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Showing posts with label Magadheera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magadheera. Show all posts

Friday, April 2, 2010

Magadheera - officially my fave Telugu film

WARNING - Picture heavy!
Most have been sized down as thumbnails

Apology for the late post. After the initial 700 caps or so, I had to narrow down them all. I still have plenty. My PC and laptop were both acting up. Therefore causing the delay.



For the past few weeks, I've been re-watching Magadheera. On top of that, I've been sharing with others about this wonderful film. My two nieces (ages 13 and 4) absolutely love it! My brother's girlfriend couldn't watch the whole film but saw half and is dying to watch the rest (she doesn't live in the same state but was visiting at that time, she says when she is back in town, she texted me that she has to see it).



My 13-years-old niece told three of her friends about Magadheera. Now, they are all asking me about the film. I showed them YouTube videos of a few of the songs and each one of them have been begging me to bring the film over for them to watch.



I have been flooding my Twitter accounts with how much I love Magadheera. I ain't gonna lie. I freaking love it and hope everyone would get the chance to watch it. The storyline is nothing new but trust me, it is definitely one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen.



After watching the film several times, I regret not watching it in the theater at that time. Yes, even with*out* subs. As soon as I heard about pre-ordering Magadheera, I made sure I buy and ended up buying the two-disk dvdset.

Even though it wasn't that expensive, this caught my eye...



I bought it for a dollar more but it's okay.....



Magadheera is so good that there has been rumors about a Hindi remake. As much as I don't mind remakes. I don't want a Magadheera remake! Yes, I'm hypocritical here. You've seen my Nicki's Wish Bollywood remakes posts but I love Magadheera too much to see it ruined. On top of that, Hrithik is rumored to be the lead hero. No!!!!!! I do like Hrithik, don't get me wrong. Just because he did a Jodhaa Akbar don't mean he can be a Khaala Bhairava/Harsha. Honestly, I think he's too old to play the role, I want a younger, fresh actor. Magadheera is only Ram Charan's second film too. If I had to pick an actor in Bollywood to be in the remake, it's going to be Ranbir Kapoor. Not because I have a huge crush on him now. Whoever thought that Ram Charan could pull off a Magadheera, after the disastrous Chirutha? It's because both Ram Charan and Ranbir both have high profile families in real life, adorable-looking, and can dance!




Again, storyline is nothing new. What makes it so special?? The dancing, the music, comedic parts in the first half, the awesomeness of the historical epic-ness in the second half. Not to mention Ram Charan's amazing floppy hair. This man has the most gorgeous hair, eyelashes, eyebrows -- he's hot!




Now, let's get on to the story!!

Some slight spoilers!!



Film starts off in 1600 BC



Location - Aravali Mountains



A couple is covered in blood. All the girl wants is for her lover to tell her that he loves her.



Too late, she dies falling down the cliff, he follows her



Wishes for the couple to be together in another lifetime



Fast forward, 400 years later



The carefree motorcyclist/stunt man Harsha (Ram Charan Teja) makes his living on what he does best.



By chance, he happens to touch a girl's hand and felt so much connection with her. However, he has no idea how she looks like.



He has to find her! All he knows is that she was wearing a white outfit.



Indu (Kajal Aggawal) is that girl but tricks him in thinking it's someone else and leads him in a crazy, fun goose chase!



Then you have this creepy, pervertic guy, Raghu, who wants Indu



The first half is fun-filled with Harsha trying to find out who this girl that is giving him this electric shock feeling. He has no idea why but feels a strong connection with her. They eventually both fall for each other.



Interesting Intermission


"In 10 minutes, let's go back 400 years"



Once Harsha realizes that both were re-born again, the film turns a different pace with the past, the reason why Harsha felt a strong connection with Indu.



Harsha is the great warrior, Kala Bhairava



Indu is the queen, Mitravinda



Raghu is Senadhipathi Randhev Billa



See, storyline is nothing special BUT it's what the film has to offer



Ram Charan Teja is no Allu Arjun, in the looks and dancing department, for me. But he sure is eye candy. He's hot. I saw his debut film, Chirutha, and was not impressed at all (besides the dancing). But after Magadheera, hello! Just like Allu Arjun who is fondly known as Bunny, Ram Charan is known as Cherry.



Earlier in this post, I mentioned how much I love Cherry's hair!



Kajal is cute and funny. She was convincing enough for me.



Lookwise, she reminds me sooooo much of Hong Kong actress/singer, Vicki Zhao. I swear! It's funny because I saw her first in Aarya 2 and didn't see it yet.



Whatcha think?



Dev Gill played his part well as Raghu (present)/Senadhipathi Randhev Billa (past) cause he was creepy as heck. One complaint I had was his anguist voice. Why he gotta sound like that? In some scenes, he reminded me of Abhishek Bachchan, lookwise (don't kill me fangirls)



Great to see Shrihari, who I remembered from Nuvvostanante Nenoddantanta. He played Soloman (present)/Sher Khan (past).



I'm not going to list more of the cast but I could not just not list the next few.

Sunil (*not* Bollywood's Shetty) - funny guy! He had a short part but played Harsha's friend.



Brahmanandam - another funny guy who had an even smaller part than Sunil.



Chiranjeevi in a special guest appearance!!! He is known as "master" :) and is in part of the song, "Bangaru Kodipetta" Just in case for those who didn't know, Cherry is his son :)



Mumaith Khan - famous item girl! The girl is gorgeous and can dance. She had a little bit of a really short role who actually had a name! She played Reshma and is in the song, "Bangaru Kodipetta"



Kim Sharma - in the song, "Jorsey" aka "Cheppane Cheppaddhu" and actually had the name, Hamsa. Guess her Bollywood career didn't go well so she's dancing in a Telugu song ;P



I loooooooove the songs. Before Magadheera, I was listening nonstop to the soundtrack of Pokiri.



I created thumbnails for *all* the songs and the 2nd part of pictures on this post. So just click on the image to view it larger in another screen.

Song #1 - "Bangaru Kodi Petta"
Reshma won't give Harsha his money. Harsha and the "master" have a dance-off



Dancing is top-notch. Song is a remake of Chiranjeevi's "Bangaru Kodi Petta"
Watch Below



Song #2 - "Naakosam Nuvvu"
Indu tricks Harsha. He is off to find "Indu," with his magic touch...but to a bunch of goris??



Song #3 - "Panchadara Bomma" aka "Baagundha"
Harsha and Indu in love



Song #4 - "Dheera Dheera"
Mitravinda images being with Bhairava, her love



A must see!!! Especially for the visuals. Most stunning song to watch.
Watch Below



Song #5 - "Jorsey" aka "Cheppane Cheppaddhu"
Harsha is drunk and pictures Hamsa as his love, Indu



The film was just too beautiful and breath-taking! I could not help but make lots of caps.



Love the bike stunt!!



One of my favorite parts of of the film :)



I just couldn't stop...random caps I just couldn't didn't want to delete



Ending credits.



Since I bought the 2-disk dvd, I thought I'll just take random caps of the Making of Magadheera.



Click on the thumbnails to view larger



Go watch!!!! Highly recommended.