180 Movie Review

           


          Actor Siddharth who has been running through rough patch in his career has pinned so many hopes on this movie. This is a bilingual and also a sort of reentry for Siddharth in Tamil. Ad guru Jayendra is the director of this movie. Let us see if Siddharth’s long wait for a hit is fulfilled with this 180 film or not in this review…

Story:

       Ajay a.k.a. Mano (Siddharth) comes from nowhere and rents a house for six months. He starts to enjoy every moment of his life by playing with poor kids and helping them in every possible way. Vidya (Nithya Menon), a photo journalist falls in love with him and expresses her feelings to him at a point and Ajay try to go away from her. But as she meets with an accident and as the doctors say that she need a spinal cord surgery, Ajay takes Vidya along with him to US. Who is Ajay? Where does he come from? Why did he try to run away from her? Are the questions better answered onscreen!

Analysis:

Director felt that he has hidden the major twist in the film until the third act but anybody could guess what the hero has been going through by the visuals and the dialogs itself. Hence the suspense factor when it gets revealed in the last hour didn’t click.

The film opens on a dull note and moves ahead at a leisurely pace which gets stuck at times. The narration is snail paced and bores you to the core at times. Hero’s social awareness goes overboard and irks you. Only saving grace in this movie is Priya Anand’s character which is cute and lovable. Sadly, she too turns crybaby in the last hour and the film turns out to be an absolute nightmare from then on. Lack of comedy is another minus as the films gets too heavy in the second hour.

Hero’s hallucinations of Lord Yama dressed up in a long coat are very silly. 180 is good in very few parts and mostly boring. Only people who are inclined towards watching tragedies will like this.

There is nothing new in this movie as we have seen similar plot in many movies. Chakram and Oy are the recent past movies which also are made on the similar lines. Strangely Siddharth is the hero in Oy and he has once again tried the same subject in a different angle! The result this time would be even worse.

Performances:

Siddharth is good as a fun loving guy. But his act as a tragic-struck man is not so convincing. His body language and expressions are not up to the mark in those scenes. He excelled in the climax scene in which he talks with his friend on phone.

Nithya Menon once again comes up with a good show. She is very talented. She has to keep a check on her weight though. Priya Anand did well in a role which has two shades. This is her best performance to date. Tanikella Bharani is Okay. Rest of the star cast did fine.

Tehnicalities:

Umarji Anuradha’s dialogs are simple and straight. However there are few grammatical errors that make this film sound like a dubbed one. Bala Subramaniam’s cinematography is the major asset. The ultra slow motion technique used in ‘Vayasika Raadu’ song is brilliant. Every frame is rich and vibrating.

Editing is up to the mark. Music by Sharreth is good. Background score is a plus and the songs gelled well with the narrative. Production values are top notch. Director Jayendra is a very good technician and it can be seen in almost every frame. But the subject he has chosen to make his first film is not a convincing one. It is one of the few subjects which is beaten to the death.


Plus Points:

- Cinematography
- Background score
- Lead actors performance

Minus points:

- Snail paced narrative
- Very old plotline
- Heavy second hour

Final Word: 180 – Boring journey at a speed of 180 centimeters per hour!

Box office predictions: 180 might seem fine to the A center crowds due to the content and visual splendor. Even they will feel second half a bit torturous. It is a complete no no to mass audience and masala seekers. It is likely to end up below Oy among Siddharth’s movies.

180 Review rating: 2.5/5

Banner: Sathyam Cinemas, Aghal Films
Casting: Nithya Menon, Priya Anand, Siddharth
Music: Sharreth
Producer: Sathyam Cinemas, Aghal Films
Direction: Jayendra

Vaadu Veedu Movie Review

            

                  Director Bala, who makes non-formulaic yet commercial films with characters that we don’t come across too often, has now come up with Avan Ivan, which was dubbed in Telugu as Vaadu Veedu. Bala said that he has tried an entertainer in his style. So, did he succeed in churning out an entertainer with his type of characters? Know the details in Avan Ivan, i.e. Vaadu Veedu review…

Story:

Walter (Vishal) and Dandalu Saami (Arya) are thieves and also stepbrothers. They are so much attached to Highness (GM Kumar) who has no one to take care of except Walter and Saami. Highness is like the protector of that village. He lives life like a king. One day Highness confronts with a wrongdoer (RK), who comes to seek revenge. What happens next forms the climax of this film.

Analysis:

Bala who never tried his hand at comedy tried to make a comedy entertainer with some typical characters that are seen in rural Tamilnadu. The take off of the movie and the introduction of characters is good. The flow seems smooth until a point and suddenly we start feeling that this film is heading nowhere. The director never raises a conflict even at the interval point.

We feel that Bala is trying to make a time pass entertainer where the conflict will only be raised in the second half of the film. But even in the second half the story never moves from the starting point. Only towards the end there enters a negative character any person with head on shoulders would predict what happens next.

This is by far the weakest movie that Bala has ever made. It neither has a script nor a strong base. All the characters are underdeveloped. Most of the scenes are irrelevant to the subject. Also the best parts of the film resemble Siva Putrudu (Pitamagan) and hence lack any freshness.



Real Bala is only seen in the climax scenes but that too seems very forced and completely unwanted. The film ends abruptly and that is another drawback.

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Performances:

Vishal steals the show with his wonderful performance. He has put in so much pain and efforts to play this character. His performance in the scene where he shows navarasas stands as a strong example for his talent. Arya was not given much importance. He did his part well. Janani Iyer is cute and Madhu Shalini doesn’t have much scope. GM Kumar’s performance is natural. Ambika and Prabha lived up to their characters. Rest of the star cast is fine with their job.


Tehnicalities:

Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music is good. Although there aren’t any songs that can be remembered, his background score is brilliant. Aurthur A Wilson’s cinematography is topnotch. Suresh Urs editing is okay.

Bala penned the story and screenplay and he has utterly failed in this department. Although the director in him came to rescue the film at times, the writing has let the film down. Bala’s mark can be seen in few scenes but it will disappoint his fans on a whole due to soulless and pointless script.

Plus Points:

• Vishal’s performance
• Background score
• Few entertaining scenes in the first half

Minus points:

• Story and screenplay
• Boring second half
• Pointless narration

Final Word: Vaadu Veedu – A rare bad film from Bala

Box office predictions: Vaadu Veedu opened well due to Bala factor and interesting promotion. It is likely to lose the steam pretty soon. Avan Ivan might not be a damp squib at the box office as the nativity factor might work with Tamil audience.

Vaadu Veedu (Avan Ivan) Review rating: 2/5

Banner: AGS Entertainments Pvt Ltd
Cast: Aarya, Madhu Shalini, Vishal
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
cinematography: A Wilson
Producer: Vikram Krishna
Direction: Bala

Badrinath

Allu Arjun's latest movie badrinath raised so many expectations due to its package and publicity. The film looked like a blockbuster written all over it. Even the makers confidence suggested the same. With aggressive publicity Badrinath is surrounded by huge hype and the expectations continued to scale new heights by the day. So, is it up to the expectations? Did it live up to the hype? Let's uncover Badrinath review...

Story:

Badri (Allu Arjun) is one of the disciples of Bheeshma (Prakash Raj), who is a guru of ancient martial arts. Badrinath grows up into a strong fighter under Bheeshma's rigorous training. He will be appointed as the 'kshetra palakudu' (protector) of Badrinath temple. Alakananda (Tamanna), an atheist comes to Badrinath along with her grandfather. Badri learns that she is in big trouble due to Sarkar (Kelly Dorjee). Alakananda slowly realizes the greatness of Badrinath and turns a devotee. She also falls for Badri who doesn't reciprocate to her love. Bheeshma decides to make Badri his successor by handing over the responsibility of Takshasila. For that Badri has to remain bachelor forever. Not aware of his guru's decision and Alakananda's real feelings towards him Badri gives her a word that he will help her to visit Barinath temple again as she has to do that to make her wish come true. Alakananda prays Lord Badrinath to help her succeed in her love. Bheeshma takes a word from Badrinath that he would take up his duties as a true successor to him. So who wins? How does Badrinath overcomes this contrasting situation?

Analysis:

Badrinath starts on a bright note. The introduction of temples and the visuals are splendid. But immediately it takes a predictable path with some poorly etched characters and scenes. You will hardly find Badrinath being troubled in the training. The training process looks just ordinary. The confrontation between hero and heroine is regular. Nothing new or interesting. The film moves on with a silly flashback episode revealing the troubles of heroine. From then on the movie moves on with a sole reason, that is to find the interval point.

In between there is a fight where Badri goes and kills tens of terrorists with his sword. He simply evades all the bullets with a swing of his sword. It is over the top action which would not be liked by the die hard fans even. Interval episode is too predictable and the action episode goes on for ages during that period. Second half starts on a dull note with hardly any engaging scenes. Song after song follows with a heavily censored fight sequence in between. The film heads to climax with literally nothing happening post interval. Climax is a big let down.

This film is set in current era and that is the biggest logical error as you wouldn't find security and police around Badrinath temple. Even when hundreds of people gets killed there is no sign of police anywhere. The hero goes on a killing rampage in a railway station and the director doesn't care of bringing cops into the scene. Right from the concept of keeping the protagonist as protector to Badrinath temple, this film lacks logic in everything. So called commercial elements didn't work due to weak script.

This film doesn't have any comparisons with Magadheera as the public believed but it has stark resemblance to Shakti movie starring NTR. Like that this film too falls flat on most aspects except for grandeur and a couple of songs.

Performances:

Allu Arjun does the same and speaks like he does in every film despite his awkward costumes and hairstyle. He didn't try to get into the skin of the character as it is no different from his usual roles. His dances are the highlight and probably the only selling factor for this film. Tamanna liberally showed off her skin and helped her part to up the masala dose. Prakash Raj is Okay but his makeup is pretty bad. Kelly Dorjee is wasted and the woman who played his wife is over the top all the time. The man who played their son is a miscast. Raghubabu is regular and repeating Indra's comedy track with Brahmanandam didn't work. Rao Ramesh, Tanikella Bharani didn't have much scope.

Tehnicalities:

Keeravani's songs lack freshness but are good on screen. Thanks to electrifying dances of Allu Arjun. Background score is good but Keeravani failed to recreate his Magadheera magic. Cinematography is good. The visuals of Badrinath stays with you. Art work is fine in parts. Editing is Okay. Story and screenplay written by Chinni Krishna lacks the punch and freshness. Dialogues are mediocre. Action part is another minus as all the fights looked artificial. Production values are good.

VV Vinayak disappoints big time and one cannot completely put blame on him. The problem is with the lackluster script. He couldn't do much with it. He failed in incorporating commercial ingredients too.

Plus Points:

- Badrinath backdrop
- Allu Arjun dances
- Tamanna's glamor
- Few songs

Minus points:

- Story and screenplay
- Over the top action
- Lack of entertainment
- Weak second hour and poor climax

Final Word: Badrinath – This film does justice to the first three letters in its title.

Box office predictions:

Badrinath lets the audience down who go to the movie expecting a magnum opus. Even if you are in for a regular commercial potboiler it fells short of expectations. It may survive in mass centers due to the never ending fights and mass frenzy songs. It needs a miracle to be a break even at the box office.

Badrinath Review rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Geetha Arts
Cast: Allu Arjun, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prakash Raj
Music: M.M.Keeravani
Cinematography: Ravi Varman
Story: Chinni Krishna
Producer: Allu Aravind
Director: V.V.Vinayak

" Maro" - Hero Nitin

          

               Young Hero Nitin tried his luck yet again in the summer race with the movie Maro under the banner Sri Rajeshwarii Films produced by Mamiladala Srinivas, venu and others directed by malyalam director Siddik.Meera Chopra acted as the female lead in the movie and music is by Mani Sharma and dialogs are by Chintapalli Ramana,Maro came out facing all the odds created by Meera Chopra and was delayed and at last released.

SONGS
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1)Ammo Ammammo
2)Kannulu Mosse
3)Picasso Sathiya
4)Vennela Veedhilona
5)Yedemainakani




Story:

               A theft will happen in a Bank in the city in which a girl dies and the manager of the bank commits suicide,the robbery involves Raj Mohan (Abbas) and Kota Srinivas Rao(Ex Minister) and Sundaram (Nitin ) belongs to the family which is effected by the theft,he meets Meera Chopra and the rest is all about how sundaram faces the consequences in the process of proving that Raj Mohan is the culprit.

Analysis:

                The movie which starts of with some confusion goes smooth later for a while, director should be appreciated for his excellent screenplay which created a doubt whether hero is the villain and villain is the hero but after which the movie gets back to the routine nitin movie without much entertainment testing the patience of the audience, since the movie was not released from a long time almost all the technicians who worked for the film will not be getting any name for the work and Manisharma music is good but the picturization is average and Dialogs of Chintapalli Ramana creates ribbles when needed.

             Nitin who is bored of routine characters looks new on the screen and his acting still gives us impression for lot of improvement and the heroine is the one who is mostly effected with the movie because if the movie is released on time she would have been credited for her work in the film, Kota and Abbas have acted well and Ali, Venu Madhav, Krishna Bhagwan managed to pull out some laughs.

Plus Points:

- New screen play

Minus Points:

- Confusion in the story, Routine climax and movie delay 

Final Word:      The movie which is released now would have got an average talk if at all its release on time ,the worst part of the movie is it has the equal amount of plus and minus points and Nitin's wait for a hit continues

Rating: 2.25/5
Banner: Sri Rajeswari Films
Casting: Nitin, Meera Chopra
Direction: Siddik
Music: Mani Sharma
Producer: K.Sagar, M.Srinivas

Bubloo

            Bubloo is directed by Ravi Charan Reddy and Aditi Sharma acted as the female lead in the movie, Brahmanandam, Chalapathi Rao and other did important roles in the movie and music is by Chakri, Lets check the review of the movie.

Story:

The movie starts off with Veera Badhram (Ahuti Prasad) killing a young lad who loves his daughter and then Hero Bubloo (Mano Tej) entrance is by fighting with Veerabadhram followers for messing up with the college lecturer. Bubloo leaves the city due to the fight and meets Puja.

They become good friends after a small misunderstanding and both love each other but don't express it, and after that Veera Badhram will be killed by Puja's uncle who plans to marry her and she flees from the place and takes shelter in Bubloos place and Bubloo faces a issue in the house because none of his 3 elder brothers will not marry because they don't like women and rest of the story deals with how Bubloo convinces his brothers to marriage.

Analysis:

This is basically a movie made to project a film lover called Mano Teja as a hero and when considered the producers dream of seeing their son as hero it is fulfilled but failed to impress the audience, they face great difficulty in understanding the logic of the movie its because the movie is not made with a proper story but is made only to project the hero but this attempt also failed badly because director failed to make a hero oriented film and made a movie which has no logic, The director who handled the story, screenplay and dialogs of the movie `failed in every part but the movie is technically good and music by Chakri is average.

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Debutant hero Manotej failed at every end as an actor, his action is very reckless in some scenes and as usual Shivaji voice dominated the new comer, If Manotej wants to establish as a hero he need to do a makeover and Aditi Sharma utilised the oopurtunity, Brahmanandam produced the same old routine comedy and managed to pull out some laughs and Ali, Raghu Babu, Krishna Bhagwan charecters were useless. Ahuti Prasad, Chalapati Rao, Mukhul Dev, Vinodh Kumar and others played their part in the movie.

Plus Points :

- Production and Technical Values were good

Minus Points:

- Routine story
- poor direction
- worst action are the minus to the movie.

Final Word: Telugu Audience who are facing lot of struggle watching successors of Film hero's established by now are now going to suffer more because Rich people have started introducing their successors to the silver screen.

Rating: 2/5

Banner: S.P.J Creations
Cast: Mano Tej, Aditi Sharma, Brahmanandam
Music: Chakri
Producer: Guduru Jhansirani
Direction:G Ravicharan Reddy