Saturday, May 15, 2010

A STORY FROM AN ASPIRING DIRECTOR

hi friends nenu director avutaanani chinna chinna kalalu kantuntaanu kaani avi teeravu ani telusu atleast nenu anukunna oka story mee mundu ila ;

hero assistant directorga chestuntaadu oka script prepare chesi oka pedda hero daggariki teesukeltaadu a story vinna a hero story chaala baagundi kaani story lo reality ledu idi nijam life lo jaragadu so nenucheyyanu ani cheputaadu appudu hero tana script teesukoni chaala sepu daani gurinche aalochistu untaadu atanike doubt vastundi idi nijamga jarugutunda leda ani
andukani hero story loni reality ni test cheyyadaniki tane hero character lo ki doori hero la behave cheyyadam modalapedatadu tanu hero la undi cinemalo ni migata characters ni real life lo vaallato act chestaadu (ex:ippudu scriptlo hero oka rowdy ni kodataadu anukundaam ippudu mana director nijamgaane oka rowdy ni velli kodataadu appudu vaadi reaction ela undo telusukuntaadu) ila chestuntaadu appudu okka vishayam kooda tanu raasukunna script lo laaga jaragadu quite opposite gaa jarugutundi appudu hero chaala badha padataadu sare ani tana script prakaram continue avutaadu exactly at the interval block emanukunnado tana scriptlo ade jaruguntundi ante hero shock ippati daaka anta opposite ga jarigisuddenga anukunnadi jarigesariki shock lo unna hero tana script kinda padestaadu
andulo ni page lo interval ani raasuntundi
part 2
thanks for everyone who liked my first half and also for people who didnot like it because u atleast read it
second half starting
mana writer (hero) ila tana script prakaram chestunnapudu oka roju vaadu baitiki veltaadu appudu vaadi friend a story chadavadam start chestaadu a story endi ante

okadu untaadu vaadiki basicalga rendu qualities untaai
1.vaadiki kottadam ante chaala ishtam +tane no1 ga undaalani anukuntaadu
2.ammailu kanipisye chaalu vaallanni elagina dakkinchukovaalani choostaadu
ivi generalgaa andariki undevi ina evaru implement cheyyaru kaani ikkada problem entante veedu implement chestaadu ela ante kanipinchina rowdy daggariki velli(nenu ninnu enduku kodutunnano nannu adagaku kaani doubt lekunda ninnu kodata)ane typelo kummestaadu kaani ila enta mandini kottagaladu
anduke oka mafia kingpin avudaam ani andarini bhayapetti avutaadu ippudu inka citylo only vaade king evarnina kottagaladu ippudu
taruvata presentloki vaddam mana writer vastaadu ante vaadu book chadavadam aapestaadu
a taruvaata tana script prakaram follow ayyi itu pakka rowdy linu kodutu inko pakka ammailaku site kodutunttadu intalo veedu different areas lo kottina different rowdylu anta coincidental ga oke group ki chendina vaallu andaru kalisi vaalla leader daggariki veltaadu appudu a leader mana hero daggariki warning ivvadaniki vastaadu manahero shocklo untaadu emi cheyyalo artham kaadu cool avudaamani tv lo tanu story cheppina hero songs choostuntaadu suddenga tv aagipotundi tv screen lo a hero kanipistaadu venakki tirigi chooste tanaki nachhina hero untaadu hero shock chaala happyga feel avutaadu intalo atanu(top hero) hero ni gattiga kodataadu mana vaadu shock emi artham kaadu baaga kotti velipotaadu taruvaata telustundi a top hero ne mafia kingpin ani nana vaadiki emi cheyyalo artham kaadu idi ila unte
akkada top hero intlo unde vaadu okadu sir mundare story ok chesunte inta dooram vachhedi kaadu gada antaadu appudu t hero antaadu ela oppukomantaav vaadu cheppindi story kaadu naa nija jeevitham anagane akkada camera freeze ayyi 10 yrs back ani padutundi mana hero raasina scripte itani character same allane behave chestaadu modati quality kosam mafia kingpin ayyina itanu rendo quality kosam cinema hero avutaadu endukante cinema hero ante ammailu ventapadataaru ani ila tanaki unde rendu korikalu kosam ila mafia kingpin gaanu hero gaa chestaadu

idanta telusukunna hero vaadini elaagina champalani anukuntaadu ofcourse champestaadu etuvanti proofs lekunda

appudu black screen vastundi

IF A MAFIA KINGPIN CAN BE A HERO
WHAT A DIRECTOR CAN BE ??????????????????????????????????




HERO
avunu hero avutaadu direction aapesi
shot ok anagaane mana hero black spets petti intaki director evadu antaadu


inkevadu TEJAGAADU

STORY:
SCREENPLAY: TEJA
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Monday, July 6, 2009

new york movie review


'New York' Review: It's Good

Film: New York
Rating: 3.5/5
Banner: Yash Raj Films
Cast: John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan etc
Music: Pritam Chakraborty, Pankaj Awasthi, Julius Packiam
Cinematography: Aseem Mishra
Director: Kabir Khan
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Released On: 26 June 2009

This is a film that’s made with the backdrop of 9/11 attacks. Although it’s too late to watch something on those lines, Kabir Khan made an exhaustive attempt in making it enticing.

Story:
The story revolves around three youngsters Sameer (John), Maya (Katrina) and Omar (Neil) in USA. Initially Omar falls in deep love with Maya but shortly knows that she is already in love with Sameer.

And silently Omar moves away from her love. He returns after seven years of hibernation. He is arrested by FBI on false allegations and compels him to aid them to smoke out the suspected culprit Sameer who is alleged to be the head of a sleeper cell that plans to attack USA.

Omar helps the FBI as per their force. But is Sameer the real culprit? And is Omar really on his way to prove Sameer is the real criminal? That has to be watched on screen.

Performances:
Hero-John:
He is up to the mark and aptly grooved in the shoes of the character. He has delivered what has to be. But his role is little smaller when compared to that of Neil. John’s performance in jail episode is interesting.

Hero-Neil:
He has got bigger scope to perform than John. His presence is felt in bigger way with this film after ‘Johnny Gaddar’.

Heroine-Katrina:
She is at her best. She scores well both for performance and aptly suited for the role.

Others
Irfan Khan repeats a routine cop role like in many of his earlier films. He is up to the mark and did what has to be done.

Technical Departments:
Commercial values of the film are outstanding. Although Kabir Khan is known to be a small film maker, his commercial extravaganza is seen in this flick. Cinematography is marvelous as it has canned many interesting locales of New York. Screenplay and Editing also falls on right track.

Music and Lyrics:
Music is not that catchy but ‘Mere Sang’…’ is the song that touches the hearts. Homework would have done better in music department for this range of movie.

Highlights:
Cinematography
Thrilling part

Disappointment:
Late arrival-It’s almost years after the ghastly 9/11 incident. Hence people find it difficult to connect to it instantly.

Analysis:
First half of the film moves in a soft manner while the second half catches up the momentum.

The film has many memorable scenes and the scene when Omar sees Maya after seven years is wonderful. On the flip side, the film has some loose ends where the Sameer’s part in second half passes of abruptly in hasty manner. Barring those minimal exceptions, the film leaves a memorable mark on the viewers. It has got the muscle to appeal for the audiences of all classes, be they from multiplex or rural.

oy movie "GOOD BUT NOT GREAT"


oy movie review

Film: Oy
Banner: Universal Media
Rating: 2.5/5
Cast: Siddartha, Shamili, Surekha Vani, Napolean, Sunil, Pradeep
Rawat, Tanikella Bharani etc
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Director: Anand Ranga
Producer: DVV Danayya
Released On: 3rd July 2009

The much awaited debut of Baby Shamili as heroine has arrived today. The film will be remembered only as ‘heroine debut of Shamili’. Let us see how far that appealed for audiences.

Story:
Uday (Siddartha) is the son of a big business magnate and Sandhya (Shamili) is a simple girl who is religious, disciplined and perfectionist. Like their names, their attitudes are on two extremes- like dawn and dusk. But Uday falls in attraction with Sandhya. He tries to pull her towards him. But all his habits and interests are away from her. He strives hard to impress her by enacting as if his tastes suit that of hers. And slowly Sandhya inclines towards Uday.

But a startling fact comes out. What’s that fact? How that influences the love of Uday and Sandhya? That forms rest of the story.

Performances:
Hero-Siddartha:
His energy levels are shown in first half and he is all pervasive. But his character goes sidelined in second half without his mark. On a whole, as a performer he proved once again. He is impressive all the way.

Heroine- Shamili:
Baby Shamili has now turned heroine. Proper costumes and make up are not given for her and hence she looked like a side artiste than a heroine. Although the attempt to show her as ‘girl next door’ is appreciated, little care would have taken in her appearance. And she is too heavy to her age. She needs to cut down weight to look better and have future in film industry.

Others:
Surekha Vani looked glamorous enough with slim personality and neat gait. Tanikella appears for sometime as ‘Telugu Pundit’ throwing some comedy. Sunil’s comedy episode is good in first half but goes eccentric in second half.

Music and Lyrics:
They are good. Yuvan has given the best of tunes and the lyrics are also rightly grooved in the tracks with new sense of poetry. The song ‘176 beach houselo….’ is impressive and catchy. And the expressions like ‘kannu veedi choopu poyenaa…’ are interesting and marvelous.

Technical Departments:
Cinematography is good. Editing is up to the mark. Dialogues are also up to the requirement. Direction has suffered ups and downs and the production values deserve a very good mention.

Crowd Pulling Aspects:
Baby Shamili (as it’s her debut as heroine)
Music (lyrically also good)
Siddhartha

Disappointments:
Shamili has no grace or glamour that’s required for the heroines of this era Second half killed the momentum with ‘extras’ Lack of grip on characters and characterization

Highlights:
Cinematography
Music
Subtle comedy in first half

Analysis:
The movie promises very big with the conclusion of first half. But the expectations fall down mercilessly. Audiences find it difficult to sit on seats when the second half starts. The characterization of heroine goes berserk with second half. How can she ask for a cigarette when she was projected as idealistic lady in first half? How can she comment on mangalasootram and mattelu of married women to a pet dog’s belt when she was shown as a pious religious lady in first half?

Connectionless scenes, eerie characters come on to screen to kill time but they killed the interest levels of audiences. The journey from Vizag to Kaashi via Kolkata on ship, on road to some extent …blah ..blah is the way chosen by director to kill time and narrate how the hero can make his heroine happier by fulfilling all her fantasies and desires. He has gone to certain unwanted extensions by showing ‘Annavaram’ movie in a Kolkata theatre with huge hoopla by fans!!! The director might have expected some patronage from the fans of that matinee icon, Pawan Kalyan. All is ok till then. But he has overlooked the vehicle of ‘Hyderabad City Police’ moving fast in Kolkata!!!

While first half resembles a kind of ‘Chukkallo Chandrudu’, the second half recalls something on the lines of ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Geetanjali’. This mixed concoction leaves no pleasant freshness in the film.

Choice of the subject is not bad but the implementation part is mishandled. Director failed to maintain momentum in narration. He has shown his slapdash execution in second half.

On a whole, the movie cannot please all sets of audiences. High expectations on this movie would certainly disappoint.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

latest movie news

Puli schedule from 1st July
The next schedule of Pawan Kalyan’s latest film Komaram Puli will start on 1st July. This film will be wrapped up in a single continuous schedule starting 1st July. Nikhisha Patel is doing female lead. Hindi actor Manoj Bajpai is doing a vital role. AR Rehman composes music. Binod Pradhan handles cinematography. SJ Suryah (Kushi fame) directs this movie. Singanamala Ramesh produces it.

Mahesh’s 45 days shoot in Rajasthan
Mahesh Babu’s latest movie in the direction of Trivikram will be shot extensive for 45 days from 23 June to 6 August in Rajasthan. The unit went to Bangkok recently for a 15 days shoot. Anushka is doing female lead. Prakash Raj does an important role. Sunil Patel handles cinematography. Mani Sharma composes music. Singanamala Ramesh produces it.

Snehituda music on 19 June
Music of Nani’s solo film Snehituda will be launched on 19 June. Shiva Shankar composed music. Madhavilatha (Nachavule fame) is doing female lead. Gemini Film Circuit presents it. Prasad is producing this movie on Satyam Entertainments banner. Snehitula is a love story against family backdrop. This movie will hit the marquee in July month.

Sridevi’s wedding bells
Heroine Sridevi (daughter of VijayKumar and Manjula) is all set to enter the wedlock with Rahul (Nizamabad, AP) between 7:31 am to 9 am on 18 June at Srivaru Venkatachalapati Palace, Chennai. The reception in Hyderabad will be held on 21 June at Novotel & HICC Complex. Idlebrain.com wishes Sridevi a great wedding ahead!



15th June 2009

Magadheera music on 28 June
Music of Magadheera is going to be launched on 28 June with maximum number of units in the music racks. There are lots of expectations on this movie as it is directed by SS Rajamouli. This extravagant movie is touted as the most expensive film ever made in Telugu film industry. Kajal Agarwal plays female lead.

Allu Arjun as Badrinath?
Geeta Arts banner has recently registered Badrinath title at AP Film Chamber of Commerce. This film is likely to be directed by VV Vinayak. Allu Arjun will do the title role. Allu Arjun has decided to do multiple films at a time. He is currently doing one film in the direction of Guna Sekhar and another film Vedam (Krish direction). Badrinath film is likely to be launched after a few months when VV Vinayak gets free.

Oy! In July 1st week
Siddharth is currently shooting a song for Oy film at Chennai. Oy is likely to release on 3rd July. The shoot will be completed by Tuesday. Postproduction work is currently going on. Oy music which was launched recently became a chartbuster. Baby Shamili (Anjali fame) is making her debut as heroine with this movie. Anand Ranga is the director. DVV Danayya produces Oy.

12th June 2009

Amma Rajasekhar to direct Venkatesh
Amma Rajasekhar is likely to direct one of Venkatesh’s future projects. Venkatesh who is in Hyderabad a couple of days back listened to the story prepared by Kona Venkat. Nallamalupu Bujji will be producing this movie on Lakshmi Narasimha Productions banner. This movie is likely to go on floors after Seenu Vytla’s Namo Venkatesa started.

Raghu Kunche music direction
Singer Raghu Kunche who is a prominent singer in Puri Jagan’s movies is going to become music director now. He is composing music for Sairam Shankar’s latest movie that is being produced by Puri Jagan. Bindu Madhavi is doing female lead. ‘Bumper Offer’ is the title under consideration. Puri Jagan also provides story, screenplay and dialogues. Jaya Ravindra is making his debut as director.

TFI cautions against Australia shoots
Tammareddy Bharadwaja – president of AP film producers council has cautioned the Telugu producers of Telugu films against shooing their films in Australia. He said that it is not safe to shoot Telugu films anymore in Australia due to the increasing racist assaults in the country. The last movie that was shot in Australia was Siddharth’s Oy!

Subbaraju becomes hero
After Ajay, it is the turn of Subbaraju to become a hero. Popular villain and character actor Subbaraju is making his debut as hero with a film titled Jayahe. Karuna is doing female lead. Puri Jagan launched the logo of the movie yesterday. Talkie of the movie is complete. This movie has patriotic backdrop. Sudheer Raju is making his debut as director. Mohan Kota is the producer

Monday, June 15, 2009

boni review


teja rating: 2/5
Punchline: pulihora
Genre: Action/Love
Type: Straight
Banner: Green Mangoes Cinema

Cast: Sumanth, Kriti Kharbhanda, Trinetrudu, Tanikella Bharani, Ahuti Prasad, Kota Shankar, Harshavardhan, Suthivelu, Babloo, Satya Prakash, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Chandra Mohan, Satyam Rajesh, Naresh, Sudha, Surekha Vani etc

Music: Ramana Gogula
Cinematography: Andrew
Dialogues: Jayasimha & Lakshmi Bhoopal
Lyrics: Rama Jogaiah Sastri
Art: Anand Sai
Costumes: Nicolette Gogula
Editing: MR Varma
Stunts: Vijay, Ram - Lakshman
Story - screenplay - direction: Raj Pippalla
Producer: Ramana Gogula
Release date: 12 June 2009

Review

Story

boni DD (Sumanth) Chinna (trinetrudu) are orphans who are brought up in an orphanage. They are very fond of Saraswatamma (Sudha) who took care of them. Saraswatamma is very good at preparing tamarind rice (pulihora). DD wants to start a pulihora center on the memory of Saraswatamma when he grows up. He needs 7 lacs for that. In order to earn the money, he joins a mafia gang. Pragati (Kriti Kharbandha) is the daughter of a billionaire politician. She is kind hearted and runs a charity organization. She comes to know that a landlord in a village has bought most of the lands forcibly from the village men. Court asks the farmers to pay 4 crores together to regain their lands. When Pragati realized that her father has gone against her wish of helping those farmers, her friend sketches a self-kidnap plan to demand 4 crores as ransom. And things go wrong when DD and Chinna kidnap her at the same time when she is supposed to be self-kidnapped. The rest of the story is all about how DD and Pragati realise their missions together.

Artists Performance

boniSumanth is adequate as the main lead. His character should have been written in energetic style. Trinetrudu who did the role of Chinna has lots of footage and he surprises you with nice performance and right diction. Kriti Kharbanda is average as kind-hearted girl. Jaya Prakash Reddy’s character is modelled after Paresh Rawal’s character in Kshana Kshanam movie and he is ineffective. Satyam Rajesh and Naresh are funny in the roles of imbecile under-cover cops. Harsha Vardhan is good. Ahuti Prasad and Chandra Mohan are adequate.

Technical departments

boniStory - screenplay - direction: The plot and orientation of the movie reminds us of Ram Gopal Varma’s classic telugu mafia mixed with comedy flicks like Kshana Kshanam and Money. But the comparison stops there. Stories of such premise need arresting screenplay and engrossing narration. The script is half-baked. The characterizations should be more compassionate. There is no charm to the characterization of hero and there is no sympathy left for the heroine by the end. And when audiences don’t travel with the characters in the movie, they will feel quite left out about it. There are some interesting moments like the interval episode and the fight between Sumanth and Satya Prakash. Direction of the film is not upto the mark, but the styling it good.

There are a few interesting threads that were not properly established –

1. Hero is very much attached to the caretaker and he sees her characteristics in heroine. This point should have been more strongly established.
2. Villainy – villainy is not properly established.
3. Cops connection – Harsha Vardhan (a sub-inspector) is shown as the only connect to the entire police force in the movie.

boniOther departments: Boni is superior in technical departments. Camerawork by Andrew is superb and color-grading is done well. The cinematography brought the much required tone to the movie. Locations in the movie deserve a special mention. Hero’s house and slum locations are well exploited in the movie. Music by Ramana Gogula is good and a couple of songs are canned well. But the placement of songs in the second half should have been better. Dialogues are average. Art direction by Anand Sai is very good. Production values by Green Mangoes Cinema are good.

boniAnalysis: First half of the film is adequate and second half is bad. Plus points of the movie are director’s styling, cinematography and locations. Negative points are screenplay and uninspiring direction. It is always better to fail while making a different film than failing while making a routine formula film. Boni is an attempt to come up with something different. Comedy (subtle humour) should work big time in a movie like this. But it falls flat because of inexperienced moviemaking. Let us hope that the debutant producer and the debutant director will dish out more interesting films in the future.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

krish"s vedam launch


Krish’s multistarrer Vedam was launched at Cinemax today morning. This film features Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu and Anushka in the main leads. K Raghavendra Rao sounded the clapboard and K Raghavendra Rao switched on the camera. Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni produce this movie Arka Media Works banner.

Initially planned with new faces – Krish
Krish said, “Nobody believed me when I said i am doing a multistarrer in Telugu. I was preparing script for Venkatesh’s Krishnam Vande Jagadguram and there was some delay in sealing on it. I took permission from Venkatesh to do another film in the mean time. Initially i planned to make this movie with new faces. Allu Arjun has been showing interest for a while to work with me and when narrated the script, Allu Arjun came forward to do a role of slum star and it increased my levels of confidence and I could able to rope in other stars. Manoj Manchu is doing the role of a rock star. Mohan Babu also liked the story. Doing a multistarrer is not a reality in Telugu films and I would like to thank Allu Arjun and Manoj Manchu for accepting this project. There will be five important characters in this movie played by Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu, Anushka and a old person. Anushka is doing a bold role. The shoot will be complete by December 2009.”

Vedam is about five stories – Allu Arjun
Allu Arjun said, “People say that story is the hero for any movie. But for Vedam, director Krish is going to be the main hero. I selected a particular character after listening to the script. Manoj Manchu and Anuksha are also doing other important characters. I feel that you need two hands to clap. That is why we are putting our egos aside and doing this movie. There will be five interwoven stories in the movie and each story belongs to one of the 5 main characters. Bollywood Manoj Bajpai is doing another important character. An old man is doing the 5th character. The old character will steal the show. My uncle Chiranjeevi patted my back when i told him that i am doing a multistarrer. There is positive vibe among the team about this movie and i am confident about the success of this movie. And success of this movie will create a new trend of multistarrers.”

I was supposed to act in Gamyam – Manoj Manchu
Manoj said, “I was supposed to act in Gamyam and it didn’t happen. I told Krish that i wouldn’t mind doing a villain role as well if he casts me. Vedam is a commercial film with international quality. I want to prove myself as an actor and I am not doing this movie for stardom. Allu Arjun met me one day and asked me if I met Krish. When I said no, he asked me to immediately meet him. I am hugely impressed by the story. I am happy to work with Bunny.”

Thursday, June 11, 2009

NAGARJUNA MOVIE LAUNCH ON JUNE 18




Ever since the film ‘King’ turned out to be a good hit, many of Nagarjuna’s fans have been wondering whether the yuvasamrat will call it quits or continue with his success march. Much to their relief, Nag is said to have decided to go for another venture now.

The good news is that Nagarjuna's new movie will start on Jun 18th, it will be produced by Kamakshi movies and they are introducing new director Venkat with this movie. The genre of the movie is not known yet but then sources reveal that this will be more of an entertainer.

Nag has got a sentiment of releasing his movie on December 21st so it remains to be seen whether he manages to achieve his target this time. For now, the team is said to be working on the other details such as the heroine and the other crew members.