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Saturday, May 30, 2009
Gopichand-Trisha’s film titled ‘Sankham’
‘The shooting of the film starring Gopichand and Trisha in the lead roles is................................ Tfc18.com is a Tollywood entertainment Portal. Watch Telugu Cinema News and Telugu Movie ReviewsKalavaramaye Madilo Completes DTS Mixing
The shooting and post-production works of Kalavaramaye Madilo directed by Satish Kasetti and produced by Mohan Vadlapatla on the banner of Mohan Media Creations has been completed. Only DTS mixing is left to be done. The film features Kamal Kamaraju and Swati in the lead. Telugu Movie News
The producer said, “We canned two duets on Kamal and Swati from May 14 to 20 in Kerala. A song, “Neelo Anuvananta Premunnna” rendered by Chitra and Roshan was shot at Alleppey Beach with the backwaters in its backdrop, while “O nee nee… O Neevaneee… Oka Teeray” rendered by Hariharan and Kalpana was choreographed at Munnar Tea Estates. Vanamali penned both the lyrics, while Ganesh Karthik handled the camera
. We have plans to launch the audio by May-end and release the film in June first half. We are very happy to introduce popular Bollywood actor
Vikram Gokhale to the Telugu film industry through this film.”
'Naa Stylay Veru' On June 1st
The Bhoomika-Rajasekhar starrer ‘Naa Stylay Veru’ directed by G Ramprasad and produced by Maganti Gopinath on the banner of Dishira Productions is all set for release on June 5. Director says, ‘Both the characters of Rajasekhar and Bhoomia are different from routine. Moreover, the film had elements like family entertainment and sentiment. How the hero resolved the problem faced by the heroine is the subject. Rajasekhar performed well as a criminal lawyer Sivaram. Bhoomi would attract everyone’s attention with her performance. Anoop Rubens’ music would be an asset for the flick. The producer did not compromise at any point of time to ensure a quality output.’ Telugu Movie News
Music director Anoop says, ‘There are five songs in the flick and all are situational songs. The producer and director extracted good tunes from me.’ Keerat, Brahmanandam, Ali, Venumadhav, Chalapati Rao, Vijaykumar, Ahuti Prasad, Giribabu, Raghubabu, Dandapani, Jeeva, Devaraj, Annapurna, Surekhavani, Rajitha, Ramya, Geeta Singh and others are in the cast.
Pistha Movie Review
Movie: Pista
My Rating: 2.25/5
Banner: GK Film Corporation
Music: Mani Sharma
Story Direction & Screenplay: Sabha Ayyappan
Editing: VT Vijayan
Producer: Vikram Krishna
Cast: Vishal, Shriya, Kishore, Prakash Raj, Geetha, Tanikella Bharani, Shayaji Shinde, Ali, Krishna Bhagawan, Srinivas Reddy etc
Release Date: 29th May 2009
Review
Story
Murali Krishna (Vishal), rough and tough young man from the village Ramachandrapuram comes to Vizag in search of his elder brother who runs away from home in childhood.
His wish is to make his mother happy by bringing back her elder son. In the process, he happens to develop a tug with two gangsters Guru (Kishore) and Surya Prakash (Prakash Raj).
The typical action drama continues till the last and if Murali Krishna found his brother has to be watched on screen. It is not something special to say that Indu (Shriya) is the lady love for Murali Krishna and there is nothing big to portray for her other than this.
Artists Performance:
Vishal with his rugged look once again portrayed in mass action flick. All his histrionics, the choice of subject, the way he presented himself looked obsolete. His voice base and punch while delivering heavy dialogues are to be improved. Vishal needs to try something new to make a stride. For him the action film/mass flick happens to be just a few fights, songs and heavy packed climax. He has to come out from that shell and try for newness.
Shriya has shown enough of oomph and that worked well on screen.
Prakash Raj is at his best as a gangster. He justified his role. Kishore as another gangster is also ok. Ali’s comedy is good but Krishna Bhagawan failed to spill laughs with his weak track. Tanikella Bharani, the senior artiste with good élan, has diminished himself as a side kick for villain. He wouldn’t have zeroed in on that not-so-prominent role.
Action episodes are also outdated. Music is just average. The film is lacking freshness and the director is solely responsible for that. The production values are good but the subject matter is weak.
Final Analysis:
It appears to be a dubbed version with first look, watching Vishal on screen, but since it’s bilingual, the nativity is not missed in many frames. All the songs except ‘Pattuko Pattuko…’ were shot with Telugu lyrics and majority of scenes were also canned in Telugu that brought a perfect lip sync of artistes. The padding artistes also brought nativity feel for audiences.
First half of the film runs with time pass scenes and there will be no big movement in story line. The real story begins only with interval twist and second half. The conclusion is as expected and hence the last 15 minutes will not be that exciting for audiences.
The plight of this film depends on the patronage of mass audiences and the posters with glamorous Shriya may help to some extent. The film may run only with artificial boost up and heavy publicity but not with material in it.
Prayanam Movie Review
Movie: Prayanam
My Rating: 3/5
Banner: Aryaki Arts
Music: Mahesh Shankar
Cinematography: Sarvesh Murari
Story, Direction & Screenplay: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Editing: Mohan Rama Rao
Producer: Seeta Yeleti
Cast: Manoj Manchu, Harika (Payal Ghosh), Brahmanandam, Kalpika, Janardhan, Tamim etc
Release Date: 29th May 2009
Review
Story
Dhruv (Manoj Manchu) is on a world tour along with his friends and he is about to go to Singapore from Malaysia. Harika (Harika aka Payal Ghosh) is a Telugu girl doing masters in Malaysia and she is going to India to have a look at a prospective groom. Dhruv falls in love at first sight with Harika when he sees her in airport. But he has only two hours to make her fall in love with him. The rest of the story is all about how he succeeds in it.http:// telugua1movies.blogspot.com
Artists Performance:
Manoj Manchu is different in this movie. He put on bit of weight and made sure that his dimples are always showing up. Payal Ghosh (Harika) is adequate as heroine. Sunita’s dubbing for her is good. Janardhan is very good and he has got nice diction and dialogue delivery. Tamim is like a character in comic book. He is extremely good with comedy and his body language is hilarious. Kalpika is cute with a big framed body. The chemistry between Tamim and Kalpika is very well established. She is extremely natural. Brahmanandam provided comedy in a few scenes. Daniel is adequate.
Technical Side:
Story of the movie is simple. It is about a boy falling in love and convincing her. The backdrop and costumes are limited as the entire movie takes place in an airport in a time of few hours. It is extremely difficult to write a gripping screenplay for such a time-based film with love subject. Director Chandra Sekhar Yeleti created interesting premise for the characters in airport. But he could not sustain the interest in narration as the movie entered into the latter part. The best thing about the movie is the thread between Tamim and Kalpika. You feel like reading comic book when you see both of them in the same frame. The scene in which Janardhan narrates ‘Ugra Naram’ script to Brahmanandam is hilarious (bomb ni nalipeyyadam). Direction of the movie is good in parts. But a film with this kind of thin story line and limited location/costumes need some cushioning in terms of dramatization. A good dramatization makes audience feel more familiar with movie. But director didn’t do any dramatization though there was scope. The director should have handled second half in a crisp manner. Characterizations are good as each and every character is established effectively. The way hero lifts heroine without touching her is pretty poetic.
Background music by Mahesh Shankar is excellent. Songs and songs picturization are good. Cinematography by Sarvesh Murari deserves appreciation. Many of the dialogues are witty. Lyrics by Anant Sreeram are good. Editing by Mohan Ramarao should have been crisp. Producer should be commended for coming forward to produce such a movie.
Final Analysis:
The initial 15 minutes of the movie might give you a wrong impression. The movie is good in the first half from the time the airport episode starts. There is lag and dillydallying in the second half. The climax gets better, but it should have been tighter. The plus points of the film are interesting premise, music and class comedy. On the flip side, the director should have made second half more interesting. Movie lacks pace. On a whole, Prayanam is a different film that caters to multiplex crowds.
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