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The southern stud Siddarth may well be struggling a bit to score big success at the box office but he sure has enough projects in hand to keep him busy for an year or two. Now, it is heard that Sidz has reached another milestone in his career and that is through his baby.Well, we are talking about Sidz taking a new avatar, that of a producer. Yes, he has launched his production banner and it is named as Etaki Entertainment. Apparently, Etaki is a Bengali word meaning 'what is it?' incidentally, Sidz did a voiceover for an ad when he was a kid and got Rs 300, hence the name.Buzz is that Sidz has teamed up with the noted cinematographer Nirav Shah and another person Sasikanth. They have already started their first venture and this is 'Love Failure'. Sidz is pairing up with the doe eyed beauty Amala Paul in this one. Here's wishing all the success to this budding team of producers.
Movie: Osthi Rating : 3.5/5Cast: Silambarasan, Richa Gangopadhyay, Jithan Ramesh, Sonu Sood, RevathyDirection: Dharani SProduction: Mohan Apparao, T. RameshMusic: ThamanStoryIt is a typical commercial cop story that we grew-up watching. A corrupt cop Osthi Velan (STR) fears for nothing. He robs from Peter and pays the Paul. More a man with Robinhood heart, Osthi Velan is man of style and substance. He has love-hate relationship with his half brother Balan (Jithan Ramesh). There is love for him in the form of Neduvali (Richa Gangopadhyaya), daughter of a drunkard (VTV Ganesh). They get attracted to each other and fall for each other. There is an enemy to Osthi Velan in the form of Boxer Daniel (Sonu Sood). Both cross swords with each other. Osthi Velan's life has a doting mother (Revathy), a funny cop Selvam (Santhanam) around him. Velan in his typical style fights the evil designs of Boxer Daniel. He rips off his shirt towards the climax to win over him in a battle. Eventually the commercial venture ends with victory for Osthi Velan and he holding the hands of his beau.
PerformanceIt is Simbu's special all the way. The multi-faceted actor has preferred to play to the gallery. He as Osthi Velan, a funny cop with his own antics is entertaining and energetic. He fights, dances, romances and preaches too in his imitable style. No way one can compare Simbhu's performance with that of Salman for STR has rendered it in his own style. His diction of Thirunelveli dialect is good. Especially when he rips his shirt towards the climax fighting Sonu Sood is a special treat for his fans. The young actor has impressed one and all. Sonu Sood does what he did in the original. At places funny and at places a clichéd villain on Tamil screen, Sonu Sood leaves his impression in a movie which otherwise is occupied by STR's massive screen-presence. He unlike villains in other Tamil films, get a major share on screen and utilize the opportunity well. He gyrates and speaks from the bottom of his belly at places.
Richa Gangopadhyaya, who is in a fine form thanks to stupendous success of her recent release Mayakkam Enna, consolidates her place strongly with Osthi. As Neduvalli, who is in love with Osthi Velan, she is homely yet glamorous. Her expressions and emotions are apt and Dharani extracts the best from his heroine. Santhanam emerges true champ with his one-liners that tickles our funny-bones. He is at his crackling best and scenes involving him and Simbu bring the roof down with laughter. Jithan Ramesh enacts the role played by Arbaz Khan as step-brother of Osthi Velan. He gets a meaty role to play and there is romance for him too. He is energetic too onscreen. Dharani's choice of star cast is apt for the masala venture. The likes of VTV Ganesh, Thambi Ramiah, Nasser, and Revathy add pep to the proceedings with a performance that is straight from their heart. The highlight being Bollywood sexy-siren Mallika Sherawat appearing for an item number equivalent to Munni Badnam.
TechnicalitiesDirector Dharani and cinematographer Gopinath share an excellent rapport and the two proved their mettle in their earlier outings. Osthi is no different and the duo makes it an engrossing affair where the camera compliments the racy story line. The major fillip for the movie is S Thaman's exemplary music. The pacy and racy songs are the major plus for the movie. The songs especially the title song Osthi rendered by Baba Sehgal, STR's rendition of cute pondatti and Kalasala Kalasala makes everyone break loose. Dharani's dialogues are crisp and Nellai Tamil fits the story well. Dharani has ensured that its racy commercial all through with no compromise. There are songs, fights, romance, comedy sequences and no dull moments all through.
Finally:An honest remake, Osthi is entertaining if you forget all logic and go inside cinema-hall for sheer joy, fun and entertainment. Dharani and STR have pulled it off in style. Three cheers to Osthi team.
What started a taboo in the film industry has now become a boon and hot cake for the cine folks. We are talking about the item songs and this was meant to be a domain for vamps and exclusive bombshells. But today, even that has been replaced with top league heroines shaking their booty.Amidst all this, one name has become the most desirable in Tollywood. This is Parvathi Melton. After making a debut in ‘Vennela’, this red wine beauty was unable to sustain her career due to flops. Later, it was the much promised film with Mahesh Babu and after keeping her hanging for a while, Parvathi was dumped.Later, her dream was half fulfilled when she did the item song in ‘Dookudu’ and with that, Parvathi is earning in one song what she used to earn acting for a film. Now, it is heard that producers and directors are fighting tooth and nail to get Parvathi’s call sheet for item songs. Let us wait to see if Paro will stick to the item route or prove her mettle as a heroine.
Ram Charan's film 'Yevadu' under the direction of Vamsi Paidipalli has been formally launched Today, Dec 9th 2011. While speaking in the pressmeet after the pooja ceremony, Ram Charan is all praise for director Vamsi Paidipalli and his film Brindavanam."We all have seen what Vamsi Paidipalli is capable off with his previous outing 'Brindavanam'. He succeeded in developing a family subject to suit a main stream actor (NTR Jr)," said Ram Charan.Ram Charan referring to NTR's film has surprised everyone because no other lead actor in his league would dare to do that. And that to knowing the fact that fans of both these families would always try to seal every opportunity to cross swords. Lookslike, the alleged gap between the Mega and Nandamuri camps is reducing with each passing day. Good for them and good for the Industry!!!
Is there a political angle to the Income Tax raid on the residence of leading hero Mahesh Babu?The official reason is that the hype generated over the box office collections of the recent Mahesh-starrer “Dookudu” had prompted the taxmen to knock the doors of the movie producers and the hero.However, questions are being raised whether there are political reasons behind this raid. Mahesh’s fans point out that the IT officials did not bother to touch either the producers of the hero Ramcharan Teja of Magadheera though the movie made huge box-office collections. There was an equal hype surrounding Magadheera. The talk in political and film circles is that Chiranjeevi’s association with the Congress has kept the taxmen at bay. His political position has acted as a protective cover for him and his family, it is argued. Mahesh Babu’s paternal uncle Adiseshagiri Rao is understood to be associated with the YSR Congress Party. It is in this backdrop that the raids assume significance. It is this political connection of Mahesh’s family members that is giving rise to suspicion that the raid could be politically motivated.
