The famous #KhairatabadGanesh, which stands 40 feet tall this time, has been named as #PanchamukhaRudraMahaGanapati. Several devotees lined up to pray and give offerings to the idol on Friday
Kriti Sanon spotted at Maddock Films office in casual attire
Cast - Gopichand, Tamannaah, Bhumika, Pragati, Rahman, Digangana Suryavanshi, Tarun Arora, and others
Director - Sampath Nandi
Producer - Srinivasaa Chitturi
Banner - Srinivasaa Silver Screens
Music - Mani Sharma
Gopichand and Sampath Nandi’s last outing Goutham Nanda turned out to be a disappointment. After four-long years, the duo collaborated for an out-and-out mass masala film set against Kabaddi backdrop. Sampath roped in his lucky mascot Thamanna for the female lead. Check out what worked and what didn’t work in Seetimaarr.
Plot
Karthik (Gopichand), an assistant manager in a bank, coaches AP women Kabaddi team. He wants village girls to win the national championship which brings attention to the village problems. Karthik’s life turns upside down when his team of girls gets kidnapped just 2 days before the final match. Makhan Singh (Tarun Arora) is the mastermind behind the kidnap on one demand. What does Makhan Singh want from Karthik and why did he target him? Will the AP women Kabaddi team win the finals and will Karthik keeps up his dream about school? The movie answers all these questions.
Performances
Gopichand gets fit and moulds himself for the role of Kabaddi coach. He delivers noteworthy dialogues about women & their empowerment. He tells girls’ parents to encourage their daughters in careers of their interest. Tamannah gets the bold role as Jawala Reddy. Her glam show gets thumbs up. Her urban attire and Telangana slang strike chords. Digangana Suryavanshi is just a glam addition. She is seen in a role who has feelings for Karthik. Tarun Arora shines as a dreaded villain. Rao Ramesh’s character gets preference initially but doesn’t add much to the main plot. The squad of girls who acted in AP women’s team deserve special mention. They aren’t camera shy and expressed emotions well in the crucial scenes.
Technicalities
Sampath Nandi has come up with a dated story and flat screenplay. However, it is the mass episodes that act as the saving grace. Dialogues and background score work. Jwala Reddy and Pepsi Aunty songs offer visual treat, albeit they obstruct the narration. Cinematography is neat.
Highlights
Mass Episodes
Dialogues
Jwala Reddy & Pepsi Aunty Songs
Drawbacks
Routine Story & Predictable Scenes
Analysis
Mass masala potboilers have a special set of audience. Gopichand and Sampath Nandi’s Seetimaarr is aimed at those masses. It has moments that appeal to B & C centers. Hero takes on goons effortlessly and the gang of rowdies fly in the air with the hero’s single punch. Sampath is known for churning out masala potboilers and he did it again with Seetimaarr. Two scenes that earn claps from audience are senior actors Annapurna, Pragathi and gang of women try to spoil the matchmaking of Digangana. Annapurna’s hilarious dialogues bring laughs. In another scene in the latter half, Posani praises Gopichand and his selfless act for the girls squad. Both the scenes worked and played it to the galleries.
The hero has got good elevation as a coach as well as a responsible guy who doesn’t spare the baddies. The hero and villain face-off is interesting to watch out for. The cat and mouse game where the villain hatches the kidnap plan and executes it brilliantly from a jail shows his network and abilities. How a hero fights a powerful villain and rescues his team makes for okay watch.
Towards the end, the protagonist inspires the girls to fight on their own in his absence. It is shown in an interesting manner. Kabaddi matches could be shown in a gripping way. The climax portions rush a bit. Seetimaarr is not everyone’s film. If you love masala potboilers, Seetimaarr satisfies you. It is strictly for the masses.
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Biopics are not simple to make and it is not easy to impress one and all with them. We have seen Mahanati, NTR Kathanayakudu, and Mahanayakudu in recent times, and now is the time for Thalaivi.
Thalaivi is the chronology of the life of late J. Jayalalithaa, whose life story is the most sensational among all the actors, politicians, and actor-politicians in India. Directed by AL Vijay of Nanna fame, Thalaivi hit the screens today. Let us see the review here.
What Is It About?
Thalaivi starts with the infamous incident of insulting Jayalalitha in Assembly when she was in the opposition. The story goes back to the past to show us many interesting incidents from her life and finally concludes with her sitting on the Chief Minister’s seat.
Thalaivi cannot be completely a biopic of Jaya, as the makers chose to show only ‘Actor-Politician-Chief Minister’ in short. The total life of Jayalalithaa has a lot of hard work, emotion, stubbornness, and guts that made her what she was. Thalaivi shows almost all that.
Jayalalithaa (Kangana Ranaut) enters films at a very young age. MGR (Aravind Swamy) likes her innocence and attitude. Jaya’s stardom rises along with the intimacy with MGR after many films together. She starts admiring him, but MGR’s ambition is to serve people. MGR distances himself from Jaya for the political party he launches after walking out of friend turned foe Karunanidhi’s (Nasser) party. Jayalalithaa enters MGR’s political party but later gets evicted from the same. Her political journey with challenges, hurdles, and insults, and how she becomes the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu form the story.
Performances
Kangana Ranaut excelled in the role of Jayalalithaa. Kangana’s subtle variation from scene to scene enthralls us. Not just the makeup and look, but the difference in the body language and expression proves the prowess of Kangana once again.
Arvind Swamy’s acting is on par and more in many instances with that of Kangana’s. The veteran actor fits the bill as MGR and he dominates all others while he is on screen. One more superb performance from the Roja actor.
MGR’s close aide Veerappan’s role played by Samuthirakhani is another most important role in the film and he too gives his best performance to date with Thalaivi. Veerappan’s role goes along with Jayalalithaa and MGR all through the story.
Along with the three primary roles, there are other important characters like Karunanidhi (Nasser), Janaki Ramachandran (Madhubala), Jaya’s mother Sandhya (Bhagyasree). They all did well in their respective roles.
Technicalities
AL Vijay succeeds in connecting the audience with the 80’s era where most of the story belongs to. The director’s effort and vision can be seen in the set properties, reproducing the scenes from old movies and actors’ looks.
Thalaivi is technically top-notch. The artwork, background score, and sets match the timeline and the story perfectly. The production values are high. The editing could have been better.
Thumbs Up
Kangana Ranaut, Aravind Swamy, Samuthirakani’s performances
Elevation Scenes
Dialogues
Background music
Thumbs Down
Run time
Too much of Tamil nativity for Telugu audience
Analysis
Earlier Mani Ratnam made an ‘Iddaru’ movie based on Tamilnadu politics, but it remained as a cult or classic than ending up as a commercial or sensational success. Now with Thalaivi, Tamil Nadu’s yesteryear politics are retouched, but the makers appear to have avoided the unwanted troubles faced by Mani Ratnam back then.
Jayalalithaa’s life story has drama, controversies, and many more which are apt for a perfect commercial movie to be made. The director’s choice of scenes to start the movie with needs an accolade. AL Vijay decided to start the movie with the most unexpected scene of Jayalalithaa being insulted in assembly, which is usually expected to be used as a trump card somewhere in the middle of the movie. The director did not want to show us Jayalalithaa’s childhood and her life before entering the films.
Director AL Vijay started it by recreating yesteryear sets and colors for connectivity and relativity to the story. He presented the most emotional and magical movements that are famous from Jayalalithaa’s life and he narrated the regular story in between them. Whenever there is a documentary kind of scene in the movie, there follows a high moment getting the attention back. The performances of Kangana Ranaut, Arvind Swamy, Samuthirakhani along with magical moments at regular intervals make Thalaivi intriguing. The scenes between Veerappan and Jayalalithaa enthrall the audience.
While Jayalalithaa MGR’s love story is well known to the Tamil audience, those episodes can be thoroughly enjoyed by them. A scene about Jayalalithaa-Sobhan Babu’s story could have filled the space for the Telugu audience. Jayalalithaa is equally popular in Telugu, but not a single scene showing her Telugu movies might disappoint the Telugu audience. The makers should have at least included a scene or two from her Telugu movies in the Telugu version.
The director somehow pushed crucial episodes in Jaya’s life to the backseat, like Sasikala, her rivalry and vengeance act with Karunanidhi. It looks like the director did not want to touch and unturn the political controversies. He focused mainly on entertaining Jaya’s fans and Tamil audiences.
Thalaivi does not focus much on Jayalalithaa’s movie career. Jayalalithaa’s interest in jewelry, dresses, and properties was not shown. Neither her friendship nor relations with popular actors in the film industry have been touched.
One can’t help as Thalaivi reminds us of classic Mahanati and comparisons do come as both are the stories of two legendary actresses. Sympathy dawns on Jaya’s role for losing all and fighting all alone. Unlike Savitri, Jaya’s story has a successful ending. The underlying point in Thalaivi is that a woman succeeds in the male-dominated fields – politics and films. This is where Jaya’s story touches the hearts. She deserves a befitting tribute and that’s what Thalaivi offers.
Nani had to go for OTT release yet again. Due to some unavoidable situations, Nani’s Tuck Jagadish missed the theatrical release and came out as an Amazon-Prime release today. Nani joined hands with Ninnu Kori director Siva Nirvana one more time for Tuck Jagadish. While the trailer and songs looked interesting, the review here gives how the movie actually is. Let us walk into the review.
What Is It About?
Bhudevipuram villages see a lot of conflicts and deaths within many families due to land disputes. One of the big heads Adiseshu Niadu (Nasser) dreams of seeing a peaceful Bhudevipuram which is obstructed often by the baddie Veerendra Naidu (Daniel Balaji). Naser’s family is big with two daughters (Rohini and Devadarshini), Sons-in-law (Rao Ramesh and Naresh), Sons Bose (Jagapathi Babu), Tuck Jagadish (Nani). The sudden death of Adiseshu Naidu brings the selfish and anguished man out of Bose, only pushing him to join hands with Veerendra Naidu to backstab his whole family. Tuck Jagadish comes as MRO to the same village and takes up the responsibility of fulfilling his dad’s dream. How he works towards it and how he beats the plots of Veerendra and Bose forms the story.
Performances
Nani looked stylish throughout the movie. His first-half performance is a little away from his usual ‘natural’ with a fresh attitude, but he comes back to being natural in the second half of the movie. Ritu Varma as Gummadi Varalakshmi mostly sticks to songs and few romantic scenes. Though she is a good performer, Tuck won’t give much to her to perform.
Daniel Balaji is okay as a villain, but a more powerful villain could have been better. Jagapathi Babu did well, but his role lacks strength and spine slowly. Rohini and Devadarshini did their part. Rao Ramesh gets nothing meaty and he is hardly seen in the movie and so is Naresh as a drunkard.
Aishwarya Rajesh gets a good role and she performed very well in it.
Technicalities
Two songs from Thaman’s music are good, while Gopisundar steals the show with his background music. The background music often elevates the scenes. The cinematography is very good. The locations are scenic and colorful. The scenes and frames look appealing from start to end. Technical standards are good. Dialogues, screenplay, and editing are fine. Some warning dialogues with little tales and some puns are simple yet interesting. Though there is not much to complain about lag in the movie, the plot itself is old that makes most parts cliched. Almost all action scenes are shot very well.
Thumbs Up
Nani
Background Music
Production values
Thumbs Down
Outdated Storyline
Weak Villain
Analysis
Tuck Jagadish is all colorful and stylish, but the story is more like a renovated story from old times. Nani’s Tuck Jagadish deals with the same old rural backdrop rivalries, land disputes, and killings, but this Jagadish is more colorful and stylish in dealing the things.
Director Siva Nirvana chose to show the family emotions, sentiments, and action but ignores the entertainment part for the sake of all others. Although he took up the old wine, all he could have added is a bit of entertainment.
This Tuck Jagadish has nothing much to find fault with, except many scenes are cliched with overdramatic scenes like from a decade or two old movies. The screenplay is good and the point is straight in most of the scenes, but the concept of family rivalries and the younger son putting all the effort for the sake of family is monotonous and vintage.
The scenes with step-mother dialogues and the reunion scenes appear too heavy at times. Some incidents like promising Nani promising Aishwarya Rajesh to save her when she is ready for it and waiting for her every night at a place are too cinematic. Nani’s style and action scenes relieve us from over-dramatic cliched scenes with the sentiment, many a time.
Also, Nani suddenly entering the village in a government vehicle as an MRO does not make sense even if it is meant to be a surprise. Some routine scenes of a strict ‘local’ MRO showing his arm power as well as his position to solve problems around could have been avoided.
Though it is Nani’s show all over, the villain could have been powerful enough. Also, Jagapathi Babu’s role loses its hold and strength completely in the second half. Nani has not just done everything to unite his family, but his performance is all that can save Tuck Jagadish.
Tuck Jagadish’s outing on OTT is a wise choice, irrespective of all the discussions and controversy that happened before the release.
Cast - Nani, Ritu Varma, Rao Ramesh, Jagapathi Babu, Nasser, Daniel Balaji, Aishwarya Rajesh and Others
Director - Siva Nirvana
Producer - Sahu Garapati, Harish Peddi
Banner - Shine Screens
Music - Thaman, Gopi Sundar
Avasarala Srinivas, who is known for attempting different roles, is back with an interesting concept. He goes bald as a lead actor for ‘Nootokka Jillala Andagadu’. Does he impress?
Plot
Gotti Surya Narayana aka GSN (Avasarala Srinivas), who is in his late 30’s, works as a CRM in a real-estate company. He lives with his mother (Rohini). GSN’s only problem is male pattern baldness. This makes him feel ‘inferior’. He finds his colleague Anjali (Ruhani Sharma) interesting. She finds him funny. The two fall for each other. Here comes the twist. Anjali learns about GSN’s baldness and can’t digest it. How does GSN wins back Anjali?
Performances
Avasarala Srinivas deserves a pat on his back for choosing male baldness which has become a rampant issue. He got under the skin of the role and does pull of the role with ease. Ruhani Sharma seems to be apt for her role. She is fine in the film but needs to improve her acting to go to next level. Abhishek Maharshi is just alright as a sidekick. His role lacks substance. Rohini as usual shines as mother with emotion. Srinivas friend Sattipandu role could have been better. ‘Amrutham’ fame Shivannarayana is okay as Anjali’s father. But he is not used well. None of the other characters are developed to care for.
Technicalities
Avasarala Srinivas is a proved writer and director who impressed with ‘Oohalu Gusagusalaade’. This time he sticks to just writing and leaves the direction job to newcomer Rachakonda Vidyasagar. This resulted in a mixed bag. The film has emotional depth which is the saving grace. Shakthikanth Karthik’s background music is in sync with the film. Lack of good love songs is shortcoming. Visuals are appealing. Editing is good.
Highlights
Novel Point With Runtime
Bald Comedy
Emotional Scenes in 2nd Half
Drawbacks
Predictable scenes
Lack of good songs
Analysis
Comedy dramas are the toast of the season. Post pandemic, audiences would love to see more comedy dramas. Avasarala Srinivas picks up an interesting point of male baldness. He weaves a breezy romantic story around it. Director takes a chunk of time in the first half to introduce the characters. The first act is lengthy. It is a bit dull and boring. The interval twist is expected but helps to take the story forward. Post interval, the film settles down. Wig comedy is the film’s strength.
The emotional scenes in the second half work. Especially, mother and son sentiment is subtle and does the magic. However, the hero-heroine chemistry in the first half seems to be forced. But it is passable though. Even the bathroom comedy fails to evoke fun. It could have been avoided since it’s done to death.
The wedding episode in the latter half is good. It helps the female lead Anjali to realise about GSN. Overall, it is a breezy feel good romance with bald fun. Nootokka Jillala Andagadu won’t disappoint you. It is plain, simple and passable comedy. Family audience, who have been complaining about Tollywood for not generating good & decent films, may give this film a try.
Cast - Avasarala Srinivas, Ruhani Sharma and others
Director - Rachakonda Vidyasagar
Producer - Shirish, Rajeev Reddy, Sai Jagarlamudi
Banner - Sri Venkateswara Creations
Music - Shakthikanth Karthick
Kirak Poster Wishing South Indian Actress Shriya Saran a very happy birthday.
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Kangana Ranaut celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi at the Manikarnika Films office #KanganaRanaut #GaneshChaturthi2021
Sree Vishnu and Chaitanya Dantuluri’s wholesome family entertainer Bhala Thandanana’s production works are underway.
Catherine Tresa essays Sree Vishnu’s ladylove in the movie and wishing the actress on her birthday, her first look poster is released today.
Going by the poster, Catherine’s character name is Sasi Rekha and she is fearless. In fact, her expressions in the poster indicate her intrepid attitude.
Catherine, however, looks charming in pink saree and sleeveless floral blouse.
Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram is producing the film, while Sai Korrapati is presenting it.
The films music and camera departments are handled by Mani Sharma and Suresh Ragutu respectively.
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