Loafer Review

Puri Jagannadh has of late gone berserk with his subjects, but ''Loafer'' is surely a different take of sorts.  You may find many saying that it is a return to the kind of...

Hithudu Review

Jagapathi Babu has been seen around in non-fullfledged roles only, of late.  After striking gold with the Balakrishna-starrer ''Legend'' and the Mahesh Babu-starrer ''...

Bengal Tiger Review

After a super dud like ''Kick-2'', one expected to see Ravi Teja in a ''Balupu''-filled ''Mirapakai''-like ''Power''-packed role.; ...

Shankarabharanam Review

By now, it should be clear to one and all that the greater the immortality of a title that has been robbed by a contemporary filmmaker, the higher the chances of a film that goes with that title...

Thanu Nenu Review

'Thanu Nenu' had a reason to be attractive for those who were not excited by the wall poster where we see the vivacious Avika Gor and her sweetheart smile their way as Ravi Babu looks on...

Size Zero Review

'Size Zero' stretches an NGO-esque idea into a plot for the second half.  That is an undoing, although the good lines that keep flowing in now and then add to the harmless flab. ...

Kumari 21F Review

This film has that adult comedy style title that it is not surprising that this Sukumar-written film has garnered so much of craze.  Having been written by Sukumar, the youth were expected to...

Cheekati Rajyam Review

When it is Kamal Hassan who is around, the audience looks for nothing less than a detailed screenplay.  But with 'Cheekati Rajyam',  the writer Kamal changes his style to make way...

Akhil Review

Akhil in this "socio-fantasy" pursues a girl.  The girl, Divya, decides to have a boy friend, ultimately, just to teach Vennela Kishore a lesson.  After a while, she is kidnapped...

Red Alert Review

With a title like 'Red Alert', one would expect an edge-of-the-seat thriller.  This multi-lingual film, directed by Chandra Mahesh, throws up some such scenes.  But, overall, it is...

Tripura Review

You can make a horror-comedy, you can make a bad horror-comedy, but would it be sensible to have a horror film in which the comedy dayyam has more screen time than her serious revenge-seeking?&...

Sher Review

High on the success of 'Pataas', Kalyan Ram returns with an action-comedy whose outmoded story line tilts in favour of a Kona Venkat spin.  The hero is actually a 'sher', but a...

Columbus Review

When was the last time you heard a major character say to an important character, "Naa meeda promise vesi cheppu", that too at an as important a stage as the climax?  If you can't...

Kanche Review

The very title 'Kanche' sounds quite literary.  It's not quite often that a Telugu film title sounds literary or comes with an allegorical connotation, unlike in Kollywood. ...

Raju Gari Gadhi Review

For a film with an appealing title like this, the narration as done by Omkar (of TV shows fame) is nothing less of a surprise.  With a bunch of comedy faces, he delivers goods.  What is...

Bruce Lee Review

'Bruce Lee' has traces of 'Aagadu' and 'Dookudu' if one goes beyond scratching the surface.  If the villain has a womanising side to him (like a negative character in &...

Rudhramadevi Review

'Rudramadevi' has both bright and insipid elements going for it.  If there is a scene where Rudramadevi, a strong-minded woman posing as a male, under the spell of a sudden burst of...

The Eyes Review

After the National Award winning 'Bangaru Talli', it is the turn of yet another 'hatke' film from Mollywood to impress the Telugu audience.  'The Eyes', starring Meera...

Shivam Review

Srinivas Reddy leaves no stone unturned to enlist a bevy of entertainers, ranging from Krishna Bhagawan, Srinivas Reddy, Thotapalli Madhu, Shakalaka Shankar, Tagubothu Ramesh,  Chalaki Chanti,...

Puli Review

Fantasy and multi-starrers are relatively new concepts for Tamil cinema. Vijay, the leading star among the current lot of actors has acted in a film that has these two concepts and that film is ...