Saturday, May 29, 2010

Telugu film - Golimar

How is it - No boring at all...good Action film with little bit of romance. Go and Watch it.
Screenplay: Very good
Writing about screenplay before hero and director. Director has worked a lot on the screenplay and that shows on the screen.  It has all the integrants of a good commercial film with very tight screenplay (action, drama and little bit of romance) making the film watchable by fans as well as regular cinema goers.

Director Puri Jaganath: Back to his original style
Not everyone can make commercial films keeping the image of the hero as well as collections.  Puri from the beginning is very good in handling the hero characterization and he has done it again.  The script in his previous films like Buggigadu and Ek Niranjan was not so good and tight.  This film has good screenplay, right turns/twists, love, action with neat dailogue but missing is the comedy.  The love track between hero and herione is well directed.  There is something that director Ramgopal Varma has to learn from this film. Varma is no doubt one of the best directors in the country but when u have regular flops, then u have to fall back on formula based films for success.  Hindi film “Ab Tak Chappan” was poor at box office but with the same story, Puri made into a commercial hit.
Hero Gopi Chand: Perfect
I think this is his best performance after ‘Okkadunnadu’ and ‘Ranam’.  He is perfect for this role.  Acting, dresses, stunts, dailogues and dances are all picture perfect.

Herione Priyamani: Good
Jolly type of role.  Done well but has to take care of hair styles which covers her whole face.  Over weight...Yes.

Roja:
Roja is perfect.  Her dialogues are really good.  Would like to see her in more films.
Nazar: thought small role... good

M S Narayana: Super O Super
He is superb in this film so are his dialogues.  His role brings little bit of enjoyment (typically Puris) in a very serious movie.

Music by Chakri:
Disappointed. Leaving one melody songs in the second half which reminds me of a song from "Nennethe" film.  Chakri voice is also growing like his body size.  First song’s lyrics are good. 

Photography – Shyam K Naidu: Excellent
I think first song in the film is shot with some type of “Sepia” color or something like that but looks different.  In last song, lighting effects in the background (using very thick colors) is good.  But the best Picturization is the slow song where “Close shots with Wide angles” are really really excellent (taking this type of shots is really difficult). I think I will be watching this song many more times to learn few things about photography.  Excellent work, Shyam K Naidu.

Most enjoyable part of the movie: Dailogues between Gopichand and M S Narayana
At the beginning of the film, communication between Gopichand, M S Narayana and all the sequences before Gopichand becomes police is really enjoyable.  

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Telugu film – Rama Rama Krishna Krishna

How is it – Just a time pass movie if u r a regular movie buff.

Here is an actor whom I believe has all the qualities of becoming a mass hero.  He looks good, has good mannerism, fights and dances well.  He is also careful while selecting stories and directors.  But this time he has failed.  This film is “Kichidi” of many films or at least the hero characterization.

There are some actors who can perform their roles with such an accuracy leaving mark in the film even though their role is very small.  Once such actor is Arjun.  He selects roles which fits him and plays them perfectly.  No complains about Arjun role or his acting in his film.  He is a saving grace in this film.

Many directors and producers are very good in the beginning of their careers.  But as time goes on, their judgement becomes weak or they go according to their GUT Feeling.  That is what is happening with Producer Dil Raju.  We don’t expect this type of film from Dil Raju.

Hero Raam – He is good but getting routine in his acting, dialogue, dancing and mannerism which should be avoided as much as possible.  Two songs in this film are same like songs in his previous films like Ready and Maska.  Short hair style is not looking good.  He needs to work with new dance directors.  It is only because of his energetic acting, the film is watchable.

Producer Dil Raju - Thumps down.  Disappointed to have a movie like this from his banner.

Director Srivas – formula film are good only when u can mix them properly.  Need to work more on the story and lot of improvement needed in direction.

Photography – very ordinary and poor.

Heriones – Priya Anand is good but Bindu Madhavi…no comments.

Music – I always like Keeravani music.  Music composing for 200 films is no small achievement.  Long way to go but care must be taken to avoid composing like this.  Once song “Godavari” has keeravani mark and the rest are below average.


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Sunday, May 2, 2010

KANNADA MOVIE: film PRITVI – VERY DECENT



How is it – Go and watch this movie.  Sometimes u need a different type of movie.

I was not during Dr. Raj Kumar era.  Recently, we lost Dr. Vishnuvardhan.  It has been more than 15 years from now, I am seeing Kannada movie on and off.  Very rarely I am lucky to see a decent film like Prithvi.  What is good about this film is that the director and hero didn’t care for commercial elements.  Very decent and dignified acting/dialogue delivery by Puneeth.  It can be called the best decent acting by Puneeth till date.  The credit must go to the director for having full command over the script but couldn’t end it in a right way.  The climax fight by the hero is unnecessary though it needed for the mass audience.  The heroine, Parvathi, is good (especially close shots where only face is shown) but she looks different from different angles (good from some angles only).  The chemistry between hero and heroine is great and two slow songs a must repeat.  Photography could have been more effective but using the REDDISH color adds seriousness and nativity of the subject.  Picturization of two songs are very good.  The film starts in similar fashion like Hindi film “Gangajal” but somewhere in the second half looses the grip.

I think Puneeth is too early in his career for this type of roles, but Shivanna would be perfect.

Plus:


  • ·     Direction by Jacob
  • -     Puneeth acting.
  • -     Decent dialogues
What I liked most in the film was the discussion between hero and heroine and particularly the hero response to the heroine’s frustrations and so on.  I hope director would make a decent love story in the same lines. I think Puneeth can now try roles like Tamil film Khaka Khaka.



Minus:


  • No commercial elements
  • Must have worked more on story (twist and turns) and must have included more on administrator side like misuse of funds, catching black money which would have been liked by the masses. (See Tamil film “Kandaswamy”)
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