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Banner:	Sivani Sivathmika Movies
Cast:	Rajasekhar, Sanjana and others
Direction:	Jeevitha Rajasekhar
Production:	Sivani Sivathmika
Music:	S Chinna

olice stories have been fascinating Telugu audience since a long time. For Dr. Rajasekhar, ‘Ankusham’ was a milestone in his career which paved for many more films with a similar theme in the industry. In the line of films like 'Evadaithe Nakenti', 'Gorintaku', ‘Sathyameva Jayathe’ is the latest addition in Rajasekhar’s police films list.

Directed by Jeevitha Rajasekhar and produced on Sivani Sivathmika Movies banner, 'Sathyameva Jayathe' is all about the power and selfless thinking of a sincere police officer who wipes out the lawlessness in civil establishment. Here goes a concise review on the pros and cons of the film.

Story

An orphan boy from a compassionate orphanage grows with good deeds into a respectable and sincere police officer Satya DCP (Rajasekhar). Known for his merciless encounters in the department, he stands as proof for wiping out criminals and establishing peace in the society. Happily married to his love Sanjana, Satya continues his duty until he concurs against the assassination aimed at Chief Minister (M. Satyanarayana Rao) by a group of militants led by Ran Dev (Milind Soman).

He rescues the Chief Minister and sends Ran behind bars. In turn, Ran’s men murder Satya’s pregnant wife and his relatives. The enraged terrorists also execute a blast in the premises as a vengeance act to hide their bad ordeals. Terming Dr. Irfan Ansari (Athul Kulkarni) as the man behind the attack, he gets shifted to Vizag Jail. CM calls for Satya and entrusts him with the job to bring in Irfan from Vizag and produce him in the court.

Accompanied by Prathap (Shivaji), Pandu (Sai Kiran), Basara Papa (Neethu Chandra), Satthi (Sivareddy), Satya begins his mission to nab the real culprits. While bringing in the framed criminal Dr. Irfan, police commissioner (Ahuti Prasad) in association with Home Minister (Shayaji Shinder), the think tank people behind the terrorist Ran make plans to execute Satya and Irfran at one go.

How Satya breaks the plans and remove the masked illegal people behind the plot forms the crux.

Performance of Cast

Rajasekhar's performance eventhough clichéd it good as it was in his earlier super hits 'Ankusham', 'Agraham' and 'Magadu'. As his role in family dramas and romantic plots didn’t work out, he has reverted back to what he does best. He fits perfectly into the role of an honest police officer fighting for justice. However, if some changes were made in the story and characterization it would have been a better watch.

Neethu Chandra who performed neatly in 'Godavari' as a native Telugu girl, is limited here as a glamour girl just as a glam prop. Even the dialogues designed for her character are not up to the mark with an average scope.

This is the second film for Sanjana after 'Bujjigadu'. She appears for a very short time on screen and doesn’t have enough space to perform.

Sheril Pinto who had come from Tamil to Telugu industry is in a similar position although she goes a step ahead of Neethu Chandra in her riveting costumes. Both Neethu and Sheril are in tough contention to put up a skin show but not for acting at any cost.

The real life congress leader M.Satyanarayana Rao performed naturally well as the Chief Minister. SivaReddy's dubbing did not synchronize at certain instances. Milind Soman as RanDev, Athul kulkarni as Ansari, Sayaji Shinde as Home Minister AnandaRao, Brahmanandam as Thyagaraju and Ali's performance are plus points for the film.

Shivaji, Saikiran, SivaReddy, Ahuthi Prasad have done their portions well with in the scope of their roles.

Work of the Crew

The re-recording and music composed by Chinna is neither outstanding nor bad. Songs are placed at wrong instances with some average tunes. Mani Vasagan's cinematography lacks quality and presentation. Rajasekhar has done a good screenplay which carries the script forward. Nandamuri Hari's editing is neat and doesn’t lag much. Writer Mohan has rendered most of the dialogues which conveys double meanings and makes us feel uneasy. Horseman Babu's work is one of the important additions, who have lent his part by blasting some of the cars and choreographing some good fight scenes.

Director’s Portrayal

Jeevitha Rajasekhar cannot bargain complete credit for making ‘Satyameva Jayathe’ as it is bits and pieces of her but the story was borrowed from the Bollywood ‘Khakee’ starring Amitabh Bachchan. She did a good work in her directorial venture ‘Seshu’, a remake of Bala’s ‘Sethu’ with Vikram. This time around she has altered the scenes and script a bit to suit Telugu nativity. Rajasekhar in his screenplay and Jeevitha in direction have targeted the movie towards the mass crowd without divulging to satisfy the family audience. On the whole, her work is fine and directorial part of the film is good if not excellent.

Criticism

‘Satyameva Jayathe’ is a comeback for Rajasekhar’s clichéd style of efficient and honest policemen. Family drama is not his piece of cake, so as a safe bet he came back to his role of an angry young man. But, still he didn’t have a complete makeover. At certain instance, he tried to pull in romantic and sentimental emotions which pass off meagerly. Film goers with an expectation of Rajasekhar’s old angry man style will feel rejected; so will be the family crowd too. In an attempt to appease both the mass and class crowd, Jeevitha made ‘Satyameva Jayathe’ as a mass commercial action entertainer which might turn as an average grosser at the box office.

Verdict: A balancing act to appease everyone which succeeds partially

Released on: 13th February

‘Mallanna’, the high profile project starring Vikram and Shreya is directed by Susi Ganesan. Kalapuli S. Thanu is producing the film which is being simultaneously made in Tamil titled ‘Kanthasamy’.

The movie has a lot to offer for the crowd with the star appearing in 12 different get-ups and Shreya for the glamour quotient. News in the recent past stated that Vikram has sung four of the songs for the Tamil version ‘Kanthaswamy’ and we were not sure whether he would reiterate the same for Telugu.

Inside sources have confirmed that he will sing the songs for ‘Mallana’ and also dub for the movie in Telugu.

On Tuesday, some of the songs were recorded and later speaking to the press, Vikram said, “It was a wonderful experience working with music director Devi Sri Prasad. Lyricist Sahithi and the composer encouraged my efforts. Sharing screen space with popular star Krishna was a memorable experience and I am happy to have rendered by voice for both the languages.”

Devi heaped laurels on the actor and complimented that he will make a good singer in the future. Based on a fantasy plot, ‘Mallana’ will get released this summer along with Tamil, Italian and Spanish versions.

The new version of ‘Maro Charitra’ starring Varun Sandesh and Anita in the lead was launched on 19th February at producer ‘Dil’ Raju’s office premises. Presented by Sri Venkateswara Creations Pvt Ltd, ‘Dil’ Raju produces the film on Matinee Entertainments banner. The film will be directed by debutant Ravi Yadav, an erstwhile cinematographer in Bollywood.

K. Balachander made ‘Maro Charitra’ in 1979 starring Kamal Haasan and Saritha in the lead cast. The romantic love story had a massive impact on the audience of those times and was later remade in Hindi titled ‘Ek Duje Keliye’.

The newer version will be made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil. First schedule of the shooting will be carried out in the U.S. while the second will be done at Hyderabad and Vizag. Mickey J Mayer of ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’ is once again composing music for Varun Sandesh’s movie. He has completed four of the proposed six songs for the film. The super hit tracks of yesteryear ‘Maro Charitra’, composed by MS Viswanathan for the lyrics penned by Athreya still lingers in the mind of the audiences and it’s a challenging task for the new composer to do justice for the tunes.

Other important cast includes Yami Gautam, Pratap Pothen, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Oorvashi, Naresh, Thalaivasal Vijay, Sandhya Janak, Adarsh.

Priyamani’s bikini act in the forthcoming Nithin’s ‘Drona’ is the hottest topic in tinsel town. The heroine debuted to Tollywood with ‘Evare Athadu’ sharing screen space with Vallabhaneni, son of KS Rama Rao, directed by Bhanu Shankar.

The Tamil girl had a bad opening with the dud and again made a comeback with Madan’s ‘Pellaina Kothalo’ starring Jagapathi Babu. The movie gave her a big break in Telugu cinema followed by the super hit ‘Yamadonga’ (NTR) directed by SS Rajamouli.

‘Drona’ is the latest which will hit screens tomorrow on 20th February. Nithin is near starvation for a hit and is troubled by his previous duds. Even though, the movie has a good script, screenplay and action stunts, the film makers seem to be betting high on the glamour part. Riveting stills of Priyamani’s rain dance was a trail for her main bikini act in the movie.

Will Priyamani’s bikini drive Nithin towards the road to ‘El Dorado’? Just wait for a day and watch out for the review on ‘Drona’ to see if Priyamani saved Nithin!

Balakrishna’s ongoing film has been titled ‘Mitrudu’ which the makers say is the best one that suits the script. Priyamani plays heroine in this film directed by Mahadev, a previous associate of SS Rajamouli.

Sivalenka Krishna Prasad of 'Adithya 369' and 'Vamshanikokkadu' produces the film on Vaishnavi Cinema banner. The shooting of the film is near completion with the songs to be canned in abroad locations. Priyamani has done her fair share of glamour to enrich the hype quotient. Balakrishna resumed the film’s shooting after completing the TDP works and the crew is working in a rapid pace to complete it in time.

The movie is slated for an April release.

The hottest trend is walking the aisle clad in scanty outfits set to sizzle, the screens which has become an adage for female stars. But, the young heroine Trisha has an entirely different take on the glam show done by other actresses. Bikini fever is now raging in South Indian Cinema with Nayantara, Anushka and Priyamani daring to go bare in their forthcoming films.

Trisha is against such revealing costumes and says, 'Bikini style outfits will not suit my physique nor I will feel comfortable wearing them. I am not for appearing in scanty costumes and so far directors have not asked me to wear such stuff either. Just because others are ready to be a glam prop doesn't mean I should go the same way'.

Even though all along her career Trisha was seen in more decent roles, she had appeared in a swim suit earlier for 'Stalin' starring Chiranjeevi. With all negating words, we might wonder Trisha will never venture into glamour again but she is going to appear in a bikini for 'Sarvam' in Tamil.

We need not reiterate here that if we question her about why would she consent to be the glam prop, the answer would be you-all-know-what, 'cause the script demands it'. So far as we know appearing in skimpy bikini and walking straight out of the waves is not demanded by the script unless it's a James Bond flick.

Trisha will be next seen in the family melodrama 'Akasamantha', a remake version of a Tamil film starring Prakash Raj as Trisha's father. Jagapathi Babu is donning a pivotal role in the movie which is being altered to suit the taste of Telugu audience. 'Dil' Raju produces the film and Radha Mohan directs it which will get released shortly.

The long awaited film ‘Varudu’ starring Mahesh Babu to be directed by Trivikram Srinivas is finally set to start rolling from 18th this month. Singanamala Ramesh produces the film on Kanakarathna Movies banner.

Again, a new hurdle is one the way for the crew. Parvathi Melton was decided upon to play the heroine earlier but a change might occur in the cast, says reliable sources. Anushka might step in to Parvathi’s shoes and play the main heroine. The script has space for one more heroine who is yet to be finalized. ‘Varudu’ will most probably be the confirmed title and during initial stages of shooting action scene will be shot choreographed by stunt master VT Vijayan.

With surmounting expectations after Mahesh – Trivikram’s ‘Athadu’, this upcoming film is being made with a view to appeal the mass. Filming will be carried out in the locales of Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Nasik and South Africa

Prajwala – a non-governmental social welfare organization with the sole purpose to deteriorate trafficking of children and women is making many steps for the goal among which one of them is making socially motivating films for a cause.

Earlier, they made the films ‘Of Freedom and Fear’ (English and Telugu), ‘Astha’ (English), ‘Anamika’ (English and Telugu) and few others which talks about different subjects including children affected by HIV, women survivors from brothels, poverty stricken community etc…

Now, ‘Needalu’ is the new film in the list which speaks about the feelings and emotions of a victim of sexual slavery. The protagonist of the film is a real life survivor who narrates about the life in the dark world filled with perverse clientele and physical, mental abuse. Made on a first person perspective, the film is produced by Parjwala association and directed by Rajesh Touchriver , founder of Prajwala. Music is composed by Vijay Kuraakula, Art direction by Kudavatour Sunil and cinematography by Sadat. The cast is by Sree Mani, Sravana Jyothi and Sunil Raghav.

Prajwala – a non-governmental social welfare organization with the sole purpose to deteriorate trafficking of children and women is making many steps for the goal among which one of them is making socially motivating films for a cause.

Earlier, they made the films ‘Of Freedom and Fear’ (English and Telugu), ‘Astha’ (English), ‘Anamika’ (English and Telugu) and few others which talks about different subjects including children affected by HIV, women survivors from brothels, poverty stricken community etc…

Now, ‘Needalu’ is the new film in the list which speaks about the feelings and emotions of a victim of sexual slavery. The protagonist of the film is a real life survivor who narrates about the life in the dark world filled with perverse clientele and physical, mental abuse. Made on a first person perspective, the film is produced by Parjwala association and directed by Rajesh Touchriver , founder of Prajwala. Music is composed by Vijay Kuraakula, Art direction by Kudavatour Sunil and cinematography by Sadat. The cast is by Sree Mani, Sravana Jyothi and Sunil Raghav.

‘Drona’ starring Nithin and Priyamani in the lead cast is directed by J. Karuna Kumar. DS Rao is producing the film on Sai Krishna Productions banner in association with TV5. The film has shaped up fast with the earnest work of the cast and crew, says the maker.

An associate of director SS Rajamouli, Karuna Kumar debuts as a director with ‘Drona’. Nithin, the budding action star has enacted the role of a Good Samaritan trying to save the country from the bad doers. Priyamani is on a glamour spree and has dared to bare her assets in the most riveting way. She will be appearing in a two piece suit and also in skimpy outfits for a rain dance which was recently canned in Ramoji Film city. As if the glam quotient is not enough, the makers have roped in Rakhi Sawanth for an item number.

For emotional content, Mukhesh Rushi and Seetha share screen space for rendering the touchy and teary scenes. Supreme Music released the audio which is doing well in the market. The complete entertainer ‘Drona’ will hit screens 20th this month.

We have to wait and see how Nithin hits the mark this time which was missed in his last ‘Hero’.

‘Young Indians’ group of Indian Business School organized a two day National Conference 2009 which commenced on 14th February, Saturday. The inaugural day witnessed a big list of experts and celebrities from different areas including Social rights forum, TV, Cinema, Civil Services, Sports, and so on… The prominent people addressed the young crowd and expressed their views about the changes which are mandatory to take place within 15 years for a brighter future.

On behalf of cinema industry, Ram Charan Tej, during the function addressed the congregation. The young star during the inspiring speech said, “In present days, talented persons are getting recognized in film industry. Music composer AR Rahman has now attained a global recognition and is making India proud. Albeit our films are made for entertainment, audiences have embraced creative and motivating films like ‘Chak De India’ and ‘Tare Zameen Par’ which has no star promotion nor commercialism. It reflects audiences matured taste for entertainment and with the 15 years to come, our talents will sure shine bright going places worldwide.”

‘Young Indians’ group of Indian Business School organized a two day National Conference 2009 which commenced on 14th February, Saturday. The inaugural day witnessed a big list of experts and celebrities from different areas including Social rights forum, TV, Cinema, Civil Services, Sports, and so on… The prominent people addressed the young crowd and expressed their views about the changes which are mandatory to take place within 15 years for a brighter future.

On behalf of cinema industry, Ram Charan Tej, during the function addressed the congregation. The young star during the inspiring speech said, “In present days, talented persons are getting recognized in film industry. Music composer AR Rahman has now attained a global recognition and is making India proud. Albeit our films are made for entertainment, audiences have embraced creative and motivating films like ‘Chak De India’ and ‘Tare Zameen Par’ which has no star promotion nor commercialism. It reflects audiences matured taste for entertainment and with the 15 years to come, our talents will sure shine bright going places worldwide.”

Starring Varun Sandesh of ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’ and Vimala Raman in the lead cast, ‘Evaraina Epudaina’ directed by Marthand K Shankar has completed filming the talkie portions and songs are now being canned. Producers M. Saravanan and MS Guhan of the prestigious production house AVM Productions are making the film.

The crux of the film is based on an interesting plot that will be a treat for the youngsters. It will be a sensible entertainer sans any masala elements. On the whole, the film is made to cater to the family audience in entirety, according to producer Saravanan.

The think-tank behind AVM Productions being in the production industry for over 75 years is now planning to make many more films in Telugu following ‘Evaraina Epudaina’. The film is slated for a release in the month of March.

Mani Sharma has composed the music for the lyrics penned by Veturi, Vennelakanti, Bhaskar Bhatla, Rehman and Krishna Chaithanya.

Puri Jagannath, after completing 'Neninthe', which received mixed reviews starring Ravi Teja, is working for a new film starring Prabhas in the lead. 'Bujjigadu' (2007) was the last film in Prabhas – Puri combination and this will be the duo's comeback movie. The film is a part of the film factory initiated by Adithya Ram on Aditya Movies banner and presented by Puri Jagannath.

Kangana Ranaut, the budding bollywood star and size zero girl, will be playing the heroine for the first time in Telugu. She stepped into Hindi with 'Gangster' directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The critically acclaimed film gave her a big break in her career also winning her the Filmfare award for Best Female Debutante. She enacted in some of the best scripted films like 'Woh Lamhe', 'Life in a Metro' and 'Fashion'.

She forayed into Tamil cinema with 'Dhaam Dhoom' directed by late Jeeva. Now, its time for the riveting actress to adorn Telugu screens and Jagannath had taken up the job of bringing her to Tollywood.

Ramcharan Teja on the verge of completing his ongoing project has signed for a new film to be directed by Bhaskar. Nagababu will produce the film on Anjana Productions which will go to the floors on 15th March.

Ramcharan is now working for SS Rajamouli's 'Magadheera' starring Kajal Agarwal as heroine. After rendering a blockbuster hit 'Ghajini', Allu Arvind is making this project on a high budget on Geetha Arts banner. Production work for this film is nearing completion and is slated for a summer release this year.

He will start for his latest film once the makers finalize the cast and crew. Further details about the film are awaited.

Mahesh Babu, the prince of Tollywood is gearing up to entertain his ardent fans with the upcoming ‘Varudu’. Trivikram Srinivas’s ‘Athadu’ was a super hit for Mahesh which was a slick, action entertainer in pure prince style. Followed by the outstanding technical wonder, the duo is all set to ‘GO’ after a long wait, on 18th with this new film.

Singanamala Ramesh will be producing the film on a high caliber to cope up with Mahesh Babu’s image on Kanakarathna Movies banner. The shooting is being said to kick on from Hyderabad and later move on to Rajasthan for a lengthy schedule.

Well acquainted news is Parvathi Melton shares screen space with Mahesh. Trivial scoop is Mahesh Babu’s wife Namratha will design the costumes for the heroine and look after the make-up for the artists. As it has been officially confirmed now, everyone eagerly awaits ‘Varudu’ to begin shooting and arrive in time to appease the starved fans of Mahesh Babu

Punchline: superstar meets humble barber Banner: Red Chillies Entertainment Genre: Drama Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Irfan Khan & Lara Dutta Music: Pritam Background music: Sandeep Chowta Cinematography: V Manikanandan Editor: Arun Kumar Dialogues: Manisha Korde Screenplay: Priyadarshan & Mushtaq Sheikh Direction: Priyadarshan Producers: Gauri Khan Release date: 13 Feb 2009

Review

Story Billu (Irfan Khan) is a humble barber from a remote village in Northern India. Sahir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) is a bollywood superstar. The unit of Sahir Khan's latest film visits the village of Billu for a long schedule. The village men find out that Sahir Khan is the childhood friend of Billu and go to Billu to take them to meet Sahir. Being a shy and honest guy, Billu fears that Sahir might have become materialistic and forgot all the good times they had together as youth. The rest of the story is all about whether Sahir remembers Billu or not. Actors: Irfan Khan is excellent as Billu – an honest human being. Shahrukh Khan plays a role that is close to his real life and he brings in much desired glamour. Lara Dutta is adequate as poor housewife. However, her sophisticated looks do dominate the simplicity and naivety needed for such a role. Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone did item songs in this film. Deepika Padukone is absolutely hot. The regulars of Priyadarshan movies – Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Om Puri, Manoj Joshi are also present. Technical departments: Story: Billu Barber is a remake of Malayalam blockbuster which was remade into Telugu (Kathanayakudu) and Tamil (Kuselan). The story is based on the relationship of Lord Srikrishna and his poor friend Kuchela. Direction of the film is just average. Screenplay should have been better. The moment Billoo communicates with Sahir, the movie would be over. The entire film is woven using a screenplay that avoids the meeting of these two people till climax. The events used for that purpose should have been more gripping. Another disturbing thing about the film is the unnecessary scenes and songs involving Shahrukh Khan. Priyadarshan criticized the screenplay of Kuselan saying that too much of importance is given to Rajnikant in Telugu/Tamil versions. But Priyadardhan too didn't do any better in Hindi version. The trademark Priyadarshan comedy is missing in this film. The only honest moment I saw in this movie was Irfan Khan's reaction when his wife doubts him if he knows the superstar. Other technical departments: Music by Pritam is mediocre with heard-before tunes. Dialogues are adequate. Photography of the film is excellent. The locations used for this film are extraordinary with water falls, hills and lots of greenery. Art direction is very good. Dialogues are neat. Editing should have been crisper. Analysis: This movie belongs to Irfan Khan. Being a star and the producer Shahrukh Khan, he took more footage than necessary in the film. All the scenes involving Irfan Khan look natural and scenes of Shahrukh Khan are artificial. The climax of the film is heart-touching as it deals with humanity and friendship. It is becoming routine to have 3-4 heroines to come and dance in Sharukh Khan movies (Om Shanti Om, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Billu Barber). On a whole, Billu Barber disappoints as it is neither a commercial film nor an art film.

Ramcharan Teja after Chirutha coming as Magadheera in the direction of Rajamouli . Kajal Agarwal is the female lead.Ace producer Allu Arvind who got huge money with jalsa and Ghazini with aamir khan is making this film on his Geetha Arts banner. The story will be based on re-birth. How the love between lead pair gets succeed in the present life whose love gets fail in the previous life is the basic plot.The audio of the film is planned to be released in the first week of March. Supreme Music acquired the audio and distribution rights for this film.

Movie: Siddham
My Rating: 3/5
Banner: Shreya Productions
Music: Amar Mohale
Cinematography: Bharani K Dharan
Screenplay, Stunts $ Direction: JD Chakri
Editing: Bhanodaya
Producer: Kiran Kumar Koneru
Cast: Jagapati Babu, Sindhu Menon, Kota Prasad, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Subbaraju, Narsing Yadav, Siva Prasad etc
Release Date: 12th Feb 2009

Review

Story

Daya (Jagapati Babu) is a sincere cop and an encounter specialist. He handles his job professionally and does not hold anything personal. Salim (Kota Prasad) is his assistant who is greedy about increasing the encounters count so that he could get more publicity from the media. The city commissioner (Kota) is retired and a new commissioner takes the charge. The new commissioner has his own agenda and he discourages Daya from performing his duty in fair manner. The rest of the story is all about how Daya takes law into his hands and cleans up the mafia gang in his own indomitable style.

Artists Performance:

Jagapati Babu: Though this character is donned by Nana Patekar in Hindi, Jagapati Babu made sure that he interprets the character well enough to give it his own shape with subtle yet strong body language. You will see a new Jagapati Babu in this film and these kinds of characters give actors immense job satisfaction.

Kota Prasad (son of Kota Sreenivasa Rao) did a fine role in this film and he has it in him to become a fine actor if he chooses the roles well. His work in this film is very good. Sindhu Menon is adequate as the housewife. Kota Srinivasa Rao is perfect as a retired commissioner who supports hero. It is a different role for Narsing Yadav. The guy who did the role of Akhil is competent. Subbaraju did a small yet significant role. Mukul Dev did the role of Dubai based mafia don.

Technical Departments:

This film is a remake of Hindi film 'Ab Tak Chappan'. Hence the story and screenplay is adapted from the original. Most of shot compositions are also similar. But it is very difficult to create a soul in such a serious film without any commercial padding. As a director JD Chakri succeeded in narrating the film in an interesting way. He created a constant tone to the film and did not miss it throughout the film. Though he handled the film efficiently, we could see the tempo of the film going down for 15 minutes before the climax and 15 minutes before the interval. He did not show the scene of hero being captured by cops in a proper way towards climax.

Background music is nice and it is mostly taken from the tracks of Ab Tak Chappan background music. Cinematography by Bharani K Dharan is good. However, the director has used some footage from Ab Tak Chappan film for Mumbai dock episode. Dialogues of the film are realistic. But you need to carefully follow the dialogues because the there is no cinematic dramatization in the modulation and delivery of dialogues. Like in Hindi mafia flicks, this film too has many curse words. Editing is adequate. Producer Kiran should be appreciated for making such a serious film sans any commercial elements.

Final Analysis:

Siddham is a remake of Hindi film Ab Tak Chappan. The commercial elements in this film are subtle. It is like the story of Ankusam film told in a much realistic way. If Ankusam film had intense histrionics and compelling cinematic drama, Siddham film has subtlety and finesse to it. These kinds of films were never made in Telugu. Hence the common movie lovers of AP are not used to such kind of films. It is a decent effort by JD Chakravarthy and Jagapati Babu to make a film like Siddham. We have to wait and see how the regular movie lovers take this film.


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The promos of the film KIKK have a very obsessed Sidharth planting a passionate kiss on a very raunchy Tamannaah, for some reason this picture has been widely publicized by the producers.

Usually for a coochy-coochy film with romantic elements such blatant pictures are not used publicity, such films usually have a sweet romantic scenes of the lead pair holding hands or looking coyly into each others eyes, but then why the use of such a passionate picture to promote this film?

No one has the answer to this question, but the kiss sure is sexiting and inviting, sure it has the young audiences lured into the theaters.

Come on go and watch that in theaters.

The Kannada super hit film ‘Bindas’ starring Puneeth Rajkumar and Hansika of ‘Maska’, is being dubbed in Telugu under the title ‘Pandugadu’. Rajendra Babu has directed the film produced by J. Balaraju on Santhosh Productions banner and presented by Smt. J. Bhavani.

The audio launch function was held on 9th February evening at Film Nagar Cultural Club. Supreme Music distributes and holds the music rights. Dr. D. Ramanaidu unveiled the CD and presented it to DVS Raju. KS Rama Rao inaugurated the cassettes and Kaja Suryanarayana received the same.

After the function, producer Balaraju spoke to the press about the film.

Based on a gripping plot, the story is about the encounter between the police and a mafia gang. Popular Kannada star and son of superstar Rajkumar, Puneeth plays the lead role and this film will bring him recognition among Telugu audience. Hansika is a known hero in Tollywood and her glamour will woo the youngsters. All the songs were canned in international locations. Suma Raganath is in a prominent character and the climax filmed for 20 days at Golconda Fort in Hyderabad will be enthralling.

Music director Guru Kiran has set the tunes for the lyrics penned by Ananth Sriram, Rajendra and RamMurthy. Ravi Varma, Praveen, Vandematharam Srinivas and Said Sivani have voiced the songs. DTS mixing has been carried out in Rama Naidu Studios. Once we complete the censor works, the film will get released by the end of February.

Other important cast of the film includes Suman, Nazar, Rahul Dev, Vanitha, Suma Ranganath and others

Vaishnavi Cinema is producing a high budget film starring Balarkrishna and Priyamani in the main cast. Debutant director Mahadev, an erstwhile associate of SS Rajamouli is directing the film produced by Sivalenka Krishna Prasad of 'Adithya 369' and 'Vamshanikokkadu'.

Balakrishna was busy on a tour campaigning for TDP all over Andhra Pradesh. Recently, he completed the road show and resumed shooting on Monday. Important scenes were filmed in sets constructed at Annapurna Studios. The lead cast of the film along with other important artists was featured in the scenes.

In this current ongoing schedule, the end scenes will also be canned before the end date of 28th February. With the sequential portions done, songs will be filmed in March in abroad locations

The maker of blockbusters hits with Chiranjeevi, popular director A. Kodandarami Reddy is presently making the film ‘Punnami Nagu’. Starring Rajiv Kanakala and Mumaith Khan, G.Vijaykumar Goud is producing the film which is in postproduction.

Although the title 'Punnami Nagu' reminds us of earlier Chiranjeevi's film, this film is a new plot different from the classic movie. Riveting actress Mumaith Khan’s dance and looks will bring in the audience, according to the makers.

Other important cast includes MS Narayana, Nalini, Suhasini, Vinod Kumar, Nilalgal Ravi and Adithya Om. Yendamuri Veerendranath has written the story and G. Maheshwar Reddy presents the film. Dialogues are by Veligonda Srinivas and music is composed by SA Rajkumar.

At present, the dubbing along with editing and re-recording is being carried out in the studio. Audio will be launched soon and the movie will be released in the month of March.

The maker of ‘Ghajini’, Allu Arvind is elated by the blockbuster hit of his Bollywood venture and is keen to make a change in South Indian Cinema. He also said that the rules here should be recreated to favor a global reach.

In the first step, Geetha Arts production ‘Magadheera’ starring Ram Charan Teja and Kajal Agarwal will be dubbed and released in both Tamil and Malayalam. Made on a high budget, the film is an action entertainer to suit audience of all classes. Even though Ram Charan is a new entrant into the languages, he is determined to take a dip and find out how far his lucky charm might work out.

The gigantic sets erected at Ramoji Film City for ‘Magadheera’ is the hot topic in tinsel town. The distributors are betting high even before the first copy is ready. Based on the plot of re-incarnation, director SS Rajamouli is churning out one more entertaining package which is slated for summer release this April. Music composed by MM Keeravani will most probably be released in the first week of March.

Starring Nithin and Ileana in the lead cast, the yet to be named film is directed by Paruchuri Murali. G. Venkata Ramana is producing the film on Sri Spectra Media Creations banner. The shooting is undergoing in a rapid pace and about forty percent has been completed so far.

The upcoming schedule beings on 1st March and will be continued till 3rd April, in the locales of Tunisia and Dubai. Reportedly, about ninety percent of the film will be done during this schedule.

Director Murali sharing his views, said, “Nithin has been taking special care and working hard for every scene of this film. Nithin and Ileana share a good rapport which is evident on screen in the romantic scenes. The cast and crew working for this film fit the need perfectly. They are working together to bring out a quality product. This film will be on a different stage set from my earlier ‘Nee Sneham’, ‘Pedababu’, ‘Andhrudu’ and will be more entertainment oriented.”

Producer G. Venkata Ramana is confident that the Nithin and Ileana’s first time on screen will sure be a successful outing.

Mani Sharma has composed the musical score and cinematography is handled by Surendar Reddy. Ramesh-Gopi have written the dialogues and G. Sundaramayya presents the film.

‘Oye’ starring Siddharth and Shamili is getting ready to hit screens this summer. Anand, an associate of Bhaskar in ‘Bommarillu’ and of few Bollywood projects, debuts as a director with ‘Oye’. The studious child who played in ‘Anjali’ won several accolades and awards for her performance, Shamili debuts as a heroine. DVV Danayya produces the film on Universal Media banner.

Based on one more love story, the film is the romantic love that blossoms between the youngsters and how they get together in the end past all hurdles. Siddharth is on track with a list of youthful love subjects with ‘Nuvvostanante Nenodantana’, ‘Bommarillu’ with ‘Konchem Istam Konchem Kastam’ being the latest. Shamili bagged the National Award for the Best Child Artist in ‘Anjali’ and audiences are yet to see her performance as a heroine.

The film which has completed about forty percent of the talkie portions will get released this summer 2009