Kathalo Rajakumari Movie Review

Movie :        Kathalo Rajakumari

Cast: Nara Rohit, Naga Shourya, Namitha Pramod, Ajay, Thanikella bharani, Paruchuri venkateswarulu, prabhas srinu,  and Others

Director: Mahesh Surapaneni

Producers: Soundarya Narra, Prashanti, Beeram Sudhakar Reddy and Krishna Vijay

Music: Ilaiyaraja and Vishal Chandra Sekhar

Cinematographer: Naresh K Rana

Editor: Karthika Srinivas

Banner: Aarohi Cinema and Aran Media Works

Release Date: September 15th, 2017

Watched at Cine town, miyapur

Behind the Screens:

Hero Nara Rohit is known for selecting good subjects but the actor is yet to get the much-need commercial success at box office. He is trying his luck every time with his movies but he didn't get chance to taste the success. He has full hopes on his latest release Kathalo Rajakumari. Let us see how the movie was??

Story-line:

Arjun Chakravarthy (Nara Rohit) is an arrogant film star who always degrades his staff. But then, one major car accident completely changes his mindset and perception towards his staff. Arjun takes a break from his career and goes to his village to get his bad character back since he would need that to play villain roles perfectly. What happens next in his life forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Nara Rohit performed well in an arrogant film actor role. But he disappointed in emotional scenes. He looks totally out of shape as the movie was shot a long ago. Naga Shourya is wasted in the cameo role. Namitha Pramod is good as a village girl but her face is not suitable for heroine. Prabhas Seenu's punches worked here and there. Ajay wasted in friend role. Rest of characters are okay in their roles.

Analysis:

Debut director Mahesh Surapaneni has come up with an okay concept but failed to handle it properly. He should more focus on screenplay and story. He focused more on dialogues than narrating the film well. 

Technical Values:

Music by Maestro Ilayaraja for two songs is good. Another music composer Vishal Chandershekar did a decent job with his background score. Naresh’s cinematography is good and he capture good locales of Araku. Editing is okay. Production Values are okay.

Thumbs up: 

- Music

Thumbs Down:

- Story

- Screenplay

- Predictable Narration

- No interesting elements

- Direction 

- Bad theme

Final Verdict:

'Kathalo Rajakumari' fRoutine and Boring

The first half of the film is not bad. Predictable and routine narration tests the patience of the audience. Second half is full disappointment as the hero going to the village itself is not convincing. The Pre-Climax and Climax portions are even disappointing.

Strictly skip this film.

Review by Manikick

Rating:  1.5/5

Samanthakamani movie review

Movie:  Samathakamani

Cast: Sundeep Kishan, Sudheer Babu, Nara Rohit, Aadi , Raghu karumanchi, Rajendra prasad, chandini chowdary, indraja, suman and others

Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Direction: Sriram Aditya
Producer: V Anand Prasad
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematographer: Sameer Reddy
Editor: Pravin Pudi
Banner: Bhavya Creations

Release Date: July, 14th, 2017

Behind the Screens:

Young Heroes – Sundeep Kishan, Sudheer Babu, Nara Rohit, and Aadi are joining hands for one film in the direction of Sriram Aditya, previously he directed ‘Bhale Manchi Roju’ with sudheer babu. All the actors have high hopes on this film. Let us see how the movie Shamanthakamani is??

Story-line:

Krishna (Sudheer Babu) goes to a pub in Hyderabad for his birthday party but finds his five crore Rolls Royce vintage car named as Samanthakamani stolen from the parking area. CI Ranjith (Nara Rohit) takes up this case and starts investigating all the people who had attended the pub on that night. Among those who attended the party that night are Shiva (Sundeep Kishan), Karthik (Aadhi) and Car mechanic ( Rajendra Prasad) and are in the suspicious candidates list. What happens next in Ranjith’s investigation to find the car Samanthakamani forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

All the four heroes – Sudheer Babu, Sundeep Kishan, Nara Rohit, and Aadi have put good efforts to perform well in their roles. Sudheer Babu is good and acted well in emotional sequences. Nara Rohit walks through the character of a unconventional police officer. Sundeep Kishan is okay as a innocent guy. Aadi is okay in lover boy role.Rajendra Prasad is good but his love story with indraja is awkward. Tanikella Bharani and Suman were okay in their roles. Chandini Chowdary, Indraja and Annanya Soni have got limited characters. They don't have much scope to perform. Raghu karumanchi delivered few laughs here and there. Rest of characters are okay in their roles.

Analysis:

‘Bhale Manchi Roju’ fame Sriram Aditya came up with a Crime Thriller in his second attempt. Crime Thrillers need to entertain the viewers and keep them guessing. But mostly the story is predictable. Sriram Aditya will get decent marks as a director even though there are some faults. Dealing with four heroes in 2 & half hours movie is some what tricky as the director. He failed to give them enough space to create an impact.

Technical Values:

Music director Mani Sharma's back ground score is big asset to the film. Cinematographer Sameer Reddy's camera work is impressive. Especially Night Mode scenes are good. Few dialogues are good. Editing is okay. Production Values are good.

Thumbs Up:

- 2nd half

- Mani Sharma's BGM

- Camera work

Thumbs down:

- First half

- Parts of scenes

- Predictable narration

Final verdict:

Samanthakamani is decent crime thriller yet predictable narration.

The first half is boring but the second half is interesting with a good number of twists. 

Overall, Time pass crime thriller.

Review by Manikick

Rating:     2.75/5.0