Sye Review

Sporting games are just that in most Indian films ---they are hardly given any importance. There are occasional exceptions --- Hip, Hip Hurray, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikkander and Lagaan. Even in Okkadu,...

Pothuraju Review

This remake of Tamil original "Veerumandi" is yet another feather in pioneering star Kamal Haasan's cap. The veteran and versatile actor comes up with a brilliant performance as a ruffian...

Gudumba Shankar Review

There are director's actors who just surrender themselves to what the former say. Then there are actor's actors who are an envy of their own peers. Then there are those like Pawan Kalyan who are...

Gowri Review

Tamil actor Vijay has a fetish for remaking Telugu films. Somehow, Telugu film producers and directors also have an equal fetish for remaking his films in Tollywood.But going by the mixed luck that...

Madyahnapu Hatya Review

Ram Gopal Varma is a unique director in the annals of Indian film history. He has his own idiom and grammar to filmmaking. His avowed intention of making a movie is to satisfy himself. Fine if the...

143 (I Miss You) Review

Just a scary thought: Suppose there is a law that no film in India should be made with love theme, what will happen? Quite simply, almost all the filmmakers would go out of business. Puri Jagan...

Shiva Shankar Review

When an ageing actor looking to retain his identity in the filmdom comes up with a movie, naturally the curiosity is high. Shivshankar, starring Mohan Babu, did evoke quite a bit of expectations,...

Arjun Review

The lavishly mounted sets, the painstakingly choreographed stunts, the stunning visuals ----- Arjun is one of the richest and richly made Telugu films in recent times. It is obvious that the...

Valliddaru Okkate Review

Love as a theme never seems to bore our directors. It is the base of almost all our films. In such a scenario, it takes extremely creative and skilful director to showcase love and its attendant...

Intlo Srimati Veedhilo Kumari Review

Comedy of errors is a favorite theme of Indian film-makers. Every fourth film is on that essential theme. Some work. And some doesn't. Intlo Srimati Veedhilo Kumari falls somewhere in between. The...

Naa Autograph Review

It is always fun to look back on the inexorable passage that you and time walked holding hands together like unknown accomplices. And in the soft-focus reversible telescope of time yesterday's...

Donga Dongadi Review

Donga Dongadi is expected to be a hit (at least it is not expected to leave its makers poorer). If it indeed happens, in a strange irony, it can show you what is wrong with Tollywood these days. It...

Gharshana Review

It is very difficult to love violence. There are no facets to it. It is merciless. It is inexorable. It is incessant. But in Ghrashana, violence (of the establishment kind) is almost romanticized...

Sri Anjaneyam Review

In these skeptical and cynical times, a film in devotional genre is the most difficult to make. Actually it is a tight- rope walk. Care has to be taken that the film does not fall into the trap of...

Sivaram Review

There are heroes. Then there are prisoners of image. Sai Kumar belongs to the latter category. If you have seen one of his films, you have seen it all. And so it is with Sivaram. Saikumar, as the...

Swamy (T) Review

If you are a serious film buff, sometimes some of our movies can leave you depressed.Swamy is one such movie. It is not a bad film seen in isolation --- it has its moments through sentiments and...

Ammayi Bagundi Review

Indian filmmakers are almost fixated on the theme of twins and look-alikes. It is a pet subject that has been flogged like a dead horse all over Indian film screens.Ammayi Bagundi is a typical story...

Yagnam Review

In an industry that is so much sold out on image, it is difficult to change tack. It is almost equivalent to changing the color of your skin. Though there have been some exceptions, it is almost...

Hyderabad Blues 2 Review

A good idea, like a good marriage, lasts for about seven years, till the itch begins. When Nagesh Kukunoor returns on the screens July 2 with "Hyderabad Blues 2", he talks about marriages...

Lakshmi Ganesh Review

If ever there is a prisoner of image then it should be Sai Kumar. He cannot but be an honest, angry, tough, bloody, innocent, trusting, trustful, loving family man. His family or himself will fall...