Dohchay Review

The 'Swamy Ra Ra' director-musician duo are back.  Sudheer Varma and Sunny MR try their best to make the proceedings look slick and snazzy.  As in their first outing together, the...

Kaai Raja Kaai Review

There is this MLA daughter who has to hide her face from onlookers because she is on a run and is with three youngsters, one of whom is her lover boy.  The three youngsters have accidentally...

Vaaradhi Review

'Vaaradhi' in a nutshell is the transformation of a self-centered, perverse personality into a meaningful human being.  The crux lies in who initiates the change.  The directorial...

Ok Bangaram Review

Mani Ratnam has this knack for introducing to the audience his main leads' thinking without wasting time.  Just a few minutes into the film, you find Aadi and Tara scripting the marriage...

Budugu Review

It's a camouflage designed to make the audience think that something spooky is around the corner.  The unseen force called 'Diya akka' scares the daylights out of the mother, even...

Son Of Satyamurthy Review

By now, it should be clear to the audience that a Trivikram film can't be expected to have comedy as the USP.  It was the case when one of the most celebrated writers was a dialogue writer...

Chitram Kadu Nijam Review

Do spirits blast off containers?  Do they blow off water bottles forcefully?  Are they capable of litting the fire? Can they disable the ‘rewind’ button of your camera? ...

Miss Leelavathi Review

P Suneel Kumar Reddy’s films have never been known for even good technical values.  He banks on the storyline, not even on performances.  Based on his/her sensibilities, the audience...

Avunu 2 Review

The potential of a geographically mobile spirit is vast.  When Ravi Babu (playing the spirit) made a surreptitious visit to the police station eavesdropping on Mohini’s (Poorna), ...

Jil Review

When a fire-fighter is introduced as a 'Man of Fire' through an ode in the form of a Dookudu-fied song, only to be seen having a copy of APJ Abdul Kalam's 'Wings of Fire' in his...

Rey Review

There are at least two things that our filmmakers are not good at: making a film on a modern art, and a film with mafia backdrop.  While the former are few and far between, the latter are...

Calling Bell Review

Think of a devil whose raging desire is to beget a child.  Think of such a devil conning the man in her life into sleeping with her without having the knowledge of his partner’s spooky...

Jendapai Kapiraju Review

The coming of sting journalism and 24/7 news media seems to have made our filmmakers a bit lazy.  Gone are the days when a Shankar had to think up creatively to make a Gentleman, a, ...

Yevade Subramanyam Review

If 'Yevade Subrahmanyam' reminded one of that number from 'Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam' in which an angry Siddharth seems to say, "Who the hell is that Subrahmanyam?"...

Thungabhadra Review

There comes a scene somewhere in the second half where Jabardasth Srinu, playing Adith's sidekick, goes overboard in trying to do the Brahmanandam of the 1980s.  If this is about one scene,...

Chirunavvula Chirujallu Review

At a time when many a Kollywood hero wants to make the most out of the love for dubbed films in the two Telugu States, Jiiva has a dubbed film this week.  The original was released in December...

Dr.Saleem Review

After Raghuvaran B.Tech left its imprint on the Telugu BO, there has been a spurt of dubbed movies from Kollywood.  Latest to join weeks after Pisachi and Anekudu is Vijay Anthony-starrer, ...

Tommy Review

When an unusual story has to be told, you expect the director to have a bit of knack for the eccentric.  Besides an ability to pep up the proceedings by way of a child-like way of looking at...

Jagannatakam Review

Jagannatakam is a less-than-praiseworthy storyline.  But the film boasts of good production values.  Reasonably fair performances by the lead actors apart, the story-telling and execution...

Surya Vs Surya Review

As the film begins, Surya (Nikhil) is found taking an auto, seated in a half-sleep mode, moments after leaving his mobile in his palatial bungalow.  The maid says to his permanently optimistic...