Murugadoss - Suriya to team up again

The trilingual project, in which A R Murugadoss - Suriya joins together once more, is in its pre-production stage. In the mean time, the director is discussing with Hollywood technicians about making the film in English also, as the script is in Hollywood style.
Sources close to the director also say that Murugadoss had talked about the same with Suriya as well. It’s heard that if they take the film in English, a situation will come-up where Suriya can’t get committed with any other project for a year.
Meanwhile, Ravi K Chardran who was busy cinematographing for Bollywood films has been roped in for this one after a long gap.
Efforts and hard work can’t go waste. A year’s time is worth spending. Will wait and to see how this one works for the Superhit combo.

Aamir and Hrithik in remake of Magadheera?

Aamir Khan and Hurithik Roshan are being considered as for the Hindi remake of the Telugu super-blockbuster Magadheera directed by S.S Rajamouli.
Ghajini producers Allu Arvind and Madhu Mantena are going to make a Hindi remake of Telugu blockbuster “Magadheera” and they are reportedly considering Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan to play the main leads.
“Yes Allu Arvind and I are remaking ‘Magadheera’ in Hindi. As for the cast, it’s too early to talk about it. But ‘Magadheera’ is definitely being planned to be bigger than ‘Ghajini’,” Mantena told IANS.
Released in July this year, “Magadheera” has already grossed over Rs.65 crore in India alone and is said to be the second-biggest Telugu hit after “Ghajini”.
With this Telugu remake into Hindi that is expected to take off early next year, Arvind and Mantena hope to raise the bar for action-drama cinema in Hindi once again
The remake, to be budgeted at Rs.70 crore, is highly ambitious. While in the original, which is set in 17th century and present, the hero Ram Charan Teja plays a double role, the remake will split the hero’s personality into two parts. Apparently Hrithik will play the samurai from the Middle Ages while Aamir will play his present day avatar

Saif Ali Khan And Kareena Kapoor Starring in Kurbaan

Kurbaan is a forthcoming Indian Bollywood film directed by Rensil D'Silva and produced by Karan Johar. The film, will feature Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles along with actor Vivek Oberoi and Dia mirza is scheduled for release November 27,2009.The poster of the movie Kurbaan show Saif bleeding from the chest while Kareena is showing her bare back.The poster with topless Kareena has caught the eye of the people and the film also contains some steamy scenes.

Sharukh Khan is the best : Salman Khan

Friends turning foes and vice versa is not uncommon in Bollywood. The relationship between Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan turned sour after the clash at Katrina Kaif's birthday last year. However, they would become friends again, as Salman's comment that Shahrukh is the best, would pave the way for a patch up.
Salman surprised everyone on his television show 10 Ka Dum by heaping praises on his arch rival Shahrukh. He said that Shahrukh is the best when it comes to romantic scenes. He added that the intensity in his eyes is really romantic and could make anybody go crazy . As if that is not enough, he went on to say that Shahrukh is great professionally.
Well, Salman seems to have buried the dirty past and wants to start life a new. Now, it's up to Shahrukh to set up patch up process or leave it.

Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood

Russell Crow upcoming film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott.

The first picture of Russell Crowe as Robin Hood has finally been released and it looks great!

The movie is currently shooting and in recent weeks we’ve been seeing an onslaught of casting updates. Joining Crowe in this adventure are Cate blanchett(Maid Marian), Mark Strong (Sir Godfrey), Kevin Durand (Little John), William Hurt (William Marshall), Scott Grimes (Will Scarlet), Vanessa Redgrave (Queen Eleanor) and Alan Doyle (Alan-a-Dale).

In the film, Robin (Russell Crowe) is an archer in Richard the Lionheart's army, battling against the French. This version of the character was abandoned as a child and has problems trusting people. After Richard's death, Robin returns to Nottingham, becoming an outlaw and trying to win the heart of the widowed Lady Marion (Cate Blanchett). Producer Marc Schmuger said "This is [about] how Robin Hood became an outlaw and this is how those guys became the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest.

UK Environment Film Fellowhips

The UK Environment Film Fellowships have been awarded every year since 2005 to Indian environmental filmmakers, for creating 12 minute impactful documentaries.

Climate change and Cities

Climate change and water

Four fellowships will be awarded, through a countrywide bidding process, to a team of environmental filmmakers and climate change professionals or institutions; to make 12 minute documentaries on this year’s theme. Application deadline is 2 November 2009. You may get further details here.

I AM SAM (2001)

I felt sorry for not watching this movie for this many years,but at last i have seen this movie it movied me a lot.Sean Penn a two academy award winner has done an wonderful acting in this movie. Actually the story goes like this Sam Dawson (Sean Penn), a mentally retarded man with the mental equivalency of a 7-year-old, is living in Los Angeles and is single-handedly raising his daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning), whom he fathered from his homeless ex-wife who wanted nothing to do with Lucy and left him the day of her birth.Although Sam provides a loving and caring environment for the 7-year-old Lucy, she soon surpasses her father's mental capacity. Questions arise about Sam’s ability to care for Lucy and a custody case is brought to court.Faced with a seemingly unwinnable case, Sam vows to fight the legal system and forms an unlikely alliance with Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), a high- powered, self-absorbed attorney who initially takes his case pro bona as a challenge from her colleagues. On the surface the two couldn't be further apart, but in reality they are subtly similar. Sam's compulsive nature mirrors Rita's more socially acceptable obsessive-compulsive nature. Her manic need for perfection and success alienates her from her own son and has been slowly destroying her self-worth.

Together they struggle to convince the system that Sam deserves to get his daughter back and, in the process, fuse a bond that results in a unique testament to the power of unconditional love.

Pandorum review

Cast and Credits
Cast : Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Antje Traue, Cung Le, Norman Reedus, CamGigandet
Producer : Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson, Robert Kulzer
Director : Christian Alvart
Writer : Travis Milloy
Release Date: 25-Sep-2009
Genre : Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Plot:

Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It’s pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can’t remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission?

With Lt. Payton (Quaid) staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower (Foster) ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft’s shocking, deadly secrets are revealed…and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.

Ultimately, Pandorum offers some perfectly good, mind-numbing sci-fi if you need an excuse to escape life for a few hours.

Nagurjana in & as Rammi?

Nagurajan next venture with a debutant director Kiran Kumar is likely to be titled as Rammi.Bollywood actress Chitrangada Singh and Mamtha Mohandas as the heroines, the film is progressing at a brisk pace in a specially-erected set at Nanakramguda Studios.D.Siva Prasad Reddy is producing the film under the banner of Kamakshi Movies. It is learnt that this film, based on gambling, is being planned for a December release.

Mahatma-Telegu Movie audio launch

We are well aware that Srikanth’s prestigious 100th film ‘Mahatma’ is getting ready under the direction of Krishnavamsi and produced by CR Manohar. Bhavana is playing the heroine in this film.

Speaking on the occasion, director says, “Our country achieved independence some six decades ago. Every corner in the country, we can find the statues of the Father of the Nation. However, there is no answer to the question as to how far we are practicing the principles preached by Gandhiji. The hero of our film first believes that anything could be achieved with violence. Such a hero, suddenly turns to non-violence and what made him to take a U-turn in his life is the subject of my film.

” Producer says, “Srikanth’s performance, Krishnavamsi’s directorial ability and style would be liked by one and all. We are planning to launch the audio of the film on September 19.”

The specialty of the film is the special song on Charmme. Dialogues are by Paruchuri brothers, music is by Vijay Antony, lyrics are by Sitaramasastry, Suddala Ashok Teja and Lakshmi Bhupal, and camera is by Sarat, while editing is by Shankar.

Rechipo movie review

Film: Rechipo
Cast: Nitin, Ileana, Bhanuchander, Ahuti Prasad, Venumadhav, Sunil, Rama Prabha, M S Narayana and others
Dialogues: Ramesh, Gopi
Music: Manisharma
Cinematography: Surender Reddy
Editing: Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao
Producer: G V Ramana
Story, screenplay and directed by: Parachuri Murali
Release date: September 25, 2009

What’s it about!

Shiva (Nitin) is good-hearted thief - sort of robin wood. He robs the black money from the rich and donates to the charity organizations. Police seize Rs 500 Crore belongs to a Dubai based Mafia leader which incidentally lands into home-minister (Ahuti Prasad). Shiva robs the money from home minister’s house and runs away from the place. He accidentally meets a naughty girl Krishna Veni and follows her to a marriage. At the wedding place, they tease each other and soon romance blossoms between them. Krishnaveni incidentally happens to be daughter of the home minister. When it is revealed that Shiva is a thief, Krishnaveni hates him but the mafia leader in Dubai soon kidnaps her. Now Shiva takes the job of bringing her back from Dubai.

Analysis

Painfully long and unbearably tedious, Rechchipo is a predictable fare with absolutely nothing new to speak. One of the badly made movies in the recent times! Except the fact that Tollywood number one heroine Ileana looks gorgeous, the film has not a single positive point to talk about. Silly comedy, even clichéd scenes, unrelated action drama and poor technical values, the film is wasted effort. Looks like director Parachuri Murali has taken the producers for a ride. The money spent on Dubai episode – which itself looks like made in some desert in India, is complete waste. Director Parachuri Murali who has given watchable action drama like Andhrudu and sentiment drama Pedababu has lost complete grip on the script (in fact there is no proper story).

It is high time that hero Nitin either take a break or think well before signing a film. He is doing inane movies one after the other. When was the last time he delivered a hit or for that matter a decent flick? One wonders how could he pick such bad scripts in a row? Doesn’t he learn from failures?

Performances

One really cannot fault Nitin’s efforts as actor. He does his best and as usually focused on dances. But he is letdown by his director. From Jalsa onwards, Ileana has been looking fantastic and gorgeous. She is the only saving grace with her great looks and sex appeal. Her costumes (designed by her mother) are also perfect. The guy who played the villain role is good. Rest of the cast - Bhanu Chander, Rama Prabha, Venumadhav, M S Narayana and others - are okay. Sunil’s comedy doesn’t evoke laughter.

Technically too the film is a letdown. Surender Reddy’s cinematography is substandard. Manisharma’s music is passé. Producers seem to have given complete freedom to the director to spend lavishly but the director has selected a mediocre storyline and his narration is also big letdown. Ramesh – Gopi’s dialogues are also pretty ordinary.

Bottom-line!

Rechchipo tests the patience of the audiences. It is unbearably tedious and a complete predictable film.

Rating: 2/5

ganesh movie review

Rating: - 2.5/5
Cast: Ram, Kajal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Brahmanandam,
Music: Mickey J. Meyer.
Producer: Sravanthi Ravikishore.
Story, Screenplay & Director: M. Saravanan.

Ganesh is a love story film. Ram is playing the role of Ganesh and Kajal is in the role of Divia. A close friend of Ganesh gets in the problem. His father wants him to get married to his niece. Ganesh wants to help his friend, who love another girl and could not tell his father. He plans to make Divya fall in love with him, so his friend would be happily marrying his love. He comes up with series of dramas to please numerous kids living in the Divya’s apartment. He lives in the flat adjacent to Divya’s and work hard to get her attention. Divya fall in love with Ganyesh. Immediately Divya distant herself from Ganyesh, when she realizes that Ganesh has been fooling her. The rest of the story is how Divya reacts on Ganesh tries, to convince her that he really love her.

Director Sarvanan uses the children as a comic touch. He desires for new comic invention through children. Two kids fall at Lord Ganesh’s idols and seeking helps, when Ashish Vidyarthi and his men, manhandles old, young and kids. Before the kids get up from the prayers Ganesh lands there and gets into action. He makes all things right.

You will experience silly, senseless and insufferable romance in the film but Kajal make it look real when she expresses to Ganesh, how she would like to give him her first kiss.

The film does not have any great songs. Technical aspect of the film is just okay. First half of the film is decent and entertaining but second half is not so good. This is a family film.

eenadu review

Eenadu Movie Review
Movie Rating: 3.5 / 5
Director : Chakri Toleti
Music Director : Shruti Haasan
Producer : Kumar Babu G
Starring : Kamal Hassan, Venkatesh, Poonam Kaur, Lakshmi

What is it about: The film stars Venkatesh as Hyderabad’s Police Commissioner, Eshwar Prasad who receives a phone call from an anonymous person (played by Kamal Hassan) demanding the release of four dreaded terrorists. The caller threatens Eshwar Prasad that if he doesn’t comply with the demands, a series of bomb blasts will rock the city. Further he guides a police team to a nearby police station, where he has already planted a bomb to make his intentions clear. The Commissioner, in this hapless condition, relents to all the demands of the anonymous caller. The series of negotiations seem to be going fine, but then a choice changes the whole equation.

What is Good: Written by Neeraj Pandey, “Eenadu” has breathtaking pace throughout its narration. A sense of urgency is ubiquitous in everything that occurs on screen. The film also owes its impact to a sensible and sensational portrayal of both Venkatesh and Kamal Hassan. While Venkatesh is at his usual best in the role of a cop; Kamal Hassan’s portrayal of a common man is the focal point of the entire story. The whole drama follows the Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, with every phone call from Kamal changing the whole equation which hits a crescendo towards the end. Both these actors are wonderfully supported by Dr.Bharat Reddy and Ganesh Venkataraman, both enacting as cops in Commissioner’s office.

What is bad: The film is the remake of “A Wednesday” and comparison with the original film is inevitable. “Eenadu”, although for most part, retains the essence of the original flick but doesn’t quite create that same dramatic impact. Too many scenes have a problem with the lip synchronization. Lakshmi role as the Chief Secretary is a little half baked. Poonam Kaur’s role is completely forgotten after a point of time.