SVSC 50Days Celebration In Hyderabad

Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu multistarrer movie ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ (SVSC) that has hit the screens for Pongal has turned out to be a super hit and soon, the film is set to complete 50 days of run in and around 25 direct centers.

Producer Dil Raju has planned to organize the grand 50 days function event on March 3 in Hyderabad and the entire cast and crew are expected to grace the event. Samantha and Anjali played the female leads in the movie and the film had Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Rao Ramesh in prominent roles.

Srikanth Addala directed the family entertainer and Micky J.Meyer scored the music which is an additional asset for the movie. Stick to this space for more details of Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu 50 days event

Read More

Pawan kalyan Turn As Producer

Power Star Pawan Kalyan, who is busy with his upcoming film in Trivikram direction, has recently registered a different title "Ko.Bali" under his ’Pawan Kalyan Creative Works banner’.Earlier he produced some films under this banner and he also planned to produce the Gabbar Singh film under his banner but later he gave the opportunity to Bandla Ganesh Babu.The title looks very different and no one knows the meaning of that also exactly.So, wait for official announcement about the movie title and meaning from the Pawan Kalyan.

Read More

Mirchi Movie Records Crossed Mahesh Babu SVSC

Young Rebel Star Prabhas’s ‘Mirchi’ has turned out to be a phenomenal hit and the movie’s worldwide revenue has breached the 40 Cr barrier. With this performance, Prabhas joins a select club of Telugu heroes who have managed to achieve this feat. Collections are still pretty steady in most areas and the film is the biggest hit in Prabhas’s career.

As of yesterday, we have learnt that the movie brought in a share of 16 Crores in Nizam and Ceded areas together. Another 18 Crores came in from the rest of Andhra Pradesh. Strong revenues from Karnataka and overseas markets pushed the total revenue figure past the 40 Cr mark.

Koratala Shiva directed this movie and UV Creations banner has produced it. Devi Sri Prasad has composed the music. Anushka and Richa Gangopadhyay were seen as the heroines.

Read More

85th Academy Awards Winners List

Oscar day is all but upon us, and here’s your cheatsheet of 10 facts about this year‘s nominees for acting and directing awards.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor nominee for Lincoln, is one of 12 actors who have won tw

inShare

 

Oscar day is all but upon us, and here’s your cheatsheet of 10 facts about this year‘s nominees for acting and directing awards.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Actor nominee for Lincoln, is one of 12 actors who have won two Best Actor Oscars. Others include Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks and Sean Penn. If Daniel Day-Lewis wins this year, he will become the actor with the most Best Actor Oscars (three). He earlier won Best Actor for My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood.
Lincoln co-stars Tommy Lee Jones, Best Supporting Actor nominee this year, and Daniel Day-Lewis previously competed for the Best Actor Oscar in 2008. Tommy Lee Jones was nominated for In The Valley Of Elah and lost to Daniel Day-Lewis who was nominated for There Will Be Blood.
The Master co-stars Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively, competed for Best Actor in 2006. Joaquin Phoenix, nominated for Walk The Line, lost to Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote.
Denzel Washington, Best Actor nominee for Flight, already has a Best Supporting Actor Oscar forGlory and a Best Actor win for Training Day. If he wins this year, he will become one of three actors with the most overall wins (three Oscars). The other two are Walter Brennan (three Best Supporting Actor wins) and Jack Nicholson (two Best Actor, one Best Supporting Actor wins).
Three nominees this year will have a 100% strike rate if they win. Sally Field, Best Supporting Actress nominee for Lincoln, won both times she was last nominated (Best Actress for Norma Rae and Places In The Heart). Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor nominee for Django Unchained, was nominated and won for Inglorious Basterds. Helen Hunt, Best Supporting Actress nominee for The Sessions, was nominated for Best Actress for As Good As It Gets, and won.
Five nominees this year have two previous wins to their credit: Steven Spielberg (Best Director forSchindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan), Robert De Niro (Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part 2, Best Actor for Raging Bull), Sally Field (Best
Actress for Norma Rae, Places In The Heart), Denzel Washington (Best Supporting Actor for Glory, Best Actor for Training Day) and Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor for My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood).
Five nominees this year previously won one Oscar each: Ang Lee (Best Director for Brokeback Mountain), Tommy Lee Jones (Best Supporting Actor for The Fugitive), Alan Arkin (Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Actor for Capote), and Christoph Waltz (Best Supporting Actor for Inglorious Basterds).
This is the second time that directors Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee are facing off at the Oscars. In 2006, Steven Spielberg, nominated for Munich, lost to Ang Lee who won for Brokeback Mountain.
If Emmanuelle Riva wins Best Actress nominee for Amour, she will become the oldest Best Actress winner at 85 and also the fifth French actress to win an Oscar after Claudette Colbert (Best Actress forIt Happened One Night), Simone Signoret (Best Actress for Room At The Top), Marion Cotillard (Best Actress for La Vie En Rose), and Juliette Binoche (Best Supporting Actress for The English Patient).
Three directing nominees this year are also nominated for screenplay awards: David O Russell (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay for Silver Linings Playbook), Micheal Haneke (Best Director, Best Original Screenplay for Amour), and Benh Zeitlin (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay for Beasts Of The Southern Wild).
o Best Actor Oscars. Others include Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks and Sean Penn. If Daniel Day-Lewis wins this year, he will become the actor with the most Best Actor Oscars (three). He earlier won Best Actor for My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood.
Lincoln co-stars Tommy Lee Jones, Best Supporting Actor nominee this year, and Daniel Day-Lewis previously competed for the Best Actor Oscar in 2008. Tommy Lee Jones was nominated for In The Valley Of Elah and lost to Daniel Day-Lewis who was nominated for There Will Be Blood.
The Master co-stars Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively, competed for Best Actor in 2006. Joaquin Phoenix, nominated for Walk The Line, lost to Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote.
Denzel Washington, Best Actor nominee for Flight, already has a Best Supporting Actor Oscar forGlory and a Best Actor win for Training Day. If he wins this year, he will become one of three actors with the most overall wins (three Oscars). The other two are Walter Brennan (three Best Supporting Actor wins) and Jack Nicholson (two Best Actor, one Best Supporting Actor wins).
Three nominees this year will have a 100% strike rate if they win. Sally Field, Best Supporting Actress nominee for Lincoln, won both times she was last nominated (Best Actress for Norma Rae and Places In The Heart). Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor nominee for Django Unchained, was nominated and won for Inglorious Basterds. Helen Hunt, Best Supporting Actress nominee for The Sessions, was nominated for Best Actress for As Good As It Gets, and won.
Five nominees this year have two previous wins to their credit: Steven Spielberg (Best Director forSchindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan), Robert De Niro (Best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part 2, Best Actor for Raging Bull), Sally Field (Best Actress for Norma Rae, Places In The Heart), Denzel Washington (Best Supporting Actor for Glory, Best Actor for Training Day) and Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor for My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood).
Five nominees this year previously won one Oscar each: Ang Lee (Best Director for Brokeback Mountain), Tommy Lee Jones (Best Supporting Actor for The Fugitive), Alan Arkin (Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Actor for Capote), and Christoph Waltz (Best Supporting Actor for Inglorious Basterds).
This is the second time that directors Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee are facing off at the Oscars. In 2006, Steven Spielberg, nominated for Munich, lost to Ang Lee who won for Brokeback Mountain.
If Emmanuelle Riva wins Best Actress nominee for Amour, she will become the oldest Best Actress winner at 85 and also the fifth French actress to win an Oscar after Claudette Colbert (Best Actress forIt Happened One Night), Simone Signoret (Best Actress for Room At The Top), Marion Cotillard (Best Actress for La Vie En Rose), and Juliette Binoche (Best Supporting Actress for The English Patient).
Three directing nominees this year are also nominated for screenplay awards: David O Russell (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay for Silver Linings Playbook), Micheal Haneke (Best Director, Best Original Screenplay for Amour), and Benh Zeitlin (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay for Beasts Of The Southern Wild).

Read More

Zila Ghaziabad Movie Review - Noting New

Mass entertainers have become an integral part and parcel of Bollywood currently and this trend has become more popular thanks to Salman Khan’s string of blockbusters in this genre. Cashing in on this craze, Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi and Arshad Warsi have come together for the Anand Kumar directed ‘Zilla Ghaziabad’. This film is based on real life stories of some brutal gang wars that took place in the crime-prone areas of Uttar Pradesh and so let’s see how the movie fares.
Story:
The movie starts with showcasing the character of Fauji (Arshad Warsi) who is a dreaded gangster based in Ghaziabad. Fauji works for Chairman(Paresh Rawal), a powerful politician who get his illegal activities done by Fauji but prefers Satbir(Vivek Oberoi), an educated lawyer to handle all his legal issues.
Fauji doesn’t like the special attention being showered on Satbir by Chairman, and taking advantage of this rivalry, one of Fauji’s close friend creates a huge misunderstanding between them. The misunderstanding leads to bigger and bigger problems and soon both the groups are baying for each other’s blood. They start creating a huge law and order problem in Ghaziabad which has the local residents caught up in the cross-fire. As the situation goes out- of-hand, a special officer Pritam Singh(Sanjay Dutt) is appointed to get the situation in control.
The rest of the story is about how Pritam Singh deals with the dreaded gangs and comes out victorious in the end.
Positive Points:
The basic story line of the movie is average and is gripping only in bits and pieces. Vivek Oberoi plays his part well and looks good as the honest and sophisticate gangster while Arshad Warsi looks apt and plays his role with sincerity. Arshad speaks the local dialect really well and is specially good in the confrontational scenes with Sanjay Dutt.
Charmee Kaur does a decent job and looks beautiful as the simple Indian girl while Ravi Kishen impresses in the role of Rashid. Zarina Wahab’s character is sketchy and she flits in and out of the screenplay. The first half of the movie is decent and makes a breezy watch.
Negative Points:
The trailers project Sanjay Dutt to be major star of the film but surprisingly he makes his entry only in the second half. Sanjay Dutt has done many bad films in his career and Zilla Ghaziabad would surely make it to the top of that infamous list. The super fit Sanjay Dutt looks out of shape and hardly makes an impact in the film. Zilla Ghaziabad does not have anything to keep you hooked to the proceedings and is quite predictable right from first scene.
There are lot of the so called Dabangg moments such as the fights sequences, dances and the production design that immediately remind you of Dabangg. There are many over the top sequences as well as many illogical scenes that seem to have been added later.
Characterization is vague where the characters lack enthusiasm or motivation. The whole set up and the basic plot seems shaky and has not been handled well at all. The second half of the movie is quite a pain to sit through and becomes totally routine. Too much violence for unknown reasons is what the film showcases throughout
Technical Aspects:
As Zilla Ghaziabad is supposedly an action entertainer we have all the fight sequences shot in an over the top manner. You can see all the lead stars pulling off action scenes that are quite funny and unbelievable. Songs of the movie are just about OK esp., the title song. Both the item songs are good and have also been shot well while the dialogues have an Uttar Pradesh nativity and have been handled well. The whole look of the movie is decent and showcases the Ghaziabad town well.
The screenplay of the movie is a big drawback. Many scenes have been misplaced and also seem to have been rushed. The editing is OK and so is the back ground score. Director Anand Kumar makes a mockery of the whole film as he completely loses the plot and fails to register even a single scene in the whole film. Neither does he create any hype with the gang wars nor he tie it up in a justifiable manner.
Verdict:
On the whole, Zila Ghaziabad is one film which tries hard to be a masala entertainer but falls flat on its face. Vivek Oberoi, Arshad Warsi try to save the film but some over the top sequences, and a out of shape Sanjay Dutt are huge negatives for the film. Finally, you can completely ignore this film even when it comes on TV.

Movie Rating...........1.5/5

Read More

Mahesh Babu Thums Up Ads Stills

Mahesh Babu Thums Up Ads HQ Stills.

Read More

Die Hard 5 Movie Exclusive Review

Bruce Willis is back as the badass cop, John McClane , with Die Hard 5. The movie has released today in India in a big way. John Moore has directed this instalment and Jai Courtney makes an entry into the series as John McClane’s estranged son Jack McClane. Let us see if Bruce Willis still has what it takes to cock a snook at the bad guys.

Story :

John McClane (Bruce Willis) comes to know that his estranged son Jack McClane is holed up in a Russian prison, facing serious criminal charges. He decides to head over to Russia, in a bid to try and help him. But once he goes there, John realises that there is more to Jack than he could have ever guessed.

Jack is on a mission to rescue the jailed political prisoner Komarov (Sebastian Koch) from his arch enemy Chagarin and Jack unintentionally gets mixed up in the mess. Chagarin is a dangerous foe who is willing to go to great lengths to kill Komarov in order to bury some incriminating evidence.

A dangerous game of chase begins, a chase that ultimately leads to the dreaded nuclear ghost town of Chernobyl. Father and son must now team up and fight against all odds to come out alive from the mess they find themselves in. How the do it is what Die Hard 5.0 is all about.

Plus Points :

Bruce Willis still has what it takes. When compared to Stallone and Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis has still got the pace and the looks to carry off a mega action entertainer on his own. His corny one liners will remind you of the good old days….days spent watching instalments of Terminator, Die Hard and Rocky in theaters.

Jai Courtney is decent as the estranged son Jack. Subtle hints are dropped about a possible change of guard for the Die Hard series. Perhaps, Jack McClane will take over from John McClane in the next instalment of this series.

The action sequences in the first half of the film are pretty good. The car chase sequence through the streets of Moscow has been shot well. Sure, it is a little outlandish..but hey, this is a film from the Die Hard franchise so what did you expect? If you are a fan of the legendary Mercedes G Wagen, you will have a whale of a time watching the car in action.

The first half has good pace and the emotional relationship between the far and the son has been captured well.

Minus Points :

The second half of the film is a big letdown and the climax is a way too far fetched, even for John McClane. The film loses its way once the scene shifts to Chernobyl and the ‘twist’ that comes up is all too predictable. Pace also slackens considerably before the climax action sequences start to unfold.

As with most big budget action entertainers, logic goes for a toss in the film. The way in which Bruce Willis dodges bullets and bad guys is a bit, errr… unbelievable.

Die Hard 4 worked so well because the plot had a certain depth to it and the action sequences had character. Those qualities are missing in version 5.0 .And Bruce Willis was the alpha dog in the old films. Here, he lets Jai Courtney take some of the credit and that is perhaps one of the reasons why you can’t really root for John McClane’s character.

Technical Aspects :

Jonathan Sela’s cinematography is neat and the action sequences look grand. Dan Zimmerman’s editing is good for most of the film but he drops the ball in the final stages. Action sequences are very good in the first half and a little ludicrous in the second half.

John Moore’s direction is not very satisfactory. This was the same guy who screwed up Max Payne, so let us not be too surprised.

Verdict :

Die Hard 5 aka A Good Day to Die Hard is a watchable action flick. It has the chases, the big explosions and the grand action sequences. Sadly, it lacks character and it is also let down by a bad second half. You may catch the flick on the big screen for Bruce Willis, but don’t go in expecting Die Hard 4 levels of entertainment.

Movie Rating............3.75/5

Read More