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A naganaga Oo Athidi (AOA) – Drama Tension from the Old School It’s rare to see a  philosophical thriller,  with equal amounts of messaging and dramatically sucking aspects put forward in an apt  method  to suit the world of its story. This movie gets these elements right from it’s fore-bearer  Aa Karaala Rathri   (2018), which itself is a cinematic rendition of a Stage Drama going by the same name written in the ‘80s. The macrostructure to the minuscule lines is all old school. The movie starts with  Tanikella Bharani’s  voice stating “Spark inside the man has led to the Spark he discovered for Survival “. There are many such dialogues which are strongly mouthed by the  characters,  one of the best lines being – “  Khaamaniki Kallu Levu, Aasa Ku Chaavu Ledu “,  which means “ Perv is blind, Greed is immortal”. These set of lines perfectly describe the motive of a family of 3 –  Malli  ( Payal Rajput ),  An...

WW ’84 – The Superhero’s emotion-heavy moments are overcast by a childlike plot. WW ’84, if released in ’84, would’ve at least garnered a better reception for its fantasy-filled plot and simplistic imagination of comic to film. But, thanks to its stiff competitor Marvel Studios and also the shouldered overweight of DCEU's Dark Knight Trilogy, a Superhero movie isn’t any more a child’s play or a children’s park for only the 8-12-year-olds to enjoy. DCEU  had upon it this poor understanding of how to  create  human-like complexity in a Saviour and the mistakes it did is a list starting from  Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad to Justice League . The one’s where it proved it’s understanding is  Wonder Woman,  to some extent  Aquaman  and the best of them all being   Joker .  Wonder Woman worked excellently with it’s brewing war sub-plot below the all Amazonian Spinoff theme for...

S olo Brathuke So Better ( SBSB ) - The Romance×Comedy×Drama formula has its elements outdated with only comedy being a saving grace. Sai Dharam Tej’s (SDT) desperate craving for success was fulfilled last year with  Chithralahari  and  Prathi RojuPandage . While the latter is much better in terms of entertaining the  family  audience, it still was backed by momentary ideas of doing so. This year with  SBSB , SDT feels his movie is special and we too do so. But there is a slight difference in both. SBSB  takes inspirations from many plots and tries to follow the current trends of getting a Hit, but what ends up happening is mixed bag of rotten fruits. Starting with a Youth leader- esque  pilot, along with some faked  deep  narration ( that’s inspiration there ) by SDT, which won't even continue for the rest the film ( that’s inspiration there too ), it moves on to an  attempted  buddy comedy- esque  zone and some nah-ins...