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Okka Ammayi Thappa Review – 2.25/5
Story:
Okka Ammayi Thappa is more about what happened in Kandhahar more than a decade ago. Here in the film, a group of terrorists led by Anwar (Ravikishan), create a traffic jam on a Flyover in Hitech City. They plant a bomb on the flyover and try to blackmail the government for the release of their Terrorist leader, Aslam (Rahul Dev). On that fateful day, there are also Krishna (Sundeep Kishan) along with Nithya (Nitya Menon) who also gets stranded in the traffic jam. What happens next in the story further forms the rest.
Performances:
Sundeep Kishan is a perfect fit in the role of Krishna Vachan and pulled it off very convincingly. Nithya Menon is a disappointment as all she did in the film is sitting in an auto and waiting for the traffic jam to be cleared. Ravikishan gets a role almost equal to the hero but is too loud at most of the times. Ali does a passable job in the first half while the other comedians Venu Tillu, Fish Venkat, Saptagiri and others failed to get any laughs.
Technical Performances:
Firstly, the title Okka Ammayi Thappa has no relevance to the story. The film is more like Bollywood Thriller, A Wednesday. The subject is novel to Telugu film industry and all it needs some good screenplay and gripping narration to drive the point home. But the debut director Rajasimha Thadinada missed it by a mile. The Love track finally ended up as big mistake as it deviated the director from the prime story and at the same time could not serve the purpose being totally detached of any emotions. The first half is just average while the second half has some good scenes in the Pre-Climax. Comedy failed to make any impact.
Mickey J Meyer came up with a decent album. Couple of songs like Kotha Kathale and Yegirene have come up well on screen. Chota K Naidu’s camera work is excellent. The locales of Kashmir in Yegirene song are aesthitically shot. Editing should have been sharp in the first half. Production Values are appropriate.
Plus Points:
Sundeep Kishan Performance
Couple of songs
Pre-Climax scenes
Minus Points:
Poor Screenplay and no gripping narration
Bad Comedy
Disappointing Love Track
Final Say:
Okka Ammayi Thappa is another instance of a honest subject getting killed by a debut director. The movie may be a one time watch, if you are a big fan of Sundeep Kishan/Nithya Menen or if you are longing to watch those few good scenes (on Communal Harmony) in the second half.
Script headaches for Raviteja
Mass Maharaja Raviteja opted for a long break after his last film, Bengal Tiger. He had a film, Yevado Okadu which was shelved after its launch. Now he is coming back with a film titled ‘Robinhood’ with a new comer, Chakri. Earlier it was said that the movie will go on floors from 15th of this month.
But we are said that the date is now pushed to July. Sources say that Raviteja is not fully happy with the script work and asked the director too take more time. The casting work of the film is also going on simultaneously. Rashi Khanna will romance Raviteja for the second time after their last film, Bengal Tiger.
KL Damodhar Prasad was to produce the film but now Senior Producer, DVV Danayya will be dolling out the money bags for the project. The makers will very soon make an official announcement of the film along with the cast and crew details. Sources say that Thaman may compose music for the film.
Rajinikanth not doing well?
Its raining bad news for Rajinikanth fans these days. Buoyed by the super success of the First Look Teaser of Kabali, they were eagerly waiting for the movie’s audio release. But the makers shocked them by cancelling the audio release event. Reports are coming in that the movie release is also postponed from July 1st to July 15th.
Now sources in Kollywood tells us that the audio release event is cancelled because Rajinikanth is not doing well. They say the actor did not go to USA on vacation and he is being treated there for some health issue. Since there is no point in having the audio launch event with out him, the makers have cancelled it.
Rajinikanth fans are very much worried with this news. We all know that Rajinikanth had fallen ill few years ago and had to get treated in Singapore. The Superstar is away from camera for more than an year. As Kabali gears up for release in July, Rajinikanth also have his most awaited film, 2.0 under the direction of Sensational director Shankar in Production stage.
Hindu ashram worker hacked to death in Bangladesh
A Hindu ashram worker was on Friday hacked to death by unidentified assailants while he was on his regular morning walk in Bangladesh, days after a priest was killed by suspected Islamic State jihadists in the Muslim majority nation, which has seen a string of brutal attacks by Islamists on religious minorities and secular activists.
Nityaranjan Pandey (60), who was working at the Thakur Anukul Chandra Satsanga Paramtirtha Hemayetpurdham Ashram for the past 40 years, was attacked near the ashram in Pabna’s Hemayetpur Upazila, ASP (Sadar Circle) Selim Khan was quoted as saying by bdnews.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the murder.
This is the second such murder within three days. Only on Tuesday, a Hindu priest was hacked to death by three suspected Islamic State jihadists, who nearly severed his head.
There have been systematic assaults in Bangladesh in recent months specially targeting minorities, secular bloggers, intellectuals and foreigners.On Sunday, a Christian businessman was hacked to death by machete-wielding men near a church, hours after the wife of a top anti-terror police officer was shot dead by religious extremists. In February, militants stabbed to death a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh and shot and wounded a devotee who went to his aid.
In April, a liberal professor was hacked to death by machete-wielding IS militants who slit his throat near his home in Rajshahi city. In the same month, a Hindu tailor was hacked to death by IS militants in his shop and Bangladesh’s first gay magazine editor was murdered along with a friend in his flat in Dhaka by Islamists.The IS and al-Qaeda in Indian Peninsula have claimed responsibility for some of the attacks although the government denies their presence in Bangladesh.
Maldives’ ex-vice president convicted in another case
Maldives’ criminal court has found former vice-president Ahmed Adheeb and former prosecutor general Muhthaz Muhsin guilty in two different cases.Mr. Adheeb, once considered a key confidant of Mr Yameen, was given 15 year imprisonment in a case of the alleged attempt to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, using a bomb on the presidential speedboat in September last year while Mr. Muhsin got a jail term for 17 years for conspiring to kidnap the President.
The court gave its rulings on Thursday night in a closed door sitting.One more case is pending against the former vice-president while there are three others against the former prosecutor general, according to defence counsels of the two.Moosa Siraj and Husnu Suood, lawyers for Mr. Adheeb and Mr. Muhsin, told THE HINDU on Friday morning that they would move the High Court, challenging the rulingsOnly five days ago, Mr. Adheeb was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on a terrorism charge for possession of firearms. The third case against him concerns misappropriation of state funds.
Mr Siraj said the sentences against the former vice president in the two cases would run consecutively.Among the other cases relating to Mr. Muhsin is the alleged attempt to arrest Mr. Yameen in February this year by producing fake documents. The ruling on Ahmed Nihan, a magistrate charged in the President arrest case, is also expected shortly, Mr. Suood adds.
Pic Talk: Jaggu Bhai’s Intense Avatar
Here’s a sneak peek into the stylishly intense look of Jagapathi Babu from his upcoming Tamil film. If Jaggu Bhai’s look in his game changer film Legend was hailed as his best till date, this new salt and pepper look can easily be described as one of his best.
Jagapathi Babu is making his Tamil comeback with Vijay’s 60th film in Bharatan’s direction. Jagapathi Babu is essaying the chief antagonist’s role in the film and no wonder that he will cast a magic spell on Tamil audiences with his towering personality and fiery acts.
KCR’s Green signal to ‘Konidela’ Studio?
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is learnt to have accepted Tollywood’s Mega Star Chiranjeevi’s request to support establishment of a film studio on the city outskirts. Chiranjeevi requested KCR government’s assistance for the setting up of the studio during their meeting at the inaugural ceremony of Balakrishna’s 100th film Gautami Putrasatakarni in the city recently.
Sources said that Chiranjeevi evinced interest to set up a film studio in the name of his surname ‘Konidela’ in the city. He sought government’s support for the proposed project.
Sources said that it is however not clear what kind of support Chiranjeevi is seeking from KCR’s government. Political circles say that the film star turned political leader is seeking a large chunk of land to establish the studio. A clarity would come out only after Chiru forwards his proposal on paper to the government.
Mahesh’s Director Is On Multitasking!
AR Murugadoss is one of those directors who possess national-wide craze. Films like ‘Ghajini’, ‘Ramana’, ‘Tuppakki’ and ‘Kaththi’ proves his mettle. Now, he is planning to make a film with Mahesh and reports say that he is planning for the film in advance.
The film will go on floors once Mahesh returns from his vacation. In the meanwhile, Murugadoss is sorting out things related to art work, colors and locations along with cinematographer Santosh Shivan in Mumbai. On the other hand, he is even looking after the post-production works of his Bollywood film ‘Akira’ starring Sonakshi Sinha.
This way, Murugadoss is making full use of his time and handling the post-production and pre-production works of both the films at the same time.
My TV channel & paper is not for Naidu – Jagan
Following reports that AP government is mulling to takeover Sakshi media group, the owner of Sakshi Group and YSR Congress President YS Jaganmohan Reddy said his channel and paper were established for the cause of people and not to support Naidu and his government.
“Naidu has been resorting to the curtailing of freedom of speech media and press by blocking television channels, including Sakshi, for objective reporting. This is a bad precedent,” Jagan said and exhorted other media groups to come forward and condemn the blockade of Sakshi news channel in Andhra Pradesh.
“Naidu’s government curtailed freedom of speech by obstructing the TV channel from telecasting news on Kapu reservation,” Jagan added. Earlier today and late yesterday, there were reports that Sakshi TV’s programs were blocked by the area operators in Visakhapatnam and surrounding areas.
‘If YSR Is God, Am I Devil?’ Chandrababu
AP CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu has breathed fire on Kapu patriarch and former MP Mudragada Padmanabham over the latter’s unjust fast demanding the acquittal of the arrested youths who caused terror in Tuni during the Kapu reservation agitation in January.
Babu said that Mudragada hailed YSR as a god and asked him “if YSR was god, am I a devil?” Babu alleged that YSR did nothing for Kapus despite stating in his 2005 election manifesto that he will include Kapus in BCs. However, YSR didn’t keep his promise.
Babu said that he formed a Kapu corporation and yet another corporation to devise the feasibility to include Kapus into BCs. The TDP chief lamented that despite doing much for the welfare of the Kapus, Mudragada is seeing him as an enemy and a devil.Babu also condemned Mudragada’s demands for the immediate release of the culprits who destroyed public and private assets during the Tuni violence. The CM said that his government will do all it needs to keep a check to lawbreakers.
AP Student’s Open Letter To KTR
Over the past couple years since the formation of the new government, Telangana’s Minister of IT KTR has been claiming that despite Telangana being the ‘youngest state in the country’ the state is developing at an exceptional rate. However, in an open letter to KTR, an AP student rebuked the minister over his ‘false’ claims. Written by an anonymous student, this letter is currently going viral on social media.
Dear KTR, Minister of IT, Telangana State, India,
Of late, I’ve seen you deliver some lovely speeches; like the wonderful one you delivered when Tim Cook, Apple CEO visited Hyderabad and today I saw another one you delivered at TIE conference in Silicon Valley. I love the way you deliver those speeches.
But, in every speech; you refer to Telangana as “The Youngest State of India” and this statement of yours makes me think and gives rise to a lot of questions…
If Telangana is really the ‘Youngest State’ and the new born state, then
How does it have a Mega Capital ready and operating from day 1?
How does the new state has a Metro-project ready to be launched?
How does it have Microsoft, Google and the IT eco-system in which other tech giants are ready to jump in?
How does it have the world class ISB, IIIT, IIT Hyderabad producing great talents?
How does it have one of the best Airports in the country and amazing road connectivity?
How does it have Surplus, well indeed excess budget ?
Last but definitely not the least, how does the ‘youngest state’ have a mega cyber city fully functioning and generating thousands of crores of taxes for your party to spend on advertising ?
None of these qualities seem to be that of a “New Born State” or “Youngest State of India” and something is definitely wrong here.
I’ll tell you what actually is the youngest state in the country is; a state that the country itself is not ready to help. The worst part of the entire scenario is, the Prime Minister of the country himself is not ready to help the state; only to see the chances of his political party grow in the state.
Mr. KTR, that state is Andhra Pradesh and I have a few more questions; whose answers will perhaps enlighten you as to why Andhra Pradesh is the youngest state in the country.
Why do I have a feeling that Andhra Pradesh is the youngest state that the country has to take care of like a budding plant until it is strong and firm and independent?
Why do I have a feeling that the fact that Andhra Pradesh doesn’t have a capital to function from, makes it the youngest state?
Why do I have a feeling that Andhra Pradesh, whose employees aren’t ready to move to its capital for the lack of facilities and its CM is sleeping in bus and operating from a temporary building is the new state ?
Why do I have a feeling that a state trying hard to build the IIT, IIM and other institutes, for which the funds given by the Government of India for these very institutes won’t even cover the building of boundary walls of the institutes, is the newborn state?
Why do I have a feeling that the state without IT sector, Industries and a state that is in a Budget Crisis every quarter is the new state?
Why do I have a feeling that the state that was deceived by the Govt of India and is struggling to build everything from scratch with the help of Countries around the world while the very own Country is stuck accessing Political Advantages is the “Youngest State”?
My anger is on those claiming the Youngest state tag and the contradictory richness.
My anger is on the Country and its Citizens ignoring the Newborn state and left it to one hard working person with no support within the Country.
My anger is on the Country and its Citizens who are constantly ignoring the state and left the entire burden of making the state a success on the shoulders of one hardworking man with no support from the Country.
Keep giving those great speeches after clarifying on the Youngest State line.
Thanks,
Citizen of Andhra Pradesh.
