Loafer Movie Review

Loafer Movie Review

Loafer Story: The story revolves around a mother (Revathi) and a son (Varun Tej), who gets separated because of a greedy and selfish father (Posani) . Due to a poor upbringing, hero grows up to be a loafer, just like his dad, thinking his mother is dead. What happens when he finds out that his mother is alive and know the reality of his father? Will Revathi accept her son, who is now almost like her venal husband? This forms the rest of the story. Performances:  Varun Tej though was a little amateur in dances, he excelled in emotional scenes and his great ease in delivering Puri mark one-liners is a surprise. Loafer makes it a show reel for the actor to set up himself as the commercial hero in the industry. Disha Patni makes an impressive début and looked gorgeous throughout the film. Revathi stands out in a Puri mark characterization while Posani felt loud. Saptagiri, Ali and other notable comedians are wasted.  Technical Aspects: Like all the recent Puri Jagannadh films, Loafer also backs up a major complaint about its poor production values. However, cinematographer P G Vinda appears to have given his best in making the frames colorful. Puri Jagannadh once again proved that he is second to none when designing out of the box characters and penning catchy one-liners. Though the dosage of punch lines is less relatively, unexpected zingers here and there keeps you glued. Background music in some of the key scenes and 'Suvvi Suvvalamma' song by Sunil Kashyap will haunt you. On the down side, unwanted stress on comedy scenes, a couple of uninteresting songs and slow-paced first half and loud histrionics of the actors makes you feel stressful.  Overview: We can say it is a 'operation success, patient dead' kind of a product since Varun Tej managed to score well, while Puri Jagannadh disappoints you big time by going for a rush and delivering a poor quality output. READ MORE IN THE SLIDES BELOW. Show Gallery Loafer Varun Tej Puri Jagannadh Overview Biography Fan Speaks Fan-tastic Photos Photos Videos Upcoming Movies Wallpapers View comments (0)Post Comment Read more about: loafer, varun tej, puri jagannadh, posani, revathi by TaboolaMore From Our Site SCARY AS HELL: Read Why Salman Khan Panicked And Shouted At The Filmfare Awards 2016 Yeh Hai Mohabbatein's Vivek Dahiya & Divyanka Tripathi All Set To Marry Soon! Katrina Kaif Reacts On Her Break Up With Ranbir: Cannot Be Missed Story first published: Thursday, December 17, 2015, 11:46 [IST] Other articles published on Dec 17, 2015 Recommended Spotlight Buy Movie Tickets   Buy   Photos Videos Wallpapers Loafer Movie Poster Loafer Movie Poster Loafer Movie Poster Loafer Movie Poster Loafer Movie Poster Next Go to : Photos 

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KILLING VEEREAPPAN REVIEW

KILLING VEEREAPPAN

StoryA special task force commanded by a passionate cop (Shiva Rajkumar) is formed to capture or kill Veerappan. Cop analyses that it’s not possible to catch Veerappan in vast Sathyamangalam forests as it’s Veerappan’s home ground. He decided to lure Veerappan out of jungle and kill him. Rest of the story is all about how the cop achieves his mission after a couple of upsets. Artists Performance Actors: Shiva Rajkumar gives an intense and realistic performance as a cop on mission. His expressions and body language is excellent. Sandeep Bharadwaj is perfect as Veerappan. He looks like Veerappan and his body language is unique. Yagna Shetty plays the role of Veerappan wife and she performs well. Parul Yadav does a role of an informer. Dr. KSI played the role of a maverick ex cop and he justified the role. Technical departments Story - screenplay - direction: Ram Gopal Varma selects Operation Cocoon which is the code word for killing Veerappan to narrate this story. He has shown a few flashback episodes to give us a glimpse about Veerappan family life. He makes the film interesting though the narration is very slow. He justifies the attitude of hero with a dialogue - there is nothing wrong to kill demon by becoming a demon. As per the news reports I read, there seems to be historical inaccuracies in the story of the film. In newspapers, it’s written that Veerappan killed his 3rd daughter as he wanted a son. In movie, it’s shown as Veerappan killed her to stop her screaming when hunted by police. In newspapers, it’s reported that he was travelling in ambulance to attend a medical emergency when killed. In the film, it’s shown that he was traveling to meet LTTE Prabhakaran. The mystic and raw character of Veerappan turns bit caricaturish in climax (his ambition to meet Prabhakaran and how he falls prey for schemes of cop).  Other departments: Cinematography of the film is inconsistent, but realistic. Background music makes an impact. Since it’s a film based on real events, there are not filmy fights, but only gunfights. Dialogues are realistic and crisp. Analysis: Ram Gopal Varma makes it interesting whenever he attempts biopics and films based on real events. After Rakta Charitra and The Attacks of 26/11, he comes up with another film based on real events - Killing Veerappan. If you are interested in films based on real events, Killing Veerappan makes an interesting movie if you ignore historical inaccuracies and slow-paced narration.

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Soukhyam Movie Review

Gopichand scored a super hit with Loukyam and has once again banked upon the same formula expecting similar result. Everything has gone haywire in the process of repeating the same feat as the writers couldn't get it right this time. Soukhyam turned out to be a two and a half hours nonsense that tests anybody's patience.

What is it about?

Srinu (Gopichand) fall in love with Sailaja (Regina), his co passenger on the train. She is daughter of a very influential person (Devan) based in Kolkata. Sailaja is taken away by her father's henchmen and meanwhile Srinu gets into tussle with a local goon (Pradeep Rawat). He assigns Srinu to bring the daughter of his enemy who turns out to be Sailaja. Rest is how Srinu and Sailaja gets together against all the odds.

Performances:

Gopichand is alright within his limitations. There is nothing new or challenging for him. Everything seems like he has been there done that many a time. Regina who is usually a decent actress appears clueless in this film and she cannot be blamed for it. Veterans Brahmanandam, Raghu Babu to the flavor of the season Prudhvi and Saptagiri everyone is there but none of them could make you laugh. All the writers could throw at them were spoofs of recent hit films. Villains appear like caricatures that never seem like a threat to the hero. Nothing can be written about the actors who have played the family of hero.

Technicalities:

AS Ravi Kumar Chowdary can deliver when there is proper script on hands. Yagnam was a very good film and Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam was alright. But the other movies from this director clearly proves that he can only keep things on track if there is some content in it. There is nothing that a director can do when he was given such a silly story with horribly written screenplay.

Anup Rubens songs increase the pain of the viewers. Background score is bad. Dialogues are bland. Screenplay written by ace writer duo Gopimohan and Kona Venkat is pathetic. Cinematography is just okay. Editor's must be the toughest job of all to put this mess together is an art.

Thumbs Up:

Nothing

Thumbs Down:
Story

Screenplay

Songs

Analysis:

Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan must have already realized that their formula isn't working anymore. However it is too late by the time they had realized it. Soukhyam is already nearing completion by the time Bruce Lee hit the screens. High time to stop making the same kichidi and look for a new recipe. Telugu film lovers were already irritated by watching same old junk in every other movie.

Soukhyam is a clear example of taking things for granted. Writers believed that audience will watch anything if they add some spoof scenes and so called comedy moments. Yes, there was a time when audiences were more than happy to pay for watching the same stupidity over and over again. Well there is a limit for everything and the formula that was invented by Kona-Gopi was well past the expiry date.

There is not a single moment to cherish about this film. All that you can do is to wait for the film to end or either give up mid way and walk out of the door. This will go down as one of the worst movies of the year. Even the comedy scenes will bore you to death and make you weep for paying to watch this mishap.

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Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu Movie Review

Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu Movie Review

SYNOPSIS: Bhaktavatsala Naidu's (Mohan Babu) life is a struggle juggling between his two wives Priyamvada (Ramya Krishna) and Surya Kantham (Meena). But trouble's in the paradise when both their kids fall for each other without knowing they are siblings.

MOVIE REVIEW: The biggest selling point of this film was that it was a union of sorts of the Allari Mogudu trio - Mohan Babu, Ramyakrishna and Meena. Added to that, the comedy sensation Allari Naresh teaming up with them definitely indicated a laugh riot. Well, that's what we thought too, till we actually saw the film. Because the film proves to be a disappointment not just in terms of story but also in terms of the way it is treated.

Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu's biggest flaw is that it's outdated to the core. This is the tale of a man Bhaktavatsalam Naidu (Mohan Babu) juggling a confused life between two wives - Priyamvada (Ramya Krishna) and Surya Kantham (Meena) who aren't aware of each other's existence leading to several comical situations. And as a result, actors like Poorna, Varun Sandesh, Ali and even Allari Naresh are reduced to sidekicks who either aggravate his confusion or just help him through it.


If you remember Allari Mogudu where Meena was the traditional village girl while Ramya Krishna was the stylish city girl, then their characters are etched the same way here too. Well, the story might be old-fashioned but treating it right could have worked wonders for the film which suffers from old worldly music and a melodramatic background score just enhancing that effect.

The film has its weird yet effective moment in the form of Mohan Babu's son Gautham (Varun Sandesh) and daughter Shruti (Poorna), each a child of one of his wives, planning a date of sorts without knowing that they actually are siblings. And here's where Bhaktavatsalam Naidu takes help from Ismail (Ali) and Balaraju (Allari Naresh) to avoid complications. But here's where a twist is in store. But no surprise or twist in this film manages to hold you because the narration is dead slow, and the conflict of interest doesn't seem strong enough.

For a comedy, this film is pretty flat with very few one-liners that are funny. Even though they try too hard to make us laugh, it just doesn't work. Even a misplaced, tacky item number helps in no way whatsoever.

The likes of Ramya Krishna and Meena along with the performer Mohan Babu are wasted in a film like this which doesn't bring out what they are capable of. It's actually unfortunate to see them team up after so long for a film like this which so badly wants to be funny that it miserably fails.

While Ali's womanizer act is just way too over the top, reaching a level of cheesiness, Allari Naresh is sadly left in the sidelines and doesn't get to show what he is capable of. Poorna and Varun Sandesh are probably the only ones whose appearances that add value to this affair.

The film has a great cast but suffers in the hands of an incompetent storyline and a incoherent story-telling technique. The film proves to be no fun at all.

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Nenu.. Sailaja... Movie Review

SYNOPSIS: Sailaja (Keerthy Suresh) and Hari (Ram) are destined to fall in love. But Sailaja doesn't know how to express and that leads to trouble.

MOVIE REVIEW: If one lists out milestones in Ram's career, Nenu.. Sailaja... will definitely make it into an important spot because this film saw him give his career best in terms of the nuanced performance which is very unlike Ram, at least from what we have seen in the recent few years. He's a complete commercial hero - lover boy with a charming quick wit and an ability to pack a punch - and yet, manages to bring out simplicity with maximum effect.

While the actor has admittedly worked hard on bringing that side of him, the credit would majorly go to director Kishore Tirumala who not only visualized him in this character but also managed to draw the best from him. The 'energy' that is so often tagged to Ram seems to have been channeled into a better direction and well, it works wonders.

Nenu.. Sailaja... is a slice of life love story with many coincidences that are possible only in the world of movies. It seems Hari (Ram) and Sailaja (Keerthy Suresh) are destined to end up together because after separating in childhood, they meet again under strange circumstances and grow fond of each other. Everything is going smoothly until Sailaja says this: 'I love you, but I am not in love with you'.

This film, however, isn't just a love story and has layers, one of them being the relationships between Sailaja and her father Srinu (Sathyaraj) which seems strained at the outset but has an underlying emotion. And it is here that the director kind of falters because he is trying to tell you so many things. He wants to take you into Hari's life and then wants to explain why Sailaja has a change of mind suddenly and why there's a strain with her father. While each story is interesting on its own, the second half sees a slow in pace because of too much complication.

But that apart, there are two ways to tell a story. One, begin the story at a point and at an important juncture, just go to a flashback. And that formula has been literally used to death! And the other form of storytelling is starting the tale from where it actually began and giving the audiences a chance to guess when the truth will come out. This film falls in the latter category since the viewers expected the childhood friends to fall in love anyway. And it is interesting for moviegoers to experience their excitement as they know what we already knew. Complicated it might sound! But well, the director takes you down that lane with ease. He sprinkles casual humour, uses some riveting background score and makes use of amazing locales to enhance what he has.

While Keerthy Suresh seems out of place in some sequences, you see her easily flowing into the emotional category with extreme ease. Her confrontation with her Sathyaraj (why he is called a seasoned actor is evident from this film and especially this scene) who plays her father is a highlight.

Nenu.. Sailaja... doesn't really offer anything new. But it comes across as a culmination of some very well shot sequences, commendable performances and real world simplicity. We don't really see much of such subtly told stories on celluloid today, so you might as well give it a try!

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Nannaku Prematho Movie Review

SYNOPSIS: Abhiram's (NTR) world comes to a halt when he learns that his father Subramanyam (Rajendra Prasad) aka Ramesh Chandra Prasad's days to live are numbered. His father has a painful past and the last wish is revenge.

MOVIE REVIEW: Every film's story is driven by a goal. It could be anything ranging from exhilaration to contentment, from surprise to curiosity or just an unexplainable feeling of either satisfaction or disappointment. But the ultimate goal is to leave you with an emotion.

And it's that emotion which actually hits you in Nannaku Prematho. Picture this: The film's eponymous nanna dies and the audience is so happy that they applaud. A sad moment that might seem at the outset, but in reality that is probably the most beautiful scene of Nannaku Prematho which is not just a brain game throughout but also comes across as an underlying emotional journey.

Abhiram's (NTR) world comes to a halt when he learns that his father Subramanyam (Rajendra Prasad) aka Ramesh Chandra Prasad's days to live are numbered. His father has a painful past and the last wish is revenge against a man called Krishna Murthy (Jagapathi Babu).

And in this revenge saga, we get to see two things - ups and downs. We see the ups every time Sukumar decides to listen to his inner self and gives us some interestingly conceived sequences (spoiler here: the secret camera in the painting is ingenious!) and the downs come whenever he gives in to the prerequisite mandates of Telugu cinema (why would they break into an Aleba Aleba right after a very interesting emotional high?).

Sukumar uses the revenge conflict to the set the stage for an interesting match of sorts between two very intelligent people. The butterfly effect (a phenomenon where a small localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere), the constant use of numbers, puzzles, ideas and a lot of cerebral activity is seen in this film. NTR does seem like a superhero at times too! It might be possible that a layman wouldn't really understand what's happening because there's too much of racking of the brains that's needed on this one. But haven't we seen enough of no-brainers already? In his usual style, Sukumar also uses songs to take the narrative forward and despite a little slowdown in the story at some points, the 168 minutes of the film do not seem so long at all, especially due to Devi Sri Prasad's racy background score and Vijay K Chakravarthy's beautifully captured visuals.

Added to that is this film's brilliant cast. If NTR's intensity and energy oozes out every time he's on the screen, Jagapathi Babu manages to overshadow even the hero with his evilness! For a change, the heroine isn't just falling for the man and is actually in the midst of all the activity. And it seems Rakul's transformation as the Telugu ammayi is complete because dubbing debut is noteworthy. And then, though he's there only briefly, Rajeev Kanakala makes the most of his time and delivers a commendable act. Rajendra Prasad, as usual, is in his element.

However, if you put in thought, you'd come across multiple flaws and lose ends. For instance, the reference to November in the beginning changes to September at a later stage. Then, when Divyanka (Rakul Preet Singh) finally meets her mother (Madhoo), the story isn't told well and you are left wondering what happened because after that instance, both of them aren't to be seen at all.

But that should be no reason to miss this film because Nannaku Prematho is like a delectable serving of dessert with a hint of tang. The flavour may seem out of place initially because you aren't used to it. But if you try it with an open mind, you'd probably savour it

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Dictator Movie Review

SYNOPSIS: At the outset, Chandu (Balakrishna) is a middleclass man employed at a supermarket but he is hiding a secret and there's another world where people fear even the mention of his name. Why is he living in hiding? 

MOVIE REVIEW: Over the years, and especially after a spate of films like Simha, Legend and Lion, there's one thing we have understood about a Balakrishna film. It's not incomplete without a checklist. Before talking about how the film is, it is absolutely necessary to mark these off.

Hero is initially the simple man who has a secret. Check. Hence a flashback. Check. Where he is the almighty. Check. He has to tell people in some form or the other that they won't have their next birthday (as in, he threatens to kill: chachipotav!). Check. He'll dance with at least two girls (in this there are four). Check. Well, that's how you switch on the Balakrishna mode and then all you have got to do is watch the film with an open mind.

Being true to that checklist, Dictator takes you into the life of Chandra Sekhar Dharma alias Chandu (Balakrishna) who is leading a very simple life as an employee of a supermarket. When an acquaintance (Sonal Chauhan) is in trouble, he intervenes and things take a surprising turn taking us into another life that defined his past.

Three questions might arise as you watch the film. One, doesn't Balakrishna get bored of doing the same kind of roles again and again? Nope. Two, don't cine goers get bored of watching him do the same kind of films repeatedly? From the cheers in the cinema halls, evidently not! And does this formula still work? Surprisingly, yes.

The thing about Dictator is that it doesn't pretend to be a new story and is outright true to what it wants to do - entertain. It is a complete one man show where Balakrishna shines at every instance. From giving you his most dancing ever (Imagine him doing a moonwalk and singing 'What's up baby') to actually looking cute in the Tingo Tingo song, the actor is a surprise packet of fireworks waiting to explode in all its glory. Added to that is his dialogue delivery which is as effortless as ever. He is aided by some noteworthy performance by Anjali, Rati Agnihotri and Sonal Chauhan.

While director Sriwas does an impressive job of playing to the gallery, one would expect more in terms of innovation from him. Though he does give his own spin to the same old tale, it would be nice to watch him give us a new story especially with someone like Balayya, whose potential filmmakers have been channeling in only one direction for years now.

In the list of fails in this film would be the comedy which leaves you with little or no laughs at all. And then, the first half moves on to be very slow, though it is compensated by the pace of the latter part of the film. Even Sonal Chauhan who is seen in a very important chunk of the film is suddenly missing after the flashback episode and her story gets no logical end. For some reason, the villains (except Rati Agnihotri who is marvelous) have been asked to overact. As for logics, please remember it's a Balakrishna film you are watching!

'Nenu edi fix avvanu. Okka sari fix aite relax avvanu,' says Balakrishna in the film. Well, he doesn't relax really and give one of his best performances. This one may not go down as a milestone in his career but for his fans, this will certainly be the 'full plate meals' they desire.

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