Darling Telugu Movie Review

Darling, name given for the heck of filling the title is a good comedy movie. Prabhas and his group of friends including the villain have put decent efforts to make us laugh almost every moment.

The story runs around Prabhas and his childhood love and another girl who falls in the triangle. The movie was shot in the wonderful locations of Switzerland showcasing decent locations.

Now the best part I like in the movie is this. Once due to certain difficulties the hero and his group get, kind of jailed in a slum in Switzerland. Then a guy in the group says I never thought there were slums in Switzerland; why the heck was "Slumdog Millionaire" shot in India when there are slums even here? I clapped heart-fully to this dialogue. Something to ponder???

Well the movie is worth the money invested as it really gives you the comedy ride and makes you laugh well. However there were two minor things which I wanted to highlight in spite of them being minor.

1. Prabhas Wardrobe: I am not sure which idiot took care of his new style of clothing in this movie, however the clothing was awful and pathetic.

2. I have an example. If you goto any small restaurant for lunch/dinner in South India you would observe that many items which are supposed to be dry are generally wet and in fact contain a lot of water. If you bring the same chef home and tell him there is no need adulterate for profits he still mixes water because that is in his blood now.

Similarly Andhra movie directors, however good they make a film they can't spell complete without one or two silly/sleazy scenes which look awful for any ordinary human being with brain.

My rating: 3/5
My verbal rating: Watch the movie for a good laugh. Its a family movie. Actress Kajal Agarwal somehow kept all her clothes on.

Housefull - Movie Review

What else could happen when Sajid Khan and Akshay kumar pair up? A wonderful blast of laughter. However the one little change this time is the higher volume of Nitrous Oxide is packed for the part after the break. The first part of the movie goes a little normal.

Now as usual, our Bollywood babes have been used completely and fully in the prostitutionaly ... oops sorry glamorous ways. Every one was bought one bikini which could show them as sleazy as possible and the heroines very comfortably wore those clothing.

I remember once Smt. Asha Bhonsle explaining how a particular song can be sung in numerous ways. She just took one single chorus and sang it in different moods; viz, sad, happy, sexy, romantic ... as far as I remember.

Similarly a woman's body is supposed to be a sensual/subtle thing. People should have an aesthetic mind to show case the sensuality and bring in the right kind of pleasure. Just stripping a woman does not precisely ring the bell, unless you are seeing her for the first time like that.

Okay leaving my philosophy aside, the movie is a overflow of comedy. Boman Irani, Lara Dutta and very well our king Akshay have made it a blast of laughter.

It is a must watch as it acts as a good break from our normal routines.

My Rating: 3/5
My Verbal Rating: A must watch in theater. so that you can have fun without disturbance of either a cellphone or a door bell ring.

3 Idiots

3 idiots is an entertainer based on Chetan Bhagat's bestseller, Five point someone. The story is loosely related to the book. It is a story of three friends, Raju(Sharman), Farhan(Maddy) and Rancho(Amir), who join the country's best engineering college.

While Raju and Farhan are studious, Rancho is the odd one out. He is against the education system in India, and believes that learning should be passionate and practical. The movie is about how he explains the same to his friends and the director of the college Viru Sahastrabudhhe, aka Virus(Boman). Mean while he also falls for Pia (Kareena Kapoor).

Raju Hirani was all set to make the audience laugh and cry. The movie is a complete entertainer, and all the actors palyed their part well. The effort spent on deciding the casting did not go waste. Raju Hirani got just the perfect players for the roles. Personally, I liked the character of Chatur, aka Silencer.

To cut the long story short, the movie is a must watch for those looking for a complete entertainer.

My Rating: 4.5

My Verbal Rating: It's just awesome. Don't miss it.

Aarya - II

Someone once told me that this movie sucks big time. Respecting that Mr.Someone's opinion I refrained from watching this movie. However after good enough time after the release, recently I thought why not give it a try. After watching, now I am trying to find out that Mr.Someone.

This movie is a sequel to a wonderful entertainer of 2004, Aarya. You need to understand, in India a sequel doesn't mean you would be finding the same story of part-I getting continued. A similar concept, is what a sequel means in this country. The reason behind it is LOVE. Yes, our audience love to see the concept of love in every movie. So if part-I had a successful love story then what is left in part-II? Simple another love story has to start. Heroine changes, Hero is constant. MALE DOMINATION :-)

So just like the part-I, its all about love and sacrifice which every time is offered only by our hero, Allu Arjun. As usual with hatred for the hero, the heroine falls in love with the side-hero. Then the remaining movie runs around our hero getting back the babe. Though the story outline is not new, the entertainment is absolutely fresh. Also this guy Navdeep, I should say, got a very good break by this movie.

Padmashri. Brahmanandam garu, did marvelously. His humour and the way he presented it was exemplary. The other good part of this movie is, the heroine who used only to expose did not have to do that. She was decent. No indecency. May be the whole family got bored of her cleavage :-)

By all these means this movie is a very good entertainer. The ROI is 100%.

My rating: 4/5
My verbal rating: Good to watch with everyone in the family. A very good entertainer.

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Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year

"Ethical movie of the Year"

Harpreet Singh Bedi(Ranbeer Kapoor) is an honest and ambitious salesman who believes in doing things the right way. After passing out from college with minimal marks, he decides to make his mark as a salesman. He joins in a company as a trainee, and soon finds out that the sales world runs on bribery and corruption. He innocently complains to a client organization about the bribery. Instead of the expected appreciation, he is treated as a loser and denied field work.

He secretly starts his own sales corporation while working as a trainee. His company has no employees, but only partners. He reaches out to clients and offers services honestly. He uses the old mantra of selling goods of higher quality for lesser cost. Soon his business becomes a great success. The rest of the movie is about how his bosses learn the lessons of running an ethical business.

Coming from the Chak de India team, Rocket Singh is a must watch movie for everyone. Ranbir Kapoor played his part really well, and I can surely say that he is a very promising actor. The best part of this movie is, there are no useless songs that disturb the flow of the story. All the songs are in the background. Shazhan Padamsee had a very short role to play, so I can not really comment on her acting.

My rating: 4/5
My verbal rating: Good for a onetime watch; can learn some ethics out of the movie

De Dana Dan - A Storyless Wonderful Comedy

The million dollar question that should come to your mind after watching this movie is "Why are Sunil Shetty, Akshay, Katrina and Sameera Reddy engaged in the movie???". The only answer;  they are the unnecessary selling factors involved for a wonderful comedy movie.

If I need to recompile and tell you what the story line is, it becomes the tough part. However if I need to think how long I was laughing then I can happily tell you that it was almost all the tenure of the movie. The comedy was so great that you need to take deep breaths in-between and drink some water. The entire movie hall gets filled with NitrousOxide. This movie has one more feature, it can be watched by everyone in the family together. Full PaisaVasool.

My rating: 3.5/5

My verbal rating: Its a must watch for everyone who can understand Hindi.

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Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani

Complete all your nature calls :-) buy popcorn, soft drink, water, nachos, cakes whatever and just get settled down before the Certificate of the movie is shown; cos you are up for an amazing fun ride. Right from the word go till the end of the movie there isn't a minute that passes without everyone laughing.

Okay, now the boring part, the story. Regular story, idle lad of a middle class guy who does nothing except that he falls in love with a pretty woman, who (the girl) as usual loves some one else. Doesn't it sound pretty boring. Yes it is. If you want a story movie nope then this movie is not for you. However if you still attempt to see this movie you shall never regret.

Ranbir, I think its genes, that he does acting so well. To say it in the Indian way, its Khandani :-). I also felt that Katrina how much ever she tries can never get rid of her western accent.  Both did pretty well.

"Run away Bride" concept has become very common these days. Almost in all the movies the heroin gets ready to wed another chap and suddenly just few minutes before the marriage she realizes that he is not the one. And THE ONE is none other than the hero. And that's it .... she runs away.

Directors of these so called Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood, Sandalwood made the values of marriage a fun. So brothers, I mean you directors, will understand this when either your daughters or would-be wives run out of the marriage you would realize how funny it can be.

Readers might think that I am getting serious unnecessarily, but friends there is a lot of influence on us from movies.

Well ...

My rating for this movie: 3/5

My verbal rating: Don't miss it; no story; but amazing comedy and you shall burst, laughing.

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Ganesh - Just Ganesh

I never dreamt even in my wildest dreams that I would go to a movie starring Ram on the first day that too after buying the tickets in Black. But then there is always a first time for everything... :P

Ganesh - Just Ganesh is a typical masala Telugu movie which tries to be different at times but then is gobbled up by the intention to reach out to the mass crowd...!!!

Movie starts well with our good Samaritan hero, Ganesh (Ram of Devadasu fame) putting his hand up to help fructify his friend's love. To attain this, he has to show fake love towards Divya (Kajal Agarwal). Divya falls for him. However our hero falls in real love while faking. Just before the interval, the heroine gets to know about his act. Post-interval is all about how he tries to prove his love. He follows a novel method to justify his act. I think this is something which would instantly connect with the audience.

Ram does well but in most of the scenes he tries to imitate Pavan Kalyan. as always. I think Ram has good potential as actor and it would be good if he creates his own style. Kajal Agarwal looks good. I am seeing her for the second time in one week. Saturday it was Magadheera and now it is Ganesh. I must say I am fast becoming a fan of this lovely lady. Acting-wise she is ok.

All in all, I think this movie is a decent time-pass but then there are 3-4 unnecessary songs which test your patience. There is decent comedy, not path-breaking but time-pass. I think you can watch this movie if there is no other movie ticket available. :)

My rating: 2.5/5

Anjaneyulu

If there was anything that was missing in this movie, I am sure its just screenplay... hmmm may be a little good music, some reality in the fights, some original story, some decent makeup for the actress Nayantara ...... what else am I missing ... I think a little less vulgarity in the dialogues also could have been a factor. 

Hope you are not thinking that I am confused. Nope its not me, its the director of this movie. I think freak worked with the acclaimed director Puri Jagannath. So the first slide he has on this film was a thanks to him. Then a movie which is almost a copy of Pokiri in most of the angles.

In Andhra movies, if you observe every idiot who does not even weigh as much as a paper weight hits top body builders. There is no exception to this movie too. Our hero Ravi Teja who does not even know the meaning of biceps wreaks super built up guys. How interesting!!!

The heroine's presence is absolutely for the sake of it. There is nothing for her in this movie. And as usual Ravi Teja behaves in the same old rude style with heroine and parents. 

The movie has only interesting character, Padmashri Brahmanandam garu. I should say the director was clever enough to cover his role till the end of the movie to keep people in their chairs. Neither I am very sure this movie would not have stayed so long. Without his presence and fun the movie is worth nothing.

So ...

My rating is 2/5

My verbal rating is ... "Watch is for the comedy by Padmashri Bhramandam garu"

Kick - Buckle the belt tightly :-)

This is the best comedy movie of the times. The elders may not like the comedy which has a little bit of taboo added to it, however the young would certainly love it.

As usual, like in anyother RaviTeja's movie, the hero doesn't have any proper ambition or career. However here the hero loves to have a tinch of adventure/risk in everything he does. If he feels that there is no risk or fun in any task then he creates problems for himself and then tries solving it to satiate his hunger for risk and adventure. Now this guy falls in love with the herione who is a quoxotic. The story moves further where the hero is proven as a big theif. The remaining part of the story is a chase between the hero and a police officer who is none other than the fiance of the heroine.

Check it out. I would recommend it watching twice with a month's gap.

My Rating: 4/5

My Verbal rating: Very humourous. Should watch

Koncham Istam Koncham Kastam - A funny family movie

I might be a little late to express my opinions here, however I have seen it just over the weekend and thought I should not miss to express my views.

The movie is a perfect family entertainer. One would understand why Sri Brahmanandam garu has got the prestigious PadmaShri award recently. The comedy provided by him makes one gasp for breath. As usual Siddartdh movies are a mix of fun and family centiment. This movie is a must watch for everyone to understand Love. I am not speaking of the love which starts at college and ends up nowhere. The movie explains the responsibility that comes with LOVE.

Its about a relationship but not who is great relative to other - thats the message. And this is important in one's life.

My rating: 3.5/5
My Verbal Rating: Must watch - atleast once