Dham Dhom in Kalingar Tv on Friday

This last hurrah for celebrated cinematographer-director Jeeva who died during its filming in Russia betrays the fact that he didn't complete "Dhaam Dhoom".

Despite being technically sound, thanks to art director Thotta Tharani, the score of Harris Jayraj and combined cinematography of P.C. Sriram, Manikandan and Rajasekhar, the movie fails to impress as it looks more like a disjointed stack of picture postcard shots.

Gautam Subramaniam (Jeyam Ravi), a doctor is all set to marry village belle Shenbaga (Kangana Ranaut). He leaves for Russia to attend a medical conference days before his wedding and gets involved with a Slav seductress Anna (Kojernikova Maria). He gets sloshed with vodka in a nightclub and before he can say Das Vadanya (goodbye in Russian), the girl is found dead in his bedroom.

An Indian origin diplomat-lawyer duo, played by Jayram and Lakshmi Rai respectively seem to be Gautam's benefactors.

Gautam escapes from the custody of the Russian cops and after a painstaking investigation discovers that one of his benefactors pulled the strings with a deadly motive.

Harris Jayaraj has excelled himself and his work has been embellished by superb photography.

Art direction by Thotta Tharani lends credibility to even some of the patchwork done in Chennai.

Jayram in a surprising shade of grey has performed with aplomb.

And there end the plus points of the film.

Ravi looks a misfit doing his daredevil stunts while Kangana Ranaut hardly looks like an Indian village belle.

Pandi On Kalingar Tv on this friday

Here is the Pandi Movie Review. Hero Lawrence and Sreeman are the sons of the couple Nasser aHere is the Pandi Movie Review. Hero Lawrence and Sreeman are the sons of the couple Nasser and Saranya, are two extremes. While Sreeman is the perfect example of an ideal son, Lawrence figures in the dangerously short tempered son who is of less value to the family people. Hence for these reasons, his entire family except mother Saranya, hates him whole heartedly. Meantime, Lawrence meets Sneha and falls in love with her.

A crucial snarl-up in the family brings to light Sreeman’s ugly side and he elopes with his father’s hard-earned money which had been saved for his sister’s wedding. Lawrence takes over from this point and shoulders his family’s responsibility. In the process, he moves to Dubai for greener pastures.Sneha is the show-stealer and announces the arrival of a siren. So much for her good girl next door image. She coils hard for the three songs in her designer outfits – of course, scantier than her earlier movies. The songs Kutthu madhippa and the Maasi Maasam remix song which was done shoddily, making you wonder what the point was in brutally butchering the lovely original provide ample scope for Sneha’s dancing skills. Sneha’s sexy dance moves also makes poor Namitha’s item numbers look lusterless.

While Nasser, Saranya, and Sreeman score with their performances, Lawrence looks as if he definitely needs acting lessons. Or is it just that director Raasu Maduravan felt felt a hero need not bend backwards to make himself look credible? That apart, U.K. Senthilkumar’s camera feasts on Namitha big time and Suresh Urs’ neat editing flows with the movie without interrupting the course of it.Thus the movie is not upto the mark. Lawrence seems to learn a lot of acting stills. But all knew that he is the master of all dances. nd Saranya, are two extremes. While Sreeman is the perfect example of an ideal son, Lawrence figures in the dangerously short tempered son who is of less value to the family people. Hence for these reasons, his entire family except mother Saranya, hates him whole heartedly. Meantime, Lawrence meets Sneha and falls in love with her.

A crucial snarl-up in the family brings to light Sreeman’s ugly side and he elopes with his father’s hard-earned money which had been saved for his sister’s wedding. Lawrence takes over from this point and shoulders his family’s responsibility. In the process, he moves to Dubai for greener pastures.Sneha is the show-stealer and announces the arrival of a siren. So much for her good girl next door image. She coils hard for the three songs in her designer outfits – of course, scantier than her earlier movies. The songs Kutthu madhippa and the Maasi Maasam remix song which was done shoddily, making you wonder what the point was in brutally butchering the lovely original provide ample scope for Sneha’s dancing skills. Sneha’s sexy dance moves also makes poor Namitha’s item numbers look lusterless.

While Nasser, Saranya, and Sreeman score with their performances, Lawrence looks as if he definitely needs acting lessons. Or is it just that director Raasu Maduravan felt felt a hero need not bend backwards to make himself look credible? That apart, U.K. Senthilkumar’s camera feasts on Namitha big time and Suresh Urs’ neat editing flows with the movie without interrupting the course of it.Thus the movie is not upto the mark. Lawrence seems to learn a lot of acting stills. But all knew that he is the master of all dances.

Siva Puram on Kalingar tv

Santosh Sivan learned a lot while working as cinematographer with popular director Maniratnam. Later he turned a director and his la Malayalam flick 'Anantabhadram' was dubbed into Telugu by Subrahmanyam B and Rupesh Y on the banner of Lakshmi Ganapathi Films as 'Sivapuram'. The film expertise in cinematography had helped Santosh Sivan in molding the film with good technical values. However, the film had a complete Malayalam nativity.

Sivapuram is a peculiar village. The people there believe that the Naga Devatas are safeguarding their village. However, one sorcerer performs tapassu and earns some evil powers. With the help of those powers, he secures a ring belonged to Naga Devata. The same village has a priest, who believes in God, tries to put an end to the evil designs of that sorcerer. But, according to the Sastras, a girl from the priest's family could help secure the 'Naga Manikyam'. Those who possess the Naga Manikyam could become a super power. The sorcerer attempts to kidnap the girl called Gayatri (Revati) in order to grab that gem, but the priest attacks him and kills him. The sorcerer before breathing his last gives the ring he procured to his grandson Digambar (Manoj K Jayan) and tells him to secure the Naga Manikyam and also take revenge against the priest family.

As per the tradition, the daughter of the priest's family should be made 'Devata' by offering herself to the Naga Devata. Just before the traditional ceremony, Gayatri elopes with her lover and after marrying he leaves for the US. She has a strong ambition to light 1000 lights in the Naga Devata temple, but dies even before fulfilling her wish. Her son Anand (Prithviraj) decides to fulfill her wish and perform the last rites at Sivapuram. Digambar continues the sorcery done by his grandfather and waits for time to grab the Naga Manikyam. However, another girl in the family Bala Tripura Sundari alias Bala's help is needed to grab the Naga Manikyam. However, Anand and Bala fall in love with each other. Digambar decides to eliminate the family of the priest and uses his evil power and enters into the body of Anand through Parakaya Pravesam. However, he could not succeed in his attempt as Padma, sister of an expert in martial arts Samba (Kalabhavan Mani), foils the bid by sacrificing her chastity to keep Digambar off Brahmacharya, and of course gets killed by him. Finally, Digambar dies in the hands of Samba and the film ends on a happy note.



Santosh Sivan tried to make the film with a different screenplay and shot it in the beautiful locales in a remote village of Kerala. This has proved a main draw back, as it lacks the Telugu nativity. Prithviraj tried his best while performing like a split personality. Kavya Madhavan looked glamorous. But it is Manoj K Jayan and Kalabhavan Mani who stole the show with their performance. Comedy by Cochin Haneefa is okay. Revati appears for a brief period at the beginning of the film to narrate the flashback. Dialogues by Sriramakrishna are okay and the background score by MG Radhakrishnan is just average. However, the cinematography, picturisation of scenes was technically brilliant. One had to wait and watch how the Telugu audiences would receive it. But for the technical values, the film has nothing much to talk about.

Cast : Prithviraj, Kavya Madhavan, Manoj K Jain, Kalabhavan Mani, Cochin Haneefa, Revati and others.

Credits: Dialogues – Sriramakrishna, Lyrics – Vanamali, Music – MG Radhakrishnan, Producers: Subrahmanyam B and Rupesh Y, Cinematography, story, screenplay and direction – Santosh Sivan.

Banner : Lakshmi Ganapati Films.