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Paper Boy Movie Review
Geetha Arts bagging the distribution rights of a small budget film has grabbed the attention of trade and film lovers. Is Paper Boy worth the attention? Let’s analyze…
Story:
Ravi (Santosh) is a paper boy who is madly in love with a rich girl named Dharani (Riya) waits for years to just have a glance at her. Dharani also reciprocates his love after knowing him. Her parents approve their love after initial reluctance. But trouble begins when her brothers enter the scene. Can the love pair come together against all odds?
Performances:
Santosh Shoban is a fine talent. He not only suits the character but also does justice to it. Riya Suman is okay. Tanya Hope has little role to play. Mahesh Vitta as hero’s friend offers some fun. Bittiri Sathi’s comedy with Vidyullekha will appeal to the masses. Annapurna also adds a bit of humor to the proceedings. Rest of the star cast mostly consists of newcomers and not so popular faces except Posani who appears in a cameo.
Technicalities:
Jayashankar does a fine job in presenting this story in a classy way. His direction is reminiscent of Karunakaran’s style, which works in the romantic scenes. He is also good at handling the emotions and melodrama.
Story by Sampath Nandi is as old as Nandi hills. He must have been aware of the cliches which is why he puts in extra efforts to narrate it in a different manner. The screenplay format is similar to that of Shivamani film directed by Puri Jagan. Dialogues are impressive. Music is also good though there aren’t any catchy songs. Cinematography is an asset and the production values are commendable. It doesn’t seem like a low budget film in any frame. Even the scenes shot in slums are colorful and vibrant. Production design team needs a special mention for selecting best locations.
Thumbs Up:
Santosh Sobhan
Cinematography
Dialogues
Thumbs Down:
Old story
Loud comedy
Melodramatic climax
Analysis:
Paper Boy has a familiar plot of rich girl falling for a poor boy. The old plot is told in a poetic way with lot of aesthetic sense. Paper Boy scores on the visual front with superb technical values. Not many low budget films can be as colorful as this one. Sampath Nandi and co. should be lauded for not compromising on the quality of the film. Sadly, good visuals aren’t enough for a film to click. A film of this scale should have captivating story and arresting screenplay.
Story is basic without any novelty and screenplay moves at a snail’s pace, making it a tedious watch. There is a deliberate attempt of not resorting to violence, which is appreciable. However, there are episodes of so-called comedy that don’t fit into this film. Comedy tracks on Mahesh Vitta and Bittiri Satti are over the top and totally out of place. Satti’s comedy comes at a crucial juncture when the drama thickens. It turned out to be a very bad idea as it anyway didn’t yield desired results.
First half is passable with budding romance and meaningful conversations between the lead pair. Intermission establishes a small conflict that doesn’t play any major role in the post intermission scenes. The story enters familiar territory in the second half that leads to a melodramatic ending. The much needed chemistry between the lead pair is absent throughout the film. Heroine’s Brothers who enter the scene with huge buildup resorts to television serial like blackmailing to break the romance.
Good visuals, involving background score and a talented lead man are the positives of Paper Boy. But old plot with a predictable ending wouldn’t impress many. The film is neither entertaining nor path breaking. It simply tries to play safe by ticking many boxes that are essential for a commercial film. The makers should have had a target audience in their minds and make a film that appeals to them. Trying to win marks from different sections with a film like this one isn’t a smart move after all.
Verdict: Outdated Love Story.
Kaushal Army angry over Geetha
As the second season of Bigg Boss Telugu is nearing to climax, the mood in house is getting heated up between Kaushal and rest of the housemates.
Singer Geetha Madhuri, who’s one of the strong contestants in Bigg Boss house, has invited the wrath of ‘Kaushal army’ after Thursday’s episode was telecasted. It is because Geetha Madhuri nominated Kaushal’s name for eliminations for this entire season. Read on to know more…
Towards the end of ‘Murder Mystery’ task, Roll Rida (Police) & Ganesh (detective) falsely identified Tanish as culprit for the murders in House and declared his name to Bigg Boss. Later, Bigg Boss revealed that it is Geetha Madhuri, but not Tanish, who killed five others in House. As Geetha finished secret task flawlessly and wasn’t caught, Bigg Boss congratulated her also asked to nominate one person who will be in nominations for this whole season.
In no time, the popular singer mentioned that she wants to nominate ‘Kaushal’. And she gave a reasoning to it saying ‘he has got Kaushal Army, let us make use of it.’ Also, while speaking to Kaushal, Geetha told that her pick was all part of the game as he always used to say. For executing the secret task successfully, Geetha Madhuri is not in the nominations for this week.
But, nominating Kaushal for entire season has eventually triggered furious response from his fans- which is widely popular as ‘Kaushal Army’. However, they’re confident that they can save him for rest of this season as the ‘elimination fight’ is no new thing for Kaushal.
It’s clear from last couple of weeks that both Kaushal and Geetha Madhuri weren’t good to each other and involved in some serious altercations earlier. Eventually, all of them could be the reasons for Geetha’s decision.
Accident Victims Request to Nandamuri Family
The entire attention has been around the Nandamuri family, following the tragic passing of Harikrishna in a terrible car accident on August 29th. Harikrishna’s car was reportedly speeding at 160 kmph when it hit another car that was traveling ahead.
Three young photographers from Hyderabad – Praveen, Siva and Bhargav, were returning from Chennai when their car (AP31 AE 9000) was hit by Harikrishna’s Toyota Fortuner. The three youngsters were injured badly in the accident.
The accident victims are now requesting the government and the Nandamuri family to help them cover their hospital expenses. “We are from poor families and we can’t afford the medical expenses. But nobody is bothered about us,” lamented the young photographers. On the day of the accident, Chandrababu Naidu visited them and wished them a speedy recovery.
Vijay Deverakonda Creates Non-Baahubali Record
Vijay Deverakonda is a rage in Tamilnadu as well. The young handsome actor’s popularity in Tamilnadu state is increasing. “Geetha Govindam” is a smash hit there.
According to Tamil trade analysts, the film grossed more than Rs 5 Cr in Tamilnadu so far setting new record for a Telugu film. It is non-Baahubali record, declared a trade analyst.
“#GeethaGovindam is a non-Baahubali record holder in TN, grossing more than 5 CR in the state. Unexpected, undisputed blockbuster!,” he tweeted.
The film was not dubbed into Tamil language. The Telugu version has grossed such massive collection.
Vijay Deverakonda’s “Arjun Reddy” was watched by Tamil youth. The craze that he got from that cult love story helped him immensely.
After Mahesh Babu, Vijay Deverakonda is the only Telugu hero who has such huge collection in Tamilnadu.
Pics : Colors Swathi’s Low-Key Marriage
Colors Swathi got married to her pilot boyfriend Vikas last night in Hyderabad in a simple ceremony.
Celebrities generally go for lavish wedding celebrations but Colors Swathi preferred a low-key ceremony. No Tollywood celebrity attended. Only close friends and family members were invited by her.
It was Swathi’s idea that the wedding celebrations should not be flashy and lavish. Vikash is a commercial pilot. The reception will be held in Kochi on September 2.
Swathi said she would not quit acting. She would continue doing Tamil and Malayalam movies.
How About Pawan-TDP Alliance In Telangana?
Strange are the politics of the Communist parties, particularly CPI (M), across the country. At the national level, the CPI (M) wants the opposition parties come together to put up a common fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party.
However, it is against the Trinamool Congress party to be out of the opposition front, as both are bitter enemies in West Bengal.
In Andhra Pradesh, the CPI (M) is strongly opposing the Telugu Desam Party. It wants to forge an alliance with Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party and if YSR Congress party does not have intentions to join hands with the BJP, it has no objection to YSRC having a pact with Jana Sena to defeat the TDP.
And on Friday, the CPI (M) came up with a strange proposal in Telangana, which is likely to go to early elections this December.
It said it is willing to join hands with an opposition alliance comprising the CPI, Jana Sena and the Telugu Desam Party to defeat the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
However, if the Congress is part of the alliance, it will not join them. It is going to have talks with the Jana Sena leadership in a day or two. In case the alliance does not work out, the CPI (M) said it will have an alliance with the Bahujan Left Front and asked the CPI to support it.
This is ridiculous. How can Jana Sena Party which his fighting a bitter battle with the TDP in Andhra Pradesh can have an alliance with the TDP in Telangana?
In fact, there is a talk that Pawan Kalyan is secretly in talks with the TRS leaders to support them. In any case, the TDP in Telangana is all set to have an alliance with the Congress party. The CPI, too, wants to go with the Congress party.
So, who will accept the CPI (M) suggestions?
Hospital employees took selfie with Harikrishna’s body !
In an absolute shocker, four hospital employees took a selfie with the body of TDP founder NTR’s son N. Harikrishna after the latter succumbed to injuries he sustained in road accident on Wednesday.
The picture taken at Kamineni Hospital in Telangana’s Nalgonda district went viral over social media on Friday, evoking all-round condemnation.
A ward boy is seen taking a selfie from his mobile phone with the actor-politician’s body in the backdrop. A ward girl and two nurses are also looking into the camera.
The picture was apparently taken minutes after the efforts of the doctors to resuscitate Harikrishna failed.
Reacting to the outrage caused by the selfie, the management of the hospital promised to take action against the employees.
Harikrishna, a former Rajya Sabha member and former Andhra Pradesh minister, died after the car which he was driving overturned after hitting the median in Nalgonda district.
He sustained critical head injuries and was rushed to Kamineni Hospital at Narketpally.
Harikrishna (61) was son of Telugu Desam Party’s founder and former Chief Minister of unified Andhra Pradesh, late N. T. Rama Rao. He was son-in-law of TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Harikrishna, who started his film career in Telugu films as a child artist in 1960s, was creamated with state honours in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Balakrishna Patches Up with NTR Jr
The tragic death of Nandamuri Harikrishna brought Nandamuri family together. Or it appears so.
Social media is abuzz with the circulation of a video that has the visuals of Balakrishna chatting with NTR and Kalyan Ram while they were having lunch this afternoon.
As the Nandamuri brothers NTR Jr and Kalyan Ram are having lunch after ‘chinna dinam’ of their father, Balakrishna walked to them and started talking. It surprised everyone as Balakrishna always refused to meet NTR Jr.
He seems to have buried the differences with NTR Jr. Balayya in the past refused to grant a meet with NTR and has avoided him totally in the last four years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr28xtZ_YBI
