Ram Gopal Varma's much-hyped Telugu production "Shock" is a huge disappointment. It turns out be nothing more than a rehash of the flop film "Manoharam" with a few mandatory changes. Normally, filmmakers get inspired only by hits, but director Harish is the exception who chose…

'Ranam is like any other Gopichands film. It doesnt have good storyline but gives great entertainment. The storyline where a hero from village taking on the rowdies from the city is not new, but Gopichands superb performance and villain Biju Menon suave presence has made…

Revenge and action stories never go out of fashion and Asadhyudu also belongs to this genre. Debutante Anil Krishna has successfully ventured into direction by making this entertaining film. He has churned out a good mass masala action flick packed with fun and adventure. The…

If a film does well in one place, it doesnt mean that it will do well in other places too. And Raja Babu is a good example of this. Malayalam film Balettan did very well at the box office but its Telugu remake with a…

Dubbed films are working in Telugu these days. And Ghajini, too, works big time.The film provides abject lesson in how to make gritty commercial entertainers that are intelligent and artistic, too. The dubbed venture, with intelligent dialogues from Shashank, makes for pleasing watch.The…

There is a fixation among Telugu filmmakers with faction fights and larger-than-life dons. Numerous movies have been made on the subject.Numerous others would doubtless be made again. Some will work. Some may not.Mahanandi, on the same lines, works ---at least partially. And that is…

The cross-cultural confusions added with romance are always interesting. Otherwise a book like Inscrutable Americans (by Anurag Mathur) wouldnt be a top-seller for several years now.Vennela, the film, has plenty of this, and they have been handled well by the director Deva Katta. So…