Shock Review

It takes smart felicity to make a commercial entertainer even while incorporating the series issues of encounter killings and Maoist troubles. Newcomer director Harish Shankar manages that....

Happy Review

When a film has such an overwhelming positive and pleasant title, can the contents be any less sunny? The good thing about Happy is that it doesn't let its name down.With a simple story and...

Kokila Review

The film, as everyone would know, was originally named Clean Bowled. But the sudden and untimely demise of the director Konda brought about a change in the title. It is with a touch of sadness and...

Chukkallo Chandrudu Review

It is a unique problem for NRI youths. The problem of marriage. Caught between two worlds of diverse cultures, the nubile youngsters are unsure whether to fall in love as a matter of fact (like they...

Lakshmi Review

Family values and sibling love are themes that never go old in Telugu cinema. And if there is right treatment for it, it can also be very interesting. And it sure gets in Lakshmi.Though it goes...

Style Review

With Parbhu Deva and Lawrence Raghavender around the leitmotif of dance writes itself on to the film. After all, the duo is the two best dancers in the country now. But there was certain...

Devadasu Review

With the name Devadasu, the film can be of only one genre. And considering that, YVS Chowdary has managed to come up with a plausible storyline and that holds your attention all through.The story is...

Gowtam SSC Review

It is one of the oldest formulae in the book. A seemingly good for nothing guy who is given up as a wastrel. But when the fires of his ambitions are stoked, he rises up like phoenix and proves his...

Jai Chiranjeeva Review

It is difficult to imagine how is it being in Chiranjeevi's shoes. The flip side of all the endearing adulation that he enjoys is that people expect nothing less than a hit every time he comes out...

Aaru Review

Remakes have been the flavor of the season. Almost every one of them, including the very same Suriya's Ghajini, has worked wonders at the box office.So naturally Aaru comes to Telugu with lot of...

Mahanandi Review

There is a fixation among Telugu filmmakers with faction fights and larger-than-life dons. Numerous movies have been made on the subject.Numerous others would doubtless be made again. Some will. ...

Sri Review

When you are looking to launch career for yourself, it will be always tempting to go for mass roles and themes.For, such a kind of cinema always holds an attraction for the newcomer.But mass films...

Vennela Review

The cross-cultural confusions added with romance are always interesting. Otherwise a book like Inscrutable Americans (by Anurag Mathur) wouldn't be a top-seller for several years now.Vennela, the...

Meenakshi Review

In cinema, the story is not everything. The script is. This vital difference is well underscored in Meenakshi. The story is infact one with very good emotional content. A good director, with a...

That is Pandu Review

A mass film need not necessarily be one without a story or substance. But many filmmakers in their hurry to pack the movie with formulaic ingredients ,generally forget the thing called a realistic...

Ghazini Review

Dubbed films are working in Telugu these days. And Ghajini, too, works big time.The film provides abject lesson in how to make gritty commercial entertainers that are intelligent and artistic, too....

Mazaa Review

Chandramukhi and Aparichitudu were dubbed and were clear winners. They were successful because the subject that was dealt was universal --- split personality and ghostly apparitions and multiple...

Moguds Pellams Review

A film must have something novel. Either the story or its telling. But when none of this is, what follows is a big, uncontrollable yawn.And that is what you end up with in Moguds Pellams as the...

Danger Review

Krishna Vamsi must have been a desperate man after back-to-back flops in Sri Anjaneyam and Chitram. He obviously needed something drastic to prove that he was not over the hill.But desperation does...

Modati Cinema Review

Modati Cinema is an intriguing title for a film. That itself kindles the imagination for the movie. But debutant director Kuchipudi Venkat, who has shown enough promise in the film itself, does not...