Archive for March, 2007
Bharinchaleni Bharani
Even if it means Vishal is tall, dark, handsome and has clicked with the masses, has given a string of hits in Tamil, also dubbed in Telugu, this one is beyond comprehension. It’s completely native in flavour, has a heroine who is very short and has the trademark Vishal fights, serious looks except for the [...]
Mumaitki pogarekkindhi
At the shooting of Veedu Mamulodu Kadhu, Mumait Khan created trouble for everybody including the producer and photographers. When the photographer asked her for a pose and told her not to smile too much, laugh too much she said, ‘Hey who are you to ask.’ Meanwhile she kept going inside sipping her juice and sometimes [...]
Samudra is kothala rayudu
Buzz is that director Samudra is going around telling people that he is doing a film for Jagapati Babu, which is not at all true. As of now, Jagapati is involved and committed only to two projects. One is RGV’s film to be directed by JD in which JD plays the villain. The film will [...]
Ramanaidu’s open secret
Manollu India ki tirigoccharu. TV lo antha adhe news. From now onwards ‘Gilli Danda’ aadukunte manchidhi. Akkada match paye ikkade ceenma paye. Comedian Mallikarjuna Rao yellow shirt vesukuni small-time actress and TV artiste Krishnaveni tho is doing comedy at TDP function in Nizam College grounds. Producer CC Reddy became the favourite whipping boy. Ramanaidu tells [...]
Missed Call masthgundhi
His name is Gaurav Sengupta but for some reason the interviewer keeps calling him Kumar Gaurav or Gaurav Kumar, and just before he leaves he gives him a thrashing of his life, “Stop calling me that way, how does it feel if I call you Bose DK when you are actually DK Bose.” Yes, if you [...]
Journalists or terrorists?
It is indeed a great work by the organisers and what a week it was, the Hyderabadi public loved every moment of the films they’ve watched. The organisers right from issuing ID cards, bringing out daily press bulletins, arranging seminars, press meets with the film makers to seeing everything was screened on dot did a [...]
Revathi cheppindi kaastha vinandi
Revathi said she was here to support the film fest. “The first film festival I attended was in 1989. I learnt a lot from here. Films are all about expression, the culture, traditions of a small group of people. I’m really glad that there are so many official entries for the short films and documentaries. [...]
ANR entha andamga unnado!
What a great way to end the Film Fest. Missed Call was a wonderful film and all the way I felt I was listening to a friend talk about himself. It wasn’t like watching a film at all. On the other screen there was Devadas. Not a sizeable audience but all the Telugu film lovers [...]
Venky ki adhe Srirama raksha
Adavariki Matalaku Ardhale Verule audio got over this evening. Ramanaidu cribbed, “Ma abbayi vocchaduga chaladha, endhukayya nannu pilustharu. Vosthenemo enti prati function attend avutharu ani adugutharu.” K. Vishwanath remarked that Venky has grown in sature, showed a lot of dedication and maturity in his work, “Adhe aayanaki srirama raksha.” Kota said he was confident of the film because [...]
Anuranan - Bengali
Historical references in our cinema have it that both the heroes and villains are of the same height. Idhi nenu cheppina matter kaadhu. In the bengali film Anuranan director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s character, a french women, talks of our Indian film characters, when she sees Rahul Bose and expected him to be taller.
Well in the film [...]
Antoddhu says Tammareddy
It was Tammareddy’s chance to screen the film at 7:15 p.m. on the eve of the closing day of the film festival. The Bengali film left us heavy and heaving and the minute Tammareddy came in to speak a few words, the audience felt enlivened. Mike pucchukunna ventane there was a resounding applause to which the [...]
Abhinetri - Bengali
Shatabdi Roy has acted in over 200 films in Bengali and this is her first directorial venture. The film Abhinetri as the title suggests is about the trials and tribulations of an actress. The lead role is played by Shatabdi herself. I met Shatabdi while she was hurrying to the Vasavi auditorium to address the [...]
Saira - Malayalam
Just before the screening began, director Dr. Biju Kumar informed that he was a debutant and didn’t even work as an assistant director. Kaani after seeing Saira ala anipinchaledhu. His work was just not authentic, it had traces of an accomplished filmmaker who had done enough home work. My favourite scene in the film was when [...]
Kangana sets Liquids on fire
The Rashtra Chiranjeevi Yuva Sena conducted blood donation camps on the occasion of the hero’s son stepping into movies. A die-hard fan spoke of the debutant giving his best in a single take. At this moment we can’t describe him much can we? While we reserve all the superlatives till the release of his film [...]