10 am IST - 24th September 2003

Complete report by Narasaiah from Tenali

The show at Lakshmi theater started at 6:30 am. Here is the analysis given by Narasaiah G

About the feel of the film
1. 1st half is good
2. 2nd is excellent
3. climax is great
4. Manmadha song is the high light song of the film with modified dance bit of Veena step.
5. Chiru's comedy with Jyothika during 'pelli choopulu' episode in the flashback is good.
6. Fight master Vijayan, director VV Vinayak and choreographer Lawrence did guest roles as police inspector, student and dancer respectively.

Highlight scenes:
1. Hospital scene
2. The scene in which hero kidnaps villain. The dialogues uttered by the hero to villain in that episode are good.

Technical brilliance:

1. Fights by Vijayan are good. Most of the fights are like those of Ganga Leader where 95% of the fight involves hero beating up villains black and white without facing any tough resistance.

2. Art work by Anand Sai is good, especially in the songs.

3. Background by Mani Sharma is great. There would be background chorus of 'Tagore' especially towards the climax.

4. Good dialogues by Paruchuri. The Chiru trademark dialogue clicked with the crowds.

5. Camera work by Chota K Naidu is first class.

Verdict: Superhit

Disclaimer: This report is given by a movie goer in Tenali. Views and analysis expressed are his personal opinion. Jeevi review will be given at 5pm

6 am IST - 24th September 2003

Second half and complete report by Arjuna from Ongole (watched in Gopi theater)

Second half storyline:
The police start tracing Tagore. In the meantime, the government official stop taking bribes. But they fear the goons and start working for baddies freely. Then Tagore realizes that rowdyism is as bad as corruption and he sets the mission to clean the rowdies. In the process, he finds that the villain is the number one rowdy among the goons. The rest of the story is all about how hero emerges unscathed after a normal jail term as the villain gets killed.

Highlights:

1. Songs: Manmadha Manmadha song is great. The 3 minute dance bit for Diwali is good. 'Nenu Saitham' song is very emotional.
2. VV Vinayak acted as one of the Tagore's army man who sacrifices his father - who was a corrupt PWD man - by telling Tagore that they should kill his father.
3. Dialogues: The dialogues are very good in the second half. There are quite a few light politically touching dialogues which were received very well.
4. The climax of the film is pretty good
5. The scene in which parents ask their kids being beaten up by police, not to reveal Tagore name got tremendous response.

The movie is going to be a definite hit because of:

1. Good script.
2. VV Vinayak's taking and direction are good.
3. The movie is molded to suit the Chiranjeevi's image.
4. There are good dances for fans and masses
5. No boring moments.

Repeat value: This film could be watched by everybody for once. The fans can watch it several times. But the question out here is whether a normal movie goer would watch the film for 2nd time or not.

Disclaimer: This report is given by a movie goer in Ongole. Views and analysis expressed are his personal opinion. Jeevi review will be given at 5pm

4 am IST - 24th September 2003

Interval report by Arjuna from Ongole (watched the first half in Gopi theater)

Brief storyline:
Professor Tagore (Chiranjeevi) takes up the mission of eradicating corruption in unlawful society by unlawful means. He creates a gang of youngsters as his army. He selects 15 corrupt officers from each department and kills the most corrupted one so that others would fear the death and do their job with honesty. Likewise he kidnaps MROs (mandal Revenue Officers), SPs (superintendents of police) etc and kills the top corrupted ones. The police is on the prowl to identify the mysterious killer, so is the villain (Sayaji Shinde). In the meantime, he exposes the hospital authorities greediness by taking a corpse there. He makes those greedy corrupt doctors (who pretend that the patient is alive) operate the corpse. He there by exposes the system. A police driver (Prakash Raj) and villain (Sayaji Shinde) identify that the professor Tagore is none but the killer under cover.

Highlights:

1. Songs: 1st song 'sixer' (Chiru solo) is a great hit with crowds. 2nd song 'mellaga mellaga' (Chiru, Shriya) is 2nd best song with slow step in the film. 3rd song 'Vanochenante' (Chiru, Shriya) is a regular Chiranjeevi song.
2. Fights: There is one pretty good fight in the beginning of the film
3. Screenplay: Screenplay of the film is neat. There are no boring moments.
4. Hospital Scene: The twist in the hospital scene in good.

Weakness:

1. Comedy: There is no comedy in the 1st half except for Sunil's brief stint.

Analysis: This film is not a kind of film where fans get excited over the dialogues and go berserk. It's a underplayed film (except for couple of great songs and a good fight). Over all feel of the first half is average. But it forms a strong base for the film to take off in the second half.

Wait for the complete ongole report by 5:30 am

Disclaimer: This report is given by a movie goer in Ongole. Views and analysis expressed are his personal opinion. Jeevi review will be given at 5pm

2:30 am IST - 24th September 2003

Ongole show started at 2 am
The show at Ongole has started at 2 am and we can expect the interval report by 4 am. Stay tuned to idlebrain.com we have somebody watching it in Gopi theater of Ongole town!

12:30 am IST - 24th September 2003

Fans bid 1.1 lakh for a single show in Indukuri Peta
Indukuri Peta is a small village near to Nellore, which is about 20 to 25 km away Nellore. Chiranjeevi fans bid for a single show at that village for Indra for Rs. 80,000/-. This time again the fans bid for benefit show for Rs 1.1 lakhs, which is highest by any standards. A flat rate of Rs. 150/- is enforced for this benefit show which is expected to be screened at 11 am in Indukuri Peta.

Tagore Business details (gossip of unconfirmed nature)
The following is the list of distributors and amounts (approximate and unofficial) they bought the Tagore for. Chiranjeevi (Allu Arvind), VV Vinayak and Aswini Dutt have taken the rights for Nizam, East Godari and Krishna area respectively which shows their enormous confidence on the project.

Ongole show to start at 2:45 am
The show at Ongole's Gopi cinema hall is expected to start at 2:45 am. Stay tuned for interval and complete reports at Idlebrain.com

11: 20 pm IST - 23rd September 2003

A special preview show at Ramoji Film City
It is rumored that a special preview show was arranged for Tagore film tonight for the important people in the industry.

Printing done at Rainbow Labs, RFC
The printing of Tagore was done at Rainbow Labs, Ramoji Film City today. And all the prints have been sent to various centers all over the AP, Karnataka and Orissa. The prints to USA and UK have been dispatched a couple of days back.

Harihar Mahal's Compound wall smashed
Guntur distributors are releasing Tagore in Guntur with a single print. Hence there are having only 3 theaters in Guntur town. These theaters are - Krishna Picture Palace, Little Krishna and Harihar Mahal. The tickets for Krishna Picture palace and Little Krishna were given out for the first 3 days a couple of days back. No flat rate was enforced on these tickets. However, the tickets for Tagore in Harihar Mahal were not given yet. There was a stampede yesterday night when fans went to Harihar Mahal for advance booking. In the process, the compound wall of Harihar Mahal was collapsed. The advance booking is not yet open for Harihar Mahal. There were lathicharge on fans yester night. A jeep full of police is kept on vigil at Harihar Mahal all the time.

Last minute confirmation for Alankar theater in Vijayawada
Due to the immense pressure from the crowds, the film Kalyana Ramudu is shifted from Alankar theater and Tagore would be replacing it now.

100 Rs benefit show at Mangalagiri
A benefit show is being organized at Mangalagiri tomorrow morning at 7 am with a flat rate of Rs 100/- per ticket. The theater's capacity is 1100 and all the tickets were sold out and the gross collected for that show is Rs 1,10,000/-. This film is being released in Srinivasa and Venkateswara in Mangalagiri. A flat rate of Rs. 50/- has been fixed for all the shows in these two theaters.

Ongole, Tenali prints started at 6 pm
The prints meant for Ongole and Tenali started at 6 pm today evening. The benefit shows in these two areas are expected to start as soon as the prints reach these towns. The fans are expecting the shows to start at 3 am.

Another unique record in AP
In C centers like Jaggampet and Eleswaram in East Godari, Tagore film is being released in 3 theaters out of the 4 theaters in those towns, which is an unique record. Here are the list of Tagore theaters in those villages

Jaggampeta - Krishnaveni, Rajaveni, venkata Ratnam
Eleswaram - Srinvasa, Venkateswara, Venkatsurya