TV9, the Telugu news channel is going to enter the main Entertainment arena which is being ruled by SUN network(Gemini/Teja) and shared by others like ETV, MAA TV & Zee Telugu. As per the sources, they have started buying the broadcasting rights for the films and thus they can start the channel with a bang. So, ETV & MAA has to gear up to face the competition! Source: Idisangati (more...)
TV9 starting an Entertainment Channel
Samudra to direct Jagapatibabu
A famous producer is making efforts to produce a film under the direction of Samudra, who gave big hits like 'Simharaasi, Sivaramaraju and very recently Yevadaithe Nakenti' with Jagapatibabu, who earned a manly hero image with films like 'Pellaina Kothalo and Samanyudu'.
It may be recalled here that 'Sivaramaraju' which came in the combination of Samudra and Jagapatibabu was a good hit. It is learnt a story was perfectly to match the success of the earlier film in their combination.
It is reliably learnt that a beautiful girl who had bagged a big hit very recently is likely to pair up with Jagapatibabu in this film.'Source : Indiaglitz
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Teja says take it or leave it
Director Teja has lost none of his arrogance or straight talk that he likes to call. He said post-Kalayanaramudu that he has proved that he can make both hit as well as flop films. He said that most of the films that are being made now are just bullshit.
He says that he is the only director who does not make films for heroes. He says that he only brings the story onto the screen. He doesn’t care whether the audience loves his film or not. H will continue to make films his way. It is up to the audience to decide. With such brutal honesty, Teja is lucky to find producers backing him.Source : Bharatwaves
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Allu Arjun, Bhaskar for Dil Raju!
Bhaskar (Bommarillu fame) to direct Allu ArjunBhaskar of Bommarillu fame is all set to direct his next venture with Allu Arjun as hero. Dil Raju who produced Bhaskar’s debut film Bommarillu is going to produce this film on Sri Venkateswara Creations banner.
Incidentally Allu Arjun is being very selective in signing films. This is the first official announcement about Allu Arjun after Sankranthi blockbuster Desamuduru. Dil Raju producer critically acclaimed blockbuster Arya with Allu Arjun in the past.Source : Idlebrain
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Parvathi Melton dons Amarpali’s role
NRI actress Parvathi Melton, who created an impact with her very first movie Vennela, is all set to star in a historical movie Buddha, based on the life story of Gowthama Buddha.
The film a bilingual, to be made in Hindi and English, by Dharmapada Creations banner, is being directed by Telugu director Allani Sridhar, produced by K.Rajasekhar and stars Sunil Verma (lord Vishnu of the tele serial Bhagavatam) in the title role while Kausha is portraying the role of Yashodhara.
Sadguru K.Sivananda Murthy is handling the script and dialogues in English while the Hindi dialogues will be penned by D.K.Goyal. The film completed its first schedule in the film city. The film has music by Shashi Preetam.Source : Ragalahari
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Trisha talks on her marriage
Trisha has achieved almost everything in the film industry- she is the No 1 actress in Tamil and Telugu. There are talks about offers from Bollywood but she is waiting for a brilliant story and a perfect launch vehicle. She is the nation-wide brand ambassador of a multinational softdrink company.
So, everybody is curious to know about her marriage plans and romance.
What has she got to say about it?
"Falling in love is all about completely understanding the man. I never had the opportunity until now. I also don't have the time these days. You'd feel like understanding a man only when you meet someone like that. But, I still haven't come across anyone who made me want to. I believe in customs and tradition. But I also believe that the person must gain financial independence before getting into marriage.
"I don't like the concept of gender-based discrimination. Men almost always get more freedom than women do. I'm looking for a man who'll give me the freedom that I need," she ended.
That sounds both easy and difficult!!!Source : Cinesouth
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Chiru honours 'Funstar' Siva Reddy
Siva Reddy gave his 2000th mimicry programme in Hyderabad on Thursday. Megastar Chranjeevi was the chief guest at the programme. Siva Reddy gave a scintillating mimicry performance imitating the voice and action of some of the top artists and politicians.
Siva Reddy has also acted in some movies. Chiranjeevi felicitated Siva Reddy with a shawl and a Golden anklet. Siva Reddy was also conferred with the title ‘Funstar’ at the function. Chranjeevi said that he was greatly impressed by Siva Reddy’s hard work and mimicry.
The function was attended by some of the stalwarts in the film industry like D Rama Naidu. Kota Srinivasa Rao, Babu Mohan, AVS etc.Source : Bharatwaves
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Lawrence not happy with 'Muni's music
Lawrence Raghavendra is fast becoming a Master of All Arts. After dabbling with choreography, dance directing and directing, he is now becoming very much interested in composing music. For his new bilingual film 'Muni', Lawrence had signed Bharadwaj up to compose music.
The songs have come out very well but the director isn't all that happy with Bharadwaj's background score. After a few more trials, he has decided to bring in a new composer to handle the background music.
The film will soon hit the theatres. As soon as the post-production works ends, Lawrence will begin the full-fledged shooting of his new film 'Don' with Nagarjuna in the lead.Source : Cinesouth
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Sada in 'Shankardada'?
Sada has participated in the shooting of Chiranjeevi's latest Shankardada Zindabad a few days back. It is learnt that she is doing the second lead in the film that was originally done by Dia Mirza in Hindi. She plays the daughter of Chiranjeevi's rival played by Sayaji Shinde.
For Sada this is a great chance to be in megastar's film although she is not paired with him. But buzz is that another top actor might be paired with her in the film.
The film is currently being shot at various locations in Hyderabad. But the main heroine has not yet been decided. Dileep Prabhalwakar is playing the role of Gandhi. It is produced by Gemini Film Circuit and directed by Prabhu Deva.Source : Sify
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Ram Charan to get Hrithik Stylist
Chiranjeevi is leaving no stone unturned for the dream debut of his son Ram Charan Tej. After signing hit director Puri Jagannadh to yield the mega phone for Charan’s maiden film, to be produced by producer Aswini Dutt’s Vyjayanthi Movies, it is said that Bollywood heart throb Hrithik Roshan’s personal make up man has been asked to attend to Charan’s looks.
The yet-to-be-titled venture will kick start off in Bangkok from March 15th.Source : Ragalahari
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Abhishek-Ash to marry in Jodhpur?
Rajasthan is rolling out the red carpet for the marriage of none other than actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Umaid Bhavan Palace may be the ceremony venue for Aishwarya and Abhishek, usually well informed sources say.
Amitabh Bachchan has sent a couple of his close friends to Jodhpur to finalise the hotel bookings. Besides Umaid Bhavan, as many as four other hotels are to be booked in Jodhpur and Jaisalmer for the marriage ceremonies.
The Bachchans want these hotels booked for a period of three days from March 18. The marriage is expected to take place March 19, these sources said.
However, March being tourism season in Rajasthan, they are finding it difficult to get the required number of rooms in both the cities, the sources said.
Close friends of the Bachchans who are camping in Jodhpur for the last couple of days have started to look for other hotels nearby, the sources said. These include Khimsar Fort, Balsamand Palace and Rohet Fort.
Earlier, the marriage ceremony was slated to take place in Jaipur's City Palace premises but later the Bachchans decided that Jodhpur it would be.
Sources, however, said so far nothing has been finalised. As directed by astrologers, the Bachchan family is interested in tying the knot as soon as possible.
Before that though, Umaid Bhavan will play host to the much talked about post-wedding parties of Hurley and Nayar. The two will marry in London Saturday after which they will hold celebrations in Mumbai and Jodhpur.
Preparations for the party are reportedly in full swing in Jodhpur where the couple have booked the hotel from March 7-10. The couple will hold two more parties at the imposing Mehrangarh Fort on March 9 and the pretty red sandstone structure, Balsamand Palace, 5 km from Jodhpur, March 10.
It is, of course, Umaid Bhavan Palace, that is the most sought after. Perched high above Jodhpur, it is the last of the great palaces of India and one of the largest residences in the world - set amidst 26 acres of lush gardens.
This golden-yellow sandstone monument was conceived on the grandest possible scale, in the fashionable Art Deco style of that time.
After 15 years of construction, the 347-room palace was finally completed in 1943 - and has served as the principal residence of the Jodhpur royal family since.
Designed by renowned Edwardian architect Henry Lanchester, the palace is a blend of Eastern and Western architectural influences. A part of the palace is still the residence of the royal family and another section house a museum displaying a range of antiques from the royal past. The hotel portion has 64 rooms, including 40 suites, and is now a part of Taj group of hotels.
Hollywood star couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had also stayed there during their recent India visit.Source : Ibn
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Utopia banner's FM - Fun & Masti
RK, producer of Hyderabad Nawabs, is gearing up for his next production on his Utopia Entertainments banner. Titled FM - Fun aur Masti, this film will shape up as bilingual in Telugu and Hindi.
Most of the cast will be repeated from Hyderabad Nawabs. In addition, Sunil, Brahmanandam and others are in the cast. FM - Fun aur Masti title is confirmed for Hindi. Title for Telugu is yet to be confirmed. Sekhar, who earlier worked for Angrez, Hyderabad Nawabs is making debut as director with this film.Source : TTollywood
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Swetha's disappearance lands film in jeopardy
Swetha is known in Tamil film industry as Preethi Varma. She was starring in the Telugu film 'Ramudu Manchi Baludu'. It was on the sets of this film that Preethi disappeared!
Her mother had accompanied her to Rajmundhry for the film's shooting. She told her mother that she was going to the shooting spot and never returned back. The mother panicked and called up the producer to find out. That was when she came to know that her daughter didn't come to the location at all that day.
Then she got a phone call from her daughter who claimed she was in Mumbai. Then she disappeared.
As soon as the mother returned to Chennai, she filed a complaint with the police. Confusions are now on. Rumors have started that the actress had simply run away with her lover to start a new life of anonymity somewhere in Mumbai or Hyderabad.
According to latest updates, her parents have decided to disown her.Source : Cinesouth
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Recording for 'Hyderabad Mirchi' commences
The recording of the songs 'Hyderabad Mirchi' (Idi Chaala Sweet Guru) was launched at Sana Digital Recording Theatre in Hyderabad recently.The film is directed by Ravipalli Rambabu and produced by Gudipati Srinivasa Reddy under the Sri Venkateswara Film Empires banner.
The uniqueness of the film is that not just the hero and heroine but all the characters in the film have been named after some tourist places. Raghu Kunche has sung a sloka on Lord Ganesha under the music direction of Bombay Bhole.
C Abraham unveiled the publicity poster file while SVUM Praasd unveiled the banner logo. Chief guest V Sagar said that even though the film has been launched as a small budget film, he is confident that that it would become a big hit like other big budget films.
Director Ravipalli Rambabu says, 'We have named the hero and heroine, Charminar and Necklace Road . The film has a good story. We will soon disclose the details of other cast. There are six songs in the film and three of them would be shot in Malaysia.'
Producer Gudipati Srinivasa Reddy says, 'We will take up shooting of the film in four languages simultaneously. Besides Telugu, the film would also be shot in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi languages. We are trying to provide both entertainment and a good message to the present generation youth.'
R Krishnaveni is presenting the film while photography is by Sudhakar Reddy.
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Priyamani thanks Tollywood
Priya Mani is thanking her stars for giving her break in Telugu. The talented and beautiful actress made her debut in Tamil. But there she never really got going despite doing movies with big names and directors. And it is in this juncture, she signed up for the film with Jagapathi Babu.
The film is a big hit and Priya Mani has become a big name in the industry overnight. She has movies with NTR (Yamadonga) and Raja (Toss).
Meanwhile, her Tamil career has also got a new lease of life now. The young girl thanks the Telugu film industry for giving the right break when she needed it most. She is eternally thankful to Tollywood on that score.Source : Indiaglitz
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Bapu to direct a film soon
Arrangements are underway for next venture of classic Telugu director Bapu. His last film ‘Radha Gopalam’ fetched minimum guarantee returns to the buyers.
Bapu has been screening various girls for the role of heroine and he has not found the right one so far. The movie is expected to be launched as soon as he finds the next ‘bapu bomma’.Source : Idlebrain
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Sivaji pairs up with Madhu Shalini
Yalamanchi Ravichand who produced Seetaramudu with Sivaji as hero in the past is going to produce another film with Sivaji as hero in the direction of debutant SS Vikram Gandhi.
Hero Shivaji is all set to play a rowdy on screen for the first time. In a soon to be launched film, he will be sporting new rough looks. The film is remake of Tamil movie, Ethiri and is produced by Galaxy Multimedia Limited. Madhu Shalini and Mallika Kapoor play female leads.
“ Though I play a rowdy in the film, it has ample comedy that audiences expect from me. After Laya, I have paired up with another Telugu girl Madhushalini,” Shivaji told the media announcing the film at a press meet on Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
“Regular shoot will commence from March 5th and by April end we would finish it in a single schedule,” producer Umamaheshwara Rao said. Ramesh Gopi provide dialogues.
M M Srilekha is providing the music and Bhaskarabhatla pens lyrics.Source : TeluguCinema
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'Okkadunnadu' looking for a major impact
Coming as it does from Chandrasekhar Yeleti the film assumes more weight than any average masala flick. Chandrasekhar Yeleti has given us Aithey and Anuokkunda Roju. Both the movies had a high level of sophistication and was certainly not run of the mill. There was certain amount of intelligence in both the script. The director himself says that you can expect the same kind of feel and liveliness in Okkadunnadu. Gopichand, who has an action hero image, will be trying to jump to the other side of the fence, so to say. This is a big opportunity for him to make the transition to a serious actor who is comfortable in any kind of character. The story is set in Mumbai. The director has raised the anticipation levels by suggesting that the story may revolve around blood groups. Krishna Vamsi is said to have had a hand in the songs picturization. Mahesh Manjrekar, the maverick Hindi film director, is playing a role in the movie. Okkadunnadu is all set for a major impact. Source: Indiaglitz
Okkadunnadu is set for release in a couple of days. The film is among the big ones this season. Gopichand and Neha Jhulka play the leads.
Allu Arjun-Ram Charan show the way for senior pros
These days Rama Charan is in the news for all the right reasons. Obviously, being Chiru’s son, he can’t run away from all the adulation and media hounding. But the young man understands the responsibility that come with the territory of being a star’s son. The young actor also has a very mature head on his smart shoulders. Ram Charan is not only his father’s son, but is a great admirer of many stars in the industry.
Among others, he likes, Brad Pitt, Hrithik Roshan, his uncle Pawan and Bunny. Now there is a section in the media which has been trying to match Ram Charan and Bunny Arjun as some sort adversaries.
Far from it, the two share a wonderful rapport and also take pride in each other’s growth. Now that is healthy. The two young actors are showing the way for perhaps senior pros top follow suit.Source: Allindiansite (more...)
Mahesh Babu’s new film
Princ Mahesh Babu is currently busy with his film ‘Athithi. He is planning a film ‘Mirchi’ next. While the details about the film are not yet known, it is believed that Devi Sri Prasd is likely to score the music for this film. It is well known that Mahesh Babu’s favorite music director is Manishanrma.
However, in a departure from tradition, Mahesh Babu is reported to have opted for Devi Sri Prasad for his new film ‘Mirch’. It is a sign of the growing popularity of Devi Sri Prasad as a music director. He is fast tracing to the top in Tollywood. Coming to the film, ‘Mirch’ is likely to commence shooting in the mointh of May.Source: Bharatwaves (more...)
Vamsi`s film scrapped!
Rakhi, an average grosser has not helped its director Krishna Vamsi. Though the film got appreciation, it was not able to create any magic at the Andhra box-office.
Now producers are not keen to make lavish films with Krishna Vamsi which are not a good business proposition. Probably that is the reason why his Nuvvu Chala Hot Guru with hero Ravi Teja was scrapped even before it took off.
NTR Arts, the production banner belongs to hero Kalyan Ram, has come forward to produce Nuvvu Chala Hot Guru. Buzz is that Ravi Teja refused to lower his remuneration and hence the film was not viable.
Latest rumor is that Krishna Vamsi is now planning to make a small budget film with little known stars to prove the fact that he still can make hit films with no big stars!Source :Sify
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Aswinidutt plans a film with NTR
It is reliably learnt that story discussions are in brisk progress at Vyjayanti Movies office. It is further learnt that noted script and dialogue writer turned director Trivikram Srinivas may direct the film. Presently NT Rama Rao is busy with his film 'Yamadonga' under the direction of Rajamouli, while Aswinidutt is also busy with Ram Charan Teja's debut film under Puri Jagannath's direction and another film with Pawan Kalyan under Trivikram Srinivas direction. After the completion of these three projects, the NTR-Aswinidutt combination film could go to sets. It is further learnt that a noted heroine is going to play a key role in this movie. Source: Indiaglitz
Prestigious producer C Aswinidutt of Vyjayanti Movies had earlier produced a super hit film like 'Student No. 1' with Young Tiger NT Rama Rao as hero, is planning one more film with the same hero.
March 19 is the big day for Bachchans!
Elder Bachchan had come down to Chennai a few days ago for the wedding of late Shivaji Ganeshan's grandson. On the auspicious occasion, he announced that his son Abhishek Bachchan would marry Aishwarya Rai on the 19th of March.
After lots of denials, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai finally got engaged to be married to each other. Soon, everybody began to wait for the announcements on the wedding date.
It looks as if Mumbai's Marriott Hotel is not going to be the venue. Umaid Bhavan Palace, Jodhpur is where the wedding is going to take place. Incidentally, that is also the venue of the grand and lavish wedding of Hollywood actress Liz Hurley and Arun Nayyar.
The wedding invites for the Bachchan function is going to be a very grand and beautiful one.Source: Cinesouth (more...)
'Jagadam' to hit screen on March 8
The canning of the last song for the film 'Jagadam' directed by Sukumar and produced by Adityababu on the banner of 'Aditya Arts' with Ram of 'Devadasu'-fame and debutant heroine Isha in the lead, is progressing well. The director and producer say, 'With this we will wrap up the shooting. We are sure that the film would create a different trend in action episodes.' Devisri Prasad gave melodious tunes for this film and the audio is getting a very good response. Even as the shooting is in progress, the film had completed almost all the post-production works and is presently busy in Digital Intermediate work.
The producer wanted to completed all the formalities as early as possible and release the film on March 8. 'Every human being will have an animal instinct and nobody knows when it would come out. In case if that emotion comes out, how that fellow would behave,' is the basic storyline of the film.
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Deepavali in Telugu
With the amnesia background reminiscent of Moonram Pirai, director Ezhil has delivered a mini hit in Deepavali. The success comes after a big gap - so it's like a second innings for him.
Produced by Tirupathi Brothers, the film is doing fairly well. Now as a bonus, Deepavali will be seen in Telugu, not as a dubbed version, but as a re-make.
Young actor Prabhaas is keen to star in this film. It looks like Bhavana will play the female lead. It's happy news that Ezhil will direct the Telugu version too. The producer of the Telugu version has not yet been finalized. It won't be surprising if Lingusamy's Tirupathi Brothers produces this too!Source : Oneindia
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Gummaluri, Meer back with 'Maro Sandhyaragam'
Padamati Sandhyaragam (directed by Jandhyala) is one of the all time favorites of any Telugu movie lover. The duo who were the key in making of Padamati Sandhyaragam - Gummaluri Sastry, Meer Abdhulla - are now gearing up to treat the Telugu audience with yet another one. This one titled Maro Sandhyaragam.
Production tasks kicked off in the Capitol City Washington DC. It started with a song recorded at Avalon Studio on Feb 17th. Mohanarama is the song recorded. (In set picture has Laxmi Bangaru, Padmaja Sonti, Gummaluri Sastry, Mir Abdhulla at the recording center).
Madhavapedhi Suresh is composing music for this film. Though the rest of the songs will be recorded in India, one song is recorded in USA to give NRIs a chance to prove their talent. Hence this Mohanrama song is composed by Padmaja Sonti and the entire orchestra were NRIs.
Chakravarthula, an NRI, penned the song. Marvin Michael, Padmaja Sonti sang this song. Over all, this song is entirely done by the NRIs. The prominence is that this is the first song entirely done by NRIs for a Telugu film.
In Padamati Sandhyaragam, Pibare Ramarasam song was nicely composed by SPB. The prominence for that is - that is the first Telugu song to be recorded in USA.
A celebration party followed after the song recording for Maro Sandhyaragam. Talking about this song, Gummaluri Sastry said, 'Mohanarama is a melody song with 3 stanzas. Our view is to picture one stanza in US and the other two in Andhra'. Laxmi Bangaru is the production executive of this film. She will also choreograph this song in USA.
The entire unit paid their tribute to director Jandhyala and remembered the moments during the making of Padamati Sandhyaragam.Source : TTollywood
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An image make over?
And in his next film Operation Duryadhona, he appears with clean shaved head. He has completely changed his getup for this political drama. Not only that he appears with tonsured head, he also romances with a vamp Mumaith Khan in the film. Though Kalyani is paired with him, it is Mumaith who romances him in the film as a lady politician. Operation Duryadhona is directed by writer Posani Krishnamurali. Tehelka's sting operation in which Members of Parliament were caught on camera for taking bribe seems to be the inspiration for the film. The talkie portion of Operation Duryadhona has been completed. Srikanth is also doing a multi-starrer movie and is open for playing negative characters. In Shankardada Zindabad, he is once again playing the role of ATM, the side kick of Chiranjeevi in the film. Soruce: Sify
Srikanth, best known for family-oriented movies is consciously shedding that soft hero image. Of late he is increasingly doing mass oriented films.
Rajasekhar to do 'Peddayana'
Rajasekhar’s latest film Evadaithe Nakenti is running with hit talk. As per the sources Rajasekhar is contemplating on doing the Telugu remake of Tamil hit flick Ayya.
The dubbed version of this film ‘Maa Daivam Peddayana’ is due for the release now. But the release got stalled as there are thick chances of Rajasekhar doing the remake of this film. We have to wait and see for the official announcement in a few days.Source : Idlebrain
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Prabhas needs a hit!
Prabhas how has garnered himself a Mass image so far, has not been able to deliver a hit after Chatrapathi. Both Pournami and Yogi bombed at the box office.
Only Varsham and Chatrapathi have been successes so far, resulting in his career graph to be erratic. Although he was in the good company of big banners, star directors and talented teams his movie still failed unfortunately.
Even his upcoming movie ‘Munna’ produced by Dil Raju is yet to be ready and being postponed often for some reason. The movie is most likely to come out in April. If this movie turns out to be a blockbuster, Prabhas career will certainly be jumpstarted.
Obviously his story selection is something to be worked upon. If takes enough care in selecting the right story along with the right team, it would be definitely be a plus for him.Source: Andhracafe (more...)
Pawan Kalyan's new film begins
When Chiranjeevi and GFC announced their plans of remaking 'Lagey Raho Munnabhai', rumors began that Pawan Kalyan was very keen on starring in the film.
There are rumors that he was interested in the extremely popular role of Shankardada's sidekick, ATM. Shrikanth had played the role in the previous film. For a while it looked as if others just might relent. But that doubt and those rumors were put to rest when Chiranjeevi announced that Shrikanth was going to be repeated as ATM.
Then, there were talks that Pawan will make a guest appearance in the film. That seems unlikely too.
The actor recently launched his new film with director Trivikram Shrinivas. Allu Arvind is the producer. Ileana stars as Pawan Kalyan's heroine. The director hasn't picked a name yet.Source: Cinesouth (more...)
Mumaith Khan - An exception
They say venturing into films through item numbers makes an actress difficult to get out of it. There are many girls who have failed to get into character roles after debuting with item numbers but Mumaith Khan is an exception.
She begun her career in Telugu as ‘item girl’ and caught the limelight through the number “Ippatikinka Ninda Padhare” in ‘Pokiri’. After acting in a number of hit songs, she has turned to character roles.
The girl from Mumbai has started getting roles with equal footage to that of the heroines. She played the role of a cop in the hit film ‘Evadaithey Nakenti’. She also plays a lady politician in Srikanth’s ‘Operation Duryodhona’.
Now she has signed as one of the three heroines in Venu Madhav’s film ‘Bhu Kailas’.
Yet again, she has signed another untitled Telugu film, where she would play a cop again. It looks like this girl is heading towards something big.Source : MIO
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Neetu Chandra to surface on Telugu screen
Remember Sumanths sister-in-law in Godavari? The actress who played that role is Neeta Chandra. In the movie, she plays a girl whom in fear of losing the posh life that she is leading, accepts marital alliance with a boy with a high position in society.
After scoring well in Traffic Signal, she will act in a Telugu film by Director Venky. Director Venky's previous films are Kabaddi Kabaddi, Nenu Pelliki Ready and Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu.Source : Oneindia
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Mahesh replaces Chriu!
Mahesh Babu is the new brand ambassador for Cola brand- Thumsup. With megastar Chiranjeevi snapping his ties with the Thumpsup after the pesticides controversy, the Cola giant approached Mahesh Babu and made him convince.
Now, Mahesh Babu takes up the responsibility of new brand ambassador for Thumsup in Andhra Pradesh.
A new commercial will be shot in Mumbai. As Mahesh is finished shooting the first schedule of Athithi, he will be joining the ad commercial in a few days there.Source : TeluguCinema
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Anish directs 'Confessions of a film maker'
Anish is well known to the Telugu audience through the film Anand. He acted as cousin of Raja in Anand. He is associated with Sekhar Kammula since 1999. Anish recently made a film titled 'Confessions of a film maker'.
Anish has worked in the business for over 10 years. Starting off as a asst. director with Manisankar, he later worked as a production asst with Nagesh Kukunoor. On his own he has made a few music videos and corporate films.
Now he intends to release 'Confessions of a film maker' in theaters state wide. His only hurdle - censors. The content is honest, frank and bold presentation of his opinion. The film is a personal point of view about the Telugu film industry. In Anish's words, 'Confessions of a film-maker was never a concept. It was more my state of mind over a few years now. After having worked in this business in various capacities, staring off as a production asst, asst.director,co-director and executive producer, I felt I had a pretty wide view of the business. A business? Or should I call it a creative medium? Anyways I was growing increasingly dis-illusioned with it. Confessions is a very personal reflection on the telugu film industry. A truly personal point of view'.
This film is made on hi-definition with only one actor - Kamal. Anish handled the camera. The entire film was shot in 30 days.Source : TTollywood
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Sayaji Shinde as villain in Shankar Dada Zindabad
Popular villain Sayaji Shinde is doing the villain role in Shankar Dada Zindabad. This role was played by Boman Irani in Hindi version. Dilip Prabhavalkar who played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the original will also playing it in Telugu version.
Shooting of the film is going on full swing in and around Hyderabad in the direction of Prabhudeva. Devi Sri Prasad composes music. Gemini Film Circuit which produced Shankar Dada MBBS is also producing the sequel as well.Source : Idlebrain
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Chiru remix song in Seema Sastry
‘Manchamesi Duppatesi’ mass song from Chiranjeevi’s Kondaveeti Raja is being remixed and used in Allari Naresh’s latest film Seema Sastry in the direction of G Nageswara Rao.
This film is a comedy film that has backdrop of Rayalaseema. Farzana (Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw fame) is doing the female lead. This song was shot on Naresh and Farzana in a set erected in Ramoji Film City.Source : Idlebrain (more...)
Sumanth sure of ‘Classmates’ success
For the first time, Sumanth has declared to the world that his latest film ‘Classmates’ would become a big hit. “I never speak about my films under production. But this time, I am making this statement because ‘Classmates’ is unique film and has all the qualities to become blockbuster. It is a hit film in the making, that I can say confidently,” declared the actor.
Heroine of the film Sada also said that the kind of role she plays doesn’t come everyday, as it has equal importance to that of the hero’s.
The talkie part of the film is on the verge of completion while the song sequences are pending. Sravanthi Ravi Kishore is the producer and Vijaya Bhaskar is the director. Plans are on to release it in the first week of April.Source : MIO (more...)
Brahmanandam shows humour has no boundary
Brahmanandam is an undoubted comical talent in Telugu. His is generally believed to be a comedy that takes of local flavour and the use of language. But good humour is beyond all language and region.
Brahmanandam has proved that. He has played a small cameo in a new Tamil film Mozhi.Brahmanandam, who is a good friend of Prakashraj, must have played the role as because the later had produced it.
Brahmanandam has come out on top in his small but sensible role. His comic interludes have been lapped up by the Tamil audience. The veteran Telugu artiste is happy that his work is being appreciated in another language.
Brahmanandam’s strength is in the use of his body language to convey the cadence of comedy. His expressive eyes and an innocent face carry the joke further.
Brahmanandam’s work is celebration of the fact that humour has no boundary.Source : Indiaglitz (more...)
Srikanth to rock in 'Operation Duryodhana'
Posani Krishnamurali is directing a film titled Operation Dhuryodhana with Srikanth, Nagendrababu, Kalyani, Mumaith Khan in the lead. Aman International banner is making this film.
The unit met the media at Kunaj Guest House the other day. Srikanth, Nagendra Babu, Posani, Chalapati Rao, MLA Narasimhulu, Prabhakar (Yahoo.. Programme anchor), Harshavardhan, Jocky (TV Artist) and Aparna attended the event.
Entire team was in praise for the performance of Srikanth in the film. Talking about the film, Prabhakar said that Operation Dhuryodhana is an entertainment and message oriented movie. 'Main assest of this film is Srikanth and Nagendrababu characters. I am thankful to Posani for giving me such good role in the film.'
Chalapati Rao said, 'Every one is aware of Opearation Dhuryodhana (code word used by Aaj Tak to expose a scandal). This is a good story and movie. I am sure this film will be another feather in the cap for Srikanth. Take my word for it. If there is no scam, then he will surely get the best actor award for this film.'
Narasimhulu is playing CM in this film. He opined that in real life he cannot be a CM but Posani gave him a chance to be a good CM in the film. Nagendra Babu is also all in praise for Srikanth.
Finally Srikanth spoke and said that he was a bit hesitant in taking up this challenge. 'It is the confidence of Posani in me that got me into the project.'Source : TTollywood (more...)
KCR to produce a film!
The TRS president K Chandrashekar Rao is all set to produce a movie. The film will be titled ‘Bathukamma’. KCR is scouting for a suitable person to direct the film. The TRS chief disclosed this during the closing ceremony of the National Documentary Film Festival organized by the Karimnagar Film Society at Karimnagar.
KCR regretted that due to his political commitments he was unable to watch films. The last film he watched in the last 20 years was Major Chandrakanth. KCR also revealed that he was a great fan of the late NT Rama Rao.Source : Bharatwaves (more...)
Oscar eludes Water
Deepa Mehata's Water failed to win the Oscar but not before it made Indians proud by getting into the final rounds as a nomination from Canada. The movie that had John Abrahm and Lisa Ray in the lead lost to Germany's "The Lives of Others" in the foreign language category.
Readers would remember that the crew had to shoot the movie in Srilanka owing to protests from various political corners in India. Though the movie could not emerge as the winner, most of the movie personalities who saw the movie were very much impressed and appreciated the crew for their work.
Though water has lost, it has won many acclaim for the Indian film industry though the movie was a Canadian entry.Source : Behindwoods (more...)
S.P. Balasubramaniam at the World Cup
The World Cup at West Indies is going to have one of our stalwarts of music, our very own S.P. Balasubramaniam. The 2007 World Cup will be hosted by the West Indies from March 13 to April 28, 2007. There will be a total of fiftyone matches played at the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup
S.P. Balasubramaniam made his debut in film music as a singer in 1966. He has sung more than 39,000 songs in more than 5 different Indian languages languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam.
He holds the Guinness record for having sung the most number of recorded songs for any single male singer. The record for female singer, is, of course held by Lata Mangeshkar, another ardent and well-informed cricket fan.Source : Galatta
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Ram Charan slogs it out
Being the son of Megastar is not an easy thing. Especially when one is trying to follow in the footsteps of his dad. The people have a lot of expectation from Ram Charan Teja.
The young hero is more than ready to take up the challenge. He has been assiduously learning the tricks of the trade all these years. He has learned horse riding as well as fights. While he went to Mumbai to learn the art of fighting with stunt megastar in Bollywood, he went to London to learn dancing.
The latest is Thai Boxing. He went to Bangkok recently to learn Thai Boxing which is a form of martial arts in Thailand.. So get set to see all this and much more in his first movie being directed by Puri Jagannath.
The upcoming megastar shared some of his secrets with the media recently. Ram Charan Teja’s favorite book is Abdul Kalam’s ‘Wings’. Favorite actors are Bradd Pitt, Hrithik Roshan and who else but Chiranjeevi himself. Favorite god is Hanuman. And the megastar fondly calls him ‘Cherry’!Source : Bharatwaves
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Hrithik, Kajol bag top Filmfare awards
At the Filmfare awards function held in Mumbai late Saturday evening, Hrithik Roshan and Kajol bagged the Best Actor and Best Actress awards for their performance in Dhoom 2 and Fanaa respectively.
The ceremony, held at Yashraj Studios in the city, was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar, Preity Zinta and Juhi Chawla.
While Rakyesh Mehra won the award for Best Director for the Rang De Basanti, the Critics award for the Best Film was given to Rajkumar Hirani for Lage Raho Munnabhai.
The Critics award for the Best Actor was given to Aamir Khan for Rang De Basanti while Kareena Kapoor won the Critics Award for Best Actress for Omkara.
Abhishek Bachchan won the Best Supporting Actor honour for Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (KANK) and none other than fiancé Aishwarya Rai was there to give away the award to him.
The Best Supporting Actress award was given to Konkona Sen Sharma for Omkara.
While Arshad Warsi won the Best Actor in Comic Role award for Lage Raho Munnabhai, Saif Ali Khan was honoured for his role in Omkara with the Best Actor in Negative Role award.
A R Rahman won the Best Music award for Rang De Basanti. The Best Lyrics award went to Prasoon Joshi for Fanaa.
Sunidhi Chauhan won the Best Playback – Female award for Beedi from Omkara and Shaan and Kailash Kher bagged the award in the same category.
The Power House Award was given to veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra and Jaya Bachchan and Javed Akhtar were honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award. (more...)Source : Ibn
Sai Kiran's singing struggles!
Sai Kiran has been struggling a lot to break the ice but till now he didn't bag a single hit after his debut film 'Nuvve Kavali'. Although his subsequent film 'Premisthey' was a hit that turned a female oriented one and brought all fame and accolades only to Laya.
Since then he acted in about 30-40 films but of no use. Sources say that he is seriously trying to shine up his singing talent and work as playback singer as an when opportunities come. Right now his remuneration as actor is also very less and many of his films have come to a halt after starting.
Sai Kiran, the son of singer Rama Krishna is struggling to spruce up his singing talent and wishing to hit the filmdom as playback singer as well.Source : Greatandhra
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