Samba Review

Actors are always grappling with the conundrum as to whom are they making their films for. For the general public who look for something serious and sensitive or the section of dedicated fans that...

Oka Pellam Muddu Rendo Pellam Vaddu Review

While activists have always targeted violence and sex in our films, things that pass off as middle class household comedy has escaped unscathed. Come to think of it, it is more dangerous. Because...

Adavi Ramudu Review

Yet again, veteran director B, Gopal has come up with a routine potboiler with Prabhas and Aarti in the lead. Despite his efforts to pack it with necessary ingredients like action, songs, and, ...

Naani Review

At one level, the much-hyped Nani is all about the childhood fantasy of growing up fast into the adult world. Such a theme is fraught with risk as the director and the screenplay writer has to walk...

Arya Review

There is no such thing as guaranteed success in filmdom. For, there are so many imponderables involved that nothing is taken for granted. But in the case of Arya, it was almost a given that the film...

Preminchukunnam Pelliki Randi Review

It is a film straight out of Relangi Narasimha Rao's kitchen with the usual flavour of comedy and sentiments. But it is not appetizing because the work is patchy. The story is also nothing new,...

Dost Review

This is a season of remakes in Telugu. Almost every second movie is one. Muppalaneni Siva's Dost is a dutiful take-off on Malayalam hit Nammal. But where Dost fails is it does not have the original...

Pedhababu Review

One of the abiding mysteries of filmdom is why directors never get out of the sentiment trap. To be sure, some of our better films have been about family drama. But that does not mean every second...

Siva Puthrudu Review

It is a morbidly disturbing film about the sequestered and secluded life of an undertaker. It is a theme that does not readily lend itself to film-making in India --- the superstition-riddled...

Nenunnanu Review

Film:    NenunnanuCast:Nagarjuna, Aarti Agarwal, Shreya, Sudha, Mukesh,Rishi, Brahmanandam, Ali, Sunil, Tanikella Bharani,Allari Ravi, Pasupati, Parchuri Venkateswara Rao, Siva...

Kushikushigaa Review

It is difficult to argue against Kushikushigaa. It has worked very well in Malayalam (Chronic Bachelor) and Tamil (Engal Anna). Yet, success does not guarantee succees, and Kushikushigaa barely...

Venkee Review

Suspense and comedy are not nature born siblings. It is difficult to mix the two. But Sreenu Vaitla, the director of Venkee, seems to have pulled off this coup. And that is thanks in a large measure...

Nenu Review

Quite contrary to popular belief, a remake film is the most difficult to handle. First the director has to contend with the nuances created for one language, one region and one hero. And the second...