Heart Attack Movie Review

Behind the movie Heart Attack: Maverick Puri Jagannath on row of flops is joined with back to back hits hero Nithin for this film introducing Bollywood beauty Adah Sharma as heroine. Let us see, how beautiful is this romantic Heart Attack?

In the Movie Heart Attack: Story begins with introduction to Goa mafia headed by Makrand (Ajaj) attacking a Police officer (Devan). Into next scene, story shifts to Spain where traveler and a free soul of Varun (Nithin) is introduced falling in first look love with Hayati (Adah Sharma). Playing all regular gimmicks, Hayati gets impressed by Varun who just wants a one hour long deep lip kiss from Hayati and not a long relation. In the same time, Varun is also involved in developing a rivalry with drug mafia in Spain again linked to Makrand in Goa. Helping Hayati’s friend in marrying a Negro boy friend, Hayati accepts the one hour kiss proposal forwarded by Varun but soon they depart. However, Varun quickly realizes the value of true love towards Hayati. By the time, Varun is in Romania and Hayati shifts to Goa for surgery of her ailing dad who is none other than same Police officer shown in introduction. Chasing Hayati, even Varun lands in Goa to win his love and also erase Goa mafia.

Values of the Movie Heart Attack: Puri Jagan is an impelling film maker who has strong hold on penning the punching dialogues with rapid scripting. All his past movies disclose the same and ‘Heart Attack’ is also nothing different. If Puri would have concentrated little more on screenplay and treatment, ‘Heart Attack’ would have become one more attacking film in his career. Following his regular format, Puri goes on to show the magical touch of romance with youth appealing elements in first half. All the episodes drawn between Nithin and Hayati are although old fashioned, it’s the cinematography of Amol Rathod makes them look modernized. Dialogues wise, here and there Puri thrown his spark. Editing wise SR Sekkhar’s sharpness as shown in ‘Iddarammayilatho’ was missing here. Entire second half, there was too much to trim. Comedy wise, the threads of ISCKON and Negro (black and white love) was fair to middling. Anup Ruben’s offered superb musical score and ‘Selavanuko’ song shot superbly. Production values of Puri are also worth appreciable.

Performance wise, Nithin was at complete ease. His chemistry with Adah Sharma was new and of course tried to emulate Pawan Kalyan mannerisms. Adah Sharma is not a stunning beauty at first glance. As time goes on, one will start liking her. Villainy of Ajaj Khan was half cooked. Brahmanandam as ISCKON Ramana was hilarious initially, later it became lengthy and unnecessary. Ali and Kushi looked a hot pair. Of the rest Devan, Kesha Khambati and the friends of Adah Sharma were gorgeous looking.

Out of the Movie Heart Attack: Coming to the positives, Adah Sharma is definitely a promising beauty to look forward. Hero Nithin needed a change from his regular lover boy image and ‘Heart Attack’ is good from his side. Problem with the film is, Puri could not sustain the first half interest and entertainment in second half. The very take off of second half was lethargic just like the flattery in interval block. However, screen always was colorful with bikinis and beauties of Spain, Romania, Goa. Of course, here and there Puri’s philosophical tough is sure to connect youth audience.

Overall there is nothing new from Puri’s point of view and for all those who admire Puri for his energetic taking are to remain just half satisfied. The way climax and pre-climax scenes are conceived should have remembered us the madness and wacky attitude of Puri during the times of ‘Idiot.’ He lost those sensible smartness and sharp skills in wrapping the climaxes. Commercially, we need to wait and see how far ‘Heart Attack’ will be able to join Puri’s past hit lists.

Cinejosh Verdict of the Movie Heart Attack: This Is Just a Mild Heart Stroke.

                                                       Final Rating: 2.75

Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda Review

Behind the Movie PPT: First of it’s kind; a celebrity family of Tollywood is here with all their family members united in a multi star treat. With Manchu family here to take all of us on a comedy ride, let us see how far they succeeded in making us laugh?

In the Movie PPT: Story begins in Bangkok introducing a travel guide Naidu (Mohan Babu), a father who adopted three orphans Ajay (Manchu Manoj), Varun (Varun Sandesh) and Lucky (Tanish). In the same city, there is a restaurant owner Satya (Raveena Tandon), a mother who adopted two sons Vijay (Manchu Vishnu) and Kishore (Vennela Kishore). In a small flashback, Naidu and Satya were once upon a time love birds who are separated due to Satya’s greedy dad Subbu (Dasari). Once Naidu and Satya come face to face, they cherish on old memories while Vijay’s girl friend Honey (Hansika) unites both the families. However, Honey has a troublesome backdrop of rivalry between two villages Pandava Puram and Kaurava Puram headed by Dharmanna (Giri Babu) and Suyodhana (Mukesh Rishi) respectively. Honey is the only daughter of Dharmanna escaped from the clutches of Suyodhana. Story takes a sharp turn when Suyodhana’s group forcibly takes away Honey to Kaurava Puram. How did Pancha Pandavulu (Mohan Babu, Vishnu, Manoj, Varun Sandesh, Tanish) react? What kind of sketch they made to bring back Honey from Kauravapuram? What are the identical similarities of these Pandavas with Virata Parvam, Keechaka Parvam in Maha Bharath is the rest.

Values & Out of the Movie PPT: Taking it straight, the best part of the film is just some portions in second half when Manoj turns Mohini wooing the sons of Mukesh Rishi with adult and double meaning comedy. Although, it is a treat to see entire Manchu family heroes together on screen, the feel could have been cherished for long if treatment of director Sriwass was better. Entire first half is a lift from ‘Golmaal 3’ and real comedy part comes only in second half when Pandavas travel to Kaurava Puram where actual fun begins. Writing by Diamond Ratnababu fell flat on nose for first half. May be the involvement of BVS Ravi, Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan in second half lifted the pitch. These kinds of plots are a cake walk for them which saved movie from becoming a dud. Cinematography of Palani Kumar is pretty ordinary work and MR Varma’s editing also falls in same grade.

Scene conceiving of Sriwass was in fact bad to terrible in the start. Introduction of Mohan Babu and the flash back with Dasari, Raveena says it all. It’s in fact the 1980 and 90s kind of treatment used in 2014. Even the duet shot on Mohan Babu and Raveena, a bummer. Performance wise Mohan Babu’s dialogue modulation and tongue twisters stood as fort. His rapport with Raveena worked to some extent. On the other hand, scenes etched between Vishnu and Manoj groups in first half aren’t really entertaining. In pre interval block, Tanish did a good job revealing a simple secret in mime. Vishnu as Mohini stole the show running a lengthy comedy track while Brahmi as ‘Baapure’ and Pranitha as his daughter were entertaining. Among the others, Varun Sandesh, Vennela Kishore and Gurleen Chopra were just for name sake. Supreet, Shravan and Bharani as sons of Mukesh Rishi did a fine job. Music by Achu and Bappa Lahari also had no great shakes.

If entertainment is the only factor which would decide Box Office stamina of a film, then PPT succeeds only to second half. In fact, the comedy incorporated in this half is also clichéd and enjoyed umpteen times in Srinu Vytla and Manchu Vishnu’s earlier films. So, there is nothing innovative and new to mention in this region. This also means, audience can easily guess every twist and turn coming next in narration process. Blame it on uninspiring screenplay. Coming to production values, there was a huge miss of grandeur or richness on screen. I could not understand whether that was a problem in projection system (at Cinemax) or is it the moderate production values maintained by Manchu family. However, the VFX used in some action scenes were of very low quality.

Commercially, PPT might gamble on huge openings because of presence of an extravagant star cast. For audience who just love formula entertainment enjoyed many a times in the past, there is something for you in second half and for others, this is hardly passable.

Cinejosh Verdict of PPT: Less of Honey - More of Agony

                                                           Final Rating: 2.75

Akkineni Nageswara Rao No More

Legendary Telugu veteran artist akkineni nageswara rao who made Indian film industry proud with his memorable services is no more. He died early in the morning hours today at Care Hospitals suffering with Cancer. The news is officially confirmed by ANR son Nagarjuna before media. ANR is suffering with deadly cancer diagnosed very recently. He then organized a family press meet to clear the news to media people and requested the Fans not to rush for his home expressing the sympathy. Later on, ANR looked to be in sound condition attending the shooting of family muti star flick 'Manam.'

Though media speculated ANR's death nearly two to three weeks ago but Nagarjuna and Sumanth quashed the rumors. However, they could not stop the sad thing to happen. ANR was born on 20th September, 1924 in Venkata Raghava Puram and studied only to class four before entering into films with 'Dharma Pathni.' Now, his last movie is 'Manam' still to release. ANR enjoyed a complete life of acting with 75 years of career spanning in different roles. He was an inspiration and one of the main pillars in shifting the Tollywood from Chennai to Hyderabad and thus also happened the establishment of Annapurna Studios. Cinejosh prays for ANR's soul to rest in peace.

Yevadu Movie Review- Exclusive

Behind the Movie Yevadu: Mega Power Star Ramcharan, producer Dil Raju and director Vamsy Paidipally are waiting since a year or more to see release of this film. Finally, it is arriving in theaters today. We had the chance of watching the film prior to release through a special premiere show and here is the review.

In the Movie Yevadu: Story begins with love birds Sathya (Allu Arjun) and Deepthi (Kajal Agarwal) chased by villain group of Dheeru Bhai (Rahul Bose). As they board a bus from Vizag to Hyderabad, goons attack to keep the bus on fire. While Deepthi is dead, Sathya is admitted in hospital in a critical condition with half of the face burnt. Fast forward by 10 months, doctor (Jayasudha) offers Sathya a new life and new face (Ramcharan) performing necessary surgeries. Escaped from hospital, Sathya is set on a mission to wipe out Dheeru Bhai and his batch executing the plan to perfection. Just before interval when Sathya thinks everybody behind Deepthi’s death is finished, suddenly a new clutch of goons headed by Dharma (Sai Kumar) begin to chase Sathya (Ramcharan). Who are they?

Here comes the flashback behind Sathya’s new face which actually belonged to Charan (Ramcharan), son of the same doctor (Jayasudha). There is as usual a college love story of Charan with Manju (Shruti Hasan) and his friends group (Sashank, Vennela Kishore etc). In tackling an illegal land encroachment, a fierce battle is induced between Dharma and Charan. As story proceeds on, Charan boards the same Vizag to Hyderabad bus which was boarded by Sathya (Allu Arjun). While Dharma’s men eliminate Charan, on the other side Dheeru Bhai’s batch fails to kill Sathya. To see her (Jayasudha) son come back to life, she transplants the dead Charan’s face to severely burnt Sathya’s face. What happened later on? Did Sathya complete the revenge of Charan on Dharma? What happened to Manju is rest.

Values of the Movie Yevadu: In one line, ‘Yevadu’ is a commercial mass masala entertainer where two movies are amalgamated into one. Vamsy Paidipally’s screenplay provided a couple of surprising goose bumps. Especially, five minutes before interval and fifteen minutes post interval stand out. Technically, Vamsy is an efficient director who also worked hard on maintaining strong emotional quotient even in second half action scenes between Charan and Sai Kumar. While Abburi Ravi’s usual dialogues and over violence with high bloodshed of Peter Heins are disadvantages, music from DSP and Ramprasad cinematography has done the trick. Marthand K Venkatesh could have edited few portions of first half on Amy Jackson. Then, the production values of Dil Raju and SVC are top notch.

Performance wise Ramcharan was simply energetic. He did well with deadly stunts and athletic dance moves (Freedom song was superbly shot). On the lee side, emotional interpretation which never worked on Ramcharan’s unexpressive face is repeated even for ‘Yevadu.’ Romance with Amy Jackson was utterly a dud. Shruti Hasan is for songs sake. Allu Arjun’s cameo is good and Kajal is a stunning beauty. If Amy Jackson was vexatious, Jayasudha played key character with absolute perfection. Sai Kumar was ear splittingly loud with less intense dialogues and Kota was good as opportunist. Rahul Dev, Ajay, Supreet etc supported the villainy. Sashank got a meaty role while Vennela Kishore, Brahmanandam disappeared quickly. LB Sriram was sympathetic.

Out of the Movie Yevadu: For all Mega fans and formula movie lovers, this film is worth a one time watch. Dil Raju and Vamsy Paidipally made ‘Yevadu’ as just a simple commercial potboiler with two revenge drama stories weaved into one with neat screenplay of inter-linkings in pre-interval and post-interval blocks. Absolutely, there is no confusion in narration because two stories run on separate blocks with no common element.

All the episodes of Ramcharan using Amy Jackson to kill villains in first half were poorly conceived. Nearly 20 to 25 minutes on this track was boring until Vamsy’s clever screenplay inter-changes Ramcharan’s target numbers. Just before interval, pace picks up and interesting twists unveil. Early into second half, Jayasudha divulging the flashback with ‘Freedom’ song sets the narration on high pitch. Once Sai Kumar and Ramcharan enmity starts to showcase, rest is completely formulaic. Unlike earlier films, Vamsy Paidipally unconditionally missed in providing the relief with comedy. Both Brahmi and Vennela Kishore are wasted here. Lot of scenes in second half remind us of Prabhas and ‘Chatrpathi’ backdrop. No logic and no magic, this is just a typical Telugu movie.

With weak reviews and negative talk on ‘1 Nenokkadine,’ definitely there are high chances for ‘Yevadu’ to take driver’s seat for Pongal collections. There is no scope for any form of experimentation. ‘Yevadu’ is entirely a commercial package designed exclusively for Mega Fans. For a stale out product, if Dil Raju promotes on right pitch, definitely there is a safe product on-hand.

Verdict of the Movie Yevadu: Mega Fans Can Enjoy The Pongal Feast.

 Final Rating: 3/5 

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Actor Uday Kiran Commits Suicide

This is really depressing and a sad start to the beginning of the New Year.  It is confirmed that Uday Kiran has committed suicide tonight around 12:15 AM in his flat at Srinagar colony. Uday Kiran died while he was being immediately rushed to the hospital (Apollo). The doctors have confirmed that it was too late to save him and pronounced him dead. The concrete reason behind his death is still unknown and his friends have revealed that he may have committed suicide due to family disturbances.

Tollywood celebrities Srikanth, Tanish, Tarun, Ayyapa P Sharma, Bhopal, Purna Naidu and Siva Krishna paid their visits at the Apollo Hospital. Uday Kiran's dead body will be shifted to Gandhi Hospital for postmortem and will then be shifted to Film Chamber at 11:30 AM.

Uday Kiran who shot to fame with the movie Chitram has acted in a total of 19 movies, out of which 16 are in Telugu and 3 in Tamil. He also received the Film Fare Best Actor award for Nuvvu Nenu movie in 2001. He is currently shooting for a Tamil movie under Gautham Menen's direction and also shooting for an advertisement in Mumbai.

May his soul rest in peace. iQlik Movies wishes heartfelt condolences to his family during this difficult time.