Monalisa Review

Mistaken identities as a story are dime a dozen in our films. In fact, they have become so regular that fans become skeptical when a hero or heroine says that he or she is doing a double role.When...

Shatruvu (Naveen) Review

Desperate situations call for desperate actions, they say. In Tollywood, there was nobody more desperate than Vadde Naveen --- a hero looking to safeguard his place. In a sense, Shatruvu, was his...

Leta Manasulu Review

First love in one's life is always memorable. It never dies; It may just hide beneath the layers of time.And so it is for Raju (Srikanth) and Dhana Lakshmi (Kalyani). The young friends from school...

Giri Review

Arjun, as even a child would say, is a robust action hero. Fights are his forte. Similarly, director Sundar C, as the same child would say, is known for his earthy stories with dollops of humor and...

Cheppave Chirugali Review

Life's eternal truisms can be baffling. How can one's strength end up as one's weakness? It can. You get an insight into this when you see Vikraman-directed Cheppave Chirugali. Human emotions and...

Sye Review

Sporting games are just that in most Indian films ---they are hardly given any importance. There are occasional exceptions --- Hip, Hip Hurray, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikkander and Lagaan. Even in Okkadu,...

Pothuraju Review

This remake of Tamil original "Veerumandi" is yet another feather in pioneering star Kamal Haasan's cap. The veteran and versatile actor comes up with a brilliant performance as a ruffian...

Gudumba Shankar Review

There are director's actors who just surrender themselves to what the former say. Then there are actor's actors who are an envy of their own peers. Then there are those like Pawan Kalyan who are...

Gowri Review

Tamil actor Vijay has a fetish for remaking Telugu films. Somehow, Telugu film producers and directors also have an equal fetish for remaking his films in Tollywood.But going by the mixed luck that...

Madyahnapu Hatya Review

Ram Gopal Varma is a unique director in the annals of Indian film history. He has his own idiom and grammar to filmmaking. His avowed intention of making a movie is to satisfy himself. Fine if the...

143 (I Miss You) Review

Just a scary thought: Suppose there is a law that no film in India should be made with love theme, what will happen? Quite simply, almost all the filmmakers would go out of business. Puri Jagan...

Shiva Shankar Review

When an ageing actor looking to retain his identity in the filmdom comes up with a movie, naturally the curiosity is high. Shivshankar, starring Mohan Babu, did evoke quite a bit of expectations,...

Arjun Review

The lavishly mounted sets, the painstakingly choreographed stunts, the stunning visuals ----- Arjun is one of the richest and richly made Telugu films in recent times. It is obvious that the...

Valliddaru Okkate Review

Love as a theme never seems to bore our directors. It is the base of almost all our films. In such a scenario, it takes extremely creative and skilful director to showcase love and its attendant...

Intlo Srimati Veedhilo Kumari Review

Comedy of errors is a favorite theme of Indian film-makers. Every fourth film is on that essential theme. Some work. And some doesn't. Intlo Srimati Veedhilo Kumari falls somewhere in between. The...

Naa Autograph Review

It is always fun to look back on the inexorable passage that you and time walked holding hands together like unknown accomplices. And in the soft-focus reversible telescope of time yesterday's...

Donga Dongadi Review

Donga Dongadi is expected to be a hit (at least it is not expected to leave its makers poorer). If it indeed happens, in a strange irony, it can show you what is wrong with Tollywood these days. It...

Gharshana Review

It is very difficult to love violence. There are no facets to it. It is merciless. It is inexorable. It is incessant. But in Ghrashana, violence (of the establishment kind) is almost romanticized...

Sri Anjaneyam Review

In these skeptical and cynical times, a film in devotional genre is the most difficult to make. Actually it is a tight- rope walk. Care has to be taken that the film does not fall into the trap of...

Sivaram Review

There are heroes. Then there are prisoners of image. Sai Kumar belongs to the latter category. If you have seen one of his films, you have seen it all. And so it is with Sivaram. Saikumar, as the...