Bhageeratha Review

Bhageeradha, according to Hindu theology, stands for eternal try. Director Rasool Ellore has lived up to the name and has given an honest try in what is essentially a good commercial entertainer.The...

Premiste Review

Realism always works. Especially when it is told in endearing terms. For proof see Premiste. This Telugu version of Tamil hit Kadhal is a simple tale of a mechanic falling in love with a school.&...

Allari Pidugu Review

It is difficult being Balakrishna these days. On the one hand, his fans want a particular kind of cinema from him (loud dialogues and mass songs) while the urban audiences and the media is...

Chatrapathi Review

The thing about sentiments in films is that they work. Almost unfailingly.That is the reason why directors go for it. Rajamouli has done just that, even as he has sought to highlight the robust side...

Political Rowdy Review

Remakes are a tight-rope walk. The original would have been made keeping in my strengths of an actor in that language. So it is imperative on those handling the remake to come up with improvisations...

Good Boy Review

Which a title like Good Boy, corny or tacky puns in reviews are inevitable. But the truth matter is Good Boy is anything but that.  Not at all good. Of course, it is for boys with plenty...

James Review

There is only a certain amount that a mentor can do. It is for the protege to take up the cue and take it up further.Ram Gopal Verma may be a good teacher and mentor to his countless students. But...

Nayakudu Review

When you remake a successful movie in one language to another care has to be taken to localize or add contextual flavor to it. For instance, Nayakudu's original Runaway was about the travails of a...

Allari Bullodu Review

Most of us are prisoners to the cliches of our own creation. At any rate, K Raghavendra Rao sure is. The veteran director created a particular kind of filmmaking in the 80s, and what began as his...

Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu Review

There are two ways of looking at the film MPOD. You can blindly appreciate whatever the director has dished out in the name of experimentation. On the other hand, you can obviously criticize the...

Okkade Review

A Sri Hari film is a bit like mythological parables. You know the end --- after all the troubles, the good will triumph over the evil. The surprise or the charm is not in that. It is in the...

Muddula Koduku Review

Good intentions don't really win you any points at the box office. Muddula Koduku is a good example of that.The film, a reflection of director Radha Mohan's inclination to come up with an inspiring...

Adirindayya Chandram Review

The story of Pathi, Pathno aur woh has been done and dusted several times over. But it still holds attraction for our filmmakers.When you see Adirindayya Chandram, you also understand why it is...

Andhrudu Review

With his mien and general image, Gopichand can only be an action hero. So in that sense, his range is constricted. But within his short ambit, gopichand can be good. And he is in Andhrudu, though...

Nuvvante Naakishtam Review

It is difficult enough being the father of two struggling heroes. It is even more so directing a film for them. This truth comes home to roost in EVV Satynarayana's Nuvvante Naakishtam.The...

Athadu Review

Coming after nearly a year since Mahesh Babu's last release Arjun, Athadu has extra pressure and hopes riding on it. Making a film in normal times in itself is difficult; making it in times of...

Premikulu Review

Our filmmakers are perhaps highly amnesic. They keep harping back to same old themes. Take the case of amnesia itself.It has become almost a cliche as every third filmmaker seems to have used it. As...

Super Review

Can you think of ramp-walk fashion shows? It will full of glamour, gloss and glitz. It will floor you with its sweeping style and incandescent appeal. But what relevance or what content will you...

A film by Arvind Review

Thanks to Ram Gopal Verma's inspiration, thrillers, with good production values, are the fad of the day.A Film by Arvind is close to RGV's kind of movies, both in its conception and its execution....

Kanchanamala Cable TV Review

Comedy is the best and bankable option for low-budget films. Some escapist fun 'bedrocked' on a family theme has many times worked.Debutant director Parthasarathy tries the same formula in...