Telugu Reviews

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When Mahesh Babu starts his narration of the story he has the rapt attention of the audience. He introduces his friend Sanjay Sahu (Pawan Kalyan). Sanjay, a student falls head over heels for his classmate (Kamalini Mukherjee), but a few shots later Sanjay is shown…

Srikanth's return to action

It was much hyped as the makers and the main protagonist claimed it was a comeback of Srikant to hardcore action flicks once again. That was enough to create lots of enthusiasm among the audience to see what the film has on offer. It surely…

Tabu fails to thrill

A thriller that is not exactly a thriller, that is Idee Sangati in short. Well, it is more of a chase story to corner the culprits. Not that they are gun-touting bad guys wearing shades and masterminding the plot in plush night clubs. Idee Sangati…

Back to good old revenge drama!

Revenge dramas had become passé. No longer do we have macho heroes bashing up the goons a la the 1980s and walking into the sunset. Today€™s popcorn generation loves romantic comedies and the Gen X wants to see the hero and heroine zipping past on…

'Pinky' turns wonky

'Amma, nanna, O Telugu ammayi' would have been an apt title for this Bapu movie. We have Pinky (Charmme), the ammayi, we have Ram Gopal Varma (Sunil Sharma), the nanna and then we have the amma, played by Prema. The story is set in a…

Whodunit is far off the track

Two strangers meet on a train. There is a murder somewhere. An innocent man is framed for the murder. He is on the run and tries to fill in the crossword puzzle as to who framed him and why? Now, that€™s interesting story to keep…

Cola without the fizz

They said it was inspired by Bruce Almighty. Then, we heard it was similar to the ANR starrer Buddhimantudu. Now that the film has released, we can vouch for the fact that it is not inspired, at least not in total. It is indeed interesting…

It’s about the right calculation, honey!

A film by Neelakanta is bound to raise expectations. Then, there is Genelia, who has been winning best actress awards at various awards dos for Dhee. Known for his heroine-centric films, you only wanted to watch what Neelakanta did to his Sweta (Genelia) in his…

Quintessential Jagapati Babu film

'Swagatam' is probably one of the much-hyped films of Jagapati Babu in a very long time. It has our hero and two heroines, Anushka and Bhoomika and good dosage of sentiment and the usual triangular love story. Only this time, it is set abroad €“…

MS Raju makes a touching debut

'Vaana' is another of the much hyped films released this season. The very fact that MS Raju has taken to direction with it has provided the intrigue element for this film. A remake of a Kannada film 'Mungaru Male', MS Raju tries his hand at…