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MOVIE REVIEWS More Telugu Reviews More Hindi Reviews Gaayam 203 September 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3.25/5 Director : Praveen Sri Music Director : Ilayaraja Producer : Dr. Dharamakartha C Starring : Jagapati Babu, Vimala Raman and others... Review by Esskay : Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Gayam’ is easily one of the best films made in Telugu film industry. It made Jagapathi Babu the actor he is today! To make a sequel to ‘Gayam’, that too after 15 or 16 years, is as risky proposition because of two reasons. The audiences might have forgotten what it is, and there will be too much of comparison between the prequel and sequel. Debutant director Pravin Sri managed to convince his Guru Ram Gopal Varma to allow him to make a sequel. ....more Thakita Thakita03 September 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3/5 Director : Srihari Nanu Music Director : Bobo Sasi Producer : Bharath Takur Starring : Harsh Vardhan Rane, Haripriya, Trinetrudu and others... Review by Esskay : Yoga Guru Bharath Thakur and actor Bhumika Chawla left their safety zones to produce a movie they believe in. Srihari Nanu, after a bad start with ‘Satyabhama’, is trying to make a mark again. Eight new faces are looking for a head start to their careers in Telugu cinema. ....more Gudu Gudu Gunjam27th August 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.25/5 Director : Veeru Dwait Music Director : R.P.Patnayak Producer : Ravikumar Reddy Starring : Rajendra Prasad, Parthu, Aarthi Puri and others... Review by Esskay : eeru. K, who earlier directed a hit film like ‘Aaropranam’, is back after a long hiatus to direct a movie. He brings experienced actresses like Rajendra Prasad, Sitara and Kasthuri along with some new comers with ‘Gudu Gudu Gunjam’. The producers also made an interesting offer to the film’s women audience that they ....more Happy Happy Ga20th August 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.75/5 Director : Priya Saran Music Director : Mani Sharma Producer : Vadlamudi Durga Prasad Starring : Varun Sandesh, Sharanya Mohan, Vegha and others... Review by Esskay : Varun Sandesh has decent hits like ‘Happy Days’ and ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’. But his past few films like ‘Maro Charitra’ and ‘Kurradu’ have put him under some pressure to deliver a hit. ‘Happy Happy Gaa’ comes at such a crucial time, when Varun has to prove himself to critics that he can carry a film. With a new director at the helm and two heroines to boost ....more Chapter619th August 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2/5 Director : Surya Kiran Music Director : Mohan Sithara, PC Shivan Producer : Kalyani Starring : Kalyani, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Telangana Shakuntala and others... Review by Esskay : Director Sooriya Kiran has had only one hit film - ‘Sathyam'. His other films in Telugu are ‘Rajubhai’, ‘Brahmastram’, ‘Dhana 51’ etc. This time he found a producer in his wife actress Kalyani, and made ‘Chapter 6’ with the tagline ‘Colors of Love’. He introduces few newcomers with this film, and makes them act along with his wife. ....more Badmash13th August 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2/5 Director : Vandemataram Srinivas Music Director : Vandemataram Srinivas Producer : G Nagaih Starring : Naga Siddharth, Ekta, Chandra Mohan and others... Review by Esskay : Popular music director Vandemataram Srinivas is better known for his folk based songs. He had turned into an actor for a movie called ‘Ammulu’. This time around he gets hold of the directorial mike with the film ‘Badmash’. Let’s see how his directorial venture is. ....more Sye Aata13th August 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.5/5 Director : KRK Pawan Music Director : Devi Sri Prasad Producer : Nalluri Rajasekhar Starring : Charmi, Ajay, Nassar, Chalapathi Rao and others... Review by Esskay : Unlike any other regional language movies in India, Telugu movies give special importance to the so called lady-oriented films. Charmi is one actor who has found respect with such films. ‘Sye Aata’ is yet another tale where she is the protagonist. And this time the filmmakers promised a film set around TV ....more Don Seenu6th August 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3.5/5 Director : Gopichand Malineni Music Director : Manisharma Producer : Venkat Starring : Ravi Teja, Shriya, Srihari,Brahmanandam and others... Review by Esskay : For starters ‘Don Seenu’ is a Ravi Teja film. A Ravi Teja film is never about high-end technology or a heart wrenching tale (though he did work in such films). It always contains punch dialogues tailor made for him, comedy, and full ‘paisa vasool’ entertainment. His last film with RR Movie Makers ‘Kick’ was an example how Ravi Teja’s films ....more Maa Annayya Bangaram31st July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.5/5 Director : Jonnalagadda Bhupathi Raja Music Director : S A Rajkumar Producer : Natti Kumar Starring : Rajashekar,Kamalini Mukherjee,Brahmanandam and others... Review by Esskay : Actor Rajashekhar is even today known for his films like ‘Aahuti’, ‘Ankusham’, ‘Magadu’, ‘Aagraham’ etc., all of which touched patriotism. He used to excel in these roles and changed tracks to make sentimental films like ‘Gorintaku’, ‘Maa Annayya’ etc. He dons a similar role in ‘Maa Annayya Bangaram’ and this time he is paired up with Kamalinee Mukherjee, who is known to choose some of the recent best scripts ....more Kothi Mooka30th July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:1.75/5 Director : AVS Music Director : Mani Sharma Producer : Venkat Jagadish Starring : Krishnudu, Shraddha Arya,Brahmanandam and others... Review by Esskay : Actor AVS tried his luck with directing films like ‘Room mates, ‘Super Heroes’, ‘Ori Nee Prema Bangaram Kaanu’ etc. This time he hopes to woo the audiences bringing actor Krishnudu to act in his latest directorial film ‘Kothimooka’. How does the film fare? ....more Brahmalokam To Yamalokam Via Bhulokam29th July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2/5 Director : Gollapati Nageswara Rao Music Director : M M Sreelekha Producer : Bekkem Venugopal Starring : Rajendra Prasad, Sivaji, Sonia, Aarti Agarwal, Kalyani, Venumadhav, Kishore, Keerthana, Dhanaraj and others... Review by Esskay : Almost all the films that has the word ‘YAMA’ in their titles – from Yamagola to Yamadonga – went onto become decent grossers, thanks to the comedy the word ‘Yama’ allows. We have another film with the same word releasing this week titled – ‘Brahmalokam to Yamalokam via Bhoolokam’. Will this film repeat the tradition the previous ‘yama’ films did? Let’s see. ....more Maryada Ramanna23rd July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3.5/5 Director : S.S.Rajamouli Music Director : M.M. Keeravani Producer : Shobhu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Starring : Sunil, Saloni Aswani, Brahmanandam, Nagineedu, Brahmaji, Kishore, Keerthana, Dhanaraj and others... Review by Aks : Post the mega-success of Maghadheera, the audience expectations from a Rajamouli movie would have been soaring sky-high and thankfully he doesn’t disappoint us at all with this small-budget entertainer starring the popular telugu comedian, Sunil, as Ramanna. He takes a different route and shows us the humane side of Rayalaseema which has always been portrayed negatively as a faction ....more Maryada Ramanna23rd July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3.75/5 Director : S.S.Rajamouli Music Director : M.M. Keeravani Producer : Shobhu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni Starring : Sunil, Saloni Aswani, Brahmanandam, Nagineedu, Brahmaji, Kishore, Keerthana, Dhanaraj and others... Review by Esskay : If there is any Telugu film director who has loads of brand value and can easily be signed by a brand company, it is S.S.Rajamouli. He has never had a failure, and his last film ‘Magadheera’ elevated his value to an all time high. So much that his next film ‘Maryada Ramanna’ an otherwise small film comes with loads of expectations ....more Inception16th July 2010 Director : Christopher Nolan Music Director : Hans Zimmer Producer : Christopher Nolan Emma Thomas Starring : Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine and others... Review by Esskay : Welcome to the dream game! The rules are simple a) we could have dreams inside a dream b) we feel the pain when we are injured but simply wake up when we jump off a building or shoot ourselves or simply put, we just don’t die c) there is a limbo state in a dream, from where we cannot comeback easily ....more Subhapradam16th July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.25/5 Director : K Viswanath Music Director : Manisharma Producer : Peela Neelatilak, Harigopala Krishnamurthy Starring : Allari Naresh, Manjari Fadnis, Sharath Babu, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Vizag Prasad and others... Review by Aks : K Vishwanath is one of the legends of the Telegu film industry who has directed many masterpieces such as Shankarabharanam, SagaraSangamam, SwathiMuthyam, etc. His name inspired respect for having stood his ground despite the stereotypical masala films prevailing in the eighties. ....more Em Pillo Em Pillado16th July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.75/5 Director : AS Ravikumar Chowdhary Music Director : Manisharma Producer : Pokuri Baburao Starring : Tanish, Praneetha, Chandramohan, Charanraj, Aahuthi Prasad, Siva Prasad, Vijay Chandar, Kishore, Keerthana, Dhanaraj and others... Review by Esskay : Eetharam’ Films is known for some good movies which are predominantly action based. With ‘Em Pillo Em Pillado’ they bring in young hero Tanish and Telugu film debutante Pranitha. It seems like a youthful film that has its core story in a rural setting, where feuds between villages are common. ....more Sneha Geetham16th July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.75/5 Director : Madhura Sridhar Reddy Music Director : Sunil Kashyap Producer : Lagadapati Sirisha Starring : Sandeep Kishan, Venky, Chaitanya and others... Review by Esskay : Producer Lagadapati Sridhar has been known for his judgment with comedy genre film ‘Evadi Gola Vadide’ and mass genre film ‘Style’. With ‘Sneha Geetham’ he forays to make a youthful entertainer with new comers and a new director. Is ‘Sneha Geetham’ audience friendly? ....more Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu09th July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3/5 Director : Tatineni Satya Music Director : Selva Ganesh Producer : N V Prasad, Paras Jain Starring : Nani, Saranya Mohan, Kishore, Keerthana, Dhanaraj and others... Review by Esskay : Except the name of Supergood movies films’ R.B.Chowdhary and to an extent Nani of ‘Ashta Chemma’ fame, there is hardly anything else why ‘Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu’ should pull one to the theatres. However, through its marketing the film promises a rural setting, a game of Kabaddi, some new faces and technicians. ....more I Hate Love Storys2nd July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3/5 Director : Punit Malhotra Music Director : Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani Producer : Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar, Ronnie Screwvala Starring : Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor and others... Review by Esskay : All love stories are cliched. Boy and girl meet. Boy is attracted at first sight, girl takes her time, but boy needs more time and ultimately they patch up or otherwise they don’t! And yet love stories are most read, and most often every movie has a love angle to it, if it isn’t a love story itself. ....more Yamudu : ‘Yama’ fight ‘veerudu’2nd July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.5/5 Director : Hari Music Director : Devi Sri Prasad Producer : K E Gnanavel Starring : Surya, Anushka, Prakash Raj and others... Review by Esskay : Surya is a terrific actor. His intensity is spoken by the likes of Ramgopal Varma, his dances are matched by best of the lot, his smile makes girls drool, and his dialogue delivery is powerful. All he needs a film to do that! ‘Yamudu’, dubbed version of Tamil super hit ‘Singam’ is one such film. Continue reading more ....more Jhummandi Naadam : Music is this film’s Life 1st July 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3.25/5 Director : K.Raghavendra Rao Music Director : M.M. Keeravani Producer : Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Starring : Manchu Manoj, Tapsee, Mohan Babu and others... Review by Esskay : Veteran director Raghavendra Rao is known for his exceptional song visualization and for the overall feel good entertainers that he makes. With ‘Jhummandi Nadam – Music is My Life’, he brings Manoj Manchu, younger son of Mohan Babu, with whom he shared a good track record a decade ago. Manoj Manchu on his own has had decent successes and will be looking for another hit that will make him a star in the Telugu film industry ....more Pappu : This Pappu creates laughing gas! 18th June 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2.75/5 Director : Sapan Pasuparthi Music Director : Phani Kalyan Producer : Praveen Reddy Nalla, Nagesh Yadav Starring : Krishnudu, Deepika, Subbaraju and others... Review by Esskay : Krishnudu is different. His size and shape, dialogue delivery do not allow him to be the usual hero of a Telugu feature film. But thanks to ‘Vinayakudu’ series films, he has carved a niche for himself and has a bunch of films in his hands as a hero. He gives a good chance to debutante directors to excel with interesting subjects. ....more Villain : No Absolute Hero this Villain! 18th June 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3/5 Director : Mani Ratnam Music Director : A. R. Rahman Producer : Mani Ratnam Starring : Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj, Karthik Muthuraman, Priyamani , Prabhu and others... Review by Esskay : Mani Ratnam’s films irrespective of how they are and the talk surrounding them are seen with keen interest by critics and audiences alike. With ‘Villain’ he brings Vikram, who is a brilliant actor and beautiful Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with his usual teammate A R Rahman, and a plethora of other India’s best crew. So how is this ‘Villain’? ....more Panchakshari : Unconvincing Inspiration of Arundhati and Ammoru!11th June 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:2/5 Director : V.Samudra Music Director : Chinna Producer : Chandra Starring : Anushka Shetty, Vijay Samrat, Bramanandam, Chandra Mohan, Pradeep Rawat and others... Review by Esskay : Heroine Anushka has got style, glamour, and an image that no other heroine had in the recent times. With ‘Panchakshari’ she will hope to reach out to the audience like she did with ‘Arundhati’. Also director Samudra, haven’t had decent hits of late. Will he be able to take Anushka’s help to rejuvenate his career? ....more Vedam : Movie About Humanity4th June 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3/5 Director : Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi Music Director : M.M.Keeravani Producer : Prasad Devineni, Shobu Yarlagadda Starring : Allu Arjun, Anushka, Manchu Manoj, Lekha Washington and others... Review by Esskay : We don’t need formal introductions about Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi whose first film was a brilliant take on human relationships, how a rich fellow comes of age with - Gamyam. His second film Vedam released just today. Want to know how it is? ....more Prince Of Persia : Sands of Time 28th May 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3/5 Director : Mike Newell Distributors : Walt Disney Pictures Producer : Jerry Buckheimer, Chad Oman, Eric Mcleod, Mike Stenson Starring : Jake Gyllenhall, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley and others... Review by Esskay : While the craze about films like Harry Potter, 2012 and Avatar has gone down, the audiences are still left under the spell they cast on us. Hence any film that depends on visual effect thrills should be able to completely draw an alternative reality for the comparisons with these films to die down. Probably that’s why Jerry Bruckheimer chose ‘Prince of Persia’. ....more Golimaar : Bang on Target!! 27th May 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3.25/5 Director : Puri Jagannath Music Director : Chakri Producer : Bellamkonda Suresh Starring : Gopichand, Priyamani, Nassar, Roja Selvamani and others... Review by Esskay : Puri Jagannath is known to elevate the protagonists in his film in a way no other director does. And hero Gopichand plays his character with great intensity. That is exactly why ‘Golimaar’, in Puri – Gopichand combination gains interest. The fact that this story is inspired by an encounter specialist Daya Nayak makes it all the more interesting ....more Awara : High on speed, low on NOS 21st May 2010 123Telugu.com Rating:3/5 Director : N. Linguswamy Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja Producer : Subhash Chandra Bose Starring : Karthi, Tamannah, Milind Soman and others... Review by Hemanth : Karthi, Tamannaah starrer ‘Aawara’ is a road movie with an ample dose of love, action and masala. The film is the dubbed version of a Tamil film ‘Paiyaa’ which was a big hit in Tamil Nadu. It’s also the first time that Karthi and Tamannaah are acting together ....more Kites: Shockingly Boring!! 21st May 2010 123Telugu.com Rating: 2.5/5 Director : Anurag Basu Music Director : V Harikrishna Producer : Rakesh Roshan, Sunaina Roshan Starring : Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut and others... Review by Hemanth : K.I.T.E.S - a five letter word which according to the makers of this film depicts a beautiful facet of love between two people, where the couple doesn’t realize that their fate is controlled by someone else. Fact is they are talking nonsense! Directed by Anurag Basu, the film brings together the hit jodi of Hrithik Roshan, Rakesh Roshan and Rajesh Roshan ....more                      More Telugu Reviews          More Hindi Reviews