NAYAN QUITTING FROM FILM INDUSTRY

All is set for south Indian’s beautiful actress Nayantara to quit film industry. As known to all she is currently busy with her upcoming Telugu film Sri Rama Rajyam, starring Balakrishna in the lead. Its heard that on the last day of the shoot, she got emotional on the sets. The unit members showered flowers on the beauty to express their affection and gratitude. Looking at their care and affection, Nayan couldn't control her tears and broke down on the sets itself.

Sources close to the unit said that the actress presented 150 watches to her unit members and a gold ring to her makeup man. Rumours are spreading across saying that she is quitting films as Prabhu Deva whom she is going to marry don’t want her to continue her profession. Notably Prabhu Devan had recently got divorced from his wife and getting everything ready to marry the beautiful and innocent actress.

RAM CHARAN WITH UPASANA PIC

It is official now that Ram Charan is soon getting engaged to his longtime girl friend Upasana Kamineni. Here is a rare photo of Ram Charan and Upasana while partying, which was clicked before Charan’s debut in movies.

Ram Charan and Upasana are believed to be dating from 5years but the duo sought the blessings and permission of their parents only a week back. Now, both the families have agreed to their marriage and the engagement is supposed to happen in November. While the wedding is yet to be decided...........

NAA PERU SIVA

Naa Peru Shiva Review: This film is the dubbed version of Tamil movie Naan Mahaan Alla. Directed by Suseendran, this film stars Karthi in the lead role. Naan Mahaan Alla is a decent performer at the box office and the same producer, KE Gnanavel Raja who produced it in Tamil dubbed in to Telugu on Studio Green banner. Karthi is fast growing Tamil hero in terms of dubbing market in Tollywood. With Yuganiki Okkadu and Awara, he got a decent fan base in AP too. Read on Naa Peru Shiva details in this review.

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Story:

Shiva (Karthi) is a middle class guy who is waiting for a job opportunity. He loves Priya (Kajal Agarwal) whom he meets in a marriage. She too falls for him but their love is not approved by Priya’s father. As per his wish Shiva takes up a job in a bank. Everything goes fine for Shiva until a group of college kids plans a murder attempt on his father. Why are they after Shiva’s father, what happens next is to be seen on the screen.

Analysis:

Director Suseendran made a successful debut in Tamil cinema with Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu, which was later remade in Telugu as Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu. In this film Suseendran dealt with an urban based story which has romance, entertainment, family sentiment and crime blended in it.

First half of the film races along at a brisk pace with lots of good comedy. Karthi is the source for all the fun in the first half. However, the movie takes an unexpected turn in the second hour and slowly turns out to be a crime thriller. There is so much edge of the seat stuff in the second hour despite few slow patches here and there.

The protagonist character too takes a huge turn towards the finale. Last twenty minutes in the film has a high dose of action. It is difficult for anybody to handle such script which runs along various genres and shifts from one to another at a rapid pace. Director handled the film very well until the penultimate scenes. However, the conclusion leaves you wondering with a ‘how could that happen?’ face!

Director should have ended the film with hero seeking the revenge. Adding that one last scene is absolutely unnecessary. Also the antagonists that are supposed to be teenagers looked like they were in their mid twenties. Choosing an apt star cast who perfectly resembles the age might have left more impact on the audience.

This film is for matured audience and the violence in this duly deserve an A certificate. So kids should stay away from this film as there is ample footage of drug usage and crime in it.

Performances:

Karthi is simply superb as Shiva. He did a marvelous job in the first hour with impeccable comic timing and he is equally menacing in the last fight. His brother Suriya who is a terrific actor needs to work out to look perfect for each role but Karthi is gifted with a flexible body with which he could easily switch genres.

Kajal Agarwal is cute. She has very little to do in this film. She is hardly seen in the second half. Two among five villains will leave an impact. Jayaprakash, Raviprakash, Soori and others did well within their limitations.

Technicalities:

Dialogues are crisp. Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja is good. His background score is the life for this film. Madhi’s cinematography is another plus point. Kasi Viswanath’s editing is crisp. Only fight composed by Anal Arasu is breathtaking. Production values are very good.

Director Suseendran’s plot may not appeal to everyone but he shines as a director. Only complaint about his work is he kept the core content till the climax and he had to hurry to wrap up things in that time. Had he given enough time for the hero to go on a rampage, masses would have lapped it up.

Final Word: Naa Peru Shiva is a slick film with weak ending!

Box office verdict: Naa Peru Shiva opened huge and it shows Karthi’s growing craze in Andhra Pradesh. This film might face tough competition from straight Telugu films Dhada and Kandireega which are lined up for release in next week.

Naa Peru Shiva Movie Rating: 2.75/5

Starring: Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Producer: K.E.Gnanavelraja
Director: Susindhran

ANOTHER FLOP FOR NAGA CHAITANYA

Dhada movie which is released today i.e., 11-08-2011 hasn't got the good response from the audience as the story is not good and naga chaitanya is unable to show his dance performance ....................... and failure of director in showing the good appearance of kajal. This film still has a response for the first day because of some expectations but it will not continue ... and its rating is just touching 2/5 .........

MARK MOVIE REVIEW

Mark Telugu Movie Review: This film ‘Mark’ed the directorial debut of fight master Vijayan and acting debut of his son Sabareesh. Srihari played the antagonist in this Tamil to Telugu dubbed movie. Here is the review of this Mark.

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Story:

A milk vendor Vithal (Srihari) adopts so many orphan kids and raises them to be rowdies. Markandeya alias Mark (Sabareesh) is one of them. Mark falls in love with Divya (Pinky) and starts to get away from all the bad deeds. This doesn’t impress Vithal and while he is looking to separate the love pair, Vithal gets a deal from Divya’s father to kill her. Vithal makes Mark to kill Divya and in turn he avenges her death. Then the tug of war between them starts and who wins over who sums up the story.

Analysis:

Fight master turned director Vijayan didn’t have a solid script on his hands. There is no completeness in the story. Vijayan tried to add bits and pieces together to make a feature film. Screenplay of the film is awful. Direction is aimless. Sadly, Vijayan didn’t even excel in the action department. All the fights are a compilation of Vijayan’s successful action episodes. Logic goes for a toss in this film. Mark is not up to the mark in all the departments.

Performances:

Sabareesh failed as an actor and also a fighter. He doesn’t have ease and flexible body language to carry a film on his shoulders. Srihari too looked like as if he is sleepwalking. He did this film out of gratitude and the lack of interest in him is visible in every frame. Pinky is Okay. Santhanam pulled off few cracks in the first hour. There is nothing to say about rest of the star cast.

Technicalities:

None of the technical departments came up with a reasonable job. This is a fine example of how not to make a film.

Final Word: Not up to the ‘Mark’

Box office verdict: Mark is a non starter at the box office and it won’t survive for at least a week.

Mark Movie Rating: 1/5

Banner: Vishaka Talkies
Cast: Sabharish, Pinky, Nivedita, Srihari, Pragathi and others
Music: Sunder C Babu
Producer: Natti Kumar
Director: Vijayan

DHADA MOVIE

Dhada Movie Review:
Naga Chaitanya's latest film Dhada is out in theaters now. After delivering back to back hits with two soft love stories, Chaitanya groomed himself into a mass hero with a time tested formula movie Dhada. Ajay Bhuyan directed this movie on Shri Kamakshi enterprises banner. Shiva Prasad Reddy who produced numerous movies with Nagarjuna till now has made this film with Nag's son. Dhada raised many expectations and has been carrying positive buzz prior to release. Did it live up to the expectations? Check out Dhada review...

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Story:

Vishwa (Naga Chaitanya) and Rajeev (Sriram) are brothers who love each other very much. Vishwa who is an adventurous guy falls for a multi millionaire's daughter Rhea (Kajal). Rhea's father (Mukesh Rushi) fixes her marriage with a billionaire. Meanwhile, Vishwa saves a girl from a gang of thugs which in turn affects the multi crore business of human trafficking run by RD (Rahuil Dev) and Kelly (Kelly Dorjee). RD starts to hunt for Vishwa and then the movie ends on an expected noted after the director throws in few twists and turns.

Analysis:

Dhada has the style, grandeur, capable star cast and excellent technical crew, but what it lacks is a solid script. The plot itself is a very familiar and uninteresting one. Even the screenplay isn't engaging at all. Right from the word go, the movie tests the audience patience and turns torturous with each passing minute. Director has gone for all style little substance kind of film, which doesn't appeal to any section of audience.

The richness in the film and the exotic visuals are the only saving grace. Even the characters are under developed and due to that an able star cast gone wasted. The film drags and drags on in the second hour that few audiences in the auditorium lost patience and started booing. The last half an hour is extremely unbearable as the director tried his level best to make things interesting. Dialogue writer's inefficiency added to the woes.

Music is not bad and not good either. None of the songs were picturized well too. Awful makeup of Kajal didn't help the proceedings. On a whole, Dhada is a pretty badly made film with crores of money spent by the producer on absolutely nothing.

Performances:

Naga Chaitanya tried to prove himself as a good mass hero. But he needs to wait for some more time to look old enough to take up such roles. His diction is so bad in few scenes in alright at times. He can't pronounce few Telugu words perfectly and that is not a welcome sign for a Telugu hero. He worked a bit on his dances and fights. He is just okay with them.

Kajal's role looked like as if it was written after Titanic heroine's role. She did fine as a damsel in distress. But the makeup and styling of her not at all good. She looked awkward with that barbie doll kind of hairstyle.

Rahul Dev's character is not properly etched. Kelly Dorjee is typecast yet again. Sriram looked weak and uninterested throughout the film. Sameeksha switched to character roles with this film. Brahmanandam did everything possible to make the audience laugh but hardly succeeded. Ali too is wasted and so are the comedians who did few cameo appearances.

Tehnicalities:

Dialogues by Abburi Ravi didn't have the necessary zing. His work ranged from ordinary to hopeless in this film.
Music by Devi Sri Prasad is standard. None of the songs have the repeat value. Background score is not so great. Cinematography is slick and probably the best of the technical departments. Editing is not up to the mark. Production values are rich.

Director Ajay Bhuyan can make a film stylishly and that is what the impression you get on him after watching Dhada. He needs to work on various departments to call himself a director.

Plus Points:

- Richness and visuals
- Slick cinematography

Minus points:

- Weak script
- Poor direction

Final Word: Dhada for audience and also the buyers!

Box office predictions: It should open good due to lack of watchable Telugu films in the recent past. But the film didn't have a single plus to survive at the box office. Lot will depend on tomorrow's release Kandireega.

Dhada Review rating: 2/5

Banner: Sri Kamakshi Enterprises
Cast: Naga Chaitanya, Kajal Aggarwal, Brahmanandam, Samiksha
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Producer: D. Siva Prasad Reddy
Story, Director: Ajay Bhuyan