180 Movie Review

Rating: 2.7/5.0
Banner: Satyam Cinemas & Aghal Films
Cast: Siddhartha, Priya Anand,Nitya Menon,Tanikella Bharani, Mouli, Geetha, Sri Charan
Story& Screenplay: Subha, Jayendra
Lyrics: Vanamaali
Dialogues: Umarji Anuradha
Art: Selva Kumar
Editor: Kishore T.E
Music: Sharreth
Produced by: Satyam Cinemas & Aghal Films
Direction: Jayendra
CBFC rating: U/A
Release date: 25-06-2011



Story:  Ajay/Mano comes to India and lives in Hyderabad, his bubbly look and ever joyfulness nature attracts Vidya ( Nitya Menon) who is a photo journalist. One fine day Vidya proposes him, Mano is already married to an NRI in San Francisco and there is a shocking Secret in his life which is revealed. What’s the secret and whom does Mano marry forms the climax?


Performances: Siddharth is fantastic, he performed well. Nitya Menon suited to the girl next door role. Priya Anand too impresses in her role. Mouli, Tanikella Bharani, Geetha did their job well. SriCharan as Siddhu’s friend is good. Cinematography is top rated. Art work and Editing are good. Story and Screenplay are bit predictable. Narration is very slow. Direction is good.


Analysis: ‘180’ is a bilingual film simultaneously Shot and released in Tamil (Nootrenbhadu) and Telugu. Popular AD film maker Jayendra turned director with this flick. He has done fine job as far as Direction is concerned. The Script work is fine. The Scenes are fresh (you find mostly new Scenes); the story or the content may be an old one. The dialogues are pretty natural. The narration could have been better. The movie progresses at snail pace.


Siddharth has come up with another experimental movie, he already proved himself as a versatile actor but this movie takes him to another level. The role is a tough one but Siddharth handled it very well. He performed with ease. The emotional scenes have come out really well. Nitya Menon is okay and performed well in the role of Journalist. She appeared little flabby(She should serious think of that).Priya Anand is cute and steals the show with controlled performance. It’s good to see Mouli after a long time and he impresses well with his mark comedy dialogue punches. SriCharan is good as Siddhu’s friend. The remaining supporting cast is okay.


The Visuals are eye catching. Cinematographer literally takes the audience around the foreign locales through the focus of his lens. Art work is good. Editing is okay but could have taken more care to give a slick look. The Music is by Malayalam composer Sharreth who composed music for ‘Kalavaramaye Madhilo’, he has done fine job. The music is already a hit among Youth. The background Score needs a special mention. The song “Yee Vayasika Raadu” was shot well.


The First half is good, even though it’s slow, but the last half an hour is filled with emotional content and performances which makes the narration very slow. The movie is targeted at youth and Class Audience. We have to wait and see how the youth react. If you are good Cinema lover and slow narration never bothers you then you can take a chance for this well crafted experimental film.




Plus: Performances (Siddhu), Cinematography, Music (BGM),Good Camera Work
Minus: Slow Narration




Verdict: Watchable – But Lack of Entertainment

Chakram + OY = 180

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Badrinath Movie Review - Allu Arjun's Badrinath Movie Review

Rating: 2.75/5.0
Banner:Geetha Arts
Presented by: Padmasri Allu Ramalingaih
Cast: Allu Arjun, Tamanna,Prakash raj, Kelly Dorjee, Brahmanandam,Tanikella Bharani,Dharmavarapu,Venu Madhav, Raghubabu, Krishna Bhagwan, Shayaji Shinde, Rao ramesh, Bharath,Sudha, Pragathi,kovai sarala,Geetha Singh
Story-Screenplay: Chinni Krishna
Dialogues: Rajendra Kumar
Action: Peter Heins
Art: Anand Sai
Editing: Gowtham raju
Cinematography: Ravi Varman
Music: M.M.Keeravani

Production coordinator: Tagore Madhu

Producer: Allu Arvind

Screenplay-Direction: V.V.Vinayak

CBFC rating: ‘A’

Release date: 10-06-201


Story: Badri(Allu Arjun) is trained by his guru Bhishma Narayan(Prakash raj) in all the martial arts and is appointed as the protector of the Badrinath temple. Alakananda (Tamanna) who doesn’t believe in god once comes along with his grandfather and after a couple of scenes falls flat for Badri. Sarkar( Kelly Dorjee) is after Alakananda, and want to marry her to his son. What happens after that forms the remaining part?
Performances: Allu Arjun fitted well to the role. He has done good work. Tamanna was okay. She provided the required glamour. Prakash raj is good. Kelly Dorjee, Brahmanandam, Krishna Bhagwan, M.S, Dharmavarapu and other supporting cast have done decent job. Cinematography and the special effects are fantastic. Music by Keeravani is Average. Art work is Good and the editing could have been better. The story line is wafer thin which lacked emotions. Screenplay could have been better. Direction is good in parts.

Analysis: The Director V.V.Vinayak once again paired up with Allu Arjun after 'Bunny' movie, did the magic repeat is a big question mark????? V.V.Vinayak who can churn out minimum guarantee film couldn’t come out with a satisfactory product this time. The Story is very very thin, it’s very simple and the Scenes lacked emotional or entertainment content so the movie failed to stand up to the expectations.

Allu Arjun has done fabulous work, his six-Pack body suited well to the Samurai role. He danced well; he made the ordinary songs also look good on the Screen. Tamanna performed well, she emoted well in the required Scenes. Tamanna scores more marks in glamour show. Prakash raj is good in the guru’s role. The remaining cast fitted the bill.

Cinematography is fantastic and is well supported by the Visual effects. Art work by Anand sai is very good with lavish and rich sets. The movie was made on a grand budget of nearly 40 Crores. The rich grandeur look is evident on the screen. Editing could have been better. Peter Heins composed good fights (even though some fights appeared artificial).Music is Average, even Keeravani’s mark is missing in the background Score also .Choreography was fantastic (especially the last song).Allu Arjun tried hard and has put his best in dances.

The First half is strictly okay, the interval bang is also not up to the mark, the songs in the second half and a couple of fights impress you. The narration is pretty dragging and the climax could have been better. The abrupt ending may even surprise you. The movie falls short in the entertainment also. The comedy track in the second half is a repeat one from the movie “INDRA”. Chinni Krishna has done a haphazard work in his writing. There is absolutely no consistency in characterizations, the comedy tracks appeared detached from the story. There is no emotional /heart touching content that the audience gets connected.

As such, this movie is not for the thinking audience, it is only for those commercial audiences who seek some fights, Dances and sentiment. We have to wait for the response of the masses. The fate of the movie solely depends on how it fares at the B,C centers.

Plus: Performances, Allu Arjun dances, Rich Production values
Minus: Story, Screenplay, Lack of Entertainment
Verdict: JUST BETTER THAT NTR'S SHAKTI...

SIMPLE GA CHEPPALANTE MOVIE LO MATTER LEDU

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100% Love Movie Review

Banner: Geetha Arts
Cast: Naga Chaitanya, Tamanna,K.R.Vijaya ,Vijay Kumar,Naresh,darmavarapu, MS,Thagubothu Ramesh, Chitram Seenu
Fights: Ram-Lakshman
Lyrics: Chandrabose, srimani,Ramajogayya
Cinematography: Venkat Prasad
Editing: Karthik Srinivas
Screenplay: J.hari Prasad
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Exec producer: Edida Raja
Producer: Bunnyas
Story-Direction: Sukumar
CBFC Rating: U
Release date: 6-05-2011

Story: Balu(Naga chaitanya) is a topper from schooling, he tops in EAMCET also.He is pursuing computer engineering and now her Aunt’s daughter(maradalu) Maha Lakshmi (Tamanna) comes from village and joins the same college.There is an attitude and Ego problem between them. To what consequences it leads to forms the remaining story?

Performances: Naga Chaitanya improved a lot, he performed well in many Scenes. Tamanna is okay. Naresh, K.R.Vijaya,Vijay Kumar, The kids and the remaining supporting cast fitted the bill. Cinematography is Good. Music is above average with a couple of Chartbusters. Art work and editing are fine.The Screenplay is predictable in the second half.The dialogues are very natural and appealing. The Direction is good in parts.

Analysis: Here comes another movie from the Genius (makes simple things complex) SUKUMAR after ARYA-2(which appealed only to one section). Sukumar has changed his style without changing the format. He selected a simple story (to be frank no story) and narrated it even simple with two flashbacks. One-- hero point of view(first half) and Second-heroine point of view(second half).The regular style(flavor)of Sukumar is missing some how. Sukumar has set a format for himself and he is not coming out of it. Here is the format------An interesting opening sequence which raises curiosity and confusion among the viewers. Then comes some beautifully picturised montages. An item Song(with Vamp) which is a hit one which takes the movie to another level(“Aa Ante” from Arya, “Ringa Ringa” from Arya-2) and ending the movie contrast to what he has shown in the beginning or all through the film(A happy ending What the Audiences are waiting for). Every Director has a mark/Style of his own and so also Sukumar.

Coming to the performances- Naga Chatanya is okay, he suited to the serious role in the first half but towards the climax his acting appeared artificial (pre climax scene where he weeps).Milky Beauty Tamanna tried her best to portray the role well, She is good even though she does a bit of over action in the initial scenes. Screenplay by Hari made the film look very ordinary. The dialogues are simple but effective. The Direction is partly good.(sukumar’s minute details ----generally he never misses them----which impresses you are missing here). Sukumar always follow a different Schematic pattern for titles. This movie is no exception. The VFX and graphics work in the film is good.

Cinematography is good. The Art work is fine. The editing is okay. Music by Devi Sri Prasad is good. A couple numbers are already hit with the youth. I don’t comment much on the Lyrics (as the standard is very poor) but they appeal to the youth. The Mass number “Diyyalo diyyalo” got huge response in the Auditorium. All the scenes in the combination of kids in the first half have come out well. The songs (montages) in the first half are fine. The Scenes where Naga Chatanya and Tamanna compete to study well and get the top rank have come out really well. The dance (ANR-NTR Dance) sequence got huge applause in the theater. Naga Chaitanya has to improve a lot in dance (His body language doesn’t permit him to dance).The movie lacks an interesting story line which excites the Audiences. No family elements. The second half appears dragging with predictable and ego-Clash Scenes. The story of “Bava-Maradalu” fight reminds us of “Nuvvu leka Nenu Lenu”(Tarun, Arti Aggarwal) but it’s packaged with family elements, here the family angle is missing, the reason shown for the separation of the grand parents appeared silly.

The First half is good and the second half is strictly okay. The movie is mainly targeted at youth; we have to and see whether it reaches them in this summer season.

Plus: Entertainment, First half
Minus: weak story line, Second half
Verdict: Movie for youth, Entertainment guaranteed

Rating: 3.25/5.0

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