Telugu Film News Dec 23, 2007

Manisha item song in Nagaram

After a long gap, Manisha Koirala is back in Telugu films. She is doing an item song for Srikanth’s latest film Nagaram which is being produced by Kishore and Sri Mitra Chowdary. She is charging a bomb for this. Jagapati Babu does a guest role. This film is a remake of a hit Tamil flick. Kaveri Jha is paired up with Srikanth.

Happy Days Nikhil with ‘Sye’ Giri

Giri who produced films like Andhrawala, Naa Alludu and Sye in the past is making his comeback with a film that features Nikhil (Happy Days fame) as hero. Parasuram (Bujji) who worked with many projects under Puri Jagan and Bhaskar (Bommarillu) is wielding megaphone for the first time. The regular shooting will start in November 2008. The casting process is going on now.

2nd HIFF from 3 January

Second Hyderabad International Film Festival is going to start on 3 January 2008 and continue till 10 January. The festival will be held in the five screens of Prasads multiplex and Amaravathi theater (Lakadi ka pool). The delegate passes for all the films would be obtained by paying Rs. 500/-. These passes can be obtained from the festival office in Saradhi Studios, Ameer pet. Dasari will act as festival chairman.