Nuvvaa Nena Review

Nuvva Nena is an apt title.  It is because the director and the actors (almost all the characters in the movie) are competitively brainless here!  While Allari Naresh and Sharwanand act...

Mr Nookayya Review

Mr. Nookayya begins with the entire story, except the climax, shown in slow motion in a span of less than a minute.  The hero is being tortured, you see a woman falling off from a height into...

Malligadu Review

Watching Malligadu, one feels that post Sethu (Seshu) and Pithamagan (Shiva Putrudu), some of the Tamil directors have been making tragedies for the sake of making tragedies!  Being a Bala...

Ishq Review

Watching Ishq, one is reminded of so many influences.  Vikram K Kumar, who might have surprised an RGV with that genuine horror flick 13B, seems to imbibe the qualities of VV Vinayak and...

Poola Rangadu Review

Ranga lives in the mortal fear of being eliminated by either Konda Reddy or Lala Goud, the dreaded rivals in Warangal, but he dares to woo the latter's daughter in order to bail himself out from a...

Love Failure Review

  What does Love Failure conclude for the rest of us?  That reaching a breaking point in a relationship is the best remedy for the malady of 'love failure'.  In this sense, the film...

SMS (Shiva Manasulo Shruti) Review

How long does it take a boy to reciprocate his love for a girl after he knows that he is very much in the cute lady's heart?  For the male lead of SMS, it takes a dramatic climax.  Why?...

Dhoni Review

Prakash Raj's Dhoni is a whiff of fresh air in more sense than one.  The best part of this film is that it doesn't sound a bit cliched despite its lead character (Prakash Raj as a widower...

Rushi Review

The strength of this seemingly highbrow film called Rushi lies in intermingling emotions, romance, sentiment and debate in the right proportions.  Director Raj Madiraju shows a characteristic...

Snehithudu Review

It is ironical for a film that takes a dig at the rote learning system to copy every single facet, aspect and nuance from the original, 3 Idiots.  If you watch the movie expecting Shankar's...

Ayyare Review

We live in a country where terrorists are given biryani and patriotism is censored, so goes the collective lament of our men.  There comes a point in Ayyare when Rajendra Prasad stumbles upon...

Bodyguard Review

If you have watched Siddique's Bodyguard already, there is still every reason why you should go for Gopichand Malineni's Bodyguard.  If not for anything, to watch Venkatesh and Trisha deliver...

Business Man Review

A proud Nasser, who is the Commissioner of Mumbai, goes to the town claiming that there is no bhai left in the city.  He and his unsparing department have cleansed the city of the dreaded...

Kshetram Review

In Kshetram you see Jagapathi Babu excelling in his mien, comportment, deportment, body movements, shrieking, wielding a larger-than-life sword, sporting a caricaturish moustache - that is,...

Rajanna Review

Rajanna is doubtless a brave experiment.  We do not intend to convey by the word 'experiment', that it is devoid of commercial elements.  In fact, Rajanna is one of the most avant garde...

Journey Review

On the face of it, Journey is old wine in a new bottle.  There are two love stories that run parallel; two journeys that culminate in an unexpected ending, an ending which is philosophized by a...

Panjaa Review

For a film set in the backdrop of a mad, macabre mafia world, Panjaa's format is not inventively refreshing, but the way Vishnu Vardhan treats the proceedings makes this film one of the worthiest...

Priyudu Review

You can't describe the tragedy of Priyudu by any other word.  The idea of the film is an insult to all Valentines out there.  This frustratingly puerile love story throws up a set of...

Sangharshana Review

Sangharshana, like Shambo Shiva Shambo, tells the violence-ridden story of the good-hearted leads, who are forced by the ruthless characters around them to run to save their lives.  The life...

Bejawada Review

It doesn't matter whether or not Bejawada will become a flop (which we predict its fate is going to be), but one thing is clear.  RGV and some kids from his school are living in a cocoon. ...