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Analysis
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| Idlebrain.Com
is bringing you an analysis on the three silver jubilee films
of the year 1999. What made them so big at box-office? What
trend they set for the rest of movies? Read for yourself ...... |
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No
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Attribute
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Samarasimha
Reddy
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Raja
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Thammudu
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1
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Story
Line |
Story
of a RayalaSeema faction leader of impersonating his servant,
a brother to three sisters, who sacrificed his life for his
master. Three heroines provide enough oomph amidst a violent
story set up with gripping scenes.
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Story
of a thief, who mends his ways after meeting a Rani. After falling
in love Raja realizes that Rani has someone else in her mind.
He gives his love up and start showering his unconditional platonic
love towards her and make her a renown singer. At the end, Rani
makes him her Raja of the life! |
Story
of a wayward youth, who hurts his family members and dear ones
with his actions. How he realizes the importance of being a
responsible person and becomes one. |
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2
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Music |
Fastbeat
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Melodious |
funky |
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3
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Fights |
lots
of them
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not
even a single one |
fights
in terms of kick boxing contest |
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4
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Characterization
of Hero |
Powerful,
Revengeful, Thoughtful, Sentimental.
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Humane.
Every woman wants a Raja in her life after seeing this film. |
A
carefree guy who sets his eyes on stars. |
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5
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Number
of Heroines |
3
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1 |
2 |
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6
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Characterization
of heroine |
Mainly
to shake leg with Balaiah to provide relief and kick! Anjala
has a purposeful role. Simran and Sanghavi are made for songs!
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Soundarya
role has equal importance that of hero's. Hero and heroine roles
complement each other. As Venky's feelings are transparent to
the viewers, Soundarya's feelings are kept under wrap to make
the audiences feel the suspense build up scene by scene. |
Preeti's
role is an important one in the film. She makes Pawan realize
the importance of being a responsible guy. She gives Pawan a
lot of emotional support. |
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Comedy |
By
Brahmanandam, AVS and MS
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By
Venky and his sidekick Sudhakar in addition to Brahmanandam |
Mainly
by Pawan and his gang of friends Venu Madhav and Ali |
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8
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Sentiment |
Sister
Sentiment
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Unconditional
love towards a lady friend |
Brother
Sentiment |
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9
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Exposing
of Heroines |
As
and when required
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A
strict No( Except for 'shape chusi mokku' song) |
A
little bit of it for Dr Aditi |
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10
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Type
of songs |
All
Dream Sequences
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A
mixed bag of dream songs and situation songs |
Mixed
bag |
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11
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Direction
and Treatment |
Excellent
direction! A new story with with lot of commercial elements
and sensible picturization. It has all rasas in right proportions.
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Extraordinary
direction in portraying the relationship between two protagonists(
Soundarya and Venky). A classic one with commercial touch. Thin
story was handled delicately to make it a strong movie with
sheer excellence in treatment. |
For
any director this film is a dream debut. He is very good at
cinematics. |
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12
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Climax |
A
message oriented one with no fights to end with.
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A
breath stopping one with Hero uttering no words. |
This
climax is the heart and lifeline of the film. |
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13
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Dances |
Full
of fast steps. Amazingly choreographed
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Decent
slow steps |
Sensible
fast steps |
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14
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Violence |
Full
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Nil |
Partly
violent |
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15
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Entertainment |
Complete
Entertainer
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Family
Entertainer |
Youth
Entertainer |
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Director |
B
Gopal, most qualitative director with success range of 90%.
He already have two commercial blockbusters with Balaiah earlier.
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Muppanalneni
siva, an young director. Its his first film with any of the
Top4 heroes. He is a proven director in small films. |
P
Arun Prasad, a protégé of Kodi, did this film
for the first time and achieved maximum results |
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Producer |
C
Venkat Rao, first timer in this movie production. Uncompromising
and confidant. Movie was released in deficit.
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R
B Chowdary, a successful seasoned producer in making movies.
Has hordes of hits in both Telugu and Tamil. Perfect planner! |
Burugapally
Siva Rama Krishna. He has given hit films like Seetaratnam Gari
Abbai and Premante Idera. He is a good planner. |
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18
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Type
of movie |
Straight
(Untested)
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Re
Make (successfully tested) |
Inspired
One (Tested) |
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19
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Targeted
viewers |
Hot
blooded men
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Cool
women |
Youth |
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20
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Audio
Sales |
Triple
Platinum Disc.
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Triple
Platinum Disc. |
Triple
Platinum Disc. |
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21
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No
of 50 days centers |
92
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84 |
61 |
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22
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No
of absolute 100 days centers |
73
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70 |
25 |
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23
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No
of 175 days Centers |
32
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2 |
1 |
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Effect
on the next release |
'Sultan'
was sold at astronomical prices by 'P B Arts'
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SEENU
made a business worth Rs 7 crores. |
'Badari'
made a business of RS 9 crores |
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25
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Who
is gaining? |
PB
Arts Prasad(Sultan) made lot of money with the Success of
Ch venkat Rao's SSR.
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R
B Choudary is enjoying the fruits of his own Raja by selling
Seenu for a high price. |
T
Trivikrama Rao of Badari is getting the mileage of 'Toli Prema'
and 'Thammudu'. |
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