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Plz_kissme
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Username: Plz_kissme
Post Number: 5702
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 65.24.93.201
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 12:26 am: |    |
kikikikiki |
Sollu
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Username: Sollu
Post Number: 10170
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 69.109.209.120
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 12:06 am: | |
pipty |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3586
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 68.95.139.100
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 11:54 pm: | |
PKM thammi korikapai ee tadu ni laagaDam jargindi |
Michael_carleone
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Username: Michael_carleone
Post Number: 81
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 136.182.2.221
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 1:45 am: | |
Mods mayyalu.. enduku naa posts delete chesaru... |
Idiot
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Username: Idiot
Post Number: 21349
Registered: 09-2004
Posted From: 24.128.244.51
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 7:24 pm: | |
naaku kooda dupe vachaadu ante nenu popular ayyinatte  |
Sree
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Username: Sree
Post Number: 3090
Registered: 08-2004
Posted From: 69.134.8.77
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:57 pm: | |
mottaniki malli sannasi vi ayyavuga..kiki
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Gula
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Username: Gula
Post Number: 2712
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:53 pm: | |
sunna mayya evaru varu echativaru ninnu paradylu pettoddannavaru? |
Sunna
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Username: Sunna
Post Number: 56
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 64.246.36.80
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:52 pm: | |
monna evado sannasi anta ee parody id unda kudadhu anni yedisadu anta
ki ki ki ki ki |
Gula
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Username: Gula
Post Number: 2709
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:50 pm: | |
hahahahahaha agniparvatham babai nuvva |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2813
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:48 pm: | |
sallu mama aa id naadhi kaadhu  |
Truecolors
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Username: Truecolors
Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 12.26.62.165
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:46 pm: | |
GULA --the power of hand gaaaa nee gudhaloo atombomb petti pelchithee mothamuu SFO mothamuu Rabandhulakii one year fullu gaaaaaa NJOY antaa kadhaa nee MAMSHAMU THOOO |
Gula
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Username: Gula
Post Number: 2703
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:43 pm: | |
nee ayya idiat ga naaa slogan vadathava paguluddi roi....by the way nenu eppudu oke ip tho post chestha nee laga prox vadanu kada |
Idiat
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Username: Idiat
Post Number: 2
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 12.26.62.165
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:41 pm: | |
Gulaaa -- the power of Hand |
Popcorm
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Username: Popcorm
Post Number: 26
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:33 pm: | |
evaru oppukunnarendi? |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3576
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:32 pm: | |
ayna anni sites oppukuntaya eti review change cheste... |
Popcorm
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Username: Popcorm
Post Number: 23
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:31 pm: | |
tif mayya wakey......edo kamedyga dupe pakodi babai id tho kelikings anthe |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3575
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:30 pm: | |
popkaram maayaa...
antaku minchi ne mookalaki inko alochana taTTaleda...before bedirimpu review ee DB lo post chesindi nene
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Popcorm
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Username: Popcorm
Post Number: 21
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:27 pm: | |
tif mayya naako doubtu
sange chesthe kanipettavu ante ok....kani change ayyaka patha review ela postagaligavu mayya? nuvvu nandamuri vari cinemala reviews anni save chesukuntava? |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3574
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:23 pm: | |
d***tara mama
mottaniki edayte tappu rasaDu ani annaro...a part before and after warning call same unnayi |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3573
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:22 pm: | |
popcorn mama,
neeku Jai telusemo...na varaku adi TC site and TC's review. How can you absolve TC totally. Jai rasindi TC ke ga. Machi ga raste genuine site. Criticize cheste reviewer cheDDoDaa...chetulu dulupukovaTam anTe ide mari. |
Druvathara
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Username: Druvathara
Post Number: 93
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 216.59.202.160
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:12 pm: | |
akakda antha personal gaa emmannaadu?
diction lo improve cheyaali annaadu, since nandamuris claim they are best and he has to live upto it.
personal ante TC.COM lo oka edava mother teresa potolu pettukuni gandhi laa act chesthu parvu teeyakudadu ani koosaadu
appudu evadu raaledem khandinchadaaniki  |
Gula
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Username: Gula
Post Number: 2699
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:08 pm: | |
>>BTDP POLICE JAI
worst fella.....moderation seyyi ante seyyanu annadu.......ee roju seyyaledu moderation |
Popcorn
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Username: Popcorn
Post Number: 1221
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 130.15.147.75
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 5:07 pm: | |
TIFOSI mama REVIEW SESINDHI MEE MEGA PAN JAI KIKIKI
USUAL GA JALAPATHI CHESTHADU
AITHE IPPUDU IBDB-BTDP POLICE JAI KI SUITCASE ANDINDHI ANTAV OK POINT NOTED |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3572
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:48 pm: | |
>>mee yankammallara naa post ki 5 stars enduku esaru
silent warriors vari vari opinions teluputunnaru |
Gula
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Username: Gula
Post Number: 2695
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:41 pm: | |
mee yankammallara naa post ki 5 stars enduku esaru? worst fellas....assale friendship strong sesukuntunte ee 5 stars naa kompa munchuthayi...inko paali naaku 5 stars eyyabaku....plz |
Rudra
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Username: Rudra
Post Number: 185
Registered: 03-2005
Posted From: 84.59.48.153
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:37 pm: | |
Review rasinodiki baga G balsindi lekunte lucha gadu antha hatred to nandamuri clan meeda personal commenst enduku cheyadam. |
Gula
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Username: Gula
Post Number: 2692
Registered: 06-2004
Posted From: 144.160.130.16
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:37 pm: | |
tif mayya
1st postlo
"Performance of Artistes:" lo 1st para saduvu |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3571
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:36 pm: | |
>>KAANI KONNI PERSONAL COMMENTS UNNAYU REVIEW LOOO
enti maayaa avvi |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2808
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:25 pm: | |
MAMAALU NENU CINEMA BAD ANI RAASINA DON CARE
KAANI KONNI PERSONAL COMMENTS UNNAYU REVIEW LOOO |
Druvathara
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Username: Druvathara
Post Number: 91
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 216.59.202.160
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:23 pm: | |
Nachaki ante mana JAI mama ae na
anyways boku cinema ni manchi cinema anna parledu kaani manchi cinema ni boku cinema anatam ghoram
ee vishayam lo thappu chesinattu unnaadu
TC.com lo eni losugulu unnaaa, aadu anukunnadi raasthaadu msot of the times
but jeevi is being very articulate with his reviews these days, manasu lo unna thelchaadu, thippi thippi raasthunnadu
pinal evadi kaadu aai aadi pavorites ki anukoolam gaa raasukuntunnaaru |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3570
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:23 pm: | |
TC mama....lone warrior la poraDtunnavu ga...
nuvvu appudu jeevi ni support chesavu kabaatti ee taaDu neeku kadu....
konta fans taaDula panDaga chesaru ga DB lo vallaki ee taaDu...
andaru ee taaDu ni mass bunk setunnaTunnaru |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2807
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:21 pm: | |
>>>He ia a Phd guy mama. Bapatla lo Enggineering sesdu. US lo MS chesi Phd complete chesi India velledu. He wnet to India on love for India even when he got jobs here.
PHD AYUTHE ENDHI SINTHAKAYA EKKUVAA?
INDIA MEEDHA LOVE THOO KAADHU ELLINDI...
CINEMALLOO LYRIC WRITER GAA TRY SETHUNNADU KAVALANTEE KANUKKO....
>>>His reviews etc were good mama. Endhuku athanni ala antaavu.
CHUSAMU GAA NINNA VAADENTOOOO
>>>Nachaki babai ni bedhirinchi vuntaarule.
Soft guy.
EDHI ARYA TIME LOO BEDIRINCHI SINGAPORE TRIP DETAILS PEEKEYUNCHUNATTAA? |
Idiot
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Username: Idiot
Post Number: 21346
Registered: 09-2004
Posted From: 199.245.32.11
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:20 pm: | |
coverage lu etteyyadamu kooda undaa ee topic lo nenu inkaa only review changes gurinchi emo anukoni vachaanu |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2806
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:19 pm: | |
>>>akkada inka nachaki ane undi mari peru
MAMA I SPOKE TO THEM....SO NAAKU KONTHA ISHAYAM THELUSU..
JALAPATHI VELTHANU ANNA LEDHU KAADHU ANI EEYANA VELLADU VACHI CHALA DARUNAMAYUNA COMMENTS THOO REVIEW RAASADU...
NACHAKI CREDIBILITY ENTI ANEDHI ANDARIKI THELUSU...HE IS HARDCORE BUNNY FAN....CLOSE TO ALLU SIRISH AKA BOBBY...
KAANI REVIEW PETTINAPPUDU EVARU CHUDALEDHU CINEMA FLOP EMOO ANI LIGHT ANUKUNNARU KAANI THARVATHA MATTER REVERSE AYUNDHI CINEMA KI MANCHI TALK VACHINDI SO SESEDHI LEKA MARCHARU |
Andhrawala
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Username: Andhrawala
Post Number: 6152
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 192.58.204.226
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:19 pm: | |
>>aa review raasinavadi bathuku entoo andariki thelusu...
He ia a Phd guy mama. Bapatla lo Enggineering sesdu. US lo MS chesi Phd complete chesi India velledu. He wnet to India on love for India even when he got jobs here.
His reviews etc were good mama. Endhuku athanni ala antaavu.
Tiff babai,
Nachaki babai ni bedhirinchi vuntaarule.
Soft guy. |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3568
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:18 pm: | |
mods in action unnattunaaru ga |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2805
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:17 pm: | |
IDIOT MAMA ENAKAMALA VACHI AMAYAKUDI LAAGA ACTING SEYYAMAKU
BALU REVIEW AND COVERAGE AND NEWS ENDUKU ETHESADU JEEVI 2 DAYS KI...
ENTANEE TOLLYWOODINFO.COM ENDUKU PUTTUKU VACHINDI? |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3567
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:16 pm: | |
i believe you mama...nuvvu jeevi ni appudu support chesavu...
co fans mounam ardagikaram ga anukuntunnanu
akkada inka nachaki ane undi mari peru |
Idiot
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Username: Idiot
Post Number: 21344
Registered: 09-2004
Posted From: 199.245.32.11
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:15 pm: | |
balu ki review change em cheyyaledu gaa  |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2804
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:13 pm: | |
>>>anji ki kaneesam jeevi review marchanu ani oppukunnaDu ga mama....
ENTHA THEESUKUNI SESADOOO CHEPPALEDHU GAA....
THARVATHA KAD VASU SEPPADU GAA ENTHA DENGADOOOO
>>>balu sangati erkaledu...
MEE CINEMALADHI ERUKA ENDUKU UNTUNDHI.....
>>>appudu criticize chesina vallu ippudu support enduku chestunattu
ENDUKU MAMA HALF KNOWLEDGE THOO MATTADATHAVU...
NENU EE ISHAYAM MEEDHA EPPUDANNA CRITICIZE SESANAAA? |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3566
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:07 pm: | |
how can you single out one person...neeku personal ga reviewers telusemo...kani byti vallaki adi TC site review...
FYI
ippudu kuda nachaki ane undi akkaDa peru... |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3564
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:05 pm: | |
>>aa review raasinavadi bathuku entoo andariki thelusu...
anji ki kaneesam jeevi review marchanu ani oppukunnaDu ga mama....
balu sangati erkaledu...ayna anji ki balu ki chesaru kabatti ippudu adi right ela avtundi...
appudu criticize chesina vallu ippudu support enduku chestunattu |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2803
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:05 pm: | |
>>>oho....takkuva rating icchaDu kabatti .5 ayyaDa...papam ntr gadi cinema release ki manchi review iste malli sex marpiDi anamaaTa
nenu seppedhi okati nuvvu seppedhi okkati..
veedu assalu reviews rayadu kavalani ee cinema ki raasadu...
VV ki Naa Alludu ki kuda TC vallu thittaru appudu .5 analedhu gaa....
andukee antunna enaka mundu susukuni postings seyyu ani |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2802
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:03 pm: | |
>>>suitcsulu ayite enti bedirinche calls ayite enti...mottaniki reviewer ki cinema first lo nacchaledu taruvate tega nacchesindi....Dstandards
Anji, Balu ki sesindi Marsisthiraa...
Balu godavala debba ki kotha site open ayundhi marasithivaaa
aa review raasinavadi bathuku entoo andariki thelusu... |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3563
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:03 pm: | |
oho....takkuva rating icchaDu kabatti .5 ayyaDa...papam ntr gadi cinema release ki manchi review iste malli sex marpiDi anamaaTa |
Jackson
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Username: Jackson
Post Number: 10034
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 204.69.40.13
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:01 pm: | |
TC pedda L ke Bal..
SCB ki kuda boku review ichadu.. |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3562
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 4:01 pm: | |
>>Hittayuna cinema ki evaroo sepparani EP segalu sethe P pack avuddani thelsinattundhi
suitcsulu ayite enti bedirinche calls ayite enti...mottaniki reviewer ki cinema first lo nacchaledu taruvate tega nacchesindi....Dstandards |
Truecolours
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Username: Truecolours
Post Number: 2800
Registered: 11-2004
Posted From: 12.153.145.6
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 3:59 pm: | |
Final point entantee cinema hit...
Hittayuna cinema ki evaroo sepparani EP segalu sethe P pack avuddani thelsinattundhi |
Tifosi
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Username: Tifosi
Post Number: 3561
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 3:58 pm: | |
final point enTanTe.... |
Tifosi
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Post Number: 3560
Registered: 03-2004
Posted From: 208.37.228.208
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 3:57 pm: | |
AFTER SUITCASE
N.T.R. Arts
Film: Athanokkade
Cast: Kalyan Ram, Sindhu Tholani, Ashish Vidyarthi, Surya, GV, Raghubabu, Ajay, Rami Reddy, Chandramohan, Rajyalakshmi, Prakash Raj, Chalapathi Rao, ‘Ahuti’ Prasad, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Venu Madhav, Brahmanandam, Vizag Prasad, Chinna, Sudeepa, Ananth, Narsing and others
Music: Mani Sarma
Dialogues: Marudhuri Raja
Lyrics: Sahiti, Chandrabose, Sai Sriharsha, Bandaru Danaiah, Chinni Charan
Camera: C. Ramprasad
Editing: Gautham Raju
Art: Narayana Reddy
Choreography: Suchitra Chandrabose, Pradeep Anthony, Santhi
Costumes: Basha
Fights: Stun Shiva
Producer: Nandamuri Janaki Ram
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Surendar Reddy
Release Date: May 07, 2005
Summary:
A typical family revenge story with good visual effects, interesting narration, and well-treated scenes. It might go well with the mass audiences. Although such gory stories of revenge are nothing new, Atanokkade comes with fresh treatment by director Surender. It has some entertaining moments although much of the story do not talk of law and logic. A paisa vasool film from Kalyan Ram.
Story Line:
Ram (Kalyan Ram) and his family move from New Delhi to Hyderabad as Ram wants to pursue his higher education in Hyderabad. Anjali (Sindhu Tholani) lives with her limping uncle (Surya) in Hyderabad and goes to the same college as Ram. They have something else in common – revenge towards a local goon known as ‘anna’ (Ashish Vidyarthi) and other henchmen. The reason for revenge is that the lead pair lose their family to the violent attacks of ‘anna’ and his gang. The flashback and the revenge stories form the rest of the movie, ending typically like a love story.
Analysis:
Technical Departments:
Story by Surendar is a standard family revenge story where only one or two members of a family remain after a massacre by the villain and his gang, and those who live grow up to take revenge on the villain, while also reuniting with other missing family members who lived through the massacre. While the screenplay is better, direction by Surendar could have been a lot better. The intersting and major plus assets to the film is Surender's telling the film in intersting manner and putting camera angles innovatively. Yet, he has not taken care in many scenes that some times give cliched feel. Issues like “State Central Library” (in Telugu) board inside “City Library”, pursuing degree in Hyderabad in just one year, showing “Windows Safe Mode” (?) loading screen and calling it “chatting”, GV throwing a sword and again holding it in his hand in the next scene, Prakash Raj’s name tag on his uniform not having an initial, villains not knowing the hero by face but still chasing him before climax, etc. are only some inconsistencies in the movie.
Music by Mani Sarma is good, and the background score elevated certain scenes. Dialogues by Marudhuri Raja are adequate; dialogues by Prakash Raj in a scene where he talks to Vizag Prasad, and the dialogue “daadaagiri cheyyaalanTE dammu kaavaali. dhandaa cheyyaalanTE dhairyam kaavaali.” spoken by Ashish Vidyarthi won applauses among audience. While Ramprasad takes every effort to make cinematography a strong point, choreography and costumes dilute his efforts very much in songs. Poor choreography could also be because of lack of dancing skills of the hero, but that doesn’t justify bad costumes anyway. Costumes have not been given enough importance, one can say, even if one notices a small issue like stars being “torn off” from an old police uniform, instead of choosing a uniform with no tear marks. Makeup for the heroine could have been better, though she looks good in closeup shots. Ashish Vidyarthi’s getup is different from his routine style. (Was it supposed to remind us of someone?)
Performance of Artistes:
Kalyan Ram still has a long way to go as a hero. Though he did try to emote his best to suit his characterization, he needs to improve his diction and expression in powerful scenes, and should do a lot of exercise pertaining dubbing – he does not pronounce La, Sa, Na or any mahapraaNa-s in Telugu well! When heroes in Nandamuri clan claim that they have an impeccable pronunciation, shouldn’t Kalyan Ram try better to live to the expectations? He appears to have the talent to carry the role on his shoulders but seems to have lacked good directorial guidance in this movie. He should also improve a lot on his dances if he wants to have fast-paced dance numbers – sometimes, in songs, only the lower half of his body was shown, which could mean that he needed dupes to perform certain dance steps! He appeared good in action scenes though.
Sindhu Tholani looks good, and has an expressive face. Her character required her to emote various feelings – love, hatred, anger, passion, fear, pain, etc. and she did an okay job. Compared to many Mumbai-imported heroines, she is a lot better in expression! She seems to have ease in dances, but did not have good choreography to project it well. She did not appear great in certain modern getups portrayed in a song; costumes were not good for the heroine either and that could have been a reason too. However expressive she was, she did have some trouble showing passion towards rain in certain scenes.
Chandramohan and Rajyalakshmi pair up again after their hit combination in Shankarabharanam 25 years ago, and there’s also a dialogue that refers to the classic movie. They are adequate as hero’s parents. Prakash Raj appears in the flashback as hero’s (original) father, and puts up a great performance that’s expected of an artiste of his caliber. For example, in the scene in which he is struck by several bullets and is slain, the effort he “shows” in trying to get up is quite naturally portrayed. Ashish Vidyarthi appears as the main villain but does not have a great role. He does his part well though. While G.V. Sudhakar and Raghubabu appear as his chief aides, Ajay (of Okkadu and Sye) who had been playing positive roles appears in a negative role and does the job well. Venu Madhav appears as a student who tries to project himself as a powerful guy and evokes laughter in several scenes. Surya does a decent job as the heroine’s uncle, showing the necessary emotions for the role. Senior and talented artistes like Brahmanandam, Chalapathi Rao, Chinna, Vizag Prasad, ‘Ahuti’ Prasad, Rami Reddy, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Ananth do not have roles that require their skills, but do the needful.
Song Order:
chiTapaTa cihTapaTa chindE vaana: The song comes as a way of introducing that both the hero and heroine like rain and playing in rain with children, eating ice cream. Choreography is bad.
atanokkaDElE: There’s no particular reason for this song at this time. This song brings the heroine closer to the hero’s family. This number uses heavy metal orchestration and comes with a suitable beat. Though choreography for the song is better, the hero’s face is not shown when portraying certain good steps.
Naughty girl, naughty girl: This song comes as a typical love song for the lead pair and starts off showing the heroine with cigarette! Was that necessary at all? The song comes in an okay tune, backed by good interlude and foreign locales (Germany).
mEghamaala merisindanTE: This flashback song comes as another rain song in the movie, showing the lead pair’s closely knit family, and using SreeSree’s famous lines aanandam arNavamaitE... of advaitam (also used as a song in kanyaaSulkam movie).
gunDellO daaginadi: The scene that leads to this song is dragged unnecessarily. The song is picturized on snow mountains of Austria. The male voice in the song is melodious. Choreography in the song is bad again.
amma dEvuDO anipinchaavE: The song comes when the hero realizes that his blood-related family members are alive, but the song lyric or theme are not at all related to this! Choreography in the song is average. The song was picturized mostly in Ramoji Film City. While the lyric goes EDukonDala vEnkaTESwaraa!, the hero is seen wearing a cross that symbolizes Christianity as an ornament around his neck! While Telugu film industry did not come forward generously to help the recent tsunami victims, the lyricist liberally uses gunDellO tsunami puTTe as an expression of love, akin to gunDellO alajaDi. Are we always ready to use anything for a commercial purpose?!
Final Point: The film is intersting to watch but it could have been a better project for the hero if the film is devoid of cliched moments. Paisa Vasool film for mass audiences in this summer. |
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| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 3:56 pm: | |
BEFORE SUITCASE
N.T.R. Arts
Film: Athanokkade
Cast: Kalyan Ram, Sindhu Tholani, Ashish Vidyarthi, Surya, GV, Raghubabu, Ajay, Rami Reddy, Chandramohan, Rajyalakshmi, Prakash Raj, Chalapathi Rao, ‘Ahuti’ Prasad, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Venu Madhav, Brahmanandam, Vizag Prasad, Chinna, Sudeepa, Ananth, Narsing and others
Music: Mani Sarma
Dialogues: Marudhuri Raja
Lyrics: Sahiti, Chandrabose, Sai Sriharsha, Bandaru Danaiah, Chinni Charan
Camera: C. Ramprasad
Editing: Gautham Raju
Art: Narayana Reddy
Choreography: Suchitra Chandrabose, Pradeep Anthony, Santhi
Costumes: Basha
Fights: Stun Shiva
Producer: Nandamuri Janaki Ram
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Surendar Reddy
Release Date: May 07, 2005
Summary:
A typical family revenge story with some good visual effects and some well-treated scenes. The movie could be a pastime for sections of audience who like such gory stories of revenge that do not talk of law and logic.
Story Line:
Ram (Kalyan Ram) and his family move from New Delhi to Hyderabad as Ram wants to pursue his higher education in Hyderabad. Anjali (Sindhu Tholani) lives with her limping uncle (Surya) in Hyderabad and goes to the same college as Ram. Ram and Anjali find that they have similar tastes such as eating ice cream in rain (Remember Tarun’s nuvvE.. nuvvE...?), playing with kids, liking the City Library building, and more. They have something else in common – revenge towards a local goon known as ‘anna’ (Ashish Vidyarthi) and other henchmen including his younger brother Shankar (Ajay), and Sadaa (G.V. Sudhakar) and Abdullah (Raghubabu), and a corrupt D.G.P. Bhavani Shankar (‘Ahuti’ Prasad). The reason for revenge is that the lead pair lose their family to the violent attacks of ‘anna’ and his gang. The flashback and the revenge stories form the rest of the movie, ending typically like a love story.
Analysis:
Technical Departments:
Story by Surendar Reddy is a standard family revenge story where only one or two members of a family remain after a massacre by the villain and his gang, and those who live grow up to take revenge on the villain, while also reuniting with other missing family members who lived through the massacre. While the screenplay is better, direction by Surendar Reddy could have been a lot better, and so could have been the songs placement and/or lyric (theme) for the situation. It can be seen in various scenes that the director did not care to make a perfect or flawless product. There is illogic and several inconsistencies throughout the movie. Many examples can be given;enlisting all of them would be unnecessary – as they say, gongaTlO tinTU venTrukalu vacchaayanTE elaa? Characterization of hero’s parents’ roles (Chandramohan & Rajyalakshmi) takes a too-modern approach with parents creating a feeling of love in their child’s mind, (Isn’t it typically his jobless friends’ job?) and talking about several things that they should not, particularly when there’s a grownup daughter around! Are we in such a society which welcomes such a situation without complaining? The hero suddenly calls the heroine nuvvu while he was calling her meeru all the time, just when she says that her parents are no more! Such illogic in characterization is quite prevalent. Issues like “State Central Library” (in Telugu) board inside “City Library”, pursuing degree in Hyderabad in just one year, showing “Windows Safe Mode” (?) loading screen and calling it “chatting”, GV throwing a sword and again holding it in his hand in the next scene, Prakash Raj’s name tag not having an initial, villains not knowing the hero by face but still chasing him before climax, etc. are only some inconsistencies in the movie.
Music by Mani Sarma is okay, and the background score elevated certain scenes. Dialogues by Marudhuri Raja are adequate; dialogues by Prakash Raj in a scene where he talks to Vizag Prasad, and the dialogue “daadaagiri cheyyaalanTE dammu kaavaali. dhandaa cheyyaalanTE dhairyam kaavaali.” spoken by Ashish Vidyarthi won applauses among audience. While Ramprasad takes every effort to make cinematography a strong point, choreography and costumes dilute his efforts very much in songs. Poor choreography could also be because of lack of dancing skills of the hero, but that doesn’t justify bad costumes anyway. Costumes have not been enough importance, one can say, even if one notices a small issue like stars being “torn off” from an old police uniform, instead of choosing a uniform with no tear marks. Makeup for the heroine could have been better, though she looks good in closeup shots. Ashish Vidyarthi’s getup is different from his routine style. (Was it supposed to remind us of someone?)
Performance of Artistes:
Kalyan Ram still has a long way to go as a hero. Though he did try to emote his best to suit his characterization, he needs to improve his diction and expression in powerful scenes, and should do a lot of exercise pertaining dubbing – he does not pronounce La, Sa, Na or any mahapraaNa-s in Telugu well! When heroes in Nandamuri clan claim that they have an impeccable pronunciation, shouldn’t Kalyan Ram try better to live to the expectations? He appears to have the talent to carry the role on his shoulders but seems to have lacked good directorial guidance in this movie. He should also improve a lot on his dances if he wants to have fast-paced dance numbers – sometimes, in songs, only the lower half of his body was shown, which could mean that he needed dupes to perform certain dance steps! He appeared good in action scenes though.
Sindhu Tholani looks good, and has an expressive face. Her character required her to emote various feelings – love, hatred, anger, passion, fear, pain, etc. and she did an okay job. Compared to many Mumbai-imported heroines, she is a lot better in expression! She seems to have ease in dances, but did not have good choreography to project it well. She did not appear great in certain modern getups portrayed in a song; costumes were not good for the heroine either and that could have been a reason too. However expressive she was, she did have some trouble showing passion towards rain in certain scenes.
Chandramohan and Rajyalakshmi pair up again after their hit combination in Shankarabharanam 25 years ago, and there’s also a dialogue that refers to the classic movie. They are adequate as hero’s parents. Prakash Raj appears in the flashback as hero’s (original) father, and puts up a great performance that’s expected of an artiste of his caliber. For example, in the scene in which he is struck by several bullets and is slain, the effort he “shows” in trying to get up is quite naturally portrayed. Ashish Vidyarthi appears as the main villain but does not have a great role. He does his part well though. While G.V. Sudhakar and Raghubabu appear as his chief aides, Ajay (of Okkadu and Sye) who had been playing positive roles appears in a negative role and does the job well. Venu Madhav appears as a student who tries to project himself as a powerful guy and evokes laughter in several scenes. Surya does a decent job as the heroine’s uncle, showing the necessary emotions for the role. Senior and talented artistes like Brahmanandam, Chalapathi Rao, Chinna, Vizag Prasad, ‘Ahuti’ Prasad, Rami Reddy, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Ananth do not have roles that require their skills, but do the needful.
Song Order:
chiTapaTa cihTapaTa chindE vaana: The song comes as a way of introducing that both the hero and heroine like rain and playing in rain with children, eating ice cream. Choreography is bad.
atanokkaDElE: There’s no particular reason for this song at this time. This song brings the heroine closer to the hero’s family. This number uses heavy metal orchestration and comes with a suitable beat. Though choreography for the song is better, the hero’s face is not shown when portraying certain good steps.
Naughty girl, naughty girl: This song comes as a typical love song for the lead pair and starts off showing the heroine with cigarette! Was that necessary at all? The song comes in an okay tune, backed by good interlude and foreign locales (Germany).
mEghamaala merisindanTE: This flashback song comes as another rain song in the movie, showing the lead pair’s closely knit family, and using SreeSree’s famous lines aanandam arNavamaitE... of advaitam (also used as a song in kanyaaSulkam movie).
gunDellO daaginadi: The scene that leads to this song is dragged unnecessarily. The song is picturized on snow mountains of Austria. The male voice in the song is melodious. Choreography in the song is bad again.
amma dEvuDO anipinchaavE: The song comes when the hero realizes that his blood-related family members are alive, but the song lyric or theme are not at all related to this! Choreography in the song is average. The song was picturized mostly in Ramoji Film City. While the lyric goes EDukonDala vEnkaTESwaraa!, the hero is seen wearing a cross that symbolizes Christianity as an ornament around his neck! While Telugu film industry did not come forward generously to help the recent tsunami victims, the lyricist liberally uses gunDellO tsunami puTTe as an expression of love, akin to gunDellO alajaDi. Are we always ready to use anything for a commercial purpose?!
Theater Talk (Sandhya 70mm, Hyderabad): Some dialogues, most of them spoken by someone else other than the hero, won applauses. Applause for nice dance movements by the hero was seen initially but that died down as people probably realized his face was not being shown. Some people were found saying that the hero was better in his previous movie Abhimanyu or that he appeared better on wall posters than in the movie! Villain G.V. Sudhakar came to the theater to watch the show, and there were hero’s fans (“Nandamuri Fans”, as the posters read) creating a great show of crackers and music all around the place.
Final Point: This could have been a better project for the hero if the direction was better. For the hero, this movie does not take his career to any better heights than his previous movies, though the movie might stay in the theaters for a few weeks. |
