Early Tollywood: PRABHAS

11.11.2009

Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut and Sonu Sood starring EK NIRANJAN (2009) All Songs Lyrics

10.29.2009

Prabhas In & As EK NIRANJAN (2009) Movie Review

Film: EK NIRANJAN

Rating: 3/5

Banner: Adithya Ram Movies

Cast: : Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut, Sonu Sood, Tanikella, Makrand Deshpande, Mukul Dev, Posani, Ali, Brahmanandam, Brahmaji, Abhinayasri, Sunil, Venu Madhav etc

Music: Mani Sharma

Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu

Director: Puri Jagannadh

Producer: Adithya Ram

Release Date: October 29, 2009

Story:

A regular tale, the story begins with Chotu (prabhas) who works for the police department, unofficially. He keeps tracing out criminals, catching them and takes his commission from the cops. On the other hand, he is also on the lookout for his parents and for that, he looks after Chidambaram (makrand) the man who brought him up since he knows about the parents. The story takes a turn when Sameera (kangana) enters into his life and after some hide and seek, they fall in love. Johnny Bhai (sonu sood) is a dreaded don and he is on the lookout for Kailash (mukul) and his paths cross with Chotu due to a sequence of events. What happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:

The director has come up with a formula storyline and though the presentation was okay, the narrative was not upto the mark. The dialogues are good in places, the script was inconsistent and the screenplay was alright. Background score was good and songs were nice. Cinematography was standard. Editing could have been better, costumes and art department did their bit as required. Prabhas gave a good performance but he must be careful not to get repetitive with his body language and dialogues, Kangana looks sweet but she is not that good looking, make up was a defect, Sonu Sood was worth watching and he has given a good performance, the comedy track of Ali, Brahmanandam, Abhinayasri was dull, Sunil was brief, Venu Madhav was regular, Makrand was underutilized, Posani was eccentric, Tanikella was as usual. The others just came and went.

Conclusion:

The film is a typical Puri flavor and has multiple tracks running. However, there is not much voltage in it and there are no great scenes that really catch the chord with the audience. While the first half is light hearted with comedy, romance and some action, the second half goes about with the routine process and ends with an abrupt climax. Romance was weak, comedy was stale. The film doesn't have much for family audience and mass would relate to it. This will be an average grosser at the box office.

8.26.2009

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Puri Jagannadh and Prabhas , Kangana Ranaut's "Ek Niranjan" Photo Gallery

6.05.2009

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Prabhas's BILLA (2009) All Songs Lyrics

Music: Mani Sharma

Direction: Meher Ramesh

Producer: D. Narendra(Gopi Krishna Movies pvt Ltd)

Lyrics: Rama jogayya sastry, Bhaskara bhatla, Meher Ramesh

SONG: BILLA THEME

Smoking hot….Enemy slayer
One on one in his layer
Smooth and stylish……..He’s so trendy
When guns go blazing….He’s so deadly
Billa….Billa….Billa.

He is a man in action
He’s all real no fiction
Rippin’ all his foes to submission
He’s Billa………..

He is a devil for the living
May be wanna cross till U bleeding
Damn he’s never forgiving
Killer Billa…..

Ashes on the floor…
When you hear the roar
If you ever ask for more..
Trust me..You’ll be no more
Billa…Billa…Billa….Billa

He is a man in action
He’s all real no fiction
Rippin’ all his foes to submission
He’s Billa………..

He is a devil for the living
May be wanna cross till U bleeding
Damn he’s never forgiving
Killer Billa…..

Here comes the Don of the land
If you wanna live U better understand
Hunting is the game he was play it for the fame never ever mess upon U know
Billa is the name lo Billa Billa...
U know Billa Billa (3) Yeah…Yeah

He is a man on a mission
Knows very life in the action
Rippin’ all his foes to submission
He’s Billa………..
He is a devil for the living
May be wanna cross till U bleeding
Damn he’s never forgiving
Killer Billa…..

SONG: MY NAME IS BILLA

Nenunde Stylaa ilaa... Yedigaane nee anthala yevaraina salaam aneyla
Adugadugu Okela nadavanuga yevela yevaru nanu Oohinchela
Ne vala visirithe vila vila Ne nala kadilithe hala gula
My Name is Billa B for Billa ... Okate sainyam la vachhanilla....
My Name is Billa Bijili Billa ... Merupe Manishaithe vuntaadila....

Enemy yevvadaina Yamudini nenenanta Danger khatham chupistha
Bhayame nakeduraina daanne banthAAdestha paathaalamlo paathestha
na kadam piduguku chali jwaram AAyudham naakadi AAroprAAnam
My Name is Billa Thunder Billa.... Naake edurochhi nilichedela
My Name is Billa Tiger Billa... Panja guri pedithe thappedela

Manishini nammanu nenu manassunu vaadanu nenu needai nanne chusthunta
Mudo kanne kannu muppe rAAnivvanu maranam paine gelusthAA...
Naa gatham ninnati thone khatham ee kshanam repo raade ranam
My Name is Billa Deadly Billa.. Dooke Laava ni aapedelaa
My Name is Billa Only Billa... Yepudem chesthano cheppedelaa..

SONG: BOMMALI

Masala Mirchi pilla maja cheddam vatthaava....
Masa rammante tela meetta mudde itthava
Si Poraa raavaddanna rayya rayya vatthava
Po Po ra pommannaaka vachin daare pothaava..
BommAAli BommAAli ninnodala vodala vodala bommAAli

Pellantu avvali aa paine neeku naaku chummAAli....
Aithe Yedundhe tAAli... I wann to make U AAli....
Give me my taali my life is kAAli kAAli....
Yedundhe tAAli... I wanna make U AAli....
Give me my taali my life is kAAli kAAli....

Koriki pillada neekkonchem dookudekkuva
Sarada saalithhava Sarasam kaanitthaava
Uriki rAAkala nakemo chorava takkuva
Varase maaruthhaava muripem teeruthhaava...
Jhoom mantaramesthAAle Brahmachaari
Muchhatle teeraalante mundarundi kore dAAri...

BommAAli BommAAli ninnodala vodala vodala bommAAli
Pellantu avvali aa paine neeku naaku chummAAli....
Yedundhe tAAli... wann wann make U AAli......
Give my my tAAli.... my life is kAAli.. kAAli.....
Yedundhe tAAli... I wann wann make U AAli......
Give my my tAAli.... my life is kAAli.. kAAli..... kAAli.. kAAli.....

Vura buggani Bujigada bujjaginchava
Silaga sanuvithhava suruke savisutthaava
Muddabanthini muddara muttadinchava....
Taluke nalugithhaava kuluke volikithhaava...
Athiga vudikithhaave saamy rangaa
aithe suthi methhanga gillukoova koova rAAva....

BommAAli BommAAli ninnodala vodala vodala bommAAli
Pellantu avvali aa paine neeku naaku chummAAli....
Yedundhe tAAli... I wann make U AAli......
Give my Give me my tAAli.... my life is kAAli.. kAAli.....

Yedundhe tAAli... I wann wann make U AAli......
Give my Give me my tAAli.... my life is kAAli.. kAAli..... kAAli.. kAAli.....

SONG: ELLORA SHILPAMA

Ellora Shilpanni vasthunna neekesi
Nalo andaalanni andistha pogesi....
Ellora Shilpanni vasthunna neekesi
Nalo andaalanni andistha pogesi....
Nanne padagottela nee power aa nachhindi
Mood a chedagottela nee pogare gichhindi
Kanuke merupai valapesa nee meeda
Dooke dudukai vollo padiporaada
nAAnna Nashaa Ho Neeke Vote Yesukunna....
Ninne pattesukona neepai vottesukunna
NAAtho kattesukona ninne......

Lokaanne yeluthundi nuvvaina
Neethoone Pandemesukona
Vetaade ladykuna nenu kaana
Simhaanne longa deesukona
Leftu rightu neepai na sogase guripedatha
Right O wrong O neeku na vayase bali pedatha
Manase brathike moga vaadivi nuvve ga
Kasitho Ragile Nava naagini nenega....
Naa Naa Nashaa Ho
nAAnna Nashaa Ho Neeke Vote Yesukunna....
Ninne pattesukona neepai vottesukunna
nAAtho kattesukona ninne......

Neekosamm... vechi vundi dil mera...
AAnandam mundu chusukora....
Aaraatam daatuthondi polimeyra...
AAhwaanam manninchi doriki porAA...
Andam chandam mothham attaru la kuripistha
Khullam Khulla swargam anchullo muripistha...
Cheliyo chelako chelaregAAle chaala
Segalu pogaluu challaraleeveyla....
Naa Naa Nashaa Ho

SONG: HARI LO RANGA

Harilo Ranga Hari Harilo Ranga Hari
Cheyyesthe chori chori Kirikiri
Chorilo Rangasaari Desam lo ledu mari
Dongallo daada donga eede mari

Abba Ranga nuvvu topu ra
Nijamga nuvvu thopu ra
Swamy Ranga.. Nuvvu Super Yehe....

Harilo Ranga Hari Harilo Ranga Hari
lookkesthey lekka saari Kirikiri

Daagudumootha Dandakoru Parahusharu
Eedochhadante Ooru Vaada MayaBazaru
Chitikellona Saaltheelanni gallanthavvali
Jana janthara mantar mantram yesthe kompalu kollere
Mana phoolan devi puttina roje nuvvu puttave
Shobha raju ki yenakati janmalo friend ayi vuntavule
neeku coffe isthe cup saucer lepe type aa le

Perintene Jebulanni dadusukuntaayi
Ora chupullone taalaalanni terusukuntAAyi
Itta touching isthe Beerva le baavuru mantAAyi
Abba Ranga nuvvu Kingu ra
Kachhithanga Pudingura
Swamy ranga nuvvu bumper yehe.....

Yedu vamsa sudambadi chandra swamy rAAra....
Ratnakara sama gambeera swamy rAAra
Sathakoti manmadha kaara swamy rAAra
Para raaja shatru samhaara swamy rAAra
Naari jana maanasa chora chora chora .. chora... aa...

Ladies antha nee chuttura chakkarlesthare
Vori Gopi krishna godalu dooki raara antare
Nuvvu cheyyesukunte Dressu manassu needenantAAre
chinna pedda peda goppa tedalelevey
Note annaka vanda veyyi anni okateley
Sethi kandindedo sappuna nokki yelipothundAAle
Abba Ranga nuvvu katthi ra
Tingu ranga nuvvu kanchu ra
Swamy Ranga nuvvu mudur yehe....

Items anni nee deggarakochhi gaggoleduthunte
Nee kaaduntaam yethhaka pommani brathimalesthunte
Antho intho saayam chesthe tappeledasale
Manassannaka puttesinaake yedhoti seyyalle
Manakochhindedo nachhindedo sestha vundalle
Arey mancho seddo manakantu o gurthinpundalle
Abba ranga nuvvu keka ra
Subbaranga nuvvu nokka ra
Mundenaka nuvvu soodak yehe...

Harilo Ranga Hari Harilo Ranga Hari
lookkesthey lekka saari Kirikiri

Pinnece aina Pistol aiana
jacket aina chocolate aina...
cheekula thatta chapala butta
sara packet diamond locket...
atlakada rubburolu anjaneyaswamy thadu denni vadaladroy...

SONG: NE PATTASU

Ne Pattassu nuv tapassu neeke Vothhasu
Na vayassu lo sogassu pettey tirakAAsu
Wa Re Wa nanne muddulAAdukovaa
Teneegai na meede ila vAAlava....
Oh wo
Maatimaatiki manasse aduguthondi kanuka
Ishtam ga vachheyva sathAAyinchaka
Oh Wo A AA....

Chudara kora kora kora kora
Thaakara tara tara tara tara
Dookara zara zara zara nAApaina.....

Evarini chusthunna nee antha nachhalede
Nee lo nachhinavi lekkesi cheppalene
Duniya mothham lo neelaantivaadu lede
Kanuke ninnodili Ontariga vundalene
Pampara Panasa Panduvi Nuvvu methhani talagada dinduvi...
Sokula Yevvana thotaki Roju Nuvve Rajuvi....

Ne Pattassu nuv tapassu neeke Vothhasu
Na vayassu lo sogassu pettey tirakAAsu

Puvvula Baanam la nee chupu guchhukunde
Teliyani maikam lo anuvanuvu munuguthonde
Vompula sompullo oka laanti kaipu vunde
Tanuve Niluvella Isarella maruguthonde
Nuvvu Nenu chakumuki na nadume tadimey tadavaki
Yevaru chudani chotuki podaam muddula methaki

Ne Pattassu nuv tapassu neeke Vothhasu
Na vayassu lo sogassu pettey tirakAAsu

4.03.2009

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Prabhas' BILLA (2009) Review by Greatandhra.com

Film: Billa
Rating: 3/5
Cast: Prabhas, Namita, Anushka, Hansika, Subba Raju, Supreet, Kelly Dorge, Aravind, Rahaman, Ali etc
Camera: Soundara Rajan
Music: Mani Sharma
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Fights: Stun Shiva
Art: AS Prakash
Producers: Narendra, Prabodh
Screenplay-Dialogue-Direction: Meher Ramesh
Released On: 3rd April 2009

The much awaited big banner film ‘Billa’ has released today. Many assumed that it would be an oasis in the desert of flops. Let us hope how far the assumptions turned true.

Story:

Billa ( Prabhas) a gangster in Malaysia becomes the most wanted for Interpol, Indian and Malaysian police. They collectively search for him but he keeps on escaping. Lisa (Namitha) is the girl friend of Billa and Maya (Anushka) is another dame who joins Billa’s team to put an end for him with a secret vengeance.

Finally ACP Krishna Murthy (Krishnam Raju) takes up Billa’s case and chases him. Finally he catches him and kills. But later with the help of an informer (Ali) Krishna Murthy learns that there is a look alike of Billa in Vizag. He conspires to use that look alike in the place of Billa and smoke out all gangsters connected to Billa.

The look alike of Billa is none other than Ranga (Prabhas) who is a pickpocketer and petty thief. The story takes the turn when Krishan Murthy meets Ranga and gives him the offer to act as Billa.

Finally how far Krishna Murthy gets success in his operation? That has to be watched on screen.

Performances:

Prabhas is at his best in look, body language and performance. He followed a humorous style in delivering dialogues for Ranga’s character. That has pumped in some refreshing air in the heads of audiences. And as Billa he is the best suit. His physique is perfectly impressive and inspiring.

Anushka is serious and hot. Her much publicized bikini act got desired response in theaters. Namitha also did enough of skin show but that looked odd. Hansika is there for a while for a song and even she too was used for glamour dose.

Supreet acted as side kick to Prabhas. Subba Raju is smart enough to pair up with Hansika. Aravind (Arundhathi fame) appeared as side kick for Kelly Dorge and slowly he promises to be good choice for bad guy on screen. Rahaman is ok as Interpol officer.

Krishnam Raju tried his level best but there is problem in his bearing. He appeared to have tried very hard to move like a police officer. But there is nothing to pint out about his performance. His seniority has reflected.

Coming to technical details, Art, Cinematography and Costumes played key roles in this film. They deserve very good mention. The biggest minus point in the film is lack of punch in dialogues. Direction is average. Production values are very good.

Analysis:

The film is lacking desired punch. It hasn’t met the standards especially in the matter of dialogues when compared to Hindi and Tamil versions. Hindi film ‘Don’ is identified with the most famous dialogue ‘Don Ko pakadnaa mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai’. There is no such punch in any dialogue in Telugu. It is only Prabhas’s Ranga character that brought enthusiasm for audiences. Although the Billa character was designed in very impressive way with respect to look and feel, the soul is missing on a whole. Heroines are for good visual feast for young audiences with bikinis and short dresses. But people started laughing looking at the costumes of Namitha. She turned a laughing stock by wearing such dresses with odd look, being obese. It is time for her to cut down weight. Otherwise, she becomes a comedian than a ‘hot’ actress.

First 30 minutes of the film brings boredom as more importance is given for style and sound than the story part and narration. The part should have filled with good dialogues to avoid boredom. And the film gets some tempo when Ranga character enters the screen. Although that appeared promising for a while, the graph has fallen down in second half. The climax is also not that enthusiastic. It’s a movie made with rich production values and stylish presentation.

The film has no big muscle to hold box office tight for weeks together. But the season may help the movie. As there are no films those are ruling box office and as there are no big films in line to rub shoulders, Billa may fall on the safe zone.

3.20.2009

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Download Prabhas' BILLA (2009) Audio Songs

1.30.2009

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CHAKRAM(2005)Lyrics

Music Director: Chakri

Jagamanta Kutumbam Lyrics

jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi
jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi
samsaara saagaram naade sanyaasam soonyam naavE
jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi

kavinai kavitanai bhaaryanai bhartanai
kavinai kavitanai bhaaryanai bhartanai
mallela daarilO manchu eDaarilO
mallela daarilO manchu eDaarilO
panneeTi jayageetaalo kanneeTi jalapaataala
naatO nEnu anugamistu naatO nEne ramistuu
vanTarinai anavaratam kanTunnaanu nirantaram
kalalni kadhalni maaTalni paaTalni
rangulnee rangavallulanee kaavya kanyalni aaDa pillalani

jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi

minTiki kanTini nEnai
kanTanu manTanu nEnai
minTiki kanTini nEnai
kanTanu manTanu nEnai

manTala maaTuna vennela nEnai
vennela kuutala manTanu nEnai
ravinai SaSinai divamai nisinai
naatO nEnu sahagamistuu naatO nEnE ramistoo
vanTarinai pratinimisham kanTunnaanu nirantaram
kiraNaalni kiraNaala hariNaalni
hariNaala charaNaalni charaNaala
chalanaana kanaraani gamyaala kaalaanni indra jaalaanni

jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi
jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi

gaali pallakeelOna tarali naa paaTa paapa oorEgi veDale
gontu vaakilini moosi marali tanu moogabOyi naa gunDe migile
naa hrudayamE naa lOgili
naa hrudayamE naa paaTaki talli
naa hrudayamE naaku aali
naa hrudayamulO idi siniivaali

jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi
jagamanta kuTumbam naadi yEkaaki jeevitam naadi....

Oke Oka Mata Lyrics

Oke oka maata madilona daagundi mounamgaa
Oke oka maata pedavopalenanta teeyamgaa
Naa peru nee premani
Naa daari nee valapani
Naa choopu nee navvani
Naa oopire nuvvani
Neeku cheppaalani

Oke oka maata...

Nenu ani lenu ani chebite em chestaavu
Nammanani navvukoni chaalle pommantaavu
Nee manasuloni aasagaa nilichedi nenani
Nee tanuvuloni sparsagaa tagiledi nenani
Nee kanti maimarupulo nanu polchukontaanani
Tala aanchi nee gundepai naa peru vintaanani
Neeku cheppaalani

Oke oka maata...

Nee adugai nadavadame payanamannadi paadam
Ninu vidichi batakadame maranamannadi praanam
Nuvu raakamundu jeevitam gurutaina ledani
Ninu kalusukunna aa kshanam nanu vodiliponani
Prati ghadiya O janmagaa ne gaduputunnaanani
Ee mahima needenani neekaina telusaa ani
neeku cheppaalani

Oke oka maata...

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CHATRAPATHI (2005) Lyrics

10.22.2008

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Happy Birthday to Young Rebel Star PRABHAS

10.01.2008

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Hansika's Item Number In Prabhas's Yugandhar

8.24.2008

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Prabhas In Meher Ramesh's Remake of DON

7.09.2008

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FOUR HEROINES OPPOSITE PRABHAS "RAJU"

6.05.2008

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RAJAMOULI AND SUNIL'S FLICK NEXT YEAR

5.25.2008

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BUJJIGADU REVIEW

Cast:
Prabhas
Trisha
Mohan Babu
Kota Srinivas Rao
Prakash Raj
Sanjana
Ali
Sunil and others.

Music: Sandeep Chowta
Direction: Puri Jagannath
Producer: KS Rama Rao

Puri Jagannath comes up with another action flick after his POKIRI, DESAMUDURU & CHIRUTHA. This film is a mass film with all the ingredients of action, love, sentiment and skin show. According to the body language of Prabhas this film suits him well and the story has been neatly carved around his action image.

Story

Bujjigadu (Prabhas) and Chitti (Trisha) become friends from neighbors. Over a petty issue which can also be termed as a silly issue, Chitti gets angry with Bujji and tells him that she will not speak to him till 12 years. However Bujji tries to persuade Chitti to take back her words and again talk to him. But Chitti is adamant on her punishment and lives up to it. But Bujjigadu unable to resist speaking to his best friend Chitti decides to run away and migrates to Chennai from his home town Vishakapatnam.

For 12 years Bujji grows in Chennai as a die hard fan of Superstar Rajnikanth. Then when he comes to know that 12 years have passed by, he returns to his hometown in Vishakaatnam only to know the fact that Chitti along with her family has vacated the place as soon as he left for Chennai in his childhood.

Meanwhile, Bujji in search of work comes into the vicinity of Kota Srinivas Rao and his sons. They are the mafia gangsters and Kota is the mafia leader. They hatch a plan to kill their rival Sivanna and appoint Bujji to full fill the job of killing Sivanna. Initially Bujjigadu resists, but is lured by a sum of 1 crore rupees which is offered by Kota and his sons if Bujji succeeds in killing their mafia Rival Sivanna.

Accepting the offer Bujjigadu starts for Hyderabad to kill Sivanna. Bujjigadu also comes to know that his childhood best friend Chitti is also in Hyderabad. So for succeeding in fulfilling both his desires Bujji lands in Hyderabad. In an attempt to kill Sivanna, Bujji hurts himself very badly by the followers of Sivanna. Sivanna gets bowled over by the guts of Bujji and invites him to his house.

There Bujji learns that Chitti is a sister to Sivanna and gets treated in the house of Sivanna for quite sometime. Incidentally Sivanna learns that Bujji is a child hood friend of Chitti from his hometown Vishakapatnam.

Sivanna requests Bujji that his sister must not know his identity as she hates people who are violent in the society and who are evil in the society. Bujji accepts to do so.

The rest of the story is a thrilling climax, but all ends well and Prabhas meets his friend turned lover at the end.

Performances

Prabhas consecutively according to his body language act as a mass cum action hero in this movie. The action scenes are shot well and Prabhas looks apt for the scenes and the punching dialogues.

Trisha looks good in modern clothes and her sexy revealing costumes which show u s something extra than usual. Sanjana who made her debut in Telugu with this film has shown some of her secret parts liberally. She is only a glam doll in the film and acts well as a younger sister to Trisha.

Sivanna which is a character played by Dr. Mohan Babu is a highlight in this film. One can say that he is a highlight and the screen charmer in this film. His mannerisms and his punch filled dialogues are filled with entertainment. He acts well as a dreaded criminal in one scene and as a caring brother in another screen. This acting combination is a superb combination of Mohan Babu’s multi talents and he suits the villain’s role perfectly.

The rest of the characters played by Ali, Kota, Ahuthi, Subbaraju, Raja ravindra and Ms support the screen play of the film.

The comedy scenes and the masala dialogues between Prabhas and Trisha bring in some entertainment to class as well mass audience.

Music by Sandeep Chowta is average. But in some choreographic moments the songs look dull as the lyrics are compressed hard to make them fit into the music.

Prabhas and Mumaith Khan’s item song is very well shot.

As usual like a typical Puri Jagan’s film the first half is speedy and interesting. Where as the second half of the movie lacks the punch and looks dull and lengthy.

Prabhas will be satisfied with this movie as it looks as if it is a new life for his drooling film career. But for Puri, this film might not rekindle the blockbuster magic.

5.03.2008

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BUJJIGADU- MADE IN CHENNAI TRAILER

4.14.2008

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BUJJIGADU OFFICIAL LOGO OUT

4.11.2008

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BUJJIGADU FEATURES

4.10.2008

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GAUTAM MENON IS SET TO DIRECT PRABHAS

3.22.2008

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YOGI 2007

Director:
Vinayak V.V.

Writers:
Prem (story)
Vinayak V.V. (screenplay)

Produced by
P. Ravidranath Reddy

Original Music by
Ramana Gogula
Guru Kiran

Cinematography by
Sameer Reddy

Film Editing by
Gautham Raju
Action:
Stun Siva

Production Companies
Eeshwari Films

Release Date:
10 January 2007 (India)

Genre:
Action / Drama more
Cast :
Prabhas,
Nayanatara,
Sarada,
Kota Srinivasa Rao,
Pradeep Rawat,
Subbaraju,
Ali,
Venumadhav,
Sunil,
Chandramohan,
Chalapati Rao,
Rajan P Dev,
MS Narayana,
Prasannakumar,
Uttej,
Melkote and others.
Story:
VV Vinayak is known for directing good action-oriented films and 'Yogi' is the latest from his school. It is the remake of Kannada hit film 'Jogi' which has mother sentiment in its backdrop. It seems sentiment has become the hot topic these days. The directors follow the trend though unintentionally, as there are many films with sentiment in their backdrop. While, Raakhi and Annavaram are based on sister sentiment, 'Yogi' has mother sentiment.

Eswara Prasad (Prabhas) stays in Bethamcharla in Kurnool district and is being pampered by his mother Santamma (Sarada). Prasad leaves for city in search of a job, but gets caught in the hands of land mafia unknowingly. Prasad saves one Kotaiah (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who leads one of landsharks in the city, when he was attacked by the other group led by Narsing Pahilwan (Pradeep Rawat) and his brother Saidulu (Subbaraju). So Narisng decides to eliminate him. In the process, Narsing insults his mother by stamping the golden bangles meant for Prasad's brother. Irked over this, Prasad kills Narsing. A tea stall owner Chandranna (Chandramohan), who gave him employment in the city, gives him the name of Yogi while securing his release from police. In this backdrop, Santamma reaches Hyderabad in search of her son and stays with a journalism student called Nandini (Nayanatara). Prasad's friend Basha (Ali) who meets Santamma takes her to a temple to unite the mother and son. Yogi fails to visit the temple and Santamma dies while waiting for her son at the temple. While Santamma's body is being taken to crematorium, Yogi reaches the place and joins the funeral procession but could not realize that it was her mother. He realizes the truth only after it is moved into the fire cabin, through Basha and Nandini. The film ends with tragedy as Yogi fails to see his mother again after he comes from his village.
Prabhas did justice to his role with good ease in action scenes and the sentiment scenes as well. Especially he gave superb performance in the climax. Nayanatara restricted to glamour role and only had a couple of duets with the hero. It is Subbaraju who needs complements for giving an aggressive performance as villain. Pradeep Rawat is okay as villain. Action by Vijayan and the cinematography by Sameer Reddy are good. Despite all this, the film lacked the punch that was visible in Vinayak's films. It looks as if he tried to follow the original film and pushed back his own screenplay. In fact the flavor of Vinayak's direction is missing with the screenplay is shoddy. The 'taking capabilities' of Vinayak are missing, giving a doubt whether it was done by Vinayak or not as the entire concentration was focused on boosting the image of Prabhas alone. While the following the original, Vinayak might have kept his inherent skills in the cold storage, which resulted in poor narration of 'Yogi' and left it with an average mark. However, the comedy track in the film is good in Venumadhav character while that is on Sunil is poor as Aparichitudu kind of action has become a laughing stock these days.

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