Neninthe Telugu Movie Review

Neninthe Movie Review Idlebrain,Greatandhra,oneindia,bharatstudent

Ratings at a glance

Idlebrain -2.5/5
Greatandhra -2/5
Bharatstudent -2.25/5

Source:Idlebrain

Jeevi rating: 2.5/5 Punchline: 'cinema kastala' cinema Genre: Drama Type: Straight Banner: Universal Media Cast: Ravi Teja, Siya, Mumaith Khan, Krishna Bhagawan, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Supreet, Sayaji Shinde, Subbaraju, Sairam Shankar, Raja Ravindra, Uttej, Rama Prabha, Surekha Vani, Satyam Rajesh, Venu Madhav, Kovai Sarala, Melkote etc. Music: Chakri Cinematography: Shyam K Naidu Editing: Varma Art: Chinna Fights: Ram - Lakshman Story - dialogues - screenplay - direction: Puri Jagan Producer: DVV Danayya Release date: 18 December 2008

Review

Story Ravi (Ravi Teja) is a struggling assistant director who works for a mediocre director ‘Idly’ Viswanadh (modeled after self-deprecating ‘Puri’ Jagannadh). Ravi lives with his mother (Rama Prabha) who is suffering from cancer. Sandhya (Siya) is a struggling side dancer who aspires to become a heroine. She is harassed by her brother-in-law (Krishna Bhagawan) who acts more like a broker. Yaadu (Supreet) is a goon who harasses Sandhya. The rest of the story is all about how Ravi and Sandhya realize their dreams. Artists Performance Ravi Teja: Ravi Teja, who is known for his hyperactive energy with lots of attitude, gave a subdued performance in this film. There is lot of honesty and intensity in certain scenes enacted by him. His dialogue delivery is also slow compared to his earlier films; that’s why dialogues like ‘tuduchukunte pothundanukunte…’ and ‘road meda penta…’ are clearly audible in this film compared to Ravi Teja’s earlier films. Others: Actress Siya is appropriate for the role of a side actress who becomes heroine at a later point of time. Subbaraju stands out with excellent performance though he imitated Mahesh Babu at times. Mumaith Khan enacted herself as a heroine in this film. She is adequate. Supreet excels in the role of the main villain. Sayaji Shinde is very good as the hapless Telugu movie producer. Brahmanandam is hilarious as a mediocre director and he provides some entertainment. Krishna Bhagawan is good as the nasty guy. Venu Madhav is hilarious in ‘Tamil director’ get up and in the ‘deep shit’ episode. Sairam Shankar is nice as the fans president. MS Narayana, Satyam Rajesh and Rama Prabha are fair. VV Vinayak donned the guest role of himself. Ali – the aasthana comedian of Puri Jagan’s movies – is conspicuously absent in this movie. Technical departments Story - screenplay - direction: Basic story of the film is about a struggling assistant director becoming a director. There are two ways to narrate this story. One is to make an artsy film and another is to do a pucca commercial film. Puri Jagan chose a mid path for this film. Hence, certain scenes in the film look honest and some look forced for commercial reasons. Direction is adequate in parts. Screenplay is not good. Dialogues are good in parts. The following scenes are good – 1. The introduction scene in which heroine says that she is in the profession of side dancer because she has to feed her family members. 2. The scene in which hero explains to heroine that people love each other for their own selfish reasons. One of the best in Puri Jagan’s films. 3. Venu Madhav’s two scenes: (a). changing his name Senthil to impress heroes of Telugu by using Tamil name. (b). ‘Deep shit’ episode (adapted from one of those forwarded emails we usually get). 4. The doctor explaining how clever the hero is by explaining the consequences of cutting the behinds on goons using a knife. 5. The fans president episodes. The following points are unconvincing 1. The real struggle of hero character is never showcased. He reaches his goal smoothly with a little resistance. Hence you would never empathize with the character of the hero. 2. Casting item girl Mumaith Khan for the role of heroine who later attempts suicide. The character of Mumaith Khan could not derive any sympathy because of the miscasting. 3. Hero would be beating up villain several times in the film and there is never any resistance from the villain. Hence there is no payoff in the climax episode when Ravi Teja repeats the dialogue ‘tuduchukunte pothundanukunte…’ and beats the villain again. 4. There is glorification of film industry. The only negative character shown in the film industry is that of Brahmanandam character titled it as ‘Idly Viswanadh’. Puri Jagan tried to play it safe by not criticizing anybody in film industry. He chose Idly Viswanadh and criticized the directors because he could justify that ‘Idly Viswanadh’ is modeled after ‘Puri Jagannadh’ so that no other director would blame him. Hence the honesty in the film is missing. 5. Puri Jagan blamed NRI crowds to be miserly people (one of the character uses the word "kakkurty") who read web reviews to save $8. (Probably Puri Jagan is not aware that his previous film Chirutha was previewed for $20 in USA and his latest film Neninthe costs $12 a ticket in most of USA centers). It is not the money NRIs care about. They are more concerned about time, efforts and have a fear of losing their peace of mind by watching a bad film. Puri Jagan also suggested that people should watch the film first and then read the reviews. Not the other way round! 6. On one hand Puri Jagan blamed the gossip sites (in a way it is justified) and on the other hand, he propagates gossips with Neninthe film that web reviewers take money and do distribution to give good rating to the movies. Other departments: Music by Chakri is good. Krishna Nagare Mava (penned by Bhaskarabhatla) is excellent. ‘Oh I miss you’ (sung by Raghu Kunche) is pretty romantic. And I liked the way Puri Jagan integrated the narrative of the story into the songs picturization. Cinematography by Shyam K Naidu is good. Editing is adequate. Fight sequences are OK. Analysis: First half of the film is adequate. There are no payoff elements in the second half. Certain scenes in the film are good and entertaining while some scenes are bad and uninteresting. Overall, Neninthe is more like a personal film made from Puri Jagan’s personal experiences. It is certainly not a universal film on Universal Media (production house of this film that delivered universal blockbusters like Desa Muduru & Dubai Seenu).

Source:Greatandhra


Film: Neninthe
Rating: 2/5
Cast: Ravi Teja, Siya, Mumaith Khan, Riya, Krishna Bhagwan, Surekha Vani, Supreet, Subba Raju, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav, Rama Prabha, Sayaji Shinde etc
Cinematography: Sam K Naidu
Music: Chakri
Editing: Varma
Art: Chinna
Fights: Ram-Laxman
Producer: DVV Danayya
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Puri Jagannath
Released On: 18 Dec 2008

The much awaited movie 'Neninthe' has seen light today. As it is directed by ace film maker Puri Jagannath, obviously the expectations have rose big. Is the film in tune with expectations? Let's peep into the details.

Story:
Ravi (Ravi Teja) is an aspiring film director who works as an assistant director at Idly Vishwanath (Brahmanandam). Mallik (Subba Raju) is the hero of the film and Mumaith (Mumaith Khan) happens to be heroine for that project. Sandhya (Siya), the junior artiste cum troupe dancer falls in crush with Ravi. But Ravi is goal oriented like Kamal Hasan in Sagarasangamam.

And striking another resemblance, Ravi's mother (Rama Prabha) ails with a cancer. Amidst all this, how Ravi reaches his goal by impressing heroes and producers with his talent forms the main theme.

In the process of narration, the director has touched several corners of film world and slashed several departments surrounding film world.

Performances:
Ravi Teja did his best in his role. He proved to be the best one to portray emotional anger with sentimental touch. His performance when a dying fan calls him on phone is impressive.

Siya is hefty and not possessed with sharp features. But still she is good for the eyes of audiences. She enacted her role satisfactorily.

Krishna Bhagawan portrayed role with villain shades while Supreet made his presence as rugged villain. Rest of the crew is ok.

Coming to technical aspects, cinematography worked well. Music is just average. Apart from the song 'Krishna nagare mama..' nothing is haunting. Puri's direction is filled with anguish and missed logic several times. He gave confused characterization for hero as well. Initially hero appears to be practical and balanced even in fights. But in next scene he fights like any other action hero. The director might have missed the understanding that the atmosphere shown in this movie (overseas rights, reviews, gossips…) wouldn't appeal for mass and rural audiences. The titles of the films are very interesting with ample of nostalgic appeal.

Analysis:
It's the 'confessions of Puri Jagannath on film world'. He has shown a great variety in the concept he has chosen but failed to handle it in proper way. Although the film is insipid there are a few sensibilities in it.

Sensible Dialogues And Scenes:

Ravi Teja: "rupai sampadinchaleni evvadu I love you cheppadaaniki arhudu kaadu" (it appeals for all students and teenagers)

Rama Prabha: "chaduvu sandhyalleni vedhavalanthaa cinemaallo panichesthuntaarani bayata oka talk undi. Anduke daanini cherapadaaniki K Raghavendra Rao BA, SV Krishna Reddy M Com ani vesukunnattugaa nee peru venuka kooda MBA ani pettaanu" (this enlightens the people those assume that film people are illiterates)

Sai Ram's suicide episode moves the hearts of audiences (that's a lesson taught by director for entire fans' community)

Sayaji Shinde: "2% success rate tho nadiche industry lo unnam. Edadiki 150 cinemaalu vasthunte andulo 2 leda 3 hit avvadame kashtam ayipothondi" (it's a macro level analysis that utters a bitter fact)

Target-Websites:
Shyaji Shinde calls his nephew in USA and says to him in anguish, "Don't read reviews and go to films. Watch films first and then read reviews" (What's the logic in this? If that can be done, then producers can screen their films first and then think about collections).

The great dialogue also says, "Don't bother for your mere US$ 8 and kill cinema by not watching it" (How many NRIs support this dialogue? The dialogue says that the dollars should be squeezed out from NRIs by producers and in that process, reviews shouldn't hinder)

Shinde also says, "Websites give ratings for the films as per their whims and fancies. They give positive rating when they distribute them overseas and negative rating when they don't" (if that can be the assumption, the website reviewers can come to conclusion that talented film directors also make films as per their whims and fancies. They make sensible films when they are down to earth and make bullshit when over-confidence hits their heads).

Shinde also says, "Dr Ramanaidu at that age is establishing new studios just for passion and not for money" (if that is the understanding, why can't the director understand that websites are also running just with passion to entertain people but not for money. Well, how many producers give Ads for websites and how many websites run behind producers for Ads? There is that evidence for websites to claim that they are running with more passion and less money. But what is the evidence for Ramanaidu's 'mere-passion' to start a new studio as claimed through this movie?)

The film has discussed lot many things but that is not in tune with the entertainment requirement of audiences. Certainly the movie is a bold venture but the director would have dealt with this with better conviction. It's a personal review of Puri Jagannath on 'Tollywood'. His entire confessions are grooved in this film. He expressed his views on egos of directors, crazy fans, websites and reviews, rowdies in film world, woes of junior artistes and everything. Too many things made the movie over loaded with subject shunning the entertainment value. Both first half and second half run with dull pace. The tempo of the film is not active but appeared lengthy.

Source:Bharatstudent

Movie Review:Neninthe Rating :2.25/5 Banner :Universal Media Cast :Ravi Teja, Seiya, Sayaji Shinde, Subbaraju, Supreeth, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav, Satyam Rajesh, Mumaith Khan, Krishna Bhagawan, Sairam Shankar, V V Vinayak, Raja Ravindra and others Cinematography: Sam K Naidu Music: Chakri Producer: D V V Danaiah Director: Puri Jagannadh Released Date: December 18, 2008

Story:

An overhyped tale, the story begins with Ravi (Ravi Teja) who is an aspiring director and is currently an assistant director with Idli (Brahmanandam) who is not so much of a talent. He puts up with Idli's tantrums and soon the film of hero Mallik (Subbaraju) releases turning out to be a major disaster leaving the producer (Sayaji Shinde) into dire straits. On the other hand, Ravi comes across as a junior artiste Sandhya (Seiya) who eventually falls in love with him but then she is lusted by the local goonda Yadu (Supreeth). Soon, destiny comes into picture and Sandhya becomes a top heroine while Ravi gets a chance to direct one of his stories. However, fate has something else in store for them and whether Ravi is successful in materializing his dream or not forms the rest of the story.

Presentation:

The director has attempted to come up with a rather bold tale but the truth is neither the narrative nor the presentation was as gripping as it was expected. The dialogues were just about okay barring two scenes, the script was average and the screenplay had nothing special. The music department was below the mark and barring two songs, there is nothing melodious in the background score or the songs. Cinematography was just about okay, editing was mediocre. The shots in a single scene were too many and sometimes it was visually disturbing. Comedy was absent and whatever little was there failed to generate any laughs. Ravi Teja looked good with his performance and he fitted well with the image of a struggling yet bold director, Seiya was voluptuous and fresh to the core and she really has a very glamorous potential. Sayaji Shinde was regular, Subbaraju did his bit with elegance, Supreeth looked evil enough and delivered his role very well, Krishna Bhagawan was apt, Venu Madhav failed to impress, the others did their bit mechanically.

Conclusion:

The film was meant to be a dig at the film industry on a lighter vein but it looked more like a autobiography with the most practical outlook. The personal thoughts and anguish of the director were clearly evident in few scenes but then if he was planning to entertain the crowds with his self story then it must be said that he has failed in his job. The brilliance of his direction was missing completely. While the first half of the film was quite haphazard, the second half gets into a direction but there is no element of gripping scenes or something that leaves an impact. The film will run due to its very different storyline and the fast paced canning but entertainment quotient or comedy aspect is nil. This will get its investment but there is nothing more to it.

Bharatstudent Verdict: An average film, nothing great.