Shriya Saran practising Yoga

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Shriya Saran is one of the most sought-after heroines in Kollywood. She shot to fame after she starred in Sivaji opposite Superstar Rajinikanth. Right now, she is busy with a number of films which will release this year. Shriya will soon be seen in most-awaited film of the year Kanthaswamy opposite Vikram. She is also the heroine of Jaggubhai and Chikku-Bukku in Tamil and is hoping to strike a balance with projects in Bollywood too! The versatile actress has now turned to yoga and meditation. After recently attending a yoga workshop, the actress says it has helped her in focus and concentration. Shriya practises all the asanas that she learnt and meditation has become a part of her daily routine.

Shamili’s Telugu Choice

She hit the headlines with her swimming pool act in her recent film Adhineta. The real story is that Hamsa Nandini was actually playing a tough cop in the film and the tall and svelte beauty was also seen doing some tough stunts and beating up the baddies in the film. So how did the pretty face land up with a tough role like this? The flashback is that at the audition, Hamsa was almost an immediate choice. The lady is tall and while auditioning for the stunt scenes she took less than 2 minutes to impress the film makers. So we can see the pretty and slender Hamsa getting tough in the film. Let us hope this action and hot blooded image of hers gives her few more projects and shape up her career.

Surya on his new avatar as singer

Surya on his new avatar as singer  Two of Surya’s films, Singam and Adhavan, is getting ready for release this year end and with Ayan doing well at the box office, distributors are desperate to earn the rights for these films, especially Singam where Surya would only be seen but also heard singing a song. Yes, after giving chance to become a playback singer in Kandasmy now Devi Sri Prasad has given Surya to show his singing talent. The shooting of this film is happening at a brisk pace.  It would be interesting to see whether Surya’s playback singing succeeds in creating any kind of magic or not.

Current Telugu Movie Review

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Annapurna Studios Presents
Sri Nag Corporation

CURRENT  (2009)

Cast: Sushanth, Sneha Ullal, Tanikella Bharani, Brahmanandam, Charan Raj, Raghubabu, Shafi, Melkote, Sudha, Reshmi, Jhansi, Shakeela, etc.

Story: Surya Prathap
Story Development: Chintalapudi Sreenivasa Rao
Camera: Vijay C. Kumar
Fights: Kanal Kannan
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Editing: Marthand K. Venkatesh
Costumes: A. Naga Susheela
Producer: A. Naga Susheela, Chintalapudi Sreenivasa Rao
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Surya Prathap (debut)

What’s it all about?
Sushanth (Sushanth) is a carefree youth who doesn’t worry about yesterdays and tomorrows and lives in the “current” moment. He loves Sneha (Sneha Ullal) at first sight, and finally makes her accept his love. Sneha’s dad (Charan Raj) notes that Sushanth is totally irresponsible, and Sneha asks Sushanth to change his attitude for their love but Sushanth says he’d not. This leads to their separation. Sneha comes back to him and admits he created love in her mind and thus he should take it off too. What happens next forms the rest of the story.

Neninthe

Cast: Ravi Teja, Siya, Mumaith Khan, Krishna Bhagawan, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Supreet, Sayaji Shinde, Subbaraju, Sairam Shankar, Raja Ravindra, Uttej, Rama Prabha, Surekha Vani, Satyam Rajesh, Venu Madhav, Kovai Sarala, Melkote etc.

Music: Chakri
Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu
Editing: Varma
Art: Chinna
Fights: Ram - Lakshman
Story - dialogues - screenplay - direction: Puri Jagan
Producer: DVV Danayya
Release date: 18 December 2008

Story

Ravi (Ravi Teja) is a struggling assistant director who works for a mediocre director ‘Idly’ Viswanadh (modeled after self-deprecating ‘Puri’ Jagannadh). Ravi lives with his mother (Rama Prabha) who is suffering from cancer. Sandhya (Siya) is a struggling side dancer who aspires to become a heroine. She is harassed by her brother-in-law (Krishna Bhagawan) who acts more like a broker. Yaadu (Supreet) is a goon who harasses Sandhya. The rest of the story is all about how Ravi and Sandhya realize their dreams.

Artists Performance

Ravi Teja: Ravi Teja, who is known for his hyperactive energy with lots of attitude, gave a subdued performance in this film. There is lot of honesty and intensity in certain scenes enacted by him. His dialogue delivery is also slow compared to his earlier films; that’s why dialogues like ‘tuduchukunte pothundanukunte…’ and ‘road meda penta…’ are clearly audible in this film compared to Ravi Teja’s earlier films.

Others: Actress Siya is appropriate for the role of a side actress who becomes heroine at a later point of time. Subbaraju stands out with excellent performance though he imitated Mahesh Babu at times. Mumaith Khan enacted herself as a heroine in this film. She is adequate. Supreet excels in the role of the main villain. Sayaji Shinde is very good as the hapless Telugu movie producer. Brahmanandam is hilarious as a mediocre director and he provides some entertainment. Krishna Bhagawan is good as the nasty guy. Venu Madhav is hilarious in ‘Tamil director’ get up and in the ‘deep shit’ episode. Sairam Shankar is nice as the fans president. MS Narayana, Satyam Rajesh and Rama Prabha are fair. VV Vinayak donned the guest role of himself. Ali – the aasthana comedian of Puri Jagan’s movies – is conspicuously absent in this movie.

King Movie Review

Nagarjuna’s Telugu Movie King Review

Cast: Nagarjuna, Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas, Madhu Shalini, Srihari, Sunil, M S Narayana, Venu Madhav, Brahmanandam, Krishna Bhagavaan, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam

Special appearances by actress during a Special song: Anushka Shetty, Charmy Kaur, Genelia D’Souza, Kamna Jethmalani, Priyamani, Sneha Ullal

Director: Sreenu Vaitla
Story: Kona Venkat Gopimohan
Screenplay: Sreenu Vaitla
Dialogues: B.V.S.Ravi
Music Director: Devi Sri Prasad

King aka Raja Chandrapratap Varma (Nagarjuna), heir apparent to late Raja Varma, takes over the business of his father after his death and works hard to live up to his father’s name. He has kid brother (Deepak) too and lives with large family consisting of his mom (Geeta) and uncles and their family members. On his business trip to Uttaranchal, he is killed by Swapna (Mamta Mohandas) aided by King’s archrival. Enters Bottu Seenu, a street rowdy, a look-alike of King. Bottu Seenu falls in love with Sravani (Trisha) an aspiring singer who is also sister to don Jnaneshwar (Srihari). To impress Sravani, Bottu Seenu gets introduced himself to her as a software engineer called Sharat. The rest of the movie unravels the mystery behind the killing of King, and the identity of Bottu Seenu.

Analysis

With three hit movies under his belt – Dhee, Dubai Seenu and Ready, director Sreenu Vytla has garnered the image of a good entertainer. He dishes out another masala entertainer this time with ‘Manmadhudu’ Nagarjuna. King is a pucca commercial formula movie designed to cater to the entertainment seeking audiences. It succeeds tickling your funny bone in most scenes. The first half is breezy and has funny moments with a spoof on music director Chakri (Brahmananadam’s character).

The best part are some hilarious situations, romantic drama between Trisha and Nag, and Srihari’s characterization.

Sasirekha Parinayam

Cast: Tarun, Genelia, Ahuti Prasad, Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Subbaraju, Raghubabu, MS Narayana, Suthivelu, Sivaji Raja, Abhi, Giri, Surekha Vani, Tulasi, Geeta Singh

Music: Mani Sharma
Lyrics: Sirivennela & Anant Sreeram
Cinematography: Bhaskar Samala
Editing: Shankar
Art: Satyanarayan
Dialogues: Nagaraju
Story - screenplay - direction: Krishna Vamsi
Producer: Sunkara Madhu Murali
Release date: 1 January 2009

Story

sasirekha parinayam Sasirekha (Genelia) is summoned by her strict father (Ahuti Prasad) to return home. After coming home she realizes that her marriage is fixed with an NRI and her wedding is due that night. She also learns that the groom’s father is money-minded. She has no choice left but to run away. She meets Anand (Tarun) on her journey. He protects her and helps her. The rest of the story is all about the background of Anand and what happens between the couple.

Artists Performance

sasirekha parinayam Genelia: You would see an entirely different Genelia in this film. She did not wear any make-up. She is completely child-like and playfully innocent. It appears like she dubbed her own voice in certain scenes of the film. Her hysterical performance when she is slapped shows another shade of her. And her performance in the scene in which she banters after getting drunk is very good. She gave wide variety of expressions in this film.

sasirekha parinayam Others: Tarun plays the second fiddle. But his performance in the hospital scene in the climax is ultimate. Ahuti Prasad scores again in this film. But his usage of expletives at end his dialogue is little discomforting to ears. Subbaraju dons a refreshing (away from his usual roles) role in this film. He is excellent. Paruchuri Gopala Krishna is extremely good as the villainous elder. Abhi did a significant role. Monali Chowdary is good in a cameo. MS Narayana is excellent in the tax-payers episode. Vamsi (Paiditalli from Happy Days) has a small, but interesting role