Dookudu, Ramarajyam stand out - TeluguPeople.com News

Hyderabad: Dookudu and Sri Rama Rayam stand out for contrasting reasons while dubbing films made a clear dent into the Tollywood market during the year which has seen a pack of 100-odd releases.

Youngsters, however, disappointed with Dhada, Bezawada and Nenu Na Rakshasi passing away without being noticed much while dubbing films like Kanchana, Dirty Picture and Seventh Sense had good response and got rave reviews.

Ram Gopal Varma contributed to two flops, Jr NTR's had a bad patch along with Pawan Kalyan and Nagarjuna while Naresh tried a couple of tricks to make you laugh and Bunny tried something new to impress his fans.

The year started on a lovely note and a whiff of fresh air breezed across Tollywood with Ala Modaliandi having Nitya Menon and Nani in the lead cracking the records while debutant director Nandini Reddy turned overnight celebrity.

The year-end has seen Bapu-Ramana's last venture Sri Rama Rajyam which received good talk, if not collections and Balakrishna getting into his father's shoes in the role of Sri Rama.

January had also seen Balakrishna's Parama Veera Chakra directed by Dasari Naryana Rao besides Golconda High School which had some newness in it. Ravi Tea in his flamboyant style came with Mirpakay for Pongal.

February has seen films with theme and timing and Jai Bolo Telangana with Rajendra Prasad emerged while Nagarjuna looked at Gaganam and Naresh made his usual mischief in Aha Na Pelanta.

Dubbed films Anthima Teerpu and Erra Gulabulu made an entry while Ram Gopal Varma provided the biggest disappointment with his Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalraju. The film, however, added one more lead role to Sunil's career who is coming out of the comedy grove.

Romantic films Kudirite Cup Coffee (Varun Sandesh) and Love Before Wedding (LBW) just passed by.

March had seen another misadventure from the RGV stable as the entry and exit of Dongaala mutta was silent. The film was shot in five days and must have run a day or two more in major theatres.

This moth too had seen dubbing films Jackie and Puli Veta besides a couple of other films which just went through the formality of release.

The summer of 2011 has seen Sahakti (Jr NTR), Nenu Na Rakshasi (Ra.Na), Mr Perfect (Prabhas), Theenmaar (Pavan Kalyan) getting lukewarm response. Naga Chaitanya's 100 % Love and Allari Naresh starrer Seema Tapakai waded through the formalities. Vaikumtapali tried to tickle the funny bone to a certain extent.

The two months have seen a slew of dubbing and remake films, Lankeshwari, LokameKothaga, Rangam and Vaishali.

Badrinath made some impact as it came like a welcome shower during the drought while dubbing films Vaaadu Veedu was released. 180 and Nagaram Nidrapothunna Vela had seen the month off.

July and August had a rash of dubbing films dotting the Telugu land which made the industry to sit up and think of a solution. As expected the biggies wanted to discourage dubbed films by asking the government to impose more taxes and restrict the number of screenings, but the industry did not find a solution as to what should be done to improve the standards of Telugu films.

July has seen Goa, Nanna, Kanchana, ATM and Sega(all dubbing) while Brahmigadi Katha was the straight film which could not make much impact. August began with dubbing films Na peru Shiva, Mark and Simha Mukhi. Then came Dhada (Naga Chaitanya) which had a feeble running.There was also Kandireega but the buzz was limited.

Dubbing films Roudram and Urumi then arrived. JD Chakravarthi's Money, Money More Money somehow missed the alphabet k somewhere in the title.

Tollywood suddenly came out of the drought as Dukudu became a hit, collection wise. With good openings and talk coming for Dukudu, the attack on dubbing movies was stepped up.

The month had also seen Naresh flick Madatha Kaja besides dubbing films Gambler, Ustad, Vachadu Gelichadu and Shishira but Dookudu went on to create new records and Telugu audience lapped up the straight movie.

Next month it was Jr NTR Oosaravilli. It really did not stand out but ran its minimum guarantee course. Seventh Sense (dubbing) made a sensation while real Telugu movie Pilla Zamindar made its way silently in B class centres to good running.

Sri Rama Rayam arrived in November and though it received good talk and the audio was a super hit the collections were not very encouraging. Solo, Veedu Teda and Its My Love Story stood for romance genre but not to any measurable success.

Bezawada fell on its knees in the year end while Panjaa was lapped up by Pawan's fans. The Dirty Picture (dubbed) made a solid impact with Vidya Balan playing the role of Silk Smitha despite the film running into legal hurdles. The third week had seen release of Journey and Rathi Nirvedam (dubbed) besides Duniya.