NTRs Brindaavanam film: Old Wine with a New family package!

Hyderabad, 16th Oct: Brindavanam is the 4th and the last of the big movies to hit the silver screen over the last one month and this will probably be the last big release of 2010 as well. It comes in the footsteps of the highly hyped, big budgeted, starry releases such as Komaran Puli, Robot and Khaleja that received varied reactions from the box office.
Brindavanam plays safe by adopting all the successful triedand tested formula and delivers some entertaining old wine in a new package. Within ten minutes into the film, we get to know that the super-rich Krish (NTR) is the type of character who believes in helping anyone in distress.
His girlfriend Indu (Samantha) plays on this attitude of his by asking him to help her friend Bhumi (Kajal) who needs a “boyfriend” to take back to her village to avoid getting married to her no-good bava (Ajay). So by the 20th minute, Krish lands up in Bhumi’s palatial village mansion “Brindavanam” which is lorded over by her father Prakash Raj and a small army of relatives.
Despite Prakash Raj’s open dislike towards him, Krish goes around spreading happiness by reuniting estranged joint families and by the end of the first half, he has Prakash Raj’s approval to marry Bhumi. So we now have a situation where Bhumi really falls in love with Krish who also has a soft corner for her while there is an Indu hovering in the background!!!
Indu also lands up at Brindavanam and this triggers off a series of episodes where Krish, Bhumi and Indu try to hide the truth from the family. So the rest of the movie is about how the truth is revealed while Krish tries to resolve the love triangle he has ended up in!!! Brindavanam tries to play to all types of audiences and does a successful job of it.
The mainstay of this movie is NTR who gets a meaty role where he dons the romantic lover boy role for the family audiences while getting enough footage to show-off his dancing and fighting skills to his fans. His comic timing and dialogue delivery is extremely good while his dancing skills have always been his strong point.
Kajal has a strong role as the timid girl, who fights back her feelings for Krish, and she does makes her presence felt in this while Samantha looks glamorous in her city girl avatar. Prakash Raj packs a punch as the head of a large family who hides his love for his daughter under the garb of responsibility.
There is a hilarious comic track involving Brahmanandam as the “Bommarilu Father” that has the audience in splits. Kota Srinivas Rao, Srihari, Ajay are adequate in supporting roles. The songs and the fights are well spaced out over the movie. The art direction department has spared no expense in making Brindavanam set look rich.
There is a sense of déjà vu since we have seen many such movies in the past which had one hero torn between two heroines and so the predictability factor can be a spoilsport. Also, the movie tries to add on too many sub-plots by including a step-brother conflict that is very easily resolved despite the violent build-up shown.
The final confrontation ends quite tamely contrary to audience expectations of seeing a major showdown between NTR and Ajay based on the previous fight sequences. Samantha’s character disappears in the first half once Krish moves to the village and we don’t get to her see her until she lands up in Brindavanam.

The movie makes no apologies about the fact that it is out to entertain using all the clichés possible and banks heavily on NTR to see them through. Overall, it can be a onetime watch as it’s a total masala entertainer. Special effects ensure the original NTR makes a guest appearance for a scene with NTR jr during the end of the movie.

Robo Rajinikant's new film may be a Basha Sequel?

Hyderabad, 16th Oct: It is known that South Indian Super Star Rajinikant, who is flying high with the massive hit of his recently-released science-fiction Robot (Endhiran), is now in Himalayas on holiday.
The Tamil film Industry buzz is that before leaving to Himalayas, Rajinikanth met R.M.Veerappan, the producer of ‘Basha.’  Sources say that the super star and the producer had discussed about sequel to ‘Basha.’ It is learnt that Rajinikanth listened to the basic script and asked R M Veerappan to get ready with the complete script by the time he returns from Himalayas.
If this is true, then it would be great to watch the super star again in the sequel. Rajinikanth’s ‘Basha’ (Tamil) released in 1995 was an action thriller. The film was also released in Telugu with the same title.
Both the versions were big hits at the box office. It had Nagma as heroine and Raghuvaran as villain. The film was directed by Suresh Krishna and produced under former minister R.M.Veerappan’s film banner Sathya Movies.

Microsoft Giving Free WP7 Devices To AT&T Staff

It was previously mentioned that Microsoft was dishing out WP7 devices  to its staff and interns, and now word is out that the software giant is also giving AT&T workers free WP7 devices to spur acceptance. An employee has claimed that about 100 devices were given out to those attending an event in Minneapolis, though it wasn't confirmed if it was a US-wide policy. It wasn't mentioned which specific phone amongst the many WP7 devices were given, but with the Samsung Focus being the first to ship, it's assumed that the lucky workers received said phone. Such a move isn't new as Apple gave free 8GB iPhones to all of its full-time workers back in June 2007 when the iPhone was first launched, both as a reward for their work and to familiarize them with the platform.

First Week gross: Mahesh Khaleja collected over Rs 21 Crore!

Hyderabad, 15th Oct: Prince Mahesh’s Khaleja, despite average talk on the film has collected over Rs 21 crores in the first week. The mouthtalk and web sites average reviews could not keep Prince’s fans away from the film.

Though the film is not up to expectations of the audience, especially fans, Prince Mahesh’s stardom has pulled them to the theaters. Moreover, Prince Mahesh's coming back to silver screen after three long years has done magic to the film. As per the filmmakers, Khaleja’s first week collections are as follows:
Nizam - 5,75,13,000; Ceded- 3,25,09,000; Vizag - 1,20,12,000; E.Goavari - 85,41,000; W.Godavari - 86,33,000; Krishna - 83,79,000;Guntur - 1,48,74,000; Nellore - 54,98,000; Overseas - 3,85,50,000; Karnataka - 1,81,25,000; Rest of India - 85,63,000; Total - Rs 21,31,97,000