VEDAM - What a Movie!

Really...Wow, Superb.....I cant express my feelings on this "excellent" movie, more than this :) ..... Hat's off to Krish(director/writer)

Its good to see that, telugu movie makers are thinking very differently these days and on top of that viewers are accepting them big time.....recent examples were...Leader, YMC, Prasthanam and now VEDAM.

Coming back to this movie....
I did not feel, atleast one scene in the movie is unnecessary or stupid....Absolutely brilliant! Especially the screenplay. Well, you may think this movie's theme is inspired(or copied) from Crash...yes, but, from my point of view, its just got a bit inspired, but both are quite different in the story line.

From the day this movie was announced, I was thinking, what kind of movie this might be? and after watching the first trailer/teaser I thought, I got a feel of story....but, no. Krish(director/writer) went a step ahead and presented this movie in a way different style(at least for telugu cinema).

Here, I want to talk on the performances(one by one)....dont know with whom should I start...everyone in this movie acted their best I can say. Okay, I will go with the order they were introduced in the movie.

Manoj Manchu: First of all, I could not understand, why they gave a statement at the start of the movie that his will be a guest role, when he got a equal footage as others?....anyway, He really looked like a Rockstar(as his character is) and ofcourse he was brilliant in action episodes.

Nagayya: This old man.....he will make you cry with his acting. Superb acting for a first timer(by the way, if you don't know, this actor was found on the road side to the director).

Anushka: I could not believe she can do such kind of roles with such ease. What can I say, she was not acting she was living the character ;)

Manoj Bajpayee: What a brilliant actor he is. His acting skills as a muslim guy who is tortured by a police man who does not like muslims is mind blowing.

Allu Arjun: Last but not least, Allu Arjun. He was stunning. His comedy in the first half and his acting in the second half is SUPER!

Others: Satyam Rajesh,police man, lady who acted as Nagayya's Daughter-in-law and Raghu Babu stand out and others are good.


Screen Play, dialogues and Direction: Krish did a absolute brilliant job in handling the 5 characters without loosing the soul of the movie. Ofcourse, you can see shades of Crash in the screenplay, but, I liked the way the director joined the 5 stories
towards the end. Direction was top notch with some ultimate diaglogues.

Music and BGM: Big bow to Keeravani. His music(songs) and BGM in the movie raise the movie's tempo in every scene. He did a brilliant job.

Cinematography: Special mention to him(guess its Gnanasekhar). His camera angles...especially the camera angles of entier chain snatching

episode(camera on the bike to take the close up shots etc)

On a whole....you know what, JUST GO AND WATCH IT....DONT MISS IT!

mee,
RaghuRockz
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"2-Good" Movies, I watched recently

From a long time, I was thinking, why our Telugu film makers are still going for routine mass masala movies, when we see some experimental yet good movies from Hindi/Tamil people etc....Well, I think the telugu audience are tuned that way....anyways, I watched a couple of movies recently and felt that our Telugu Movie Makers have changed their style and making a new way...below is my take on those "2 Good" movies.

1. LEADER:

This is a movie which comes under typical political genre. Before, I watched this, I was thinking how Shekar Kammula will handle this kind of a movie that too with a new comer. He did a good job, except for that love story part(as it dilutes the intensity and deviates our mind a bit).

Good:
->Story, as it is very close to today's politics(not sure if one can become a CM as shown, but expecting such a Leader).
->First half is very much gripping, esp, the screenplay is very good.
-> Good acting by all(except the actress who comes in the first half, she irritates you)....though, I felt, Rana could have done better....he did not spoil the character, so good...by the way, his voice is very good.
-> Music is good....I liked the BGM in some of the scenes.

Bad:
->When you are watching a intense scene....all of a sudden a girl(herione in the first half) comes and talks in childish way(dont know how to define this...well,may be, like our telugu anchors talk..hehe)....you dont understand how to react....Also, her diagolgues, add to that. I felt, all the scenes which has girl talking are not well shot.
-> Love Story and one song(aunana kadana) placement - Director has justified this(love story) in the end of the movie. May be a young CM will fall in love but being a CM how can one go daily to the girls place...doing his work from a restaurant....hard to digest..director should have shown it in a different way. Atleast, I felt that.

Overall, its a good watch.


2. Ye Maya Chesave:

Well, I watched this movie after a week of its release and till then many of them watched it and gave "very" different opinions to me. One said its was too good, while other said it was really boring....In general, we dont hear such contrasting opinions from the general public on a movie. Anyways, I thought, after hearing to all those opinions, that this movie might be some thing really different....also, as one of my
favourite directors Gowtham directed it and with some superb songs by AR Rahman this movie created a lot of interest in me. At last, I watched it and felt very good. Its a typical, simple, plain love story.

Good:
-> Direction. Yep, narrating a simple love story(you can see just two characters for 90% of the movie) in a interesting way is what I primarily liked.
-> Music - Songs are Superb....BGM, its damn good....very different.
-> Very good acting ...esp: both the lead actors....Naga Chaitanya and Samantha....they both were very apt(I also watched the tamil version but some how felt Simbu and Trisha were a mismatch for this type of love story..though they acted very good).
-> Dialouges: Very simple(which a love story needs) as per the requirement of the scene(no more , no less)....by the way, the whole movie is narrated by Naga Chaitanya..his voice is very good.
-> Scenes with Krishnudu(comedy in the first half).

Bad:
-> Naga Chaitanya's Dances.....actually, this movie needs no dances but you can find some here and there in the songs...but, he did just OK....
-> Pre-Climax: Could have been a bit fast....though it looks OK as per the situation in the movie, many may feel its bit dragged.

On a whole, Don't expect any mass masala in this movie and I am pretty sure you will like it....its worth a watch.

mee,
RaghuRockz
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Telangana Formation Vs Telugu Films

Frnzz,
Below is something which is eating up my mind daily..I just wanted to pour it out................

From last one month we are seeing the agitations going around in AP....I understand the need to fight for Telangana and the problems they are facing now...but, why are few groups of people interrupting the film shootings and releases?? I agree(not really though, but, had some XXXXX reason) they did with NTR as his father said Samaikya Andhra and same did Chiru and you interrupted Allu Arjuns shoot....But, what did Mahesh,Rana do? why did these people lit up Mahesh Babu's crores worth by so called Telangana activists(I wonder if they really are??)....not only this,So many innocent people from Andhra, who are living in Hyd are now afraid as their properties are being damaged...I am just bringing this point to make it clear that some DIRTY POLITICIANS are doing all these things and not true Telanganites.....Being a Telangnite myself, I really feel bad looking at all this......To the people who are doing these silly things...my one suggestion....Please grow Up.....this is 2010 and we are fighting like this?? I am not saying to stop the Udyamam, but, please do it peacefully by not falling into the trap of these DIRTY POLITICIANS...These politicians come and go, but, we all should be together....may as neighbor states or as one state....so please stop fighting and do it peacefully.

mee,
RaghuRockz
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JOSH Movie and Chaitu's Performance - My TaKe !!

Guyzz, Here I come with "My Take" on JOSH movie and Chaitu's performance in that........I was eagerly waiting for this movie from the time, this movie was announced....just to watch Chaitu's performance on screen....below is "my take" on JOSH movie and especially Naga Chaitanya....believe me, I am very honest in this take !!

First of all, I want to talk regarding Chaitu's acting, than the movie, as, I(and many others) was/were more curious into that......Believe me, his acting was too good for a debut movie and all of them who watched the movie felt the same...ofcourse, there were some negative points also....below is the complete list of +'s and -'s

+ve's in Chai's acting:

1. Acting with ease....no tension shown before the camera

2. Uttering lengthy dialogues....wow, what a job for a first timer! (there was a 3min dialogue in the hospital scene).

3. Fights....really fantastic

-ve's:

1. Dances were good, but, should improve a bit.

2. He looked bit shy in romantic scenes ;)....actually,there was only one romantic scene in the movie and he looked bit shy..this can be overlooked I guess for a first timer..

except for these two -ve's he was full of JOSH on screen.... I bet, a STAR has arrived to Telugu Cinema!!

Now, coming to the Movie....here I just want to point out the highlights and negative points which came to my mind after I have watched the movie

Highlights:

1. As I said above, Chaitu's performance....

2. Dialogues in the movie....very thoughtfully written(It was by the director Vasu Varma himself)

3. Some scenes which elevated the movie(like the police station one, hospital scene, scenes with Prakash raj, Flash back entire episode and few others).

3. Story(By the director again)

5. Cinematography.

6. Music and Lyrics were a plus in my opinion esp for "Neetho unte" and "Bad Bad boy".

Bad:

1. Screen play was not very effective for such a good story...Direction was good in parts though...

2. Editing was not crisp ( First time, I felt Marthand K Venkatesh did just a OK job).

3. Choreographyy was bad for first song(Bad Bad boy)...when they know that will the first song in the movie, I wonder why they choreographed it in such a manner...I expected a lot from the first song...but others are far better than the first one choreography wise..

4. Comedy was there, but was not much effective.....

Overall ga, from my point of view, its a decent movie....and a Excellent Debut for NagaChaitanya.

mee,

RaghuRockz....

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Kaminey(Hindi) Movie -My Take

There are good movies and bad movies....and many people write these "so called" reviews on those movies....So, I dont want to do the same again over here... ....but just want to present my views/thoughts ....may be its a movie, music album, politics or anything else.........

So, here goes my First Take on KAMINEY movie...... Start Camera.....ACTION !!

Summary:

The movie starts slowly but creates curiosity with the interval bang. Second half of the movie...especially the Climax of the movie is superb....

Highlights:

1. Screenplay: Its a regular story, but, the way Vishal Bharadwaj handled the screenplay was too good.

2.MUSIC and BGM: Special mention on BGM....its of high grade and ofcourse the songs(they all look good on screen)

3. Not only Shahid and Priyanka...but, entire cast of the movie acted very naturally...

BAD:

1. First half of the movie is bit slow....most of them may feel bored...actually many of my friends did not like the first half...but again, that was the way it should be for this kind of movie

mee,

RaghuRockz...

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