1Nenokkadiney Movie Review - By Santosh Ravi Kiran Buddha

Directed by Sukumar

Produced by Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta, Anil Sunkara

Starring: Mahesh Babu, Kriti Sanon

Hearing Mixed reviews for 1-Movie. 
Yep it is one kind of movie which is technically brilliant & intelligent and for these Genre movies there is no surprise in receiving this mixed Review all-over. 

For those, who have not watched this movie, Go and Watch it for sure.. Don’t expect a movie with mass elements and don’t keep any kind of expectations, this is not a movie that should be missed. 

Whoever watched it 
I really felt there can be improvements in the movie, which did not satisfy me completely as THRILLER .
May be because I have over expectations on SUKUMAR and his taking….. 

If this is a movie, directed by Someone else other than Sukumar, I will not even dare to write anything about this movie and I say this is an awesome movie with no negatives ( as those, so called directors are not even capable of accepting this script). I see Sukumar's movie not just for entertainment, but also for his great talent in crafting each and every scene.

Here are my thoughts/views/postmortem report whatever you call it, where I felt the movie could have done better in different places.
Bcoz of this , I am not able to say I happily enjoyed the movie... Sukumar has more capabilities than what he has done for this movie.. If you are satisfied with this movie, may be, You do not know the capabilities of SUKKU... He can do much much better than this movie... He is Just Awesome..!! may be because of different other forces, he missed something... 

The Surprise we feel when heroine revels what really happened in her news channel in beginning of the Movie: Awesome 

The way she acts as two characters (interview girl and the girl who has fallen for Mahesh) in yacht and restaurant : Awesome

Here comes my first disappointment : Why did the director reveal it just after the restaurant scene [by showing the video taken by her friends], why didn’t he carry this suspense until interval scene. 
We came to watch a thriller and all the scenes just after this scene after pretty expected (as we got to know about her drama and Mahesh is not dreaming always)
Director tried to keep the confusion ON by adding a scene in beach (where Mahesh thinks the villain is trying to shoot her , at night)- but I felt it as a filler.. 
Here are the scenes , which we lost the thrill because of revealing it ahead:
Ø Villains trying to kill heroine (after Mahesh accidentally fighting with her friends) - we all know its real and we expect a fight there. 
Ø Yacht fire scene - Same
Ø Heroes discussion with villain - No suspense.. ( But appreciate the taking of this scene)

Here comes the next disappointment : The scene just before Mahesh's discussion with villain, before interval (Heroines discussion with News channel owner about Villain), this clears off the suspense again and we are pretty sure that villain is there in the office and Mahesh is not just thinking of him being there.

Hero asking old people if they can see a girl standing / if it is just his assumption. Immediately after that he asks a guy , if he can see the old people instead of asking if he can see the girl.. Here comes the Sukumar's flavor and I felt wow..!! This scene gave me feel of seeing the real Sukumar's movie.

Next, 
Mahesh finding Phone number from a series of photos is Excellent, But a scene just before it asking heroine to zoom it to phone and Mahesh thinking for few seconds to find out a clue out of it gives us a chance to think what directors idea is.. And without any surprise the scene comes asking heroine to change the pics and find out the number. 

INTERVAL scene : One of the best scenes and awesome acting by Mahesh…

One more interesting scene in second half, when there is a huge fight in parking lot and Mahesh gives a dash to police vehicle. DUDU says nothing happened in real and whatever Mahesh saying is just his assumption.. This Gives an awesome feel to audience, and Everyone thinks WHAT !!!! Is it not real..??? I loved the thrill… but again, revealing it immediately after it is disappointment… 

SUKKU, you would have carried the suspense or confusion until the end somehow with different levels.
These are the scenes which made me think why sukku made it differently… 

Then SONGS - ..
Length of the Movie - which gives a bore feel for few minutes (ADMIT IT)..
Also Selection of villains is bad...

I am writing this notes, just because this is a Movie with a combination of a person whom I respect - Mahesh 
and My all-time favorite director Sukumar.

You can reach Santosh Ravi Kiran Buddha at  https://www.facebook.com/bsravikiran




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Ravi Teja 'Veera' Review: Outdated Action -Weak Comedy

Rating: 2/5
Banner: Sanvi Productions
Cast: Ravi Teja, Kajal, Taapsee, Shyam, Roja, Nasser, Brahmanandam, Ali, Venu Madhav, Divya Vani, Krishnudu
Music: S S Thaman
Cinematography: Chota K Naidu
Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers
Story, screenplay, direction: Ramesh Varma
Producer: Ganesh Indukuri
Release date: 20/05/2011

Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja is back after his successful ‘Mirapakaya’ and this time, he has teamed up with Ramesh Varma of ‘Ride’ fame. Let us see how this is

Story:
ACP Shyamsunder (Shyam) is a tough and honest cop who gets into a tussle with the local don (Rahul Dev).

The don threatens Shyam’s family and the police department arranges for the family’s security. In comes Veera (Ravi Teja) as the protector and he mixes with the family but Shyam’s wife (Sridevi) doesn’t like him.

Meanwhile, there is Aikey (Taapsee) who falls for Veera and tries to woo him with Tiger (Brahmi) trying to cause trouble. The story takes a turn when Shyam discovers that Veera is not the real security officer. Who is Veera? Why does he come to help Shyam and his family? What happens to Aikey’s love story? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performances: 
Ravi Teja has given an energetic and intense performance. He has done justice in all scenes and infused life into his character.

Kajal Agarwal looks alright. Unlike her previous films which give her a sensuous and classy look, she looks rather rustic in this one. She has increased the glamour dose.

Taapsee is a visual feast as usual and scores with her oomph factor. She must try and control her facial expressions as she ends up overdoing at times.

Shyam looks handsome and though his role is limited, he made his presence felt. He fits the bill like a cop and his body language is assertive.

Sridevi looks naturally sweet but she was unable to give contained expressions during emotional scenes, it looked superficial.

Pradeep Rawath was loud, Divya Vani was irritating, Brahmi’s comedy was childish, Venu Madhav was okay, Roja came and went, Nasser was natural. The others did their bit as required.

Highlights:

• Cinematography
• Glamour quotient of Kajal, Taapsee
• Chitti Chitti song choreography
• Chinnari Chinni Navvu, a bit song

Drawbacks

• Outdated storyline
• Heavy overdose of weak sentiment
• Crass comedy
• Pale Dialogues
• Spineless narrative
• Dragged second half

Analysis:
A film has to make people hysterical with the narration- be it comedy or tragedy or action. Only then the audiences connect to film forgetting the surroundings. When the audiences start looking into each others’ faces to share pain with dullness, that itself proves to be a debacle.

There is always a fine line between coming up with a good script and getting it the right way on the screen. As such, the theme of the film was appealing but the director failed to get it onscreen in a convincing manner. While the emotional situations lacked strength, the serious scenes reminded of few other movies.

Technically and production wise, the standard is not compromised but content and the way it was executed plays the spoilsport. Though the pace was maintained, there was not enough grip on the script to get the audience into the film.

Calling husband with the word ‘penimiti’ sounds odd and disgusting with its old flavor. Paruchuri Brothers lost power in their pen for sure. Ravi Teja appears weak with his pale love track with Kajal. On the other hand he comes as a elderly village men and fights with antagonists. The main crux of the movie should be dealt in second half but the director over loaded the theme with number of emotions and characters. Hence he failed to make it gripping. The scenes those were kept as suspense weren’t revealed interestingly and the suspense hold itself is not gripping. The comedy scenes between Ravi Teja and Brahmanandam also fail to bring adequate laughs.

Nothing is gripping in this movie except the 5 minutes before interval. And again the bumpy journey starts till the end.

Overall, this is a film which gives a stale taste of boredom even to the masses. At the box office, chances of success are highly unlikely.

Bottomline: Gives boredom and tiresomeness