Hanumanthu Review

Srihari's movies, despite falling into a pattern, have a raw energy and natural emotions an out them. They are about everyday moments and our anger in response to them.His films mostly work because...

Sri Krishna 2006 Review

It is interesting as to what levels people go in the name of entertainment and comedy. Accepted comedy is all about exaggeration. But that doesn't mean one pass off absurdity as fun. Director...

Dhoolpet Review

Why another gangster movie, you may ask. If it is interesting, why not. Dhoolpet (a dubbed version of the Tamil movie Puthupetta) manages have a look at the violence that is so typical to the...

Oka 'V' Chitram Review

Teja is a free spirit. His films had thrived, despite the implausibility of the themes, because of his ability to mix mass elements. His films always speak for the underdogs of the society. In Oka V...

Godavari Review

At a time when films are made out of fixated and fixed formula, to conceive a project that is straight from the heart is in itself a huge plus. And to actually make a film based on those fine and...

Evandoy Sreevaru Review

Good comedy is all about timing and partnership. Satti Babu and Srikanth enjoy a good rapport . So their combination is spontaneous. So there is much good humour and good emotional drama in Evandoi...

Mayajalam Review

To make a movie with ghosts as important characters is difficult enough in a horror movie (to make the audience willingly suspend their sense of disbelief is a tough task). But to make film with...

Kita Kitalu Review

 Making a comedy surrounding a slim man and a rotund wife is a tightrope walk. A slip here or there would make it thoroughly unpleasant. Kamal and Balu Mahendra made that eminently enjoyable...

Bangaram Review

Suddenly journalists, rather reporting news, are news themselves. There is a lot happening in a journalist's life these days. And in Bangaram, director Dharani has tried to hold a mirror to one such...

Veerabhadra Review

In a sense, Balakrishna has painted himself into a corner. He is a man of mass films and such movies have to, almost mandatorily, carry certain elements. And to spin a script with all these...

Pokiri Review

Being bad has never been better. And suddenly gangster and mafia movies are the flavor. In a sense, even Mahesh Babu's previous movie Athadu was one. In Pokiri, the hero is introduced to us a...

Pournami Review

To make a film based on legends and age-old stories calls for a giant leap of faith and an earthy conviction based on market realities. How best can you make a modern-day film out of a fairy-tale...

Premante Inthe Review

It is one of the abiding mysteries that why should a Hindi film that had only an average run be remade in Telugu. The question should be put to Sravnthi Ravi Kishore, the producer, and B V Ramana,...

Ram Review

Revenge is one of the basest of human emotions. And that is why you have many films still being made on that theme. Perhaps after love and friendship (other basic human emotions), revenge is the...

Sri Ramadasu Review

At a time when crass commercial movies are made almost out of an assembly line, to attempt a film like Sri Ramadasu calls for strong conviction and courage. And to have pulled it off is indeed a...

Party Review

It takes extreme skill and the tough concentration of a tight-rope walker to make a full-length comedy film. Ravi Babu has taken the courage to make an out and out comedy caper. But his...

Rajababu Review

If a bowler performs well on pacy wicket, it doesn't mean he will shine on spinning tracks too. Like wise if a film does well in one part of the country, it doesn't naturally follow that it would be...

Sivakasi Review

Arjun has won a name for himself as a toughie hero. So it is only natural for him to live up to this image. In this film, which he has also directed, he goes for the metaphorical jugular as bullets...

Asadhyudu Review

Action and revenge stories have their own attractions. Though you know the outline, the specifics can keep you interested. In Asadhyudu, they do. This mass masala action flick provides moments of...

Ranam Review

Gopichand's movies have never been high on story value but always give you 100 percent entertainment value. His Ranam seems to be no exception. Though the theme of a hero from village taking on a...