Best Fims in Telugu 2013

Telugu Movie Round-up 2013

M K Sinu

This year Tollywood saw hit ticket-selling with Prabhas starrer ‘Mirchi’ early on, at one end, and comic noir act in ‘Swamy Ra Ra’ proving clincher at BO at the other end. Tollywood experimenting? Too early to comment. But, then a pattern clearly indicating it wasn’t just the big movies (read star power loaded) that created the impact at BO.  Fortunately, movie goers sidestepped films veiled in the grab ‘being different’.

On a parallel note, end always breeds nostalgia for a year that has just passed. Fortunately, for Tollywood reflecting on the movies that released this year is mixed bag kind of sorts – a porridge of drama, action, & comedy. Illuminating moments for few and damp squib for others. Nonetheless, below is a pick of 10 movies which we feel made an impact - big, small, or and something in-between.     

Seethama Vakilto Sirimalle Chettu

Director: Srikanth Addala

Starring: Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Anjali, Samantha, Prakash Raj & Jayasudha

"Brothers in arms."

Mirchi

Director: Koratala Siva

Starring: Prabhas, Sathyaraj, Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay, Nadhiya, Adithya, & Brahmanandam

"à la Goodfellas style movie meeting bad-lands of Rayalseema genre."

Swamy Rara

Director: Sudhir Varma

Starring:  Nikhil Siddharth & Swati Reddy

"Con job gone awry."  

Prema Katha Chitram

Director: R. Ravi Kumar

Starring: Sudheer Babu, Nanditha, Praveen & Giri

"Horror marrying comedy genre."

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde

Director: Vijay Kumar Konda

Starring: Nitin, Nithya Menen, Isha Talwar, Jwala Gutta &Ali

"Love actually."

Antaku Mundu Aa Taruvaata

Director: Mohan Krishna Indraganti

Starring: Sumanth Ashwin, Eesha, Madhubala & Ravi Babu

"Love in the time of social media."

Atharintiki Daaredi

Director: Trivikram Srinivas

Starring: Pawan Kalyan, Boman Irani, Nadhiya, Samantha, Pranitha,
Brahmanandam & Ali

"The road less travelled."

Doosukeltha

Director: Veeru Potla

Starring: Vishnu Manchu & Lavanya Tripathi

"The rom-com family entertainer that hit the mark."

Venkatadri Express

Director: Merlapaka Gandhi

Starring: Sundeep Kishan, Rakul Preet Singh, Brahmaji, & Thagubothu Ramesh

"'Bommarillu' rebooted beautifully."

Uyyala Jampala

Director: Virinchi Varma

Starring: Avika Gor & Raj Tarun

"Cousins can be more than just friends."

As for 2014, there is already a sense of bigness with big-ticket line up in the first quarter itself. Looking forward to the good, the not-so-good & the extraordinary.