

Ram Charan Tej’s untitled film to be directed by Bhaskar of Bommarillu fame will start on March 15. This film is being produced by Nagababu under the banner of Anjana Productions.
Ram Charan’s present film Magadheera produced by Allu Arvind under the banner of Geetha Arts and directed by S.S. Rajamouli is nearing completion.
The audio of Magadheera is likely to be released in the first week of March through Supreme Music.
Magadheera is planned for an April release in three languages — Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.
This is s mindless film of concocted incidents with a generous sprinkling of the so-called masala elements at random in the name of mass entertainment.
The Synopsis
Drona (master Sai Krishna) plays with his friends with the revolver of his father (Mukesh Rishi) a committed police officer, who bashes his son for this dangerous game. Drona disappears from the house leaving his mother (Seetha) as a weeping wreck.
Drona (Nitin) comes back to his home after ten years. Though he knows his parents, they do not know him to be their son. He gets friendly with the neighbouring girl (Priyamani) who knows his real identity and the fact that he is now a trained thief.
Later it is revealed that young Drona did not runaway from home but kidnapped by underworld kingpin (Kelly Dorjee) who is in the business of training children to make them thieves.
How the hero deals with the villain forms the rest of the film culminating in a predictable climax.
The Performances
It is high time that Nitin realizes that acting is not within the purview of his skills. Priyamani, a national award winner for acting, has nothing much to do except liberally exposing her female assets. Mukhesh Rishi, Seetha and Dorjee are adequate in their roles. Sunil and Venu Madhav look lackluster.
The Techniques
Too many cooked up incidents give a touch of irrelevance to the narration of the story. The screenplay has its own loopholes and suffers from predictability. The treatment appears to be based on the routine of three fights and six songs, a flashback and a few ridiculous scenes thrown in to fill the gaps.
All the technical departments functioned at below par effectiveness. It will be best for the director to hone his skills better before he ventures to direct his next project.
The Verdict
Drona is an unexpected assault on the senses and an unpardonable insult to the intelligence of the audience. This is a worth-a-miss film.
The Cast and Crew
Nitin, Priyamani, Kelly Dorjee, Mukesh Rishi, Seeta, Siva Prasad, Venu Madhav, Sunil, Master Sai Krishna and others
Music: Anoop Rubens
Cinematography: Bhupati
Editor : Gautam Raju
The Rating
This is an idiotic film with unreal characters and a hotchpotch concoction of contrived situations assembled in disarray.
The Synopsis
Yadagiri (Kota Srinivasa Rao) and Rami Reddy (Jayaprakash ) are goons with vicious rivalry. Reddy kills the son of Yadagiri and the latter vows to kill the former’s son in 16 days.
Gutthi Gurumurthy (Aravind) a migrant to the city gets a job and stays in the house of his relative who has gone underground unable to repay his loans.
Angel (Charmi) a loner, earns a living in the day and stays in the night in any house that have no occupants.
Through a ridiculously conceived coincidence, Angel meets Gurumurthy.
Through another equally idiotic coincidence, Gurumurthy is assigned the job of killing Rami Raddy’s son by Yadagiri.
The rest of the story is easily predictable.
The Performances
Aravind has talent but his debut film is not worthy of it. Charmi, a Nandi Award winner, is wasted in this film. Kota and Jayaprakash are drab in their stereotyped roles. The less said about the other actors, the better.
The Techniques
This film has an illogical story with ill-conceived characters and illegitimate situations. The only redeeming feature is the
cinematography. No one can narrate a bad story in a good manner.
All the aspiring directors should watch this film to learn how not to make a stupid film.
The Verdict
16 Days gives you 16 different ways of molesting your senses, sensibilities and sensivities. Should the Censor Board be replaced by a Cinema Quality Control Board?
Even a trash can is sometimes useful to some rag pickers, but not 16 Days.
The Cast and Crew
Charmee, Aravind, Kota, Dharmavarapu, Manorama, Jayaprakash and others