Idlebrain reviews
80 reviews of Indian films, average rating 3.3/5.
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Rajnikanth movies are known for creating magic on screen with nice story and punch dialogues. Though the intention is to create a good content, the magic in Lingaa is missing.
Read the full reviewMeher Ramesh who made sure that there is a big canvas and unlimited budget to mount this story, didnt get the emotions and screenplay right.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is okay though the conflict point is revealed only in the interval block. Second half is predictable with a sentimental climax.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the movie is full of fun and frolic. Second half has family orientation and goes on a routine track. This movie is all about little nuances about psychology and fun.
Read the full reviewThe take-off of the film is really interesting. But the unfolding of the story is not gripping.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the movie sets the plot up and it is entertaining. There are ups and downs in the second half, but the entertainment provided by Mahesh Babu, Brahmanandam and MS Narayana takes care of it.
Read the full reviewFirst half of Oosaravelli is nice with decent entertainment. The foundation of the story which comes in the second half should have been stronger.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the movie is neat and satisfactory. The extended gay track become a stumbling block for the narration in the second half. Ravi Babu succeeds in narrating the story with sprinkled humor and mellifluous music.
Read the full reviewSiddharth looks young and neat as an youngster who protects his friend who is a girl and fall in love with another girl at the same time. First half of the film is okay. The main conflict point is revealed in the second half.
Read the full reviewFirst half is fun and good. Second half has emotions. The director Parasuram has succeeded in setting up the stage right by the interval.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is decent. The motive in the second half is not strong enough, hence it will not connect to the average audiences. Pawan Kalyan and technical values are the strengths of the movie.
Read the full reviewPuri Jagan is a daring director and Mahesh Babu is a directors actor/star. Puri Jagan has introduced new format with this film where the dependence is more on dialogues and characterization and less on story and dramatics.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the movie is entertaining. Second half is okay, but its lengthy and redundant due to single orientation. However, the climax of the film is good though extended one.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is nice and classy. Second half is ok with commercial twists. The narration of the film is slow. Plus points are good characterizations, nice screenplay, cinematography and music.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is highly entertaining. Second half has some story. Looks like this film is made with the sole purpose of entertainment with a workable script.
Read the full reviewEndukante Premanta heavily borrows story and scenes from a Hollywood chick film titled Just Like Heaven (2005).
Read the full reviewThis is a typical Priyadarshan kind of script and it takes amazing comic timing from the director to make it work. Director JD Chakri couldnt get it right in establishing characters in an impact making way.
Read the full reviewWhen Rajamouli attained the peak of his popularity by delivering Magadheera after doing consecutive hits, he didnt go after stars. He has taken the route a very few commercially super successful directors would dare to.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is thoroughly entertaining. The second half is all about the duel between the hero and villain. Its good.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is okay. Interval bang is interesting. The strategies and screenplay should have been more effective in the second half. The plus points are the performance of Bala Krishna.
Read the full reviewSince its a bio-pic, Shirdi Sai should not be viewed like a commercial film. Every one of us have the curiosity to know more about Sai Baba. We might have read some books.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is nice and it establishes the conflict points. The second half is also nice, but for a few dull moments.
Read the full reviewRebel is an revenge-based action film. Prabhas is known as one of the best mass stars of Telugu cinema. Lawrences movies are known to appeal to the raw senses of mass movie lovers. Rebel is no exception.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is alright. The second half is explosive. Its a completely clean film from Puri Jagan. There are four best scenes in the film (1.
Read the full reviewFirst half of Mirchi is decent. Flashback episode which occupies 80% of second half is good. Climax could have been better. The plus points of the film are Prabhas, music and all-round orientation.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is okay. Second half is entertaining the moment Brahmanandams character is introduced. The entire psycho splitism episode featuring Brahmanandam is the lifeline of the movie.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is entertaining. The beginning of second half meanders due to lack of story (all time-pass scenes like Brahmanandam-Ali are inserted). Movie has an interesting twist towards the climax.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is entertaining. Second half has story, mass elements and emotions. The pre-climax and climax episodes are entertaining.
Read the full reviewSingam which is a sequel to Yamudu film has a racy screenplay to start with. The links between the ending of Yamudu and beginning of Singam are well established.
Read the full reviewI found the film is interesting till the scene of hero entering Pakistan. I also liked the climax part of it which lasts for over half an hour.
Read the full reviewOm 3D is a simple revenge story narrated with lot of twists in back-and-forth screenplay. I wish that emotional content would have had more depth.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is fun. Second halfs pace goes a little slow, but picks up during climax where all loose ends are tied together. Plus points of the film are Manoj Manchus performance, dialogues and entertainment.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film deals with action and romance episodes. Second half has entertainment and family orientation. Doosukeltha is a film that follows commercial format of entertainment movies to a T.
Read the full reviewVenkatesh has done many comedy characters earlier, but most of them have class and middle-class family orientation.
Read the full reviewD for Dopidi is one film that defies the routineness of Telugu cinema, yet delivers an entertaining content. The runtime of the film is just 1 hour and 45 minutes and there are no songs (except for 2 songs during end-titles).
Read the full reviewD for Dopidi is one film that defies the routineness of Telugu cinema, yet delivers an entertaining content. The runtime of the film is just 1 hour and 45 minutes and there are no songs (except for 2 songs during end-titles).
Read the full reviewD for Dopidi is one film that defies the routineness of Telugu cinema, yet delivers an entertaining content. The runtime of the film is just 1 hour and 45 minutes and there are no songs (except for 2 songs during end-titles).
Read the full reviewD for Dopidi is one film that defies the routineness of Telugu cinema, yet delivers an entertaining content. The runtime of the film is just 1 hour and 45 minutes and there are no songs (except for 2 songs during end-titles).
Read the full reviewIts been a long time since we saw a commercially acceptable small budgeted pure/sweet love story that is packaged well and presented it to the movie lovers with proper release strategy.
Read the full review1 Nenokkadine is not an universal film like Dookudu. It belongs to psychological thriller genre. Its also a multi-layered movie. On the flip side, the sluggish narration and excessive runtime hampers the tempo.
Read the full reviewMovie starts off in an interesting mode. First half is alright. Second half has pretty good emotional elements .
Read the full reviewHeart Attack is one of the few Puri Jagans films where the characterization of hero is consistently and convincingly maintained from the first frame to last frame.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is okay. Interval bang is good. Second half has powerful moments and emotionally charged scenes.
Read the full reviewMohan Babu is a superb actor. After M Dharmaraju MA and Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary, this is the most compelling character he has done in his career.
Read the full reviewInitial half of the first half is entertaining. Interval fight is pretty heavy. Second half is neatly done. The last 20 minutes of the film which features Brahmanandam gives a high.
Read the full reviewInitial half of the first half is entertaining. Interval fight is pretty heavy. Second half is neatly done. The last 20 minutes of the film which features Brahmanandam gives a high.
Read the full reviewThe script of Manam works even if 3 generations of a family doesnt act in it.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is dry. Second half is alright. Plus points of the film are performances and second. An engaging first half would have set the right mood.
Read the full reviewDrushyam is going to be his first such movie where a decent content-based film is made on a reasonable budget. This film is going to be a case study for Telugu film industry.
Read the full reviewAlludu Seenu is a formula-driven script that caters to all sections of audiences and it corporates all kinds of emotions.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is a little disappointing. Second half is better. A few of Brahmanandams scenes are handled well. Plus points of the film are NTRs performance and a few of Brahmis episodes in 2nd half.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film offers entertainment and second half has emotions and action sequences. Plus points of the film are entertainment and commercial elements.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is engaging with Mahesh Babu entertainment. Second half should have been better. Plus points of the film are Mahesh Babu and entertainment.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is engaging with Mahesh Babu entertainment. Second half should have been better. Plus points of the film are Mahesh Babu and entertainment.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is average. Second half is entertaining. Plus points of the film are entertainment and screenplay in second half.
Read the full reviewOka Laila Kosam is a kind of script that works only with magic moments and a gripping screenplay. Some of the moments in the film are good. But an engaging screenplay is required for the second half to work well.
Read the full reviewCurrent Theega is a colorful village entertainer that has something for everybody. You may watch it!
Read the full reviewCurrent Theega is a colorful village entertainer that has something for everybody. You may watch it!
Read the full reviewThough starts off on a unimpressive note, the first half of the film is nice and entertaining with Karunakarans trademark episodes. Second half goes awry as the story happens in Barcelona.
Read the full reviewSrikanth Addala who has delivered films with natural moments and undercurrent drama has upped the action quotient to deliver Mukunda.
Read the full reviewPlus points of the film are rare genre (satire on god and blind believes), Pawan Kalyan and Venkatesh. The weak points are not-so-arresting screenplay and prolonged climax. I have seen the original Oh My God.
Read the full reviewTemper is a film about bad guy reforming himself. The episodes of bad guy are entertaining and episodes of good guy are intense. NTR plays the unique role of villain/hero in this film.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is nice. Second half is little slow. Plus points of the film are good technical standards, great production values, songs and stylized content.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is alright with nice screenplay. The main story is revealed in the second half. Its slow.
Read the full reviewInterval episode is interesting. Second half has many episodes that exhilarate fans. Lion is a film that completely revolves around Balakrishna and depends on his performance.
Read the full reviewPandaga Chesko is a film with good interval twist and some laughs here and there. Plus points of the movie are performance by Ram and family orientation. But, story and scenes in the movie lack freshness.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is has class and romance with a superb interval block. Second half has nice emotions and action sequences.
Read the full reviewPlus points are Nithin, basic plot and a couple of thrilling episodes in the second half. The romance thread in the film offers no freshness.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is smooth with plot thickening as interval approaches. Second half deals with hero proving certain things in order to save his family.
Read the full reviewSaving the world is a concept thats very ambitious in Telugu cinema.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film is nice with a good narration and an interesting screenplay. We expect the proceedings in second half to intensify as the climax progresses.
Read the full reviewThough story of the film is routine, the screenplay of the film is completely different. Its a brave decision to have such a different look and characterization for NTR.
Read the full reviewI havent seen Thani Oruvan and I havent bothered to know about story as well. Hence whatever I have written here is from a fresh perspective.
Read the full reviewWhen you have a superstar like Mahesh and an alleged budget of 120 crores, one expects a film that matches the grandeur in terms of storytelling and subject. Spyder turned out to be a vigilante film with less scope for heroism.
Read the full reviewJai Lava Kusa must be the most satisfying film for NTR as an actor. It gives him a lot of scope for exploit his unlimited acting skills. Plus points of the film are basic story idea and Jai character.
Read the full reviewKoratala Siva understands the body language and strengths of Mahesh Babu very well and writes a script that suits the personal sensibilities and body language of Mahesh Babu (just like the way he understood and presented the…
Read the full reviewOopiri is a film thats extremely difficult to execute in Telugu. The team of Vamsi Paidipally, Nagarjuna and PVP (key decision makers of this project) have trusted it and went on to make it with full conviction.
Read the full reviewFirst half of the film runs in a passive mode till the leads meet at interval. Second half has a few engaging scenes, but becomes flat as climax approaches.
Read the full reviewI havent seen the original film Kaththi. First half of the film is nicely balanced with entertainment and content. Second half gets into serious mode as the story intensifies.
Read the full reviewKoratala Siva understands the body language and strengths of Mahesh Babu very well and writes a script that suits the personal sensibilities and body language of Mahesh Babu (just like the way he understood and presented the…
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