Chandrakala Review

There are a couple of references that you will make while watching the reasonably entertaining 'Chandrakala'.  If the idiom reminds one of 'Arundhati', some of the scenes put it...

O Manishi Katha Review

'O Manishi Katha' reminds one of Jagapathi Babu's 'Maa Nanna Chiranjeevi' in terms of its old-fashioned smell and patois.  This is yet another of Jagapathi's commendable...

Saheba Subrahmanyam Review

The way the first half is narrated, you can be forgiven for thinking that ‘Saheba.. Subrahmanyam’ is going to have a tragic end, or at least some ‘hatke’ dose in the run-up...

Lingaa Review

Rajinikanth plays Raja Lingeswara, the Collector of Kurnool who reveals himself to be the Maharaja of Gadwal!  Confused?  In real life a Chief Minister wanting to serve the poor by...

Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki Review

'Lakshmi.. Rave Maa Intiki’ is a kind of film that is characters-based rather than an eventful story.   Sometimes, it seems to hold within it traces of this or that film (the...

Chakkiligintha Review

For a film that takes quirkiness very seriously, ‘Chakkiligintha’ should have been aptly set-up in a funny world.  Its wittiness and potential would have come out well if the...

Vundile Manchi Kalam Mundu Munduna Review

'Vundhile Manchi Kalam Mundhu Mundhuna' is a kind of film where the audience is expected to take things more seriously than its characters do.  In this non-story of a film, all slice-of...

The End Review

'The End' is a film where a character who doesn't believe in ghosts searches a whole building to find out if a missing corpse that has been stealthily hidden somewhere else found its way...

Ala Ela Review

Having delivered duds like 'Pelli Pusthakam', Rahul Ravindran was at an all-time low.  Ala Ela proves that he may have been down but not out.  Here he gets to be a natural, instead...

Rough Review

For all the apparent formulaic quality about the peculiarly-titled ‘Rough’, the film has its witty moments.  It is definitely not staid if it is unpredictable.  It is not dull...

Yamaleela 2 Review

SV Krishna Reddy's Midas touch goes missing once again.  In a thematic sequel like Yamaleela-2, he assimilates random ideas in his attempt to offer something for everyone - especially the...

Ice Cream 2 Review

A reason why RGV still makes films is because there are many geniuses out there who take a sarcastic statement like this one as a serious compliment to him: RGV is he who can make a horror film with...

Rowdy Fellow Review

'Rowdy Fellow' is a film where nothing lasts for long.  Rana Pratap Jayadev (Nara Rohith) is the rich son of a rich father (and this father is never seen).  He is introduced as a...

Naa Bangaru Thalli Review

The National Award-winning 'Naa Bangaru Talli' (Ente in Malayalam) may not be a masterpiece but it has its share of haunting moments.  It may not be artistically fabulous but it is...

Erra Bus Review

'Errabus' comes amid ordinary expectations and wins our hearts.  Revealing Dasari Narayana Rao's knack for telling a story with a palpable melancholic touch, the film comes with an...

Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham Review

There was a time (and this was till recently) when most directors believed that a debutante from a star family must be projected as a super-hero who can spout the maximum possible number of...

Joru Review

There comes a point while watching 'Joru' where you will have to close your eyes and cogitate over the question of whether so many people actually need to fool one or more players. ...

Brother of Bommali Review

Here is a film that, thankfully, doesn't over-indulge Allari Naresh.  On the flip side, it over-indulges Karthika.  Here is a film that is not stuffed with too many Naresh-isms. ...

Current Teega Review

Nageswar Reddy is back with a queer comedy set in a rural backdrop.  The landscape is peopled with quirky characters who can take petty rivalries rather seriously, a landscape where a pretty...

Karthikeya Review

Here is yet another attempt to mix fact and fiction to dish out a suspense thriller with a rom-com flavour.  Director Chandoo Mondeti comes with an interesting topping called science but this...