Golconda High School

                
           These days most of the schools do not have playgrounds at all and the students are getting overburdened with their regular studies. In case they find time, they either watch TV or play computer games and there is no physical exercise at all. In the earlier days, schools used to have a separate period for games and drill and there are playgrounds and there used to be drill masters and physical trainers. Now, the parents have changed their mindset and are concentrating on how to make their children toppers in class and in other entrance tests like Eamcet and IIT and ignoring the value of games and sports. ‘Golconda High School’ was made only to enlighten the parents to come out of that mindset as playing games will develop concentration and made them excel in their academics.

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story:-
                Sampath (Sumanth) is one of the best cricketers of Golconda High School. However, in a bid to foil his attempts to earn name and fame, his friend Sundar (Raviprakash) plays a trick and get him run out in a match. But Sampath never complains about this and instead resigns as cricket captain. Even after that Sundar continues to propaganda that Sampath resorted to several malpractices and gets him black-listed from cricketing. After a few years, Viswanath (Tanikella Bharani) finds his address and invites him to the school. He tells him to prepare a good cricket team for the school and appoints him as the coach. Sampath refuses to take up the job, but accepts later as he understands that some real estate businessman Kiriti (Subbaraju) is eyeing the high school play ground to construct a multi-storeyed building in the name of a coaching centre. He enlightens not only the students but also their parents the values of the game, and how games and sports would sharpen their academic skills. The GHS team, which can’t even move out of the knock-out stage for the past several years, reaches the finals under the guidance of Sampath. Did Sampath won the challenge? How his students helped him in fulfilling his challenge? Answers to all these questions form part of the climax.


Plus:-
            The highlight of the film is the performance of the team of 14 students, who had different goals in their life, yet love cricket. They not only performed well on the screen, but maintained good ease in dialogue delivery and appeared very normal and natural on the screen. Sumanth, who faced the camera after almost two years gap, looked good in the film. But he has failed to be more expressive and could not show ease in his body language. Swathi is at her usual best as a love interest of the hero. Tanikella Bharani is adequate as the principal. The director maintained good tempo all through the film and has penned a gripping screenplay for the film. The first half of the film is entertaining, while the second half completely devoted to the game and the histrionics of the students. The climax is good. Cinematography by Senthil needs to be complimented because he has given the right focus for all the scenes. Editing by Shravan too is brisk and crisp. Background score by Kalyani Malik is another highlight of the film.

Minus:
The film reminds the audiences of films like ‘Chak De’ and ‘Sye’ and most of the scenes appear to have already watched earlier. However, the director filled some romance and entertainment besides a good message to make it impressive. Another draw back in the film is that it has no commercial values and is totally message-oriented. So, the commercial success of the film depends on how the family audiences would receive it.

Remarks:
             The message in the film is that extra-curricular activities are also part of the education and are equally important for students to improve concentration. You can watch the movie for the values of team spirit of the students and their performance. The director gave a good message without boring the audiences with unnecessary lengthy dialogues but flowing the same as an undercurrent.

Cast: Sumanth, Swati, Subbaraju, Shafi, Tanikella Bharani, Raviprakash, Hema, Jhansi, Harshavardhan, and others.
Credits: Cinematography – Senthil, Editing – Shravan Katikaneni, Music – Kalyani Mallick, Story – Harimohan Paruvu, Art – Ravinder, Producer – Rammohan Paruvu, Dialogues, screenplay and direction – Mohana Krishna Indraganti.

Anaganaga O Dheerudu

A folklore tale in latest narration

 

Prakash Kovelamudi, son of popular director K Raghavendra Rao , tried his hand in acting but failed. Later, he took up film direction and earned good recognition by earning a national award for a film produced by Rana Daggubati, who is now established as a hero with Leader. After achieving an award, now he is making an attempt for a reward by bringing out a film with the co-operation of Walt Disney Pictures. He penned an excellent folklore story, and in order to translate his imaginative skills on the celluloid, he needed not only money but technical expertise and hence he entered into an agreement with Walt Disney and achieved what he wanted through Anaganaga O Dheerudu.

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Irendri (Lakshmi Prasanna) is a sorcer player, who captures sarpa sakthi (serpent power) and tries to terrorise people of Anga Rashtram. So, a guru arrests her and doesn't allow her to play with the lives of people and destroys her. Even before she was destroyed with the sarpa sakti, Irendri takes her soul away and traps in a locket. Though she dies, her soul (atma) lives in the locket. Her great great grand daughter is Priya (Shruti Hassan) and she lives as a gypsy.

However, she too possesses some magical powers, as she was born into a sorcerers’ family. Yodha (Siddharth) is a person who always lures girls and romances with them at whenever there is opportunity. He is smitten by Priya’s beauty and falls in love with her. Sudigundam (Ravibabu) is a local goon and he attacks the gypsies’ village. Yodha prevents him and defeats him in a fight. However, Sudigundam makes another attack and ties the hands of Yodha and sets afire the entire village.

In this process, the locket in the neck of Priya falls down and Irendri’s soul comes out with the touch of fire. The sarpa sakthi tells her that she could gain power with the drop of blood of Priya. So, Irendri takes away Priya and imprisons her. Meanwhile, Yodha turns blind as Sudigundam pierces his eyes. However, Yodha gets saved by a swami (Subbaraya Sharma) and appoints to save a girl named Moksha (Baby Harshita), who has divine powers. Irendri, in order to take revenge, attacks Agartha, a village in Anga Rashtram and make the children of the village senseless.


Druki (Ramji) goes to Pushpagiri to bring Moksha, who could save their children. So, Druki, Yodha and Moksha start from Pushpagiri and reach Agartha. At this juncture, the sarpa sakti tells Irendri that the blood of Moksha would make her Maha Sakti if it was taken by her on lunar eclipse day. So, Irendri sends her men to capture Moksha. But Yodha kills all of them. Irendri again sends Sudigundam, the commander-in-chief, to bring her. Yodha follows them in search of Moksha and finds that Priya was alive and saves both Moksha and Priya. Moksha with her divine power brings back Yodha’s vision. Then, Yodha decides to completely destroy Irendri as she is trying to harm people and succeeds in the climax.

PERFORMANCE:The hero’s characterisation in the film is an innocent village boy. Prakash chose Siddharth as he had no great image but is well known among the family audiences. As the character’s name is Yodha, the hero should possess six-pack body. But, in reality, a warrior should have shrewdness in mind and will power but it doesn’t lie in a well-built body as per the thinking of the director. Siddharth too did justice to his role all through the film. However, the dialogue modulation did not suit well for a folklore film. Shruti Hassan is a feast to eyes with a slim physique and her expressive eyes gave the audiences a fresh look. Lakshmi Prasanna too performed well. Her costumes are deadly and her make-up too is extravagant. She tried to imitate her father while delivering the dialogues but she stood up to the expectations. Other artistes, including Ravibabu, Subbaraya Sarma, Ramji and others did justice to their roles. Comedy by Ali is okay. Brahmanandam was wasted.

TECHNICAL:

The film once again stood at one of the top slots technically after Magadheera on the Telugu screen. Especially, cinematographer Soundara Rajan’s expertise is excellently visible on the screen. He was properly assisted by the art director Bhupesh R Bhupati, who designed excellent sets for Agartha, Pushpagiri and each and every scene was quite impressive with the combination of these two. Prakash’s directorial abilities lessened the work of Shravana Kartikaneni, who gave a crisp editing to the film. The speciality of the film is that four music directors worked for the film, and Salim-Sulaiman among them took care of background score. Designer Raj Golay and visual effects by Firefly added spice to the film. Dialogues though not extremely good, but adequate and could be adjusted as it is a folklore film. He should have avoided words like Jaffa in the dialogues.

REMARKS:

The film would be the best gift to the children below 10 years and they could enjoy the film more than adults. However, the elders too could go down their memory lane and recall their childhood while watching this movie. As a whole, it is the safest film for this Sankranti to those who want to watch film along with the entire family. Though the film is not so great to boast of, it will be a nice watch for family audiences. Extensive publicity with good word of mouth could make the film a commercial hit.

Mirapakaya – Movie Review

Story:

Rishi (Ravi Teja) is an inspector in Intelligence Bureau. The chief of the IB, Narayana Murthy (Nagababu) gets information that Kittu Bhai (Prakash Raj), a mafia don, is trying to spread his tentacles in India and is targeting Delhi first. In the process, ACP (Sanjay Swaroop) gets killed by Shankaranna (Kota Srinivasa Rao), a local goon with the help of his son (Supreet).

Later, The IB chief sends Rishi to Hyderabad and gets him admitted to a college as a Hindi lecturer as part of an operation. Rishi, who meets Vinamra (Richa Gangopadhyay) at a temple, falls in love at first sight. Incidentally, she studies in the same college and in the same class to which Rishi teaches Hindi. Their love blossoms and both lose hearts to each other. At this juncture, Vaishali (Deeksha Seth) daughter of Kittu Bhai joins the same college and Vaishali and Rishi quarrel with each other on their first encounter. Now the IB chief tells Rishi to somehow trap Vaishali and get information about her father. What happens next should be seen on-screen.


Performance:

Ravi Teja has maintained the same energy levels and shouldered the entire burden of running the film from the word start to finish. As usual, he is excellent in action scenes and has maintained comedy timing. Richa Gangopadhyay, though portrayed the role of a Brahmin girl and daughter of a music teacher, looked glamorous in modern outfits in songs. Deeksha Seth has filled the glamour slot. She is gorgeous and has given a chivalrous performance. Especially, her childish face with perfect body structure, gives a voluptuous feast to the mass audiences. Though Prakash Raj was the main villain of the film, he appears only in the beginning and climax scenes. Kota Srinivasa Rao is at his usual best, while Ajay and Supreet are okay in their roles. Brahmaji and Ali has tried to tickle the funny bones of audiences. Chandramohan, Rao Ramesh, Nagababu, Sunil, Dharmaravaru Subrahmanyam have done justice to their respective roles

Technical:

Mass Raja Ravi Teja has got an unofficial promotion as Mass Maharaja as per the titles of this film. The film appears to be on the lines of Ravi Teja’s earlier hits like Anjaneyulu, Vikramarkudu and Don Seenu. The audiences could enjoy the film in a festival mood and relax without cursing the hero or the directorThe storyline is good and the narration is also perfect. The director did not deviate from the path at any given point of time and placed the songs at perfect intervals to give relief. Moreover, the gripping movement of the subject kept the audiences to stick to their seats without leaving the theatre for a break. Cinematography by Ramprasad is good, while editing by Gauthamraju is adequate. There are no boring scenes in the film. Music by Thaman is extraordinary and almost all the songs are good and visual scenes too are good. Re-recording could have been a little more better if he had concentrated further on this movie. Harish Shankar has improved a lot in his directorial abilities.

Remarks:

India's first Test-tube baby doctor was mired in controversy

As Test-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards comes under focus for bagging the 2010 Nobel Prize for Medicine, the physician behind India's first Test-tube baby in 1978 was mired in a controversy and even hounded that led him to end his life.

The country's first successful in-vitro fertilization to produce "Durga" alias Kanupriya Agarwal--second test tube baby in the world--was performed by Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay on October 3, 1978. The Calcutta-based doctor got belated recognition eight years later but it was tragically late. The world's first test tube baby Louise Brown was born just three months earlier on July 25, 1978 in the UK when Edwards' efforts were crownd by success. Some four million Test-tube babies have been born worldwide since 1978. Durga's birth was caught in ethical and moral controversies with the West Bengal government even denouncing Mukhopadhyay's claim that he had created history in India. The physician's achievements  were not recognised at first. Facing social ostracization, bureaucratic negligence, reprimand and insult from the Marxist government and refusal of the Government of India  to allow him to attend international conferences, the physician committed suicide in his Calcutta residence on June 19, 1981. The physician was subjected to repeated questioning by a committeee formed by the West Bengal government. The Commitee said the doctor's work was bogus His feat has since  been posthumously  recognised. He has been given belated recognition as the Indian physician who in 1986 was "officially" regarded as being the first doctor to perform in-vitro fertilization in India. Eight years after the birth of 'Durga', India's second Test-tube baby Harsha was born. Indira Hinduja was the gynaecologist responsible for the birth of Harsha Chawda at the state-run hospital K.E.M. Hospital in  Mumbai on August 16, 1986. Some records say that Harsha is the 'first' Test-tube baby because of the controversy involving Mukhopadhayay. Like Brown's birth, Durga's birth had caused public debate, criticism and  even social professional ostracism of those involved in  initiating life outside the body. Harsha's birth opened up the much-sought opportunity for treating couples incapable of natural reproduction. The ICMR estimates at least 10 per  cent of couples in India face infertility. Apart from factors like low sperm count, infections and erectile dysfunction in males, damaged fallopian tubes, low egg production and  fibroids in females, lifestyle changes have also adversely  affected fertility. In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is a complex process in which the ovum is fertilised outside the body and the fertilised egg is then implanted to the uterus. Presently, there are more than 400 IVF clinics in India that even treat those coming from abroad due to the comparatively  lower costs and, in some cases, for Indian donor eggs. Mukhopadhyaya's life and death has been the subject of countless newspaper reviews and inspired the Hindi movie 'Ek Docto

nautanki mahel

Nautanki Mahal in Kingdom of dreams is marvelously designed 848 seat theatre for concerts and plays. It is a place where you can enjoy the magic of Indian cinema themed theatrical musical extravaganzas which explodes your senses. The Mahal offers a unique and mesmerizing on stage stunning drama with glitz and glamour packed content. Here you will experience Indian culture with bollywood style entertainment and storytelling. The shows are designed, scripted, produced and directed using the best Indian and international talent. The show is held on every night (except Mondays) from 8:30 to 10:45 pm and they offer free drinks and snacks before, after and during the 20 minutes of interval break between the two hour musical.

Show ticket pricing

The show tickets are available in five figures – Platinum Rs. 6000, Diamond Rs. 3500, Gold Rs. 2500, Silver Rs. 1500 and bronze Rs. 1000. The cheapest ticket of the show costs Rs. 1000 and if you like your experience to be royal, be ready to give Rs. 6000 for the best seats in the theatre as well as some pampering during the show.

The theatre is built like an Indian Palace with the three frames of the proscenium are in the form of LED arches and a big LED screen constitutes the stage’s back wall. The outer wall of the theatre is carved with designs of some geometric filigree and some Khajurahi ideas. The stage has two parts that can dip down to the basement and also rise up to 2m so that elephants and trucks can amazingly show on stage. The stage can have 16 flying acts of people or objects at a same time.

chid Seven-year-old Keshav stole the limelight at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

Seven-year-old Keshav stole the limelight at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony tonight as he mesmerised the spectators, including President Pratibha Patil and Prince Charles, synchronising his tabla with the beat of a variety of drummers numbering over 800. From Auroville in Puducherry, the
child prodigy's performance was part of 'Rythms of India' segment of the ceremony which was tipped as an Indian invocation of the ceremony bringing together folk drums of the country. Beats of a variety of 800 drums -- from Pung Cholom of Manipur to Chenda of Kerala to Gudum Baja -- reverberated the stadium as spectators were left spell-bound.
The first segment of performance lasted for 12 minutes.
Wangala drummers from Meghalaya, the energetic dancing drummers from Karnataka Dollu Kunita, a folk drum Punjab Dhol, Koya from Orissa, Gajja Dhol from Maharashtra, and Bihu drummers from Assam also added to the charm of the performance.