Friday, January 23, 2009
Folk: Shreya dating an old man?
Sexy and sultry Shreya Saran took everyone by surprise with her cover shoot (in a bikini) for a magazine. The actor, however, made it clear that it wasn't a bikini, but a swim suit. Earlier, there were reports of her having an an affair with the co-star of a Hollywood film she was acting in, which Shreya denied. However, the latest news is Shreya dating a man much older than her!? But, this time, the gorgeous queen refused to either confirm or deny this!
Arundati getting stress at B,C centres
Arundhati film has turned out to be a major success and a blockbuster also is looking imminent for it.
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.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
'Hamara' Rehman to oscar
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.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Spectacling Stars in 'BILLA'
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.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
"KICK" of Raviteja in april
Currently, the second schedule of the shooting is in progress. The film highlights the characterization of Ravi Teja, and is said to be made differently compared to the earlier films of Suredar Reddy. The movie will soon kick into the third phase of filming.
Alongside Ravi Teja and Ileana, Tamil actor Shyam and Ashimka are playing one more lead pair in the movie. The makers are planning to release the film next year for April 2009.
Trisha signed for Gopichand's next film
Earlier Kajal was chosen for this role but she opted out, as she could not adjust dates. So Trisha is roped in by paying huge remuneration.
Regular shooting commences from February 1st week. Currently, Trisha has no other movies in Tamil and Telugu.
Namitha's Jaganmohini to set fire in this summer
Jaganmohini's graphic works are in progress. Jaganmohini with Raja, Namitha and Meera Chopra in the lead. SK Viswanathan is directing the movie while Murali is the producer of the Telugu version.
Speaking on the occasion, the producer said, "We are bringing out the film simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil languages. As the film has lot of scope for graphics, we are busy completing the works. Especially, the scenes that have been shot in Rameswaram, Andaman, Chennai and Hyderabad would attract the audiences. We are making efforts to ensure that our film would also maintain them similar standards set in the earlier Jagamohini directed by Vithalacharya. We are sure that our film too would attract all classes of audiences and would leave an indelible impression in the hearts and minds of the people. We are making efforts to release the audio as well as the film in March."Jyothilakshmi, Narasimha Raju, Brahmanandam, Yuvarani, Riyaz Khan, Madanbabu and others are in the cast. Dialogues and lyrics are by Vennelakanti, while Illayaraja is scoring tunes.
Manoj Bajpai once moree in telugu
Hansika doing item song in Prabha’s Billa
This item song’s shooting will commence from January 23rd at a specially erected set in Hyderabad.
Jagapathi Babu as a guest in dilraju's movie!
Trisha will join the shoot from this month end.
Shreya to reduce her remunaration
Shreya has decided to concentrate more on Tamil films and to reduce her fee because of box-office failure of a few of her films in Hollywood and Bollywoodit is rumoured.The sultry siren, however, has a lot at stake on the box-office fortunes of ‘Kandhasamy’, in which she plays the lead opposite Vikram.
Earlier, she had requested director Susi Ganesan to relieve her from the shooting of ’Kandhasamy’ as soon as possible as she had committed to do a Hollywood film. Though Ganesan speeded things up, he couldn’t reportedly meet Shreya’s deadline and the actress flew off to Hollywood before completing her portions.
But, as fate would have it, the Hollywood film as well as a couple of her Bollywood releases bombed.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Charmy 'charming beauty secrets'
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.
Anushka In 7 Languages
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!!!
NTR adding masala for his dance
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.
Rambha to make suspense thrill like "charmee''
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.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Is it Trisha's end of tollywood road ?
Trisha after working with Nagarjuna in the film King has worked at least once with all big heroes. Right from Chiranjeevi to Prabhas almost all heroes have acted with her. In an industry where heroes don't repeat their heroines for the sake of variety, Trisha has practically no hero left to work with. All the other heroes in Tollywood who have not worked with her are younger to her or her in age, and going by Tollywood logics they would not work with her. So a Trisha Allu Arjun combination or a Trisha with NTR combination is almost ruled out. Moreover, audiences would not like such combinations as they may look stale.
That practically leaves Trisha with no heroes to work with in Tollywood. The best she would get to do is single heroine oriented small budget films. Will she do them or will she signal the end of her Tollywood career? Let us see in time to come.
Sravanand turned as mass star
Sarvanand who is all set to appear in the new movie 'Raju Maharaju' and this is said to be giving him a mass image and also the role of an action hero. Having acted as an innocent lad in 'Amma Cheppindi', this is a surprise.
The film also has the Bollywood beauty Surveen Chawla and Teshu Koushik. Surveen will soon be seen in a Subash Ghai movie and now the makers are looking at releasing the movie sometime during March 1st . While the character of Raju will be played by Mohanbabu, maharaju will be done by Sarvanand.
Ram charan tej to imititate - Hrithik,Pavan kalyan
Swathi and Nani are in love?
Nani, Srinivas Avasarala and Bhargavi were her co-stars; all of them delivered great results due to Mohan Krishna Indraganti's direction. During the movie's shooting, Swati and Nani became very good friends. But Swati's schedules force her to shuttle constantly between Chennai and Hyderabad without any time to catch up with friends.
Nani too has started to shuttle between the two state capitals as he is working on a Tamil film along with his many commitments in Telugu film industry. As a result, they are often seen on the same fights Only time will tell whether the two upcoming stars are 'just good friends' or they are truly committed to each other.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Kamalini to in Bikini Now !!
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.
Trisha, Vishal getting engaged!
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...
Nandi Awards 2007 Winners
The announcement was made this evening around 3.00 pm at the Film Development Corporation.Nandi Awards is being bestowed upon by the government of Andhra Pradesh. This time, the list has been dominated by a hot list of movies that bagged more than one award.
The family entertainer 'Chandamama' has bagged a total of five awards for the categories of Best Home Viewing Feature Film, Best Director (Krishna Vamsi), Best Character Actor (Ahuthi Prasad), Allu Ramalingaiah Award for Best Comedian Actor (Uttej) and Best Art Director (Srinivasa Raju).
Right behind is Yamadonga with a total of four awards to its credit in the following categories: Best Editor (Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao), Best Costume Designer (Rama Rajamouli), Best Makeup Artiste (Nalla Srinu) and Best Special Effects (Kamal Kannan).
The blockbuster youth flick 'Happy Days' falls in the third place with 3 awards. Best Music Director (Mickey J.Meyer), Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao Award for Best Male Playback Singer (Karthik) and as the Second Best Feature Film.
Lakshyam is on par in the third place with three awards to its credit. They are for Third Best Feature Film, Best Supporting Actor (Jagapathi Babu) and Best Female Dubbing Artiste (Showmya).
The award for Best Hero has been announced for Venkatesh (Aaadavaari Maatalaku Ardhaale Verule), Best heroine for Charmi Kaur (Manthra) and Best director for Krishna Vamsi (Chandamama).
Puri holds brother's movie, to start with Prabhas
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.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sammera reddy with venkatesh
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.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sneha to marry singer ?
Sneha is now said to be deeply in love. The lucky guy is Girish. He is a singer and that she has even decided to get married to him. Acording to the rumors doing the rounds in Chennai, Sneha will get married to Girish on February 1.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Mahesh with Miss world 2008 Parvathy Omankuttan
The gossip now doing the rounds is that prince Mahesh Babu is very much impressed with the Malayalam beauty and the first runner up of Miss world 2008 Parvathy Omankuttan. Mahesh is said to have asked director Trivkram to sign her up as the second heroine for the film.
Kantri to be dubbed in English
Robot 2 songs cost 30 crores
While the production house remains tightlipped on the issue, industry sources claim that the movie, for which two songs have been completed, had already exceeded a production cost of Rs 30 crore. Director Shankar, who is known for his grand ways, had been insistent on having the movie shot with the original budget that it was planned for. For Sun Pictures, which has now officially announced that it will produce the movie, this is the first direct production venture.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Jr. NTR in Prabhas "Parasuramudu"
"Arundathi" Anushka Censored as ‘A’ certificate
New backdrop by Nayanatara in NTR's Film
Charmee in "Aacharya" with Ajay
Sankranthi rocking by three films
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.‘Maska’ featuring Ram, Hansika Motwani and Sheela is directed by B Gopal and produced by MS Raju under Sumanth Arts Productions banner. Chakri composed the tunes and Sekhar V Joseph is the cinematographer.
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