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Articles by the author Kalyan

Rao Bahadur Review: Painful First Half, Purposeful Finish

BOTTOM LINE Painful First Half, Purposeful Finish RATING 2.5/5 Story, Screenplay& Director: Venkatesh Maha Cast: Satyadev, Vikas Muppala, Deepa Thomas, Bala Parasar, Anand, Pranay Vaka, Kunal Kaushik, Master Kiran Music Director: Smaran Sai DOP: Kartik Parmar Editor: Venkatesh Maha Producers: Anurag Reddy, Sharath Chandra, Chinta Gopalakrishna Reddy, Eshwaran Vijayaraghavan Presented...

Deewana Movie Review:

Deewana Review: Twist Hits, Emotions Hit & Miss

BOTTOM LINE Twist Hits, Emotions Hit & Miss RATING 2.5/5 Director, Story, Screenplay: Sreekanth Sangishetty Cast: Harshith Reddy, Smeha Manimegalai Music Director: Eswar chand DOP: Vamsi Patchipulusu Editor:...

Balan - The Boy Movie Review

Balan: The Boy Review: Unique Slow-Burn, Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea

BOTTOM LINE Unique Slow-Burn, Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea RATING 3/5 Director: Chidambaram Cast: Chandu Salimkumar, Girish, Farzana Palathingal, Ganapathi, Sandra Chandran, Beena Antony Music...

Transfer Trimurthulu Movie Review

Transfer Trimurthulu Review: 90s Hero, 90s Template

BOTTOM LINE 90s Hero, 90s Template RATING 1.75/5 Director: Kamal Teja Narla Cast: Vadde Naveen, Rashi Singh, Shilpa Tulaskar, Vivek Raghuvansi, Raghu Babu Music Director: Kalyan...

Maa Inti Bangaaram Movie Review

Maa Inti Bangaaram Review: Harmless Family Watch

BOTTOM LINE Harmless Family Watch RATING 2.5/5 Director: BV Nandini Reddy Story, Screenplay: Raj Nidimoru, Vasanth Maringanti Cast: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Gulshan Devaiah, Gautami, Diganth,...

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Sing Geetham Review: Youngest Film by Oldest Director

BOTTOM LINE Youngest Film by Oldest Director RATING No Rating. Only Respect for Legendary Singeetham Garu Director: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao Cast: Ahilya Bamroo, Ayaan,...

Peddi Movie Review Rating

Peddi Review: Shock Value in the Climax

BOTTOM LINE Shock Value in the Climax RATING 2.5/5 Director, Story: Buchi Babu Sana Cast: Ram Charan, Janhvi Kapoor, Shiva Rajkumar, Jagapathi Babu, Divyendu Sharma Music...

Purushaha Telugu Movie Review

Purushaha Review: Male Irritation Like Never Before

BOTTOM LINE Male Irritation Like Never Before RATING 1/5 Director, Story, Screenplay: Veeru Vulavala Cast: Pavan Kalyan battula, Saptagiri, Kasireddy Rajkumar, Vaishnavi Kokkura, Vishika Music Director:...

Ramani Kalyanam Movie Review

Ramani Kalyanam Review: Rom Com That Never Interests or Excites

BOTTOM LINE Rom Com That Never Interests or Excites RATING 1.75/5 Director: Vijay Adireddy Story, Screenplay: Vijay Adireddy, Ram Jagadeesh Cast: Surya Vashistta, Deepshikha Chandran, Chaitu...

Drishyam 3 Movie Review

Drishyam 3 Review: Franchise Dragged Too Far

BOTTOM LINE Franchise Dragged Too Far RATING 2.25/5 Director: Jeethu Joseph Cast: Mohanlal, Meena, Siddique, Asha Sharath, Murali Gopy, Ansiba Hassan, Esther Anil Music Director:...

Karuppu Review

Veerabhadrudu Review: Normal Mode Works, God Mode Misfires

BOTTOM LINE Normal Mode Works, God Mode Fails RATING 2.25/5 Director: RJ Balaji Story, Screenplay: Ashwin Ravichandran, Rahul Raj, T S Gopi Krishnan, Karan Aravind...

Razor Movie Review

Razor Review: Violence High, Substance Low

BOTTOM LINE Violence High, Substance Low RATING 1.75/5 Director: Ravi Babu Story, Screenplay: Ravi Babu, Satyanand Cast: Ravi Babu, Tejal Vikyathi, Ronson Vincent, Tanish, Siddha...

Sathileelavathi 2026 Telugu Movie Review

Sathi Leelavathi Review: Wife Drains Husband, Film Drains Audience

BOTTOM LINE Wife Drains Husband, Film Drains Audience RATING 1.25/5 Story, Screenplay, Director: Tatineni Satya Cast: Lavanya Tripathi Konidela, Dev Mohan, Naresh, VTV Ganesh,...

Godari Gattupaina Movie Review

Godari Gattupaina Review: Superficial, Bland, And Irritating

BOTTOM LINE Superficial, Bland, And Irritating RATING 1.75/5 Story, Screenplay, Direction: Subash Chandra Cast: Sumanth Prabhas, Nidhi Pradeep, Jagapathi Babu, Rajeev Kanakala, Laila, Devi Prasad Music...

Gaayapadda Simham Movie Review

Gaayapadda Simham Review: Silly Plot, Stale Comedy

BOTTOM LINE Silly Plot, Stale Comedy RATING 1.75/5 Story, Screenplay, Director: Kasyap Sreenivas Cast: Tharun Bhascker, J.D.Chakravarthy, Faria Abdullah, Sree Vishnu, Maanasa Choudhary, Kasyap Sreenivas,Harshavardhan,...

Jetlee Review: Turbulence All the Way

BOTTOM LINE Turbulence All the Way RATING 2/5 Director: Ritesh Rana Story, Screenplay: Ritesh Rana & Jeyendhra Aerrola Cast: Satya, Rhea Singha, Vennela Kishore, Ajay, Subhalekha...

Kara Movie Review

Kara Review: Fair First Half, Tiring Second

BOTTOM LINE Fair First Half, Tiring Second RATING 2.25/5 Director, Story, Screenplay: Vignesh Raja Cast: Dhanush, Mamitha Baiju, K.S. Ravikumar, Karunas, Jayaram, Prithvi Pandiarajan,...

Vaazha 2 Telugu Movie Review

Vaazha 2 Review: Packed with Youth Connect

BOTTOM LINE Packed with Youth Connect RATING 2.75/5 Story, Screenplay, Direction: Savin SA Cast: Vinayak V, Aaradhya Sai, Veda Shankar, Aju Varghese, Alphonse Puthren, Ajin...

Papam Prathap Movie Review

Papam Prathap Review: Papam Prekshakulu

BOTTOM LINE Papam Prekshakulu RATING 1.5/5 Story, Screenplay, Direction: SP Durga Naresh Cast: Thiruveer, Ajay Ghosh, Raasi, Payal Radhakrishna, Devi Prasad, Goparaju Ramana, Raghu Babu,...

Thimmarajupalli TV Movie Review

Thimmarajupalli TV Review: Sincere Attempt, But Misses Spark

BOTTOM LINE Sincere Attempt, But Misses Spark RATING 2.25/5 Story, Screenplay, Direction: V. Muniraju Cast: Sai Tej, Vedha Jalandharr, Pradeep Kotte, Swathi Karimireddy, Amma Ramesh,...

Bad Boy Karthik Review: Bad, Boring, Beyond-Boredom

BOTTOM LINE Bad, Boring, Beyond-Boredom RATING 1/5 Story, Screenplay, Direction: Ramesh Cast: Nagashaurya, Vidhi Yadav, Samuthirakani, Naresh, Saikumar, Vennela Kishore Music Director: Harris Jayaraj DOP: Rasool Ellore Editor:...

LIK Telugu Movie Review

Love Insurance Kompany Review: Smart Idea, Dumb Execution

BOTTOM LINE Smart Idea, Dumb Execution RATING 2/5 Written & Directed by: Vignesh Shivan Cast: Pradeep Ranganathan, Sj Suryah, Krithi Shetty, Yogi Babu, Seeman, Gouri...

Dacoit Movie Review

Dacoit Review: A Love Story, Told Dull

BOTTOM LINE A Love Story, Told Dull RATING 2.25/5 Director: Shaneil Deo Story, Screenplay: Adivi Sesh, Shaneil Deo Cast: Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur, Anurag Kashyap, Prakash...

Biker Telugu Movie Review

Biker Review: Flat Ride, Emotional Climax

BOTTOM LINE Flat Ride, Emotional Climax RATING 2.5/5 CENSOR U/A, 2Hrs 42Mins What Is the Film About? Sunil Narayan (Rajasekhar) and Vikas Narayan (Sharwanand) are father and...

Rakasa Movie Review

Rakasa Review: Last Hour Lifts the Film

BOTTOM LINE Last Hour Lifts the Film RATING 2.5/5 CENSOR U/A, 2Hrs 13Mins What Is the Film About? Veerababu (Sangeeth Shobhan), an NRI, arrives in a village...

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Band Melam Review: Routine Melam

BOTTOM LINE Routine Melam RATING 2/5 CENSOR UA16+ 2h 21m What Is the Film About? Yadigiri, aka Giri (Harsh Roshan) and Raaji (Sridevi), are childhood friends cum...

Ustaad Bhagat Singh Movie Review

Ustaad Bhagat Singh Review: Harish Shankar Stuck in Past, Lost in Present

BOTTOM LINE Harish Shankar Stuck in Past, Lost in Present RATING 2/5 CENSOR U/A, 2Hrs 34Mins What Is the Film About? Chandrasekhar Rao (KS Ravikumar) is a...

Dhurandhar The Revenge Movie Review

Dhurandhar 2 Review: Blood-Soaked Sequel, Patriotic Peak

BOTTOM LINE Blood-Soaked Sequel, Patriotic Peak RATING 3.25/5 CENSOR A, 3Hrs 55Mins What Is the Film About? Post the death of Rehman Dakait (Akshaye Khanna), all eyes...

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