Nandi Awards 2005 : Winners list

Best Leading Actor	Mahesh Babu - Athadu
Best Leading Actress	Trisha - NVNV
Best Supporting Actor	Srihari - NVNV
Best Supporting Actress	Bhanupriya - Chatrapati
Best Director	Krishna Vamsee - Chakram
Best Debut Director	Surender Reddy - Athanokkade
Best Music Director	MM Keeravani - Chatrapati
Best Villain	Dr. Siva Prasad - Danger
Best Character Actor	Chandramohan - Athanokkade
Best Male Comedian	Suneel - Andhrudu
Best Female Comedian	Santoshini - NVNV

First Best Feature Film	Pothe Poni Producer: VY Praveen Kumar (Golden) Director: Tammareddy Bharadwaja (Copper) Hero: Siva Balaji (Copper) Heroine: Sindhu Tolani (Copper)
Second Best Feature Film	Anukokunda Oka Roju Producer: Gangaraju Gunnam Director: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti Hero: Shashank Heroine: Charmme
Third Best Feature Film	Goutham SSC Producer: Dr. Y. Soniya Reddy Director: PA Arun Prasad Hero: Navdeep Heroine: Sindhu Tolani
Best Story Writer	T. Prabhakar - Meenakshi
Best Dialogue Writer	Trivikram Srinivas - Athadu
Best Lyrics Writer	Sirivennela Chakram-Jagamanta Kutumbam
Best Cinematographer	PRK Raju - Radha Gopalam
Best Editor	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Subhash Chandra Bose
Best Screenplay Writer	Chandrasekhar Yeleti Anukokunda Oka Roju
Best Home Viewing Feature Film	NVNV - Producer: MS Raju
Best Popular Feature Film providing wholesome entertainment	Pellam Pitchodu Producer: Rampalli Rama Bhadra Sastry
Best Male Playback Singer	SPB Pellam Pitchodu-Rupaayeve Viswarupambu
Best Female Playback Singer	Nitya Santoshini Moguds Pellams-Ninne Daachanu
Best Art Director	Vivek - NVNV
Best Audiographer	Madhusudhan Reddy Jai Chiranjeeva
Best Fight Master	Ram-Lakshman - Andhrudu
Best Choreographer	Srinivas Radha Gopalam-Nee Vaalu Jada
Best Costume Designer	Basha - Subhas Chandra Bose
Best Make-up	RV Raghava -Subhas Chandra Bose
Best Special Effects	Prasad EFX - Athadu
Best Male Dubbing Artist	Jaya Prabhakar - Vuri
Best Female Dubbing Artist	Suneetha - Pothe Poni
First Best Children's Film	Asala Pallaki Producer: V. Sagar Director: Perala
Second Best Children's Film	Chinuku Producer: Akku Laxman Rao Director: Nirdesh Ners
First Best Documentary Film	Chance Producer: P. Suneel Kumar Reddy Director: P. Suneel Kumar Reddy
Second Best Documentary Film	Kamadhenu Producer: N. Gopala Krishna Director: N. Gopala Krishna
Best Director Of Children's Film	Akkineni Kutumba Rao Gulabeelu
Best Child Actor	Master Pachcha Sunny Asala Pallaki
Best Child Actress	Baby Varshini-Baby Trisha Gulabeelu
Best Film Critic On Telugu Cinema	Mohan Goteti
First Best Educational Film	Blue Producer: T. Sultan Director: Sai Mohan
Best Book On Telugu Cinema	Cinema Rachana Konni Moulika Amsaalu Kasi Viswanath
Special Jury Award	Vadde Naveen - Naa Oopiri
Special Jury Award	Priyadarshini Ram - Manodu
Special Jury Award	Sneha - Radha Gopalam

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'Julayi' - an action-oriented triangular love story

Directed by Bhargavan and produced by Ch. Satyanarayana on the banner of Sri Raghava Productions with Ankitha, Santosh, Sundar and Tejasri in the lead, the film was titled Julayi. Director Bhargavan says, 'This triangular love story has a forest backdrop. We recently shot a part of the film in forests and returned now. This forest episode would be a highlight in the film.'

Producer Satyanarayana says, 'We are planning to bring out the film in the third week of November.' Nazar, Jayaprakash Reddy, Jeeva and Suman Shetty are in the lead cast.

Source : Galatta

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Abu Salem to feature in the film!!

Portugal has given the green signal to shoot a film on Abu Salem, who has been extradited to India, in their country. Tarla Sarogi, wife of Salem's lawyer, is making the film 'Jazba' that will trace Abu Salem's journey from his home town in Uttar Paradesh's Azamgarh to his rise as one of India's most wanted criminals.

Abu Salem and his friend Monica Bedi were extradited from Portugal last year. Tarla had earlier sought permission to shoot in Dubai, where Abu Salem once allegedly operated. But the authorities had turned down her request.

'We have got permission to shoot in Portugal but not in Dubai,' Tarla's husband Ashok Sarogi told reporters here Saturday.

He added: 'A lot of progress has been made on the project. We have finalised the cast and the script. Abu (Salem) will also feature in the film. But it is too premature to divulge the names of the actors who will feature in the film.

'An appeal will be made to the special Terrorist And Disruptive (Preventive) Acts court so that Abu is released from jail for shooting certain crucial scenes that will feature him.'

Abu Salem is facing charges in eight cases of murder and is an accused in the March 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai. Apart from his venturing into films, Abu Salem is also set to contest elections as an independent candidate from the Sarai Mir constituency in Azamgarh district next year.

Source : IANS

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Supreme Court comes to Sridevi's rescue!

A few years ago, a very troubled man filed a case against Sridevi in Madras High Court seeking restitution of conjugal rights claiming that she was married to him!!! The case was first filed at a family court in Chennai. Madras High Court dismissed the case but Vicharapu Ramkrishna Gowd, the man who claimed to be the husband of the actress Sridevi, wasn't ready to give up.

He decided to move the Supreme Court. The highest court of India refused to entertain the petition seeking quashing of the High Court order. Gowd had produced fake papers and ration cards with Sridevi's name listed as his wife! A very irritated Sridevi had no choice but to attend the court.

Sridevi is not the first celebrity whom Vicharapu Ramkrishna Gowd claimed that he'd got married to. A few years before that episode, he had made such ridiculous claims against Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He managed to produce fake ration cards in her case too!

What an annoyance!

Source : Cinesouth

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Sudha Murthy to act in the film!

Ms. Sudha Murthy, CEO of the Infosys foundation and one of the major share holders of the Infosys is now acting in popular Tele serial Preethi Illadha Mele which is directed by Vinu Ballanja. Ms.Sudha Murthy is playing the role of a Judge in this serial. Incidentally, Ms.Sudha Murthy who was one of the admirers of this serial is also playing one of the important roles in the film, sources say.

Ravi Belagere, noted journalist and famous television personality is playing another important role in the film as an advocate.

Now, Sudha Murthy joins the select band of celebrities who have acted in films and teleserials. Already, former minister Ms. Rani Sathish and well known politician Ms. Prafulla Madhukar have acted in teleserial Muktha directed by T.N.Seetharam.

Source : Oneindia

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Trisha to star opposite Venkatesh

Actor Venkatesh who has always been known for his clean family entertainers, is now busy shooting for another one of them in Hyderabad. This time paired opposite him is Trisha. Interestingly, Jyothika was penciled for this role earlier but she opted out of the film after her marriage to Suriya.

It is a role which is completely different from Trisha's role in Stalin opposite Chiranjeevi.

Trisha, the number one actress in both Telugu and Tamil cinema, today is playing the lead in Aadavari Matalaku Ardhaley Veruley. A role that she hopes will mark her coming of age.

"The title itself shows that it is a female-oriented film. It is very different for me. It is not the usual bubbly character I play. It is a sober character, little more matured character," said Trisha.

"It is about this girl and her circumstances that force her to do a few things. Everyone will relate to her at some point," he added.

Paired opposite Trisha is actor Venkatesh who says the many emotional scenes in the film have taken their toll on his eyes.

The movie will be released in February next year, which like many of Venkatesh's films will target the female audience. Venkatesh is hugely popular among Andhra women because he does mostly clean family entertainers.

"The title itself has created a lot of curiosity. A lot of people have loved the title and it is also from a very famous song. It might have a flavour of my earlier films but my character is very fresh,'' said Venkatesh.

The movie will be much looked forward to because it comes after Venkatesh has completed 20 years in films. Expectations will be high also because just like Trisha's Stalin is still running strong at the box office. Venkatesh's last movie, Lakshmi was also a super hit.

Source : ndtv

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Akash to come up as 'Indrasena'

'Indrasena' directed by P Perimush and produced by G Ajay, K. Prabhakar, E Joshi and G Suresh on the banner of Star Productions with Akash and Manisha in the lead is completing its dubbing work. Producers say, 'The film was earlier made in Tamil as 'Sevvel' with Akash as hero and Rajkiran of 'Pandem Kodi' fame in the lead and proved a big hit there.

This film is made with a commercial formula with several elements including action, sentiment and comedy.

All the songs in the film were shot abroad. There are six songs and five fights and all the fights choreographed by Super Subbarayan would enthrall the mass audiences. Senthil's comedy would make the audiences to burst into laughter.

Source : Indiaglitz

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Keerthi Chawla paired up with Ali?

If sources are to be believed, Ali is coming back in a lead role for a film that might go to sets shortly. A banner that recently made film with Jagapati Babu might produce the film. Interesting things about this project is Keerthi Chawla plays heroine.

This film will be directed by Jaya who earlier directed Chantigadu and Premikulu. Chantigadu did decent business at the boxoffice. Premikulu did not taste the same. Official confirmation is awaited.

Source : TTollywood

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BIG 92.7 FM - The new Nizam of Hyderabad!

BIG 92.7 FM has emerged as the leading FM Station in Hyderabad according to a recent survey conducted by Indica Research Consumer Insights Pvt. Ltd. As the leader in the FM segment, BIG 92.7 FM, which launched just a month ago, has received an overwhelming response from the citizens of Hyderabad. Major appreciation has been shown towards the Hyderabadi RJs especially RJ Jhansi who has been voted as the most popular Radio Jockey in the city. Not only that, the Stations total listener ship mark is 87%, which just proves its prowess and it aim to top the city's ratings in every parameter.

Anand Chakravarthy, Head, Marketing, BIG 92.7 FM stated, "The objectives behind the study were to capture brand awareness, listener ship, preference of brand, awareness of the radio Jockeys and their association with the frequency. This study was intended to offer us a quick indication of the Stations stance within two weeks after its launch in Hyderabad and the findings have not only encouraged us to offer a better product in Hyderabad but possibly duplicate some of the successes in our other cities."

BIG 92.7 FMs proud Station Head, Ashwin Padmanabhan said excitedly, "It is heartening to see that just after four weeks of our launch, we have become number 1 in all the focus areas such as content, music, relevance and radio jockeying which have been our goals right from the start. BIG 92.7 FM is amongst the top two preferred Radio Stations in Hyderabad today as two out of every five listeners have voted BIG 92.7 FM to be their most preferred Radio Station. We will continue to do our best towards entertaining the city while keeping them abreast of the latest happenings. We would like to of course thank our listeners and hope for their continual support in the years to come. We appreciate their feedback."

Source : Glamsham

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Strike against ban on dubbing films

Council, dubbing artists and producers went on a hunger strike and peaceful demonstration near the Council’s office on 9th November. Ravishankar (brother of Saikumar), Ayyappa P. Sharma, Vennelakanti Ramakrishna, Ramanamurthy, Bellamkonda Suresh, Narra, Mallikharjuna Rao, Ghantasala Venkata Ratnam, N.V. Prasad, Raghu Kunche and few other participated in this strike.

Keeping in view the 200 odd low budget movies that are yet to see the light of day due to lack of buyers, the Producers Council decided to ban import of dubbed movies as producers are vying more for the dubbed movies than encouraging local low budget movies.

In response to such statements made by the Council, artist Ravi Shankar, brother of dubbing King Sai Kumar, said “it is unfair to ban dubbed movies which provide livelihood to hundreds of families. The ban won’t hurt the other film industries instead Telugu artists will lose their jobs. I request the Council members to think about all the people who will be jobless because of this ban”

Producer B.Subrahmanyam of Lakshmi Ganapathi Films said that instead of imposing a ban on dubbed movies the Council should impose ban on artists imported from other states.

Source : Ragalahari

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Kalyan Ram's next film to roll from 15th of Dec

Directed by Teja, 'Lakshmi Kalyanam', with Kalyan Ram of 'Atanokkade and Asadhyudu'- fame, being produced by K Mahendra on the banner of Gita Art Pictures with Kajal and Suhasini of 'Chantigadu'-fame in the female lead is progressing well with rural backdrop.

This beautiful love story is all set for release in December. Meanwhile, Kalyan Ram is getting ready for another film immediately after this venture.

Katragadda Lokesh, who had produced 'Chinnodu' recently, would produce this film, while Swarna Subba Rao of Vijayendra Varma fame is going to wield the megaphone for this film.

The film is most likely to be launched formally on December 15.

Source : Indiaglitz

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NTR and Aswini Dutt combo again

Expectations and hype is surely going to be great when a successful combination comes together again. So, the grapevine is abuzz with the news that NTR Junior is once again going to act in a film to be produced by Aswini Dutt. The duo had earlier worked together in ‘Student No. 1’, which was a big commercial hit.

Producer C Aswini Dutt’s track record in the film industry is incredible. He had worked with several top stars including the late NT Ramarao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Balakrishna, Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Junior NTR, Allu Arjun, Kalyan Ram, Sumanth and Taraka Ratna.

He is currently busy wrapping up ‘Sainikudu’ starring Mahesh Babu and Trisha. After the completion of this film, he will get into another film in January with Mega Star Chiranjeevi’s son Ramcharan Teja as the hero.

His film with NTR Junior would start only after the completion of this film.

Source : MIO

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MS Raju and Prabhas team up for 3rd time

'Varsham' is the film that brought immense star image to Prabhas. The combination of Prabhas and MS Raju received many encomiums at that time. But the subsequent film in their combination was 'Pournami' that failed miserably at box office. Now, M S Raju is planning to make a hit with Prabhas and pipelined for their third tryst.

Veera Shankar of 'Gudumba Shankar' fame is going to direct this film. The story narrated by Shankar impressed MS Raju and hence the film may come on to floors after Prabhas becomes free from Munna and Yogi.

We have to wait and see if this third tryst brings luck for MS and Prabhas.

Source : Greatandhra

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'Naaku Kavalasindi Nee Daggara Vundi' completes shooting

The shooting of 'Naaku Kavalasindi Nee Daggara Vundi' directed by Vellanki Durga Prasad and produced by Velaga Suresh Chaudary on the banner of Sri Surya Powerful Movies was completed. Director Durga Prasad says, 'Titles will be attractive for some films and there is a good response to the title of our film. We gave a tagline Preminche Hridayam to our film to suit the storyline. It is a different film from the routine love subjects.

Presently, post-production work is in progress. A special song canned on Duvvasi Mohan and Swapna which would be a highlight of the film. The film has a good love story and attractive comedy to grab the attention of the youth. We are planning to release the film in December.'

Producer Suresh Choudary says, 'All the six songs in the film were penned by Vellanki Vijayalakshmi and debutant music director Samsri Kakarla tuned them.'

Source : Galatta

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Multi-lingual, socio-mythological film - 'Jai Jagannath'

For the first time in the history of Indian cinema, a feature film has been made simultaneously in 15 Indian languages. Jai Jagannath - a socio-mythological film on Lord Jagannath is ready for worldwide release in January next year.

The makers of this film, in an effort to take message to as many people as possible, have invested crores in this crore project that was conceived almost two decades ago. However, due to certain unavoidable circumstances, the shooting could start only two years ago.

"The film was made in 15 languages because the regional language will have a greater emotional appeal and the audience will understand the subject better," says the director of the movie, Sabyasachi Mahapatra,.

The film was made in Oriya and Hindi and was later dubbed in 13 Indian languages including Nepali and English. The film is based on the religious text Laxmi Purana and explores social issues like untouchability and women's empowerment.

The actors essaying the lead roles say that they were overwhelmed by the experience of shooting for the film. "I did not play the role. I believe Lord Jagannnath made me do what he wanted to," says the actor who plays Lord Jagannath, Sritam Das.

Never before has an Oriya film been made on such a big scale as Jai Jagannath. It is believed that this film will go a long way in giving a boost to an ailing Oriya film industry.

"The film is made in such a big scale. For us it was like a dream come true," says the actor who plays Goddess Laxmi, Rupa Mishra.

The film will have a worldwide release in 20 countries on the January 14, 2007.

Source : Ibn

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Raja celebrates his birthday

Raja of 'Anand' fame is celebrating his birthday today (November 9th). He is not in the city for this birthday. He will spend the entire day in Warangal. Fans are making big time arrangements in Warangal. Entire day is filled with social activities. About 3000 will donate blood. Also Annadanam and vastradanam will be performed.

Raja who was oh-so-visible in 'Anand' promise to steer spotlight on him again with 'Maya Bazzar'. He says 'Mayabazar' is a dream come true role for him and it will be a milestone in his career. His future venture is Jitendar's film, which is all set for shoot and there are 2 or 3 more which are on the verge of finalization.

He is happy donning the role of the state's official ambassador of the International Film Festival Of India (IFFI) in Goa, starting November last week.

He is surely happy with the number of birthday greetings he is getting though.

Source : Greatandhra

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Trilingual film on 'BANK' robbery

Arun Film Entertainments with their maiden film venture are promising a thriller. The film is titled 'Bank' and is being made in three languages viz. Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. The film was launched today at Sarathi Studios, Hyderabad with a 20 days marathon shooting schedule.

B.Arun Kumar is the director. He also wrote the story. B.Satyanarayana and Amrutha are producing the film. Jackie Shroff, Rahul Dev,Abbas and Raghuvaran are in the lead. Vetha Shastry is making debut as heroine.

B.Arun Kumar says, 'Though focussed on Bank Robbery, my film is entirely different from any such line of films viz. Kaante, Aankhen, James Bond and oceans Eleven. It will be the most violent film of 2007. It will be about three ruthless armed robbers with a mission to rob 500 crores from a bank. The plan is to complete the film by December and hoping a feb/mar release next year'.

Jahaan Khan will pen dialogs for Hindi, Rajkumar for Tamil and Shivgopal krishna for Telugu. Surendra Reddy will handle camera and Ram Laxman will compose action sequences. Chinni Charan will compose music.

Source : TTollywood

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Big B wants son to marry a 'good girl'

Amidst reports linking Abhishek Bachchan with Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan says he wants Abhishek to settle with a "good girl" of his son’s choice. Asked about the prospect of Abhishek marrying Aishwarya, the superstar says, "I have also heard about it. You should ask the people who spread the rumour."

Bachchan says all that matters to him is that "it should be a good girl and it should be of his (Abhishek's) choice."

On his experience of working with his son in films like Sarkar, Bunty Aur Babli and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Bachchan says it was quite good.

"He is quite competent. At home we are father and son but when we are before the camera, we are two actors. On the sets I have never seen him as my son but as a friend," says Bachchan.

Source : Ibn

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Asin, back to Malluwood!

Asin, a beautiful and talented actress, who hails from Kerala started her acting career through Malayalam films, but once she got offers from Tamil and Telugu, she was conspicuously absent from Malayalam films. In Telugu, she has acted with Venkatesh, Balakrishna and Nagarjuna. In Tamil, she has acted with popular heroes like Vikram, Ajith, Vijay.

Now Asin returns to Malluwood for Karthika Thirunal Karthikeyan in which she is pairing opposite Mohanlal. The director of this move is debutant D. Suresh.

Source : Galatta

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Aishwarya in 'Vipranarayana'?

KC Sekhar Babu is planning to make Vipranarayana. Other than JK Bharavi doing the script for the film, there isn't much information revealed. Reliable sources said that Aiswarya Rai was approached to play the role of Vipranarayana's wife in the film. It is also learnt that the actress showed interest in this project.

Also, the buzz is that if Nagarjuna would do this role. That possibility cannot be ruled out. There is no word from official sources on this project yet .

There is already a classic done with the story of Vipranarayana. ANR and Bhanumathi played lead in the film. Bhanumati produced the film for Bharani studios banner then. Songs and the film still stand as classic in Telugu films.

Source : TTollywood

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'Lakshmi' goes to Malayalam

Nayantara is a Malayali. It was the Malayalam film industry that made her a star first. It had been more than two years now since she had acted in a Malayalam film but her films still continue to run all over the state- only this time, she speaks in languages other than Malayalam.

Her first direct film in Telugu was 'Lakshmi', with Venkatesh in the lead. The film had turned out to be a dream-come-true for Venkatesh, who himself was looking for a big hit.

The story of a real-estate builder and scheming ex-employees who try to bring his downfall, is now going to be dubbed and released in Malayalam.

Media in Malayalam claim that the film's biggest draw is Nayantara's glamour and the lavishly shot song sequences.

Source : Cinesouth

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'Brahma' in post-production works

Post-production works are going at a fast pace at L J Studios for 'Brahma' directed by debutant director Cherukuri Sambasiva Rao and produced by Paidala Srinivas on the banner of Bittu Productions with Kirantej, Madhu Sharma and Vandana in the lead.

The audio of the film was released into the market recently and is getting good response.

It is the story of a boy who reaches Hyderabad to become a film director. After getting cheated by some people in the city, he leaves for Mumbai and gets caught in the cobweb of Mumbai Mafia. How he saved the people of India and became a roll model is the theme behind the story of the film.

The producers are planning to release the film in December.

Source : Indiaglitz

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Sreekar Babu's 'Veedu Vaadu Inkodu'

Sreekar Babu, son of noted dialogue writer Diwakar Babu, had earlier acted in films like Dost, Gopalam and Veeri Veeri Gummadipandu. Now he is making his debut as a director with a film titled Veedu Vaadu Inkodu. Starring MS Vikram (son of noted comedian MS Narayana), Anilkumar (Tamilnadu Ranji Player and son of producer Venkat) and Sreekar Babu himself in title roles. The film features new face Sonia (from Bangalore) as the female lead.

Also, Kota Prasad (son of star villain Kota Srinivasa Rao) makes his debut as a villain with the film, while Paruchuri Gopalakrishna makes a comeback as an actor after a hiatus of about five years.

The supporting cast includes Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Tanikella Bharani, Rallapalli and Gundu Hanumantha Rao.

Made under the banner of Sri Chandramouli Creations, Veedu Vaadu Inkodu is jointly produced by Rajkumar and Karlapalem Chandramouli with story-screenplay-dialogues-lyrics by 'Gangotri' Viswanath, music by Jillella Varaprasad, choreography by Viswa and cinematography by 'Yamesh' Chakri.

The music will be launched soon. Padmini Music has acquired the music rights of the film.

Source : Cinegoer

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Sai Kumar's Police Story sequel

The team which produced Sai Kumar’s big hit Police Story in 1996 is back to create another cop story after a gap of a decade. This film is titled as ‘Police Story 2’. Sai Kumar played the role of Agni in Police Story. This Police Story 2 is coming with the tagline ‘Agni is back’.

This film is being produced in Telugu and Kannada. Thriller Manju directs this film. Shooting of the film is going on at brisk pace and will be completed in the month of December.

Venkat (Hungama and Samanyudu fame) is producing this film on RR Moviemakers bannerInspired by the successful sequels in Bollywood our Telugu counterparts are following suite. Police Story 2, simultaneously made in Telugu and Kannada, is produced by R.R.Movie Makers and directed by Thriller Manju. The film is ready for release in the coming month.

Source : Ragalahari

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Hansika Motwani flooded with offers

Hansika seems all poised to be the next big thing in Tollywood. The national award winning child artiste turned heroine, made her debut in Bollywood in a movie titled, 'He' opposite Mithun Chakravarthy's son - Mimoh which is yet to release.

She is currently shooting for Desamuduru opposite Allu Arjun, directed by Puri Jagannadh. Bhagwan-Danayya are producing this movie on Universal Media banner, for which Hansika was signed for 25 lakhs.

The Bhagwan-Dhanayya next movie is in the combination of Raviteja and Srinu Vytla who made the runaway hit - Venky earlier. The producers reportedly paid her a bomb, making her the 2nd highest paid actress in the market today. Meanwhile, Srinu Vaitla’s current film, Dhee, is slated for November 3rd week release.

Also a few other big filmmakers have approached this new girl to be signed for their movie. Hansika also signed another movie opposite tamil actor Surya. Talking about heroine's remunerations, needless to say Ileana D'Cruz leads the pack, having signed M.S Raju's Aata for 65 lakhs.

Source : Nonstopcinema

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Abhishek, Urmila pair up for Mehabooba

In filmmaker Ramgopal Varma’s remake of the cult classic Sholay, the infamous Mehbooba song will not be forgotten. Actor Abhishek Bachchan has been roped in to perform the song along with actress Urmila Matondkar, while Amitabh Bachchan who plays the villain Gabbar Singh will be looking on and enjoying the performance like actor Amjad Khan in the original Sholay. The part of the on-screen crooner had originally been played by Jalal Aga.

In the past, the father-son duo of Abhishek and Amitabh has worked well, considering the popularity of songs like Kajra re from Bunty Aur Babli and Rock ‘n’ Roll from Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna.

The central point in Ramgopal Varma Ke Sholay seems to Gabbar Singh, with everything surrounding the character being planned meticulously.

The location for the Mehbooba song has been a huge speculation point, and sources report that Varma has already rejected Dubai and Australia as options.

He’s now busy finalising an exotic location and insiders say it could be Morocco.

Source : Ibn

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'Okka Magaadu' special effects in America

Nandamuri Balakrishna as Hero in 'Okka Magadu' on Bommarillu Banner and presented by Yalamanchili Geeta and made by Director cum Producer Y.V.S.Chowdhary. With a special getup of Balakrishna and Simran along with YVS Chowdhary and make up Chief Sharat Kumar are presently in America for the special make up Effects.

This was stated by the Director and Producer YVS Chowdary and adding to this, for the all important Physical Impression of the Hero and Heroine. The sketch for this getup was designed by master Publicity Artist Eshwar which has turned out to be wonderful. Total importance has been bestowed for the appearance of the lead pair for this flick 'Okka Magadu'.

The visit to America is for 15 day's to complete the special effects to the required measure and will certainly attract the viewers. Balakrishna along with Nisha Kothari and Anushka , the young heroines are acting in this film with Simran one of the Heroine. They attract the audience and excite the youth.

All high technicians in Telugu industry are working for this film. This film will release on April 28 th and hope this will prove to be a 2007 summer sensational hit. I have full confidence on this film.

Source : BPremiere

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Dasari’s cameo in 'Adivaram Adavallaku Selavu'

Union minister and film maker Dasari Narayana Rao will be seen in a cameo role in the movie Aadivaaram Aadavallaku Selavu, for which he also provided the story. Dasari participated in a four day shoot for this Magna Movie Makers production that is directed by Raja Vannemreddy and produced by Leela Vannemreddy.

Aadivaaram Aadavallaku Selavu talks about why Sundays should be holiday for wives who work equally hard, as their husbands, at home. The film stars 20 comedians from the Telugu film industry.

Source : Ragalahari

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Sri Raghava Productions completes its venture

Sri Raghava Productions latest venture is done except for the canning of a song remained balance for a film being produced by Ch Satyanarayana on the banner of Sri Raghava Productions with Sundar, Santosh and Ankitha in the lead.

Giving details producer Satyanarayana says, 'The film would run in city and forest backdrops. We shot some scenes in Hyderabad and some in Talakona forest area. It is an action-oriented love story. But for the canning of a song, the entire shooting of the film was complete in different schedules in June, July, August and September months. Presently post-production works are in progress. Srikanth Deva is providing music for this film.' Director Bhargavan says, 'This is a triangular love story. There are five songs in this film.'

Sunil, Tejaswi, Nandita, Nazar, Jayaprakash Reddy, Suman Shetty, Telangana Shakuntala, Jeeva, Malladi Raghava, Kochi Haneefa, Dalapati Dinesh, Mahanadi Shankar, Manivannan, Kuyili, Ananth, Nizhalgal Ravi and others are in the cast. Lyrics are by Tumbali Sivaji and Vennelakanti, camera is by Visakhan, story, dialogues, screenplay and direction are by Bhargavan.

Source : Oneindia

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Vamsi's thriller 'Anumanaspadam' confirmed

Under E.A.P.T banner, Aryan Rajesh, Hamsa Nandini in lead roles Vamsee is directing a movie "Anumanaspadam". This title is announced by the unit at Aluminium factory in the outskirts of Hyd where the unit is doing patch work. This film was referred by the media as Aa 7 Rojulu.

Tota Satish, an NRI software engineer native of Suryapet, Nalgonda District is making the movie together with Jai Arnala. He told newsmen that"Anumanaspadam" is a thriller and 90% of its shooting will be done in forest area. The shooting part completes by the end of November and it goes for screening in January 2007 after the completion of postproduction work in December.

Producer is quite confident that this came out excellent and will even surpass Anveshana. Only 10% of the production is balance. "We are lucky to work with the trio of masters, Director Vamsi maestro Ilayaraj and lyric writer Veturi, who teamed up for movie after 14 years.

Sources who heard the songs say that Ilayaraja and Vamsi are going to rock the music world.

Source : Teluguone

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Will 'Maharathi' recall 'Alluda Majaka'!?

'Maharathi' is hitting the screen with Balakrishna, Sneha, Meera Jasmine and Navaneeth Kour. The major attraction in the film is old beauty Jayaprada. Since the beginning of the film Jayaprada has been saying that her role in the film is a mixture of glamour and seriousness.

It was also told that there are a few interesting scenes between Balakrishna and Jayaprada. Listening to this, many have smelled that there would be something like between Chiranjeevi and Lakshmi in 'Alluda Majaka'.

But film circles and film lovers are discussing on this matter by opining that only EVV can make films with such an extent of vulgarity and others can't venture to do so. Above all Jayaprada is now an MP and hence she wouldn't venture to project herself vulgar even through the script demands.

Whatever be the discussions, the reality can be known only after watching the film.

Source : Greatandhra

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Rajnikanth to enter politics??

Though Rajni is busy with the demanding shoots of Sivaji, he seems not to have lost in touch with his spiritual and astrological side. While in Pune for the shoots, close allies recommended him to call on the noted astrologer who is based in Kancheepuram and is a personal fortuneteller for famous political personalities such as Advani and Devegowda.

Impressed by his credentials, Rajni decided to pick the astrologer’s brains about his future and the childbirth in his family. Soon after, the astrologer was flown from Kancheepuram to Pune and after studying Rajni’s star positions has uttered some valuable information regarding the future of the superstar.

He has reportedly stated that the childbirth has happened in an auspicious time and Rajni will benefit a lot from his grandson’s birth. He has also informed that Rajni will enter into the political arena soon after the release of his new movie and will be successful this time.

Pleased with the positive fortune telling, Rajni has apparently rewarded the astrologer suitably and is in constant touch with him thereafter.

Source : Andhravilas

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Dil Raju - Bhaskar combo again?

'Bommarillu', the debut venture of Bhaskar with Siddharth and Genelia in the lead produced by Dil Raju on the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations with a delicate storyline on the relationship between a father and a son, became a tremendous hit and completed 100 days in 51 centres.

The film is also getting ready to celebrate the 100-days function in Australia and Dubai.

Again, one more film is going to come up in the combination of producer Dil Raju and director Bhaskar and the story discussions are in progress.

A popular hero will play hero in this film. However, the film would go to sets after the completion of 'Munna', being produced by Dil Raju.

Source : Indiaglitz

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Edida Gopal Rao as Gandhi?

It’s now clear that Chiranjeevi will be doing the remake of Hindi superhit Lage Raho Munnabhai. Chiru who till recently had second thoughts about the film is now keen doing it. Hence the makers are now finalizing the main support cast to Chiranjeevi. In Lage Raho Munnabhai, Mahatma Gandhi’s character is crucial. Dilip Prabhavalkar played the role of father of nation.

For Telugu version, Chiranjeevi is considering to rope in well-known stage actor Edida Gopal Rao. Edida has enacted Gandhi’s role in several of plays in Andhra. Hence his name is seriously being considered.

Source : Andhrabuzz

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Kamal Hasan turns 52

Highly-acclaimed actor Kamala Hasan celebrates his 52nd birthday on Tuesday. In a career spanning four decades, he is known in the film industry for his versatility - he has capably played a diversity of characters in his films. He has appeared in movies made in six languages: Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Bengali.

A trained playback singer, he has penned lyrics for the soundtracks of some of his recent films. Hasan has also performed Bharatanatyam and had assisted in choreography in films early in his career.

Hasan made his screen debut in a Tamil film, Kalathur Kannamma, at the age of six, which won him the first National Award for Best Child Artist. Subsequently, he starred as a child actor in movies that featured legends like MGR, Sivaji Ganesan and Gemini Ganesh.

It was with 16 Vayathinile, in which he acted with actress Sridevi, that established him as a popular teen idol at the age of 23. Together, they featured in 23 films as a popular acting pair. The following year, he got his break with K Balachander's Telugu hit Maro Charithra.

Hasan dabbled with directing for the first time when director T N Baalu passed away during the filming of Sankarlal in 1981.

Hasan reached the peak of his career in 1979 with multiple classics which coincided with the decline of MGR/Sivaji era in movies.

He tried his hand at directing for the second time with the Hindi film Chachi 420 in 1997. Apart from acting, Hasan has also attempted scripting, screenplay and special effects.

Hasan is a three-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Actor for the films Nayagan, Moondram Pirai, and Indian. He also won the National Award for Best Child Actor for his performance in Kalathoor Kannamma.

He has also received the best actor award at the Asian Film festivals held in 1983 and 1985 for Saagara Sangamam and Swathi Muthyam respectively.

Six of his movies have been sent as India's official entry to the Oscars. Hasan has won the Filmfare awards 18 times. He was awarded the fourth highest recognition given to Indian civilians - the Padmashri in 1990.

He was conferred an honorary doctorate by Sathyabama Deemed University, Chennai in 2005.

Source : Ibn

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EVV to bring out 'Attili Sattibabu LKG'

Director EVV Satyanarayana, who produced and directed a super-hit entertainer 'Kitakitalu' is now planning another film 'Attili Sattibabu LKG' with his son 'Allari' Naresh in the lead. The shooting would begin from January 1.

The film will have almost all the comedians in the Telugu film industry. The film will also have two heroines and search is on for the heroines. The film would be shot in Ramoji Film city and Rajahmundry. It would be released as a summer gift in 2007.

Source : Bollywood premiere

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Rakshita may quit films!!

Rakshita's reluctance to work in any new movies has been the talking point in the industry. She made the news for all wrong reasons recently by refusing to shoot the song sequences of the film Thaayiya Madilu in Amsterdam and only relented only after many senior artists counseled her to do so.

Another case in the point which may reveal her intention to quit films is her dilly dallying with well known film and television director T.N.Seetharam.

T.N.Seetharam who has won state award for his film Mathadhaana wanted Rakshitha to play the lead in his new suspense film and had two rounds of talks with the actress, now comes the news that the actress is not interested to work in this project. Though Rakshitha is telling around that she could not adjust the dates for Seetharam's project, it is her reluctance to accept new films which had made her to reject such a good offer, sources say.

Prem, RakshithaWhy is she not opting for new films? Sources say that Rakshitha is afraid that her fiancee Prem, the director of hit films like "Kariya' and "Jogi' may not like it. And the couple have not yet finalized their marriage date even as Prem's launch as a hero in the film Preethi Eke Bhoomi Melidhe is getting delayed.

Now the news is that shooting of Preethi Eke Bhoomi Melidhe will start in Egypt from November 14 or 15. The entire unit is now leaving to abroad on November 12. Two heroines have already been selected and Prem wants to announce their names on November 11 in a press conference.

Now, Rakshitha is working in two films "Rajeeva' directed by Ravi Srivatsa which has already completed its shooting and "Thaayiya Madilu' directed by S. Narayan for which songs are still to be picturised. Despite many inquiries by some producers, Rakshitha has been unapproachable and her mother Mamatha Rao is also reported to be giving confusing answers. It is better for Rakshitha to clarify her position about signing any new films.

Source : Oneindia

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'Vallabha' releases on Nov 10th

Tamil sensation simbu directed and played lead role in a movie was big bang in Kollywood and got first place in SUN T.V. ratings. Now Bellamkonda suresh is going to release the movie in Telugu under Essar Entertainments banner as “Vallabha”.

Speaking to press on Nov 5, at his office in film nagar, suresh said, simbu’s previous movie “Manmadha” was also a big hit in Tamil and Telugu. This is a teen story of plus two students. We believe that “Vallabha” will get good response. Aaditya music releases audio, Yuvan Shankar Raja scored wonderful tunes. Movie is mixing stage. We release the movie on Nov 10. We are taking all the necessary steps to make audience feel it as a straight movie. Nijam “Siri” prasad presents the movie.

Source : Teluguone

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Is Siddharth's marriage in trouble?

There’s buzz that South Indian film actor Siddharth has split from his wife Meghna. According to the grapevine, the Bommarillu actor, who is based in Chennai, and his wife have decided to call it quits after a troubled marriage. They are seeking a divorce. Siddharth has been married for about four years. Apparently, Meghna was his childhood sweetheart.

When attempted to contact the actor, he remained unavailable and refused to answer the phone or reply to SMSes. The 27-year-old Siddharth is said to be very media shy and is quite reclusive.

Source : Greatandhra

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Dasarath, Nagarjuna to team up again?

As per reliable sources, director Dasarath is preparing an excellent story for hero Nagarjuna. Earlier Dasarath delivered a blockbuster hit Santosham with Nagarjuna. That film stood as a milestone in both Nag and Dasarath's career.

Unfortunately, that is the only successful one for Dasarath. He directed couple of films after that that did not do great at the box office.

As we hear, Dasarath's story line already got a green signal from hero Nagarjuna. Dasarath is now in the process of honing the script. At present Nagarjuna is preparing for Lawrence's DON for producer MLK Chowdary. Film might be officially launched on 30th of November. Dasarath's story is in regular story discussions.

Source : TTollywood

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Nayantara's costly medical treatments

It is now becoming a habit with Nayantara to undergo treatments to improve her already gorgeous looks. During the making of 'Boss', she underwent drastic liposuction surgeries and was so exhausted that she fainted on the sets. But that isn't stopping her from undergoing another medical treatment. This one is to improve her skin texture.

Before 'Stalin' began, there were rumors that Trisha had gone to Singapore to undergo a special but very, very expensive treatment to make her skin look baby-soft and lustrous. Each sitting costs about Rs 1 Lakhs. And, normally, you'll have to undergo four such sittings over the period of a month.

Nayantara too has decided to undergo the same treatment in Singapore. The results will be visible before the end of this year.

Source : Cinesouth

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Chiranjeevi appeals to fans

Padma Bhushan Megastar Chiranjeevi urged his fans to stay back at home and not to try to come to Vizag to witness the awarding of honorary doctorate by the Andhra University. In a statement released to the press, Chiranjeevi says, 'I convey my heartfelt thanks to all those who greeted me after the announcement by the Andhra University about awarding the doctorate.

"I have received a number of phone calls, SMS messages, e-mails and other kinds of greetings from many of my well-wishers, friends and fans from within and outside the State. I thank you one and all. I came to know that some of my fans are getting ready to reach Vizag to meet me personally at the Andhra University on November 6. But that convocation would be held in a hall which could accommodate only few thousands of people and that too in presence of some special invitees."

"Immediately after the convocation, I will return to Hyderabad. Hence I may not be able to meet anyone personally which might disappoint you. I don't want such situation. Through this statement I would like to appeal all my fans to stay back at their respective places and watch it through television channels in their news coverage. Hope all my fans would understand my feelings".

Source : Oneindia

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Tamil films' script is hero saga

Right from the era of MGR and Shivaji Ganeshan, Tamil cinema has often been accused of tailoring films to suit the hero's image. Every dialogue is scripted and every song is composed to project, not just a hero but also a leader of the masses.

"The success of MGR as a film star, as a politician and today as an iconic figure is not by fluke, and not because he has a cut on his chin. He worked for it in every film of his. He worked for the exact results he wanted and got them,” says scriptwriter, Randor Guy.

The MGR-Sivaji era faded away and gave birth to the Rajnikanth and Kamala Hassan era. However, films remained centered around the big stars and experiments were rare.
The titles, the punch dialogues even the songs are mostly tuned to galvanise the star images, turning the actor into a revolutionary and larger than life hero.

There were few actors including Kamala Hassan, who experimented with roles in films. However, those films only had a fifty-fifty chance at the box office.

"I think every hero wants a script that backs him. A script that is tailor-made for him. When we write, we tend to write for the hero,” says director, Gautam Memon.
However, with young entries wanting to experiment, to establish themselves in the industry, Tamil cinema seems to be hitting a new era.

Competition has become tough and even bigger stars including Vikram and Surya are willing to shed the conventional hero image.

"What we're looking for is performance-oriented roles where we can prove ourselves as actors first. After that you get into mass films and try to give a message," says actor, Arya.

What's perhaps even more heartening is the fact that several experimental films are getting a good deal at the box office.

A reminder perhaps that both Tamil cinema and the audience may be changing slowly.

Source : Ibn

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'Swararchana' devotional audio album launched

A devotional audio album rendered by upcoming singers Koundinya and Sai Sankeerthi under the music direction of popular music director Veenapani was released amidst several popular film personalities at Ravinarayana Kalyanamandapam in Hyderabad on November 4.

Devotional songs on Ganapati, Sri Venkateswara Swamy, Saibaba, Ashtalakshmi, Subrahmanya Swamy, Natarajaswamy, Shiva and Anjaneya Swamy were rendered in the name of 'Swararchana'.

Kala Tapaswi K Viswanath attended the programme as chief guest, while popular music directors SV Krishna Reddy, Mani Sharma, Raj, Koti, Vandemataram Srinivas, RP Patnaik, Ghantadi Krishna, Tanikella Bharani, Kota Shankara Rao, LB Sriram, Achireddy and Devisri Prasad attended the programme as distinguished guests. Popular comedian AVS compered the programme. Each song in the album was released by one guest.

SV Krishna Reddy says, 'I gave these singers a chance to sing in my recent flick 'Mayajalam'. The producers, directors and music directors should listen to all these songs and give them more chances for their bright future.'

Devisri Prasad says, 'Wherever there is talent, definitely everyone would reach them.' The audio is being marketed through popular music company — Aditya Music.

Source : Indiaglitz

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Sneha changes the gears

Sneha is undoubtedly one of the most talented and successful heroines. She had acted with almost all the top heroes down South and has several hits to her credit. After tasting so much of success, time for changing the gears seems to have arrived at last. She has started concentrating on quality rather than quantity.

The challenging role she played in ‘Pudhupettai’ seems to have opened up the gates of fortunes. At the moment, she is doing a few interesting films that will bring out the actress in her. She is doing Telugu film titled ‘Maharathi’ with Balakrishna. It is a masala movie. Then she has another film titled ‘Manasu Palike Mounaragam’, which has interesting subtext.

The list of films doesn’t end here. She is going to act in Thangar Bachchan’s new film ‘Pallikoodam’. Thangar is known for poetic and sensitive ideas, and so, people are expecting a lot from the film.

Source : MIO

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Ravi Verma's 'U-Turn'

Ravi Verma is the man who directed the non-starter 'Sambhavami Yuge Yuge' earlier this year. The film featured an all new star cast and crew. Though the film didn't work wonders at the box-office, the young director's talent was noticed.

Now, he is back with another film, tentatively titled 'U-Turn'. It is learnt that he has decided to cast new faces again. Also, a new producer will make his debut with the film.

Source : Cinegoer

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'Rakhi' shooting at a brisk pace

The shooting of 'Rakhi' is going at a brisk pace under the direction of creative director Krishna Vamsi and produced by KL Narayana and S Gopal Reddy with Young Tiger NT Ramarao and Ileana in the lead. Generally Rakhi denotes the relationship between a brother and a sister.

Highlighting this relationship, the director is molding the story on how a brother felt bad after getting his sister married and how he maintained the relationship by resolving the problem.

It may be mentioned here that the late NT Ramarao had shot into fame by playing a hero in a similar story called 'Rakta Sambandham'. The same thing is being repeated by his grandson.

Devi Sri Prasad gave melodious tunes to all the songs and the audio of the film would be released in November. The producer is seriously making efforts to release the film in December after completing all the shooting and post-production formalities.

Source : Indiaglitz

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Talk : Flop directors wish to make films with Ravi Teja

All the directors who have been tasting flops are wishing to make movies with Ravi Teja. A sentiment runs in the industry stating that if any flop director makes a film with Ravi Teja that would land up as a hit. Even looking at the past, Ravi Teja rescued Puri Jagannadh when the latter was suffering from flops like 'Bachi'.

He also gave hit to Srinu Vaitla with 'Venky'. In fact that was the only hit in Srinu Vaitla's career after his debut hit 'Anandam'.

Now the directors like Krishna Vamsi, Karunakaran and Srinu Vytla who are suffering from flop movies are planning to do movies with Ravi Teja. Let's hope Ravi Teja, who is about to hit the screen with the film 'Khatarnak', brings good luck for all the directors.

Source : Greatandhra

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'Jajimalli' begins to roll

Sri Srinivasa Art movies banner is making a film Jajimalli with Baladitya(of 'Chantigadu' fame) and new face Dhamini in the lead. The film's shoot began in Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad yesterday. Nagababu attended the muhurat pooja.

Newcomers Vykunta Lavya is the director and Shanmukha Srinivas is the producer. PCC president K. Kesava Rao sounded the opening clap on the lead pair-Baladitya - Damini, while Nagababu switched on the camera. Ranga Reddy DCC president KM Pratap performed pooja.

Bheri Umamahesh, who earlier composed music for Gurthukostunnav, is scoring music for the film. Nine songs for the film have already been recorded. It will be shot in three schedules in Hyderabad, Araku and again in Hyderabad.

Source : andhravilas

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Sada to become Producer?

Thanks to a streak of bad luck, Sadha just wasn’t able to capitalize on the fabulous launch that she had in both Telugu and Tamil. Just when she almost vanished, Luck again helped her with ‘Aparichitudu’. Unfortunately, that didn’t do anything much to her career either.

Now, two big rumors are making the rounds about her.

There are reports that the actress might soon make her Bollywood debut with a romantic film. Sadha says that she is absolutely delighted with the offer and is eagerly looking forward to working in the film.

Then, there are also stories that she intends to produce a film, of course, with her in the female lead.

Her ‘special song’ appearance in a yet-to-be released Malayalam film is bound to get her a few more offers from Kerala (which still is reeling under acute shortage of heroines). But, for some reasons, the film’s release is getting delayed.

Source : Cinesouth

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