DTS mixing is in progress for '4 Boys' directed by Shashi Varma and jointly produced by Yousuf Qadri and Vaddi Rajasekhar on the banner of Sri Keerthi Chitralaya. Director Shashi Varma says, 'We had prepared the story with some real life incidents. We shot some scenes in Dhoolpet for nativity. This film would give a good message to the youth.'
Producers Qadri and Rajasekhar say, 'Music provided by Bhole will be an asset. Already the audio is getting a good response and we are sure that the film will become a musical hit after its release. We are planning to release the film during this month.'
Vinay, Prashant, Venky and Mahipal are playing the title roles. Lyrics are by Pothula Ravikiran, camera is by Diwakar, action is by Venkat, while the story, screenplay, art and direction are by V Shashi Varma.
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'4 Boys' give good message to the youth
'Nuvvu Nenu Prema' lands in court!
'Nuvvu Nenu Prema' with Surya, Jyothika and Bhumika as the lead cast released all over Tamil nadu last month and it did well at the box office. But the happiness for the director was short lived.
A lady advocate filed a case against the film in the court. She says the film has the wife trying to unite her husband and her lover and that is against tamil family and culture. Director Krishna has another story to tell, he asserts that the film is based on a real life story.
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Laya's Arangetram enthralls audience
It is a known fact that actress Laya, who bid adieu to acting after marriage, is a trained classical dancer. On 6th October, she performed a Kuchipudi dance ballet at her Arangetram( the first public performance of a solo classical dance form) at Ravindra Bharati, in Hyderabad. This very successful performance, which Laya dubbed as her real arangetram, was arranged by Sangam Academy.
Padmabhushan, Dr Akkineni Nageswara Rao, actress of yesteryears Jamuna, popular danseuse Dr Sobha Naidu, dance master VS Ramamurthy, Laya's husband Dr Ganesh participated the programme as chief guests.
Starting the programme with Ganesh prardhana, she performed to different tunes including Padavarnam, Javali and the life history of Lord Srikrishna. Her dance performance enthralled all those who attended the programme.
Laya also said that she would continue to give classical dance performances in the future.
Laya’s last Telugu film. Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila, co starring Shivaji is ready for release on the 12th of this month.
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Navratana Chiru life Mee Life offer
Navratna Oil is now launching a major promotion in AP market. The advertisement's concept in a interesting and humorous manner highlights that anyone could buy a pack of Navratna Oil and win a chance of living an entire day like Megastar Chiranjeevi.
This TVC has been produced by South Parade, headed by Sharrath Marar and has been directed by ace film director Krishnavamsi who immensely enjoyed making the ad.
Well known cinematographer Chota K Naidu did amazing camera work for the ad. The post-production of the ad has been done at Mumbai with top class professionals doing the editing and music composing maintaining top production quality levels.
ONCE IN A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITYNavratna Oil is confident that an interesting promotion like this would instantly connect with youngsters and all admirers of Chiranjeevi. The Promotion basically provides a "Once in a life time Opportunity" of meeting Megastar Chiranjeevi and also living an entire day like him.
The details of the promotion are as follows: All that needs to be done is :
* Purchase the special Navratna Oil – Chiru Life Mee Life Pack.
* Scratch the scratch card which is inside the pack
* Send it across with their details to the address mentioned on the pack.
The highest gratification or the First Prize entitles the winner the following:
* 2 Days stay at a Five Star Hotel
* Dinner at Chiru's Favorite Restaurant
* Hair Style by Chiru's Personal Stylist
* A designer suit designed by Chiru's Designer
* Chiru's Favorite premium car with a chauffeur to drive around.
* Chiru's Favorite Groom Kit
* Portfolio by Chiru's favorite photographer
* Limited value shopping
* Visit Chiru's Film Shoot
* MEET CHIRU IN PERSON.
Other than this the other prizes are:
* 2nd Prize: MEETING CHIRANJEEVI & a 15" Flat Color TV – 3 Nos.
* 3rd Prize: DVD Players signed by Chiranjeevi. – 5 Nos.
* 4th Prize: Audio CD's signed by Chiranjeevi. – 100 Nos.
* 5th Prize: Mobile Torches signed by Chiranjeevi – 2500 Nos.
* 6th Prize: Chiru Pocket Calendar. – 500000 Nos.
From the above list of prizes it is evident that a large number of prizes are being given away making it possible for a maximum number of consumers to get some prize or the other.
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'Viyyala Vari Kayyalu' with Uday Kiran
Under Larsco Entertainments banner, Mr. Lagadapati Sirsha Sridhar is going to make a movie “Viyyala Vari Kayyalu’ in the direction of E. Satti Babu (Emandoy Srivaru fame). Uday Kiran acts as hero and Srihari is doing another important role in this movie for which Ramana Gogula provides music. It goes to floors on Nov3.
Lagadapati Sridhar chose hero Uday Kiran who has been ignored by Tollywood, for a couple of years. A powerful character is given to Real star Srihari. All the elements like, love, comedy, sentiment and action etc are blended in this movie.
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Anjali Devi conferred DR. Ramineni award
Ramineni Foundation USA has announced its annual awards for the year 2006 today (October 7, 2006) at a press conference. Dr. Ramineni Foundation in service of literature, fine arts, culture and human welfare activities was founded by Late Dr. Ramineni Ayyanna Chowdary(lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) a fond lover of Indian Traditions and Cultural Heritage 8 years ago and every year similar awards have been given to eminent personalities in various fields.
This year the foundation shall be honoring Prof. K Srinath Reddy Professor & Head Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, with Vishishta Puraskaram with a citation, memento and a cash award of Rs. 50,000/-.
Also 3 Visesha Purskarams carrying a citation, memento and a cash award of 25,000 per each shall be given to Prf. IV Chalapati Rao an Eminent Academician, Smt Anjali Devi Veteran film actress and Dr. Umar Alisha Sri Viswa Vignana Vidya Adhyatima Peetam Pithapuram, East Godavari, who is a Great philanthropist.
The awards presentation function wll be held at 6 pm on 12th October 2006 at Convention Center Hotel Marriott, Hyderabad.
These details were disclosed at a press conference held at Hotel Taj Residency on 7th October in which the foundation’s convener Mr. AVS (film artiste) and foundational committee members Vedacharya Ramineni, Dharma Pracharak Ramineni and VV participated and requested the cooperation of all concerned.
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Nagababu is new MAA president
Nagababu, actor and producer (Anjana productions), has been elected, unanimously, as the new president of the Movie Artists Association (MAA). Actor Jagapathi Babu and writer Parachuri Venkateshawara Rao were elected as the executive president and treasurer, respectively. The elections for the remaining post of MAA have been scheduled for the 8th of this month.
'Pokiri' Is Heading Towards 175 Days In 63 Centers
If the latest promo is to be believed, 'Prince' Mahesh Babu's sensational hit 'Pokiri' is heading towards 175 days in 63 centers (taking into account both shift and direct centers) and is still going strong. The previous record was held by the NTR-starrer Simhadri, which completed 175 days in 55 centers. Maheshbabu played the role of an IPS officer in disguise, Krishna Manohar, in the film.
Made under the banner of Vaishno Academy, 'Pokiri' is written, directed & produced by Puri Jagannath and presented by Smt. Indira with music by Mani Sharma, action by Vijayan, editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh and cinematography by Shyam K. Naidu.
The blockbuster is currently running in four theatres in the city - Sudharshan 35mm (RTC X Roads), Mega 70mm (Dilsukh Nagar), Ram 70mm (Lalapet) and Swami Shankar (Hayath Nagar).
Chiranjeevi fans seize pirated CDs of Stalin
Speaking on the occasion, Nagababu says, 'Our Mega Star's fans had caught several pirated CDs of Stalin this morning. Not only the Chiranjeevi fans, but the fans of all the heroes should join hands to eradicate the video piracy.' Dil Raju says, 'While producing a film, we used to worry about the success of our film earlier. However, we are working on how to contain the video piracy, right from the day one of the film's release. It has become a curse for the film's success. Though we spend crores of rupees and make films, it is for the people's entertainment. But it is sad that some pirated CDs of 'Bommarillu' were also caught earlier.' Another producer NV Prasad says, 'It is a shame to hear that pirated CDs of latest films like 'Stalin, Boss, Bommarillu and Andala Ramudu' are available in VCD shops. Not only the Mega Star's fans, but everyone should strive to curtail the piracy.' Source: Indiaglitz
The fans of Mega Star Chiranjeevi seized some pirated CDs of their favorite hero's latest flick 'Stalin' here on Friday morning. Producers K Nagendrababu, 'Dil' Raju and NV Prasad also participated in the raids.
Devi Sri to compose music for Pawan's next
Popular music director Devi Sri Prasad, who gave several musical hits like 'Venky', 'Arya', 'Varsham', 'Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana' and 'Bommarillu', is all set to provide tunes for a film to be directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by star producer Allu Aravind under the banner of Geeta Arts with Pawan Kalyan in the lead. The film was recently launched with puja activities at Film Nagar's Daivasanidhanam.
It may be mentioned here that Devi Sri Prasad had already gave a musical hit for Mega Star for 'Shankar Dada MBBS'. Let's hope his next film with Power Star would also become a musical sensation.
Dishyum Dishyum releasing in Telugu
Tamil hit film Dishyum Dishyum is releasing into Telugu with the same name. Lakshmi Ganapathi films Subramanyam is releasing it in Telugu. Sandhya of Premiste fame and top producer R B Chowdary's son Jeeva are the lead in the film. Audio was launched today at Golkonda Hotel in Hyderabad. Senior producer D Ramanaidu launched the first cassette and handed it to director EVV Satyanarayana. Audio CD was launched by Chalapathi Rao. Sandhya was the star attraction at the function. Manya of Bachelors fame also attended the audio release function. Archana and Vaishali are other star attractions. Madhura Entertainment is marketing the audio.
Sandhya hoped that Andhra people like her in this film as they did in Premisthe. Producer Subramnayam said that the film was a big hit in Tamil. "Like in Tamilnadu, our Dishyum Dishyum will be hit here. We are confident of its success because it has good lovestory and music," he said. It is directed by V Sasi.
Producer gets red at Boss and Stalin
Producer and hero of the red films R. Narayana Murthy expressed his anguish at the onslaught of the big movies against small movies with social messages. He arranged the platinum disc function of his latest movie “Adavi Biddalu” though it was not to be seen anywhere in the city, except in the outskirt centers. He said that almost all the centers were booked for the big movies leaving the small producers in lurch. He desired that such system should go which otherwise it would spell the doom of the low-budget films.
Four for Diwali
The next is lyricist turned director Kulasekhar's Premalekha Raasa. Venkat Mallidi and Anjali play the lead roles here. The thrid movie is Rajaraju, which is a family entertainer. G.V.G. Raju is the producer. The movie has been directed by Udayashankar. Gopichand, Meera Jasmine and Ankitha are the leading cast.
The fourth film is Maya Bazaar with Bhumika Chawla and Raja in lead roles. Indraganthi Mohanakrishna is the director of this film. So far, only Kollywood used to have a bulk of movies released for Diwali. Now Tollywood too is following in the same path.
Let's see who wins the race.
Source: Sify
Ayesha Takia very much in love!
Nagesh Kukkunoor's 'Dor' will probably be a turning point in Ayesha's career as an actress. With the film, she has proved that she is not just a good-looking starlet who cant act. She ended up making Nagesh her rakhi-brother. And, her boyfriend surprised her by flying down all the way from Mumbai to the remote shooting location to see her. He didn't come empty-handed either. With him, he brought some of her favorite dishes too!!! Rumors are on that this romance will end in a blissful matrimony. 
The super-gorgeous Ayesha Takia is going very steady with a Mumbai-based restaurateur, Farhan Azmi. Even outdoor shooting locations couldn't keep the two away from each other.
Okka Magadu- to begin shoot shortly
Producer and director Y V S Choudary is to make a film Okka Magadu with Balaiah. Balaiah is need of a success to keep the fans going happy. And the expectations are mounting pressure on Y V S.
But Y V S is confident enough with successful career graph in Tollywood so far, with continuous successful films that he made so far.
The film was formally started few days back at Annavaram and the regular shoot for this film is to begin shortly. Balaiah is to do dual role in the film. Anushka will play one of the heroines role.
Manisarma will compose the music for Okka Magadu.
Srihari in a murder case
After Hanumanthu, Srihari is ready to don a new role and this time it will be from his guru Dasari�s home banner Siri Media Pvt Limited. The film Chintamani Cola Case which was a hit in Malayalam is being remade as Chintamani Hatya Case.
Oops, the title has been changed to Sitamahalaxmi Hatya Case. Also there is another change now. The film is being made by his home banner finally. The shooting will begin in November and fight master Vijayan is directing it.
Radhika endorses Coke!
Coco-Cola India’s new ad has Radhika Sarathkumar, of ‘Chelvi’ fame (Sun TV) and the chairperson of Radaan Mediaworks as their new brand ambassador for the south. In this ad, Radhika takes you around the Coco Cola plant and proves the point that the drink is made under stringent quality control and the cola is perfectly a safe drink.
The National ad campaign of Coke had featured Aamir Khan and Smrithi Irani ( of ‘Tulsi’ fame) the best known face among small screen audience to take you around the Coco Cola plant.
It is the trust and faith that the middle class audiences have on Radhika that made Coke sign her up for this ad in south. Remember that the company was facing the heat after the recent controversies surrounding them on the high level of pesticides in the Cola.
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Hi-Tech setting for AMAV
Popular producer Shanam Naga Ashok Kumar is making 'Aadavari Matalaku Ardhaley Veruley' on the banner of Sri Saideva Films under the direction of Selva Raghavan (Sriraghava) of '7/G Brindavan Colony' fame with Venkatesh and Trisha in the lead.
A special set which reminds us a software company was erected in Ramanaidu Cine Village at Nanakramguda with Rs 25 lakhs and some typical scenes would be shot on Venkatesh and Trisha in this set. So far 20 days of shoot was complete for the film and Yuan Shankar Raja, son of maestro Ilayaraja is giving tunes for the film.
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Namita is "Marlyn Monroe of South India"!!
Namitha made her debut with “Sontham” and got marked as Iron Leg in Telugu industry. But now she is very busy in Tamil films. She is doing all kinds of roles in A, B, and C Grade movies. Only Commitment is that the remuneration will be high if it were a B or C Grade movie.
In Tamilnadu, Namitha got many Fans’ Associations and they are calling her “Marilyn Monroe of South India". Not only in Tamil but as of now she is doing one movie in Malayalam and English.
She took big place in the hearts of Tamil film folks on par with Khushboo, Simran, Trisha, and Sneha who are enjoying fan clubs.
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AU to felicitate Chiranjeevi with Hon.Doctorate
Another stone in his crown of fame! Andhra University is planning to felicitate Megastar Chiranjeevi with honorary doctorate. The doctorate continues to wend its merry way through the filmdom, theatre arts and sports. Apart from ‘Padma Bhushan’ Chiranjeevi, ‘Padmasri’ Kamala Hasan, theatre and cine artists J.V.Ramana Murty, P.J.Sharma, Tennis Star Sania Mirza would also receive doctorate from the University.
The proposal of honoring him with doctorate hit the news earlier, but due to some unknown reasons the convocation ceremony itself was not held. 70th AU Convocation was the last event, which was held in the year 2003, when Mr.Simhadri was vice chancellor.
Latest on the news is that Governor Rameshwar Thakur confirmed the date and time as Nov6 at 4pm. On Tuesday, AU Registrar told that famous economist and former Governor to Andhra Pradesh Dr.C.Ranga Rajan would make it for the ceremony as chief invitee.
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Numerology bug bites Tamanna!
Celebrities would go to any lengths to safeguard their careers. Occult sciences, Vaastushastra and numerology are just a few. The latest star to fall for the charm of numerology is Tamanna. Her very first film in Tamil has become a superhit and Tamanna has become a much sought-after star in Kollywood.
The young actress had recently consulted with a numerologist and he has suggested that she make some changes in her name.
Henceforth, Tamanna's name will be spelt as TAMANNAAH.
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'Colors' Swati in a Sister's Role!
People have wondered where the cute girl, Colors Swati, has gone after Krishna Vamshi’s ‘Danger’. She is busy again with Krishna Vamshi for the film ‘Rakhi’ as per unofficial sources. She is playing the sister to Jr NTR. The title itself suggests that it has sister element in the film. The film has completed large part of its shooting and about 30% is still to go.
The film would certainly become a deciding factor for NTR as ‘Ashok’ played only a ‘just ok’ game at box office. Inside reports say that the film is coming well.
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'Dishyum Dishyum' audio launched
Tamil hit film Dishyum Dishyum is releasing into Telugu with the same name. Lakshmi Ganapathi films Subramanyam is releasing it in Telugu. Sandhya of 'Premiste' fame and top producer R B Chowdary's son Jeeva are the lead in the film. Audio was launched today at Golkonda Hotel in Hyderabad.
Senior producer D Ramanaidu launched the first cassette and handed it to director EVV Satyanarayana. Audio CD was launched by Chalapathi Rao. Sandhya was the star attraction at the function. Manya of Bachelors fame also attended the audio release function. Archana and Vaishali are other star attractions. Madhura Entertainment is marketing the audio.
Sandhya hoped that Andhra people like her in this film as they did in Premisthe. Producer Subramnayam said that the film was a big hit in Tamil. "Like in Tamilnadu, our Dishyum Dishyum will be hit here. We are confident of its success because it has good lovestory and music," he said. It is directed by V Sasi.
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Balakrishna in dual role!
YVS Chowdhary is directing Nandamuri Balakrishna on his home banner Bommarillu and the title of the film is Okka Mogaadu. Incidentally YVS Chowdhary is a fan of NT Rama Rao and also his clan. YVS Chowdhary had so far made movies with Harikrishna but none with Balakrishna.
The report is that Balakrishna will be seen in a dual role. But Okka Magadu primarily not focuses on two roles. Only in a flashback scene that there comes this other second role for a brief time.
There will be three heroines, if reports are to be believed. Anushka is almost finalized for one of the roles. Two more heroines are on the verge of finalizing. The film will go on to the sets this month. It has music by Manisharma.
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Jayaprada pairing with Kamal in 'Dasavataram'
Under Oscar films banner “Padmasri” Kamala Hasan as hero; Oscar Ravi Chandran is making a movie 'Dasavataram'. Latest on the news is Jaya Prada is also playing a role in this movie opposite Kamal. Earlier they paired up for K. Viswanath’s 'Sagara Sangamam'.
After more than two decades, the lead pair is going to star together again. Even after 23 years, people still talk about the film due to the excellent performances by its lead actors, Kamalhasan and Jayapradha.
Jayapradha, who has now branched out into fields like politics and film-production, is going to be the heroine of one of the ten roles that Kamalhasan is playing in the film. Asin, Mallika Sherawat, Jayapradha…3 down, 7 more to go!
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'Classmates' to be remade!
"Sravanti” Ravi Kishore is planning to remake the mega blockbuster campus caper 'Classmates' from Malayalam hit in Telugu with the same title. A whopping amount was paid for the rights and Mr. Vijaya Bhaskar would direct the movie.
“Devadas’ fame Ram was supposed to do the lead role in this movie, but they are trying for another actor since the character in the movie doesn’t suit him. Earlier Malayalam movie 'Niram' was remade into telugu as “Nuvve Kavali’ which was released in the combination of the same trio, Ravi Krishore, Vijay Bhaskar and Trivikram Srinivas. It was a big hit and was a trendsetter of sorts in Telugu.
Ravi Kishore hopes that this movie would also turn out big at box office. The story of Classmates is about an old batch of classmates getting together after many years to share their nostalgic memories. Added to that there is a murder mystery which made the film click!
Hope the movie clicks in telugu too!
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Sumanth's next film starts rolling
Director Chandra Siddhartha (of 'Aa Naluguru' fame) has commenced shooting of his yet-to-be-titled new film, starring Sumanth, Sneha and Parvati Melton in lead roles, on Wednesday, October 4. A few scenes have been filmed on the second lead-Parvati Melton at Suresh Guest House. The shooting will continue till October 10.
It has music by Mani Sharma, story by noted novelist Balabadrapatruni Ramani and cinematography by Sudhakar. While on Sumanth, his forthcoming film 'Chinnodu', co-starring Charmme, is ready for release.
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2,500 marriage proposals for Shilpa!
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty knew her fans loved her, she just did not know how much. When the actress, known for her perfect 10 figure, gave out her e-mail address to the public she thought it would help her interact better with her fans. Instead, the actress received thousands of marriage proposals.
"It's really amazing to discover so many people in love with you," Shilpa told a national daily on Wednesday. "I want to make it clear that my e-mail ID is meant to facilitate interaction with my fans; this is not a marriage portal," she added.
In the first three days after she gave out her e-mail she received 2,500 letters, she said. But considering her popularity, it seems she shouldn't be surprised.
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Chiranjeevi : 'K Raghavendra Rao hardly finds a devotee in me'
Chiranjeevi shared his views on the film Stalin, his fans, his son and many more things in a fresh interview. While many are quite stereotype Chiranjeevi said his view on K.Raghavendra Rao.
When the interviewer asked Chiranjeevi if he is working in any film in the combination of K.Raghavendra Rao, he said, “I’m listening to this for the first time. I didn’t get any offer from Raghavendra Rao garu. Well, he is a wonderful director. He is very good at making devotional films. I don’t know why KRR hardly finds a devotee in me. He must be seeing a rowdy in me who fights with other rowdies on screen (laughs)”.
Saying about action films like Gang Leader and Gharana Mogudu, he said that there would be one full length mass action flick in 2007.
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Asin's scariest day in her life
Asin is full of activity these days. Her sudden catapult to the stardom with over half a dozen movies in her kitty is much discussed about. The busy lady is shooting hysterically for all the committed half a dozen movies. During one such crazy shoots, Asin has encountered her scariest day in life recently.
She was shooting in Andrapradesh for one of her Telugu movies, Annavaram. The shoots were being canned by the banks of a river and unexpectedly Asin slipped and fell into the river leaving the crew breathless.
Strangely no one in the crew knew swimming and the situation was getting panicky. Asin's father who accompanied her to the shoots is a retired CBI officer and he jumped into the river to save his daughter from drowning.
Asin came out unscathed, but obviously petrified. I felt like I was reincarnated, recounted a terrified Asin. If it were not my father who has rescued me, I would have been swept away, Asin recollects the scariest day in her life.
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Wedding bells for Meena very soon
This year sure has been a year of wedding. After the high profile wedding of Surya and Jyothika, it is time for Meena to walk down the aisle. Meena’s mother has been busy finalizing a prosperous groom for her daughter for quite sometime. However, for reasons unknown, the tiresome process of alliance seeking went on and on for Meena.
Out of the few prospective grooms, Meena has formerly rejected the groom fromSingapore fearing that she would have to relocate from Chennai after her wedding.
Well, she can’t wait forever for her dream prince to come along on the back of a horse and grab her to eternity. Seems like now she has decided to walk down the aisle with theSingapore groom.
Her wedding announcement is likely to be announced soon and she will most probably leave the industry after her marriage, sources reveal.
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Venu's new project under Rajyalakshmi banner
New project with Venu as the hero, presented by Midde Rama Rao under the banner Rajyalakshmi art productions will go on the sets from the 1st of November. New director Suryadevara Lalitha Prabhakar Nag is being introduced through this film.
We have seen to it that the film is created as per the body language of the hero Venu said Midde Rama Rao.
Prabhakar Nag worked under great directors like K.Raghavendra Rao,V.V.Vinayak and Krishna Vamsi. This story revolves around a cell phone and it is full of love, comedy and sentiment.
Rest of the star cast and technicians have not yet been decided. The producers Teegala KrishnaReddy and Avagadda Venkata Ramana said they will be announcing more details very soon.
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Linguswamy to direct Mahesh Babu
'Prince' Mahesh babu, who rewrote the 75-year-history of Telugu cinema is presently busy with 'Sainikudu' being directed by Gunasekhar and produced by star producer Aswinidutt.
As of now Mahesh Babu's diary has no vacancy. Immediately after completing this film, he will play hero in a film being produced by G Rameshbabu on the banner of Krishna Productions.
In addition to this, producer Manjula is joining hands with Super Good Films, for a film in which Mahesh Babu is playing the lead. This film will have director Linguswamy holding the megaphone.
Already Linguswamy has become popular with the successes of 'Run' and 'Pandem Kodi' in both Tamil and Telugu languages.
According to film industry sources, the film would begin its shoot in January 2007. Besides, Mahesh Babu also gave offers to popular producers like MS Raju, 'Dil' Raju, KL Narayana.
Source: Indiaglitz
Cafe Latte launched by Jagapati Babu, Sonali
Jagapati Babu and Sonali Kulkarni officially launched Cafe Latte - a new experience of watching World Cinema. For those coffee lovers who love movies, this will be the best place. Sridhar, who associate directed Satyam, Dhana 51 etc, came up with this unique idea and started the store with the name Cafe Latte on the way to Hitech City. Sonali Kulkarni was in town filming for Chitralekha with Ajit (Tamil film). Talking to TotalTollywood, she said that she had seen such coffee houses in Italy but this would be unique in the city. Sridhar is a good acquaintance to Jagapati Babu. At this point, the plans are to screen one new short film every week. World cinema will be screened alsmot regularly. Also, there is a plenty of scope for upcoming videos.
Venu Madhav As 'Dasara Bullodu'
In a casting coup of sorts, Sneha has been signed opposite ace comedian Venu Madhav in a film to be produced by prominent production house Megaa Supergood Films Pvt. Ltd. And what's more. P. Lakshmi Narayana (Deepti), who made his debut as a director with the surprise hit of 2006-Andala Ramudu, has been roped in to direct this project, which is tentatively titled Dasara Bullodu. SA Rajkumar, a regular with Supergood Films, will score the music.
This will be Venu Madhav's second film as a hero (after SV Krishna Reddy's Hungama).
'Annamayya' in Hindi!
The mythological Nagarjuna classic Sri Annamayya is now being dubbed into Hindi as Tirupati Sri Balaji nearly five years since its release in Telugu.
Tirupati Sri Balaji is being produced by V. Doraisamy Raju and has music is by M.M.Kreem ( Keeravani). It is one of the best religious films ever made by veteran director Raghavendra Rao.
Now it looks like religious films have a market in Hindi as the recent release Jai Santoshi Maa proved. Tirupati Sri Balaji is releasing this Friday (Oct 6) to coincide with Tirupati Brahmotsavam and Dussera season in North India.
Source: Sify
Raja- Poonam Bajwa film with Akshaya Films launched
“The movie has a very good screen play. It is very different from the films that I have acted in till date.” Hero Raja said. Seconding his view was comedian Dharamavarapu who said that the film boasted of some of the industry’s finest actors and technicians. Source: Ragalahari
Hero Raja’s latest film, with Poonam Bajwa as his leading lady, for Akshaya Films’ untitled production no: 1 was launched on 2nd October at Rama Naidu studios. D.Rama Naidu sounded the clapboard while veteran actress-director Vijaya Nirmala switched on the camera and K.Ragavendra Rao directed the first shot. The film is being directed by Jitendra, who assited K.Ragavendra Rao and Vijaya Nirmala earlier, and has dialogues by novelist V.S.P.Tennet. Anoop Rubens will be scoring six songs for the movie.
Yashwanth's debut film 'Aa Roje Katha Modalayindi'
The first schedule of 'Aa Roje Katha Modalayindi' directed by KS Kumar and produced by KVR introducing Yashwant as hero and Sowmya as heroine, has come to an end recently. Producer KVR says, 'We have completed the first schedule and the second schedule would begin from October 12 in which we will shoot the climax'.
He says 'the canning of songs would begin from October 25. We will complete the post-production formalities in November and release the film in December. We are sure that our film would be a big hit'.
Director KS Kumar says, 'The story in the film starts with an incident that happened on a day. But the entire story will not complete in that one day. Earlier I worked for one film 'Cheliya Cheliya Chiru Kopama…'. I took some gap and started this film. I am confident that I could achieve success through this film.'
Writer Marudhuri Raja says, 'I know this director for the past 15 years. I wish this film being directed by Kumar will be a hit.'
Hero Yashwant says, 'I am not new to camera. I earlier worked for a Kannada film 'Abhinandana'. However, this is my debut film in Telugu. Basically I came from journalism department. So I believe I have the power to express every feeling in me. I am working hard in this film. This is a clean film and all classes of audiences will enjoy this film. I wish the film every success'.
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'Priyasakhi' gives good feeling of love
Tamil film Priyasakhi is being remade in Telugu by director K Adiyavan. The orignal tamil film has Madhavan and Sada in lead roles. The films presenter C Kalyan said that the movie is all about the feel good feeling of love. The movie has ben shot in froiegn locations like Australia, Dubai and London.
The producers said that the movie will surely be a crowd puller. The planned release date of the film is the 14th of October. Sita, Aiswarya, Rajyalakshmi, Rekha, Kovai, Sarala, Pratap form the other star cast of the film.
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'Annavaram' - Melodramatic family entertainer
Pavan Kalyan as Hero in 'Annavaram' produced by Mega Super Good Films with Asin as Heroine. This film is directed by Bhimneni Srinivasa Rao and is jointly produced by Paras Jain and N V Prasad. This is a melodramatic family Entertainer laced with Action and also the all important role of Hero's Sister is donned by Actress Sandhya.
The shooting is progressing in Hyderabad and other areas. One of the producer Paras Jain stated that the fans of pavan Kalyan will find all the ingredients in this film. This film will be released on 29th December and the music is scored by Ramana Gogula.
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Hansika replaces Ileana in Surya's film!
Ileana was the first choice for Tamil actor Surya's new film 'Sarvam'. Now, 15-year-old Hansika steps in as the heroine of the film that is going to be a warm love story.
According to rumors, Vishnuvardhan, one of the busiest and in-demand directors in Tamil, initially had plans to make a film in Telugu with school-buddy Mahesh Babu in the lead. That changed and now Hansika is the heroine.
Puri Jagannath is now making a film with her as the heroine. Allu Arjun is playing the male lead. It was the director who had introduced Hansika to Vishnuvardhan when he heard that the latter was looking for a heroine.
The actress is a well-established model and has also acted in many Hindi megaserials. If the heroines continue to get younger, then the day is not far when we'll have eight-year-olds making their debut as grown-up heroines!!!
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Shashank in 'Prem@Prema.com'
Rajkumar Movies banner is producing a film titled Prem@Prema.com. Shashank, who played lead in Aite, Anukokunda Oka Roju, is playing the lead in this film. Hemanth is making debut as director. The makers maintained a low profile on the entire production.
The production is almost complete. Viswa composed music. Audio is expected to release any time soon. Vidisha of Maa Idari Madhya fame is the heroine in the film.
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'Raraju' music on October 5
The music of Gopichand-Meera Jasmine-Ankitha starrer 'Raraju' will be released on October 5, while the film is scheduled for October 19 release. Produced by GVG Raju and directed by Uday Shankar, it has dialogues by Chintapalli Ramana, music by Mani Sharma, cinematography by Ramnath Shetty, editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh, art by Ashok, action by Vijay and lyrics by Suddala Ashokteja-Ananth Sriram. Sivaji has an important role in the film.
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Dussera Subakankshalu
It is believed that Goddess Durga on her 10 day journey around the earth removes all evil....... May Goddess Durga destroy all evil around you and fill your life with happiness and prosperity. K. Vishwanath on private album
Ace director, K.Viswanath is now busy with a private album titled as Shivastapadi. This album consists of eight songs all penned by Veturi. The lyricist has written nearly three songs recently at Shrishailam. SP Balasubramanyam and Pardhasaradhi are going to sing these songs.
They are planning to picturise these songs after completion of the voice mixing. As per reliable sources this project is being produced by Kaparthi productions.
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Venky’s new movies… ‘Tulasi’ & ‘Godfather’
Under Suresh Productions banner, Venkatesh as hero Boyapati Srinu is directing a movie which would be titled as “Tulasi”. Regular schedules of shooting will begin from October. It’s learnt that the name of Venkatesh’s character in this movie is Tulasi Reddy. Venky’s movies usually release with hero character’s name. His previous movie ‘Lakshmi’ was a big hit; especially it has got good response from ladies. Another film on the cards is ‘Godfather’ which will be released under same banner. Bhupati Raja is providing script for the movie. It is also heard that Movie Moghal Dr.Rama Naidu plays a full length role in this movie.
Nadia back to tollywood!
Nadia, a heroine of recent past, is ready for her second innings in Telugu films- not certainly as a heroine. She can contend herself if she is offered the roles of elderly women. When she was a heroine in both Tamil and Telugu films, she didn't come close to any Telugu hero. She made only Tamil heroes as her intimate friends.
Arjun ranked one in the list. Leaving her affairs behind, she married an NRI and went to US to live with him. As her relation with her husband strained, she came back to India and looked out for films.
Arjun came to her rescue. Her efforts have given fruits in Tamil Industry first. He also started telephoning to many Telugu heroes to accommodate her in their films.
Hero Venkatesh responded first and saw she was given the role of sister-in-law in 'Adavari Matalaku Ardhale Veruley'.
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Is Amitabh Bachchan going to be Rajini's mentor??!
Rajini’s upcoming mega movie Sivaji is in the news almost every other day owing to flash updates about its added attractions and the prominent locations in Chennai the shoots are being held. The hype Sivaji has managed to generate among the public is indisputable and quite unseen for Tamil movies.
Rajini’s previous venture Chandramukhi broke all the box office records and has seen a run of 500 days.
Shankar has wrapped up the romantic sequences of the movie in his favorite locations in and around Karnataka. Shankar has a thing or two for Karnataka and his movies will always feature exotic locations from the state.
He is head over heels with the palaces, the temples, and rocky landscape of Karnataka. On the contrary to his stringent security arrangements, stills from the duets that were filmed in Karnataka managed to sneak into the Internet and were being circulated like hot cakes. Shankar is shocked by the incident and is imposing even more rigorous measures to safeguard the locations and the shoots to avoid any such incidents in the future.
The duets with Shreya were also shot in international locations in the Europe predominantly Spain. The second schedule of the movie is slated in Chennai and the shoots are progressing. The movie has reportedly been finished to 75%. The other star cast in the movie are Suman – the villan, Manivannan – Rajini’s father, Vivek and so on.
Interestingly enough, talks were held with Sathyaraj, Prakashraj, Mohanlal, and Nana Patekar to play the villan part in Shivaji. None of them were ready to don the role and Suman was finally roped in.
Rumor has it that Shankar is planning to offer the role of Rajini’s superior to one of the bollywood biggies. His first choice is Amitabh Bachchan and if the talks fail he will go for Sanjay Dutt, sources reveal. The boss’s role will be shown as Rajini’s godfather who lends Rajini a helping hand during his difficult times. News will soon be out as to who will do the vital part of Rajini’s mentor.
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Ram Charan Teja's Director Contest Winner
Few months back we asked our visitors to guess who is going to be the director for Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja's first movie. Below is the winner:
Winner: Saritha
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No more ThumsUp for Chiru
While Shahrukhan and Aamir Khan don't mind endorsing the products, Chiranjeevi is thinking twice.
The cool drink company for which he is endorsing got embroiled in a controversy and the pesticide presence in the drink is still a matter of dispute. The contract which is for one year has come to an end and Chiranjeevi hasn't renewed it. So far the star has been using the amount which he got from the drink for a social cause by donating it to charity.
Mallika in Chennai for 'Oscar Films'
For the last four days, Mallika Sherawat in Chennai shooting for ‘Oscar Films’ big budget extravaganza Dashavataram. She is being provided heavy security and is inaccessible! Director K.S.Ravikumar is giving top priority to shoot all her scenes at the earliest.
She will finish her work by Oct 2 in Chennai and then join the unit for the next schedule in US. Scenes featuring Mallika and Kamal were shot at Film city, Adyar fly-over, ECR near Muthukadu and a village scene near Chengalpet.
Mallika is proving to be extremely fussy and demanding during the shoot and her manager has made it clear that she will not be speaking to the local media.
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ANR as 'Ramakrishna Paramahamsa'
The Dada Saheb Phalke awardee and Padmabhushan Akkineni Nageswara Rao, who mesmerized the Telugu audiences with his impeccable performance in several devotional and periodic films is most likely to appear before the people very soon in the role of 'Ramakrishna Paramahamsa'.His grandson and another talented young hero Sumanth will appear as 'Vivekananda' in the film. Director K Raghavendra Rao is likely to direct this film. After this film, Raghavendra Rao is planning another movie 'Rangaa… Panduranga' with Balakrishna in the lead role. JK Bharavi is penning the story for these films.
Titles galore for Balakrishna's new film!
After Chiranjeevi’s ‘Stalin’ and Nagarjuna’s ‘Boss’, it is Balakrishna’s film that is much awaited in Tollywood now. The shooting of the film with Balakrishna in main lead is going on from many months and the title is yet to be confirmed for the same. Sneha and Meera Jasmine are pairing up with Balakrishna in the film.
Rudra Simha, Maharadhi, Assembly, Varaputrudu and Vidwamsudu are the various titles those have been making rounds in discussion from quite a long time. The actual title is yet to be confirmed indeed.
Talk is that Balakrishna has given out totally a different performance with action-packed scenes and humorous elements. Recently a scene was shot in Cherlapalli jail in which Balakrishna has given out his best.
Vakada Apparao is producing the film and P. Vasu of Chandramukhi fame is directing it. It’s time to wait for this new flick.
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Raja's new film titled 'Rendu Aksharale'
The muhurat of Akshaya Films Prod. No. 1, starring Raja and Poonam Bajwa in lead roles, will be held on October 2 at Ramanaidu Studios, Hyderabad. The film, titled Rendu Aksharale.., was launched on September 3, 2006 with a song recording under the baton of music composer Anoop Rubens.
It is directed by Y. Jitender, an erstwhile assistant to Vijaya Nirmala, and produced by Venkateswara Rao Ponnamaneni.
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