death defying acts is a 2007 british-australian supernatural romance film , directed by gillian armstrong , and starring guy pearce and catherine zeta-jones .

it concerns an episode in the life of hungarian-american escapologist harry houdini at the height of his career in the 1920s .

it was screened in a special presentation at the 2007 toronto international film festival .

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death defying acts <EOT> july 18 : ' death defying acts ' screening at the catalina island museum .

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' he might as well have been called joe smith ' . . . guy pearce as houdini in death defying acts

with the headline : theater review : death defying acts ; really a jungle out there , a jungle of urban neuroses .

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death defying acts is a hugely enjoyable , impressively directed drama with superb performances and an emotionally engaging script . terrific final scene too . highly recommended .

" death defying acts " is based on the life of harry houdini , the fictional tale of how an escapologist fell in love with an edinburgh woman .

this year ' s show promises to up the performances with the inclusion of two death defying acts which are likely to have audiences on the edge of their seats .

his cv includes such enormous hits as neighbours and la confidential , but also duds like the time machine . it ' s all about balance , the death defying acts actor tells xan brooks

death defying acts & apos ; guy pearce is nominated as best lead actor in film against mcinnes , the square & apos ; s david roberts and the black balloon & apos ; s rhys wakefield .

all a ' what if ' movie needs to win me over are some lush costumes and production design , a smart casting choice or two , and a really ridiculous basic idea . death defying acts obliges on all fronts .

“death defying acts” brings together three different comic voices under one roof for an uneven evening . it’s likely to leave a lot of theatergoers scratching their heads about what they’ve just seen . it never lives up to the noble purpose that title suggests . and the main event is actually quite life - defying .

one of the best aussie directors of her generation , armstrong may be incapable of making a graceless film . but coming after “oscar and lucinda” and “charlotte gray , ” “death defying acts” underlines how long it’s been since she’s had a project that fit just right .

: this experiment is nothing less than a battle between love and death , gentlemen . is death final , or will love triumph ? place your bets , please .

not , however , before admitting that while she may indeed love sam ( guilfoyle ) — for whom she is all too willing to dump her wimpy failed writer of a husband , howard ( becker ) — she is only one of sam’s many infidelities , presumably his “death defying acts . ”

the 2008 rising star award was won by actress saoirse ronan following her breakthrough and oscar nominated performance in ‘atonement’ . this year ronan is nominated for two ifta awards for her roles in ‘city of ember’ and ‘death defying acts’ , and most recently she has starred in peter jackson’s ‘the lovely bones’ .

all human acts ranging from the likes of fear - defying high wire artist marco polo , acrobats duo serik and romy and her magical aerial crystal ball act aim to bring laughter and suspense to the audience .

they ' re also the principal characters in " death defying acts , " the program of three effervescent one - act comedies by david mamet , elaine may and woody allen , which opened last night at the variety arts theater . who needs broadway when off broadway can be as much easy and mischievous fun as this ?

the umbrella title " death defying acts " works quite well for the first two of three new one - act plays , by david mamet and elaine may , but it ' s a gift to woody allen , whose " central park west " is the evening ' s entire second half and the segment most difficult to assess .

we talk about his latest role , impersonating houdini in gillian armstrong ' s death defying acts . he gives a heartfelt committed performance , but the film itself is a bit flat , a trifle uncertain . it plays fast and loose with history , relocating the great escapologist to edinburgh where he has a relationship with a phoney spiritualist played by catherine zeta - jones .

the umbrella title “death defying acts” works quite well for the first two of three new one - act plays , by david mamet and elaine may , but it’s a gift to woody allen , whose “central park west” is the evening’s entire second half and the segment most difficult to assess . the brief curtain - raiser , “an interview , ” is bottom - drawer [ … ]

last year’s “the illusionist” and “the prestige” located an audience for costume dramas revolving around stage sleight - of - hand and gimmicky suspense narratives , rather than the usual drawing - room or court intrigue . “death defying acts” might benefit from whatever appetite those pics whet , but it lacks their revenge - driven mystery hooks , offering instead romping and romance that feel half - baked . [ … ]

gillian armstrong ' s death defying acts ( the weinstein co . ) is a minor but satisfying entry in the " what if " historical - fantasy genre spoofed in that old snl skit , " what if george washington had a robot friend ? " such movies wedge imagined characters and events into the lives of historic figures . what if sigmund freud treated sherlock holmes for cocaine addiction ? what if h . g . wells really did build a time machine and jack the ripper got into it and traveled to the present day ? i ' ll admit to a total weakness for this particular brand of baloney . all a " what if " movie needs to win me over are some lush costumes and production design , a smart casting choice or two , and a really ridiculous basic idea . death defying acts obliges on all fronts .

i ' m not sure why i failed to be swept up in all this . period pictures are tricky and this one is so stagey that the past really does seem like another country , where emotions are muffled by time and the events before you can only be viewed from a polite distance . for all the flair with which houdini ' s death - defying acts are filmed , they never come near to raising the pulse rate .

skiffington recently completed a six - week stint teaching guy pearce how to perform some of harry houdini ' s illusions for a new gillian armstrong movie called death defying acts . he was the consultant on magic for bell shakespeare ' s touring production of the comedy of errors and the disney musical beauty and the beast . when pamela rabe needed to learn a few tricks for the sydney theatre company ' s the cherry orchard , skiffington got the call .

perhaps the movie ' s nuttiest idea is that houdini would search for a genuine medium by auditioning vaudeville acts rather than , say , attending seances by mediums .

programs of one - act plays are usually a risky business in the commercial theater . with the end of each segment and the start of the next , the program starts and stops throughout the evening . momentum can slow ; attention may wander . " death defying acts " is so cannily constructed that it successfully builds from its comparatively quiet , spookily funny beginning , " an interview , " through the alternately desperate and hilarious " hotline , " to the riotous revelations of marital betrayals in " central park west . "

fortunately , these flaws go little way to diminish the genre - defying juggernaut ‘death of a bachelor’ has proved to be . and at the centre of panic at the disco’s best album yet is urie himself . the charisma and eccentricity of the front man , matched by his jaw - dropping vocal acrobatics sees urie finally become the ringmaster of his own circus .

in the acting categories , colin farrell and brendan gleeson have both been nominated for their turns in martin mcdonagh’s ‘in bruges’ along with comedian dylan moran ( a film with me in it ) and michael fassbender ( hunger ) . actresses in a leading role include tribeca - winner eileen walsh ( eden ) , jenn murray ( dorothy ) , newcomer kelly o’neill ( kisses ) and oscar nominee saoirse ronan ( city of ember ) . this marks a double nomination for saoirse who has also been nominated in the supporting actress category for ‘death defying acts’ .

the setup is obvious from the outset , and so is the punch line ( asked why he is damned , the interviewer says the lawyer made two critical errors in life : ”you passed the bar and you neglected to live forever” ) . but there is something death - defying in the nervy back - pedaling and second - guessing of guilfoyle’s savvy but sinking lawyer .

to be accurate about it , " death defying acts " is really two extended sketches : mr . mamet ' s " interview " and ms . may ' s " hotline , " which are the program ' s first half , and mr . allen ' s fully developed , farcical one - act comedy , " central park west , " which concludes the program after intermission . though each playwright has a distinctive voice , a unifying theme is provided by the kind of late - 20th - century urban desperation that prompts everything from benign smiles to belly laughs .

as far as i ' m concerned , guy pearce , who stars as houdini in gillian armstrong ' s death defying acts , has a hard act to follow - although it has to be said he looks the part rather more than curtis did . i don ' t think houdini was endowed with the pearce cheekbones , which seem to grow a little sharper every year , but the hairstyle , which ripples across his scalp in intricate corrugations , looks about right and he certainly projects the intensity needed by anyone who makes a living out of being chained up and hurled into deep water .

duo sifolini , who are recognised as one of the most dangerous acts in the circus world , have brought along their giant space wheel – which will see them perform 15 metres above the ground without any safety aids .

it doesn’t take a genius to see that woody allen’s “central park west” is not only the longest but also by far the strongest of the three one - act plays that make up “death defying acts” in its off broadway tryout at the stamford center for the arts’ rich forum . so why undermine it by preceding it with a minor david mamet fragment and an overwritten elaine may sketch that , at the performance seen , sent some members of the audience out the door before they even sampled the allen ? wouldn’t it be wiser to beg allen for another one - acter to accompany his existing piece , or even offer the 70 - minute “central park west” by itself ?

even if you loved the recent miniwave of period films about magicians ( the illusionist and the prestige ) , you won ' t necessarily fall for death defying acts . it ' s gentler and hokier than those movies , less concerned with the mechanics of magic than it is with the psychology of the men or women behind the tricks ( and it doesn ' t have a lot new to say about that , either ) . still , there ' s something touching about this movie ' s belief in its own outlandish central premise , which comes down , in the end , to a bit of stargazing wish - fulfillment . what if harry houdini came to town , and a two - bit scammer managed to trick the ultimate trickster into falling in love ?

“death defying acts” opens , in complete silence , with mamet’s “an interview . ” the silence is eventually broken by one of the two men sitting at an almost bare table stage center , robin wagner ’s high - tech sliding panels and peter kaczorowski’s chilly lighting adding to the kafkaesque atmosphere . an attorney ( paul guilfoyle ) is being interviewed by an attendant ( gerry becker ) whose modus operandi is to keep movement and speech to a minimum . this unsettles the attorney to the point where he loses his cool . the typically mamet dialogue revolves around whether the attorney borrowed a lawn mower when he was young and then buried it , and injecting such obvious lines as “there’s no such thing as randomness , ””what is truth ? ” and “are you saying there are no honest lawyers ? ”

] it wasn ' t death that scared mr . houdini . he ' d been diving into deep water all his life . what scared him was the truth . it wasn ' t his body that was in chains , it was his heart .

“nurturing new talent is a key objective of the irish film board and the rising star award acts as an excellent showcase of talent both in front of and behind the camera . this year’s nominees have all broken through in significant films and we are delighted to see their talent and recent achievements recognised in the award . ”

‘death of a bachelor’ is a record that comes full circle on panic’s evolution . with the revolving door of members closed for now , frontman urie is finally free to take songwriting duties completely into his own hands - and it seems no coincidence that this album is all the better for it .

if you missed the “america’s got talent” season 12 premiere tuesday night , you didn’t see demian aditya risk his life in this death - defying escape act ( watch above ) . the four - minute clip has gone viral , with over 2 . 6 million clicks at youtube within the past day . for only the second time in his life , aditya was tasked with escaping from shackles before the 900 pounds of sand above him dropped and buried him alive . when judge howie mandel asks the 36 - year - old from jakarta , indonesia if he’s willing to risk his life , aditya responds , “for ‘america’s got talent’ ? yes . ”

while on tour in scotland , the world’s most famous magician , harry houdini ( guy pearce ) , sets out to prove whether psychics can really communicate with the dead . he still mourns the death of his beloved mother , and offers $ 10 , 000 to anyone who can contact her from beyond the grave .

during harry houdini ' s tour of britain in 1926 , the master escapologist enters into a passionate affair with a scottish psychic . the psychic and her daughter attempt to con houdini during a highly publicized séance to contact his mother whose death has haunted him for many years . however all does not go to plan . . . written by anonymous

this is the story of the great harry houdini as he arrives in edinburgh for the grand finale of his world tour in 1926 . while his ingenious near - death escape stunts enrapture audiences , houdini is more intrigued by notions of the afterlife . he offers a prize to anyone who can contact the dead and reveal the last words uttered by his dying mother .

takes the punch in the stomach story to a new mythic level by having houdini struck in public and dropping dead on the spot . the so credited " montreal student " , played by justin flagg , shouts " trick or treat " before he delivers the fatal blow . the punch , and houdini ' s problematic appendix , are set - up throughout the film , but the depiction of his sudden death seems a bit lazy .

his movie from gillian armstrong begins with an ingenious and entertaining idea . harry houdini , the great escape artist , was famously devoted to his mother and distraught at her death ; he was also noted for his debunking of so - called spiritualists and table - rappers . what if a spiritualist claimed to be in touch with houdini ' s mother ? would houdini ' s oedipal anguish somehow be transformed into the credulity that he had spent his life denouncing ? guy pearce plays houdini ;

well , that may be , but i wouldn ' t have known if they hadn ' t told me . what is clear is that houdini is flirting with death even more passionately than he ' s flirting with zeta - jones . he has a reckless habit of inviting burly members of the crowd to cluster around him and punch him as hard as they can - an act of bravado calculated to enhance the myth of his invincibility . instead , it ' s afflicted him with severe gut - ache .

sounding intriguing enough in concept , “death” misses the mark onscreen in a way adaptations of deceptively cinematic novels often do . yet it’s an original script — one that , for long in its development history ( it was written by tony grisoni and brian ward ) , didn’t involve houdini at all , which may explain why the mix of a real - life legend and fictive personnel never quite gels . the former feels diminished and the latter contrived , neither lifting off the page into any kind of real dramatic life .

deaf singer mandy harvey , escape artist demian aditya , former pop star johnny emmanuel and amazing acts more take the tonight stage to fight for america’s votes on america’s got talent ‘s live show ! first up on the show was dance crew brobots & mandroidz . after their intricate and clearly very rehearsed performance , howie mandel said he wasn’t getting a “wow ! ” from them , but the other judges were so impressed , with mel b even saying , “i need to find me a man who can move like that ! ” lol ! it was definitely a great way to start the show !

performing “the death drop , ” escape artist demian aditya had us all on the edge of our seats for the third time . stapled into a suspended wooden box and handcuffed to metal rods outside of the box , demian needed to escape as a blowtorch lit up rope that held demian and the box up . however , the box began to drop and got caught due to another “technical difficulty . ” the drama didn’t stop there , people ! simon compared the disastrous performance to mel b’s recently failed marriage , which caused mel to pour water on simon and then storm out ! yikes… .

i do not know why this film is flushed with negative reviews . first of all this is not a film about houdini , there is no reason why this film should dramatically display the amazing acts and potentials of the artist himself ; secondly , i do not see why ' there is no reason for the creation of this movie ' is justifiable , this film is just a testimony on how characters carry on with their lives and that itself is enough to make a film meaningful . . . in fact films like ' atonement ' ( where the girl is also in ) deserves this statement better where everything is just so fake . third , i haven ' t watch the illusionist but i have to say this is richer in detail , and thus better than the prestige - - a film which displays too much magic ' action ' but no depth to the characters or the plot at all , like an eggshell without the yoke inside . . . lastly , this is a decent film where everything is well - made , well presented , well acting performances ( exception of catherine ' s dramatically ' fake ' acting at times ) , and a good score

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pretty but dull , with unconvincing turns from zeta - jones and pearce . if you want a period magician movie , seek out the prestige or the illusionist instead .

all in all , it ' s a bit of a snore that falls back on romance when all else fails .

pearce ' s boys - adventure take on the vaudeville legend is a hoot , though not nearly as laughable as the dialogue or zeta - jones ' s pitiful attempts at basic emoting .

what the film loses in momentum as the romance takes over , it gains in sex appeal as its two attractive actors make their own kind of magic .

director gillian armstrong is more attentive to decor than the story , which never seems in a hurry to get anyplace in particular and concludes with a thud .

every line spoken is so austere that the characters seem like they ' re acting in straitjackets . but it ' s the audience that will be most desperate to escape .

it ' s a shame that the story itself feels like smoke and mirrors with nowhere to go , wanting to have its cake and eat it too .

any magic is instantly dispelled by the dead hand of a tirelessly pouting zeta - jones , whose slap boasts more layers than her talent .

it ' s a movie that seems to have been lavished with care and performed with gusto , yet its tale of fakery sounds its own knell : there ' s not a believable moment in it .

this seemed destined for a main stream release and it has all the features of a generally popular film . for some reason , it never got that full hollywood treatment so only a few of us got to see this mediocre gem with few shining parts .

a fictitious account of harold houdini . it focuses on a love he has for a woman that claims to be psychic . unfortunately the film is void of any real engagement or excitement . zeta - jones is fine , but never for a single second did i believe she was going to screw over houdini . this left me with a rather predictable love story that i was hoping would hurry along . there was never a real sense of wonderment at houdini ' s tricks , and the film tried to hard to pull away his showbiz facade . we are left with an interesting and emotionally frail man , but since it isn ' t juxtaposed against how he was perceived it wasn ' t particularly interesting . saoirse ronan shows why she is becoming a fantastic lead actress , but the majority of this just never peaks that high .

overall this really is a pleasant and enjoyable film , but it is incredibly typical . there is nothing particuarly special about it , nor does it do anything unexpected . it is mediocre to the very end , but at the same time decent to watch . i picked this up because saoise ronan was in it , and she is so young and tiny ! and at the same time , she is just as great and confincing as the rest of the cast . the film is extreamely atmospheric , that is the main thing that stood out to me . well , and the score is decent . other than that , everything is just . . . okay . the story is inoffensive , the acting is decent , the direction seems competant enough , but nothing is that extraordinary . i just wish there was more to grab ahold of , to rave or whine about . i would even like some major flaws if there were some killer virtues to go with them . i had never heard of this movie until actually watching it , and i cannot help but thing that there is a reason for that . so , i really cannot say that i recommend it , but at the same time i do not not recommend it . . . it is an odd blend . the film is decent enough , but you really are wasting your time in watching it . there is nothing to make you think , or make you feel . you will not be stimulated at all .

i was surprised that i have never head of this film before watching it . overall , this was an entertaining movie . i enjoyed watching it , even thought there is not too much beneath the surface . this movie was a little drawn out at the end , but still , i thought it was better than most critics have given it credit for .

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showed strength during its expansion , which helped it take first place on the per theater chart with an average of $ 13 , 088 in 19 theaters . the overall box office leader ,

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the veteran illusionist ross skiffington is the magician actors call on . the 58 - year - old studied drama , but has worked as a professional conjuror for the past 40 years . now he often helps thespians who need to deceive , baffle and bewilder an audience .

" it ' s always a joy to work with actors , " he says . " there ' s a famous quote from jean eugene robert - houdin [ the pioneer of modern illusionism ] who said ' a magician is an actor playing the role of a magician ' . actors are all magicians in a sense ; they understand how to misdirect an audience and how to play things on several levels . "

skiffington recently worked his magic on are you there ? , an adaptation of argentinian playwright javier daulte ' s two - hander which opens at the ensemble theatre tomorrow night . australian director ros horin saw the play on a trip to buenos aires two years ago and knew immediately she wanted to produce it in sydney .

are you there ? concerns a struggling magician and his partner who move into a new house , only to discover it ' s inhabited by a ghost . skiffington spent several weeks teaching its stars , paula arundell and socratis otto , some tricks which appear to bring the invisible spectre to life . both proved able students .

" socratis has to make a silk [ hanky ] appear and disappear at one point , " says skiffington . " when i did it for him the first time , the look on his face was of total astonishment - and that ' s the way it should be . "

horin says the play is " about love and intimacy - or rather the difficulty of achieving it - and the need for magic in our lives as well as in theatre " .

arundell feared the lessons would spoil her enjoyment of magic . otto was more enthusiastic . " i ' m no good at sports , " he says . " so if i ' ve got a few magic tricks up my sleeve people might start to take a bit more notice . "

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on a tour of britain in 1926 , harry houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician .

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] when i was very small , i had a gift . i saw things other folk did nae see . it was like looking into deep water and seein ' things on the other side . as i grew up , the gift vanished , just like my mam said it would . and i saw the world as it really was - with all its sweet lies and trickery . the the great houdini came into our lives , and changed everything forever .

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during harry houdini ' s tour of britain in 1926 , the master escapologist enters into a passionate affair with a scottish psychic .

gillian armstrong ' s new feature film starring catherine zeta - jones and guy pearce , releasing in australian cinemas march 13 . when famous escape artist harry houdini arrives in edinburgh and offers a $ 10 , 000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave , a beautiful but deceptive psychic and her young ' sidekick ' daughter take the challenge . as houdini spends time with this mysterious woman , he is beguiled by her charms , and what begins as a con evolves into a far more complicated and dangerous affair .

is the cunning , predatory minx with a music - hall mind - reading turn who thinks that houdini , however grand , will be susceptible to her wiles . but , however intriguing , the movie is over - schematic , slow - moving and over - furnished . it never seems to come alive with any believable interplay of characters ; the movie locks itself into a watertight tank of a premise , and the handcuffs won ' t come off .

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mary and benji ' s half - baked scam is soon exposed , but houdini takes a shine to the scruffy , resourceful pair and even believes ( or is he just pretending to believe ? ) in mary ' s paranormal gifts—a faith not shared by his cranky manager , mr . sugarman ( the ever - welcome timothy spall ) . houdini sets up the mcgarvies in a posh hotel suite near his own , encouraging them to spy all they want , confident that they ' ll never uncover those last words . meanwhile , he expensively courts the dubious mary , who can ' t figure out the great magician ' s motives . surely it ' s not possible that he ' s actually falling for her ?

the australian director gillian armstrong is best known here for launching the young judy davis on the world in my brilliant career ( 1979 ) . no such launch pad is needed for saoirse ronan , the 13 - year - old irish actress who already had her breakout role last year as the chilly little psychopath in atonement . but even more than in atonement , ronan struck me in this film as a major talent who may be able to make the transition from child to adult actress . ( next year , she ' ll play the lead role in peter jackson ' s adaptation of the lovely bones . ) her face is so vibrant and responsive , you want to grab her and cast her as every famous heroine of girls ' literature—anne of green gables , harriet the spy , mary in the secret garden —before she hits puberty .

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gillian armstrong ' s houdini movie lacks a certain magic , despite the sexual heat .

genre drama run time 115 minutes rated pg country united states director gillian armstrong actors catherine zeta - jones , guy pearce , timothy spall , saoirse ronan . rating stars - 3

for me , harry houdini is forever tony curtis , who played the great escape artist in a bio - pic i saw as a child . he may have worn tights in the role . in those days , curtis rarely appeared in anything else .

offstage , he ' s just as busy . in his unbound moments , curtis ' s houdini had janet leigh to flirt with . pearce ' s houdini has catherine zeta - jones . you may not be surprised to learn that the script does quite a bit of tinkering with the facts of houdini ' s life . zeta - jones portrays a made - up character called mary mcgarvie , who ekes out a living in music halls by posing as a psychic with her partner in crime , her 12 - year - old daughter , benji . benji is played by saoirse ronan , exhibiting the same aplomb she displayed in atonement , but this time it comes with charm . much of the story is told from her point of view .

the year is 1926 and we ' re in edinburgh - although it ' s an edinburgh that bears only a casual relationship to the real thing . houdini , accompanied by his hard - headed minder , mr sugarman ( timothy spall in a serious mood ) , books into the city ' s grandest hotel , taking a suite that could double as the wing of a ruritanian palace , while mary and benji , who have fallen on hard times , make do with an abandoned cottage which looks as if it was previously occupied by hansel and gretel . there is such a soft edge to the lighting that crucial parts of the action seem to take place in a scottish mist .

the script was initially devised without houdini as a story about the art of the con trick . the writers , tony grisoni and brian ward , say they wanted to explore the idea that audiences who patronise magic shows want so much to be taken in that they readily conspire with the conjurer to overlook the fakery . houdini was a later addition to the plot and with him came a different psychological theme - the notion that he was sublimating love by tying himself up with ropes and chains .

not surprisingly , given this morbid streak in his make - up , he ' s begun to be obsessed by the question of whether there ' s an afterlife . and since he ' s a showman , he makes this obsession public . on his arrival in edinburgh , he puts up a prize of $ us10 , 000 to anyone who can communicate with his dead mother .

mary mcgarvie is bold enough to make a bid for the prize and as soon as houdini lays eyes on her , he ' s predictably intrigued - to the chagrin of sugarman , who definitely does know a con when he sees one .

yet there ' s nothing he can do about it . he and the precociously insightful benji are left to sit on the sidelines tossing barbed remarks at one another while mary and houdini set about falling in love . and they look extremely photogenic doing it . they tango and fox - trot together while gazing soulfully into one another ' s eyes and they generate such heat that mary belatedly discovers her finer feelings .

i know it ' s nostalgia talking but in my mind curtis ' s houdini still remains the one to beat .

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release date : july 11 director : gillian armstrong writers : tony grisoni , brian ward cinematographer : haris zambarloukos starring : catherine zeta - jones , guy pearce , saoirse ronan studio / run time : the weinstein company , 97 mins .

all centered around stage magicians and were geared towards the art - house crowd .

could have been lumped into that group and no one would have batted an eye .

catherine zeta - jones plays a vaudeville medium looking to swindle $ 10 , 000 off houdini by telling him what his mother spoke to him on her deathbed .

during this attempt they fall in love , much to the bemusement of houdini’s manager and the medium’s child .

it’s competently acted , competently directed and , given the constraints of its story , competently written .

but excepting experimental films , plot is a key reason we watch movies . without an interesting one , an hour and a half of competent filmmaking becomes about an hour and 25 minutes of boredom .

from its predecessors is that the earlier films all had a focus on plot that drove characters’ interior quests forward and let magic act as a metaphor for dealing with reality .

forgets this aspect and , for better or for worse , throws all of its interest at characters .

if the plot sounds in summary mostly like an excuse for a typical period melodrama , that’s because the magic and mysticism is merely a macguffin for telling the film ' s conventional love story .

because of this , the characters are well - conceived , and , additionally , well - acted .

but with so little story behind them , their minor dalliances never become important enough on their own to warrant interest .

likewise , the film is very well - shot and at moments , beautiful , but nevertheless extremely sterile .

it takes an incredible level of craftsmanship to achieve this feeling , but here , this hands - off approach fails to inject passion where it in such dire need .

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to make a film about houdini . it opts for fiction over fact , spiritualism over magic and escapes , and incident over biography . it even omits houdini ' s name from the title . what the filmmakers thought would be the " hook " of this movie is beyond me , except that it starred catherine zeta - jones .

is not without merit , and it was good to see houdini in any form back on the big screen , if only for one week .

was more about the role of the fictional mary mcgarvie than houdini . this was clear when the project was first announced in the trades as

in 2005 . at that time , rachel weisz was set for the co - starring role . weisz even said she believed she might be related to houdini ! but even with the casting of guy pearce as houdini the project would have trouble getting off the ground until catherine zeta - jones , fresh off her oscar win for

, took over the role of mary , reportedly agreeing to a pay cut that " saved the film . "

tells the fictional story of houdini ' s obsessive search for a medium who can prove communication with the dead ( and his mother ) during a tour of scotland in 1926 . houdini discovers mcgarvie , a scottish music hall clairvoyant , who along with her young daughter , benji ( nicely played by saoirse ronan ) , manipulates matters to get inside houdini ' s cloistered world . ultimately the two tricksters fall in love .

the film was shot in edinburgh ( where it is set ) and in london ' s savoy hotel . much was made by the british tabloid press about an

to star zeta - jones when a member of the crew accidentally stepped on her toe .

reported that , " it virtually took the toenail clean off . " executive producer dan lupovitz threw cold water on the story by saying , " it was as minor incident which hardly disrupted filming . she ' s fine . "

in the film , guy pearce plays houdini as a bit of a primadonna who berates hotel porters and barks at his ( fictional ) manager , mr . sugarman ( timothy spall ) . pearce also effects a husky , gravelly voice . the result is the least likable houdini of them all , although pearce certainly looks the part with a very houdini - like physique ( although he ' s the houdini of 1906 rather than 1926 ) . says pearce : " there’s footage of houdini and there’s audio stuff of him , but i decided to go in a completely different direction and really just work off what my own imaginative response was to the script anyway , i think , rather than really just trying to channel somebody . "

is the outstanding production design by gemma jackson . the opening bridge jump in sydney harbor is truly evocative of the period . many authentic houdini photos are recreated with pearce ' s likeness . houdini ' s stationary is even accurately reproduced . the chinese water torture cell is nicely recreated , although pearce ' s patter is hokey and its conclusion , with pearce lounging across the top like a beach boy , seems out of character . while bess does not appear in the film , her photograph does . oddly , the filmmakers elected not to use a photo of the real bess , but a photo of an unknown actress . who is this

for once a hollywood film does not portray houdini as dying in the water torture cell . however

was financed through the australian film finance corp . , bbc films and myriad pictures . after it was completed , the weinstein company bought the film after viewing a promo reel at the american film market , paying a reported $ 5 . 5 million for limited distribution rights . myriad pictures had already sold distribution rights in the u . k . to lionsgate .

at the state theater in sydney australia on march 10 , 2008 . a vip after - party was held at the zeta bar at the sydney hilton . the film never saw a wide theatrical release in the u . s . instead , the film played for only one week in two theaters : the landmark’s sunshine cinema in new york and manns chinese theater 6 in hollywood ( where i saw it on july 11 , 2008 ) .


samanyudu ( telugu : సామాన్యుడు ) ( english : common man ) is a 2006 telugu film action film produced by r. r. venkat on r.r. movie makers banner and directed by ravi c kumar .

the film stars jagapati babu , kamna jethmalani , sai kumar in the lead roles and music composed by vandemataram srinivas .

this film won nandi award for best story writer , nandi award for best villain and filmfare best supporting actor award ( telugu ) .

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samanyudu <EOT> urltoken has 700 , 000 + monthly visits . tell hyderabad what you feel about samanyudu , and then also see all user reviews for samanyudu !

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where film maker v . rajendra prasad termed jagapthi babu ' s success with his films samanyudu and pelliana kothalo as a victory run , veteran film producer d . rama naidu complimented the producer and director of samanyudu for making a good and successful film .

hero srikanth said , “rr moviemakers is like my home banner as i did mayajalam . samanyudu is a good message oriented film . jagapati babu proved that he is not samanyudu , but an asamanyudu . i am sure that venkat will produce many more successful films . ”

it is an especially good idea if your movie is made like samanyudu . it brings more people to the theaters before the truth about the film is sufficiently out .

samanyudu is not just any other story about a hero trying to rid society , especially politics , of scum , as the director focuses on cleansing the heart and mind of politicians .

t elugu film samanyudu adds to jagapathi babu ' s repertoire of hero - oriented films , thanks to director ravi c kumar ' s deft handling of the subject which makes for interesting viewing .

samanyudu is one of those films that look good in a trailer . they should have ideally stopped making it after they had enough scenes for a trailer – it would have . . . .

samanyudu is a action based movie directed by ravi c kumar . chandra ( jagapati babu ) is the editor of the newspaper ' addam ' . he has a gang of friends ( rajiv . . .

veteran producer vb rajendra prasad said , “the success of this film is a result of good team work . the entire unit worked hard . jagapati babu is one victory run with samanyudu and pellaina kothalo . it will not stop here and many more successful films will come . ”

100 days of jagapati babu’s silent hit ‘samanyudu’ was celebrated at a function arranged in ravi narayana reddy auditorium on the night of 31 january . d rama naidu , vb rajendra prasad , t subbirami reddy , ig gopinadha reddy , collector vani mohan ( medak dist ) , srikanth and uday kiran attended this function as guests .

" r . r . movie makers is like my home banner " guest and actor srikanth said " i worked in their movie mayajalam . with this message oriented film jagapathi babu proved that is not a samanyudu but is an asamanyudu . i am sure that producer venkat will make many more of such successful and good movies " .

hero uday kiran said , “i got inspired after watching samanyudu and expected it to run for 100 days . i am happy to have participated in the 100 days function . it is a powerful role for jagapati babu after anthapuram . pellaina kothalo is also a good hit . i am sure that jagapati babu will do a hat trick . ”

" samanyudu inspired me a lot " guest uday kiran said " i happy that the movie is celebrating 100 days completion and that i am a part of the celebrations . after anthapuram jagapthi babu has done a very powerful role in this film . with pellaina kothalo also being declared a hit i am sure that jagapthi babu will score a hat trick . "

the unit of director ravi . c . kumar ' s jagapathi babu starrer samanyudu got together to celebrate the film ' s 100 days completion , at ravi narayana reddy auditorium on 31st jan . d . ramanaidu , t . subbi rami reddy , collector vani mohan , v . b . rajendra prasad , i . g . gopinadh reddy and actor srikanth and uday kiran joined the celebrations as guests .

it is obviously clear that debutante director ravi c . kumar took the cue from none other than ramgopal varma before jumping into " action " . faithful to the tract , the hero in this movie is a samanyudu . the formula goes thus : don’t hit the layman . he will hound you to the finish . though the story has some relief and variety , its treatment in screenplay and direction is rendered feeble .

jagapati babu did the journalist’s role with an aim to root out corruption with vigor . clearly observed , " samanyudu " is just an extension of sv krishna reddy’s " athade oka sainyam " . kamna jetmalani’s role holds no much importance . but , she is nice on song sequences . saikumar did the role of the villain with ease . other supporting characters rajiv kanakala , dasari arun kumar and archana did well . ranganath appears as the father to the hero .

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story chandra ( jagapati babu ) is the editor of the newspaper ' addam ' . he has a gang of friends ( rajiv kanakala , dasari arjun and archana ) who help him with the operations . chandra is a victim of home minister raju ( sai kumar ) who murdered his father . chandra wants to eradicate corruption in society . towards this goal he conducts sting operations to get hold of secret tapes of important corrupt people . sometimes he even resorts to blackmailing techniques . likewise , chandra gets hold of home minister raju and blackmails him to do positive things like serving people . the rest of the story is all about how chandra teaches raju the greatness in being a good man and changes him into a positive political leader .

jagapati babu fits the role perfectly and is predicatbly very good . kamna jetmalani has a limited role to play with very few dialogues . sai kumar fits the role of the villain perfectly and his execution is remarkable . rajiv kanakala and dasari arun kumar are adequate . ms narayana and allari subhashini provide comic relief . ranganath plays the role of the hero ' s father .

story - screenplay - direction : the story of the film is somewhat different from the usual thirsting - for - revenge kind . instead of killing the villain for murdering his father , the hero adopts a different technique and makes him realise the futility of what he has done . director ravi c kumar has religiously followed ram gopal varma in terms of shot division and lighting techniques . ravi should be applauded for trying out something different in an honest way . but he must realise that entertainment should be blended proportionately with the seriousness of the theme otherwise it tends to be too ' heavy ' . there seem to be some confusion in the characterisation of chandra about his motives and working methods . the narration should have been more crisp . he has used the backdrop of a newspaper for screenplay convenience as choosing any other media like tv or internet to do sting operations would not have a dramatic impact to run the single thread of hero - villain conflict throughout the film .

other departments : photography of the film is good . the technique of colour bleaching has been used all through the entire film . the colour bleaching looks good for serious parts of the film . but this technique for comedy and romantic scenes does not yield the desired results . music of the film is mediocre . editing is adequate . production values are good .

analysis : the first half of the film is slow . the latter part of the second half is interesting . jagapati babu looks very good throughout this film . the strength of the film is the story . the drawback of the film is lack of entertainment . the director has used all current news items like stamp scam , bank scam , sting operations etc to narrate the first half of the film . only time will tell how the film fares at the box office .

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the story revolves around chandra and his siblings who carry on the unfinished task of their father . chandrasekhar , an editor , wants to reform politics , especially politicians , with the help of his newspaper . his focus is on the home minister , bhagwanraju ( saikumar ) , who gets wind of chandrasekhar ' s intentions and eliminates him .

his adopted son chandra along with his siblings plans to expose the evil deeds of bhagwanraju . he videographs bhagwanraju ' s plot to kill the chief minister and with this he makes bhagwanraju fulfill the promises made by him to the people during elections . this irks bhagwanraju who plans to eliminate chandra . how chandra exposes the home minister forms the crux of the film .

the film focuses on changing the mindset of the home minister through some sentiments . like his daughter who hates her father for his corrupt ways .

jagapathi babu performs very well , and saikumar , for once , gives a restrained performance . the comedy track by m s narayana is good .

after jagapathi babu , the film belongs to director ravi kumar who took on an old theme and shied away from the beaten track while presenting it . music by vandemataram srinivas fails to appeal . kamna jethmalani has nothing to do but appear glamorous .

what is different perspective ? we do have a tendency to get carried away by the success of a film and rarely look deep down into it to justify the ‘praises’ heaped on the film as well as on director . should success blind our ‘thinking’ and shouldn’t we study its shortcomings as well . agreed audience appreciation is all too important but will it not be a crime to overlook its flaws . this is just an attempt to pause for ` moment’ and analyze the structuring of the ` plot’ and how it would have been a notable effort if director had adhered to few rules of filmmaking grammar .

interestingly director ravi . c . kumar made his protagonist to reform the ‘antagonist’ than eliminating him but the transition of a ruthless politician into a good human is poorly established . since evil minister makes all attempts to kill the protagonist and grab the evidence against him until the last moment but all - of - a - sudden turns into a good - hearted soul . it’s quite unconvincing because ` reformation’ happens gradually and for a callous minister it would take more time to re - order his conditioned mind ( just few words of his kid are not enough ) . protagonist is a reluctant journalist who takes up the cudgels against ‘system’ but ends up reforming one minister ; probably his job remains unfinished . despite making big claims about exposing the corrupt minister , protagonist is unable to pin him down either in bank scam or in re - allotment of slum lands but had to rely on ‘one’ evidence against the minister for plotting to kill the cm . unfortunately he doesn’t inform the cm about the evil plans of his sub - ordinates since it’s a must for any scribe to share such an important information to safe - guard the life of head of the state . director’s disjoined screenplay fails to give proportionate footage to protagonist’s love track and exposing archana as baddy’s mole doesn’t surprise many since it looks ` fixed’ . director making an aged man to compare the minister who does few good works to save his job with mahatma gandhi is just outrageous .

though director starts off on the right note that a scribe journalist should use his ‘pen’ to expose evil forces in society but gradually he looses his way . he makes his protagonist to even indulge in ‘blackmailing’ than making him to write a series of articles pointing the ‘needle of suspicion’ towards the cruel home minister and gradually strip him of his post . but its other way round - as the protagonist even goes to the extent of holding the ‘family’ of a thug of the minister to get information against minister . director’s intention to ` reform’ the minister is admirable but making him a ‘messiah’ ( as gullible people pray for his ailing kid ) will undo his humanistic approach . director’s pre - occupation with one minister makes him overlook the evil ways of other ministers ( who themselves throw allegations against each other ) and it is like virtually giving them a clean chit . in his screenplay director could have properly balanced the professional ( journalist ) and personal life ( his love ) of his protagonist to make it more engrossing . a well - intended ‘theme’ could have been handled better with some good script work ( hope director would agree with me now )

initially jagapati babu is reluctant to stay back in india but all of sudden decides to re - launch his father’s newspaper . his first story should have been against the ‘minister’ ( to avenge the death of his father who brought him up ) but he exposes a bank chairman . even in re - allotment of slum dwellers land he fails to pin down minister . until he gets a recorded evidence of minister’s plotting against cm but he doesn’t publish it rather uses it to make minister spend his siphoned money to provide infrastructure for poor . without analyzing minister’s evil intentions , jagapati informs the minister that he can make ap “swarnaandhrapradesh’ . an amateurish ‘assessment’ that could have spelt doom .

hardhearted minister saikumar whose name sends down shivers in the spine of one and all probably believes in rhetoric than action . with just ` one’ evidence against him with jagapati he becomes his puppet and spends all his money . but fortunately he wins people’s love and the blood - thirsting evil could have won another election and earned his money in various scrupulous ways ( but he looks unnecessarily worried since jagapati would have handed over the evidence to him if not for police commissioner’s unwarranted intrusion ) . he reformed , as director asked him to do so , than on his own barring few moments in the hospital .

chandra ( jagapati babu ) is the editor of a daily " addam " ( mirror ) . though he lives a normal life without getting into rifts , circumstances force him to stand by the poor and downtrodden in the society . now , his objective is clear : exposing the misdeeds of the corrupt politicians . he is assisted by his friends played by ( rajiv kanakala , dasari arjun and archana ) who get the scoops . the editor’s focus is on the home minister raju ( saikumar ) , the villain , who had killed his dad . the hero adopts all sorts of methods to check the baddies . how chandra teaches a fitting lesson to the villain and puts a checkmate to corruption forms middle and climax of the story .

there is absolutely no originality in story , screenplay and direction . debutante director ravi c kumar tried his level best to imitate the tastes of ram gopal varma in tackling most scenes in the film . though the story is a normal fare , he gave a little twist in the climax , bring a sentimental change on the villain . unlike regular revenge themes ! . the first half tests the audience patience , while the second half provides a name’s sake relief .

songs and music departments are not adequately stuffed . comedy is weak . cinematography is good .

the movie is opened to a weak talk . however , it can cater to the taste of a segment of the audience who might like the rgc style .

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maya cineplex me lagi aag on 26 may 2017 another fire tragedy in gorakhpur .

randy briggs won the 05 pasic tenor solo comp thing . unbelievably fast drumming , some cool grooves , and yes some of it is pretty funny . any drumline or . . .

agnyaathavaasi celebrations by chennai fans @ raj theater , power star fans celebrations - pspk fans celebrations .

superstar krishna says that when his movie simhasanam was released , 144 section was imposed at vijayawada raj theater . # superstar # krishna . . .

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bollywood movie : lakhnawi ishq actor rudhra sir show choreographed by mass superstar academy .

padmaavat film की चिंगारी gujarat , rajasthan से होते हुए अब gorakhpur में भी पहुंच चुकी है। gorakhpur chief minister . . .

gorakhpur में united talkies में इस फिल्म को रिलीज किया जा रहा है। हिंसा या हंगामे के आसार . . .

ఫరూక్ కి అదృష్టం ఆలా ఉంది మరి . . . . ! mlc farooq / / janastram .

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d rama naidu said , “i saw this film and everybody donned different roles and played them perfectly . producers and director made a good film . ”

guest t subbirami reddy said , “i was confident in audio function that it would run for 100 days . i enjoyed watching this film . it has good story value . ”

hero sai kumar said , “it is a good success for our entire team . the real hero of this film is director ravi c kumar . ”

i have been waiting for this function for the past 1000 days - jagapati babu hero jagapati babu said , “i had been waiting for this 100 days film for the past 1000 days . its been 1000’s of days since i received a 100 days shield . i got 100 days films in between , the producers did not held a function . my fans too are upset about it . i expected this film to fare normally . but it turned to be a good hit . i am very happy today to celebrate this event . i would like to thank each and every individual for giving us this hit . director ravi is very talented . i am confident that he would do even better films in the future . ”

where actor sai kumar called director ravi . c . kumar as the true hero of the film jagapathi babu called the director as one of most talented directors of the present generation . " i am confidant that ravi will direct more successful films in the future " jagapthi babu said and continued " it ' s been ages since i received a 100 days shield for any of my film . though my films completed 100 days , in this time gap , no such function was held . i am happy to attend this function especially when i thought the movie will do normal business but it turned out to be such a big hit " .

" i was confidant of the film ' s success in its audio function itself " guest t . subbirami reddy said " the movie has good values to impart . i enjoyed watching it " .

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full rainy season rlse ayi firstday first show ne state wide divide talk vacchi record shares collected chesina movie .

1998 lone town lo unna aaritlo , 3 theatres lo release padindi . tarvatha pk ye . . gdk masss # 18yearsforchoodalanivundi

bellary lo ee movie euphoria mamulu ga ledu . janalanu control cheyyadaaniki police betalians digayi . craze peaks ee movie ki

movie ki initial ga divide talk ye vachindi . . bagaledu ane anukunnam vijayawada apsara lo 25th day chinna fight chesi tkts tiskoni chusam

choodalani undi - evergreen movie from megastar class , mass , love , comedy , family drama , action , songs ani chithaka kottina bomma ! ! ! ! prakash raj , guna shekhar and manisharma ki telugu lo permanent life ichina movie . yamaha nagari , ramama chilakamma sngs & soundarya comedy track ithe bo paramga kummi padesindhi ! ! ! ! 8th class unnapudu release indi , watched at archana theater - nellore lo dts started with this movie . . . . . one month taravatha kuda dussera time ki irraaga aadina movie crossed previous ih movie in all the major - a centers .

one month gap lo two blockbusters for mega fans . . alanti days malli eppudu vastayo

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originally posted by rgv _ 1989 adhenti antha maata anesaru . glamour roles kuda bane chesindhi & em parledu le chudochu ani angles lo choodalani vundi & annayaa lo superb ga untadi .

avunu jg kooda sep 2 nd pk birthday roju andaru busy vuntaru movie evadu choodadu ani prepone chesaru annattu vundhi .

blockbuster movie . . . . . openings ithe . . . arachakam . . . after hitler master bbagunnara . . . 4th consecutive hit . . . first 50 days . . . kummesindi movie . . . 60 days taruvatha chiru tabu and chiru oormila songs add chesaru . .

originally posted by trendcreator avunu jg kooda sep 2 nd pk birthday roju andaru busy vuntaru movie evadu choodadu ani prepone chesaru annattu vundhi .

bharatbundh kuda ade roju anduke pettaremo . . . . andaru celebrations lo busy ga vuntaru work ku vellakunda so bundh cheyyatam baaga easy avutundi . . .

racha movie . . . chiru 90s lo chesina best action thriller movie . . . gunasekhar oka trend set chesaru chase scenes ki , brahmaji ni chase chese scene super realistic , appatlo goosebumps . . . chala memorable scenes unnayi , chiru station lo anjala zhaveri ki sight kotte scene ayithe keka , asala dialogues ae lekunda oka 5 - 6 minutes scene chiru ' s expressive eyes ni max use chesukunna scene . . . inka soundarya tho comedy scenes ayithe vere level , soundarya ki chiru ki comedy lo oka rare chemistry untadi . . . prakash raj ni torture chese scene . . . pre - climax lo pandal lo fight , anjala zhaeri death scene racha . . . inka songs ayithe classic ki ae matram taggav , mani _ / \ _ . . . producer kuda chala costly ga teesaru movie ni , climax lo truck dam nunchi kinda pade shot ayithe mantal . . .

bezawada apsara howrah bridge paina guitar tho chiru kurchune paiting . . . . some randomsunday 1st show chusam e film . . ramma chilakamma ki mamulu gola cheyaldu kindha

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it is very common among the heroes to change their attire . they always try to look different and the script writers are also trying to come up with new subjects to suit the fancy of the heroes . . . .

the year 2006 signified a change in attitude of the telugu movie - goers . " being a superstar alone isn ' t enough to make the films run " was the verdict this year . story and screenplay attained . . .

< i > maharathi < / i > release date fixed as jan . 10

balakrishna gave several hits like samarasimha reddy , narasimha naidu and rewrote the collection records for many times . he created his own trend in the telugu film industry . he is playing the hero . . .

< i > maa vooriki mahalakshmi . . . < / i > for launch in jan

noted lyricist and script writer kulasekhar , who gave scripts and songs for ' chitram , nuvvu nenu , jayam , gharshana ' and other such films turned a director . he already completed his first film . . .

popular character artiste and director peketi sivaram died on december 30 . he is 79 and is survived by his wife , four sons and four daughters . he is suffering from asthma for the past 10 days and . . .

popular actor r narayana murthy had made his debut in the films with the blessings of dr dasari narayana rao . this versatile artiste had moved by the problems faced by the society and had a soft . . .

friday , december 29 , 2006 its that part of the year when we sit back and take a look at the year that is coming to an end .

friday , december 29 , 2006 the much - awaited film in the combination of raghava lawrence and nagarjuna is most likely to go to sets on january 15 , 2007 .

friday , december 29 , 2006 after the big success of his debut film in hindi , rang de basanthi , siddharth is getting ready to return to bollywood again .

friday , december 29 , 2006 it looks as if udaykiran just might not have made the right decision by picking up abaddham as his relaunch vehicle .

taarak mehta ka ooltah chashmah dr . hathi : bhide master , mandar gets tearyeyed on the news filmibeat

hyderabad , telangana , india . ethnicity - ( telugu ) , mother tongue - telugu

sai kumar ( born saikumara sarma pudipeddi ) is an indian film hero , dubbing artist turned actor and television presenter . he rose to stardom in kannada cinema and he also acted in telugu cinema and tamil cinema . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]

he has received two state nandi awards and three filmfare awards south for his work in telugu and kannada cinema . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] in addition to his films , he also hosted deal or no deal on gemini tv and etv kannada in telugu and kannada respectively . he also hosted wow - sakkhath kick kodo game show in etv kannada and wow - manchi kick ichche game show in etv telugu . recently he started hosting another reality show " luck unte lakshmi " in etv telugu . [ 8 ]

sai kumar was born to p . j . sharma and pudipeddi krishna jyothi . kumar ' s mother krishna jyothi is a kannada actress who acted with kannada thespian dr . rajkumar and others in films like sri krishna garudi , makkala rajya and others . ravi ' s father p . j . sharma was also an actor and dubbing artist who worked in many telugu , kannada and tamil films . his brother p . ravi shankar is the leading supporting actor of the kannada cinema and also a dubbing artist [ 9 ]

apart from film industry he has done masters in arts . he was also an active participant for ncc , which he was very good at . but he wanted to persue acting from early childhood . ￼

he started his career at an early age of his life as a dubbing child artist . his father , p . j . sarma was a leading dubbing artist . sai kumar followed in his father ' s footsteps , having dubbed for suman and rajasekhar for many of their films . sai kumar has exceptional dialogue delivery and telugu diction clarity in his voice . [ 10 ]

he rose to fame as a very successful star in the year 1996 from the kannada film police story which was also voice dubbed in telugu and tamil . the film became the biggest blockbuster of the year and sai as a lead hero acted in series of hit kannada films back to back . his kannada films agni ips , kumkuma bhagya , police story 2 , lockup death , circle inspector , central jail , police bete , mane mane ramayana were all major hits at the box office and sai kumar became a household name in karnataka . saikumar in all his interviews says , ' i am indebted to karnataka for making me a star and giving me ' police story ' during my struggling days . [ 11 ] [ 12 ] his recent kannada blockbuster hit film rangitaranga , that created records is another milestone in sai ' s career . it was one of the top 300 indian films in the oscar race in 2016 and his performance in the film was not only well praised by the critics but also fetched him an iifa award at iifa utsavam 2015 . [ 13 ] [ 14 ]

he also acted in bapu ' s sneham ( 1977 ) as the brother of madhavi , and has given very good performance . [ 15 ] he also started political career by contesting in karnataka assembly polls in 2018 with bharatiya janta party .

tv award 2009 for best male anchor presented by delhi telugu academy in hyderabad on 8 august 2010 . [ 17 ]

tata docomo media award – most popular male anchor was given on 15 august 2010 for anchoring the tv show wow on etv telugu . [ 18 ]

' best male anchor award ' was presented at the ap cinegoers ' 6th annual tv awards – 2009 on 28 december 2010 for his anchoring of wow on etv telugu . [ 19 ]

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his father is actor and story - writer p . j sharma . his brother ravi shankar is also an actor and a dubbing artist , who is a prominent actor in the kannada film industry , and is known for playing antagonistic roles .

he started his career at an early age of his life as a dubbing child artist . his father ,

was a leading dubbing artist . sai kumar followed in his father ' s footsteps , having dubbed for

for many of their films . sai kumar has exceptional dialogue delivery and telugu diction clarity in his voice .

in addition to his film commitments , he is currently the host of the game show deal or no deal on gemini tv . he also hosts wow - manchi kick ichche game show in etv telugu . recently he started hosting another reality show " luck unte lakshmi " in etv telugu .

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cinema of india , a . k . hangal , aadhi ( actor ) , aadi ( telugu actor ) , aamir khan

deva ( music director ) , s . a . rajkumar , ilaiyaraaja , kausalya ( actress ) , raghuvaran , devayani ( actress )

sarkar , benoy kumar , 1887 - 1949 ; rakshit , hemendra k . ( hemendra kishor )

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