Simha Review

Balakrishna,who is not having a dream run at the box office for last 6 years still manages to open his latest outing SIMHA with tremendous openings all over.The movie generated lot of hype for the following factors:

-All the movies of Balayya that had Simha in its title are blockbusters.

-The look given to balayya

-Director Boyapati Srinu never had a flop in his career so far(Bhadra and Tulasi).

Now the question is whether Balayya can recreate his Simha magic or continue his flop streak.Lets see...

Like all his movies this movie also boasts of a "BHARI" flashback,interval bang,heavy action sequences with liberal dose of violence and vulgarity,3 heroines,5 villains and pages of dialogues.Then what is new.The answer is "nothing".Like all his previous outings this will disappoint his fans and the movie lovers like me who are waiting for a big hit this season.

The biggest let down this time is the flashback episode.It lacks the punch.Director completely failed in getting the second half right though he is able to build the tempo in the first half.First half scores well with punch dialogues and adequate heroism.The biggest culprit is the second half with boring songs and redundant scenes.

Balakrishna carried the entire movie on his shoulders with his grace in a movie that has nothing new to offer.however few close up shots show the signs of his ageing.His dances and fights are energetic and are still intact with this generation.The roles of Nayanatara,Sneha Ullal and Namitha resemble us of Simran,Prethi jhinguania and Asha Saini from Narasimhanaidu respectively.K.R.Vijaya is not properly used.Kota is fabulous as the villain.Saikumar and the rest of the villains are there just to get beaten by the hero all the time.Brahmanandam is wasted.Krishna bhagvan tickles in his small role.Ali's role is a satire on software professionals.

Camera work is good.Editing is ok.Music by Chakri is good but are not placed well.only "Simhamanti kurrode" scores well among the masses.Dialogues are good but they are there just for the heck of it.Screenplay is in outdated style.Fights are alright.The movie is certified A since there is a lot of blood and gore flowing through out the movie.

THE GOOD:Balakrishna,Dialogues and few fights.

THE BAD:Flashback,Second half and violence.

FINAL WORD:Forget it.

RATING:**1/2

PS:Its high time Balayya start choosing his scripts differently.I feel Balakrishna has a very good comic timing than a lot of his contemperories and its better to do something on the lines of RAVITEJA kind of movies instead of trying to make SAMARASIMHA REDDY and NARASIMHANAIDU all the time...Wat say guys???

U make me fall in love with you again and again...

It was 4 am early in the morning on 27 march,1994.I had my comforter covered totally on me with eyes half open.My heart said "Cmon you lazy brat wake up its time u gonna meet the love of ur life".I just followed my heart and went straight to the TV from my bed.Well the news at the centre INDIA won the toss and elected to bat and here is another news Captain Azharuddin decided to open the innings with SACHIN TENDULKAR.I was watching the match in mute since mom,dad and anna were sleeping.

The match was like a roller coaster with Sachin making 82 from 49 balls with 15 fours and 2 sixes which then made him the best opener.India won that match as a result i bunked my school.That was infact my first love.six months from then came a legendary century at colombo against Australia.It took 5 years to get his maiden one day hundred.15 years from then came a legendary first double century in one days from the only man sorry THE GOD on the planet.This is my 126 th love i guess.

Whenever he comes to bat i forget to eat,sleep,think and if people call this LOVE then am completely in love with him.He impresses me with his every century and make fall in love with him again and again.I miss him whenever he is out of the game thats the reason why i lost interest on T20 since GOD is just watching like us.I sometimes wonder had this man is not into cricket how many people would watch cricket???

Whenever i does something which i believe in or whenever i feel i did justice to my profession or something passionate about,my heart says I AM TENDULKAR NOW...

Thats the impact of love...i wish,pray and want to fall in love with him again and again...

Darling Review

The director who delivered one of my favourite movies Toliprema in the past dished five movies later and none of them came near to his debut one(though his works are liked by many and me being one among them) comes this time with the Young Rebelstar Prabhas in a completely new avatar.

The question is can Darling reach his debut one?The answer is a strong no but that doesnt mean this is an ordinary flick.It has its own moments especially the second hour and the climax which has the stamp of Karunakaran.

He successfully projected Prabhas in a complete romantic avatar which is infact a treat to watch.His costumes,styling,body language are absolutely charming.The movie though starts on a slow note picks the pace by the interval and has a beautiful second hour laced with comedy and sentiment.

Story of the movie is a routine one except for the twist in the interval.Screenplay is engaging.Direction is good in few sequences.The scenes i really liked in the movie which has the karunakaran signature are as follows:

-Heroine introduction scene

-The montages in neeve neeve song esp the one where the hero constructs small passway for heroine and she leaving a gift to him as a token of thank u

-The pair expressing love to each other without telling I LOVE YOU is a masterstroke

-The twist

-The railway station scene before interval(i really enjoyed the dialogue "mama characters same but backdrop change")

-scenes involving the kid brother of kajal

-chandramohan sentiment scene(just brilliant)

-snow in hyderabad is very creative.

Prabhas looks charming and carries the entire movie in style.His comic timing is very good and improved a lot in dances.I want Prabhas to do atleast a movie like darling every year.There is a slot of Nag-Venky kind of movies vacant for the young heroes now and Prabhas fits the bill perfectly.

Kajal is cute.Prabhu is lovable as hero's caring father.Shradda das role is like an extended guest appearence.Mukesh rishi is routine.Srinivas Reddy is hilarious so are dharmavarapu,sivannarayana,MS and the kid.

Dialogues are good.Cinematography by Andrew is fabulous.The way he captured the lush locales of swiss and araku is top notch and brings the required grandeour to the movie.Music is disappointing though Neeve Neeve and Inka edo are good,a lot is desired.Another music director might have done justice in my opinion.Editing is neat.Fights by Peter are decent.Visual effects are brilliant esp showing hyderabad in snow in inka edo song is very creative and brought well on to the screen.

PLUSSES:Prabhas,Second half,cinematography and comedy

MINUS:Songs,Villain episode and Slow first half

FINAL WORD:I liked the movie and this will definitely appeal to the families.so watch it with your family and kids.

PS:Karunakaran has a knack of showing the love from hero's point of view through out the movie and suddenly changing it to heroines and hero not realising it(toliprema,vasu,ullasanga utsahanga) always paid for him.He applied the same here and succeeded.

RATING:***1/4

Prasthanam Review

The general perception of telugu cinema among the film goers is a hero fighting against a villain for his mother,daughter r lover with 6 songs 3 fights n few comic episodes.thats it.Once in a blue moon we have directors like Ramgopal Verma and Sekhar Kammula in our generation trying to swim against this tide of the so called commercial cinema.How about we having a Paruthiveeran,Khosla ka ghosla,Pithamagan,Paa,Sarkar???Can we???Of course yes...We have a Prasthanam...

Here comes a movie that doesnt have the so called ingredients of a commercial telugu cinema yet holds the attention of the viewer till the end.The hallmark of Prasthanam is its originality.The choice of the story itself is a big risk since it needs a lot of sensiblity to deal with.I dont want to reveal the story now.

Deva katta who debuted through a bubble gum romantic comedy Vennela took a U turn completely by choosing a political drama in his second venture.He showed his grip in emotional scenes and dialogues,which are pretty strong and witty at times.However the heroine,songs and romantic track are completely unwanted.

Sai kumar is at his best with his powerful voice.He is amazing and i think he is a perfect replacement to Prakash raj.Sharwanand does full justice to his role.The one who takes the cake is the debutant Sandeep who has tremendous ease and flawless diction.He is the find of 2010.Jayaprakash reddy and pruthvi are entertaining.The rest are adequate.

DOP by Shamdatt is an asset.Art work is good.Choosin Vijayawada backdrop is quite novel.Music is alright background score is good.Editing is crisp but few songs and the romantic track can be chopped mercilessly.

First half is good.Second half is little dragged with unwanted songs and romantic angle but the climax gives you goosebumps with a powerful twist at the end.

PLUS:Performances,Dialogues,Screenplay and Direction.

MINUSES:Heroine,Songs,lack of entertainment and the length.

FINAL WORD:Watch it

RATING:***1/2

A real tearjerker

This incident actually happened way back in 2001 during my 10th standard...it was exactly the time when DIL CHAHTA HAI fever was like making waves among the youngsters in the country n V were no exception who got bugged by it.Krishna,Srivathsa n i were the best buddies in the class sharing the same bench(vathsa used 2 sit in the middle n krishna always in the corner leanin onto the wall)... Like the characters in the film Krishna is more like Saif,seriously funny .Vathsa is gentle like Akshaye n me is a rather mix of both like Akash(AamirKhan) in the film.

That was our 1st lecture in the monin at 8 by MR.RAMBABU sir.His class is always a joy coz hez such a cool dude who throws a lot of humor in every of his lecture which the whole class used 2 enjoy then.But that day was little different he was rather in a serious mood since the lesson he was goin 2 teach requires a lot of seriousness coz it deals with death of parents which some of our friends in the class could associate.so he kinda prepared us in the beginning itself.

Vathsa n i were listening 2 the class with utmost concentration.But Krishna in his usual self wasnt quite interested in this sentimental stuff.So he started sleepin in his corner seat n started yawning...when v both found him doing that started laughing instinctively.Then gradually krishna started cutting jokes continously for which v were laughin uncontrollably...then everyone started noticing it in the class.Getting embarassed by the situation v told him not 2 cut anymore but our bad he didnt stop.

We then put the books across our face 2 cover but the sounds were quite annoying 2 the professor.He then gave a look at us prompting us 2 stop the ongoing circus.At the end of the lecture sir broke into tears explaining the lesson so were the students listening seriously.This made us laugh even more.Had this not been a class v would have fallen down laughing...

Now the class is over.Before leaving sir called us seriously 2 meet him.V three went 2 him.Krishna has an innocent expression on his face of "wat did i do?".He is an amazing actor i tell u.looking at this sir said "Krishna u can go" n took a brief lecture of the seriousness of the lesson n the class 2 us.He said "How u guys can chuckle when a serious class is going on.when Krishna who is sitting in the same bench could listen y cant u guys?"That was a real BOUNCER now.

We came out n Krishna was standing outside waiting 4 us.The expressions now interchanged v were serious n he was laughing out loud uncontrollably.Thats y i tell u its a real tearjerker.

PS:We trio danced 2 the song "Koi kahe" from DIL CHAHTA HAI that year for the same characters on our annual day but couldnt watch the video till now.plz somebody get us the footage.Krishna unlike Saif got committed 2 his long time sweetheart,Vathsa 2 unlike akshaye didnt run after any divorced woman but waiting 4 a good match n me still searching for my Shalini(Preity Zinta).But our friendship is still the same like DCH....

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