Pizza Review

Released amidst low expectations in Telugu, this Karthick Subbaraj directorial is a must-watch (almost) film.  With right toppings in the form of a neat screenplay, deft camera work, eerie...

Okkadine Review

The only interesting episode in Okkadine is the interval bang, which unveils the trappings of a psychological thriller.  Those of you who watched Katha (which is one of the best films of both...

Mirchi Review

Mirchi is yet another film whose story is woven around a done-to-death theme of Telugu cinema.  It tells the message that true heroism lies in making peace with one's venom-spewing, blood...

Kadali Review

If you watch Kadali with a silent mind, it is sure to immerse you in the spiritual ocean at a few places.  Without setting forth to break new ground, Mani Ratnam delivers a film with invaluable...

Ongolu Gittha Review

Ongolu Gittha is a kind of film which should have been made for the Tamil audience, and dubbed later into Telugu after it did modest business in the state of TN (but even then, it would not have...

Viswaroopam Review

Viswaroopam comes with not just Hollywoodish feel but also its idiom.  This is not to say that the assessment of terrorism is "rooted in pop culture framework", but the cinematic idiom of this...

Shatruvu Review

It is said that if the characterizations and the reactions of characters are apt, half the battle is won.  Unfortunately, most films are found wanting on this front.  Shatruvu falls in...

Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Review

If Mahesh Babu seems to be the most important star, be it in terms of the screen time or the number of lines he gets to speak, it is Venkatesh who takes a lion's share in SVSC's story.  It is...

Naayak Review

A fiery youngster, somewhere in an Andhra town, comes across as a naive, happy-going, rustic guy who swears everlasting allegiance to Nasser.  Least do we know that he has a fearsome flashback...

Genius Review

The absence of visionary leadership at the helm has ensured that there is an unacknowledged policy that promotes talented youth flock to the US, thereby putting our dream of becoming a knowledge...

Ko Antey Koti Review

It is not often that we see a fledgling filmmaker leave his directorial mark radically different from his previous outing with his very second film. Anish Kuravilla (he has added Yohan as the...

Yamudiki Mogudu Review

When will our filmmakers realize that even the dreamiest of socio-fantasy flicks need to have a semblance of logic? Comedy defying sense is not utterly detestable in a film mainly meant for the...

Mithunam Review

Mithunam is a one-of-its-kind film. At one point, it seems very earthy; and at another, it feels beautifully surreal. It is uplifting now, heart-tugging now, mature now, innocent now, unpretentious...

Gajaraju Review

Generally speaking, if most Telugu filmmakers may be said to write the songs and fights situations first and then the rest of the story, and most Kannada filmmakers may be said to watch Telugu (or...

Saarocharu Review

Saarocharu's story did not deserve to be made into a feature film.  Instead, Parusuram should have actually thought of starting an irreverent website targeted at unmarried girls and asked them...

Yamaho Yama Review

As Yamaho Yama completes, it is sure to seem like an accidental socio-fantasy film. The hero, at some point in the story, falls in love with Swapna (Parvathi Milton), who is loved and lusted by...

Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu Review

If you discover Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu to be your-kind-of-film, you will find it almost flawless; otherwise, if you are someone who loves a Puri Jagannadh-type filmmaking, you will not like the...

Devaraya Review

As the film begins, certain Nani 'gadu' starts narrating his socio-fantasy story to actor Srikanth.  When the narrator unashamedly tells that the king could be anyone, you shudder to think...

Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Review

If Reddeppa (Milind Gunaji) mixes business, politics and crime, Krish Jagarlamudi mixes theatre drama, dance and a bit of anger and angst in KVJ.  The trailers deluded us into believing that...

Routine Love Story Review

At a time when promiscuity goes for contemporary urban romance, second-rate vulgarity goes for realism, naive manner of character-etching and scene-writing is advertised by complacent directors as...