarya is no exception. Her presence is bliss…She connects us to the dream girls of the past so easily…a good choice made in casting her. Her hairstyle, costumes everything suited her. She has done her best…

American born Indian actor Aditya Roy Kapoor is a pleasant surprise. Oh what a confidence shown by him… He moved the proceedings so gently…and his performance in emotion scenes is touching. It was lovable when he tries hard to unite his parents…Saw him in the trailers of Guzaarish..And so he would be one more reason to wait for that flick.

OmPuri as Akshay’s father and Kiron Kher as Aishwarya’s mother are good enough. Ranadheer Kapoor is seen as the scientist. I liked Rajpal Yadav in this movie far better than many of his other flicks.

RanVijay singh as Kundan who woos Mala is good. Neha Dhupia just fills a gap but any other girl could have done it.

Should have been much better!!

Music by Pritam is pathetic. Seems he is original this time!! Many Songs actually break the flow and test our patience even though they are placed well.

Editing is not crisp and that makes the proceedings prolonged especially in second half. When you think “This is the end” that was not the end but you are still in middle of it.

And story has opportunity of holding many twists but there was no conflict as such as things go very easy and predictable for the protagonists.

And I feel movie could have even better visuals than it possesses now.

Director Vipul shah is good in parts but his ideas are stuck in past where the plot of the movie is set.

But you can give a try for…

Very Good Performances from the lead actors Akshay, Aishwarya and Aditya Roy Kapoor!

Comedy in the movie is good in parts. Best part is …it is very neat and not loud.

Plot as such is sweet where Son tries to better his parents bonding and the emotions are shown very good.

Though the movie might not be best in visuals…but something of past might entice the audience as it offers some variety…

Final say…

All in all though ‘action replay’ is far from being the best, this one is a decent watch for just a time pass.

Rating

2.5/5 for good performances and decent content.

Orange Music Review

Here comes the most melodious album of the year…from the marvelous music director Harris Jairaj!! It’s his new album Orange that’s making all the music lovers just to fall in love with the mellow tunes that everyone loves to hum. And Orange has Young Megastar Ram Charan Tej who kept all eyes rolling last year with his stunning success “Magadheera”. He is directed by “Bommarillu” Bhasker and is supported by Genelia who is forever remembered as cute haasini of same film.

Harris Jairaj is currently enjoying the top slot in south Indian cinema with Rahman getting busy with Bollywood and international projects. He scored very big with dubbed versions of Ghazini, Anniyan, Kaaka Kaaka and so on just to name few. But he never enjoyed success with direct ventures like Sainikudu and Munna…But this time he promises a pure melody treat that sounds like sweet native Telugu!!

Check out the details of this lovely album…where each song competes with other and thus makes it a completely lovable collection

సిడ్నీ నగరం చేసే నేరం...ఇన్నాళ్ళు నిన్ను దాచుంచింది... (Sydney nagaram chEsE nEram...innaaLLu ninnu daachunchindi...)

Very fantastic one to start with…Great melody sung by Karunya…Wow it’s back to back blockbuster from this singer after his super vocal “Sada Siva” from Khaleja. And no doubt this number adds another feather to his glory!! Song has sweet lyrics by Surendra Krishna and Kedarnath … (seem new lyricists).Song goes in theme “This is time to fall in love” as a boy welcomes the girl into his heart and of course welcoming all of us to this pleasing journey!! Additional female voice by ranina reddy brings rocking flavor to this number

చిలిపిగ చూస్తావలా..పెనవేస్తావిలా..నిన్నే ఆపెదెలా...( chilipiga choostaavalaa..penavEstaavilaa...ninnE aapedelaa...)

Can a melodious album be complete without the voice of the master of the art…Karthik. This Soothing number starts with sweet guitar riffs becomes much more pacifying with the Karthik’s vocals…Tune as such is not a fresh one …but it gets on you easily in consecutive listens’. Lyrics by Vanamali are very good…

నేను నువ్వంటూ వేరై ఉన్నా..నా కివ్వెలా నీలో నేనునట్టుగా అనిపిస్తూ ఉంది వింతగా..నా కొసం నేనే వెతికేంతగా … (nEnu nuvvanToo vErai unnaa...naa kivvelaa neelO nEnunaTTugaa anipistoo undi vintagaa...naa kosam nEnE vetikEntagaa!!)

Oh no time to pause, as next comes my favorite number…This time it’s turn of Naresh Iyer(Sung Paatshaala from Rang De…and Latest Amma talli from Puli)…who starts this awesome one with high pitch. Excellent rendition!! And Song has great lyrics from Vanamali again…Vanamali who rose to fame with Happy days (arey re arey re) will be known for Orange from now on!! Many might love ‘Sydney Nagaram’ more but I feel I would have good number of people who like me love this one more…

హలో రమ్మంటే వచ్చేసిందా...చెలి నీ పైన ఈ ప్రేమ..పోపో పొమ్మంటూ నువ్వంటే పొనే పోదమ్మా...

Ok you might have had enough melody…and would love a song with more pace…This number sung by Vijay Prakash suffices it…and goes to next level from slower tunes. Vijay Prakash earlier sung super hit “Jai ho” for Rahman. This one is a teasing song by hero. Lyrics are penned by Ramajogayya Sastri.

ఓ రేంజ్ లవ్విది ఓ బేబి..ఓటమినెప్పుడు చూడనిది... (O rEnj lavvidi O bEbi...OTamineppuDu chooDanidi...)

And here comes the vivacious title number…No music director would fill the album with completely melodies when he has Ramcharan Teja as his hero. So this is that song for all of the admirers of his swift dance moves. This one sung by Benny Dayal who blends melody with Rock numbers so incredibly does justice to this one too. As highly energetic song as it sounds…it not just cheer’s up the fans but make them dance on the floor…

రూబా రూబా...హే రూబా రూబా!...రూపం చూస్తే హై రబ్బా!!(roobaa roobaa...hE roobaa roobaa!...roopam choostE hai rabbaa!!)

So our ride comes to an end with another lively number. This song is sung by Shail Hada…You can listen more of this guy from latest Hrithik-Aishwarya starrer Guzaarish…These last two songs are penned by Vanamali and so he will have more cheers… This song stands up to the expectations set by its colleagues…and thus makes the album a wholesome beauty.

Final Word:

No second thoughts…Loved all the songs…and humming them every moment…One should await the surprise from Ramcharan and should appreciate him for having chosen a soft love story after massive Magadheera. And I hope we could expect a clean entertainer from Bhasker like his debut.

In the movie Ramcharan plays playboy…Along with Genelia, Movie also stars Shazahn Padamsee who made her debut opposite Ranbir in Rocket Singh last year. And there are other girls like Madhurima etc and movie little bit goes in the shades of “Bachnaa ye Hasino” from Ranbir…!!LLet’swait and see on November 12^th …

Advance Happy Diwali...Friends!!

Raktha Charithra Review

RamGopalVarma… The man who is known for his farthest passion and equally famous for unending controversies will be also known for his guts from now on. His latest venture “Raktha Charithra” is true to his style as it has drawn utmost attention from various circles from political, faction and a common man and of course ordinary movie goers like wise…..

Here’s something I felt after I have seen the movie…..

Plot: Veerabhadriah a rising local leader is killed by his own master, a local MLA Narasimha Reddy…who falls prey to the conspiracy by his relative Nagamani Reddy (Kota).Veerabhadriah is survived by his two sons Shanker Ravi (Sushant) and Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi).

The Saga of Rivalry continues between the Sons of Nagamani Reddy …BukkaReddy and Pratap Ravi…that turns the village AnandaPuram an ever burning battle field….

Movie is all about Pratap Ravi’s raise to fame ….And his political bondage with Politician turned actor Shivaji Rao…

Reality Vs Cinema…..

Yes…As Raktha Charithra from the beginning was in news for it is based on real life events…It would be delight for few to identify some characters and it would be equally hatred to look at few characters…So grab some facts if u can…I read all the facts surrounding the movie but I loved the movie with its own identity and enjoyed it thoroughly …So I am not relating it to any original character!!

Actors:

Vivek Oberoi is of course RGV’s find and Varma knows the best he can get from his discovery. Vivek is real good after a continuous hiatus since his debut ‘Company’. It’s his character Pratap Ravi that is seen on the screen. He talks less but talks what’s needed….and smiles very less and grief, he delivers with his eyes…His anger speaks volumes…Overall a complete performance….

Abhimanyu Singh as Bukka Reddy lived in his role evil not just personified but multiplied by tons…This character is shown as absolute womanizer and with extreme sadism. And true more the villainy…Simpler becomes the heroism….And this worked…

Shatrugna Sinha as Shivaji Rao is absolute delight. Things get lighter and colorful with his entry. Whenever he says “Topic is over” there are cheers all over.

Kota fills the first half with energy…we are real lucky to have him…Then there are Ashish Vidyardi who kills Pratap’s father, Tanikella Bharani, Sushant (Pratap’s bro) and All Pratap’s followers …all have good screen time and did their part well.

Radhika Apte is apt as Pratap’s love…she is cute and subtle in emotions… Among others Pratap’s mother and Lady Inspector are noted well…

RGV Rocks….!!

Wow…it’s been a long time we can see Ram Gopal Varma in Ram Gopal Varma…Lately more of controversies and more of publicity stunts definitely would have created some gap at least among few of his fans…

But this is a real treat…Starting from the research on the real life aspects and converting them into cinematic content is not an easy task and needs courage in accomplishing it.

Screenplay in the movie is so tight that 2 hours just passed in my watch…Emotions are equally experienced by the audience…So whatever happening on screen turns on your basic instincts

One good thing is Varma has given a priority to every character…and such a kind gesture is possible only with sufficient homework….

Movie Flow …

Varma’s Voice over introduces you to the characters one after other…and visually shows the root cause of rivalry…Like where exactly it began…followed by series of killings.

You get settled down once Pratap Ravi’s Characters takes on the proceedings…and you actually feel relaxed and start enjoying the movie when Shivaji enters the scene….

Other departments….

Background score by Dharam-Sandeep is superb. It makes us involved. Songs written by Kaluva Sai are good and placed without disturbing the flow.

Photography is little old fashioned but suited the flick and is apt for it is time based movie…

Producers should be appreciated for this venture knowing it would have few patrons….

Ok now Drawbacks...

For Southern audience, the initial 30 minutes seems to be a dubbed version with lots of unknown faces…Kota’s presence is big saving grace…and by 31^st minute we are habituated…!!

Forgive the director as he distributed the content to Southern viewers and the actors to the North!

RGV’s Voice over appears redundant as whatever on-screen is good enough to understand the flow…

Now coming to violence, one can add it to drawback or just make it an un-avoiding factor considering the genre...Watch any Action or Faction flick…Say Simha or Indra or AnthPuram…they showcased 80% of violence this movie has…And I guess violence here is justified…But definitely not for kids.

Final Say…

Personally I hate horror genre and I swear I have not even read the review of Paranormal activity so far…Similarly Violence might not be welcomed by few…So they can stay away!

But if you are interested in facts…and are curious …Do go for it…You will not be disappointed as movie delivers what it promises…but movie goes one sided and cleverly made in commercial hero-villain format

There is a human urge for power and wealth beneath the violence…that brings out animal in us…And there’s a humane touch and reason still beneath. And the movie has that impact on us for sure…

And there is no surprise if you look at calendar as on what day November 19 comes to gear yourself for Raktha Charithra Second edition…

Rating:

3.5/5 for RGV delivering what it promised ….Eagerly waiting for Surya on the second outing

Brindavanam Review

After Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu, It’s young tiger NTR’s turn to try his luck at box-office with his latest flick “Brindavanam”. This is of course NTR’s second venture and also the second directorial of the director Vamsi Paidipally who earlier made “Munna”. Glittering factor of this Brindavanam is its Gopika’s played by hottest babes Kajal and Samantha!!

Let’s check out whether Brindavanam could bring cheers to audience this Dusshera, along with the producer “Dil” Raju who is literally waiting for a decent success after continuous debacles…!

Plot: Krishh (NTR) is happy going guy with cute family and his girl friend Indu (Samantha). Things change when Indu requests Krishh to act as a boy friend to her friend Bhumi (Kajal) and accompany her to the village to save her from marriage with her evil in-law.

And rest is just what you guess from a movie with two heroines loving the hero and their fathers fighting with each other…

Actors:

NTR …Looks cool as Krishh…His Costumes are great and he looked fresh throughout. And no intro or any paraphrase needed to explain his ease in dances…He was just rocking. I could say the best part is his dances. This time he has stepped in his uncle Venky’s shoes to endear family crowds…A family boy making everyone happy while he bears the pain…NTR showed an matured act throughout and helped the flow…But I guess we love NTR more as mass hero saying “Amma todu addanga narikesthaaa”.

Samantha who did the Magic in “Ye Maaya chesaavey” repeats the same but this time not with saree's but with colorful skirts…She is spontaneous and bubbly…Wish she had more role

Kajal. Her character is so weakened as director asked her to be sad throughout…Seriously sad of her…she just looks good in songs…

Lots of actors but only half were used!!

PrakashRaj as family head is of course good but he might have rewinded Bommarillu tape before the shoot…Watch the interval block and u will agree with me. Srihari as Samantha’s uncle (Baabai) and MukeshRishi as NTR’s father are fine.

I liked Ahuti Prasad in interval block…And there is Kota who did his best again. Ajay and Tanikella Bharani are supposed to be villains…but no one is bothered.

And Brahmanandam could not evoke much laughs may be because of predictability and routine…and same applies to Venumadhav…

There are all the ladies we have in other movies and all just walk through the house and fill the shooting spot. Pragathi as NTR’s mother has 2-3 lines to talk. What is Sitara doing in this movie…?

Baavagaaru Baagunnaraa….!!!!!!!!!!

Movie starts with regular fight sequence and a good song with Samantha. Story becomes very clear with Kajal’s entry and first half goes smoothly in village. I should mention few scenes here and there in this half are planned well.Especially the ones used to unite the families

Post Interval Samantha steps into the village and it might remind you of Rambha ‘s entry in Baavagaaru Bagunnaraa…Yes true and things move in same pattern exactly the way you think from there on with little laughs .

Srihari’s dialogue to Brahmandam “idemanna TV serial anukunnaava…premalu...aapyatalu choopettiki…teda vastey narukudey…” tells us the fact of course.

Vamsi never impresses

Director Vamsi is just passable as he is not fresh in his attempt. But he pulled off few scenes well. Screenplay is smooth. Comedy should have been much better…but it was flat Again Vamsi’s fault

Songs are very nice…And so are the Dialogues

Ok Plus points are songs. With wonderful dance moves from NTR and Gorgeous heroines beside him, every song was beautiful on screen.

“Evarevero…””Ey raja...””Chinna do vaipu...” are all bright…But Background score by Thaman is very weak.

Dialogues by Siva are nice enough. “Character kotta ga undani try chesaa…lopala Mass alaaney undi gelikithey Racha Rachey...” is received well. All the Talkative scenes of NTR are good.

Anand Sai is good in Art department with the house set. Ram-Laxman fights are ok.

Final Say:

Some family values supported by good dialogues could bring those families to the theatres.

Also Good Songs, Different NTR…cute heroines and loads of star cast would definitely ring the box-office collections till this festival season…

More important is no surprise factor…It provides what you expect (of course that is missing in some of the recent movies and so their results went wrong)

Rating:

3.25/5 for making a neat family movie of course in humdrum way. Watch it for NTR

Mahesh Khaleja Review

It’s like a Rain in the land of unending drought ….It’s like a Train in the station with awaiting crowd…

Yes it’s the Khaleja for millions of Mahesh’s fans…who eagerly are counting not just the weeks and months…but years to see their “idol” on the silver screen!!

And expectations were on the top for Trivikram directing it and seductress Anushka pairing up with him…

Now finally all is history as the movie is out and so let’s check out how well it fared…

Plot -Mahesh plays Bruce Almighty

Actually there would be many expectations that surround the comeback movie of Mahesh…and everyone has their own thought on the plot…but the actual one in mind of Trivikram is a kind of natural fantasy in lines of “Bruce almighty” or say our own “Baba”…Of course which just takes time to digest for a while…

It’s a story of Taxi Driver…who is treated as God (by the people of a village), who came to their rescue due to some signs…And how hero believes he has mission to accomplish and finally does the task is all the movie about

Actors:

MaheshBabu, Time has not withered his charm by an inch but in fact he appears even more handsome now. . It’s common usage in AP to call someone as “Mahesh Babu” to treat them as handsome. I guess not many disagree with that and it is happy to see this magnetic beehive back in town to allure all those female bees who are missing him for a while. This time he was in more ease…especially Trivikram stitched many comedy scenes around him and also on him…So this elevated his dialogue, diction and comedy timing…and in one word he has given his natural best…But Dance moves should be more better…he justifies them in only last song.

It’s always tough for his leading lady to match the glow of prince…And I guess till date only Sonali only suited him well. No doubt Anushka looked pleasing...But there is lot of inconsistency in her outfits...she looks gorgeous in few...and ranges from normal and bad in others…Over all she is ok.

Among all others Only Rao Ramesh (Villager aka Astrologer who sees God in Mahesh) and his voice gets registers more and character takes u back to Maghadheera.

And then you have Shafi who with his shouting breaks the intensity and nullifies the good that is possible...like in Chatrapathi…

And of course Prakash Raj... is the main villain but limited…he loses his hand in climax fight like he loses his ears in Pokiri fight. Brahmanandam, Ali and Sunil have limited appearances and provide us spontaneous laughs and disappear…

Dhaivam Maanusha Rupena

“Dhaivam Maanusha Rupena” is the exact theme around which the story is weaved…We treat any fellow man who helps us in need as a God…And in fact Hero in every film is an implicit God as he resolves a problem and that message is inherently told. So here the hero rescues a village from a serious problem and thus an implicitly divine… But shouting aloud the implicit fact is something that could not be registered soon with audience...at least in first go!

Movie Flow and the direction…

First half is simple and sweet. As in Malliswari, Hero, Heroine and comedian are “desert”ed…Yeah this time it is real desert and things go wrong because of heroine who is treated as Iron lady. Though the director repeats the formula, the entire episode is hilarious…and colorful.

Second half starts off on very serious note with intervention of Shafi and making Mahesh the God. But the seriousness is diluted by light narration.

Trivikram comfy zone is obvious that it comprises of his witty one liners and light narration…He entirely depended on the same and we definitely enjoy the scenes at the moment. And this time Mahesh alone handles the comedy department so well. But we are not connected with the theme.

Fights...Songs…etc etc

All the fights start off with a witty dialogue prelude and that is accepted well.

Songs are good on screen just like the music. I liked “Pilichey pedavula paina” and “Makatika…” more. “Sada Siva …” is not as expected might be because it is a transformation song…which comes as a surprise moment. Manisharma excels after long gap.

cinematography by Yashbhatt is awesome …And Styling is cool and Mahesh magnified the work. There are few locations but are good.

Things that went wrong with the expectations

It’s primarily the expectations that are piled upon the combination and it is not easy to keep them live every time...

The Basic plot is made believable partially only because of Hero’s characterization. Hero behaves very normally and is in the same mindset of audience that he is just the man but possesses divinity and decides to help the needy. But the surrounding situations exaggerate the proceedings testing our patience…

Screen play is shattered…as things are made clear in the pre climax…And funny part is inclusion of Rajasthan in the plot when the problem is in the small village in Andhra Pradesh…this confuses the audience…

Second half should have been racy enough with some action elements and more of characters as the comedy become monotonous after a while with minimal characters.

And all the characters appear on screen as if they are all running around same bush.

Final Say …Do watch it for Mahesh…

Yes it is Magic of Mahesh…His body language and the characterization looks simple but are superb. He has more dialogue this time and he entertains the audience in every moment…And he is there in almost every scene…So complete Paisa Vasool...

So fans of the combinations and Permutations of these four people “Mahesh-Trivikram-Anushka-Manisharma “should watch this for sure…for comedy and songs

And it’s basic plot and screenplay …that disturbs few…and so decision is up to you if you have to choose between many other movies like Robo and Brindavanam

Rating:

3.25 for good theme and Mahesh… While negative is narration and second half which could be made far better!!Seriously it is tough to rate a movie...and please go by positives and negatives mentioned..and judge it..:)

Robo Review

Superstar Rajnikanth and the Supreme director Shanker has shown us the taste of success with Sivaji…and Now they are back with a bang…Robo, the movie is much talked about for its whopping budget and for depicting next-gen robot as the lead and not the least for having our Gorgeous Ex Miss World Aishwarya Rai!!

Let’s check out the how Robo went on!!

Plot: Vasikaran (Rajni) creates an Extra ordinary Robo (named as Chitti) with speed of 1Thz and memory of 1 Zetta bytes. All goes fine, until Robo turns into humanoid…and loves deeply Sana…the scientists beautiful girlfriend…

Things go out of control when an evil scientist manipulates the Robo…resulting in havoc and tons of troubles…

Rajni is everything:

Rajni the giant icon of South Indian cinema is the one who made the vision of his director come true. He donned 3 roles if you consider different shades of Robo as 2 individual roles. Director like the scientist is more partial to his creation Robo. While the role of scientist is made very ordinary, two different get ups of Robo are designed extremely well. Rajni grows on us as chitti in the first half. You will simply love his innocence and giggle for his funny deeds. And in contrast Rajni excelled as wicked Robo where he rebels against his own master for his love. Rajni is exceptionally great in this role…and proved himself a great villain as good as the hero.

Aishwarya Rai …a true synonym of beauty…is simply superb in all the costumes. She had a crucial role to play...And she has done it with élan. Her chemistry with Robo out beats her love with the scientist. She is the best choice for the movie and Shanker portrayed her more beautiful in songs…

Mesmerizing Visuals…!!

Sky is limit for the Robo…If Superstar as human could go beyond our imagination while beating up the goons…Don’t ever think of what a Rajni can perform as Robot.

He beats up goons chasing a running train...rescues people in fire and much more just in the first half. And in second half he multiplies himself in hundreds and forms gigantic forms…

The climax I can say is spellbound with Robo taking form of Transformer and Anaconda just to name few…It’s no doubt visually best ever climax . Here’s a salute to the technicians (VFX, Sound design, cinematography…) for making it believable within the budget constraints they had. Remember Hollywood flicks are made with 100 times better budgets!!

Shanker the great And Rahman scores good

Call him Indian James Cameroon …no offense for bringing up the next-gen story and made it a visual treat…especially the climax.

Songs are good…and are picturised elegantly. Back ground score is good enough. Locations are the assets for the songs.”Neutron electron” and "Kilimanjaro…" and Visual grandeur is seen in “Harima...Harima “and “Inumulo...”

Movie flows very smoothly in first half and you will love it for sure. Shanker did not waste much of screen time as in Sivaji and he has built up the love between the Robo and Aish in believable way. But he took so many cinematic liberties in second half. There were couple of dull moments…and unnecessary scenes…But Climax makes up for it…you feel satisfied…

Few things that would have been better…

Movies tempo falls flat in the later half for a while and everything seems louder from then…especially the car chase, mosquito episode…and pre Kilimanjaro song is dull…

While elevating the Robo, the other character of Rajni is diminished lot…He should have been least heroic!!

Though songs were nice…I still feel something missing that lacks the connection with audience…

Final Say

At the end of the day…Robo took its cinematic liberties and ended up well in good manner...

Best parts are first half and Climax. Kids will love it for sure…and the climax is the one that is the best in Indian screen so far…

Can anyone afford to miss RajniKanth, Aishwarya Rai and Shanker together.

Lessen your expectations and watch it as a good effort…I don’t say it is way good than Bharateeyudu…but it is on par with Sivaji

Rating

3.75/5 Yes this rating I feel is far less for the visual effects…and but is good enough to keep lower the expectations…Do watch it…

Khaleja Songs Review

Some combinations just by names speak tons…One such combo is Mahesh and Manisharma… They never disappointed at least in delivering the musical bonanza whenever they are together…And
then think of the combo of ace director Trivikram Srinivas and our Prince Mahesh…the sweet memories of “Athadu” still touch our hearts …

Now the Trio is back to celebrate the end of Mahesh’s longest exile carrying that electrifying effect… that mesmerizes millions of ears and make them dance to their titillating tunes…

Come join the melodious tour of Mahesh Babu’s latest movie Khaleja…!!

సదా శివా సన్యాసి తాపసి కైలాస వాసి ..నీ పాద ముద్రలు మోసి పొంగిపొయినాది పల్లె కాశి ..

యే సూపుల సుక్కాని దారిగా .. సుక్కల తివాసి మీదిగ ..

సూడ సక్కని సామి ధిగినాడుర ..యెసెయ్ రా ఊరు వాడ ధండొర!!

(sadaa Sivaa sanyaasi taapasi kailaasa vaasi ..nee paada mudralu mOsi pongipoyinaadi palle kaaSi ..)

A terrific one to start with and this one truly stands up to the expectations. One might know the hulchul this song has created on the day it released initially by Sony, Thanks to brilliant composition by Manisharma and it has that peaks and soothing moments to endear us. You cannot stop praising Karunya for such marvelous vocals…and no doubt he’s gonna be in demand here on. Ramesh Vinayagan has sung initial phrases. Surprising are the top-notch lyrics by Ramajogayya Sastri, who generally provides trendy ones many a times. Liston to it and I bet you will love this one for the best of all who are behind this song.

పిలిచే పెదవుల పైనా...నిలిచే మెరుపు నువ్వెనా...

(pilichE pedavula painaa...nilichE merupu nuvvenaa...)

Wow… second one is a best of melody. It’s been quite a long time from Mani Sir, we heard such a delighting melody. Beautifully rendered by Hemachandra and Swetha. And icing on the cake is the Midas touch of Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri garu. It’s tough to have an excellent Mahesh’s album without him. Song has a Rajasthani folk touch in between just because the movie premise is set up in those deserts. The glimpses of our Prince in the trailers of this song would steal our senses and of course we say we can’t wait anymore.

భూం షకనక భూత సుందరి…!!

(bhoom shakanaka bhoota sundari..)

A trendy fast beat this time…Very good one…a different tune sung with ease by Ranjit and Shravana Bhargavi…thoroughly engaging, thank Ram Jogayya for chic lyrics just like the Jalsa’s “Jennifer Lopez”!! Check for lines like…”Raavanasuridi sontha sodari!,Brahma chesina mistake vaa!!…Volume control emaatram leni Mangeshkar melody ayyavaa…!!!

మకతిక మాయా మశ్చీంద్రా...మనసిక మస్తీ కిష్కిందా!! తళుకుల రంపం తాకిందా..తారరంపం చెలరెగిందా!!

(makatika maayaa maScheendraa...manasika mastee kishkindaa!! taLukula rampam taakindaa..taararampam chelaregindaa!!)

A good duet again in medium pace…This time Karthik entertains us along with Saindavi. Our lyricist Ram Jo continues his Yo-Yo…with peppy lines…from the very beginning. Especially love this line “nee chekkili meeTina naa velini velam vestey veyyi Kotlu…”

టక టక టన్ టాక్సి..టక టక టన్ టాక్సి!!పొగరు పొల్ల్యుషన్ లేని ఫాంటసి

(అన్నా ఈ రోడ్డు నీ బాబు గాడి సొమ్మా...!)

(Taka Taka Tan Taxi..Taka Taka Tan Taxi,pogaru pollution lEni Fantasy

annaa ee rODDu nee baabu gaaDi sommaa...!)

Many might already know that Mahesh is acting as the Taxi driver in this film…Here’s the intro song …Rocking one just like pokiri’s jagadamey. Ranjit has sung this one with full of energy…Yet again the lyrics are good enough . “Prati malupuni gelichina guruthuga mailu raalla paina santakaalu cheynaa..””Vella madhyalonaa odigina steering..Globe mottamantha sontha maina feeling..!” vaah kya lyrics Ram Ji…you are brilliant

సండే మండే..ఎక్సెట్రా ఎవ్రీడే..రొజూ రొజూ కావాలి వీడే!

(Sunday Monday Exetraa every day…...rojuu rojoo kaavaali veeDE)

Let’s conclude with this fast duet…A regular but good enough. Continues your interest in same manner as the previous ones with similar style of lines…Hemachandra and Malavika sung this number.

All in all…One of the best albums this year…Ram Jogayya excelled in lyrics for the five songs he has given and Sirivennela shines in between. Its Manisharma’s magic over all the way…just raising the expectations to soar in the sky…

Wish the Prince quenches our thirst that suffices the 3 year long wait !!!