'Anamika' review : good thriller with no comparison to 'Kahaani'!

www.tollywoodlatest.com rating - 3.25/5

Cast : Nayantara, Harshvardhan Rane, Vaibhav, Sr Naresh, Pasupathy
Direction : Sekhar Kammula
Production : Endemol India, Logline Productions, Select Media Holdings
Music : MM Keeravani
Banner : Endemol India
Genre : Thriller
Release date : May 1st, 2014

'Anamika', the Sekhar Kammula directorial 'Kahaani' remake raised much interest among film circles due to the uniqueness of the original from which it was derived. Lets see how Sekhar and Nayan did their job in making the remake perfect.

Positives : 
Nayanatara's brilliant acting
Keeravani's background music
Sekhar Kammula's direction
Yandamuri's writing skills
Interesting second half

Negatives :
Slow narration 
Dragging first half
Lack of emotional factor when compared to 'Kahaani'

One Liner : 'Anamika' is a very nice suspense thriller that would be entertaining to audience who haven't watched 'Kahaani' but for if you did, deliberate comparisons might leave you disappointed. The lack of pregnancy factor took half the emotion out of the character but it should be noted that the movie was intensely modified successfully to suit the native audience. Therefore, remove 'Kahaani' out of your mind and enjoy the movie.

Final verdict : 'Anamika' is another summer entertainer that can definitely be watched once with the family. 

'Kotha Janta' review : love story of a selfish pair!

www.tollywoodlatest.com rating - 3/5

Cast : Allu Sirish, Regina Cassandra
Direction : Maruthi
Production : Bunny Vasu
Music : JB
Banner : Geetha Arts
Genre : Romance, drama
Release date : May 1st, 2014

'Kotha Janta' was one of the recent tollywood movies which was making a lot of buzz even brfore its release. The movie was finally released, and lets see the review.

Positives :
Regina, Regina and Regina
Sapthagiri and Posani's comedy
Maruthi's direction
Rich production values
Improvement in Sirish's acting

Negatives :
Slow narration and dragging second half
Predictability
Stale comedy

One liner : 'Kotha Janta' has nothing new in it to offer the audience, but Regina's cute and bubbly performance, Sapthagiri's comedy and youthful romantic scenes provide a decent amount of entertainment for this summer.

Final verdict : 'Kotha Janta' can surely be watched once this summer.

'Race Gurram' movie review : The horse is a winner

www.tollywoodlatest.com : 3.25/5

'Race Gurram' movie review.

Cast : Allu Arjun, Shruthi Hassan, Bramhanandam, Prakash Raj, Shyam, M.S. Narayana
Direction : Surender Reddy
Production : Nallamalapu Srinivas, Dr. Venkateswara Rao
Music : SS Thaman
Banner : Lakhmi Narasimha Productions
Genre : romance, action
Release date: April 11th, 2014

Positives:

Allu Arjun and 'Kick' Shyam's superb action

Shruthi Hassan's glamour

Brahmanandam's comedy as  Kill Bill Pandey

Interval bang and climax

action sequences

direction and cinematography

Negatives:

Slow first half

Story

Few songs

One-liner : Race Gurram is a stylish entertainer with all the commercial elements from the stylish star...a sure shot winning horse.

Verdict:  You can definitely watch the movie once, and Mega fans have no limit.

'Legend' movie review: Balakrishna- Boyapti's combo proved legendary

www.tollywoodlatest.com rating - 3.25/5

Cast : Balakrishna,Jagapathi Babu,Radhika Apte,Sonal Chauhan
Director : Boyapati Sreenu
Producer : Anil Sunkara,RamAchanta-Gopi Achanta
Music :Devi Sri Prasad
Release date : 28th March, 2014
Censor rating: 'A'

Positives:
Balakrishna's power-packed performance and dances
Jagapathi's babu's wonderful lively action
Boyapati's intelligent direction
powerful punch dialogues to Nandamuri fans
pre-interval and climax scenes
heroines glamour
Background music

Negatives: 
Fights
poor comedy
dragging second half 
old story
similarities to simha and dammu

One line verdict: Balayya and Jagapathi babu's powerful performances with Boyapati's schema worked to give another good movie after 'Simha' and feast to Nandamuri fans. Can easily be watched once.

'Venkatadri express' : A safe and entertaining journey

www.tollywoodlatest.com rating : 3/5

Sundeep Kishan's first solo release in telugu 'Venkatadri express' movie review.

Cast : Sundeep Kishan, Rakul Preet Singh, M.S.Narayana, Jayaprakash ReddyDirection : Merlapaaka Gandhi

Production : Kiran

Music : Ramana Gogula

Banner : Anandi Art creations Genre: Action, romance Release date: 29th November 2013 Positives:  Excellent screenplay cinematography bubbly actress Good direction Negatives: predictability and similarity to prior films drag in the last hour One line review: A very simple story, well driven by the director's tactics, giving the necessary entertainment to keep the audience engaged. Safe in the first half, minor accidents in the second. Recommendation: Can definitely be watched once

'Pizza 2 : Villa' :Decent tollywood thriller

www.tollywoodlatest.com rating : 3/5

The film 'Pizza -2 :Villa' which is coming as a sequel for 'Pizza' has been released today. 'Pizza' was a superhit in Tamil Nadu and showed decent performance in AP. Lets see if 'Villa' is comparable to 'Pizza'.
Cast: Ashok Selvan, Sanchitha Shetty

Direction : Deepan Chakravarthy

Production : C V Kumar

Music  : Santhosh Narayanan

Banner: Good cinema productions

Genre: thriller

Release Date : 16th November, 2013

Positives:
Ashok Selvan's action
Novel story line
Some entertaining and thrilling scenes
Good usage of concept of negative energy
good background music and cinematography

Negatives:
Comparable to 'Pizza'
few boring scenes in first half

There is definitely less content of horror in 'Villa' than 'Pizza' though it could be regarded as negative or positive, based on individual tolerance.

One line review: 'Villa' is one of the decent thriller of the recent times in the Tollywood, Not guaranteed to entertain but fairly engaging enough to watch it.
Recommendation: once, if you aren't afraid of horror movies. 

'Masala' : Not the right dose of ingredients, but palatable

www.tollywoodlatest.com rating : 3/5

Cast: Venkatesh, Ram, Anjali, Shazahn Padmasee, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Brahmanandam, M.S. Narayana, Kovai Sarala, Ali, Posani Krishna Murali
Direction: K. Vijay Bhaskar
Production: Daggubati Suresh Babu, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore
Music: SS Thaman
Banner: Sravanthi movies and Suresh Productions
Genre: Comedy-drama
Release date: 14th November 2013

Positives: 
Venkatesh's performance
Ram's dual role
Good comedy scenes

Negatives: 
No change from original absolutely
Old storyline
Predictability
placement of songs
few boring comedy scenes
Wasted efforts of some atists
poor sceenplay  and narration
unnecessary scenes
Terrible Climax

One line review: 'Masala' is a one time watcher for the efforts of Venkatesh and Ram in shouldering the responsibility of bringing the most out of the film.
Recommendation : can watch once

Ramayya Vasthavayya' movie rating-review: simple story...well taken!

www.tollywoodlatest.com rating - 3/5

Here is the brief review of 'Ramayya Vasthavayya'

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'Attarintiki Daredi' : Cinemalake Raju idi

www.tollywoodlatest.com rating : 3.75/5

Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Samantha, Pranitha, Nadiya, Ali, Brahmanandam
Direction: Trivikram Srinivas
Production: BVSN Prasad
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Genre : comedy-action-romance
Release : 27th september, 2013
Recommendation to watch: Watch it with your entire family. You will love it.
One line review : Trivikram and Pawan Kalyan at their best...class movie with a mass hero...hilarious entertainer...that can be watched with your entire family!