Telugu Movie Reviews
Critic verdicts on the latest Telugu releases.
Deja, deja vu
A film must have something novel. Either the story or its telling. But when none of this is, what follows is a big, uncontrollable yawn.…
Dowry disappointments
In cinema, the story is not everything. The script is. This vital difference is well underscored in Meenakshi. The story is infact one with…
Tacky, trite
Revenge is one of the basest of human emotions. And that is why you have many films still being made on that theme. Perhaps after love and…
Slow and soft
It is one of the abiding mysteries that why should a Hindi film that had only an average run be remade in Telugu. The question should be…
Bright and sunny
To make a film based on legends and age-old stories calls for a giant leap of faith and an earthy conviction based on market realities. How…
Slick action
Being bad has never been better. And suddenly gangster and mafia movies are the flavor. In a sense, even Mahesh Babu's previous movie…
Man for the masses
In a sense, Balakrishna has painted himself into a corner. He is a man of mass films and such movies have to, almost mandatorily, carry…
Scribbler's list
Suddenly journalists, rather reporting news, are news themselves. There is a lot happening in a journalist's life these days. And in…
Ghostly tale
To make a movie with ghosts as important characters is difficult enough in a horror movie (to make the audience willingly suspend their…
A quiet flow
At a time when films are made out of fixated and fixed formula, to conceive a project that is straight from the heart is in itself a huge…
Shine on shadow world
Why another gangster movie, you may ask. If it is interesting, why not. Dhoolpet (a dubbed version of the Tamil movie Puthupetta) manages…
Garish goulash
It is interesting as to what levels people go in the name of entertainment and comedy. Accepted comedy is all about exaggeration. But that…
Of muscle and mind
Srihari€™s movies, despite falling into a pattern, have a raw energy and natural emotions an out them. They are about everyday moments and…
Twin wins
The thing about Ravi Teja movies is that they don't have any pretensions. It is also a philosophy that is shared by S S Rajamouli. So when…
All action, but little heart
When a successful movie is remade, the thing to be looked at is not success alone. The context and relevance are also important. When…
Love all
Love never tires. Especially our story writers and directors. Like God, love has many manifestations, and one of it is tried out in…
Not a samrat
A masala movie is never about story. It is about treatment and delivery. Whether you can sit through the two-odd hours is the touchstone of…
Mother's moment
In life, reality differs a lot from what it seems. And reality is seen not with the eyes but with the heart. It is a nuanced idea, and it…
A ride on the streets of life
When Taxi No 9211, the Hindi original of Game, was released, the spontaneous wit and agreeable chutzpah of Nana Patekar and the suave charm…
Not street smart
Veedhi comes to us amidst high hype that it being a very different and realistic venture. And in the first few minutes, you have a reporter…