Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Chirutha-------Telugu movie review




Movie Name : Chirutha
Cast: Ram Charan Teja, Neha Sharma, Asish Vidyardhi, Prakash Raj, Ali, Dharmavarapu, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Surya, Sayaji Shinde etc
story - screenplay - dialogues - direction: Puri Jagan
Music : Mani Sharma

How close is the movie to being perfect : 5/10

Chirutha one of the much awaited movies this year as it launches RAM CHARAN TEJA ,the son of mega star chiranjeevi falls flat with lack of proper story but whatever holds noticable is the way charan has been shown and his antics which are almost close to perfect. I feel he is a true asset to the telugu film industry and with some improvement he can reach the heights his father has already reached.
Puri jagan has given hits like pokiri earlier and the expectations from this movie were nothing less ,but he lacked and faltered on some basic aspects which is very astonishing,the main thing for a movie is story and puri was so much engrossed in showing and exploiting the talents of charan that he forgot the basic thing,people feel dragged and bored as they dont see the movie moving ahead and just what coming up at you are songs and songs and more songs which i feel except a couple are utter waste.
Mani sharma somehow has got this knack of giving subsidary or a low class music (in comparision to his big hits) to major heroes like chiranjeevi and bala krishna,and he once again does it to charan.Its not that the songs are bad but they just dont go along with the movie barring the song of Karunya which i feel karunya has sung out of his skin and is a very nice one.
Also the editing work needs to be scritinized as the placement of songs goes awry with songs popping up at times when they are least expected.
Not everything in this movie is bad though..........now coming to some noteworthy points :
1) Ram charan teja.............can surely come as one of the most promising debuts by anyone,he has simply done everything that even seasoned actors fail to do in their 30 th or 40 th movie. He danced with flair and his fights are simple amazing,he has got good body language and his eyes are powerful to emote expressions themselves. Although i felt the first few dialogues said by him in the movie need to be improved by the end of the movie he lets you know his dialogue delivery skills as well .He has entered the movie field at a proper stage and he has good skills to portray both mass characters as well as lover boy characters. I feel sky is only the limit for this young lad .
2)Puri Jagan......................although he disappoints overall there are some finer aspects which you can only associate with a puri jagan film,mainly the way all the fights are conceived,how he exploited the talents of the debutant hero,for being able to think a character like that of the heroine and being bold enough to show it on screen as the heroines character is not the normal telugu film heroines character.
3) Neha Sharma .....................the heroine of the movie,not so great looking,i initially felt why was this girl chosen..........but as the movie goes ahead and the characterization of the heroine comes in front of the audience,i felt she did a commendable job. Its easy to portray the character which is lovable by all,but its very difficult to do something which most of the people would hate and although many people didnt like the heroine i feel she needs to be given some credit for carrying that role with ease.
4) Fights........................The fight masters need to be applauded high as all the fights in the movie were terrific and they made or elevated charan to new heights. Charan is only the second hero in recent times who feels very comfortable in fights the other being vishal.

Some scenes and dialogues note worthy from the film :

1) Charan saying about heroine that she was so pretty from far and when she is near he starts hating her for her behaviour and even wants to kill her if possible.
This specific thing shows that only looks are not the main thing and in love knowing the other person and loving him or her for their innerself is very much essential.

2) The conversation between Prakash raj and the heroine is simply lovable and adorable,its something new and prakash raj as usual rocked in the scene.
The dialogue from Prakash raj,"kooturu kante kukka pillani penchukovatam melu" shows the frustration he was in at that point and got good applause in the theatre.

3) Prakash raj saying to charan that people like you who love their mother a lot will even love their wifes,so go and get your wife.
This is another awesome dialogue which got good applause from the audience.

On the whole a film which can and has to be watched for charan and people who go in without any expectations are sure to enjoy the movie.

Friday, October 5, 2007

HAPPY DAYS--TELUGU MOVIE REVIEW



Movie Name : HAPPY DAYS
Cast: Sandesh, Nikhil, Vamsi Krishna, Raahul, Tamanna, Gayatri Rao, Sonia, Monali Chowdary and Kamalinee Mukherjee
Director :Sekhar Kammula
Music:Mickey.j.mayor

How close the movie is to being perfect : 7/10.

This is my first movie review in this blog and i dont wanna go the normal way of explaining the characters and story as many other reviews do,i feel it takes away the impact from a person who watches the movie after reading a review.
Happy days is a typical sekhar kammula film---------yes thats right with only 2 films old before Happy days (in the main stream atleast) sekhar kammula has managed to hit a chord with the emotions of the telugu film audience in such a way that this film can be characterized as a typical sekhar kammula film.The film has a very thin story line as his previous two other films and runs basically on the grip that he has on screenplay and mind you sekhar is a master at this and he has once again come out victorious.
The movie is very heart touching as it deals with some happydays in almost every persons life which will definetely be his or her college days.The days that never come back,the days that give you a nostalogic feeling when you sit idle,the days which bring memories to be cherished.The story starts with the first day college for the main leads and ends with their last day in college the farewell day.It has got all the human emotions that a teenager entering a college goes through and how he matures into a capable person ready to face the challanges of the world outside.
The movie strikes a chord especially with the youth as they can identify themselves in the characters portrayed in the film and also to some people who finsihed their college lifes and are into more purposeful days of their life.It brings us all those good olden days that have gone by and i can assure you that it succeeds in letting us enjoy the beauty of college life once again.
Coming into some technicalities.............the cast chosen for the movie are absolutely pictureperfect and you actually tend to see the character itself but not the actor who has portrayed it.Music by Micky.j.Mayor is almost perfect,full credits to him for giving such soothening music,Arey re Arey re song stads out and also Padam etu......!! Canera work by vijay kumar is commendable.Coming to the artists performances two people stand out raahul who played tyson and Nikhil who played rajesh. Nikhil has impressed with his expressions and his telangaana dialect whereas the character and characterization of tyson are so lovable that we tend to fall in love with the character and i feel raahul has done a great job.The main female lead of the movie is Tamanna and she looks very gorgeous in Langa-Voni and is very pretty and also good with her expressions throughout the movie.Kamalini Mukherjee the lucky charm for sekhar is seen in a guest role in this movie as a glamarous lecrturer and she does a good job with her own dubbing.
Coming to some negative points in this film which prevented it being from a concept perfect:
1)The very weak story line and some scenes are dragged and a bit slow making you get bored .
2)The cricket match between the seniors and juniors defies all logic.
3)The tricks theat tyson does are a bit over dose and hard to digest as they come in a movie from a more realistic director sekhar.
On the whole the movie is a must watch and is pretty much close to being concept perfect.