Telugu Film News October 12, 2007

Athidhi to releases with 300 plus prints

Mahesh Babu is most popular young hero after the success of Pokiri. His much expected new film "Athidhi" is finally hitting the screens on October 18 th on the occasion of Dussera. "Athidhi" is final stages of postproduction. Bollywood Production house "UTV" is releasing the film with most number of prints. More than 300 prints are scheduled to dispatch worldwide. UTV will also release next three movies of Mahesh Babu. Industry sources it has made an agreement with Mahesh Babu for three films.

Hero NTR and Dil Raju team up

The success of "Yamadonga" made NTR smiling again. He needed this success desperately and the film becoming biggest hit in this year so far made him even more joyful. With this, he turns choosy in selection of films. After a careful listening and analysis of the script, he accepted a project for producer Dil Raju, according to sources. A newcomer Mahadev is to direct this. He is a disciple of S S Rajamouli. The film is going to be launched in January 2008.

Singer Tina to do more pop albums

Telugu pop singer Tina made news with her first album "Maya – The Charming Nari". It was her first Telugu pop album and then she made news further with her recent album at the time of Twenty20 World Cup. The album brought her national recognition and lot of praise and fame. Enjoying the success, Tina is planning more such albums for every sport to give encourage for our sportsmen. Olympics are next on her cards.

Mumaith Khan gets more roles as heroine

Mumaith Khan's new film will be beginning on Vijaya Dasami festival. She is going to play the lead heroine role in director Venky's new film. "Mangatayaru Tiffin Centre" is the title chosen for this and it is produced by K Paidi Babu who got good name as executive producer. Most of the shooting is set in Konaseema region and it revolves around a village.

Lakshmi Putrudu to release in November

R S Films's "Lakshmi Putrudu" has begun re-recording. Uday Kiran and Diya are acting as romantic pair in the film which is directed by new director Raj Kapoor. Polishetty Rambabu is the producer. "We have completed the shooting part and begun re-recording. Our music director D Imman is very popular music director in Tamil and scored many hits in Tamil. He has given great music for our film too and his rerecording will be a big asset," producer said. "We are planning to release it next month. Brahamanandam's role will be big highlight," he said.