Nagarjuna is my inspiration - says Shivaji

Shivaji tasted success with Mantra after a row of flops and disastrous films. Incidentally his face or name is not used in the publicity of this film.

He is not worried of it and says success is what it counts the most for him. Shivaji is one among very few heroes who are ready to act in combination films. He doesn’t mind doing small roles too. He says star hero Nagarjuna is his inspiration in this aspect. Shivaji believes that multi starrers are a safe bet and also provide scope for writing new stories. If all others think this way Tollywood’s biggest excuse, “lack of stories” won’t be heard again. Isn’t it?

Kajal looking forward in tollywood

Kajal Agarwal was in town yesterday for the audio launch of Pourudu. She was wearing a beige and black tartan dress and looked really cool. Must say, our Tollywood girls are becoming quite couture conscious these days.

Kajal Agarwal has acted in a tri-lingual film called Cinema which has been directed by none other than Bharatiraja. The film will be called Bommalatam in Tamil and Kaalidasa in Telugu. It has Nana Patekar and Arjun in the lead.

Though Kajal started shooting for the first time for it, the film hasn’t been released yet. However, it is scheduled for release soon. Naturally, Kajal is really excited about it as she got to share screen space with Arjun and Nana Patekar in it.

She gushes she was treated like a baby on the sets and well pampered by both the stars.

Tamana's Big Problem

After almost fading into oblivion, Tamanna has made a strong comeback in Telugu with 'Happy Days'. That isn't the only good news. She also has found an impressive film in Tamil.

The film's final stages of shooting are now on. Its music was released about a few days ago in a function that brought together all the leading directors in Tamil on one podium.

She has a very strange problem when she works in Tamil films, "Things are different on the sets of Telugu flicks. You get whatever you ask for. But in Tamil I have problems with the food. My body is not accepting the kind of cooking they do in Tamilnadu. So, almost all the time, I end up falling ill," she says.

Tamanna is now being considered for three new films in Telugu. If the films happen, she wouldn't have to worry about food incompatibility for a while at least.

ANTA announces awards for film veterans

The America NRI Telugu Association (ANTA) has announced the first season of its ANTA Venditera Puraskaramulu. Actors Murali Mohan and AVS along with Navaneet Krishna of ANTA announced the names of this year’s winners that included Krishna for best actor and Jamuna for best actress. The veteran actors and technicians will be felicitated at the awards ceremony to be held on 9th January at Ravindra Bharati. Ex CM Chandra Babu Naidu, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Krishnam Raju and Anam Ram Narayana Reddy will be invited as guests.

On the 18th and 20th of the same month ANTA will be organizing a seminar , Punya Bhumi, in Vijayawada where in eminent personalities from the agricultural field will be educating farmers on benefits and importance of organic farming.

Winners of ANTA Venditera Purskaramulu

Producer: VB Rajendra Prasad

Director: Dasari Narayana Rao

Actor: Krishna

Actress: Jamuna

Character Actor:: Gummadi

Comedian: Rama Prabha

Dialogues: Tripuraneni Maharadhi

Lyricist: C. Narayana Reddy

Playback Singer: P.Suseela

Cinematographer: V.S.R.Swamy

2007 - A Flashback

2007 began on a happy note but towards the end of the year, flops flowed. Of the total 102 straight Telugu films released this year, only six films are blockbusters and six other movies made money. There were no trendsetting movies this year. Films that became blockbusters are all neatly packed commercial entertainers.

Allu Arjun and director Puri Jagannadh's Desamuduru was the first film to hit the screens this year and it collected more than Rs 20 Crores. Puri had continued his success streak with this movie until he slipped off with Chirutha later.

While the ‘numero uno` star of Tollywood, megastar Chiranjeevi could not taste success with Shankardada Zindabad, NTR, who was going through rough patch, bounced back with Yamadonga. The film went to become the biggest grosser of 2007. It is estimated that the film touched Rs 30 Crores figure. Yet, the real star of this year is none other than the Venkatesh. He had two films this year – Adavari Matalaki Arthalu Verule, and Tulasi and both of them are blockbusters and collected Rs 45 Crores collectively.

Another top hero Balakrishna continued his streak of flops this year too. His Maharadhi (directed by P Vasu) could not lift his sagging career. Now he pines all his hopes on Okka Magadu that is hitting on Sankranthi 2008. Mahesh Babu too was down with luck this year. His much-hyped Athidhi that was released by UTV Motion Pictures failed miserably although it set new records in openings. His style was appreciated, though. For Prabhas, 2007 is most unlucky year. Two of his films – Yogi and Munna could not set the cash registers ringing.

Nagarjuna released his much-hyped Don on December 20th and it received thumbs down from critics although collections are encouraging. Among the smaller films that went on to become big hits, two films should be mentioned – Sekhar Kammula's Happy Days, Srinu Vaitla directed Dhee and Gopichand’s Lakshyam. Sekhar's campus love story became a rage among youth and the film that made with a shoestring budget of Rs 2.5 Crores collected more than Rs 12 Crores. The film's songs composed by Mickey J Meyer are best among this year releases.

Regarding, Dhee, it released with no expectations and surprisingly made a huge impact. It established director Sreenu Vaitla who again delivered another hit this year with Ravi Teja and Nayantara starrer Dubai Seenu. Vishnu also became a star with Dhee.

Krishnavamsi's Chandamama, EVV's Attili Sattibabu, Charmee starrer Mantra, Operation Duryadhona, Evadaitey Nakenti, Yamagola, Seema Shastry are some of the movies that also made money this year.

Among the dubbed movies, only Rajnikant's Sivaji became successful and rest of the 100 movies that released were damp squibs.

Blockbusters :2007

'Desamuduru', 'Adavari Matalaki Arthalu Verule', 'Yamadonga', 'Lakshyam', 'Happy Days' and 'Tulasi'.

Popular Hero: Venkatesh (AMAV, Tulasi)
Popular Heroine: Nayantara (Tulasi, Dubai Seenu)
Top Grosser: Yamadonga
Best Film of the year: Happy Days

Mahesh Babu's Mirchi is Ghanudu now?

It was heard in the recent times that Mahesh Babu's next film will be his friend Jasti Hemabar as director and the film is likely to be titled as Mirchi. But the film's title is likely to be changed as "Ghanudu". Dr KL Narayana will produce the film on Durga arts

Mahesh Babu's Special Article in FilmFare Magazine

Mahesh Babu was awarded with prestigious film Fare award for his excellent performance in film Pokiri. That award presentation function was attended by Namratha Mahesh babu.as Mahesh Babu was busy with his shoot schedule.

Now the Film fare Magazine is coming up with a special article on Mahesh Babu in their January edition and they requested Mahesh Babu for photo session to publish the same in that magazine. So Mahesh went to Goa for 2 days and came back to Hyderabad today evening.

So, Mahesh Babu Fans, get ready to reserve your copy of Film Fare Magazine for the month of January.

Krishnarjuna audio release video

Chirutha-100 days in 38 centers

Ramcharan's debut movie Chirutha is completing 100days in 38 centers on 4th January 2008-Direct Centers.

Nizam:-

1. Sudharshan 70mm- ---------------RTC cross Roads,Hyderabad

2. Venkateswara-------------------- Mahaboob Nagar

West Godavari:-

3. Satyanarayana----------------------Eluru

4.Padmalaya---------------------------Bheemavaram

5.Venktrama- -----------------------Tadepally Gudem

6.Lakshmi Talkies-------------------- Janga reddy Gudem

7. Vijaya Talkies- ------------------------Aakiveedu

East Godavari

8. Ashok----------------------------- Rajamundry

9.Padmapriya-------------------------- Kaakinada

10.Venktrama- -----------------------Amalapuram

11.Sathya Sree-----------------------Mandapet

12. Sreerama---------------------------Thuni

13.Sathya-----------------------------Pitapuram

14.Sathya - ----------------------Peddapuram

15.Maheswara-------------------- Jaggampet

Guntur District:-

16. Naaz- --------------------------Guntur

17.Priya- --------------------------Tenali

18.Srinivasa------------------------Ongole

19.Krishna---------------------------Repalle

20.Ravi Kalamandir-----------------Narasarao pet

21. Bhavani--------------------------Chiraala

22.Saikrishna -----------------------Satthenapally

Nellore District:-

23.Narthaki- ------------------------------Nellore

24. Manohar------------------------------Sullurupet

Krishna District:-

25. Apsara- --------------------------------Vijayawada

26.Sirivinayak- --------------------------------Bandharu

Ceded:-

27. Gouri- ---------------------------------Ananthapur

28. Anand- ---------------------------------------Karnool

29.Raj- --------------------------------------------Dhone

30. Raj- --------------------------------------Aadhoni

31.Bhoocomplex- ---------------------------Tirupathi

Vizag:-

32. Sarath- -------------------------------Vizag

33.Mourya Deluxe------------------------Gopal Patnam

34.Parameswari- --------------------------Kanchera Palem

35. Ramlaksman - -------------------------Srikaakulam

36.Saptagiri--------------------------------Tharagapuvalasa

37. Sreedevi- --------------------------------Narsannapet

38.Raja- ---------------------------------------Anakapally

Dance director to Film director

First it was Prabhu Deva, then it was Lawrencce who convered from dance directing to movie directing. Now both the directors are busy in film making that they are now not concentrating on choreography. This was the time when a new dance director called Prem Rakshit entered telugu film industry and was known to the common man for his mind blowing steps in Yamadonga and Jagadam movies.

Both Prabhu Deva and Lawrence changed to directors after they were well known, well established and won many awards in the field of choreography. But this Prem Rakshit is planning to become a film maker even before he shot to fame as a dance director. He is going to direct a film in telugu and the gossip is that an young hero is ready to this film. Now we will see how his career as a director will be ……..

Okka Magadu- Music big Hit.

The prestigious and high budget film Okaa Magadu of YVS and Balakrishna is getting ready to release on 11th January 2008. Mean while the music of Manisharma is doing well at the music charts. YVS says "The first batch of the cassettes released was sold out in just two hours and the second batch also was cleared in no time. The third batch is currently in the market," YVS adds that the credit goes to Manisharma and lyric writer Chandra Bose and he is confident that the film will keep up the expectations of audiences on 11th January;

Hansika - goes to Gurudwara for New Year Celebrations

Hansika is abroad since few months, its heard that she is busy in shooting of Money Hai Toh Honey Hai, she intends to spend time with her family for New Year, she is back to India for New Year and would go to Gurudwara in Delhi, she said that every year on December 31st she would go to Gurudwara to thank god for this year and seek his blessings for next year. She says that 2008 would be a good year for her.

Happy Days Tyson to star for V N Aditya?

Happy Days - Hero Rahul (Tyson) is going to star for the movie which would be Directed by V N Aditya - Manasantha Nuvve fame with Heroine as Sindhu Menon, this flick is going to go on floors from end of Jan2008.

Chiru’s nephew in ‘Hayi Hayiga’ of Chandrashekar Yelati?

Director Chandra Shekar Yeleti is approved director with his films Aithe, Anukokunda Oka Roju and Okkadunnadu. Now he is planning his next film titled Hayi Hayiga. Brahmandam’s son Goutham ( Pallaki lo Pelli Kuthuru fame) is likely to play the lead role and Chiru’s nephew Teja ( son of Chiru’s sister) is going play key role in this film. The film is to be announced officially. Stay tuned for more details.

Devisri dances with Pawan Kalyan

According to sources, Devi Sri Prasad is all getting ready to act in a film. It is being said that one of the prominent producer is all planning to introduce Devi Sri to screen as hero.

The latest buzz is that Devi Sri Prasad, who recently appeared read in a song sequence in Megastar’s Shankar Dada Zindabad may be seen is a full song in Pawan Kalyan’s Jalsa. Industry sources said that Devi Sri, who wants to become hero, is trying his best to impress audience with his special appearances. Meanwhile Baba Shegal has been roped in to croon a number in Jalsa.

How did Sidhartha convinced Saif

All the rumors about Soha and Siddharth were not baseless and the couple is actually together and rocking. The duos are being spotted at various city hotspots. It was during the shooting of Rang De Basanti that Soha and Siddharth became extremely close. They had been in a relationship for more than a year but couldn’t come out openly with it because he had gone through a divorce from his childhood girlfriend Meghna, last year.

Not only that, according to sources, Siddharth has met Saif and his parents and the family has actually put the stamp of approval on his romace with Soha. Saif asked Soha over to his Bandra apartment along with her boyfriend. When she arrived, she was surprised to see her parents present as well. Saif had called them over dinner to meet his little sister’s object of affection. We hear that within minutes of meeting Siddharth, Saif was completely charmed while mom and dad too were impressed with the guy’s down-to-earth attitude.

Sai Kumar’s son debue as hero

Director Surendar Reddy, who started his career with a successful film Athanokkade failed to come up to expectations with his latter films Ashok and Athidi. Post Athidi there were news that Surendar Reddy would be planning a family entertainer with Sunil, but nothing shaped out.

Now Surendar Reddy is all getting ready to launch dialogue king Sai Kumar’s son to Tollywood. According to sources, the daughter of ex heroin Sana is being planned to rope in play the heroin role in this film.

Audio Songs of Sumanth-Kajol's Pourudu

Starring : Kajal Agarwal, Sumanth
Music : Manisharma
Director : Raj Aditya
Producer : Supriya

Negative writings on the film hurt me: Don Producer

'DON is doing extraordinary business in all the centers. In fact, at few centers, it created records and stands out as the highest grosser so far in Nagarjuna's films. However, I noticed that a few media sources are doing negative propaganda on the film. Can you tell me how the film could get such good collections if the film is bad?', questioned MLK Chowdary, producer of DON. Don starring Nagarjuna and directed by Lawrence released a week ago at the box office.

MLK Chowdary expressed his happiness about the run of the film not only in India but also overseas. 'I am very happy about the run of the film but what hurts me is the negative scribing about the film in few media sources', said MLK Chowdary. He released the first week collections of the film and challenged that if any one could prove the collections wrong, he would quit making movies. The collections stand as follows - Nizam: 5,63,60528, Ceded: 2,62,34230, vizag :1,21,22110, East Godavari: 54,89,218 West Godavari:56,72,100, Krishna:60,57,700, Guntur:91,22,400, Nellore:58,00,000, Bangalore:70,00,000 Share, Orissa:11,00,000, Overseas:84,00,000.

Talking about the run of the film in Chennai, Harsha Pictures proprietor Harsha said, 'It never happened before. The film released in 5 theaters in Chennai. It was only Sivaji which released that way. The film collected 29,50,000 in first week. This is not just record among Nagarjuna's film but for any other films too'.

Spicy WallPapers of Heroines

Check out the Spicy wallpapers of Anushka,Charmy and Simran

Anushka

Charmy

Simran

Chandra Sidarth Tabu's Idi Sangati Shooting completed

The shooting of the talkie part of Idee Sangathi, directed and produced by Chandra Siddharth, under the banner of Filmotsav, with Tabu playing the lead role, has been completed.Actress Tabu who is a famous name in Bollywood is making a comeback of sorts on Telugu screen after a long gap and her movie ‘Idee Sangathi‘ has already completed its talkie part. Speaking about the film, director Chandra Siddharth said that the film is complete barring one song which will be shot in January. The post production work is progressing briskly and all other formalities have been cleared. The film talks about the money minded nature of human beings and how in the name of getting wealthy they are losing touch with some basic values in life. Tabu is playing the lead role in the film and is flanked by Abbas, Raja and Sunil in the remaining cast.

2007- A year of mixed fortunes

urprisingly the year 2007 saw a decline in the number of releases in Telugu when compared to the previous years. There were only 84 straight releases till December 20. Add to this about 60 dubbed films released during the year, the list looks an impressive 140 plus. As actor Mahesh Babu said that ‘the future of the Telugu film industry is now in the hands of the young generation,’ the year clearly belonged to the young directors and stars. But most debut directors failed to hit the bulls eye is another story.

The pleasant news is that though the releases dwindled, the hits were more than the previous year. 2007 opened with a thumping victory, the super duper hit, Desamudhuru directed by Puri Jagannath with Allu Arjun and Hansika Motwani in the lead. Close on the heels came the Venkatesh-starrer, Adavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule directed by Selva Raghavan (Sri Raghava), a huge hit. The three other big hits are Sekhar Kammula’s Happy Days, Lakshyam starring Jagapathi Babu and Gopichand, Rajamouli’s Yamadonga with NTR Jr. in the lead. The hit films are Tulasi, Okkadunnadu, Evadaithe Nakenti, Operation Duryodhana, Yamagola, Athili Sathibabu, Aadivaram Adavallaku Selavu, Chandamama, Madhumaasam, and the recently released Mantra while Dubai Seenu and Dhee termed as above average. Mahesh Babu starrer Athith’ and Ram Charan Tej’s debut film Chirutha opened to fantastic collections. Nagarjuna starrer, Don directed by Lawrence has hit the theatres on December 20 in Nizam and a day later in other areas in the state. Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna drew a blank as both Shankardada Zindabad and Maharadhi proved damp squibs at the turnstile. Chiranjeevi received the prestigious Padma Bhushan and his voluntary organisation the Blood Bank won the State award for the fifth consecutive year.

Among the dubbed films, Rajnikath’s Sivaji created such an unparalleled hysteria among the cine goers and made record initial collections for any dubbed film in the past 75 years. The craze soon evaporated and none of the sixty plus dubbed films succeeded.

Technologically speaking, Telugu cinema made long strides and again to quote Mahesh Babu, “Telugu cinema today is ahead of other language industries in the South on technical aspects and content.” His Athidhi brought Hindi actor Amrita Rao to the South. “It is indeed the year of the young filmmakers. The redeeming feature is that each one of them brought a different theme and narrative style. When compared to last year, the content and treatment is more novel this year,” opines popular film critic Rentala Jayadeva.

Though 2007 is termed as the year of young talents, the worrying aspect is that most debutants and even some established young directors failed to click. The much-expected Yogi directed by the much successful V.V. Vinayak is an example. And the survival of any language film industry and thousands of its employees depend mostly on the success of low budget films. Chiding the way some of these young directors are treading with cinema, veteran Dasari Narayana Rao who always championed the cause of low budget films said, “The present generation should prove to the world that the Telugu filmmaker first makes the script ready and then goes to the floors. If any one of the young comes with a good script, I am prepared to produce for them.” One aspect the present generation the actors or the directors are forgetting is the importance of the producer. Most of them are treating the producer as a mere cash bag carrier. To quote Dasari, “There must be a bonding between the producer and director. It pains to hear that the producer has become just a cashier today. Instead of committing to pamphlet journalism, the media print as well as television should also come up with proper analysis and criticism for the growth of the industry. When they write or say that every film is a super hit then why the film industry is in dole drums? Some crib about other language directors entering into the Telugu industry. Instead we should think why they are getting the opportunities here and improve ourselves. Again some crib about spiraling costs of production. When actors who are not worth a million rupees for their job are being paid in crores, who should be blamed? A director can create any number of actors.” A basic mantra buried under star domination.

Sekhar Kammula and Krishnavamsy proved with Happy Days and Chandamama respectively,that with rank newcomers and not so established stars, movie wonders can be created. Both the films are big hits and Happy Days made under a four cr. budget and is expected to gross over Rs. 20 cr.

Whatever said and done, Cinema is still a staple diet for many in A P. The industry offers some exciting fare for them in the new year with Balakrishna’s Okka Magaadu directed by the much successful Y.V.S. Chowdhary and also Simran’s comeback film, Dil Raju’s Premikudu with Allu Arjun, Babu Rao’s Ontari with Gopichand-Bhavana and Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi and Venkatesh’s next ventures to roll in January.

Political satire dialogues by Balakrishna in Okka Magadu?

Director YVS Choudary is making the film Okka Magadu and the film is scheduled to release on 11th January 2008.

YVS has used some political satire situations that reflect the today’s political scenario. A dialogue goes like this –‘ Prathi Okkadu Rajakeeya Ranga Pravesham Chestunnadu, Party Pettam kaadu,Gelavadam mukhyam’.

They are tempting Ileana!

Ileana’s last few outings didn’t do well at the box office but she is still the hottest heroin in Tollywood.
Though her success rate is coming down film after film, her remuneration is only seeing new heights. Ileana who is almost touching one crore mark in Telugu is all set to woo Bollywood audience soon. With her growing popularity across India Tamil film makers too wants to cash on her craze it seems. Her only Tamil film with A.M. Ravi Krishna, KD is a flop.
After that Ileana was offered few Tamil films but she said no to those as she is very busy with her Telugu projects and does not have much time. But Kollywood makers are tempting Ileana by offering huge amounts and Ileana who is yet to prove a point in Kollywood is also willing to grab the offers, sources say.
No wonder, Ileana’s smile is getting wider and wider these days. She is still soaking in all the adulation and attention that has come her way in the wake of the super success of Devadas and Pokiri.

Krishna - to have Chiru Political party dialogue

Krishna-The Power Of Indrakeeladri - is the movie that is being Directed by V V Vinayak in which Ravi teja and Trisha are acting as Hero and Heroine. Music of the flick is composed by Chakri, Audio of the movie was released yesterday night at Marriott Hotel by S S Rajamouli. All arrangements are made to release the movie for Sankranthi 2008. To add some flavor of the flick, V V Vinayak crafted some dialogues which would relate to Mega Star Political entry. A dialogue between Ravi Teja and Sunil - Sunil is frightened of rowdies - Ravi Teja delivers a dialogue as ' Megastar Party Pedathadu, Antene - Anne Political Parties Shake Avuthunnayi - Mana Joli Ki Vachcchina Vadiki Kuda Vanuku Puttali'.

Anushka sharing her sweet secrets!

Anushka is riding high in Tollywood now as her films are lined up for release and also she is being drenched by raining offers.
Anushka practices yoga regularly to keep her fit and fine while the secret behind her glowing skin is a different one. She takes honey regularly with bread slices and that helps her skin to look smooth and silky it seems. She is also sharing this sweet secret with her co-stars.
Anushka who was a yoga teacher before taking acting as her profession still gives tips in yoga to her friends and co-stars for free!

NTR’s next with Dil Raju- Kshatriyudu.

After the Superhit of "Yamadonga" presently the star is making all the moves cautiously, busy shooting for Ashwini Dutt produced Kantri.

Meanwhile he has Okayed a big project for Dil Raju. Dil Raju is known to be paying Rs5 Crs as remuneration for NTR. The film is to be directed by Mahadev who was the assistant of director SS Rajamouli. The film is to be titled as Kshatriyudu. The film would go on floors from May 2008.

Charmy is giving sleepless nights to Mantra producers?

The young producers Ravi Prakash and Kalyanram made this film Mantra with heroine Charmy as their first attempt as producers. The film was made with the budget of Rs2.5 Crs and it is likely to collect rs10 Crs. The film is doing well at the box office but it is rumored that Charmy is giving sleepless nights to these producers.

1. The producers owe Rs5 lakhs to Charmy as the part of remuneration at the time of film release and they promised to pay once the film released. But Charmy sent a letter to Lab saying that producers owe some money to her and not to release the prints until they pay back my money.

2. When the producers met her manager, he asked for Malayalam remake rights of the film for convincing Charamy for Rs5 lakhs.

3. Again Charmy raised her objection for selling out the Tamil remake right of the film without her consent. She wanted to take the remake rights of the film for Tamil.

4. Now the fresh trouble is- she is putting all conditions to attend success meets and success tour. She has asked the producers not to invite Sivaji .

Genelia is not a Girl like that?

According to film nagar sources, an upcoming hero into top slot of Tollywood though he is married is having an extra marital affair with Genelia which is resulting in difference of opinion between wife and husband. Subsequently he left to Bollywood and did a movie which was a big hit. Now the same guy is in serious affair with daughter of a renowned cricketer. We need to wait and watch but one thing for sure Genelia is not the girl which everyone is looking at.

Trisha want to avoid Gossips!

Trisha has finally decided to become very serious about her image. She is now going out of her way to avoid gossips.

There was once a time when she used to go out partying with her friends after completing her shooting. This used to relax her very much. But her mother has told her to cut those trips short. These days, she makes it a point to return home as soon as shooting ends.

But it looks as if she follows all these guidelines only when it comes to her Tamil films. Rumors are on that she makes it a point to go on long drives with Ravitheja, the costar of her current film in Telugu. It also looks as if she has now brought the activities of her female fan club under control. Everybody is now lying low mainly because there haven't been any new releases from her.

Meanwhile, Trisha is more and more sure that her film with Nagarjuna is around the corner. We'll hear some confirmation soon.

Vishnu to interview Nagarjuna

The Krishnarjuna combination – Nag and Vishnu – are going to enthrall the viewers of MAA TV on January 14th (Sankranti Day). But, the event is that: Vishnu will interview Nag. The subject is Don. Vishnu will receive the questions from the viewers and put the same to Nag. This exercise is expected to boost the collections of Don, besides cashing on the festive mood, luring the crowds to the theatres. Interestingly, Nag took part in the promo of Krishnarjuna shot recently. Is this done in reciprocation!

Bramhanandam's Variety role in Mr.Medavi

Brahmanandam is known for his unique brand of comedy and that is known for all. He has done a variety role in the film Mister Medhavi directed by Neelakanta. After his famous roles like Khan Dada, Kaththi Ramadasu and others, now he portrayed the role of 'Gandhiwaadhi'. He is not a routine Gandhiwaadhi but different. One has to watch on screen and enjoy that difference. His dialogues in the movie would be a grand treat for the audiences say inside sources. Brahamanandam said, "I never acted in the direction of Neelakanta and awaited something from him. He is such a type of person who creates a role as there is an artiste. He picks up artiste only when there is a role. Now I got a role to play and that is Gandhiwadhi. I'm not a routine Gaandhiwaadi. I would become violent if anyone disturbs non-violence- because I'm Gaandhiwaadi". Inside sources are also saying about Brahmanandam's role and sharing that it has come as a wonderful rib-tickler.

Shriya from Tollywood to Bollywood

SHRIYA SARAN might no longer be available for Tollywood movies. She recently signed up a Hollywood flick named The Other Side of the Line. The buzz is that the ravishing actress has offers pouring in from Bollywood too. Of late, her trials have yielded results. She has already been signed up for Mission Istanbul. If sources are to be believed, she is also in discussion with biggies like YASH CHOPRA and RAKESH ROSHAN for their upcoming ventures. It sure looks like it will be sometime before we see her in a Tollywood venture.

Audio songs of RaviTeja,Trisha's KRISHNA

Starring : Raviteja, Trisha
Music : Chakri
Director : VV Vinayak
Producer : Kasi Viswanatham

Is Prakash Raj causing trouble to Pawan Kalyan?

Power Star Pawan Kalyan ‘s Jalsa shoot is progressing in Thalakona forest ,near Tirupathi. It is the place where Megastar’s Khaidi and Adavi Donga shot.

The shoot will last for 7 days. Trivikram is filming an action sequence on Pawan, Prakashraj , Police and Maoists.

On the other hand Ileana will be joining the shoot on 4th January.

Actually Pawan is not interested to participate in the shoot as father died a couple of days back, but Prakashraj dates are a big problem. Prakashraj expressed his inability to provide call sheets after some time. So Pawan is forced to attend the shoot now.

Pourudu audio launch

Navasamrat Sumanth and beautiful Kajal are pairing up for a movie titled Pourudu. This movie had its audio launch yesterday in Annapoorna Studios, Hyderabad. It was a very simple function which didnt have any speeches nor any thanks-givings.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna, Sumanth, Supriya, Kajal, Kota Srinivas Rao, Ramanaidu, hero Suman were present for the audio function. Kajal brought the audio cassetes to the stage and distributed to everybody on the stage.

The audio of Pourudu is being marketed by Aditya music. Music is by Manisharma. Raj Aditya is directing Pourudu while Supriya is producing it on SS Creations banner.

Homam Shoot Complete

Shooting of Homam, starring Jagapati Babu and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles, is almost complete. Only last 10 days of shoot are remaining. The final shooting schedule is expected to commence in January.

JD Chakravarthy is directing this film which has action and is laced with family sentiment. Besides, he is also playing an important role. Bollywood music director Nitin Raikwar is composing for the film.

The supporting cast comprises of Mahesh Manjrekar, Pradeep Rawat, MS Narayana, Tarzan, Krishna Bhagawan and Prabhakar. Produced by Kirankumar Koneru under the banner of Sri Nilayam, Homam has cinematography by Bharani.

Is year 2007 good or bad for megastar?

The year 2006 was a memorable year for Megastar.

1. Padmabhushan from Government of India,

2. President of India visiting CCT.

3 Doctorate from AU University and

4. Elder daughter Sushmita’s marriage with a boy from Chennai based business family.

But 2007 might be the worst year for Megastar in his life time.

1. Tollywood Vajrostavam was a bad memory in the month of January 2007.The legend award that was allotted was a big dispute. He was disturbed with that issue

2. His message oriented film SDZ was a big disappointment at the box office.

3. His lovely daughter Srija’s love marriage has greater impact on Megastar’s peaceful life. He was terribly disturbed with this love marriage.

4. in the end, His father Venkat Rao’s death.

Only happy thing for Megastarin 2007 is – Ramcharan’s debut film Chirutha did well in the year 2007.

Let us wish Megastar & Family- Happy & Prosperous New Year 2008

Trisha comments on Nayanatara’s Bikini show.

Nayanatara is appearing in a special role with two piece bikini in her Tamil film Billa. Those scenes are being circulated in inter net. The film got good publicity with these scenes. Of course, she charged extra amount to producer for acting so glamorous.

When Trisha was asked to react on this she said ‘I can’t be as glamorous on screen as Nayanatara. I am trying to prove I am a good actress and Simran is my role model in acting’

Ramya, Anushka wear the right look

It is good to see that the industry is becoming very fashion conscious these days. There was a time when the heroines appeared in not-so-appealing attires at public functions.

Now, most of them have personal designers and take special care to follow the popular trends before being seen at a party or function.

So it was nice to see Ramyakrishna and Anushka at the 'Okka Magadu' audio release function. Anushka wore a deep night blue kali churidar with gold shimmer, more popular as the Saawariya dress these days.

Then there was Ramyakrishna who wore an Indo-Western dress with black tights, black top and dupatta, with silver work.

John Apparao on 31st January 2008

Krishna Bhagavan who is a well know comedian is doing a hero role for the first time in John Appa Rao 40+ along with Simran as his lady love. This movie will be releasing on January 31st 2008. John Apparao 40 plus is directed by Kuchupudi Venkat and Kiran Varanasi is providing the music for this film. Shooting part is almost complete and the post production work is going to start.

Simran will be seen as a main heroine for the first time in this movie in her second innings of her telugu cinema career. In her second innings Simran till now did as an item number in Vijayadasami movie along with Kalyan Ram and will be seen along with Balakrishna in Okka magadu movie which will be releasing on Jan 10th 2008.

NTR to sing for ‘Kantri‘

NTR is getting ready to croon again for his upcoming venture Kantri. His singing could well have been the lucky charm as Yamadonga for which he had lent his voice went on to be a big hit, NTR‘s first in over three years.If Mani Sarma would have his way, then NTR will be singing once again.Recently, Mani Sarma was all praise for the exhaustive knowledge of the Telugu film music that NTR had and the ease with which he could pick up tunes.So it does not come as a surprise that Mani Sarma would be recording a song with NTR.The shooting of the film is progressing at a brisk pace and the filmmakers seem to be happy with the way the film is turning out. Meher Ramesh is directing the movie being produced by Ashwini Dutt. Hansika Motwani is playing the lead in the film with Mani Sharma composing the music

Jalsa unit in Talakona forest

Pawan Kalyan starring Jalsa unit is Talakona forest now. The unit left to the area yesterday while the director Trivikram Srinivas flew out of Hyderabad this morning. Few days of shooting is planned in Talakona. PrakashRaj is already in that area to participate in the shooting. Meanwhile, Pawan Kalyan will join the unit a few days later. Ileana is the heroine in this film. The film is expected to release in March of 2008.

Lawrence’s style impresses Rajinikanth

“Rajini sir’s Basha is my inspiration in making Don,” said Lawrence recently in an interview. And now Rajinikanth has praised Lawrence for his brilliant execution of Don. Rajnikant watched Don at the Four Frames preview theatre on Sunday evening.

So, now the talk going around Tamil media is that he could in all probability be doing a film with Raghava Larencce. The film is likely to be made under the Kavitalaya banner, which happens to be his mentor, Balachander's banner. It is said that Rajini is impressed with the stylish making of Nagarjuna starrar Don and praised Lawrence for his stylish execution.

Balayaa‘s Sadhu to launch in March

"Sadhu" is the title that is being considered for the Gunasekhar directed Balakrishna starrer that is to be produced by Shakhamuri Panduranga Rao and presented by Bellamkonda Suresh. The film is set to go on floors in March in the coming year. Details about the remaining cast and crew are yet to be announced.

Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna not happy with their fans?

The Cut Out War between Chiru fans and Balakrishna fans from Parhcuru has become big problem for the local MLA Daggupati Venkateswar Rao( Balakrishna’s brother-in law).

Chiru fans made some allegations today on Daggaupati- that Daggupati has supported Balakrishna fans in Cut out case. The Mega fans & kapu leaders burnt the effigy of Daggupati today, 26th December in Parchuru.

The Mega fans organized rally and then Vangaveeti Mohan Ranga Statue ki Ksheerabhishekam chesaru,

Mega fans took oath that they are going to defeat Daggupati in the next assembly elections.

By knowing this, Daggupati sent a message to Kapunadu leaders and Mega fans, but they ignored his message. Balakrishna fans are also reacting to Megafans and supporting Daggupati.

Note- The entire issue was brought in to the notice of Megastar and Balakrishna by some local Parchur leaders and both the stars are not happy with in the way the fans behaving.

List of Movies Released in 2007

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Telugu movies in 2007

Twist in BalaKrishna's Cut Out case.

Parchuru Police could arrest the people who spoiled the cut out of Okka Magadu of Balakrishnathat was erected at the center of Parchuru, Chirala.

Police arrested 5 members in this case-and could get back those pieces of Balakrishna cut out (Balakrishna face from the cutout was cut).

Surprisingly the same fellow who cut the face of cut out was participated in Ksheerabhishekam of NTR statue and also participated in the dharna that was organized by Balakrishna fans.

He is Chandu Ajay Kumar (Parchuru 7th ward member and former TDP Mandala youth President) along with his friends Anil Kumar, Suresh, Madhu Babu and Ramesh participated in cutting the cut out and all these participated in the Dharna of Balakrishna fans as if they don’t know anything.

How could police find this?

An auto driver of Parchuru watched when these five cutting the cutout in the mid night and the auto driver surprised when the same people participated in Ksheerbhishekam of NTR’s statue. And auto driver was telling the same to his friends and the police in the mufti listen to this and arrested those 5 members.

Balakrishna watched Charmy's 'Mantra'.

Charmy's suspense thriller movie Mantra is doing well at the box office. New director Tulasiram made debut with this film as a director.

Nandamuri Balakrishna and his family watched the film today,25th December at preview theatre of Film Chamber. And it is known that NBK and his family appreciated the team of Matra for making such a wonderful suspense thriller and also appreciated heroine Charmy for her best performance in the film.

Asin flooded with Bollywood offers

Asin has completely moved from Chennai to Mumbai and has become a Mumbaikar. You can spot her frequently at the posh Infinity mall near her apartment or at PVR's Juhu multiplex. She is just catching up with the latest in fashion and also watching all new releases in Bollywood and picking up the finer points. Last week Asin was the cynosure of all Bollywood stars at the sneak preview of Aamir Khan's Tara Zameen Par. everybody was keen to have a look at Aamir's new heroine.

As of now the actress is flooded with offers in Hindi and is considering three big Hindi films. She is being offered to be cast opposite Shahid Kapoor in his new film. Another role that is exciting Asin, is to play Amitabh Bachchan's daughter in a new project on the emotional relationship between a father and daughter. And another project that is waiting for her is a new Salman Khan musical entertainer. But Asin on her part is in no hurry to sign any films till the shoot of Ghajani is over.

Mr. Medavi Audio Songs

Three films for Sankranthi race

Every year, Sankranthi Festival marks the new season in Tollywood. This year, everyone is betting on Balakrishna and YVS‘s magnum opus Okka Magadu that is releasing on January 11, 2008. Balakrishna had earlier delivered blockbusters on Sankranthi period - Samarasinha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu, etc. But it is not going to be lone battle for Balayya. He will have to compete with another big film - Ravi Teja‘s Krishna, finally announced its release date - January 10th, 2008. This Vinayak directed film too tries its luck at Pongal.On other hand, the original ‘Sankranthi‘ (M.S) Raju is brining his soft-romantic film Vaana on the same day (January 14th) that he made history with blockbusters like Varsham and Nuvvostanante Nenoddanta.So far these three films are confirmed but there is also talk that Sumanth’s Pourudu too might join the race.

Megastar´s director for 149th film confirmed

Mega Star Chiranjeevi 149th movie has been confirmed which would be under the Direction of V V Vinayak, there was a confusion whether it would be Vinayak or Gunashekar but its confirmed that Chiru 149th movie would be with V V Vinayak, music of this movie would be composed by Harris Jayaraj which would be prodcued by Allu Arvind and Aswini Dutt.

Teja’s title "KEKA"

Fire brand director Teja who has announced a new film with all newcomers has registered "Keka" as the title for it. . Sources said that Keka is the title in consideration for Teja’s next film. This is the project for which Teja is conducting star search in association with Kingfisher and MAA TV. The Star Hunt program got good rankings in the MAA TV programs. Selected candidates from this Star Hunt will get chance to work for the film.Although Keka can only start in Febraury, pre-production work has already begun. Songs will be recorded in January.Presently Teja is doing a film for MS Raju’s son Sumanth Aswin

Tarun illeana as "Romeo Juliet"

K Vijaya Bhaskar’s latest film is titled as ‘Romeo Juliet’. This film Starred Tarun and Ileana in the lead roles. Jagapati Babu does a special character. This film was supposed to be made with Vishnu and Genelia in Vijaya Bhaskar direction under Mohan Babu’s production. But shifted into Bellamkonka Suresh’s hands in the last minute. Shooting of the film is nearing completion.

Allu Arjun’s film on Valentains day

Allu Arjun’s upcoming untitled film is getting ready at a rapid pace. Dil Raju is producing this flick and Bhaskhar of Bommarillu fame is directing. According to sources, Dil Raju is planning to release the film on 14^th February. The audio will hit market in January, said the source.

Meanwhile the filmmakers are in a bit dilemma to choose the title for this flick. Earlier there were reports
saying that this film is titled Varadhi. But the buzz is that the filmmaker’s are thinking of another name and probably the film may be titled as Romeo. Sheela of Hello Premistara is paired opposite Allu Arjun in this flick.

NTR jr. at Megastar Home

Okka Magadu Audio Songs

Second HIFF from January 3

THE second Hyderbad International Film Festival (HIFF) will be held from January 3 to 10 in the city.

At a media briefing, the committee said that this event would help improve research and development activities in Telugu film industry. The event will be held at Prasads and in all, 150 films would be screened during the period. As many as 34 countries would be sending their films. Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, one of the organiser of the event, appealed to artistes to participate in the event and add a touch of glamour.

“This HIFF will be a great opportunity for those who could not go to Goa film festival,” he added.

To pull more and more crowds for the event, the organisers are screening eight hit Telugu films, which got released this year.

Mahesh Babu celebrating new year at Goa

Prince Mahesh Babu after his huge success of Athidi is now enjoying the sucess as well as New Year with his wife Namratha and his son Gowtham along with other family members are going to welcome New Year 2008 in Goa. They will be spending a week quality time in Gao. Mahesh’s next film details will be announced only after him coming back from Goa vacation.Mahesh who wanted to go for 2 month vacations after his Athidhi release couldn’t spare much time for family for some reason. Now the family is going to celebrate New Year in Goa.