'NTR,Hansika Kantri Review'

Story :
Pothuraju alias PR(Prakash raj) kills a close friend &his family and rob their money.He leaves his family&village and after 20years he is a Don operating from Hong kong
involved in many illegal activities.His friend Seshu(Ashish Vidyarthi) looks after his activities in India.Kranti aka kaNTRi(NTR) is an orphan living in an orphanage run by Daiva
Sahayam(Kota Srinivasarao).He joins in PR gang and impress him within no time.When Kranti is in need of money to help a friend in critical condition,Seshu reject to
support him.Enraged Kranti forms his own gang and accept an offer to kill PR & his gang.When PR and Kranti come face to face and are ready to kill each other,Daiva
Sahayam reveals a secret about Kranti to PR.What's it & how it changes their plans for each other forms rest of the story.

Highlights:

NTR rocks in Kantri ! He is absolutely brilliant in every aspect.His unparalleled dancing abilities,killer looks,terrific performance in action sequences and excellent
dialogue delivery together made the film a treat to watch.
Debutant( for Telugu screen)director Meher Ramesh did a wonderful job as a writer& director.Unlike many other so-called Stylish directors,he stuffed the movie with Style &
substance resulting in some very enjoyable action episodes & confrontation scenes with heavy applause from audience.
Hansika is Ok,the love track between the lead pair isn't much impressive.Sexy Tanisha didn't impress much.
Music by Mani Sarma is Ok. Choreography for the songs Vayassunami,I go Crazy standsout.
Action(Stun Siva), Cinematography(Sameer Reddy) are impressive.
Comedy is less when compared to action but it is impressive.
First half is Very good.

Sidelights:
second half is just Ok.Though it has a pretty good dance number( I go Crazy) and a surprising twist towards the climax, the second half treads the beaten track with more
action scenes leaving less space to others.
The film is lengthy ( 2:45 mins)
& Just like any other mass film this film too has some serious logic errors but won't do much damage at the Box Office.

Etc.,
NTR is in attacking mode.kaNTRi has some dialogues which can send jitters in the industry circles & Politic sections.

Public Talk : A thorough entertainer for Fans & Masses.Paisa Vasool flick for all others.
Industry Talk : Super success assured.Good mass entertainer,Chopping the length will be much appreciated.

`The Great Khali` in Bollywood rink

Latest buzz doing the rounds is that WWE star ‘The Great Khali’ would be jumping in the Bollywood rink. The bulky fighter, who, lives in Atlanta, has earlier acted in a Hollywood movie 'The longest yard' and would debut in Bollywood's children adventure film, 'Ramma-The Saviour'.

Khali’s screen presence would be eagerly awaited by millions of his fans back home and abroad. The film also stars Sahil Khan and Tanushree Dutta.

Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan is said to have roped him to cheer for his team, which is going through a rough patch at IPL after several defeats.

According to sources, King Khan has offered Rs 3 crore to cheer for his team.

Recently, Khali invited Indians for a wrestling championship. Speaking at a news conference, Khali said "I was in body building earlier and that was my game then. Now, I am in WWE. Now I feel that somebody from India should come with me and wrestle with me there," said Khali.

Khali, 35, a native of Dhiriana village of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh arrived in New Delhi on Friday, en-route to his hometown for holiday. He is hailed as the tallest WWE wrestler at 7 feet 3 inches, weighs 190 kg and has also won the Mr India title in 1995 and 1996.

Shah Rukh to perform in Kolkata Thursday

Kolkata, May 6 : In a thanks-giving act, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will delight the audience at the Eden Gardens here Thursday with a 20-minute performance ahead of his Kolkata Knight Riders team's Indian Premier League (IPL) match with Bangalore Royal Challengers.

"Shah Rukh will be performing with his troupe for about 20 minutes before Thursday's match starts. We will put up a makeshift 30 ft x 20 ft stage just outside the boundary near F or J block in the gallery," Red Chillies event manager Mohammad Morani told Tuesday.

Sources at Red Chillies, a firm floated by the star, said Shah Rukh was overwhelmed with the support his team was receiving in Kolkata though they had suffered four defeats in a row. "So this performance is to thank the KKR supporters in Bollywood style," said a source.

"Actors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor have given their verbal consent to be part of the show. Besides, famous WWE wrestler Khali may also make a brief appearance at the show," sources said.

Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) joint secretary Amitabha Banerjee said: "We don't have a problem with Shah Rukh's performance if the arrangements don't interrupt ours."

But West Bengal Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty said: "Thursday is Pochishe Boishakh - the birth anniversary of poet Rabindranath Tagore. Kolkatans celebrate this day with Tagore's songs and poems. Shah Rukh's performance that day will not be in tune with the mood of Rabindra Jayanti."

Student from vijayawada brutally murdered in Britain

British police have launched a murder inquiry after finding the body of a 23-year-old woman, said to be of Indian origin from andhrapradesh(Vijatawada) in the city of Birmingham


West Midlands Police, which are responsible for the town, said Wednesday they have not been able to establish her identity but some media reports named her as Jyotirmayee Nagasibabu.

The reports said she came from Andhra Pradesh and was a student at the University of Wolverhampton.

Calls to the university, which appeared to be familiar with the case, were directed to the local police.

The police were called to a house on Montague Road in the area of Handsworth in Birmingham at 1645 hrs Wednesday, a police spokeswoman said.

She said a man was in hospital with injuries. His condition was described as stable.

A post-mortem examination was to be conducted on the woman later Wednesday.

Local press quoted Lal Miah, whose mother lives next door to the house, as saying: “From what I've heard it sounds like it was a fight between two people."

“The ambulance came and took one person away but we heard that one was still in there and it was a woman who had died."

“We couldn't believe it really. I didn't know the people who were there. I heard they were foreign and there were a total of four of them living there,” Lal Miah said.

Pawan Kalyan's 'Puli' begins shoot

Pawan Kalyan's Puli has begun its shooting. On May Day, the film's shoot has commenced. Directed by S J Surya, the film has Pawan Kalyan in dual roles. After seven years, the super hit combination of S J Surya and Pawan is repeating. Their last film Khushi was trendsetter and it made Pawan a youth icon then. In Puli, Pawan Kalyan plays cop and he also changed his hair-do accordingly. Heroine has not yet been finalized though. Singanamala Ramesh is the producer

Chiranjeevi decided 'Telugu Velugu' in Chennai?

Megastar Chiranjeevi was the centre of attraction of all eyes at the grand wedding of late L V Prasad‘s grand daughter Lakshmi Anandhi and Gautham at Valliammai Hall, in Chennai. The megastar came with his wife and stayed on till the rituals were over and posed with family members for photographs. The actor has done two films with Gemini Films and is close to the Prasad family.Chiranjeevi’s bond with Chennai is quite well-known. The actor’s wife too has spent a considerable part of her life in the city. Its told that Chiranjeevi had almost confirmed the party name as "Telugu Velugu'. If the rumours are to be believed true about TDP & Chiranjeevi's internally agreement to support each other post elections, Will 'Telugu Desam' and 'Telugu Velugu' together bring 'Desam' to 'Velugu' ?

'It feels wonderful', says second time dad Hrithik

Mumbai, May 2: Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan is over the moon at becoming father for the second time. Wife Susanne delivered a baby boy Thursday. Weighing 3.3 kg, the baby was born at the Lilavati Hospital. "It feels wonderful!" a jubilant Hrithik told from the hospital. "I never thought fatherhood the second time would be so special, so exhilarating. I can't take my eyes off the baby… He is soooooooo beautiful!!" Hrithik's voice brimmed over with paternal pride. Any disappointment for the fact that the second child wasn't a girl as Hrithik wanted? "Earlier, before the baby came, I did want a girl this time, yes. To complete the family picture. But the minute I saw my new baby's face I was as content as I could be… In fact he has already had his first photo-session, ha ha. The entire family of about 35 people except my dad is here. So we all gathered around the baby and the photographer went click click click. He seemed to really enjoy it." Another star from the Roshan family? "Probably," Hrithik chuckled happily. "All of us are here at the hospital. Only my dad is missing. He's in Santa Fe (US) hunting locations for our film 'Kites'. But we just e-mailed him a picture of the baby." And what's the baby going to be called? "Right now we haven't thought of any particular name. We're just so happy to see him healthy and happy. Both mom and child are fine. Susanne will be home in a day or two." This is the couple's second son. Their first son, Hrehaan, is two years old. Their mothers - Pinky Roshan and Zarine Khan - are ecstatic and making elaborate plans to welcome the baby to the Roshan House and then to the Khan villa in Juhu, a short distance away.

'Allu Arjun Parugu Review'

Story:

Rich&Powerful man in a village,Neelakantam(Prakash Raj)'s elder daughter(Poonam Bajwa) elopes with her boyfriend just before the muhurat of her marriage.Shocked
Neelakantam's family catch all the friends of her boyfriend to find the where abouts of the eloped couple.Krishna(Allu Arjun)is one among them.At first sight,He falls in love
with Neelakantam's younger daughter Meena(Sheela)without knowing any details about her.She is an innocent&timid girl who was blamed by all for her sister's mistake.But
Neelakantam is very careful now as he don't want it to happen again with his younger daughter.Who succeed - Krishna or Neelakantam ? forms the rest of the story.

Highlights:
Bhaskar who delivered a memorable movie Bommarillu with an iconic character Hasini comes this time with another sensitive issue but didn't succeed much.The movie is
based on ever burning topic of love marriages against parents wishes and the communication gap between the parents&children.Director Bhaskar tried to show the issue
from both the perspectives.
Allu Arjun once again done his brand of character,a happy go lucky guy.he performed well and his new hairdo is neat.
Music by Mani Sarma is just above average.A couple of songs standsout.
Vijay K.Chakravarthy's cinematography is very good.His lighting techniques are impressive.
Dialogue writer BVS Ravi did a commendable job.Dialogues are good in the first half and parts of second half.
Hero's friends gang Sunil&co's comedy is good.
First half is Good.

Sidelights:
Second half lacks proper direction.Except couple of scenes,it is boring,predictable&often confusing .
The story point is good but the plot woven around it cannot impress majority of the audience.Though the plot isn't that convincing in the first half , the writer&director duo
succeded in presenting it in an interesting manner with neat characterizations&impressive dialogues.But they failed to do so in the second half.
It may be a coincidence or whatever but one can draw similarities between the movie & a recent issue in the Mega Family.The movie shows the pain of a father,a
daughter who hurts&insults her father and of course,satires on recent trend of Arya Samaj marriages.
Heroine is another minus.
The movie runtime is almost 2hrs 50mins.

Public Talk: Below Average.
Industry Talk: Not upto the mark.Hardly it may break-even banking on the summer season but won't have a decent run.