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Magadheera (2009)
Captivating story line with good acting and impressive visuals.
Different movie compared to the run of the mill love stories currently - This has Ramcharan and Kajal playing lovers in 2 different eras. When I heard initially that it would be a rebirth story, I felt nostalgic about how it would shape up but seeing the movie made me completely reverse my opinions.
The story starts impressively with Ramcharan (as Kaala Bhairava) and Kajal the princess talking in their dying moments. They are reborn as Harsha and Indhu. Read many comments that the next 30 Min's to 1 hour in the new world is boring, but the pair's bubbliness makes that enjoyable too. I would have loved Chiranjeevi to have done something different though. I always enjoyed the spontaneousness and effortless dance of Chiranjeevi and hence seeing Ramcharan dance was little bit anticlimax. The steps were great and he is a fabulous dancer, but you get a feeling that he is trying too hard to get the tough steps correctly which shouldn't be how dances are pictured :). The villain does great job of his part and deserves the brickbats he receives :). Rebirth - Special effects on Ramcharan touching Kajal's fingers can be termed as cinematic liberty though some of the sequences like jumping off the rooftop to reach helicopter and the final sumo bouncing to reach the helicopter are definitely aberrations that could have been avoided.
Two scenes that highlight the entire movie are with Ramcharan as the warrior getting saved by his horse and the other one where he fights 100 Sher khan's soldier's single-handedly (reminiscent of the movie 300 with narrow passage and the fights that take place). Sheer brilliance !!!
The movies visuals is great compared to their lousy official site: http://magadheera.com/. Music is good. Songs gel with the movie and hence are better viewed than listened, at least for the first few times. Overall a great movie that is thoroughly enjoyable even for viewing multiple times. And by the way, you can view it even if you don't understand Telugu and still be able to grasp the movie fully so do give it a try :)
Guru (2007)
Worthwhile movie. Excellent direction and acting.
Guru... The latest movie of my favorite director - Maniratnam. Starring Abhisekh Bachchan and Aishwarya rai, the movie does look upto the initial expectations.
StoryLine: Movie starts promisingly with the young abhisekh getting permission to goto the Turkish city of istanbul for pursuing his own job. Abhisekh grows up knowing the fine points of the business industry and when given a promotion flies back to India stating if they considered me good enough for a promotion, then I think I can setup my own business.
Comes to India and meets the eloping Aishwarya {albeit unsuccessful} in the train. He agrees to marry a girl for 25k dowry and surprise its Aish. He moves to THE CITY in pursuit of his business and is dumbstruck on how to start with the corruption prevalent in the market. With the help of Mithun, a newspaper editor, he gets the corrupted official thrown out and starts his business. Sets up a Polyster factory and aims for petro products. All the while, indulging in bribes and corruption just to get what he wants.
Second half is where Mithun, the newspaper editor turns against the corruption being dealt by Abhisekh and asks his journalist Madhavan to show Abhishek's true colors. Madhavan then sets out investigating and exposing the deals of Abhi. Even the people desert Abhi and only Aish stands behind him.
A courtroom drama follows where the final verdict - whether Shakti Polyster will be shutdown & Abhishek jailed or will Abhishek triumph.
Stars: Abhishek as the immensely talented and mature and most importantly very determined person comes out trumps. Has done great justice to the role.
Aishwarya stars as Abhi's reel wife and does a good job. Looks good in the barso re song but not much of a glamor role.
Madhavan and Vidya balan look good and act well.
Mithun, the surprise package, we all thought of as villain of the movie, has given a very good performance.
A.r.rahman's music is very good and in line with the story.
Rajiv menon's cinematography is good, especially in covering istanbul and in barso re song.
Maniratnam direction and his penchant for perfect acts is clearly visible. He has done great justice to the talent available to him. There are great humorous and spontaneous reacting dialogues in the movie. Only disappointment in that is the last court scene which has less conviction.
All in all, a great movie to watch.
Desamuduru (2007)
Cute Heroine..
Well the movie starts promisingly.. Traditional tollywood introduction of the hero with action scene, hero falling in first-sight-love with the heroine... the cute heroine who is not interested etc.... nothing great but just nice timepass with the first half. Its the second half that is disappointing. Hero trying to save his girl from their relatives... Lots of fights..actions.. and finally we know what happens. :) So the story goes like this: Hero who works in Maa TV, saves someone and is afraid that villains will hack him and his friends to death. so he goes to Kullu manali to shoot a travelogue. He sees Hansika (isn't she beautiful :)) and falls in love immediately only to come to know that she is a sanyasin.. sigh... then the story revolves under how he changes her heart and finally is about to get her to Hyd. Sigh. The villains kidnap her.. and the hero comes to know why she became a sanyasin. {Pity he didn't want to know the reasons before that}. He comes back to Hyd with one mission to save her. How he does that forms the crux of the second half of the movie.
There is supposed to be a parallel comedy track of Ali and Kovai sarala but that doesn't invoke much laughter. Allu arjun does a good job and Hansika not only looks damn pretty, but does act naturally. Disappointment is with so many action scenes which weren't warranted.
All in all a good timepass movie. Enjoy the first half and watch through the second.
Khatarnak (2006)
crap movie.. avoid
well... the movie was intended to be a fun movie for mass.. and how it disappoints. Right from the start, the comedy is pathetic...
The movie has some illogical steps like a school dropout is made to be a student to pass out 10th..with the assumption that anybody who passes 10th can be traffic constable. ileana after her great role in pokiri (and great looks), looks like a dirty damsel in this. She acts as a teacher and the way she dances (in heroes dreams) but still not expected from an actress who wants to make a name for herself.
Raviteja was doing some good movies, but if he continues doing movies like this, he might have to return to being a side actor.
Totally waste movie.
Bombay (1995)
Excellent movie
A typical Mani ratnam movie with a warm beginning and after the interval has some good interesting storyline developing.
The initial romance between Arvind and Manisha is sweet and the second half where they get embroiled in the dirty politics leading to bomb blasts leads to interesting things. Though there seems to be some bloodspill shown, its not very harsh tone. Hospital scenes where people are searching for their missing ones is heart warming. Its a good communal movie which showcases that violence does not give any win and that if people unite, its stronger than what anti-socials can do.
Nazar gives a good performance, so do all the other people in the cast. A.R.Rahman's music is excellent and make a good collection.