The cinematographer turned director Rasool Ellore once again proved that he has a good taste towards the Indian tradition and culture. He has brought out the film with an excellent feel. The film doesn't have any kind of elements to appease the mass audiences, but it is quite lovable to city audiences. Most part of the film has been shot in the US. The producers might have agreed to do a film as they have really tasted the culture of both the countries and really want to showcase what they really missed by settling abroad. The director has successfully proved that the culture is not as bad as the people in India think.

Last year, some comedy films proved hits. Taking a cue from the successes and to cash in on the hit spree, Palli Kesava Rao and K Kishore launched a banner called Sriramachandrulu Films. They chose a Bollywood's hilarious comedy film Bagham Bagh and remade it as Brahmanandam Drama Company, with Brahmanandam, Sivaji, Ravikrishna and Kamalini Mukherjee in the lead. However, they faced many problems to complete the film. Even after it's completion, they could not get good theatres to release their film as many exhibitors were reluctant to give their theatres for small budget films. Somehow, with the help of some buyers and distributors they succeeded in releasing the film. Despite a big talk by producers, who assured that the film would be a laughing riot, it proved to be a big flop as none of the scenes brought even smile on the faces of audiences.

Ramgopal Varma's Aggi: Artistes perform well, but the film is unenthusiastic

There were lots of expectations on Ramgopal Varma's Aag because of the hype created by the media on the film which states that the maverick director is remaking the all-time blockbuster like 'Sholay'. Though RGV was categorical that the film is being made just on the theme but not an exact remake, the media failed to highlight it. Moreover, the original makers of Sholay raising objections on the use of the title and the names of characters had infused more interest on the movie. With all this, the audiences started making comparisons with 'Sholay' to this Aag. The film Ramgopal Varma's Aag was dubbed into Telugu as Aggi. However, it failed to please any class of audiences, despite fantastic performance by all the lead artistes including Big B Amitabh Bachchan, Mohan Lal, Ajay Devgan and the newcomer Prashant Raj.