Solo Review

Looks like this is the season of directors/writers pushing the envelope.  Only two weeks back, we were treated to a refreshing tale of friendship from the eyes of a guy and his childhood, ...

Sri Rama Rajyam Review

If you thought Sri Rama Rajyam is a Balakrishna film, think again.  For, Bapu here chooses to follow his own dharma of story-telling and keeps Sri Rama (played by Balakrishna) from the screen...

Its My Love Story Review

Madhura Sreedhar's film has got all the props - a contemporary social behaviour (live-in relationship) as the foundation on which to base the story, an upwardly mobile hero and heroine with a dare...

Oh My Friend Review

There comes a particularly heart-warming moment in Oh My Friend, somewhere in the middle of second half that deserves a standing ovation.  Killer calls her friend Faltoos, asking him to see her...

Mogudu Review

Mogudu is a film that should have been ideally released in the times of EVV Satyanarayana and Muthyala Subbaiah.  No, we are not complaining about how the hero comes to marry the heroine twice...

Nuvvila Review

Nuvvila is a typical Ravi Babu film, wherein puerile youngsters, acerbic parents, parallel plots and eerie comedy situations are the norm.  This Usha Kiron Movies film has a bonus though: for...

7th Sense Review

The names of AR Murugadoss and Udayanidhi Stalin made us believe in the potential of 7th Sense to be a trend-setting sci-fi film.  Unfortunately, the film doesn't reach anywhere near...

Pilla Zamindar Review

Its inspiration from a Korean film (A Millionaire's First Love, 2006) notwithstanding, Pilla Jamindaru doesn't come across as an original work.  Except that, in what may be called a refreshing...

Oosaravelli Review

It all begins well with a sidekick narrating the different traits of Tony to a thug who is in search of a heroic henchman in Mumbai.  Tony, for one, is a gutsy bod with deadly eyes, a...

Madatha Kaaja Review

Like many comedies of Allari Naresh, Madatha Kaaja too begins quite well but descends into a routine plot in two shakes of a lamb's tail.  Not quite unexpected.  But, the tragedy is that...

Dookudu Review

We guessed it right.  Dookudu is really a big leap in Mahesh brand entertainment.  There is, delightfully, a bonus.  The film is a big leap in Vytla brand entertainment as well. ...

Vachadu Gelichadu Review

You cannot judge Vachadu Gelichadu easily.  This is not to talk about the screenplay, which falters very badly.  This is not to make a point about the quality of performances, which are...

Aakasame Haddu Review

Director Ravicharan Meripo seems to try something novel in Akasame Haddu by mixing the usual ingredients of love, comedy and sentiment with a dose of message.  As for whether he succeeds in his...

Gambler Review

Betting money, wily cops, underworld, greedy sidekicks, principal characters without a sense of scruples.  Add a dose of booze, a hero who oozes menace and avarice at almost every turn, not to...

Keratam Review

Yet another boy from Rebel Star Krishnamraju's family made debut as hero in Tollywood. While Krishnamraju's nephew Siddharth Rajkumar made his entry as hero, Aiswarya and Rakul Preet Singh made...

Prema Khaidi Review

In a sense, it appears that some Tamil directors have developed a penchant for mixing romantic stories with an element of macabrity and malevolence.  It is true that no one can match the...

Daggaraga Dooramgaa Review

You must have heard a friend or a relative say that people must be given a chance to lynch terrorists to death on the roads of our cities so that men of their tribe are taught a fitting lesson.; ...

Money Money More Money Review

There are boring films. Then there are ridiculously boring ones.  If Manmohan Singh were asked to choose between listening to Anna Hazare's speeches and watching Money, Money, More Money, he...

Urumi Review

Urumi, a film dubbed from Malayalam, belongs to a rare genre - historical-fantasy.  Not only is it rare to see films made in this interesting genre, it is even rarer to see this coming from a...

Mugguru Review

As one watches Mugguru, he is sure to scratch his head as to why Suresh Productions should squander away time and money on a less-than-ordinary script.  It is difficult to understand why a...