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Penguin Review – Disappointing

Movie: Penguin
Rating: 2.25/5
Cast: Keerthy Suresh, Linga
Director: Eashvar Karthic
Producer: Karthik Subbaraj
Release Date: 19th June 2020
OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Story:
The story revolves around the mother and a ruthless kidnapper. A pregnant mother who is about to have her second child is in search of her lost son. The reason for his kidnap and how does Keerthy finds her son, should be watched.

Performances:
Already Keerthy Suresh proved with her performance in the last film Mahanati. She did a very good job in this physiological thriller. There is no much scope for others to perform as they will be seen in limited scenes.

Positives:
• Keerthy Suresh Performance
• Cinematography
• BGM

Negatives:
• Screenplay
• 2nd Half
• Slow Narration
• Predictable Story

Opinion:

The film starts on with an interesting and gripping plot but it couldn’t be carried forward. Except for 2-3 sequences and interval block, there is nothing much which keeps the audience hooked. The First Half of the film is watchable but in the second half, the pre-climax and climax portions which are more important were completely disappointing.

Bottom-Line:
On the whole, this film is recommended only for Keerthy Suresh’s virtuous performance as a mother.

All Time Record Top Pre-Release Business Movies

Here are All Time/Non-BB Record Pre-Release Business Movies in Tollywood since Magadheera (2009) [Only Telugu Versions]

  1. Magadheera – 40 Crs (Approx)
  2. Camera Man Gangato Rambabu – 43 Crs
  3. Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu – 47 Crs
  4. Attarintiki Daredi – 52 Crs
  5. 1Nenokkadine – 53 Crs
  6. Aagadu – 56 Crs
  7. Baahubali – 86 Crs
  8. Srimanthudu – 59 Crs
  9. Sardaar Gabbar Singh – 81 Crs
  10. Khaidi No 150 – 89 Crs
  11. Baahubali2 – 190 Crs
  12. Spyder – 98 Crs
  13. Agnyaathavaasi – 125 Crs
  14. Saaho – 172 Crs

Kamal Hassan Gearing Up For Another Blockbuster Sequel

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Senior Tamil star hero Kamal Hassan and an outstanding director Gautham Vasdev Menon delivered a blockbuster Vetaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu dubbed as Raghavan in Telugu. It was a commercial cop story featuring Kamal Hassan, Jyothika and Kamalini Mukherjee in the lead roles. This film was declared as a blockbuster hit of 2006 in Kollywood. Now, the latest news says that this successful duo is to pair up once again for the sequel of Raghavan.

Gautham Menon in his last interview shared that he had already completed 120 pages of script for Raghavan 2 and the last 30 min part is yet to be penned. He also mentioned that the script starts with an iconic opening scene and there are many exciting scenes in it. As of now, the director is confident of convincing Kamal Hassan. If Kamal says yes to this project, soon Raghavan 2 will go on sets. It will be bankrolled by Vels Film International.

Currently, Kamal Hassan is busy with the prestigious project Indian 2 directed by Shankar. On the other hand, Gautham Vasudev Menon is working on Dhruva Natchathiram starring Chiyaan Vikram and Ritu Verma. Raghavan 2 may go on the floor after the completion of these two projects.

Mega Princess Finds Her Love

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Mega Princess Niharika Konidela is spending quality time in lockdown with her family. She is also active in social media sharing her personal and professional life. Recently in her official Facebook and Instagram handles she posted a picture with Starbucks cup and on that cup, the word “Ms” was struck off and replaced with “Mrs.Niha” and captioned with “Uh.. what”. Many of her fans got surprised and puzzled after seeing this post.

A few days ago, there were many rumors about Niha’s love story with brother in law Sai Dharam Tej and all those ended up as rumors only. And now, Niharika left everyone in a dilemma with that post whether her marriage was fixed in real or it’s just a part of her upcoming film promotions. However, it’s going to be suspense until an official update of her marriage is rolled out. Recently, she signed a Tamil movie with Ashok Selvan directed by Swathini. This will go on the floors later this year.

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Sri Reddy Sensational Comments On Chiru & Nag

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Sri Reddy who declared herself as a female protagonist always wanted to be a part of headlines and grab the public attention. A few months ago she made controversial comments on many industry people pretending to raise her voice against casting couch. She did not even hesitate to make herself naked as a part of this protest. Later she was arrested under nuisance case for creating a disturbance among the public by removing clothes.

She has been constantly poking Pawan Kalyan and few other film celebrities with some unrelated stuff. Again yesterday she made some meaningless comments on Mega Star Chiranjeevi and Akkineni Nagarjuna using abusive words. She responded over Bollywood actor Sushanth’s death and posted her views on social media account. She mentioned every industry has nepotism and compared the death of Sushant with late Tollywood actor Uday Kiran. She also stated Movie legends like Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, and Bollywood’s Khan and Kapoor families neither have guts nor shame as they killed new talents.

Shocking : Keerthy Suresh Rejected 20 Films

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Keerthy Suresh who made her Tollywood debut in 2016 with Nenu Sailaja has surprised by her performance in Mahanati. Mahanati was well received by both Telugu and Tamil audiences. This film has even brought National Award for Keerthy Suresh’s performance.

After a gap, Keerthy Suresh is now coming up with a multilingual film Penguin which will be streaming directly on Amazon Prime Video from 29th June. When Keerthy Suresh asked about her role in Penguin she replied that she is playing a mom role in this physiological thriller where she has a scope to exhibit different emotions. When she was asked about the reason for taking a long gap after a huge blockbuster she said that she rejected nearly 20 women-centric films and going on with good characters. Now she is having a couple of films like Nithin’s Rangde, Miss India and a few more. She also said that she is ready to cut down her remuneration up to 30% due to this pandemic situation.

Bad News For Cine Industry!

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Due to the Corona virus outbreak Theaters across the world were shutdown. In India major multiplex chains stopped their services from March 12th itself. Telugu States single-screen theaters were closed from March 18th and it has been nearly 70 days since theaters shut down.

Central Government has given exceptions to all types of industries but not to the entertainment Industry. While there were speculations about the re-opening of Theater from August 1st, it seems not possible going by the current situation. Recently Tollywood leading Producer/ Distributor/Exhibitor Suresh Babu stated that they are in no plans of re-opening theaters for more than 2 months. He also added that not only him but also no other Producer who owns theaters were not interested in opening Theaters as of now. Suresh Babu is currently producing 4 films under Suresh Productions banner and none of the films has resumed its shoot. As state governments have given permissions for film & TV shoots few producers are gearing to resume their shoot and few others are waiting for the situation to settle down. As of one only one film from Tollywood resumed their shooting.

Another Star Actor Roped In For #BB3

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Balakrishna who has been waiting for a successful film for a long time has teamed up with Boyapati Srinu for his next. This will be the third film in their combination after Simha and Legend. Both Balakrishna and Boyapati Srinu are waiting to come up with a strong comeback with this film.

Recently the team of #BB3 has released a small teaser with a powerful dialogue that got tremendous response. Though the title has been fixed the team hasn’t announced it yet. According to industry buzz actor Naveen Chandra who is seen in various films like Andhala Rakshasi. Aravinda Sametha is being considered for an important role in #BB3. Earlier Jagapathi Babu was roped in for a negative role in Boyapati’s Legend. Should wait and see for what role Naveen Chandra is being roped. Still, the film is left with more than 90% of its shoot. The team will resume its shoot maybe after July. Though there no official confirmation regarding the lead actress, S.S Thaman will be composing music for this film. Miryala Ravinder Reddy is producing this mass entertainer under Dwaraka Creations banner.

Will Sushant’s death make any changes in the Bollywood industry?

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Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hanging in his apartment in Mumbai on Sunday. He had been under stress and depression for the last few months and undergone treatment for that.

His last rites were carried out on Monday evening attended by his family members and a few Bollywood stars such as Shraddha Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, Varun Sharma, director Abhishek Kapoor and his wife Pragya, Vivek Oberoi and Mukesh Chhabra. Today Politician Sanjay Nirupam responding over the sudden death of Sushant has tweeted that Sushant Singh Rajput lost seven films in just six months even after scoring a hit like ‘Chhichhore’ and he also alleged the ruthlessness actions of some industry persons left a talented actor killing himself. Many actors and producers stand by saying that only a few leading Production houses in Bollywood will be deciding the fate of any artist. Will Sushant’s death make any changes in the Bollywood industry?

Digital Rights Of These 9 Films Are Acquired By Disney+ Hotstar

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Disney Plus Hotstar Acquired Rights of 9 Films

Last month Amazon Prime acquired the digital rights of Gulabo Sitabo and Shakuntala Devi and Netflix managed to acquire Janhvi Kapoor starer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl. Now, it’s Disney Plus Hotstar’s turn. Hotstar locked the digital rights of 9 Bollywood projects and an official announcement will be made soon. The promotion team of Hotstar is planning a new way of promos called Har Shukravaar Blockbuster Ka Vaar. So, a new premier is expected on every Friday for the coming 9 weeks.

Diving into the details of these movies, “Four films from Fox Star Production Laxmi Bomb, Sadak 2, Dil Bechara and Lootcase are going to be premiered, two films produced by Ajay Devgn including Bhuj: The Pride of India; three women-centric films from producer Dinesh Vijan Roohi Afzana, Mimi and Shiddat, and also a film from T Series named Khuda Hafiz has been locked in for packed nine-week- show on Hotstar. The above mentioned will be premiered every Friday one after the other. As Ajay Devgn is busy Today and hence the official announcement will be made tomorrow along with the release dates,” confirms an industry source. Some of these films are left with pending of a few days of shoot and post-production and hence they will be premiered on the last weeks of the schedule.

It’s clear that the war among digital platforms is getting bigger by the day. Your favorite stars right from Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sushant Singh Rajput, and Alia Bhatt to Janhvi Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Vidyut Jammval, Abhishek Bachchan, Ileana D’Cruz and Kunal Khemu are set to visit your home digitally to entertain you till the re-opening of theatres.