Archive for ‘Movies’
Telugu Cinema : Small films. ‘Big’ Obstacles.
I’d like to cut to the chase. All of believe and agree that ‘Content in King’. Agreed. But that comes with an asterisk with a fine print below that reads ‘Marketing & Distribution is the King Maker.’ And this is applicable to all films, big & small. This means even more to a small-budget film. [...]
My Review : Prince of Persia & its similarity to Telugu films
Fantasy movies are one of my favorite genres. The Mummy (1999) and Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari (1989) are amongst my most-watched film, which I would have seen over 30 times atleast. Prince of Persia is a film that falls in similar genre. Yet, my expecations were. modest as most video-game adaptation movies suck. But, then [...]
Prasthanam, a little gem that went unnoticed.
Honestly, the movie wasn’t even on my radar. I just heard from the trade thats its “good”. But I really got curious with so many telugu celebs on Twitter raving about it. I made an attempt to watch it but couldn’t as it was not around in cinemas. Thankfully, the director Deva Katta himself got in touch [...]
“Real or Rumour”, a new feature in Southscope. Need your take!
I was reading all kinds of celebrity tabloids in my trip in the US. Some of them are People, OK! Magazine, US Weekly, inTouch which churn out huge amount of celebrity gossip week after week. All the magazines look identical, cover the same stuff & there are loads in the market. People everywhere love to [...]
Telugu cinema wouldn’t have silver jubilee films again.
Indian cinema had this unique culture over the year, of measuring a movie by the number of days it ran at the theatres. A hit movie would run for 100 days in the theatres ideally, and an average movie around 50 days. Silver Jubilee, or being 25 weeks in the theatre is the sign of [...]
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