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Manam Movie Review

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Starring : Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya, Shriya Saran, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Lavanya Tripathi</div>
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Director : Vikram Kumar</div>
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Rating : 4/5</div>
 
Story:- 
 
The film starts off with a feud between a couple in Radha Mohan(Naga Chaitanya) and Krishnaveni(Samanta). They have a little son named Bittu. After a few days of problems in their marriage, the couple dies in a car accident. 
 
The small kid, Bittu grows on to become a rich and successful business man in Nageswara Rao(Nagarjuana). One fine day, Nageswara Rao gets the shock of his life, when he meets Nagarjuna(Naga Chaitanya) and Priya(Samanta). This immediately reminds him of his parents, and he then plans to develop love between the young couple and get them married. 
 
On the other hand, one fine day, Nageswara Rao accidentally helps an old man Chaitanya(ANR) and also meets Anjali(Shriya) in the hospital. This time it is a shock for Chaitanya, who sees Nageswara Rao and Anjali together. 
 
Why is Chaitanya shocked ? What does he have to do with the entire set up ? How are these characters connected ? For all these answers you need to watch the film on big screen. 
 
Plus Points:- 
 
Where do I start from in this section. Every frame of Manam, is just a celebration. The concept, execution and the way the entire movie has been handled is supremely brilliant. 
 
It is just a treat for the eyes to watch all three generations of Akkineni family in one frame. Starting with the legendary ANR, he just proves what an legendary actor he is. His screen presence, and the way he has gone about his role, is probably the best thing in the film. 
 
Nagarjuna plays the sheet anchor’s role to perfection. His scenes with Chaitanya are hilarious, and both the father and dad share a sizzling chemistry. If this was not enough, icing on the cake are the scenes between ANR and Naga Chaitanya in the second half. One particular where the entire three generation actors have a drink is hilarious, and has been conceptualized perfectly. 
 
With this film, Chaitanya has gone a step ahead and has grown as an actor. Though he looks like an underdog in front of seasoned actors like Nagarjuna and ANR, he surprises everyone with his improved acting skills. He looks mature and has shown good variations in his character. 
 
Samanta has probably the best role among the female leads, and performs to the tee. Her scenes with Nagarjuna are wonderful and bring out beautiful emotions. While Samanta steals the show in the first half, it is Shreya who does an awesome job in the second. She shares a beautiful chemistry with Nag, and especially their love track has been executed perfectly. 
 
Anup Ruben’s music is yet another major plus for this movie. All the songs go with the flow, and have a sweet feeling. There is high voltage of entertainment factor in this film, as multiple stars scorch the screens. 
 
Last but not the least, Akhil’s dynamic entry makes the movie complete. The way his cameo has been inserted in the story is brilliant. Akhil looks are to die for, and this young Akkineni entrant has sizzling screen presence. To sum up, one can say that if audience will miss ANR, he will definitely live on in the form of Akhil. 
 
Minus Points:- 
 
Probably the one and only minus point in the film is the less screen time that ANR appears. Some logical scenes between Samanta and Naga Chaitanya about how they recollect their past, is not that convincing. But who cares, all this goes washed away in this beautiful film. 
 
Verdict:- 
 
On the whole, very rarely does one get to see a beautiful film like Manam. It is perhaps the best gift that the Akkineni family has given to the legendary ANR. Right from the word go, Manam entertains you to the core. Be it ANR and Chaitanya’s comedy scenes to Nag and Shriya’s romance, this film has it all. Manam makes everyone sit right up, and puts Telugu cinema on to another pedestal. Go join the celebration with your entire family, and enjoy the feeling of togetherness. 
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Manam Movie Review

Starring : Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya, Shriya Saran, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Lavanya Tripathi Director : Vikram Kumar Rating : 4/5 Story:- The film starts off with a feud between a couple in Radha Mohan(Naga Chaitanya) and Krishnaveni(Samanta). They have a little son named Bitt…

May 23, 2014

Race Gurram Movie Review | Rating

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Cast : Allu Arjun,Shruti Haasan,Kick Shyaam,Saloni ,Prakash Raj Music : SS Thaman Direction: Surender Reddy</div>
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Rating : 3.5/5 
 
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Story : 
Lucky (Allu Arjun) is a carefree guy who lives a relaxed life. His character is a complete contrast of his brother Ram (Shyam), who is a dedicated ACP. The two of them think very differently and they keep having petty quarrels. 
Lucky comes across Spandana and it is love at first sight for the hero. He sets out to woo her and hangs out with his Babai (M.S. Narayana). This carefree life is disrupted when Ram decides to oppose a corrupt and evil politician named Siva Reddy (Ravi Kishan). 
Siva Reddy does not hesitate to kill his opponents and Ram is on the hit list. This is accidentally discovered by Lucky and he decides to teach Siva Reddy a lesson. He warns the politician to stay away from his family. 
An enraged Siva Reddy decides to take revenge on Lucky’s family and he uses all his powers to harass them. Lucky then decides to fight back in his own way, with the help of Govardhan (Posani Krishna Murali). He has Kill Bill Pandey (Brahmanandam) for company. 
How Lucky manages to thwart Siva Reddy is what this story is all about. 
 
Plus Points : 
Allu Arjun is improving as an actor with every film and this film is an example. He has done a superb job in this movie and his performance is a big asset. Bunny’s comedy timing is spot on in the film. He has come up with some superb dance moves for the film. 
Shruti Haasan does not have much to do but she has very good screen presence. Her glamorous avatar is a big attraction for the masses. Saloni is ok as Shyam’s romantic interest. 
Brahmanandam has delivered another knock out performance as ‘Kill Bill Pandey’. He enters the film in the second half and manages to come up with a hilarious performance that will have good repeat value. Posani entertains in a nice role. 
Ali and M.S. Narayan have performed well. Shyam is good as the honest ACP. Ravi Kishan makes a good impression as the villainous MLA. Emotional scenes in the movie, especially the scenes where brotherly love is highlighted, have come out well. 
There are a few good twists and unexpected sequences in the film and they are nice. 
 
Minus Points : 
The story is quite boring. There is some similarity to ‘Lakshyam’. The movie also gets predictable at times. 
The movie is a little big too long and it should have been trimmed by about 20 minutes atleast. Most of this trimming should have been in the first half. 
Though songs are good, none of them have a good lead. As a result, promising songs like ‘Down Down Duppa’ are wasted. They simply hamper the flow of the story. 
 
Technical Aspects : 
Cinematography is good and visuals look bright and colourful. Editor has done a very average job and he should have been more effective in the first half. Dialogues are pretty good. Thaman lifts the film with some solid back ground music in the second half. 
Surender Reddy’s direction is ok. He has played a safe game this time, rather than trying out something radically new. 
 
Verdict : 
‘Race Gurram’ is a paisa vasool entertainer that makes you feel good when you walk out of the theatre. Brahmanandam, Ali, Posani and M.S.Narayana will make sure that you have a good time. Allu Arjun has improved tremendously as an actor and this movie is going to be one of his best commercial hits.</div>

Race Gurram Movie Review | Rating

Cast : Allu Arjun,Shruti Haasan,Kick Shyaam,Saloni ,Prakash RajMusic : SS Thaman Direction: Surender Reddy Rating : 3.5/5 Click Here for Movie Live Updates Story : Lucky (Allu Arjun) is a carefree guy who lives a relaxed life. His character is a complete contrast of his brother Ram (Shyam), who is…

Apr 11, 2014

Legend Telugu Movie Review

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Cast : Bala krishna, Jagapathi Babu, Radhika Apte, Sonal Chouhan Music : Devi Sri Prasad, Direction: Boyapati Srinu</div>
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Rating :3.25/5 
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Story: Krishna (Balakrishna) is a guy who fights against injustice anywhere in the world. He is an NRI who is deeply attached to his family members. Krishna is deeply in love with Sneha (Sonal Chauhan) and he seeks his grandmother’s blessings for the wedding. His grandmother is a very strict lady who does not want him to come to India. But Krishna decides to surprise her by paying her a visit with Sneha. With his penchant for saving people in trouble, Krishna soon ends up as the enemy of the powerful Jeethendra (Jagapathi Babu). The movie enters into flashback mode when Jeethendra sees Krishna. There is an old rivalry involving Krishna’s family and Jai Dev( elder Balakrishna) enters the scene. The rest of the story is all about Jai Dev’s fight against Jeethendra. Plus Points : Balakrishna is simply superb in the role of Jai Dev. He has a royal look and his mannerisms are great to watch. He has also danced energetically in the movie. Jagapathi Babu is excellent as Jeethendra and he has great future as a leading villain. His natural talent makes him a force to recon with in the negative role. Sonal Chauhan oozes glamour and she looks gorgeous. Radhika Apte looks homely and she has a good role in the movie. The second half of the film is a big plus point, with emotionally charged scenes and powerful action episodes. The fight sequence near train track is excellent. Interval episode and twist have good impact value. Minus Points : Brahmanandam’s comedy element is silly and he irritates as Manikyam. The first half is slightly slow with too many songs. The item song ‘Lasku Tapa’ is not effective. Climax could have been more convincing. Technical Aspects : Cinematography is very average. Editing is very bad, especially in the first half where there are so many jump cuts. Devi Sri Prasad is a big plus for the film. Boyapati Sreenu has played a safe game as a director. He has given powerful punch dialogues and a rich look to Balakrishna but he has used a very old storyline. Verdict: ‘Legend’ has some explosive moments in the second half and powerful punch dialogues from Balakrishna. The film is a solid commercial entertainer that can do great business at the Box Office </div>

Legend Telugu Movie Review

Cast : Bala krishna, Jagapathi Babu, Radhika Apte, Sonal ChouhanMusic : Devi Sri Prasad, Direction: Boyapati Srinu Rating :3.25/5 Story:Krishna (Balakrishna) is a guy who fights against injustice anywhere in the world. He is an NRI who is deeply attached to his family members. Krishna is deeply in …

Mar 28, 2014

Bhadram Movie Review

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Cast : Ashok Selvan, Janani Iyer</div>
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Rating :3.25/5</div>
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 Venu (Ashok Selvan) fresh graduate who’s is to become a detective as he is intelligent to trace the mysteries. He joins with Hyderabad detective agency where  investigates the cases with his patient approach and skill. On a note of his cases he comes across Madhu ( Janani Iyer) and falls for her at the first sight but the situations turns worse when a series of murders takes place who are the subjects to be found by Venu.  Rest of the story How Venu deals with worsen situations? Will Venu – Madhu become couple is rest of the story…. Performance Ashok Selvan is excellent in his role as a detective Venu. His performance in few scenes are done with ease. Janani Iyer  is good in her short role. Her on-screen chemistry with Ashok is neat. Kaali bought few laughs while Jayaprakash Reddy is ok and rest gave their best performances Techinical Analysis Nivas K Prasanna’s background score elivated the scenes and songs are just medicore. Dinesh Krishnan’s camera work is good. Dialogues are well written for this dubbing film. Ramesh’s direction gets a thumbup for his way of narration. Production values are standard. Analysis The first half starts off with the good introduction scenes later on shifts to the main story with slow pace. The lead characters clean performance and interesting screenplay sticks the audience to the seats. Janani Iyer doesn’t have any glamorus show as the film falls in thriller genre.  The story picks up once the murders start in the interval scenes. Second half is much interesting with the thrilling incidents and suspense prevails till the end. The scenes are intelinked as the hero juggles between the job and girlfriend. Entertainment elements are too less as the film is a crime thriller. Climax is predictable. It leaves everyone to a good feel when you leave the theatres. 
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Bhadram Movie Review

Cast : Ashok Selvan, Janani Iyer Director : Rating :3.25/5 Story: Venu (Ashok Selvan) fresh graduate who’s is to become a detective as he is intelligent to trace the mysteries. He joins with Hyderabad detective agency where investigates the cases with his patient approach and skill. On a note of …

Mar 21, 2014

Bangaru Kodipetta Movie Review

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 Cast: Navadeep, Swathi Reddy</div>
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Rating : 2.5/5</div>
 Story Bhanumathi (Swathi) works in Maruthi (Harshavardhan) owing energy drink company who are in need of money. As the situations takes a turn Bhanumathi joins hands with Vamsi ( Navdeep) a co-worker in the same company to steal gold coins and biscuits from a truck travelling from Bangalore to Hyderabad. Meanwhile the both fall prey to a landlord and a pizza boy. Rest of the story when happens to Bhanumathi and Vamsi forms crux of the film. Performances Navdeep is apt for the role of Vamsi and does his 100 percent performance for the role. His costumes and shows positive onscreen chemistry. Swathi is suitable in the character of Bhanumathi in original. She is beautiful and good in her performance. Ram-Laxman does their best , Santosh is good and Harshavardhan is superb as a boss. Others are adequate…. Technical Analysis Mahesh Shankar’s background score is not up to the mark and his songs are good. Cinematography is excellent with rich colors in narration. Editing could’be much better. Direction by Raj Pipalla is just ok and could dealt much better. Productions Values are rich. Analysis Bangaru Kodipetta runs in a slow narration screenplay which lacks enough entertainment values and sentimental scenes. The first half of the film runs on a slow pace waiting and running way which makes audience to count their nails for the next scene almost. It takes a needy speed for the interval which dealt very good. Second half starts with all the audience need the racy in the scenes and other typical entertaining elements on a whole. The last 20 minutes ending with good climax is only the saving grace. Director dealt with three stories uniting at the end which should be made with right mix of entertainment and speedy narration which misses in this film. 
 
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Bangaru Kodipetta Movie Review

Cast: Navadeep, Swathi Reddy Rating : 2.5/5 Story Bhanumathi (Swathi) works in Maruthi (Harshavardhan) owing energy drink company who are in need of money. As the situations takes a turn Bhanumathi joins hands with Vamsi ( Navdeep) a co-worker in the same company to steal gold coins and biscuits f…

Mar 10, 2014

Basanti Movie Review

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Cast: Sunil, Eesther Director : Gokul Krishna Banner :  Start Camera Pictures Rating : 2.75/5</div>
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Story: Gautham is a cool going college guy, studying in Basanti Arts college. He has one dream to love a girl and win her heart, as part of the process he falls in love with Alisha. Unfortunately one incident moves Gautham life into trouble, and all his plans were disturbed. He tries hard to get back his life and fights for his love. What has happened..? Did he wins his love..? How his life is thrown into terrorism ?..To get answers we need to watch the movie.   
Performance: Gautham son of Brahmanandam has done matured acting when compared to his previous films. He has taken nearly 4 years gap for this movie. Newbie Alisha has attracted the audience with her glamour and act. However both of them should have done lot of hard work for a better performance on the screen Chaitanya Dantaluri(Banam fame) has directed this romantic thriller, but he failed in delivering the subject that can be understood for a common man. Even the plot and narration of the movie went on high scale, due to lack of lead performances the director has failed to make audience sit in the theatre. No doubt this movie will be received well class A however it lowers in class B & C. Moreover this movie is produced by Chaithanya himself. Mani Sharma has given good musical scores, Background score is just excellent.   
Positives: Music Direction screenplay Editing   
Negatives: Choreography lead performance 
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Basanti Movie Review

Cast: Sunil, EestherDirector : Gokul KrishnaBanner : Start Camera PicturesRating : 2.75/5 Story:Gautham is a cool going college guy, studying in Basanti Arts college. He has one dream to love a girl and win her heart, as part of the process he falls in love with Alisha. Unfortunately one incident …

Feb 27, 2014

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