Pista review

Cinegola rating: **__ Watchable (2 stars)

Cinegola points: 2 out of 5

Tagline: One more Pandem Kodi

Strengths: Vishal and Prakash Raj

Weaknesses: Story

My analysis: Pista movie is a routine action movie from Vishal like his earlier films Pandem Kodi, Bhayya etc. There is nothing new in the movie. The first half is little slow with establishment of characters and also with Vishal - Shreya love track. The second half is completely action packed with a routine and predictable climax. The interval twist is good.

Though Pista is a bi-lingual movie, it has more of tamil flavour than telugu because of which it might loose telugu audience patronage. Also we are getting to see same kind of mass masala action entertainers from Vishal which has nothing new to entertain the audience.

Performances: Vishal has nothing new to offer the audience. He has done the same mass oriented role in Pista also. His rugged look, his performance, his dialogue delivery all look the same as his earlier movies. He has to come out of his shell of action movies and try something new to entertain and enthrall the audience.

Zero size Shreya has showed a lot of oomph in the movie which will be an added asset to the movie. She has done a lot of skin show in Pista movie which will attract the mass audience.

Prakash Raj as the bad man has excelled in his role. It is nice to see him as villan after Pokiri movie. Kishore who acted as the other gangster is also good.

Others are just ok in their roles.

Music by Mani Sharma is average and doesnt create any effect on the audience.

The entire credit for the failure of Pista movie should be given to director Saba Ayyappa for his weak and routine story selection and bad direction. Saba’s routine story and weak direction couldnt utilize the acting talents of Vishal, Shriya, Prakash Raj, Tanikella Bharani, Shiyyaji Shinde etc resulting in a dud.

Story: Murali Krishna (Vishal) reaches Visakhapatnam in search of his elder brother Rambabu to make his mother (Geetha) happy. He meets Indu (Shriya) and falls in love with her. He also meets two rowdies Guru (Kishore) and Surya Prakash (Prakash Raj) and develops a tug with both of them. How he meets his brother and what he does to take his brother back to village forms the remaining part of the story.

Cast: Vishal, Shriya, Prakash Raj, Kishore, Tanikella Bharani, Lal, Ali, MS Narayana, Shiyyaji Shinde, Geetha and many more.

Banner: GK Film Corporation

Music: Mani Sharma

Dialogues: Sashank Vennelakanti

Fights: Rocky Rajesh

Cinematography: Priyan

Producer: Vikram Krishna

Story, Screenplay and Direction: Saba Ayyappa

Prayanam review

Cinegola rating: ***__ Good (3 stars)

Cinegola points: 3 out of 5

Tagline: Love at first sight

Strengths: Comedy

Weaknesses: Nothing

Highlights: 

1. Janardhan telling a faction story (Ugra Naram) to his friend and Brahmanandam adding more masala to it.

2. Scenes between Tamim and Kalpika

My analysis: Prayanam movie is a very short and sweet love story which takes place in an airport. Comedy is the highlight and the main strength of the movie. Director Chandrasekhar Yeleti has selected a love story and added comedy to it the result of which has comeout well.

The movie is fast and racy because the entire movie is of only 2 hrs duration. Prayanam movie is sure to be successful because right now there are no other movies which can give a competition to it.

Performances: Manoj Kumar Manchu does the role of an hyper active kid who falls in love with a girl at first sight. He gave a good performance in this role. It looks as if we  are seeing a cartoon character when see the acting of Manoj in Prayanam.

New girl Harika looks cute and has nothing much to act expect for walking all aroud the airport.

The highlight of the movie is comedy king Brahmanandam who once again excells in his role and makes the audience laugh, laugh and laugh.

Both the friends of Manoj, Janardhan and Tamim did a decent job in their roles. The heroine’s friend Kalpika is also good.

Music by Mahesh Shankar is average. It goes with the tempo of the movie.

Three cheers to Chandrasekhar Yeleti for making a decent film like Prayanam. His story, screenplay and direction are all commendable. He shot the entire film in an airport but never made the audience bored about it. He selected a cute love story and added nice comedy to it in the form of Brahmanandam.

Chandra Sekhar Yeleti proved once again that he is a film maker and not a money maker.

Story: Dhruv ( Manoj Kumar) and Harika (Harika) are two Indian tourists who are returning from Malaysia to India. They meet each other in Kaulalampur International Airport and Dhruv loves Harika in first sight. The remaining movie is all about how Dhruv wins his lady love.

Cast: Manchu Manoj Kumar Babu, Harika, Brahmanandam, Janardhan, Tamim, Kalpika and few others.

Banner: Aaryaki Arts

Music: Mahesh Shankar

Cinematography: Sarvesh Murari

Producer: Seeta Yeleti

Story, Screenplay and Direction: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Pista movie review Pista' Review: No Freshness At All

Film: Pista Banner: GK Film Corporation Rating: 2/5 Cast: Vishal, Shriya, Kishore, Prakash Raj, Geetha, Tanikella Bharani, Shayaji Shinde, Ali, Krishna Bhagawan, Srinivas Reddy etc Lyrics: Ananth Sriram Dialogues: Shashank Vennelakanti Action: Rocky Rajesh Art: Velu-Prakash Editing: VT Vijayan Camera: Priyan Producer: Vikram Krishna Music: Mani Sharma Story, Screenplay, Direction: Sabha Ayyappan Released On: 29th May 2009 The much hyped ‘Pista’ that has been making rounds in big way in media circles has finally released today. Let us see how far the film stood up to expectations Story: Murali Krishna (Vishal), rough and tough young man from the village Ramachandrapuram comes to Vizag in search of his elder brother who runs away from home in childhood. His wish is to make his mother happy by bringing back her elder son. In the process, he happens to develop a tug with two gangsters Guru (Kishore) and Surya Prakash (Prakash Raj). The typical action drama continues till the last and if Murali Krishna found his brother has to be watched on screen. It is not something special to say that Indu (Shriya) is the lady love for Murali Krishna and there is nothing big to portray for her other than this. Performances: Vishal with his rugged look once again portrayed in mass action flick. All his histrionics, the choice of subject, the way he presented himself looked obsolete. His voice base and punch while delivering heavy dialogues are to be improved. Vishal needs to try something new to make a stride. For him the action film/mass flick happens to be just a few fights, songs and heavy packed climax. He has to come out from that shell and try for newness. Shriya has shown enough of oomph and that worked well on screen. Prakash Raj is at his best as a gangster. He justified his role. Kishore as another gangster is also ok. Ali’s comedy is good but KrishnaBhagawan failed to spill laughs with his weak track. Tanikella Bharani, the senior artiste with good élan, has diminished himself as a side kick for villain. He wouldn’t have zeroed in on that not-so-prominent role. Action episodes are also outdated. Music is just average. The film is lacking freshness and the director is solely responsible for that. The production values are good but the subject matter is weak. Analysis: It appears to be a dubbed version with first look, watching Vishal on screen, but since it’s bilingual, the nativity is not missed in many frames. All the songs except ‘Pattuko Pattuko…’ were shot with Telugu lyrics and majority of scenes were also canned in Telugu that brought a perfect lip sync of artistes. The padding artistes also brought nativity feel for audiences. First half of the film runs with time pass scenes and there will be no big movement in story line. The real story begins only with interval twist and second half. The conclusion is as expected and hence the last 15 minutes will not be that exciting for audiences. The plight of this film depends on the patronage of mass audiences and the posters with glamorous Shriya may help to some extent. The film may run only with artificial boost up and heavy publicity but not with material in it.

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Film: PRAYANAM Rating: 2/5 Banner: Aryaki Arts Cast: Manchu Manoj, Harika, Brahmanandam, Janardhan, Daniel etc Music: Mahesh Shankar Cinematography: Sarvesh Murari Director: Chandrasekhar Yeleti Producer: Sita Yeleti Release Date: May 29, 2009 Story: A different story with dull pace, the tale begins on the backdrop of the Kuala Lumpur airport where Dhruv (manoj) arrives with his friends Kailash (janardhan) and Raman. He is on his way to Singapore from Malaysia on holidays but then his life takes a turn when he bumps across Harika (harika), one of the passengers in the airport who is on her way to India to meet her prospective husband. While Dhruv is more of a carefree guy who doesn't plan much, Harika is quite the opposite. However, cupid strikes Dhruv in one shot and he decides that Harika is the one for him. From then on, he begins to put his efforts on getting to know Harika, making friends with her and finally confessing his love for her. The problem for him is time since Harika's flight leaves in about two hours and he may not be able to see her for the rest of his life. What does he do and whether he is successful or not forms the rest of the story. Presentation: The director has come up with a wafer thin storyline and he had to rely on the presentation which was neat and the narration which was not having gravity. The dialogues were okay, the script was written without any hitches but the plot was too weak. Screenplay had a key role to play in this but then there were many drag moments. Music was alright and one song made sense. Cinematography was justified and editing was needed at some key places to avoid boredom. Costumes were top notch and other departments need no mention here. Manchu Manoj had to shoulder the entire film and though he looks good, he needs to work on his expressions and the soft side of emotions are not being seen in him, he looked a bit impish in few scenes here. Harika was sweet and her eyes had the magic though she was not that pretty. Manoj's friends and Harika's friend were the relief providers with their acts and dialogues. Brahmanandam's role was weak and he did not have much to do. Daniel came and went. Conclusion: The film must be appreciated for the different approach it took but then what is more important is the message about love at first sight and that moment has to touch the audience correctly. While that did not happen the first half was busy with the hero following the heroine and the second half is about whether he is successful or not. The pace of the movie is quite slow and there were many drag moments. Overall, the film will appeal to the youth audience a bit but then it has fallen flat due to the lack of many funny moments and the weak romantic sequences

No Films For Venkatesh Now

 
Victory Venkatesh has been a single star who is well known as a single between a ‘Big Four’ of Tollywood. Though a series of his cinema is less, he creates certain which his call sheets have been regularly full though right away it looks similar to he competence get a little time off from his chaotic sharpened schedules. Telugu Movie Review

Reports from a movie nagar contend which right away Venky is bustling with a sharpened of his movie ‘Eenadu’ with Kamal Haasan though afterwards it is additionally pronounced which he has not got any petrify suggest after that. So all have been wondering as to what after Eenadu?

Though talks similar to Sreenu Vaitla –Venky movie has been upon tube though no petrify proclamation has been done upon that. Even Krish’s ‘Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum’ was stalled for time being. So for now, it contingency be pronounced which Venky is left with ‘Eenadu’ as well as zero more. Let us goal he comes up with couple of announcements as well as creates his fans happy with his releases.

Balakrishna Happy With Mitrudu’s Success

Balakrishna seems to be calm with a result of his new film Mitrudu. He is actively involving a film’s promotions as well as he additionally looks happy. The film’s success encounter was hold upon Monday dusk during Cinemax theatre, Hyderabad as well as film complete expel has attended. Balakrishna mingled with all of them as well as spoke during length about a film as well as a crew. Telugu Movie News

“I have finished 4 drive-in theatre for writer Shivalenka Krishna Prasad as well as he regularly comes up with good family oriented stories. He brought Mahadev to me as well as we was tender with a debutant director’s attitude. He didn’t try to stir me or regard me. He usually told a story as well as did his job. we have learnt not to tumble for a charms of sycophants,” Balakrishna said.

He additionally praised Priyamani. “She is inhabitant endowment wining actress. She did good opening in this film. we give credit to a complete organisation for this success,” he added.

Priyamani upon her partial voiced her instruct to action with Balakrishna again. “He is good chairman as well as we enjoyed operative with him. Also we desired a film as it is a purify family entertainer,” Priyamani said. Mitrudu Movie Stills

Shivalenka Krishna Prasad said: “I done 4 drive-in theatre with Balayya as well as when a critically praised Aditya 369 was released, a movie’s collections were bad in a primary stages. It usually picked up later. Mitrudu is additionally an examination as well as we am certain which this film would spin out bit strike as Aditya 369 did.”

Director Mahadev thanked Balakrishna as well as writer Krishna Prasad for giving him a break. “I had good moments during a shoot. we am additionally enjoying the success

Ravi teja's Kick Movie review

Film: KICK
Rating: 3/5
Banner: R R Movie Makers
Cast: Ravi Teja, Ileana, Shaam, Ashika, Kota, Venu Madhav, Brahmanandam, Sayaji Shinde, Ali, Jayaprakash Reddy, Banerjee, Chalapathi Rao etc
Music: S Thaman
Cinematography: Rasool Ellore
Director: Surender Reddy
Producer: Venkat
Release Date: May 08, 2009

Story:
A well knit tale, the story begins with Kalyan (Ravi Teja) a guy who loves challenges and cannot live without getting a 'kick' out of doing things. He falls in love with Naina (Ileana) but then she leaves him since Kalyan takes up jobs and keeps leaving them. He also gets the support of his father (Sayaji) in this. Naina goes to Malaysia and there she gets the alliance of the tough cop Kalyan Krishna (shaam). However, Kalyan Krishna comes there on a mission. He is there to catch a notorious thief who has been stealing money from the rich people in India and has got away with it. Meanwhile, Kalyan also comes to Malaysia and he stages a drama which confuses Halwaraj (Brahmi), Naina and others. Why does he do that? What is the motive of Kalyan and how does he get his 'kick'? All this forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:
The director has come up with a thoughtful storyline and though the presentation was neat, the narrative could have been better. The dialogues were good, the script was written neatly and the screenplay was effective. Background score was good but all songs did not have energy, melody content was high on them. Cinematography was impressive, editing was crisp, costumes were perfect and the art department did their job to the standard. Ravi Teja was the energy for the film and his expressions and acting have brought him back to form. Ileana was mind blowing and she looked really delicious after putting on weight. Shaam looked handsome but he could have worked more on his expressions, Ashika was alright, Brahmanandam was excellent, Sayaji was regular, Ali managed few laughs, the others like Banerjee, Chalapathi Rao, Kota came and went.

Conclusion:
The film has got all the ingredients for a masala movie and then there was tinge of thriller element in it. However, the makers should have worked on the tempo of the film to make it more gripping. The first half does not have any idle moment and passes off peacefully. The second half gets very slow and it not until sometime that the story picks up again and culminates into a neat climax. Technically, the film has been made well but it could have worked more on the intense scenes and also on the pace. Overall, this is a good one to run at box office since there are no other movies in sight now.

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Drona Movie Review

Drona Movie Review

The Film

This is s mindless film of concocted incidents with a generous sprinkling of the so-called masala elements at random in the name of mass entertainment.

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The Synopsis

Drona (master Sai Krishna) plays with his friends with the revolver of his father (Mukesh Rishi) a committed police officer, who bashes his son for this dangerous game. Drona disappears from the house leaving his mother (Seetha) as a weeping wreck.

Drona (Nitin) comes back to his home after ten years. Though he knows his parents, they do not know him to be their son. He gets friendly with the neighbouring girl (Priyamani) who knows his real identity and the fact that he is now a trained thief.

Later it is revealed that young Drona did not runaway from home but kidnapped by underworld kingpin (Kelly Dorjee) who is in the business of training children to make them thieves.
How the hero deals with the villain forms the rest of the film culminating in a predictable climax.

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The Performances

It is high time that Nitin realizes that acting is not within the purview of his skills. Priyamani, a national award winner for acting, has nothing much to do except liberally exposing her female assets. Mukhesh Rishi, Seetha and Dorjee are adequate in their roles. Sunil and Venu Madhav look lackluster.

The Techniques

Too many cooked up incidents give a touch of irrelevance to the narration of the story. The screenplay has its own loopholes and suffers from predictability. The treatment appears to be based on the routine of three fights and six songs, a flashback and a few ridiculous scenes thrown in to fill the gaps.

All the technical departments functioned at below par effectiveness. It will be best for the director to hone his skills better before he ventures to direct his next project.

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The Verdict
Drona is an unexpected assault on the senses and an unpardonable insult to the intelligence of the audience. This is a worth-a-miss film.

The Cast and Crew

Nitin, Priyamani, Kelly Dorjee, Mukesh Rishi, Seeta, Siva Prasad, Venu Madhav, Sunil, Master Sai Krishna and others

Music: Anoop Rubens

Cinematography: Bhupati

Editor : Gautam Raju

Dialogues: Harsha Vardhan

Choreogrpahy: Amma రాజశేఖర్

'Fitting Master' Telugu Cinema Review

Film: Fitting Master Rating: 2.5/5

Banner: EVV Cinema
Cast: Allari Naresh, Madalasa Sarma, Shayaji Shinde, Sudha, Chandramohan, Saira Banu etc
Script: Tadi Balaram, Vegesna Satish
Dance: Chinni Prakash and Co
Art: KV Subba Rao
Music: S Chinna
Fights: Ram Lakshma, Vijay
Cinematography: Prasad Babu
Story, Screenplay, Production, Direction: EVV Satyanarayana
Released On: 14th January 2009

The film 'Fitting Master' released today as Sankranthi special filling the senses of movie lovers with lots of smile-expectations. Let us see how far it reached the hopes.

Story:
Sampath (Allari Naresh) is an orphan who works in a gym center. He hates love between a young man and young girl and keeps on opposing that in public. This catches the attention of an arrogant rich girl Meghna (Madalasa Sharma) who challenges her friends that she could pull him in love and make him a puppet around her. Her attempts fail all the while. Then she falls in his love in real. But still he denies her. Then Meghna takes the help of her brother to convince Sampath. In a surprising incident when Meghna's brother approaches Sampath, latter kills the former. Why he killed? What are his motives? That forms the rest of the story. It ended up as an age old revenge drama.

Performances:
Allari Naresh didn't leave his trade mark style of dialogue delivery and instant punches but since the film happened to be a serious flick, the scope for humor is less. But Naresh got a scope to portray seriousness and revenge this time.

Madalasa Sharma is like any other Mumbai girl. She has delivered average performance. She is there for glamour in full dose indeed.

Chandra Mohan and Sudha are there for melodrama and Saira Banu is there for a long pathetic episode. Sayaji Shinde maintained mannerism of singing songs from old films as per situation.

Others are just ok. Music is above average a couple of songs 'Tappusodara..', 'Vennelavo..' really pleased the ears.

Dialogues by Tadi Balaram and Satish Vegesna are apt and rightly grooved in.

Appearance of lyricist Vanamali before a song in his real-time character is interesting.

EVV has chosen an outdated narration, although the subject is universal.

Analysis:
It's like tasting sour in the name of sweet. The title 'Fitting Master' with Allari Naresh in it would obviously give an impression that it is an out and out comedy entertainer. But it is not so. It's blended with melodrama, weeps, shouts, fights and all sorts of ingredients that a serious film possesses. Although the maker of the movie attempted to give a message to today's youth those are falling in love and marrying without the consent of parents, the title and expectation didn't match. It is true that audiences those love to laugh on the occasion of festival will walk into theatres to watch this film. But they will be disappointed for watching a serious movie with scattered comedy.

And it is not a film for Allari Naresh, at this juncture. Although EVV tried to bring an image make over for Naresh, this film didn't serve the purpose as it's made with obsolete content.

The film may get some initial mileage in B, C centers but on a whole it cannot be considered a wholesome entertainer.

Maska' Review: Just An Entertainer

Film: Maska Rating: 3/5

Banner: Sumanth Arts Productions
Cast: Ram, Hansika Motwani, Sheela, Sunil
Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
Story: Surya
Art: Rajiv Nair
Action: Ram-Lakshman
Music: Chakri
Lyricist: Kandikonda
Cinematograohy: Sekhar V Joseph

PRO: BA Raju
Producer: MS Raju
Director: B Gopal
Released On: 14th January 2009

It is true that Sankranthi releases grab attention especially in AP as audiences find more leisure to watch films with families. The film 'Maska' happened to get the publicity as the only big budget family entertainer in this season. Has it got the expected entertainment quotient? Has it reached the anticipations of film lovers? Let us go into the details.

Story:
Jagarlamudi Krishna Kanth aka Krish (Ram) is a street smart guy who lives with his elder brother (Naresh) and sister-in-law (Jhansi). He is just a plus 2 guy who roams with his friend (Sunil) aimlessly. He decides to settle in life by marrying an intelligent and earning girl abroad. Hence he glues an artificial image for him as an educated guy and earning big. He falls in the crush of Manju (Sheela) and bluffs her with an imaginary romantic story that suits her taste. He proves successful by pulling her heart towards him. But when she is about to propose him, a shock hits the screen. The imaginary girl Meenu (Hansika) in his story happens to appear beside him. How the story takes turn from then? Whom does Krish choose between the two? That becomes rest of the romantic plot.

Apart from that, 2 MPs Simhachalam (Mukhesh Rishi) and Sivaji Shinde (Pradeep Rawat) fight each other for getting the power of Minister. Sivaji tries to abduct Meenu while Simhachalam wishes to kill her. What's the link between Meenu and these two MPs? And what's the link between her death and their Minister chair? How Krish solves the problem for peace? That forms the action part.

'Desire for power' dies in front of love and blood relation. Real politician of today prefers power to life. That forms the expression of truth in this film in climax.

Performances:
Ram performed with his archetype histrionics and body language. His performance is tending towards a balanced state when compared to that of his previous films. The plus point that appears in Ram is 'confidence' that's making him grow as a complete actor in small time.

Hansika and Sheela stood as epitomes of glamour. Both of them have made the movie a visual treat without vulgarity and obscenity. While Hansika is beautiful, Sheela is voluptuous. Sheela proved a bit better than Hansika in the matter of exhibiting expressions and required histrionics.

Sunil is ok as side kick to hero. His comedy could be better especially in the first 20 minutes. But he appeared in 3-4 wonderful get ups (as cowboy, African and western nomad) very convincingly and humorously.

Naresh is adequate as brother for Ram. Jhansi excelled in her performance with Nellore slang dialogues. Interesting part is that she remains pregnant from starting to end of the film. Once again, this Nandi award winning lady comedian proved worthy than many.

Mukesh Rishi and Pradeep Rawat filled the movie with enough of action quotient.

Dialogues writers Paruchuri brothers have shown their mark in climax scene especially. They have also tried to bring some conviction in the fights between slim Ram and hefty Pradeep Rawat (Ram says to Pradeep Rawat: "Personality kaaduraa..punch mukhyam). It being a mass oriented entertainer, the dialogues of that sort obviously bring some enthusiasm among front benchers.

Story is simple and this film needs only narration to entertain. MS Raju's screenplay really made sense.

Especially, the following scenes are impressive:
Hansika's introduction
Gun-game between Hansika and Sheela (although old, it triggered interest among audiences)

Minus points:
Lengthy scenes
Boring narration of some episodes
Lack of punch in dialogues in many instances

Ram-Lakshman deserves right mention for composing 'four-car collision' shot so interestingly. Special effects and graphics part also supported the film well. The scene of Ram's falling from the terrace also is worth mentioning. But the Jackie Chan sort of stunts in the beginning during Ram's introduction sounded routine despite taking pains to do that.

Coming to music part Chakri gave an above average product this time:
The songs-
'I'm in love…' on Hansika and Ram, 'Aa vaipunna ee vaipunnaa…' and 'Maska…' are well composed.

Director B Gopal has taken necessary care in not bringing his old style on screen. He proved successful in tuning with the trend and time.

Analysis:
It's a movie that's intended to entertain masses in particular, families in specific and class audiences optionally.

We may not say that the film runs with non stop rib tickling humor but on a whole it leaves a pleasant feel at the end. First half runs slow in the beginning and picked up pace after a while. Second half goes plain and it would have been better had it packed up with twists and turns.

The makers made enough of attempts to fill the film with comedy in the form of Sunil, Jhansi and Brahmanandam. The scenes are also filled with humor with the matter of triangular tryst among Ram, Hansika and Sheela.

On a whole it's an entertainer and not either good or great, but the purpose seems to have fulfilled. It may breathe well as no other film with same genre is in ring to vie with this.

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This Sankranti No Star Wars

Although this time of the year is for Tollywood to shake the Box Office, it seems that like the New Year, Sankranti too is going to be a low-key affair, going by the fact that there are no big star releases this year.

Quite a surprise, given that Sankaranti is considered the most auspicious festival in these parts and the stars have always vied with one another for a release this time of the year. With no star wars, looks like the festival will lack its characteristic zing. What's even more surprising is that this year, of the six films
lined up for a Sankaranti release, only three finally made it. The biggie among them is Maska, starring Ram, Hansika and Sheela. The other two being Allari Naresh's Fitting Master and Anushka's Arundhathi.
"Filmmakers have always cashed in on the festival," says producer council chairman, Tammareddy Bharadwaj.

Yesteryear stars too played a key role in creating this trend, says Tammareddy, as he goes on to explain, "NTR always opted for a December release, while ANR preferred Sankranti. Later, Krishna joined the Sankranti bandwagon. Even I believe there's something auspicious about this festival. My film Pachani Samsaram with Krishna in the lead actor which released on Sankranti was a blockbuster. It was not only a commercial hit but also won accolades for me as a director."

Another sentiment that's attached to this festival is that since it's the first festival in the year, filmmakers want to come up with a blockbuster and hope that the good fortune sustains till the end of the year. MS Raju, who is popularly known as Sankranthi Raju, is ready with Maska this time. "I am confident about my film and I have always had the Sankranti sentiment," he said. Most of his films that were released on this particular day were hits, the most memorable being the Mahesh Babu starrer Okkadu.
Vouching for the Sankranti effect is director EVV Satyanarayana, "I got my first break with Prema Khaidi, which was a Sankranti release, and I firmly believe that there's something auspicious about the festival." No wonder, he is releasing his film Fitting Master at this time, with son Naresh playing the lead role.

The surprise this year is Arundh-athi. And we wonder if this is the beginning of a new trend considering the theme is women-centric. Arundhati took almost two years in the making because of the graphic element and other technical work and also because Anushka, the glam girl of Telugu cinema, dons a new avatar in this period flick, directed by Kodi Rama Krishna.

Coming to the films that were postponed –– Siddharth's Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam, the Nitin and Priyamani starrer Drona and Rajasekhar's Satyameva Jayathe –– we hear that they will be released by the end of the month. Apart from these, according to industry sources, there are some more films lined up for release next month, that's before the exam fever takes a grip in March. An estimated Rs 80 to 100 crore business is expected in the first two months.

Source-TOI

Ravi Teja’s Baladoor gets ready

Ravi Teja’s Baladoor gets ready

Ravi Teja-Anushka starrar Baladoor has completed its shooting and getting ready to hit screens all over the world in August. D. Suresh Babu is producing this film under Suresh Productions and Superstar Krishna is playing an important role in this film. “To know the responsibilities of this Baladoor, you have to wait till next month. We have completed the film. We are planning to release the audio next week and the film will hit theatres in August,” said Suresh Babu with media.

“It’s every family’s story. Besides Ravi Teja’s entertainment, it has sentiment and emotionals. Superstar Krishna’s character is the highlight of this film,” added the producer. Writer Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao said that this film has got many heart touching scenes and Ravi Teja will be seen in a different dimension in this film.

'Dasavatharam' racing fast setting records

Aaskar Films head V.Ravichandran has thanked all the people who have made the film 'Dasavatharam' a grand success.

The film is going beyond all the expectations of the film lovers as well as the people behind the big project by attracting more and more people to the cinema halls and the number of the film lovers coming to the theatre is only going up as each day passes by.

According to the reports given by the various distributors and exhibitors the movie has been able to collect a fantastic and record amount of money till now.

P.D.Prasad of Siri Media said that 'Dasavatharam' collected a share of more than 3.5 crores in Naizam in just 2-weeks of screening.

Shobha Rani released the movie in Seedead.

As per her calculations the epic film can indeed be called as a super duper hit. In just a span of 2-weeks, the movie was able to collect more than 1.6 crores.

She also told that the movie is still running houseful and is strongly going on to a very successful third week.

The collections of some other districts in Andhra Pradesh in a period of two weeks are: In Krishna District, the film collected 70 lakhs, in Guntur it till now has amassed a share of 75 lakhs. In the East and West Godavari district, the film was able to collect 95 lakhs and in the district of Vizag, the amount is 1 Crore.

Aaskar Ravichandran said that the official report on the collection records of 'Dasavatharam' will be released soon.

The Producer encouraged by the success of the movie in the Tamilnadu and AndhraPradesh is gearing up for releasing it in Hindi titled as 'Dashavathar' on July 11