GOLIMAR REVIEW

RATING:***

PURI JAGAN,the maverick director who gave us the legendary POKIRI in 2006 is having a hard time these days at the box office.He is probably the only director who delivered hits with all the top heroes of telugucinema.His teaming with GOPICHAND raised a lot of curiosity among the movie lovers.

This movie is definitely better than his previous two outings(NENINTHE AND EK NIRANJAN) but the lack of entertainment and monotonous scenes marred the movie from becoming a blockbuster.The movie has strong dialogues with pacy narration in the first half but the momentum is not carried well in the second half.The climax is also routine.

Story of the movie has similarities to AB TAK CHAPPAN(both inspired from the life of DAYA NAYAK).Screenplay is good in the first half.There are certain scenes which has the mark of PURI.

The scenes i really liked in the movie are:

-Hero's first day as police.

-His first encounter at a concert

-Encounter at the hospital

-Interval block

-hero slapping the heroine

-pre climax

As i mentioned earlier dialogues are pretty strong in the movie and few of them received thumping applause from the audience.Some of them are:

-"Nuvvu police vi hero vi kadu"

"na drushtilo police hero ne sir"

-"painunna pressures valla pattinchukom kani pattinchukotam antu modaledite aa painunna devudinaina pattukuntam.that is police"

-"magallu love cheste reject cheyataniki ammailaki matrame rights unnai anthe kani ammailu adigite abbailu reject cheatani a rights e levu"

-"nuvvu maha aite 10-12 mandini champuntav anthega nenu 150 mandini champa...ipudu cheppara nuvva don nena"

-"padimandini mosam cheste enthokontha bagupadtav ninnu nuvve mosam chesukunte sanka nakipotav"(my fav line in the movie).

GOPICHAND gives a sincere performance and he looks macho in the police uniform.PRIYAMANI is good and i appreciate her for dubbing her own voice with perfect diction.KELLY DORJEE is menacing as the baddie.NASSER is fair.ROJA though at times loud is perfect as the mother.ALI is wasted.PRAKASH RAJ flashes in a guest appearance in the climax.

Music by CHAKRI is average.DOP by SAM.K.NAIDU is excellent with splendid visuals.Fights are well placed.Editing is smooth.Production values are grand.

THE GOOD: GOPICHAND,dialogues,first half and few interesting scenes.

THE BAD: Lack of entertainment and freshness,songs and the monotonous scenes(copying POKIRI)

LAST WORD:Watch it since there are no proper movies around

PS:After coming out of the theatre when i was reviewing the story myself i realised that the story is nothing but the reverse of POKIRI.

ANURAAG

BADMASH COMPANY REVIEW

The country's esteemed production house YRF who are lying low after a string of flops like DIL BOLE HADIPPA and PYAR IMPOSSIBLE are back this time with a bang .This movie marks the debut of the villan of DDLJ PARMEET SETHI,has deftly handled this complex subject like a veteran.

The film keeps you hooked right from the scene one.The movie balances the entertainment and intelligence in right proportions.There are many poignant moments in the movie.The backdrop of 90's is quite novel.The ideas and game plans in the business are the master strokes.The movie is perfect except for the penultimate 20 mins.

The scenes i really liked in the movie are:

-The flight episode

-Bangkok sequences

-The phone conversation between the lead pair

-Shoe idea(brilliant)

-Glouses idea

-Climax(excellent)

Shahid Kapoor is getting better and better with each movie.His character reminds me of LEONARDO DICAPRIO from CATCH ME IF U CAN.ANOUSHKA SHARMA is stunning and she should enter the big league with this movie.The chemistry between her and SHAHID is electrifying.VIR DAS is perfect so as the other friend CHANG.The foursome share a perfect chemistry.The rest are apt.

Writing is perfect except for the penultimate 20 mins.The director couldnt handle the seperation sequences properly.Music by PRITAM is foot tapping.Cinematography by SANJAY KAPOOR is brilliant.Dialogues are fantastic.Editing is slick but the runtime is over two and half hours.Production values of YRF are extra ordinary as usual.

THE GOOD:Cast,Screenplay,Freshness in the content,climax and the business plans.

THE BAD:The penultimate 25 odd mins and the length.

FINAL WORD:Recommended

RATING:***1/2

PS:In a recent interview director confessed that he wrote the entire movie in six days flat.

KITES REVIEW

Like Aamir Khan,Hrithik Roshan has become quite choosy about his films and his selection of roles and films have been exceptional since KOI MIL GAYA.When i watched KRRISH in 2006 i felt the movie was worth the wait followed by the scintillating DHOOM 2 and the magnum opus JODHA AKBAR.Now here comes KITES after 2 and half years.The question is whether the movie is worth the wait???The answer is a big no.

The movie disappoints big time with its awul writing,inconsistent screenplay,snail paced narration,soulless songs and lifeless characterisations.The only saving grace of the movie is Hrithik.He gave his everything to save the boat from sinking.The movie looks promising in the initial 15 mins with the first song being a big highlight(Hrithik's dance moves are amazing) loses the track completely after the arrival of the heroine.Climax is just unbearable

Its good to see Hrithik after a long gap and he as usual is splendid.But the characterisation given to him is inconsistent.Barbara Mori is alright.Kangana Ranauth is good in her miniscule role.Nicholas Brown is very good as the baddie.Kabir Bedi is fair.

Story and screenplay are the culprits.Direction is pretty ordinary.Music by Rajesh Roshan is not upto the mark.Cinematography by Ayanaka Bose is appealing.Art work is good esp. the casino set.Dialogues lack punch.Stunts are done well but are not placed well.Production values are lavish.

THE GOOD:Hrithik,Hrithik,Hrithik and Hrithik.

THE BAD:Too many to pen.

FINAL WORD:Kites went high in the air but topples the ground miserably.

RATING:**

PS:I would like to see Hrithik in a movie something on the lines of OKKADU.Hope he does its remake.

ANURAAG

LEADER-The making of a SUPERSTAR

Everyone loves winning and its always exciting to win.But we didnt know it can be even more exciting to make the other one to win esp. your rival.This incident took place in our 9th standard and this is the time a hero sorry a SUPERSTAR was born.

Like every kid we are all fascinated of being a leader and now its the question of being who the class leader is?Then i got an idea of the elections.Like our country leaders the class representative will be chosen by the voting system.The one who gets the maximum votes will be our representative and he will be responsible for all the good and bad in the class.His tenure will be for a month and he is not eligible to contest once again so that everyone gets the chance to be a leader.(By reading this u might have understood that this UNIQUE concept is mine...lol).In the first election I won.KRISHNA,VATSA and SINDHU won the consecutive elections respectively.Now its the turn of a new LEADER.Who it is???

S-A-N-D-E-E-P our P.B(Plz dont ask me the full form...its a secret)

Everyone in our gang right from Krishna,Vatsa,Karteek,Gowtam,Sindhu and me were gung ho of he becoming the leader coz we can throw all the dirt at him and criticize him in every possible way.Moreover we thought it can be so much fun.So we all planned collectively and urged everyone in the class to vote only for him.Thus he became the LEADER with bumper majority.

SANDEEP who was calm and an introvert till then suddenly became hyper and started behaving as if he is the CM of the state(sorry thats the influence of OKE OKKADU) and the reasons are inevitable.The moment he finds anyone doing a mistake he suspends him from the class(remember OKE OKKADU).Sandeep aka PB is a huge fan of PAWAN KALYAN.There is a mannerism of PK in BADRI.Whenever he is angry or senses a fight is going to happen he puts the right hand across his neck.Sandeep used to do exactly the same,which was outrageously funny.It all started with the pledge(PRAMANASWEEKARAM).A class leader doing PRAMANASWEEKARAM itself is the biggest joke,so you can imagine how hilarious it was.

Now as he became the leader we started criticizing him and the first thing we asked him to do is to make everyone speak only in english in the class coz we know our leader is a little weak in english.He was once very angry on us and when i tried to console,he gave me a fierceful reply.it went something like this"this is all bcoz of yourself.myself not making himself.moroverover themself,theirself,myself and now.... yourself" and i had a bewildered expression and we still couldnt decode what he said.I sometimes wonder whether he is the inspiration to RAJAMOULI for showing heights of emotion in his films.After him there was never an election in the class and he was our leader forever.

Now whenever i see anyone talking about leaders only this fellow comes to my mind.He is a true friend and an absolute gem.For us he is a big time pass.I cant imagine my life without him.He is a SUPERSTAR and for us he is a ROCKSTAR.

PS:By the way if anyone interested to know the full form of PB plz ask VATSA he probably is the best one to give you the answer.

KITTU

COME...FALL IN LOVE...

"BADE BADE DESHO MEIN AISE CHOTI CHOTI BATEIN HOTI REHTI HAIN"

"RAJ-NAAM THO SUNA HOGA"

It was Oct 22,1995 I was hardly 9.My dad was travelling to hyderabad on a work from khammam.That was the first time i was going out of the town without my mom,who still takes care of my wardrobe and all my stuff is little tensed whether i could pull it off or not in her absence.

After a hectic journey of about 5 hrs in the white ambassador we reached PJ 55,Sharadatta's house.As soon as i entered the house i told SeetaRamRao mama the purpose of my visit and requested.

The request was "Tickets for DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE" and that was the only reason why i came to hyderabad all the way from khammam missing my mom.He was kind enough to understand me and immediately ordered 2 tickets for the noon show at SANTOSH 70 MM. The moment i found the tickets in my hand i jumped out of joy.

Now the question is who is going to accompany me since everyone in the home right from seetaramrao mama,sharadatta,Rakesh bava and Deepodina have already watched.During the lunch, atta asked Rakesh bava first for which he said a straight no and kept saying "Its watchable only for once so i cant come"(The secret is that he has already watched it thrice).Then deepodina came to my rescue and we both finally headed towards ABIDS after a delicious lunch.

By the time we entered,the movie has already begun but luckily we didnt miss much except the titles.I was too young to understand hindi that time so i kept bothering deepodina to explain me everything in telugu,which she patiently did.

The whole movie was simply amazing.There are so many things i fell in love with like the lilting guitar sound,SRK'S introduction,songs(esp NA JANE MERE,MEHENDI LAGAKE RAKHNA,TUJHE DEKHA THO),Dialogues and what not.Aditya Chopra is a genius.This movie is the perfect example of right script with apt casting.

DDLJ is 15 years old and the impact it has on me is hard to explain.If anyone find traces of RAJ in me or if anyone tells me am behaving like RAJ i just say "Thank you,what can i do i love DDLJ..."My only dream girl is SIMRAN.whenever i meet a girl i wonder if she is the SIMRAN i am looking for.I hardly found any and definitely hope to find the SIMRAN one day.Till then all i can say is

COME FALL IN LOVE WITH DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE .............KITTU