Pelli Pusthakam Review

Portraying the heroine as a girl whose behaviour borders on the whimsical takes rare sensibilities on the part of the director.  More so if the whimsical girl is a near-floozy character who...

Sahasam Review

When the hero should achieve the impossible, most difficult obstacles just cave in.  'Sahasam' goes a step ahead in that, it takes not just illogical screenplay to a new crescendo (a Pakistani...

Singam Review

The level of intelligence of characters in a film depends on the level of intelligence of its director.  Depending on who the director is, villains are cerebral or foolish or comical (a bit of...

Mallela Teeramlo Sirimalle Puvvu Review

Ramaraju had an idea which most would have deemed it fit to convert into a short story that is the stuff of writers with rare sensibilities such as Tanikella Bharani, but, to our pleasure, he allows...

Balupu Review

Disclaimer: If you want to watch Balupu without being able to predict the story, venture out only without knowing the star cast.  First things first.  Ravi Teja has finally wriggled...

Action 3D Review

"Sometimes the regurgitation is so literal that it's difficult to digest."                    ...

RGV Psycho Review

Sometimes the two easiest tasks in this world can be scoring music and cranking the camera for a film written/directed by RGV.  (At times, the second one is also the least remunerative task on...

Saradaga Ammayitho Review

Saradaga Ammayitho is a rotten old story which is narrated in a stale fashion, albeit an overdose of double entendre is good enough to at least keep the frontbenchers from staging a walkout.  A...

Something Something Review

A sure way for a writer to show his dumbness is to not have a sense of proportion.  Janardhana Maharshi displayed it in ample proportion in last week's release, 'Pavitra'.  In this film,...

Theatre Lo Review

Two comedies can be entirely different, two romances can be distinct, there are many styles in which villainy and gore can be depicted in the case of the action genre, but horror movies cannot be...

Pavitra Review

A prostitute-turned-independent MLA, whose support will decide whether X party will form the government and still suggestive in her demeanour and dressing, makes her way into the private chamber of...

Prema Katha Chitram Review

If one has to coin a punchline for the latest mongreal film in the town, it is this: Rape Katha Chitram.  'Prema Katha Chitram' is a kind of a story which a Trivikram Srinivas would not give a...

Iddarammayilatho Review

To repeat the phrase "Old wine in a new bottle" is akin to stating a self-evident truth for the umpteenth time when it comes to some of our overrated filmmakers.  Even someone as remarkable a...

Tadakha Review

Those who lapped up the delectably commercial part in 'Vettai' might want to watch 'Thadaka' expecting something more, but it must be borne in mind that the Telugu version is a dumbed down version...

Sukumarudu Review

Most of them might laugh if someone finds in 'Sukumarudu' flashes of serious entertainment.  That is there for sure.  Ashok G seems to be thinking that males who are 40 and beyond, and who...

Greekuveerudu Review

In these days of Meher Rameshs, it is heartening to see a rare Dasarath who has conviction in his little story line.  The awful news is that the classy maker of Santosham fame believed too much...

Shadow Review

We have been treated to more than enough number of mafia-based films where bomb blast conspiracies are frivolously hatched by just one don and his cohorts.  In real life there are Al Quedas,...

NH 4 Review

There are subjects which only a Tamil filmmaker is good at dealing efficiently.  NH4 belongs to this class.  The genre is romantic thriller but there is a difference to it.  Except...

Gouravam Review

Ten-to-15 minutes into the film, anyone would think that the reason why Radha Mohan christened his story as 'Gouravam' is because the hero stirs the conscience of the oppressed, educates them,...

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde Review

The film, to start with, dangerously begins to feel like another 'Lovely' via the 2G network but Vijay Kumar Konda (the debutante director) veers the story on a surprisingly unpredictable path as...