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January 26, 2009
Arundhati
I am an avid [yet passive] cruiser of idlebrain.com. I watched Arundhati in Dallas, TX in a very good theater and I felt very good watching a great film after a long time. I am consider of a freak of thrilling roller coaster rides, but when it comes to watching movies with blood, gore -- I just cannot tolerate it. Though I loved the content, I had to wink my way through most of the movies like Gladiator or other Ghost movies like Mantra.
Arundhati was one movie where I could not blink even once and the film was engaging right from the beginning though towards the end it could have been more tight.
First and foremost, big KUDOS to the Shyam & co for the tremendous conviction that they showed in the movie and what they believed in such an unconventional. I am greatly relieved to see that huge patronage that the movie is generating in both India and abroad. This should augur well for different producers to try the different genres and give us good quality cinema other than the traditional 15min-fight-song-comedy-dialogue cycles.
The performances are just first rate and Anushka is just amazing.
Having said that, I was a bit let down in the second half particularly towards the climax. This is mostly the case of 'difficult to satisfy the pre-set high expectations'. The thing that bothered me a lot was the constant vulnerability and lack of confidence that Arundhati showed in the second half. She almost looked like she surrendered to hopelessness.
I would have loved to see the new Arundhati progressively gaining more confidence and trust in spite of the tough circumstances -- particularly after it is revealed [and she realizes] that she is none other than the old Arundhati when she demonstrates the innate skill of holding a flying a sword..
The other thing is that it must have been very inconvenient and awkward for Anushka to do so much running in sarees and on barefoot -- perhaps, they should have continued the wearing of jeans.
I loved the scene when the new Arundhati first goes to the old fort and transforms into the old Arundhati -- Anushka looked fabulous..
Couple of other things:
1. The drum dance was short, particularly the teacher to the kid Arundhati instruction.
2. There was no horse riding scenes even though there was much talk about this in the interviews.
One negative point:
1. Even though I agreed with the evilness of Pasupathi, I somehow cannot agree with the mode of death meted out to the teacher.. Somehow it reminded me of the initial scenes in "Hey Ram" and Rani Mukarjee's death.
These are very disturbing -- and I am extremely scared that these might give additional wicked ideas to the already sick people that live out there.
Well -- this is the first time I am posting on any thread.. This movie is definitely NOT for the kids. I do hope that every adult telugu person gets a chance to enjoy the brilliance of the movie.
Expecting a bigger success next time from Shyam & co.
Srini
srini_gurrapu@yahoo.com
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My Movie experiences:
Arundhati by Bharat
Sasirekha Parinayam by Santhi Venkat
Sasirekha Parinayam by Vamshi Muthapu
Sasirekha Parinayam by Niharika Reddy
Nachavule by Vamsi Krishna
Neninthe by movie lover
Avakai Biryani by Vamsi Krishna
Kotha Bangaru Lokam by Vamsi Krishna
Kotha Bangaru Lokam by S
Ashta Chemma by Deepthi
Ashta Chemma by Lalitha Spoorthi
Sarkar Raj by Pradeep
Jalsa by Lalitha Spoorthi
Gamyam by Sridhar
Gamyam by Sreekanth D
Gamyam by Sanjay
Halla Bol by Purnesh
Taare Zameen Par by Ashok Varma
Taare Zameen Par by Raja Simha
Happy Days by Krishna Sastry
Chirutha by Phani Kumar
Chak De India by Ravi
Yamadonga by Lalitha
Chak De India by Shyam
AMAV by Darsakudu
5 in March by Sashidhar
Okkadunnadu by Anand
Black Friday by Ratnakar
Desamuduru by Krishna Prasad
Guru by It's opinion
Dhoom 2 by Lalitha Spoorthi
Dhoom 2 by ASK
Don - Syam
Boss - Anand
Boss - Hrithik
Stalin - Bala
Bommarillu - Nandini
Bommarillu - Darsakudu
Bommarillu - Vasu
Bommarillu - Harsha Prakash
Bommarillu - Lalitha Spoorthi
LRMB - Shravan
Bommarillu - Anirudh
LRMB - Srinivas
LRMB - Darsakudu
LRMB - S Sridhar
Bommarillu - Shridevi
Bommarillu - Vasudev
Bommarillu - Roopa
Sriram - Godavari
Sarath - Bangaram
Bala - Pokiri
Srinadh -
Allari Pidugu
Sudheer
Allari Pidugu
Anu - Athadu
Shyam Krishna - Iqbal
Purnesh - Grahanam
Sudhindra - Super
Vijay - Aparichitudu
Madhav - Aparichitudu
Hazaraon Kwaishein Aisi
Swades
Shyam - Black
Sai - Anand
Rohit - Anand & Veer Zaara
Jaya Prakash - 7GBC
Raj - Anand
Purnesh - Anand
Purnesh - The Village
Sriram - Gudumba Shankar
Purnesh - Gharshana
Purnesh - Lakshya
Purnesh - Yuva
Leenesh - Yuva
Kis - Lakshmi Narasimha
Indian Pride - Tagore
Raj - Boys
Phani - Gangotri
Phani - Khadgam
Vikram - CKR
BKR - Indra (Singapore)
Ram - Indra (Dubai)
Ranjeet - Idiot
Rahul
- Indra
King Koduri - Indra
Srilakshmi Katragadda - Mitr:
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