Kabali Movie Review
Rajanikanth's Kabali released amidst unlimited expectations and unprecedented pre release hype. Rajani fans went gaga over his looks in an aged don character. Everyone believed that this film could just wipe out all the existing records in Indian cinema. It could have done that if director Pa. Ranjith made good use of this opportunity and delivered a 'watchable' film. But what he delivered was a totally boring, unexciting and an utterly disappointing fare.
What is it about?
Kabali (Rajanikanth) a don in Malaysia gets out of jail after twenty five years. His associates will be running a reform school over there that helps the dropouts and other youths that have troubled pasts. Meanwhile a gang hires a lady killer to kill Kabali. That killer Yogi (Dhansika) turns out to be his Kabali's daughter. He comes to know that even his wife Kundanavalli (Radhika Apte) is alive. How Kabali unites with his family and wipes out all other bad guys in Malaysia forms rest of the story.
Performances:
Rajanikanth: Rajanikanth nailed it with his look, styling and performance. He is absolutely flawless and supremely stylish in the don character. Scenes from the flashback show flashes of vintage Rajni.
Radhika Apte and others: Radhika Apte is aptly cast as Rajni's wife. She has added value to the proceedings with her commanding performance. Wish she had few more scenes with Rajni. Dhansika is okay in a tomboyish lady killer character. She did a fine job as an actress. Vijay got a meaty role as the main villain and he is competent. Winston Chao is okay as the main villain. The supporting cast largely consists of unknown Tamil actors which might be a problem for our audience to make note of the characters.
Watch Here: Kabali Public Talk
Technicalities:
Director Pa. Ranjith had a saleable premise and most of all got the nod from the superstar. He should have put in excessive effort to make it a memorable film. It is a great opportunity gone wasted mostly due to the lazy script of Ranjith.
Santosh Narayan's background score is impressive. Songs hardly make an impression. Cinematography is an asset. Quality visuals are definitely an eye feast for the viewers. Editing could have been crisp. Art department did a fine job. Dialogues are a huge drawback. Not even one dialogue bears Rajni stamp on it.
Thumbs Up:
Rajanikanth
Opening sequence
Cinematography
Thumbs Down:
Boring Screenplay
Dialogues
Supporting Cast
No Energy
Analysis:
'Energy' is the keyword for a Rajanikanth's film. If the film has high energy levels and thoroughly entertaining Rajani can make an average script into a blockbuster. Kabali showed lot of promise from its outset. Rajanikanth's getup and the Kabali Ra dialogue in the teaser have created lot of buzz. Within no time the film turned out to be the most awaited movie of the year. An average fare could do wonders with so much hype and expectations, but Pa. Ranjith couldn't even offer a watchable fare let alone decent product.
No doubt that Rajnikanth looked super stylish in those suits and grey hair. His diehard fans will have a treat watching Rajni in an ultra stylish avatar. However, if you are expecting typical punch lines and other elements that are usually associated with a Rajnikanth starrer then you are in for huge disappointment. Oh dear Pa. Ranjith, what a terrible waste of opportunity? There is lot of scope for hero elevation and so called commercial elements, but the director didn't even try to go that way.
Okay, if Ranjith's intention is to make a realistic gangster drama with Rajanikanth, it is excusable if he comes up with arresting sequences and exciting drama. Except for Rajanikanth, there is nothing in the film that makes you sit patiently till the end. But you won't go to a film to simply stare at Rajanikanth, do you? First half tests your patience with those silly scenes in the reform school. The director didn't even bother to show the rise of Kabali at any point. Other than the change in Kabali's attire, there is not a notable scene to show the rise or growth in Kabali's character.
First half is a big mess and the second half drags with a lengthy sequence of scenes where Kabali goes in search of his wife. Climax is unexciting. All in all Kabali is a boring gangster drama that fails to impress. It is yet another disappointment from our beloved superstar.
Verdict: Even Rajani couldn't save Kabali!
Cleveland: Donald Trump on Thursday formally accepted his party's nomination, the same way he launched his campaign by slamming immigrants and linking them to crime.
Trump did not budge from his combative stance on immigration as he wrapped up the week's Republican National Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio, NBC News reported.
He officially accepted the Republican Party's nomination for president by telling a pumped-up crowd that the nation's security is under threat from immigrants and illegal immigration.
"Nearly 180,000 people with criminal records ordered deported from our country are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens," NBC News quoted the Manhattan real estate mogul as saying.
Trump's remarks were met with chants of "Build a Wall", which has become one of the slogans of his campaign.
Trump reminded the crowd that on Monday night they heard from three people whose loved ones were victims murdered by immigrants not legally in the country.
"We heard from three parents whose children were killed by illegal immigrants … They are just three brave representatives of many thousands," Trump said.
The billionaire businessman said nothing has affected him more than the time he spent with mothers and fathers "who have lost their children to violence spilling over the border," NBC News said.
Trump also pointed to immigration as the ill that has perpetuated economic malaise in this country.
"Decades of record immigration have produced lower wages and higher unemployment for our citizens, especially for African Americans and Latino workers," Trump said.
He also sold himself as the champion of a downtrodden working class, promising to restore "law and order" and casting himself as a change agent against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
"I am your voice...Hillary Clinton's message is that things will never change. Never ever." Politico quoted Trump as saying.
"My message is that things have to change and they have to change right now," he added.
He also spoke of spiking crime, "third-world" airports, growing trade deficits, "chaos in our communities," and terrorism on the home front. Abroad, he said the situation was "worse than it has ever been before," Politico reported citing the business magnate.
"This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: death, destruction, terrorism and weakness...My plan is the exact opposite of the radical and dangerous immigration policy of Hillary Clinton," he said.
"Lock her up!" the crowd burst out repeatedly during Trump's speech and throughout the week.
His speech lasted for 75 minutes, beating out former President Bill Clinton's acceptance speech at his party's convention in 1996.
At the end, Trump and his Vice President nominee Mike Pence were joined by their families on state.
Kajal Agarwal is still in good demand down South despite back-to-back failures such as 'Sardaar Gabbar Singh' and 'Brahmotsavam'. She is currently working for Teja's flick and few Tamil projects which include an Ajith starrer.
Highly placed sources inform that Kajal was approached to play the female lead in Chiru 150th Movie. People expect her to grab the opportunity without a second thought but that's not the case. She quoted a staggering remuneration of Rs 2.5 crore to be part of the project.
Usually, Kajal charges anywhere between Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore depending on the film. She took everyone by surprise with her demand of career-best price for a landmark movie.
Actually, The screen time of female lead is very less in 'Kaththi'. There is nothing much requirement except for few talkie scenes and songs. Even the requirement of number of call sheets would be less compared to her other films. Then, Why does Kajal place such a demand? Is it her way of rejecting a project?
AP BC Welfare Association President Uday Kiran given a call for imposing a ban on Jana Sena Party for its approach towards growing corruption in the state. He alleged that Pawan Kalyan who floated party for 'questioning' remained a silent spectator when it comes to series issues. He asked the Jana Sena Chief to explain why he isn't fighting for the people's issues after launching the party with tall claims.
In the end, Uday Kiran poked fun at Pawan Kalyan saying 'What he could do to the people if injustice was done to his own wife & children?'
Other day after posing as advertisers for the site, police have arrested Artem Vaulin, a 30-year-old man from Kharkiv, Ukraine, who runs 'Kickass Torrents'. He was arrested in Poland on behalf of the US, which has requested his extradition for crimes related to running the site. This website contains more than 1 billion $ worth content illegally and the owner is actually marking ₹ 100 crores income on the site per annum through private ads.
All the sub domains of this site are also seized and blocked completely.
A sting operation conducted by a National Media House exposed how Tech Companies have been using technology to promote or defame prominent personalities. Any post could go viral if some of the Tech Companies were hired. Yes, Its so true!
Some of the Tech Firms revealed they charge anywhere between Rs 7 to 10 crore for making a certain post go 'Viral'. When they sign a deal for negative campaign against any individual, They choose an alternative network for cutting down the risk. Some of the representatives of Tech Companies even told they were least bothered about the consequences of Viral posts, even if they spread hatred among people
Aren't these Tech Firms acting in an irresponsible manner in the name of meeting the demand of the clients?
When all these was going on, Kriti kept quite mum about these gossips and never clarified about it. Now, looks like she had it enough as the lanky diva came forward to the press and clarified everything neatly.
Kriti came to watch a special screening of Irfan Khan's Madaari yesterday and spoke to the press at length. She slammed all those who spread these rumors about her and Sushanth and said that there is absolutely no truth in them.
What got everyone talking is that Kriti, many say as she has broken up with Sushanth now, she cleverly came forward and denied as if there was nothing between them. But one should not forget that the media is too clever and there is no smoke without any fire -
Superstar Rajinikanth's Kabali is conquering all over with its craze and after we heard about IT companies declaring holidays on its release, here are few more incidents that prove it much more than a craze.
We have seen reference and recommendation letters for railway tickets and Tirumala darshan tickets, but Kabali tickets turned out to be as important as them now.
A senior personal assistant to Minister of information and publicity in Tamil nadu recommended 10 Kabali movie tickets in a letter to Abhirami theatre in Chennai.
Not just that, in a shocking update, an IT giant reportedly got into bulk booking at Rs 500 each ticket for 200 tickets for its employees and the receipt is making rounds on web.
Few more hours, the movie is releasing with huge hype and let us see if the movie stands to it craze.
- See more at: http://www.gulte.com/movienews/50647/Kabali-Mania-High-Profile-Recommendations-for-Tickets#sthash.56ONUchG.dpuf
On Wednesday night, Rohit was crowned the coveted Mr World 2016 title at the grand finale of the Mr World competition organized at the Southport Theatre & Convention Centre in Southport, UK. Even though India is used to seeing Miss Worlds and Miss Universes, this is the first time that the country has got its Mr World.
After completing his graduation at Aurora Degree College in Hyderabad and working at SpiceJet and Dell, Rohit shifted to Mumbai where he worked as a model and actor. Rohit was also seen in a diamond commercial alongside Kareena Kapoor.
Rohit won the Mr World contest by defeating 46 contestants from across the world to be crowned the first Indian Mr World. Rohit received a cash prize of USD 50,000 (Rs. 33,59,497) on winning his dream title. -
The other day, Deepika is the show stopper for Designer Manish Malhotra at the India Couture Week 2016. It was then, The 'XXX' Hottie responded on the rumors related to pregnancy, engagement and marriage. 'I'm not pregnant, I'm not engaged and I'm not getting married,' she told.
Deepika all praise for Manish Malhotra's collection and claims to have enjoyed walking the ramp for him.
'XXX: The Return of Xander Cage' will release in January next year. Deepika will be shooting for her next Bollywood flick 'Padmavati' under Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Direction soon. Ranveer Singh plays the male lead in the project.
Harish Rao attended Haritha Haram at Siggapur village in Medak District. After he took part in few development programmes, Principal, Teachers & Students of Gurukula Patasala stopped the convoy of Irrigation Minister to welcome the Minister for planting sapling in the school premises. Soon, Harish got down from his vehicle and went to the school. He, however, got shock to find that no arrangements have been done to plant the saplings. There was neither a plough to dig holes in the ground nor water to sprinkle on the plants.
As a result, School Management faced the wrath of the Minister. 'What about the arrangements? Do you think I'm a bakra minister?,' Harish Rao fumed at them.
Immediately, The Principal pleaded Minister to pardon him. Harish Rao calmed down a bit and planted a sapling using his hands.
Sankeerth, a resident of Kachiguda, befriended Praveen when he was studying Engineering. They used to live in Austin (USA) in the same flat. 15 Days ago, Sai Sandeep Goud joined them as a Roommate.
Praveen was in the same room when Goud killed Sankeerth with a knife. He, however, claims to be sleeping when the murder took place.
Family Members of Sankeerth complain Praveen isn't revealing what happened on that day. They even say, Praveen has moved to Dallas and not available for contact after Cops freed him post questioning.
Currently, Sai Sandeep Goud is in the custody of Police. The mystery would be chased only if Goud speaks out the truth.
After dazzling like a queen in the movie "Fitoor", here is Katrina splashing her hotness yet again for the film "Baar Baar Dekho". As we could notice in the poster, Katrina is seen giving a peek of her curvy waist as she strikes a pose in black glasses along with hero Siddharth Malhotra. This is first look from the song Kala Chashma from Baar Baar Dekho, which will be out on 27th July.
Feast on Katrina's glamour dose folks, more is yet to come
"Kumari 21F" fame Hebbah Patel will be seen romancing Nikhil in this VI Anand directorial. It is revealed that she plays the role of a belly dancer in the movie and even without any formal training she's said to be moving her belly like an expert and giving sweat to co-dancers. After the super success of Kumari 21 F, Hebbah didn't had perfect success streak and that should start with this film.
After Ekkadivi Pothavu, she will be seen in Mega hero Varun Tej's Mister movie.
The rapidly expanding South Indian cuisine restaurant chain in the US, Godavari is all set to promote the biggest South Indian film, "Kabali".
The mega movie, starring none other than the Super Star himself, Rajnikanth can now be thoroughly enjoyed by viewing it across 15 Screens in the New England region and the state of Delaware, making it the biggest Indian releases of the year.
Speaking on the association, TEAM Godavari said; "We are more than excited to be promoting our very own Indian movie, "Kabali" here in America. We are sure to witness tremendous success through this tie-up, as the movie and most importantly Rajnikanth has a huge craze among the large number of Indians living out here."
Godavari is releasing Kabali in the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Delaware are all geared up to screen this most awaited Indian film.
Adding another record to its endless list, the blockbuster movie which is sure to be a super-duper hit, is the first Indian film to be released in the state of Maine. The premier shows will hit screens on the 21st of July at 11:45 AM in Tamil and Telugu.
Kabali is also setting up a new record for being played with 45 premier shows in Tamil and 26 Premier shows in Telugu in all the above states.
Fans of the most celebrated actor in India have just got even luckier as authentic Indian food will be served at the Apple Cinemas in Boston. One can relish a wide array of mouth-watering Indian delicacies, whilst cheering aloud for their most favorite and stylish actor.
Godavari restaurant continues to increase its visibility across the country, as the restaurant will open in newer locations like Morrisville (NC) by this month end, followed by Hartford (CT), Framingham (MA), Cumberland (RI) and many more in the next month.
"Godavari Productions" would be its new venture into the film industry by supporting short films and encouraging young talent to showcase their creativity to the fullest through their upcoming project.
Get Ready to Say "Kabali Raa" with Godavari @ any of these Theaters in New England Region & Delaware!!!!
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Rajini: Superstar plays the role of aged don gracefully. He deserves appreciation for pulling off flashback portions with good ease. His Costumes & Style Statements are a treat. He excels in the emotional scenes.
Direction: Pa.Ranjith didn't deviate from the plot chosen by him at any point just to please the fans. Certainly, Rajini Fans will be disappointed as the elements they expect have been missing. Screenplay of the movie have few issues.
Plus Points:
Rajini's Style
Emotions
Santhosh Narayanan's Music
Action Sequences
Minus Points:
Rajini's Elements Missing
Lack of Comedy
Predictable
Overall, 'Kabali' is the movie which won't please Thalaivar Fans to the fullest. Of course, The openings would be humongoes but its too early to predict the end result.
In 2010, YuppTV has been the first Live TV channel on the Roku platform, which includes the Roku Streaming Stick®, Roku Streaming players and Roku TV, providing Indian expat community, easy access to high quality South Asian entertainment content. Post 2012, the channel continued to provide the content to other markets, except USA & Canada.
Roku users in USA & Canada will now be able to access YuppTV's 200+ LIVE TV channels, Catch-up TV and YuppFlix, the largest Bollywood and South Asian regional language movie catalogue, with more than 5,000 titles. Further enhancing the content offering, the app will also offer online movie premiers mostly within three weeks of the release in YuppTV's Pay per View movies.
Speaking at the launch, Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO, YuppTV said, "We are thrilled to launch our updated YuppTV app on the Roku platform in USA & Canada. Incepted with the vision of providing the most authentic and entertaining Indian national and regional content to the Indian expat and diaspora community across the globe, we are affirmative that the users will enjoy and appreciate our content offering."
"It is inspiring the way YuppTV has evolved its service offering over the years and we're excited to be able to once again offer Roku consumers in the U.S. and Canada an amazing selection of premium South Asian content," said Ziba Kaboli-Gerbrands, director of content acquisition, Roku, Inc.
In succession to the launch, YuppTV has also added new languages in its offering, now allowing more Roku users to enjoy video content in Sinhala, Urdu, Nepali and Bangla. YuppTV will also offer nine popular channels from Argentina like TYC Sports, El Trece, America Sports available for Argentine expats living in USA & Canada. With the newly updated user interface, the channel offers an aesthetically enriching experience. Furthermore, the next update of the channel will also feature YuppTV Bazaar, the online marketplace for video content, and Yupp News, which curates the top news from around the world in short video snippets.
About YuppTV
YuppTV is one of the world's largest internet-based TV and On-demand service provider for South Asian content, offering more than 200+ TV channels, 5000+ Movies and 100+ TV Shows in 13 languages.
YuppTV has 25,000 hours of entertainment content catalogued in its library, while nearly 2,500 hours of new on-demand content is added to the YuppTV platform every day. YuppTV offers Live TV and Catch-Up TV technology. YuppTV has its presence in more than 50 countries. It has recently launched YuppFlix, a movie on demand streaming service for Expat Market and YuppTV Bazaar an online marketplace for the premium content curator. YuppTV is currently ranked #1 Internet Pay TV platform for Indians living abroad and also the largest Internet TV platform from premium content availability in India. YuppTV is the most downloaded Indian SmartTV app and it also boasts of 8 million mobile downloads with 4.0 user rating.
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Roku and Streaming Stick are registered trademarks and Roku TV is a trademark of Roku, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries.
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Actually, CBI planned to treat Shabnam Singh as a secret witness in the case keeping her safety in mind. But, Peter Mukerjea's Lawyer Mihir Gheewala sought a copy of statement given by the secret witness from court on grounds that accused have the right to see all the documents. Subsequently, Court directed CBI to provide the statement given by Shabnam Singh to the accused upon removal of irrelevant paragraphs.
Shabnam Singh's statement was recorded on November 25th last year. She revealed about Peter's fascination for young women and late night parties. She didn't hesitate to say there were several women in Peter's life and he lacked morals. She also disclosed that Peter has introduced Indrani to her when they went to London soon after separation. 'Peter told me that he is marrying Indrani shortly. I wished him good luck and even told - You Will Never Change,' says Singh.
In fact, Shabnam Singh believed Peter wouldn't marry Indrani. To her surprise, They got married even though she warned Peter about her dark past.
Upon looking at the statement, Peter's Lawyer opined the content has nothing to do with the case and CBI is just trying to malign the reputation of his client.
Lavanya tripati At Srirasthu subhamastu song launch Photos
Milky beauty Tamanna is busy working in films like 'Baahubali' and 'Abhinetri'. As per insiders Tamanna will be shaking leg with Gopichand for a song in this film. Sampath Nandi's last two films 'Racha' and 'Bengal Tiger' had Tamanna as heroine. Her glamour helped a lot in the success of both these films. As Hansika and Catherine are selected as female leads, Sampath is bringing Tamanna in a special song.
Sources explain that she charged a bomb for this song. Earlier, she did item songs in films like 'Alludu Seenu' and 'Speedunnodu'. So, we need to wait for the official confirmation. -
Surprisingly, the film's openings were good all over and got more than expected monies. But it didn't last long and it saw a severe dip in its collections due to poor reviews and bad word-of-the-mouth. It needs to be seen how these losses would be compensated.
Now reports are rife that Niharika may team up with Harshavardhan Rane for an emotional drama where the duo will be seen as siblings. However, Niharika is yet to give her nod. - S
Known for her connection with Hyderabad, royal beauty Aditi Rao Hydari is currently sizzling in her way in Mani Ratnam's upcoming film. Before we get a treat of it, here comes her next Bollywood offering.
In this new video song from the film "The Legend Of Michael Mishra", seen here is Aditi Rao Hydari sexily swinging her curves to the melodious tune composed by Meet Brothers and sung by Kanika Kapoor. These are the same set of people who created Baby Doll song for Sunny Leone. Inside the song, Aditi's hotness is unmatchable as she flaunts her sexy waist and protruding cleavage rather hotly.
Titled "Luv Letter", this song is currently going viral on the web
icRadhika Apte is known for her daring acts and statements. Some time ago, Radhika made a few comments on Telugu film industry which hurt many celebrities and their fans. She said that heroines are not treated as heroes and had not that respect as heroes had. As Radhika threw these comments after she enacted Balakrishna's 'Lion' film, media has speculated that Radhika triggered these comments on 'Lion's cast and crew.
And now, Radhika showered praises on Rajinikanth. "Rajini sir is an inspiring personality and is humble. Not just Rajini sir, but everyone of 'Kabali's team has treated me well," said Radhika Apte. Those people, who heard Radhika's words feel she had targeted 'Lion's team.
Radhika Apte paired up with Rajinikanth in 'Kabali'. Pa Ranjith has directed the movie. Santhosh Narayanan has composed the music of the film. The movie is hitting the screens on July 22.
Undoubtedly Rajinikanth is one of the biggest Indian super stars. His movies require no minimal promotions because he is a brand which sells automatically without any sort of publicity. Indian cinema has seen many super stars but Rajini is different, claims his Fans base. As his 'Kabali' is set for grand release in next three days, everywhere there is only one discussion and it's about Rajini.
Promoting Rajini as altogether a different star above other super stars like Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and others, this is one line making rounds in social media circles.
Salman Khan releases his movies for Eid because it is a holiday; Aamir Khan releases his movies for Christmas because it is a holiday…but when Rajinikanth releases his movie, the day becomes a holiday. Yes, companies in Chennai and Bengaluru have declared July 22nd as holiday providing 'Kabali' cinema tickets for employees
From last few years, Telugu cinema is highly dependent on Malayalam beauties to fill the heroine positions. If Bollywood else Kerala has been the formula many directors and producers have adopted. Samanta, Nithya Menon and few other star heroes have their traces found out from Kerala.
Of late, two new babes Niveda Thomas and Anupama Parameshwaran have become the cynosure of all yes much before really bagging a big success in Telugu. 'Gentleman' is the film which made Niveda Thomas to steal our attention. Here expressive face and ease before camera were so impressive. Reports say, producers are enquiring about Niveda Thomas for few more films and she might accelerate the innings very soon.
Trivikram has chosen Anupama Parameshwaran for a small character in 'A… Aa' and this one really fetched her. Missing out a Raviteja film, now she is also happy to join 'Shathamanam Bhavathi' besides Sharwanand for Dil Raju production. Keerthy Suresh though bagged a break with 'Nenu Shailaja' isn't heard big. Madonna Sebastian is still looking for a chance. All in all, Telugu films might depend on these four babes in coming days.
The result of the film as we all know gave a respite to Nithin and his sinking career. But off late, Nithin seems to be acting both pricey and choosy. News is that he has rejected a script narrated by Vijay Kumar Konda who gave Nithin one of his hit films, Gunde Jaari Gallantayyinde.
Industry folks feel that Nithin needs to change his way of thinking and needs to announce a film very soon. This will keep him in the limelight and also give his career a direction.
When things and situation are sparse, one needs to react fast and make the right choices. Hope Nithin pays heed to this and stops acting choosy and picky. What say ! -
