Sketch Movie Review by Telugu Bullet

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Sketch Movie Review

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Hero Vikram had a pretty good market even in the Telugu states in the past. He further expanded his market with the film ‘Aparichithudu’. He lost his market with the mega-budget film ‘Manoharudu – I’. The versatile actor is hoping that his flick ‘Sketch’ which fared decently in Kollywood, might bring back his lost market in the Telugu states. Let’s take a look whether he is successful or not!

Story:

A gang of four works in a garage. Jeeva (Vikram) leads the group. Jeeva is nicknamed ‘sketch’ for his novel ideas. These four work under a Vehicle Finance dealer as recovery agents. The moment he sees the heroine, he falls in love with her. Jeeva ensures that even falls for him. At this juncture, the villain plans to take his vengeance over the group over an issue with a Vintage Car. Similarly, the gang falls into the eyes of a police officer who jumps into the scene to hunt the villain.

Slowly, each one of his friends from the gang starts disappearing. Who is behind this? What happened to Jeeva’s friends? What is the end?

Analysis:

All and out, this is purely a mass masala entertainer. The only fresh breather is the ‘message’ the film tries to convey. The twists before the interval and the climax, and Vikram’s performance are the saviours for the movie. The love track and the characterization of the heroine offer absolutely nothing new. It is shocking to see that the director limited Tamannah to the songs.

Surprisingly, the songs actually disturb the mood of the film, thanks to the screenplay. The action episodes, Vikram’s character, and twists help the movie to look better to inferior. Thaman continues his good form both with the BGM and the songs. Apart from the aforementioned, there is hardly anything one can see on the silver screen.

Plus Points:

  • Vikram Action
  • Cinematography

Drawbacks:

  • Story & Screenplay

Punchline: Same old ‘Sketch’

Telugu Bullet Rating: 2.5/5

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Manasuku Nachindi Movie Review – Telugu Bullet

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Manasuku Nachindi Movie Review  

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Movie: Manasuku Nachindi
Actors: Amyra Dastur, Sundeep Kishan, Tridha Choudhury, Adith Arun, Priyadarshi Pulikonda, Punarnavi Bhupalam, Sanjay Swaroop, Jaanvi Swaroop
Director: Manjula Ghattamaneni
Production: P Kiran, Sanjay Swaroop
Camera and Electrical: Ravi Yadav

Making her debut as a director, Ghattamaneni Manjula, daughter of Superstar Krishna and sister of Superstar Mahesh Babu, directed the film ‘Manasuku Nachindi’. Sandeep Kishan, Amyra Dastur and Tridha Choudhury are playing the lead roles. Manjula’s daughter, Jahnavi, also played a small role in the film. Given the tag that the film is coming from Ghattamaneni family, Superstar Mahesh Babu Fans have already made arrangements to release the film. Let us know whether the film has lived to its expectations or not.

Story:

Sooraj (Sandeep Kishan) and Nithya (Amyra Dastur) are cousins, and best buddies too. Their parents perceive the friendship of Sooraj and Nithya as love and fix their marriage. With no other option, both of them elope to Goa. While Sooraj is passionate about photography, Nithya is obsessed with nature. She even starts meditation classes in Goa. Nikita aka Nikki (Tridha Choudhury) also attends these classes.

With time, Sooraj falls in love with Nikki, and even Nikki too accepts his proposal. At this time, Nithya realizes that it is indeed loved she is having towards Sooraj all this while, and just not friendship. She even goes to an extent of breaking Sooraj-Nikki relationship. After she comes to know that, Sooraj is not loving her, she accepts the love proposal from Abhay (Naveen). Both the love couples marriages get fixed.

This is when Sooraj too realizes that he is actually loving Nithya. Did Sooraj confess his love to Nithya? Will they get married? How did Nithya come to know that she is actually loving Sooraj? What about their (Sooraj and Nithya) parents reaction? To know these, watch the movie on the screen.

Analysis:

Sandeep Kishan fared decently in the film. But the actor failed to impress when it came to emotional scenes. On the contrary, Amyra Dastur, who is debuting in Telugu with this movie, gave an exceptional performance in terms of her acting, and screen presence. She was able to bring depth to emotional scenes. Another heroine, Tridha Choudhury did not have much screen space. She did decently well in the limited scope of her character. Manjula’s daughter, Jahnavi is a surprise. With her acting and timing, she impressed the audience.

The movie’s first half falls completely flat. No wonder if the audience complaint that, they found it difficult to sit and watch the movie. The second half is a saviour of the film. Nassar plays the grandfather role of the lead pair. Indeed, his character is the ‘key’ to the entire film. Priyadarshi comedy is just up to the mark.

Ghattamaneni Manjula, who is debuting as the director of the film, came up with the storyline, ‘one will be happy if they do what their heart says’. To this, she adds the importance of nature. The movie revolves around the friendship between two cousins, how it transforms into love, what are the hardships they faced, and how would they finally get together. This is nothing but a run-of-the-mill story, which we had seen repeatedly in Telugu films for the past two decades. The story selection itself is the biggest minus point to the entire film. Ravi Yadhav, with his cinematography, captured the soul of the film through his lens. Music by Raadhan is a big letdown. A couple of songs literally irrigate the audience. The production values from Gemini Kiran are excellent.

Plus Points:

  • Story Line
  • Cinematography
  • Jahnavi Acting
  • Background Score

Drawbacks:

  • Script and Screenplay
  • Music
  • Editing
  • Comedy

Telugu Bullet: ‘Manasuku Nachindi’ is an old wine in new bottle.

Rating: 2/5

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Awe movie review – Telugu Bullet

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Awe Telugu Movie Review and Rating

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Movie: Awe
Actors: Kajal Aggarwal, Nithya Menon, Regina Cassandra, Eesha Rebba, Srinivas Avasarala, Murali Sharma, Rohini, Priyadharshi, Nani, Raviteja.

Director: Prashanth Varma
Production: Nani, Prashanti Tipirneni
Music: Mark K. Robin
Cinematography: Karthik Ghattamaneni
Editor: Goutham Nerusu

The moment the news broke out that ‘Natural Star’ Nani is producing a film, it raised expectations for the film. Despite his stint as a star hero, currently having a golden time in his career, Nani opted to try the ‘Production’ too. What’s more shocking is, the film marks the debut of a director, and that too a film with no commercial elements. What is the story that made Nani produce the film? Is it possible to make a Telugu film without commercial elements? Let’s know about them!

 Story:

There is absolutely no story in Awe. Indeed, it is the lives of the ‘character’ that we see on the screen. How to live and not to live? Way to die? If we continue telling about the list, it is endless. Frankly, trying to make a motion picture on this concept itself is a great achievement, but Prashant Varma not only made the film but also impressed everyone.

Awe starts off in an ultra-modern food court, with a Lesbian couple (Eesha Rebba and Nithya Menen) trying to convince their parents for their marriage. Then comes a woman (Kajal) filled with animosity, who plans to commit suicide and kill others. A drug addict waitress (Regina) is feeling low after her boyfriend asks her to help him in a burglary. We have the restaurant owner (Pragathi) who is busy convincing an investor to further expand the business. A little brave and gutsy girl, the owner’s daughter, wishes to extend her help to the needy around her.

Parallelly, there is the magician (Murali Sharma) who feels he is the best in the world. An unemployed young lad (Priyadarshi) works as a chef, thanks to YouTube. To him are two friends, the fish (Nani) and the tree (Ravi Teja).

Interestingly, our final character, a watchman (Avasarala Srinivas) who wishes to become a great scientist one day, and go to his parents. The food court becomes the testimony of the lives of all these characters. So what happened next? How are all these connected? To watch more, watch Awe on the big screen.

Analysis:

For a change, the success of the film isn’t actually on how the film is. It depends upon the ability of an average Telugu audience to understand the sub-plots and sub-thoughts within each character. Frankly speaking, director Prashant Varma won the moment, Nani got convinced on hearing the script and came forward to produce the movie. Given the complexity and depth of each individual character, the director nailed it to perfection on the screen. On a simple note, the director transformed the entire universe into a small food court, with billion feelings, built among the 10 characters.

Each character makes deep inroads into feelings and emotions. Be it the lesbian couple, the suicidal woman, or the fish and the tree. If someone asks to come up with a single word to define the film, it is an infusion; evolving from deep hardened and subtle human emotions.

If someone is well-versed with our ancient scriptures, they can truly find the inner meaning of the film. A human thought is hardly comparable when we compare ourselves to the unending universe. At the same time, in every human’s mind, there is an entire universe. This is the same philosophy one can come across with the Shaivite ‘Advaithva’ philosophy. Similar, the lines from Lord Sri Krishna’s Bhagavad Gita ‘Asathoma Sadgamaya… Tamasoma Jyothirgamaya… Mruthyormam Amruthangamaya…’ If there is anyone after the director Prashant Varma to be appreciated, it is the producer ‘Natural Star’ Nani. The hero truly deserves a special mention for making a dream into reality.

Coming to the performances, the cast excelled in their respective characters. Besides the lead cast performance, the voice over from Nani (for the fish) and Ravi Teja (for the tree) bring that extra flair to the movie. On a whole, the film is a sheer dream of the director. Just as Nani said, the film may or may not be liked by the Telugu audience presently. But there will be a day, where everyone will like this film.

Nevertheless, just like they say, the understanding of Bhagavad Gita is purely dependent on the interpreter’s mental ability and stability. The same is even with ‘Awe’.

Telugu Bullet Punchline: You will be Awestruck with AWE!

Rating: 3.5/5

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Idi Naa Love Story Movie Review and Rating

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Idi Na Love Story Review

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Tarun had blockbuster hits during his time in the Tollywood film industry. His films were a synonym for young and refreshing love stories. From being a chocolate boy, the hero managed to become a leading actor in a short time. Just like everyone has a fall, Tarun too had a fall, but a drastic fall. After taking a long break, Tarun is back with ‘Idi Na Love Story’

Story:

Rachana, who works as an RJ (Radio Jockey) sends her brother Abhi (Tarun) to Araku, to meet her fiancée’s sister. She hopes both of them to get into love. He gets to meet another girl Dr Shruti (Oviya) when no one is at home. Both of them share a lot about their past love stories and eventually falls in love. The story takes a different turn when Abhi comes to know that, Shruti is not the one whom his sister asked him to meet. To make it up, Shruti comes with different stories trying to reason out. Did Abhi confess his love? What about the girl Rachana asked Abhi to meet? And how did Abhi sort out everything?

Analysis:

The films start off with Tarun narrating a story. Though there has been much hype around the film, be it because of Tarun’s comeback, or the title itself, the movie did live up to its expectations. The theme is quite old; a love story. But the new elements give us the fresh feeling.

The screenplay has been above par, and direction is quite good. Though the dialogues seem horrendously funny and lame at times, few of them are sure to have a long impact. Director could have made use of other characters in the film too. It makes sense that the whole film revolves around the lead pair, at the same time, no one wants to see the same faces in every frame.

Despite the film being an official remake of a Kannada film, the director made some key changes to suit the script to Telugu audience. The writing could have been much better. There is a lot of scope for improvisation in terms of the script. Cinematographer Christopher Joseph was successful in capturing the emotions and feeling through his lens. While, composer Srinath Vijay gave some soothing, romantic and fresh music.

In spite of a long break, Tharun still has the charm to woo the young audience of this generation. That chocolate boy has transformed into a better actor, who is capable of coming up with subtle emotions. Oviya Helen as Dr Shruti excelled in her role. Though it is her debut movie in Telugu, we really don’t feel that way. The chemistry between the lead pair worked quite well on the silver screen. Rest of the characters are needless.

Plus points:

  • Tarun and Oviya performances
  • Story
  • Cinematography and Music

Drawbacks:

  • Script
  • Too much focus on Lead pair
  • Pale writing, especially few dialogues

Telugu bullet Punchline: Who knows your love story might be ‘Idi Na Love Story’!

Rating: 2.5/5  

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Intelligent Movie Review by Telugu Bullet

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Intelligent Review

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Movie Name: Intelligent
Actors: Sai Dharam Tej, Lavanya Tripathi, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sayaji Shinde
Director: V. V. Vinayak
Story Writer: Akula Shiva
Music Director: S. Thaman
Cinematography: S. V. Vishweshwar
Editor: Gowtham Raju
Producer: Ck Entertainments

Sai Dharam Tej is one hero, despite seeing back-to-back flops, is still managing to hold mass fan following. He comes up as ‘Intelligent’ this time. VV Vinayak, who directed ‘Khaidi No.150’ the landmark 150th film of Megastar, directed ‘Intelligent’. Lavanya Tripathi played the female lead opposite to Sai Dharam Tej. Did Sai Dharam Tej impress the audience with ‘Intelligent’? Let’s see!

Story:

Teju (Sai Dharam Tej) is a software engineer working for an IT firm headed by Nassar. He is a sincere and honest employee and is lauded by everyone in his office. Similarly, even Nassar is a kind-hearted person and takes care of orphan children. It is at this time, a corporate mafia gang tries to overtake Nassar Company. Shockingly, Nassar transfers the company to the mafia gang and commits suicide.

To solve the mystery behind the death of Nassar, and the corporate mafia gang, Teju comes up with a new avatar; Dharma Bhai. Why are the corporate mafia gang behind Nassar’s Company? What forced Nassar to commit suicide? Did Teju as Dharma Bhai succeed in his mission? To know the answers, watch the movie on the silver screen.

Analysis:

On watching the film, you might end up feeling like the movie has been directed by a debutante. The movie is a big letdown on all fronts. It is hard to believe that, VV Vinayak who directed Megastar Chiranjeevi’s ‘Khaidi No. 150’ came up with such this kind of movie. What’s more shocking is that, VV Vinayak who is known for his out-and-out commercial hits, choosing this kind of run-of-the-mill storyline for Sai Dharam Tej who is currently struggling. The narration and screenplay hardly impress the audience.

The sentimental scenes are hardly engaging. Given the dull and boring narration, the heroism takes back seat. Action sequences are by far the only face-off for the director. Comedy, which plays a vital role in VV Vinayak’s film, failed to its best. Except for a couple of scenes from Sapthagiri and Prudhvi, there is no scope for laughs. Brahmanandam is utterly wasted. 

Just like in any other commercial film, the heroine, Lavanya Tripathi is only meant for her glamour show more than anything else.

Sai Dharam Tej does justice to his role as usual. His dance moves impress, while his fond imitation of Chiranjeevi might irritate at times.

The production values from CK productions match nowhere to the current standards. Music from SS Thaman, who seems to be in a good rhythm in recent times, is a clear letdown. Except for the remix of ‘Chamaku Chamaku Cham…’ and ‘Na Cell Phone’, the other two songs are just mere fillers. ‘Na Cell Phone’ is a lift-off from Backstreet Boys, ‘Everybody’. The cinematography is on par.

Plus Points:

  • Two Songs
  • Two comedy scenes
  • Lavanya Tripathi glamour

Drawbacks:

  • Excluding plus points, everything

Telugu Bullet Punchline: If you are intelligent, you will surely skip ‘Intelligent’.

Rating: 1.25/5

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Tholiprema Movie Review

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Movie Name: Tholiprema
Actors: Varun Tej, Raashi Khanna,
Director: Venky Atluri
Music Director: S. Thaman
Cinematography: George C. Williams
Editor: Navin Nooli
Producer: Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra

Varun Tej who baked in the success of Fidaa for a long time is once again back to business to entertain the young audience with ‘Tholiprema’. Right from the title, (taken from Pawan Kalyan’s Tholiprema-1998), the film made its message clear and loud; a youthful love story. Raashi Khanna dazzled alongside Varun Tej for this movie. Did Tholiprema make an impact? Or just remained as another routine flick? Let’s know!

Story:

The director moves the story to and fro right from its first frame. While the movie starts in London, the plot starts with its flashback. Adi (Varun Tej) bumps into Varsha (Raashi Khanna) on a train journey in 2011. They both get on well with each other, and fall in love. Soon they end up in the same college and share some memorable moments. Unexpectedly, few uncalled events lead the beautiful pair into a breakup. With each other’s ways apart, time quickly clocks 6 years on the calendar.

Coming to the present, Adi is seen working for a company in London. Soon, Varsha also finds herself, not only in the same company but in the same team as Adi. The couple starts working on their lost relationship and realizes that the magic between them still exists. With a routine climax, the movie ends with the couple getting back together.

Analysis:

Written and directed by Venky Atluri, Tholiprema is a cute love story. The concept of love-breakup-love sums up the whole movie. The movie rightly finds itself in the hearts of the current generation, who often break up with their beloved ones due to egos and other external factors. Though the film starts on a routine note, the chemistry between the lead pair draws us into the movie. The characterization of Varsha needs a special mention.

While the 1st half goes on a routine note, few moments like the Rakhee scene, and romance work very well. Two songs in the 1st half make it more appealing.

The second half, in comparison to the 1st half, falls flat. After a gap of 6 years, the lead-pair find themselves working in the same team. Hyper Adi comedy works a little. Adi keeps himself away from Varsha. But Varsha wants Adi desperately. With a turn of events, the love between them once again blossoms. The movie ends with a lip lock between Adi and Varsha.

It is true that one cannot expect any out-of-the world climax for a cute love story like this. But the director could have added depth to Adi’s character. The dialogues don’t make much impact in the second half.

Raashi Khanna glamour is bound to woo the audience of all classes. One a whole, go and watch the film without any expectations.  You will not be disappointed. And we warn you, don’t expect the magic of Pawan Kalyan’s Tholiprema.

 Plus Points:

  • Direction, that suits the current generation
  • Chemistry between Lead pair
  • Varsha Characterization and Songs
  • Production Values

Drawbacks:

  • Lack of pace in 2nd half
  • Emotional content towards Climax

 Telugu Bullet Punchline: Tholiprema – A cute love story, and a onetime watch!

Rating: 3.25/5

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Gayatri Movie Review and Rating

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Gayathri Review

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Movie Name: Gayatri
Actors: Mohan Babu, Manchu Vishnu, Shriya Saran, Brahmanandam
Director: R.R. Madan
Writer: Diamond Ratna Babu
Music Director: S. Thaman
Producer: Mohan Babu

Mohan Babu is regarded as one of the finest actors in Telugu cinema. After a long time, the actor is coming back with the movie ‘Gayathri’. Right from the movie’s promos, the film was hailed by Mohan Babu. The trailers further increased the expectations on the film. Gayathri released today alongside Sai Dharam Tej’s ‘Intelligent’. Let us take a look whether Gayathri lived up to its promise or not.

Story:

Dasari Sivaji (Mohan Babu) is a stage artist by profession. He runs a small orphanage home for kids at his premises. In order to keep the orphanage home running, he goes to jail in the place of real criminals and gets paid for it. The reason for him to an orphanage for kids is, he comes to know that his daughter is also being raised in an orphanage. But Sivaji does not know who is his daughter, and in which orphanage is she living. By the time he comes to know about his daughter, she starts hating him. At this juncture, Sivaji is kidnapped. And he is also facing a death sentence in a case. Gayathri Patel (Mohan Babu) threatens that he would kill Sivaji’s daughter. Why is Gayathri Patel taking revenge on Sivaji? What led to the fight between both of them? What happens to Sivaji’s life? To know the answers, watch the movie in theatres.

Analysis:

The core points; father-daughter sentiment, and the concept of look-alike are strong, the plot around it is pretty week. Given the advancement of technology, there is no way that someone could fool the law enforcement authorities, and replace a criminal with minimal makeup effects. Even taken granted, in that case, the director fails to come up with a logical answer. This set back puts off the spectator throughout the film, and hardly impresses him.

The film did have some interesting twists. But the director failed to represent them on the screen with effect. Don’t blame us, if you recollect movies in the 19080s and 1990s. It looks like Mohan Babu’s fondness towards Father-Daughter sentiment might continue for another decade. His films ‘Khaidi Garu’, ‘Rayudu’ and now ‘Gayathri’ belong to the same genre.

Initially, Mohan Babu’s screen presence, dialogue diction might cover-up the weak story and screenplay. But, as the story moved on, even Mohan Babu couldn’t save it. Manchu Vishnu reprised the younger version of Sivaji quite well. But his addition to the movie doesn’t many any sense. Shreya, Nikhila Vimal (as Sivaji’s daughter), Anasuya, Ali and Brahmanandam have done justice to their roles.

Few sections of the audience can take a jibe at few dialogues in the movie. Especially dialogues targeting and referring Chandrababu’s comments might cause a stir among some fringe groups. Frankly, the absence of such dialogues wouldn’t have made much difference to the film. It is hard to believe that Madan, who wrote a story for ‘Aa Naluguru’ and directed ‘Pellaina Kotthalo’ came up with this kind of a film.

Plus Points:

Mohan Babu, Shreya, Nikhila Vimal performances

Dialogues

Drawbacks:

Run-of-the-mill story

Direction and Screenplay

Telugu Bullet Punchline: Even Three Mohan Babu’s couldn’t have saved Gayathri!

Rating: 2.5/5

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Touch Chesi Chudu movie review

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Touch Chesi Chudu movie review

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Movie Name: Touch Chesi Chudu
Movie Cast: Ravi Teja, Rashi Khanna, Seerat Kapoor, Freddy Daruwala
Director: Vikram Sirikonda
Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty
Production: Nallamalapu Bujji

Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja had an excellent outing with his last movie ‘Raja the Great’. His latest film ‘Touch Chesi Chudu’ hit the theatres today. Right from the film promos, Touch Chesi Chudu was promoted as an out-and-out action entertainer with family melodrama. Even the trailer promised the same. The movie is directed by debutante Vikram Sirikonda, dialogue writer of hit films like Racegurram and Mirapakay. Let us take a look whether the audiences are touched by Touch Chesi Chudu!

Story:

Karthikeya (Ravi Teja) is a businessman living with his family in Pondicherry. With his marriage on cards, he gets to meet Pushpa (Raashi Khanna). They both fall in love with each other. Karthikeya’s sister watches a murder. This episode leads us into a flashback. Karthikeya is a sincere, honest and duty-minded police officer.

Divya (Seerat Kapoor), Suhasini’s daughter and Karthikeya get engaged. Unfortunately, Divya is killed by Irfan. Karthikeya faces suspension in the hands of DGP (Murali Sharma) and ends up as a businessman in Pondicherry. Why was Karthikeya suspended? Who is Irfan? Did Karthikeya nab the villain finally? What happened to Raashi Khanna?

Analysis:

The debutante director Vikram Sirikonda ends up weaving a routine commercial flick. One can find over a dozen films in the past decade that sport a similar storyline to that of Touch Chesi Chudu. The story is wafer thin, and shallow. Despite turning 50 (recently), Ravi Teja still carries phenomenal energy and screen presence. He has excelled in his roles as a police officer and as well as a family man. But the director clearly fails to utilize the power of Mass Maharaja.

Meanwhile, Raashi Khanna is good for her role, and the lady did not hesitate to flaunt her assets. Similarly, Seerat did flaunt her assets whenever required in the second half. The item number on Ravi Teja and Seerat fail to impress the audience.

Ravi Teja comedy brings some laughs here and there. Murali Sharma as DGP is a watch out in the film. Freddy Daruwala looks handsome and stylish as the villain.

The production values aren’t that great, except for a couple of songs. The screenplay can be boring for the most of the time. The dialogues are good and commendable. Ravi Teja’s Touch Chesi Chudu has all the elements, only that none of them are new and exciting.

The BGM from Mani Sharma stands tall in elevating the hero’s image, especially during his outing as a police officer, and during action sequences. Songs by JAM8 are good. Two songs are chartbusters, while others remain as regular fillers. The cinematography from Chota K Naidu is good. Coupled with action scenes, routine comedy, and age-old emotions, Touch Chesi Chudu is a clear letdown.

Plus Points:

  • Ravi Teja’s Performance
  • Glamour
  • BGM

Drawbacks:

  • Direction and Screenplay
  • Routine Story

Telugu Bullet Punch line: Touch Chesi Chudu fails to touch audience pulse!

Rating: 2.25/5

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Chalo Movie Review by Telugu Bullet

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Chalo Movie Review

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Movie Name: Chalo
Movie Cast: Naga Shaurya, Rashmika Mandanna
Director: Venky Kudumula
Music Director: Mahati Swara Sagar
Production: Usha Mulpuri

From the very first day, Chalo team has been promoting the film as a family entertainer. Megastar Chiranjeevi’s presence at the Chalo Pre-release event definitely boosted the film’s overseas market. Being an own production, the commercial success of Chalo can motivate the actor to come up with different movies. For Naga Shourya who is yet to prove big on the silver screen, Chalo is likely to be the turning point in his career.

Story:

Hari (Naga Shourya) is a happy-go-lucky guy who finds fun in quarrels and fights. Fed up with his behaviour, Hari’s parents push him off to a college in Tirippuram, a village in the Andhra – Tamil Nadu border. The village is known for its raging battles between two regional groups. In his college, he falls in love with Karthika (Rashmika). While Hari is a Telugite, Karthika is a Tamilian. On understanding the circumstances, Hari realizes that he is in for big trouble. Why are the two groups fighting against each other? What happens to the couple’s love? Will Hari be able to convince Karthika’s family? Watch it on the big screen to find the answers.

Analysis:

Naga Shourya lives up to his expectations in Chalo. The newbie Rashmika carries her good work from Sandalwood into Tollywood. Though the story has little to offer, the way it has been handled makes the film watching worthwhile. The director has taken extreme care in designing each character in the film. Casting requires a special appreciation.

It’s nice to see a college back-drop story after a long time. Chalo comes as a fresh breather from the regular and over-hyped heavy masala entertainers. Chalo is carefully crafted artwork from the director. The movie doesn’t lose its fun-theme throughout its runtime. Despite a couple of scenes, the movie is lively and engaging for the most part. Venky Kudumula shines in the writing and script department. The animosity between the two groups and Naga Shourya’s college life are filled with fun, and entertaining.  Sudarshan, Satya and Viva Harsha are successful in bringing some laughs in the first half. Vennela Kishore with his trademark timing steals the show in the second half (comedy).

It shouldn’t be surprising if you feel the story is quite shallow. Nowhere, you fell that the film is a low-budget venture. Impressive production values and good cinematography result in good visuals on the screen. Mahati, son of Mani Sharma, is good with his BGM and a couple of songs. He is a talent to watch out for. Rest of the supporting cast did their job decently.

Plus Points:

  • Lead pair performances
  • Direction and Narration
  • Comedy
  • Production Values

Drawbacks:

  • Shallow Story
  • Dip in the second half
  • Drag in few scenes
  • Little Romance

Telugu Bullet Punchline: Chalo – A clean, light and fully entertaining film!

Review: 3/5

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Bhaagamathie Telugu Bullet Review

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Bhaagamathie Telugu Bullet Review

Bhaagamathie Movie Review By Telugu Bullet

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Director: G. Ashok

Cast:Aadhi,Sakshi Gulati,Bindu Madhavi,Hariprriya,Sapthagiri,Srinivas Avasarala

Introduction:

After Baahubali, both Telugu audience and Telugu Film industry were excited about Anushka’s next. Though it was officially announced Bhaagamathie would be her next film, the anxiety over the kind of film was still prevailing. In fact, at one stage, people compared the film to be along the lines of Arundhati. With the teaser and trailer out, it was confirmed as a horror flick. Let us take a look how well the film fared at the box-office!

Story:

Chanchala (Anushka) is a sincere IAS officer, working as a secretary to Eswar Prasad (Jayaram), an honest central minister. Unfortunately, Chanchala gets arrested in a murder case of her fiancé. Parallely, few try to fix Eswar Prasad in a theft case relating to the idols from ancient temples. A CBI officer plans to interrogate Chanchala in a derelict bungalow. During the investigation period, Chanchala is possessed by the Bhaagamathie’s spirit, which made the bungalow its home for centuries. What is the relation between Bhaagamathie spirit and Chanchala? How is Eswar Prasad related to the theft of idols in ancient temples? To find answers for these, watch the film on the big screen.

Analysis & Performance:

Instead of injecting the suspense element into the script, the director could have gone ahead with what he wanted to convey. On the lines of the suspense element, the first half is quite gripping and exhilarating. Though we don’t find the regular commercial elements, the director manages to hold the audience with his screenplay. The second half begins equally with the persistent suspense. Once the director reveals the suspense of Bhaagamathie’s spirit tormenting Chanchala, the movie becomes predictable and falls flat. Neither the twist is unique, or the story from thereafter.

Films like Pizza, Dhongata, and Raju Gari Gadhi will be flashing in audience mind while watching the movie. The horror trap to catch the villain is an old, and overexploited idea. It is nothing but a routine element in horror-comedy films.

Undeniably it is Anushka’s film. She excelled brilliantly both as the IAS officer and Bhaagamathie. Jayaram and Unni Mukundan performed their roles pretty well. Prabhas Srinu and Dhanraj manage to bring some laughs in bits and pieces, given the routine comedy track. Asha Sarath performance deserves a special mention in the film.

Technically, the director fell in his own trap. What he thought could propel the film, the suspense element, has completely backfired. After an intense gripping screenplay, the film falls flat in the 2nd half. The film would have become a super hit if the director was careful in writing the screenplay and climax. Visuals and BGM play a pivotal role in Bhaagamathie. Cinematographer R Madhi and SS Thaman make a huge impact on the movie. Complementing Anushka’s performance, the Bhaagamathie Fort stands tall. All the credit goes to the art director, Ravindra, who finished the Bhaagamathie fort set in 29 days, costing Rs. 3 crores.

Plus points:

  • Anushka’s performance
  • Bhaagamathie Fort, Visuals, and BGM
  • Direction

Drawbacks:

  • Screenplay and Narration
  • Suspense element

Punchline: Bhaagamathie fails to repeat the magic of Arundhati

Rating: 2.5/5

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