City Buzz: TV9 Rajni Kanth's Over Action

TV9 Rajni Kanth is getting negative feedback from the fans of Chiranjeevi and also the general public. They say that it is fair till he informed the people about Srija's marriage. But asking the reporters standing at Chiranjeevi's house, "How are the feelings of the people coming in and going out there?", '"Is Srija in Shirdi for darshan or in Bangkok with Honeymoon package?"….The questions of this sort disgusted many as per the opinions.

People are saying TV9 Rajni Kanth is doing over action. But still they are not changing the channel from TV9. Although scolding Rajni Kanth, they are tempted and addicted to watch only TV9. That's how Rajni Kanth is making people sit before TV sets with TV9 on monitor for hours together.

And that's what TV9 requires. That is not bothering if Rajni Kanth is doing over action or under action.

Trade Talk: Hopes Going Despairs

The newly released 'Athidhi' got grand openings all over. The talk of the film is 'average' and people are saying, 'can be watched once'. That's enough for the film to pick up, say trade circles. The other film 'Tulasi' is not getting digested by many. Many say that there is mismatch of action, comedy and sentiment in the film. Some say that Venkatesh, the family hero playing action role turned a minus. The entire film turned complete dramatic without conviction, say others. Although the film made 100 percent collections in the first 3 days has seen a drop now. The talk on the film is also not supportive for better collections of the film.

The other film 'Pellaindi Kaani' of EVV Satyanarayana has bitten the mud. It proved to be an utter flop of the season. The blame should be pushed on producer Narasimha Rao for not doing proper publicity and the next blame should be pushed on EVV for choosing such a story line and projecting Allari Naresh as mad guy.

The collections of 'Bhayya' turned down miserably. Chirutha is also seeing big drop in collections. 'Happy Days' is still doing well with whopping collections all over. It proved to be the most successful film of the season.

It's Chiranjeevi's Followers Those Leaked

It is said that the followers of Chiranjeevi leaked the information that Shirish has criminal background of kidnapping a minor girl in 2002. At that time he was just 16. Sources said that they have brought the police case issue to Allu Aravind without letting that known to media in hurry. It's only left to Allu Aravind to decide whether to leak the criminal background of Shirish to public or not. Allu Aravind asked to call the media and let them known. Only then media came to know about this and they started probing into it. Now there is no public sympathy for Shirish.

The only way left for him is to send back the girl, if she realizes that she betrayed herself and her parents. If the girl still likes him, then he has to leave the state. But the sources say that he had already left the state along with Srija on Thursday after staying in Amberpet on Wednesday in friend's place.

Mahesh Babu's Athidi Movie Review

Film: Athidhi

Cast: Mahesh Babu, Amrutha Rao, Murali Sharma, Ashish Vidyarthi, Ajay, Rajiv Kanakala, Kota, Benerjee, Naazar, Sunil, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav etc
Editing: Gowtham Raju
Camera: Sameer Reddy
Art: Srinivas Raju
Story: Vakkantham Vamshee
Dialogues: Abburi Shiva
Music: Mani Sharma
Producer: Ramesh Babu
Direction-Screenplay: Surender Reddy
Released On: 18th Oct 2007

Story:
The story of the film opens in Delhi. An orphan boy finds shelter in the house of a couple (Rajeev Kanakala and his wife). Their daughter is Amrutha (Amrutha Rao as a child). They all live happily together for a few days. They name that orphan boy as Athidhi. But unexpectedly, Amrutha’s parents get killed by an early teenage sadist murderer. The guy kills them for not giving sufficient money when demanded on road. Athidhi tries to catch him but his efforts go vain. The killer escapes in masquerade. But looking at the pistol in the hands of young Athidhi , people believe him to be the killer of those wife and husband. Amrutha also believes the same.

After a few years, Amrutha grows up and becomes a painter. She lives with Nazar, the Home Minister’s family. She happens to encounter Athidhi (Mahesh Babu) as her savior. The theme is normal that she falls in love with him. She doesn’t know that he is the same guy who lived in her home for a few days. She takes him to her home later. Then he comes to know that he is at right place. But he doesn’t reveal the fact that he is the same boy. His mission is to put an end to the murderer of Amrutha’s parents. He finally knows that he is Kaiser is the gangster. Who is Kaiser? Where he lives? How he looks? How he operates kidnap and murder deeds sitting in remote? Breaking all these shells takes us to the grand finale of the film. How Athidhi reveals the truth to Amrutha? All this makes the rest of the film. Several twists and turns also appear good in the film.

Performances:
Mahesh Babu is at his best. His histrionics are marvelous. He developed more confidence in dialogue delivery. His dialogues are with full punch and power.

Amrutha Rao is sensible. She has some Manisha Koirala features. She proved to be good performer as well.

New villain on Telugu screen Murali Sharma did well as Ajay Sastry, a police officer. He is very good actor who tuned famous with the Deepak Tijori’s TV serial ‘Rishtey’. His popularity started with the eunuch’s role in Indra Kumar’s ‘Masti’. So far he acted in films like Main Hoon Na, Black Friday, Rewind, King of Bollywood, The Rising.

Ashish Vidyarthi spilled villainy along with laughs. He is given a typical get up in the film with long netted hair. He acted as associate to main villain Kaizer.

But our tall guy Ajay, although present in the film, is not given bigger role.

Cinematography by Sameer Reddy is good in some frames. Especially in the scene before climax where heroine’s sister gets killed, camera worked out well.

Music by Mani Sharma is disappointing this time. Mahesh has been saying, “Mani never disappointed me”. But this time he disappointed Mahesh and his fans as well. Tracks are old and BGMs appear to be routine. The song ‘Rathraina Naaku Ok..’ on Malaika Arora Khan is the only bit that is good.

We recall Malleeshwari to some extent while watching the film in second half. Direction by Surender Reddy is average. It became difficult for him to carry with the long story line of the film. He always kept his mind on bringing depth in every frame but he failed to develop a strong knitting point between the scenes. That’s the part of screenplay where he fumbled. But his effort in thinking something different is understood.

Notable mistake:
In the heroine introduction scene, Melkote explains himself as a bald headed man. But where is bald head for him? Director seems to be inattentive to this dialogue.

Highlights for Masses:

• Venu Madhav’s comedy while asking for hot coffee
• Broken beer bottle episode in Brahmanandam-Sunil scene
• Surender Reddy’s idea in focusing on throat of Benerjee during his death
• Fight between Mahesh Babu and Ashish Vidyarthi, just before the latter’s death
• Death of Amrutha’s sister
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Analysis:
It’s a 2 hr 51 minute movie with heaviness in action episodes, subtleness in little comedy and some appropriateness in sentiment. On a whole it turns to be a considerable film but shouldn’t go with the expectations of Pokiri or Athadu. It’s a movie of its own standard.

First half of the film is with action episodes followed by some routine fights and some love track scenes between the hero and heroine. As the film approaches interval, seriousness starts surrounding. Second half is with heaviness of action. Though there is some comedy that is not sufficient.

First half of the film is about 1 hr 23 minutes in length while second half is about 1 hr 28 seconds. The interval bang in the film is interesting. The climax is prolonged. Coming to the comedy track in the film there are two tracks-with Venu Madhav and Sunil-Brahmanandam. They spill laughs for the brief time they appear on screen. But still there is no enough comedy that a commercial flick of this range should have. The film has the appeal to attract masses. Villainy of Murali Sharma is impressive.

The minus point in the film is lack of sufficient comedy, weak music and long story line. The plus point is Mahesh Babu.

The film appeals this way for different set of audiences:

• Masses: They say it’s long film but action part is good. They also say that comedy is good although short.
• Women: They say Sunil-Brahmanandam’s comedy is vulgar and violence is disgusting
• Class Audience: They say it’s heavy
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Orkutters condemn Chiru’s new son-in-law

It seems like a genuine case of the real world spilling over onto the wired world. The Orkut scrapbook belonging to G. Sirish Bharadwaj, who recently got married to Chiranjeevi’s younger daughter Sreeja is now overflowing with hate messages posted by angry Orkut members, a majority of them being fans of Chiranjeevi. Orkutters are having a field day at the expense of G Sirish Bharadwaj, whose scrapbook bears a tagline “Name Says It All”. Sirish’s scrapbook is now filled with hate messages from Chiru’s fans and people in general. Most of the messages are unprintable and highly abusive from Orkutters who believe that Sreeja is cheated.

In fact, the forum has now turned into a no-holds barred profanity-spewing contest in which both parties are actively involved in slandering each other. Apart from this, there are also Orkutters who have begun creating fake profiles just for the purpose of flaming the message boards. One of them has also attempted to impersonate Sirish by creating a fake profile of his. Reads one of the anti-Sirish messages on the scrapbook, “You fool, how do you think you are going to support her? You don’t even have a job.” In fact, groups supporting Chiranjeevi are teaming up with each other to collectively spam the scrapbooks of individual supporters of Sirish.

There are also those who believe that the youngsters have taken an irresponsible and immature decision by not informing the parents of their marriage. According to the comment posted by an Orkutter, “You should have waited and got settled professionally in life before embarking upon marriage.” In fact many users posted common threads that highlight the very young age of the couple and how they are “so unprepared for what life has in store for them”. A user said, “A week in the real world without the parents will be all it takes to make them realise the enormity of the impulsive action they have taken and get them both back to their respective parents.”

While the majority of the messages on Sirish’s scrapbook are of a condemning nature, there are also a few that are not so. Some young Orkutters have commended Sirish for what they call a ‘gutsy move taken by a youngster who was aware of his responsibilities’. In fact, an elderly gentleman, who also happens to be an Orkutter says, “Parents should not come in the way of the children deciding what they want to do with their lives. Upto a certain age, we can play the part of the guardian, but after a certain age, we are only facilitators of some needs that they have. If the couple has the courage to take on life, let them do so.”

Scrap war
Some of the scraps posted on Orkut

* Praveen alleges, “In 2002, Sirish was accused of kidnapping a girl called Anvita. He denied it saying that he had only married her and not kidnapped her. But as he was minor at that time, he was booked under Section 363 of the IPC, under kidnapping and house harassment and was jailed for four days. He later came out on bail.”

* Hari says, “Chiranjeevi will commit suicide after this.”

* Says Mr. Srinivas, “Come and touch the feet of Chiranjeevi. He is a nice person, He will understand and forgive you.

* A user named Pure Heart says “Sreeja you made a mistake. You both proved that you don’t have any respect for your parents.”

* Even Sirish has posted a comment saying, “Thanks for your blessings. Please don’t harass my family and friends. You will understand what I did only if you love somebody. I didn’t even know that Sreeja was Chiranjeevi’s daughter for the first six months after I met her.”

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