JAFFA Movie Review

 

Review

Rating: 1.0/5.0

Presented by: Multi Dimension Entertainments

Banner: Kiran Studios

Cast: Brahmanandam, Ali, Raghu Babu, Vennela Kishore, Thagubothu Ramesh, Melkote, Ahuthi Prasad

Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao

Cinematography: Raja

Music: Anup Rubens

Producer: Ramesh Varma

Story-Screenplay-Direction: Vennela Kishore

CBFC rating: ‘U/A’

Release Date: 29-03-2012

Story: Jasmine Falguda alias JAFFA(Brahmanandam) is an expert in escaping from jail. He narrates his story to a writer about his experiences. Jaffa is a software engineer and he is tortured by his boss Melkote (Melkote). He gets arrested for being responsible for his colleague’s death (Dhanraj). How he escapes from the jail forms the remaining part?

Performances: Brahmanandam tried his best to pull the film with his typical repeated expressions but sad, he couldn’t do it. Vennela kishore, Dhanraj, Melkote, Thagubothu Ramesh, Ahuthi Prasad, Raghubabu and others played supporting roles and they have no idea what they are doing. Cinematography (angles) is okay in few scenes. Editing is jerky. Anup’s background score is pretty mediocre. There is no story and the screenplay is boring. The direction is amateurish. The production values are poor.

Analysis: Vennela Kishore who tasted a failure with his directorial debut “Vennela 1 ½” is back with another logic less and insane story. The movie raised expectations due to the stylish trailer and Brahmanandam factor. The movie starts on a confused note and after the first half an hour it becomes irritating and repetitive. The second half is very hard to tolerate. Brahmanandam who saved many films earlier could not save this as there are no proper scenes that establish his character nor entertainment. The Technical departments couldn’t save this content less film. Cinematography is okay in few places. Editing and Artwork are poor. Screenplay is boring. Anup Rubens came out with mediocre background score. The story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Direction are hopeless.

                     

                                 Vennela kishore hasn’t followed minimum basic rules which build a movie. Neither a Scene nor an emotion has worked well. Vennela kishore has failed out utterly. There is absolutely no entertainment. There are a couple of humorous dialogues/scenes but they are out of place. You can witness a couple of Facebook jokes which have been shared a hundred times. One cannot understand what church father ( Raghu babu) is doing there. Thagubothu Ramesh repeats his routine drunkard act and it’s horrible. The coffin comedy is unbearable. The only best part of the film is its short duration and it has no songs. It looks like a dragged short film shot on Digital Camera and watched on a big screen.

                          Poor Story telling by Vennela Kishore.

Reel guru Meter:

Story/Screenplay: 10%

Performances: 40%

Entertainment: 20%

Narration: 10%

Plus: Brahmanandam

Minus: Story, Screenplay, Direction

Verdict: Horrible Torture. Keep away from this illogical short Film.

Reviewed by

Vinay

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ARVIND 2 Movie Review

Review

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Banner: Sri Vijayabheri Productions

Cast: Sree, Srinivas Avasarala, Kamal Kamaraju, Madhavi latha, Adonika, Srilekha

Cinematography:Rajendrababu

Music: Vijay Koorakula

Producer: G. Ravi

Written and Directed by: Shekkar Suri

CBFC rating: ‘A’

Release Date: 29-03-2013

Story: A group of friends go to Dandeli forest (Karnataka) for camping and everyone goes missing except Arvind (Sree). All his friends get killed brutally by an unidentified person. Arvind along with a film Director (Srinivas Avasarala) and his crew goes to the same forest to shoot a movie. Arvind starts investigating about his missing group members. What happens after that is what the story is about?

Performances: Sree is okay. Madhavi latha has been wasted. Srinivas Avasarala is decent. Kamal is okay. Adonika and Srilekha provided the required glamour. Benerjee and surya fitted in their roles. The Cinematography is top class. Music by Vijay is loud and dominated the scenes many times. Art work and editing are okay. Story is simple but the way it was narrated is okay to some extent. The Direction is good in few places. The production values are good.

Analysis: The Director Shekkar Suri who gained every one’s attention with the thriller ‘A FILM By ARVIND’ came up with another thriller. The frames and Locations are similar to his earlier thriller with fearful loud re-recording and two glamorous dolls for the oomph factor. The movie is lengthy and thrillers need to be crisp to draw more attention. Some Scenes are lengthy and appeared dragged, some are repetitive. The opening killings set a mood for the film and once the story gets revealed the narration falls flat. Sree being chased by the goons in Goa was dragged to the extreme.

                Sree is okay in the role of the lead actor, he suited to the role. He definitely needs dubbing if he wants to continue acting in films. Kamal Kamaraju is good, he performed reasonably well. Srinivas Avasarala is subtle in expressions and dialogues. Madhavi latha got a poorly etched role. She has only one expression (looking feared) throughout. It has been long time she appeared on the screen. Adonika is hot in the song picturised on Kamal near the beach. Srilekha provided the required glamour. The remaining actors are okay.

               The Technical departments have done fairly good job. Cinematography by Rajendrababu is exceptionally well. The Camera angles are creative and take the audience into the thriller mood. Editing is okay but could have taken care of length (153 minutes), its bit lengthy. Art work is good with mostly outdoor locations in the jungle.  The story is simple but the director filled it with ‘n’ number of killings. The Director is heavily inspired from Hollywood flicks and tried to narrate it in Indian style. The bloodshed and killings is too much to bear at a point. Violence is at its peak in the second half. The Lack of Suspense and insufficient reason/logic behind the killings is a letdown. Shekkar suri has succeeded in making the Audience glue to their seats till the end but if only the second half could have been better this thriller could have turned into an interesting treat.

Reel Guru Meter:

Story/Screenplay: 50%

Performances: 60%

Entertainment: 20%

Narration: 60%

          This is not a better work from the Director who has given a seat edge thriller earlier. If you are thriller movie lover then give a try, watch the movie with less expectations to enjoy more.

Plus: Cinematography, some thrills

Minus: Story, Violence, repetitive scenes

Verdict: Below Average Thriller

Reviewed by

Vinay

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Swamy Ra.. Ra.. Movie Review

Review

Rating: 3.0/5.0

Banner: Lakshmi Narasimha Entertainments

Presented by: Shankar Chigurupati

Cast: Nikhil, Swathi, Pooja, Ravi babu, Jeeva and others

Art: Nagendra

Editing: Karthik Srinivas

Cinematography: Richard Prasad

Music: Sunny

Producer: Chakri Chigurupati

Story-Screenplay-Dialogues-Direction: Sudheer Varma

CBFC rating: ‘U/A’

Release date: 23-03-2013

Story: Surya (Nikhil) is a petty thief; he along with two of his team members does small time robberies. A precious idol from Padmanabhaswamy temple, Thiruvananthapuram gets stolen and it travels from one hand to another and finally reaches Hyderabad. Surya falls in love with Swathi (Swathi) a journalist. The idol comes to the hands of Surya and his team and a gangster Shankar is after them, what happens after that and how the chase ends up forms the story?

Performances: Nikhil was good, he underplayed the role well and suited to character of sophisticated thief. Swathi was cute and bubbly. Pooja and Ravi babu are okay. The remaining cast fitted well in their roles. Art work was okay. Editing was fine. Cinematography was good. Music by Sunny was very much helpful for the movie. The story is simple and the screenplay was interesting at times. The Direction was good.

Analysis: Nikhil was good, his look was completely changed and he hasn’t done his mark over action (imitating Raviteja), a lot of transformation can be seen in his action and diction. He underplayed the role well. Swathi was cute and good. She suited to the role well. Nikhil and Swathi were paired up for the first time and the on screen Chemistry between the pair is good. Their timing was perfect in most of the scenes. Pooja Ramachandran, SS Music anchor who earlier appeared in Pizza Movie was apt for the role and she has done justice to it. Ravi Babu has done typical gangster role and he was good. Jeeva and other supporting cast were okay. The Production values are low but the technicians made it look grand.

            Art work was fine and the Editing was crisp at times. The Cinematography is good. Some angles were creative. Some chasing scenes were shot on Digital camera and they looked reasonably good after DI. Music provided by the first timer Sunny has got good appreciation for classiness and different orchestration. The songs were in sync of the film’s mood. The Music literally lifted some scenes. The Background score was good.

             The Director was heavily inspired from Ramgopal varma’s flicks like Kshana Kshanam, Anaganaga Oka Roju, Daud, Money, Govinda Govinda etc; the narrative style was also similar in most scenes. The debutant director succeeded in pulling off the film with strong technical crew. Even though most of the scenes were inspired/ copied from past hit films. The Director should be lauded for admitting the truth by putting a note in the start of the film that he copies the scenes from the films that impress him. He narrated a serious subject with lively and fresh scenes, a love thread in between and subtle humour. The technicians helped in giving a class touch. The crew is fresh and young and most of them were debutants as a result kind of rawness was visible in many scenes.

          The movie starts with the voice over of Nara Rohith. The Jogi brothers’ scene was impressive. The first half was good with racy narration and subtle love. The second half has lags in few episodes. The climax and the pre-climax was stretched a bit, it may bore you. The Movie appeals to ‘A’ centers and Multiplexes. We have to wait for the response of the masses to know the actual Box office stamina.

Reel guru Meter:

Story/screenplay: 60%

Performances: 70%

Entertainment: 40%

Narration: 60%

Plus: Music, Performances, Narration

Minus: lag in few episodes in second half

Verdict: Can watch it once for the stylish making

Reviewed by

Vinay

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