Rudhramadevi movie Review Story

Director          :   Gunasekhar

Music director: Ilayaraja

Producer        : Gunasekhar

 Anushka Shetty as Rudrama Devi.

 Allu Arjun as Gona Ganna Reddy. 

Rana Daggubati as Chalukya Veerabhadra.

Vikramjeet Virk as Mahadeva Nayakudu.

 Prakash Raj as Shiva Devaiah. 

Krishnam Raju as Ganapati Devudu. Suman as Hari Hara Devudu. Adithya Menon as Murari Devudu.

"Rudhramadevi" featuring actress Anushka in the title role released today. The film has received positive reviews from the audiences around the world.Anushka has played the title role of Rudrama Devi and her performance is the main highlight of the film. Allu Arjun who played the role of Gona Ganna Reedy is the main USP of the film

The film has brilliant production elements that are on par with the Hollywood standards. Ajayan Vincent's cinematography, Ilaiyaraaja's soundtrack and background score, superb VFX works are another highlights.

My rating 9/10 PERFECT 3D, VFX, Cinematography n BGM! Congrats to the entire team Its #GonaGannaReddy all the way Truly powerful than #Rudhramadevi @alluarjun is predictably outstanding #megastar's voice-over is an asset Story of #Rudhramadevi is well-known so no need to talk about that Direction-Cinematography-VFX-BGM are so strong assisted by performances While watching I asked myself 'Am I watching a #Hollywood film?' #Rudhramadevi thrills you with stunning visuals in 3D I loved it most Don't miss #Rudhramadevi Watch it in 3D atleast once You will surely love it Congrats to the entire team and a big bow to @Gunasekhar1

Story:-

The story of the film is set in the ancient Kakatiya dynasty of Orugallu. The majestic kingdom is ruled by Raja Ganapati Devudu(Krishnam Raju) who does not have any male successors. As time passes by, Ganapathi Devudu’s wife gives birth to a baby girl Rudrama Devi(Anushka).

Fearing that his long time enemies from the Devagiri dynasty would attack him after knowing that he has no male successors, the king decides to announce Rudrama Devi as prince Rudra Devudu to his empire.

Rudrama Devi grows up like a warrior and keeps her identity under wraps. Twist in the tale arises when the entire Kakatiya dynasty comes to know that the young prince is actually a girl.

What will Rudra Devudu do now ? Will he declare himself as the royal Rudrama Devi and fight the enemies ? and where does Gona Ganna Reddy(Allu Arjun) and Chalukya (Rana) feature in all this set up. To know answers to all these questions, you need to watch the film on the big screen

Plus Points :-

One of the striking points is the scale of the film. The huge budget spent is clearly visible in the form of huge sets and VFX work. Allu Arjun is undoubtedly the major highlight of the film. Gunasekhar has designed his character supremely well and Bunny does an awesome job with his diction and rugged look. The way stylish star has infused a comedy touch into his character is remarkable.

Anushka looks regal as queen Rudrama Devi and does her job with a lot of dedication. She has worked very hard for the war sequences and looks extremely glamorous in the songs. Rana plays his part well and ably supports Anushka in her endeavors. Prakash Raj and Krishnam Raju suit their roles aptly. After a long gap, Suman gets an important role as a baddie and performs extremely well.

First half of the film is pretty decent and showcases the growth of Rudrama Devi as the prince. Certain visuals and the way Allu Arjun’s character has been introduced is superb. There are many grand visuals in the film which have been handled well with VFX work.

Minus Points:-

One of the major drawbacks is the drag in narration. After setting up the first half in a decent way, Gunsekhar let’s the film down with some mediocre direction. He takes a lot of time to establish Rudrama Devi as the queen and does not elevate her character much. There are way too many characters which come and go into the proceedings.

Also, the way certain characters have been introduced lacks the desired effect. Stars like Nithya Menen and Catherine Tresa have been completely wasted in their roles. Second half of the film has a lot of lags and takes for ever to reach the climax. Gunasekhar also fails to generate the necessary emotions from crucial characters.

Songs in the second half only delay the film’s proceedings. Screenplay is below par during the second part as many scenes take their own time to unveil.

Technical Aspects:-

Ilayaraja’s music score is below average but his background score is decent in certain parts. Dialogues are pretty good and especially those written for Allu Arjun are worth a mention. Camera work is top notch and showcases the royal visuals in a grand manner.

The palace sets, costumes and the various props used are designed nicely. Production values are top notch as the makers have spent lavishly in giving the film a grand look. Rudrama Devi has a mixed bag of visual effects. There are certain VFX scenes which have been executed well and at the same time the graphics used in some war episodes look silly.

Coming to the director Gunasekhar, he has put his heart and soul working for this film. Most of the first half he plays his cards right and sets up an interesting interval bang. But sadly, he makes things tedious during the second half and does not elevate the required scenes.

Ashok Vajpeyi too decides to return Sahitya Akademi award

Hindi poet and literary critic Ashok Vajpeyi has decided to return the Sahitya Akademi award as a mark of protest against the growing assault on freedom and the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the subject

"Our Prime Minister, who is so loquacious on all issues, is silent on a series of ghastly events where writers and rationalists are being killed for their views and a common man has been lynched for his alleged eating habits. Narendra Modi needs to assure the reflective and creative community of this country that the Constitution must be respected by all, including his party members and party sympathisers," Vajpeyi, the 74 year-old former Lalit Kala Akademi chairman, told TOI over phone on Wednesday. 

After Hindi litterateur Uday Prakash and English writer Nayantara Sahgal, Vajpeyi is the third recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award to return it. He had received it for his poetry collection, Kahin Nahin Wahin, in 1994. 

"For the past year-and-a-half, I have been writing about the rise of violence, intolerance and bigotry in our society in my Jansatta column, Kabhi Kabhaar (Occasionally). We have been witnessing a culture of exclusions and bans. I strongly feel those involved are against the spirit of Indian tradition and seeking to create a parochial and prejudiced view of the past," Vajpeyi said. 

"Today, we are witnessing an assault on the right to freedom, expression and life. We have a culture minister who says that APJ Abdul Kalam was a nationalist 'despite being a Muslim'. Another Union minister says during a world Hindi conference in Bhopal that writers are not invited because they 'come, drink, read papers and go away'," he said. 

In recent months, India has witnessed daylight murders of Kannada writer and Sahitya Akademi winner, M M Kalburgi, and rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare. 

Vajpeyi said that the police investigation in these cases is tardy. "The authorities seem to have no will to catch the culprits. In this backdrop, a Muslim has been killed over rumours of beef-eating in Dadri," he said. 

The poet also expressed surprised that the Sahitya Akademi, an autonomous body, has neither condemned the killings nor brought any pressure on the government by issuing a statement. 

India’s last few Oscar entries were embarrassing Irrfan Khan

Announcement of India’s official entry to Oscars are often followed by debates over the better films missing it. Be it the Gujarati film The Good Road (2013) or Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Barfi (2012), their credibility is mostly questioned. This year, however, the nomination of Chaitanya Tamhane’s debut Court went undisputed. Now, Irrfan Khan has said that India’s last few entries sent to the Oscars were “embarrassing” and added that Court is better than them.

“Court is a good film. I don’t know about the other films. Unlike a few years back, the kind of films that were sent, they were embarrassing. This is better than them,” Irrfansaid. Irrfan’s Paan Singh Tomar and The Lunchbox were two films that were in the forefront of being chosen as India’s Oscar entry, but ultimately Barfi! and The Good Road were selected by a jury appointed by the Film Federation of India.

Irrfan, who has done his fair share of work in international entertainment world, feels there should be a body “which should be really concerned about choosing the right film and sending it to a platform which is very important”. “We can’t judge what it will do and how it will be perceived. There (at Oscars) they have big competition, so it depends on Court...with which films it is competing. Also, there’s the luck factor. We can only try to send the best (film) we have made,” he said.

Having starred in films like the Oscar-winning entertainers Slumdog Millionaire and Life of Pi, Irrfan surely has an idea of how the foreign market perceives Indian cinema. Asked if Hollywood is still looking for clichéd Indian films, which have song and dance sequences, Irrfan said: “They are not looking for anything from Bollywood. They have a perception of Bollywood films having songs and dance sequences in it. But if we do films like The Lunchbox, Court and Slumdog Millionaire, then the perception will change. Somewhere that perception is changing, but that’s very little bit. Like Talvar, it’s a film with no song and dance. It’s doing very well.”

Indrani Mukerjea Remains Critical, Still Unconscious Doctors Said

Indrani Mukerjea, who is accused of murdering her daughter Sheena Bora, continues to remain critical and has not regained consciousness as yet, doctors attending to her at the JJ hospital have said.

Dr T P Lahane, the Dean of JJ Hospital has said that Indrani was responding to treatment and added that doctors are trying hard to revive her from deep sleep.

"She has not regained consciousness yet but we are trying our best. Indrani is still critical but is responding to treatment. We are closely monitoring her vital parameters," Dr Lahane told PTI this morning.

He added that Ms Mukerjea was not on ventilator support, but was being given oxygen because she is not able to breath on her own.

Dr Lahane had yesterday said that according to a report from Hinduja Hospital laboratory, the level of benzodiazepine - an anti-depressant - was found raised in her urine sample.

"Normally if a patient is on anti-depressant drug, the level of benzodiazepine in urine is 200. But in Indrani's case, it is 2088. The report is positive for drug overdose. Anti-epileptic drugs have already been ruled out. The (test) has come negative. It is only the anti-depressant that has caused the thing (collapse)," he had said.

Principal Home Secretary (Prisons) Vijay Satbir Singh has said the probe is looking into all aspects including whether the medicines or any other toxic substance she consumed were prescribed by the doctors and ascertain if there was an overdose.

The probe is also looking if there was negligence or foul play and action would be taken against those found responsible, he had said.

Ms Mukerjea, 43, was arrested in August and has been lodged at the Byculla jail since September 7 when she was remanded in judicial custody.

Sheena Bora, 24, was killed in 2012. The Mumbai Police has accused her mother, Indrani, step-father Sanjeev Khanna, and a driver of hatching a criminal conspiracy to murder Sheena, abducting and murdering her and disposing of her half-burnt body in a forest in Raigad, about 80 km from Mumbai. During her lifetime, Ms Bora was presented by her mother as a younger sister.

Mr Khanna, a Kolkata businessman, and Ms Mukerjea's driver were also arrested and are lodged at the Arthur Road Prison. Ms Mukerjea's husband, Peter Mukerjea, a former CEO of Star India, has been questioned several times by the police in the case.

ఫీజు కోసం నిలబెట్టారని.. సెల్ఫోన్లో వీడియో తీసుకుని విద్యార్థి ఆత్మహత్య

కరీంనగర్: జిల్లాలోని పెద్దపల్లిలో విషాద ఘటన చోటు చేసుకుంది. జూలపల్లి మండల కేంద్రంలోని బ్రిలియంట్ మోడల్ స్కూల్‌లో పదో తరగతి చదువుతున్న సంతోష్ రెడ్డి (15) అనే విద్యార్థి ఆర్థిక ఇబ్బందుల కారణంగా ఫీజు కట్టలేకపోవడంతో మనస్తాపం చెంది రైలు కిందపడి ఆత్మహత్య చేసుకున్నాడు. ఆత్మహత్య చేసుకునే ముందు తన సెల్‌ఫోన్‌లో వీడియో తీసుకున్నాడు. ఆ వీడియోలో ఆత్మహత్యకు గల కారణాలు వివరించాడు. ఈ సంఘటన గురువారం రాత్రి జరిగింది. వివరాల్లోకి వెళితే.. సంతోష్ రెడ్డి స్వగ్రామం ధర్మారం మండలం అబ్బాపూర్. ఫీజు కట్టలేదని పాఠశాలలో ఉపాధ్యాయుడు బయట నిలబెట్టడంతో సదరు విద్యార్థి మనస్తాపానికి గురయ్యాడు. ఇంటికి వచ్చిన తర్వాత తనకు బాధ కలిగిందని, మనకు ఫీజు కట్టే స్తోమత లేదని బాధపడుతూ.. తాను చనిపోతున్నట్లు సెల్ఫీ వీడియో ద్వారా రికార్డింగ్ చేసి అదృశ్యమయ్యాడు.
గురువారం రాత్రి పెద్దపల్లి రైల్వేస్టేషన్ సమీపంలో ట్రాక్‌పై గుర్తుతెలియని శవం లభించగా విచారణ చేపట్టిన పోలీసులు అది సంతోష్ రెడ్డి మృతదేహంగా గుర్తించారు. పోలీసులు కేసు నమోదుచేసి దర్యాప్తు చేస్తున్నారు. మృతదేహాన్ని పోస్టుమార్టం నిమిత్తం స్థానిక ప్రభుత్వాసుపత్రికి తరలించారు. సంతోష్ రెడ్డి మృతితో అబ్బాపూర్ గ్రామంలో ఇటు బ్రిలియంట్ మోడల్ స్కూల్ లో విషాదం నెలకొంది. కాగా, విద్యార్థి సంతోష్ రెడ్డి ఘటనపై తెలంగాణ డిప్యూటీ సీఎం కడియం శ్రీహరి వేగంగా స్పందించారు. ఈ ఘటనపై సమాచారం తెలిసిన వెంటనే విద్యా శాఖ బాధ్యతలను పర్యవేక్షిస్తున్న కడియం కరీంనగర్ కలెక్టర్‌కు ఫోన్ చేశారు. ఘటనపై పూర్తి స్థాయిలో విచారణ జరిపి నివేదిక అందజేయాలని ఆయన కలెక్టర్ కు ఆదేశాలు జారీ చేశారు. అధిక ఫీజులను వసూలు చేస్తున్న ప్రైవేట్ పాఠశాలలను కట్టడి చేయాల్సిందేనని ఈ సందర్భంగా కడియం అభిప్రాయపడ్డారు. ప్రైవేట్ పాఠశాలల ఆగడాలకు అడ్డుకట్ట వేసేందుకు వాటిని ప్రభుత్వ పర్యవేక్షణలోకి తీసుకొచ్చే విషయాన్ని పరిశీలిస్తున్నామని ఆయన చెప్పారు. అంతేకాక ఆత్మహత్యలు చేసుకోరాదని ఆయన విద్యార్థులకు పిలుపునిచ్చారు. ప్రైవేట్ పాఠశాలల ఆగడాలపై అధికారులకు ఫిర్యాదు