Telugu Film News 23-07-07 Latest

NTR's surprise visit to Athidhi sets.

Jr NTR made a surprise visit on a imported bike to Athidhi sets at Padmalaya Studios. Mahesh Babu was on the sets. He spoke to Mahesh for few minutes and left the place. It was just friendly visit.

Amirta Rao in NTR's Kantri?

The rumors from filmnagar says that Aswini Dutt is showing keen interest to cast Bollywood heroine Amrita Rao in his next film Kantri with NTR. Meher Ramesh will direct the film. The film is expected to start from August.

Shankaradada Zindabad - Censor Talk.

The film SDZ was censored and getting ready to release. Inside sources says that film has come out just average. The talk is spreading out from one to one.
If this is the case, the people who watch with least expectations will definitely get satisfied with the film and the hype for Megastar's film is not high as every one expected. The magic of Dada could be known only on 27th of July.

Nayana and Simbhu case- New turn?

Hero Simbhu is not leaving Nayanatara even now. It is heard that Simbhu is making his real life love story with Nayana in his forthcoming Tamil film. The sexy girl Namith is said to be playing Nayanatara's role.If the film releases, Nayanatara has to face some more problems.

Charmy's Manthra- in post production.

Heroine Charmy's Manthra on Generation next banner shoot is almost completed except a song. The film post production working is progress on the other hand. Tulasiram is making debut as director. Audio is planned in the August.

Pawan Kalyan to attend court on31st July.

Pawan Kalyan 's first wife case in Vizag court is posted to 31st July. Meanwhile Police collected the evidence from Nandini and ready to submit the report before 26th July to the court, if the court isn't satisfied with this, Police may have to visit Shrdi to find the facts. On the other hand, compromise talks are on but no one knows what is going on about compromise talks. .Pawan Kalyan Lawer is likely to attend on behalf of Pawan Kalyan. One can get the clear picture of this case on 31st July.

SDZ with 425 prints and 750 theatres.

Chiranjeevi's Shankaradada Zindabad is to release on 27th with 425 prints and 750 theatres worldwide . The film is released in Nizam by Siri Media private Limited in 125 theaters, in that Hyderabad number will be around 50 theatres. Ceded will be releasing around 50 prints. The film is releasing with minor cuts in Aakaleste Annamapedatha song.

Rumors on Farzana and Allari Naresh?

Farzana, choreographer turned heroine and Allari Naresh are doing for Seema Sastry. The film nagar rumors says that the pair is moving closely on screen and off screen and enjoying the company of each other.

Five Remix songs in Yamagola.

Yama Gola Malli Madhalaindi, a socio fantasy film from director Sreenivas Reddy. Venu, Srikanth, Meera Jasmini and Reema Sen are paired up.

Mumaith Khan is playing an item song and the song is the remix of 5 popular old songs. The songs include-Nee Illu Bangaram Gannu,Puttintollu Tharimesaru, O Appa rao O subba rao etc..

Shilpa Shetty linked with married NRI

Dr Shilpa Shetty, 32, might soon be referred to as Dr Mrs Shetty if reports about her romantically getting involved with London-based 30-year-old Indian businessman Raj Kundra, materialise into their doing the seven pheras.

Rumours had been floating about their being close since the last few weeks and the Mail Royal had hinted about their likely marriage early this month. Two prominent Indians from Mumbai who were in London during the IIFA weekend in Yorkshire had also told HT that Shilpa and Kundra were more than just an item in the celebrity circuit. The two were said to be constant companions for the past few months.
Kundra is a married man and has a 10-month-old daughter.
The Sunday Mail has claimed that "they both stayed in the same hotel in Central London on Friday night. There have been rumours that they plan to wed."
Kundra’s now estranged wife Kavita, 25, went to stay with her parents in the Midlands but when he returned to the UK, he sent her a series of terse text messages.
Kundra told the paper, 'I am the licenser of a perfume with Shilpa Shetty. We met three months ago through her agent Farhath Hussain and developed interest in the perfume. We are just good friends.”
Meanwhile, Kavita went into attack mode. She told the News of the World tabloid that Shilpa is now “an item with her film producer husband Raj... Our marriage was in a rough patch but I was certain we could make it work for the sake of our new baby daughter. But then along came Shilpa. Suddenly Raj changed and now he wants a divorce," Kavita said.
But Dale Bhagwagar, Shilpa’s publicist in Mumbai, said she and Kundra were just friends

Gallery : Spicy Curves and Buxom Babes

Monica to get out of jail, SC clears her release

The Supreme Court on Monday relaxed the bail conditions of Monica Bedi, former Bollywood actress and companion of gangster Abu Salem, by directing that she would not have to surrender her passport as it has been lost.

The Court directed that her passport issued by the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai be cancelled and the Special CBI Judge in Hyderabad will consider the order while releasing her on bail.
The order to this effect was passed by a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan after Bedi`s counsel informed the Court that she was not in possession of the passport.
Bedi has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in a case of forged passport. In another similar case, a Madhya Pradesh Court has acquitted her.

Screen Talk: Nagarjuna Also Changed His Mind

Nagarjuan also changed his mind with respect to multi star films. Once he said that multi star films in Tollywood are far from reality due to budgetary constraints and the expectations of fans.

Once he said, "The story of such films should be very strong. No one should be over shadowed by other. That is very difficult to get such script".

But he is now acting in Vishnu's next film as per the grapevine. It is known that 'Dhee' became successful for three factors- Sri Hari, Brahmanandam and Sreenu Vaitla's narration. So Sri Hari, the special character in the film played a very vital role in the success of it.

Now if Nagarjuna plays special character in the film of Vishnu, that would really be a sensation and will be much hyped while making it. Let us see if this news will be a confirmed one.

Buzz: When Jagapathi Babu Lost his Cool!

It is indeed tough time for Storm pictures that entered into the film making with the blessings of Varma. We hear that Storm's upcoming flick with Jagapathi Babu directed by J.D.chakravarthy is undergoing some problems.
According to sources a huge tiff broke on the sets between the lead star Jagapathi Babu and the director JD resulting in Jagapathi's walkout.
"JD has tendency to shoot the same scene over and over again, even when everyone present there could see that a take was fine, really got on Jagapathi's nerves," says a source on the sets.
Another major difference arose during the Scripting of the film when director JD approved the earlier version. Apparently Jagapathi was not satisfied with the earlier one as he felt that it was not up to the mark. JD promised to rewrite the script according to Jagapathi's suggestions but he failed to do so.

However the production house denies that there were any rift between the hero and director. But it is not the first time JD having differences with his team. This may be the reason why he is still struggling even he was proved long back as an actor and director.

Shriya: "I Got Great Physique From Her"

Shriya dreamt many things but nothing happened in tune of those. She expected that she would bag something big followed by Sivaji. She acted in Hindi film 'Awarapan' but even there the things are not favorable. The film turned down at box office.
She shares her personal things to media this way:

My Beauty:
Many say that my physique looks great. I got that from my mother. My Mom is a beauty and I got that from her by birth. I take extra care in the matters of sleep, food and exercise. That keeps me in shape.
Competition:
I never believe in competition in this field. Every body will have her own cake. I get along with everyone with amicable behavior.
Party Animal:
Many call me party animal. I spend time with my friends that way. I have many friends in Hyderabad. I go with them for parties in the evenings. I don't think that is wrong. But media projects that in big way.
Present Projects:
I'm acting in Tamil film 'Kandasamy' with Vikram and another film with Vijay.

Gossip: Kamalini is all set to dump Sumanth?

Rumor has it that the rock steady relationship between Kamalini Mukherji and her beau Sumanth is presently going through a very rough patch. So far there has been no confirmation or denial of this Relationship by either Kamalini or Sumanth.

It has been close to two years since Sumanth and Kamalini began dating. Over the years, their love has withstood the test of time. But now, some deep rifts have begun to appear.
After moving together for couple of years, Sumanth and Kamalini seem headed for splits Ville. While the real reason of the split is still not clear, it is being speculated that the two lovers have had too much of each other and that love has begun to evaporate from their relationship.
Friends close to the couple are quoted that Sumanth has not denied in the past that his relation with Kamalini has been through rough patches over the year. But this time, the friction between the lovers seems a tad too serious.
Earlier Sumanth and Kamalini would often attend the social dos and dinners together. But of late, things have changed. Poor Sumanth is often spotted alone.

Mumaith Khan Physically Abused at city Hotel

Mumaith Khan, who shot to fame with her item numbers, had a brush with murky male conduct last week when some men subjected her to lewd comments and gestures at a hotel.
"Just because I've done a certain kind of role it doesn't mean I am open to such behavior," said Mumaith speaking of the incident that had taken place while she was standing with her friend at the entrance of that Hyderabad star hotel.
"I too came from a decent family, have god fearing parents and feel offended by lewd behavior just like any other normal girl."
Mumaith admits men tend to look at girls with 'sexy' desires in a particular way and hence she says that she behaves accordingly with them.
Mumaith 's line of argument notwithstanding, the fact remains that actresses with 'hot' images are more prone to predatory attention than their counterparts with relatively sedate images.
Now I hear Mumaith Khan has appointed two bouncers to protect her. God bless her.

Simran Appreciates Asin and Nayantara

We all know that Simran is a gorgeous diva on Tollywood screen that ruled many hearts with her unique figure and vigor. She got married when she was in the peak of her career and now blessed with a son as well. She is coming back on screen with 'Okka Magadu' beside Balakrishna. She is also acting with Krishna Bhagawan in 'John Appa Rao 40 Plus'. Let us see what she said in fresh talk:
My Son:
My son's name is Adeep, means, Raja. But we call him with nick name 'Odo'. He is very mischievous and dances for the songs of Pokiri actively.
Substitute to Simran:
Many say about substitute to Simran but I don't believe in that. Today, many heroines are acting really well. Asin and Nayantara are wonderful in their performances and same is the case with Trisha, Sandhya and all.
No Strength for 18 hours:
Earlier I used to work for 18 hours a day. But now the time is not cooperating with me due to my son. I have to look after him. Still, I act in films and if time and opportunity comes, I would act in TV serials as well. But my priority is films.
Glamour Show:
I never relied only on glamour show. Glamour+ Performance= Simran. I believed in that and keep believing as well.

'Mohan Babu' Says Those 100 Days Are Genuine & Trapped Entire Electronic Media

Mohan Babu Says Those 100 Days Are Genuine

Mohan Babu is speaking in indirect fashion these days. He is letting out his feelings ironically in several incidents. A few days back during the audio launch of Yama Donga he said a dialogue from the same film and implied that he is saying that by keeping a person in his mind. The dialogue is " Nyayaaniki Anyaayaniki, Dharmaniki Adharmaniki Madhya sangharshana jaruguthunnappudu goda meeda pillila vunde vaadini sala sala kaage nunelo veyisthaaru ee narakamlo.."
That's one aspect which smells fishy and leads to pseudo assumptions of many about that 'person' in Mohan Babu's mind.
Freshly he said another thing that appears to have said by keeping a person in his mind, again. He said, "My son Vishnu's 'Dhee' ran for 100 days genuinely. Even my films run only genuinely. We never try to push it for 100 days although people are not watching, like others. Right now Dhee is running beyond 100 in about 40 theatres".
Well, who are those 'others'?

Mohan Babu Trapped Entire Electronic Media

Mohan Babu has his own way of keeping entire electronic media in his proximity. He invited all the heads of different television channels and FM radios for the launching of '24 Frames Factory', for which Vishnu Vardhan Manchu is the CEO.
Right from TV9 Ravi Prakash, MAA TV Sarath Marar, ETV Bapi Needu to the heads of SFM, Big FM and all have come for the launching of the same. 24 Frames provides the video content pertaining to films to TV channels and also entering into IP TV. There will be daily correspondence between 24 Frames Factory and electronic media channels if the contract is signed with them for taking the exclusive video content from them.
In the function, it is observed that TV9 Ravi Prakash moved very close with Mohan Babu and both appeared like thick friends for many. It is really a good idea to keep entire electronic media in intact.
Apart from this '24 Frame Factory', Vishnu Vardhan Babu is also heading 'Think Smart', the animation studio.

Controversy: Prakash Raj ousted from Athidhi?

Character actor Prakash Raj has landed in yet another controversy.

According to sources, Prakash Raj was allegedly removed from the latest Athidhi because of differences with the director and the lead actor. Actually, he was part of the Mahesh Babu starrer, but once the film started rolling, Prakash Raj was said to be coming late for the shooting. This reportedly irked the director and the lead actor.
The director reportedly decided to complete the film without Prakash Raj. It is not known whether Prakash Raj’s role will be chopped off or shortened in the light of the controversy.
This was not the first time that Prakash Raj landed in a controversy. Earlier too a few producers complained against him about his late arrivals at the shootings.
Now Bollywood actor Sushant Singh, who acted in Ram Gopal Verma’s films and the recent Raviteja’s Dubai Seenu has been roped in for the main villain’s character in place of Prakash Raj.The movie is slated for release in the first week of September. It is being produced by Mahesh’s brother Ramesh.

Siva Nageshwara Rao Learned His Lessons

Siva Nageswar Rao confessed that he made mistake by making 'Photo' in his own production that ended him in losses.
He said, "People expect comedy from Siva Nageshwara Rao. But I made horror picture 'Photo'. People shunned that film with out any mercy. There are some people those said that I made good film although ended up in losses. I learnt that one needs to experiment in slow fashion but shouldn't switch over to new formula or type all of a sudden".
He also said that he struggled a lot to enter film industry and ate only once in two days while living in Chennai. He said that his family background is sound enough to live I better conditions and food, but his desire to become a film director kept him in starving many a time in the initial days of his career.
He also recalled the bitter memory of losing his father who said that he would watch the Preview Show of his first film in Hyderabad.
Siva Nageshwara Rao worked as Co-Director for 'Shiva' and Ram Gopal Varma gifted him with a gold ring after wards, on which it is carved 'Shiva' title logo. He showed that ring during the interview with all happiness.

Buzz: Salman Khan refuses to kiss on screen!

We hear Salman Khan said, “No Kissing scenes, please!” to director Willard Carroll as he was being signed on for Marigold. Willard recently confirmed that it’s true.

“Out there in the West it’s different, but then this is the culture here, and I respect it. Salman came and asked me, ‘How can I face my father after kissing on-screen?’

Now, who can argue with that?” Well, it may have left Ali Larter somewhat depressed, but we are sure Katrina is a happy lady because of it.

Digiquest Camera Exhibition

Digiquest studio is a postproduction studio in Hyderabad that deals with various services like film recording, scanning, telecine, digital cameras, digital non-linear editing, 3d visual effects, digital opticals, digital intermediate, digital restoration, virtual sets, DVD mastering etc. The recently released Toss film was shot with a special camera called ‘Viper Film Stream camera’ that is imported by Digiquest. K Basireddy, Chairman and Managing director held an exhibition of the camera for the press and the prominent members of film industry.

This event was attended by T Subbirami Reddy, K Raghavendra Rao, B Gopal, A Kodandarami Reddy, MS Raju, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, Priyadarsini Ram, RP Patnaik, S Gopal Reddy, Raja, Kamna Jetmalani, Priyamani, Amarnath and Radhamohan.

T Subbirami Reddy appreciated digiquest for getting new technology to India and implementing in Telugu films. The makers of Toss film said that they have saved a lot of money and time due to the use of Viper Film Stream Camera provided by digiquest.

Interview with Baba Sehgal

Baba Sehgal is perhaps the only one who made India swing to the rap music for the first time with 'Thanda Thanda Pani' (a remake of ice ice baby by Vanilla Ice). But he has gone into hibernation in the last few years. Now he is all set to storm Andhra Pradesh with a pop Telugu direct album to be produced by Raju Harwani (Supreme Music).Here are the excerpts -

How much did it cost when you started the revolution of rap singing in India?
Dil Dhadke is the first Indian music video that won MTV US award in the international arena. I was paid 20,000/- for my work. The making of video cost Rs 45,000/- which includes the remuneration of hot girl Pooja Bedi. Two more songs (Manjula and Thanda Thanda Pani) won MTV US award.

What was your first album?
My first album was Dilruba (1990) and second was Ali Baba (1991). But my third album Thanda Thanda Pani became a rage across the country. With the popularity I gained with this album, I could sell my first two albums at a faster rate.

You were not seen on Indian music scene post 2000. Reason?
I moved to the USA and was giving many stage shows. Stage shows were my bread and butter as there was lot of money in it.

You are more known as rapper. What are your other interests?
I am into TV shows big time. I am anchoring a top show called 'Santa Banta Newz Unlimited' besides doing a reality shown for Zee TV.

Why did you choose a Telugu album as a comeback vehicle?
I did more than 22 albums and sung in many Hindi films. But none of the Hindi film songs gave me that recognition I got for my Roop Tera Mastana (Rikshavodu) and Rukkumini (Roja) songs. I find that the people in Telugu are more creative and more patient. The Hindi pop album scene has become like a factory where they spend less time on conceptualization. I got lots of offers in Telugu after I have done Roop Teja mastana song, but could not do it as I was away in the USA and Europe for stage shows. I missed films of Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan films during that time. I think that it was a mistake not to encash on the success at that time. I want to make it up now by doing a straight Telugu album.

What can we expect from this Telugu album?
There will be eight songs. All lyrics will be penned by Sobha Reddy. There will be a breeze of freshness in it and I make sure that a lot of thinking will go into this entertaining product. It is going to be a challenging task to learn Telugu and do a rap album in Telugu. But I am sure that I will succeed it with the help of producer Raju Harwani.

How different is Raju Harwani?
Raju Harwani has time and patience to sit with me and involve in music discussions. Since he is a music label owner, he knows how to extract appealing tunes. I feel very fortunate working with him.

When will that album release?
I am expecting it to hit the stores by September 2007. There is going to be a sizzling video to promote these songs in a big way.

Are you open to sing in Telugu films as well?
Yes. I already accepted a couple of songs now. I want to act in villain roles in Telugu films. I am sure that I would prove myself if given the right character.

Who influenced you the most?
I am a great fan and follower of Kishore Kumar. But my image of rapper is overshadowing my ability to sing melodious songs. I can sing melodies better than most of the contemporary singers.
Among the black singers, I like Will Smith the most. He is an all-rounder.

What is your opinion on Himesh Reshammiya?
I hold a tremendous respect for him. He delivered 28 hits in the last year and 20 hits this year. His film as hero 'Aap Ka Surroor' too is a commercial hit. He is a phenomenon in Hindi film industry. He charges the maximum (around 40 lakhs per appearance) for a stage show.

What is your take on girls dressing scantly and gyrating pelvis to sell music albums?
I am not against using women to sell albums. But women should be shown sensuously without being vulgar. All these gyrating moments by girls are vanishing overnight after becoming extremely popular after one remix songs. Where are Meghana Naidu, Rakhi Sawant and Shefali Zariwala (Kanta laga fame) now? Unfortunately these girls get more remuneration than the singers who rendered their voice.

What is your opinion on singing talent contests?
All these contests are being held for increasing TRP ratings of the TV channels. But I doubt how my they are helping the young aspiring singers to find a career after the contest is over.

What is your impression about south film industry?
I am very much impressed with Rajnikant. He does lot of charity and he never tells anything about it to the media. I am awed by the hype created by Sivaji film nationwide. I think Sivaji film made the North India to sit up and take notice of South Indian film industry. I love his styles and his charisma on screen. My son is one of the innumerous north Indians who watched Sivaji for Rajnikant. Probably Rajesh Khanna is the only star who has such stardom like Rajnikant in the entire India since the birth of Indian film industry. For 2-3 years Rajesh Khanna ruled the roost as superstar where lots of women renamed their husbands as Rajesh.

What are your current projects?
I sung in a film titled Lonawala Khandala Ghat which is due for the release. I have couple more songs in Telugu apart from this album. I am seriously considering a career in Telugu. Please wish me the best.

Buzz: Anushka taken for a costly ride?

Despite the huge success of her latest flick Lakshyam and having bagged a handful of meaty roles, actress Anushka is a bit downcast, say insiders.

According to sources, Anushka, who purchased a piece of land along with director SS Rajamouli’s wife Rama Rajamouli by paying Rs 30 lakh was taken for a ride by the seller.

The realtor showed fake documents and managed to make the transaction. But after sometime, to the actresses’ utter shock, she realised that the land belonged to an NRI! She reportedly approached the police and is waiting to get justice, we hear.

Spotlight : Favorite Films Of Top Celebrities

There will be many fans for many heroes and many put many films as their favorite ones. But what are the favorite films of top celebrities in Film and other fields?

Here is the list:
Chiranjeevi: Mayabazar
Rajendra Prasad: Mayabazar
Ram Gopal Varma: God Father
Srikanth: Khaidi
Amitabh: Kagaj Ke Phool
Vikram: Swathi Muthyam
Krishnam Raju: Mana Voori Pandavulu
Rani Mukherjee: Titanic
Tabu: Crouching Tiger-Hidden Dragon
Madhur Bhandarkar: Ek Dooje Ke Liye
Bipasha: DDLJ
Rajasekhar: Enter The Dragon
Mahesh Babu: Alluri Seeta Rama Raju
Sekhar kammula: Maya Bazar
Sivaji: Patala Bhairavi
Kalyan Ram: Missamma
Raja :Sagara Sangamam
Jyotika: French Kiss
Charmy: Ninne Pelladatha
Trisha: The English Patient
Gopika: Chandramukhi
Sreelekha: Jagadeka Veerudu-Atiloka Sundari
BV Raghavulu: Gundamma Katha
Bandaru Dattatreya: Mutyala Muggu
Sachin Tendulkar: Sholay
Rahul Dravid: Brave Heart
Humpi: Rudra Veena
Ameer Khan : Pyaasa
John Abraham: Pyaasa
Manisha Koirala: Kagaj Ke Phool
Sanjal Leela Bansai: Kagaj Ke Phool
Madhuri Dixit: Ganga Jamuna
Naseeruddin Shah: In Cold Blood
Antra Mali: Cramer Vs Cramer

Shilpa Shetty blamed for marriage break-up

LONDON: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, winner of Big Brother reality TV show and a recent recipient of a honorary doctorate from Leeds University, has been accused of wrecking a marriage by a UK-based film producer's wife.
According to the News of the World tabloid, 25-year-old Kavita Kundra claimed the 32-year-old Bollywood diva is now "an item with her film producer husband Raj".
"Our marriage was in a rough patch but I was certain we could make it work for the sake of our new baby daughter. But then along came Shilpa. Suddenly Raj changed and now he wants a divorce," Kavita told the tabloid.
Reacting to the report, Shilpa's spokesperson Dale Bhagwagar said in Mumbai, "the two are just friends, however cliched it may sound."
"All these rumours of Shilpa and Raj getting married are baseless. Raj is the licensor of the perfume Shilpa launched recently, so obviously they were seen together at public places," Bhagwagar said.
Asked about his relationship with Shilpa, Raj, 31, also told the tabloid: "We're just friends. I have a business relationship with Shilpa regarding her perfume. My marriage ended 12 months ago and it was nothing to do with Shilpa."
Later he telephoned to say he had only been estranged from his wife for nine months, according to the tabloid.
Bhagwagar also said the two met only four months ago, whereas Raj and Kavita separated 10 months back. "There is no question of Shilpa breaking their marriage."
According to Kavita, Raj broke the news of his secret relationship with Shilpa in February after she found fame in the Big Brother house as the victim of racist bullying.
Kavita admitted their three-year marriage had been through a rocky patch, but insisted: "Up until then Raj had been talking about putting it back together, making things work for the sake of our daughter."
Kavita's remarks come after a week of gossip fuelled by snaps of Shilpa and Raj -- who helped launch her S2 perfume -- shopping together. He also escorted her to a recent "Bollywood Oscars" bash in Yorkshire.

Screen Buzz: Bips-John patch up?

Perhaps one of the best looking couples in Bollywood, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu have had a relationship for around 5-6 years now and everything seemed to be going hunky dory till some time ago when the rumours of John being linked with certain other colleagues from the industry started surfacing.
There were rumours of a rift in their relationship then, but both vehemently denied it. However strong rumours started again recently when John was shooting in Pondicherry for Nagesh Kukunoor’s ‘Aashayien’ and Bipasha was in the city.
Even though Bipasha was supposed to visit him on the 28th of June her not going further fuelled the rumours.
Then Bipasha made a trip to Portugal to represent India for the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’. Then pictures making rounds of her having kissed football star Christiano Ronaldo just added to the fire.
Even after John came back from Pondicherry a week ago sources insisted that the two had not met each other. But that was until Saturday.
On Saturday night people saw John getting out of his SUV at 9 pm outside Bipasha’s residence in Bandra and entering her house. Nobody saw him getting out that night, so it looks like they have sorted out their differences.
If this is true we are only too happy for the couple and what’s a relationship without a lovers tiff here and there.

Meet Mr.Gollapudi Maruthi Rao in SiliconValley

Telugu Film News 22-07-2007 Latest

Balakrishna’s Ranga Pandu Ranga from 8th August

With the shooting of his YVS directed Okka Magadu, still underway, actor Balakrishna is all set to attend the muhurat of his next venture, the periodic film Ranga Panduranga, to be directed by ace filmmaker K. Raghavendra Rao, on 8th August. The film is rumored to have 12 heroines portraying the roles of various Gopikas, though the main leading lady of the film is yet to be finalized. M.M.Keeravani will be providing the music.

On the other hand word from the industry has it that Balakrishna’s Okka Magadu, co starring Nisha Kothari and Simran, might not release during the Dasara as expected. Due to the delay in production producers are apparently looking at 11th Jan 2008 as a convenient date. That’s one slight disappointment for the Nandamuri fans.

Dil Raju signs Sri Vaas

Maverick producer Dil Raju has signed director Sri Vaas, the present toast of the industry following the success of Lakshyam, to direct his next production that is rumored to star Mahesh Babu as the leading man. Well on has to wait and see weather Dil Raju can indeed work out this combination.

K.Viswanath and Veturi join hands for Shivstapadi

They both are inarguably one of the finest that the Indian film industry has ever seen. While K. Viswanath films are considered as valuable showpieces of Indian art forms, Veturi’s lyrics have left a sweet taste on many music lovers’ lips. The combination of these two have reaped hits films like Shankarabharanam, O Seeta Katha, Sagara Sangamam, Siri Siri Muvva, Sapta Padi, Subhodhayam, Subhalekha and Shubashankalpam. Now after a long gap the two veterans are joining forces for the making of a devotional musical album titled Shivstapadi. With music by Parthasaradhi, word also has it that producer Vijayakumar might make the album into a film.

Priyamani-Allu Arjun in Dil Raju’s next

Actress Priyamani has been finalized as Allu Arjun’s leading lady in producer Dil Raju’s latest venture that is to be directed by Bhaskar(of Bommarillu fame). With music by Mani Sharma, a lot of hopes will be pinned on this film given the average performance of Dil Raju’s last released Munna. This yet-to-be-titled venture will start shooting shortly.

Maharajasree Presented by Raasi

Maharajasree has been announced as the title of S.S.Nivas (actress Raasi’s husband) directorial debut, being produced by D.S Rao and presented by Raasi. The film, starring actors Sai Kumar, Vinod Kumar and Shafi in supporting roles will see youngsters Rishi, Anu Mehta and Nikitha in the lead roles. Chandra Bose and Bhaskarabhatla are providing the words for Srilekha’s tunes. The film will be a Sai Krishna Productions venture.

Uday Kiran’s Lakshmi Putrudu 70% complete

Lakshmi Putrudu, a Madhura Entertainment production directed by Raj Kapoor, produced by Polisetti Rambabu and starring Uday Kiran and Diya in the lead role, has completed 70 % of its shooting. The unit is presently in Hyderabad where the song 'Ekkadunna Tension Mama' is being picturised at the historical Golconda fort, on Uday Kiran and Naina. Five of the six songs have been shot while the last song, a comedy track, to star comedian Brahmanandam and item girl Mumaith Khan is yet to be canned. This bilingual father-son sentiment film is slated for an early September release while the music will be released in the first week of August.

Kalyan Ram in a father’s role

No we are not talking about Kalyan Ram’s reel life role but about his real life role. According to a little birdie, Married in August 2006 to, this Nandamuri hunk is all set to become a real life father in a couple of months. Kalyan Ram is presently working in director V.Samudra’s Vijayadasami, a Sai Sarwajit Production, produced by E. Ranga Rao. His next film is an NTR Arts production to be directed by Swarna Subba Rao and produced by Nandamuri Janakiram.

Personal Diary Of Miss Sexy But Unlucky

Poonam Bjawa has been striving to get a hit in her career but she always tastes the blow of a flop ever since the beginning of career. Right from her first film 'Modati Cinema' to the recent 'Veduka', all her films have turned down at box office.

Here are a few points from the personal diary of Poonam Bajwa.

Nick Name: Dolly
Birthday: 5th April
Birth Place: Pune
First Movie: Modati Cinema
Films that brought fame: Boss, Veduka
Hobbies: Watching movies and wandering with friends
Favorite Food: Kerala dishes
Favorite Holiday Spot: Munnar (Kerala)
Favorite Hero: Nagarjuna
Favorite Actress: Tabu
Favorite Movies: Harry Potter Series
Strength: I don't get anger fast
Weakness: I sleep for longer hours
Favorite Color: Black
Favorite dress: T Shirts
Great Experience: Acting With Nagarjuna

Start Talk: Sneha Says 'Actress' Means 'Problems'!

Heroine Sneha says that once a girl becomes an actress, she is bound to face problems. Taking to a Tamil magazine she said that an actress has to face problems from different segments of society apart from finding craze in fans.

"I define 'actress' as a 'problem'. Actresses see many problems from home front as well. We have also seen a few actresses those ended up their lives due to problems from family front. But I'm lucky to have great parents who understand me in all the ways. I have seen some problems in my public life, but the support extended by my family members is really good in that aspect, with which I came out from worries. Hence I only heard about the family problems of actresses but never experienced them anytime", said Sneha.

Sneha is now pairing up with Raja in the film directed by Giri Babu.

Screen Buzz: Venkat Struggling On 2 Boats!

Venkat is now acting in a bilingual film, the Telugu title of which is announced to be 'Konchem Koththaga'. Tulip Joshi is acting with Venkat in this film. Ali is portraying the chief comedian role in Telugu version while in Hindi, the character is being portrayed by Johnny Lever.
Venkat has been struggling to make his stand either in Tollywood or in Bollywood. But he has seen no success till now. He is still famous with the film 'Seeta Ramula Kalyanam Chuthamu Rarandi'.
He has been traveling in 2 boats by portraying in Hindi as well as Telugu films from quite long time. But success is not at all coming his way. He has been staying in Punjagutta, Hyderabad and has been taking care of his body and skin more than anyone else in the field. He takes bath only with Bisleri water. Hr has been following that from the past few years.

Paalamoor NRI Forum adapts Chenchu school

Paalamoor NRI Forum(Palamoor.org) a voluntary organization which is working in the most backward mahabubnagar district of the nation has recently adapted a Chenchu(Tribal) school in the district upon request for help by Dist Superintendent of Police Ms. Charu Sinha and school secretary, sri Ashok Reddy, and decided about helping the school. The Chenchu Peetam was initiated by Saraswathi Shishu Mandir Vidya Peetam Members and have taken 100 students from 27 chenchu pentalu (villages) and providing studies to them. But these students don't have dresses because they were running on own finance of adapted agency. This school (Vanavasi Kalyana Awasam) was started in 2000 with a limited grant from govt. Then, Saraswathi Sishu Mandir collected contributions and kept on strenthening it. As part of further strenthening the school The Dist SP approached NRIs to do the needful.

NRI's under co-ordination of Ravi Mayreddy have collected finances to help students acquire dresess, books and stationary for the current finacial year. During Recent whirlwind tour of rural areas of the district by its NRI representative Vijay Chavva has awarded this material to School secretary Sri Ashok Reddy in the presence of District Incharge SP and ASP Sri.Sathyanarayana and Loksatta and NGO Organization Dist. President Somashekar along with local students and volunteers.
On this occassion Vijay Chavva Paalamoor NRI Representative who travelled in the distrrict at his individual capacity last week has expressed his willingness to work with all the local organizations along with all the political parties irrespective of their nature as keeping the best intersets of the district in view.
He also met again with Mr Chandra Babu Naidu TDP Supremo , Dr Jaya Prakash Narayan Loksatta Coordinator for follow up on his meetings in last few months for more concentartion on the district issues, also met BJP ex- Mahila Morcha president Vanam Jhansi, BJP Leader from District Jukka Raghunandan, District Graduates MLC Mr Nagaeshwar and several local leaders and requested to help come out with a seperate manifesto in the next elections in order to get better attention to reduce the pains of labor migrations and starvationdistricts from the district. The leaders have responded positively and said they comiit for the district development.
If the efforts come through Paalamoor district will have a unique acheivement of having a sub regional agenda cum manifesto.
Vijay Chavva Thanked Sri T Rama Chandra Reddy an NRI and prominent industrialist from US and others who helped with donations and Boddu Mallesh and Sridhar Reddy for coordinating the effort on the ground.

MBBS Means 'Master Of Business Bachelor of Surgery'

Doctors are opting for MBA these days as a fresh trend. h number is growing drastically big. Most engineers seek to do an MBA that we know. But these days it seems doctors too want to become managers. This year as many as 10 doctors have enrolled in Indian School of Business (ISB). While earlier only two or three doctors chose to take this course, this year there has been a significant increase. Perhaps with more corporate hospitals coming up, this may translate into better and more patientfriendly management at hospitals.
But there are comments that MBBS is no more an abbreviation for its original form, but it is 'Master of Business, Bachelor Of Surgery'.

Star Talk: He Is The Real and Great Actor!

Hero Vikram says that Kamal Hassan is the real actor who inspired him a lot. He acclaims his performance in the film 'Swathy Muthyam'. He says, "Acting like mentally retarded person is very difficult. One has to control his senses while acting in every moment. Even if an iota of originality comes out, the show becomes a flop. I watched 'Swathimuthyam' many times. I tried a lot not to get influenced by him when I was portraying in the film 'Siva Putrudu'. Kamal is my role model. Hat's off to him".
In fact, Kamal Hassan has his own unique stand in Indian film industry. He is portraying the role of George Bush in 'Dasavataram', for which he is practicing the body language of him now. He also made the set of 'White House' erect in Chennai peripheries in the Art direction of Thotta Tarani.

Now all eyes are pinned on Kamal Hasan's 'Dasavataram', the biggest budget film in which Kamal is portraying 10 different roles.

Snippet: Krishnam Raju's Challenge For Prabhas

Prabhas has come into the industry taking the name of his uncle, Krishnam Raju. Although there will be a few mannerisms of Prabhas those coincide with Krishnam Raju, he is showcasing his originality with hard work. Freshly, Krishnam Raju has challenged Prabhas indirectly through Kota Sreenivasa Rao.

Krishnam Raju said, "In a film function, Kota Sreenivasa Rao told me that Prabhas overtook me in performance. I said that I agree for that only when Prabhas plays my role in the film 'Mana Voori Pandavulu'. If I make any remake of old classic in future, I would make only 'Mana Voori Pandavulu' with Prabhas".

Well, is that not an indirect challenge to Prabhas by his paternal uncle? Let us see when he fulfils that. Is Prabhas listening to it?

Snippet: K.Viswanath-Veturi Combination Again

Now the classic duo Veturi Sundara Rama Murthy and K Vishwanath are on making a devotional music album in video format. Parthasarathy is singing all the songs in the album in which a song is being directed by K Vishwanath. Well, the title of the album is 'Sivashtapadi'. There will be 8 songs in the album.
The devotional albums click well only when it is Sanskritised. Sirivennel Seeetha Rama Sastry earlier released an album on Lord Shiva and recently music director Veena Pani also released one on devotion. Tanikella Bharani released a music album on Lord Shiva. All these were in audio format. The commercial success of these albums is modicum. All the successful devotional albums in recent times were in Sanskrit targeting wider sect of Hindu population in entire India. 'Vishwa Vinayaka' is considered to be the super hit devotional album in recent time composed by Atul and Ajay. They also bagged the chance to compose music for 'Gaayab' and other films.
We have to see how this 'Sivashtapadi' emerges out.

Fact Sheet : Dy Speaker post, a farce!

The elections to Deputy Speaker's post in the Assembly, scheduled to be held on Monday, has proved to be yet another farcical exercise undertaken by Y S Rajasekhar Reddy government.
The Chief Minister, who had dodged the issue of cabinet expansion for nearly three years and taken it up only under tremendous pressure, has chosen a totally inappropriate time to appoint the Deputy Speaker. There was no reason why he delayed the appointment of a Deputy Chief Minister for the Assembly for such a long time. After everybody declined to accept the post for such a short period (hardly two years are left for them to be in the post), YSR managed to convince senior Congress MLA G Kutuhalamma to accept the post, though she was reluctant for it as she was strongly trying for the ministerial berth
Like the chairmen of regional boards, Kutuhalamma will hardly have any job to do. She can at the most chair two budget sessions, two winter sessions and a monsoon session, provided she gets the opportunity. Being a good speaker and a sincere politician, who always takes up issues pertaining to her constituency, she will now have to shut her mouth in the Assembly!

Buzz: Brahmanandam Called Mohan Babu 'Ox'

Certain times the similes (comparisons) in speech put down the persons although the intention of the speaker is to glorify them. Similar thing happened during the audio release function of 'Yama Donga'.
Brahmanandam, during his speech, said, "We have two oxen on this dais. One is Mohan Babu, the Ongole Ox and the other is NTR, a tiny calf that is actively jumping".

Although the intention of Brahmanandam is to glorify the strength of those two actors, the comparison with animals sounded inappropriate for many of their fans. But there is no uproar during the event and everyone maintained their poise. Even Mohan Babu and NTR are quite while Brahmanandam was speaking.

Screen Talk: Venky and Nayantara fly off!

Two big stars, Nayanthara and Venkatesh are all set to head to Germany this week. It’s for a film by Boyapati Sreenu, which will be shooting two songs in phirang land. The film is likely to be titled as Tulasi, but the unit hasn’t yet announced the title. Apparently, Venkatesh has been jet-setting across countries a lot these days; but Venky is very professional, he will not complain even if he’s completely pooped, says industry insiders.

Meanwhile, this is the second film of Boyapati Sreenu after Bhadra. And most new director’s in the industry suffer from the second film itch. And all their second films have flopped!

Let’s just hope that Boyapati Sreenu breaks the jinx.

Happy Birthday To MADHU SHALINI

Birthday Wishes to MADHU SHALINI from indfilmnews.blogspot.com

24 Frames Factory Launch

Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures (SLPP), one of the largest production houses in India announced today the launch of 24 Frames Factory, exclusively designed as a content development company. 24 Frames Factory will conceive and develop varied content to suit the requirements of TV, Radio and Mobile Communication and Internet.
This pre-production and production company will work in association with ThinkSamrt, a leading VFX studio and post-production unit in Hyderabad as a cost-effective service provider catering to the needs of TV program makers, working on a tight schedule and defined budgets. In an effort to ascertain audience preferences in terms of terms of TV programming in Telugu, 24 frames factory has set up an audience research division.
The year 2007 happens to be the silver jubilee year for the SLPP. Commenting on the launch of 24 Frames Factory, Dr. Mohan Babu, renowned actor, producer and educationalist said, “With the proliferation of TV networks and increase in TV viewership - notably in Andhra Pradesh, SLPP recognizes the need to generate and serve non-film based TV entertainment and programmes that reflect changing attitudes and lifestyles. With a well-researched team in this field, target of 24 frames factory is small budget films, quality serials and talk, reality, game and film-related shows.”
“O Inti Katha’, a TV serial, produced under the banner of SLPP is going to be launched in August. The foremost objective of this serial is to encourage the talented and promising artistes and technicians and introducing them to the small screen.
Vishnu Manchu, actor and CEO, ThinkSmart & SVN group said, “We have laid out great expansion plans for 24 frames factory. By next two years, 24 frames factory is poised to enter the area of feature films, mostly catering to new-age audience. In 2009, the target is to make 10 feature films in many in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil and co-production in English films. In tune with the ever growing need for quality entertainment, the company has laid special emphasis on producing meaningful and superior content.”
Along with the launch of 24 frame factory, Vishnu who is the main source of inspiration for its establishment also celebrated 100 days of Dhee, his recent movie.
This launch was attended by K Raghavendra Rao, Bala Krishna, B Gopal and many heads of various TV channels.