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

Malli Raava Review

Movie:  Malli Raava

Cast: Sumanth, Akanksha Singh, Annapurna, Abhinav and Others

Writing and Direction: Gautham Thinnasuri

Music: Shravan Bhardwaj

Cinematographer: Satish Muthyala

Editor: G Satya

Producer: Rahul Yadav Nakka

Banner: Swadharma Entertainment

Certificate: U

Runtime: 123 minutes

Release Date: December, 8th, 2017

Watched at Cine town, Miyapur

Behind the Screens:

Akkineni family hero, Sumanth who has back to back failures at box-office from long time. Now he tries his luck once again at the box-office with his new movie release Malli Raava. He desperately needs a hit with this film. Let us see how the movie was??

Story-line:

Karthik (Sumanth) and Anjali (Aakanksha Singh) who love each other in their childhood. But then Anjali’s parents leave the village and go to Mumbai. They happen to meet each in a software office 13 years later. They have decided to get married but a little while before the marriage, Anjali refuses to marry Karthik. What is the reason for that? How do they meet again? Will they get married? forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Sumanth and Akanksha Singh breathed life into their respective characters. Sumanth fits well into such roles in soft love stories and so came up with settled performance through out the film. The children who played their childhood roles are also impressive. Mirchi Kiran as Project Manager and other friends in software office are hilarious. Rest of the characters like AnnaPoorna and all others did their job accordingly.

Analysis:

Debut Director Gautham excelled with his first film. Malli Raava has its story in three timelines 1999, 2012 and 2017. The way the director portrayed a subtle love story from childhood and the struggle in the lives of the couple is impressive. The way he executed a complex screenplay and narrated it so effortlessly is very impressive. The twist of Anjali refusing Karthik is well utilized and the suspense is maintained until the end. The director has good command on comedy and generated good fun component in the film making it enjoyable. The scenes in childhood, IT company comedy is clean. The climax is well handled. 

Technical Values:

Shravan Bhardwaj’s music  and Satish’s camera work elevates the mood of the film. Songs goes with the flow in background. Dialogues are well written. Editing is good and there is no other chance to trim any scenes in the film. Production Values are good.

Thumbs Up:

- Sumanth's settled performance

- Execution way of Complex Screenplay

- Music 

- Cinematography

- Comedy

Thumbs Down:

- Little slow narration

Final Verdict:

Malli Raava is an out and out Clean love story with mixing of humor, emotions and comedy in right places.

Once watchable film. Go for it.

Review by Manikick

Rating:  3.25/5.0

Sapthagiri LLB Review

Movie:          Sapthagiri LLB

Cast: Sapthagiri, Kashish Vohra, Sai Kumar, Siva Prasad, Shakalaka Shankar, Prabhas seenu, Dhanraj and Others

Direction: Charan L

Writing: Paruchuri Brothers

Music: Vijay Bulganin

Cinematographer: Sarangam

Editor: Goutham Raju

Producer: Dr Ravi Kiran

Banner: Sai Celluloid Cinematic Creations Pvt Ltd

Release Date: December, 7th, 2017

Watched at Galaxy theatre, Toli chowchi

Behind the Screens:

Comedian Sapthagiri who failed to impress the audience with his first film as a hero with ‘Sapthagiri Express’ is trying his luck once again  with his new film, ‘Sapthagiri LLB’ which is a re-make of hindi film ‘Jolly LLB’. Let us see how the movie was??

Story-line:

Sapthagiri (Sapthagiri) completes his LLB and he used to settle small issues of his village at Panchayathi with his intelligence. But then, he never wins a case in the court. He goes to hyderabad city for better practice and takes up a Hit and Run case which was being handled by a Senior Advocate Raj Paul (Sai Kumar). What happens next after Saptagiri takes up the case and the rest is all about how he wins the case.

Performances:

Comedian turned hero Sapthagiri impressed with his dance moves and dialogues. His performance in the last 40 minutes opposite Sai Kumar is impressive. Kashish Vohra is okay in small role. Sai Kumar impresses in a role which is typical criminal lawyer which was excelled by Boman Irani in the Original. He is seen delivering lengthy dialogues quite easily. Rest of the characters did their job accordingly.

Analysis:

Sapthagiri LLB is the Re-make of Bollywood Hit film, Jolly LLB. The director Charan tried to stay honest to the original as much as possible as many changes will kill the soul of the film. But then the little changes he made. The court episodes are good even though too many cinematic liberties are taken.  Paruchuri Brothers added farmers’ angle to the case towards the end and brought some emotional touch. Saptagiri did some good dances as well. 

Technical Values:

Songs are speed breakers to story narration and the background score is okay. Surangam’s camera work is fine. Dialogues by Paruchuri Brothers are impressive. Production values are good.

Movie Marks:

Sapthagiri LLB is the Re-make of Bollywood Hit film, Jolly LLB. Given the image of Sapthagiri carries, this lawyer character is overlooked.

Review by Manikick 

Rating:  2.5/5

Jawaan Review

Movie: Jawaan

Cast: Sai Dharam Tej, Mehreen, Prasanna, Satyam Rajesh, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Others

Writing and Direction: BVS Ravi

Producer: Krishna

Presenter: Dil Raju

Music: Thaman

Cinematographer: KV Guhan

Editor: SR Shekhar

Banner: Arunachal Creations

Release Date: December, 1st, 2017

Behind the Screens:

Sai Dharam Tej had delivered back to back disasters after a great start. His recent release, ‘Nakshatram’ was super flop at box-office. He has pinned all his hopes on this film to make a comeback. Let us see how the movie was?

Story-line:

Jawaan is all about a mission named ‘Project 3’ (Octopus) which is prestigious project for Indian scientists. Jai (Sai Dharam Tej) is a jovial young guy who aspires to become a DRDO Scientist and then there is the baddie (Prasanna) who is after a mission and to get hold of it for money, he kidnaps the family of Jai and blackmails him. Rest of the story is all about how Jai saves his family as well as succeed in saving the mission.

Performances:

Sai Dharam Tej shouldered the movie totally through out the film and he came up with an energetic performance. Prasanna is terrific as the villain. Mehreen is restricted for songs and glamorous show. Rest of the characters are okay in their characters.

Analysis:

The story chosen by BVS Ravi is good but the treatment could have been different. The Mindgame concept is interesting but it would have been even better if the conflict point is well established. Looks like director is inspired by Ram Charan’s ‘Dhruva’. Second half narration is good. He failed to explain the main points clearly like what is DRDO and what is the main purpose of 'Project-3' i.e Octopus. Saidharam Tej should be appreciated for breaking out from the monotony and doing content backed films.

Technical Values:

SS Thaman has come up with an average album but the songs are not in right place. Music dominates the songs lyrics. The background score is good. Guhan’s camera work is impressive. Dialogues are well written. Editing by SR Sekhar is decent and could have been crispier. Production Values are grand.

Thumbs Up:

- Sai Dharam Tej

- Mind games

- Second half

Thumbs Down:

- First half

- Songs

- Main theme explanation

Final Verdict:

The first half is full of commercial elements. The interval bang is decent. Second half is interesting with full of mind games and is added to a good dose of action sequences. Climax could have been better. 

Overall, ‘Jawaan’ is an okay watch. 

Review by Manikick

Rating: 2.75/5