my movie reviews (ragada ragada)

Ragada has Nagarjuna playing a guy from Kadapa who speaks in the Telangana dialect. It's so illogical that you know that the director must also be aware of that, and all your Telugu movie-watching experience tells you that it will be explained in the end, and that the explanation will be a load of BS. Well, it's not. Explained, that is. That's like someone you have contempt for, not even remembering your name. That also explains the IQ behind Ragada in general. Nagarjuna's last release disappeared from the theatres in 3-4 weeks, and Ragada looks like it'll plumb the same depths. Made on a shoestring script and lavish denial, it happily believes in itself. The film has no strong core theme or structure, it doesn't care about appearing even remotely logical, it completely lacks romance, and the plot requires an IQ close to your mobile number to understand it. Plus, there's formula all around - 2 heroines, completely uninspired songs, ridiculous fights, and a hero made out to be God. If it were not for a comedy track featuring Brahmanandam, this movie would set your life back by a few years. Satya (Nagarjuna) is a native of Kadapa who lands in Hyderabad and directly runs into a gang war with shootouts happening. He single-handedly beats up all the goons of one side, and no one shoots him even though he's a sitting duck - the general theme of the movie. The leader of the other side, GK, is grateful to him, and makes him a partner in business. A lot of villians are now introduced, and very soon you lose track of who is against whom and for what. In the process Satya runs into Sireesha (Anushka), who falls in love with him.You also figure out that Satya has a violent flashback in Kadapa (like everyone else in Andhra Pradesh). Also entering Satya's life with her parents and brother is Ananthalakshmi (Priyamani), an orthodox brahmin girl who he rescues from some goons in his spare time. This appears pretty much like a sidetrack to the main story, but quickly everything gets entangled with everything else, and to all the issues in your life that make you feel inadequate and worthless, the plot of this one gets added. Standing out in Ragada is the hero speaking in the Telangana dialect - perhaps the first time that a mainstream hero has done in Tollywood. And in a bid to avoid alienating other audiences in these troubled times, the hero's native place is shown to be Kadapa. And, like we said, things are left at that. Director Veeru Potla doesn't see any other issues, like perhaps audiences wondering why a person brought up in Kadapa would speak the dialect of another region. More importantly, this is attention-grabbing in itself, and distracts from the actual movie. The film seems incoherent for the most part, with too many characters plotting too many things. The movie is rated A, too, and there's a reason for it - plenty of gory violence. And a lot of it meaningless, confusing, and incapable of engaging you. As we've said, there are numerous villians, no one of them is characterized strongly enough for you to await his decimation by the hero, and that results in a strong good-evil core premise missing. The fights themselves are also way too unrealistic even by Tollywood standards - the climax fight particularly so. While the comedy, especially involving Brahmanandam, is generally entertaining, the dialogue-writing oscillates between good and mediocre, with the latter increasingly predominant - the dialogues in the climax are particularly a feast for people wanting to die. Nagarjuna is his usual self, but the movie has the feel of an ode to him - constant lines praising his looks, including by the villians, make the film feel more like a resuscitation effort for the career of the star than like professional story-telling. Anushka and Priyamani look like they've been shoehorned in; there's no courtship - an evergreen draw - and there's no role for them except for the glamour factor. Actors like Kota too are wasted with pointless presences, and Brahmanandam ends up being the best part of the movie. The songs are forced into the movie in the most archaic manner of Tollywood, and the music is painfully mass-y. Also, for a film that tries to be politically correct, Ragada makes too much fun of brahmins. On the whole, this one is likely to have only a blink-and-miss presence in theatres, and even if you don't blink, you should miss it.

MY FAVORITE BOOKS (1)

my mother inculcated the reading habit in me a couple of years back.before that my reading was limited to comics like Astrix,Tin-tin,,Phantom Amarchitra kathas.my mother brought me some books and made me read them.ever since i have read a lot of books.my favorite among them is is the 'Harry Potter' series written by the British novelist j.k.rowling .there are 7 books in this series .each book is interesting in its own way.there have been 7 films released based on the books.director David Yates has done very well in the cinematic adaptation of the books.

                           the film i like the most is one based on the 6 part 'Harry Potter and the half blood prince.'the 6 part has a lot of twists and turns in the story.it involves in the search of horcruxes by Harry and principal of Hogwarts that is Dumbledore.there are hundreds of characters in the fantasy film.the one i like is Sirius black.he is the godfather of harry.he is a person of dignity and poise.

                                                       hope everyone of you have read the Harry Potter series  but if anyone of you haven't still read the 6 part go ahead and do so.you will certainly be amazed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW YEAR resolutions

every year i make a few new year resolutions only to invariably break them later.this year my top resolution is "TO STOP BITING NAILS."i do not know when and how i got this habit but its been stuck with me since a couple of years but recently my MOM has been screaming her head off because of this.she tried applying some nasty solutions to my nails..........which smell horrible and taste yuck...........but alas!even that didn't stop me.she says that i can get rid of it only by strong will.so i keep my fingers crossed and hope i succeed in overcoming this habit.

tension relieved

the Sri Krishna committee gave its final report to the home minister today.the whole of A.P was waiting with bated breath only to be told that we have to wait till jan 6th to know  what the  report says.let us all hope and pray that 2011 brings our state peace and happiness.WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS.

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