MESTHRI Review : By Greatandhra.com

Film: Mestri
Rating: 1.75/5
Banner: Siri Media Pvt Ltd
Cast: Dasari Narayana Rao, Mohan Babu, Srihari, Sujitha, Vijay Kumar, Pradeep Rawath, Rahul Dev, Sayaji Shinde, Chandramohan, MS, Giri Babu etc
Music: Vandemataram Srinivas
Cinematography: C H Ramaraju
Editing: Gautham Raju
Art: B V Rao
Story, Screenplay: Dasari
Director: Suresh Krissna
Producer: K Ramakrishna Prasad
Release date: 12/03/2009

It was with a great anticipation that ‘Mesthri’ was awaited since the buzz was it had a lot of dig on Chiranjeevi and his political debut. Also, the combination of the Congress sympathizers Dasari, Mohan Babu, Srihari generated enough excitement for political undertones. How much of it is actually true, let us see.

Story:

Palakollu (Dasari) joins the shipyard as an ordinary loader and in no time, he uses his wit and intellect to arrange for a land to the workers so that they can build their homes. As expected, he becomes the ‘Mesthri’ for them. However, he has obstacles in the form of their boss Subbaraju (Pradeep Rawath) and his brother Adiraju (Sayaji). After the death of Subbaraju, in the hands of Mestri, the flashback is revealed that Mesthri is actually Major Narasimham and he is there to take revenge on the murderers of his disciple Major Devaraj (Mohanbabu). Srihari played the role of a suspended cop. In between all this, there is a Gandhian Gopalakrishnaiah (Vijay Kumar) who helps Mesthri in one of his court cases. But who is Gopalakrishnaiah? That’s suspense. Does he get successful in his revenge seeking mission? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performance:

It was a Dasari show as is the case with most of his movies and he carries out his role with fair standards. His dialogue delivery in some scenes were impressive, Mohanbabu has a whirlwind appearance and he has his share of strong dialogues, Srihari looked handsome and though his performance was subdued, his action sequences were alright, Sayaji was regular, Vijay Kumar was average, Pradeep Rawat was mediocre, Sujitha looked sweet, Rahul Dev came and went, MS was usual, Giri Babu and Chandramohan did their bit as required. The others were filling the screen with their presence. The director has come up with a routine storyline but he managed to keep things going during the first half with a decent screenplay and good pace. However, the narration went really messy during the second half with a lot of drag and some illogical climax situations. The presentation was good as the music and the background score was impressive and the cinematography has captured the angles and the emotions correctly, even the lighting effects have been neat. Editing could have been a lot better during the second half, costumes for Mohan Babu should have been more disciplined in his army uniform, and the art department has done an okay job. The dialogues were filled with enough punch and ammunition and it got few whistles and claps from the front benchers. The script had flaws and the screenplay could have been much better.

Analysis:

The first half of the film was able to keep the curiosity factor high and it looked like the second half will have some good momentum to culminate a good climax and give a thoughtful message to the audience but then the last 30 minutes of the film was a major drag and as it is the content part was not much so the film depended a lot on a tight screenplay which went haywire during the thirty minutes. Though many from the camp were denying that the film did not take a dig at anyone, a fair share of dialogues was spoken that gave a stick to Chiranjeevi and his political role. Literally, the song ‘Nagamalli daarilo…’ looked like a tribute to Chiru, not stopping at that, few scenes with Vijay Kumar and the repeatedly spoken words such as ‘Master’ ‘Andarivaadu’ pointed fingers only in one direction. Even the TDP folks were not left out in this party as references have been made using terms like ‘Tiger’ ‘Garjana’ , Telangana issue and few other aspects. It is also amusing to hear Dasari say that the character played by Mohan Babu gets killed because he is a Dalit and that too by the upper caste. Well, the issue was about the land and caste and creed has nothing to do with the killing. Just when audience was hoping that Dasari will not show his eccentricity, he came up to his original antics in the second half and that too in the climax. How ridiculous can things get when a song sung by Dasari is played on the screen in a public meeting when the time comes to expose the villain instead of showing the evil acts of the bad man. A good thing was the song on the essence of Telugu which was quite patriotic and commendable, written by C Na Re. The film is an outright mass treat and it could have been better had the second half been handled well. Though the content part is meek, it is the presence of the stars and the dialogues that provide some solace. The criticism on Chiru and other parties looked quite evident enough.

Anushka's Arundathi (2009) Movie Review

Film: Arundhati

Rating: 3.75/5

Banner: Mallemala Entertainments

Cast: Anushka, Sonu Sood, Sayaji Shinde, Manorama, Satyanarayana, Deepak, Subhashini, Ahuti Prasad, Chalapathi Rao, Annapoorna and others

Music: Koti

Cinematography: K K Senthil Kumar

Graphics: Rahul K Nambiar
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh

Director: Kodi Ramakrishna

Producer: D Shyamprasad Reddy

Release date: 16/01/2009

The proposed Sankranthi release happened after the festival days. The expectations on the film are on top and let us see how it tuned. The clash between good and evil has been the law of the universe but what happens when an obsession turns dangerous and the will to seek revenge brings out the demons. Something like that happens here and who wins in the end, we will know more details.

Story

Arundhati (Anushka) is engaged to Rahul (Deepak) and is on her way to get married in Hyderabad but far away in Gadwal in an abandoned and ruined castle lies a scary and fearsome voice waiting to come out and take revenge on her.

It is endowed with evil powers and is successful in getting Arundhati to Gadwal, the truth is Arundhati is a descendant of a royal family and her ancestor is Jejamma (Anushka again) who strikes a death blow to her brother in law (Sonu Sood) who is an avid womanizer, rapist and murderer. He survives with the will to seek revenge and learns all the dark magics under Aghora Sadhus, he comes back to take revenge on Arundhati and his lust for her makes him even more dangerous. However, Arundhati is not willing to believe that she is Jejamma but she has no choice since the villain is set free finally and he comes to enjoy her.

In her attempt to thwart him, Arundhati is assisted strongly by the Muslim fakir Anwar (Sayaji Shinde) but then her fear inside gives way. Who gets successful, Arundhati or the villain? Watch the movie to find out.

Performance

Anushka is a total revelation in this one, she has shown once for all to all the critics that it is not just a voluptuous body that she has but a whole range of emotions and expressions to call her a true actress. Few angles of her are wonderful and spellbound. It's a great image make over for her.

Sayaji Shinde was a rocket booster and he has been full of zest and energy in this movie. His scenes are all powerful.

Sonu Sood was dark and evil and his performance was delectable as the evil sorcerer and the black magician.

Manorama provided the matured presence along with Satyanarayana while Ahuti Prasad, Chalapathi Rao, Annapoorna and others have justified their roles.

Deepak did not have much to do in this one, Subhashini was absolutely scary.

The graphics team needs a very special commendation here since they have come out with a really Hollywood style of creation. The script was very well under the grip, screenplay was brilliantly executed. Music really added up to the moods and the cinematography was the life and soul for the film with its angles and captures. Costumes were excellent and editing was sharp.

The other departments contributed effectively to create the required difference. Director has shown his brilliance and experience in handling a one line story into a total two hour plus treat without much idle moments.

Analysis

While the film is a complete socio fantasy genre and it revolves completely around evil spirits and scary saints, one needs to look at it as a film only and not try and reason with the logic.

The content part is less but then it is the presentation and the performance that really made up for any shortcomings. The team has come up with a much enhanced and more impressive graphical treat after 'Ammoru' and this time; the horror aspect was quite high.

The amount of blood shown on the screen could have been reduced but then the seriousness and intensity is so high that everything looks convincing for that frame. The film lacks comedy or any mass elements but then, it has a rich presentation and the grandeur of its style and speed is worthy to be called a super hit. It appears that the Sankranti drought has finally been fulfilled with an exceptional visual treat. Don't miss it!!!

And it's a suggestion for weak hearts to keep away from horror shocks.

source: Greatandhra

NENINTHE (2008) Movi Review : By Andhrastudio.com

Film- Neninthe

Star cast-

Ravi teja- Assistant Director
Siya- Group Dancer


Subba Raju- Hero
Kovai Sarala- Hair dresser of Siya
Brahmanadam- Director
VV Vinayak- Guest director
Sairam Shankar- President of Fans association
Krishna Bagawan- Heroine's Bava
Shiyaji Shinde- Producer in the film.
Mumaith Khan- Item Girl

Director- Poori Jagannath

Release Date- 18th December 2008
Music - Chakri


Poori has tried to put his struggle to become a director on celluloid where Ravi Teja played the Poori's real life role.


Most of the scenes for the film are taken from the experiences of Poori and Ravi teja.

Ravi Teja is a an MBA graduate and his dream is to become a top director. He starts his career as assistant director to Brahmanadam.

Sandhya is the group dancer. She falls in love with Ravi Teja who is assistant director. Supreeth, a goonda irritates Ravi and Siya but Ravi Teja whose dream is to become a director controls his anger. He focuses on his career.

Ravi encourages Siya to become heroine,. She becomes heroine. Ravi has to struggle a lot to reach his dream destination- the struggle is the story of the film.


Performances-

Ravi teja- Though the title Neninthe appears to be arrogant Ravi Teja, he played very soft character of assistant director who dreams to become a top director in the film industry.

Siya- Poori Jagannath has introduced another new girl Siya and she played a group dancer who falls in love with assiatnt director- glamour and skin show is more than performance.

Brahmanadam & Venu Madhav shares the screen to bring some reasonable laughs..

Poori Jagannath dealt with some undercurrent message in this movie. Poori Jagan says that no short cut for success and no substitute for hard work.


Poori Jagannath touched every one who are in touch with films with his style of satires., from hero to audiences . But he didn't make any satires on producer.

The Poori mark dialogues like'tuduchukunte pothundi anukunte nootiki 99 saarlu tuduchukapovadaaniki neni ready,alaa kaakundaa nene pothanu anukunte mundu nuvve pothavu ' get good applause from the audiences

It is good attempt from Poori to disclose everything about film industry. Common audiences are in the different thinking about film industry-they are under the impression that every one in the film industry are rich- Poori depicted the struggles and problems of the filmy people.

Poori has also touched the mindset of fans. He captured their innocence adulation towards their star heroes and how they suffer in the long period . He narrated how fans get spoiled in the process. He tried to show a solution to their problems


Poori has also attacked the websites those writing baseless rumors .He also lashed out at reviewers and the NRI crowds who read those reviews.

Finally, It is an altogether different film from Poori, we have to wait and see- How far the film does the business at the box office.

Nikhil's YUVATHA Telugu Movie Review

Film: Yuvatha

Rating: 3/5

Banner: Worth Watch Entertainments

Cast: Nikhil, Aksha, Ranadheer, Monali, Shayaji Shinde, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Jeeva, Narsing Yadav, Subhash, Narasimha, Karuna etc and in guest roles-Siddhartha and Krishnudu

Camera: Jaswant

Music: Mani Sharma

Fights: Ram-Laxman

Lyrics: Krishna Chaitanya

Art: Narayana Reddy

Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh

Producers: Hari, Uma Prakash

Story, Screenplay, Dialogue, Direction: Parasuram (Bujji)

Released On: 7th November 2008

It's a change over from typical college stories although we see a set of four young guys and two girls. Mass flavor is pervaded in this movie all together. Let us peep a little more into the details.

Story:

Babu (Nikhil) is an easy going irresponsible guy from a village called Kesavaram. He develops strife with his uncle and lands in Hyderabad to stay along with his 3 close friends. While one works in a software company, the other works as a security guard and the third one aspires to become a film director.

Babu stays with them and happens to meet a girl called Baby (Aksha), a medico, in a dramatic sequence. It goes without saying that Babu and Baby fall in love. On the other hand the owner's daughter (Monali) falls in love with the software guy in this friend's batch.

In an unforeseen situation the guy who dreams to become a director gets hospitalized. To save their friend from peril, the three friends attempt a bank robbery. They will be caught red handed and the situation turns different turn all together. What happens from then was made in the humorous way possible.

Performances:

It has almost become a trend to sound the dialogues in Godavari slang these days. With that Nikhil's diction came close to that of Ravi Teja. Earlier in 'Ankith Pallavi and Friends' he appeared to have taken inspiration from Pawan Kalyan in some scenes. But now Ravi Teja appears to have inspired him hiding the originality. Yet, it's entertaining and didn't obstruct the flow.

New girl Aksha is ok but appeared to be older than Nikhil with wide face. She is ok with the performance that she delivered.

Ranadheer is ok but would have performed better in sentimental scenes. Monali has no big role to play but she too sufficed the requirement.

Dialogues and screenplay maintained the tempo better. The dialogue 'Aalochinchi cheyyadaaniki idi vyaaparam kaadu - Friendship' received good response in theaters. Music is average and the director would have extracted more from Mani Sharma. The first song 'Naake Istam' appeals masses while the rest are appealing for youth.

On a whole, it can be termed as an above average narration by the director. Had he worked better on some technical aspects, the film would have elevated better.

Analysis:

It is an attempt to project Nikhil in mass appealing role. There is a consistent transformation in Nikhil's movies from 'Happy Days' to 'Yuvatha'. Although the title and the posters sounded to be a college oriented flick, there are more mass elements in it than anything else. The screenplay is good but the director would have worked a bit more in some scenes where there needs more energy.

Keeping those technical aspects aside, the film appeals for mass audiences and the humor element also worked considerably well. On a whole it can be termed as an above average execution.

Although friendship element is attempted to be a highlight in the movie, the narration goes on the platforms of crime and action.

It's a movie for masses and those who can get entertained along with them. It's an entertained carved with in the 'set formula'.

SAYAJI SHINDE

Sayaji Shinde is a Marathi film actor from India who is popular in Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood.
Career

His career started with a decent role in shool but it was the Tamil film Bharathi that made his career. Playing any role in a language that you do not know is diffifult. Not only did he play a Tamil role, but he played the role of Tamilnadu's greatest ever poet and writer, Bharathiyar. The film, directed by Gnana Rajasekaran, gave him the state award.

While Shinde was acting in Calcutta Mail, Allu Aravind and Ashwini Dutt recommended that Shinde play the villain in Tagore. Since then, he has been in demand in the telugu industry also.

Filmography

* Ek - The Power of One (2008)
* Wanted Dead and Alive (2008)
* Leelai (2007)
* Azhagiya Tamizh Magan (2007)
* Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007)
* Boss - I Love You (2006)
* Chhal: The Game of Death (2006)
* Rockin' Meera (2006)
* Deodhar Gandhi (2006)
* Jeet: Feel the Force (2006)
* The Whisperers (2006)
* Veerabhadra (2006)
* Pokiri (2006)
* Sudesi (2006)
* Lakshmi (2006)
* Devadasu (2006)
* Andhrudu (2005)
* Super (2005)
* Athadu (2005)
* Caahat Ek Nasha (2005)
* Jackpot (2005)
* Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (2005)
* Vaastu Shastra (2004)
* Gudumba Shankar (2004)
* Hanan (2004)
* Andhrawala (2004)
* Veede (2003)
* Tagore (2003)
* Marktet (2003)
* Parwana (2003)
* Calcutta Mail (2003)
* Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye (2003)
* Danav (2003)
* Dhool (2003)
* Karz (2002)
* Road (film) (2002)
* Baba (2002)
* Lal Salaam (2002)
* Ansh (2002)
* Azhagi (2002)
* Durga (2002)
* Kaaboo (2002)
* Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya (2001)
* Avgat (2001)
* Daman (2001)
* Jodi No.1 (2001)
* lagi Shaarth (2001)
* Khiladi 420 (2000)
* Kurukshetra (2000)
* Bharathi (2000)
* Shool (1999)
* Darmiyan (1997)
* Disha (1990)