Rayudu Review

First things first.  If you are expecting a refreshing story line, 'Rayudu' is not the one you should be looking at.  Inspired by a Madurai school formula, this film is set in the...

Brahmotsavam Review

There is this irony called Mahesh Babu (his character has no specific name, but he is allegorically Tirumala Srinivasudu) who claims to not think too much, but who puts up loaded stares one too many...

Bichagadu Review

'Bicchagadu', an unattractive title, has an impressive screenplay.  That's Kollywood for you.  It can come out with flying colours with a colourless title.  Starring Vijay...

O Malli Review

There is something inherently strong about a subject that revolves around a woman's character.  Usually, such films can abound in cliches, yet one roots for such a story because one feels...

Pencil Review

Pencil is a crime thriller whose plot is based on the 2009 South Korean film 4th Period Mystery.  The writer laces this potentially (not actually) edge-of-the-seat plot with sub-plots that are...

24 Review

There is a scene where Suriya's friend (played by Sathyan Sivakumar) explains to Suriya the 'lekka' by literally putting all the money on the table and taking out his share from the...

Supreme Review

'Kheer' poisoned with the intention of teaching blackmailer Balu (Sai Dharam Tej) a lesson ends up being consumed by the Commissioner of Police (Tanikella Bharani in a cameo) moments after...

Pidugu Review

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Raja Cheyyi Veste Review

For all the strong characterizations that the trailer hinted at, Raja Cheyyi Vesthe comes with a hackneyed story line that is frittered away rather thanklessly.  At best, the characterization...

Sarrainodu Review

Boyapati is healthily hero-obsessed.  His 'Dammu'-fied heroes are adorable cinematic 'Simhas'.  His saviour-'Sarrainodus' are so overpowering that Boyapati is, on...

Police Review

It's taken for granted that cop stories with a painful flashback ought to have so much of intensity going for them.  More so when it is a superstar like Vijay.  Being otherwise could...

Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam Review

Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam, an official remake of a Punjabi film, has a wafer-thin storyline.  What was touted as a family entertainer with a curious premise turns out to be one, never mind the...

Sardaar Gabbar Singh Review

When Lord Krishna (Pawan Kalyan in this case) has to win the war, all that he does is play a series of parodies (the scene itself is a dumbed-down parody of that Antyakshari scene) so as to fool the...

7 To 4 Review

The trailer made it clear that 7 to 4 is about a vigilante group of professionals who take on sexual savages in their own savage ways.  Starring unfamiliar faces in the roles of upright cops,...

Savithri Review

After making a coming-of-age rom-com like Prema Ishq Kadhal, Pavan Sadineni here tells a run-of-the-mill story.The film begins with Savitri (Nandita Raj) being born during a wedding.  She grows...

Attack Review

Having been too much into knowing the mindset of revenge-obsessed criminals, RGV concocts a protagonist who makes it a point to say, "Evaroo evarinee oorike champaru".  May be yes,...

Appudalaa Ippudilaa Review

Why is it that, in our films, millionaire uncles eventually come to think of jobless but righteous heroes as the best guy his daughter can be had?  Well, this April 1 is special because here...

Nannu Vadili Neevu Polevule Review

Too much of deja vu can be counter-productive in strange ways.  For a generation that fell in love with 7/G Brindavan Colony, Nannu Vadili Neevu Polevule would be more about deja vu than about...

Oopiri Review

Oopiri steals a march over others by the very fact that bromantic dramas are rare to come by in Telugu.  Vamshi Paidipally resorts to a proper adaptation of the original (the French film '...

Run Review

Run, the remake of the Tamil-Malayalam hit Neram, is a largely faithful remake, notwithstanding some minor changes here and there.  When it comes to Sai Karthik's BGM, it follows its own...