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Racha Movie Review
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Ishq Vs Love Failure
“Love” “Ishq”…”Kaadal”, Whatever the language is, it’s an eternal feeling that bonds two hearts…and Moreover it is evergreen success mantra that drives the movies…Though Tollywood has not really celebrated this valentine’s day, the movies that released the following weeks are driving the audience crazy. Yes I am referring to two fresh love tales….”Love Failure” and “Ishq” that are having smooth ride during this dull season of February!! Here’s some insight into those 2 flicks put together!!
Let’s start with the plots, What else can be the plots of these flicks…Obviously the boy meets girl and both fight and become friends and then fall in love…And there’s some conflict or clash…and you even know what happens at the end…they both unite again whatever happens in between…and these both follow the same pattern..But..
Howz love made lovable in Ishq and Love Failure!!
Love Failure has Arun (Siddardh) and Parvathi (Amala Paul) as college students who fall in love…and there are ego clashes that fall their way. Love Failure thoroughly digs at the ideology “Men are from Mars...And Women are from Venus”. What the girls expect and where the Boys fail!! The debutant director Balaji Mohan plugs in various subplots involving the friends and lead pair’s Parents and their own love stories…each of a kind and thus telling a tale!! He does not follow the beaten path of sequences of song and fight, but yet glues the audience with the new style of storytelling indulging day to day events.
And then Ishq has Rahul (Nithin) and Priya (Nithya Menon), both of them board the flight from Delhi to Hyderabad which gets diverted to Goa because of bad weather, thus giving them enough space for love to blossom. But then there’s a twist in form of Priya’s brother Shiva (Ajay). Director Vikram Kumar who debuted with horror flick 13B (starring Madhavan) tells this cute love story with minor twist in a very interesting way. Beautiful locales of Goa ably uplift the first half while the conflict in form of Ajay drives the second smoothly.
Sparkling Chemistry of Lead Pairs….
The chemistry and physics between the lead pair forms the basic math of any Love flick and it’s the freshness of the lead pair that does half the job many times.
In Ishq, the pair of Nithin and Nithya menon is not just fresh but their stunning on-screen chemistry lightens the screen with 1000 volts. While Nithin stays ground and focuses well this time, Nithya’s cute face has got many hearts broke and she completely wins over us after “Alaa Modalaindi”. Ajay yet again has got meaty chunk. Sindu Tolani, Rohini are good in their roles. Nageenidu looks different in police dress. Ali shines in the cameo.
Love failure has Siddardh and Amala Paul to do the similar magic. Here in addition to the looks the ease of act by the couple in crucial scenes makes them click. Siddardh is there everywhere narrating the story and Amala Paul looked very natural and her performance is a surprise to Telugu audience. Suresh and SurekhaVani form other interesting pair of old generation. Other fresh faces chosen add to the flavor. Director Balaji Mohan is also seen in the film (remember the closing shot of the film).
Scintillating Music and Splendid Cinematography…
Love stories remain forever for two more reasons…Music and Cinematography…All the Maniratnam’s romantic flicks still stay fresh in our mind and we should not forget Cinematographer PC Sreeram’s work that elated the Mani’s work.
So the Ishq has same PC Sreeram handling the cinematography. From the first frame till the end, each frame is worth watching on screen and some can stay as photo frames. PC Sreeram highlights the sparkling chemistry of lead pair and beautiful locations in Goa and Darjeeling. He is one big reason to watch this movie on big screen. Anup Rubens and Aravind-Shanker provide the songs. The songs “Lachamma” a club song, “Sootiga Choodaku”…a beautiful marriage song, “Oh Priya Priya” and “Edho Edho undi gunde lotullo” pictured in Goa and “Chinna Daana Neekosam” in Darjeeling are all wonderful on screen. Anup even gives terrific back ground score.
And you can’t believe Love Failure is completely shot with digital camera and Nirav Shah the Cinematographer does fantastic job here. Thaman proves his mettle in melody. “Parvathi ..Parvathi” the title song, “Inthajaare…Inthajaare” that comes when hero-heroine wait to meet each other…”Happy Heart attack” shot in hospital..And “Havva havva havva havvaare” the song that comes towards the climax are all very unbelievably good ones from Thaman and are placed in right situations in the movie…and again background score rocks here too!!
Finally Oxygen for Nithin and Siddardh….
Irony is that both the heroes Nithin and Siddardh are waiting for the success. Siddardh made certain average flicks after Bommarillu, but Love failure made him commercially happy. But For Nithin after 14 consecutive flops, “Ishq” is much awaited break. Things would even work favorable to the directors and heroines too. And I guess audience too could breath some fresh Love air...
Drawbacks:
Love Failure just targets multiplex audience…And its documentary style might not appeal many. And Ishq slows down a bit with very less characters, when conflict point is revealed.
Rating:
There are times when we had one good movie once in two months and rarely do we get 2 good movies in a week…Enjoyed both. …Go Watch and Fall and Fail in Love!!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Poolarangadu Movie Review
He surprised us as AndalaRamudu…amused us as Maryada Ramanna…And
now he is back to entertain us with Poola Rangadu. Sunil the comedian turned
hero never considered his heroic roles as accidents but he takes that new promotion
to the next level in Poola Rangadu. Poola Rangadu is second directorial venture
for Veerabhadram who earlier directed Allari Naresh’s “Aha naa pellanta”. Isha
Chawla plays love interest of Sunil.
Plot: Ranga who was a realtor looses all the glory due to
the recession. As a last sort of survival, he buys a 30 acre land for cheaper
price. But later realizes that land is under litigation between archrivals Kondareddy
(Dev Gill) and Laala Goud (Pradeep Rawath). And now Ranga has to play his wits
and finally flex his muscles to get back the land and win his (V)Anitha (Isha
Chawla).
Sunil rocks as Six-pack Ranga…!!
Sunil already proved that he is capable of showering smiles
on our cheeks with his short stints in all the movies he did. Now his superb
comedy timing is being utilized fully in Poola Rangadu. Sunil’s comedian image
helped him get into the character with lots of ease. He coolly imitates NTR
saying “Paanchaali pancha batruka” and Mohanbabu when explains relation between
fish and fisherman and the Megastar when he dances for “Dai Dai Mummy”. What not,
he leaves no stone unturned on screen to make you laugh. Other big asset that Sunil
has is his fabulous dancing skills that got explored in all the songs are comparable with the best dancers we have in Telugu and finally after dragging
so much he sheds his shirt to show off his six pack body which he acquires with
loads of passion. That’s a complete Sunil for you in Poola Rangadu.
Isha Chawla made her debut Sai Kumar’s son Aadi’s debut
movie Prema Kaavali. She is good enough in acting and it’s not her alone but
her sparkling chemistry with Sunil makes her complete.
Dev Gill who excelled in Magadheera gets a full length villain
role where he scores full. Ali plays friend of Sunil. Pradeep Rawath, Kota,
Raghubabu, Pragathi, sudha, Satyam Rajesh etc did their job well.
Telangana Sakuntala appears in cameo.
Almost a laugh riot…
Initial 15 minutes reminds us of Maryada Ramanna where hero
goes in to a village to get his ancestral property. But there hero’s role is
more passive. But here Sunil is with loads of energy and does not spare a
moment where he is in especially during the first half. Director Veerabhadram efficiently takes forward the story, he prolongs funny chase
scenes, builds some funny characters like the one “Bottu Seenu” who works for
Dev gill and the funny master-servant scenes between Pradeep Rawath and
Raghubabu and a hilarious butler English episode.
Anup Rubens scores peppy songs which are still enhanced by Sunil’s
dance. Sets and costumes should have been better considering the movie has come
from good banner. Sridhar Seepana gives dialogues to Poola Rangadu. There are
tons of good one-liners especially the NTR’s imitation, Funny English Hindi
episode…using movie titles like Zindagi naa milegi “Dubai” ra, Dabangg etc.
Negatives now!!
Movie which runs in full pace suddenly slows down during
pre-climax. Sunil becomes passive for a while and there’s so much of drama
before he reveals his six-pack and climax seems only extended to show off his
six packs. Let me salute to his efforts, but six packs should have been more
graceful. If that entire episode was as tight as initial half, audience would
have come out of theatre laughing but now we just came out with smiles…J. And seriously should
some more budget needs to be allocated for songs to make them appear richer on
screen. Cinematography is strictly average.
Finally…
If you liked Maryada Ramanna…then there’s definitely more in
Poola Rangadu and you might love it…Sunil enhanced in multiples in his
self-sequel. For loads of unforced laughs
and healthy entertainment Poola Rangadu is safe destination. Not really a never
seen plot, but engages you all the way…Big Cheers Sunil…
If you notice...the movies Anadala raamudu and Poola Rangadu, both the titles used by the great ANR once.
Rating
3.25/5
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Agneepath Movie Review
“Agneepath”, The first biggie of 2012 and one of the awaited
multi-starrer of the season has arrived this republic day and is raining
records for Hrithik Roshan like never before. A remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s
Yesteryear’s cult classic seems to strike the chord with the audience, in fact
more than the original.
Plot: Story opens in an island village, Mandwa which is
apparently ruled by evil Kancha (Sanjaydutt). When the school master Dinanath
Chauhan tries to gather villagers to revolt against Kancha, he was trapped and
brutally killed. This incident implants the seeds of vengeance in his son Vijay
Chauhan (Hrithik Roshan). Vijay Chauhan waits for his turn, emerges as Mumbai’s
drug lord and finally reaches Kancha to avenge his father’s death!!
Actors…
Agneepath a normal revenge saga is more about the characters
and performances that live larger than its plot.
Hrithik plays the Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, an iconic name
used by Amitabh Bachchan. The best part, Hrithik stays his own and has his
style of portraying the same character. You see in Vijay Chauhan a man, whose
life is only and only the Vengeance. Speaks less, and uses his eyes more to
express the anger, pain and little joy he has in his life. Hrithik though not
the best performer in the movie lives up to the role and makes the audience
connect to his pain. And let me not forget young Vijay Dinanath Chauhan played
by Arish Bhiwandiwala. He does commendable job for first 20 minutes.
Kancha, played by Sanjaydutt is no doubt one of the best villainous
roles we have seen in Indian cinema. And Sanju baba, by looks and by dialogue
more than frightens the audience doing what truly a Villain has to do. But
surprisingly his presence is not extended throughout the film. After creating a
strong impact in the beginning, one has to wait till the post-interval block to
feel his giant presence. Never in my life waited so much to see the villain on
the screen? Sanjay Dutt is the best in one word.
Another actor who
steals the first half is Rishi Kapoor with his superb portrayal of Rauf Lala, a
drug lord in Mumbai. Its new character which is not there in the original and
that says that this Agneepath is not entirely a remake. A Role of loving
father, cunning Master, very crooked but yet looks human and finally deceived; Rishi
Kapoor entertains us in every frame he is in.
Om Puri finally gets to play a decent role that suits his caliber.
He plays Gaitonde, city commissioner very upright and clever in his acts. Zarina
Wahab as Vijay’s mother too deserves applause.
Priyanka Chopra as Kaali exists for sake of some support to
Vijay. Her presence has no impact but just thinking her absence might have
created some space. Overall she looked good…J
What Priyanka Chopra can’t do throughout her presence,
Katrina Kaif does it in her short stint. She sizzles in her bumper item “Chikni
Chameli”, the best of all songs in the flick. If at all best item was given
filmfare, Katrina would have deserved consecutive two!!
Revenge saga told rivetingly!!
A single line story of revenge transforms into a brilliant piece
of cinema, thanks to the director Karan Malhotra who grabbed best of performances
and superb inputs from his crew.
His Story telling deserves distinction. He starts off
smoothly in the village Mandwa, depicting the father-son relationship,
introducing us to Kancha’s cruelty followed by brutal murder of Masterji which
all gives a great impact to the revenge drama that takes place later. Vijay realizes it requires a power to beat the
powerful. Enter Rauf Lala, the drug monster and Gaitonde straightforward
commissioner both by different means serve as ladder to Vijay to reach his
target. Except for few interruptions by Kaali (Priyanka), First half which
shows Vijay’s rise to power, goes with pace, it’s all the brilliance of Rishi
Kapoor.
And it’s in later half Hrithik gets to meet his staunch enemy
Kancha. While initial part of later half is occupied by some family drama,
Kancha snatches it immediately and draws to the climax. The Director calls
Mandwa, Lanka and Kancha the Raavan. And for those who can’t believe how an
almighty and literally undefeatable Kancha can be put to an end by an ordinary
hero, this reference to Ramayan serves as an answer. And you instantly bow to
the man’s perseverance to seek his revenge. Apart from the tight climax fight,
director is able to bring in some tears when Vijay’s sister for the first time
knows about her brother and also a scene where Vijay’s mother slaps him after
she invites him to the house for dinner.
Behind the screen…
Film story starts in year 1977 and the most part is conceived
in 1992 on-screen. Production team brings to life those days with the houses, cars
and auto-rickshaws etc. Cinematography by Kiran Deohans is bright and brings in
various colors of Mumbai. And an
altogether different grey color scheme is chosen for Mandwa. The Screenplay is
gripping and editing is crisp, should have been crispier.
Finally...
More than anything, Agneepath is story telling that is
stupendously supported by its star cast, that you don’t mind revisiting the
revenge saga sitting in theatre for 3 hours. Each character has got its due on
the screen and they don’t allow you to think back and compare with the
original. Thus Agneepath makes a significant tribute to yesteryear generation
and offers a delightful watch for the current. One good Bollywood film I loved
watching!!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Telugu Bodyguard Movie Review
“Bodyguard” …the movie that travelled all over India…First
made in Malayalam with Dileep and Nayantaara...and then in Tamil with Vijay and
Asin and then went on to become blockbuster in Hindi with Salman and Kareena.
Finally here it is our Telugu version with Victory Venkatesh and Trisha playing
the leads. While all other versions directed by Siddique, Telugu version is directed
by Gopichand Malineni who debuted with Don Seenu (RaviTeja’s flick).
Let’s see how well it gets tuned to our Victory Venki!!
Plot: Venkatadri (Venkatesh) comes to a village Jammalamadugu
to protect the landlord Varadarajula Naidu (PrakashRaj). He from there has to
accompany his daughter Keerthi (Trisha) as a bodyguard to her college. While
Keerthi is uncomfortable with Venkatadri, as he is interfering her privacy, she sketches
a love trap to avoid him. Where does this silly game started by Keerthi leads
to finally?
Venkatesh fits the Bodyguard to the core!!
Bodyguard as such has very thin storyline that bases upon a
love track that runs on phone and builds up strong as emotional bond and
finally there’s a twist unexpected. But there’s ample scope for the hero to go
through variations from being stony bodyguard to sincere admirer to disheartened
lover. And thus this subject becomes tailor made for Venkatesh. He brings his
lovable comic timing during the first half where he acts as duty minded
bodyguard wearing goggles and safari. He then slowly transforms into serious
admirer of his phone friend. And finally who else can act better than Venki as
a disheartened looser. It’s good to see Venky in all his shades after a long
time. An apt remake that’s chosen for him.
Trisha like old wine is still able to make some eyes roll
for sure. Her chemistry with Venkatesh comes handy here and that actually
brings in believability in a phone-call love story. Saloni made her presence
felt is much twisty role.
Venkatesh in his previous movies has hilarious combinations with
PrakashRaj, MS Narayana and with Ali. This movie fondly reminds you those
combinations. But sticking to original, director did not cook up many hilarious
scenes. It would have been better if he did.
Kota, Tanikella and Dharmavarapu are limited.
Gopichand Malineni is good at his remake!!
Gopichand has good knowledge for local pulse and nativity.
Firstly he treats his hero Venkatesh as King. Right from the first fight
sequence, you will see how stylishly the director shows him. Then he chooses good actors for the supporting
roles which makes his job half done. So in transforming the plot to suit
Venkatesh, there are some hilarious episodes like the one planned to discover
the girl in ladies hostel, where Venki and Ali disguise as ladies and dances for "Poovai Poovai" from Dhookudu. That’s a
pretty good surprise to watch out on screen. And as for love story, Chemistry
of lead pair helped him lot to bring that feel which is clearly lacking in
Hindi version.
First half moves with good pace with few hilarious scenes and you
see interval just when the real love story begins. Second half starts with
continuous duets and finally ends with an emotional half hour. Gopichand thus succeeds
in remaking the film without losing flavor and also packaging it natively.
Other departments…
Thaman offers different tunes for Bodyguard when compared to
his noisy numbers he gives for other films. “Jiya Jale” and “Hosanna” are
really superb on screen with picturesque locations in the background. “Oh My
God” and “Evvaro” are done in humorous way in college. Background score is
brilliant. Shyam K Naidu provides rich cinematography. Kona Venkat as dialogue
writer disappoints a bit. He should have been as hilarious as Trivikram to make
the movie more appealing. There’s still scope for comedy as Venkatesh could
pull it off with any dosage of it.
Finally…
Venki’s comedy timing and hilarious episodes designed, and
his chemistry with Trisha are surely gonna appeal to audience especially those
who have not watched any of the remakes of this flick before. There are few new things to
look upon for those who are aware of the twists of the tale. But Bodyguard still
deserves a watch just for Venkatesh if you have seen any remake.
Rating:
3.25/5 will appeal you more only if not seen any remake
Oye by the way...Happy Sankranthi Friends....Have a great festive time!!
Oye by the way...Happy Sankranthi Friends....Have a great festive time!!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
BusinessMan Movie Review
After striking gold with the mind blocking blockbuster "Pokiri", The Duo "Super Star" MaheshBabu and the director "Puri Jagannath" to do some “Business” at the Box office with much expected "Business Man”.
Add the Sankranthi season to the super success of “Dhookudu”, and get the trendy music from Lucky “Thaman” and place sensuous Kajal to dance for his tunes alongside Mahesh, and that’s the best recipe for “Business” and the result is “Business man”...Mark this paragraph once you see the movie. Now let’s take ride of the movie.
Plot, not a spoiler: Surya (Mahesh), a dashing and daring guy enter Mumbai. His vision is huge and his mission seems impossible. But yes he does it? No doubt on it! How he himself converts to “Surya Bhai” and how tactically makes that name a brand is the entire movie about.
Performances...
Mahesh, the big asset is he wins half your attention just by looks. And he looks younger, stylish and not to mention here cute, in fact cuter to the rough role he plays. And now he is armed with new dialogue technique, he started from Pokiri and developed it as a brand from Khaleja and thereon. Puri has written very witty and effective dialogues throughout, which made Mahesh’s task much easier that you don’t feel the need of comedians, even you don’t miss Ali as you see in puri’s films. Ok are you asking about dances, check out the history whether in Tamil or Telugu…Hero’s with “Superstar” tag need not do it, so no comments..;)
Kajal plays Chitra, looks good compared to her recent duds and makes a good pair with Mahesh. And her role is just a copy-paste of Ileana in Pokiri, Crying around the hero while hero is busy running and shooting.
Prakash Raj and Nazar have similar roles they had in all cop flicks. Nazar’s role is good enough but PrakashRaj does not add a penny except his strong presence. Subbaraju seems dearer than “Ali” to Puri Jagannath, as he retains his role. And a girl who plays Kajal’s friend though speaks butler Telugu, she definitely brings some laughs accidentally.Brahmaji,Dharmavarapu and Shiyaji Shinde are good
Racy First half…
Let me start with a positive first half as I very much excited and thoroughly enjoyed it frankly. Movie begins promisingly and you start enjoying the Mahesh’s dialogues one after other. Two threads go in parallel, one a silly love track between Chitra and surya, and other a serious “Business” as how Surya cleverly climbs the ladder to the power. And believe it, you believe the way the director tells you the story and enjoy the songs that comes in between.
Ok now second, let’s think beyond “Pokiri”.
Though you enjoyed the flow, I am sure there’s some thought process running inside your mind. Is there any "Pokirish" twist behind the Surya’s Mission. What’s he gonna achieve at the end? Question’s that never sleep. Of course it’s not a fault, but truly audiences do come with expectations when the director and the hero delivered a huge blockbuster and try to think in similar lines. This will happen even if Rajamouli teams up with Charan so on. And then you realize Puri is taking you nowhere, but just makes use of his known skills and that of the hero playing safe for a while. So are you expecting a twist of Pokiri, better not expect it.
So that’s Puri…the apt “Business Man”
Though there’s no mission, Puri Jagannath, succeeds hugely for his dialogues. One moment he pities fish as people eat tons of them, but complains if a shark bites one human. He discusses about Humanity satirically when he links Discovery channel with Chicken. And poses a good Question as how we worship the God “ Have you thought about wellness of God”. “Devudaa nee arogyam ela undi ani adigaara”. And he spells the statistics of the money spent on elections. One word, Dialogues are the USP of the movie.
For direction, though he is good in making a quick movie off-screen and on-screen, he offers nothing new. In one scene Mahesh fights with Police in civil dress just like Raviteja does in Idiot. And in the climax PrakashRaj cries in same fashion as he does in Pokiri and the heroine runs behind our hero madly though he screams at her whenever possible and the resemblances continue everywhere. And you wonder whether all that goes on-screen is logical and how comes things are much easier for our hero to establish such huge empire so fast. Specific Weak points you can't ignore are sudden jerks towards climax and rush up in election episode and of course the nativity of Mumbai too is a misplace. Puri better come out of Mafia to make a better flick and not repeat himself.
Thaman’s tunes are good enough and picturing of all songs is decent and they are almost placed well. 3 duets “Sir Ostaara” ..”Pilla chaavve” and “Chandamama” are great and my pick “chandamama” and did you hear about the rumors of lip lock. You might find it here..:)."Mumbai" song is well placed And “Bad boys” by swetha bharadwaj is “bad” enough that you see some censor filter’s on screen
Finally…
Many a times, movies have a mission….or a moral that brings you cheers when you see the slide “Subham”. We are so much habituated to it. But Puri is not gonna offer you that. Heroism at peaks, sensuous heroine in the songs and the guns that don’t have agreements and the dialogues that make sense and lastly a good item number…If that is what you want, Business Man have them all.
Rating:
3/5 Expect little lesser and you enjoy the better!!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Don2 Movie Review
After being liked by very few and disturbing many with his “RA.ONE”…The King
of Bollywood, Sharukh Khan is back soon with DON2, a sequel of his stylish franchise “DON”. He carries forward faithfully his entire cast
including Priyanka chopra, Lara Dutta and Boman Iraani…And the Crew Farhan
Akthar the director and musicians’ trio Shankar Ehsaan Loy…Great gesture of
course!! Well let’s see whether he carried forward that “hit” factor to the
sequel…
Plot:
Don surrenders himself to Malaysian Police Roma (Priyanka)
and Malik (Om Puri) and goes to jail only to free Vardhaan (Boman Iraani). Don
and Vardhaan now have the mission of stealing currency printing plates from DZ
bank in Switzerland. So how they accomplish that task…Oh come on any one who
watch recent Fast & Furious or any one of the MI series would better
explain this…!!
Don yaa Chor!!
While the Original Don (not original...actually a copy of
yesteryear Don) has a Plot that is known, a little cocktail mixing of style and
sexy “Ye meraa Dil” by Kareena made it a hit then. This has given a boost to
the team to make them bring up some Hollywood robbery plot and again make “yaak”
tail mix with the Don to create Don2. As
far as I imagine, A Don should command the world...but not “Chor Baazi”. So the
plot as such brings no charm to the sequel.
But Sharukh does not disappoint…
Though the Plot disappoints …Sharukh does not fail to
enthrall us. He has one-liners in stock for him.”Aaj ye sun kar meri maa kitne
kush hoge…Mr. Malik, aap mere Maa ko nahi jaante”…”Sir bahut sheriff saa lagtaa
hai ..Call me Don” and it’s always sounds sweet when he calls his Cop friend
Roma…”Junglie Billee” and not the least when he says “Don ko pakadnaa mushkil
hi nahin…naa mumkin hain”. Sharukh sports the long hair look just for a while
for a change and soon switches to his self…So no worries if you don’t like
that. He has that magic in his eyes and it actually shows up when he reminds
his old romance with Roma. So No doubts, Sharukh always the best…
While many die to see Priyanka’s waist like we go fida for
it with “Desi Girl” …Here she does no show...but plays boring cop who runs
behind don with no proper plan but for just sake of it.
Lara Dutta is good enough for a song and few scenes. Boman
Iraani the same…love his foolishness once again. Om Puri sticks to the role. Kunal Kapoor as Samir the hacker is a good addition.
And Hrithik plays a cameo and of course he looks stunning.
Aly Khan as Diwan, VP of DZ bank Nawab shah as local goon and Sahil Shroff as
Priyanka’s colleague are adequate.
Don2 is not even Don/2
Surprisingly Farhan Akthar, who has a film “Dil Chahtha hai”
in his kitty, directed this flick which has just a lifted plot of some Robbery
plan. There were just couple of chase scenes and suspense elements related to
robbery plan but they could not hold you long in seats. And then King Khans one
liners will bring some good time and that’s it that Don has!!
And it’s a blunder not to have a jabbardast item like ”Chammak
Challo” or “Chikni Chameli” to lure the audience and Musical Trio Shanker-Ehsaan-Lio
just lets us down with one ok number ..”Zara Dil ko Thaam lo”
Finally….
Don is a sequel for the sake of it. Who knows you might like
it for its grandeur and the grace of Sharukh. So you can have some sweet time
if not completely sour. But Sharukh better “Don”t do “Don” yet again...Let him
come as in Swadesh or “Chak De India”..We love to see him that way.
Rating…
2.75...Sharukh You can give us much better!!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Rajanna Movie Review
Plot: Though India has got the freedom in 1947, many villages still faced atrocities by landlords and Razakars. Mallamma (Eney) hails from such a village Nelakondapalli in Adilabad district. She is daughter of freedom fighter Rajanna (Nagarjuna) who once inspired villagers to revolt against these landlords. When the Dorasani (Swetha menon) comes to know about the girl’s identity, she tries to kill her.
But Mallamma escapes and travels to Delhi to meet Nehru and ask his help to save her village. How she meets Nehru? And what’s the brave story of her dad? forms the crux of the movie!
Actors…
Eney, who plays mallamma, lives in the character. Her expressions excel the emotions needed in each scene. Her joy, sorrow, struggle, search and pain is made felt, hats off to her express all of them with sheer perfection at this young age. She’s gonna win loads of accolades for her role.
Nagarjuna who plays the title role enters the scene pre-interval. But his presence is felt by the name “Rajanna” as spread all over the film. He does the job with obvious maturity and ease and his presence post interval episodes fills the screen with energy and quenches the thirst caused by an hour wait till interval.
Sneha is seen as lachuvamma…Rajanna’s wife and she suits the role to the core and has enough space to make her presence felt.
Swetha Menon is good as Dorasani, Old man who played sambayya, Mallama’s guardian did good job.
Nasser played Mallamma’s teacher, Telangana Sakuntala and Tamil Actor Vijay Kumar played guest roles.
Ajay, Pradeep Rawath, Supreet and Ravi play Rajanna friends in positive roles, who fight till their end.
Hema and lot other’s in village put up commendable performances.
First half makes us wait and the Second does not wait for us!!
First half shows Dorasaani’s atrocities and Mallamma’s fight for existence and her journey to Delhi. Mallama’s journey to Delhi is depicted with great conviction. The director’s vision is seen in the lyrical content of the songs. MM Keeravani’s music plays major role in engaging the audience without actually showing the hero. And the pace of the movie takes a plunge with the entry of Rajanna in freedom fight scene.
While second half is filled with the flashback episodes, the inspiring and blood boiling scenes are very much there to pump in adrenaline. Wonderful fights (one in the village nelakondapalli in second half for the song “Vey Veyy” and other at Pre-Climax) choreographed by the maverick director Rajamouli lifts the movie to the needed level. And the climax is as predicted but leaves a delightful mark.
It’s a Family effort…”Vijayandra Prasad...Keeravani…Rajamouli”!!
Vijayendra Prasad who directed SriKrishna 2006 long back did not taste success then. But he is well prepared this time. It’s his wonderful screenplay that engages the audience with or without the hero on screen. Good performances are grabbed from every actor and the best from the girl Eney.
Keeravani deliver’s one of his best and each song has marvelous lyrical content. Every Song carries the movie forward and thus all songs play a vital role. While movie starts with a melody “Gijigaadu” and “Raa ree ro” takes you to the village on-screen. “Karuku raathi gundello” is one touching song when Mallamma leaves the village. And there are many written by Shiva Shakthi Datta (Keeravani’s father), Ananth Sreeram and Suddala Ashok Teja.
Cinematography provided by Shyam K. Naidu is awesome.
To say few words on Negatives, Movie should have been little more lavish especially in few scenes you feel the necessity. Movie itself is short as it is just 2 hours and its share of Nagarjuna is still lesser. In a word Rajanna is not a feast or full meals but delicious plate meal where you might not be full, but satisfied.
Finally…
Rajanna deliver’s what it promised. A patriotic musical journey ably supported by good technical team and wonderful performances. If you prepare for the difference, it won’t disappoint you much. It’s a good watch.
Rating
3.5
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Panjaa Movie Review
Hit or Flop…A Disaster or a Blockbuster, craze for Pawan Kalyan is
undeterred and expectations on his new film always reach the skies. And here
again we have Panjaa…Powerstar’s new film where he sports never before look
releasing this week. Movie is directed by Stylish director Vishnuvardhan who
earlier directed “Billa” in Tamil. Sarah Jane Dias and Anjali Lavania play the
female leads.
Plot...not spoiler:
Jai (Pawan Kalyan) is loyal aide to gangster Bhagwan (Jackishroff).
Everything goes fine until the arrival of Bhagwan’s son Munna (Adivi sesh)
enters the town from foreign. Things
change upside down when Munna pricks everyone with his sadistic nature. Jai now
has to choose between loyalty and controlling Munna.
Actors
Right from the looks, it’s a totally different Pawan we get
on-screen. Sporting a beard throughout brings that rugged look much needed for
that role. Pawan wonderfully plays with great ease and slightly deviates in
intervals with his superb comedy timing. There are several scenes where he
reminds us his old films…Whether posing like chiru...or dancing for “Dappu” in
Paparayudu song or when heroine asks whether he ever did Karate in past reminding Tammudu. All in
all, it’s a treat and every actor tries to play different once in a while and
Pawan got that chance.
Adivi Sesh who played Munna (made a movie Karma entirely in
US in past) is next important character. He played the role of Sadist to the
core. Especially the pre-interval scene, he just builds up the scene that
audience themselves want to kick him off the screen. So it’s all in the acting
and he is someone to watch out more in future.
Sarah Jane Dias is just adequate. She is decent enough in
simple costumes and provided needed act. But she is not the one who could get
into our mind once the film is done.
Anjali Lavania though
had brief role sizzles more throughout her presence. She has solo song on her
and she is damn hot.
We know that Pawan and Ali are great friends off-screen and
Ali’s role is just extension to that friendship. So the comedy timing between
them is more like natural and good to watch.
One guy who got huge response on-screen next to Pawan is Brahmanandam.
It’s not something different he did, but he is much awaited in the serious movie
and he sprinkled the laughs and brought some energy and he has whole “Paparayudu”
song written on him.
Jackie Shroff gets a good role and does it well. Subbaraju
is very good. Tanikella Bharani as his manager is fine. Atul Kulakarni and rest
are limited.
A different film in one word.
Set up in Mafia background and at the same time, bringing
the story touching up with good emotions is not an easy task. And director Vishnuvardhan
succeeds in it for greater extent. He builds up each character perfectly in no
time. He builds up that conflicting rivalry between Munna and Jai under currently
and fires it high by the interval. Entire first half is stylish and thoroughly
indulges you giving you that fresh flavor.
Second half goes to faraway lands and it’s a U-turn for us.
That way we get a much needed deviation into greenery and wonderful village atmosphere
(Pollachi). Then we get this hilarious episode of Brahmanandam and that song “Paparayudu”
that’s almost the half the screen presence of Brahmanandam. The entire episode
helps the movie a lot. So how the things come into place when the two worlds
meet at the end forms the climax.
Good Work off-screen!!
Thanks to the director Vishnuvardhan who has shown us
something new on screen than the run-of-mill movies. The entire first half is
delight to watch that too in utter silence. He had a gripping screenplay in
first half, but it loosens up a little in second. Love story still needs to be
worked on. While the love track reminds of Balu, The conflict between Gangster’s
son and his aide reminds me of Prasthanam movie for a while.
Yuvan’s music need to be much better. Title track of Panjaa just comes
at the rolling titles at the end!! “Elaa Elaa” is good. And “Paparayudu” is the
best of all. “Anukoneledu gaa” is trimmed t o two lines in movie as movie does
not offer much scope to it. Background score is good. But it’s an opportunity lost
for Yuvan.
P.S.Vinod’s cinematography is brilliant and scores equally
with slick shots in first half and loads of greenery in second. Producers
Shobu, Neelima etc made a commendable job.
Dialogues by Abburi Ravi need applause. “Saayam chesina
vaadu Krutagnata choopinchaka povadam entha tappo, saayam chesina vaadu
Krutagnatha korukodam anthe thappu. “Bhakthi tho chesedi punyam, dharmanga
chesedi daanam, em aasinchakunda chesedi saayam” are good ones.
Finally…
An honest approach in telling a story in a straightforward manner
and rightly aided by good technical team. But the entertainment quotient is
lesser and thus limits the reach of the movie to great extent. To see a
different Pawan and a different film, do watch it.
Rating.
3/5 for that way out of box effort and style.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
SOLO MOVIE REVIEW
Katha: Goutam(Rohit) chinnapati nunchi solo ga pergatam tho, oka ummadi kutumbam lo ammayini pelli chesukovalaani kalalu kantaadu.Atani kalalu falinchi Vaishnavi(Nisha) ane ammai atani kanta badutundi. Elaagaithenem Vaishnavi ni love lo padestaadu Gautam. Kaani Vaishnavi tandri(Prakash Raj) ki nindu gaa unna kutumbam loki tana ammayini pampinchaalanukuntaadu.
Mari mana “Solo” Hero elaa tana eeroine ni sontham chesukuntaadu anede cinema katha.
Acting ela chesaaru…
Baanam lo serious expressions ki maatrame parimitamayina Rohit ki ”Solo” nijangaa konchem pedda pariksha. Super arupulu…turumu laa cheyyaledu kaani …modati cinema kanna chaala improvement kanabadutundi. Modati half lo love scenes lo ease baagundi. Paatallo chinna chinna dance movements tho mama anipinchaadu. Serious scenes inkaa baa cheyyali. Tanakantu oka pratyekatha unnapude shine avvagaladu…
Nisha Aggarwal …(edo cinema lo sunil annattu) Nisha vaalla akkantha andagatte kaadu…vaalla akka antha performer kaadu…vaalla akkantha screen presence ledu…marinkem vaalla akka Kajal ne teeskovachu kada ante, Kajal dates dorakani paksham lo Nisha tho adjust ayipovachu. Unnanthalo bane chesindi…mukyam gaa climax scene lo. Final gaa vaallakka Kajal laaga adrushtam kooda kalisi raavali ee pillaki.
Ika Prakashraj heroine tandri character ante….asalu scriptu kooda soodakunda acting cheseyyagaladu…baaaga alavataina character…Madhya madhyalo …tana dailoguelaki taana ante tandaana anenduku atani akka character lo jayasudha undane undi…
Hero pakkane unde friend character Srinivas Reddy…Late gaa ayina latest gaa kummestunnaadu comedy…mukyam gaa cinemaalo manam ye konchem navvukunnam anna adi itani punyame.
Daarilo unna pentani geliki vaasana choose character Shiyaje shinde di. Clarity lekundaa coffee kooda taagani character. Ali ni peddaga vaadukoledu.
Solo nunchi shaadhi daaka!!
“Solo” bratuku tho visigi vesaari unna hero pellaina pilla talli (mogudu odilesina baapati) ni kooda chesukodaaniki ready gaa untaadu…just ummadi kutumbam kosam.aa time lo mana heroine “jagan ki CM padavi dorikinattu” kanabadutundi. Ika first half mottam aame venakaala padatam..aameni meppinchatam…saradagaa saaagipotundi..superru kaadu alaa ani bore ledu.
Interval lo prakashraj character tho conflict point chaala baaga teesukochaadu..”naa place lo rendu nimishaalu undi naa kooturini oka anaada ki cheyyochaa ledaa ani alonchinchu” ani Prakashraj anatam tho alochana lo padataadu hero. Kutumbam kosam taaptreya pade Hero, manchi kutumbam loki kooturuni pampaalani Prakashraj. Ee samasya elaa kolliki ochindi anedi second half.
Engagement ayina heroine, Outhouse lo Hero, tanu choosina pellikodukune chesukovaalane tandri, ataniki sardi cheppe atani akka, idanthaa chooste naaku “Nuvvu Naaku Nachchaav” cinemaane pade pade gurtochindi..etochi akkada suhasini chesina character ikkada jayasudha chesindi. Akkada Venkatesh chaala sandadi gaa bandi laagiste..ikkada mana Rohit second half chaala dull ayipotaadu. Entha sepu Prakash Raj ni dailogulatho padeddaamani tapane tappa vere prayatnam undadu.
Second half lo Srinivas Reddy Kushi,Okkadu,Simhadri( alochiste moodu bhoomika cinemaalu…so director bhoomika fan anna maata) loni premakathalu Shiyaji shinde ki cheppatam baagundi. Inthaki eeyanevaru ante Prakash raj ki bakara viyyankudu.
Parusuraam Maatalu..Manisharma Paatalu Adurs!!
Dialogues tho kathani clarity gaa cheppatam goppa vishayam. Heroine ummadi kutumbam kosam pade tapana, PrakashRaj hero tho vaadinchadam, Hero Prakashraj ni convince cheyyadam…ilaa okatenti chaala chotla Parsuram Pennu panitanam kanipistundi.
"Poyetaapudu naluguru keapothe naa tappu..kaani puttetappudu evaru lekapothe naa tappu elaa avuddi sir" superr....
"premiche mogudu dorikithe gudilo devudini kooda marchipotaaru aadaallu" abbo keka
Director gaa maatram cinema ni aadyantam lively gaa teeyaleka poyaadu.
"Poyetaapudu naluguru keapothe naa tappu..kaani puttetappudu evaru lekapothe naa tappu elaa avuddi sir" superr....
"premiche mogudu dorikithe gudilo devudini kooda marchipotaaru aadaallu" abbo keka
Director gaa maatram cinema ni aadyantam lively gaa teeyaleka poyaadu.
Manisharma paatalu vine koddi vinaali anipinchella unnai.Krishna Chaitanya raasina ”Marumallela vaana” “ammamammammo ee ammayike nachaara” songs hummable gaa unnai. Oka sad song (naa prema kathaki nene kada villanu) lo “viswadaabi raama vinura vema…gontu digina garlamera prema” ane line pade pade mind lo kadalaadutundi. Manchi lyrical by Ramajogayya saastri garu.
Chivaragaa…
Cinema lo unna basic point..interval conflict kotta gaa unnai. But cinema aasantham kottadem kaadu. Bore kodithe O saari saradaaga choodochu. Inkaa ekkuva characters…inka tight gaa screenplay..lively comedy unte…cinema inka baagundedi
3/5 maarkuleskovachu…oka manchi cinema kaabatti!!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Sri Rama Rajyam Review2
If you can Read Telugu ..check this ...Telugu Version
enni saarlu vinnaa …enni saarlu choosinaa…ippaTikee
navyamgaa, yeppaTikee rasaramyangaa unDe mahaakaavyam…“raamaayaNam”. aa divya
kaavyam aadhaaramgaa yennO pouraaNikaalu…inkenno saanghikaalu vachchaayi,
manalni meppinchaayi…vaaTillO prapradhamamgaa cheppukunEdi…”lavakuSa” gurinchi.
yenni yugaalaina taragani mElimi vajram aa chitram. “sampoorNa raamayaNam”
modalukoni “mutyaala muggu” “Sree raamanjanEya yuddam” ilaa raamayaNaanni kaasi
vaDapOsina baapu gaaru alanaaTi “lavakuSa” ni nETi taraaniki kaanukivvaalanE
satsankalpam tO teesina cinema “Sree raama raajyam”. yalamanchali sai baabu ee
chitraanni nirminchaaru. mari raamuDu inkevaraiyunTaaru….tanDri aDugujaaDala lO
marO aDugu mundukestoo ee saahasaaniki poonukunna nandamoori BalaKrishna…
lavakuSula katha: raavaNa saMhaaram kaavinchi seetaa
samEtuDai ayodhya chErina raamuDu, entO janaranjakangaa raajyaanni paalistaaDu.
O chaakali vaaDi nindalu vinna raamuDu, garbhavati gaa unna seetani aDavulaku
pampistaaDu. raamaayaNa grandha karta vaalmiki aaSramam lO seetaa dEvi
lavakuSulanu prasavistundi. chivaragaa aa chinnaarulanu tanDri vaddaku elaa
chEraaru? seetaa raamula avataaraalu elaa parisamaaptam ayyaayi anEdi muKya
katha.
kaTTE koTTE techchE ani mooDu mukkallO raamayaNaanni
cheppEsukunTaam, kaani asalu gunDelu pinDe katha aa taruvaatE katha modalu..!!
Actors
BalaKrishna…naTa jeevitamlo kalikituraayi Sree raama paatra.
aa mahaanubhaavuDu, viSwa viKyaata naTa saarvabhoumuDu nandamoori taaraka
raamaaraavu gaari koDukugaa puTTina RuNaanni ee vidhamgaa teerchukunE avakaaSam
BalaKrishna ki dakkindi ani cheppochu. aa avakaaSaanni tana vantugaa
neravErchaaru baalayya. entO ishTamgaa, nishTagaa chesaaru kaabaTTi ennO saarlu
en.Tee.aar ni gurtu chestoo adbhutangaa saagindi raamuDi paatra. muKyangaa
seeta meeda unna prEma aa kaLLallo baagaa choopinchaadu BalaKrishna.
Sree akkinEni naagESwararaavu gaaru vaalmeeki paatra
poshinchaDam Sreeraamaraajyam cinemakE vanne techchindi. naagayya gaarini
maripinchagala sattaa mari aayanakE undi.
seetamma anTe yeppaTiki anjali dEvi gaarE. nijangaa seetamma
talli digochchaaraa anipistundi aameni choostE! kaavuna polika vyardham. ayinaa
nayanataara baalayya ki sarijoDu gaa seeta paatralO imiDipoyindi. Atyanta
keelakamayina ee paatralO nayanataara chaalaa baagaa chEsindi ani
cheppochu…nayanataara seeta enTi? anna vaaranduru...Sabhaash nayanataara
anTaaru Kachchitangaa..!!
lavakuSulugaa chinnaaruliddaru cinema inkaa muddochelaa
chEsaaru...raamaayaNa katha cheppE paaTallO muripinchaaru.
tana sineejeevitam
lo andari heerOlaku sahaya paatralu chEsina Sreekaant ki lakshamanuDi paatra
achchangaa saripoyindi. kaantaaraavu gaaru chEsina paatrani chakkagaa
poshinchaaDu Sreekaant.
kousalya gaa keaaar
vijaya meppinchaaru. kannaamba poshinchina paatra idi.
dhaaraa sing ki
aanjanEya paatra koTTina pinDi. alaage aanjaneyuDu oka baaluDi roopam lo
raavaTam kottagaa baagundi. bhoodEvi paatralO rOjaa kaavaalsina roudraanni
pradarSinchindi. BharatuDi gaa sameer,janakunigaa muraLi mOhan, chaakali
tippana gaa brahmaanandam, vaSishTuni gaa seeniyar baalayya saripoyaaru.
lavakuSa lO rElangi,suryaakaantam,ramaNaareDDi gaaru lEni
lOTu kanipistundi
iLayaraajaa sangeetam atyadhbutam
jagadaananda kaaraka....jaanaki chandra naayaka...anToo
baalu seetaraamulanu swaagatistoo paaDE paaTatO cinema aarambham avutundi..
"yE nimishaaniki yemi jarugunO" ane paaTa teleeni vaarunDaremO...aa
sandarbham lO vachchE "gaali ningi neeru " ni sagaaniki
kudinchaaru..:(."seetaa seemantam " chooDaTaaniki kanuvindu chEstundi
ika raamayaNaanni varNinchE mooDu paaTaalu "dEvuLLe
mechchindi ...meekentO nachchindi..Sree seetaa raama katha ",
"raamayaNamu..Sree raamayaNamu..." , "seetaa raama
charitam" mooDu aaNimutyaalu. SrEya ghOshal gaatram chaalaa madhuram gaa
undi ee paaTallo. jonnavittula gaaru anni paaTalu chaalaa chinni chinni
padaalatO chaalaa baagaa raaSaaru.baapu santakam anni paaTallo spashTangaa
kanipistundi.
baapu ramaNeeyam chirasmaraNeeyam !!
kammani padaalatO Sree raamaraajyaanni rasaramyam chEsina
muLLapooDi ramaNa gaaru mana madhya lEru anTE baadha gaa undi. vaari smRtulatO
vaariki ankitamistoo aanaaTi lavakuSa ki tanadaina mudra vEsaaru baapu gaaru.
nijaaniki lavakuSa lO chaalaa kashTamayina sannivESaalu unnaayi. baapu telivi
gaa chaalaa varaku kudinchi paaTalatO kathani naDipinchaaDu.
lakshamanuDu seetani aDavilO dimpina sannivESam, raamuni
meeda anumaanam tO seeta ayodhya ki vachchE sannivESam, raamuDini lavakuSulu
edirinchE sannivESam, okaTaa renDaa. ilaa chaalaa sannivESaalu baapu hrudyamgaa
terakekkinchaaDu. prati sanniveSam oka
andamaina bommalaa kaLLa mundu undi anTE adi aarT DairekTar raveendar, cinemaTographar
pi.aar.ke raajula kRshi entO undi. graaphiks kooDa chaala sahajangaa unnaayi.
tappaka chooDaali...
lavakuSa maLLee teeyaTam asambhavam. kaani nETi taraaniki
raamayaNam ruchi choopinchaalani chEsina ee chiru prayatnam nijamgaa
harshaneeyam.modaTi baagamlo konni hechchu taggulunnaa renDava baagam chaalaa
baagundi. oka manchi chitram gaa nilichipotundi Sreeraamaraajyam
Rating!!
4/5
Sri Rama Rajyam Review
if Reading font is difficult try this image version for Telugu
ఎన్ని సార్లు విన్నా …ఎన్ని సార్లు చూసినా…ఇప్పటికీ నవ్యంగా, యెప్పటికీ రసరమ్యంగా ఉండె మహాకావ్యం…“రామాయణం”. ఆ దివ్య కావ్యం ఆధారంగా యెన్నో పౌరాణికాలు…ఇంకెన్నొ సాంఘికాలు వచ్చాయి, మనల్ని మెప్పించాయి…వాటిల్లో ప్రప్రధమంగా చెప్పుకునేది…”లవకుశ” గురించి. యెన్ని యుగాలైన తరగని మేలిమి వజ్రం ఆ చిత్రం. “సంపూర్ణ రామయణం” మొదలుకొని “ముత్యాల ముగ్గు” “శ్రీ రామంజనేయ యుద్దం” ఇలా రామయణాన్ని కాసి వడపోసిన బాపు గారు అలనాటి “లవకుశ” ని నేటి తరానికి కానుకివ్వాలనే సత్సంకల్పం తో తీసిన సినిమా “శ్రీ రామ రాజ్యం”. యలమంచలి సాయి బాబు ఈ చిత్రాన్ని నిర్మించారు. మరి రాముడు ఇంకెవరైయుంటారు….తండ్రి అడుగుజాడల లో మరో అడుగు ముందుకెస్తూ ఈ సాహసానికి పూనుకున్న నందమూరి బాలకృష్ణ…
లవకుశుల కథ: రావణ సంహారం కావించి సీతా సమేతుడై అయొధ్య చేరిన రాముడు, ఎంతో జనరంజకంగా రాజ్యాన్ని పాలిస్తాడు. ఓ చాకలి వాడి నిందలు విన్న రాముడు, గర్భవతి గా ఉన్న సీతని అడవులకు పంపిస్తాడు. రామాయణ గ్రంధ కర్త వాల్మికి ఆశ్రమం లో సీతా దేవి లవకుశులను ప్రసవిస్తుంది. చివరగా ఆ చిన్నారులను తండ్రి వద్దకు ఎలా చేరారు? సీతా రాముల అవతారాలు ఎలా పరిసమాప్తం అయ్యాయి అనేది ముఖ్య కథ.
కట్టే కొట్టే తెచ్చే అని మూడు ముక్కల్లో రామయణాన్ని చెప్పేసుకుంటాం, కాని అసలు గుండెలు పిండె కథ ఆ తరువాతే కథ మొదలు..!!
నటీనటులు…
బాలకృష్ణ…నట జీవితంలొ కలికితురాయి శ్రీ రామ పాత్ర. ఆ మహానుభావుడు, విశ్వ విఖ్యాత నట సార్వభౌముడు నందమూరి తారక రామారావు గారి కొడుకుగా పుట్టిన ౠణాన్ని ఈ విధంగా తీర్చుకునే అవకాశం బాలకృష్ణ కి దక్కింది అని చెప్పొచు. ఆ అవకాశాన్ని తన వంతుగా నెరవేర్చారు బాలయ్య. ఎంతో ఇష్టంగా, నిష్టగా చెసారు కాబట్టి ఎన్నో సార్లు ఎన్.టీ.ఆర్ ని గుర్తు చెస్తూ అద్భుతంగా సాగింది రాముడి పాత్ర. ముఖ్యంగా సీత మీద ఉన్న ప్రేమ ఆ కళ్ళల్లొ బాగా చూపించాదు బాలకృష్ణ.
శ్రీ అక్కినేని నాగేశ్వరరావు గారు వాల్మీకి పాత్ర పొషించడం శ్రీరామరాజ్యం సినిమాకే వన్నె తెచ్చింది. నాగయ్య గారిని మరిపించగల సత్తా మరి ఆయనకే ఉంది.
సీతమ్మ అంటె యెప్పటికి అంజలి దేవి గారే. నిజంగా సీతమ్మ తల్లి దిగొచ్చారా అనిపిస్తుంది ఆమెని చూస్తే! కావున పొలిక వ్యర్ధం. అయినా నయనతార బాలయ్య కి సరిజొడు గా సీత పాత్రలో ఇమిడిపొయింది. ఆత్యంత కీలకమయిన ఈ పాత్రలో నయనతార చాలా బాగా చేసింది అని చెప్పొచు…నయనతార సీత ఎంటి? అన్న వారందురు...శభాష్ నయనతార అంటారు ఖచ్చితంగా..!!
లవకుశులుగా చిన్నారులిద్దరు సినిమా ఇంకా ముద్దొచెలా చేసారు...రామాయణ కథ చెప్పే పాటల్లో మురిపించారు.
తన సినీజీవితం లొ అందరి హీరోలకు సహయ పాత్రలు చేసిన శ్రీకాంత్ కి లక్షమనుడి పాత్ర అచ్చంగా సరిపొయింది. కాంతారావు గారు చేసిన పాత్రని చక్కగా పొషించాడు శ్రీకాంత్.
కౌసల్య గా కేఆర్ విజయ మెప్పించారు. కన్నాంబ పొషించిన పాత్ర ఇది.
ధారా సింగ్ కి ఆంజనేయ పాత్ర కొట్టిన పిండి. అలాగె ఆంజనెయుడు ఒక బాలుడి రూపం లొ రావటం కొత్తగా బాగుంది. భూదేవి పాత్రలో రోజా కావాల్సిన రౌద్రాన్ని ప్రదర్శించింది. భరతుడి గా సమీర్,జనకునిగా మురళి మోహన్, చాకలి తిప్పన గా బ్రహ్మానందం, వశిష్టుని గా సీనియర్ బాలయ్య సరిపొయారు.
లవకుశ లో రేలంగి,సుర్యాకాంతం,రమణారెడ్డి గారు లేని లోటు కనిపిస్తుంది.
ఇళయరాజా సంగీతం అత్యధ్బుతం
జగదానంద కారక....జానకి చంద్ర నాయక...అంటూ బాలు సీతరాములను స్వాగతిస్తూ పాడే పాటతో సినిమా ఆరంభం అవుతుంది.. "యే నిమిషానికి యెమి జరుగునో" అనె పాట తెలీని వారుండరెమో...ఆ సందర్భం లో వచ్చే "గాలి నింగి నీరు " ని సగానికి కుదించారు..:(."సీతా సీమంతం " చూడటానికి కనువిందు చేస్తుంది
ఇక రామయణాన్ని వర్ణించే మూడు పాటాలు "దేవుళ్ళె మెచ్చింది ...మీకెంతో నచ్చింది..శ్రీ సీతా రామ కథ ", "రామయణము..శ్రీ రామయణము..." , "సీతా రామ చరితం" మూడు ఆణిముత్యాలు. శ్రేయ ఘోషల్ గాత్రం చాలా మధురం గా ఉంది ఈ పాటల్లొ. జొన్నవిత్తుల గారు అన్ని పాటలు చాలా చిన్ని చిన్ని పదాలతో చాలా బాగా రాశారు.బాపు సంతకం అన్ని పాటల్లొ స్పష్టంగా కనిపిస్తుంది.
బాపు రమణీయం చిరస్మరణీయం !!
కమ్మని పదాలతో శ్రీ రామరాజ్యాన్ని రసరమ్యం చేసిన ముళ్ళపూడి రమణ గారు మన మధ్య లేరు అంటే బాధ గా ఉంది. వారి స్మృతులతో వారికి అంకితమిస్తూ ఆనాటి లవకుశ కి తనదైన ముద్ర వేసారు బాపు గారు. నిజానికి లవకుశ లో చాలా కష్టమయిన సన్నివేశాలు ఉన్నాయి. బాపు తెలివి గా చాలా వరకు కుదించి పాటలతో కథని నడిపించాడు.
లక్షమనుడు సీతని అడవిలో దింపిన సన్నివేశం, రాముని మీద అనుమానం తో సీత అయొధ్య కి వచ్చే సన్నివేశం, రాముడిని లవకుశులు ఎదిరించే సన్నివేశం, ఒకటా రెండా. ఇలా చాలా సన్నివేశాలు బాపు హ్రుద్యంగా తెరకెక్కించాడు. ప్రతి సన్నివెశం ఒక అందమైన బొమ్మలా కళ్ళ ముందు ఉంది అంటే అది ఆర్ట్ డైరెక్టర్ రవీందర్, సినిమాటొగ్రఫర్ పి.ఆర్.కె రాజుల కృషి ఎంతో ఉంది. గ్రాఫిక్స్ కూడ చాల సహజంగా ఉన్నాయి.
తప్పక చూడాలి...
లవకుశ మళ్ళీ తీయటం అసంభవం. కాని నేటి తరానికి రామయణం రుచి చూపించాలని చేసిన ఈ చిరు ప్రయత్నం నిజంగా హర్షనీయం.మొదటి బాగంలొ కొన్ని హెచ్చు తగ్గులున్నా రెండవ బాగం చాలా బాగుంది. ఒక మంచి చిత్రం గా నిలిచిపొతుంది శ్రీరామరాజ్యం
సంతృప్తి శాతం!!
4/5
Saturday, October 29, 2011
RA.ONE MOVIE REVIEW
RA.ONE is no doubt the most anticipated movie of the season
and the reason’s obviously for it being the movie of Sharukh Khan, the King of
Khan’s. Added to it, it’s a huge scale science fiction and not to deny that is
exceedingly publicized that it is talked over than any other burning problem of
the nation, thanks to the promotion campaign run by the Sharukh himself as he
has stake in the movie. Directed by Anubhav Sinha who debuted with Tum Bin and
later directed Stylish “Dus”, RA.ONE has gorgeous and lucky lady Kareena Kapoor who
boasts of handful of biggest grosser’s of Bollywood.
Let’s peep into this virtual world of RA.ONE!!
Plot: Shekhar (Sharukh), a very caring father always fail to
get the hugs from his son Prateik (Armaan Varma) for being so timid. While Prateik
loves the villains in his video games, Shekhar believes in Good to win over
bad. But to win over his son’s attention, Shekhar designs a video game RA.ONE (Random
Access .ONE) where it is almost impossible for the hero of the video game, G-ONE
(replica of Shekhar) to win it. Prateik takes the challenge and wins the first
round. Now RA.ONE who cannot bear the defeat enters the real world to win the game, killing prateik. Witness the Super battle of RA.ONE and G.ONE on big screen.
Virtual world comes to real…
Well RA.ONE before the release, promised to serve us a feast
of stunning visuals. And truly holding to it, the premise set for the film and
the things we see on the screen firmly stand to the word given. Go start from
the titles, the reference to the virtual world is made. Of course movie do take
some little time to introduce the family members and colleagues of Shekhar, who
are gonna be part of this adventure. Bear the very filmy, but not too funny
appearances of Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt.
But once the real game begins, there’s no seeing back. We
see the ambitious RA.ONE trying to escape into the real world. And then there’s
a brilliant chase and fight with stunning visuals of flying cars when RA.ONE
fights with G.One. I guess that’s more than suffices the pre-interval block and
make viewers happy for they get what they expect to see. Then the later part
brings us Sharukh’s kind of slapstick comedy made of few silly fights (ok,
bearable) and few things that draw line between Robot and a human. While there
is a lengthy train sequence reminding you the Rajnikanth’s Robot, Sharukh might
have felt it inevitable to bring in RajniKanth for a cameo. Well Rajni’s
appearance as chitti is small and fits in considering Rajni’s health condition
too. And here’s the climax that’s good enough visually while keeping us engaged
throughout.
Actor’s On-screen…
Sharukh has chosen to play south Indian Shekhar Subramanian,
may be to offer some difference in what we see in regular films. That served
the gap between him and his kid and supported the variation he offered for
G.ONE.As G-ONE, he with ease plays superhero, who has a mission of protecting
his family. But the producer in him dominated the actor, for providing rich
extravaganza live to the screen.
Kareena does her job well and even sizzles in “Chammak
Challo” saving some money to the producer for not bringing in an additional item
girl for that one.
Young Kid Armaan Varma, plays way better for a debutant and
scores full marks.
As RA.ONE, the Villain in the game gets into the skin of
someone in real world, Tom Wu a Chinese actor plays the role in first half and
Arjun Rampal does it in second. Both are adequate. Sahana Goswamy and Satish
shah suffices well for supporting roles.
Fantastic Visual effects…
Jeff Kleiser took care of the visual effects for RA.ONE in
unquestionable manner. The perfection in the work is seen in cubic
transformations of lead roles. The fantastic chase sequence and blowing up of
cars in London, is just mind-blowing as Bollywood movie is concerned. While
Train sequence though well shot, has less impact as we see similar thing in
Rajni’s Enthiran. Climax and loads of visuals which we see in movie flow are all
superb. Credit also goes to Red Chillies VFX team on whole. Oscar winner Rasool
Pookutty does the in-sync sound mixing. Nicola Pecoroni does splendid job for
cinematography.
Awesome work off-the screen…
“Anubhav” Sinha as name suggests might have gained much experience
watching other Sci-Fi films, but still makes a difference with RA.ONE. And
while making an Indian science fiction, there are some things like sentiment
and Romance that do hinder the proceedings, but it’s up to audience to answer themselves,
if those things are unavoidable considering the whole thing as fiction. Vishal Shekhar
increases the reach of movie by providing some cool tunes in form of “Dildaara..”
and rocking “Chammak challo”
Time for negative points…
It would have been absolute joy to watch a movie that has
perfect storyline combined with the Visual effects like Avatar. But RA.ONE
lacks behind there. Nevertheless our Shekhar aka G-ONE tries to build in few
emotions of family, playing a caring father telling idealistic proverbs now and
then and giving a message towards the end. When termed as Children’s movie, is
there a need to include words like “Kondom Kondom” for Konjum Konjum. This is
high time, censor needs to wake up.
Finally…
RA.ONE stands number one for Visual effects, so far on
Indian cinema. If that is what you expect from the film, RA.ONE delivers it
without hesitance. While the movies with no proper story but just go to become
block-buster with the star value, RA-ONE can also attain and surpass them, but
whether it surpasses the 175 Crore put on it!! Time should tell it.
Rating
3 STARS. RA.ONE is one happy watch for the difference it offers, and you might be unhappy if you focus on flaws!!.
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