Runtime - 2 hrs
Starring - Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Ted Lavine
Written By - Ted Tally
Directed By - Jonathan Demme.

This masterpiece is a bone-chilling experience. Sweeping all 5 major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor & Best Actress) is no easy task but thts what this classic did. Acting, direction, editing, music, screenplay, cinematography... its all class.

This is director Jonathan Demme's smart, taut thriller teeters on the edge between psychological study & all-out horror & benefits greatly from stellar performances by Anthony Hopkins & Jodie Foster.

Silence of the Lambs is the story of a young FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) who seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) on catching a serial killer known as 'Buffalo Bill' (Ted Lavine). A major part of the film is psychological more than violent. Still not a film for all ages, coz of the many disturbing scenes.

Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling holds the movie together. Anthony Hopkins made the cannibalistic Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the most feared villain of all time. Lecter is so odd a mixture of intelligence, cruelty, insanity, grace & charisma, n its all coz of Hopkins smart performance. Just 16 min of screen presence n an Oscar for Best Actor in his bag. The game between Lecter n Starling is an art in itself.

The Silence of the Lambs goes down as the greatest suspense film ever. Its dark, gory, creepy, suspenseful, confusing yet breathtaking, exciting n bone chilling. This, one of the most mentally frightening film of all time, is A Must Watch for nyone who wanna see some intelligent film-making. If you want to see a thriller tht will have you on the egde of your seat, then this film is Strongly Recommended. Watch out for the world's most famous cannibal in cinema history. The thriller to thrill all thrillers... thts The Silence of the Lambs.

Rating - 9.5/10

There are a few films taken in Telugu language way back in the late 50’s; but are still very much popular in the Southern film world and every person cherishing them even today. This speaks volumes of the amount of hard work and dedication which had gone to make these films so memorable. Three of such mega-hits are:

♦  Maya Bazaar

♦ Missamma

♦ Gundamma Katha.

In each of these films all the four reigning artistes of those times namely NTR, ANR, SVR and Savitri are present. All these actors had lots of talent and performed in their own style, which contributed to the huge success of the films. Besides, the songs in them have very good lyrics and are truly melodious.

I would like to discuss briefly about each of these films.

MAYA BAZAAR

This mythological film, released in the 1957, is based on a folklore called “Sasirekha Parinayam”, which is supposed to be part of the epic Mahabharatha. This was later remade into Tamil also.

Cast: NT Rama Rao ,SV Ranga Rao, ANR, Savitri, Gummadi Venkateshwara Rao, Mukkamala and Relangi Venkatramaiah, Rushyendramani

Director: K.V Reddy

Synopsis: The background of the film is that at the time of Pandava`s exile, Arjuna sends his wife Subhadra(Rushyendramani) to Dwaraka to stay with her brothers, Krishna(NTR) and Balarama(Gummadi Venkateshwara Rao).

Here, Arjuna’s son, Abhimanyu(ANR) and Balarama’s daughter, Sasirekha(Savitri) start to love each other right from childhood and so, the families agree to get them married. However, as the Pandavas are in exile, Duryodhana(Mukkamala) comes and persuades Balarama to give the hand of Sasirekha to his son, Lakshmana Kumara (Relangi). Balarama agrees, but due to Krishna’s intervention, Sasirekha  gets wedded to her sweetheart, Abhimanyu.

The drama that follows with Ghatotkacha(SVR), in the guise of Sasirekha, coming and getting ready for marriage to Lakshmana Kumara and the real Sesirekha blissfully getting married to Abhimanyu  forms the central plot of the film.

Review: The animation scenes, which were perfectly made at the time when technology was still at its starting stages, are interesting to watch. NTR, as usual, was at his best in his role as Lord Krishna. SVR's portrayal of Ghatotkacha is notable and he, along with comedian Relangi display nice, decent comedy. The songs are lively, with music scored by the legendary singer Ghantasala.

MISSAMMA

This social film was released in Telugu in 1955 and was remade in Tamil(as Missiamma) and in Hindi (as Miss Mary).

Cast: SV Ranga Rao, NT Rama Rao, A.Nageswara Rao, Savitri, Jamuna, Relangi Venkatramaiah, Bala Krishna, Ramana Reddy, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao

Director: L.V Prasad

Synopsis: A village zamindar, Gopalam(SVR) gives an advertisement in the paper stating that he wants a married couple to run his school. Rao(NTR) and Mary(Savitri) posing as a newly-wed couple go and join the job. There, Sita(Jamuna) gets attracted to NTR and asks him to teach her music and dance.  Meanwhile Mary, to control her auguish, tries to teach music to A.K Raju(ANR) – who is  the school’s ex-principal and also an amateur detective.

Now, the zamindar has two daughters, one of whom gets lost approximately 20 years back.  One is Sita and the other one turns out to be Mary whose actual name is MahaLakshmi. Thus, the film ends on a happy note with all mysteries resolved and Rao marrying Mahalakshmi. 

Review: The acting of NTR and Savitri and the drama between that goes between them is the most interesting feature of the film and provides enough humour, even for the non-Telugu people.  The comedy scenes by Relangi Venkatramaiah and Ramana Reddy are simply superb. ANR, in his role as a private detective, looks a bit comical. There are many enjoyable songs in the picture. Though not strictly a message oriented film, the film also deals with the underlying issue of unemployment.  This can be said to be one of the greatest hits in the telugu film world and brought immense fame to the director.

GUNDAMMA KATHA

 This film was released in the year 1962 and is considered a masterpiece in the Telugu film realm.

Cast: NT Rama Rao, A. Nageswara Rao, SV Ranga Rao, Savitri, SuryaKantham Jamuna, Relangi Venkat Ramaiah, Chayadevi, Harinath, Rajanala, Ramana Reddy

Director: Kamalakar Kameshwar Rao

Synopsis: It is a pure family drama which revolves around a proud mother, Gundamma (Suryakantham’)s family. Gundamma is a rich widow who stays with her son, Prabhakar(Harinath),daughter Saroja(Jamuna) and step daughter, Lakshmi (Savitri). Saroja, being the love-lorn daughter, happens to be a little bit arrogant while Lakshmi is humble and decent. As both Saroja and Lakshmi come of age, Gundamma, keeps herself busy searching for suitable grooms.

Ramabhadraiah(SVR), a wealthy landlord, who has two marriageable sons, Anji (NTR) and Raja(ANR) comes to know of Gundamma and her daughters. He visits her place, but finds Saroja’s attitude a bit disturbing. Therefore, he tells his sons to go anonymously and first  transform Saroja into a well-behaved girl before winning the girls' hands. Anji goes in the guise of a servant, sees Lakshmi and weds her. Raja goes and wins the heart of Saroja. He marries her and brings about a change in her attitude, posing as a drunkard and a thief in the process. At the end, Gundamma also changes for the better and all live together happily in Ramabhadraiah’s home.

                                                                                                       A scene from the film Gundamma Katha

Review: ANR and NTR who act as brothers form the major highlight in the film. The numerous mild comedy scenes and humerous dialogues which are present throughout the film are commendable. The performance of NTR posing as a servant and a guardian to the house is good. The songs are appropriate and have rich lyrical value. The music composed by the legendary singer, Ghantasala, is a masterpeice and appeals to even today’s youth.

These films have become so popular and inspirational that even today, attempts are being made to present these goldies to the audience in color, fully confident that the color versions would become a huge success at the box office. Already the film Mayabazaar has been released in color with 55 prints last week and is giving a visual treat to all NTR and ANR fans.

Director : Ruggero Deodato
Cast : Robert Kerman, Carl Yorke, Francesca Ciardi

There are gory movies, there are exploitation movies, there are violent movies and there is 'Cannibal Holocaust'. This movie may be the goriest exploitation movie of it's kind till date. Banned in many countries, this movie is surely not for the weak of heart. The plot revolves around 4 documentary film makers who travel to South America to study about the local Cannibal tribes there. After much time passes by, they are not to be found anywhere and a rescue operation is undertaken to find out what happened to those 4. After a search operation by the rescue team and staying with the local tribes there, they find out the video tapes shot by these 4 filmmakers and they get the whole scenario what actually may have happened.

Plot is good, engaging and even thrilling. The actors chosen play their part perfectly.
The locations, local people, surroundings everything looks authentic and perfect.

But there is a huge problem with the movie. Filmmakers often use the word 'Cinematic Liberty' to explain their sometimes weird experiments undertaken. But my question is 'Shouldn't there be a particular boundary which should not be crossed for defining Cinematic Liberties? I mean, if cutting the head, limbs and shell of a live turtle on screen, shooting a live pig with a gun, cutting the head of an alive monkey personifies cinematic liberty, then hell with such cinema. Cruelty towards animals on screen is disgusting and should be a punishable offense. As a veggie and an animal lover, I hated this movie inspite of the plot being great and thrilling.

Rating : 3/10 (For the cruelty on animals)

A Perfect Getaway

This movie sucks big time.....
starts off with a couple going to Hawaii....and there they this cover a psycho killer is on the loose....cud have been done excitingly, but its just filled with endless conversations and non sensual dialogues irrelevant to the plot.....had to forward most part bcoz of this...
only two scenes r worth mentioning....the twist in between n the climax....
other than that there is nothing at all in it......
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1.5/10

Fringe season 1 ep 1 n 2

Brilliantly made thriller series......
never before i saw a pilot episode so amazing as this.....
This is a must watch for thriller fans....concept is out of the world.....
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10/10

Blood Diamond (2nd time)

Just one and last word for it....... Masterpiece....... Masterpiece...... Masterpiece........ I think Leo's best performance till date. What an actor of substance he is u can see easily experience in this movie..... Jennifer Connelly her performance is as beautiful as she looked in this movie..... I mean i m in love with her after this movie.... Djimon Hounsou.... very good as the father who is in search of his child. two thumbs up for him..... As for director Edward Zwick each frame of the movie talks for him....... A director who is very under rated but gives away high quality movies every time.... easily one of the best directors of the current generation..... As for the movie the story will touch u, amaze u and entertain u at d same time......... i fuckin' cried at the climax scenes..........
easily in my top 5 movies of all time......
My Rating
10/10....

Aayirathil Oruvan (2010) Kollywood

(A Man In A Thousand)

Action | Adventure | History | Mystery | Thriller

Wow, What An Great Effort, I Must Appreciate The Film Makers
Its A New Beginning Of Kollywood Film Industry Towards International Standard
Except Small Small CGI Errors, The Movie Is Fantastic
And I Am Surprised With Lots Of New Technics And Concepts Used In It
Some Says Its A Mixture Of many Hollywood Flicks, Ignore It Guys!
It Is An New Experiment Of Pure And Fresh Indian Script,
Story Is About Adventurous Journey To Thiscover Ancient Dravidian King Cholas Kingdom.
1st half An Hour Is Very Fast And Furious, 2nd Half They Used Ancient Tamil
So Even I Did Not Understood Some Dialogues, Its Recommended To All

The Children

Only two things r dominant throughout this terrible movie......
-repetitive and long shots showing people looking scared (don know y)
-lots and lots of screaming and crying
the kids were damn irritating........y cant the parents just bash them up instead of tolerating whatever they do.....one of the most unbearable movie i hv seen.....
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0/10

The Crush
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A Brilliant thriller...one of the best of the 90s easily...not even a second of boredom...nice suspend build up and good execution also...wd that going terrific acting from the lead actors!! Mind u its not a horror/thriller but its a pure thriller...i has seen this b4 when i was a kid hardly understood it but thankfully i watched it now...great! deserves a watch..Highly Recommended!
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10/10

My Sister's Keeper (2009)
A very heart-touching movie. Teaches you how beautiful life is and how to make full use of every second of your life. Cameroon Diaz looks as beautiful as ever, brilliant performance by her and Abigail Breslin (Anna Fitzgerald).

7/10

ZOMBIELAND 2009 Hollywood

Action | Horror | Comedy
One Of The Of Good Horror Comedy When You Don’t Expect Much
I Saw Abigail Breslin 1st In "sign" & Then "No Reservation" & "Nim's Island"
She Was Cute & Small, Now She Is Grown Up, Getting Matured Characters,!!!
This Story Is About Just A Journey To Survive In Zombie land
Ther Is Nothing Extraordinary Things To Watch Again & Again
One Time Watch Is Good & Enough,
And One Thing, In The Middle Of The Movie Ther Is A Small Surprise

Gran Torino

This was my 1st Clint Eastwood movie(directed or acted both).... And i must say i was blown away by this man... I mean his charisma is enough for the movie to become a masterpiece...... He oozes energy waves and u can feel it man.... i mean what an excellent touch a man can give to a film u can see in this movie... Sir i have become your fan add 1 more to your list.... Superb movie with a excellent setup and story... It will be hard to say its a one man show bcoz both the actors who play the Korean brother & sisters were also good... The ending is very tragic but is a fitting end.... This movie will entertain as well as teach u something........ Go for it if u haven’t yet.....
My Rating.....
10/10

Once Upon A Time In Mexico

Its a good time pass one with an A-List Star cast with the likes of Depp, banderas, Salma Hayek, Eva Mendes & Enrique Iglesias. If u like stylized violence and a simple plot then this is the movie for u.... Here also depp steals the show though he is in supporting role here.... Salma Hayek was almost like an special appearance.... Banderas was good in this 1.... Enrique can act i think.......
So watch it on ur own judgment....
My rating......
6/10

Derailed

This movie is acc 2 me was good enough and worth a watch..... A thriller with some good twists & turns...... I like Clive Owen and i think he is one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood right now..... He has given constant performances through all of his films yet many didn't like him.... In this movie also he gives a top notch performance as the man blackmailed by a con.......... Jennifer Aniston as usual looks good and gives a passable performance..... Vincent cassel was good as the blackmailer.... Rest of the cast was good also...... If u like Clive Owen u should definitely go for this movie and u wont b this appointed......
My rating....
7/10

The Lovely Bones (2009)

I’m a huge peter jackson fan and had so much expectations frm this movie...but unfortunately the movie fails to live up to the expectations....
the movie wasn’t bad either but could hv been much much better...
performances were fine...
7/10

Fringe SEASON 1 epi 3

A bloody Brilliant of a show!!!...the concept is just mind-blowing....perfect thriller.....the cast is awesome too specially the scientist....just too good...don’t know how many of u guys watch this..if u have not yet please do!!
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10/10

Revolver

Now this is what i will call Guy Ritchie's Pulp Fiction.... i mean i m not comparing both but i thought this movie is as PF tried by Ritchie..... Jason Statham gives a stalwart performance..... All of the cast wasn’t good that includes Ray Liotta, Andre Benjamin etc... all were good in their characters..... Plot is a bit difficult 2 understand as it is darker than Ritchie's earlier movies..... It will need a 2nd view to grasp the complete meaning of this gem..... Its highly underrated in IMDb acc to me only 6.2 which shud b at least a 7.....
Recommended if u like gangster movies and which will twist ur brain & is not for a ordinary watch....
My Rating.....
8.5/10

Sita Sings the Blues (2008) Hollywood

Animation(2D) | Musical | Romance
I Dont Know How The People Like This Movie, I Did Not Like
Some Dialogues Are Insulting Even Some Character's Output Too
Its Not A Respectful And Thoughtful Compared To Original(Book Or Els)
When Rama Kicks Sita And He Walks Over Her When She Was Carry
This Movie Is Specially Made For Westerners Who Dont Know Anything
Still The Indo-Japan's "Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama" Is The Best Animated Ramayana
One Thing I Like In This Movie Is A Song: "Rama's Great"

Fargo (1996)

its a real classic by Joel Coen...one of his best works...
and really really outstanding performances.....i enjoyed alot watching it ...
8.5/10

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) Hollywood

Adventure | Comedy
Its A Funniest One, I Had Good time With This Movie
And One Of The Good/Best Comedy Flick To Me
Its An Adventurous Comedy Of Two Asian Guys Who Lives In US
it Happens In A Weekend's Night, With Little Romance
I Liked That Indian Guy's Skill And His Expressions
One Thing I Don’t Like In This Movie Is Cheetah!!
Recommended To All Youngsters...

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) Hollywood

Adventure | Comedy
I Watched Both The Parts (1&2) Back To Back!
I Don’t Know Why But I Liked The Both The parts
Now Am Expecting Its 3rd Installment "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas"
Its An Adventurous Comedy Trip From Horald & Kumar
I Loved The Serious Ending In This Part
Horald Ruled In 1st Part & In Here Kumar
Recommended To All But Little Adult Contents Included!

Flawless

A Pretty Entertaining Flick wit superb performances from Micheal Caine & Demi Moore..... Though it is set in the 1960s it still doesn’t bores u...... Recommended for fans of heist movies or crime thriller dramas....
My Rating....
8/10

A Clockwork Orange

Now this is 1 will call a once in a century type of a movie..... Mind blasting, Superb, Awesome...... Words r failing to come man...... What a masterpiece from a Brilliant Genius..... Kubrick Sir u r a genius.. u really are one in million.... what i heard about u form many days came to b absolutely true... what a vision a amn can have 1 can absolutely see thru this movie...... its literally 1 movie u will surely have to watch b4 u die..... Alex is a character larger than life and who will remain immortal through the times..... Malcolm McDowell played brilliantly the character...... The expressions, the dialogues Kubrick gets them straight into ur mind..........
This movie i think is far beyond rating and a 1000/10 wont b enough for this.....
1 last word......... GO FOR IT............

The Black Stallion (1979) Hollywood

Adventure | Drama | Sports
Remarkable, Very Realistic, I Loved It Very Much
This Is The Movie Don’t Want To Miss Ever
This Silent Movie Is Best To Watch At Night
After "Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron", This One Is The Bast About Horse
Almost 1st One Hour Is Very Silent, Especially Children Likes This Movie
Story Is About Relationship Between A Stallion & A Young Boy
Recommended To All, Never Miss It!