Gundejaari Gallanthayyinde

Nithin and Nithya Menen's last venture Ishq was a surprise hit last year. The pair is back with Gundejaari Gallanthaiyyinde. Most of the cast and crew of Ishq have been repeated, hoping for some luck. Will there sentiment work? Here goes the review:

Film: Gundejaari Gallanthayyinde
Cast: Nithin, Nitya Menon, Isha Talwar, Madhunandan, Ali, Tagubothu Ramesh, etc.
Music: Anoop Ruebens
Director: Vijay Konda
Producer: Sudhakar Reddy
Release Date: April 19th, 2013
My Rating: 3.25/5

What's It About: 
Karthik (Nithin) falls for Shruti(Isha Talwar) at his friend Pandu's(Ali) reception, whom he asks for her number. Pandu in a drunk stupor gives him Shravani's(Nitya) number. Karthik starts calling Shravani and simultaneously helps his friend Madhu (Madhunandan) to fall in love with his friend, who turns out to be Shruti. What happens next?  Will he realize that the girl he is talking to is not Shruti? What happens to Shravani? All these loose ends are tied up in the second half.

Artist Performances:
Nithin is looking dapper and fit. He performs well and is very funny, especially in the "gay comedy" scenes. He should do more romantic roles, it suits his personality. Nitya Menon gives  an effortless performace. However, she needs to pay some attention to her weight. Ali brings in laughs in a full length role. Isha Talwar is pretty. Tagubothu Ramesh, Madhunandan and the guy who plays the gay guy are up to mark. There aren't many characters in this movie. Everything revolves around the main actors.

This & That:
Production values are good. The film looks lavish. I liked Nithin's styling in the movie. Harshavadhan's story and dialogues are a plus. Music by Anoop Ruebens is average. However, my favorite has to be the remix of emaindo emo eevela, from Toliprema. It's not just the song that was remixed, the video of the original was too. Jwala Gutta's item song was boring. The director needs to be applauded for doing a fine job of holding the audience's attention throughout the film with a taut screenplay.

Did I Enjoy It?
Yes, the film is a breezy entertainer.

The Final Word:
Gunde jaarindi, pilla maarindi.

Tunes On Tuesday

I haven't been scheduling Tunes on Tuesday posts off late. Every Monday, I think of all the songs that have been playing on my YouTube and Ipod and try to come up with a theme that I can use for Tunes on Tuesday's blog. I am in a 90's phase for the last few weeks, listening to some of my old favorites. I tried to listen to all Abhijeet songs on my Ipod and here are a few good ones. Like usual, I resorted to my trustworthy Wikipedia to read about Abhijeet and I was shocked to know that he just got one Filmfare Award. Truly a case of talent not getting it's due.

• Ole Ole Ole, Movie: Yeh Dillagi, Language: Hindi
• Aankhon Mein Base Ho Tum., Movie: Takkar,  Language: Hindi
• Shehar Ki Ladki, Movie: Rakshak,  Language: Hindi
• Tan Tana Tan, Movie: Judwaa,  Language: Hindi
• Main Koi Aisa Geet, Movie: Yes Boss,  Language: Hindi (His only Filmfare)
• Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan, Movie: Dhadkan,  Language: Hindi
• Woh ladki Jo, Movie: Badshah,  Language: Hindi
• Maine To Khai, Movie: Awara Pagal Deewana,  Language: Hindi
• Tauba, Movie: Chalte Chalte,  Language: Hindi
• Lamha Lamha, Movie: Gangster,  Language: Hindi

I've noticed that he usually sings for Suniel Shetty, Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar :) Until next week, Happy Listening!

Badshah

No beating around the bush, I am super duper excited about Badshah... as evidenced by my tweet earlier today. I've been watching the trailers and listening to the songs frequently.(How can you miss the buzz with the sheer amount of publicity going around this flick?). Kajal, NTR, Srinu Vytla all "big" cast and crew, hoping for a super success with this movie. Did they succeed? Review below:

Film: Badshah
Cast: N.T.R, Kajal, Nasser, Bramhi, M.S. Narayana, Navadeep, Vennala Kishore, Mukesh Rishi etc.
Music: S.S. Thaman
Director: Sreenu Vytla
Producer: Bandla Ganesh
Release Date: 4th April, 2013
My Rating: 3.75/5

What's It About: 
Rama Rao (N.T.R) alias badshah is the son of Dhanraj (Mukesh Rishi), a don in Hong Kong. Dhanraj works for Sadhu Bhai (Kelly Dorjee) who owns casinos in Macau. Badshah cons Sadhu Bhai into thinking that he helped him and wins over his trust. However, this is Badshah's plan to elimate Sadhu Bhai. As a part of his plan, he meets "Banti" Janaki(Kajal), a wannabe social reformer. Why does Badshah want to kill Sadhu Bhai and why does he need Janaki's help with this? What happens next is all tied up with the climax.

Artist Performances: 
N.T.R performs excellently in a role which has multiple shades. If he plays an innocent guy while trying to woo Janaki in the first half, he plays a cunning guy with a fun side in the second half. After a very successful outing with Bramhi in Adurs, he pairs up with him once again to create peals of laughter in the second half of the movie. Bramhi is so hilarious in the movie with his funny one liners and expressions that every time he appears on screen you end up laughing out loud. Kajal plays Janaki who uses banti (ball) as an example for her philosophical thoughts. Her role is laced with humor and she performs well. Navdeep is good as a bad cop. M.S. Narayana steals the show once again as director Revenge Nageswara Rao. His role subtlety based on RGV brings a lot of laughs. Nasser does another full fledged comedy role after Dookudu, which he does full justice to. Lots of actors appear in bit size roles like Suhasini, Chandramohan, Naga Babu, Rajeev Kanakala and Suma and all of them add to the storyline in their own way.

This & That: 
The Inception based dream concept and the china dream machine used for Bramhis thread is personally my favorite. There are a lot of scenes with Bramhi where he imitates NBK and also Jr.N.T.R, these scenes brought the roof down. Jr NTR's get up as Justice chowdary brought a lot of whistles. As usual, Sreenu Vytla movies are famous for their drunk scenes. In this movie too, there is a hilarious drunk scene but this time with a twist. The ladies are drunk and dance for NTR songs which was nicely done.Thaman does a good job with music. My favorites are Diamond Girl and Sairo Sairo. Production values are excellent and the locales are beautiful. Special appearence by Siddharth and the voice over by Mahesh Babu in crucial scenes all add to the film in a positive way. Only thing that I felt was a feeling of deja-vu as most of the scenes and the concept of the hero using a bakra (mostly bramhi) to win over the girl's family and bash up the goons are similar to Sreenu Vytla's previous movies. However, the entertainement factor is high, which works in the film's favor.

Did I Enjoy It?
Absolutely, My stomach hurt with laughing too hard.

The Final Word:
Badshah will definitely rule the box office :)