Reviews

B. A. Subbarao might not have had the faintest idea when he signed a handsome young man with rich voice for one of the lead roles in his first movie 'Palletoori Pilla' that one day he would rule not only the Telugu film industry but also the State. The new hero was none other than the charismatic Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR).

Santha (Anjali Devi) is the daughter of the village elder Purandayya (Gadepalli Ramaiah), who also looks after his nephew, Vasanth (ANR). Kampana Dora (A. V. Subbarao) leads a dacoit gang. Jayanth (NTR), who is brought up by him, also indulges in dacoities, but undergoes a change of heart when Santha criticises him for his barbaric acts. The villagers don't trust him at first, but accept him when he saves Santha and Vasanth from a raging bull. Santha and Jayanth get married and this irks Kampana. He kidnaps Jayanth, who, however, is rescued by Kampana's paramour Ragini (Lakshmikantha) and her maid (Surabhi Balasaraswati). Meanwhile, Santha, who, along with her child, is wandering in the forest in search of her husband, is spotted by Kampana's men. They take away the child, whom Vasanth saves but in the process himself gets grievously hurt. He hands over the child to Santha and dies. The villagers capture Kampana and bring him to Jayanth. Kampana ultimately regrets his past.

Tapi Dharma Rao's power-packed dialogue plus situational lyrics and Adinarayana Rao's sweet musical score made the movie a wholesome experience. Packed with hit songs such as 'Shantha vanti Pilla Ledoyi...' and 'Baravey Joruga Joruga...Neethone Yethaamu sruthi kalipi paadali...' and especially 'Dheerakampana' by Jikki which comes at the starting of the film praising the bravery of the antagonist will pump your blood with its lyrics. A. V. Subbarao's theatrical experience helped him play Kampana, the antagonist character with dignity.

For the first time in her career Anjali Devi had scope to emote varied emotions-- the gutsy village belle, the lover and the emotional mother-and she did it with aplomb.

ANR, already an established hero, came up with a neat portrayal as Vasanth. NTR as Jayanth was a revelation, giving an indication of what a great future lay before him. The director had told him only to catch the horns of the Australian bull he had to fight (to save Santha and Vasanth), but NTR literally fought with the savage bull which ultimately threw him to the ground, fracturing his right hand. Despite being told to take rest, NTR reported for the shoot the very next day!

Watch it if you truly want to enjoy NTR's charsimsa as a youngster.

After the box-office success of Pavithra Bandam and Pellichesukundam, Gita Chitra International seems to have got a fancy for dishing out flicks with intertesting storylines. This time, it is Srimathi Vellostha - the storyline of which hinges on postmarital love between husband and wife. This plotline is as old as missamma, except that it is inversed here. Though Bhoopathi Raja's story experiments with a new formula, the treatment meted out to it is what leaves you irritated and fails to impress.

The movie starts on a familiar note, with the hero and the heroine falling in love after a few witty exchanges as any masala movie. Ravi (Jagapati Babu) who comes to the village to attend his friend's wedding falls in love with city-bred Madhu (Poonam). But his father comes in the way and coerces him to marry his friend's daughter Kanchana (Devyani). Meanwhile, Kanchana has her own sobbing love story. She's in love with an unemployed youth Rajendra (Prithvi). This invites her father's wrath and so they are separated.

After marriage, Ravi and Kanchana realise that they cannot live together with broken hearts. They decide to get back to their lovers and hence apply for a divorce. But their "lover-swapping" plans fail for even the court quashes their plea. If you are still interested in knowing what ensues, watch the movie.

Inspite of the presence of a battery of comedians, there's nothing much to look forward to. Koti's musical score is disappointing. The choreography is even worse. Dialogues by MVS Haranath Rao lack that extra punch. On the whole, the movie is a drag.

This film starts with Mahesh becoming CEO. He is presented as a loving and caring son. Then gets to a surprise reunion party which leads to flashback of college days of RISHI. This time introduces his character properly with a fight and a conversation with his friend. Allari naresh and Pooja hegde enters, and become friends Blah Blah Blah!!!! Nothing new here until he knows what Ravi(Allari Naresh) has done for him. He then goes to India to meet him. From here it gets interesting!!!

The fight between Rishi and Mittal(Jagapati Babu) over Ravi's village makes the crux of the story. The approach Rishi follows is new and feels good to watch. Almost every scene from here onwards is well written and executed, as far as commecial masala film standards are concerned.

This movie offers nothing new that we haven't seen before, but whatever it tries to showcase it doesn't make you feel bored. All the characters are written mostly in a unidirectional and stereotypical way (Like all the farmers are poor and all the city people lack compassion for farmers). And even they are presented superficially as per convenience.

Until the second-half of the movie, nothing feels organic. The whole college episode looks too 3 idiot-ish. Music of the movie is a big let down, even BGM is not so effective. K U Mohanan's Cinematography is better than decent. SRI MANTHUDU is a far better movie in terms of character development.

Anyway this is a decent movie to watch. I"ll recommend it

Everything is so right with this episode. But my only concern is tommen's suicide.

This episode deals with both CERSEI and TOMMEN. Tommen is incompetent, not fit to rule, lustful for his brother's wife, easy to manipulate, and has no desire for vengeance even when his mother shamed in front of every commoner (And that is horrible moment even for cersei). Whatever she's done, she is his own mother whoever his father may be. He should be able acknowledge that. AND she is not spiteful to him even he asked her mother if she hates his wife just after she finished walk of atonement and denied her final visit to her daughter. And finally he commits suicide, which is somehow a perfect ending for such an incompetent character.

Special appreciation for RAMIN DJAWADI for the BGM, the mood he created for the final two episodes especially the final episode.

There is no better show than GAME OF THRONES!!!

The first hour will make you doubt if Ted is really a criminal or innocent (If you don't know anything about the case beforehand). And by the time he reaches colorado you start to sympathize for him. Also the analogy of "papillon" really helps for this. By the time he escapes Aspen court we are already rooting for him and feel happy when he escapes.

when the case goes to public trial a reporter says "each day, the courtroom is filled with spectators drawn by a fascination with the gruesome details of the crimes". This in my opinion is most hard hitting set of words in the whole movie. If we are not provided with the climax where he writes "HACKSAW", we would have thought that he is innocent. Or maybe since this movie is based on the book written by LIZ herself, it would all have been a lie created by her based on some real events which makes it a semi-fiction. Or she is telling the truth but he is lying since she asked him to release her from the guilt. And this possibility looks a little cheesy. But since he himself confessed guilty of all those crimes, all other possibilities get nullified and he becomes the serial killer.

Whatever may be the case, it is good movie. Zac Efron is fantastic in this movie. He's come a long way from 17 again, which I am very fond of. He portrayed both a lover pleading guilty of and a serial killer pleading not guilty, pun intended. I'll recommend it!!

Jordan Hinson is so beautiful and she acted well. Every conversation in the movie is so organic that not one feels like they are just put there for namesake. The best part of the film is it's runtime which is just what it needed for us to feel romance.

The best moment in the film is When she says that she can't sleep and he asks for what do we do and the scene is cut to slow paced dancing. It is purely romantic. This is where I feel like it achieved its objective, which is basically being a romantic drama.

Watch it if you are a fan of this genre. You won't be disappointed

Otherwise, some might feel bored especially youth. story is good but it takes its sweet time to take off. once it picks up the pace one will feel the innocence of the characters. they feel they know everything but innocent. they both develop nice friendship within the process and one dies.

its more like a love story of two ill-fated. and it is portrayed through the locations they choose to shoot the movie which is depressing actually.