Apocryphal Stories !!!

Starring : Ravi Teja, Seiya, Supreeth, Rama Prabha  Released on: 19 th December 2008 Director : Puri Jagannadh Synopsis An insider’s view of film industry through the eyes of a struggling Assistant director. The film captures the positive attitude of the protagonist in spite of trials and tribulations that he faces on a day-to-day basis. Interwoven in the narrative are a romantic track and a face-off with the antagonist too Story Ravi Teja works as an assistant director to Brahmanandam. When asked by his mother as to what he stands to gain by working under him, he replies saying he would know how not to make a movie. In the process he meets Seiya, a dancing extra and is impressed with her attitude. After a couple of meetings, they start getting close to each other. This falls in the eyes of her brother-in-law, who does not quite like the fact and starts physically abusing her sister to get things done his way. In the process of shooting a trial video for his directorial a...

Can you describe the best passage of play in T20 cricket? Well, if the answer is, Yuvraj Singh hitting the ball out of the park then, I am tempted to say that the knowledge of an average cricketing fan is on descent In ODI’s there does exist a sub-script to the happenings. More often than not the passage of play involves the protagonists trying to get their say in a game of one-upmanship It’s in the Test cricket that there will be the best passages of play. In T20 and ODI formats of the game, the batsman can take solace from the fact that the bowler is gonna bowl only 4 and 10 overs respectively. In Test cricket thats not the case. There is no escape route. Thus we get to see either the batsman getting worked over or the bowler being shred to pieces It’s only in the Tests that even a draw can dish up exciting fare. ( Drawn test in 2005 Ashes) stands out as a glowing example for how uplifting a draw can be. The Kolkata Test between India and South Africa was an epic in the sense that...

When we are used to watching a person turn the ordinary into extra-ordinary, we come to expect that he/she is devoid of mediocrity and then when we actually see them being a part of mediocrity, we expect for some SUPERSTAR touch that never comes . And what of a person who has the world at his hand but then throws it all away. All this thoughts run across the mind after   watching the latest release of Ravi Teja, ‘Veera’. The fact that shines through after watching this movie is that there are scripts that even Ravi Teja can’t salvage In the past few years Ravi Teja has been the actor that directors go to, if they want to enact the phoenix act on their careers but on the flip side, what about directors that can’t deliver a hit with him. Well we need to talk to Amma Rajashekhar, Mahesh Shankar for that. Now we can talk see that all unravelling in front of our eyes with Ramesh Varma. Amidst all this, hope can only come in the form of Ravi Teja himself. Ask Harish Shankar for furthe...

How many times has it happened to you that, on a lazy sunday afternoon you get to watch the movie that you have always cherished watching? Have you ever gone beyond the happiness, to find why are you attracted to watching that movie multiple times Even I have been a victim of that phenomenon. I find myself rushing to the theaters when a movie impresses me. There are many factors that can make you watch a movie more than once Background Music If you have ever been a fan of Illayaraja, you would certainly vouch for the fact that the Background Music in his movies is way beyond praise. There are a lot of movies that have been redeemed by his background score. As recently as 2009, there was a entire movie based on the initial strum of his song (Sarvam) BGM raises the effect of a scene and a music director knows this the best. One of the movies that had good Background Music in the recent days is Ko. Harris Jayraj knows what to do in this movie with the BGM. It was the BGM that made ...

“A good newspaper is like a nation talking to itself(sic)” goes the saying in the background in the last scene of the movie. Even though its in the background, it catches your eye because of you being involved with the movie Despite allegations of it being a remake of a Hollywood movie, the movie scores on the basis of the vision of the director and the performances of the cast KV Anand is known for showing his movies in a lavish manner and he follows the precedent set in his previous movie, Ayan. In this movie too, interval is not for the sake of a break but to keep you waiting for the events to unfold. And the death of a character sets off a chain of events in both the movies Though he has wasted seasoned performers like Prakash Raj and   Kota Srinivasa Rao, he more than makes up for it by extracting top-notch performances from Jiiva, Ajmal Ameer, Pia Bajpai and Karthika Nair Its racy from the first frame to the point where the movie is turned on its head. The actors who r...

A man, it’s said   evaluates his own worth based on the acceptance levels of his partner. That’s what Sukumar tries to convey through 100% Love Right from the day the pink hued posters were splashed all across, the expectations on the movie were rising. Sukumar is known for his treatment of the subjects He infuses shades of grey into the protagonist’s role in each of his movies . Arya, Jagadam, Arya-2 bear testimony to this fact and 100% Love further enhances it. What is different from his earlier movies is the importance given to the female protagonists role The movie catches your attention from the very first frame. Rolling titles have become passé. The titles in this movie are innovative and addictive at the same time. It’s purely co-incidental that this movie like ‘Ala Modalaindhi’ depends on the lead cast for comedy. Another similarity with the movie is the person who played ‘Kidnap character’ Naga Chaitanya appeared a little stiff in his debut movie and since his secon...

Have you ever felt happy walking out of a theatre thinking that this was the least that you could have blown up on a movie and even that amount forcing you into a sense of regret? Have you ever felt happy that the movie has finally ended, putting an end to the roughshod that the director rode on you and has the gall to say ‘Thanks’ for watching the movie? Have you ever felt both the contrasting emotions on a same movie? If your reply to all these questions is in affirmative, then you have watched Puri Jagannath’s latest offering ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’. If it is in the negative then you haven’t The only reason that prevents you from rushing towards the exit doors is the reputation of the director and the fervent hope of something unexpected happening. That this sort of a movie has come from a person, who in the past has wielded megaphone for movies like Idiot, Pokiri, Neninthe, ANOTA is baffling When the titles are rolled, you can notice on the extreme right in the bottom corner t...