Review – Krishnashtami – Routine Family Drama Release date : February 19 2016 123telugu.com Rating : 2.75/5 Director : Vasu Varma Producer : Dil Raju Music Director : Dinesh Kanagaratnam Starring : Sunil, Dimple Chopade, Nikki Galrani Talented hero Sunil, has been lying low from the past two years. Loosing no hope, he is back with a family entertainer Krishnashtami which has hit the screens today. Let’s see whether Sunil gets his much needed break. Story:- Krishna(Sunil) is an NRI who always dreams of settling back in India. Whenever he plans a trip to India, something goes wrong and he is asked to stay back by his family. After a point of time, an upset Krishna decides to leave for India without the consent of his family. As soon as he lands in India, he gets attacked by an unknown group and meticulously escapes the scare. During this time, Krishna also gets stuck in a tricky situation and lands up in a typical Rayalaseema family. Upon his arrival, he gets attacked yet again and survives it too. To his shock, he finds out that the entire family is after his life. What will Krishna do now ? Why is he being targeted ? How will he manage this dreaded family ? and where does Nikki Garlani and Dimple Chopade feature in all this set up? To know the answers, you need to watch the film in the theaters. Plus Points:- Sunil has tried to do his best and is as usual good with his dances. Nikki Garlani makes a decent Tollywood debut and does well in whatever role she is given. The last half an hour in the first half is very interesting and has some good moments. A particular chase scene has been executed in a superb way and elevates the film to a decent level. Interval bang and the way suspense is revealed during this time is very good. Viva Harsha is good in his role and so were Ashutosh Rana and Mukesh Rishi. Minus Points:- One of the biggest drawbacks of the film is Sunil’s character. The way the makers have made it look quite subdued is disappointing. Sunil, who is always known for his lively comedy looks pale and out of place in the film. Post the interval, the film is dragged into an unnecessary zone and the proceedings are made to look silly. The main aim of the film and the way things are sidelined are huge set backs. Also, the supporting characters do not have much depth in their roles. Yet another major drawback of the film is the presence of songs. They test your patience to another level and keep popping out at regular intervals disturbing the flow of the film big time. Technical Aspects:- Production values are top notch as the film is shot in some rich locales. Camera work by Chota K Naidu is superb as he is the sole reasons for the film to look visually good. Dialogues are decent and so was the art direction. At least three songs could have been easily edited out in the film. Coming to the director Vasu Varma, even though the story line he has chosen is decent, his execution is below par. He narrates the film well only in bits and pieces. Right when the time you feel that the film is getting interesting, a tedious screenplay and unwanted scenes take center stage and make the proceedings go hay wire. Verdict:- Generally, audience are used to Sunil’s comedy and crazy feats on screen. But sadly, that is missing big time with his role in Krishnashtami. Interesting interval bang and some comedy scenes are basic assets for this film. Watch it only if you have nothing else to do as this film has nothing new to offer and ends up as a routine and outdated family drama. 123telugu.com Rating : 2.75/5 Reviewed by 123telugu Team
Krishna Varaprasad (Sunil Varma) a happy-go-lucky guy in America. Stays in America from past 18 years due to some issues, but he pens to return back home. On his way he bumps into Pallavi (Nikki Galrani), who follows her Pallavism Philosophy to the core. In this process, Krishna goes overboard to impress Pallavi with a Nenokkadine disorder. After a small tour of Europe, the inevitable happens as the two fall in love. Couple of sing a thons later, Krishna returns back to Andhra Pradesh and the problem starts when Krishna tries to help Ajay Kumar (Ajay) as he lives on a helping motto “ Yedhuti vaari moham pai santhosam chudadaiki entha dooram ayina vellochu”. Krishna is compelled by the goodness of Ajay’s heart to his help and leaves Nagalapalli to meet Ashutosh Rana’s family. Who is Ashutosh Rana? Whats his issues with Krishna’s family? Whats his issue with Ajay? And this folks, is where the ride ends. If wanna know how this particular muddle is resolved, go ahead and check out the film. Actually Vasu Varma should have concentrated more in writing good characterizations for his lead actors. Sunil Varma is good in dance moves, but he is substandard in many critical sequences of the film. Nikki Galrani could have added little more meat to her role. Ashutosh Rana and Mukesh Rushi are fine in their respective roles. Dimple Chopade gives a convincing performance in her extended cameo. One doesn’t understand what Brahmanandam as Selfi Belfi, Sapthagiri and Harsha are doing in this film. Pavithra Lokesh, Tulasi and rest of the characters are adequate in their respective roles.With this film, it has once again proved that no actor can rise above a weakest script possibilities. If you start recollecting films Krishnastami is based upon, Bavagaru Bagunnara, Maska, Santhosham, Jil, Brindhavanam, Jayam Manadera, Tulasi, Evvadi Gola Vadidi are the first ones that come to mind. Krishnastami is a family drama of a NRI guy falls in love with a foreign girl, but opens a door to a past issue that might jeopardize his relationship with family and love. In fact, the love angle is only introduced after a lot of brewing up. Quite irritatingly, there is perfectly nothing in this movie that works. The rom-com is silly and the plan to outwit recent Tollywood hits is even sillier. The screenwriter does seem to think quite subaltern of his viewers to have come up with this inspired nonsense. After Europe sequence, the film becomes painfully dragged and although you know what the end is going to be, it doesn’t come soon enough. In fact the film runs for 10 minutes even after all the major conflicts are resolved. Even the chosen treatment to narrate this storyline fails to achieve realism. Let’s leave the logics part aside for this one. The dialogues are puerile and derivative and at the most places seem repetitive. Lesser said about the music the better. The song situations will always disrupt the flow of the narrative. Even the film seems a tad too lengthy for its old hat script. The only silver lining are the cinematography and the eye filling locales of Europe. Besides, a very few scenes try their best to elevate the proceeding, but in vain. Editing of the film could have been better. The production values of “Sri Venkateswara Creations” are alright. Hardly a couple of weeks ago, wall posters of this film started showing up on nooks and corners of the city. While the posters and trailers failed to generate any interest among many, the film will further disinterest those few who were enticed to the theatres. The story wise there is nothing new, the execution is superbly boring and even “Krishna Vamsi” couldn’t have possibly turned this into the family drama it boasts of being. Unnecessary tracks add to the misery of having to bear this idiocy. Stay away from this superb plan of drilling hell out of you. Survi Review: 1/5
All Tamil, Telugu, Hindi & Malayalam Versions Including - South Films Worldwide Gross Box-Office Collection(GBOC). 1. Baahubali (Running) 87 Days 586.45 Cr Estimated (Telugu & Tamil both Direct. Malayalam & Hindi Dubbed) 2. Enthiran/ Robo/ Robot - 289 Cr (Tamil, Telugu & Hindi) 3. Shankar`s `I` - 239 Cr+ (Tamil, Telugu & Hindi) 4. Shivaji - 155 Cr Apx (Tamil, Telugu & Hindi) 5. Lingaa -154 Cr Apx (Tamil, Telugu & Hindi) 6. Magadheera - 150 Cr Apx (Telugu, Tamil & Malayalam) 7. Srimanthudu 144.55 Cr (Telugu & Tamil) 8. Attarintiki Daaredi 131 Cr Apx (No Dubbed Release) 9. Vedalam 126 Cr Apx (No Dubbed Release) 10. Thuppakki 125 cr Apx (Tamil &Telugu) 11. Kaththi 125 Cr Apx (No Dubbed Release) 12. Singam 2 - 122 Cr Apx (Tamil, Telugu & Hindi) 13. Kanchana 2 - 113 Cr+ (Tamil &Telugu) 14. Vishwaroopam - 108 Cr Apx (Tamil & Hindi Both direct. Telugu dubbed) 15. Gabbar Singh 104 Cr Apx (Remake) 16. Race Gurram - 102 Cr Apx (Telugu & Malayalam) 17. Puli - 101.9 Cr (Tamil, Telugu & Hindi) 18. Dookudu - 100 Cr Apx (Telugu, Tamil & Malayalam) Note : No Other South Indian Films have managed a GBOC of 100Cr WW so far!.
All Time Top USA Grossers ( Reported Rentrak) ( in Millions ) 1. Baahubali (Indian Version) - All including $8.46 Mn Apx; Telugu $6.999 Mn Tamil $861K & Hindi $600K Apx (incl Canada) 2. Srimanthudu $2.89Mn (incl Canada) 3. Nannaku Prematho $2.017+ till 14 FEB 4. Attarintiki Daredi -$1.896 5. Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle chettu - $1.638 6. Dookudu - $1.58 7. Manam - $1.538 8. Aagadu $1.48 9. Bhale Bhale Mogadivoi $1.43 10. Race Gurram $1.395 11. 1 Nenokkadine - $1.31 12. Baadshah - $1.28 13. S/O Satya Murthy $1.275 14. Eega - $1.08 15. Temper - $1.049 16. Gabbar Singh - $1.03 17. Rudhramadevi $0.971 18. Gopala Gopala $0.847 19. Soggade Chinni Nayana $0.838+ till 14 FEB 20. Julayi- $0.836 21. Business Man- 0.708 22. Krishnagaadi Veera Prema Gaadha 0.671 Till 20 FEB 23. Govindhudu AndariVadele - $0.67 24. Bruce Lee $0.647 25. Mirchi $0.636 Note : Distributor Shares won`t be in the same order and depends on Unreported locations and % Terms.
