PRINCE movie REVIEW ... Vivek Oberoi failed once again

Vivek Oberoi’s dreams to make it big as a solo hero shattered with his Prince biting dust at the box office. The film, which is touted to be one of the biggest budget films of the season, was released in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi simultaneously. But the first day reports and reviews proved that this film will end as a damp squib at the box office.

Age old plot, foolish scenes, silly treatment marred the chances of Prince and sadly Vivek will have to shift his hopes on to his upcoming film Rakta Charitra.
Excessive skin show by the lead ladies in Prince too didn’t attract many as the openings were very little all over India. The film is an instant flop in overseas too. Bad luck, Vivek!

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POLICE POLICE review .... Spineless script makes these Policemen weak!

Sriram, has few films in Telugu in the past and our audience can identify him. The other hero in this film Prithviraj is least known in AP. However, he is quite a busy actor in Tamil and also a big star in Malayalam. There is Kamalini and Sanjana to shoulder the glamour department. Frankly speaking, none of the above stars has that crowd pulling appeal and the result is evident in the form of opening show collections. Police Police opened to a very low or almost nil crowds on Friday.

But it managed to catch some curious eyes and made them buy the ticket. So, does this film satisfy the audiences who spent some money and spared some time? The answer is mostly ‘No’. This film isn’t a racy action entertainer. Perhaps, it is far distant from the word entertainment. Telugu audiences are no aliens for cop films. They have watched many cop films in the past. So, when a director decides to make a cop film he should see that this film is ‘different’ from all the earlier police films. Sadly, the script of Police Police screams for betterment. The screenplay asks for clarity. The pace of the film yearns for acceleration. 

It is no different from any cop film we’ve watched n times by now. It is just a fight between a good cop and a bad cop. The director lost the track right from the beginning, mainly due to the inconsistent screenplay. Scenes end abruptly and take off in the same manner. One will get confused of what’s going on the screen. The screenplay is so bad that you hardly notice the first plot point (The scene where the villain’s identity is revealed). But because of the confusion in the screenplay, this scene doesn’t make any impact.

The flashback of the protagonist doesn’t click and seems like completely out of place. For few minutes you feel like watching a television serial. Again, the interval block is forced. Who the hell came out of the blue and attacked the hero? No answers, no logics, no nothing… it is just an interval bang!

Second half starts off better with a kidnap episode. But again the screenplay loses track as there is no driving factor in the story. Pre climax scenes looked promising and again there is so much lag towards the end.

Director Manmohan concentrated more on style than substance. For a first timer one should agree that it is a good show. His shot making showed lot of promise and the manner he handled the film is good. But it is the script, which is also written by him has let the film down. The graph never picks up and it continuously rises and falls beneath the ‘average’ bar. If Manmohan can get the script right next time, he will be one of the directors to watch out for. 

Production values are good. Music by Vishwa is not lilting in songs. However, the background score lifted the film in many scenes. Camera work is okay and so is the editing.

Sriram is good as a sincere cop but it is Prithviraj who steals the show. He is wonderful as the bad cop. He can express any emotion through his powerful eyes. Great work man! Kamalini’s role is very limited. She did an okay job. Sanjana’s role looked like it got edited at the last moment. There is nothing to say about her. The guy who did the role of Imran is average. All others including Brahmaji, Ahuti Prasad, Shiva Krishna, Prasad Babu did their best to the director’s needs.

What works?
-         Prithviraj’s performance
-         Stylishly shot action sequences

Weak links!
-         Story and Screenplay
-         Mood of the film is mostly serious

Final Say:
Spineless script makes these Policemen weak!

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Betting Bangarraju REVIEW ... OK

Film: Betting Bangarraju
Rating: 3/5
Banner: Usha Kiron Movies
Cast: Allari Naresh, Nidhi, Kota, Raghu Babu, Amit, Samrat, Sri Akshay, Pilla    Prasad, Vijay Sai, Krishna Bhagawan, L B Sriram, Chalapathi Rao, Surekha Vani, Sana, Kalyani, Duvvasi Mohan etc
Dialogues: Gandham Nagaraju
Cinematography: Karuna Murthy
Music: Sekhar Chandra
Editing: Gautham Raju
Screenplay, Direction: E Satti Babu
Producer: Ramoji Rao


The ‘new age Rajendra Prasad’ Allari Naresh has arrived with yet another comedy treat in a different role but whether his bets worked on the audience or not, let us see
 
Story:
Bangarraju (Naresh) is known for his betting activities and he is destined with a golden spoon of luck, what we call ‘Sudi’. His life takes a turn when he decides to marry a city girl and chances upon Divya (Nidhi) when he reaches the city. He proposes to her and is surprised to know there are three others (Amit, Samrat, Sri Akshay) in the race. Divya invites all of them for a test. Who wins the test forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Allari Naresh, as usual was at his best but this time, there was not much punch or satire in his dialogues, otherwise he shouldered the film well.

Nidhi has beautiful eyes and very sweet expressions but then she may not be the heroine material so it could be that she might have a small innings, otherwise her performance is good.

Amit looks handsome and his dialogue delivery is also strong. He fits the role very well and he can take up few meatier roles and for a change anything with positive traits will do him good.

Samrat is tall and handsome but has a strained body language. If he can pump some confidence in his body language then it could work well

Sri Akshay have good looks and also performed satisfactorily well with his dialogue delivery and other aspects of acting.

Raghu Babu has a busy day and he entertains to a great extent, Krishna Bhagawan was witty, Kota was standard, the ladies did their bit as required. Pilla Prasad, Vijay Sai were okay. The character of ‘Savam’ was hilarious. Chalapathi Rao, L B, Venu, Duvvasi did their bit as required and added value. 

Analysis:

The film is basically a comedy treat and enough attempts have been made to keep the smile intact on the faces of the audience. The dialogues were witty at few places, but the script was lengthy and the screenplay was above average.


Cinematography was neat, background score was okay and one song is worth taking home. Editing was required at key points. The film suffers mainly due to three different backdrops (Gribabu episode, Krishna Bhagawan episode and village episode) so connecting to the scenes takes time.


Also, the pace of the film was mild and if there was speed in it, the impact would have been much stronger. But still, with some interesting sequences and involved performances, Bangarraju has it all score profits in the box office. Perhaps the producer should have opened his purse and spend a little of his money on bringing in more branded artists to give that crowd pulling factor.

 
Bottom line: Okay, can be watched.   

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Mouna Raagam Review ... old story

Film: Mouna Raagam
Rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Sri Saideva ProductionsCast: Tanish, Madhurima, Suhasini, Venu, Chandramohan, M S, Ali, Jeeva, AVS, Dharmavarapu, Hema, Madhavi and others
Music: S A Rajkumar
Cinematography: Shaman Mitru
Editing: Goutham Raju
Story, screenplay, direction: Vijay BalajiProducers: N V Prasad, S. Naga Ashok Kumar
Release date: 08/04/2010

The childhood actor turned hero Tanish and the stunningly beautiful Madhurima have paired up for this new romantic tale. How deep was it and whether it will appeal or not let us see.

Story:
Chandu (Tanish) is in deep love with his maradalu Kaveri (Suhasini) and does many sacrifices for her since childhood. She grows up, gets a job but dumps Chandu because of his poor status. In between this comes Sandhya (Madhurima) who has got a flashback of her own and she stays with Chandu due to unavoidable circumstances. When Chandu is shattered due to Kaveri’s words, Sandhya gives him strength and together they decide to beat the odds in life. Whether they are successful or not forms the rest of the story.

Performances:
Tanish has emoted well at many places and fits the role to gain sympathy but then he has to improvise on his dubbing. The voice still sounds childish; Tanish must modulate it and make it sound like a man’s voice.

Madhurima looks absolutely stunning and has a lot of oomph and appeal. Her comfort in front of the camera is also high. All she needs is a break with a big banner and she has bright future.

Suhasini has a very high dose of homely sex appeal and has made good use of her presence.

Venu tried his best to bring few  laughs, Ali was brief, Dharmavarapu had a serious role, M S Narayana was regular, Hema, Ramaprabha, Madhavi and others did their bit as required. The youngster doing the role of Gautam has good personality but not the right kind of looks. Jeeva was effective. Kasi Viswanath came and went.

Analysis:
There was a bike sentient in the movie ‘Ride’ that brought success for Tanish. Now there is bike concept in this movie’s script as well (with heroine Madurima’s character) and that might have inspired Tanish to some extent to sign on this film.

The film is more of a ‘pulisina perugu’ theme. The director realizes the importance of sentiment and heart feeling and refers it as Curd rice. Undoubtedly, he was right in that and he gets that on the screen through one of his character but then he must realize that the curd has to be fresh and not 3-4 days old.

Looking at the film, one gets a feeling of the late 90s. We have seen that in movies like ‘Raja’ and the other one with Srikanth and Soundarya. Secondly, the film was dragged at unwanted places due to which the feel at the right scene got missed.

For instance, the climax scene where the bike is launched, it looks like a sentimental skit of entertainment before the real program begins. It doesn’t fit the climax part and loses momentum.

Overall, the film was good at few places and had a message to convey but the depth was missing in it. Lyrics were good, cinematography was ok, dialogues were plain, screenplay was average. Commercially, the presence of Madhurima will pull some crowds and few sequences will touch few young hearts but overall, it will require a great deal of publicity to take it to the success mark.



Bottom line – Not exciting

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Ye Maya Chesave (2010) movie complete review

                  Ye Maya Chesave (2010)
Rating : 3.5/5 
Tender and mature & worth watching
"worth watching

Film: YE MAYA CHESAVE
Rating: 3.5/5
Banner: Indira Productions
Cast: Naga Chaitanya, Samantha, Krishnudu, Tanya, Surekha Vani, Sanjay Swarup, Devan, Lakshmi, Puri Jagannadh, Trisha Alex and others
Music: A R Rahman
Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa
Director: Gautham Menon
Producers: Manjula, Sanjay Swarup
Release date: February 26, 2010


Story
A touching love tale, the story begins with Karthik (Naga chaitanya) who is an aspiring film director and as soon as he passes out of college, he is on his attempts. His life changes when he sees Jesse (Samantha), the daughter of his house owner. He is smitten by her and from then on, he begins to woo her. But then, Jesse doesn't encourage such moves as she is from a staunch Kerala Christian family and moreover, she is elder than Karthik. But Karthik is adamant and doesn't give up. At one point, she reveals her true feelings and just when Karthik things everything is fine, his life takes a turn. What is that turn? How does he
cope with it? all this forms the rest of the story.



Presentation
The director has come up with a thoughtful romantic theme and he has excelled in both his presentation and narration. The dialogues were simple but deep, the script was fabulous and the screenplay was top notch. Background score was a bit disturbing at times but overall okay. Two songs were good but the picturisation of them was excellent. Full marks to cinematography and the way each angle and moment is captured. The single shot scenes were exemplary. Editing was crisp. Costumes were stylish and decent, art department was highly creative. Naga Chaitanya did a good job for his role but he must get a bit easy on the soft emotions like tears. Samantha has ruled the roost and she will simply capture the young hearts. Krishnudu brought in some smiles, the others were regular and contributed as required.



Conclusion
The feel of the film is quite realistic and it is without doubt that eight out of ten people will relate to it. This is a journey of nostalgia and tender emotions and no exaggerations in saying that couple of scenes wrenched the heart. While the first half is more on the entertaining and lighter emotions side, the second half is serious and emotional but it is here that the film scores the best. The technical values and production values take the film to a new league and with few powerful scenes, the impact is much stronger. This is purely for the class and mature audience and it could be that a minimal percentage of masses may also connect with it. At the box office, this deserves a hit.

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Kalavar King (2010) movie complete review

                       Kalavar King (2010) 

Rating : 2.5/5 
U Can Watch it Once
"Just okay"

Film: KALAVAR KING
Rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Sai Krishna Productions
Cast: Nikhil Siddarth, Shweta Basu Prasad, Ajay, Ali, Venu Madhav, Raghu Babu, Dharmavarapu, Ahuti Prasad, Suman Shetty, Pragathy, Kasi Viswanath, Anitha (spl song) and others
Music: Anil
Cinematography: Balamurugan
Director: Suresh
Producer: D S Rao
Release date: February 26, 2010


Story
Set on the backdrop of Rajahmundry, the story begins with Rajesh (nikhil), son of a teacher (kasi viswanath) and a middle class family. He is street smart and he goes around making loans in the town. The story takes a turn when Shruti (swetha basu) enters into the home of Rajesh due to an incident and accidentally drops her precious chain. This falls into the hand of Rajesh and from then on, he starts taking advantage of the situation and asks her to get various forms of food. Due to an unexpected situation, Rajesh has to pledge the chain to Narendar Shetty (ajay). In fact, Narendar Shetty is the 'Bava' of Shruti who keeps enquiring about the chain to Shruti since he gave it to her. He decides to marry Shruti at any cost. Meanwhile, an incident happens which changes the life of Rajesh and what happens from there forms the rest of the story. 



Presentation
The director has come up with a good thought but then his presentation was poor and the narration was weak. The dialogues were simple and lacked punch, however the script was good, and the screenplay was okay. Background score was not upto the mark and few tunes looked like they were lifted from other tunes. Songs were not good and not in sync. Cinematography was a saving grace while editing was standard. Costumes were alright. Nikhil gave his heart and soul to the role and he is the life of the movie. Shweta was a turn off, she has to cut down her flab and get into shape before things go out of control, Ajay is talented and did justice to his role, Ali was okay, Raghu Babu was usual and got good laughs, Dharmavarapu was brief. The item girl Anita looked sexy. Others didn't have much to offer and they came and went.



Conclusion
The film has continuity and logical along with a good cohesiveness to the plot but then it is the heroine and the directorial flaws which were looking evident. An attempt has been made to make it to appeal masses but that has not worked well. While the first half is okay, it is the second half which is much better barring the general hiccups. At the Box Office, it could be an average show but the film received good ammunition in the form of Nikhil so his followers might take it to a decent mark. 

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Inkosari (2010) movie complete review

                      Inkosari (2010)


Rating : 2.5/5 
Good thought but slow
" could have been better"

Film:   INKOSARI
Rating:   2.5/5
Banner:   Bay Movies
Cast:   Raja, Manjari Phadnis, Richa, Vennela Kishore, Ravi Varma, Sandeep, Harish, Rao Ramesh, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, Bhargavi, Sayali Bhagat and others
Music:   Mahesh Shankar
Cinematography:   Gogineni Ranganath
Director:   Suman Pathuri
Producer:   Kalyan Palla
Release date:   February 26, 2010


Story
A thoughtful tale, the story is about six friends Ajay (raja), Shruti (manjari), Bala (Kishore), Vicky (harish), Sudhakar (Ravi), Deepthi (richa) who are the best of buddies in the college. However, college gets over and just when each of them is about to go their own ways, Vicky suggests that all of them must meet on the same day next year. They agree for that but then each of them gets busy on their lives despite Vicky's attempts to reach them. It is only after seven years when Ajay comes from the US and decides to catch up with the rest of the gang. He gets in touch with Bala, Sudhakar, Vicky and proposes a one week vacation with the same gang. Even Deepthi and Shruti join it. Each of them has gone through different changes in life and how the vacation changes it forms the rest of the story.



Presentation
The director has come up with a good theme but he could not perceive it well in terms of presentation or narrative. The dialogues were superb, the script was average and the screenplay was weak. Background score was good but could have been avoided at many places, two songs are worth humming, cinematography was patchy, editing was okay, costumes were good and the art department was apt. Raja has not given anything special and he just did his bit as required, it must be said that he must work on his acting skills, Manjari was pretty and had a sizzle with her looks, Richa was cute but her role was subdued, Sandeep was elegant and he fit the role well, Ravi Raju was regular, the real show stealer was Vennela Kishore who has given a hilarious treat. Gollapudi Maruthi Rao was standard, Saira Bhanu was hot, Rao Ramesh was alright, Bhargavi was appealing, the others didn't have much to do..



Conclusion
The film has got a good concept but it could have created an impact if it was executed in the right fashion. The drawbacks in the film were the technical standards which didn't give a visual appeal and also the pace of the movie was slow which is hard to adjust. The first half is good and has many entertaining moments but the second half gets a bit twisted and emotional but lands smoothly. This is not a film for the masses so it could be an average fare at the box office.

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LEADER FIRST DAY TALK...Watch it for a different feel

Film: Leader
Rating: 3.25/5
Banner: AVM
Cast: Daggubati Rana, Richa Gangopadhyaya, Priya Anand, Subba Raju, Harshavardhan, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Ahuti Prasad, Tanikella Bharani, Suhasini, Suman, Udaya Bhanu etc
Cinematography: Vijay C Kumar
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Music: Mickey J Mayor
Producers: M Saravanan and MS Guhan
Direction: Sekhar Kammula
Released On: 19th Feb 2010

The much awaited film of Sekhar Kammula has released today. The tall actor with promising looks, Rana, debuted with this. The expectations are indeed high and let us see how far things got in tune with those expectations.

Story:

Chief Minister Sanjeevayya (Suman) gets killed in a landmine blast. His son Arjun Prasad (Rana) descends as next CM but after a series of political games with his opponents and power greedy Dhanunjay (Subba Raju). Arjun’s paternal uncle (Kota) also moves against Arjun.

Arjun is idealistic in nature and wishes to change the rules of political system in the state. How far is he successful? What is the method he has chosen to make that change? How people react to that? Who helped him in his cause? How enemies try to put an end for him? All that forms the story.

Performances:

Rana deserves right encomiums for his portrayal. He has underplayed the role as per the requirement. His voice and diction are good. If he concentrates better on working out expressions, he will be a promising actor.

Richa Gangopadhyaya is like a sheer poetry in some scenes. The credit goes to costumes department and also cinematographer.

Priya Anand looks good but her role is not fitting into the narration.

Subba Raju, the antagonist, played histrionics very well and up to the mark. Harshavardhan is perfectly in tune in his role as protagonist’s yes-man. Rao Ramesh made his presence felt even with his small role. Kota Sreenivasa Rao is serious. Director would have used him better with some satirical and humorous dialogues, as audience expect in general. Udaya Bhanu arrested the eyes of audience with her item number. Others are ok.

Cinematography is good. Music and RR are marvelous. It’s really the RR (Re-Recording) that brought emotional grip to narration.

Highlights:

Take off with landmine attack on CM
Udayabhanu’s glamour dose in item number
In first song, where Rana visits every slum and every corner to understand the society, is good. A scene where Rana leaves a cloth for a woman through water, reminds a bit from Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’.
Rana’s dialogue about his willingness to die after dealing with Rs 1 Lakh crore scheme brought claps in theaters.
Old man’s dialogue with Chief Minister about his daughter

Memorable Dialogues Those Attracted Claps And Whistles:
Tanikella: “Ivaala nijayiteega pani cheyyadamantene tyagam chesinattu anukuntunnaaru”
Rana with Gollapudi: “Meeku 70-80 yellu undochchu. Meeru gandhini taaki undochchu. Nehruni ee kallatho choosi undochchu. Mee anubhavam, chaduvu antaa avineetiki dhaaraposaaru. Postunaaru….meeru unte entha ..oodithey entha??”
Old Man with Rana: Aadapillaki nyaayam cheyyaleni CM unte entha oodithey entha?

Disappointments:

Priya Anand’s character seemed to be waste. The film would have run better without her character.
DI problems were seen here and there those marred the clarity of picture on screen
Suhasini’s death and funeral scenes are very weak

Analysis:

It’s a sincere effort by the director to sketch the present political scenario in independent India. He has chosen the theme of corruption by politicians as main curse to system. Many films have come on corruption. And it’s a different version.

The film also delivers some idealistic ideas of smoking out black money from public to avoid making the state indebted to World Bank et al.

Everything is fine. But in this drama where there are many political technicalities are involved, there are chances that the director may lose mass audience, although he impresses the audiences those think.

The director has taken many cinematic liberties; those make audience look at each other’s face for finding lack of conviction. And some clearly evident mistakes:

When Chief Minister dies, only men come to visit his dead body. When Chief Minister’s wife dies, only women come to visit her funeral!! Howzzat??!! What’s that gender discrimination?

The son of CM walks on roads and no one identifies him in today’s world where media is so rampant. Can anyone imagine YS Jagan or Lokesh walking on roads and none identifying them? That’s not convincing. Director would have shown that the son of CM is going into masses in disguise.

Leader minus heroines’ track would have been the best product. Director would have told better things those go with the main theme in the minutes wasted for so-called romance track. With little care, the film would have become something in the standards of ‘Sarkar’!!

There are many moments in the film where the director touches the hearts of audiences and pulls tears from eyes.

First half of the film catches up pace since the beginning scene and gives a captivating feel by interval. Audiences found themselves meditatively pulled towards the screen. That’s the magic created by the director. And that magic leaves the audiences expecting something great in second half. The pace goes with ups and downs but something promising appears immediately after old man scene.

The scenes run faster from then and culminate into climax in idealistic tone. It’s a sincere effort by director with his understanding. Audiences connect to it connecting the movie to the present political conditions.

The film certainly pulls huge crowds due to the image procured by the director with his previous film ‘Happy Days’. The content in the movie appeals for B and C center audiences as well, if they connect that to present political conditions and watch. On a whole it’s a sincere and good product.




Bottom Line: Watch it for a different feel

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LEADER ..PREMIUM SHOW TALK..jus an avg flick..could have been better

Leader defines CM=Chief Manipulator.






 Not worth the hype. 






Politically Correct way to say  'Should Have Been Better'...






this is the latest LEADER review circulating in twitter

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MY NAME IS KHAN REVIEW ON VARIOUS SITES....

KING KHAN is back!!!

CRITICS RATING
TIMES OF INDIA 5/5
TARAN ADARSH 4.5/5
HINDUSTAN TIMES 3/5
SIFY.COM 5/5
MAHIRAM.COM 4/5
MID DAY 4.5/5



TIMES OF INDIA




REDIFF


HINDUSTAN TIMES

Rajeev masand rates it 3.5/5

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-r...8.html?from=tn

He rated 3/5 for 3 idiots…

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KEDI REVIEW....BY SAHSHI PAPER

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yugaaniki Okkadu(2010) 'Historical/ fantasy/ adventure'

'Historical/ fantasy/ adventure'

Rating: 4/5

 

 
Yugaaniki okkadu(2010)

Director: Selvaraghavan
Producer: Ravendran.R
Music director: G V Prakash Kumar
Genre: Historical/ fantasy/ adventure
Cast : karthick, Reema sen, Andrea jeremiah, pratiban..........

Review

Story
The story begins with an episode in AD 1279, hen the successor of the last great Chola Emperor, invade Pandya rulers and take away their

deity lord Vishnu. The Pandyas, who are the thick enemies of Cholas invade them and defeat them. The Cholas retreat to an island in Indonesia.

The story resumes with a coolie (Karthick), an Archeologist (Andrea Jeremiah), and Army Officer (Reema sen) who reach that island

in search of an archeologist (Andrea's father), who gets lost long back in search of Chola empire. The rest of the story is how they find the lost

archeologist, the Chola kings and their kingdom and how the enemity runs between Pandyas and Cholas.


Performances

Karthick has done a fabulous job..... His acting is mature and he is apt for the role.......

Reema sen bags a good role in this movie..... She is an experienced actress and she suits aptly for the role........ she is gorgeous and hotttt

Andre Jeremiah who is a playback singer in Tamil industry has done her job well........ she is beautiful.....

Pratiban who is a well known actor in tamil film industry and he is fabulous in his role...

Direction
Director Selva raghavan has taken the story with ease and the story is absolutely fabulous...... fantastic..... The entire concept is different and it

makes the audience feel the essence of the historical and fantasy aspects.....

Technical Departments
Locations, visuals and graphics are marvellous....... Screenplay is good.......

Music
Background music is fabulous and suits the movie aptly....... Songs could have been better......

Conclusion
This is a must watch movie for every one......... Movie is Fantastic.......... superb..... It is different from routine movies.....

Movie is totally entertaining.... It will make audience stick to their seats....... Dont miss it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

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STRIKER MOVIE REVIEW

Rating: 2.5/5

"Serious and hard hitting"



Movie Review : Striker
Rating : 2.5/5
Banner : Studio 18, Indian Films
Cast : Siddharth, Aditya Pancholi, Anupam Kher, Padmapriya, Nicollete Bird, Ankur Vikal, Vidya Malvade, Seema Biswas, Anoop Soni and Others
Music : Shailendra Barve, Amit Trivedi, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Swanand Kirkire, Vishal Bhardwaj Blaaze
Cinematography : P S Vinod
Producer: Chandan Arora
Director: Chandan Arora
Released Date: February 05, 2010
Review
Story

A gripping tale, the story is about Surya (siddharth) who grows in the ghetto of Mumbai along with his family and he develops a liking for carom. The area is controlled by a local don Jaleel (aditya) and due to Surya's brother Chandra (anoop), there are few old settlements to be made. Surya's dreams of going to Dubai fail when he is duped and he gets a blow when his affair with neighbour Noorie (Nicolette) also fails. Surya gets into the game, makes some money on carom gambling but soon comes out and gets back to a new life. However, the past comes back in the form of his childhood friend Zaid (ankur) who gets him back to the game and this time, Surya gets into some serious issues with Jaleel. What happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Presentation
The director has come up with an interesting subject but he failed to keep it intact due to diverse narration. The presentation was good though with decent dialogues, the script was alright but the screenplay was a letdown. Background score was too good and two songs can be taken home. Cinematography was perfect in its angles and lighting, editing was good. Costumes were typical and art department was awesome. Siddharth did a very good job in his role and despite his image, he has done justice. Padmapriya looked sexy and even her performance was confident. Anupam Kher was effective but his role could have been developed better, Aditya Pancholi is excellent and he impresses with his act, yet another top notch performance from Ankur Vikal and others like Anoop Soni (apt), Seema Biswas (excellent), Vidya Malvade (convincing) contributed in their own way.
Conclusion
The film takes off on a bright note with carom in the focus but eventually, it gets drifted into various issues. While the first half is neat and has clarity, the second half gets into something serious and at one point, there are multiple tracks running. The movie suffers due to the very serious subject and its intensity. Few scenes are quite brutal and hardcore. Though the subject and the presentation was nice, it is the content and the execution on a set path that failed. At the box office, this might find a very chosen group of audience so making good money is doubtful.

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SEEMS LIKE MANOJ GOT A HIT ....

Bindaas movie is sure worth to be called a hit film in this year.The much appreciation goes to the team.Each and every department did really good job bringing the great output.This movie as not just a family entertainer it is a complete fun filled entertainment

Story:
Ajay(manoj) is a person in a family belonging to one of the two faction families with heads,aahuti prasad[manoj's family,jaiprakash[rival]] who are aiming to become the MP of the region.Manoj was hated by all the people but used to bare him.He used to manage the people and see that he be always bindaas.Girija(sheena) was cousin to her who also hates him but after he rescue, she will fall in love with him.mena while the rival faction family attacks on manoj and what happed did manoj killed all the faction rivals or who he solved the faction problem,who became the MP on that region.This you can see it on celluloid screen.



Work:
Each and every department did their best.Starting from the song picturisation to the dubbing part every thing was fine.but the thing here is the story plot was pretty similar to the faction films.Bramhanandam as branham,sunil as villains son,ms narayana as phakeer and bharat as ajay's only supporter in the family,cousine.Ahuti prasad acted as a aspiring MP fighting with jayprakash.

Highlights:Comedy,songs,picturization,dialogs,mano j's action,direction.heroin skinshow.

Drawbacks:screenplay was dull at times.theme line of the story was deep with some missing logics.

Rating:3.25/5

Verdict :
Goo watch it ,havefun

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amitabh & rgv combo RANN movie review

Rating: 3/5 (Average)

Language: Hindi
Banner: Vistaar Religare Film Fund, Big Bang Films Production and WSG Pictures
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl., Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, Neetu Chandra, Rajpal Yadav, Sudeep, Rahul Pendkalkar, Neena Kulkarni, Simone Singh etc

Cinematography: Amit Roy

Art: Aparna Sud

Editor: Nipun Gupta

Sound: Debasish Mishra

Story: Rohit Banawlikar

Producers: Sheetal Vinod Talwar, Madhu Mantena

Director: Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma has once again pulled audience to theaters in mobs despite his recent debacle ‘Agyaat’. That shows the indelible image he has and the unchallenged faith he creates among audience promising something interesting and hitting at every attempt. Let us sail in to the bits and pieces of this movie Rann and know how far it’s interesting and how hard it’s hitting:

Story:

Vijay Harshavardhan Malik (Amitabh Bachchan) is the owner of ‘India 24x7’ Channel. He is very idealistic in thought and action. He believes that media is responsible for people in every aspect. He believes only in reporting and educating than sensationalizing and gossiping. His main competitor is another channel ‘Headlines 24’ whose MD is Amreesh Kakkar (Mohnish Behl).

Vijay’s son Jay Malik (Sudeep), a hyper sensitive personality, is a contrast to his father and his love interest in Yasmeen (Neetu Chandra). He tries to grow big earning huge bucks through the channel.

Mohan Pande (Paresh Rawal), the opposition party leader conspires to dethrone the ruling PM Hoodda by using top two channels India 24x7 and Headlines 24.

How badly the family of channel head effect with that conspiracy? How selfishness of politicians, channel owners and their family members ruin the society. How channels are using the instincts of people to make money? That forms rest of the story.

Performances:

Every artiste needs highest possible commendation.

Sudeep excelled as hyper sensitive guy. Neetu marveled with glamour and also with little scope for performance she was given.

Ritesh has underplayed while Amitabh has shown his thespian talent with impressive histrionics in the climax.

Paresh Rawal brought some laughs and Raj Pal Yadav many. Suchitra is sufficient in CEO’s role while Mohnish Behl did his best as competitor to Amitabh.

Technically the movie is another master piece. Music directors are many- Dharmaraj Bhatt, Sandeep Patil, Jayesh Gandhi, Bapi, Tutul, Sanjeev Kohli, Amar Mohile but still all compositions stand on par with each other with similar tone and note! But there are no great numbers those haunt till audience reach home.

Highlights:

1. Raj Pal Yadav’s program titles bring ample laughs in theaters. Here are some-

* ‘Amma Dekh Tera Munda Bigdaa Jaye’

* ‘Pal Me Garam-Pal Me Naram’

* ‘Sirf Dekhiye-Sochiye Math’

* ‘Jo Jeeta Vohi Sikander’

2. Paresh Rawal’s performance and dialogue about ‘Kanoon…’!

3. Amitabh Bachchan’s climax performance

Analysis:

It’s too much of preaching.

Generally ‘Varmaism’ is known for less dialogue and more action. But here it’s out of religion. It’s verbose. This movie is just for media people on media. Hence they get connected to this. But the preaching part may appeal only for a few.

It has ample stuff to learn by aspiring directors and cinematographers as it is another good text book for

* shot composition,
* single shot making, and
* usage of steady camera,
* optimal utilization of digital elements,
* lighting,
* background score and
* sound mixing.

But it may not entertain general audience. The theme chosen and executed is too heavy and concentrated. Above all it’s verbose and indoctrinating at the climax.

First half of the movie runs in pace with introduction of characters and their characterization with some story that moves ahead. Interval bang boosts up some interest and second half goes in similar plane and pace.

It’s a movie made with right motive but the narration sounds too idealistic. The two positive characters Poorab (Ritesh) and Vijay Malik (Amitabh) sound completely Utopian in their ideologies and approach which wouldn’t connect audience to reality. The script should have projected intelligence of these two protagonists than sincerity, patriotism etc. Thus, director missed ‘brain act’ in this and played only on ‘morals and ethics’.

On a whole it’s a sensible movie but the impact that it shows on media will be nil. The entertainment it gives for general audience wouldn’t fit the bill.

Bottom Line: Strictly for tolerant audience

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