Vandematarm Sreenivas and RP Patnaik are the music directors who have shown their acting talents on silver screen with full length characters these days. Earlier music director Chakravarthy used to do that. Even now guest roles are being played by almost every music director.
Now, unconfirmed news says that Devi Sri Prasad is going to do a full length role in Trivikram – Pawan Kalyan Movie. He will be doing the role of Pawan`s friend as per the gossips.
In fact, Devi Sree Prasad proved himself as successful music director and singer and also dances at times in stage shows. If he also proves to be a good actor, then it would certainly be a great deal for him in film industry. Showing multifaceted talent is certainly a good thing to note.
Gossip: Devi Sree Prasad To Act With Pawan Kalyan
Chiranjeevi's kids follow father
A recent incident proved this categorically. Recently a girl called Nazia was admitted to Nims Hospital with brain cancer. She is from an underprivileged background and is quite poor. On learning about the incident, the youngest daughter of Dr Chiranjeevi, Srija, took the help of her cousins and handed over Rs 50,000 to the patient for treatment. Speaking on the occasion, Srija said, "I came to know through a TV channel about the patient and was moved at her plight as she is almost my age. Immediately I contacted my cousins and collected Rs 25,000 from them, I personally took Rs 25,000 from my father and handed over Rs 50,000 to her for medical expenses. I pray God to give her good health as soon as possible." Source: Indiaglitz
Like father, like children. Chiranjeevi had started a big movement in the name of blood donation and eye donation. Padma Bhushan Dr Chiranjeevi is travelling in a path and it is only natural that his children are following his footsteps.
Aarti became student again
Aarti Agarwal is said to have joined a college in Mumbai to continue further education. She is doing Organizational Business Management. The producers do not have the guts and gumption to even give her a small role in a film after her accident during 'Andala Ramudu'.
Ask her if that means the end of the road for her she refuses to budge. She says she will be back in action soon. What ever it is we wish her all the best in her future endeavours.
Siddharth's wife heading for divorce?
With each passing day, rumors of trouble in young heartthrob Siddharth's marriage are getting stronger. According to these gossips, the couple will soon head for divorce.
Soon after making his debut in films, Siddhart had got married to his long-time sweetheart Meghna. Differences of opinion and frequent quarrels began to creep into the marriage especially after he became a very popular hero in Telugu.
Meghna is a resident of New Delhi and she was keen on his career in Bollywood but he was more interested in strengthening his position in Tollywood.
We hope the couple resolves their differences.
Siddharth's new film is 'Atta' with Ileana in the lead.
Balakrishna as Bala, Krishna and Balayya
The shooting of 'Maharathi' directed by P Vasu and produced by Vakada Appa Rao under the banner Sri Lalitha Kalanjali Productions with Balakrishna, Sneha and Meera Jasmine in the lead was held at Nainital, Hyderabad, Vizag and their surrounding areas with the erection of massive sets.
The heavy budget film touts its story as the highlight. It is learnt that Balakrishna is playing in three different dimensions as Bala, Krishna and Balayya. After a long gap, Jayaprada is playing a special role in this Telugu film.
It is also learnt that to some extent, Meera Jasmine's character will resemble Jyothika's role in Chandramukhi. Sneha has excelled as a family girl. The audio which has already hit the market, is creating ripples.
Rakhi’s massive climax
100 women junior artist will be featuring in the climax shot of Krishna Vamsi’s Rahki, which tells the story of a brother who fights the judicial system to avenge his sister’s death. With NTR and Ileana in the lead roles the movie also stars Suhasini in the role of a police officer who is appointed to arrest NTR. The climax shot is presently being canned in Hyderabad. The hordes of women, featuring in the climax, will be protesting against NTR’s arrest and prosecution. The scene is expected to be one of the highlights of the movie.
'Vallabha' success meet
Youth and Female audiences are moved and are attracted by the latest film released 'Vallabha' said the producer Bellamkonda Suresh at the press meet organized on Wednesday for the success of the film.
The acting ability of Simbu and Rima Sen as also the glamour of Nayantara and narration of Sashank Vennalakanti have together brought the unprecedented success for this film 'Vallabha' in spite of being a dubbed film.
The lyrics with a historical touché by Chandrabose, Bhuvanachandra, Veturi and Vennalakanti have added power and likeliness for this cinema said the producer gladly.
With all the rumors regarding the posters, from various Mahila Snaghs the prime interest was to imply the message of less expenses which otherwise was argued and accepted as the film is made without any vulgor and indecent scenes.
The film 'Vallabha' produced by Crazy Combination with good dubbing has been praised by viewers and mainly by the female section who hailed and are attracted by this cinema.
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Cold war between Teja and RP Patnaik!!
It seems a cold war is brewing between Teja and RP Patnaik. It may be mentioned here that Teja and RP Patnaik worked together for many films and there was a gap between them for some time. RP Patnaik had developed some fascination towards direction and directed a short duration film sometime ago.
He had also played hero in 'Sreenu, Vasanthi and Lakshmi'. Then RP Patnaik declared that he would take up music direction for the films that come in his own direction and distanced himself from music for sometime. Later, he resumed the work unable to sit lazily.
Again they joined hands together for Teja's latest flick 'Lakshmi Kalyanam' with Nandamuri Kalyanram in the lead. At a time when the film is nearing completion, RP Patnaik left for the US and did not return from there to complete the re-recording and other post-production formalities.
According to sources close to Teja, a war of SMS messages was going on between Teja and RP Patnaik. Both of them, instead of speaking each other, sending SMS messages and entangled in a battle of words. Let us wait and see what would happen in the near future.
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Pawan Kalyan-Trivikram combo in December
Dialogue Writer turned Director Trivikram Srinivas would direct Pawan Kalyan for a film to be produced by Allu Aravind under the banner Gita Arts. The film is most likely to go to sets in the second week of December.
Presented under the late Allu Ramalingaiah's name, this prestigious film would be a youthful entertainer.
The young Tarang Devi Sri Prasad would provide tunes for this film, while experienced cinematographer Guhan is also working for this film. The film would be released in the summer of 2007.
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Compliment to Asin 'irritates' Nayantara
Until now, there was only cold-war of sorts between the leading actresses in Tamil. But soon it just might escalate into an open fight. Trouble began when some sections of the media began to tout Asin as the best dancer among heroines these days. This has angered other leading heroines, mainly Nayantara.
"Most of us don't know a thing about dancing when we make our debut in films. Asin had been learning dance for a very long time. But look at actresses like Trisha. She didn't learn dance before getting into films, but she dances so gracefully. It is not a question of how much time you had spent to learn dance. It is how well you perform on the screen.
"It is not right to say that Asin is the best dancer. She dances well. That's all. Tamil film industry gives lot of importance to the dancing skills of its heroines. If people like Trisha, Sneha and I are still in the field, it is because we dance well too. If that was not the case, we'd be sitting at home, doing nothing," she replied.
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Meera Jasmine to wed S J Suryah?
This year seems to be teeming with star marriages. Now, one more star couple have fallen into the net of love. S J Suryah's name was paired with his lead actresses like Nila and Bhumika, and the latest in the list is Meera Jasmine.
The two are acting together in tamil movie 'Thirumagan' and love seems to have blossomed! To prove that this more than mere gossip, the two are supposed to have got secretly engaged, according to reliable sources.
Meera has made it clear that Lokidas was a father figure to her and she distanced herself totally from him and then the Meera Jasmine and Surya romance came to light. It is to be noted that both belong to the Christian faith.
In tamil Movie'Vyabari' directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, Suryah has 3 heroines Tamana, Malavika and Namitha. There is no connection between this film and Meera Jasmine but she participated in the inaugural function and felicitated Suryah.
One could argue that he was her co-actor in another film, so she attended the function.
But Meera was in Kerala at that time and she flew down specially for the function, making their love quite evident.
They are to be married in the coming auspicious month of 'thai.'
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'Classmates' shooting launched
The successful Malayalam flick 'Classmates' is being remade as 'Classmates' again by Sravanthi Ravikishore on the banner of Sri Sravanthi Movies with K Vijayabhaskar wielding the megaphone, and Sumanth, Sharwanand, Sunil and Ravivarma as heroes, and Sada and Kamalini Mukherjee as heroines.
The shooting of the film was launched recently amidst several prominent film personalities in Ramanaidu Studios of Hyderabad. SV Krishna Reddy, D Sureshbabu, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, C Kalyan, Achireddy, EVV Satyanarayana, Arjunaraju, KC Sekhar Babu and others attended the programme.
Sumanth says, 'For the second time I am working with Sravanti Ravikishore and my first film in our combination is 'Gowri'. It will be quite comfortable to work in this banner. Moreover, I am very happy for working with Vijayabhaskar. I am sure that the film would come out well.'
Ravikishore says, 'This is the third film in my combination with Vijayabhaskar. Both the films we worked together earlier — 'Nuvve Kavali and Nuvvu Naaku Nachav' were big hits. This film would repeat the history of success. This subject would perfectly suit Sumanth's image and the script prepared by Abburi Ravi is quite good. We just took the main theme of the original film and made suitable changes to suit the Telugu nativity. We are sure that the film would be a definite hit.'
Vijayabhaskar says, 'This is my third film in Sravanthi banner. Sumanth, Sada and Kamalini Mukherji are doing very good roles in this film. The film would reach everyone's expectations.'
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Controversy on the release of 'GOPI'
Viswa Hindu Parishadh lodged a complaint with the film chamber today demanding to stop the screening of the film GOPI. GOPI is scheduled to release on 16th November. The complaint states that there are few scenes in the film that make fun of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi. Suresh and Rambha played these roles in the film.
Writer Janardhan Maharshi is making debut as director with this film. There is a comedy track that is introduced on Vishnu and Laxmi that is not liked by the Parishad. They claim that the scenes are derogatory and will not go good with Hindus. Seems that even Film Chamber recommended editing those scenes out from the prints.
The director said that there were no cuts whatsoever at this point. 'The film is releasing tomorrow without any cuts. Cuts will be done only after the release of the film and if the audience also feel the same way. This track is included only as per the demand of the story. There were so many comedy tracks and cartoons on our Gods before but no one cared then. Nevertheless, I dont feel that the scenes are derogatory or made fun of our Gods. My film is filled with 2 1/2 hrs of hillarious entertainment and I request folks to judge the film only after watching it ', says Janardhan Maharshi.
Allari Naresh, Jagapati Babu and Arti Chabria played lead in the film.
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Mahesh Babu to act with Chiranjeevi??
The new film 'Shankaradad Zindabad' is going to be a multi-starrer. As Chiranjeevi said, multi-starrer would certainly go expensive beyond the pocket limits of Telugu producers. But that is going to happen tentatively. Inside sources said that Ravi Teja is playing the role of ATM in the film 'Shankarada Zindabad', the remake of 'Lage Raho Munnabhai'.
On the other hand, fresh gossip is saying that the character played by Jimmy Shergill in the original is going to be played by Shivaji in remake version. The character of a guy that wishes to commit suicide after putting his entire father's money in loss ventures touches the hearts of audiences. Shivaji is considered to be the right one for the role. Well, it has the tempo of the character played by Rohit in 'Shankardada MBBS'.
Another big gossip that pumps interest is that a very popular young hero is playing the role of Abhishek Bachchan in this film and his name is intended to keep as top secret till the release of the film. Earlier it was thought that Pawan Kalyan is going to play the role. But now, considering various ins and outs, the names of other young heroes are also coming into discussion. Who will he be? Will he be Prabhas (?), Mahesh Babu (?) or Allu Arjun (?).
Indeed, many are saying that Mahesh Babu shares a very good personal rapport with Chiranjeevi. If he is placed, theatres turn wild with chaotic claps and whistles. If Allu Arjun or Pawan Kalyan makes presence, it sounds to be Chiru's family affair. Prabhas would be reasonable again.
But there is another gossip that Srikanth is also being considered to play Abhishek Bachchan's character as ATM role is going to Ravi Teja. Will that work!? Let's wait and see.
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Hema Malini to perform dance shows on Lord Krishna
The gorgeous Hema Malini will perform a series of dance shows with her troupe in Mumbai. The dance will portrays the life, times, teachings and relationships of Lord Krishna. Hema Malini, a devout follower of Krishna, says, "I have always thought that Krishna's life is a story of supreme magic and wonder".
She continues, "He has millions of devotees not only in India but also all over the world. He is loved as a child, a young lover, a warrior and finally, as the Jagadguru (supreme teacher of the world) because of the immortal Bhagvad Gita."
The dance shows will be held on November 18 and 19 at Mumbai's Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi.
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'Guru' creating fued in Ambani family?
Manirathnam's films are usually controversial, but don't aim at anyone in particular. Until now, his films had only irked terrorists and fundamentalists. But this time, he seems to have offended a very powerful business tycoon.
'Guru' is the name of his new film and ever since its launch, there were rumors that it was based on the life of businessman and visionary Dhirubhai Ambani. Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan and Vidhya Balan had played the lead roles.
The mere fact that Abhishek and Aishwarya had played the lead roles has made many distributors hesitate to touch the film, thanks to their previous record at the box office (all the films starring the two had failed).
When Mukesh Ambani heard that the film was based on his father, he was curious to see the film. Then he came to know that in the film, he was portrayed as a person with negative shade. Naturally, he wasn't happy. This is especially so because the film was produced by Adlabs, which is owned by his media-savvy younger brother, Anil Ambani.
Manirathnam has now decided to seek Amitabh Bachchan's intervention to get the film released.
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Madhuri staging a comeback to Bollywood
Actress Madhuri Dixit Nene will stage a comeback to the Bollywood early next year, director Yash Chopra said on Thursday. "Madhuri will be staging a comeback to Bollywood in a film directed by Anil Mehta under the banner of Yash Raj films," he said.
The acting schedule of the film casting Madhuri will commence in first week of January 2007, he said. Chopra, however, refrained from divulging the details including name of the film.
Madhuri, who gave several hit films, is married to a US-based doctor and is a mother of two children.
Chopra, who was in the city to attend a meeting of Chandigarh Tourism Advisory Forum, was not averse to the trend in the film industry to make sequel to hit movies.
"Every one has a right to make a movie," he said, adding he, however, would not come up with a film which was a re-make of earlier hit movies. Chopra said he plans to release six movies during the course of the year 2007.
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Sania & Shriya at Apollo Charity show
Tennis sensation Sania Mirza, film personalities Shriya and Tarun were centre of attraction at the 'Heart 2 Heart' Carnival organized by SACH (Save A Child's Heart Foundation) – an Apollo Hospitals charitable venture – at Sanjeevaiah Park in Hyderabad on Saturday. Schoolchildren from major schools in city, including Sujatha Public School, Jain International, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Oakridge, Orchinds, Geetanjali, Hyderabad Public School, DRS, International School and Sri International, attended the various contests organized by the foundation. Under the SACH, about 30.000 kids were screened with heart ailments and nearly 1000 of them were given excellent surgical and medical aid by the foundation.
Lawrence turns to music direction too!?
Lawrence, the choreographer-turned-director is now turning a music director for Nagarjuna's latest flick 'DON'. ML Kumar Choudary is making this film with Nagarjuna and Trisha in the lead under the banner Sri Keerthi Creations, with Lawrence as the director.Lawrence is taking charge of story, screenplay and direction besides music for this film. The recording of the songs is in progress now. The shooting of the film is likely to begin in December.
Some sources said that Lawrence might get help from Chinni Charan in the music department. Charan got a break as lyricist through MASS directed by Lawrence. Also, Charan is now doing music for few films including a recently launched film BANK.
Let us wait and see if Lawrence will adventure into wearing the hat of music director.
Meanwhile Lawrence's latest Tamil flick 'Muni' is also getting released in Telugu soon.
Man charged with trying to kill Mallika
The Delhi Police has charged a man with conspiring to kill actress Mallika Sherawat. The accused, Rajesh Dalal, was arrested in Sangli, Maharashtra, four days ago. Dalal was handed over to the police two days ago after he confessed that he was conspiring to kill the Bollywood actress.
The 'bold' actress, however, says that death threats do not scare her. "Death threats do not scare me but I do want to make one thing clear that it is not my intention to upset or offend the sensitivity and sensibility of my people. I respect our culture and traditions," Mallika says.
"However, I do feel that women should be empowered and have the ability to stand on their own feet and earn a living and make their own career, which is what I am trying to do," Mallika adds.
Having earned rave reviews for her performance in the film Pyaar Ke Side Effects, the actress will be appearing on screen soon in an item song in Mani Ratnam's Guru and opposite Kamal Haasan in Dashavataram.
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Venky's film shoot in progress
The shooting of a film directed by Boyapati Srinu of Bhadra-fame, produced by D. Sureshbabu under the banner of Suresh Productions, with Venkatesh and Nayanatara is in progress in and around Hyderabad. Film industry sources say that Tulasi is the title being considered for this film. It is learnt that some important scenes between the hero and heroine were shot already. However, the film unit is tight-lipped on the story or its title. It is yet another mass film for Venkatesh; Devisri Prasad is providing tunes.
Meena, coping up in Malluwood
Meena comes back after a long interval for a new film Karutha Pakshigal by Kamal. The highlight of the movie is that the cast includes Mammootty and Padmapriya. Rumours are pouring in that Meena is to marry soon and this film will be her last film.
But Meena has rejected this and has confirmed that all these rumours are untrue. She adds that the shooting for Karutha Pakshigal is complete and she will be shooting for another film named Black Cats for the director Vinayan, in which the lead role will be played by Suresh Gopi.
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Malayalam 'Lanka' as 'Pokiri Pilla' in Telugu
Recent release in Malayalam LANKA will release in Telugu as Pokiri Pilla. This film has Suresh Gopi and Mamata Mohandas playing the lead. Pokiri Pilla is scheduled to release on 1st of December. Pokiri Pilla is based on a real incident that happened in Sri Lanka.
Suresh Gopi plays a military officer because of who the heroine loses her entire family. She swears to take revenge. Also, the makers are planning to release the audio towards the end of the month.
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Sonia calls for films to exhort unity among children
AICC President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Film Festival conducted by the Children's Film Society of India at Delhi on November 14. Addressing the audience, Ms Gandhi called for films which would promote unity among children. Children's films should not only provide entertainment but also impart knowledge to students.
These children's films should highlight our customs, traditions, culture and heritage, she said. Children's films should also have a good message. She also called upon the people to save children from child labour.
Children's films from various languages would be screened at the Golden Jubilee Film Festival at Sirifort Auditorium in Delhi till November 18. 'Ganga Bhavani,' a Telugu film by Prakash Rao is one of the films to be screened at the festival.
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'Manikyam 420' ready for release on Nov. 17
Source : Oneindia
All post-production formalities were completed for Manikyam 420 directed by Sushi Ganeshan and produced by Aravind Vannala on the banner of VAK Corporation with Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal and Malavika in the lead. The film is ready for release on November 17.
Producer Aravind says, 'The original Tamil film Tiruttu Paile was a big hit and we are sure that the success would repeat in Telugu also. Our hero Jeevan's performance would be quite different and the glamour of Sonia Agarwal and Malavika would enthrall the audiences. There is a good response to the audio released recently and it is quite surprising that the audio of a dubbing achieving such a good response. All the songs would be liked by the youth. The film is different from routine and at the same time had good message in it'.
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Prabhudeva might direct Chiru
There is a likelihood that Prabhudeva might direct the sequel to 'Shankardada MBBS'. Heard the producers of the film got in touch with the dance director turned director.
Prabhudeva had a earned a good name for himself while working for MS Raju's 'Nuvvosthanante Nenudhontana'. One thinks he is capable of bringing out humour and emotions perfectly from the artistes. If this happens to be true then Prabhudeva will be a lucky man to not only make the megastar dance to his tunes but also make him act in his point of view.
Kamna Jethmalani’s item song in Sainikudu?
Fights, comedy track, songs. These are one of the must have ingredients of a telugu movie. A new addition to this list is an item song. All big movies off late have an item song. Mumaith Khan in Pokiri, Anushka in Stalin, Shriya in Prabhas’ Munna and in Devadasu in the past. Big actresses too don’t mind do item song for quick, easy money.
The new addition to the list is a little known Kamna Jethmalani, whose last film was Samanyudu opposite Jagapati Babu. Highply placed sources from the unit inform NonstopCinema that she is doing an item song in Prince Mahesh’s Sainikudu. The movie’s music scored by Harris Jeyraj made it to the top in no time and is steady there inspite of new releases. The movie is slated for release on the 30th of this month. Kamna’s stature would only grow after doing an item song with Mahesh.
Producers Association upset with Sriram!
Sriram who was introduced to telugu cinema through Okarikokaru is actually a telugu boy is known as Srikanth in tamil movies. He got embroiled in a controversy with a tamil producer RS Anthanan. Anthanan has worked as Srikanth's PRO.
On becoming producer, he wanted to make a film 'Kizhakku Kadarkarai Saalai with Srikanth as hero and they agreed a remuneration fee of Rs.40 lakhs for Srikanth. Rs.25 lakhs was given as advance and the balance Rs.15 lakhs was to be settled before release of the film.
Relations between them had soured in the meantime and Srikanth demanded his dues before going in for dubbing his dialogues. This caused hardship to Anthanan, so he wrote an IOU for Rs.15 lakhs to Srikanth.
The day before release of 'Kizhakku Kadarkarai Saalai' the distributors have come to collect the film boxes. However, Srikanth had given instructions to the lab that the boxes should not be released till his dues had been settled.
This naturally created problems and distributors gathered outside Srikanth's house and protested.
Enraged by this, Srikanth filed a police complaint against Anthanan and two of the production executives. The police then started hunting for Anthanan. The producer was naturally shocked and those of the producer's faction spoke to Srikanth and his father and made peace. The police complaint was withdrawn.
The Producers Association is upset that Srikanth did not bother to ask the Actors Association or Producers Association for a solution and instead went directly to the police. So, they have announced that there may be a stay order on his acting in other films.
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Anuradha Mehta opposite Raja
Actress Anuradha Mehta who made her debut with the superhit film Aarya and who was later seen in EVV Satyanarayana's Nuvvante Naakistam (co-starring Aryan Rajesh and Allari Naresh) is back after a brief hiatus. She has been signed to play the second heroine opposite Raja in Akshaya Films Prod. No. 1, tentatively titled Aksharalu Rende.
Poonam Bajwa is the other female lead. Directed by Jitender (one-time assistant to Vijaya Nirmala) and produced by Venkateswara Rao Ponnamaneni, it has music by Anoop Rubens.
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RGV now making 'Darna Bekaar Hai'?
After making Darna Mana Hai and Darna Zaroori Hai, it seems like Ramu is now planning Darna Bekaar Hai. Darna Zaroori Hai was the next episode to Darna Mana Hai and though DZH didn’t do well at the Box Office, it seems like Ramu still wants to continue with freaky tale movies.
In fact, RGV once had also said that he would continue this series as long as possible. Recently, he got the title Darna Bekaar Hai registered with AMTPP. Interestingly some months back Ramu had also registered Darna Mangta Hai.
Currently, RGV is in the news because of the controversy related with him remaking Sholay. He has another film Nishabd starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jiah Khan, waiting for release.
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Aishwarya lands in a foreign cash mess
Actor Aishwarya Rai has landed in a mess after the Customs department found 65,000 euros (Rs 29 lakh) in a parcel addressed to her. According to sources, the cash was detected during a routine check of parcels at Mumbai's foreign post office. The parcel was sent to Aishwarya Rai on her Bandra (West) residence address.
The Customs authorities have registered a case against an unidentified person in this regard. The authorities, however, remain tightlipped as to under which section the case has been filed.
The authorities have also asked Aishwarya for her version on the matter.
According to Mumbai-based DNA newspaper, Rai has told the authorities that the package may have been sent to frame her. Sources said Rai might be called for questioning if required.
"We have not jumped to the conclusion that Rai is guilty of some impropriety," a senior customs officer told the newspaper. "We have to ascertain whether the money was actually meant for her," the officer added.
The package is said to have been sent from South Africa by a South Indian man. Mumbai Customs superintendent S S Shenoy told DNA that the matter has been handed over to the Special Investigation and Intelligence Branch.
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Rishi-Navneet Kaur 'Bangaru Konda' launched
Rishi (of 'A Film By Aravind' fame) has signed a film with a new producer Srinivasa Rao (of SSR Films) and a new director Kolla Nageswara Rao. The film titled Bangaru Konda, which was launched recently in Bangkok, has Navneet Kaur as the female lead opposite him.
While on Rishi, his latest film Bhagya Lakshmi Bumper Draw (co-starring Rajendra Prasad, Seema and Farzana) is scheduled for a November 16 release.
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Colors Swathi in AMAV?
Reliable sources said that Colors fame Swathi (she also played one of the lead roles in KV's Danger) is playing a character in Sri Raghava's Aduvari Matalaku Ardhale Verule with Venkatesh and Trisha in lead. Makers are maintaining a low profile on this film.
The story is kept under tight wraps that even most of the cast does not know what the story is and they are only told to play their parts. Sri Raghava promises to bring out a refreshing story to the celluloid.
This is not the first time that the director has approached Swathi for roping her into his films. Sri Raghava first approached Swathi to do the role in 7G Brindavan Colony before the role landed with Sonia Agarwal. In AMAV, Swathi plays sister to Trisha.
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Shekar Kammula to direct Nagarjuna
Director Shekhar Kammula produced 'Anand' under his own direction with a very limited budget and released the film with just four prints. With mouth publicity, the film became one of the biggest hits of the year. True to its tagline, 'O Manchi Coffee Laanti Cinema', the film is just like a good coffee.
At a time when producers used to make films with heavy budget and claim that there is a biggest film, Shekhar Kammula proved that a good story would do for making it a biggest hit.
In his next effort, he chose Sumanth as the hero and roped in the same heroine Kamalini Mukherjee for 'Godavari'.
The film was produced by 'Toliprema' producer GVG Raju and made that film also a big hit. Very recently he reportedly prepared a good subject which suits the body language of Nagarjuna.
Shekhar narrated that story to Nagarjuna and the latter gave green signal to the subject.
Nagarjuna's next flick Don is likely to go to sets on December 23. It is reliably learnt that Shekhar Kammula's film takes shape after finishing 'Don'.
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'Ahana Pellanta' goes to Hindi
Dr Ramanaidu is planning to remake Jandhyala’s classic comedy Ahana Pellanata in Hindi now. It is a famous film where Rajendra Prasad and Kota Srinivasa Rao’s comedy scenes are something audiences relish even today. The time is best for remaking films in bollywood and one hopes Ramanaidu’s move will reap him a benefit. It must be noted that the hawa right now is towards sequels and remakes too.
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Lawrence directs 'Muni'
Popular choreographer Raghava Lawrence turned a director with Mass. He is presently making a film called Muni in Tamil which is being dubbed into Telugu on the same name. Producer of the film Charan says, 'Lawrence is playing the hero while Vedika is playing the female lead. We are presenting a story that was never touched by anyone so far on the celluloid. We have completed almost 80 per cent of the film. Rajkiran is playing an important role in this film.'Dandapadi, Kovai Sarala, Delhi Ganesh, Minu Chakravarthy and others are in the cast. Camera is by K Guhan, editing is by Suresh Urs, action is by Super Subbarayan and music is by Ramani Bharadwaj.
French honour for Lata Mangeshkar
The nightingale of India Lata Mangeshkar has been chosen for Knight of the Legion Award by the French Government, the highest civilian honour in France. She has been conferred with this honour for her contribution to the world of cinema.
The award will be presented to her in mid-December in Mumbai by French Ambassador, Dominique Gerard. Other prominent Indians who have received the award in the past include late filmmaker Satyajit Ray and superstar Amitabh Bachchan.
This honour conferred by the French Government on its citizens or a chosen foreigner - was instituted in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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'Naalo Tolisariga' - a family entertainer love story
Darpan Entertainments is producing a film titled ‘Naalo Tolisariga’ by introducing Bishnu Adhikari, Preeti Amin and Dhvani Mittal. Shooting of this film is currently going on in Saradhi studios. The unit arranged a press meet to tell the progress.
Hero Bishnu Adhikari said, “I am playing the role of a youngster who belongs to the family that follows traditions in a sacred way. Bharani is playing my father’s role. My character tries to adapt modern life style. In that process I come across two girls. The film is about how my character’s life changed due to those girls.”
Director Bommena Vijay said, 'Our film is a total family entertainer with love story in its backdrop. The talkie part shooting was finished recently and we are going abroad to can songs. We are planning to release the audio very soon and the film in December. There is no scope for obscenity in this film and there will be five songs and one bit song. Music director Naveen Kumar tuned them and we thank him for giving melodious tunes.'
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Nagarjuna, Amala and Jayasudha for HIV
Nagarjuna and Amala are working towards social cause from quite sometime. Apart from Blue Cross that protects animals, Amala is also inclined towards educating people about Aids. Along with Amala even Nagarjuna is posing for the campaigning hoardings.
Nagarajuna and Amala have come as guests for one of the recent commemoration ceremony held by police officers in the presence of YSR. Nagarjuna has been saying that public need to support the government when it is doing something good or asking to do something good.
Nagarjuna and Amala are seen on government hoardings those say to be aware of Aids.
Coming to Jayasudha, she is actively hitting the commercial Ad world these days. She is endorsing different products. Recently she endorsed Madhupala, a Real Estate firm and also asking people to invest on land on the behalf of that firm.
Freshly, she also endorsed Gold Drop sun flower oil and hitting the small screen very often. She is seen jogging and working out on treadmill for the sake of Gold Drop Ad.
On the other hand, she is also seen on government hoardings campaigning for Aids Awareness. Jayasudha, has this become active in this Advertisement and Promotion sector these days.
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NTR's 'Rakhi' - a definition to Raksha Bandhan
The shooting of 'Rakhi' directed by creative director Krishnavamsi and jointly produced by KL Narayana and S Gopal Reddy on the banner of Durga Arts with Young Tiger NT Ramarao and Ileana in the lead, is progressing at a fast pace, with brother-sister sentiment as its main concept.
It is a fight by the hero, who works to avoid recurrence of similar injustice meted out to him and his sister to any others. 'Rakhi' gives a neat definition to the 'Raksha Bandhan' that a brother should safeguard his sister like an eyelid to an eye.
Noted music director Devi Sri Prasad is providing tunes to this film, while Sandhya of 'Premiste'-fame is playing the sister of NTR.
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Sriya for a special song in 'Munna'
Producer 'Dil' Raju has roped in Shriya for a special song in his forthcoming film Munna, starring Prabhas and Ileana in lead roles and directed by debutante Paidipalli Vamsee. The song is being picturised at Ramanaidu Studios under the supervision of choreographer Raju Sundaram.
However, it is not the first time that Shriya is doing an item number. She earlier sizzled in the song Kurrallu in YVS Chowdary's Devadasu.
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Rani's security guards beat up journalists
Mediapersons from a news channel were allegedly assaulted by private security guards escorting actors Rani Mukherjee, Konkana Sen Sharma and other crew members of Yash Raj banner's upcoming movie being shot in Varanasi.
The trouble started near the Dashwashamedh Ghat when the film crew, including Rani and Konkana, were leaving for their hotel after a day-long shoot at Mirghat edging the Ganga river.
When some journalists tried to get close to the crew members, security guards escorting the film crew roughed up the mediapersons.
Some of the journalists sustained injuries and one camera was damaged. Later, the police reached the spot and took control of the situation.
The film is being directed by Pradeep Sarkar of Parineeta fame and also stars Abhishek Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. It is likely to be shot over the next fortnight at various locations in the holy city, including the Ramnagar Fort housing royal family of Kashi.
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'Veera Gaadha' with Telangana sentiment
Veera Gaadha is the movie coming with Telengana sentiment. Madala Ravi is playing the lead role. which is directed and produced by Allani Sridhar. The movie will commence its regular shoot from next week at a village near Siddipet.
The schedule would be completed in 15 days. The concept of the flick is – Bhoomi, Bhukti, Vimukti (Land, food and Freedom). Madhala Ravi said that a number of people had sacrificed their lives fighting for these three elements in Telengana. The same story would be presented with all boldness, he added.
The producer-cum-director said that they are trying to mould the Telangana armed struggle and the circumstances in an attractive way on the celluloid.Vandemataram Srinivas is scoring the music for this movie.
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'Please, Sorry, Thanks' ready for release
Produced by Y S Babu on the banner of Tanya Films with Aditya Om and Vandana Kaur in the lead, 'Please, Sorry, Thanks' is all set for release during the second week of November.
Producer Y S Babu says, 'Our film would enthrall youth in a big way. It has all the commercial elements besides a good message. All the songs in the film were choreographed in a grand way. The film is being made with a different concept and I am sure that my first venture would achieve good results.'
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20 Bollywood beauties in one song!
It can't get bigger than this. For the first time in the history of Indian cinema, as many as twenty actresses from Bollywood will come together in a movie song. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is creating a record of sorts for the title song of his movie 'Hey Baby'.
The movie, starring Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan and Vidya Balan, is the first full-length feature film by Sajid Khan (director). The movie's title song, composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, introduces the three heroes and shows their love for women.
To get the right impact, a huge and lavish set depicting a nightclub has been created in Mumbai's Filmcity and as many as 500 dancers have been called from the UK.
But the real feast for the eyes in the song will be cameos by 20 Bollywood heroines.
According to reports, they are: Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora, Celina Jaitley, Dia Mirza, Ayesha Takia, Amisha Patel, Koena Mitra, Neha Dhupia, Minissha Lamba, Payal Rohatgi, Amrita Rao, Aarti Chabria, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Riya Sen and Sophie Chowdhary.
There is also a possibility of roping in Sameera Reddy and Sushma Reddy. Grapevine says Lara Dutta, Bipasha Basu and Preity Zinta might also be among the twenty.
The song will feature the three heroes dancing with the twenty girls one by one. The number will be choreographed by Farah Khan.
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Mammotty as 'Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar '
The history of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar which was reproduced on the celluloid is being dubbed into Telugu through Nag Enterprises. The film was produced by National Film Development Corporation and was directed by Jabbar Patel. Popular Malayalam hero Mammotty enlivened the Ambedkar's character in this film.
Representatives of Nag Enterprises say, 'We are sure that the Dalits and downtrodden would watch the movie with utmost respect. At the same time we believe that the film would attract all classes of audiences. Almost all the scenes were exactly reproduced in the places where they occurred.'
'For example — the library where Ambedkar had studied in England, his seat No. 53 and his other colleagues, the real tussle that occurred between Gandhi and Ambedkar, the family background of Ambedkar and the problems he faced during his youth, his explanation on the books of Hindu/ Christian and Muslim religions and finally his decision not to die as Hindu and embracing of Buddhism… All these incidents were moulded on the celluloid with sheer hard work and research. In fact, Ambedkar remained in the hearts of the people because of his eminence'.
'Jabbar Patel moulded his story in an impeccable way and at the same time, Mammotty did a wonderful job'.
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Srikanth's film titled 'Operation Duryodhana'
The title of writer-director Posani Krishna Murali'slatest film with Srikanth and Kalyani in the lead has been titled as Operation Duryodhana. A Malikharjuna is producing this film on Aman International banner. Item girl Mumaith Khan (of Pokiri fame) will be seen for the first time in a character role.Srikanth is said to be playing a cop in the film.
Operation Duryodhana was the code name of an undercover Tehalka operation that exposed some of the key members of parliament taking bribes.
MM Srilekha composes music.
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'Vishnu Sharma English Chaduvu' drama at 'TANA'
'Kavi Samrat' Viswanadha Satyanarayana was the first Jnanapeeth Award Winner in Telugu Literature. His novel 'Vishnu Sharma English Chaduvu' runs with hilarity through out. Vishnu Sharma is the Sanskrit writer of BC period, who penned 'Panchatantram' (Neethi Chandrika).
As per the fiction in the novel he comes down from heaven to learn English at Viswanadha Satyanarayana for a funny cause. Incidentally Tikkana Somayaji also accompanies him to learn English. The real fun starts then and it claims huge energy to laugh.
The novel was transformed as drama by veteran dramatist and writer CS Rao (writer of Chiranjeevi's first film 'Praanam Khareedhu') in a witty, jovial and amusing way.
The drama was played for the first time at Ravindra Bharathi on 10 th November. The response was pretty tremendous where the scenes among Viswanadha Satyanarayana, Tikkana and Vishnu Sharma while learning English bring laughs.
Critics and scholars feel that the drama has the right content to play at International Telugu meets like TANA, ETA and ATA as it discusses many things about Telugu and English in the satirical and ironical way.
While watching the drama, Telugu language lovers feel great about their mother tongue indisputably.
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Big B on big screen Mahabharata?
The mega television serial Mahabharata inspired entire families to watch and pray together and now, the B R Chopra banner plans to turn Mahabharata into a film but with a twist. Director Ravi Chopra cannot cut a shorter version than six hours so he plans to cut two, three-hour versions of the film and release them in two consecutive weeks.Chopra isn’t worried about distributors agreeing to this new tactic and he sounds like a very inspired man.
"I watched Lord of the Rings and the time is right to make this film," says Chopra.
While the filmmaker is currently busy putting the finishing touches to his family drama Baabul, rumours are that Amitabh Bachchan will play Bhishm Pitamah's role and Rani Mukherjee will play Draupadi.
But Chopra says he's not cast anyone yet. “It’s still being scripted and the cast will take time to decide," says Chopra.
With Baabul already creating a lot of buzz and Bhootnath set to go on the floors, Mahabharata might be a while away.
Nevertheless, given his expertise with mythology on television, Chopra's Mahabharata is already creating a lot of curiosity.
