Early Tollywood: DEVI SRI PRASAD

3.05.2011

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Naga Chaitanya Tamannah Flick Gets a Title : I Am No. 1

12.02.2009

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Allu Arjun's ARYA 2 (2009) All Songs Lyrics

8.21.2009

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Mallanna (2009) Telugu Movie Review by Greatandhra

Film: Mallanna

Rating: 1.75/5

Cast: Vikram, Shriya, Krishna, Prabhu, Brahmanandam, Mumaith Khan etc

Camera: NK Ekambaram

Music: Devi Sri Prasad

Direction: Susi Ganesan

Producer: Kalaipuli S Thanu

Released On: 21st Aug 2009

The much publicized ‘Mallanna’ arrived today. The openings are very strong and let us see if the maker made it right or wrong.

Story:

Mallanna (Vikram) is a CBI officer who stands like Robinhood in disguise for suffering poor people. He forms a secret group and makes them collect the wish-list of poor devotees at Srisailam Mallanna temple those get tied regularly to a tree in temple premises. The wishes range from a need of Rs 10000 for poor bride’s marriage to a bigger thing like injustice from government officials. Mallanna pilfers the black money from rotten rich people with his intelligence and fulfils the needs of poor people in the disguise of God Mallanna. People believe that God Mallanna is answering their wishes.

Subbalakshmi (Shriya) is the daughter of a cruel and rich man (Asish Vidyarthi) and she become love interest of Mallanna. She has the shades of both good and bad.

An intelligence officer (Prabhu) comes into the scene to make people develop faith in system but not Mallanna. He works to prove that Mallanna is not a God but a human being. Finally, will he succeed in that attempt? That forms rest of the story.

Performances:

Vikram:
He is a perfect actor but the director exploited him in wrong way with Cock get up. He is ok with lady’s get up but the movements he delivered are very bad. The best part in him with respect to this film is singing his own songs. That’s matchless indeed. He proved more than a professional playback singer.

Shriya:
She enthralled with ‘Allegra…’. All these days people know the expression ‘shake it like Shakira’. But now after watching this song, one has to say ‘Shake it like Shriya’. Rest is ok.

Susi Ganesan:
He appeared in a not so important role chasing the protagonist till Mexico.

Krishna:
He is ok as CBI Joint Director

Prabhu:
He is too heavy to watch on big screen. His body language is not convincing to be an active intelligence officer.

Choreography:

* Saroj Khan’s choreography given to the number ‘Dil ye be-chen hai…’ in Taal is directly copied here for ‘Allegra…’
* Shriya’s facial movements given for ‘Excuse me Mr Mallanna’ song are interesting
* ‘Mambo Mamiya’ and ‘Meow Meow’ also dealt reasonably well
* ‘Naa pere kanyakumari…’ of Mumaith Khan scored big by mass audiences

Highlights:

* Music by Devi Sri
* Energy levels in Mumaith Khan’s number

Disappointments:

* No Comedy- Brahmanandam’s presence added fuel to the pain instead of bringing laughs
* Weak narration- The need of unearthing the black money from crooked rich hasn’t conveyed with right spirit
* Poor Editing- No frame sustains for more than 2-3 seconds and that cause huge disturbance to eyes and audience feel it difficult to get connected to screen
* Substandard Cinematography- For the budget incurred on movie, the camera would have captured things better
* Worst Fight Sequences- Needless to say
* Length of the movie- It’s really a longest torture with 3 hr 10 minutes.

Analysis:

Telugu audiences have seen films like Azaad, Bharateeyudu etc with the kind of Robihhood elements. Mallanna also falls in that wagon. Concept is ok. But the execution is very bad.

Mallanna’s character was carved with the inspiration of Batman but that didn’t gel well with the taste of majority Telugu audiences. Eccentricities were seen in the character with the get up of Cock. The concepts of this sort sound better when dealt with convincing scenes those are close to reality. Although cinema liberties can be taken they cannot be of this extreme.

Romance part is very weak in the movie and that is another big minus. Shriya was given a tomboyish type of character and she could justify up to that.

On a whole, the movie is a disappointment and didn’t meet the expectations.

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Mallanna (Kanthaswamy) (2009) Telugu Movie Review by Bharatstudent

Film: MALLANNAA

Rating: 2/5

Banner: V Creations

Cast: Vikram, Shriya, Ashish Vidyarthi, Krishna, Prabhu, Brahmanandam, Mumaith Khan, Y G Mahendran and others

Music: Devisri Prasad

Cinematography: Ekambaram

Director: Susi Ganeshan

Producer: Kalaipuli S Thanu

Release Date: August 21, 2009

Story:

A boring tale, the story begins with Mallanna (vikram) who works with the economic offences wing of the CBI. He decides to do his own form of justice and takes up the form of 'Mallanna' in the night and resolves people's problems. In this process, he tends to loot the rich and distribute the money to the poor. During one such instant, he does the same to the wealthy PPP (ashish) and this upsets his only daughter Subbalakshmi (Shriya). She decides to take revenge and tries to woo Vikram but in vain. He realizes her moves but in no time they fall in love. Meanwhile, DIG Parantham (prabhu) investigates this story of Mallanna and slowly uncovers the identity. What happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:

The director has come up with a normal storyline and both the presentation and the narrative was pathetic. The dialogues were dull, the script was haphazard and the screenplay was weak. Background score was alright and so were the songs but cinematography was terrible. Editing was absolutely poor. Costumes were trendy and the locations were good, art department did a fabulous job. Coming to the cast, Vikram looked handsome and did his bit well while Shriya looked scorching hot, Ashish Vidyarthi was alright, Prabhu was regular, Krishna was standard, Brahmanandam was a waste, the others didn't do much to save the movie.

Conclusion:

The film came up with a good hype but it was a poor and weak presentation. While the first half takes off on a regular mode, there is nothing in the second half to actually engage the audience. The romance track was missing, comedy was absent and the film was aloof from the audience. This will be a hard one to catch among the mass or the class, the frames were terribly short timed and caused visual stress. This will fizzle at the box office as there is nothing the Telugu audience can actually relish.

Bharatstudent Verdict : Utter disappointment!!

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Mallanna's Exclusive Wallpapers

6.29.2009

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Chiya VIKRAM's Mallanna (2009) Audio Songs Lyrics

Cast : Vikram, Shriya Saran, Vivek, Santhanam, Krishna, Indrajith and others

Director : Susi Ganesan

Camera : N. K. Ekambaram

Music director : Devi Sri Prasad

Producer : Kalaipuli S. Dhanu

Film Distribution : Kalaipuli International

Ivanni Doopu:

Garelu,boorelu,chakralu,chakkalu,batanilu

bobbatlu,mamidi thandra,senagundlu,

chakodilu,cheruku rasam,thati gujju,allam coffee,pakodilu,

cheekulu,sunnundalu,peechmitai,cut mirchi,masala vada,

vuggani,tharavani,pullaisu,golisoda,vooragaya,

vuppuchapa panasoorulu vulavacharu pootha reku madatha kaja

kobbarunda egg bonda bhel puri pani puri pidatha pappu

half boil allam barpa halleemu kaarapusa meetapanu

natu pogaku ku ku

(Ivanni doopu Pizza ye topu-3)

Anna vadina athagaaru mamagaru bavagaru

sontha pinni savithi pinni thammullu chellellu chinnanna

pedanaanna thatha muthatha putri datha putri

shaddagudu illalu velayalu manchi mogudu chadda mogudu

maradalu manavaralu viyyapuralu viyyankudu jejappa

avva muthavva akka bidda atha bidda preyasi

priyudu keepu time passu mena maama partneru

ainavaallu sonthollu gyadhi daayadhi aadabidda

mena kodalu thoti kodalu yedu tarallollu pedda pellam chinna pellam

savithi intollu satollu rakta bandham illarikam

jaathollu peridisinollu beerakaya peechulu lu lu

(Ivanni doopu Snehithude topu-3)

Sokam yedupu velam verri prema

pichi gubulu exam failu chirru visugu

vedana kopam dhigulu nastam thondarapaatu

pratheekaram papam pullettadam asooya geli

dambikam neechabudhi thalatikka paachika

vidroham nalithanam alakabudhi yenaku nyvachana

kalla kapatam dagulbaghi moratithanam moorkatwam

deela builduppu vikaram distikannu lazitanam

chinnatanam korrupettudu vutha chee abadham dokagiri

dimki sollumata nasa kaka jerkivvadam

dongatanam dagatanam mondigunam nam nam

(Ivanni doopu Jolly ye topu-2)

Kuppanna kuravanna maranna muthanna krishanna

balanna basavanna changanna veeranna jamalanna

bodilinganna badradranna narasinganna nookanna somanna

chinnanna peddanna achanna appanna

anilanna muthyalanna pichipullanna velanna kannanna

pochanna sivanna seenanna naranna indranna

chandranna istrakanna muthyalanna kumaranna obulanna

ramanna ranganna akkanna kanchanna yellanna

bangaranna na na na

(Ivanni doopu MALLANNA topu-2)

MALLANNA TOPU...

Excuse me Mr. Mallanna:

aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

hey xcuse me mr mallanna (2).. o coffe taagudaam aavona ., hot a cold aa nuvve taaki chudu.. POVE.....

hey xcuse me mr mallnaa o long drive poddam aavona .., slow aa speed aa nuvve toli chudu.. POVE.....

votti sim card empty ipod deenni swtch on cheyadame waste hutch bull dog pichi peacock naaku touch ivvakuntene safe

l board rey l board eppudekkutaav main road u...

pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora po po poo

hey xcuse me mr mallanna.. o coffe taagudaam aavona ., hot a cold aa nuvve taaki chudu..po ve..

xcuse me miss subbalachimi ur activities are tappu lachimi., nee maata teeru kuppe koppu lachimi..

aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

hey mallanna ne style chusi thril ayna na andam chusi ne manasulo bengaina chi betteina thu..

haha nee andam valla kaadu ne himsa valla chittaina.,nee chetiki maatram chikkutaanaa?

Jagame maaya annadu aa vemanna , preme ledannadu e mallanaa..

abba abba abba peddalu annarabaa..kaani gaka mokshagami manishe kaledabba

dabba dabba dabba pove popula dabbaa roju neetho bow bow antey life naaku debba

Hitler kootura hitler kootura prema oodarekki nannu champodde..

lincoln tamuda lincoln tammudaa vedaantam cheppamakee e podde

kashmir aa? krishna neeraa? idi telani tagaraaraaa.....

pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora po po poo

hey xcuse mr mallanna.. o coffe taagudaam aavona ., hot a cold aa nuvve taaki chudu..po ve po ve

hey xcuse me miss subbalachimi ur activities are tappu lachimi., nee maata teeru nuvve kuppe koppu lachimi..po ra po ra

aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

" hey enti tega over chestunnav?

em cheyanivvatlede....

nuvvu chaduvkunnadaanivi kada

ninnu chadavadam raavatlede..

hey hey tappuko..

nuvvu oppuko..

idigo chudu..manchi moodu....ayyyooooo

cheda cheda cheda na matante ne chedaa?

nanne kadu ante repu neeke kaada baada...

hey poda poda poda na paine aase podaa?

gals vente crazy padite chapter close ayi podaa?

hey vuppu mootalaa vuppu mootalaa., life long ninnu nenu mosta le..

rotti pettale rotti pettale. vondaretlo ne kante andagattale..

rammandi e raakumaari plz ra ra track u maari....

pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora pove pora po po poo

hey xcuse mr mallanna.. o coffe taagudaam aavona ., hot a cold aa nuvve taaki chudu..

hey xcuse me miss subbalachimi ur activities are tappu lachimi., nee lukku hippu chaala chappa.. lachimi..

aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa

Pachagaddi koseti:

pacha gaddi koseti paduchupillani na paitakongu jaareti gadusupillani..

pacha gaddi.koseti..pach pach, pacha gaddi.koseti.., pach .. pach.

pacha gaddi koseti paduchupillani na paitakongu jaarndei gadusupilla..

hey,,,na peru meena kumaari naa vooru kanya kumaari...

na peru meena kumaari naa vooru kanya kumaari...

podama jatkasavari cheddama jalsa kacheri.

hey patu pattu paatu paatu sundari..nuvvu kottu kottu kottu kottu ne kobbari

na pe na pe na pe na pe na pe na peru meena kumaari naa vooru kanya kumaari...

pacha gaddi koseti paduchupilloi na paitakongu jaarinde gadusupilla..

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oo.....oo....oo....oo...oo...oo....

jigi baga palallona ne strabeery..english maaasallona chali janavari...

jala jala nadulallona godavari., mamsaharallona ., Kundel curry....

pacha gaddi koseti ..pach pach, pacha gaddi.koseti.

hey cheere katti chiche repe kanya lahiri.,

na andam thoti andam chupe aandhra aaviri

na pe na pe na pe na pe na pe na peru meena kumaari naa vooru kanya kumaari...

pacha gaddi koseti paduchupilloi na paitakongu jaarndei gadusupilla..

"ok boss now lets listen to da rythm of andhra"

ha muddula cricket lo ne century raatiri rasavindulo rati jaangiri..

pacha gaddi koseti ..pach pach, pacha gaddi.koseti.

moha sakralalo kasi library kaama sootralalo tholi dastoori..

pacha gaddi ..pach gaddi pach, pacha gaddi.koseti.

ye tenelu addi neyyi tho ruddina bengal kesary....

na kallalone kattulu daachina pilla pokiri....

pe na pe na pe na pe na pe na peru meena kumaari naa vooru kanya kumaari...

podama jatkasavari cheddama jalsa kacheri.

pacha gaddi koseti paduchupilloi "o pilla"

na paitakongu jaarndei gadusupilla.." o pilla"

pacha gaddi koseti paduchupilloi "o pilla"

na paitakongu jaarndei gadusupilla.." o pilla"

6.19.2009

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Sushanth's CURRENT (2009) Movie Review by Greatandhra

Film: Current

Rating: 2.75/5

Banner: Sri Nag Corporation

Cast: Sushanth, Sneha Ullal, Charanraj, Tanikella, Sudha, Geetha, Brahmanandam, Vennela Kishore, Shafi, Raghu Babu etc.

Music: Devi Sri Prasad

Cinematography: Vijay C Kumar

Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh

Fights: Kanal Kannan

Director: Surya Pratap

Producers: Chintalapudi Srinivasa Rao, Naga Suseela

Release date: 19th June 2009

Sushanth has come up with his new venture ‘Current’ and how much voltage he has been able to generate with the audience and also with Sneha Ullal, let us see.

Story

Sushanth (Sushanth) is a happy go lucky who believes in the present and does not care about the future. He falls in love at first sight with Sneha (Sneha) and from then on chases her. Sneha falls in love with him but her father (Charanraj) is not too confident about Sushanth given his carefree and irresponsible nature. Sushanth does not listen when Sneha tries to explain the same. So she asks Sushanth to take away the love that he has created in her heart. What happens from there forms the rest of the story. How he takes that away and what happens in climax forms the Current!!!!

Performances

Sushanth has improved in his dance and body language but he still needs to work on his expressions. Hardly he is able to give 4-5 expressions and he seems to be over conscious about his mouth. He should come out from that to give the best.

Sneha Ullal gave her glamorous presence and though she has those blank expressions at times, she still looks cute and sensuous.

Tanikella was ok in his role, Charanraj was underutilized, Vennela Kishore managed few laughs, Brahmanandam was abrupt, Reshmi looked a stunner and she has shown good potential, Raghu Babu was impressive, Shafi was alright and the others did not have much to contribute.

The dialogues were weak, the script was alright and the screenplay was acceptable. Background score was okay and two songs are worth taking home. Other tunes of Devi Sri Prasad seem to be taken from his old stock tunes. They are insipid and pale. Cinematography was up to standard and editing was crisp. The production values of the film were of high scale and the costumes and art department did a neat job.

Analysis

The film comes across with a concept on love but then it is the narrative that kind of got complicated in conveying it. Apparently, there is a lack of continuity in the scenes and though the second half had few moments of intensity, the feel has been missing.

Comedy could have worked really better had the makers focused a bit. Brahmanandam came with a good entry but his exit was unknown and dull. Raghu Babu and Shafi managed good comedy but that was not worked for long. Lack of strength in dialogues and not very high caliber music from Devi Sri also were some key elements. However, the youth audience will go through a roller coaster ride of emotions and if only the makers looked at working on pulling the chords like ‘Tholi Prema’ ‘Ullasanga Utsahanga’ then it would have been a runaway hit.

First half is dull and second half gripped some emotions but the run couldnt pull crowds on to screen.

The success of this film will run on publicity and fate and nothing else.