Are Idlebain reviews still credible ?

idlebrain Jeevi is famous for his telugu movie reviews. Gone are the days where junta's decision of watching a movie relied on his review. Long back, idlebrain movie ratings and movie collections were directly propotional. Now you do not see any significant relation. And you also find many good sites which are faring better than Idlebrain either in reviews or industry updates.

In the past idlebrain, was unbiased towards high budget and star studded movies. These days we see idlebrain stamping a minimum rating of 3 to every top league hero acted movie. We also see those minimum ratings if the movie is produced by leading production houses. idlebrain also did avoid writing reviews of many movies in the recent past.

In the graph below you see that in last two years idlebrain has not rated even a single movie below 3.The number of movies reviewed annually have also come down drastically.

idlebrain Movie Ratings From 2000 - To Date

Web Traffic Rank 2011- To Date

The rating standards of idlebrain came down considerably. I think idlebrain does not have the guts to say that a particular movie is bad. idlebrain is trying to play safe and be nice to everyone. I might be wrong. This strategy definitely will not work. The web traffic to the site which is going down day by day proves that.

Movie Ratings 2009-To Date

Only 9% of the total movies among which idlebrain has rated have a rating below 3. Even those movies are rated in 2009. In 2010 and 2012 not even a single movie is rated below 3. Is idlebrain trying to convey that 91% of the movies which it has rated are decent enough to watch ??? I dont think so !!!!

Movie Ratings 2002-2004

In the time frame 2002-2004, idlebrain has rated almost half of the overall movies which it has rated, below 3. This is contrasting to the trend we saw above. I think these figures give us a more realistic sense. I think this very much answers the doubts relating to credibility of idlebrain reviews.

Long back, idlebrain used to published the review first on net. These days, its not just the reviews, even movie industry updates are published late. There are many months in a row where not even a single update is published.

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NTR BAADSHAH DANCE SHOOTING

NTR and Srinu Vaitla crazy combination Baadshah movie started its shooting in Europe. Few talkie scenes and songs were shot there recently. Some one caught the dance shooting in a cam and uploaded it in you tube. 

NTR has not done any good moves after Adhurs. Even Dammu did not have any good moves. Fans are eagerly waiting to watch Tarak in some extraordinary dance movies. NTR has a bit to catch up with Bunny in dancing. 

The video posted below is a 23 second video, where NTR rehearses for the step for a while and then dances with foreigners for around 10 seconds. It came out very well and you get to see people clapping for  NTR's steps.

You can watch the video here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tHBI98k4G9w

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Eega - Naku Nachaledu

Student No 1 cinema hit annaru. Hype vunna kotha hero , expectations lekunda vachi hit ayindhi anukunna.

Simhadri , Sye - parledu anukunnanu. Simhadri, Sye lo vadina padajalam, asabhyakaramaina sannivesala gurinchi cheppalsina pani ledu anukuntta.

Aaa tharvatha vachina okka rajamouli cinema kuda nachaledu. Darunamaina violence, exposing, vulgarity, item songs ni nammukune rajamouli cinemalu naaku asalu nachavu. Ippudu vache anni cinemalalo paina cheppanivi vunatyi. Kani Rajamouli ivi thappa verevi vundavu.
 
Rajamouli hit ayye cinemalu thiyyagaladu kani, manchi cinema thiyyaledu ani feeling.  Hit aina Rajamouli cinema kanna flop aina Puri Jagannadh, Sukumar, Trivikram cinemalu chaala better ani naa feeling.

Prekshakulu aakhariki Rajamouli thummina daggina arupulu keka ane stage ki vellipoyaru. Ee madhya Janalaki Pichi mudiri peaks ki vellipoyindhi. Adi Vikramarkudu, Maryada Ramanna ni hit chesinappudu prove ayindhi. Ippudu Eega vishayam lo kuda ade kanapadindhi.

So final ga Billa vachi Eega ni kaneesam Tamil Nadu lo aina nalipeyali ani korukuntunnanu. Idi na Aasa kadu Aakali(Billa 2 Dialogue). 

Rajamouli ni Shankar, Mani Ratnam lanti goppa director la tho polchi daya chesi valla paruvu thiyyaddu. Naa friend gaa vundataniki arhatha akkarledu. kaani naa virodhi gaa vundataniki arhata kavali(Billa 2 Again).

Eega naaku nachaledu.

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Andala Rakshasi telugu movie

Andala Rakshasi movie songs are in loop in my vlc player for the past few days. Especially the 'Yemito' song, is awesome. The movie posters are also too good. Got a chance to check the Anadala Rakshasi wallpapers a bit early as my batch mate at college worked as a assistant director for this movie. The movie is presented by Varahi banner which is also producing Eega movie. I wish Andala Rakshasi does necessary promotion to hit the box office with a bang.

Added to all this the trailer is also good. It has a bit of Mani Ratnam's Gitanjali touch. Eagerly waiting for this movie and will definitely watch FIRST DAY FIRST SHOW[FDFS]. I wish Ravi[Assistant Director] all the best and hope Andala Rakshasi comes out with flying colors.

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MS SubbaLakshmi Life story as a movie

A movie is planned on M S Subbalakshmi , renown carnatic vocalist who received India's highest civilian honor. This movie on M S Subbalaxmi will be directed by none other than Rajeev Menon, famous cinematograpger. Rajeev Menon is currently working as a cinematographer for Mani Ratnam's Kadhal movie and Rajani Kanth's Kodayachen. He will start on  this movie as soon as his movie with Rajani kanth is done. Right now as per sources the hunt for the leading lady who will portray the role M S Subba Lakshmi is going on. Hope the attempt does not disappoint us. 

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Oosaravelli ... My take

First day first show @ Urvashi Theatre in Bangalore. Oosaravelli started impressing me with the titles which shows the creativity and care taken  in every minute detail of the movie.

I usually love the hype given to heros in introduction, and this movie has one of the best of all i have seen recently. The background score and songs are really a treat and kudos to Rasool for the excellent camera work. NTR looked stylish with the tatto and ear piercings. 

Tamanna did an excellent job in the second half and never expected this from her.Undoubtedly career best performance of Tamanna. I have to confess that the climax seemed lengthy. The fights are composed are really well and Surendar Reddy delivered his secod best movie(after Kick ;) ). The comedy is very situational and the songs could not have been better.

And not to forget that Oosaravelli was shot in 112 days unlike big commercial movies which take more than year and half usually. I wont compare this stylish visual treat with other movies .

 

Really disappointed with the reviews floating outside. Opinions and tastes do differ and this is my take on Oosaravelli.

As a fan i would rate this as 3.5

As a movie buff i would rate it  between 3 and 3.25

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Oosaravelli Range Awaited

Oosaravelli is realeasing worldwide tomorrow with record number of prints and screens for the first time in  Telugu film industry. Now a days releasing with record number of prints has become a strategy to get good collections at the box office given the piracy and other external factors like hero range , movie genre etc.

In Hyderabad Prasads IMAX Oosaravelli is releasing with 22 screens on the first day and the count is reduced to 9 on the next day. Does this indicate the inside negative talk of the Oosaravelli  (Which was also published by another box office website) ? As Oosaravelli is releasing on Thursaday and the weekend following immediately, the screens should not fall so drastically by less than 50 percent. 

The film industry is recovering with good collections of Dookudu and hope this spree continues with Oosaravelli. Anyway Tarak has good fan following in B and C centres unlike Mahesh Babu and hope it neutralizes the effect of talk of the movie. Irrespective of the talk of the movie , Oosaravelli will rewrite the records of the first day in TFI  for sure and rest has to be awaited.

Last time when Mahesh and Tarak fought face to face with Khaleja and Brindavanam Tarak won with a clean margin. If he proves again he will undoubtedly be declared as the No 1 hero of Tollywood.

All the best TARAK FOR OOSARAVELLI .

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Sega movie reivew

This is my review after a long time. 

PreMood : I was eagerly waiting for this movie ever since i heard the auido. Went into the theater with lot of hopes.

First half is very slow . Songs and their pictuarization is good. Karthik(nani), Radika(Nithya Menon), Vishnu, Vani (Bindu Madhavi) and Balaji are main leads and the story revovles around them. Karthik and Balaji are brothes , Vishnu being best friend of Karthik.

Vani wroks as a  prostitute under Karthik's father who is a pimp.Vishnu falls in love with Vani. Vishnu dares a risk for Vani which involves drugs and local mafia .Vishnu drags Karthik into this and it turns out into a big mess. The remaining story is about how they have got out from it and whether Vishnu is able to save Vani or not.

Second has good pace and scenes between Bindu Madhavi and Vishnu are shot very well. There is no hero character as such, both Nani and Balaji have equal roles. I feel Nani could have been used better and there is no comedy at all.

Most of the character artists are from tamil  and i dont think it has any chance in telugu.

Rating: 2.5/5

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Mirapakaay ! – Idhi Pichi Mirapakaay kadhu ! Pachhi Mirapakaay !

Pre Mood : Energetic , enthusiastic as I have got a strong gut feel that this  would be the Sankranthi winner making others whiners !

My View :

The movie feel is energetic right form the start of the titles ! Though nothing variety in the story, the director succeeded in making us thoroughly entertained.RaviTeja is as usual put up an electrifying performance but the only difference when compared to his earlier movies is he looks more glamorous in this movie.Quality of the picture is so good ,colorful and appealing.

Richa is fantabulous good in traditional wear.Her character is soft and easily likeable ! I couldn’t stop myself from humming (actually singing ) the songs in the theatre.Thanks to the LOUD system that made others not listen my voice ! By this I just wanted to tell you the songs are too good in this movie !! Thaman disappointed us with Ragada but he is back with a bang with Mirapakaay !  Director Harish Shankar who handled Shock brilliantly carved even this movie with utmost care.I doubted how is he going to handle an energetic movie like Mirapakay after knowing he is the diro of “Thriller Genre” Shock ! But he proved his mettle by directing this movie so good.Now about Dheeksha… this cute-hot gal plays a slightly different character in this movie.Her character might not be catchy but for sure her looks and beauty catches ones’ hearts  ! Editing is clean and screenplay is pacy making you nevre feel bored and blah blah blah !

Overall this movie is another KICK for Mass Raja Ravi Teja fans ! of course also for normal audience, Rush to theatres/book your tickets via bookmyshow.com to watch this movie. Clean Entertainer. Sankranthi Winner for sure .. Even though AOD,GHS might become hits but nothing can stop this movie’s box office performance !

Planning to watch thi smovie again may be 2maro nite ! 

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ParamVeeraChakra Movie Review by Teja

Pre Mood : Neutral. After Simha (the movie I rated ‘thumbs down’)  became a standing hit in 2010 , I thought it’s time for me to tune my mind to normal Audience.The pre-mood for this movie is NEUTRAL !

My View :

In theatre just 5 minutes before the start of the movie.Balayya fans are roaring expecting another smashing hit after Simha.

Titles are decent   with nice back ground score. NTR appearance in the start of the movie is very good (barring the graphic work).

BalaKrishna’s  role as Ravana Brahma is simply mesmerizing. His diction (though we are not even eligible to comment on that, but I just can’t resist praising him.)  is amazing.The dialogues penned by Dasari are too good (I still doubt Dasari’s hand in the dialogues).Portrayal of JayaSimha’s character is astonishing.The introduction scenes remind us of Vikramarkudu.Daces are too good in the first song. Till date I did not know , Sheela is such a good dancer.Portrayal of Komaram Bheem ‘s character is heart touching but drags at time(s).[Telangana people might have thoroughly enjoyed this episode.]The director maintains suspense through out the first half. Forgot to mention, Brahmi-Ali’s comedy is fun-inducing.If at all , you force me to give a rating for this first half – It is 5/5 !! What do you want… Hype Scenes?Glamorous Heroines? (Ameesha is really cool in this movie),Punch Dialogues?Comedy Scenes? .. Everything… You have got everything in this half.

Interval raised the expectations of mine(all audience).

Pre Mood during Interval: Though I am in the popcorn queue, my mind is still thinking of that interval bang and the marvellous back ground score.

Interval started slowly, suddenly gains some pace and again goes slowly.. this time dead slowly.While the first half makes you feel 1 hour 20 mins of time as just say 30 minutes, this half makes you pay the price for the reason  u bought a ticket for Dasari’s movie.Songs timing is ridiculously bad.Slow naration. Over dose of punch dialogues(just like Komaram PULI).But by the time, the movie gains pace, one will be frustrated with slow narration.Nothing wrong with Balayya’s action.It’s a problem of script.Frankly , nothing much in this half worth deserving a mention.

My Rating.. somewhere around 2.5

Overall , Movie can be watched any number of times for it’s brilliant first half, but not even once for it’s pathetic second half.[But the first half makes you watch second half if you are watching it for the first time.]

Rating :3.25 – 3.50 !

If you are planning to watch a movie for this Sankranthi, wait for Mirapakaay !! or if you are comfortable bearing some boring scenes, please rush to ParamaVeera Chakra !

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Khaleja Review

Khaleja Premium Show Talk :
1st half is good
Seocnd half starts well but tempo drops towards climax
Editing is pretty bad
No direction in the second half
Mahesh carried the movie on his shoulders
Anushka could not make her presense felt
climax theme is good but may not appeal to everyone
On a whole avg movie
3 years travtha movie avvatam tho first week openings ravachu

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New Hero Launch

 

Announcing the launch of Srikanth the new hero whos going to shake the South Indian Film Industry . The hero has strong following in Yemalur and surrounding regions of Bangalore and the response for his movie launch was tremendous. Lets welcome him to the fraternity of Indian Cinema.

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Ek Niranjan movie review

Ek Niranjan movie of Prabhas released today amidst much hype. Puri Jagannadh is desperately waiting for a success .With the response of the benefit show i can accede that he is successful.

The movie Ek Niranjan starts with a descent composed fight by Stun Siva for Prabas. May be  same way as in Bujjigadu. Then we have the title song Ek Niranjan one of the best songs composed recently.Prabhas comes to town in search of his parents and he sings Ek Niranjan . Kangana Ranut is also introduced in this Ek Niranjan song. Overall it was a descent start. The dialogues between Prabhas and Kangana Ranut are funny and it depicts the trademark Puri Jagannadh style.

Sonu Sood is the villain and build up and hype built over him are rightly justified .The introduction of Ali as a pirate and comedy track by Brahmanandam are very funny. The heated argument between Prabhas and Sonu Sood is also worth mentoining.

The first half is well established and the pace is maintained in the second half. But the second half has a bit of sentiment. In the second half comedy part is handled by Sunil . Posani plays a different role and kudos to his acting . Brahmaji dialogues are also well received  .

Public Talk : Good Entertainer

Tollyreview Rating : 3/5

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Jayeebhava movie review by TollyReview

Jayeebhava third movie from the banner of Nandamuri Arts banner released today all over. Kalyan Ram has taken up the responsibiliy again after magnam opus Attanokkade and Hare Ram. Kalyan Ram proved his mettle twice with Nandamuri Arts banner and here is the laconic review of Jayeebhava

Jayeebhava stars Kalyan Ram and Hansika in the lead roles. The audio composed by Thaman  for Jayeebhava was above average and their fate depends on the picturisation of the songs.

Jayeebhava starts with the introduction of hero Kalyan Ram in an emotional song. Then the fight in the first half is also worth mentioning. Hansika is introduced in a pub and she looks fabulous. The first half of Jayeebhava is amalgamated with good comedy of Venu Madhav . His timing and dialogues are appreciable like in Attanokkade. Then the second song between hero and heroine comes up which has lot of graphic work.

Jayeebhava first half ends with a fight and its average overall. The sentiment between father and son is a bit over. Second half gains momentum with the comedy gang Raghu Babu, Ali ,Brahmi and JayaPrakash Reddy.  The song picturized on kids is also nice. Even the climax is entertaining but can be guessed easily. Hansika is added advantage to this movie.

Tollyreview Rating: 3/5
Public Talk : Works with family audience

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Mahatma telugu movie review by TR

Mahatma the 100th movie of Srikanth is a well executed one. Krishna Vamsi did justice to the subject Mahatma.The  movie Mahatma released lately against scheduled release date of October 2nd due to the censor board and other cases in the court. Heroine Bhavana finally was able to score a hit with this movie.

Hero Srikanth is a rowdy and the movie starts with a mass introduction song of hero. Bhavana is a lawyer and the encounter between Srikanth and Bhavana is funny. Then the introduction of the villain Jayaprakash Reddy is dealt really well. The intense action scenes in the first half are worth mentioning.

The second half is filled with comedy of Brahmanandam and sattires on politics. Two songs are targetted on political parties and state politics. Hero gets influenced by Gandhi and he tries to  change the society around him. The second half is all about his efforts to get the change.The second half drops in pace compared to the first half. It regains pace again with climax .

Overall the movie is a nice amalgamation of commercial ingredients. The charmee song in the first half is also well shot. This is a movie with Krishna Vamsi mark and can be watched once.

Tollyreview Rating: 3.25/5
Public Talk : Can be watched once.

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Ninnu Kalisaka movie review by tollyreview

Ninnu Kalisaka movie released today. The movie stars Chaitanya, Santosh as the male leads and Deepa Sha and Priya as the female leads. This movie is directed by Siva Nageswara Rao and music by Sunil Kashyap.

The movie is a total disappointment. This is a movie which spoils the name of Ramoji Rao. The story is the worst part and even the new actors are not upto the range.

A twisted tale of romance, the story is about two couples- Chandu (Chaitanya) and Bindu (Piya), Abhiram (Santosh) and Deepa (Deepasha). The story takes a turn when Abhiram and Bindu have to go to US on a project for three months and as fate would have it, they are on the same project.
Their friendship seems to be slowly developing into attachment and by the time the project is over, they feel that they are in love.
Are they really in love? What happens to the love that they are already in? All this forms the rest of the story.

TollyReview Rating: 1/5
Public Talk : Worse than the worst

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Ninnu Kalisaka movie review

Ninnu Kalisaka movie review will be posted on 2nd October by 1 PM IST. I already bought the tickets online and i am eagerly waiting for this. Though the  movie doesnt have any recognised faces i am relying on Ramoji Rao taste . His banner Usha Kiran Movies came up with some descent movies in the recent past and i hope they disappoint me with Ninnu Kalisaka this time. The music of Ninnu kalisaka is already out and is rocking . Thats another factor which is driving me to theater.

The three tailers which released in the net are also well shot . Ramoji Rao's last movie Nachavule was a above average movie but it could not do well at the box office because of lack of publicity. I hope he has necessary steps to see that this movie Ninnu Kalisaka is well publicized. Lets see how the movie goes.

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Rechipo movie review after first show

Rechipo movie review released today all over the world. The movie stars Nithin and Ileana in the main leads. Nithin is eagerly waiting for a hit as all his previous movies were not even average grossers. This movie is equally important for Ileana as there no new offers for her.

The movie is a good mix of all commercial elements.The first half is filled with introduction, comedy and descent songs. The second half is full of rescuing missions , unreal action scenes and weak climax. Overall the second half changed the fate of the movie.

The movie starts with introducing Nithin in a chase.Then it goes on he falling in love with Ileana and trying to woo her. In the first half comedy is well handled by Sunil and M S Narayana. Movie has cricket betting as the backdrop and hero is a con who steals the money.

Here comes the second half which is dragged a bit. Ileana is kidnapped and hero is the one who rescues her with some unbelievable action scenes. The climax of the movie can be easily expected.

Overall the movie shows Ileana with extra glamour. She has evolved over the years and now her body is well toned. Songs on Ileana and Nithin are the eye catching ones. Nithin once again reveals his six pack.

TollyReview Rechipo Rating: 2.75/5
Industry Talk: May work with B and C class centres
Public Talk : Not worth but go for it if u have time to kill

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Ganesh telugu movie review by tollyreview

Ganesh movie released today throughout AndhraPradhesh with huge number of prints. The movie stars Ram and Kajal in the main leads.Ganesh is produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. Their combination was already successful with the blockbuster of Ready. I am afraid to say that they are not upto the mark this time.

Bramhanandam did a great job.He played the role of a don and his timing was excellent.The songs are in no relation with the movie pace. No much story in the first half except the introduction of Ram and Kajal and introduction song for Ram with kids.

The movie starts with portraying Ram as the one with great humanity by helping others. He falls in love with Kajal at the first sight. He tries all the possible ways to get close to her and ends up in troubles. This was shown with comedy.

Finally Kajal approves Rams love and at the same time the rivalry between Ram and Asish starts. The movie ends with Kajal coming back to Ram .

People find the movie dragged. This becomes more in the second half.The climax fight can be easily expected and overall not o good screenplay.Even the fights are not impressive. Picturisation of the songs was good .Ram showed maturity in dialogue delivery and Kajal is just the same . Costumes of Kajal should have been better. The new look of Ram is not well received. The mass rough look with slight beard might work.

TollyReview Rating: 2.5/5

Industry Talk: May not last long

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Naga Chaitanya latest movie news and heroine

Naga Chaitanya latest movie may have Samantha as heroine according to the information from film nagar sources.This movie will be directed by Gautam Meonon whos coming back to Telugu film industry after a long time. His last movie was Gharshana with Venkatesh. Most of his films are released in both Telugu and Tamil simultaneously. That shows that he can predict even the pulse of telugu audience.

This movie will be produced by Manjula. A R Rahman composes music for this film. Naga Chaitanyas first movie Josh is doing well in A Class centres where as B and C class centres could not accept him.Overall its average.

This film was launched recently in Hyderabad .Lets wish this movie will make Naga Chaitanya reach to all sections of audience.

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