Namo Venkatesha smashing box office.

Venkatesh’s latest film ‘Namo Venkatesa’ has hit the screens across the state on the auspicious occasion of Sankranthi.The film which was released on January 14th, has garnered strong openings at the box office. Trade circles say that the openings for ‘Namo Venkatesa’ are the highest in Venkatesh’s career. The general buzz among the audience is that this is the best film among the Sankranthi releases which offers wholesome family entertainment. The film has also impressed the Film critics and the film has got several favourable reviews on the internet. According to the trade circles, this movie was made with a budget of 20 crores and is all set to collect 30 crores in andhra pradesh alone and a total of 40 crores globally. Seems like another big money spinner in the south indian film industry. Good times for tollywood.

Sambo Siva Sambo movie review.

Great Tollyeood Rating: 3.5/5

Starring: Ravi Teja, Allari Naresh, Roja, Siva Balaji and others
Director: Samuthirakani
Music: Sundar C Babu
Producer: Bellamkonda Suresh
Genre: Drama/Action
Release Date: 14 January 2010


The film Sambho Siva Sambho is a remake of the Tamil film Nanodigal. The film is a racy entertainer about friendship, responsibility, sacrifice and love.

Story: Ravi Teja, Allari Naresh and Siva Balaji are good friends. All there of them have different goals in life. While Ravi Teja wants to get a government job (a pre-condition set by his maternal uncle) so that he can marry his cousin Priyamani, Allari Naresh waits for a passport so than he can go abroad and earn money. Siva Balaji is in love with Ravi Teja’s sister and his goal in life is to set up his own software firm.While all three are working hard to achieve their goals, a friend of Ravi Teja lands up in Rajamundry. He is the son of a former MP Roja. His problem is that he is in love with the daughter of a faction leader and minister in Kurnool Mukehs Rushi. The problem is the parents on both sides are opposed to their marriage. Ravi Teja and his two friends take it upon themselves to unite the lovers. They do it with great risk and manage to get the two lovers married and sent away to a secret destination safely. However their own life is damaged beyond repair forever. Siva Balaji loses his right leg and Naresh loses his sense of hearing during the scuffle with the followers of Mukesh Rushi. Case is booked against Ravi Teja and his to friends. Ravi Teja then loses all hope of marrying Priyamani as he now stands no chance of a government job with the police case against him. Still the friends do not lose hope and pick up the threads of life once again slowly. At this time they get a big shock when they learn that the two lovers for whom they have risked everything have separated over some differences and went back to their respective homes. They two now plan to file for divorce. What will Ravi Teja and his two friends do now? This is the suspense element and it should be watched on the silver screen.

Performance: Ravi Teja appears in a new avatar in the film. His role is refreshingly different from his routine action and comedy. Allari Naresh comes up with a very impressive performance. His performance in particular after he loses his sense of hearing is simply superb. Siva Balaji is good. Priyamani appears in a completely deglmaourized role. Roja makes a comeback after a long time and she does justice to her role. Newcomer Abhinaya is impressive in her brief role. Mukesh Rushi is okay. Chandramohan, Ahuthi Prasad, Rao Ramesh and others do a neat job.

Technical Departments: The movie has got a good storyline,and direction. But, The screenplay should have been better. U tend to get bored here and there. Music is apt. Cinematography and editing are crisp.

Conclusion: Sambho Siva Sambho is a different kind of film and it will appeal to all those who love novelty and experimentation in films. It is an action packed entertainer from start to finish. The story is good and the screenplay interesting and racy. The music adds to the mood of the film and the title song ‘Sambho Siva Sambho…’ is very good.

Arundhati, Magadheera and now its Varudu

The latest news is that Satyam Nipuna has been roped in for the CG work in Allu Arjun’s movie ‘Varudu’. The CG work includes set extensions which will enrich the visual experience for the audience. Satyam Nipuna is reportedly being paid Rs.2.75 crores for this CG work. Gunasekhar is directing this film. DVV Danaiah is producing this film under the banner of Universal Media. The use of computer graphics in telugu movies is increasing day by day. And it has also been well appreciated for the movies Arundhati, Magadheera.

Kedi audio released.

The audio of the movie Kedi, starring Nagarjuna, Mamatha Mohandas in lead under the direction of Kiran has released. The audio has released under the Aditya Music. The music director of the movie is Sandeep Chowtha. The response for this audio is said to be good. The movie is all set to release in the first or second week of february.

Namo Venkatesha movie review.

Great Tollywood Rating: 3.5/5

Cast: Venkatesh, Trisha, Brahmanandam
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography: Prasad Murella
Story: Gopi Mohan
Dialogues: Chintapally Ramana
Art: AS Prakash
Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastri
Fights: Vijay
Editing: MR Varma
Screenplay - Direction: Seenu Vytla
Presents: D Suresh Babu
Producer: Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta & Anil Sunkara
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Banner: 14 Reels entertainment
Release date: 14 January 2010


“Namo Venkatesha”, which was promised to carry loads and loads of entertainment has released. Expectation reached the peak. The movie starring Venkatesh, Trisha under the direction of Srinu Vaitla was one of the most talked movie, before its release. Whether the people continue to talk about the movie or not after the movie released, that has to be watched.

Story: Venkata Ramana (Venkatesh) is a ventriloquist by profession and performs for a association in Europe. He meets Paris Prasad (Brahmanandam) and Pooja (Trisha). Pooja is niece of Paris Prasad. Venkata Ramana falls in love with Pooja. Paris Prasad comes to know about this, and starts making Venkata Ramana a fool by telling him that Pooja loves him too. Pooja is the daughter of a rayalaseema factionist and she returns back to her village to get married to a person whom she doesn’t like. The rest of the story is, how did Venakta Ramana solve the problem and wins Pooja.

Performances: Venkatesh is at his best. It his one of his favourite genres and he acts superb. Trisha is good and she performs well in emotional scenes. Brahmanandam, as usual is very hilarious. Ali and M.S. Narayan impress. While Subbaraju, Jayaprakash Reddy, Dharmavarupu Subramanya, Kota Srinivas Rao and Telangana Shakunthala have done their job neat.

Technical Departments: While story has nothing new to it. It gives u a lot of déjà Vu. But, the direction and screenplay of Srinu Vaitla is good. He managed to get his characters to evoke laughter at the right moments and in right doses. U will never feel bored while watching this movie. Music by Devi is just average. Cinematography and Choreography are superb. The production values are top notch. It is nice to see many telugu movies nowadays are coming up with good cinematography and production values. But they should also concentrate on getting fresh stories.

Conclusion: First half is very entertaining and has not got much story in it. While the second half has some story, but bit less on entertainment quotient because of lengthy and predictable story line. But, this movie has got enough qualities to become a box office hit.

Blu-ray enters into tollywood

It seems that the tollywood producers are leaving no stone unturned to market their movie till the end. We are talking about the Blu-ray disc business. This is said to be the new area in which the producers are looking out for. The video and audio clarity in these discs are top notch and usually it was Hollywood which started to sell their movies on these discs in addition to DVD’s and VCD’s. The penetration of these discs is said to be good in U.S.A and U.K. While it is very low in india, as the cost of the disc and the disc players are too high. However, our producers want to try out this field too. It was bollywood which started to sell their movies on the blu-ray. And now its turn of tollywood. The producers of the movie “King” released their movie on blu-ray all over india. This is said to be the first telugu movie to get released on blu-ray. While the blu-ray of movie “Arundhati” got released all over the globe the very next week. “Arundhati” is said to be the first telugu blu-ray to get released all over the globe. And according to sources the business of these two movies on blu-ray discs is good in the overseas market. Impressed with the success story of these movies producers of the movies “Magadheera”, “Aarya 2” and “Adhurs” are already planning to release their movies on blu-ray discs, once the theatrical run of their movies get over. Seems like this new segment might turn out to be a good revenue generator for the producers.

Adurs, gets tremendous opening.

There is no stopping this movie. There was lot of buzz that this movie might not get the opening as expected for a Jr. NTR movie. But,sit back. It has proved all those noises wrong. Adurs has openened to 100% collections all over andhra pradesh. It didnt even get a setback in the troubled telangana/ Nizam region. In fact the movie is all set to cross the first day collections of all the previous JR. NTR movies. It had got 17 screenings on the first day in the Prasads multiplex. It has equalled the record of number of screenings on the first day. It is being screened in all the multiplexes(PVR, Inox, Big Cinemas, Talkie Town, Cinemax) for maximum number of shows. Hope this movie continues to set box office on fire. Right now Adurs collections are Adurs.