Mr. Perfect Movie Review

Behind the Movie: The recent soft lover boy image of Prabhas secured after ‘Darling’ will be examined once again with this flick in direction of Dasaradh. As usual producer ‘Dil’ Raju keeping too many hopes with presence of two beautiful heroines Kajal Agarwal, Tapsee and music from Devi Sri Prasad, here arrives ‘Mr. Perfect’ today into theatres. Let us see, how perfect is this film?    

In the Movie: Vicky (Prabhas) is a modern day perfect young boy dreaming high about future. He is working in Australia on dream project to start own animation (video games) industry. Vicky doesn’t believe in old ideologies. In order to stay victorious in life, he doesn’t mind hurting others by disrespecting their values and sentiments. He feels himself as ‘Mr. Perfect’ with no adjusting attitude.

One fine day, Vicky’s father (Nazar) asks him to arrive in India for attending sister’s marriage in their native village in a Coastal district. Other purpose of this visit is to make Vicky meet Priya (Kajal Agarwal), his old school mate and fix their marriage. Priya is a girl of self respect who finds her joy in happiness of others. Although Vicky and Priya are initially quarrelsome, they soon patch up and love buds between the two. Finally when Priya changes her priorities and interests getting ready to marry Vicky, he disapproves her reasoning incompatible mentalities. 

On his way back in Australia, Vicky meets Maggie (Tapsee) whose thought of mind is exactly same as him. When both of them get ready for marriage and approach Maggie’s industrialist father KP (Prakash Raj), he keeps an interesting test for Vicky to win his daughter. Vicky on his way to win Maggie by passing this test understands the true meaning of life. How did KP’s family change the thinking attitude of Vicky? How did KP win back his true love Priya? forms the heavy climax.

Values of the Movie: In shorter version producer ‘Dil’ Raju’s team has once again relied on an emotional story line comparing the beliefs and mental outlooks of past and present generations. Shades of ‘Orange’ and ‘Brindavanam’ are easily observable in the film. Apparently story was thin but script was burdensome. Dasaradh tried his best to make patrons glued to his emotions. Unfortunately slow narration and old pickled boiling family drama have taken a toll and director Dasaradh failed in these aspects. Dialogues by Abburi Ravi are quite interesting which can be considered as life line for ‘Mr.Perfect.’ Music by Devi Sri Prasad was good work for two songs and background sensed like a copy of ‘Bommarillu.’ Cinematography by Vijay Chakravarthy was fine while editing by Marthand K Venkatesh became weak in second half.  Production values of ‘Dil’ Raju are definitely remarkable.

Performance wise Prabhas got a new character with two different shades. The macho man well balanced the both and excelled in spelling lengthy dialogues with utmost feel. Surely Prabhas raised his acting standards appreciably shouldering the movie in compliance with beautiful Kajal Agarwal who looked awesome. She is undoubtedly won the hearts of audience. Tapsee enters in second half with a typical character quite matching to her energy standards. Self dubbing of Tapsee left a bad remark damaging her role. Comedy by Brahmanandam as Jalsa Kishore was a laughter riot. His presence saved the first half to maximum extent. Among others Naazar, K. Vishwanath, Prakashraj, Sayaji Shinde, Pragathi, Sameer, Kasi Vishwanath, Master Bharath etc well handled their roles. 

Out of the Movie: ‘Dil’ Raju’s confidence on sticking to his own psychology of repeatedly relying on emotional story lines hasn’t worked totally this time. Although there are few glitches of interesting and heart touching episodes but this is not a Perfect package to shine at Box Office. Prabhas and Kajal gave a delightful performance with superb chemistry which was not alone enough to pull the movie for two and half hours. Especially missing of emotional efficacy and depth of scenes in second half might cause a problem for movie’s success. 

All the village episodes with enough fun generating ingredients mixed in first half worked very well. Of course story moved hardly by an inch. Yet first half is easily passable with an expected interval bang. Second half is where actual movie unfolds which lagged to entertain audience with inconsistence and slow storytelling. In particular lengthy, exhaustive second half served negative for entire film.  

BO wise a section of family audience might like the overdosed emotional and sentimental scenes with Prabhas leading from front. Other wise ‘Mr. Perfect’ is an old wine in new bottle. 

Final Verdict: Not totally Perfect!

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Source: cinejosh.com

Prabhas 'Mr. Perfect' Songs & Trailer

Sunil to play lead role in Tanu weds Manu remake

We had earlier informed that Dil Raju is planning to remake the Bollywood recently released hit film Tanu weds Manu in Telugu version. The latest buzz in Tollywood is that Sunil will play the lead role in the film.

The producers are said to have approached Sunil and the comedian turned hero is said to have given green signal for the film. Dil Raju, Bujji and Tagore Madhu will jointly produce the movie under a new production house. Other details of the cast and crew of the film are yet to be finalized.

Dil Raju to produce Sunil’s Napolean

We had earlier reported that Sunil has signed a new film titled Napolean for the lead role. The film will be directed by a new director Koti and Deeksha Seth is playing the female lead in opposite Sunil.

Earlier, Napolean was supposed to be produced by Ganesh Indukuri under Sanvi productions. However, the latest reports say, Dil Raju is producing the film and Ganesh has stepped out. The movie is touted as a thriller with ample comedy and action. Napolean will start rolling its camera from second week of March.

Nitya Menon in Siddharth, Dil Raju’s film

A hit with a debut film is what every actor and actress dreams off, while stepping into the film industry and Nitya Menon is one such actress, who has struck gold with her debut flick Ala Modalaindi. Nitya has been appreciated for her acting skills and talent.

As per the sources, Nitya Menon is being flooded with offers in tollywood after her debut film release. The latest buzz is Nitya Menon has signed for Siddharth, Dil Raju’s tentatively titled flick O My Friend, which was launched yesterday. O MY Friend is her second film with Siddharth first being 180, which is currently in its filming.

On the other hand, there is also a buzz that Nitya is being considered for the female lead role in Autonagar Surya with Naga Chaitanya. Hmm… Way2go Nitya

Gaganam Movie Review

In Radha Mohan’s remarkably written hijack drama, there’s a scene where Prakash Raj who acts as the mediator between the government and the terrorists breaks down. After hours of restraining himself from saying anything that’s provocative, he explodes with anger and anguish when he finds out that the terrorists have crossed the line. Now, why’s the scene so important? In lot of ways, Radha Mohan makes us a part of this intense drama that it’s hard not to empathize with his characters’ agony. Quite rarely have films done that in recent past and Gaganam truly stands as a class apart. The film starring Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj and a host of other actors is a hijack drama where lives of 100 civilians are at stake. What’s the story? A Chennai-New Delhi flightis hijacked by five terrorists and they demand it to be diverted to Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Due to a technical snag, it finally lands in Tirupati where they make contact with the Airport authorities.National Security Advisor’s team and National Security Guards (NSG) team takes control of the situation to broker a peace deal with the terrorists for the safety of passengers. The terrorists demand the release of Yusuf Khan, an international terrorist who’s in a high security prison in Kashmir. And they give the Indian government less than 48 hours to accept their demands or face severe consequences. Will the Indian government accept the demands? What happens to the civilians inside the flight? Will the NSG do something to save the passengers? This forms the rest of the story of this intriguing drama.

What is Good: Gaganam derives its strength from human desire to be righteous and do or say what’s right. It’s about ordinary people from different walks of life who are pushed into an extraordinary situation of turmoil and utter chaos. Be it an action hero who chickens out in real life or a kid who questions the terrorists’ intentions to hurt innocent people, they all strike a chord immensely. Nagarjuna is terrific as the NSG commando. He’s in complete control of the situation despite the indecisiveness of his bosses. At times, the situation spirals out of control, but Nagarjuna as Major Raveendra keeps his composure and chalks an elaborate rescue mission. On the other hand, Prakash Raj dazzles in his role. He’s the personification of a helpless civil servant who cannot stand the fact that they are running out of time. Both Nagarjuna and Prakash Raj are on the same side of the fence who are determined to make sure that the rescue mission is a success. Poonam Kaur, Harshavardhan and all the actors who act as the terrorists do a commendable job. Over 90% of the film is shot in the hijacked plane and the commando base in the airport terminal. Despite the sense of claustrophobia, the film touches upon several themes like why the government delays taking important decisions, how the media sensationalizes issues and most importantly how complete strangers come together irrespective of their cultural backgrounds during such incidents. It’s here that the film transcends from just being a well written film to an engrossing drama which brings back memory of infamous incidents of the 1999 Kandahar hijack and perhaps even the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai which continue to haunt us. Another important aspect to observe is how cleverly Radha Mohan manages to add humour in such an intense drama. The scenes featuring Prithvi & his fan onboard the plane and Brahmanandam & the guy named Ranganth (in the film) are hilarious to say the least.

Technical Departments : Cinematography by K V Guhan is another reason why this film is an edge of the seat thriller. There’s a sense of urgency in most of the scenes and the hand-held camera movements add more drama. The film has been shot on a Red camera which explains the lighting patterns seen in the film – there’s hardly any sunlight since most of the film is shot indoors. Background score is very good and dialogues by Anuradha go well with the mood of the characters. Editing by Marthand K Venkatesh is crisp making the film a gripping watch. Radha Mohan sticks to the seriousness of the theme for the entire length of the film and there’s hardly a dull moment in the film. A top notch cast and crew who has put in their best of efforts also helps Radha Mohan’s endeavour to make a taut thriller. Kudos to him for such a superb effort. Bottom-Line: At a running time of 1 hour 58 minutes without any songs, romance and the usual fare of masala quotient, Gaganam is quite an achievement, especially in terms of writing and screenplay. Such films are rare and perhaps the onus is upon us to encourage and applaud people who do the so called ‘different’ films. Quite frankly, every now and then, a film like Gaganam is necessary to make us realize that cinema isn’t always about escapism or a dream factory churning out candyfloss films. Two big thumbs up for the film…go watch it. Even if you are an ardent follower of commercial cinema, you never know when you might become a convert and embrace newer genres. And Gaganam is you best bet this month! Final Verdict: Edge of the seat thriller. Go watch it! Source: 123telugu.com

Dil Raju's Multi-crore deal With Director??

Money never tastes bitter for anyone, despite the blows they receive in the process of making it. With a series of serious flops, Dil Raju never stepped back in making those big budgeted flicks. Now, there comes another fresh deal with Ram Gopal Varma to make whopping crores. According to the grapevine, Dil Raju signed a deal with Ram Gopal Varma to produce a couple of films in his direction. One film is purely for Telugu audience and the second one is a bilingual. Industry people are confirming it and are saying that it is because of this deal, RGV postponed 'KSD Appalaraju' from Feb 11th, for a smooth and safe release of 'Gaganam'. However, the travel of both these 'head-strong' persons will be like walking on a sword. As per industry talk, both the guys are publicity freaks, one copies the stories of his assistants and other sucks the energies of his directors.

Nag's sincerity receives applause!

That is the true character of a true artist. Beating away all the odds about the sprouted differences between nagarjuna and Dil Raju, our handsome Manmadhudu is to offer a special publicity stunt for his next release ‘Gaganam’ that is to hit he screens on February 11 both in Telugu and Tamil lands. Nag is so confident about this experimental hijack flick in the direction of Radha Mohan that he has decided to watch the premiers of movie in four different cities of Andhra Pradesh viz. Hyderabad, Vizag, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry one day before the release that is on 10th of the month. nagarjuna would take a special flight to go round these four cities interacting with audience and Fans on each of these premier shows.  While Dil Raju postponed ‘Gaganam’ plenty of times for personal reasons irritating the Hero but it was our own Nag showing his sincerity towards the project this way receiving applause from all the inner circles in field.

Gaganam postponed to 11th Feb!

Nagarjuna starrer Gaganam is postponed yet again. Looks like Gaganam has become real Gaganam for the film-makers to bring down to the screens. The movie which was suppose to reach the screens in the early December is postponed to 4^th February initially and the latest buzz is the film is yet again postponed by a week and will release on 11^th , February.

Sources say that the postponement is due to Ram Gopal Varma’s directorial KSD Appalraju, which is reaching the screens on 4^th February. To avoid clash with KSDA film, producer Dil Raju has postponed his experimental film Gaganam by a week.

While Radha Mohan is directing the film in both Tamil and Telugu versions, Prakash Raj is producing it in Tamil version.

Gaganam Movie trailer

‘Mr.Perfect’ skips from Pongal race

Prabhas new film, ‘Mr.Perfect’ which is scheduled for Pongal release, now seems to get postponed. The postponement is due to the ongoing strike in Tollywood. The strike resulted in the stall of all new film shootings and the producers who scheduled the release dates are now looking for new dates to release their films.

Sources say, Dil Raju, the producer of Mr.Perfect is in plans to postpone the release to either end of the January or to early February. Kajal Agarwal and Tapsee are playing the female leads in the film and Dasarath is directing the film. With Mr.Perfect backs off from racing, the competition is likely to reduce for Pongal.

Gaganam doing the damage to Ragada

Akkineni nagarjuna can’t wait any more as he desperately needs a success to keep his career on par with star heroes and young generations who are already in top gear. Continuous failures including ‘Kedi’ could have pushed back Nag in number game but he has that knack to comeback very strongly. As ‘Ragada’ is getting ready for release in next one week, there is one damage that seems to be done for nagarjuna with Dil Raju’s ‘Gaganam’ and that is about his handsome looks. Although nothing about ‘Gaganam’ release is confirmed but the hoardings and cutouts of this movie in association with Bagpiper are placed in many centers of Hyderabad exactly besides ‘Ragada’ cutouts.  A comparison of nagarjuna looks wise in these two movies proves that he is strikingly most handsome in ‘Gaganam’ than ‘Ragada.’ Will this stylish look of Commando nagarjuna in ‘Gaganam’ do any damage to this dim look of ‘Ragada’? Lets us wait and see.

Nitin bags second lead role in Dil Raju’s film!

It is known that Nitin has been undergoing a hard phase in his film career. The actor who had scored hits in the initial stages like Jayam, sye etc has later on created records with his continuous flops in Tollywood industry. However, Nitin has now bagged a new offer, not as a main lead of the film but, he will be seen in a second lead role.

We have earlier informed you that Dil Raju is starting up a new film titled ‘O My Friend’ with Siddharth and Amritha Rao in the lead roles. Now, Nitin has become the part of the project by bagging a key role in it. The film is being directed by a debutant, Venu Sriram. Nitin and Siddharth are said to be friends in the film and so is the title ‘O My Friend’.

Hope Nitin gets back his success with this film!

Ram Charan, Vamsi’s film kicks off from July!

It is known that Ram Charan is currently on a brief holiday along with Allu Arjun and few other friends at an island near Andaman. The reports say, Ram Charan gets quite busy with his films after his comeback. His ‘Merupu’ under the direction of Dharani will start rolling to floors from this month.

After his ‘Merupu’ gets wrapped up, Ram Charan immediately shoots into the new project with director Vamsi Paidipally. Dil Raju will produce this film and the movie starts from July 2011. The pre-production works of the film have already begun. Other details on this are yet to be announced.

Stay glued to this place for more updates on this!

Flop Producer eyeing on Mega Family!

Now, one can’t clearly say whether ‘Brindavanam’ has run into profits or dil raju is still in losses? Though movie has completed a grand 50 days of run at BO, none knows about the exact BO graph for this Junior NTR movie. One thing that happened great with this movie is director Paidipally Vamshi reached the list of top directors who can still deliver clean family hits away from bloodshed.  This seems to have got dil raju struck to an idea of sticking to Mega family. Filmnagar is discussing high about Paidipally Vamshi and dil raju approaching the Mega Power Star Ramcharan with a cuter family entertaining subject. Well, nothing to guess, dil raju is ready to produce this movie and is all waiting for the call from Mega family. As dil raju has become the story writer with ‘Mr. Perfect,’ who knows he already has that skill to even impress Pawan Kalyan with a story line. Just wait how long will this take for Mega family to gauge the dil raju talent?

Dil Raju says ‘O My Friend’ to Siddharth!

Siddharth’s new film under the production house of ‘Dil’ Raju is titled as ‘O My Friend’. Siddharth and Dil Raju had earlier given the super hit film ‘Bommarillu’ with Bhaskar. After a gap of 4 years the duo came back with a new film under the direction of a debutant, Venu Sriram.

Amrita Rao of Athidhi fame is playing the leading lady in the film. The film will move on to the sets next year. Meanwhile Siddharth is busy with ‘Anaganaga Oka Dheerudu’ and ‘180’ and on the other hand ‘Dil’ Raju comes up with Nagarjuna’s ‘Gaganam’ and Prabhas ‘Mr.Perfect’ early next year.