Bangalore: Yashas , a new star who appeared in 3 earlier films like Toofan, has been signed as one of the 3 heroes with hitting roles in ‘Yuva sene’ a new film going on floors, ofter Ashadha month ending 31st July. Siddhu is the debut director, who also wrote the story, dialogues and screenplay, after […]

The film relates to mid-80 and has an appeal to modern times. But selection of costumes and living style of characters go back 25 years, and the director has a bother. The screenplay is tight and actors fit the roles. The director Nagendra Prasad has cleverly got rid of rabble-rousers and taken to youths with […]

Fully shaved Upendra is seen in uncomfortable positions in this film that takes a beating from his earlier box office hit ‘super’ where he was in his elements with high quality, gravity, brisk dialogues, fine short scenes and tricky situations. They are not here in this new film and Upendra is in a piquant situation […]

Prashanthi Nilayam: Andhra is in 4 days of state mourning over Sri Satya Sai Baba’s final departure from the boundaries of human body. In “Whitefield” near Bangalore, there is a blanket of gloom over the death of saintly person who believed in service to mankind with love. The Kannada film personalities have become sad on […]

Excise Minister Renukacharya in Om’s new Kannada film Bangalore: Film director Om Prakash Rao seems to understand that politicians can act better on stage or screen, since politics is like another stage with MLAs as actors. Politicians facing camera can act like a film star with more appeal. So, Rao introduces- who else,, but MP […]

“Sanju Weds Geetha” Kannada film is a clean entertainer Bangalore : Not a remake, nor a dubbed picture, but a simple screenplay with gripping narration and lovely songs, neat cinematography and a pretty presence of Ramya. Director Nagashekhar in his comedy film softens had hearts while projecting a tragedy, unlike what he did in ‘Aramane’ […]

Bangalore: Sudeep turns director in this kannada film on a cop called Kempegowda to deceive people in Bangalore. The film has nothing to do with a historic personality who put 4 towers in 4 corners of Bangalore to indicate its borders. The hero is a policeman in love with a city girl. It is a […]

Bangalore: Simhadri is the Telugu film copied frame by frame, dialogue by dialogue, in look by look in Kannada by director  Tushar Ranganath as a re-make. A dubbing would have helped, if this is what Kannada re-make is supposed to be. Only the actors and actresses, the language and music must have changed. Others like […]

Kalmanja – a remake that doesn’t click in Copy Bangalore : When a remake film follows the old film of which it is a remake, there is nothing left for creativity even to a maiden director like Ramesh Prabhakaran, who blindly follows a seven year old Malayalam film in subject and substance in Kannada. Those […]

Mangalore: A new Kannada film ‘Kartik’ having young Karthik Shetty of ‘Yuva’ film fame as the hero, will hit the screen this month in several cities of Karnataka. The feature film is directed by Satish Shetty, with Tulu stage star and writer Devadas  Kapikad in a comic role, along with wife Sharmila. The heroine is […]