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1 Nenokkadine is an ambitious mindbending thriller

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Sukumar’s Nenokkadine is a pathbreaking Telugu film. It is a honest effort and thanks to Mahesh Babu, Sukumar almost pulled it off in making a trendsetter in TFI. However, the ambition runs against all expectations Mahesh Babu’s fans would have out of his film. Added to that is the absolute failure of marketing the film for what it is, prior to release. Nothing in the title, logo or promos look reflecting the story and content of the movie. It looks like the producers didn’t want to project this as a thriller before release as they must have thought that would distance family audience from this big-budget flick. But the fact is that they would lose more from this mismarketing. Due ...

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Captain Phillips: A pulse-pounding thriller

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Captain Phillips is a pulse-pounding dramatization of a real-life pirate attack and high-seas kidnapping off the coast of Somalia in 2009. There is a controversy over the portrayal of the captain as a hero, which some in the real crew dispute. If we can ignore that, this is a fast-paced survival thriller sharing the underpinnings of brawny American militarism with recent flicks like Argo and Zero Dark Thirty (Incidentally, Captain Phillips and Zero dark Thirty both involve daring military operations authorized by President Obama) but goes beyond them, at least for me, in terms of cinematic experience. Paul Greengrass’s quasi-documentary style with shaky handy-cams impart a sense of immediacy throughout and he keeps that alive for more than 2 hours ...

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YAADI brings home a mother’s painful loss of a grown-up son

YAADI brings home a mother’s painful loss of a grown-up son

Yaadi is now available to watch online. It is a short film focusing on a mother’s loss of a grownup, university-studying son. The 17 min short starts with the pleasant little moments between a mother and son that makes the viewers instantly connect to the mother-son duo.అందరు తమ జీవితాలలో చిన్నపుడు అమ్మతో గడిపిన జ్యపకాలు ఎంతగానో నెమరువేసుకున్టారు. అలాంటివి మనకు గుర్తుకు తెస్తుంది ‘యాది’. అలాగే తల్లి పడే తపనని, బిడ్డతో ఉన్నప్పుడు వచ్చే ఆనందాన్ని చక్కగ చూయించింది తల్లి పాత్రలోనటి సత్యప్రియ. ఈ సన్నివేశాలు బాగా తీసాడు Yennengi. తరువాత అంతే చక్కగా మెసేజ్ వైపు తీసుకెల్లాడు. కేవలం మాటలతో కాకుండా అంత్తెతు కొడుకు దూరమైనా నిజాన్ని, దానివల్ల వచ్చే బాధతొ మెసేజ్ ఇచ్చే సన్నివేశానికి న్యాయం చేసాడు Yennengi. మొదటి ప్రయత్నం అవడంతో కొన్ని సన్నివేశాల చిత్రీకరణ, అక్కడకడ dubbing కొద్దిగా మంచిగా తీయోచ్చు అనే ఫీలింగ్ సహజంగా వస్తుంది. అవి పక్కనపెడితె, ‘యాది’ అన్ని ప్రశంసలకు ...

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Review: ‘Ramayya Vasthavayya’, a mix of Jr. NTR’s old films!

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Jr. NTR’s latest flick is strictly for his fans. The star does not disappoint his fans as long as he dances like a dream, emotes with ease (especially the comic scene) with the granny and does his part in the violent action-scenes. More than anything, he looks at his best in his career. He tries carrying this hero-centric film all the way. But with such a lazy script, there is not much he can do. After making a successful remake with ‘Gabbar Singh’, Harish Shankar comes with this. Coming with an original story could be a daunting effort after such a huge successful remake, this being just his 4th film as director. Under the burden of such expectations, It looks ...

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