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Posted by Raj at 11:13 AM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

A remake is premised on the success of it's predecessor and if you have a film like Khakee which has great cast, terrific performances and sharp dialogues it indeed gets difficult to reproduce the same in vernacular language. However director Jeevitha makes a successful attempt in retaining the content, the feel, the suspense and the end product is satisfactory and doesn't not disappoint. It also vindicates 'Mahaa Star' Rajashekar's faith and fascination for remake subjects.

DCP Sathya (Rajashekar) is assigned a dangerous mission to transfer a dreaded terrorist Dr. Iqbal Ansari from Vizag to Hyderabad. One group of officers had already been blown to smithereens while Ansari makes a bid to escape. Sathya now leads a team and on his way back, another terrorist Milind Soman makes his job difficult. Why? What is the relationship between Ansari and Milind Soman is something that is ought to be watched. The suspense has been carefully handled and the story has been well executed.

Without rising above or deviating from the story, the audience gets a balanced dose of entertainment be it 'naach-gaana' or comedy with action superceding all elements. DCP Sathya (Rajashekar) is again the daring, dashing and no-nonsense encounter cop for whom duty is foremost priority. Even the womanizing, slightly compromising subordinate Sivaji learns a thing or two from him and gets a glorified role. Sivaji is endearing as Veera Pratap who falls for Sheril Pinto a social worker whom he meets in Vizag.

Sivaji and Sheril PintoSiva Reddy for the first time probably gets a meaty role of Satti a constable who sacrifices his life leaving behind a family who pines for him. His role shows how police spend most of the time away from home and have little time for sentiments, affection and relationships. It's a co-incidence that similar points have been dealt with in yesterday's release Siddam.

Neetu Chandra has a strange name Basara Paapa whose dream duet seems to be cut abruptly but is a stand out in her simple looks and performance, however her Telangana accent didn't gel with her role. Ditto with Sanjana who did not give away a native feel of a heroine. Most of the time in the film she is wide-eyed, grinning and makes one wonder why she is so full of beans. Sheril Pinto looks good and does a neat job with her part adding credibility to the story. Milind with his long hair and glasses makes us wonder if he is really needed for that role. Infact any one could have done it. An item number by Lara Dutta is horrendous.

There is a satire aimed at Chiranjeevi at the beginning of the story and ends without making much fuss. APSRTC Chairman M. Satyanarayana Rao plays a CM's role but his voice sounds as if it has been dubbed by Siva Reddy. The supporting cast like Ahuti Prasad, Sayaji Shinde, Surya, Jayanthi, Ramaprabha do their part well. For Rajashekar, this is another cakewalk an author-backed role, but his contact lenses appear slightly weird so does his make-up. Despite his towering performance, the rest of the characters make a sound impact be it Sivaji or Siva Reddy. The dubbing of Saikumar for Rajashekar did sound different, not very fine. It's a neatly knit story with a scope of entertaining all sections of the audience, is perfectly balanced.

End Credits :

Starring : Rajashekar, Sanjana, Neetu Chandra, Sivaji, Sheril Pinto, Milind Soman and Others.
Action: Horseman Babu.
Cinematography: Loki-Vamshi.
Dialogues: Gangotri Viswanath-Writer Mohan.
Editing: Nandamuri Hari.
Music: S. Chinna.
Presenter: Siri Media.
Producer(s): Shivani-Shivatmika.
Direction: Jeevitha Rajashekar.
Banner: Shivani Shivatmika Movies.
Release Date: 13th February, 2009.

Labels: Neetu Chandra, Rajashekar, Sanjana, Sivaji, tollywood

Posted by Raj at 10:50 AM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Dayanand (Jagapathi Babu) is an encounter specialist and he leads happy married life with his wife (Sindhu Menon). He has creditable team. Daya believes the only way to wipe out crime is kill the criminals. He meets a lot of obstacles in his path and the situation becomes further complicated with the appointment of a new commissioner with the existing commissioner (Kota) retiring. How he takes revenge on enemies becomes rest of the story. Analysis After ‘free’making The Departed/Infernal Affairs for Homam, director J D Chekravarthy now remakes his mentor Ram Gopal Varma produced Ab Tak Chappan as Siddham. Jagapathi Babu plays the role that was done to perfectly by the powerhouse actor Nana Patekar here. And just imagine Jagapathi Babu in the role of Nana Patekar and you would know how would this film be. Although JD has tried hard to follow on the same lines of the original, the Telugu version is so dry. Even dialogues are copy of the same movie including the film's tagline 'Doctors cure, engineers build, I kill’ (in Telugu 'Doctarlu Vaidyam Chestaru, Engineerlu Nirmistar, Nenu Champutanu’). Director J D is not Shimit Amin nor Jagapathi is Nana Patekar, so the remake version is not that appealing as the original. In the first place, the concept of ‘encounter cop’ in Andhra Pradesh sounds so silly. Mumbai does have the real cops such as but forcibly putting them in the milieu of our society is odd. Performances Jagapathi Babu has body like a cop and his looks are good but his performance is no match to Nana. Sindhu Menon is cute and apt for the role for wife. Subbaraju, Mukul Dev, Kota and others have done neat job. Editing and cinematography is okay. J D uses same shot compositions as the original director Shimit had done in Ab Tak Chappan. Re-recording by Amar Mohale is good.

End Credits :

Starring : Jagapathi Babu, Sindhu Menon, Kota Srinivas Rao, Mukul Dev, Subbaraju, Narsing Yadav, Malladi Raghava and others
Music: Amar Mohale
Cinematography: Bharani K Dharan
Editing: Bhanodaya
Production designer: Suman Varma
Produced by: Kiran Kumar Koneru
Screenplay and direction: JD Chakravarthy
Release date: Feb 12, 2009

Labels: Jagapathi Babu, Kota Srinivas Rao, Mukul Dev, Sindhu Menon, Subbaraju, tollywood

Posted by Raj at 1:11 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Ever since 'Arundhati' became a success, the concept of Aghora Sadhus became a major sensation and with the film 'Nenu Devudni' revolving a lot on the same and also the Naga Sadhus the expectations were high. So how true is this Aghora sadhu equivalent to God, let us go inside and see… Story: Set on the banks of river Ganga in north Kasi, the abode of the many Aghora Sadhus lives one who goes by the name of Kaala Bhairavudu (Arya) and his life takes a turn when his father and sister come to seek him after a marathon fourteen years. They manage to speak to the guru of Bhairava and take him to their village but then this Aghora Sadhu is aloof from his family and emotional bonds. In the end, the family members give him up and Bhairava starts staying with a group of local saints and other physically handicapped people near the temple. They have their own story as they are led by a cruel and heartless man Thandav (Thamizhmani) and are forced to beg near the temple in various get ups. One among them is the blind girl (Pooja) who is a good singer but she is also forced to beg. A twist of fate occurs and the blind girl seeks the asylum of Bhairava. Though he is not responsive to her pleas of help, he manages to save her from few bad guys. Thandav decides to take vengeance on Bhairava. What happens from there forms the rest of the story. Performance: Arya has come out with complete dedication and though his role was not etched well, his efforts are worth it. Equally competent is Pooja who is in a totally deglamorised state and things get worse for her in the second half, she has come up with commendable efforts. The others comprised of a group of physically challenged individuals and also few real life Aghora Sadhus who did their bit to suit the scenes. The director has come out with an absolutely nothing tale and it was expected that the narrative was way below minimum pass mark. The presentation however needs some mention since the music was decent, the camera captured the locales well. Editing was totally out of order, the dialogues were tasteless and confusing, script was completely numb, and screenplay was average and had nothing catchy. The other departments need no mention here. Directorial Drawbacks: 1. Lead role Arya, being aghora, appears in black-black dress and black shoes in many scenes. 2. Lead role is shown as a drug addict and maniac killer than an aghora 3. Placing subtitles all of a sudden by muting the sound in some scenes is disgusting Analysis: The movie is a disgusting treat with nauseate screenplay, nasty make up, rugged characters and on a whole a disgraceful presentation. That would have been stood unique had there is some content in narration. But that's pale, insipid, stupid, purposeless and moreover insane and ghastly. Bala disappointed entire off-beat film lovers and also the film freaks those wish to watch something different. The beginning is promising but the conclusion is highly repulsive. "Death is a punishment for the bad and the same is a boon even for the good those are in pain"!!! That's the senseless essence of the movie all over. The lead character, the so-called 'aghora' implements that pseudo law on society by killing both bad and also innocents those are feeling pain. The sub title beneath the title reads 'Aham Brahmasmi'. But the audience after coming out from theatre feels 'Aham Bhasmosmi'. The title 'Musti Lokam' or 'Musti Prapancham' would aptly suit the content shown in this film. 'Nenu Devudni' is wrongly titled. There is no god-concept, no divinity, no supernatural and no line to learn or edify. Firstly, the director needs to be given the sole blame for making a mess out of the movie, given the fact that it has taken three years one fails to understand what exactly has he been doing all this while. It was neither a feature on the lives of Aghora Sadhus, it did not have a message to the audience, it did not focus on a remedy to the problems faced by all those deformed unfortunate people so what exactly is the point in giving the title that the self is equivalent to god. It was nothing but a fare of showing some of the most shocking faces of human life and the focus was more on the beggars and their daily lives than anything else. Agreed that he was trying to bring the issue to the audience but if just by showing a bunch of crippled people the job can be done then they must realize that by no means was this effective. The ideology of life and death mentioned here is surely sending a wrong message to the audience. The film deserves the one mark only due to the sheer efforts of the lead pair and their commitment levels and partly due to the technical values. Otherwise, it is absolute trash!! Keep away from this film to keep brains in right condition.

End Credits :

Starring : Arya, Pooja, Umashankar, Kannan, Simgampuli, Thamizhmani, Rajendran, Bharati and others
Music: Ilayaraja
Art: Krishna Murthy
Cinematography: Arthur Wilson
Story, Screenplay, Director: Bala
Producer: K S Srinivasan
Released on: 06/02/2009

Labels: Arya, Kannan, Pooja, Simgampuli, tollywood, Umashankar

Posted by somesh at 2:06 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

The packaging is good. Siddharth, Tamanna, Prakashraj and Ramya Krishna. A debutante director, a new-age production design and music by Shankar-Eshaan-Loy. A one-line sweet and simple concept. It could have well been another Bommarillu. Alas. The concept, though sweet and simple, is not new. Without the novelty factor, the direction which is neither lacklustre nor note-worthy puts the movie right in the middle ground here. The movie goes about on it's own pace, with it's own set of comic scenes and characters, used at the right times and places. Story picks up in the second half..clean, family..entertainment? Possibly. Or not. Tamanna and SiddharthPlot Siddhartha is a flirtatious young man into whose life walks in Geeta, her father's pet. Siddhu's parents have separated more than a decade ago and this is an issue with Geeta's father when they confess their love towards each other to him. How Siddhu will overcome this problem and unite his parents for his own union with Geeta is the storyline. Story, Screenplay and Direction Siddhu's character starts off with an interesting wave of incidents, where he is an unapologetic flirt. Then there is a sob story about how he has no tears anymore because his parents separated when he was just a kid. Then he sheds one single drop of tear for Geeta, and knows that it's love. They fight, they make up and he changes for her. He teaches his father 'about love'. Ramya Krishna lives the stern single-mother life, where she walked out of a few years old marriage because her husband doesn't spend time with her. There are those 'cute' touches to a movie such as this. Still, those lack what we call 'punch'. Brahmanandam is cricket-crazy Gacchibowli Diwakar. Geeta teaches Siddhu's mother to cross her estranged husband's photograph to relieve herself of anger. The concepts in themselves are not uninteresting, but the presentation is imperfect. Not to mention underplayed at the wrong times. The background score could have been better too. The writing, direction and editing are all not bad in themselves, but they do not come together in this movie. They somehow don't make one whole wherein you can see where the movie has it's heart, it's soul and it's brain. Together. Overall, what you have to say is sometimes immaterial and it's all about how you say it. What the maker had to say is actually quite nice. How it's been said-considering the production scale-is a little more upbeat than a short flick or a small-budgeted no-star movie. The conflict is given and the solution is thought of immediately and the progress starts off to a shaky beginning only to get predictable in 20 seconds flat. Tamanna and SiddharthPerformances Siddhartha playing his namesake has become slightly monotonous, but carries the movie along pretty well. He fits the role, looks fit and very presentable, dances happily and romances with a flourish. Tamanna pairs nicely with him and does her whole huffing and puffing act of Happy Days all over again, with decent results. Prakashraj adds his brand to the role, Ramya Krishna's dubbing should have been better. Venumadhav and Brahmanandam add in the comic element smoothly. Nassar makes an impression. Music and Choreography The music and dance is good, and Siddhartha entertains in all the songs. Two of the songs are especially fun, including Evade Subrahmanyam. Background is inconsistent. Re-recording is not at its best, even though the tunes are catchy. Last Word An okay one-time watch, but only Konchem nice and cute and Konchem routine and repetitive.

End Credits :

Starring : Siddharth, Tamanna, Prakashraj, Ramya Krishna, Nassar and Others.
Art: Chinna.
Cinematography: Vijay K. Chakravarthy.
Dialogues: Abburi Ravi.
Editing: Sreekar Prasad.
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
Screenplay: Deepak Raj-Vikram Siri.
Presenter: Baby Bhavya.
Producer: Nallamalupu Srinivas (Bujji).
Story & Direction: Kishore Kumar (Dolly).
Banner: Lakshmi Narasimha Productions.
Release Date: 05th February, 2009.

Labels: Prakashraj, Ramya Krishna, Siddharth, Tamanna, tollywood

Posted by somesh at 1:41 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post