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Film: Veerabhadra Cast: Balakrishna, Sada, Tanushree Dutta, Prakash Raj, Shayaji Shinde, Brahamanandam, Krishna Bhagavan, Rajan P Dev, M S Narayana, Ahuthi Prasad, Kovai Sarala, Venu Madhav, and others Story: Anjaneya Pushpanand Dialogues: Marudhuri Raja Music: Mani Sarma Cinematography: Ram Prasad Editing: Gowtham Raju Fights: Peter Hain Co-producer: Ambika Ramachandra Rao Banner: Ambika Cinema Productions (p) Ltd Produced by: Ambika Krishna Screenplay and directed by: A S Ravikumar Chowdary Release Date: April 29, 2006 What's it about The film has contrived storyline. You hardly comprehend what the real story is at the end of the story. It goes like this.. Murali Krishna (Balakrishna) comes to Hyderabad from Vizag to join her sister in a college. She joins in a college owned by Peddiraju (Shayaji Shinde). Jailed in a prison, Peddiraju asks his brothers to hunt for Murali Krishna. They finally find him in their own college. And it is later revealed that Peddiraju eyes on the land of Muralikrishna's grandfather (Rajan Dev). In another flashback, this grand man leaves his grandson as orphan but repents years later. The orphaned boy is raised by greedy drunkard (Prakash Raj). He sacrifices his life for this adopted family. But the family members only see him as a money-milking cow. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Peddiraju's sister. The rest of the film is how Muralikrishna takes on revenge on Peddiraju who killed off his grandfather. Analysis It has most absurd storyline. Actually it is too contrived and cooked up storyline to portray hero Balakrishna in a larger than life role. Not a single scene in the film has some novelty. Veerabhadra is at best can be called a soppy director's lousy attempt. It is a series of unrelated scenes and fight episodes unfolding on the screen with no coherence to the story. In one scene hero bashes up goons, and the immediate next scene you get to see a comedy and then a song. In the recent past, all of Balakrishna's films bombed at the box-office because of unnatural storyline and overt drama with mindless action stunts. Sadly, Veerabhadra goes in same way. While the first half is just okay, the second half is unbearable. What's hot! Balakrishna has done neat job. His performance, Tanushree Dutta's sizzling appearance and Manisharma's music are main highlights. There is not much to rave about in this film. Though some of the scenes and dialogues might appeal to Balayya's hardcore fans but of general audiences it is a big letdown. Sada has got meatier role but it is Tanushree who walks with the hero in the end. Sada has done very massy role than her image. Shayaji Shinde's role is not etched well. Rest of the cast have not much to do in the film. Technically, cinematographer Ram Prasad has done good job. What's not! The entire film is hotchpotch of scenes and the amateurish handling of director A S Ravikumar Chowdhary make the film very painful to the common audiences. While Anjaneya Pushpananda's story itself is absurd one, the director's screenplay is sloppy. Prior to the release, a lot of hype was made about action episodes composed by Peter Hains but in the film you hardly find any 'new action sequences'. Bottom line! Another disappointing fare comes from Balayya.

Posted by: Mr. nill jaks At: 30, Apr 2006 1:01:26 AM IST

Telugucinema.com vaaDiki ee saari baalayya abhimaanula chEtulO mooDutundEmO. chaalaa GhOraMgaa ichchaaDu rivyoo. :) moovee yaavarEjanukunTaa. antaa maa pavanuDi bangaaraM chEtulO undi deeni bhavishyattu. :)

Posted by: Mr. Yama Kinkarudu At: 29, Apr 2006 9:43:27 PM IST

verabdra bagundhi

Posted by: Mr. satya srikanth At: 29, Apr 2006 6:54:59 PM IST

Telugucinema.com rivyoos nammaddu. vaaDiki okka sinimaa nachchadu. pOkiri nijaMgaa chaalaa baavundiTa. evvaru aem cheppinaa nEnu pOkiri, veerabhadra, bangaaraM, gOdaavari choostaanu. paurNamE choosinODni, ivannee O leKhKhaa. :)

Posted by: Mr. Yama Kinkarudu At: 29, Apr 2006 0:36:47 AM IST

Film: Pokiri Cast: Mahesh Babu, Illeana, Prakash Raj, Shayaji Shinde, Ashish Vidyardhi, Nazar, Satyaprakash, Brahamanandam, Ali, Venu Madhav, Isai, Subbaraju, Joythi Rana, Sudha, Sony Raj and others Music: Manisharma Cinematography: Sham K Naidu Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh Art: Chinna Action: Vijayan Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Kalyan, and Nobel Executive producer: Krishna Presented by: Indira Story, screenplay, dialogues, produced and directed by: Puri Jagannadh Release Date: April 28, 2006 What’s it about The film is about an under cover police officer nailing the mafia leaders. Two mafia leaders control Hyderabad city. One of the leaders Ali Bhai (Prakash Raj) operates from Dubai. A Romeo-like youngster Pandu (Mahesh) works for one of this mafia faction headed by Ali Bhai. Pandu falls in love with an aerobics teacher Sruthi (Illeana). But Sruthi finds too hard to digest his ‘rowdy ways’. A police Inspector (Asish Vidyardhi) harasses Sruthi on the other hand. As the film proceeds in this manner, it is later revealed that Pandu is not a rowdy but he is an undercover IPS police officer asked infiltrate int. The rest of the film is how this officer eliminates the mafia. Analysis It is a straight lift from 1997-released Hollywood flick, Donnie Brasco. The original was starred by Johnny Depp as undercover FBI agent (here Mahesh plays this role) and Al Pacino as the Mafia leader (Prakash Raj does it). Except that in original hero is a married guy and his undercover operations put him in emotional dilemma, the rest of the film is a straight copy of it. In all Puri’s films you find – strong hero characterization and stylish presentation. Pokiri is no exception. Mahesh Babu’s role has all the verve to make his fans go in frenzy. Indeed, Mahesh has come up with a good performance. Though he has given better performances than this in the past, Pokiri is at best his film. The film mainly looks interesting when Mahesh comes on the screen. Pokiri’s first half is interesting but in the second half the excessive action episodes and stretched out screenplay holds no interest. It is Mahesh’s show all the way. What’s hot! Mahesh Babu’s performance, Illeana’s charm and Manisharma’s music are highlights. Illeana proves with this film that she has in it to go great places in Telugu films. She has also improved her acting skills. Shayaji’s Shinde role is good. Manisharma always comes up with good music for Mahesh films. In Pokiri, his re-recording work is excellent. Sham K Naidu’s cinematography is another asset. What’s not! Cheap comedy track by Ali and Brahmanandam is disgusting. Thisparate comedy track is in no way of any use to the film. Bad screenplay in the second half, lewd dialogues, and nauseating action stunts are major drawbacks. Also Puri’s potshots at media unwarranted. Prakash Raju's performance is very repetitive. Some of the scenes put off women and family audiences because of excessive sex-related scenes and dialogues. Bottom line! The film may go down well with Mahesh’s fans. But for others it is very average film. On the whole, not that bad and not that well. Just an okay flick. Puri once again rips off an Hollywood flick, that’s it. Its success depends on this week's other big releases

Posted by: Mr. Kodela Raghu At: 29, Apr 2006 0:23:15 AM IST

O pOkiri ki mikseD Taak vachchimdaa ... nijamE .. alaa ayitE migataa remDu sinimaalanu baTTi umTumdi hiT rEmj

Posted by: Ever Green At: 28, Apr 2006 10:23:26 PM IST

from Telugucinema.com : Bottom line! The film may go down well with Mahesh’s fans. But for others it is very average film. On the whole, not that bad and not that well. Just an okay flick. Puri once again rips off an Hollywood flick, that’s it. Its success depends on this week's other big releases

Posted by: Mr. SiriVennela At: 28, Apr 2006 6:38:54 PM IST

Thatstelugu.com vaadu 2.5/5---veedi range ki idi ekkuva rating e..deniki 2 kante ekkuva ivvadu veedu Greatandhra-- 3.5/5--ento isaari veedu konchem takkuva ichadu -------- anni reviews lo oke main point--mahesh action iragadeesadu ani..

Posted by: Mr. SiriVennela At: 28, Apr 2006 6:36:46 PM IST

Jeevi review for Pokiri-3.5/5 Analysis: First half of the film is very entertaining. The tempo has gone down a bit in the second half, but the run up to the climax is good. The plus points of this film are Mahesh Babu’s extraordinary performance and Puri Jagan’s characterization of hero. On the flip side, second half should have handled better. The emotions aspect is not properly taken care of. On the commercial front, Pokiri film has more appeal towards A centers and youth base compared to family crowds and B/C centers. On a whole, Mahesh Babu’s performance in Pokiri itself is worth your ticket and the rest is bonus! ------------- let us wait for the result of VB n Gold.

Posted by: Mr. SiriVennela At: 28, Apr 2006 6:33:18 PM IST

Evaru thesini gothilo valle padaali kada sirivennela,let them fall.

Posted by: Mr. Kodela Raghu At: 28, Apr 2006 1:17:20 AM IST

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