It's been a long time since we have seen a good family drama sans all the cliched and melodramas associated  with contemporary telugu cinema.Though melodrama is the key factor in this genre it takes high guts to dare and balance the film with two big stars.Past 25 years telugu cinema hasn't seen a true multistarrer,directed by Sreekanth Addala Seethamma Vakitlo....boasts itself to be the most awaited multistarrer of the decade.Sreekanth Addaala strips off the image of stars with his simple story line and establishes the importance of characterizations.

           That's one reason why SVSC is so refreshing.The film stars Venkatesh and Mahesh as siblings,who overcome a lot of misunderstandings that affects their affection for each other.Sreekanth unfolds a simple story line where in he has a large scope to focus on the various mindsets of people.He has used many many characters but had to chop off most of them as it would affect the total runtime.Sreekanth who has done a commendable job with his previous run away hit Kothha Bangaru Lokam has the perfect knowledge and importance of a script for a film.Even in SVSC he comes in with a perfect script and execution.A director generally feels faltered while handling two big stars , but we never see that jerk in the film despite some issues  with the pace of the film here and there.

            Digging down the story,Peddhodu(Venkatesh) and Chinnodu(Mahesh) are siblings,while the former is a stubborn and devil-may-care attitude guy the latter is a total opposite.While peddhodu believes in living life on his own terms,chinnodu has no place for egos between people.Chinnodu can't tolerate anyone pointing fingers on his brother and father.Their father Prakash Raj is a fully respected man in their village Relangi,he believes in sharing a smile to a stranger as that would sooth people.Peddhodu lives in Vizag and Chinnodu is in his job trials in Hyderabad.Some consequences lead Peddhodu to quit his job and he travels back home.Seetha(Anjali) who grows up in their house,dreams for a day she will get married to peddhodu.Chinnodu happens to attend his Uncle's daughter's marriage in Vijayawada and falls for Geetha(Samantha).But he is concerned with his brother who doesn't okay their relationship.The rest of the story is how both of them confront on various issues and shed their anger in the end.

What's Good: Venkatesh does all justice for the film.Generally we see him talking a lot in his films,but here he underplays himself and speaks less as the character demands.Mahesh is the show stealer as usual,there isn't any comedy track in this film , Mahesh himself shoulders that.He is handsome as usual and changes his slang again.We see him trying various slangs in various films,here he speaks Godavari slang which aptly suits him.Both of them have done a fabulous job by sharing screen space without any egos.They have kept their stardoms apart and the script takes the centrestage.Anjali is a perfect choice as seetha,she has shown a highly matured performance.Samantha,though has nothing much to perform,looks bubbly and chirpy.Prakash Raj proves it is only him who can don any role.Jayasudha,Ravibabu,Rao Ramesh,Abhinaya were okay and did their part well.Sreekanth Addala's direction is commendable and he has rightly balanced both the stars.K.V.Guhans cinematography is a treat to watch.Manisharma's background score stands loud and neat.Mickey's music was soothing to hear.

What's Bad: The narration was not in sequence which leaves people confused at times.The pace in the second half dips down and it happens quite a lot of times in the first half even.The climax was abruptly called off without much realization.The way some characters were chopped off was too rude,Ravi Babu's and Raja Raveendra's characters were chopped off and were limited to only the first half of the film.Choreography was bad.

Analysis: This film properly defines the Telugu traditions and family relationships in Andhra Pradesh. The culture is rightly reflected in the film.Telugu films have failed all these years in delivering the right flavor.Sreekanth Addala only concentrates on brotherly relationship and forgets the rest,of course the movie was meant to be on brother relationship though.Frankly there is no big story involved,no masala involved,no big fights involved,no big sets,no big duets,no vulgarity.Its a clean feel good film at the end.Two big thumbs up for the film,Sreekanth Addala and Dil Raju for a commendable job.

Verdict:Go watch it with your family.

Yashasvi Nandivada

Krishh as Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi is profoundly called is very well known for his throttling societal and burning scripts.After his runaway hit Gamyam his prestigious project Vedam dabbled as a commercial cinema but won critical acclaim,he is back again.This time Krishh is back with a full throttle mythological narration with his latest Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum starring RaNa and Nayanatara in lead.As Krishh previously said Redemption would be my new key for success,he does it in style.

Plot:
Getting down to the story B.Tech Babu(RaNa Daggubati) is an artiste from Surabhi family and is reluctant for plays.He is determined to move to the States for pursuing his higher studies.His grandfather Surabhi Subhramanyam (Kota Sreenivasa Rao) pesters him to stay back and take Surabhi forward in the Bellary Devi Nava Rathrulu play.Things go haywire after Subrahmanyam passes away and RaNa takes Surabhi forward.On a similar and parallel note tribals from ananthapur district are forced to abandon the forest by Mining baron Reddappa(Milind Gunaji) . Devika(Nayanatara) happens to be a journalist working for a TV channel covering a documentary on Reddappa's illegal mining.Babu and Devika embark upon a similar journey and their lives intertwine.What happens to their journey and how did they unfold the illegal mining of Reddappa forms the rest of the plot.

Plot Breakdown:
Screenplay is a killer for any movie.It can raise the bars and it can put the curtains down even.Krishh is very well known for his converging plots.All his movies have different plots coming to one single point,call it destiny or fate that is sheer coincidence practically.KVJ is never an exception for this again,Krishh has mingled the lives of Tribals,Media,Burning Individual and a Close Friend converging into one single point.He was very much successful in making the audience glued to their seats.

He very well relates dasa avatharalu and the current scenarios,he rightly targets krodham and not kopam.Krodham burns your thinking and Kopam burns your blood,he got the pulse right by making the audience go goosebumps most of the time.The play of title cards is a beautiful video collage of sensationalizing the burning issue of illegal mining.You feel that responsibility when you see people abandoned and dying.Krishh literally speaks to each of his audience throughout the film.

The point wherein RaNa says "Thatha Ippudantha Necessity of Living ante evadi bathuku aadu bathakali" people get convinced,they feel he is right.But Krishh was very particular in proving them wrong,this was evident in his succeeding scenes where in a tribal says "Ayya idhenayya mee taraniki maa taraniki unna theda...meeremo manam bathukudam paaripodam anukuntaru memu matho patu ee chotu bathakala mana thotodu bathakala anukuntam".What Krishh clearly says is Life isn't Necessity of Living but rather Live and Let Live.And even when RaNa says "Evadu cheyyatledu Devika mosalu...dochukune vadu dochukuntnadu...avakasam vaste dochukuntunnaru..adi nuvvaina sare evaraina sare....prathi common man naalane aalochistadu telsa?" and he proves it wrong by saying "Edaina nee daaka vasthe telusthundi Babu...odileyyatam antha telika kadu...edo oka roju nee daaka vastundi appudu telustundi niku".

Though at times one feels the screenplay isn't pacing fast that was due to the illogical placement of songs and unnecessary commercial elements.One can't say Unnecessary elements though as Krishh learnt a bigger lesson from Vedam which didn't had any commercial element.He introduced them here to be on a safe zone targeting a bigger lot of audience.

Screen Presence:
RaNa proves to be a better bet for dialogue delivery and the machismo,he carried his role with a larger and bigger intensity than required that made people glue their eyes.Though dance wasn't his cup of tea he manages to a larger extent.He was good with his comic timing and dialogue delivery.

Nayantara's role was more like a tom-boy,she carries the role with ease and grace.Sameera Reddy was sensuous in her Item Number.Hazel was okay.

Milind Gunaji was a pakka  show stealer.He made his presence felt to a larger extent.Raghubabu was great.Brahmanandam,Hema,Annapurna and the Surabhi troop were okay.

Posani times his dialogues with some of the trending issues.He was at his best.

What's Good:
It wouldn't be complete without mentioning the name of the music director Mani Sharma,though it seemed like a direct rip off in the first song where he utterly copies emotional atyachaar from DevD,he gave his best towards the background score of the film.The film is totally carried forward with his amazing BGMs which makes you  feel the pace.The theme of the movie rendered by SPB is a perfect way to feel the story and plot.
The other thing that is good in the movie are its dialogues.Sai Madhav Burra pens down dialogues with life imbibed in them.Some spectacular dialogues that made audience think were :

Buvva lekapothe mattini adigithe pedathadhi kaani matte lekapothe...mattine dhochesukuntunnaru kodukulu.

Okkadunna railu nadusthadhi naatakam kooda anthe okkadi kosam aagadhu okkadunna aagadhu.

Kaalanni kooda marchedhi Kala.

Adhi kala nidra lo kanedhi. Idhi Kala nidra lepedhi.

Kala ante brathuku nichedhe kaadhu brathuku nerpedhi kooda.

Thalli pegune ammukune biddalu ra meeru. Thallini samajanni avasaram kosam vaadukuntara ra?

Garba gudilo veedhi kukka ucha posinantha maathrana devudu mailu padipodu

Kadupu manta kanapadadhu kaani mandinchinavaadi chithi mande varuku manduthune untundhi.

Konni chaavulu chusi jaalipadakoodadhu garva padali.

Janalu kotte chappatlu thatha ki vysanam ayyipoyayi anukunna kaani naatakam chusi vandha mandhi chappatlu koduthunte okkadu nishabdham ga kurchuni nee yamma idhi nijame kadha ra anukuntadu aa okkadini nene ani nakippudu telisindhi thatha

Thatha bhaagavatham raasadu anukunna kaani brathuku raasadu anukoledhu babai

Oka ammai saayam cheyyamante manakendukule annanu ippudu naa daaka vaste kaani teliledu

Devudante saayam...oka chinna chapa saayam chesthe devudannaru...oka pandhi saayam chesthe varaham annaru...nenu ee naatakam eyyataniki arhudini kaanu thatha

Amma thommidhi nelalu kashtapadithe puttamu anukuntaru kondharu. Naana pakkalo padhi nimashalu sukha padithe puttamu anukuntaru kondharu. Rendu nijale. Kaani puriti neppulu choosina vaadu manishi avuthadu sukham anubhavinchindhi anukunnadu pashuvu avuthadu

The Cinematography by V S Gnanashekhar was neat and clean.He made the right use of panorama camera for the entire film to make sure he captures all colors bright.Editing was neat.

What's Bad:
The first half pumps in adrenaline rich content and the second half slows down a bit due to the unnecessary commercial elements and illogical placement of songs.It picks up high time in the pre-climax though.Apart from that there were no bad things about the movie.

Overall:
The movie stands tall in its content.Krishh has made every one of us think about what's going on in the society.He drives in a hidden message stating Daivam Manushya Roopena God is all about help.Help in need.And he was successful.

Verdict:
Don't miss this one.Its rare to watch such content rich stuff on screen.

Yashasvi Nandivada

Self proclaimed as King, Nagarjuna returns with another mythological after the touch and go Shirdi Sai.After a lot of hype and hoopla that preceded Dhamarukam's release date,the movie released in record number of theatres all over the world.Rather than being excited for the fact that the movie is a socio-fantasy,people found it close for the re-entry of Anushka and Nagarjuna in different roles than usual.Lets get into the plot and how it went with the masses.......

Story: Born as an ardent devotee of Shiva,Mallikarjuna (Nagarjuna) finds his solace and truth in Lord Shiva from his childhood.He is accompanied by his parents ,a sibling and grandparents.A series of accidents take place and he loses all his family except for his sister.From then on Malli becomes anti-shivaite and hates people who utter the word shiva.On the other hand Andhakasura (Ravi Shankar) eyes on conquering the panchabhoothas under his control....Asura gets to know the fact that his goal would be met only if he marries a girl born in a auspicious planetary time and kill her.Maheshwari(Anushka) happens to be that one lucky unlucky girls who happens to be born in the auspicious planetary time and Malli is destined to marry Maheshwari.Will Andhakasura win the world or Nagarjuna plans his time against Shiva should be watched on screen.

Screen Presence: This is not any rocket science for Nagarjuna,as there is nothing new and nerve breaking aspect in the story line.Nagarjuna was successful in being a staunch devotee of Shiva and maintained a perfect physique even at this point of time.Anushka wasn't that great and lost her charm and had many brownie points through out her performance.Ravishankar was outstanding in his role.The major drawback of the film was casting....none of them fitted their roles perfectly(except Ravi) rather it was hard to believe they were essayinhg their respective roles.Charmee ahhh i'm not talking about her..please!!Item songs should be done by beauties...i mean glam dolls.Charmee is too stout to be called as a glam doll.One Single Word--YUKK!Prakash Raj's role was very sub-dued and pretty interesting.Rest of the casting came and went...God knows why!

Screen Plot and Play:Director Sreenivas Reddy chose very off beat subject for himself,for a guy who is pretty comfortable with comedy stuff socio-fantasies sound too odd..In a hurry to cook a screenplay he etched it with unnecessary comedy scenes that tested peoples patience.He had a single line plot and wasn't successful in stretching it in right manner.The first half can completely be omitted except few introduction scenes where extensive visual effects were made use of.The second half was a killer with all the required jinx and plot.Visual effects in second half were too good,the word sivoham was very well stressed and the vibe was felt in the second half just before the movie got completed.

Overall:The music by Devi Sri is pretty decent and the RR and BGM was good and loud at times.The comedy scenes could have been neglected.There are things that make you sit in your seats in this film,one happens to be the extensive visual effects and the other one is Ravi Shankar.The plot doen't test too much upon many things,its a touch and go in many cases.There wasn't any need for a romantic song in the movie when there is no romance planned for the lead cast but the director has opted for a song and not etching the romantic track.The film would have been much better if the romance and comedy timing was totally neglected or the other way round even.

Verdict:Can be watched once..Only second half i would say :-P 

Yashasvi Nandivada

It was with great hype and hoopla that Rachha released!The producers boasted that and this about the film and claimed it has broke all the records with an ordinary content.A famous website even mentioned that the producers told exact truth about collections,(www.gulte.com),with such a 1600 screen andhra pradesh even assuming all the seats to be houseful how can it be possible to get an amount of 8 crore?? and now the time has come to decide the fate of this movie, after the second week the collections have drastically dropped down and in most of the theatres shows are cancelled, which is a hard fact to know!Ramcharan himself feels he is a demigod or great film celebrity which was very evident from the recent Maa Music Awards where he was seen with a M**** Moham, and thinks he has the capability of changing the history of tollywood with every film of his.He better stops this kind of attitude and focuses on script and contentful film!!At the end Rachha becomes a Below Average film!

Its time for the King..yes the power king!!English endhuku le babai telugu loki digipodam!Mana power star ee saari Dabangg Dabang mantu Gabbar Singh tho malli mana munduku vachhestunnadu.Tanaki floplu unna kaani aa craze assalu taggaledu,taggadu kuda!!Jalsa tarvatha malli alanti break kosam try chestunna PK ee sari DSP and Harish Shankar tho kalisadu!Oka content leni cinema ni kuda hit cheyyagala samardyudu Harish shankar ane vishayam manaki mirapakaay tarvatha telisinde!Ika DSP gurinchi intro kuda avsaram ledu!!Paatalu anni kummai...theatre lo janalu pichha pichha ga egirela chedhham ani decide ayyado emo kaani paatalu adiripoyay ehe!!ika review loki vellipodam!!


1.Dekho Dekho--Baba Sehgal

     Pichekinchadu first song beat tho..Baba Sehgal voice lo He is the power king anagane fans ki pandage pandaga.Navine Madhav madyalo ichhina slang voice ithe keka!!roughodu toughodu antu mana Baba paaduthunte exact ga set ipoyay lyrics!Exclusive usage of drums chaala baagunnai...variety entante DSP eppudu vaade strings assalu ee song lo ekkada vaadaledu!!Madyalo vachhe theme music ithe adiripoindi!!
ee paata vinnaka one can proudly say PK is coming to do something!!You'll love this track!!Hero ki pichha pichha ga elevation ichhe song idhi!!Kummindi!

2.Aakasam Ammai Ithe--Shankar Mahadevan,Gopika Poornima

  Fanaa beat tho start chesi konchem disappoint chesadu kaani SM as usual ga thana voice tho aa feel ni pogottestadu!Starting ochhe lyrics chhala baagunnai...first hearing lone nachhestundi ee song!

Vacchesi madhi gichesi… Masi chessinaave rushi lanti naa ruche.. Marchinaave abhiruchi
Siggesi cheli moggesi.. Usigolipinaave sarigamadapadanesi.. Cherchinaave o..o..Kasi
Swargamlo sowkyalanni neelo pongeney… Pranam posene
O..o.. O.. Narakamlo nanahimsalu neelo sogasene… Pranam kosene
Ho..La..Ho..Laa..Ho..La..Ho..Laaa... Nee kallalone chikkane pilla
Ho..La..Ho..Laa..Ho..La..Ho..Laaa… Ika Chaala Chaala Jarige ne valla 

ee bit vintunte malli malli repeat chesi vintaru kaschitanga!!Gopika voice cool ga vellipoindi!!Lyrics were good!! Ee song kuda kummindi!

3.Mandu Babulam-Kota Srinivas Rao & Chorus

Already rendu songs kummai kaabatti third song meeda expectations takkuvga untai!!Parledu em tagginchukovaddhu...aa starting lo theen maar ichhi kummi pad dobbadu!Kota garithe tagubothu laga paadatam lo expert ainattu paadesaru!!DSP paade bit kuda chaala baaga nachhestadi!Idhi bit song..ayyo appude ipoinda anipistundi!!Beat rachho rachha!!Nijanga kummi kummi dobbindi paata!!Malli cheppala idhi kooda kummindhehe!!Kummioooooo!!!

4.Pilla-PK,Vaddepalli Srinivas

Adhigo vachindi vachesindi...denikosam ithe wait sesamo adhi vachesindi!!PK voice tho start ayye paatante aa paata peaks ane ardam!!inko massy song...king lo Baammardi song paadina srinivas ee song lo kuda telangana slang lo adaraaaaaaaaaaakottesadoch!!Drums drums drums....pichekinchadu DSP!!ee okka drums thone pichekinchochu ani prove chesadu!Variety entante Flute and Strings ee song lo vaadadu!!Lyrics Telangana style lo cheppalante Jabardasth unnai ra bhai!!!Paata gurinchi malli cheppala???Kummmmiiiiiiiiioooooooo!!

5.Dil Se-Karthik,Shwetha Mohan

 Motham mass paatalatho mammalni pattinchukovatledani lovers kaani families kaani anukovataniki chance ivvakunda DSP ee soooooper melody kottesadu GS lo!!Karthik voice gurinchi cheppakarledu, telugu spashtanga shubranga palikadu...Shweta's voice kuda chala baagundi!!Manaki telisinatte konni DSP englishy style and trumpet usage ekkuvaga pettesadu and malli kummadu!!Lyrics chaala baagunnai!!First hearing lo nachhakapovachhu kaani vinaga vinaga nachhestadi!!Okay song!!

6.Kevvvv Keka--Mamatha Sharma,Khushi Murali *ing Malaika Arora

Kevvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Keka , Munni song paadina Mamatha Sharma tho paadinchalani endhuku anpinchindo kaani nijanga aa idea ki Kevvvvv assala!!Pakka Pakka Pakka mass song and ide item song cinema lo!!First time vinte konchem chiraak ravochhu kaani vinaga vinaga adirindi paata!!!Murali chaala ease tho paadadu!Mamtha Sharma kuda chala ease tho perfect telugu lo paadindi!!Lyrics weren't vulgar!!

Over all ga sooooper doooooper ga kumme album idhi!!Youth ki piccha pichha ga connect ipodhhi!!Repu inka PK screen meeda steplu esthe fans ki pandage!!Go for this album!!

PS:Nenu PK leda DSP fan ni kadu,nenu edo dabba kottaledu paatalu nijangane rachha rachha ga unnai!!

Yashasvi Nandivada