Vedam ****1/2

A masterpiece. Krish, with his second directorial venture 'Vedam' has given tollywood cinema a new lease of life.

Combined with a very wonderful style of story narration and equally power packed performances from each actor who shows up on the screen, Vedam keeps you wanting for more. The story holds the audience till the end, and once out into the real world, it is to make you think for sure.

Panchakshari **

Anushka's show all the way - that is what Panchakshari is all about. She has put in good performance playing the double role in the movie. It can be compared to the other movies based on goddesses that Tollywood has produced, but has been given a different treatment. All other character artistes are just appropriate. It would have been nice if the movie had been to the current day technical standards,

Anushka looks ravishing in the 2nd half speaking telangana dialect and has acted very gracefully.Though an outdated story, its a sure shot hit with the family crowd, especially in the B&C centers.

Raavanan *** ; Raavan *1/2

This Maniratnam movie leaves you a tad disappointed with the story, but the technical areas are amazingly dealt with. One would surely be mesmerized with the visuals, lyrics and music score.

Vikram delivers a smashing performance as Veera - the leading protagonist in the Tamil version, and lives to the role of Dev in Hindi. As Beera in Hindi, Abhishek is a misfit, given his body language which does not match with the raw appeal that the character demands. Prithviraj as Dev in tamil is just ok and lacks the fierce expression that is needed. Aishwarya delivers the expected as Ragini and this surely is the best role in her career so far. Priyamani impresses with the short role she has in the movie. Other characters have been aptly chosen in both the versions of the movie.

Cinematography and background score are the things that make you sit through the movie. The techincal values of Indian cinema attain new heights with this much awaited movie - Raavan(Hindi)/Raavanan(Tamil)/Villain(Telugu).

Andari Bandhuvayya **1/2

The Telugu movie 'Andari Bandhuvayya' is a goodie-good movie about making the people around you happy. The lead actors - Sharvanand and Padmapriya have acted well. Senior actor Naresh delivers a decent performance. Couple of songs are hummable and the movie is a good family entertainer.

Singam *

The much hyped Tamil movie Singam (Yamudu in Telugu) with Surya, Anushka, Prakashraj as the main characters - from director Hari - fails to impress and looks like a ripped off version of Hari's earlier hit "Saamy". All character and situations are the same as in the latter.

Worth giving a miss, unless you are a Surya fan who just wants to see Surya and Anushka's sizzling chemistry !

Rajneeti **1/2

A modern day Mahabharata set in a trendy political background, that might even remind one of Godfather and also the South Indian movie 'Thalapathy'. Power packed first half, but the second half lacks the punch and towards the end the movie slopes onto the boring side.

All the hand-picked actors do deliver good performances. This Prakash Jha style movie could have been much much better had the second half been edited slickly. A very hyped movie which might not satisfy all the audiences, but worth a watch for Jha's fans.

Golimaar **

This tollywood movie inspired by the life of encounter specialist Daya Nayak is very close to the incidents in his life. Puri Jagannadh the director needs to get out of the 'Pokiri' hangover atleast now. Gopichand excels in the role of a tough cop, while Priyamani sticks to her skin show. Roja and Nazer are wasted. Kelly Dorjee is his usual self and seems to have become the reel world don of telugu and tamil films.

The movie is interesting with its own twists n' turns. It deserves a 3 star, but the 2nd half where the cop transforms from gangaram to gangubhai, and the incidents that unravel thereon make the movie a fiasco.