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The Kashmir Files producer Abhishek Agarwal criticizes Filmfare awards

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The Kashmir Files producer Abhishek Agarwal criticizes Filmfare awards

The Kashmir Files was one of the biggest hits of 2022 and proved what positive word of mouth can do to a movie’s collections. The movie emerged as a blockbuster and earned Rs 250 crore plus at box office while being made with a budget of around Rs 20 crores.

The movie had divided opinions and while many appreciated the film’s take on the Kashmir genocide, others termed it a propaganda movie. Despite the controversy, the film emerged victorious at the box office and was expected to sweep awards. This, hasn’t happened and the film has failed to win any at the recently concluded Filmfare Awards. The film was nominated in several categories including the best film and failed to register a win.

Producer Abhishek Agarwal took to social media to criticize the organizers for not recognizing him and The Kashmir Files at all. In fact, Abhishek was not even invited to the event.

“FILMFARE IS UNFAIR! I have produced and backed #TheKashmirFiles with the intention of telling a true story to the world and it went on to become a blockbuster. The film received 7 nominations at the

@filmfare awards and I am not invited to the event. It is time that the entertainment industry recognizes the producers. They are the ones who make stars. Respect and recognition would only motivate us better to back great stories, ” he posted.

Ponniyin Selvan 2 FDFS Audience Talk – Review and Ratings

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Ponniyin Selvan 2 FDFS Audience Talk – Review and Ratings

Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan 2 has released today amidst massive expectations. It is very well known to everyone that the first part of Ponniyin Sylvan was an industry hit in Tamil and the audience had taken this film as their pride. Let’s see how is the response to the film from the Overseas and early shows of the movie.

The movie starts with an Extraordinary scene, the face off between Adithya Karikalan and Nandini which worked really well and after that, the movie maintains the same momentum. Mainly, the second part of Ponniyin Selvan 2 deals with emotions of each character, which came out really well. The overall talk of Ponniyin Selvan 2 is that the film is slow like the first part, but the strong content and emotions make it a better film than its predecessor. The Background Score and songs are also said to be too good. Overall, PS 2 is a decent film.

The film comprises a huge star cast that includes Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, and Jayam Ravi. Ashwin Kakumanu, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Sarath Kumar, Prabhu, Vikram Prabhu, Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Parthiban, Lal, and Mohan Raman are also part of the cast. Produced by Madras Talkies in association with Lyca Productions, Ponniyin Selvan 2 has made entry into the big screens worldwide today.

The music of the film is scored by AR Rahman, and the cinematography has been handled by Ravi Varman, editing by Sreekar Prasad, production design by Thotta Tharani, dialogues by Jeyamohan, costumes by Eka Lakhani, make-up by Vikram Gaikwad, and choreography by Brinda.

Lead Actress Finalized in Kamal Haasan – Mani Ratnam’s Project

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Lead Actress Finalized in Kamal Haasan – Mani Ratnam’s Project

The Tamil film audience were very excited when they came to know that two of legends, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam were joining hands for a new film. Now interesting news about this film has emerged project. It is very well known to everyone that Kamal Haasan is currently working for Indian 2. After completing this Shankar directorial, Kamal will go on to the sets of his 234th film, which will be directed by none other than the legendary director Mani Ratnam.

Earlier, there were many rumors emerged about the lead actress in this project. Trisha and Nayanathara’s names were reported to play the opposite role against Kamal Haasan. However, the latest reports suggest that Bollywood’s talented actress Vidya Balan will act in the female lead opposite Kamal Haasan. An official confirmation is yet to come regarding the same. This project is expected to go on to the floors after 2–3 months.

Moreover, the Pre Production works have already started for the film. Tentatively titled KH234, the movie will be produced together by Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, R Mahendran, and Siva Ananthi. Udhayanidhi Stalin is presenting the film under the Red Giant Films banner. Academy-winning music composer AR Rahman is the music director of this craziest film.

The movie is rumored to be a political drama, but nothing has been confirmed officially. Kamal and Mani both worked for the highly appreciated gangster drama“Nayakan” (1987). The film is regarded as one of the best works in both their careers. It was a box office blockbuster, Kamal had won the best actor at India’s national film awards, and it was also the country’s entry to the 1988 Oscars.

Agent movie review: A Logicless and unsuccessful mission

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Agent movie review: A Logicless and unsuccessful mission

Movie: Agent
Rating: 2/5
Cast: Akhil Akkineni, Mammootty, Sakshi Vaidya, Dino Morea
Director: Surender Redy
Produced By: Rambrahmam Sunkara, Ajay Sunkara, Deepa Reddy
Release Date: 28th April 2023

After almost a couple of years of going on floors, Akhil Akkineni’s Agent has finally hit the screens today. The entire unit and Akkineni fans have set high expectations on this one and the movie has been shot on a lavish scale. Can Akhil stand on his word and deliver a big hit? will this movie emerge as a turning point in his career? Let’s find out.

Story: Ricky (Akhil) is very passionate and a wild spirit who wants to be a raw agent from childhood due to an incident. Mahadev (Mammootty) scouts and takes Ricky under his wing and handpick him to get the best of a rogue ex-agent Devil (Dino Morea). A straightforward mission goes haywire and Ricky is now the target. How Ricky solves this problem and how he serves his nation is what the story is all about.

Analysis: Agent has a very interesting plot line and Akhil’s characterization has been designed in an interesting manner full of energy. Akhil’s character does unpredictable things in a very stylish way but the Surender Reddy failed to engage the audience with the right screenplay and failed to connect the audience to the mission. A spy thriller requires twists and turns and a strong villain which all are lacking in Agent. Everything right from the first frame has been created in an extremely predictable manner with some scenes being outright illogical. The songs and BGM are the biggest minuses of the film and so is the love track which tests the audience’s patience. Production values also do not look good for a movie of such budget and grand scale. Akhil has certainly performed well and barring him and legendary Mammotty, every other aspect of the movie failed in a very big way. Sakshi Vaidya’s role does not create any impact on the film even if it turns very boring track in the film.

Plus Points:

  • Akhil and Mammootty’s performance
  • Pre-interval and interval bit

Minus Points:

  • Screenplay and direction
  • Music and BGM
  • Entire 2nd half
  • Weak villain characterization
  • Poor visuals

Verdict

The pan-India trend has seriously backfired for Agent with the movie failing to draw the audiences towards its core cause. The movie would have definitely helped the makers had the effort put into foreign locations and over-the-top action sequence been used for creating an engaging plot with better characterization

Shaakuntalam result is the biggest shock in my career says Dil Raju

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Shaakuntalam result is the biggest shock in my career says Dil Raju

Samantha’s Shaakuntalam was released recently and failed to live up to the expectations of many. The film emerged as a big disaster and brought great agony to Gunasekhar and co. who put in years of hard work behind this historical drama. Shaakuntalam failed to create any buzz before its release and right from the trailer release, there was heavy criticism of the style of filmmaking and visual effects.

Once the movie was released, the box-office performance brought great shock to Gunasekhar as well as Dil Raju who bought the theatrical rights of the film. Speaking about the movie’s performance, the ace producer/ distributor revealed that Shaakuntalam was the ‘biggest shock of his 25-year-long career’. It was quite evident through some of the scenes making videos that Raju was mighty impressed with the output and even congratulated the team after a private screening.

Dil Raju, who has produced and distributed several blockbusters and industry hits over the years is known for his judgment of the subject. With the same judgment failing through Shaakuntalam, it has indeed surprised many. The film was released in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada languages and offered even a 3D version. Dev Mohan, Prakash Raj, Mohan Babu, Aditi Balan, Ananya Nagalla starred in this movie headlined by Samantha.

Record Breaking 1st Week Collections for Sai Dharam Tej’s Virupaksha

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Record Breaking 1st Week Collections for Sai Dharam Tej’s Virupaksha

Sai Dharam Tej’s Virupaksha has turned out to be a true blockbuster at the box office. After an excellent 1st weekend, the film had a super stronghold in the weekdays and collected around 31 Crores share worldwide in its first week. The Telugu states share is close to 25 Crores and the rest of areas share will be more than 6 Crores.

These first week collections are record-breaking and career highest numbers for Sai Dharam Tej by a big margin, and it is the 2nd movie which has crossed 30 Crores share in his career, after Prati Roju Pandage [33 Crores] and by looking at the current trend, it looks Virupaksha will easily cross 40 Crores share in its full run.

Produced by BVSN Prasad under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra, Virupaksha makers had planned to release the film in multiple languages, including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, but they changed the decision at the last minute and decided to release the film in other languages after a week or so seeing the response in Telugu. As it became a blockbuster in Telugu, now the Hindi version will be released on 5th May.

With music by B Ajaneesh Loknath, the cinematography of the film is handled by Shamdat Sainudeen. The film stars Sai Dharam Tej, Samyuktha Menon in the lead roles, while Rajeev Kanakala, Brahmaji, Ajay and Sunil in the other crucial roles. Written by Sukumar, the film is based on unsolved mystical elements occurring in a village named Rudravanam.

Here’s how you can watch Director’s cut of Vetrimaaran’s Viduthalai Part 1 On OTT

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Here’s how you can watch Director’s cut of Vetrimaaran’s Viduthalai Part 1 On OTT

The Star Director Vetrimaaran marked a new Super Hit in his career with his recently released film Viduthalai Part 1. Made as a period crime thriller, the film has Soori in the lead role. Viduthalai Part 1 is now streaming on OTT on Zee5 Platform. The film was released in theaters on March 31st.

Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi played a key role in the movie, and he will have more importance in the second part movie, which will be released this year September. Produced by Elred Kumar under the banners of RS Infotainment and Grass Root Film Company, Maestro Ilaiyaraaja composed the tunes for this period crime thriller.

Set in a place called Muthuvel, The movie tells us the story of Kumaresan (Soori), who is a new joiner at a police camp set in a village surrounded by thick forests near the Tamil Nadu – Karnataka border. Kumaresan learns the ways of the constables as well as about the Makkal Padai movement headed by Perumal aka Vaathiyaar (Vijay Sethupathi, who is hunted by the police. How is Papa aka Tamilarasi (Bhavani Sre) related to this story? Did the police catch Perumal or not? Answers to these questions form the rest of the story.

Bhavani Sre played the female lead in the movie while Gautam Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon, and Ilavarasu played other important roles. It is still unclear whether the OTT premiere will also have Viduthalai’s Telugu version, Vidudhala or not.

Raviteja’s Ravanasura is now streaming on OTT

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Raviteja’s Ravanasura is now streaming on OTT

Mass Maharaja Raviteja’s Ravanasura, which was released 3 weeks back, had received mixed response on the opening day, but it did well at the box office. However, the movie saw a massive drop from the second day onwards at the box office and became a failure. Ravanasura is now streaming on OTT through Amazon Prime Video Platform. Nowadays, films streaming on OTT within 3, 4 days of a movie’s release has become normal.

Ravi Teja’s unique characterization, coupled with Sudheer Verma’s interesting plot, had intrigued the audience towards Ravanasura before the release. Also, Mass Maharaja was in a terrific form and everyone expected him to score a hat-trick after Dhamaka and Waltair Veerayya. However, despite the film having an interesting point, the director Sudheer Varma could not impress the audience with his taking. Raviteja’s performance in the movie was appreciated by everyone though, let’s wish that Ravanasura receives a good response in the OTT release.

Ravi Teja’s RT Team works and Abhishek Nama have bankrolled Ravanasura which was directed by Sudheer Verma. Harshavardhan Rameswar and Bheems Ceciroleo composed music for this action thriller, which also stars Daksha Nagarkar, Faria Abdullah, Sushant, Megha Akash, and Poojita Ponnada.

The movie tells us the story of Ravi (Ravi Teja) who’s a criminal lawyer. He stumbles upon a case of Harika (Megha Akash) and shows a great deal of interest in it. At the same time, a series of murders are happening in the city. What connection has Ravi with murders? Does he know who is the killer? Answers to these questions form the rest of the story.

Save The Tigers Review – సేవ్ ది టైగర్స్ రివ్యూ – వినోదభరితమైన వెబ్ సిరీస్

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Save The Tigers Review – సేవ్ ది టైగర్స్ రివ్యూ – వినోదభరితమైన వెబ్ సిరీస్

వెబ్ సిరీస్: సేవ్ ది టైగర్స్
రేటింగ్: 3.25/5
నటీనటులు: ప్రియదర్శి, అభినవ్ గోమతం, కృష్ణ చైతన్య, పావని గంగిరెడ్డి, హైమవతి, దేవియాని, రోహిణి, శ్రీకాంత్ అయ్యంగార్, హర్షవర్ధన్
దర్శకుడు: తేజ కాకుమాను
స్ట్రీమింగ్ వేదిక: హాట్‌స్టార్
విడుదల తేదీ: 27 ఏప్రిల్, 2023

కథ: డెయిరీ ఫామ్ యజమాని ఘంటా రవి (ప్రియదర్శి), ఔత్సాహిక రచయిత రాహుల్ (అభినవ్ గోమతం), క్రియేటివ్ యాడ్ రైటర్ విక్రమ్ (కృష్ణ చైతన్య) డ్రంక్ అండ్ డ్రైవ్ కేసులో అరెస్టవుతారు. వారు కేసును ఉపసంహరించుకోవాలని పోలీసు అధికారిని అభ్యర్థిస్తారు మరియు ఈ ప్రక్రియలో వారు తమ కథలను చెబుతూ వారు ముగ్గురు ఎలా స్నేహితులు అయ్యారో.. వారి భార్యల వల్ల తమ జీవితం ఎలా ప్రభావితం అయిందో పంచుకుంటారు. మరి వారు అతనిని ఒప్పించగలరా లేదా అనేది మిగిలిన కథ.

నటీనటులు: ప్రియదర్శి – సుజాత, పావని గంగిరెడ్డి – అభినవ్ గోమతం మరియు కృష్ణ చైతన్య – దేవియాని అందరూ ప్రధాన పాత్రల్లో చక్కగా నటించి మెప్పించారు. ముఖ్యంగా అభినవ్ గోమతం మరియు ప్రియదర్శి వినోదానికి విస్తారమైన స్కోప్ ఉన్న పాత్రలను పొందారు మరియు ఆ పాత్రలు బాగా ఆకట్టుకున్నాయి. జబర్దస్త్ ఫేమ్ రోహిణి పనిమనిషిగా మంచి పాత్రను పొందారు మరియు ఆమె బాగా నవ్వించారు. హర్షవర్ధన్, గంగవ్వ, వేణు యెల్దండి, శ్రీకాంత్ అయ్యంగార్ తదితరులు సముచితంగా నటించారు.

విశ్లేషణ: సేవ్ ది టైగర్స్‌ను దర్శకుడు తేజ కాకుమాను రూపొందించారు మరియు ఈ సీరీస్ ను ఆకట్టుకునేలా చెప్పడంలో ఆయన చాలా వరకూ విజయవంతమయ్యారు. ప్రారంభం నుండి చివరి వరకు, షో చాలా ఉల్లాసకరమైన క్షణాలను కలిగి ఉంది. కామెడీ మరియు భావోద్వేగాలు చక్కగా మిళితం చేయబడ్డాయి, అక్కడక్కడా కొన్ని భాగాలు మినహా టెంపో ఎక్కడా తగ్గలేదు. ప్లాట్ పాయింట్ బాగా తెలిసినట్లు అనిపిస్తుంది, కానీ కథనంలో మంచి పట్టు ఉంది.

ప్లస్ పాయింట్లు:

  • నటీనటులు
  • కథనం
  • హాస్య సన్నివేశాలు
  • చక్కని భావోద్వేగాలు

మైనస్ పాయింట్లు:

  • పునరావృతమయ్యే సన్నివేశాలు
  • చివరి ఎపిసోడ్

తీర్పు:

సేవ్ ది టైగర్స్ ఆద్యంతం ఆనందించదగిన ఒక వినోదభరితమైన వెబ్ సిరీస్. ప్రియదర్శి, అభినవ్ గోమతం, మరియు కృష్ణ చైతన్యల నటన మరియు వారి మధ్య హాస్య సన్నివేశాలు చాలా బాగా వచ్చాయి. కొన్ని పునరావృతమయ్యే సన్నివేశాలు మరియు కాస్త అర్ధాంతరంగా ముగిసిన చివరి ఎపిసోడ్ తప్ప.. ఈ వారాంతంలో మీ కుటుంబంతో కలిసి చూడటానికి ఈ కార్యక్రమం చక్కని ఎంపిక అనడంలో ఎలాంటి సందేహం లేదు.

Save The Tigers Review – Entertaining Web Series

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Save The Tigers Review – Entertaining Web Series

Web Series: Save The Tigers
Rating: 3.25/5
Cast: Priyadarshi, Abhinav Gomatam, Krishna Chaitanya, Pavani GangiReddy, Hymavathi, Deviyani, Rohini, Srikanth Iyengar, Harshavardhan
Director: Teja Kakumanu
Streaming On: Hotstar
Release Date: 27th April, 2023

Story: Ghanta Ravi (Priyadarshi), a dairy farm owner, Rahul (Abhinav Gomatam), an aspiring writer, and Vikram (Krishna Chaitanya), a creative ad writer are arrested in a Drunk and Drive case. They request the Police Officer to withdraw the case and in the process they share their stories and how they became friends, and how their lives are being affected by their wives. Will they be able to convince him or not, forms the rest of the story.

Performances: Priyadarshi – Sujatha, Pavani Gangireddy – Abhinav Gomatam and Krishna Chaitanya – Deviyani all were perfect in the lead roles and delivered convincing performances. Abhinav Gomatam and Priyadarshi got meaty roles which had ample scope for entertainment, and they were so impressive. Jabardasth Fame Rohini gets a nice role as a maid, where she got the chance to generate laughs and she did a good job. Harsha Vardhan, Gangavva, Venu Yeldandi, Srikanth Iyengar and others were apt.

Analysis: Save The Tigers is made by Director Teja Kakumanu, and he was very much successful in narrating it impressively. From the start to the end, the show had many hilarious moments. Comedy and emotions were nicely mixed, which never lets the tempo go down except for a few parts. The plot point seems very familiar, but the narrative had a good grip.

Plus Points:

  • Performances
  • Narration
  • Hilarious Moments
  • Neat emotions

Minus Points:

  • Repetitive Scenes
  • Final Episode

Verdict: Save The Tigers is an entertaining web series that can be enjoyed all along. Priyadarshi, Abhinav Gomatam, and Krishna Chaitanya’s performances and the hilarious moments between them came quite well. Other than a few repetitive scenes and a bit underwhelming finale, the show is a nice option to watch with your family this weekend.

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