Apparently, the film's main strength lies in the audio and sound effects to bring about the kind of fear and chill elements. However, almost 90% of the theatres in B and C centres are not equipped with the right kind of sound system and the situation is said to be even worse in the C centres.
This has led to a rather milder response as compared to the A centres and experts say that the maximum mileage can now be generated only from the A centers if they are looking at a major record breaker. This should be a challenge of sorts and also an eye opener to those who are not focused on improvising their theatre infrastructure.
Music maestro A.R.Rehman makes history by 'Jai Ho' in 'Slumdog Millionaire' .He is the first Indian to get nominated for Oscars in individual capacity. Rehman’s musical score for Slumdog Millionaire got three nominations - Best Musical Score for the film and as well as Best Song (Original). Nominations for 81st Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning. Slumdog Millionaire altogether nominated for 10 categories. Rehman competes with two songs in original song category with 'Jai Ho..' and 'Saya..' both nominated.
Looks like he will certainly win in this category as only three songs are nominated in this section and Rehman scores two of them. Other song that is in competition with Rehman’s song is “Down To Earth” number from Wall-E.
It is a proud moment to all of us Indians.
Meher Ramesh is directing ‘Billa’ starring Prabhas, Anushka and Namitha in the lead. It is being produced on Gopikrishna Movies banner by Narendra and Prachod. The news is already out that 'Deshmuduru', 'Kanthri' and 'Maska' fame Hansika is shaking her leg for a sensual item song in this film.
To film this scintillating song featuring Hansika, a huge set has been erected at Hyderabad. ‘Billa’ is sure being churned out stylish with a high budget invested in the making. Spectacular stunt scenes featuring car chases and helicopters have been filmed in Malaysia, as said by the makers. The release date is said to be on 27th March.
RR Movie Makers next is ‘Kick’ starring Ravi Teja and Ileana, in the direction of Surendar Reddy. Maker of mega hit movies like Kalyan Ram’s ‘Athanokkade’, NTR’s ‘Ashok’ and Mahesh Babu’s ‘Athidi’, Surendar is now churning out a hit for Ravi Teja.
Trisha A-list heroine has officially signed Gopichand’s current film to be directed by Siva (of Sowryam fame).Gopichand gets A-list heroine for the first time, to romance with.According to sources, she is paid a bomb for this film. Alhough Gopichand acted with beauties like Anushka, she was not that hot when she first acted with him in Laksyam, hence Trisha pairing with him makes special. Interestingly, Gopichand played villain in Trisha’s maiden Telugu film - Varsham. Five years later, both of them are paired together. Pullarao and Bhagavan are producing it while Tamil actor Satyaraj plays role of father to Gopichand in this movie.