Intelligent Movie Review by Telugu Bullet

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

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

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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Puri Jagannadh ‘Mehbooba’ Teaser on February 9th 

Puri Jagannadh ‘Mehbooba’ Teaser on February 9th  

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Puri Jagannadh has announced via twitter post that the first teaser of the movie ‘Mehbooba’ will be released tomorrow morning at 10 AM. He was one of the top directors of Telugu film industry. Off late he has been tagged as a director struggling for success. It was Taarak’s Temper which was his last successful film.

In between, he had done a couple of films like Paisa Vasool with Balakrishna and another movie Loafer with Varun Tej. Both were box office disasters. Since then, he took a long break only to come back to direct his son Aakash Jagannadh in an intense action and romantic drama.

He titled the film as ‘Mehbooba’ and has roped in Neha Shetty as the female lead opposite his son. The actress is making her debut as a heroine in the movie. Recently, the movie completed its shoot and is now busy with post-production work. Puri Jagannadh is understood to have made the film with a massive budget. Most of the film’s shooting has happened across the beautiful locales of Himachal Pradesh.

While Puri himself is directing and producing the movie, Sandeep Chowta is the music composer. The film is scheduled for a summer release this year.

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Meet Ms. Ramalakshmi in Rangasthalam Today!

Meet Ms. Ramalakshmi in Rangasthalam Today!

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‘Rangasthalam’ the most awaited films for this summer is directed by Sukumar. Ram Charan and Samantha were shown in a never seen been before avatars by this director. Sukumar is always creative and comes up with a different visualization of characters. He hit the right point this time too, with Cherry. Now it is the time to show, his heroine Samantha.

People became excited when the movie teaser was earlier released but failed to impress certain sections of movie lovers as the teaser did not reveal anything about Samantha’s look or character. It is understood that Sukumar has deliberately kept Samantha away in the initial teaser as she is playing a village girl and he wanted to introduce her in solo with another teaser.

Samantha, last evening took to twitter and revealed about her upcoming teaser. She tweeted “I hope you will love me as Ramalakshmi as much as I loved playing her character. I am absolutely proud of Rangasthalam. The poster reveals that ‘Meet our Rama Lakshmi tomorrow at 11 AM”.

The story of Rangasthalam is based on a village background. Chittibabu’s character is enacted by Ram Charan playing deaf, while Ramalakshmi, portrayed by Sam is a dumb girl. The two glamour filled actors never played such challenging roles before. Even it is a first time for director Sukumar to venture a film with a village concept.

 

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Samantha as Ramalakshmi – Curvaceous and Beautiful! – Rangasthalam Teaser!

Samantha as Ramalakshmi Rangasthalam Teaser!

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Sukumar’s directorial ‘Rangasthalam’, starring Ram Charan Tej and Samantha is one of the most anticipated films of the year. Raising the expectations, Ram Charan’s first look and Chitti Babu’s introduction lived up to the expectations of mega fans and Telugu audience.

As a part of the film’s promotion, the latest teaser revealing the character of Samantha as ‘Rama Lakshmi’ is out. The production unit released the teaser just a while back on YouTube.

While Samantha walks curvaceously towards the river to fetch some water, Ram Charan lauds the beauty of Samantha, introducing her as Rama Lakshmi. His lines, ‘her presence turns the village into a sweet 18. She is the one who stole the heart of this Chitti Babu. By the way, she is Ramalakshmi’ bring the fresh feel of the village kind of love story.

Samantha as Rama Lakshmi is surely going to steal the limelight. Her embellishment on the screen is stunning. The chemistry between Chitti Babu and Rama Lakshmi will be a treat to watch on the big screen.

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Mehbooba First Look Teaser- A Puri Jagannadh Film

Mehbooba First Look Teaser- A Puri Jagannadh Film

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Introducing Aakash Jagannadh and Neha Shetty, Puri Jagannadh’s directorial ‘Mehbooba’ teaser has been on his YouTube Channel today at 10 AM. The teaser raised everyone’s expectations with high-octane actions scenes, rich visuals and an intense apt BGM. The new pair Akash and Neha looked good together.

The teaser starts showing the Indo-Pakistan border security force opening gates, followed by war aircrafts leading the Indian troops along the LOC. It looks like a passionate love story with a war backdrop. Neha Shetty plays the role of a Kashmiri Muslim girl, while the hero is an Indian Jawan. It is all about how love transcends time, about how the feeling of love makes you cross the borders, making you take every risk.

Vocals rendered by ace singer Shreya Ghoshal makes your heart weak and fragile. While the music and visuals add extra depth to each frame, the rusty colouring takes you back in time. The backdrop of the film reminds you of the film ‘1942, a love story’ starring Anil Kapoor and Manisha Koirala. The film’s music is composed by Sandeep Chowta. Puri Jagannadh is producing the film on ‘Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies’ and ‘Puri Connects’.

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Clash of Titans: NTR vs Prabhas vs Mahesh Babu

Clash of Titans: NTR vs Prabhas vs Mahesh Babu

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It looks like the Clash of Titans: NTR, Prabhas, and Mahesh Babu is inevitable. Prabhas is quite busy with ‘Sahoo’ movie shooting. After a schedule in Hyderabad, the movie unit flew to Dubai for canning key action sequences in the backdrop of iconic Burj Khalifa.

Given the extensive CG and VFX visuals, and action sequences, Sahoo is likely to release for 2018 Sankranti.

Meanwhile, Mahesh Babu’s next film with Vamsi Paidipalli will be going on to sets very shortly. Though this is a drama themed film, being the 25th film in Mahesh’s (#MB25) career, the director will put all his efforts in making #MB25 a memorable one.

Finally, Jr NTR’s movie with Trivikram will soon begin. Radha Krishna is producing the on Haarika and Hassine Creations production house. Trivikram has the habit of taking a long time for completion of a film. Keeping Agnyaathavaasi impact in mind, the director will try to ensure the movie with Jr NTR comes out in the best form. Given the scenario, it will be impossible to be complete the movie’s shoot before December 2018.

With all three movies heading towards completion by the year ending, their target too will be Sankranti 2018.

In fact, 2018 Sankranti will be a bigger festival with these releases. While this turns out to be a worrying factor for producers, who usually bank on opening day collections.

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Intelligent Movie Pre-release Business Impressive

Intelligent Movie Pre-release Business Impressive

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Mega hero, ‘Supreme Star’ Sai Dharam Tej is waiting eagerly for his latest film ‘Intelligent’ release. The movie is directed by VV Vinayak, while C Kalyan produced the movie. Lavanya Tripathi is pairing up alongside Sai Dharam Tej in the movie.

Despite back-to-back failures at the box-office, Sai Dharam Tej is hopeful that ‘Intelligent’ will change his fortunes. Likewise, the movie’s pre-release business took everyone by surprise. Intelligent movie pre-release business stood at Rs 26.50 crores, excluding the overseas rights. Intelligent movie pre-release business breakup is as follows:

  • Andhra – Rs 13.5 Crores
  • Nizam – Rs 6.30 crores
  • Ceeded – Rs 5.40 Crores
  • Rest of India – Rs 1.30 Crores
  • Total – Rs 26.50 Crores

This is the highest pre-release business for a Sai Dharam Tej film until now. Though the producer seems to be partially happy, the film still needs to achieve ‘average’ talk, for the distributors to stay afloat. This is a crucial time in Sai Dharam Tej’s career, given the expectations and hopes on him. In fact, film circles believe that, Teju has the capability to become a successor to Megastar Chiranjeevi on the silver screen.

Intelligent is releasing on January 9th in both the Telugu States and rest of India. 

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Hyderabad Police Give Strong Warning to Ram Gopal Varma

Hyderabad Police Give Strong Warning to Ram Gopal Varma

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Director Ram Gopal Varma is a very close relative to controversies. Irrespective of the issue, RGV puts his 100% effort to turn that issue into a controversy. He recently came up with the short film ‘God, Sex and Truth’ starring adult actress Mia Malkova. Prior to the short film’s release, RGV became a part of the never-ending list of controversies. At times, the maverick director himself has gone overboard. During a live TV show debate, he ended up attacking a woman on a personal level. The woman was deeply offended by the director’s comments.

In this context, the respective woman approached the Hyderabad police and filed a complaint against Ram Gopal Varma. On examining the evidence submitted by the victim, and related TV clippings, the police have come to an understanding that RGV did cross the lines, and even sent him notices. Ram Gopal Varma had to attend the police as a part of the case’s investigation today at 6:00 pm.

But shockingly, RGV’s lawyer responded to the notices stating that the director is busy with his shooting, and has not received notice. He asked the police to send the notices once again. The Hyderabad Police will be soon issuing the notices for the 2nd time. If Varma doesn’t turn up this time too, an arrest warrant is likely to be issued against RGV.

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