Panjaa, a stylish movie with a sensitive story line - Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala

Most are saying the story is not up to the mark, few are saying story is not meant for Pawan Kalyan, and few others are saying that there is a quite resemblance in the story with that of Balu. Box-Office Collections says that the movie is not going to become a HIT! But Just to interpret and express my views on the movie, Panjaa HIT me hard and I enjoyed watching it! May be Panjaa does not have lot of commercial aspects in it but technically its a brilliant effort and especially Pawan Kalyan's performance was at top notch! 

When he chose script for Gudumba Shankar (which has enough comedy in it) people did not liked it!

When he chose Annavaram (which has enough sentiment in it) people did not connected to it!

When he selected Bangaram & Puli (both have enough emotion) people did not accepted them!

And finally, when Panjaa is out they start comparing it with Balu! I strictly oppose that statement because the story of Panjaa goes like this:

Theme: 
Sahaayam Chesinavaadiki Kruthagnatha Choopinchakapovadam Entha Thappo... Sahaayam Chesinavaadu Kruthagnatha Korukovadam Koodaa Anthey Thappu! 

Panjaa Movie Review - by Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala

Finally its the time for me to post my review on Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa (Today Matnee Show @ Vyjayanthi, Nacharam). By the way, this is my 23rd consecutive post on Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa - that's the expectations I had on the movie..

Naturally due to very high expectations and hype on the movie the first day talks were as usual mixed and at places, the talk even spread as below average. But in my view (after watching the movie) the standards and the technicalities were at top notch and will certainly become a box-office hit. However the movie will not get into masses on the first week, since the movie is a stylish action entertainer (as claimed by the makers of Panjaa) without containing much of mass elements in it!

Story, Screenplay & Direction: Story is based on a single but powerful point, "Sahaayam Pondina Vaadu, Kruthagnatha Choopinchakapovadam Yentha Thappo... Sahaayam Cheysinavaadu, Kruthagnatha Korukovadam Kooda Anthey Thappu"! 

Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa - Movie Talk

Some say Movie is for entertainment, and few say Movie is a passionate art!

After listening to many of my friends, cousins and colleagues - my view on the movie, Panjaa is as follows: 

As far as Panjaa is concerned the makers of it have made it with full of conviction towards their passion and in a most stylish way with high technical values by covering excellent locations, but failed considering complete set of commercial elements in it. 

The Movie is made with rich classy look as a stylish action entertainer (basic idea), but what's actually lagging is - the script and the screenplay including comedy episodes, mass elements such as powerful introduction of hero, full length songs with beautiful heroines and powerful punch dialogues etc., - which are the vital aspects for a commercial blockbuster hit. 

Background Music and Re-Recording by Yuvan are excellent, but the placement of songs are uttered it seems! As per the sources, Comedy track is also missing through out the film and dialogues by Mr. Ravi paled out.

I don't want to comment further on the movie until I personally watch it!

As usual, Pawan Kalyan Movies will have divide talk on the day one of its release. This time it has further came down and ruled out the option of hit talk (one should forget about blockbuster from Pawan Kalyan with Panjaa). 

Keeping all this aside, please keep visiting this space for the 2nd day talk and my very own analysed review on Panjaa! 

My Panjaa Movie Tickets are Booked!

The wait will come to an end just in few more hours.. Celebrations for Panjaa will start all over the globe very soon! Director Vishnuvardhan informed that Panjaa has shaped out well and Pawan Kalyan is shown most stylishly in it.

Megastar Chiranjeevi, today wished good luck to Pawan Kalyan for his upcoming release, Panjaa. Chiru was also pretty confident that Panjaa will definitely reach up to its expectations. Chiranjeevi spoke to the reporters on Tuesday, December 6th about the film. He said that the Panjaa trailers are stylish and splendid. Megastar further informed that he haven’t watched the film yet but he was told that Pawan Kalyan looked quite stylish than any other film.

Meanwhile, the expectations on the film are reaching peaks and the bookings have already been opened. Tickets for fans / benefit show on 9th early morning are sold out and all tickets in websites like BookMyShow, EasyMovies and Ticket Dada are also nearing to soldout board.

Though I opted out for watching the movie on the first day (as I did for Dookudu), My friends and cousins are already reserved their seats (booked tickets) for the first day first show. Perhaps, I have my tickets booked for Saturday Matnee Show.

By Friday Noon, 9th Decemeber 2011 - I will post the premier show / morning show talk here (as I did for Dookudu)....

Keep visiting my blog for more news on Panjaa....

Expectations and Assumptions on Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa

With over fifteen years (15 Movies) of experience in the film industry, “Power Star” Pawan Kalyan is now arriving with his Panjaa (with minimal promotional activities from its makers) bringing huge expectations with in the movie lovers (especially in megafans). 

I have my own set of assumptions and expectations on the outcome and collections of this movie! Just for comparison, let us choose the recent blockbuster of the industry “Mahesh Babu’s - Dookudu” - it has many similarities with Pawan Kalyan’s Panjaa. Both the celebrities have 16 Movies each in their kitty who were waiting to break all the existing box-office records from a long time. Though Mahesh with his last movie Khaleja (in combination with Jalsa Director – Trivikram) failed to achieve this target, has never failed to miss it with his 16^th movie – Dookudu. While Timing, Teamwork and Subject are the key elements of the success – Mahesh’s factor equals all these factors which helped the movie to become super success. 

Same is the case with Panjaa (Pawan Kalyan who failed to break the records with his last two movies - Puli and TeenMaar) is pretty confident this time. With excellent teamwork, timing and subject coupled with Pawan’s presence in his 16^th Movie should prove the power star’s star power once again in a much bigger way! Not only the number game, it’s the peak level of his career and is also the crucial and must win situation for the star to prove his mettle in the industry (for which Pawan Kalyan did everything that he has to do). The movie has all the commercial aspects (specifically, Pawan mark – fights, comedy and dialogues) and is hitting maximum number of screens (as many as 1800) on the 9^th of December 2011, having advance bookings already opened in few centers. 

As always (for Pawan Kalyan's Movie) before its release only, almost 50% of the tickets will be sold for the first three days and would collect nothing less than 20+ Crores, the movie has already made a business of around 50 Crores (through distribution, satellite and music rights) is all set to recreate the history by creating sensation – first day collections for the movie will not be less than 15 Crores (including advance bookings) and in the long run - by the third weekend it will reach 100+ Crores, and I am damn sure (after watching the making videos and trailers), Panjaa will certainly attract every segment of audience to the theatres for multiple times at least for the first few weeks and by 25^th December – the movie collects 100+ Crores (apart from pre-release business, which will be a rare feet in the history of telugu cinema). 

I have mentioned about the collections of the movie, since that is the only factor which can be used for measuring the power of the star in the current generation (at least in the business point of view). By changing his attitude towards a commercial movie, Pawan is now entertaining media to approach him for various interviews. Recently – Pawan also encouraged the makers of Panjaa in making a special interview on him! Just the highlights (less than 3 mins) of this interview got a huge response from the Power Star’s Fans and are now eagerly waiting for the blast! If this is the changed style of Pawan Kalyan, then one can expect the level of his dedication and efforts that he would have put for the movie (as per the demand from audience, unlike in his past movies).

Let’s quickly look at the flash back of Pawan Kalyan's career (in the table below) and my views and ratings for each of his projects and performances in it. For each and every movie of his, he puts lot of efforts and dedication but the only mistake he used to commit (until TeenMaar) was the selection of the subject and his characterization in the movie. But as mentioned above, the changed Pawan has also changed his style of selection of the subjects (as needed for a commercial movie) which will never let him down from now on!

Movie No.	Banner	Movie Name	Release Date	My Rating for Pawan Kalyan	Comment
1	Geetha Arts	Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi	11 Oct 1996	2 out of 5	Debut Movie, with few expectations
2	NSC Arts	Gokulamlo Seeta	22 Aug 1997	3 out of 5	Worked with  full of Determination
3	Supergood Films	Suswagatham	1 Jan 1998	3.25 out of 5	Zeal to learn - can be seen very clearly!
4	NSC Arts	Tholi Prema	24 July 1998	4 out of 5	Completely transformed into a BIG Hero – carried a lot of variations and added value to the movie
5	Sri Venkateswara Art Films	Thammudu	15 July 1999	4.25 out of 5	Dedication & Style have helped him in increasing his own fan-base. Excellent Selection!
6	VijayaLakshmi Art Movies	Badri	20 April 2000	4.25 out of 5	Lot of variations in this character helped him in showcase his talent to the fullest – thanks to Puri!
7	Sri Surya Movies	Kushi	27 April 2001	4.5 out of 5	Excelled all the way – Energetic Performance and Style proved his stamina at the box-office collections!
8	Geetha Arts	Johnny	24 April 2003	3 out of 5	Miscalculated and Wrong Step! Taken huge risk at the peak of his career!
9	Anjana Productions	Gudumba Shankar	10 Sept 2004	4 out of 5	Excellent work, but wrong selection of characterization
10	Vyjayanthi Movies	BALU – abcdefg	6 Jan 2005	4.25 out of 5	Excelled, but audience did not connected to it.
11	Sri Surya Movies	Bangaram	03 May 2006	4.5 out of 5	Excellent subject - but again people did not connected
12	Mega Supergood Films	Annavaram	29 Dec 2006	4.25 out of 5	Chose to perform different angle – Sentiment and emotion! Tamil Flavor
13	Geetha Arts	Jalsa	2 Apr 2008	4.5 out of 5	Slight Variation in the subject put breaks to box-office collections!
14	Kanaka Ratna Movies	Komaram Puli	10 Sept 2010	4.25 out of 5	Few unnecessary stunts & scenes have spoiled the outcome of a great subject!
15	Parameswara Arts	Teenmaar	14 April 2011	4.25 out of 5	Subject is not suitable and failed to get appreciation
16	Sanghamitra Arts + Arka Mediaworks	Panjaa	9 Dec 2011	Should be 4.75 out of 5 now!	Excellent Subject – Stylish Making – Great Teamwork – Superb Form. And it is the time for him to rule the industry! Let’s wait and C.

Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa, a sure shot blockbuster

Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa is hitting screens worldwide on 9th December 2011 as a sure shot blockbuster this time. Just watched few making videos and other trailers of Panjaa, it has every ingredient to entertain the audience and register as a blockbuster hit of the decade. Producers of the movie just started the promotion work and would have to do this for a long time now! After so many days - tollywood will witness a 25 week (175 days) movie in the form of Panjaa - Pawan Kalyan, Vishnu Vardhan and his entire team are pretty confident on the outcome, just need to wait another 4 days.

Congratulations to the makers of Panjaa, for making the most powerful movie with Power Star Pawan Kalyan!

Pawan Kalyan's Honest Speech at Panjaa Audio Launch

Watch this Video - Excellent Speech by Pawan Kalyan, expressing all his emotions and feelings! As per my understanding with this video, there is a certain split / difference between Pawan and Chiru.....Its the time for Mega Family to stop continuing the same mistake, at least now!

Liked the English in this interview about Panjaa...

It was a celebration time for Pawan Kalyan's fans after the first look of Panjaa was released. The look of the Telugu actor was so infectious that sporting beard suddenly looked chic. 

Talking about the massive response for the first look, Nagesh Muntha one of the producers says, “He was inundated with calls from remote villages wishing nothing but the best for Panjaa.” At the risk of sounding pompous he claims, “The movie isn’t your regular four-song-three-fight-one-item number fare. In most movies the characters are sheltered into narrative like passenger strapped to the car seat belt. With predetermined ups and downs the audiences go for a ride, but in Panjaa the characters are well etched out into the narrative.”

He continues, “While Ali, Brahmanandam, Jhansi along with Pawan Kalyan drums up comedy, the drama and action are synced well into the story. There are no forced attempts, the blocks fit together very well and at every turn the story is revealing. The director kept a safe distance from unwanted buildups, over-the-top dialogues and exaggerated heroism for this film.”

Nagesh Muntha further adds, “The action sequence of the film were not something laid out in advance - this had something to do with the contemporary aesthetics of the film, be it be the the hand-to-hand combat or the high octane gun fight sequences. I think the audiences are done to death with Sumo’s tossing in the air action sequences.”

On a parting note Nagesh says, "Be it Sarah Jane Dias, Jackie Shroff, Atul Kulkarni, Tanikella Bharani or the amalgam of finest artists, Panjaa will be remembered as a gangster classic for a long time to come and will set the benchmarks for its technical brilliance."

Pawan Kalyan to show his Power 2 Tollywood Box Office Collections

The Month of December 2011, is going to be a real festival for Telugu Film Industry!! Guess what? The history of 80 years Tollywood Box Office Collections and Records are all going to be smashed by none other than the king of the today’s telugu cinema with his PANJAA!

On 5^th October, 2011 (i.e., more than 2 months before the movie release), makers of this movie just released the title along with its first look posters – and the search engine gaint Google (along with many other search engines) and other popular movie websites, magazines (in terms of the number of page visits on that day), have already witnessed his power!! So far just the posters of Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa has been released, which have generated huge response and helped in opening the movie’s business in a grand way.

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