10 Movie Review

Movie: Ten(10)

Cast: Vikram, samantha, rahul dev and abhimanyu singh

Director and Cinematographer: Vijay Milton

Editor: Sreekar Prasad

Music director: Innan

Production houses: Fox studios and AR Murugadoss production

Runtime: 130 minutes

Release date: 15th December, 2017

Watched at Galaxy theatre, Toli chowchi

Story-Line:

James Bond (Vikram) is the best driver and Shakila (Samantha) is the worst driver. Vikram does job of delivering packages for money. Samantha lives in Women's Hostel. During one stage, Vikram gets a deal of delivering Samantha to Bish (Rahul Dev) who is in Uttarakhand. The long journey makes the duo fall in love with each other. Vikram then discovers why Samantha is chased by everyone and how he solves the problem forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Vikram is seen with full energy in this movie. Right from the start he carries the movie. There is no scope to perform other than in action sequences. Samantha is too good in innocent role and steals the show as it enters climax. Pasupathi doesn't have much space to show his versatility. Rahul dev and abhimanyu singh are good in their characters. 

Analysis:

Vijay Milton failed as a director. A slow and sluggish screenplay with irregular narration was a big let down. Until pre-climax episode, there is no proper story. 

Techinical Values:

Imman's music is another big let down. Songs are not impressive. During action scenes, the BGM plays a huge part. Editing could have been crisp. Editor Sreekar Prasad could have worked a lot more on cuts. Cinema work by Vijay Milton(Director of this film) is good. Dialogues are ok.

Thumbs Up:

Vikram and Samantha

Action sequences

Thumbs Down:

Story

Screenplay

Music

Narration

No single interesting element

Final Verdict: 

'10'[Ten] is an action driven movie which lacks fuel after certain point. Skip this film.

Review by Manikick

Rating: 1.75/5

Adirindi Review

Movie:    Adirindi

Cast: Vijay, Samantha, Kajal, Nithya Menen, SJ Suryah, Vadivelu, Satyaraj, Kovei Sarala and others

Story and Direction: Atlee

Screenplay: Atlee, Vijayendra Prasad, and S Ramana Girivasan

Producer: Sharath Marar

Music: AR Rahman

Cinematographer: GK Vishnu

Banner: North Star Entertainment

Release Date: November 9th, 2017

Watched at Galaxy Theatre, Toli chowchi

Behind the Screens:

Tamil Star hero Vijay is trying his luck to expand his market in Telugu states for a long time. Finally, one of his films, Adirindi has got the much-needed hype in Telugu due to the controversies around it. After several postponements, the movie finally released yesterday. Let us see how the movie was??

Story-line:

Doctor Bhargav (Vijay) does treatment for the poor for just Five Rupees and he is revered by one and all. And there is Magician Vijay (Vijay) who is also into kidnaps and murders. Taking Bhargav for Vijay, Police arrests the doctor. What is the motive behind these murders? How Medical Mafia pose threat to Vijay and Bhargav forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Vijay plays three different characters in the film and he pulls all of them with ease. Kajal and Samantha are only confined to songs. Nithya Menon is good in her character. SJ Suryah is a good as a villain. Vadivelu and Sathyaraj are okay in their parts.

Analysis:

Director atlee succedded by incorporating commercialized elements in to film which mainly concentrates on social message. He relied too much on star power than his usual strengths of a strong story. A couple of controversial dialogues in the Telugu Version are muted. 

Technical Values:

Music director AR Rahman gave stunning  background score but the songs are passable. Dubbing lyrics are fully disappointing. The camera work is excellent. Editing could have been a lot better especially in the second half. Production Values are excellent.

Thumbs Up:

- Social message

- Vijay 's presence

- BGM

Thumbs Down:

- Lenghty flashback

- Dubbing lyrics

- Post interval

Final Verdict:

Adirindi is a pakka commercial film with perfect mixing of a social message.

The first half of the film has got excellent commercial value but the second half is  lengthy and predictable. The climax is also disappointing without excitement. 

Rating:   2.75/5

Raju Gari Gadhi 2 review

Movie: Raju Gari Gadhi 2

Cast: Nagarjuna, Samantha, Seerat Kapoor, Vennala kishore, Praveen, Ashwin babu, Naresh and Others

Direction: Ohmkar

Dialogues: Abburi Ravi 

Screenplay by: Ohmkar

Story by: Ranjith Sankar

Based on: Pretham (2016)

Music director: Thaman

Cinematographer: R Diwakaran

Producers: Pearl V Potluri, Param V Potluri, Kavin Anne, and Ohmkar

Banner: PVP cinema, Matinee Entertainment, and Oak Entertainments

Censor certificate: UA

Runtime: 127 minutes

Release Date: October 13th, 2017

Watched at Galaxy theatre, Tolichowchi

Behind the Screens:

Director Ohmkar’s 2015 Horror Comedy, Raju Gari Gadhi is one of the biggest hits of that year at box-office. It has got profits to everyone involved in the trade. A second part of the film is being made as Raju Gari Gadhi-2 with Akkineni Nagarjuna which was inspired from malayalam film 'Pretham'. Let us see how the movie was??

Story-line:

Aswin (Aswin), Kishore (Vennela Kishore), Praveen (Praveen) are best friends who despite problems at home Purchase Raju Gari Resort but a ghost haunts them and the resort. They seek the help of a church father who in turn recommends a mentalist, Rudra (Nagarjuna). Rudra finds that it is the work of the ghost Amrutha (Samantha). What is the motive? and How the issue is solved? forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Nagarjuna is seen as a mentalist Rudra. His body language and dialogue delivery worked well. Samantha is impressive as a lawyer and a ghost later on in the film. The sequence between Nagarjuna and Samantha is very impressive. Seerat Kapoor wooed the masses with her glamour show. Her character is also important to the story and she acted well. Comedy by Vennela Kishore, praveen and shakalaka shankar is decent.

Analysis:

Raju Gari Gadhi-2 is a horror comedy story in which a ghost helps another and the story is embedded with a good message. Director Ohmkar should have focused more on the comedy in the first half. He did a good job handling two stars in the film.  

Technical Values:

Musuc director SS Thaman's background score is hunting. BGM elevates the scenes. Cinematographer Diwakaran complimented the horror comedy very well with his camera work. Abburi Ravi’ wrote very good dialogues especially in second half. Editing is decent.The visual effects and Production Values are also impressive. 

Thumbs Up:

- Back ground music

- Runtime 

- Comedy

Thumbs down:

- Few scenes

Final Verdict:

Raju Gari Gadhi-2 is a horror comedy film.

The first half gives us an okay feel but it picks pace as the ghost story begins. Even though there is horror angle, only a few scenes will actually instill horror and majorly runs on comedy. The climax sequence is the heart of the film with a good mix of emotions. Director Ohmkar did a decent job with the second half particularly the climax.

One time watchable film.

Review by Manikick

Rating: 2.75/5