Ashta Chemma Review

Ashta Chemma Review

Film: ASHTA CHEMMA

Rating: 3/5

Banner: Art Beat Capital Pvt LtdCast: Nani, Swathi, Bhargavi, Sreenivas, Hema, Tanikella Bharani, Jhansi and others

Music: Kalyani Malik

Cinematography: PG VindaProducer: Ram Mohan P

Director: Indraganti Mohan Krishna

Release Date: September 05, 2008Story:
A hilarious treat, the story is about Lavanya (Swathi) a youthful and bubbly girl who only has one mission in life- to marry the star Mahesh Babu. Lavanya is madly in love with him and cannot think of anyone else however she is disappointed when she gets to know that Mahesh has been married to Namratha. Due to this, her aunt (Jhansi) several attempts to get Lavanya married to an NRI keep failing and after a lot of persuasion the pretty girl agrees. However, she puts in a condition that the name of the groom must be Mahesh which is yet another problem. Due to her obsession with Mahesh Babu, the music and songs she plays creates havoc in the neighbourhood and the worst affected is Anand (Sreenivas), the next door guy. In an effort to get rid of Lavanya, he goes in search of a person with the name Mahesh and finally chances upon a guy with the same name (Nani) who works in a pub. Sreeni hatches a plan and finally both of them fall in love, however things get interesting when it is known that Mahesh's actual name is Rambabu and on the other hand Sreenivas falls in love with Varalakshmi (Bhargavi), sister of Rambabu who hails from the village Lakkavaram. What happens after that forms the rest of the story.Presentation:
The director has come up with a simple treat but then he has excelled in presenting the plot very well and also the narration was quite interesting. The script was tight and the screenplay was executed very well with some good points to add fun. Dialogues were quite witty and though music was not always in sync, it suited the moods. Camera was effective with good angles. Nani has come up with a good performance given his debut effort and equally competent was Sreenivas in his first shot. However, they might not fit that well to the mainstream movies. Bhargavi had this domestic sex appeal in her but she needs to tone down her body, her performance was good. The real show stealer was Swathi whose dialogue delivery is worth every penny. She has learnt to be a camera friendly girl and this will take her far. Tanikella was not utilized completely and Jhansi was strong enough on the screen.
Conclusion:
The amount of creativity and wit used to make this seemingly plain story look interesting is worth appreciation. While the entire length of the movie revolves around one theme, it is the factor of 'Mahesh Babu' that really pulls the audience. However, care should have been taken to ensure that few things are not overdone as such instances have occurred here. The film will definitely appeal the multiplex and metro audience but there is not much for the mass except the 'Mahesh' syndrome. Commercially, it will rake in good money and will get a decent fare tag.

Saroja Telugu Movie Review ( 4.5/5.0 - ET Review)

Saroja Telugu Movie Review ( 4.5/5.0 - ET Review)

Rating : 4.5 / 5.0

Cast: Premgi, S P Charan, Vaibhav, Shiva, Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Sampath, Nikitha, Kajal Agarwal, VegaWriter/Director Venkat Prabhu

Producer: T Siva (Amma Creations)

Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja

Cinematographer: Sakthi Saravanan

Editor: Praveen K L & Sreekanth N B

Lyrics: Vaalee, Gangai Amaren & Yuvan Shankar Raja

Art: Videsh

Stunt Director: Selva

Choreographers: Kalyan & Saravana Rajan

It’s quite hard to classify the movie as an action thriller, in spite of the all the gripping moments in a rundown abandoned industrial estate, because the boys with their witticisms keep the laughter coming. Nevertheless, Saroja is an interesting adventure and a fun flick.

With almost everyone of the cast and crew of Chennai-28 are there in the movie at least in a small role, Saroja takes us back to the cricket story while taking Tamil cinema front in terms of film making and story telling.

The story is so simple. The screenplay is straight forward. And the execution is honest. Ajay (Shiva) is a TV serial star engaged to Pooja (Kajal Agarwal). Ganesh (Premji) is a happy-go-lucky guy who is forever falling in love. Rambabu (Vaibhav) is the heart broken romeo, who sacrificed his love for Pooja for the sake of his friend Ajay. Jagapathybabu (Sharan), Rambabu’s elder brother, is married and has a daughter. These four guys are friends and when they get together, it’s laughter all the way. Bags packed and booze in tow, the guys hit the road – they have tickets to a cricket match taking place in Hyderabad.

The guys are enjoying the road trip but fate plays spoilsport; midway to Hyderabad, they are caught in a traffic hold up. It will be hours before the traffic will clear, and the boys decide they may as well get back to Chennai, so they’ll at least have a chance to catch the match on TV. But Ajay has a brilliant idea. He takes a detour – a small, rugged path that barely qualifies as a road, calling it a ‘shortcut to Hyderabad’. By nightfall, the guys are lost and find themselves in the midst of a maze-like abandoned industrial estate, the ‘den’ of a rowdy gang, which had kidnapped Saroja (Vega), the daughter of a rich entrepreneur Vishwanathan (Prakasraj).

With Vishwanathan and his friend Assistant Commissioner of Police Ravichandran (Jayaram) taking steps to get Saroja back, the four-member team rescues her and escape from the kidnappers after all travails.

However, when they are about to reach a safe place, they are into a sudden shock, which turns entire things upside down. What’s it is the interesting climax, which is interesting, gripping and of course breathtaking.

How do the four heroes get entangled with Saroja’s kidnapping? How do they disentangle themselves from the trouble? That is the rest of the story.

Presentation and Performances:

After a cool outing in Chennai-28, director Venkat Prabhu has come out with a taut thriller in Saroja. However, quite like his maiden venture, Saroja too is a fable of friendship, a story of emotions between pals and a tale of twists and turns.

On the acting front, all have played their parts well. The young troopers have carried off their roles in a convincing manner. The band of boys combine realism with humour and keep us entertained; Prakashraj and Jeyaram have proved beyond doubt why they are called veteran actors; Kajal is charming; Vega is endearing; and Nikitha is absolutely hot!

Another big highlight is Yuvanshankar Raja’s music. The background score and the songs throb with energy. ‘Dosth Bada Dosth’ is a well-made song in terms of music as well as picturization.

Director Venkat Prabhu has done quite a commendable job once again. He has managed to make a movie that combines action with comedy, without diluting the seriousness of the plot. After a full-fledged fun movie such as Chennai 600028, Venkat Prabhu has notched up one that has quite a fair share of twists, turns and pulse-racing moments. Even so, the comic streak that made his directorial debut a runaway success is what keeps Saroja alive and entertaining.

New Tollywood Heroine Siya's Photostills From Poori's Neninthe

Director Puri Jagannadh has reputation of introducing stunning beauties to Tollywood. Many a glam babe including Renu Desai, Rakshita, Asin, Ayesha Takia, Hansika and Anushka made their debut in his films in Telugu.

Now, he has chosen another new comer for his next film with hero Ravi Teja. A Mumbai girl Siya is selected opposite Ravi Teja in Neninte which releases very shortly. The film is produced by Danaiah.











Dancer romances Asst director

Some sources said that the film's story is based on Poori's Life.

Neninte is set in the backdrop of film world while Ravi Teja acts in the movie as an associate director and heroine as dancer

KATRINA KAIF IN A NEW MISSION

The gorgeous Katrina Kaif is on a new mission? Well, the actor who used to spend loads of time learning Hindi has at last nearly mastered the language! Nowadays she speaks in Hindi with Salman, and her friends as well. In fact during her appearance on Salman's reality show, she spoke in Hindi.

That's not all. In Prakash Jha's film, Ms. Kaif, we hear has given a full length dialogue in Hindi. And she did that so well that even Jha is impressed. In fact it's Kat's very serious role in Prakash's Rajniti that made Hindi tuitions necessary. And her dedication to the job has left the director wide-eyed.

After all her hit films, Prakash Jha now wants to present Katrina in a never-seen-before avatar ! Well, with flicks like Namastey London and Singh Is Kinng , one would've expected her to be an ace at Punjabi instead. But none of that seems to be happening. It's only Katrina, her dramatic birthday parties and now her Hindi which is oh-so-happening!
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