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.
Manoj Bajpai is doing the crucial role in Pawan Kalyan’s current movie – Komaram Puli. He says he is happy with the movie’s content but he faced big problem on the sets pronouncing Telugu words correctly. It is really an uphill task for me, he confesses. “But luckily, the producer and director S.J.Surya have provided Tele-prompters on the location that made my life easier,” he said.
Bubbly girl Hansika who looked ravishing in Maska is now all set to woo the audiences in a hot item number. She is doing item song in Prabha’s Billa which has Anushka and Namitha as the female lead. She does the popular remix song of “Naa Paruvam..” from Yugandhar. Hansika is agreed to do this item number only on the insistence of the film’s director Meher Ramesh. Hansika treats Meher as her guru in Tollywood. This item song’s shooting will commence from January 23rd at a specially erected set in Hyderabad.
Jagapathi Babu is doing guest role in another movie. This time he does for top producer Dil Raju. Jagapathi Babu has accepted to appear in Dil Raju's Trisha and Prakash Raj starrer Akashamantha. The film is dubbed version of Tamil film Abhiyum Naanum but major portion of the movie is being reshot. Hence it can be called remake. And Jagapathi Babu appears for a brief time in this Telugu version.
She is known as the charming beauty of the Tollywood industry and though she is originally a Punjabi, she has become very much a part of the Telugu household and is treated like a Telugu girl. She is none other than the charming and seductive Charmi.Recently, Charmi has won the prestigious Nandi award for the best actress due to her outstanding performance in the film 'Manthra'. The pretty girl says that she was actually expecting it for her other flicks like 'Rakhi' 'Anukokunda Oka Roju' but then this is a dream come true for her.
Apparently, Charmi is said to be a lovely chef and her specialty is non-vegetarian items, she is now learning to speak Telugu and soon is looking at dubbing for her own voice. To wrap it up, Charmi is not the regular pub hopping kind of starlet and maintains that she loves to spend time with her family and is not a major party animal. That's the charming beauty for you folks.
There are only two names that have been making rounds in the film industry currently, one is 'Arundhati' the film and then Anushka, the lead heroine. The film has turned out to be an overwhelming success in the collection centres and in no time, the impact of Anushka's presence and her performance spread like wildfire throughout the other film circuits.Now, there is news that the film is being made into seven different languages starting from Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Bengali and English. However, barring the possibility of Hindi, the rest would be in dubbed versions since it is practically impossible to create such sort of high quality graphics.
While producer Shyamprasad Reddy is said to be looking at the Hindi version for remake, the rest would be in dubbings and if this happens as per plan then our 'Sweety' (that's Anushka's pet name) will be busy spreading her charms throughout seven different languages and literally across the entire nation. Good luck for this folks!!!
After two super hit films, ‘Adi’ and ‘Samba’, Tarak and VV Vinayak are joining hands once again for this huge budget movie. NTR is now busy in adding perfection to his dance moves for the movie being directed by VV Vinayak.For the first time, Nayantara shares screen space with NTR playing the heroine. News has been reported that from 20th January, a song will be canned in the specially erected sets at Rama Naidu Cine Village, Nanakramguda.
Producer Vamshi Mohan is making this movie estimated on a heavy budget.
Hit movies like ‘A Film by Arvind’, ‘Raksha’, ‘Mantra’, ‘Indumathi’ makes the above statement true. Suspense thriller seems to be the hot selling pancake in Tollywood these days.Charmme’s ‘Mantra’ became a super hit at the box office and the copycat Rambha is close on Charmme’s heels. She has signed up for a thriller flick.
The actress who debuted to Tollywood with EVV Satyanarayana’s ‘Aa Okati Adakku’ continued her good run with popular heroes. But, she lacked offers lately and was out of the news since sometime. She was working in some Bhojpuri films during the break, said news breakers.
Now, Rambha is re-entering tinsel town with the suspense thriller, ‘Prathikshanam’ which is under progress. Prakash Raj dons a meaty role and Vyas is directing the movie produced by Rambha’s brother on Parijaya Creations.
The movie is through with shooting schedules and dubbing works. It is awaiting release dates shortly.
Swathi, who debuted in the Venkatesh-Trisha starrer Adavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule, got lucky as the main heroine in Ashta Chemma. Though it featured little known actors and debutants, the film, inspired by an Oscar Wilde play, was a runaway success.
Ever since she made her debut into movies, she has bagged the title of being one of the most sensual beauties the Telugu industry has ever seen. Despite the fact that she is a Bengali, she has never been distinguished as a non local and was treated very much like an authentic Telugu girl. She is none other than the innocently seductive Kamalini Mukherjee and lately, she seems to be in the mode for getting glamorous. In this process, there is a strong buzz happening that this pretty girl has been indicating her consent to go in for the most sensational and coveted attire- the two piece bikini.
While it is not sure how many of her admirers would want to see Kamalini in such a bold appearance, it is being said that such a move will catapult her glamour and career to far greater heights. For now, an official confirmation is yet to be received so folks can dream of Kamalini in a bikini virtually and find solace.
This would definitely be news beyond belief for all the admirers of actress Trisha. The bewitching beauty, now romancing hero Vishal (who won many hearts with his stunning performance in films like Pandem Kodi and Salute) in a yet-to-be-named Tamil film, is all set to tie the knot with this 'action' hero. According to the grapevine, the two stars will get engaged after completion of the film's shoot, probably next month. That indicates a tragic end to many a one-sided love stories, indeed! But the million dollar question is whether Trisha continues to sizzle on the silver screen after marriage or prove herself to be the best home manager! Let's wait and watch...
The prestigious "Nandi Awards for the year 2007" has been announced today for a series of categories. Each part of the movie has been categorized accordingly and based on titles like Best movie, Best director, Best actor & actress....and so on.
Sairam Shankar brother of Director Puri Jagannadh puts breaks to his proposed film.he movie was to start this month but the latest we hear is that Puri has put it on hold for time being. With his last film, Neninthe, turning out to be biggest disaster in his career Puri has now decided to prove himself again. So he is all set to begin another movie with a star instead of taking risk with his brother.Buzz is that his Bujjigaadu star Prabhas has immediately catered dates to him and hence they would be together starting another movie.
Puri's brand name has taken a beating with Neninthe. And he urgenetly needs to restore his popularity. His proposed flicks with Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu would be taking more time to begin. So he has got Prabhas to start with. Aditya Ram will produce this movie. Prabhas will begin shooting as soon his he completes his current flick Billa.
The hyderabadi girl Sameera reddy, debuted in bollywood is being considered for venkatesh next film. Previously, sameera reddy acted in 3 telugu films, one with megastar and two with NTR jr but all of them are big flops and she is considered as iron leg.At that time it was also rumored that she is in love with Telugu actor Jr. NTR and is serious about him. But later it just remained as a gossip.Now the latest news is that Venkatesh has signaled to Sameera reddy for his next, movie project with director Krish of Gamyam fame. Already there is news that this movie is going to feature two actresses and one of them is going to be a foreign lady. But still this statement has to be confirmed by Venkatesh and Krish.
Sneha looks good both in traditional dress like sari and is equally elegant in modern outfits. Sneha with her big and expressive eyes is the dream girl of many youngsters. 
The latest news from Mahesh Babu front is that he is now finally set to begin shooting for his new film from January 18. The action thriller is directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The film will have tow heroines and Parvathi Melton has already been signed up as one of the heroines. 
Young tiger NTR starrer kantri will be dubbed into english.A new trend is going to start in telugu film industry. It is well known that popular hollywood movies will be dubbed into telugu so that masses also can watch the film and takes the movie closest to them. But now its something different.This mean feat of dubbing the Telugu film into English goes to Sri Venkateshwara Tele Films who seem to have taken up themselves to bring Telugu films closer to non Telugu speaking audiences. One is sure this would set a trend for more films to be made like this. The day would not be far when the financial spin offs of such a move would be huge. Venkatesh, Nagarjuna have good fan following in malaysia nad singapore so the demand for telgu films in english will definitely going to increase.
Superstar Rajinikanth’s Enthiran Robot has passed hands from Eros International and Ayngaran International to Sun Pictures. The movie, said to cost Rs 150 crore, has completed three schedules so far, including those in Peru, Goa, and Chennai. While Eros International had backed out of the project owing to a financial crisis more than a week ago, Ayngaran’s sudden withdrawal from the project has given rise to speculation.
Jr. NTR has made it clear that he is open to multi-starrers and also for playing guest roles in films. Jr. NTR appeared in a guest role in the film Chintakayala Ravi starring victory Venkatesh. Jr. NTR and Prabhas are good friends.So when Prabhas asked Jr. NTR to do a guest role in his new film Parasuramudu he readily agreed. The film is being directed by K Raghavendra Rao. Jr. NTR will appear as lord Rama in the film a role made famous by NT Rama Rao. Jr. NTR is sure to vow the audiences with his role of lord Ram.
Anushka's ‘Arundhati’ directed by Kodi Ramakrishna is going to release on January 9, announced Shyam Prasad Reddy. Anushka is playing a dual role – one has a period touch and the other as the present day’s woman. Deepak is playing her husband. The movie made with very high technical standards with more than four times the increase in their budget price, was censored with an ‘A’ certificate. This socio fantasy film is graphical extravaganza that deals with black magic.
But 2009 Sankranthi is going to see only three films – ‘Maska’, ‘Arundathi’ and ‘Fitting Master’. All three films ‘Maska’, ‘Arundathi’ and ‘Fitting Master’ belong to different genres. If one is romantic action entertainer, the second is socio-fantasy and the last is the comedy entertainer.
The films that were postponed are Siddarth-Tamanna starring ‘Konchem Istam Konchem Kastam’, Nitin Priyamani starring ‘Drona’, Raja, Namitha, Meera Chopra starring ‘Jaganmohini’, Sriram, Prithviraj, Kamilini Mukherjee and Sanjana starring ‘Police Police’, Rajasekhar, Sanjana and Neetu Chandra starring ‘Satyameva Jayathe’ and many more small films.The most happening heroine of today’s Tollywood, Anushka in dual role, ‘Arundhati’, a graphics fantasy film is directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by M Shyam Prasad Reddy. While Koti provided the musical scores, K K Senthil Kumar played with the camera.
Yes! Allari Naresh is ready for race again, this time as ‘Fitting Master’ under his home production EVV Cinema and his father EVV Satyanarayana wields the comic wand. Mumbai model Madasala is the heroine. S Chinna composes the music and E Prasad Babu is the cameraman.
‘Audience Choice Winner’ from the three upcoming movies .... Wait and See
