Sivaji's DAIRY (2009) Movie Review

Film: Dairy

Direction: Machakanti Ramakrishna

Cast: Sivaji, Shraddha Das, Sridhar Rao, Mousami Udeshi, Dr Sivaprasad, Jeeva, Srinivas, Harshavardhan, Kamal, Chinnikrishna and others

Producer: Chukka Kalyanram

Story: Yandamuri Virendranath

Presents: Meghashyam Bokam

Dialogues: Arun

Cinematography: V. Srinivasa Reddy

Editing: Gauthamraju

Music: Mantra Anand

Art: Vishaal

Action: Nandu

Banner: Gen Next Movies and Great Ocean Entertainments

Release Date: May 29 2009

Bollywood is known for bringing out good suspense, thriller and horror stories. However, the Tollywood too made inroads into it, and films like ‘Mantra’, ‘Anasuya’ which are basically suspense thriller subjects were proved big hits in recent times. With the success of ‘Mantra’, its producer Chukka Kalyanram, looked for yet another suspense thriller subject and okayed Yandamuri Virendranath’s story. The film made with a relatively low budget and hence, he chose Sivaji as hero again, as he is affordable and adequate to the story. At the same time, the megaphone was handed over to a debutant Machakanti Ramakrishna, a novice. However, he handled the story by penning screenplay for himself.

Story:

Vamsi (Sivaji) buys a used and fully-furnished beach house in Vizag from a real estate dealer. He saves a dancing girl Maya (Shraddha Das) from a goon in a local gathering. She stays along with Vamsi in his house during that night because it was raining heavily. As they explore the house in the night, they find a diary written in 2002. They find out that it was written by the man who owned that house in the past. His wife gets killed and she is rumored to be staying there as a ghost. And the events mentioned in the diary start happened to this pair. The rest of the story is about unlocking the mystery behind the house.

Performance:

The film basically has two pairs of hero and heroines. While Sivaji and Shraddha Das paired up as one couple, another pair is Sridhara Rao and Mousami Udeshi. Sivaji, the main hero is adequate and such roles is very common for him. Earlier too, Sivaji played such roles in a couple of films. Sivaji maintained good body language and his attire, with a very casual look, gives the impression that it was Sivaji who could do justice to such roles. Shraddha Das, who has the male looks in some angles is okay. Especially, the scenes where she portrays the horror looks were perfectly caught by the camera. Siradhara Rao and Mousami Udeshi are adequate in their roles. Harshavardhan, Dr Siva Prasad did justice to their respective roles.

Technical:

Though a debutant, Radhakrishna explained all the thoughts exactly what was in his mind on the celluloid. Mantra Anand’s background score is another highlight of the film. There are very few dialogues in the film as the entire film is nothing but a narration from a book. Cinematography by Srinivasa Reddy is adequate and art by Vishaal is impressive. Gauthamraju once again proved his seniority and made the film crisp.

Analysis:

Though the script, screenplay and direction by Ramakrishna are okay, there are few lapses which should have been avoided had he concentrated more on the film. The subject ‘hallucinations’ is not new to the Telugu audiences. Director Ramakrishna narrated the entire story by visualisation. The only drawback of the film is that it has no mass elements, but the film would definitely attract the youth and class audiences. The film may run with above average rating because of the nice movement of subject and in maintaining the suspense thriller element with perfect and gripping screenplay.

Sourcce: whatslatest

DAIRY, Another Thriller from Mantra Makers

Shooting of Gen Next Movies and Great Ocean Entertainments Dairy has been taking place at a fabulous location in Kerala. Debut director Machakanti Ramakrishna seemed to have decided to give the audience a different feel of the location. He is making a thriller. “A thriller with a poetic touch,” is how he describes the film. Near the backwaters, a wooden house set has been constructed to shoot major portions of the film. The house looked plush on the outside but the eerie atmosphere inside is palpable. The cameras were placed in the corner of one room. Cinematographer Srinivasa Reddy and his team are about to shoot a scene on lead actors Sivaji and Shradha Das.

While Sridhar and Sajitha are a couple, Sivaji and Shradha Das are total strangers who by chance come to live in that mysterious house. “They find a dairy in the house. That sets the course for the thriller,” informs the director during the break. An associate with S.V. Krishna Reddy, T. Prabhakar and Sagar before taking this mantle as the director, Ramakrishna has worked for 18 films.

“My friend and producer Kalyan Ram Chukka earlier made the hit film Mantra. Arun’s story appealed to me so much that we thought it will be the perfect launch pad for me. It is a very enjoyable thriller and you will find a new Sivaji in it. Heroine Shradha Das too has an equally important role. She will go places in the industry after the release of this film.


Dr. Sivaprasad is cast in a crucial role. It is a character driven film with scope for each and every actor to make an impact. We have shot about sixty per cent of the movie at Vizag and thirty per cent in Alleppy including a song. The rest of the portions including two songs will be shot in Hyderabad in February.” As we bid adieu to the cool retreat, producer Kalyan Ram said that he is planning to release the mysterious Dairy in April as a summer treat.

Sexy Bollywood star in Sivaji's Dairy

It is a known fact that the impact of Bollywood has always been on the Telugu circuit and especially the influence is felt strongly when it comes to glamour and nudity. Now, after the bikini mania getting into Tollywood from Bollywood, here is someone who is arriving with a semi naked show.

She is none other than Maushemi Udheshi who is known as one of the steamiest bombshells with a smoking hot body who is all set to make her debut in Telugu with the film 'Diary'. The film is being made by the creators of the hit movie 'Mantra'. The lucky man to take the heat of Maushumi is none other than the struggling hero Sivaji.

While it is not really sure how much of her oomph would be used, sources say that if Maushemi has been roped in all the way from Bollywood then there must be surely something on the cards for the audience here. Get ready to be taken over by a heat wave folks!!!