Bommarillu Review

Movie `Bommarillu' produced by `Dil' Raju on Sri Venkateshwara Creations and directed by debutant Bhasker is a feel-good family entertainer.Siddu (Siddhardh) is the second son of Arvind (Prakash) ...

Veedhi Review

Veedhi comes to us amidst high hype that it being a very different and realistic venture. And in the first few minutes, you have a reporter from CNN and a gang of vagabondBoys --- it all looks rich...

Game Review

When Taxi No 9211, the Hindi original of Game, was released, the spontaneous wit and agreeable chutzpah of Nana Patekar and the suave charm and slick chic of John Abraham stood out in charming....

Amma Cheppindi Review

In life, reality differs a lot from what it seems. And reality is seen not with the eyes but with the heart. It is a nuanced idea, and it gets a touchy amplification in Amma Cheppindi. It is a story...

Valliddari Vayasu Padahare Review

A Teenage Love Story which is both Bold and Evocative.The film `Valliddari Vayasu Padahare', which in has been in the making for over two and half years, finally sees the light of the day. It is a...

Ashok Review

A masala movie is never about story. It is about treatment and delivery. Whether you can sit through the two-odd hours is the touchstone of the director and hero's success. By that reckoning, Ashok,...

Seethakoka Chiluka Review

Love never tires. Especially our story writers and directors. Like God, love has many manifestations, and one of it is tried out in Seethakoka Chiluka. It is a typical village love story. But what...

Nandanavanam 120 Km Review

Suspense thrillers always have a special allure. And it gets highlighted in Nandanavanam 120 Km under the direction of Neelakanta. After the dismal show in Sada Mee Sevalo, he bounces back in style...

Asthram Review

When a successful movie is remade, the thing to be looked at is not success alone. The context and relevance are also important. When Sarfarosh became a hit in Hindi some years back, one of the...

Vikramarkudu Review

The thing about Ravi Teja movies is that they don't have any pretensions. It is also a philosophy that is shared by S S Rajamouli. So when the duo come together what you have is a film that is high...

Hanumanthu Review

Srihari's movies, despite falling into a pattern, have a raw energy and natural emotions an out them. They are about everyday moments and our anger in response to them.His films mostly work because...

Sri Krishna 2006 Review

It is interesting as to what levels people go in the name of entertainment and comedy. Accepted comedy is all about exaggeration. But that doesn't mean one pass off absurdity as fun. Director...

Dhoolpet Review

Why another gangster movie, you may ask. If it is interesting, why not. Dhoolpet (a dubbed version of the Tamil movie Puthupetta) manages have a look at the violence that is so typical to the...

Oka 'V' Chitram Review

Teja is a free spirit. His films had thrived, despite the implausibility of the themes, because of his ability to mix mass elements. His films always speak for the underdogs of the society. In Oka V...

Godavari Review

At a time when films are made out of fixated and fixed formula, to conceive a project that is straight from the heart is in itself a huge plus. And to actually make a film based on those fine and...

Evandoy Sreevaru Review

Good comedy is all about timing and partnership. Satti Babu and Srikanth enjoy a good rapport . So their combination is spontaneous. So there is much good humour and good emotional drama in Evandoi...

Mayajalam Review

To make a movie with ghosts as important characters is difficult enough in a horror movie (to make the audience willingly suspend their sense of disbelief is a tough task). But to make film with...

Kita Kitalu Review

 Making a comedy surrounding a slim man and a rotund wife is a tightrope walk. A slip here or there would make it thoroughly unpleasant. Kamal and Balu Mahendra made that eminently enjoyable...

Bangaram Review

Suddenly journalists, rather reporting news, are news themselves. There is a lot happening in a journalist's life these days. And in Bangaram, director Dharani has tried to hold a mirror to one such...

Veerabhadra Review

In a sense, Balakrishna has painted himself into a corner. He is a man of mass films and such movies have to, almost mandatorily, carry certain elements. And to spin a script with all these...