Varna Telugu Movie Review, Rating

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• Title : Varna (2013)
• Star Cast : Anushka, Arya
• Director : Selva Raghavan
• Producer : Prasad V Potluri
• Music : Harris Jayaraj
• Released on : Nov 22, 2013.
• Anushka’s charishma has doubled after ‘Arundathi’. Anushka brought in a special craze after the success and collections of Arundathi. She has become the director’s choice for heroine centric movies. She became cautious with ‘Panchakshari’. She decided to wait and watch for such scripts. Sri Raghava has brought her such impressive script. Varna is a blend of Sri Raghava and Anushka. This Friday she is reaching audience on screens. Let us go through the highlights of Varna.
  - Sri Raghavan has converted youth audience as his fans through ‘Brindavan Colony’. He excelled in various genres later. He dealt with stories like ‘Uganiki Okkadu’. Now he has crafted Varma. He gave major focus on visual effects. Two worlds concept will be seen in this movie. How would the second world be? From this question arose the story, it seems.
  - Film is likely to take us to strange locations. It is said that Indian screens have never seen such locations. Film unit says that audience will thoroughly enjoy this new experience.
  - Whopping 60 Crores have been invested on this movie. Strong belief on Anushka lead to such a huge budget movie in Telugu as well as in Tamil. Isn’t it quite astonishing?
  - The centre of attraction would be Anushka with her dual role. She will appear in Varna & Ramya roles. Varna is a tribal girl and Ramya a doctor. The relation between them is quite interesting.
  - Arya will be presented as a Hero. Film unit claims that stunt scenes designed on Arya are thrilling.
  - Music, cinematography and art departments have been done in top most quality. Colouring and framing will bring new experience to the audience, as said by film unit.
  - Anushka says ” As an artist this movie is a test”. She worked hard for more than 90 days in locations where temperatures are in minus degrees and with no facilities available. The end result of her efforts are to be seen soon.
   

Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela box office collection: Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh starrer becomes fifth biggest opener of 2013!

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh has proved to be a crowd puller. Though the film was in a bit of trouble because of its title, that hasn’t affected its box office collections so far. After getting off to a great start, Bhansali’s desi version of the Romeo and Juliet story continued to attract audiences on the second day too. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, “Ram Leela continues to win hearts. Saturday Rs 17.5 cr. Total so far: Rs 33.5 cr nett. Expect a bigger total on Sunday.” The movie has collected approximately Rs 52.75 crore in its first weekend.  Thanks to Dippy and Singh’s solid performances, great music and brilliant cinematography, Bhansali’s film has managed to impress audience and critics alike. But will it enter the Rs 100 crore club?
Exhibitor-distributor Akshaye Rathi says, ” Ram Leela has taken a very good start at the box office. Having virtually no competition at the cinemas, the film got a good number of shows that allowed it to score great numbers. The music and Deepika’s current popularity level deserve maximum credit for the amazing weekend the has had! While 100 crore is a slightly ambitious target for Ram Leela, the possibility cannot be written off! A lot will depend upon how the film sustains on Monday.”
While Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus is enjoying a superb run at the box office, Kangna Ranaut’s Rajjo which released on the same day, failed create any magic. “Rajjo on the other hand did virtually nothing at the box office. With absolutely nothing that could draw the audience to the cinema for it, the film was poised to with this fate right since the 1st trailer was launched,” points out Rathi.
Besides being Ms Padukone’s third biggest opener this year, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is Ranveer’s biggest so far. Though the film has garnered rave reviews and is going rock steady at the ticket windows, it may have a tough time in the coming week, as Gori Tere Pyaar Mein (Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan) and Singh Saab The Great (Sunny Deol) are set to hit the big screens.

Kaalicharan Movie Review

 

Cast: Chaitanya Krishna, Chandini Tamilarasan, Nagineedu, Rao Ramesh, Pankaj Kesari

Direction: Sri Prawin

Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes

Story: Kaalicharan (Chaitanya Krishna), the son of tahsildar, who earns the wrath of the villain (Pankaj Kesari) for refusing to toe their line. The situation becomes even worse when Kaalicharan's sister is defiled by the right hand man of the villain. In troublesome situations, a politico, played by Rao Ramesh takes him under his wings. Kaalicharan is transformed from a plain thinking boy who was once more happy following his love interest Thirtha (Chandini Tamilarasan), into embracing violence - but only to wriggle himself out of his troubles.

Movie Review: Set in the 1980s, the movie is about an MBA aspirant who gets caught in murky situations created by a gang that threatens his father, a government employee to bend the rules to favour their business. The father makes no compromises and the son's silent anger gets the goat of the bandicoots.
The first thing that impresses you is the 80's images that come alive on the screen. Splendid creative camerawork by Vishwa Devabattula and lilting music by Nandan Raju are a perfect fusion. The movie is set in Nalgonda district and for most part of the movie, the characters speak the Telangana slang. At a few places, they seem to have forgotten that in the script writing. That in any case, is not a drawback.
Chandini's large eyes are captivating but it is the director Sri Prawin who should be lauded for churning out a product that is pleasing. The lead character Chaitanya Krishna is much like the boy next door and the very fact that he does not have a role that makes him a super human is enough to touch the right chord with the audience. You get to see different shades of character of the person in different conditions and his appearance also changes. After a long time - very long time, hand cuffs make an appearance in Telugu movies as the lead character is arrested. Otherwise, Telugu cinema heroes get away with daylight murder and massacres and their actions are shown as being heroic on the screen.

The problem you have with the movie is the director's attempt to create suspense at some places. You feel cheated and taken for a ride. The narration is a bit convoluted but the only thing that keeps you glued to the screen are the visuals. It is not a 'just for laughs' movie at all as there's absolutely no comedy - and there was hardly any scope for that. Any attempt to introduce forced comedy or what they call a 'comedy track' would have spoilt the movie. The movie looked fresh with the 80s era.

Nenem Chinna Pillana..? Movie Review

 

Cast: Rahul Ravindran, Tanvi Vyas, Sanjana, Suman, LB Sriram, Sharath Babu, AVS, Venu Madhav, Jayaprakash Reddy

Direction: P Sunil Kumar Reddy

Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes

Story: Freedom is what she wants. Total freedom. Family ties are a strict no, no. She shocks a suitor by shedding some of her clothes to tell him away. The man is game but she's not fine with him and boots him out. Swapna's definition of freedom lands her in Sweden and she meets her match there.
Movie Reviews: Just one year of staying abroad is what Swapna (Tanvi Vyas) craves for. Her doting father, played by Suman, allows her to go, much against the wishes of the joint family. In Sweden, Swapna has an encounter with Krish (Rahul Ravindran) who is so money minded that she wishes him off. Krish is the kind of guy who would do anything to earn five euros by running any kind of errand. It takes a long while for her to understand what the guy is up to and why he does what he does. He's not the type who would sacrifice his freedom and do a job that deprives him of his liberty. She so much hates his nature but there's something about him that draws her to him.
When Swapna returns to India for her father's Shashtipoorthi, the family has problems accepting her friend Krish. Swapna's parents almost finalise an alliance for her when the 'would have been' father- -in- law drops a bomb saying that he saw Swapna buy a pregnancy testing kit once on a trip to Sweden. Swapan's family is shaken by the revelation. In a turn of events, Krish literally gets kicked out of Swapna's house.
It's not the end of life for Krish. He starts life afresh - not by getting involved with another girl but finding a family that he can call his own in Vizag. The villain in Swapna comes out when she hands over Rs 50 lakh hard cash to that family so that they can free Krish from their 'stranglehold'. The cash is accepted and it is the beginning of a tale of woes for Krish, a youngster who values family ties.
No fights, no heroism, no double meaning dialogues, and no indecency except for a five-euro challenge that makes Swapna detest Krish's attitude. The movie inculcates and underscores the importance of family ties and values and gets the message across without going overboard by making some character mouth boring dialogues. There's some sentimental stuff but you don't get put off with it. This is a movie for families - to stay together, to stick together and understand the value of relationships. Rahul Ravindran deserves appreciation for portraying his role in just the right manner. It is the kind of movie that doesn't draw the masses into the theatres but is worth a watch.