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.

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!!

Mallanna's Exclusive Wallpapers

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..

###

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"

Download Vikram's MALLANNA (2009) Audio Songs

Mallanna (2009)

Cast :: Vikram, Shriya
Music :: Devi Sri Prasad
Director :: Susi Ganesh
Producer :: Kalaipuli Thanu

-= TrackList =-

01 - Excuse Me Mr Mallannaa - Vikram,Suchitra Karthik Kumar
02 - Mambo Maamiya - Vikram,Rita
03 - Ivannee Dupe - Vikram,Devi Sri Prasad
04 - Mallannaa Theme - Devi Sri Prasad
05 - Allegro - Rita
06 - Meow Meow - Vikram,Priya Hemesh
07 - Mallannaa DSP MIX - Devi Sri Prasad
08 - Naa Peru Meenakumari - Malathy,RAP K.I

Download Links :

LINK (320 KBPS)

LINK (5.1 DTS 640 KBPS)

ILEANA OPPOSITE VIKRAM

The tall and cute Ileana is going places. She has made it big in Tollywood being part of several blockbusters. Though her maiden venture in Tamil ‘Kedi’ opposite Ravikrishna could not make it big, she chose to wait for the right opportunity. Thankfully for her the offer to act opposite Vikram has come.

After completing ‘Kanthaswamy’, Vikram will play dual role in a movie to be directed by K S Ravikumar. The coming together of Vikram and Ravikumar has generated lot of expectation in the Tamil film industry.

After listening to the storyline, Ileana readily agreed to be part of the project. She plays heroine to the younger Vikram.

'It would be a typical commercial entertainer,' says director K. S. Ravikumar.

PRIYAMANI SHARES SCREEN WITH AISHWARYA IN TWO FILMS

Currently Priyamani is ruling the roost with the nation-wide recognition after winning the national award for the best actress category, for her fabulous performance in the Tamil film 'Paruthiveeran'. She has now grabbed the opportunity to be the part of Maniratnam's latest venture that is to be made both in Hindi and Tamil simultaneously. While Abhishek plays the lead man in Hindi and Vikram in Tamil and Aishwarya Rai plays the female lead in both the versions. Priyamani enacts the role of second heroine pairing with Prithviraj, who is said to be playing the negative shade. This project will commence in September. AR Rahman will compose music and PC Sriram for the cinematography.

Out of the blue, Priyamani gets a telegram from director Shankar. The telegram congratulates her for winning the National award for best actress for Paruthiveeran, and praises her performance in it. Now comes the interesting part - at the end of the mail - Shankar signs off suggesting they should meet.

Industry insiders are reading this as an offer to play an important character in Robot.

MANSOOR ALI KHAN INJURED IN MALLANNA SHOOTING

Mallanna (Kanthaswamy in Tamil) a bilingual film, Vikram- Shriya starrer is progressing and should be ready for release before this year end. This film being directed by Susi Ganesan came in for a stop when its villain actor Mansoor Ali Khan was involved in a small accident at the shooting spot.

The crew was shooting at Mahabalipuram beach when Mansoor was riding on a horse having a look at the foreigners who were sun bathing. Unexpectedly Mansoor fell down and had fractured his right hand. He was rushed to the nearby hospital where he was treated. The doctors have advised him rest and he would be resuming shooting after a while.

VIKRAM SIGNS SPANISH FILM

Vikram is doing a bilingual film Mallanna (Kandhaswamy in Tamil) Sushi Ganeshan is the director. Shriya is the heroine.

The film was supposed to shoot at Kenya, but civil war broke in Kenya. The unit left to Mexico for the further shoot. Mexican Government welcomed the Mallanna team with warm harms.

Now a Mexican girl is playing heroine role opposite Vikram and at the same time Vikram has signed a Spanish film.

"BOMMARILLU" BHASKAR TO DIRETCT VIKRAM (CHIYA)

Though Vikram had done many Malayalam and Telugu films before he became a star in Tamil Nadu, he has still not got the right script to do a Telugu film.

The buzz is that now everything seems to have fallen in place. Bommarillu Bhaskar, who is now busy with Parugu starring Allu Arjun, has been entrusted with the script. “Bhaskar has impressed Vikram with the basic script,” states a source.

The film is set to start shooting in July 2008 and will be produced by Chatrapathi Prasad, who is on good terms with Vikram.

VIKRAM

Vikram (born on April 17, 1966, Paramakkudi, Ramnad district, TN as John Kennedy), is an Indian born actor, a Tamilian, Catholic who has starred in a number of top-grossing Tamil films and is currently one of the reigning heroes of Tamil Film Industry (aka Kollywood). His screen name is Vikram aka Chiyaan Vikram . He is also affectionately called as Kenny in close circles. With numerous blockbusters to his credit, Vikram has carefully niched a place for himself on the silver screen. Noted films that gave him the star status include Sethu, Dhill, Kasi, Dhool, Saamy, Gemini, Pithamagan and Anniyan.

After the success of Sethu, Tamil Nadu gave him the title or prefix honour of being addressed as "Chiyaan", named after his character in the film. Hence, the name "Chiyaan" Vikram. He won the National Film Awards of India for his performance as an undertaker in Pithamagan, 2003.

Sethu, which released in 1999, was Vikram's first blockbuster though he made his debut almost a decade earlier. The film grossed over Rs.50 million at the box office. He shared a good rapport with its director Bala.

Vikram's second blockbuster Dhill came in 2001. The film grossed over Rs.100 million at the box office. Its director Dharani was a school-time friend of Vikram.

Vikram's third blockbuster Gemini came the very next year in 2002. It grossed over Rs.200 million at the box office. By then, the trade began comparing him with long established superstar Rajnikanth.

Vikram's fourth blockbuster Dhool and fifth blockbuster Saamy both came in 2003. The film Saamy grossed over Rs.300 million at the box office. The film prompted director Shankar to notice his rising graph and booked him for his mega project Anniyan.

Vikram's latest blockbuster Anniyan released in 2005. The film played for 150 days in Kollywood and 240 days in Tollywood. It grossed over Rs.500 million at the box office.

He was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.

Filmography

Year Film Co-Stars Language Role
2007 Kandasaamy Shriya Saran Tamil Kandasaamy
2007 Bheema Trisha Krishnan, Sherin Tamil
2005 Majaa Asin Thottumkal, Sindhu Tolani Tamil Mathi Govindan
2005 Anniyan Sadha, Yana Gupta Tamil Ramanujam Iyengar
2004 Arul Jyothika Saravanan, Chaya Singh Tamil Arulkumaran
2003 Pithamagan Surya Sivakumar, Sangeetha, Laila Mehdin, Simran Bagga Tamil Chitthan
2003 Saamy Trisha Krishnan Tamil Aarusaamy
2003 Kadhal Sadugudu Priyanka Trivedi Tamil Suresh
2003 Dhool Jyothika Saravanan, Reema Sen Tamil Aarumugam
2002 King Sneha Tamil Raja Shanmugam
2002 Samurai Anitha, Jayaseel, Shriya Reddy Tamil Thiagarajan
2002 Gemini Kiran Rathod Tamil Gemini
2002 Kasi Kavya Madhavan, Kaveri Tamil Kasi
2001 Dhill Laila Tamil Sakthivel

Awards

* He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance as an undertaker in Pithamagan, 2003.
* Vikram has won the Filmfare Best Actor Award South four times.

Trivia

* He is an MBA graduate from Loyola college.[citation needed]
* Vikram being prominent in Tamil and Telugu film industries had made his first appearance in Bollywood in 2005 in the film Aparichit, the dubbed version of Vikram's Tamil hit Anniyan. Anniyan was also dubbed in French as well, the first Tamil film to be done so.
* He did his high schooling at Montfort Anglo-Indian higher secondarySchool at Yercaud, Salem, where even Bollywood actress Rekha also studied in that school.
* Vikram's father is also a supporting actor, acting in many films. His father acted in Ghilli mega hit movie, as Trisha's father.