TOLLYWOOD FILM NEWS 31-05-2007

Kamalini Mukarji And Parvathi Melton with Pavan Kalyan

*ing... Pavan Kalyan, Kamalani Mukarji, Parvathi Melton
Dirctor : Trivikram Sreenivas
Producer : Allu Aravind
Music : Devi Sree Prasad
Banner : Geeta Arts


Released To Day

*.ing... Raja, Punam Bajwa, Anuradha Mehta
Director : Jetendhar.Y
Producer : Ponnamineni Venkateswara Rao
Banner : Akshaya Films
Released On : 31-05-2007 (Thursday)

Review : Soon

Screen Talk: Bipasha is a role model!

It’s no small task being a movie star, and a successful one at that. There are thousands, if not millions of fans looking up to you and emulating your every move. And Bipasha Basu knows that very well.

When asked why she was such a fitness freak, Bips laughed and replied, “I was not always so. I’ve just been more conscious about it since the last one-and-a-half years. It was an added incentive. I think it is really very important for us to look good because we’re in the entertainment industry and people look up to us. When there are so many people idolising you day and night, it becomes a great responsibility. You have to give them the very best, specially when so much money has been invested in you through the audience and through the producer. So then, that is the least we can do.” We definitely second that Bipasha!

Sachin Tendulkar back into top-20

DUBAI: Riding on his two centuries against Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar jumped back in the top-20 of the latest LG-ICC Player Rankings for Test cricket batsmen.

The 34-year-old veteran player scored a hundred in each match, at Chittagong and Mirpur, compiling a total of 254 runs at an average of 127 to move up six places to 15th position in the rankings issued on Tuesday.

With a total of 672 ratings points, Tendulkar has Stephen Fleming of New Zealand and England's Paul Collingwood in his sights, although he is a long way off his own career-best rating of 898 set in 2002.

It was a good series for India's bowlers too with Anil Kumble moving up to third among Test bowlers. Kumble is now level with South Africa's Shaun Pollock and is just ahead of Shane Bond of New Zealand and Australia's Stuart Clark.

Left-arm opening bowler Zaheer Khan, who took a total of eight wickets at an average of 21.88, moved up five places to 24th in the rankings, led by Sri Lankan wizard Muttiah Muralidharan. Makhaya Ntini of South Africa occupies second spot while Kumble and Pollock are joint third.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting leads the Rankings for Test batsmen, followed by Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf in second spot and England's Kevin Pietersen third.

Pietersen became just the 21st batsman in history to achieve a rating in excess of 900 points, thanks to his double century during the second Test against the West Indies at Headingley.

India is fourth of the ICC Test Championship and is now just one ratings point behind Pakistan in third position. Australia still tops the list, well clear of England in second position.

Naidu banks on Balakrishna to do the trick

In 2001, filmstar Balakrishna took on the factionists of Ralayaseema in the film ‘Samarasimhareddy’. In 2009, N Chandrababu Naidu wants the aging star to take on Kadapa strongman and chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in the assembly elections on his behalf.

Soon to cement their ties by marriage of their son and daughter, TDP supremo Naidu and Balakrishna are set to firm up their public association in the run up to the elections two years hence and indications are that Balakrishna may well campaign for Naidu. But what remains to be seen is whether his presence can swing the election in favour of Naidu.

In fact, for some years now, Balakrishna has not been doing well in Tollywood. In fact, just when everyone thought his film career was over in 2001, he produced a smash hit ‘Samaraseema Reddy’ and followed it up three years later with ‘Lakshminarasimha’. However, since then, he has not had great hits, though his fans speak of a sure success to be released later this year.

Balakrishna fans contend that his father N T Rama Rao too took the plunge into politics at the fag end of his film career. And they believe that Balakrishna too can be not just a crowd puller but a vote puller as well. “He has a huge fan following still, and can definitely swing votes in favour of Naidu and the TDP by campaigning actively,” said a leader.

But others doubt whether his fast disappearing celluloid charisma can fetch the votes for Naidu. “I doubt that he can deliver a lot of votes for the TDP,” said a TDP leader.

In case Balakrishna takes the plunge, what can further compound his crowd and vote-pulling charisma is if rival filmstar Chiranjeevi too jumps into the electoral fray to champion the cause of his Kapu community. If that happens, the state electorate is sure to witness a clash of two ‘reel’ heroes in real politics.

Gossip: Jhansi Bids Good Bye To Jogi Naidu!

Jhansi, a star anchor, paid heavy price to get rid of her actor husband, Jogi Naidu. Naidu is one among the popular duo on small screen, ‘Jogi Brothers’. Jhansi and Naidu have been quarrelling with each other for the last one year. The trouble came when Naidu turned a ‘Doubting Thomas’. He kept on doubting her relations with other men, ever since he married her. The couple had a daughter too.

Jhansi had tried to part ways with her couple of times. Friends close to their family intervened and pacified them. Jhansi made up her mind to ditch him and gave away her ‘L.J.Studio’ to him as price for their peaceful separation. Jhansi’s father, who has been in the Film Industry as a technician for many decades, supported her daughter’s move.

Ankita Says About Her 'Ups' and 'Downs'Ankitha shared about her ups and downs of career.

She said that she wants to regain her glory that she had during Simhadri' She says that she has no qualms about exposing and at the same time she says that she loves to do performance oriented roles. She said that although she got some good roles luck didn't favor and kept her down. She is now coming up with main character in the film 'Julayi' pairing up with new faces. She is keen in achieving big in Tollywood and hence she shifted to Hyderabad buying a flat here.

She said that she took some gap to fine tune her body with exercises and yoga.

She assumes that she is starting her second innings in Tollywood ever since she completely shifted here.

DSP Recommending Charmy To Tamil Directors!

hough Charmy denied her marriage proposal with Music Director, Devi Sri Prasad, the intimacy between the two is growing day after day. Devi Sri Prasad is asking many Tamil Directors to book her as heroine. Her chances in Telugu films have drastically dwindled. Though she has come close to many Telugu heroes, she has never been true to them.

She first tried had an affair with hero, Vishnu. His father Mohan Babu warned her of dire consequences, if she continues to move with Vishnu. Allari Naresh too entertained her sometime, but he himself distanced from her. Now it is the turn of Devi Sri Prasad to look after her.

Mahima’s hubby in a custody battle?Architect Bobby Mukherjee is also allegedly refusing to pay alimony to his first wife.

Mahima Chaudhary may have spilled the beans about her pregnancy (though at eight months, her attempts to hide her tummy were quite ridiculous!) and her marriage to architect Bobby Mukherjee, but as it is with such affairs there’s much more to the story than she’d like to reveal.

According to bollywood sources that her husband has a little skeleton hidden in his cupboard too. Bobby is entangled in a bitter custody battle with his first wife Aparna, a professional working in a multinational company, for his two kids. Currently, the school-going children are living with their mother in Pune. Friends say his chances of winning the case are not too great with him marrying Mahima.

But that’s not where the sordid tale ends. According to friends close to Bobby and Aparna, the alimony issue is yet to be settled too. Apparently, Aparna has still not received any money from Bobby till date.

Internet gives Sivaji producer nightmares!

Want a first look at Sivaji? Don’t waste time flipping through the popular TV channels, just log on to youtube.com. The popular site has once again pipped several channels to the post and recorded thousands of hits after news that the Sivaji trailer had been posted online spread. Sources say the when the AVM bigwigs heard about the leak, they immediately released the trailer to NDTV. This is not the first time the Internet has played villain to the producers. Recently, they incurred substantial losses after four songs from the movie were posted online even before the official launch of the audio.

Then too, the producers did a very rushed damage control operation and organised and audio release. However, but then, enterprising businessmen were making CDs by downloading the songs off the Internet and selling them on the roads for as little as Rs 10 and Rs 20. To combat this, even though the cassettes and CDs very priced at lower rates than originally planned, sources say that the producers incurred a substantial revenue loss as a result of the leak. Not only is the trailer available, all the songs and some related interviews have been posted on youtube.com, making it a virtual treat for all Rajni fans. Looks like the Internet is proving to be a bigger threat for the producers, one that they wouldn’t have anticipated.

Photo: Traditionally Sexy With Spicy Look In Sari

How is she? Good..No No traditionally voluptuous!

She is Sindhuri who loves acting glamorous and traditional roles.

That's the blend she wants to show with this pic.