ప్రముఖ సంగీత దర్శకుడు ఇళయరాజా తన జీవితకాలంలో ఎన్నో నిలిచిపోయే పాటల్ని అందించారు..అందిస్తున్నారు. అయితే ఆ పాటలకు ప్రేరణ ఎక్కడిది..ఆ మాధుర్యం ఎక్కడి నుంచి వస్తుంది అనే విషయం గురించి ఇళయరాజా చెబుతూ "నేను సాధారణమైన మనిషిని. ఎప్పుడూ నా బాణీలకు ప్రేరణనిస్తున్న విషయం గురించి ఆలోచించలేదు. అది అలా వచ్చేస్తోందంతే! ప్రశాంతంగా కూర్చొని ఆత్మ మాట వింటుంటే సంగీతం దానంతట అది రావాల్సిందే! ఇన్నాళ్లూ ఆత్మతోనే సంగీతం అందించాను. సన్నివేశం, సందర్భం...వీలునిబట్టి సాహిత్యం తెలుసుకొని అందులో ఉన్న అర్థం గ్రహించి స్వరాలు సమకూరుస్తాను. దాన్ని మెచ్చుకుంటున్న శ్రోతలకు నేను కృతజ్ఞతలు చెప్పుకోవాలి" అన్నారు. అలాగే...సంగీత దర్శకుడు ఎవరైనా..కథను లోతుగా అర్థం చేసుకొని పరిస్థితికి తగ్గట్లుగా సరళమైన సంగీతాన్ని అందిస్తే..తప్పకుండా ప్రేక్షకుల్లోకి అది చేరుతుందని అన్నారు. అంతటి మహానుభావుడు కాబట్టే ఇప్పటికీ ఆయన సంగీతం మనల్ని మైమరిపిస్తుంది.0 ఇళయరాజా రివిల్ చేసిన తన సంగీత రహస్యం
Sunday, June 27, 2010
ప్రముఖ సంగీత దర్శకుడు ఇళయరాజా తన జీవితకాలంలో ఎన్నో నిలిచిపోయే పాటల్ని అందించారు..అందిస్తున్నారు. అయితే ఆ పాటలకు ప్రేరణ ఎక్కడిది..ఆ మాధుర్యం ఎక్కడి నుంచి వస్తుంది అనే విషయం గురించి ఇళయరాజా చెబుతూ "నేను సాధారణమైన మనిషిని. ఎప్పుడూ నా బాణీలకు ప్రేరణనిస్తున్న విషయం గురించి ఆలోచించలేదు. అది అలా వచ్చేస్తోందంతే! ప్రశాంతంగా కూర్చొని ఆత్మ మాట వింటుంటే సంగీతం దానంతట అది రావాల్సిందే! ఇన్నాళ్లూ ఆత్మతోనే సంగీతం అందించాను. సన్నివేశం, సందర్భం...వీలునిబట్టి సాహిత్యం తెలుసుకొని అందులో ఉన్న అర్థం గ్రహించి స్వరాలు సమకూరుస్తాను. దాన్ని మెచ్చుకుంటున్న శ్రోతలకు నేను కృతజ్ఞతలు చెప్పుకోవాలి" అన్నారు. అలాగే...సంగీత దర్శకుడు ఎవరైనా..కథను లోతుగా అర్థం చేసుకొని పరిస్థితికి తగ్గట్లుగా సరళమైన సంగీతాన్ని అందిస్తే..తప్పకుండా ప్రేక్షకుల్లోకి అది చేరుతుందని అన్నారు. అంతటి మహానుభావుడు కాబట్టే ఇప్పటికీ ఆయన సంగీతం మనల్ని మైమరిపిస్తుంది.
0 Mahesh Babu's Khaleja Creating Records
Mahesh Babu - Anushka - Trivikram's upcoming film has been progressing rapidly for quite some. And a bird tells us that the craze for Mahesh Babu's first film in almost three years has been high, especially in Guntur. The distributors from Guntur seemed to have bought it a whopping price of Rs 2.4 crore.Guntur is known for giving great hits to all heroes. It was only recently that 'Simha' collected a record price and distributors have been kept happy. Now with Mahesh Babu's next film they are expecting to collect some good collections. The film is currently undergoing dubbing at Sabdalaya Studios, and three songs are yet to be shot.
0 Katrina injured in Spain!
Katrina Kaif, who is shooting for Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara in Spain, recently sprained her neck while in the gym. The actress is now unable to turn her neck to the right or left and can now only look straight. The injury has raised concerns in the unit as to whether Katrina will be able to perform the stunts required for the film.
Kat is expected to perform risky stunts in the outdoors for the film. However, Kat is determined to not let her injury disrupt the shooting schedule.
The shooting of Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara has suffered a few setbacks as rains in Spain have played spoilsport with the schedule.
Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara also stars Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin.
0 Gossip: Hero Raja’s Chapter Closed?
Hero Raja has shot to fame with the film ‘Anand’ and consequently he bagged many offers. So far, after Anand he acted in almost 20 films where only Vennela and Aa Nalugu could stand well as per reputation and rest got flopped.And Raja is not the main lead in Aa Naluguru but a kind of side role that he played. Rajendra Prasad is the main lead in that as known for all. The movie Vennela brought fame but that didn’t make big money just like Aa Naluguru.
After the sequential flops, he took the area rights of the movie ‘Inkosaari’ instead of taking remuneration. Raja found it very difficult to get theaters at reasonable rents to release his movie. With that he lost patience and verbally attacked the big-5 in the industry (Allu Aravind, Daggubati Suresh, Dasari, Dil Raju and Ramoji Rao) stating that they are spoiling the future of every small producer and actor. He went to every TV channel and explained his woes.
It is clear that Allu Aravind and Ramoji Rao kept him away from their domain. No news about Raja will be covered in Eenadu as he pointed fingers on Ramoji. Allu Aravind’s influence makes him lose every opportunity. Daggubati Suresh as known for all is an emperor in Telugu Film Industry who keeps Raja at bay for ever. Dasari is also influential and he sees that no opportunity comes to Raja.
Under these circumstances, sources say that the film career of Raja is almost concluded and he has to look for alternatives. Well, he is in close contours of YS Jagan and expecting a Congress Seat soon. Well, let us wish that he learns the tricks of living in society (either filmdom or politics) that is dominated by egos, money-power and sycophancy.
0 Mega Brother Makes Small Screen Debut
There was a time when the TV circuit was given a step-motherly treatment and especially from those who belong to the cine industry. Today, the scene has reversed and the success of any movie depends on how well the film is taken forward by the TV media and other entertainment channels.In view of that, mega brother Nagababu is all set to make his debut. Apparently, he is coming up with a new serial titled ‘Aparanji’ and is playing the lead role in that. He is pairing up with the ever seductive Jayalalitha along with few other faces from the film and TV circuit.
Ever since the PRP has lost its political charm, even the horde of film offers that Nagababu got during that time has been lost. So now, it remains to be seen whether he will be able to impress the home audience with his new venture or not. All the best Megabrother!!
0 Mahesh Babu’s new film to launch on June 28th
The fantastic combination of Prince Mahesh Babu – Samantha - Srinu Vytla are coming together for the first time for a film being made by 14 Reels Banner. The launch of this film will happen on June 28th at 7.20 A.M. at Ramanaidu Studios. The actual shooting of the film will start in July, once Mahesh completes his film with Trivikram.While Mahesh is super thirsty to claim his top star slot, Samatha has been making some interesting choices after Ye Maya Chesave’s super success. Srinu Vytla has already put himself as amongst the best commercially viable Telugu film directors. With these three together 14 Reels Banner producers Achanta Gopichand, Anil Sunkara and Achanta Ram are hoping to make a romantic comedy action entertainer suitable for all Telugu audiences.
14 Reels Banner already has a film ‘Namo Venkatesa’ with Srinu Vytla and they are hoping that Srinu Vytla turns his magic full on with this film.
Earlier Srinu Vytla had announced that he was planning to work with a Super 35mm camera for this film. The first half of the film is mostly to be shot in North India.
Mahesh is hoping that film continues his streak of block buster hits like Okkadu, Athadu, Poikiri etc.
0 Vijaya Shanthi: 'All Tollywood Heroes Are Waste Fellows'
Vijaya Shanthi has talked after a long time on a TV channel. She said that all heroes except two are waste fellows.She elucidated saying, “There is no boldness in today’s heroes. They cannot accept criticism openly and they cannot talk on cool terms. I like only two heroes so far. One is Sr NTR and the other is Super Star Krishna. Except those two all others are mere waste”.
Along with this bold statement she also said, “Heroes feel great about themselves. They feel that no film can run without them. But that’s wrong. No audience can enjoy a movie for 3 long hours only for a hero. They love watching heroine better. People used to watch me for 3 long hours without any boredom. I took a remuneration of Rs 1 Cr in 1997”.
Everything is fine, but people are scratching heads to know who must have given Rs 1Cr for her in 1997??!!! Even now, no top heroine is getting that amount easily!!! Only the name of Ileana rounded for a while earlier but none later.
In fact, many understood that she targeted Chiranjeevi and talked all this.
0 Megastar Chiranjeevi Rare Photo
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Chiru as 'Kid' and Chiru with his 'Kids'
0 Jr.NTR’s ‘Brindavanam’ song to be shot in Greece?
We’ve already told you that the shoot for Jr.NTR’s upcoming film ‘Brindavanam’ is almost done, minus 2 songs. One of the songs is a romantic number and we hear Greece has been finalized as the location for shooting the song. The last Telugu film that was shot here was ‘Kedi’, starring Nagarjuna and Mamta Mohandas.Jr.NTR has been tired shooting day in and out for his two films ‘Shakti’ and ‘Brindavanam’. He wrote on his twitter account, “Bye Vikarabad. Done with my action sequence and am so tired.” But Jr. NTR won’t have to worry about being tired, as he will go on a holiday kind of trip to Greece soon. Though he will work there, it is said Greece is a relaxing place to be!
0 Richa with Pawan Kalyan
Leader girl Richa Gangopadhyay became a busy heroine in Tollywood. She has two films in her hand, now she signed another film with Pawan Kalyan. Richa playing the second heroine in Pawan Kalyan’s next flick ’Kushiga’(’Love aaj kal’ remake), while Ileana playing the main heroine in that film. As per the sources Pawan Kalyan is doing the dual role for the first time in the film.Currently Richa Gangopadhay doing two films one with Venkatesh in ’Nagavalli’ and another film with Raviteja in Mirapakaya movie.
0 ‘Marayada Ramanna’ audio releasing on July 3rd!
Director SS Raja Mouli’s Upcoming film with Comedian Sunil as lead role "Maryada Ramanna" is gearing up for its release on July 23rd.Saloni is playing the female lead role. The film is produced by Devineni Prasad and Shobhu Yarlagadda under Arka Media Pvt. Ltd.
The latest news is that the audio of the film will be released on July 3rd by Vel Records in to the market. M M Keeravani has composed the music for
0 Rajnikant’s ROBOT set for Sep 3 release?
Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai and Tamil superstar Rajnikant’s mega-budget Endhiran(ROBOT in Telugu) is expected to hit the screens September 3, 2010. Produced by Sun Pictures and directed by Shankar, Endhiran is said to be one of the most expensive films. It’s made at a budget of Rs.190 crore.
During a press conference, Rajnikant had hinted that the film may be released some time in August. But if sources in the Tamil industry are to be believed than Endhiran will be released simultaneously in India and abroad Sep 3 on more than 1000 screens.
The formal announcement regarding the release date is expected to come soon.
Meanwhile, director Shankar has revealed the film’s story on his blog.
"It revolves around a robot, who, all of a sudden turns into a human being and mingles with society," Shankar posted on his blog.
"The film will have many surprises. Technology has been used to the maximum possible extent. I am hopeful that ’Endhiran’ will surpass all expectations. Rajni is such a simple man who is totally unaware of his fame and power."
Oscar winner A.R. Rahman has composed the music, while Rathnavelu has worked behind the camera for the movie.
0 Ash-Abhi on Vogue India
Bollywood’s power couple, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shoot their very first cover together for Vogue India’s July 2010 issue.
0 బస్తీమే సవాల్ జూ ఎన్టీఆర్, రామ్ చరణ్, మహేష్ బాబు
Friday, June 25, 2010
టాలీవుడ్ లో నెక్స్ట్ నెంబర్ వన్ ఎవరు..ప్యూచర్ మెగాస్టార్ ఎవరు అనే ప్రశ్నలకు అక్టోబర్ నెల అన్సర్ చెబుతుందని ఆశించవచ్చు. ఎందుకంటే ఈ పోటీలో ప్రధానంగా పేర్కొంటున్న మహేష్, జూ ఎన్టీఆర్, రామ్ చరణ్ ఈ ముగ్గురు స్టార్స్ ఈ సారి ఒకే సీజన్ లో తలపడనున్నారు. వీరి చిత్రాలు వరుసగా రానున్నాయి, అందులో ముందుగా జూ ఎన్టీఆర్ తాజా చిత్రం ‘బృందావనం’ రాబోతోంది. ఆగస్ట్ 24న ‘బృందావనం’ విడుదల తేదీగా చెబుతున్నారు కానీ అది సెప్టెంబర్ కి పోస్ట్ పోన్ అయ్యే అవకాశాలున్నాయట.అలాగే మహేష్ బాబు-త్రివిక్రమ్ ల చిత్రం ఆగస్ట్ లో వస్తుందని అన్నారు. అయితే ఇంకా నాలుగు పాటలను చిత్రీకరించాల్సి వున్నందున ఇది కూడా సెప్టెంబర్ లోనే రావచ్చు అని సమాచారం. ఇక రామ్ చరణ్ ‘ఆరంజ్’ ని ప్రేక్షకులకు దసరా కానుకగా ఇవ్వనున్నారు. ఇప్పటికే శరవేగంగా షూటింగ్ జరుపుకొని దాదాపుగా టాకీపార్ట్ కంప్లీట్ చేసేసుకున్న ‘ఆరంజ్’ అక్టోబర్ లో రావడం ఖాయం అని చెబుతున్నారు ఆ చిత్ర వర్గం. అయితే రానున్న విజయదశమికి ఈ హీరోల విజయాలు, బాక్సాఫీస్ లో వసూళ్ల వర్షం కురిపించే శక్తి సామర్ధ్యాలు నిరూపితమవుతాయి కనుక నెంబర్ వన్ రేస్ లో ముందడుగు వేసేదెవరో తేలుతుందని వ్యాఖ్యానిస్తున్నారు సినీ అభిమానులు.
0 హాట్ టాపిక్ గా మారిన బాలయ్య సెంటిమెంట్
నా సినిమాల టైటిల్స్‌లో సింహా కలిస్తే ఘనవిజయం సాధించడం ఖాయం అనే సెంటిమెంట్ నిజమైంది అంటూ బాలకృష్ణ సింహా యాభై రోజుల పండగ సందర్భంగా చెప్పిన మాటలు ఇప్పుడు ఇండస్ట్రీలో హాట్ టాపిక్ గా మారింది. బాలకృష్ణకు కొంచెం సెంటిమెంట్స్ ఎక్కువ అనే విషయం అందరికీ తెలిసినిదే అయినా, బహిరంగ రహస్యంలాంటి ఆ విషయం ఇలా ఎప్పుడూ బయటపడలేదు. కానీ ఇప్పుడు ఇలా ఆయన అనటంతో అంతటా మాట్లాడుకుంటున్నారు. అందులోనూ చాలా మంది హీరోలకు, నిర్మాత, దర్శకులుకు తమ పరిధిలో ఇలాంటి సెంటిమెంట్స్ ఉన్నా ఎప్పుడూ బయిటపడరు. కానీ బాలయ్య ఆనందంతో భోళాగా మాట్లాడి తన మనస్సులో మాటలును బయిట పెట్టి అందరినీ ఆనందపరిచారు. ఇక...సింహా గురించి బాలయ్య అదే స్టేజిపై...అత్యధిక థియేటర్లలో రికార్డ్‌ వసూళ్లతో అర్ధ శతదినోత్సవం పూర్తి చేసుకుని ముందుకు వెళ్లడం అంటే సామాన్యమైన విషయం కాదు అని తేల్చి చెప్పారు. ఆయన అన్నట్లుగా గానే సింహా చాలా గ్యాప్ తర్వాత తెలుగు సినిమాకు ఊపుని ఇచ్చింది.
0 "I Don't Know Allu Arjun": Anushka
The awesome beauty Anushka is one girl who is loved not only for her strong sex appeal but also for her sweet and down to earth nature. Recently, she was sharing her thoughts in an interview when she openly stated that though she knows Manchu Manoj to an extent, she hardly knows Allu Arjun except for saying Hi to him twice or thrice. However, she was all praises for his performance in the recent release 'Vedam' and added that he was quite involved with his character and that was motivating. Though Anushka and Allu Arjun got hardly any screen space to share, 'Vedam' has opened up the gates for the age old concept of multi-starrers which is a good thing.
0 Raktha Charitra sold for 12 crores
The Telugu version of Ram Gopal Varma's trilingual Rakta Charitra (part 1) is sold for 12 crores as per the producer Madhu Manthena. Happy Movies (C Kalyan, Raj Kumar and Chinna Vasudeva Reddy) grabbed the rights. Rakta Charitra will hit the marquee in the month of August. Rakta Charitra is highly relevant in Telugu because it is a fictional film on the life of political leader Paritala Ravi.
0 ‘Pappu’ Review: Romantic Humor
Film: PappuRating: 2.25/5
Banner: Arya Entertainment
Cast: Krishnudu, Subbaraju, Dipikka, Uttej, Banerjee, Junaid, Siva Reddy, Sangeetha, Melkote, Surya and others
Music: Phani Kalyan
Cinematography: Kesani Rajendra
Editing: Chandrasekhar
Story, screenplay, direction: Sapan Pasumarthy
Producers: Praveen Reddy, Yada Nagesh
Release date: 25/06/2010
The fat but cute and highly talented Krishnudu has now arrived with a new venture and this time, he is accompanied by a team of talented debutantes.
Story:
Pappu (Krishnudu) is a young man whose life is written with bad luck. His helping nature and kind heart tends to do good to others but at his own expense. His life takes a turn when he sees Radha (Dipikka), his boss’s (Banerjee) daughter and begins to like her. However, Dipikka gets kidnapped by few goons and this puts her family in a dilemma. They call for the help of the ace detective Ram (Subbaraju) and due to a sentiment, even Pappu is sent in the search mission. What is that sentiment? How does a guy riddled with bad luck help Ram? What happens to Pappu’s love story? All this forms the rest of the story.
Performances:
This is an entirely new Krishnudu that we see. He has grown in confidence and his body language is more demonstrative. He is able to emote the expressions very well and does full justice to his character. His efforts and commitment levels are praiseworthy.
Dipikka is a natural beauty and has shades of Sharmila Tagore in few angles. She has shown ease in front of the camera though it is her debut attempt and she can do well if she works on her expressions and lip movement. She needs to change her hairstylist though…
Subbaraju looks handsome as ever but for some reason, he has imbibed Mahesh Babu in his expressions, body language and dialogue delivery. It looks like the ‘Pokiri’ effect is still strong on him. He is a naturally talented and high caliber actor so if he just does his own bit, that will give him great results. But it is good to see an elevated character for him in the film.
Banerjee was good, Uttej was apt, Surya was brief, Junaid did his bit as required, Siva Reddy was not used to his potential, the others tried to contribute in their own way.
Analysis
The film takes off on an interesting note but then it fails to get the audience into the flow. The key flaw in the entire movie is the weak direction. The presentation was somewhat okay but the narrative was poor.
Dialogues were strictly okay, script was average and the screenplay was not upto the mark. Since the storyline is known, a lot depended on how the characters are etched and what is the intensity they are showing to attract the audience into the film.
Though the lead cast gave spirited performances, it didn’t work that much due to the lack of depth in their characters. Editing was abrupt, background score was convincing but it could have been avoided at some scenes. Songs opened very well but lost grip in between, the ‘Anjaneya Stotram’ was impressive.
The film will have good openings at many centers due to the presence of Krishnudu and also due to the interesting combination of Subbaraju and Krishnudu. However, it would take some aggressive publicity and positive word of mouth for the film to sustain decent collections.
Bottomline: Just okay, could have been much better
0 Mahesh Babu Has No ‘Heart’!!!
Though he may be a big star, prince Mahesh Babu has been facing a lot of criticism for his indifference towards colleagues in the cine circuit or events in Tollywood. While it was understood that Mahesh was absent from events such as Tollywood T-20, MAA stars night etc, the recent incident has not gone too well. It is heard that Mahesh did not even bother to pay a visit to Kota Srinivasa Rao when his son passed away and this is causing a negative remark. Many are saying that Mahesh Babu’s insensitivity towards others is unpardonable.
0 Mahesh Trivikram Movie Working Still
Prince Mahesh Babu and Anushka’s Upcoming film under the direction Trivikram Srinivas Movie Still.
0 Hero Sai Kiran ties the knot!
Young and handsome actor Sai Kiran tied the knot with Vaishnavi today morning at the holy abode of Tirumala. Vaishnavi is a software engineer from Bangalore.
Reception will be held first at Bangalore on June 25th and later at Hyderabad on July 3rd.
0 Pawan Kalyan’s new film title!
Power star Pawan Kalyan acting in a remake of Bollywood "Love Aaj Kal" movie in Telugu. The latest buzz is that for that film "Khushiga" is the title being considered. Jayanth C Paranji is directing that film. It has dialogues by Trivikram Srinivas. Khushi is one of the biggest hits in Pawan’s career. So Trivikram is reportedly suggested to title this remake as Khushiga. Producer Ganesh has already registered this title at A.P Film Chamber of Commerce. Title "Khushiga" is not yet confirmed, but under consideration.
0 Mahesh Babu - Trivikram film shoot almost done!
For all those Mahesh Babu’s fans who are waiting for his next film here’s some news. The next Mahesh Babu’s film with Trivikram is left only with shoot for three songs and the around four days of talkie part.Mahesh Babu has already started doing the dubbing for film at Sabdalaya studios today. The film features Anushka, and other actors like Prakash Raj. C. Kalyan, the producer of the film, is hoping to release the movie in August.
0 Is Jr. NTR Shakti about ‘Shakti Peethams’?
Jr. NTR shoot for his upcoming film ‘Shakti’ has been generating quite a talk in film circles. The film unit first completed shoot at Jaipur. Producer of the film C. Aswhini Dutt earlier told the media people that they are planning to shoot the film at Srinagar, Ladakh, Varanasi, Haridwar etc.Interestingly it isn’t a coincidence that each of these places has a ‘Shakti Peetham’, a temple for Goddess Shakti! Accepted Jaipur doesn’t have one, but Jr.NTR and his team did visit the Pushkar Temple, at Ajmer!
Also writer JK Bharavi who has been associated as one amongst the writers for this film has been known for doing period films like ‘Annamayya’, ‘Pandurangadu’ and ‘Sri Ramadasu’!
Yandmoori Veerendranath has been known for mixing reality with supernatural ever since his sci-fi novels ‘Tulasi Dalam’ and his socio fantasy film ‘Jagadeka Veeru Atiloka Sundari’ was just a proof!
But then there is also a shoot in Egypt and obviously there is no Shakti Peetham there! So we are back to square one.
What is Shakti film about, and what are Jr.NTR, Meher Ramesh, Ashwini Dutt cooking up with famous writers like J.K.Bharavi and Yandamoori Veerendranath? Guess we have a long wait, and it is already getting exciting!
0 Rana’s Film Cancelled Due To Colors Swathi?
It is heard that the subject of heroine has led to a controversy that ended up to the cancellation of a film. It is known news that the noted director Selvaraghavan alias Sri Raghava who is familiar to the Telugu audience through his films such as ‘7G Brindavan Colony’ ‘Aadavari Maatalaku Ardhaale Verule’ ‘Yuganiki Okkadu’ was all set to take off with a film having Daggubati Rana as the hero. Even Rana has mentioned about this venture to the media a few times.Rana reportedly stated that except the heroine the story, other cast and crew, budget, locations etc have been finalized and once the heroine is finalized, the film will go to the sets. At that point, it was also mentioned that since the apt heroine who can suit the height of Rana was yet to be found, hence the delay was happening for starting the shooting.
However, sources from Ramanaidu studio reveal that due to the stubborn stand from Sri Raghava that Colors Swathi is the best choice as the heroine for this bilingual seems to have resulted in him losing the project. The film nagar buzz is that having paired with Nani in ‘Ashta Chemma’, with Kamal Kamaraju in ‘Kalavaramaye Madhilo’ and currently pairing with the out of form Sumanth, Rana tried to convince Selvaraghavan in many ways that their project needs some one else other than Swathy.
However, it seems that Sri Raghava made it clear that the character was made keeping Swathi in mind and was adamant on it. Since there was no other alternative, the sources say that Rana backed off from the project. It is known grapevine that Sri Raghava is crazy about the ‘Colors’ baby. Apparently, she was the first choice for ‘7G Brindavan Colony’ but since the director was not that well known during that time, Swathi said no. It seems that she was again roped in as the leading lady for ‘AMAV’ as well but then objection was raised as she would look like a little mouse beside victory Venkatesh. That is why Sri Raghava created a second character for ‘Colors’ girl and took Trisha as the lead heroine. Even the project with Vikram was due to have Swathi as the heroine but then the film got shelved. In this backdrop, Sri Raghava’s dreams to take Swathi as the heroine for Rana have remained as a dream but not become a reality.
0 Nag Fans Serious On Akhil Akkineni
It is often seen that passions run high among the fans when the kids of their favorite heroes make debut. One such group is the Nagarjuna fans. Right now, it is heard that they are quite serious about one thing and that is the debut film of Akkineni Akhil.Sources say that Nag fans were not happy with the way Naga Chaitanya’s debut was made. They added that it was not in the right way like the other star celebs such as Ramcharan or Rana had. It seems the Nag fans want to see a grand launch for Akhil’s debut.
For now, the Akkineni camp says that Akhil is keen on becoming a cricketer and not an actor. But one never knows what life has in store for them. So, since Nag fans have already made their intentions clear, perhaps the ‘King’ can start doing the necessary groundwork in case Akhil changes his mind.
0 Samantha Brought To Ground By Security
The pretty girl Samantha who has shot to fame overnight with the success of her debut film was riding high with fame and fortune. However, it didn’t take long for her to fly high as she was brought to ground by an unaware set of security guards. Recently, Samantha was gearing up to go inside for an event but was stopped at the entrance by the guards. They refused to believe that Samantha was an actress and the petite beauty had a tough time trying to convince that she is indeed a heroine. How’s that for a bite of reality folks??
0 Sr NTR with Nag, Balayya, Venky and Akhil - Rare Pic
Thursday, June 24, 2010
NTR with Nag, Balayya, Venky and Akhil - Rare Pic
0 Maryada Ramanna Website First Look
Arka Media works starting new trend in tollywood. They using online resources like twitter, facebook, orkut and website for their upcomoing movie maryada ramanna publicity. previously many telugu movies created their own websites but non of them were concentrated to use them as a publicity medium.Join Maryada Ramanann Community in Orkut @ Maryada Ramanna Community
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0 Heroine 'Smoking' Being A Bride
This is not a film shot. It’s not a shot break in film shooting. It’s real picture. Manisha Koirala, the actress who got married to Samrat Dahal in Kathmandu is seen smoking this way after her wedding.Manisha never feels embarrassed smoking in public. She never fears of any law as well. Celebrities smoking in public show a detrimental effect to society as per present law. And ladies smoking this way would certainly have bigger effect. Although it happened in Kathmandu, it effects Indian youth and ladies, say sources.
Bride having smoke in bridal sindoor is certainly a rare thing that people see.
0 Surya’s ‘Yamudu’ releasing on July 2nd
The title for Telugu version has been confirmed as ‘Yamudu’ is all set to release on July 2nd.The Tamil version was released on May 28 and remained as big hit.It had made the highest business of Rs. 85 crores. The movie is directed by Hari and produced by K.E.Gnanavel Raja under Studio Green.Glamorous actress Anushka plays the female lead opposite Surya. This film music director by Devi Sri Prasad.
0 'సింహా' నిర్మాతలకు వార్నింగ్...మీడియాకు క్షమాపణ: బాలకృష్ణ
నిన్న(జూలై 24న) జరిగిన 'సింహా' చిత్రం అర్ధ దినోత్సవ వేడుకల్లో మీడియాకు బాలకృష్ణ తన నిర్మాతల తరుపున క్షమాపణలు తెలియచేసారు. హైదరాబాద్ మారియట్ హోటల్ లో జరిగిన ఈ వేడుకల్లో నిర్మాత పరుచూరి ప్రసాద్, ఎగ్జిక్యూటివ్ ప్రొడ్యూసర్ మహేందర్..ఫిల్మ్ జర్నలిస్టులపై నోరు చేసుకున్నారు. దురుసుగా వ్యవహరించారు. దాంతో మీడియా మిత్రులంతా బోయ్ కాట్ చేయటానికి సిద్దమయ్యారు. వెంటనే ప్లేటు పిరాయించిన నిర్మాతలు..మీడియా వాళ్ళని ప్లీజ్ చేయటానికి ప్రయత్నించారు. అయితే ఆ ఛీప్ ట్రిక్స్ కి లొంగని వారు బయిటకు వెళ్ళబోయారు. ఇంతలో ఈ విషయాన్ని బాలకృష్ణకు కొందరు తెలియచేసారు. దాంతో వెంటనే స్పందించిన బాలకృష్ణ నిర్మాతల తరపున మీడియా వారిని క్షమాపణలు కోరారు. నిర్మాతలను గట్టిగానే మందలించారు. అంతేగాక మీడియావారు సింహా విజయానికి ఎంతో దోహదం చేసానన్నారు. మళ్ళీ ఇటువంటి తప్పు తిరిగి దొర్లరాదని నిర్మాతలకు వార్నింగ్ ఇచ్చారు. దాంతో తిరిగి మీడియావారు ఈ పంక్షన్ ని కవర్ చేసారు.
0 బాలకృష్ణ బాబాయ్ కి థ్యాంక్స్: ఎన్టీఆర్
'తెలుగు సినీ రంగం ఆశించిన ఘన విజయమిది. గొప్ప చిత్రం కావాలని ప్రేక్షకులు తొలి నుంచీ ఎదురు చూశారు. అందర్నీ సంతోషపరచినందకు బాబాయ్‌కీ, చిత్ర బృందానికీ థ్యాంక్స్" అంటూ ఉద్వేగంగా మాట్లాడారు జూ ఎన్టీఆర్. బుధవారం రాత్రి హైదరాబాద్‌లో నిర్వహించిన 'సింహా' అర్థ శతదినోత్సవ కార్యక్రమానికి వికారాబాద్ లో షూటింగ్ హడావిడిలో ఉన్న ఎన్టీఆర్ హాజరయ్యి అందరినీ ఆనందపరిచారు. నందమూరి బాలకృష్ణ హీరోగా నటించిన 'సింహా' 338 కేంద్రాల్లో 50 రోజులు పూర్తి చేసుకొంది. బోయపాటి శ్రీను దర్శకత్వం వహించిన ఈ చిత్రాన్ని పరుచూరి కిరీటి నిర్మించారు. ఈ వేడుకని నందమూరి హీరోలు, తెలుగు సినీ ప్రముఖుల సమక్షంలో ఘనంగా నిర్వహించారు. బాలకృష్ణ, నమిత, బోయపాటి శ్రీనులకు దాసరి చేతుల మీదుగా జ్ఞాపికలు అందించారు. ఈ వేడుకలో సినీ ప్రముఖులు కల్యాణ్ రామ్, రామ్, తారకరత్న, అశ్వనీదత్‌, అంబికా కృష్ణ, కేఆర్‌ విజయ, ఉదయ్‌కిరణ్‌, చక్రి, సి.కల్యాణ్, పరుచూరి గోపాలకృష్ణ, బెల్లంకొండ సురేష్‌, తమ్మారెడ్డి భరద్వాజ, పరుచూరి ప్రసాద్ తదితరులు పాల్గొన్నారు.
0 Balakrishna apologizes media at ‘Simha’ 50 days function
Natasimha Balakrishna apologized media for the alleged bad behaviour by the producer Paurichuri Kireeti and executive producer.‘Simha’ is celebrating its 50 days function at Mariott Hotel, Hyderabad. When the media came to cover the Simha 50 days function, executive producer of the film Paruchuri Prasad misbehaved with them and made some insulting remarks. The media immediately warned Paruchuri Prasad that they will boycott the event.
But when Balakrishna was informed about the situation, he seriously interfered into the matter and lambasted the producer and apologized the media on the producer’s behalf. He praised the media for playing a part in the success of the film.
0 NTR to attend Balakrishna ‘Simha’ 50 days function
Balakrishna 'Simha' would be celebrating 50 days function at hotel JW Marriott in Hyderabad. Last week, Balakrishna fan along with few others distributors have celebrated the function, but looks like this time the whole gathering might throng the place. The producers are organizing a function tonight (23rd June) in hotel Marriot, Hyderabad.Significantly, young tiger NTR , who is shooting for Brindhavanam in Vikrabad forest is also attending the event as he tweeted the same “Third day of shoot in vikarabad..going good..might attend simha 50 days function tonight at marriot..damn exited..”
Also, hero Ram is expected to join the ‘Simha’ 50 days function. In fact Ram tweeted, “Goin for simha 50days function @ da marriot in da eve ppl.”
0 Simha 50 days Function Today
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Nandamuri Balakrishna’s biggest blockbuster Simha successfully completed fifty days run in 338 centers. Balakrishna’s ‘Simha’ team will celebrate the function tonight on June 23rd in hotel Marriot atHyderabad. Jr. NTR who is currently shooting for ‘Brindavanam’ in Vikarabad forest is also expected to come. He wrote on his Twitter account “Might attend ‘Simha’ 50 days function tonight at Marriot…Damn excited”.
While it is going to be huge celebrations, actress Namita is also expected along with the various big names from the Telugu film industry.
0 Samantha opposite Rana?
There was recent news that Rana will start a film soon with Gautam Menon. Now there is news that Samantha, who debuted under Gautam Menon’s direction in ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ is going to star opposite Rana.Rana, has had a wonderful debut thanks to Sekhar Kammula’s ‘Leader’ and same holds with Samantha too. While Rana is doing a Hindi film ‘Dum Maro Dum’ along with Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Samantha has agreed to do two Telugu films. The first one is ‘Brindanvanam’ with Jr. NTR and the second one opposite Mahesh Babu.
Gautam on the other hand is busy doing a Tamil film with Sameera Reddy. However, more news is yet to come on the film. Let’s see how things will pan out?
0 Pawan Kalyan’s dubbing in Sabdalaya for Puli
Pawan Kalyan has been dubbing for ‘Komaram Puli’ since 16th of June at Sabdalaya Studios, Hyderabad. It is believed that 20% of his dubbing is completed till today. So that’s some good news for Pawan Kalyan’s fans, who have been waiting for his movie for quite some time now.‘Komaram Puli’, directed by S.J. Suryah will be the second film in Pawan-Suryah’s combination, the first one being super hit film ‘Khushi’. Pawan is a perfectionist who is extremely regular to the dubbing and it is expected that he will take another 10 days to complete his dubbing.
Expect an announcement soon folks!
0 Allari Naresh flick titled ‘Panileni Puliraja’!
It is well known that if it is Allari Naresh’s film everyone will expect for crazy and funny titles like his earlier names such as ‘Thotti Gang’, ‘Kithakithalu’, ‘Athili Sattibabu LKG’, ‘Fitting Master’, ‘Bendu Apparao RMP’. Now, his latest flick has been titled as ‘Panileni Puliraja’ which is being directed by Gollapaati Nageswara Rao, who earlier directed the under production movie ‘Brahmalokam to Yamalokam via Bhoolokam’. It is heard from the sources that the director has narrated the script to Naresh and impressed with that he gave his consent for the film.
0 Prabhas-Gopichand's Multi starrer Movie Titled "Partners"
Shortly a multistarrer movie is on way in Prabhas-Gopichand combination. The title “Partners” is being considered for it. Parvathi Melton and Bindu Madhavi have been offered to co-star Prabhas-Gopichand and it is said that they have agreed to do it. A director who has given three hit movies recently is going to direct this movie. His name has not been disclosed yet. The details of the movie will be disclosed only after the finalisation of its producer. However, it is expected that it would launched on this Sankranthi day.The title “Partners” is in consideration for the flick. Also, Parvathi Melton and Bindhu Madhavi are said to be playing the lead female roles. The director of the movie is still unknown. Other details of the movie are yet to be known.
0 PULI in Dubbing
Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s upcoming film ‘Komaram Puli’ dubbing is going on in Sabdalaya Studios, Hyderabad. Pawan kalyan has been dubbing since 16th of June for his role. As per the sources 20% of his dubbing is completed till today. SJ Surya is directing ‘Komaram Puli’ produced by Singamala Ramesh and music by A R Rahman. It seems that director SJ Surya is very particular about dubbing and that Pawan Kalyan might take some time to finish his dubbing part. This is the second film in Pawan-Suryah’s combination, the first one being super hit film ‘Khushi’.
0 Simha creates Industry Record in Guntur
Nadamuri Balakrishna’s "simha" movie has created a all time industry record in Guntur.Simha has collected a whopping Rs 5.6 crore in Guntur alone within 50 days run at the box office. This is said to be a Industry Record.Simha shattered records created by Magadheera in Guntur district.
0 Do not go by what others say, watch Raavan: Vikram
Kochi (PTI): Tamil actor Vikram, who portrayed contrasting characters in two versions of ace director Mani Ratnam's latest flick Raavan feels the movie should not be judged by what others say."People have their own opinion. Some might say it is good, some might say it is bad. But please do not judge the movie by what others say, Please go and watch the movie," Vikram, who acted as Dev and Veera in the Hindi and Tamil versions said.
The actor who made his debut in Bollywood with the film was reacting to queries from reporters here when asked about Amitabh Bachchan's tweet that editing glitches having ruined his son Abhishek's role in the Hindi version.
Malayalam actor Prithviraj, who acts as Dev opposite Aiswaraya Rai in the Tamil version, said he did not subscribe to Bachchan's views, but respects it as his personal view.
The two actors were here to promote the film. Vikram said the film, which has been shot in dense forests and tough locales is 'poetry' and should be seen as interpretation of a master craftsman.
Vikram was delighted to share that the Tamil version of the film was doing well. The Hindi audiences could not have connected to its theme, he said when asked about the Hindi version not faring too well.
Prithiviraj said he was introduced as a Malayalam actor at the London premiere of the movie and that he was proud to have represented the Malayalam film industry on such a platform.
The Hindi and Tamil versions have been released in 65 theatres on June 18 despite distributors and producers directive against it as it would affect the collections of Malayalam films. The Film Distributors association had wanted the film to be released after two weeks.
0 Nude Bombshell Attacked By Police!!
She was known as the bikini goddess for a long time but now she seems to be elevating herself to the absolute – the nude goddess. She is none other than Sherlyn Chopra but then trouble seems to be following her closely and that too in the form of police.Well, these are not the civil cops but the moral police. Apparently, they seem to have taken it on them to ensure that Sherlyn and her sexplosive stills get blocked. Recently, they managed to influence the Twitter folks and ensure that Sherlyn doesn’t get an entry there.
Not stopping at that, it is heard that these moral police have threatened to file an FIR against her if she doesn’t stop exposing herself. Well, Sherlyn is not too bothered by it but then she is quite livid as to why they are trying to target her. She feels that they are feeling quite inferior to her, that’s why. Wonder what the moral police have to say to this now.
0 Maryada Ramanna releasing on July 23rd?
‘Marayda Ramanna’ is S.S.Rajamouli’s first directorial work after the mega blockbuster ‘Magadheera’. Producers Devineni Prasad and Shobhu Yarlagadda are planning to release the film on July 23rd, under Arka Media Pvt. Ltd. This will be the banners second film after ‘Vedam’, which gained critical acclaim. As of today, the entire film is completed, except for one song. The remaining one song will be shot at Annapoorna Studios starting with a final and small schedule on June 28th. Starring Sunil opposite Saloni, ‘Maryada Ramanna’ is expected to be a thorough rib-tickler, quite a change from Rajamouli’s earlier action dramas.
0 Kat loves to get wet in the rain
Katrina Kaif is currently in Spain shooting for Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara . But before leaving for the outdoor shoot, she was sad that she would spend time outside the country during the monsoon.The actress loves the monsoon season in Mumbai and thinks getting drenched in the rain is a wonderful thing. The actress has a hectic schedule ahead.
After completing the month- long shoot of Zoya’s much- awaited film, she will fly to London for the shooting of Dostana 2 with Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham.
0 RGV Worried For Actor’s Death
It is often said that Ram Gopal Varma is one man who hardly has sentiments and he is too practical about everything. Well, that may not be so at all times. Even Ramu has a heart and that was evident on seeing his reactions after he heard the death of Kota Prasad, son of Kota Srinivasa Rao.Sources say that Kota Sr happens to be RGV’s personal favorite and the death of his son made him feel very bad. It is heard that Kota tried for Prasad in Bollywood as well and even Ramu was impressed with his performance in Sidhdham.
Ram was planning for few roles for him in his projects but the shocking death of the actor has got him quite worried. Even many members of the Tollywood circuit shared similar thoughts like Ramu so it is a big blow to the cine folks.
0 Bollywood Actors To Act With Victory Venkatesh?
Ever since the news has arrived that victory Venkatesh is gearing up to make his debut in TV with the serial ‘Swamy Vivekananda’, the expectations and curiosity have been building up. Now, the buzz is that the serial is likely to get into an ivy league given the names associated with it.It is heard that the serial has got several characters to be played right from Ramakrishna Paramahamsa to others. Historically and story wise, they are key characters to be played and so, the makers are in talks with noted Bollywood and Kollywood actors.
Inside sources say that the actors are showing spontaneous interest as soon as they are hearing about the project. This would mean that Venky would be rubbing shoulders with big names from different circuits. The details of the chosen ones will be revealed soon.
