Lover boy looks to action film

Varun Sandesh, who made his debut with a hit film like ‘Happy Days’ successfully overcame the second film hitch with ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’ by making it run above average to hit mark. However, his third film ‘Yevaraina Yeppudaina’ did not do so well at the box office. Realising that sticking to a particular image won’t help him, Varun chose to throw his weight to action masala too. Anandi Arts had come forward to do one such film introducing Sandeep Gunnam as director. Though not so great, Varun tried his best to do action scenes, but could not impress the audiences with his lean personality.

Film with comedy thread fails to ensure smile  

Srinivasa Reddy is known from making several films with comedy backdrop. Especially, the combination of Srinivas Reddy and Srikant recently gave a hit like Yamagola (Mallee Modalayindi). Soon after, they paired up again for this film. The release of the film was however delayed abnormally due to some unforeseen circumstances. After that, Srikant played hero in another couple of films and after the release of the 100th film of Srikant, ‘Mahatma’, the producer gained confidence and made sustained efforts and ensured the release of this movie. As expected, the film could not gain the attention of many audiences, despite the presence of glamour and performance-oriented heroines. 

A hilarious family entertainer

Kirankumar Adavi had earlier directed ‘Vinayakudu’. Though the film was made with new stars, with the heroine Sonia, having hardly had an experience of only one film to her credit, the film proved a runaway hit, with Krishnudu, a fatty, as hero. Keeping the success in mind, Mahi penned one more story on similar lines, with the big fat body in mind, and again chose Kirankumar as director again. This time the writer chose a village backdrop, while the first film ‘Vinayakudu’ has urban backdrop. The director penned a fantastic screenplay and made best use of the lush green locales of the village atmosphere and brought out yet another hilarious film, with instant situational comedy.

Prabhas fails to impress

Adityaram Movies had produced several successful and hit films like ‘Sandade Sandadi, Khushi Khushigaa and Swagatham’ on its banner and of late, it teamed up with Puri Jagannath for bringing out a set of films. With no notable hits to his credit, Prabhas teamed up with Puri Jagannath, who gave blockbusters like ‘Pokiri, Desamuduru, Chiruta’ and very recently ‘Neninthe’ for ‘Ek Niranjan’. Puri Jagannath too tried hard to give a hit to Prabhas, as their earlier combination, ‘Bujjigadu’ failed to make a mark. The film was made with a huge budget and with all kinds of commercial elements. Despite many positive aspects, Prabhas failed to convince the audiences in general with his performance to the expected level.

A film that left Kalyanram disappointed

Making a film with all ingredients which could please all classes of audiences is a great feat which cannot be done every time. Though the Goddess of Luck could knock one’s door once or twice but not always. This fact was proved clearly with NTR Arts. When Kalyanram is craving for a hit, he got a hit in the name of ‘Athanokkade’ by launching his own banner, NTR Arts, which was named after his grandfather. However, he could not succeed in any other banner with a notable hit. Again, he produced ‘Hare Ram’ on his own banner and that ran with an above average to moderate hit talk. But Kalyanram tasted bitterness in his third attempt. He could not blame any others for his misfortune but for himself as his selection of story, director was poor in taste.

A mind game with a lot of mass touch

Sairam Shankar, who made his debut in his brother Puri Jagannath’s direction failed to make a mark. He tried his hand in another couple of movies but none of them could give him a break. In order to promote him again, Puri Jagannath went a step ahead and decided to produce a film again with Sairam as hero. Puri prepared a story and dialogues for the movie and made his protégé Jaya Ravindra wield the megaphone this time. His trick worked well, as a debutant director would work with commitment to bag a hit and Sairam too did his best and used his complete energy in this mass-oriented movie.

One more perfect entertainer from EVV

Director EVV Satyanarayana and his son Allari Naresh were introduced to the Telugu film industry through Suresh Productions of Dr D Ramanaidu. After a long gap, both of them got an opportunity to work for the banner together. When we talk about EVV, every Telugu audience would expect some entertainment. Moreover, ‘Allari’ Naresh is known as a comedy hero. Making the audiences believe that it would be a definite entertainer, the posters of the film had a stamp, 100 per cent entertainment guaranteed. The film proved that their expectations did not go wrong and made them to have a hearty laugh.

A precious gift to Srikanth from Krishnavamsi

Krishnavamsi is known as a creative director. Most of his films had very good messages. He always believes that cinema is a powerful medium and anything that was shown on the screen will have a great effect on the minds of people. While he chose ‘Khadgam’ to explain that humanity is greater than religion. Likewise, Krishnavamsi tried to explain the ideals of Gandhiji in order to give a memorable gift to his friend Srikant, who insisted that he should direct his 100th film, which is prestigious for Srikant’s career and it should remain a memorable film. Generally, in Krishnavamsi’s films the audiences could remember the characters and not the artistes. All his films would reflect the director’s creativity. But this time, Krishnavamsi stepped down a little, to elevate the hero in his film.

A neat explanation of the expression called ‘Love’

Ushakiron Movies is the banner, which gave several hit films to the Telugu film industry. After taking some gap, the banner had come out with yet another love story called ‘Ninnu Kalisaka’ as its 83rd film under the direction of Siva Nageswara Rao. The director is known for bringing out good comedies, but he too deviated from that path and took up a love subject. Another speciality is that the director himself made an on-screen presence in this film and narrated the love story. The film explained the delicate and thin line between the words — Love and Friendship. The director succeeded in his attempt to explain the real meaning of the two words.

Glamour and comedy only could save the film

Nithin, who was on a flops spree after giving two initial hits like ‘Jayam and Sye’ in his career, again came before the Telugu audiences with yet another subject with action in its backdrop. This time, he chose Ileana, who had two big hits to her credit like ‘Jalsa’ and ‘Kick’ believing her success streak would help him too. One should remember that a good subject, able handling of the story by the director, performance by the lead artistes and also the music would play a key role for the success of any movie and not just the sentiment or the image that accrued through successive hits.