Shankar Dada Zindabad - Chiru gets a glamorous look with Gandhigiri
IndiaGlitz [Friday, July 27, 2007]
The Telugu film industry had no history of bringing out sequels. However, Chiranjeevi's latest film, 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' came as a sequel to his earlier movie 'Shankar Dada MBBS'. It may be mentioned here that both SDM and the SDZ are the remakes of popular Bollywood movies.
Though 'SDM' was directed by Jayant C Paranji, Chiranjeevi chose Prabhudeva for this movie and the latter proved that he could bring out a clean film with a Mega Star by making little changes to the original Bollywood movie to accommodate songs for Chiranjeevi, keeping his fan following and image in view.
Surprisingly the other technical crew were almost the same, but for the cinematographer Chota K Naidu. The basic reason for opting for the remake of this film is this. A message, which had to be sent across the people, should come through a celebrity.
Moreover, almost all the recent films of Chiranjeevi have one message or the other. So, the producers wanted to give a message to the audiences that Gandhigiri is always better than Dadagiri and hence the remake.
Shankar Dada (Chiranjeevi) is a local dada and ATM (Srikanth) is his assistant. Shankar loses his heart to Jahnavi (Karishma Kotak), a radio jockey, after listening to her sweet voice in an FM channel. Once, he gets an opportunity to meet her through a contest on Gandhi and his teachings.
With the help of some professors, Shankar manages to win the contest and meets her. Jahnavi invites him to Second Innings House where there are some old men to give a lecture on Gandhigiri. With no options left, Shankar goes to library and reads about Gandhi.
As he continues to study about Gandhi, Shankar gets hallucination of watching Bapu. It helps him in the other way in giving good messages to the society.
Shankar starts frequenting to Second Innings House to meet Jahnavi. Rajalingam (Sayaji Shinde) eyes that house, for the marriage of his daughter. Learning that Shankar's girlfriend Jahnavi is staying with those old men, Rajalingam plans a trip for Shankar along with Jahnavi and the old men and gets the building vacated by ATM.
Shankar tells Rajalingam to return that building and he starts using Gandhigiri instead of Dagagiri. But Rajalingam did not relent. In order to teach him a lesson, Shankar and the old men start staging Satyagraha. At one point, Shankar reveals to Jahnavi that he was not a professor and only a local dada. So Jahnavi hates him and leaves the place.
In the climax, when Rajalingam's daughter's marriage was about to be cancelled, Shankar enters the scene and tries to convince the bridegroom's father (Saratbabu). Though he refuses to accept the alliance, his son (Pawan Kalyan) tells his father that he would surely marry the girl, as he became a fan of Shankar through the FM programme. The film ends on a happy note with the union of Shankar and Jahnavi.
Chiranjeevi once again proved that he is an expert in comedy timing and did the role with fantastic ease.
Sayaji Shinde is good as a villain. Debutant heroine Karishma Katak looked beautiful, though she had not much scope to perform.
Srikanth had got yet another chance to work with Chiranjeevi and he had a lengthy role along with Chiranjeevi. Pawan Kalyan, Sada, Raviteja, Allu Arjun, Prabhudeva, Devisri Prasad gave a guest appearance in the movie.
Brahmanandam is adequate in a pandit's role. Dilip Prabhawalkar who played the role of Gandhi in the original Bollywood movie again played the same role in the Telugu version.
Music by Devisri Prasad is a big hit and there was a tremendous sale of audio. Chota K Naidu's cinematography did wonders and he was able to make Chiranjeevi quite younger with his excellent camerawork.
The production values of Gemini Film Circuit are adequate.
Two of the songs were shot in Australia. Dialogues by Paruchuri brothers are okay. However, the punch in the dialogues were a little less when compared with their other movies.
Cast : Chiranjeevi, Karishma Kotak, Srikanth, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Sayaji Shinde, Saratbabu, Brahmanandam, Venumadhav, MS Narayana, Rohit, PJ Sharma, JV Ramanamurthy, Kanta Rao, Jenny, Jeeva, GV, Pawan Kalyan (Guest Appearance), Sada (GA), Raviteja (GA), Allu Arjun (GA), Prabhudeva (GA), Devisri Prasad (GA)
Credits : Story – Raju Hirani, Dialogues – Paruchuri Brothers, Camera – Chota K Naidu, Editing – Marthand K Venkatesh, Lyrics – Suddala Ashokteja, Chandrabose, Bhaskarabhatla and Sahiti, Music – Devisri Prasad, Presents – Gemini Television, Producers – Akkineni Ravishankara Prasad and Kiran, Screenplay and direction – Prabhudeva.
Banner : Gemini Film Circuit
Released on : July 27, 2007
Shankar Dada Zindabad - Chiru gets a glamorous look with Gandhigiri
IndiaGlitz [Friday, July 27, 2007]
The Telugu film industry had no history of bringing out sequels. However, Chiranjeevi's latest film, 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' came as a sequel to his earlier movie 'Shankar Dada MBBS'. It may be mentioned here that both SDM and the SDZ are the remakes of popular Bollywood movies.
Though 'SDM' was directed by Jayant C Paranji, Chiranjeevi chose Prabhudeva for this movie and the latter proved that he could bring out a clean film with a Mega Star by making little changes to the original Bollywood movie to accommodate songs for Chiranjeevi, keeping his fan following and image in view.
Surprisingly the other technical crew were almost the same, but for the cinematographer Chota K Naidu. The basic reason for opting for the remake of this film is this. A message, which had to be sent across the people, should come through a celebrity.
Moreover, almost all the recent films of Chiranjeevi have one message or the other. So, the producers wanted to give a message to the audiences that Gandhigiri is always better than Dadagiri and hence the remake.
Shankar Dada (Chiranjeevi) is a local dada and ATM (Srikanth) is his assistant. Shankar loses his heart to Jahnavi (Karishma Kotak), a radio jockey, after listening to her sweet voice in an FM channel. Once, he gets an opportunity to meet her through a contest on Gandhi and his teachings.
With the help of some professors, Shankar manages to win the contest and meets her. Jahnavi invites him to Second Innings House where there are some old men to give a lecture on Gandhigiri. With no options left, Shankar goes to library and reads about Gandhi.
As he continues to study about Gandhi, Shankar gets hallucination of watching Bapu. It helps him in the other way in giving good messages to the society.
Shankar starts frequenting to Second Innings House to meet Jahnavi. Rajalingam (Sayaji Shinde) eyes that house, for the marriage of his daughter. Learning that Shankar's girlfriend Jahnavi is staying with those old men, Rajalingam plans a trip for Shankar along with Jahnavi and the old men and gets the building vacated by ATM.
Shankar tells Rajalingam to return that building and he starts using Gandhigiri instead of Dagagiri. But Rajalingam did not relent. In order to teach him a lesson, Shankar and the old men start staging Satyagraha. At one point, Shankar reveals to Jahnavi that he was not a professor and only a local dada. So Jahnavi hates him and leaves the place.
In the climax, when Rajalingam's daughter's marriage was about to be cancelled, Shankar enters the scene and tries to convince the bridegroom's father (Saratbabu). Though he refuses to accept the alliance, his son (Pawan Kalyan) tells his father that he would surely marry the girl, as he became a fan of Shankar through the FM programme. The film ends on a happy note with the union of Shankar and Jahnavi.
Chiranjeevi once again proved that he is an expert in comedy timing and did the role with fantastic ease.
Sayaji Shinde is good as a villain. Debutant heroine Karishma Katak looked beautiful, though she had not much scope to perform.
Srikanth had got yet another chance to work with Chiranjeevi and he had a lengthy role along with Chiranjeevi. Pawan Kalyan, Sada, Raviteja, Allu Arjun, Prabhudeva, Devisri Prasad gave a guest appearance in the movie.
Brahmanandam is adequate in a pandit's role. Dilip Prabhawalkar who played the role of Gandhi in the original Bollywood movie again played the same role in the Telugu version.
Music by Devisri Prasad is a big hit and there was a tremendous sale of audio. Chota K Naidu's cinematography did wonders and he was able to make Chiranjeevi quite younger with his excellent camerawork.
The production values of Gemini Film Circuit are adequate.
Two of the songs were shot in Australia. Dialogues by Paruchuri brothers are okay. However, the punch in the dialogues were a little less when compared with their other movies.
Shankar Dada Zindabad - Chiru gets a glamorous look with Gandhigiri
IndiaGlitz [Friday, July 27, 2007]
The Telugu film industry had no history of bringing out sequels. However, Chiranjeevi's latest film, 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' came as a sequel to his earlier movie 'Shankar Dada MBBS'. It may be mentioned here that both SDM and the SDZ are the remakes of popular Bollywood movies.
Though 'SDM' was directed by Jayant C Paranji, Chiranjeevi chose Prabhudeva for this movie and the latter proved that he could bring out a clean film with a Mega Star by making little changes to the original Bollywood movie to accommodate songs for Chiranjeevi, keeping his fan following and image in view.
Surprisingly the other technical crew were almost the same, but for the cinematographer Chota K Naidu. The basic reason for opting for the remake of this film is this. A message, which had to be sent across the people, should come through a celebrity.
Moreover, almost all the recent films of Chiranjeevi have one message or the other. So, the producers wanted to give a message to the audiences that Gandhigiri is always better than Dadagiri and hence the remake.
Shankar Dada (Chiranjeevi) is a local dada and ATM (Srikanth) is his assistant. Shankar loses his heart to Jahnavi (Karishma Kotak), a radio jockey, after listening to her sweet voice in an FM channel. Once, he gets an opportunity to meet her through a contest on Gandhi and his teachings.
With the help of some professors, Shankar manages to win the contest and meets her. Jahnavi invites him to Second Innings House where there are some old men to give a lecture on Gandhigiri. With no options left, Shankar goes to library and reads about Gandhi.
As he continues to study about Gandhi, Shankar gets hallucination of watching Bapu. It helps him in the other way in giving good messages to the society.
Shankar starts frequenting to Second Innings House to meet Jahnavi. Rajalingam (Sayaji Shinde) eyes that house, for the marriage of his daughter. Learning that Shankar's girlfriend Jahnavi is staying with those old men, Rajalingam plans a trip for Shankar along with Jahnavi and the old men and gets the building vacated by ATM.
Shankar tells Rajalingam to return that building and he starts using Gandhigiri instead of Dagagiri. But Rajalingam did not relent. In order to teach him a lesson, Shankar and the old men start staging Satyagraha. At one point, Shankar reveals to Jahnavi that he was not a professor and only a local dada. So Jahnavi hates him and leaves the place.
In the climax, when Rajalingam's daughter's marriage was about to be cancelled, Shankar enters the scene and tries to convince the bridegroom's father (Saratbabu). Though he refuses to accept the alliance, his son (Pawan Kalyan) tells his father that he would surely marry the girl, as he became a fan of Shankar through the FM programme. The film ends on a happy note with the union of Shankar and Jahnavi.
Chiranjeevi once again proved that he is an expert in comedy timing and did the role with fantastic ease.
Sayaji Shinde is good as a villain. Debutant heroine Karishma Katak looked beautiful, though she had not much scope to perform.
Srikanth had got yet another chance to work with Chiranjeevi and he had a lengthy role along with Chiranjeevi. Pawan Kalyan, Sada, Raviteja, Allu Arjun, Prabhudeva, Devisri Prasad gave a guest appearance in the movie.
Brahmanandam is adequate in a pandit's role. Dilip Prabhawalkar who played the role of Gandhi in the original Bollywood movie again played the same role in the Telugu version.
Music by Devisri Prasad is a big hit and there was a tremendous sale of audio. Chota K Naidu's cinematography did wonders and he was able to make Chiranjeevi quite younger with his excellent camerawork.
The production values of Gemini Film Circuit are adequate.
Two of the songs were shot in Australia. Dialogues by Paruchuri brothers are okay. However, the punch in the dialogues were a little less when compared with their other movies.
Shankar Dada Zindabad - Youthful music for Padma Bhushan's flick
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, July 05, 2007]
With almost all the recent films of Chirajeevi are bearing some message to the society in general and youth in particular, the film 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' a remake of successful Bollywood film 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' which had a good message that Gandhism is better than Goondaism, was a perfect fit for the Mega Star. Noted choreographer Prabhudeva is directing the movie. While Chiranjevi is known for his fantastic dances and with a choreographer wielding a megaphone for the movie, everyone would expect peppy dances and suitable tunes. Reaching all such expectations Devisri Prasad gave fantastic tunes to all the lyrics and the audio would be a definite chart buster.
Good Morning Hyderabad… (Singers: Divya, Shankar Mahadaven and Rap Darshan, Lyricist: Devisri Prasad)
This is a youthful number. A typical Devisri Prasad kind of tune. Surprisingly the lyric was scripted by Devisri Prasad himself. This helped the music director to keep western humings in the interludes. Bass guitar and drum beat dominated the music, with few words in English was frequently used to give the song a youthful feel. Before the last stanza, he used shehnoy with drums for a variety. The song reminds the listeners of 'Apudo.. Ipudo.. Epudo' in Bommarillu.
Chandamama kosame… (Singers: Chitra, Venu, Lyricist: Bhaskarbhatla)
This number is based on melody. The song begins with electric guitar's beautiful music. Chitra's soulful voice soothes the audiences while listening the song. The trumpet and guitar added a little flavour to her voice. After the first stanza the audiences find it as a duet with the joining of a male voice. The tabla bits continued all through the second stanza and was replaced at the end with a drumbeat. A song which has all the qualities of melody and mass beat.
Jagadeka Veeruniki.. (Singers: Mano, Chiranjeevi, Srikanth, Lyricist: Chandrabose)
It is well aware that the film is the sequel to 'Shankar Dada MBBS'. Hence, this number had the old tune of the old film's title song. The entire song was almost tuned in the same pattern of the 'Challatlese Pullammo.. Pesaratlese Peddammo…' song of the original (title number). While the song was rendered by Mano, there are dialogues of Chiranjeevi and Srikanth in the interludes. Those dialogues were kept as they were in the film, while recording the lyric. The song ends with Shankar Dada Zindabad.. Hu Ha.. rhythm on a fast beat. The song deals with the heroics and romance between the hero and heroine in the kissing car. The number is worth listening and the audiences would definitely enjoy the song on the screen too.
Bhoogolamantha… (Singers: Adnan Sami, Gopika Poornima, Lyricist: Sahithi)
Beginning with keyboard's bit music and western humming, this duet has love in its backdrop. The male voice of Adnan Sami was quite husky and gives a different feel from routine. The song has literary values and the lyricist used choicest words in scripting this lyrics. However, Devisri Prasad added western humming before the last song to give the song a modern look. Yet another good song to make the audiences in general and Mega fans in particular to dance to the tune.
Shankar Dada Zindabad - Youthful music for Padma Bhushan's flick
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, July 05, 2007]
With almost all the recent films of Chirajeevi are bearing some message to the society in general and youth in particular, the film 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' a remake of successful Bollywood film 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' which had a good message that Gandhism is better than Goondaism, was a perfect fit for the Mega Star. Noted choreographer Prabhudeva is directing the movie. While Chiranjevi is known for his fantastic dances and with a choreographer wielding a megaphone for the movie, everyone would expect peppy dances and suitable tunes. Reaching all such expectations Devisri Prasad gave fantastic tunes to all the lyrics and the audio would be a definite chart buster.
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, July 05, 2007]
With almost all the recent films of Chirajeevi are bearing some message to the society in general and youth in particular, the film 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' a remake of successful Bollywood film 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' which had a good message that Gandhism is better than Goondaism, was a perfect fit for the Mega Star. Noted choreographer Prabhudeva is directing the movie. While Chiranjevi is known for his fantastic dances and with a choreographer wielding a megaphone for the movie, everyone would expect peppy dances and suitable tunes. Reaching all such expectations Devisri Prasad gave fantastic tunes to all the lyrics and the audio would be a definite chart buster.
Aakaleste…(Singers: Mamata Mohandas, Naveen, Lyricist: Sahithi)
This is an item number and true to its style, music director Devisri Prasad tune in the same pattern, with lot of music between stanzas to give ample scope to show the item dancer to show her dancing skills. Mamata Mohan Das, who had earlier rendered songs for 'Rakhee' and 'Jagadam' films again rendered this song and her voice is very husky and best suited to the item numbers. Key board and drumbeat helped in continuing the song towards the second stanza.
O Bapu Nuvve Raavali…(Singers: Sagar, Devisri Prasad, Lyricist: Suddala Ashok Teja)
Devisri Prasad needs kudos for his excellent lyric sense for tuning the song in a true patriotic song style. He personally joined Sagar in rendering the song. Yet another name to mention is the lyricist Suddala Ashok Teja. He explained the Gandhism in his lyric in a very simple way. Especially the value of non-violence and the way how he fought the Britishers was explained in a subtle way. He perfectly explained that a mere smile can do wonders and change even a cruel person.
Good Morning Hyderabad… (Remix)(Singer: Devisri Prasad, Lyricist: Devisri Prasad)
This is a remix-of the first song in the album. The original was penned by music director Devisri Prasad and this remix was also done by him with a slight change in the lyric here and there. The lyric starts with … 'This is DSP and you are listening to Shankar Dada Zindabad…' But for this change, there is no major change in the original song. While the first song was rendered by Shankar Mahadeva, Divya and Rap Darshan, the remix was rendered by Devisri Prasad himself alone. Devisri Prasad suited at best to the lyric and tune and he did complete justice the number.
