| Kantri - An average flick from NTR after a blockbuster |
 Though producer Aswinidutt maintained a low profile during the shooting of 'Kantri' and tried to maintain some privacy, the audiences in general and the NTR fans in particular kept good expectations on the film, in view of the recent blockbuster like 'Yamadonga' from the hero. Meher Ramesh, though made his debut in Telugu as director, with this film, had good working experience by associating hims
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| Parugu - A real life story or a message-oriented film? |
 Giving a message through films is not new. Earlier Bhaskar gave a message through 'Bommarillu' that the parents should understand the feelings of the parents. In his second film 'Parugu' he tries to explain it the other way round. Though the parents love their children very much, the latter were not honouring the love of their parents and are just leaving to their own fate in search of their loved
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| Naa Manasukemaindi - It's like a parody to Allu Arjun's hit film 'Arya' |
 Many love stories hit the Telugu screen in the past and the trend continued at present and would also be there in future, because love is an eternal fresh subject. Debut director Sriram scripted a love story which is different from routine. Normally, love stories with college backdrop would have a quarrel between the hero and heroine in one or two scenes and they unite later, the story takes a twi
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| Dongasachinnollu - Rambha sizzles with her dances |
 Several comedians are turning heroes and many of them including Ali and Sunil proved that they too could play lead roles in films. Recently Krishna Bhagawan also appeared in the title role of 'John Appa Rao 40+' and got a critical acclaim for his performance.
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| Bommana Brothers-Chandana Sisters - A healthy comedy film |
 Films are of different genre. They could be categorised as films with action, mass, family and college backdrop. Every kind of film has their own set of audiences and each of them had their own seasons too. But, there is one more kind of films which are based on comedy.
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| Michael Madana Kamaraju - A different but poor triangular love story |
 'Nidhi' Prasad had earlier directed several films. Despite good experience behind the camera eye, he is still committing mistakes giving jitters to the audiences. Before going to the sets, he had a fantastic storyline in mind.
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| Kalidasu - Sushant – Dance is his strength |
 It is quite common for many debut heroes to have a poor glamour. Sushant, yet another grandson of Akkineni Nageswara Rao, is not an exception to it. After staying for some time in the US, Sushant, who had a passion towards acting, returned to India.
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| Bhale Dongalu - An above average or near hit for Tarun at last |
 Films with good entertainment values are always a welcome in Tollywood. It is well aware that 'Bunty Aur Babli' of Bollywood was a hilarious success and Bellamkonda Suresh got the opportunity to bag the remake rights of the movie.
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| Saval - Suhani's debut appearance is okay |
 Suhani, who played child artiste in 'Manasanta Nuvve', and became popular with the song 'Tooneegaa… Tooneegaa…' was introduced as heroine through 'Savaal' directed by B Jaya.
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| Jalsa - Of comedy, emotions and more... |
 When Mahesh Babu starts his narration of the story he has the rapt attention of the audience. He introduces his friend Sanjay Sahu (Pawan Kalyan). Sanjay, a student falls head over heels for his classmate (Kamalini Mukherjee), but a few shots later Sanjay is shown attending the marriage function of his lady love with a stranger. More than a year later Ileana enters his life and the story gets inte
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| Nagaram - Srikanth's return to action |
 It was much hyped as the makers and the main protagonist claimed it was a comeback of Srikant to hardcore action flicks once again. That was enough to create lots of enthusiasm among the audience to see what the film has on offer. It surely is an action flick and it surely sees Srikant doing more action than he has done in more than a decade. Then, there is an all important item song, a sincere co
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| Gamyam - Perfect rehash of 'Motorcycle Diaries' |
 For any student of world cinema, Walter Salles’ film Diarios de 'motocicleta' or 'Motorcycle Diaries' made in 2004 is a must-watch movie as it brings on to the screen the gradual evolution of a medical student, Che Guevera into a revolutionary. The film has acquired cult status given its autobiographical story and wonderful performances by Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal, who plays Che and Argent
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| Idee Sangati - Tabu fails to thrill |
 A thriller that is not exactly a thriller, that is Idee Sangati in short. Well, it is more of a chase story to corner the culprits. Not that they are gun-touting bad guys wearing shades and masterminding the plot in plush night clubs. Idee Sangati has simple people, the kind of people we meet everyday, who could turn into petty criminals, in a moment of greed.
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| Ontari - Back to good old revenge drama! |
 Revenge dramas had become passé. No longer do we have macho heroes bashing up the goons a la the 1980s and walking into the sunset. Today’s popcorn generation loves romantic comedies and the Gen X wants to see the hero and heroine zipping past on a bike into the sunset. But with 'Ontari', the makers attempt to revive the genre of the good, old fashioned revenge dramas.
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| Andamaina Manasulo... - RP's Val's Day film loaded with mush |
 From a music director, RP Patnaik had turned an actor and then he takes the next logical step to direct a film. For starters, we will talk about the pros of 'Andamaina Manasulo'. The comedy track is really very good. RP Patnaik comes up with something original and funny. He makes the most of the comic timing of Sunil and Lakshmipati and it is really nice to watch a fresh track after a long time.
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| Vishaka Express - Whodunit is far off the track |
 Two strangers meet on a train. There is a murder somewhere. An innocent man is framed for the murder. He is on the run and tries to fill in the crossword puzzle as to who framed him and why? Now, that’s interesting story to keep the audience glued with spine-chilling suspense and drama. Visakha Express, promised all this and more. In all fairness to the director, he has all his components right. B
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| Sundarakanda - 'Pinky' turns wonky |
 'Amma, nanna, O Telugu ammayi' would have been an apt title for this Bapu movie. We have Pinky (Charmme), the ammayi, we have Ram Gopal Varma (Sunil Sharma), the nanna and then we have the amma, played by Prema. The story is set in a village and we have the so-called ‘Bapu bomma’. Now does that sound enticing? If it does, then here’s the tailpiece. Pinky, Bapu’s ‘thoka leni Monkey’, wrecks havoc i
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| Krishnarjuna - Cola without the fizz |
 They said it was inspired by Bruce Almighty. Then, we heard it was similar to the ANR starrer Buddhimantudu. Now that the film has released, we can vouch for the fact that it is not inspired, at least not in total. It is indeed interesting to watch both Vishnu and Nagarjuna in the same frame, given that they both have a different body language.
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| Mr. Medhavi - It’s about the right calculation, honey! |
 A film by Neelakanta is bound to raise expectations. Then, there is Genelia, who has been winning best actress awards at various awards dos for Dhee. Known for his heroine-centric films, you only wanted to watch what Neelakanta did to his Sweta (Genelia) in his latest offering 'Mr Medhavi'.
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| Swagatham - Quintessential Jagapati Babu film |
 'Swagatam' is probably one of the much-hyped films of Jagapati Babu in a very long time. It has our hero and two heroines, Anushka and Bhoomika and good dosage of sentiment and the usual triangular love story. Only this time, it is set abroad – in the US, to be precise.
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| Vaana - MS Raju makes a touching debut |
 'Vaana' is another of the much hyped films released this season. The very fact that MS Raju has taken to direction with it has provided the intrigue element for this film. A remake of a Kannada film 'Mungaru Male', MS Raju tries his hand at pathos with this love story. Known for his mass entertainers, it is a detour for Raju from his usual brand of filmmaking.
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| Pourudu - Sumanth does not disappoint |
 A father who is a dedicated sidekick of a leading don and a son who aspires to be an IAS officer – naturally, it is bound to lead to tensions. 'Pourudu' is a story that takes you through the story of father Pandu (Suman) and son Ajay (Sumanth). Though it does feel like you have watched it before, Raaj Aditya manages to hold the attention of the audience with tight screenplay.
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| Krishna - Popcorn entertainment for Sankranti |
 Think Ravi Teja and you would think of an easy, feel-good film with ample doses of comedy and action. Krishna that released today is no exception. The combination of VV Vinayak and Ravi Teja was hyped quite a bit before the film’s release.
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| Mee Sreyobhilashi - Few sobs and some laughs |
 It is a theme that has been dealt with earlier. But it does manage to strike a chord with the audience every time, it is dealt with. Pathos somehow draws viewers. Though some times, sad endings may not always work. So, the best way to tackle such heavy subjects is to treat them in a lighter vein. Mee Sreyobhilashi is one such film.
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| Anasuya - A perfect multiplex film |
 The new cinema in India is the multiplex cinema. A genre by itself, it includes all films with a quirky plot and narration. Usually such films do not boast of big cast and ostentatious spending. Instead, their success depends on the narration and the way the script is handled by the director. Bhoomika’s film Anasuya too falls into the same category.
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| Don(Telugu) - Style sans stuff mars Don |
 In an industry where superstitions reign supreme, a delayed film usually causes apprehensions. Don has been in the making for a bit too long. However, it was released on the day that Nagarjuna wants his release – December 20. So in that sense, they have balanced out each other. Moving on, there has been a lot of hype about the stylish look that the film would have.
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| Mantra - A whodunit with Charmme does the trick! |
 Horror as a genre was not very hot when it came to the directors in the Telugu industry. But thrillers and horror films are something that have become the new-age cinema for Telugu audiences as the success of A Film by Arvind has proved.
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| Godava - Misleading title and a lost mission |
 What happens when an ace director turns producer for his son’s debut film? Well, you would expect a rather scintillating fare. But without sounding too filmi, we can safely say that father’s love seems to have taken over the rational side of a once successful director.
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| Takkari - A lover boy's tale with a twist |
 The film’s music is a hit and that is the main draw of this Nitin-Sada love yarn. Then of course, there is the fact that Nitin and Sada had given a hit in Jayam. The pair is seen together on screen after a long time. Ironically, for both Sada and Nitin, this is their first major release this year.
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| FM - Strong Hyderabadi flavour |
 Given the suprising success of Hyderabad Nawabs, one is bound to have high expectations from Fun aur Masti, a film from the same production house. The film is essentially a love story laced with loads of Hyderabadi humour or so the filmmakers have tried.
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| Seema Sastry - A parody of factionism |
 We have seen some heavy-duty action films based on Rayalaseema factionism. So, the makers have attempted to tone the action a bit and in turn give it a comic touch in keeping with what the audience would expect from Allari Naresh film.
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| Nava Vasantham - Tarun plays the perfect friend |
 Deepavali saw mega budget releases in Bollywood with Om Shanti Om and Saawariya. But closer home in Tollywood, there haven’t been any huge releases. We have had just one release on Deepavali and that is Tarun’s Nava Vasantam. Incidentally, the film is the remake of Tarun’s earlier film Punnagai Desam in Tamil. The film was a hit there and after a three year gap, one gets to see it with Tarun playi
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| Athidhi - Mahesh back in 'Action' |
 Lots of hype has worked well for Mahesh Babu’s Athidhi, as the film is a treat for all his fans. There is everything that one can expect from a Mahesh film -- plenty of well choreographed action with amazing visual effects and stunts, sentiment and of course oodles of romance. Post Sainikudu’s debacle, Mahesh plays safe sticking to the mass formula yet again in Athidhi. Only this time, he has a Bo
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| Thulasi - Venky 'stars' in out and out commercial |
 Thulasi is everything and more of what one can expect from a commercial mass entertainer. It’s bang on and packs in all the elements that make a film a box-office success. Director Srinu manages to throw in the right sentiments in the right proportions to keep the audience entertained all along.
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| Bhayya - An action-packed entertainer |
 Vishal, the young Tamil hero, is quite popular among the Andhra audiences with his dubbed films like 'Bharani, Pandemkodi and Pogaru' which were also proved hits in Telugu. In fact, he is a Telugu youth, but was brought up in Chennai and made his debut into films through Tamil cinema. His latest film 'Malai Kottai' was also dubbed into Telugu as 'Bhayya'.
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| Chirutha - Ram Charan excels in dances, histrionics |
 Though the sons of heroes and producers making their entry into the films is not new to the Telugu film industry, the debut appearance of Ram Charan is something different. While Balakrishna, Harikrishna, NT Rama Rao (junior) and for that matter Maheshbabu made their debut appearances as child artistes first and then became heroes. There is another category like Nagarjuna and Venkatesh who became
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| Happy Days - A fantastic narration of college life |
 Shekhar Kammula made his debut into films with 'Dollar Dreams'. Later, he ventured into Telugu films and his first movie 'Anand' starring Raja and Kamalini Mukherjee, was a big hit as it was a different from routine film. As the tagline of the film suggested, the film is really tasted like a good coffee. His next film is 'Godavari' featuring Sumanth and Kamalini Mukherjee. This film too was proved
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| Vijayadasami - For the eyes of front benchers alone |
 Though Samudra is known to be a specialist in remakes, he failed to make it this time. Kalyanram, who had no notable hits in his career tried his hand as a producer and succeeded to get a blockbuster, 'Athanokkade' in the direction of Surender Reddy. However, the next flick again turned a dud. He kept high hopes on 'Vijayadasami', which is the remake of a successful Tamil film 'Sivakasi' as it has
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| Hello… Premistaraa - Sairam Shankar is good in different roles |
 Director Puri Jagannath tried to promote his brother Sairam Shankar as solo hero through '1-4-3' produced and directed by himself on the banner of Vaishno Academy. However, the film failed to make it big. Later, Sairam Shankar played small time roles in a couple of films. Again Puri came out with a film 'Hello Premistara' with Sairam Shankar on his home production again.
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| Chandamama - Good family drama from Krishnavamsi |
 Director Krishnavamsi is known as a creative director. His films like 'Sindhuram' and 'Khadgam' proved his calibre the could present different subjects on the screen effectively, while the films like 'Ninne Pelladatha' and 'Murari' proved that he is an expert in presenting family subjects too.
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| Raghavan - An interesting investigative police story |
 Director Gautham is very good at moulding police subjects on the celluloid. He is also well-known among the Telugu audiences as he had directed 'Gharshana' with Victory Venkatesh as hero. It is no exaggeration to say that whenever the Tamil and Malayalam producers plan a police subject, the first to be consulted to direct the film would be Gautham and he had directed many top stars in Tamil and Ma
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| Yamagola - Clean entertainer from Srikanth-Venu combo |
 It is quite surprising that almost all the films like 'Yamagola, Yamudiki Mogudu, Yamaleela and Pittala Dora' with 'Yama' concept were hits and blockbusters. Especially, senior artiste Kaikala Satyanarayana is well-known for playing that mythological character with utmost ease and a point to be noted here is that in almost all the films he only played that role.
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| Yamadonga - NTR-Rajamouli combo is a big hit again |
 Director Rajamouli is known for his commitment. Since his debut film, Student No. 1, he has no looking back and all his five films were proved hits. After gaining confidence on himself, he chose to bring out a film, different from routine.
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| Allare Allari - A comic relief for the audiences |
 Muppalaneni Siva entered the film industry through 'Taj Mahal' produced by Dr D Ramanaidu. However he became famous with 'Sandade Sandadi', which was a hilarious comedy. Later, he gave a big hit like 'Sankranthi' for Victory Venkatesh which was produced by RB Choudary on the banner of Super Good Films.
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| Shankar Dada Zindabad - Chiru gets a glamorous look with Gandhigiri |
 The Telugu film industry had no history of bringing out sequels. However, Chiranjeevi's latest film, 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' came as a sequel to his earlier movie 'Shankar Dada MBBS'. It may be mentioned here that both SDM and the SDZ are the remakes of popular Bollywood movies.
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| Toss - Use 'toss' to watch the film |
 Priyadarshini Ram made his debut through 'Manodu' which could not impress the Telugu audiences. Though he tried to better his directorial capability to some extent, his latest film 'Toss' failed to please the audiences totally. With the first half moving at a slow pace, the director wrapped up the second half and the climax with terrible speed.
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| Satyabhama - Worth watch for family audiences |
 It is Bhoomika all the way who stole the show with her impressive performance. She did justice to her character by playing the title role. Her histrionics as a chivalrous girl, her expressions in a pensive mood and love scenes were simply superb. Sivaji also did a good job as a hero. All the lead artistes like Chandramohan, Melkote, Brahmanandam, Allari Suhasini and others did well.
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| Lakshyam - Gopichand, Jagapatibabu excel in multi-starrer |
 Gopichand's started building his career by doing negative roles in two films, as his debut film as hero was a flop. After proving himself as an artiste with calibre, he made a re-entry as hero with 'Yagnam' and from then on there is no looking back for him.
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| Chandrahas - Krishna excelled like a flash |
 Sivashakti Datta is a well-known lyricist and only a few know that he is the father of music director Keeravani. Sivashakti Datta prepared a good socio-fantasy subject and narrated it to Haranath Policharla, an NRI, who had earlier produced and acted as hero in a film.
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| Bahumathi - SVK's beautiful gift to audiences |
 At a time when all the audiences are coming to a conclusion that SV Krishna Reddy's magic is waning with no notable hits to his credit, he gave a fitting reply in the form of 'Bahumati'. Another speciality is that the film is the hattrick hit for producer Venkat on the banner of RR Movie Makers.
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| Vihari - Not so impressive triangular love |
 Tulsikumar made his debut into the direction through 'Harischandra' (Annee Abaddhale) with JD Chakravarthy as hero. This time he chose a love story as the theme of his film. It is a triangular love story, but Tulsikumar tried to portray the point on the silver screen that true love would never look for an alternative though it was a failure due to unavoidable circumstances.
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| Sivaji (Telugu) - The Boss is always right |
 Where do you start? Where do you end? How do you recapture cinematic magic, the captivating power and charisma of one man, who manages to transcend the rational faculties in all of us? How do you re-create this attraction of soul and heart? No matter what, no review is ever going to do justice to Sivaji –The Boss as no writer can summon the ability to bring in words the impossible swathe that Rajn
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| Dubai Seenu - Raviteja back in form, bags hit |
 Sreenu Vaitla who gave a hit like 'Venky' with Raviteja, scripted another tailor-made subject for the hero. Though it was a routine revenge drama, the director chose to narrate it in a different way with different flashbacks coming in with a reasonable time gap.
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| Veduka - An emotions-filled love story |
 Bringing out a love story on the screen is not that hard and already several love stories had stormed the Telugu film industry. However, filling some emotions in the subject would give that film a new look. Director Jitender Y did the same for 'Veduka'. The film has a very good tagline 'Celebration of Love'.
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| Laila Majnu - Story of a love pair that won elders' confidence |
 It is very common among the present generation of youth to fall in love. While some friendships between a boy and girl remain mere attraction, some turn to be true love. Even if a boy and a girl are in real love, several factors like caste, creed, religion, money and stature play spoilsport in their love story.
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| Operation Duryodhana - Posani arrests audiences with dialogues |
 Dialogues are the forte of Posani Krishnamurali. The debut film of this writer-turned-director was a flop. However, the urge in him to prove himself a director did not die. Posani has a penchant to criticise the political leaders. So, he chose a story with political backdrop. It may be recalled here that Tehelka succeeded in unearthing a huge scam involving the political leaders in the name of 'Op
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| Bhukailas - Hero excels, but film disappoints |
 Kailasam (Venumadhav) is a petty milk vendor and lives happily with his parents (LB Sriram and Geetanjali). Their family has a two-acre land on the outskirts of Hyderabad city.
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| Rajubhai - Manoj's film brings cheers to Mohanbabu |
 Manoj who entered into films with 'Donga Dongadi' won critical acclaim as a good artiste. Moreover, had a good voice modulation like his father. His second film 'Sri' again proved a failure. After the second film, Manoj took a reasonable gap and came up with the remake of a successful Tamil film 'Chittiram Pesudadi' in Telugu, with debutant heroine Sheela. The film opened with good crowds and earn
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| Gundammagari Manavadu - Jaya's magic worked on 'Gundamma' |
 B Jaya, who had a passion for direction, proved her mettle with a hit film like 'Chantigadu' with new faces like Baladitya and Suhasini. So far, she directed films for her own banner, she agreed to wield megaphone for another banner 'RR Movie Makers' of Venkat for the first time with K Achireddy as presenter.
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| Aata - MS Raju hit the Bull's Eye with 'Aata' |
 If the director and the screenplay writer had an equal wavelength, an ordinary subject could also be moulded excellently on the celluloid and could be presented well on the screen. Villain eyeing the heroine, hero saving the heroine, putting her back in villain's house, playing drama, finally winning her — this kind of stories had already come on the Telugu screen.
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| Spiderman 3 - Now this is what you call as BIG....and definitely |
 Leave aside the talks of Spiderman fighting his inner demons, battle between right and wrong, misunderstandings between lovers etc. etc. The fact remains that the latest version of Spiderman franchise entertains, enthralls, sets the adrenalin running and makes you gasp for breath in almost each of its nail biting 'Spidey' moments!
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| Sri Mahalakshmi - Srihari's performance is only saving grace |
 Srihari entered the Telugu film industry as a villain. He turned a hero with 'Police'. Though action films are his forte, he tried his hand in other kinds of films. Though he gave a couple of hits, he had no notable hits to his credit in recent past.
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| Munna - A routine commercial mass masala movie |
 Prabhas' latest flick 'Munna' is an admixture of different film stories and had the shades of his blockbuster 'Chatrapati'. There are also resemblances of a Bollywood flick 'Trishool'. Though the film had a divided talk before its release, the film was opened with a good talk.
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| Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule - Venkatesh excelled in emoting |
 Though the number of films by Venkatesh is less when compared to his contemporaries, he bagged more number of hits than others due to careful selection of stories and he always keeps off from a specific image by doing different films. Incidentally, he chooses one action and one family subject alternatively in the process.
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| Classmates - Twists made 'Classmates' interesting |
 Though the title suggests it to be a college backdrop film with love subject, the director turned it into a suspense thriller. In fact it is the remake of a superhit Malayalam film 'Classmates' which was remade on the same name. But the perfect screenplay and changes in the original to suit the Telugu nativity made it as a straight film.
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| Gnapakam - A memorable love story |
 There are several instances where the directors used typical diseases for storyline. This time director Uppalapati Narayana Rao used schizophrenia (A severe mental disorder with delusions and hallucinations) in his film. At the same time, he used astrology and palmistry as another thread to this love story.
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| Neevalle Neevalle - A triangular love story with right thread |
 Cinematographer turned director Jeeva, who showed his class in Tamil movies like '12B' and 'Ullam Ketkume', puts up a mature mind in handling a three-cornered love story this time. His strength seems to be getting the backdrop right and making it tells the story along with the events.
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| Dhee...Kotti Choodu - Srihari excelled once again |
 With hit films like 'Sontham, Venky and Andarivadu' to his credit, Sreenu Vaitla had come before the audiences with Vishnu in the lead for 'Dhee'. After several hiccups, the film had saw the light and hit the screen, reportedly with the help of Suresh Productions.
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| Sri Satyanarayana Swamy - Yet another devotional movie in Telugu |
 It is common among the people of Andhra Pradesh to perform Satyanarayana Vratam for any auspicious occasion in the household functions. One can find people doing the vratam after marriage, house warming and any other function.
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| Athili Sathibabu LKG - One more laugh riot from EVV's direction |
 Being groomed in the school of Jandhyala, EVV Satyanarayana had grasped the art of making good comedy films and his films like Appula Appa Rao, Hello Brother and others were proved big hits and remained memorable films.
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| Bharani - One more hit for Vishal in Telugu |
 Vishal became a star in Telugu overnight with the success of his dubbed films 'Pandemkodi and Pogaru'. His latest flick 'Bharani', the dubbed version of his Tamil hit film 'Tamara Bharani', directed by Hari bagged a hit talk with a good mass appeal.
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| Jagadam - Sukumar shows violence in a new fashion |
 After giving a big hit like 'Arya', wherein Sukumar created a new trend in love scenes, he tried to show violence and action in a new way through 'Jagadam'. He chose young sensation Ram, who created a craze among the youth with his hit film 'Devadasu', as hero and it was proved a right choice.
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| Muni - A hattrick hit of Ragava Larencce |
 Wielding a megaphone has become common these days with several technicians turning directors. However, going step by step above the ladder is important. Giving a hit in the debut film and proving a dud in the very next film is the common practice for several of these technicians and Ragava Larencce is an exception to it.
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| Okkadunnadu - Yeleti doubles Gopichand's mass image |
 Gopichand had earned himself a mass image with films like ' Yagnam and Ranam'. Chandrasekhar Yeleti, whose earlier films 'Aithe and Anukokunda Oka Roju' have a tint of difference, came up with a good script, which fits Gopichand to the ‘T’.
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| Adivaram Aadavallaku Selavu - A good message for male-dominated society |
 Raja Vannemreddy, who had earlier gave a hit film like 'Kshemamga Velli Labhamgaa Randi' and other films had once again came out with a complete entertainer like 'Aadivaram Aadavallaku Selavu'.
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| Nuvvu Nenu Prema - A romantic triangular love story |
 Suriya became well known among the Telugu audiences with his film 'Gajini'. However, his other films dubbed later failed to leave a mark. Very recently, his latest Tamil film 'Sillunu Oru Kaadhl' was dubbed into Telugu as 'Nuvvu Nenu Prema'.
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| Anumanaspadam - One more thriller from Vamsee |
 Aryan Rajesh, son of EVV Satyanarayana, had made his debut through 'Sontham'. Though he played hero in some more films, he is still awaiting a good break. With an opportunity to play with a director like Vamsy, the audiences had kept a lot of expectations on the film.
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| Lakshmi Kalyanam - Teja gave a moderate hit again |
 Cinematographer turned director Teja is craving for a hit. Nandamuri Kalyanram who gave a blockbuster like 'Athanokkade' had a soar experience with 'Asaadhhyudu' and is also waiting for a good hit.
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| Note Book - Heroine takes the cake in this love story |
 With the success of '10th Class', Chandu launched 10th Class Productions on his own and chose Vellampally Prasad as his producer to launch his second project 'Notebook'. Rajiv, son of noted music director Koti, has been introduced as hero, while Gayatri as heroine. Gayatri had an experience of the camera as a child artiste for a popular tele-serial 'Nagamma'.
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| Madhumasam - A fantastic love-hate portrayal |
 After giving an excellent film on human relations like 'Aa Naluguru', Chandra Siddharth got another good opportunity to work another film on the emotional part of life – The love. Really the film had an excellent twist in love and the director had handled the love subject with a gripping screenplay.
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| Maharathi - Music, Balayya's dances stole the show |
 Balakrishna's fans have kept lots of expectations on 'Maharathi' directed by P Vasu of Chandramukhi-fame and produced by Vakada Appa Rao on the banner of Sri Lalitha Kalanjai Productions. In the wake of no worthy hits, 'Maharathi' gave Yuva Ratna Balakrishna some solace. However the directorial abilities of P Vasu helped him a lot in making the film a hit.
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| Poramboku - Poor storyline, sloppy screenplay |
 'Sindhura Puvvu' producer Krishna Reddy brought out 'Poramboku' with young hero Navadeep. Mumbai girl Ekta Khosla was given an opportunity to play the female lead. Though Srinivas directed the film, he failed to get a free hand on the film, as the story and screenplay were provided by the Tollywood Talkies unit. At a time, when many new ideas are coming up on the silver screen, a hero, basically f
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| Pagale Vennela - One more free make from Hollywood flick |
 CV Reddy chose a Hollywood flick 'Just Married' directed by Shawn levy with Ashton Kutzer and Britney Murphy as hero and heroine and made a free make in the name of 'Pagale Vennela'.
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| Yogi - Vinayak's taking style, punch missing |
 It is the remake of Kannada hit film 'Jogi' which has mother sentiment in its backdrop. It seems sentiment has become the hot topic these days.
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| Desamuduru - Allu Arjun is now a macho man |
 Unlike other young heroes, Allu Arjun has a clean track record. He is giving successive hits right from his debut. Especially, he is very careful in selecting subjects and is not limiting himself to a particular image.
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| Annavaram - Power Star proves his might again |
 The combination of RB Choudary, Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao and Pawan Kalyan once again proved a hit with 'Annavaram'. After receiving two or three blows, Pawan Kalyan regains his strength and resurrected once again like a thunder. As was said by the producer in some interviews, the first half was completely devoted to family drama and sentiment, while second half has complete mass elements.
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| Rakhee - A good film with sister sentiment |
 It is a different film from Krishnavamsi's school. Though it is said that the basic theme is based on the sister sentiment, the hero of this film did not do much for his sister.
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| Pellaina Kothalo - A film to pull crowds to theatres |
 The storyline for his latest flick is quite delicate. It is about the relationship between a wife and husband immediately after marriage. The director has tried to give a good message as to how a couple should mould their marital life and stay away from the influence of others, on their marital life.
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| Aadhi Lakshmi - Srikanth excels in negative role |
 Srikanth started his career with small time roles and some of them had a negative shade. He climbed the ladder step by step and became a hero. Now, with this film, he has got another opportunity to play a hero with a negative shade. Director RV Suresh has moulded the story on the screen with many twists.
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| Maya Bazaar - Right mix of myth and entertainment |
 Award-winning director Indraganti Mohanakrishna has chosen that character to make a total entertainer. Moreover, the film has a good message to the people in general namely, one should be kind at heart and help the needy. It is not the question of just money. If one is good at heart, money will automatically come by God's grace.
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| Sainikudu - High technical values, impressive storyline |
 Siddhartha (Mahesh Babu) is a medical college student. He and his friends believe in serving the society like soldiers. They come across a goonda-turned-politician Pappu Yadav (Irfan Khan), who is robbing the society. Siddhartha decides to teach him a lesson and abducts his bride Varalakshmi (Trisha) when his marriage is about to take place.
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| Manikyam 420 - Of easy money and extra-marital affairs |
 The present day youth are searching ways for easy money. This kind of attitude is dangerous and this, if not channelised in the right direction, also leads to a hike in crime rate. The director has given a message to the youth that this attitude is dangerous.
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| Gopi - A funny movie with an old concept |
 Writer-turned-director Janardhana Maharshi chose to portray this typical mentality of a person in his debut venture and it helped him to prove himself in giving a perfect characterization to the hero and Naresh, who could do comedy with elan did complete justice to his role.
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| Gana - An off-beat film for Brahmaji |
 It is not new for the audiences who have love as a subject with action/faction backdrop. Director Raviraj gave a small twist to maintain suspense till the end in his debut film. Brahmaji who had good talent and performed excellently in various films like 'Khadgam, Samudram' had got a nice break in the hero slot. Suhasini, who made her entry through Chantigadu proved a good pair to Brahmaji in this
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| Bhagya Laxmi Bumper Draw - A wholesome entertainer |
 'Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw' is yet another remake in Telugu from Bollywood flick 'Malamaal Weekly'. As popular writer LB Sriram, who almost stopped writing these days and took to acting, once again convinced to pen dialogues for this film by the director Nidhi Prasad. With all his expertise, LB Sriram made the story quite convincing to suit the Telugu nativity and at the same time helped the direc
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| Manasu Palike Mounaragam - Sneha at her best in performance |
 Producer Deva Kumar Reddy and debutant director Nagabhushan tried to portray the attempts made by a girl to change the youth, who are influenced and bent heavily towards the western culture through their film 'Manasu Palike Mounaragam'.
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| Chinnodu - Impressive histrionics by Sumanth |
 Kanmani had once again proved his creative skills in the film and at the same time Ramana Gogula's music added flavor to it. Sumanth played the role with good ease his character evoked good sympathy among the audiences.
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| Raraju - A right mix of action and feel good love |
 Gopichand who proved himself as an action and mass hero with two hit films like 'Yagnam' and 'Ranam' played the lead while Udayshankar, who directed a feel good and sentiment films like Kalisundam Raa wielded the megaphone for this film. Together they made it another good film, which had mass elements and at the same time it has feel good love, besides good sentiment.
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| Samanyudu - Lesson to politician by a common man |
 The Telugu audiences had earlier watched some films like Antima Teerpu of Krishnamraju where journalist / editor teaching a lesson to the corrupt politicians and other mafia don. Almost with a similar theme, Ravi C Kumar prepared a subject and presented on the screen with Jagapatibabu, Kamna Jethmalani in the lead with Venkat as producer.
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| Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila - A good entertainer with lots of comedy |
 Director Srinivas Reddy tried to weave the story with several elements like love, sentiment, comedy, action and professional rivalry. He was able to make the audiences laugh heartily with excellent screenplay and maintained the tempo of the film at a steady pace.
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| Kidnap - A clean entertainer |
 The film is basically an entertainer. However, one could find how the film stars are being cheated by some people was perfectly screened by Singapuli. It seems the Telugu producers had reshowed a couple scenes to suit the nativity.
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| Boss - Nagarjuna's charm charms audiences once again |
 It has comedy, romance, love, sentiment and also action. The film will definitely attract the class audiences with the classic performance by all the artistes, the thread of entertainment and the melodious songs and their beautiful choreography would pull the general crowds as well.
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| Hyderabad Nawabs - An entertainer with a thread of love |
 RK launched his own banner Utopia Entertainers to make 'Hyderabad Nawabs', a total comedy film and a big entertainer. He chose Lakshmikanth Chenna, who worked as chief associate for 'The Angrez', as director for the film.
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| Stalin - Will take Chiranjeevi more nearer to people |
 Director Murugadoss, who made us all sit up and take notice through Tagore (story) and Ghajini, once again underlines his talent for making a wholesome and powerful mass masala movie. In Chiranjeevi, he has somebody who can bring to life any kind of idea he (Murugadoss) has.
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| Ganga - An excellent film on fight against 'Jogini' system |
 'Ganga' is one such film produced and directed by Shekhar Yalamanchi to highlight the social evil called 'jogini system'.
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| Hope - A film for a social cause |
 Puja (Kalyani) is the daughter of Rao (Sudarshan). She loses her mother in her childhood. She has a younger sister, who commits suicide, while studying Intermediate as she fails to get good marks. After a few days, Puja's father also dies of heart attack. Prof R.B.V.R. Murthy (Dr D. Ramanaidu), who worked in Columbia University and also a good journalist and the first Indian who bagged the first P
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| Dongodi Pelli - Old commercial formula film |
 Rajendrababu, who had earlier played hero in 'Ramana', made his appearance as hero again as an action hero, with a comedy touch. Lakme model and former Miss Gujarat Ratna Bhattal, Jhalak Nandini played the female leads opposite him.
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| Shiva 2006 - RGV's taking is quite impressive |
 The way the director cum producer waged a war against the corrupt police officials and politicians is worth mentioning. He rightly portrayed how the corrupt police officials support the mafia and underworld dons and at the same time how the politicians support the thugs for their petty political gains.
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| Konte Korallu - A film that could misguide youth |
 The film reflects the mentality of the present day youth.
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| Adavi Biddalu - Yet another routine revolutionary film |
 'Adavi Biddalu' deals with Adivasis. R Narayana Murthy is a versatile personality and he himself provided story, screenplay, music and direction besides producing the film. Above all, he played the lead role in the film and the film is aimed at a particular group of audience as usual.
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| Maa Iddari Madhya - An unimpressive love story |
 SP Entertainments produced several films with Venu Tottempudi as hero. The production unit had deviated its path and produced '10th Class' with Bharat as hero recently. After that, the unit made another film 'Maa Iddari Madhyalo' with the same hero introducing a new heroine called Videesha.
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