Sneha's Marriage In Trouble!!

Sneha's Marriage In Trouble!!

Just recently it was reported that the homely beauty Sneha was all set to enter a new league of life by getting married to her beau Prasanna, a Kollywood actor. However, it appears that just like a love story onscreen, even this love story is having its share of hiccups.
 For starters, it is heard that both Prasanna- Sneha are in a fix over the engagement date and wedding arrangements. Sources say their wedding planner John is the same person who is also organizing the event for Prabhu Deva-Nayantara wedding. While the Prabhu-Nayan date is still a mystery, here is the hiccup with Sneha’s marriage.
 It is heard that Prasanna hails from a very orthodox family whereas Sneha belongs to Naidu community. Buzz is that Prasanna was confident of convincing his folks in due course but it is not happening as per his plans. So, the chances are that unless he gets a green signal from home, he can’t set up his home with Sneha. 

Sri Ramarajyam Review

 Sri Ramarajyam Review

Film: Sri Ramarajyam
Rating: 3/5
Banner: Sri Sai Baba Pictures
Cast: Balakrishna, ANR, Nayantara, Srikanth and others
Music: Ilayaraja
Cinematographer: P R K Raju
Editor: G G Krishna Rao
Director: Bapu
Producer: Yalamanchali Sai Babu
Release date: 17/11/2011

Nandamuri Balakrishna is back with his favourite genre mythology and this time he has the experienced hand of Bapu and the sentiment of Nayantara. Let us see how the film is

Story:
A grand tale, the story begins with Lord Rama (NBK) returning with Seetha (Nayantara) and his army after victory against Ravana.
Everyone is happy in Ayodhya and within a short time Seetha becomes pregnant. In one of the routine information gathering from the kingdom, an incident involving washerman Tippadu (Brahmi) reaches the ears of Rama.
The people of Ayodhya begin to question the essence of morality in Rama bringing Seetha after she stayed at Ravana’s place for such a long time. With duty mindedness, Rama sends a pregnant Seetha to the forests. She is given shelter by Rishi Valmiki (ANR) and here she gives birth to twins Lava-Kusa (master Gaurav, master Dhanush). They grow by learning the story of Rama as a noble king and reach Ayodhya to spread his story.
However, what they are not aware is the king is their father and even Rama doesn’t realize that when he meets them. But a sequence of events happen which bring Rama to Lava-Kusa. What is that situation and what happens after that forms the rest of the story.

Performances:
Nandamuri Balakrishna gave a contained performance. Though he lacks the divinity and charisma of his father, he has an aura of his own. If he had rendered his dialogues with grace and poise, it would have given him extra marks. 
Nayantara was simply superb. Her maturity and balanced performance as Seetha makes her look very serene. Given her past films, this is truly a praiseworthy effort from her. Nayantara was not seen in her but only Seetha was visible.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao carried his role with ease. As such there was not much histrionics required in his act so he did justice to the script with his presence. But he rendered dialogues loudly but not with required serenity needed for the character.

Master Gaurav and Master Dhanush were the weak link in the chain. Given the crucial role they had to offer, it required a certain level of depth. Both the boys put good efforts but not good enough to give the pious feeling. They did well in battle scene with Lakshmana but not in pathos.

Srikanth was standard, K R Vijaya was adequate, Brahmi was brief, Vindoo Dara Singh was apt for his role. The others like Balayya, Murali Mohan, Sana, Siva Parvathi etc did their bit as required and added value.

Highlights

• Songs and background score
• Art department
• Visual grandeur and graphics
• Balayya-Nayan screen chemistry
• Production values

Drawbacks

• Too much of melodrama
• No emotional depth
• Abrupt climax
• Weak screenplay
• Dialogues

Analysis:
Any mythological film that connects to the present generation and societal structure only can be made as a commercial venture. Legend NTR realized that and hence he had taken care in his regime to talk about caste system through his Duryodhana role in DVS Karna. Hence that film and especially that dialogue turned eternal.
This Sri Ramarajyam could have been connected to the present days where divorces are becoming common among couples. The invincible pious love between Rama and Seetha could have been established with right intensity. And the reason why Rama sends Seetha to forest would have been portrayed on screen with perfect conviction that convinces the present day generation those use more logic than emotion. But that was missing completely. Lord Rama’s character was ended up as confused and emotionally driven which cannot be welcomed. Ideal man Lord Rama hasn’t shown his ideal character in this film. Cinematic liberties would have been taken to show his character powerful and hitting.
It was nearly 45 years back that the immortal classic ‘Lava Kusa’ came with the great N T Rama Rao and Anjali Devi. So, it is natural that one would try to compare ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’ with that. The strict advice is NOT to do that. This film has to be treated individually as we have already passed two generations since then.
Technically speaking, this film is superb. It has visual grandeur of international standards and has taken Tollywood to a new league. There was no compromise in quality and best deliverance.
Also, one must really appreciate director Bapu for his guts to take a subject like this at the age of 77.
However, all that glitters cannot be gold. The film scores exceedingly well in presentation but suffers significantly in content department. Though the flow was consistent, the peaks lacked the required voltage. Trying to infuse extra and unwanted emotions did extra damage.
The objective of the film should have been to project more on why Rama is treated as God and what his ideals are stood by. That was missing. There was an inconsistency.
The song ‘Vinu ra vinu ra Ramayana gaadha..’ from the original should have been imported. This would have given a chance for the song to be present for two more generations. When the songs like ‘bangaru kodipetta’ are being imported, why not evergreen classic like ‘vinura vinura…’
The last twenty minutes saw a rise in the graph but just when it was about to take off the end card came which was another minus.
Overall, this is a film which has developed enough hype and will surely strike a chord with the family audience. But given the budget, scoring commercial success is doubtful.

Bottomline: Watch it only for the efforts
Source: www.Greatandhra.com

'Star power' ruling Tollywood

'Star power' ruling Tollywood 

Only big stars are getting the attention of Telugu audience at the moment. People are ready to burn their pockets by buying tickets in black to watch stars and superstars in action. But they think twice to spend at least the ticket’s worth to watch small heroes’ films. They say that those films can wait until they were aired on TV or the DVD arrives.
This mindset of audience is causing big trouble for non-commercial heroes. Even noted actors like Nani, Siddharth, Varun Sandesh etc. are facing problems due to this. These heroes have to do ‘really good’ films to bring audience to the theaters. Even a three starred film isn’t good enough for the audience to have a look at it. For example, Pilla Zamindar got decent talk from the viewers and even the critics passed it off with first class marks. But the film failed to get back the production costs and most of the buyers that invested in it ended up in losses. Despite getting super positive talk Nuvvila is not running to packed houses. Thanks to its ultra low budget or it would have ended up as a cost failure even with the positive buzz. Looking at this trend, we can conclude that the non-commercial heroes will either have to do extremely good films or do films with minimal costs to bag hits.

Who Is No-1 Heroine In Tollywood Now?

Who Is No-1 Heroine In Tollywood Now? 

When it comes to heroes of Tollywood, one cannot judge who is number one since each hero has his base of fan following. However, that is not the case with the heroines. Given the tight competition, the number one slot is always the toughest one to hold. So, a big question is who number 1 heroine in Tollywood is now.
 The hot favourites for this are Kajal Agarwal, Tamannah, Samantha and close on their heels is Taapsee, Richa Gangopadhyay. Though the place was occupied by Anushka for a long time, her drifting towards Kollywood has created the vacancy.
 The cine analysts say “While Kajal Agarwal has spent many years in Tollywood and has scored consistent hits, Tamannah is a girl who has developed a presence across various circuits. The reason why Samantha cannot be ruled out is, her success rate is very high. And Taapsee is coming up quite quickly. At this point, all the three- Kajal, Samantha, Tamannah are sharing same points but by the next two films from them, the position will be decided unless Ileana bounces back with a big hit.”

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Sexy Heroine's Pregnancy Tales!!

Sexy Heroine's Pregnancy Tales!! 

She is right now creating huge tremors among the male audience for her depiction of a sex bomb’s life. As if that is not enough, she is embarking on a new chapter, that of a pregnant woman. She is none other than Vidya Balan and here is an interesting update about her.
 Sources say after the completion of her ongoing film ‘The Dirty Picture’, Vidya will be getting onto her other project titled ‘Kahaani’. She would be seen essaying the role of a six month pregnant woman who comes in search of her lost husband.
 Buzz is that the film is partly on the lines of the Hollywood cult movie ‘Kill Bill’. Vidya recalls how she used to joke with her friends about pregnant ladies walking funnily. Now, she is getting into the character. Most of the film has been canned at Vidya’s favourite city Kolkata and this is directed by Sujoy Ghosh. 

Five Hot Dialogues From 'The Businessman'

Five Hot Dialogues From 'The Businessman' 

Till recently, any big movie before its release was hunted by many sources to get a peek of a song or a scene. Even the big films like ‘Magadheera’ were not spared. But now, it appears that the trend is changing and more than the scenes from the film, it is the dialogues which are getting prominence.
 Already, Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Panjaa’ made some noise with some reported trailers from the film. However, that got quashed as fake. But now, it is the turn of the film ‘The Businessman’. It is heard that some dialogues penned by Puri Jagannadh are filed with heavy punch and high adrenalin. Here is the list making rounds online.

• 'naa gun ki licence undi..naa praananike insurance ledhu'
• 'paga baadhani orchukune shakthini isthundi'….
• 'champadam naa vruththi dharmam, nenu dharmanni thappanu'….
• 'praanam poyedi manishike, aalochaniki kaadu'….
• 'yudhdham cheyadam raani vaade adharmam gurinchi maatladuthaadu'

It is not sure if they are part of the film but they are making rounds heavily.

Heroine's Hot Bikini Act Wows Ram Gopal Varma

Heroine's Hot Bikini Act Wows Ram Gopal Varma

Bipasha Basu has a new admirer — director Ram Gopal Verma There has been a lot of buzz about Bipasha’s red hot bikini scene in her latest film Players .
The actress has been hogging all the limelight because of her toned body in the movie sidelining the other female lead, Sonam Kapoor.
As soon as the first look of the film went on air, comments started pouring in on Twitter for the entire star cast, not only from their fans but also from fellow actors and directors.
Ramu was the first one to compliment Bipasha on her sizzling appearance : “ Just saw players ’ first look .. Bipasha is looking like a billion dollar bill aaaaahhhhhhhh!” Farhan Akhtar chose to wish the entire cast though: “@ juniorbachchan @ sonamakapoor # Players looks like a fun ride... all the best.”

'Love Story' Or Polished KAMASUTRA?

'Love Story' Or Polished KAMASUTRA? 

There is always a fine line between love and making love. While the first is about romance and pure feelings, the second is about crossing the romance and pure passion. The reason for this topic is the discussion on a new film which is gearing up to hit the screens on November 11th, 2011.
The film is ‘It’s My Love Story’ and though the title sounds like a mushy romantic entertainer, the posters are sending a variety feel. Those who saw the posters and stills of the film say “This doesn’t look like a regular love treat. There seems to be a sensuous romance involving two individuals at a deeper level.”
This has Aravind Krishna and Nikitha as the lead pair and their sizzling chemistry is being revealed through the posters. Already, the cine folks are talking a lot about the lip lock sequences. Some are also saying it could be a very sophisticated form of Kamasutra for the poses shown on posters. Well, all queries will be clear once the film hits the screens. 

Nayantara To Become 'Seetha' At Seetamma Vakili?

Nayantara To Become 'Seetha' At Seetamma Vakili?

One of the most talked about movies of the season is ‘Seetamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’. The reason for that is, it would be reviving the culture of multi-starrers and that too with top league heroes. With the likes of victory Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu teaming up, it could not get better than that.
While that is one side, another talk has begun. Many of Nayan fans are thinking that having Nayantara in the film would be an apt choice. Incidentally, Nayan is donning the role of Goddess Seetha in ‘Sree Rama Rajyam’ and many are already feeilng she is fitting that image very well. On the other hand, she is also getting married. However the cine folks reaction is like this “We don’t know how the storyline of the film is. Also, there is a talk that Samantha is already confirmed as one heroine. Where can one fit Nayan in the film? Of course, there is no doubt that her presence will increase a lot of hype. Maybe she can be the pair for Venkatesh.” Only time will give the answer for this folks.