More Talk - Less Action

Olivea Travels From Bangalore to Hyderabad Monday April 30, 2012.

1. The much hyped internet connection did not work. Apparently, the internet access point was th...read more
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Not Quite King

Truth be told, I bought this insanely big book of Stephen King not because I am a fan of his writing. It had an eerie resemblance to resemblance to one of my al...read more

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Ayan works!

Aayan starts off on a high note. Right from the first scene you are taken on a roller coaster ride into the world of illegal trafficking of diamonds and pirated...read more

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Arundhati - Take a deep breath

Arundhati has a lot going for it. The producer M. S. Reddy is known to have lavish budgets for his movies. He is also a great CGI fan and churns out graphics st...read more

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Parugu - Pretty Good

Parugu is a nice clean entertainer right from the word Go. The movie slowly but brilliantly builds the case for a dramatic showdown at the climax –only to end i...read more

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Okka Magaadu - Avoid like plague

Let us start with a helicopter in which a minister of the state is traveling. It develops a snag and has to land in the middle of nowhere. When it does do the e...read more

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Kkiderman

"Great expectations" is one of the traps that most reviewers fall into

• They believe that with great franchises come great movies and finally

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Stalin - Lifeless...

A R Murugadoss of Ghajini fame teams up with Anjana Productions, the home banner of Megastar Chiranjeevi, in Stalin - The Man for the Society. The prerelease cr...read more

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Oh Hollywood... You crack me up!

Just now finished watching a 2004 thriller or action or sentiment or drama or whatever-genre-you-want-to-call-this movie called "The Forgotten". Well, there is ...read more

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An Open Letter to Rajamouli

Dear Rajamouli, This is the first time in my life that I am writing an open letter. In fact I believe that such open letters do not serve any purpose at all – o...read more

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Soulful Violence

There are action packed screenplays with violence as thecentral theme and then there are screenplays where violence is the soul.Everything else is just superfic...read more

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Mission Unbelievable

Normally I try to be pretty patient while writing a review. I try to cover all aspects of the movie and come up with a near objective analysis. However, Mission...read more

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Hasta La Vista, Baby

"Dad" "Yes sweetheart. What's up?" "What is Vista?" "Vista?" "Yes. I mean Windows Vista.." "Oh Windows Vista. It is an operating system." "Like XP?" "Yes. Vista...read more

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Pokiri - Violence Glorified

Jayaprada theatre in Chennai was a sight to behold today.The crowd was simply unstoppable with fans dancing on the seats – well forexactly the first five minute...read more

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Short Review on Dollar Bahu

Agreed. The only reason why I bought this book was that Madam was boss's wife. Here is a short review. This novel celebrates the concept of stereotypes in a big...read more

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Rang De Basanti - Rocks

Many a year ago, there was a small kid who asked his father – “Papa, why do people cry?” – His father replied solemnly, “It is som...read more

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Athadu - Could Have Been Great

I broke the oath I had taken earlier of not watching any Telugu movie, in a moment of insanity when I saw the booking counter wide open in Casino theatre of Che...read more

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Sarkar - Mixed Bag

I saw Sarkar today. Before I start my expressing my views, let me state the usual disclaimer. I am a big God Father fan. I practically grew up on a staple diet ...read more

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Anniyan - Good Movie

It is true that I had very high expectations from this movie because of the amazing reviews on the net and equally over the top feedback from my friends. So I d...read more

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Bose - Butchered

Years ago, when I was a small kid my mother took me a movie called “Kumkuma Tilakam”. It was third degree Chinese torture. By the time the movie end...read more

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