Review of Action Replayy Trailer: From the looks Action Replayy trailer looks quie impressive. With its retro look the film surely promises lot of fun, entertainment and action. It brins back the hit director actor jodi of Akshay kumar and Vipul Shah who have as a director actor combo delivered many hits like Aankhein, Waqt and Namastey London. Vipul has also produced Akshay's blockbuster Singh is Kingg. Hence much can be anticipated from this director actor jodi.The film has also brought together Aishwarya Rai Bachchan opposite Akshay Kumar after a long time. They were last seen in Khaakee. While Aishwarya sports different looks based on styles sported by the actresses of 1970s like Hemamalini, Neetu Singh, Zeenat Aman etc. Akshay sports a haircut ala Rajest Khanna and delivers dialogue ala Shatrughan Sinha. The film is based on a Gujarathi play of same name . It is a welcome move since Shah's earlier movie Aankhein was also similarly based on a Gujarathi play 'Andhalo Pato' which was well received by both audiences and critics. Hence we can expect a good script with good screenplay from Action Replayy.  The film is supposed to be based on a young boy's travel in the past who decides to see for himself how his parents who are constantly bickering and fighting with each other have been married. He wishes that the only thing he wants to change in past is his parents being married. He takes his scientist uncle's help and travels through time machine to 70s era when his parents have actually fallen in love.  Well coming to the trailer of the film it starts with a typical love story set in 1970s where the Hero sports a macho look and bashes up bad guys while impressing the heroine. So when Mala played by Aishwarya and Kishen played by Akshay fall in love , Mala's mother played by Kirron Kher opposes their marriage like a typical mother of 70s. The trailer is quiet interesting with loads of comedy. What's interesting is the boy in the trailer trying to play cupid with Akshay and Aishwarya.Obviously he is the son of Akshay and Aishwarya from future who travels the time to reunite his parents. Randhir Kapoor plays his scientist uncle. The film also stars Neha Dhupia in a prominent role. It would be quite interesting to see the aged looks of Akshay and Aishwarya playing parents to a teenager. While its a welcome change to see Akshay do something different than what he regularly does. The film has comedy, romance and action along with the retro look and feel .This film is surely going to score at the box office.Hence I am very excited and looking forward to the movie which releases on Diwali, 5th November, 2010. For those who want to check the fist look , here is the trailer click here.  

Jiiva’s new Tamil film ‘Vandhan Vendran’ starring ‘Aadukalam’ fame Tapsee as female lead (who is made her debut with Telugu film ‘Jhummandi Nadam’) as heroine has been launched recently. This film is said to be a bi-lingual to me made in Telugu simultaneously.

Kannan who is famous for his remakes like 'Jeyam Kondan’ (a remake of Telugu film Jayam) and ‘Kanden Kadhalai’ (a remake of Hindi film Jab We Met) is directing the film.

The first stills of the movie are out and the posters are nothing but again a copy of the Imran khan - Sonam Kapoor starrer ‘I hate luv storys’. The stark resemblance in posters is not a coincidence. You can find it for yourself in these stills for sample.

However as per the makers “Vandhan Vendran” is an action story with love as its backdrop” . It is touted to be crime thriller.This can be considered as true from the following poster.

Seems like film makers nowadays run short of not only ideas and stories but stills also. Welcome the new trend of pirated posters .

We of course hate to love bad storys but love to see a good film.

 

Dabangg a south indian remake?

 

This is the question going on in my mind right from the moment I saw the trailer. From the looks of the trailer and songs the film looks like an adaptation of Tamil star Vikram's  (who played Dev in Raavan) and Trisha Krishnan's 2003 hit film 'Saamy'. The film was later remade in Telugu as Lakshmi Narasimha starring Balakrishna and Asin.Though officially there hasn't been any declarations or claims, Salman's  Dabangg has more similarities to Vikram's Saamy.

In Saamy Vikram played Arusaamy a DCP of Tirunelveli . He came out of exile after being falsely implicated in charges of bribery by some corrupt politicians. He brings law and order to Tirunelveli by driving the bad guys out through hook or crook. Annachi the antagonist offers bribe to Saamy so that he does not disturb Annachi's business. Saamy pretends to accept bribe from him and pretends to join him. However when Annachi got a task to do a bandh in Tirunelveli Saamy does not allow by maintaining law and order. This results in Annachi's anger and he sends goons to attack market when Saamy's marriage is going on . All policemen are attending the wedding, hence no one are there to protect people. This ensures a clash between them on . Saamy was affected by Annachi's mafia in past as his sister gets killed and his native village got destroyed. Saamy has used all those bribes to reconstruct the village.When Annachi comes to know that Saamy is his enemy , he feels the need to get rid of Saamy. They challenge to get rid of each other in 7days. Annachi gets Saamy transferred but Saamy gets an extension of 7 days to take the new charge. In order to eliminate Saamy Annachi gets a bomb planted in Saamy's house. Saamy's father gets killed in the blast. This angers Saamy . He plans a plot and gets Annachi embroiled in controversies. When he tries to run away from the city Saamy corners him and eliminates him. However this is not let out and everyone thinks that Annachi is alive and has escaped from he city .

Coming to similarities in trailer:

• Saamy eats idly with beer. Salman can be seen doing more or less and has an entire song dedicated 'Humka Peeni Hai'
• Saamy accepts bribes from corrupt politicians. In the trailer Salman mentions the same to Sonakshi that she will come to know later why he is accepting bribes.

My prediction:

• Sonu Sood is the corrupt politician
• Mahie gill may be playing Salman's sister
• Vinod khanna may be playing his father

I cannot understand when there are so many similarities with a Tamil film how can a Tamil producer acquire the remake rights. It is said to be starring Vijay. I bet that the producer has not seen the film. What will happen to his money if the film turns out to be a remake of Saamy. Let's wait for September 10 and watch

 

Konidala Shiva Shankar Vara Prasad  more popularly known to millions of Indians as Megastar Chiranjeevi was born on 22nd August 1955 in Narsapuram, West Godavari Andhra Pradesh.  While Chiranjeevi would be celebrating his birthday tomorrow, the time is just appropriate to have a look at his illustrious career. 

Chiranjeevis initial phase:- Chiranjeevi made his debut in 1978 and attained success almost immediately stringing a sequence of successful films most of which were family oriented themes like Intilo Ramayya Veedhilo Krishnayya which ran for more than a year and eventhough  Chiranjeevi won great critical acclaim for most of his movies by jury and audience alike it was Khaidi which released in 1983 which capitulated him to super stardom and from there on Chiranjeevi never looked back as there was never a lean phase ever in his career.  Chiranjeevi's action packed performance in the blockbuster film Khaidi also set a new trend in Telugu movies as the theme on most of the movies since the release of super success of Khaidi has been on hero in action oriented roles.

Chiranjeevi Delivered hits for more than 25 years:- Chiranjeevi continued delivering hit after hit for more than 25 years and he delivered so many hits it is difficult to recall a particular hit.  Infact it would be easy to count Chiranjeevi's flops because there are hardly any and his flops have collected substantially higher revenue than the blockbusters delivered by other stars.  Some of Chiranjeevi's memorable hits are Mahanagarmalo Mayagadu and Challenge released in 1984.  Adavi Donga in 1985, Kondaveeti Raja in 1986, Pasavadi Pranam in 1987, Manchi Donga, Yamudiki Mogudu, Khaidi No.786 in 1988.  Gang Leader released in 1991 was a landmark film in the history of Telugu cinema as it was one of the biggest ever grossers of all time.  The film also made Chiranjeevi the highest paid actor in Indian films.  Chiranjeevi became the first Indian film hero to be paid more than One Crore for a movie.  It was a remarkable achievement because no regional actor has ever been paid more than a bollywood hero and even though Rajanikath till recently was the highest paid actor the credit should go to Chiranjeevi because it was who he set the trend.

Chiranjeevi has a few firsts to his credit.  In the first place it was Chiranjeevi who introduced break dance to Indian audience and in this regard credit should go to Mithun Chakraborty who introduced dancing to Indian audience when he disco danced his way to million through the block buster Disco Dancer released in 1982.  In an era when fights looked childish to the audience, Chiranjeevi introduced fights in a systematic and stylish way and his dances and fights were a treat to millions of his fans andto those who were not his fans. Chiranjeevi was not just a great actor but a pioneer in many ways who set bencmarks for many.

Chiranjeevi's transition from Dynamic Hero to Mega Star:- Chiranjeevi enjoyed yet another first in his career when the title given to him was changed from time to time in view of his unprecedented success.  While actors like Krishna were conferred the tag  "Superstar" and had on to hold on till retirement fans of Chiranjeevi were never content witha tag because his performances made them rethink and feel disatisfied.  Intially Chiranjeevi's performances earned him th tag "Dynamic Hero".  Fans not content gave him a new nag "Daring Dashing and Dynamic Hero" and subsequently to "Supreme Hero" and finally to "Megastar" which stayed on till he quit films.  While many have been give the tag "Superstar" in bollywood and regional movies Chiranjeevi is the only actor to be conferred the "Mega Star"

Chiranjeevi is a one man army"- Usually exceptional sportsman of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar are referred to as "One Man Army" and if there was a film actor who could be referred to as One Man Army it is Chiranjeevi because the distributors bank soley on him for the revenue and they get many times of what they have invested irrespective of whether the film is a hit which is almost sure and if the film flops which is a rarity.  Chiranjeevi apart from being a brilliant actor is a brilliant dancer and extraordinarily brilliant in stunts and to his credit has performed some real risky stunts in movies.  Chiranjeevi apart from his heroics in movies is a hero is real life as he once saved his co star from near death in a risky stunt in the movie Manchi Donga released in 1988.

Chiranjeevi was a perfectionist and had no competition during his rein at the top:- Many actors are known for being perfectionists but Chiranjeevi went beyond them.  Once actor Nagarjuna remarked that Chiranjeevi was not only particular about perfection in the scenes which involved him but wanted perfection in scenes which involved others in the movie which is a rarity. According to Venkatesh who himelf is a leading actor he said that Chiranjeevi has been the undisputed number one since 1987 till his retirement and it is difficult to imagine that a actor can consistently deliver hits more than 25 years.

Heroines made merry during Chiranjeevi's rein at the top:- Heroines cashed in on Chiranjeevi's popularity and made it big in the industry.  Chiranjeevi and Radha made a perfect pair of on screen lovers while Vijayshanthi and Chiranjeevi made the perfect onscreen couple.  While heroines like Bhanupriya, Radha and Vijayshanthi made the most of being paired with Chiranjeevi, it was Vijayshanthi who was the biggest beneficiary reeling in super hits like Manchi Donga, Mahanagarmlo Mayagadu and Gang leader just to name a few among the many super hits the pair delivered. Chiranjeevi paired up with almost every heroine like Nagma, Soundarya and Ramyakrishna

Lakhs benefited from Chiranjeevis Charitable Trust:- On October 2 1998, Chiranjeevi founded the Chiranjeevi Charitable Trust which collects blood and eye from donors.  The Trust has is the biggest in Andhra Pradhesh and lakhs have been benefited from the blood and eye banks.  Chiranjeevi had once famously made a appeal to his fans that he does not want them to waste their blood for him, but would be happier if they can donate that amount of blood to blood banks. 

Padma Bhushan for Chiranjeevi:- Megastar Chiranjeevi was awarded Padma Bhusan, the third highest civilian award in India for his extra ordinary performances in a career spanning three decades and for his unparalleledservices in the field of charity. While many actors have been awarded Padma Shri, Chiranjeevi is among the very few actors to have been awared Padma Bhusan.

The world has seen many greats and almost all of them have blundered in one thing and that is their retirement in timing their retirement from their respective fields but Chiranjeevi has proved to be a glorious exception as he retired on his own terms and that too as the number one.  Chiranjeevi timed his entry to politics at the right time but it was sheer destiny the move did not click because nobody else deserved to be a better Chief Minister than Chiranjeevi.