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Ravi Teja, Tapsee are back in Daruvu

2012-01-10T01:20:00.001-08:00

It is party time for Ravi Teja. Even as his Nippu is readying for a grand February release, he has signed a new film. Titled as Daruvu, the film will be directed by Shiva of Souryam and produced by Burugapalli Sivaramakrishna.

The Mass Maharaja and Tapsee will be the lead pair of this movie, which is touted as an entertainer with commercial elements. The makers say that Ravi Teja is playing a multi-dimensional character here.

Tapsee, who is being paired up with the hero for the first time since Veera, has a meaty role. This film comes only days after she signed Gundello Godari, the Lakshmi Manchu production. The movie is already on the floors. The producer is planning for a summer release

2012-01-10T01:19:00.000-08:00

Pawan Kalyan's Gabbar Singh is slated to be released on April 27. The movie's Pollachi schedule was completed in December and its Hyderabad schedule will begin from Jan. 5. After this schedule, in which crucial scenes will be shot on Pawan, Ajay and others, the unit would move to a schedule in Pune.

It is perhaps the first time that the producer of a Pawan Kalyan film has announced the release date well in advance. (It is releasing on April 27). Since Harish Shankar is understood to have taken the film to the floors only after he had a bound script in hands, the movie is being completed as per the plan.

Shruthi Hassan is the lead heroine, and a host of other character artists are also seen. The official remake of Dabbang has music by Devi Sri Prasad.
It is anticipated that producer Bandla Ganesh will go all out of his way to aggressively market the film, especially because publicity worked miracles for Panjaa. Also Pawan is apparently trying to shed his reticence and talk about his films.

Genelia will rather do nothing

2012-01-10T01:14:00.001-08:00

Genelia D'Souza says that she set for herself some rules before entering the industry. The actress, who proved her mettle in a significant way many years ago with her Bommarillu performance, says that she will stop acting when good roles stop coming to her. She will rather spend her time in leisure than playing flimsy roles.

Well, the actress has a good number of films on her platter this year. Beginning from Hook Ya Crook, It's My Life, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, Rock The Shaadi and Bloody Paki, not to forget the one Telugu film, Naa Ishtam with Rana Daggubati, the actress has accepted many meaningful roles.

The actress, who is all set to marry her long-time boy friend Riteish Deshmukh, is an actress to reckon with in Telugu. Her performance in Orange assumed the form of subtlety at some places. But it remained an underrated performance, thanks to the BO fate of the Bhaskar directorial.

Kajal won't do insubstantial roles

2012-01-10T01:13:00.002-08:00

You can't convince Kajal Agarwal with an inconsequential or an insubstantial role. She says that she won't accept a role if it has no significant part to play in the film. She drives home the point that, for all the talk of heroines losing their pride of place in today's films, they are getting occasional meatier roles.

In her case, says the cuddly-cute actress, her roles in the movies Lakshmi Kalyanam, Chandamama and Mr. Perfect were very important. While in the case of the first two, there could not have been a film without the heroine's character, in the case of Mr. Perfect, her role was memorable. Magadheera is another film in which the heroine (Kajal as Mitravinda) was an integral part of not one, but two, stories.

That said, Kajal draws our attention to the prevailing scenario in Tamil and Hindi. Wherever you go, Kajal seems to say, heroines are getting meaty roles only occasionally and not regularly. Just because two or three films with heroine having a larger share of the pie are made, you can't say that the balance is gradually tilting towards the diva.

Well, Kajal is indeed right. One observes the trend that doesn't seem to catch up with a regularity. Heroes have solidified their position in Tollywood, Bollywood and Kollywood. Against this background, heroines can only hope to play worthy roles only once a while.

Samantha: Mani Ratnam's lady!

2012-01-10T01:13:00.000-08:00

Lady luck is working overtime for Samantha, what with the promising ventures that she is bagging with each passing day. The latest is that Samantha will be the lead lady of Mani Ratnam's forthcoming, 'Pookadai'!(Tamil) Can a budding actress ask for more?

Sources close to the actress have confirmed this news to IG. In fact, earlier she had given a screen test with Mani Ratnam but it failed to click. But Mani is said to have called her back to play the female lead as she fits the bill well.

'Pookadai' is the acting debut of Karthik's son Gautham in Tamil cinema and also stars 'Action King' Arjun and Lakshmi Manchu in important roles with music by Isai Puyal AR Rahman.

Samantha currently has a trilingual with her mentor Gautham Menon, which is touted to be a romantic treat to movie goers all over the country this Valentines Day.

With a string of promising ventures in her kitty, Samantha is definitely here to stay! Great going girl...

Srikanth shooting for Devaraya' action episodes

2012-01-10T01:12:00.001-08:00

Devaraya will surprise you because Srikanth's character is sketched in such a way that it feels totally new. The film's genre is socio-fantasy, having graphics work imparted on a footage of over 23 minutes. Currently shooting for the action episodes (under the action direction of Master Ravi Varma), the film is progressing at a brisk pace. Except for three songs, the shooting will be complete by this month-end.

Srikanth is playing the title role in this film, which is being directed by Nani Krishna, produced by Kiran Jakkamshetty. The first schedule was shot from Sept. 19-29 at Nacharam in the outskirts of Hyderabad. The graphic-significant shoot was filmed for one historical episode in the movie.

Chakri's music is a raison d' etre of the movie. While Nani Krishna is lending the story also, the screenplay is by Ravireddy Mallu. Lyrics are by Karunakar and dialogues by Veerababu Basina.

Vennela Kishore positive about his debut

2012-01-10T01:11:00.000-08:00

With Vennela 1 � having been completed, enthusiasm and jauntiness is already in the air. The low-key sequel to Deva Katta's Vennela launches Kishore, who became popular after the film, as director. Produced by Vasu and Varma on Gr8 (which is 'great'), the film has music by Sunil Kashyap of It's My Love Story fame.

Starring Chaitanya Krishna and Monal Gajjar, the film is fast wrapping up the shoot and post-production works also. The producers are planning to release the audio in the last week of January. The film, in all probability, may hit the screens for the Valentine's Day.

Announcing about the audio release, Vennela Kishore said that he was already on a cloud nine. Thanking the musician and the lyricists (Chaitanya, Sira Sri and Shrimani), he said that it was they who lent life to the film.

The comic tracks in this much-touted laughter flick features Brahmanandam and Tagubothu Ramesh. The presence of these in-currency comedians, along with the director himself, who is on a roll excelling in a string of interesting roles (including a gay in IMLS), gives us a taste of what is in the pudding.

While cinematography is by Suresh Bhargav and editing is by Dharmendra, the film is set in the backdrop of Bangkok and other places in Thailand.

Prabhas’s Rebel Launched

2012-01-10T01:08:00.001-08:00

Rebel star Prabhas’s upcoming film “REBEL” launched yesterday in Hyderabad at Annapurna studios. Krishna raju, Anushka, Nagarjuna ,Prabhas, Lawrance, graced the event. Krishnam Raju Clapped for Muhurtham shot, Anushka switched on the camera.

Business Man Songs

2012-01-10T01:04:00.001-08:00

Mahesh Babu and Kajal Agarwal movie The Business Man songs released. The songs function was held in Shilpa Kala Vedhika-Hyderabad and the programme was live telecasted in Gemini Music.
Cast : Mahesh Babu, Kajal Agarwal
Director : Puri Jaganath
Music : SS Thaman
Producer : Venkat
The Business Man audio release update :
- Audio release function started
- Suma is anchoring the show.
- Audio will be released in telugu,malayalam,tamil languages
-Tamil audio is released first
- Puri along with his family attended the function
- This is the first time three languages audio is being released on same stage.
- Mahesh and his wife Namratha arrived.
- Krishna released the tamil audio along with Nirmala and Mahesh. Krishna said that this movie will make more than 150 crores.
- Mumaith Khan is giving live performence on stage for Malayalam version.
- Telugu version was released by Srinu Vytala and the function went on with interviews asked by Puri to Mahesh.
- Malayalam audio is launched by Dr Ramanaidu.
- Rajamoulli,Rama Rajamoulli,Bvsn Prasad,Kajal along with her sister,Srinu Vytala Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Charmy, Dr Ramanaidu are among the guests who attended the function.

Genelia Raves Her Director

2012-01-10T00:57:00.001-08:00

2012 not just has three films lined for Genelia D’Souza but also brings in the wedding bliss for her in the early half. The petite girl is finally walking the aisle with her love interest and actor Ritesh Deshmukh, after about six long years.
Of late, she is busy with Naa Ishtam in which she is casted opposite Rana Daggubati, for the first time. The flick is launching Prakash Toleti as director. Chakri is dishing out the tunes and Prauchuri Kireeti is producing it. Currently, the shooting schedule is in progress at Ramoji Film City.
The flick is slated for release on March 3 and the makers have begun the post-production works already. Genelia recently finished her part of shooting, while Rana is to wrap it up by Jan 13. In the context, the actress took some time off on Twiiter to praise her director Prakash and his innate talent. She tweeted: “Naa ishtam has debutant director Prakash who is a talent to look out for. (He is ) dedicated,devoted and gives his film everything. So glad to work under hi director.” Well, she certainly knows what it takes to draw attention to her works.
Apart from Naa Ishtam, Genelia is reprising her role of Hasini in Aneez Mazee’s It’s My Life, a remake of Telugu super-hit Bommarillu. Harman Baweza is the lead. Bommarillu was earlier remade in Tamil as Sanotsh Srinivasan, in Bengali as Bhalobasa Bhalobasa and in Oriya as Dream Girl – all tuning out to be major hits.
Furthermore, the actress is teaming with Ritesh again in Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, releasing on February 24. This is followed by Ekta Kapoor’s Rock the Shaadi wherein Abhay Deol is seen as the lead actor. Mani Ratnam’s Bloody Paki is yet another prestigious project that has the Goan beauty pairing up with Vivek Oberoi.

Jr. NTR Reply to Mahesh and Charan ?

2012-01-10T00:56:00.002-08:00

One hero who faced strong criticism from Fans and Cine Critics in the year 2011 is junior ntr. Moving away from his exact forte of Mass Entertainment, definitely Tarak attempted for versatility in last two years with mixed bag of results. Although his past hits like Adurs and Brindavanam failed to cross Rs.50 Crore net collection mark, Nandamuri Fans were upset when contemporary youngsters like Mahesh Babu and Ramcharan were easily targeting anything above Rs.100 Crores.
In fact, stamina of Young Tiger is on par or above the range of Mahesh and Charan. Selection of directors like Meher Ramesh and Surender Reddy made the difference with dud Shakti and an average Oosaravelli. Director Boyapati Srinu can be the right person to streamline the energy in Tarak. If calculations go hand in hand, 2012 will be the year in which Tarak will give a strong reply to the industry hits of Mahesh Babu Dookudu and Ramcharan Magadheera. This is going to happen with Dammu as NTR will be seen in full swing, said a source close to Nandamuri family.

Mahesh's Wife Says No To Vasuki

2012-01-10T00:56:00.000-08:00

Not many beauty pageant winners have made it big on the silver screen, though we have some prominent names like Sushmita Sen, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra and Dia Mirza, besides yesteryears beauty queens like Juhi Chawla, who had the best of both the worlds.
In Tollywood, however, there are hardly any big names on the silver screen, though a couple of them got the Miss India titles.
Sometime back, our Telugu beauty Gadde Sindhura who went up to the international pageants made a desperate attempt to glitter on the silver screen, but could not get big offers.
The latest talk is that Sunkavalli Vasuki, Miss India Universe-2010 title holder also made such a futile attempt. Though she has not yet been vocal in expressing her desire to take up acting, her managers reportedly made an effort in to project her on the screen. It is learnt they have tried hard to make her maiden entry in Mahesh Babus’s next film.
However, Mahesh’s wife Namrata Sirodkar firmly put her foot down and rejected the very proposal outright, sources say.
Mahesh too didn’t want to pair with the ‘beauty queen’. May be all beautiful women do not appeal to the Telugu audiences who find better seductresses in other girls.