Telugu Movie Reviews
Critic verdicts on the latest Telugu releases.
Below par
Even an ordinary story can be made into a €˜watchable€™ movie with a skilful screenplay. And on the contrary, even a workable story can be…
Thrill Bill
We break the suspense right at the start. Well, Jagapathi Babu has been the best kept secret in the film. The makers just pulled a surprise…
Potential goes waste
There can be a lot said in favor of quickies and movies made on shoestring budgets. But sometimes, speed and austerity can also go against…
Different but doesn't dazzle
There can be no guy more desperate than Vadde Naveen in Tollywood. Like a thirsty man looking for water in an arid desert, Naveen has been…
Cross connections
Comedy is the best and bankable option for low-budget films. Some escapist fun 'bedrocked' on a family theme has many times worked.…
Style over substance
Can you think of ramp-walk fashion shows? It will full of glamour, gloss and glitz. It will floor you with its sweeping style and…
Needs a memory plus
Our filmmakers are perhaps highly amnesic. They keep harping back to same old themes. Take the case of amnesia itself.It has become almost…
Guns and roses
Coming after nearly a year since Mahesh Babu€™s last release Arjun, Athadu has extra pressure and hopes riding on it. Making a film in…
Neither one thing nor other
It is difficult enough being the father of two struggling heroes. It is even more so directing a film for them. This truth comes home to…
All action
With his mien and general image, Gopichand can only be an action hero. So in that sense, his range is constricted. But within his short…
Painting homely colors
The story of Pathi, Pathno aur woh has been done and dusted several times over. But it still holds attraction for our filmmakers. When you…
Family entertainer
Good intentions don't really win you any points at the box office. Muddula Koduku is a good example of that. The film, a reflection of…
Good on intent, but...
There are two ways of looking at the film MPOD. You can blindly appreciate whatever the director has dished out in the name of…
Follows a formula
Most of us are prisoners to the cliches of our own creation. At any rate, K Raghavendra Rao sure is. The veteran director created a…
Lack of relevance
When you remake a successful movie in one language to another care has to be taken to localize or add contextual flavor to it. For…
Action and little else
There is only a certain amount that a mentor can do. It is for the protege to take up the cue and take it up further. Ram Gopal Verma may…
Boyish,and bad
Which a title like Good Boy, corny or tacky puns in reviews are inevitable. But the truth matter is Good Boy is anything but that. Not at…
Fun in fits and starts
Remakes are a tight-rope walk. The original would have been made keeping in my strengths of an actor in that language. So it is imperative…
Double trouble
It is difficult being Balakrishna these days. On the one hand, his fans want a particular kind of cinema from him (loud dialogues and mass…
Realistic
Realism always works. Especially when it is told in endearing terms. For proof see Premiste. This Telugu version of Tamil hit Kadhal is a…