kick 2 Movie Review - 2.5/5

Kick 2 Movie Review

Kick is one of the finest films in Raviteja’s career. It was remade in Hindi with Salman Khan that went on to become one of the biggest hits in Indian cinema history. Now Team Kick is back with second installment of the franchise. Surender also has plans to do Kick 3!
Story:
Robinhood (Raviteja) is a doctor in USA and his dream project is to build a hospital there. He decides to sell off his ancestral property in India to fund his very expensive dream. Back in India, he meets with an accident which later leads him to Pandit Raviteja (Brahmanandham) and Chaitra (Rakul Preet Singh).
He falls in love with Chaitra. When every thing is going on well, she suddenly gets kidnapped. Raviteja goes to a village, Vilaspur in search of her. The people in the village are tormented by Mining Baron, Suleman Singh Thakur (Ravi Kishan). Situations lead to Raviteja staying in the village and later helps the village from Thakur.
Performances:
Raviteja had tried a new look in the movie which do not get well with the audience. He looks pale even though his energy levels are on high as always. His performance as in the case of Kick-2 is an asset to the movie. Rakul Preet Singh mesmerizes youth and masses with both the village and modern avatars. Ravi Kishan is wonderful as the baddie.
Technical Performances:
Vakkantham Vamsi, the writer and Surender Reddy, the director failed miserably to live up to their stature. The writing is forced at many times just to add the ‘Kick’ flavour to the movie. Also the story has an uncanny resemblance to Khaleja with a different hero characterization. More over the screenplay gets predictable always.
Thaman had come up with an average album and wonderful back ground score. The BGM elevated lot of scenes. Manoj Parmahamsa’s camera work is superb. The grading added more richness to the movie. Kick-2 suffers from improper editing. The movie is intolerably long and can chopped off in the first and second halfs as well. Production Values of NTR Arts are awesome
Plus Points:

• Ravi Teja & Rakul Preet Singh
• SS Thaman’s Music and BGM
• Manoj Paramahamsa’s Cinematography
• NTR Arts Production Values

Minus Points:

• Vakkantham Vamsi’s Story
• Surender Reddy’s Direction

Final Say:
Kick-2 does not stand in any way beside Kick. It lacks both the Kick to audience and comfort to the producer. Give it a miss unless you want to watch some good action episodes and songs.

Cinema Choopista Mava Review - 3/5

Cinema Choopistha Maava Review

Story:
Kaththi (Raj Tharun) is a jobless road side romeo who falls in love with a Bengali girl, Praneetha (Avika Gor). After some initial persuasion, Praneetha falls for him. When Kaththi approaches her father (Rao Ramesh) for her hand, he imposes a condition to maintain the family for a month with his own earnings.
A determined Kaththi starts it well but a sudden jolt hampers every thing. What is that? How it changed the fate of Kaththi and his love? forms the rest of the story.
Performances:
Uyyala Jampala pair Raj Tharun and Avika Gor had come up with a spirited performance yet again. Raj Tharun is impressive as road side romeo and lover boy. His dialogue delivery is also good. Avika is cute as always in the girl next door role.
Rao Ramesh is the major highlight of the film and came up with an excellent performance. Posani appeared in an important role. Krishna Bhagavan, Praveen, Jayalakshmi, Sathya, Sunny, T.Madhu, Madhavi, Rajitha performed to their roles.
Technical Performances:
We have seen several stories of hero making fool of heroine’s dad, entering his house and accepting his challenge. Though the hero and heroine’s father confrontation scenes are routine, the director managed to keep the audience glued with some good comedy, pacy narration and mass dialogues. Director Trinadh Rao Nakkina comes up with a good work.
Sekhar Chandra’s music is good and will woo masses. Background score is good. Editing is good over all but could have been better. Camera work is good and Production values are fine.
Plus Points:

• Performance of the lead pair
• Rao Ramesh’s character
• Good Comedy

Minus Points:

• Predictability
• Some unnecessary scenes
• Dragged climax

Final Say:
Cinema Choopistha Maava despite some glitches here and there is largely entertaining with good comedy and mass dialogues. The movie for sure is a time pass fare and will keep you entertained