Maaveran record break

Kollywood’s biggest ever hit Maaveran has yet another record in its kitty. This film has successfully completed 700 days run in Kurnool town in Andhra. This is a record for any film in the history of Telugu cinema.

  Maaveran wiped off its record by a huge margin and has set a permanent record. It will be too hard for any film to cross this mark as every big film is being released with too many prints and numerous theatres.

Maaveran will complete two years run by July 31st.

Vijay leaves China for Shanghai International Film Festival | Kavalan Movie

Vijay’s Kaavalan directed by Siddique has been selected for the Shanghai International Film Festival. It is one of the most distinguished film events in Asia. Kaavalan is one among the 200 films that were selected from nearly 2500 entries from all over the world. The 14th edition of this festival will get started on June 11th.

Director Barry Levinson, who won an Academy award for his Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise will head the panel of judges. Vijay’s film will be screened on the 12th, so he will be flying out to Shanghai to participate in this event. He will be rubbing shoulders with some of the most talented people on the globe.

National Film Awards 2011 - Winner's List

Winners in selected major categories at the 58th National Film Awards

1. Best Feature film: 'Adaminte Makan Abu' (Malayalam)
2. Best Director: Vetrimaran, 'Aadukalam' (Tamil)
3. Best Actor: Dhanush, 'Aadukalam' and Salim Kumar, 'Adaminte Makan Abu'
4. Best Actress: Mitalee Jagtaap, 'Baboo Band Baaja' and Saranya Piravanam, 'Thenmerku Paruvakatru'

5. Best supporting Actor: J Thambi Ramaih
6. Best Supporting Actress: Sukumari
7. Best Cinematographer:
8. Best Editing: 'Aadukalam'
9. Best Wholesome Entertainer: 'Dabangg'
10. Best Debut Film: 'Baboo Band Baaja'(Marathi)
11. Best Children's Film: 'Hejjegalu' (Kannada)
12. Best Singer Female : Rekha Bhardwaj, 'Ishqiya'
13. Best Singer Male: Suresh Wadekar
14. Best Music: Vishal Bhardwaj, 'Ishqiya'
15. Best Audiography: Kamod Karade, 'Ishqiya'
16. Best Sci & Tech Film: 'Heart to Heart'
17. Best Sports Film: 'Boxing Ladies'

18. Special Jury Award: 'Kabira Khada Baazar Mein'
19. Best educational Film: 'Advaitham'
20. Best Art & Culture Film: 'Leaving Home'
21. Best Debut Non-feature Film: 'Tistulia'
22. Nargis Dutt Award: 'Moner Manush'
23. Best Film On social Issues: 'Champions'
24. Best Popular Film: 'Dabangg'
25. Best Film on Environment: 'Beetari Jeeva'
26. Best Production Design: Robot
27. Best Lyrics: Thomas Kottakatally
28. Special Jury Award: Mi Sindhutai Satka
29. Best dialogues: Sanjay Pawar
30. Best Lyricist: Vairamuthu
31.Best Child Artist: Shantanu Ranglekar, Vivek, Harsh Myal
32.Best Make Up Artist: Vikram Gaikwad,'Moner Maanush'
34.Best special effects: Enthiran,Robot.
34.Best Screenplay: Vetrimaran, 'Aadukalam'

Best Hindi Film: 'Do Dooni Chaar'
Best Marathi Film: Mana Ayi Vacha
Best Assamese Film: Jetuka Patar Dare
Best Kannada Film: Putukarna Highway
Best English Film: Memories in March

Aamir Khan - Shahrukh Khan clash deflected!

You all know that Aamir Khan has started shooting for a thriller with Kareena   and Rani Mukherjee. But what you don’t know is that the movie was supposed to release around the same time as Shahrukh Khan’s much-hyped Don 2. Well, the clash has thankfully been prevented now.

Aamir Khan’s untitled film, which is a thriller and stars two wonderful Bollywood actresses Kareena and Rani Mukherjee, might have given competition to Shahrukh Khan’s Don 2.

Whenever there is a box office clash between two biggies, it’s obvious that the revenue gets divided, and that’s why the producers don’t want to release their mega-budget, much-publicized films with other movies. No matter who’s the star! And as Reema Kagti’s film is a low-budget one, the makers want to play safe. In fact, both the films are coming from the same production house -- Farhan Akhtar-Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment. So why would they take the risk?

But Aamir might love to do that, so he is planning to release his own film Delhi Belly with Don 2. Delhi Belly is a small-budget film and is produced by Aamir Khan Productions. The movie got stuck in production stages as the producer Aamir became busy with wifey’s Dhobi Ghat. The film is directed by Abhinay Deo and has Imran Khan and Shenaz Treasurywala in lead roles.

Aamir has a 100% hit record with his production films (save for ‘Dhobi Ghat’), so there is no reason why he wouldn’t like to take the risk. Aamir Khan’s Ghajini and Shahrukh Khan’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi released around the same time in December 2008. Both the films were hits, but Aamir scored better.

Mani Ratnam next movie with Vijay ,Arya,Mahesh Babu and Anuskha

‘’Poniyin selvan’’ Ace director Mani Rathnam's next movie, story by Kalki. He want's to do a story directly from a book now it has come true. Before it was Mahesh babu, Vishal and Vijay,They wre keep saying I did nt get any calls from Mani Ratnam and now its Arya for Vishal. 

Arya has given dates to Mishkin ,Rajesh and many more and now he has decide to mani ratnam's movie first then look at the other movies.

Director Vasanth who did his debut with Keladi Kanmani after that he did so many movies some went well and most of them did nt, now he has decided to work with Mani Ratnam as associate director for Poniyin selvan.

First talkie film in Indian cinema, celebrates its 80th anniversary

March 14, 2011, is a very special day for Indian film industry. It marks the 80th anniversary of Alam Ara - the first Indian film with voice.

 

On this day in 1931, Alam Ara debuted at the Majestic Cinema in Mumbai causing such frenzy among the audience that the police had to be called in.

Alam Ara also featured the first song of Indian film, De De Khuda Ke Naam Par, sung by an actor Wazir Mohammed Khan. The film was directed by Ardeshir Irani, is a love story between a prince and a gypsy girl and was based on a Parsi play. 

Alam Ara

A period fantasy, the film was about an ageing king of Kamarpur, and his two queens, Navbahar and Dilbahar, and their rivalry when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir.

The sad part, however, is that as a result of a fire at the National Film Archive of India at Pune in 2003, the last surviving print of Alam Ara was collapsed, and the film is no longer available in its original format.

The film was shot mostly in the night to avoid capturing the noises of the day. Alam Ara was made using microphones that had to be hidden from the camera's range.

Spider Man-Musical Slapped Around, Fined by Federal Agency

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has given new meaning to the term              "offensive."

The chronically plagued Broadway production was issued three citations Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Health and Safety Administration for workplace saftey violations that were joined to four injury-causing accidents that occurred during preview performances last year.

And OSHA wants more than free tickets for its troubles.

The suggested total fines amount to $12,600. It's a relative drop in the bucket compared to the production's $65 million budget, but still...

The New York State Department of Labor cited the show's producer, 8 Legged Productions LLC, for two safety violations last month after aerialist Christopher Tierney plunged roughly 20 feet into an opening next to the stage during a performance and need surgery for cracked vertebra.

OSHA said in a statement that the cast had been exposed to "the hazards of falls or being struck during flying routines because of improperly adjusted or unsecured safety harnesses."

Additionally, not enough preventative measures were in place to shield cast and crew from "moving overhead rigging components," such as the one that struck actress Natalie Mendoza during the first preview performance. She ultimately dropped out altogether.

At this time, spokesman Rick Miramontez said, Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark "remains in compliance with all government agencies and continues to adhere to all safety protocols."

First Look Appearance of ‘Toy Story 3’ Hawaiian Short

The entire “Toy Story” gang is come back and in Hawaii! Okay, not really in Hawaii, but Bonnie's bedroom.

Toy Story-3

Entertainment Weekly has the first images of the upcoming six-minute short called, “Hawaiian Vacation,” which will precede “Cars 2” in theaters on June 24.
“Woody becomes kind of like what’s-his-name on ‘Love Boat’…Captain Stubing!” said director Gary Rydstrom to EW.

The short’s plot is “when Barbie and Ken bunble plans to stow away on a tropical excursion, Woody, Buzz & Co. recreate a romantic getaway in the toy box” for them.
“As toys who get played with all the time, they have a pretty good imagination,” added Rydstrom. “When it’s time for a little playacting, they’re good at it.”
Check out the images below.

Hindi film Directors turn over a new dimension

In a bid to increase the thrill quotient of their products, Hindi film directors are now turning to the 3D format. 

Director Vikram Bhatt is ready with his horror flick Haunted which is being touted as the country’s first stereoscopic 3D film.

3D

Likethat, Shirish Kunder has kickstarted his ambitious 3D project Joker, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. 

“The fashion and technology are new. We had to acquaint ourselves with the technology, learn it and adapt to it,” said Bhatt, who has roped in international 3D technicians and support cluster for the project. He added that Haunted uses the latest digital 3D cinematography and projection techniques seen in the Hollywood hit Avatar which has made the format popular worldwide.

The film will hit theatres in April this year. UFO Moviez, a digital cinema network, has tied up with Bhatt for the film’s exhibition in India. Plans are afoot to equip 500 Indian theatres with 3D capability.

“This initiative of promoting Indian 3D content is an important step in our strategy to leverage the future develope potential of this technology,” said Kapil Agarwal, joint managing director, UFO Moviez.

“3D is the medium of the future,” agreed Kunder, adding that he is in talks with some Hollywood technicians to work with his film. “The next big leap for cinema after colour is 3D.”

However, the new format does not come cheap. Bhatt revealed that the cost of a 3D film is nearly 40% more than the budget of a regular 2D movie.

Justin Bieber and John Lennon are excellent with kids

Justin Bieber

Singapore: When kids around the world go online, they share one huge thing in common when they search under entertainment, and that’s music.

A study on top enjoyment searches, depends on more than 20 million anonymous search-engine queries from childs in 20 countries, including Singapore, found that more than 75 percent of entertainment online searches were for listening songs or musicians.

The top of the excellent 20 is Justin Bieber, who's the number one in term of searches, in every country except for India, China and Japan.

One possible reason for the online pole position held by the teen singing star is his bold web presence.

The 16-year-old who begin as a street performer in the small town of Stratford, Ontario, rose from a YouTube phenomenon to universal super star.

His life story winning in the movie "Justin Bieber :Never Say Never" opens in US cinemas this week, and in Singapore in April, in both 3D and 2D.

Beiber-mania is also most likely to remain strong in 2011 with the live web continue on 9 February of the gala premiere of his movie in Hollywood.

Fans around the world were able to capture the movie premiere that was streamed live for the first time by Paramount, and included exclusive behind-the-shots and never before seen clips.

Outside of the online world, entertainers who capture the originality proved to remain a draw.

Iconic Lady Gaga though famous among the young online users, could only manage to emerge third after someone she would most likely gracely make way for, ex-Beatle John Lennon.

Even with other fellow-Beatles like Paul McCartney still to make music, it was Beatles songwriter Lennon who turned up as the second most famous entertainer.

Oddly enough, Lennon who died in 1980 when even the parents of some the kids conducting the online searches were children, was popular in Singapore, along with Australia,New Zealand,Malaysia and the USA.

Where the children did not contradict, according to the Norton information, was the songs that they wanted - Dynamite by Taio Cruz, the World Cup 'anthem' by Shakira, Waka Waka, and Teenage Dream by Katy Perry.

Pop songs comprised 13 out of the top 25 entertainment searches said the report which tracked a sample of Norton Online Family service users between August and December 2010.

After music, the other entertainment draw for the young online association was TV but again, music formed an essential element.

Reality shows such as American Idol was top, followed not far behind by cartoon series Ben 10, perhaps for its interactive online games.

India a strong film market: French studio

A leading French production house, Studio Canal, sees India as a potential hub for international films and believes it is essential to create awareness about Indian films abroad.

'It's actually a very nice discovery. I decided to travel to India because the Mumbai film festival (MAMI International Film Festival) invited us,' Rodolphe Buet, executive vice president, international distribution and new business of Studio Canal, told IANS.

'I thought it's a great idea to combine both film festival and film market to allow people to meet each other and create some business link,' said Rodolphe, who is here for the the first time.

He is highly optimistic about the relationship developing between India and European production companies and hopes Indian companies would soon start investing in Hollywood productions.

'I think Europe, France and India are very strong film markets and have film lovers. Companies like Reliance have invested a lot. I think their international production will create substantial revenue in the future.

'So, considering the level of relationship we are developing, in the coming weeks some huge Indian companies will invest in European or Hollywood productions that we are investing in,' said Rodolphe.

'The other reason of my trip was trying to understand the growth of this market and meet the executives involved with the movie and television industry as we are considering, from the European point of view, that India would be one of the major and leading markets in the coming year,' he added.

MAMI is an initiative of Reliance Big Entertainment that is also investing in Hollywood projects.

Studio Canal, based in France, is a production and distribution company that owns one of the third-largest film libraries in the world. Started in 1988, it is now a $600-million company.

'At this stage buying or selling doesn't mean a lot. At this moment, we are trying to make people understand our library, our production and to make a relation. The market of Indian movies in rural Europe is limited, except in the UK because in the UK there is a huge Indian community. So the main target is to identify the movies that will match the liking of the European audience. We made an agreement with Reliance to distribute some of their movies,' Rodolphe said.

He maintains he tried to understand the production of Indian films before striking any deal with Indian production houses.

'I met several. I tried to understand the production level - what kind of film will make sense for a European audience.

'I think what we really need to achieve first is some kind of awareness about Indian films and create some success to make the exhibitor and the press understand India has a very big film industry that produces good movies. They have to discover this thing. We will try to go step by step to secure some success,' said the 47-year-old.

Asked if he could zero in on any potential deal, he said: 'I met global networks and they are going to open a section for international movies. They are a potential deal for us.'

Some offerings from Studio Canal include 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day', 'Basic Instinct', 'Cliffhanger', Under Siege' and 'Free Willy'.

Talking about the company, he said: 'We started Studio Canal 22 years ago in France and now we operate in the UK and Germany as well. Over the years, we have got a very strong library dealing with major production companies. It's a $600 million company and producing all over the world,' said Rodolphe.

'Our company is investing not only in Europe but also in Hollywood projects. We invested in the remake of 'Cliff Hanger' and other thrillers and comedies. Studio Canal is involved with local and international productions and because of our production level we can find potential partners in huge markets such as India,' he added.

Will Rakta Charitra announce the grand re-entry of RGV on Telugu screen?

 

 

 

Ram Gopal Varma does only do two things in his life. The first one is to make movies and the second one is to use/manipulate to media to publicize his movies. He is like a bachelor who is married to movies. He is facing a strange situation now. He made Rakta Charitra movie based on the lives of Telugu people Paritala Ravi and Maddelacheruvu Suri and he cast non-Telugu actors in the main leads. It’s going to be a big test for him about how Telugu audiences are gong to receive a Telugu story enacted by non-Telugu actors and directed by a Telugu man.

Voilence in it’s purest form

 
Rakta Charitra has unadulterated violence in it’s purest form. Ram Gopal Varma says that entertainment may not mean comedy/humor. Entertainment means to engage the audience throughout the movie with any emotion. The emotion RGV has chosen for Rakta Charitra is violence.

Movie sold out for good profit

 
Rakta Charitra created unprecedented craze among trade circles. This film is sold for a good profit in AP. Chinna Vasudeva Reddy and Raj Kumar who were instrumental in increasing the Telugu film stamina in USA with their rapid/aggressive distribution through their flagship firm KAD are making their debut as producers with Rakta Charitra. For the first time in the history of Telugu cinema in USA, a Telugu film featuring non-Telugu hero (Rajnikant’s Robo is an exception) is releasing with 28 prints (21 physical prints and 7 digital prints).

Premieres galore

 
Rakta Charitra is being premiered to celebrities. Mahesh Babu who watched the movie on the night of 20 October described Rakta Charitra as a spine-chilling movie and he found RGV to be at his best. A big ticket premiere is going to be held in all five screens of Prasads on the night of 21 October. USA exhibitors are also going to screen the movie in most of USA centers on the night of 21 October.

Tamil Producer inspired by 'Dabangg' Salman Khan

When Salman Khan is not making news for his reported moody behaviour, it seems he is busy channelising his energies onto canvas. Now, the actor-artist says he plans to organise an exhibition of his latest paintings sometime next year. “I think I will have an exhibition sometime in February,” says Khan. When prodded on the possible location, he jokes, “Not in Mumbai. Maybe in Paris somewhere?”

Arrangements are currently being made to finalise the gallery for his art exhibition in the city. The actor will also promote his NGO, Being Human Foundation, through his art-works.

That Khan is an avid painter is known to his fans. He had gifted actor Ranbir Kapoor a painting of his grandfather Raj Kapoor on his TV show Dus Ka Dum in 2008. But his recent present to friend and actor Aamir Khan — a picture perfect charcoal painting of Aamir’s character from Ghajini — drew everyone’s attention to his talent once again. Even the legendary artist MF Husain has praised Khan’s canvas skills.

Recalling the instance when Husain gifted Madhuri Dixit a portrait he had made of her after watching Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Salman says, “I was also part of that film and hugely appreciated in it. But I never got any paintings or anything from him (Husain). They said he made a painting of me begging with a bowl and all that. But we met up after, and it’s all okay. He saw some of my works and he quite liked them as well.” 

The superstar is known to gift his family and friends works of art and has even faced trouble on that front. In 2007, he had promised to paint sister-in-law Amrita Arora, a version of The Last Supper. Instead of Jesus’s 13 disciples, Arora wanted the painting to portray her family members. When she announced this, the Catholic community threatened to file a police complaint against Salman for hurting their “religious sentiments”.

Amitabh and Abhishek win National Award

There was a sense of immense fulfilment and pride in the Bachchan household when the news of the National award for best actor in Paa and for the best producer of a Hindi film came in.

Abhishek Bachchan, who had also won his first National award for producing the best Hindi film, was doing a jig of joy across Jalsa, while Mr Bachchan, who won his fourth National award for best actor, received congratulatory greetings from Abhishek on the phone and went back to sleep.

Abhishek could barely contain his joy. “The first person I called was, naturally, my son,” he said referring to Mr Bachchan’s astonishing makeover as his son in Paa , where he played Abhishek’s son. “He heard me and then went back to sleep. Paa is an old hand at the National Award. But this is my first (though as a producer). Our film has won four National Awards. We’re all over the moon. As a producer I tried to make sure that everyone working for us was comfortable and happy. That showed in the end-product, I guess. This gives me the confidence to continue producing the films I believe in.”

Balki, the director of Paa who is in London, could barely control the chuckle in his voice. “By now Mr Bachchan should have won 20 National awards. This is just the beginning. I am so happy he won it for my film. It just resurrects my faith in the institution of awards. The problem for me is what next? I know I’ve to make a film with Mr Bachchan. He’s addictive. Let’s see if what I’m doing next will do justice to him.”

Paa has also won National Awards for the best supporting actress (Arundhati Nag) and for the best make-up artist (Christien Tinsley).


Amitabh Bachchan on winning his the National Award:

“I thank the Government of India and the National Awards committee for this great honour. ‘Paa’ has bagged 4 National Awards, including Best Hindi Film, Best Supporting Actress by Arundhati Nag and Best Make-up by Mr. Chrisiten Tinsley & Ms. Dominie Till and I congratulate all of them for winning this prestigious award. I especially thank R. Balki – a gifted Director whose exceptional vision and passion has created this wonderful film, Abhishek - who took complete charge of the project as the producer and Natasha & Dakshina for their valuable assistance on the make-up. Also big thanks to Reliance for joining hands with us! This is an important success for AB Corp Ltd and the entire cast and crew who have helped make such a brilliant movie.”

Warner Bros picks up distribution rights of Ramayana—The Epic

Hollywood studio Warner Bros has picked up distribution rights of animated feature film ’Ramayana — The Epic’, slated for a Dussehra release on October 15.

Produced by Maya Digital Media, ‘Ramayana — The Epic’ is one of the most ambitious and expensive full length animation feature film to be made in India.

It will be released in three languages simultaneously across India — Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

“Chetan Desai’s version of this epic has taken animation films in India to the next level. Warner Bros. Pictures is delighted to be associated with this project,” said Denzil Dias, Deputy Managing Director (Theatrical), Warner Bros Pictures, India.

Directed by debutant Chetan Desai, the film has Manoj Bajpayee, Juhi Chawla, and Ashutosh Rana lending their voices to the lead characters of Ram, Sita and Ravan respectively.

The film promises to be a spectacular audio visual experience far beyond anything ever attempted in India with skills and designs matching international standards of Computer animation and Digital Visual effects.

“We want to take the most popular Indian story to a global audience. Warner Bros, with its reach and expertise, provides the ideal platform to launch this new avatar of Ramayana, where the past meets the future and mythology meets technology. It’s the story of the original Indian superhero,” says Ketan Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director. 

Speaking to PTI, Director Chetan Desai said, “’Ramayana — The Epic’ marks the coming of age of Indian animation. About 400 persons worked on the project for five years with the best technology available in the world.” 

Mr. Desai said his techno-artists have worked tirelessly to create some of the most complex 3D animated characters and costumes, spectacular virtual sets and landscapes to be produced in India and appear on the Indian screen.

“Innovative techniques and processes had to be invented to give it the epic scale. It has the budget of a full fledged Bollywood film,” he said.

The film has recreated the ancient classic like never before and possesses the enchantment and wonder of the original, presented with imaginative visual virtuosity and an aesthetic visual design.

According to him, Ramayan is a timeless classic and a perfect story to be told on screen. “It’s still alive in the hearts and minds of people. The film is of 100 minutes duration and the story spans from the birth of Lord Ram till he comes to Ayodhya defeating Ravan,” he added.

Mr. Mehta said the film is a mythological adventure, picturised in a stylised and contemporary manner with quality action sequences rivalling international standards.

“With this movie, Indian animation industry is scaling new heights. It is an spectacular audio visual experience far beyond any thing ever attempted in India with skills and designs matching international standards of Computer animation and Digital Visual effects. Art inspires technology, and technology inspires art,” he said.

Dabangg has created a new benchmark: Sonu Sood

Actor Sonu Sood believes that the success of his latest film Dabangg has set a new benchmark at the box office after 3 Idiots.

The film, in which Salman Khan plays a corrupt cop and Sonu a politician, has collected Rs48.25 crore (gross) at the opening weekend. And trade pundits say it has beaten the initial earnings of Hindi cinema's highest grosser 3 Idiots.

“Dabangg has created a benchmark by breaking all the records and now I am sure every film will be compared with Dabangg," Sonu told reporters at Oberoi Mall Monday. He was here to promote the eco-friendly Ganesha initiative.

"It’s an amazing experience to see Dabangg doing so well. It’s all Ganapati’s blessings that the film got such a huge success."

The actor reveals he has garnered more compliments for his sculpted physique than his acting.

“I have got loads of compliments and more than acting people praised my physique so from now on I think every director would like to show off my bare body,” said Sonu.

Sonu was earlier seen in films like Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), Singh Is Kinng (2008) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008).

Puli – Movie Review

Pawan kalyan

The expectations have been high from the day Puli started its rolling. The combination of director SJ Surya and Pawan Kalyan had brought out the biggest hit in the hero’s career like Khushi. At a time when Pawan Kalyan was almost went into oblivion with the disaster of Johnny, the film Jalsa gave him the breath. However, after a long wait, Puli had hit the screen amid speculations whether it would be released or not. Unfortunately, the film is quite horrible and watching the film is a misery and it is the director who should be blamed for the disaster.

Story:The film begins with a woman searching for her husband, who was a police officer. After police fail to give any clue about her missing husband, she meets the villain Al Saleem (Manoj Bajpai), who thrashes her to death almost. She survives and pleads with God to save the society. Then she finds that she was pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy. She brings him up and makes him an upright cop with the name Komaram Puli (Pawan Kalyan). He saves the prime minister (Girish Karnad) in Hong Kong from the hands of terrorists and when he was going to be rewarded, he pleads with prime minister to help him launch a special team Puli Team to police the policemen. Once Puli gets a complaint about a missing police officer 

Hussain (Surya) and investigates the case. He finds that Hussain got the last call from Al Saleem. While investigatig, Puli comes to know that Al Saleem bought the car from Nixon, a mafia don, who allegedly died in an encounter in Hong Kong. He finds link between a dancer (Shreya) and Nixon. What happens next should be seen on-screen.

PERFORMANCE:
Pawan Kalyan appears imitating like Sai Kumar, who played the police officer roles in several Kannada and Telugu films. His voice was loud and at times unbearable. He tried to put his entire energy with ever dialogue. He has given an eccentric performance, which is not expected from a good artiste like Pawan Kalyan, who played cool in all his earlier films. The love and romantic scenes between the hero and the heroine are disgusting and gives a feel of aversion. Nikisha Patel is a grace as her beautiful eyes, fresh oomph gives a relief to the front-benchers at least. Though she did not get any scope to perform, she filled the glamour slot well.

Shreya’s item number is below average and such a song doesn’t need a heroine like Shreya as any of the item girls could do it. Manoj Bajpayee’s character is another disaster. The director introduces him as an international don, but it ends up in such a poor manner and he was almost shown as a comedy villain with no dignity. Other artistes including Nazar, Charan Raj, Saranya, Girish Karnad and others just appear in some scenes and have done justice to their roles. Ali was wasted.

TECHNICAL:
The producer had spent a lot on the film and the lavishness appears on the screen. The entry of the hero was shot in Hong Kong. Though the action scene choreographed in the introduction would get whistles from front-benchers and Power Star’s fans, it appears very cinematic for a common audience. The director migh have thought of making the film on the lines of some Hollywood films and hence the film lost nativity. The film is of graphics, rope work. Cinematography is average and the editing is atrocious. Music is audible but the choreography of songs is not impressive. Re-recording is loud and noisy. The director left the entire film disjointed. Screenplay was atrocious and he lost grip on the main storyline with wrong placement of songs and poor narration. It is absurd to show the power of god during the birth of the hero and, the power of mother’s tear in making the hero recharge before death.

ANALYSIS:
 

The poor screenplay and lackadaisical attitude of the director is clearly visible with inconsistent appearance of the hero. He appears with a long moustache in one scene and in the next immediate scene, it gets shortened. He appears in Khakhi for a while and in olive green uniform. It is not known why a police officer need six body guards two before and four after, especially, when he was talking about policing on police. It is a surprise how in one scene the villain’s car towed away by the hero in Hyderabad and in the next scene he appears in Hong Kong with a helipad on the roof top of a big building. such inconsistencies made the film laughable and the film has no visual appeal and even the hardcore fans of Mega family curse the director for giving another disaster to Pawan Kalyan.

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Nikisha Patel, Manoj Bajpai, Nazar, Charanraj, Ali, Girish Karnad, Brahmaji, Cochin Haneefa, Gopinath, Saranya, Shreya Saran (special appearance), etc

Credits: Music – AR Rahman, Cinematography – Binod Pradhan, Editing – Prabhakaran, Producer – Singanamala Ramesh Babu, Story, screenplay, dialogues, direction – S J Surya

Banner: Kanakarathna Movies
 

Khaleja’ Releasing on Sep 30

Mahesh in Khaleja

Finally the date has been announced. Mahesh Babu’s ‘Khaleja’ will release on September 30th.

Produced by Kanakarathna Movies, the movie is an action entertainer directed by Trivikram Srinivas who teams up with Mahesh after their super hit movie ‘Athadu’.

The movie’s music will be released next week. A few insiders say that Mani Sharma has composed a few brilliant chart-topping numbers.

Mahesh Babu fans can’t wait anymore as the date has been announced. It’s been a long while since the hero ignited on screen!

Mahesh Khaleja Story in Trivikram Words

Mahesh Babu

Life is an ensemble of incidents. Man becoming God is purely incidental. According to scriptures, there is God in every human being. Daivam Manushya Rupena is the theme of the film. Mahesh Babu is a regular taxi driver, an ordinary human being who transforms into a divine incarnation when he comes face to face with an unjust incident.

Honestly speaking, we started out to make a regular commercial Mahesh Babu film but it assumed a life of its own. Watch out for an entire new Mahesh Babu. He has pushed his boundaries and tackled comedy phenomenally well. He is the comedian, character artiste, item guy, action hero, lover boy all rolled into one. It has all the elements of a commercial film and yet very out of the box.

Anushka brings bad luck to him throughout the film. That leads to hilarious situations. Mahesh has attempted humour for the first time. I won't say it's an experimental film but the treatment is definitely very unusual. There is nothing run-of-the-mill about it.

Let me give you some inside news. Mahesh Babu worked with me on the script completely and closely. You can call him associate script writer. We have also tried a new camera technique. There are lengthy shorts without frequent cuts. We haven't done anything for cinematic or dramatic convenience. Yash Bhatt, the cinematographer has done an outstanding job of using zoom in a very different way.

Komaram Puli with 600 prints in 1000 theaters

Pawan kalyan and Nikisha Patel

Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Komaram Puli’ is releasing on Today with 600 prints in 1000 theaters. This highly anticipated film is directed by SJ Suryah and produced by Singanamala Ramesh under Kanakaratna Movies banner. A new face Nikeesha Patel is making her debut as heroine and our sexy beauty Shriya will appear in a special song to mesmerize her fans. Music scored by AR Rahman is already a big hit. ‘Komaram Puli’ is the second film coming in the combination of Pawan-SJ Suryah after almost a decade.