Lacchimdeviki O Lekkundi Review

In a con comedy thriller, is it pardonable to show a sophisticated fraudster as having no clue about the rules of the bank he is trying to con?  And what is that bank manager (played by...

Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu Review

Ten or fifteen years down the line, are we going to see a Telugu film in which an alien lands on the planet, loses his academic certificates, and in the process of acquiring qualifications here,...

Kalavathi Review

'Kalavathi' is a case of the genre overtaking the story.  In his attempt to make a horror-comedy, Sundar C is too faithful to a fault!  That said, the film has its moments,...

Soggade Chinni Nayana Review

After being transformed into something else, Nag's character goes on a naughty ride across the village and pays a visit to his 'maradalu', who, in her unconcealed excitement upon seeing...

Express Raja Review

Modelled after the screenplay technique of 'Vantage Point', this film blends this imported technique with quirky comedy of especially South Indian variety.  Merlapaka Gandhi writes a...

Dictator Review

"Door knock chesi vacche vallu gentlemen, dourjanyanga vacche vallu bad men.  We are bad men."  How is this as a line for baddies?  "Nenu chese panulaki question mark...

Nannaku Prematho Review

Whether we find 'Nannaku Prematho' intelligent depends on our idea of what constitutes intelligent screenplay.  One opinion can be that two contrasting worlds exist together in this....

Killing Veerappan Review

RGV has a knack for playing it safe whenever he tells an ostensibly complex story, or better call it as theory.  ''Killing Veerappan'' is based on one of the theories in the...

Chitram Bhalare Vichitram Review

Of late, our directors have started to take horror-comedy to mean comedic horror.  ''Chitram Bhalare Vichitram'' from the director of ''Prayogam'' fame falls in...

Nenu Sailaja Review

''Nenu.. Sailaja'' has elements which are quite familiar.  Whenever the hero has to convince the heroine''s parents of his eligibility to marry their daughter, remember,...

Abbayitho Ammayi Review

''Abbayitho Ammayi'' has many attractions going for it.  Naga Shourya''s presence is one.  Maestro Ilaiyaraja''s score is another.  To be sure, this...

Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu Review

The coming together of Mohan Babu and Allari Naresh could have been a ''kanchu'' moment had the story line not been a throwback to the 1990s fashion of story-telling.  Sridhar...

Jatha Kalise Review

Jathakalisey is a stretch of an outdated idea for a good 133 minutes for the simple reason that there are one too many ''important'' issues to be sorted out by the hero, by the...

Bhale Manchi Roju Review

As crime comedies go, ''Bhale Manchi Roju'' is many things at the same time.  If some of the scenes are remarkable for the detailing, most others end up being much ado about...

Soukhyam Review

It looks like the writers and director of this film were confused as to what to do with the villains and after undergoing painful ''creative'' labour pains, they derived ''...

Loafer Review

Puri Jagannadh has of late gone berserk with his subjects, but ''Loafer'' is surely a different take of sorts.  You may find many saying that it is a return to the kind of...

Hithudu Review

Jagapathi Babu has been seen around in non-fullfledged roles only, of late.  After striking gold with the Balakrishna-starrer ''Legend'' and the Mahesh Babu-starrer ''...

Bengal Tiger Review

After a super dud like ''Kick-2'', one expected to see Ravi Teja in a ''Balupu''-filled ''Mirapakai''-like ''Power''-packed role.; ...

Shankarabharanam Review

By now, it should be clear to one and all that the greater the immortality of a title that has been robbed by a contemporary filmmaker, the higher the chances of a film that goes with that title...

Thanu Nenu Review

'Thanu Nenu' had a reason to be attractive for those who were not excited by the wall poster where we see the vivacious Avika Gor and her sweetheart smile their way as Ravi Babu looks on...