Dwaraka Movie Review

Movie: Dwaraka

Cast: Vijay Devarakonda, Pooja Jhaveri, Pruthvi, Prabhakar, Murali Sharma, Prakash Raj, Surekha Vani, Raghu Babu and others

Director:  Srinivas Ravindra 

Music: Sai Karthik

Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu

Producer: Pradyumna Chandrapati, Ganesh Panubotu

Banner: Super good films, Legend Cinema

Certificate: UA

Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins

Release: March 3rd, 2017

Watched at Rukhmini theater, Patanchervu

Behind the screens:

Vijay Devarakonda who created the sensation with Pelli Choopulu is now coming to entertain with Dwaraka. Let us see whether Dwaraka lived up to the huge expectations around film circles and audience. 

Story:

Erra Seenu (Vijay Devarakonda) a petty thief finds his life changed completely when Criminal lawyer Ravi(Prabhakar), Gurumurthi (Pruthvi) and others turn him Krishnananda Swamy in Dwaraka apartments. Even though he tries to come out of this role, he couldn’t as he was forced to be as spiritual guru by various influential persons for their selfish deeds. Watch Dwaraka to findout how Erra Seenu escapes from this spiritual prison to lead love life with Vasudha (Pooja Jhaveri). 

Performances:

Vijay Devarakonda who stole the hearts with his performance in Pelli Chopulu, now he showed his acting once again. Though the role is quite complicated to play, he succeeded by doing full justice. He showed various emotions and expressions in his role. His body language is good. Pooja Jhaveri is attractive in traditional looks. Pruthvi attracted as a spiritual guru with settled acting. Prabhakar did his role with an ease as a negative baddie. Murali Sharma is apt in his role as an atheist. Prakash Raj made a powerful impact in a limited role in the climax. Others played according to their roles. 

Analysis:

Director Srinivas Ravindra gave a powerful message to the society exposing how Baba’s, politicians, industrialists play with the beliefs of the people with his story. Story has shades of Rajendra prasad's Ayyare film. And the same time director failed to come with a strong story with the weak screenplay and dragged narration. Story lacked clarity in the climax scenes. 

Technical values: 

Sai Karthik attracted with his music. One melody song "Entha vichithram..' is good. Songs are speed breakers to story narration. Background score is okay. Cinematography is beautiful. Editing could have been better. Editor had chance to cut few scenes in both halves. Few dialogues thought provoking. Production values are good. 

Thumbs Up:

- Vijay Devarakonda

- Cinematography 

Thumbs Down:

- Boring screenplay

- Dragged narration

- Editing

- Songs placement

Final Verdict:

Dwaraka movie is all about fake Babas in the society. 

Skip this movie strictly. 

Review by Manikick

Rating: 2/5

Kittu Unnadu Jagratha Movie Review

Movie: Kittu Unnadu Jagratha

Cast: Raj Tharun, Anu Emmanuel, Praveen, Sudharshan Reddy, Raja Ravindra, Nagababu, Prudhvi, Arbaaz Khan, Prabhakar & Others.

Director:   Vamsi Krishna

Writer: Srikanth Vissa

Producer: Anil Sunkara

Music: Anoop Rubens

Cinematographer: B Rajasekhar

Editor: MR Varma

Banner: AK Entertainments

Certificate: UA

Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins

Release date: March 3rd, 2017

Watched at Galaxy Theater, Toli chowki

Behind the Screens:

Young Promising hero Raj Tharun who has emerged as a minimum guarantee hero in the recent years by giving back to back profitable films expect one film and now he is trying his luck once again at the box office with his today’s release, Kittu Unnadu Jagratha. It is the first ever film in Tollywood about Dog Nabbing. Let us see how the movie is?

Story:

Kittu (Raj Tharun) and his friends Praveen, Sudharshan Reddy run a Car repairing garage and they are happy guys. Kittu loves Janaki (Anu Emmanuel) in first sight. But then the twist in the tale arises when Janaki forgets 25 Lakhs Cash in the garage and One of Kittu’s Friend runs away with that. Raj Tharun and his friends add their savings and borrow some which are up to 15 Lakhs from Prabhakar's gang. To repay the loan, they start kidnapping the pets and demanding money from the owners. On the same time, they will kidnap Janaki's pet. Rest of the story is all about what happens to their love story.

Performances:

Raj Tharun is at ease in the role of Kittu. He is decent in his role. Anu Emmanuel is okay but she doesn't have scope to perform in the film. Prudhvi is hilarious in the film. Sudharshan Reddy and Praveen who are seen as the hero’s friends are good. Arbaaz Khan has got a half baked role and he is okay in his role. Nagababu’s role is on similar lines. Prabhakar is good in his role. Raja Ravindra is not so bad. Others supported accordingly.

Analysis:

Director Vamsi Krishna came with 'Kittu Unnadu Jagratha' after Dongata with Lakshmi Manchu. Story has simple and silly at times. Right from the start, we will get a feel of a routine and formula film with not much excitement except comedy dialogues. Screenplay is totally flat. 

Technical values:

Anoop Rubens music is okay. Only one song is good. The background score is good in some places. Camera work is quite regular. Editor had chance to trim few scenes in second half. Few lines are written very well. Production Values are good.

Thumbs Up:

- Comedy

- Dialogues

- First half

Thumbs Down:

- Flat screenplay

- Few unwanted scenes

Final verdict:

Kittu Unnadu Jagartha is a fun ride film except very few drags. The first half starts with the good note and continues with decent comedy dialogues up to pre-interval block. Things would have been better if the second half is handled well. The climax is hilarious with Prudhvi's act. 

You can try if you have time.

Review by Manikick

Rating:   2.75/5

Gunturodu Movie Review

Movie: Gunturodu

Cast: Manchu Manoj,Pragya Jaiswal, Rajendra Prasad, Sampath Raj, Kota Srinivas Rao, Rao Ramesh,Pruthvi,Kasi Vishwanath, Praveen, Shakalaka Shankar, Satya and others

Director: SK Satya

Music: DJ.Vasanth

Cinematography: Siddharth Ramaswamy

Editing: Karthik Srinivas

Producer: Sree Varun Atluri

Banner: Claps & Whistles Entertainments

Release: 3 March 2017

Certificate: UA

Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins

Watched at Inorbit mall, Hitech city

Behind The Screens:

 

Manchu Manoj who is in back to back failures with films like Shourya, Attack and now he decided to test his luck with powerful mass entertainer Gunturodu. Let us see what impact the film made on movie lovers. 

 

Story:

 

Kanna (Machu Manoj) is brought up in the most affectionate manner by his dad Suryanarayana (Rajendra Prasad) in Guntur. Kanna leads his life happily but his intolerance towards injustice find him fighting with criminals. However Kanna starts changing completely after falling in love with Amrutha (Pragna Jaiswal). But he will be in for a shock as her brother, Seshu (Sampath) bays for his blood. To findout the rivalry between Seshu and Kanna and the twists and turns in his love life, watch Gunturodu in big screens. 

 

Performances:

Manchu Manoj looked similar like the way he used to be in his earlier films. His performance is on similar lines. He gave his full energy in stunts. He attracted in emotional and romantic scenes. He tried to imitate his father Mohan Babu in few scenes. He must reduce his weight. Pragya Jaiswal sizzled with her red hot beauty on screen. Sampath Raj attracted with his powerful performance. His mannerisms, bodylanguage, and diction elevated the role. Rajendra Prasad performed well. Rao Ramesh did a small role in the climax. Kota Srinivasa Rao is okay in his role. Mega Star Chiranjeevi’s voice over is the highlight. Others like Praveen, Pruthvi and Kasi Vishwanath played their roles according to the story.  

 

Analysis:

 

SK.Satya’s story has nothing new and right from the start to finish has routine format. Some directors narrate even routine entertainers in an interesting manner but SK.Satya followed routine template. He concentrated on showing Manchu Manoj in mass angle. 

 

Technical values:

 

DJ.Vasanth’s music is okay. Chinna’s background score is nothing new. Siddharth Ramaswamy’s cinematography is attractive. Stunts are well choreographed. Dialogues are okay. Production values are good. 

Thumbs Up:

- Sampath raj

- Stunts

Thumbs Down:

- Second half

- Routine mass story

- Love track

- Flat narration

 

Final verdict:

 

Gunturodu is mass masala movie.

First half is not bad and interest increase with powerful interval bang. Second half, however turns routine once again and though pre-climax generates interest, director disappoints with the poor climax.

Skip this movie strictly.

Rating: 1.75/5

Yaman Movie Review

Movie: Yaman

Cast: Vijay Anthony, Mia George, Sangili Murugan, Thaygarajan , Charle, Swaminathan & Others.

Director: Jeeva Shankar

Producer: Miryala Ravinder Reddy

Music: Vijay Anthony

Cinematographer: Jeeva Shankar

Art Director: V Selva Kumar

Editor: Veera Senthil Raj

Banner: Dwaraka Creations

Certificate: U

Runtime: 154 minutes

Release date: February 24, 2017

Watched at Sangeetha theater, RC puram, Patanchervu

Behind the Screens:

Vijay Anthony who bagged a sensational hit with his dubbing film, Bichagadu. After bichagadu film he failed to telugu audience with his next film Bethaludu. Now he is trying his luck once again at Telugu Box Office with Yaman, a political thriller. Let us see how the movie fared with the audience.

Story:

Ashok Chakravarthi (Vijay Anthony) is in need of money to save his cancer afflicted grandfather (Sangili Murugan). He agrees to go to jail in the place of a person who is involved in a drunken and drive accident. In jail, he gets caught up in the rivalry between two gangs and gets his first connection to a political web and from then he gets into it and rest of the story he emerges as a winner in the whole episode.

Performances:

Vijay Anthony is one actor who is choosing the roles which suit to him. In this film, he delivers impressive settled acting through out the film. He is seen as a confident young man who forays into politics to save himself from his enemies. He carried whole movie on this shoulders. Mia George looks good but she is limited only to songs. Thaygarajan as karunakaran got a role in which he impresses. Charle as Thyagi, who acted as minister Pandu's PA is okay in his role. Swaminathan's comedy is good in parts. Other supporting actors have done well as well. 

Analysis:

Jeeva Shankar has come with a good political thriller for the film. Political thrillers are interesting but not an easy task to hold the viewers attention as they offer Unpredictable narration is a big challenge to any film makers who conceive. In that way, director succeeded with hero characterisation. Dialogues are good in parts. The movie proceeds at a brisk pace in the first half but little dragged in the second half with unwanted songs.

Technical Values:

Vijay Antony's music is not so impressive and songs are biggest speed breakers to this type of political suspense films. The theme song of the film is good. BGM works in parts. Director Jeeva Shankar who himself is a cinematographer offers good visuals which suits political drama. Editor had chance of few cuts in second half. Action sequences are well picturized. Dialogues are good. The Production Values are appropriate.

Thumbs Up:

- Hero characterisation

- Gripping screenplay

- Twists & Turns

- Climax

Thumbs Down:

- Songs placement

- Runtime

- Post interval scenes

Final Verdict:

Yaman is a political strategic thriller film which having full of political leaders mind games. The first half is more about the character of the leads and the second half deals with the political drama. Unpredictable twists make audience hook to their seats. Few good moments here and there. Climax is appealing though. How Ashok Chakravarthy takes on his political head Karunakaran as well as the rival Pandu makes the film so engaging. On a whole, the movie is an above average fare.

If you want to know how political leaders make politics dirty, then you can watch this movie with less expectations.

Review by Manikick

Rating: 2.75/5

WINNER Movie Review

Movie: WINNER

Cast: Sai Dharam Tej, Rakul Preet Singh, Thakur Anoop Singh, Jagapathy Babu, Mukesh Rishi, Ali, Vennela Kishore, Anasyua Bharadwaj and others

Director: Gopichand Malineni

Producer: Nallamalapu Bujji

Story: Veligonda Srinivas

Editing: Pravin Pudi

Cinematography: Chota K Naidu

Banner: Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions, Leo Productions

Certificate: UA

Runtime: 155 mins (2 hours 35 minutes)

Release date: Feb 24,2017

Watched at Galaxy theater, Toli chowchi

Behind The Screens:

Mega Star Chiranjeevi’s nephew  Supreme star Sai Dharam Tej after entertaining with Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam, Subrahmanyam For Sale and Supreme  is getting ready to entertain movie lovers with Winner. Let us see what impact he made on movie lovers.

Story:

India’s best jockey Mahender Reddy (Jagapathy Babu) was driven by his father (Mukesh Rishi) after he fall in loves and marries his lover (Lakshmi). But after Mahender Reddy leaves his father, he suffers huge losses. With company partners pressure, Mahender Reddy returns back with his five-year-old son Siddharth (Sai Dharam Tej). Father however separates Mahender Reddy and his son Siddharth and young boy without realizing the wicked designs leaves the house angry with his father. While Mahender Reddy longs for his son, Siddharth in the meantime grows up developing hatred towards horse races. Siddharth who starts working as a creative head with New Look magazine, falls for racer Sitara (Rakul Preet Singh) who aspire to win a gold medal in atheltics competition. But when Sitara rejects Siddharth, he exposes Sitara in front of her dad Rajiv Reddy (Suresh). Angry Suresh fixes her marriage with Aadi (Thakur Anup Singh) much against her wishes.Sitara then comes with a condition that she marries only those who win horse race between Aadi and Siddharth. How Siddharth who hates horse races turn Winner should be enjoyed on silver screen.

Performances:

 

Supreme star Sai Dharam Tej showed his full energy in this character. He impressed with his delightful dances and stunning stunts. He put in lot of effort and his hard work for his role as professional jockey in this film. Rakul Preet Singh impresses as an athlete. Jagapathy Babu attracted in father’s role with his emotional performance. He looked stylish in his role. Thakur Anoop Singh looked cruel as a villain. He gave good competition to Sai Dharam Tej in the horse riding scenes. Vennela Kishore attracted to some extent with his typical comedy and mannerisms. 30 years Prudhvi Raj attracted with his comedy first half. Ali attracted as horse man with his comedy in the second half. Suresh, Mukesh Rishi, Raghu Babu, Sonia Agarwal, Kalyani and others performed according to their roles.

Analysis:

Gopichand Malineni who directed Don seenu, Body guard, Balupu, Pandaga chesko movies earlier and now he came with regular routine commercial entertainer. He attracts with few comedy scenes and romantic love track in the first half. His screen-play and direction are not so bad. Story of Veligonda Srinivas has nothing new. Horse racing scenes shot in Turkey are the highlight in the film.

 

Technical Values:

SS Thaman’s music is just okay. Sitara song is shot in a beautiful manner. Anasuya’s special number Suya Suya disappoints. Background score is good. Chota K Naidu’s cinematography is excellent. He added extra grandeur to the film with his camera work. Songs are picturised well. AS.Prakash’s art work is good. Pravin Pudi’s editing could have been better and he had chance to cut few scenes in both half's. Few dialogues of Abburi Ravi like ‘Bandham kosam pantam vadulukuntam kani..pantam kosam bandham vadulukolem’ are good. Production values of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions are rich.

Thumbs up:

- Sai dharam tej

- Few comedy bits

Thumbs Down:

- Dragged narration

- Second half

- Routine story

- Predictable screenplay

Final Verdict:

Winner is a regular routine mass oriented commercial format film. First half fills with entertainment by vennala kishore and prudhvi raj scenes and ends on a happy note. Second half is dragged predictable screen-play and drama. Overall Winner is an avoidable film totally. 

Review by Manikick

Rating:    2.5/5

Ghazi Review

Movie: Ghazi

Star Cast: Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu, Nassar,  Kay Kay Menon, Late Om Puri, Rahul Singh,

Kunal Kaushik, Satyadev Kancharana,  Priya darshini and others

Director: Sankalp Reddy
 Written by Gangaraju Gunnam (Telugu dialogues), Azad Alam (Hindi dialogues),
Screenplay by Sankalp Reddy, Gangaraju Gunnam, Niranjan Reddy
 Music director: K
Cinematographer: Madhi
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad

Producers: Prasad V Potluri, Anvesh Reddy, Venkatramana Reddy, NM Pasha, Jagan Mohan Vancha
 Production companies: PVP cinemas, Matinee Entertainment
Distributed by Dharma Productions,AA Films
Release date: 17th February, 2017

Certificate: U

Runtime: 124 minutes(2 hours 4 minutes)

Watched at Sangeetha theater, Patanchervu

Behind the screens: 

Rana Daggupati, Tapsee, Kay Kay Menon starrer Ghazi directed by Sankalp Reddy generated tremendous interest ever since its launch. The film is based on mysterious sinking of PNS Ghazi during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. India’s first ever under water war film is slated for grand release on Feb 17th. Megastar Chiranjeevi garu lent his voice for the Telugu version of the film. Let us see what impact it made on audiences.

Story:

During 1971, Pakistan tries crushing the rebellion in east Pakistan. Unable to bear the torture many people try to come into India as refugees. Pakistan accuses India of supporting the rebellion and decides to attack India through water. It sends PNS Ghazi, its most powerful ship headed by Captain Razaq,towards India with the intention to target INS Vikrant stationed at Visakhapatnam.

Indian Navy headed by Admiral (Om Puri) and senior officer (Nassar) sends submarine S21 to closely monitor the situation. S21 is captained by Captain Ranvijay Singh (Kay Kay Menon) who is known for his aggressive ways and has Devraj(Atul Kulkarni) as Executive Officer who supports him to the core. Indian Navy in order to avoid first attack by its forces deputes Lt.Commander Arjun Varma (Rana Daggubati) along with Cap Ranvijay Singh for the Operation code named Operation Sea Side. What happens next should be enjoyed on silver screen.

Performances:

Rana Daggupati slipped into the role effortlessly. His screen presence made good impact. He should be complimented for taking the initiative to turn the short film into a feature film.He showed good emotions and expressions in right places. His dialogue delivery is good.  Rana daggupati, after playing second fiddle to Kay Kay Menon in the first half, he plays the lead in the second half. Kay Kay Menon steals the show with his powerful performance and he is calm  in most of the scenes but aggressive intent surprises with his expressions. Atul Kulkarni supported both of them as EO. 

Late Om Puri got good screen presence at the start. Tapsee didn't get much scope to perform as Bangladesh refugee Ananya. Chiranjeevi’s voice over added new dimension to the film. Others  gave support to the lead cast perfectly.

Analysis:

Debutant director Sankalp Reddy came with a story inspired by the mysterious sinking of PNS Ghazi off the coast of Visakhapatnam in 1971 and about S21 of INS Rajput whose team along with executive naval officer remained underwater for 18 days. He made this film with lot of passion and this is seen in every scene and every frame. He attracted with his story, screenplay and direction. Right from the start till the finish he kept viewers glued to the screen. Story progress at quick pace with good twists. He showed the conflict between two senior officers in S21 and also how they unite to fight the enemy. He also showed the war games played by captains of both submarines. He highlighted the emotions and expressions of all those involved in the operations in a perfect manner. Those who bend this movie deserve all the accolades for coming with such inspiring film.

Technical Values:

K’s background score created terrific impact on the film and It elevated the film to another level. There are no songs in the film. Madhie had tough time to work for this type of movies but his cinematography is beautiful. He captured the undersea environment in great manner. All the scenes are well shot and gave new experience. Except for few drags, Sreekar Prasad's editing is top notch.

Art direction is amazing and submarine set is too good. Custumes by Ashwanth Byri reflects 1970's wartime. Dubbing for some actors are not good and their lip sync could have been better. Dialogues are good in parts and made powerful impact. VFX work is outstanding. Production values PVP cinemas and Matinee Entertainment are grand.

Thumbs Up: 
- Crisp Story
- BGM
- Submarine Set
- Few Terrific scenes in preclimax

Thumbs Down:
- Few drags

Final Verdict:
Ghazi movie is an inspiring submarine war based film which having story inspired by the mysterious sinking of PNS Ghazi off the coast of Visakhapatnam in 1971.
First half ends with good interval bang. Second half action intensifies with Pakistan launching frontal attack. Pre-climax war episode is interesting.

 Film makes Tollywood proud and inspire others to come with more such films. I strongly recommend you to watch this movie as we get this type of movies rarely in Tollywood.

Review By Manikick
Rating: 3.25/5

Nenu Local Review

Movie :      Nenu Local
Cast:  Nani, Keerthy Suresh,Naveen Chandra, Sachin Khedekar,Posani Krishna mUrali, Easwari Rao,Raghu Babu and others
Director: Trinadha Rao Nakkina
Music:      Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: Nizar Shafi
Producer: Dil Raju
Banner:     Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release:    Feb 3rd, 2017
Certificate: UA
Run time: 143 minutes
Watched at Galaxy theater








Behind The Screens:
Natural Star Nani who is on a super success form with back to back decent hits and now he is coming to entertain with Nenu Local today. Let us see what impact he made on movie lovers with his latest release Nenu Local.









Story :

Babu (Nani), clears his arrears in engineers studies with great difficulty and gets his engineering degree. He moves listlessly but after seeing Keerthy (Keerthy Suresh), he joins the same college to study MBA.

Keerthy loves her dad (Sharad Khedeker),very much and will never go against his wishes. However after refusing Babu’s advances initially,she finally gives in.

Nani however gets shock when he comes to know that her dad is none other than his engineering college professor. To make things,he faces challenge from cop Siddharth Varma (Naveen Chandra). Watch Nenu Local in theatres to findout how Nani manages to win his love.








Performances:

Nani slipped into the role effortlessly and turned it powerful with his natural performance. His spontaneous dialogue delivery elevated the scenes. He showed matured performance and right attitude for this role. He showed his dancing talent also. Nani surprises in completely out and out mass role.





Keerthi Suresh impressed with her looks. Her chemistry with Nani is good in the film. Naveen Chandra surprised all in the negative role. Posani Krishna Murali,Easwari Rao and Sharad Khedeker attracted with their performances. Auto ram prasad is good in his character. Others performed accordingly.








Analysis:

Trinadharao Nakkina gave debut with super hit film ' Cinema chupistha mama'. And now he selected a story which he can give wholesome entertainment to movie lovers. He succeeded in execution too. He made good impression with his screenplay and direction. He knows how to execute commercial entertainment film in his style very well. With this film he will get a chance from any star hero's soon.










Technical values:

Music director devi Sri Prasad attracted with foot tapping music and as usual he gave good tunes for three songs. Songs are well shot and well placed in the film. Background score is good. Cinematography of Nizar Shafi elevated the film. Editing would have been taken care more and editor had chance to trim very few cuts in the film. Dialogues made good impact and the way Nani delivered is just awesome. Production values are good.








Thumbs up:
- Nani's attitude
- Comedy
- Sense of humour
- Dialogues
- 2 songs


Thumbs down:
- Routine story
- Parts of scenes






Final verdict:

Nenu Local is regular mass commercial film. First half is fast paced with the youthful college and romantic scenes. First half is full of entertainment and funny conversations between hero and others. Whole first half is filled with good commercial elements.

Director continued the same vein in second half also. After a few dragging scenes here and there, second half ends with interesting climax.
Film has all elements to attract each one of them.


Just go and watch you will enjoy it!





Review by Manikick
Rating: 3/5