Goutham Menon & Prabhas film- finally Confirmed

Goutham Menon , the Tamil director who directed Gharshana will direct Prabhas's next film. Prabhas is doing a film Bujjigaadu-made in Chennai with Poori Jagannath.

Goutham Menon narrated a story line and Prabhas nodded his approval.

On the other hand, Boyapati Sreenu and Surendar Reddy are trying to convince with their story lines, nothing is materialized so far.

Balakrishna-A S Ravikumar Chowdary together

Nandamuri Balakrishna after the dud called Veera Bhadra,will be seen again in director AS Ravikumar Chowdary's next venture tentatively titled Chowdary and, if rumors are to be believed, the work will commence once Gunasekhar's Sadhu is released.

AS Ravikumar Chowdary is currently directing Nitin in producer C. Kalyan's Aatadista, while NBK is working on K. Raghavendra Rao's Pandurangadu.

Shekar Kammula on Big Heroes

Director Shekar Kammula is a hotshot director. He is now easily the most sought after director in Tollywood. He gave a super duper hit with an almost all new star cast with Happy Days . The film is one of the biggest hits of 2007. But Shekar Kammula is a very levelheaded guy and is not carried away easily.

Nagarjuna , Venkatesh , Mahesh Babu and several others have expressed their interest to star in a film under his direction. Shekar is exploring various options. He feels that directing big heroes is very difficult. They all come with a heavy baggage of a big pre-set image. They also carry the burden of the expectations of their fans. It is not an easy task to live up to the expectations of the fans of big stars, says Shekar. Balakrishna's film 'Okka Mogadu' is a recent example.

Shekar Kammula was presented with K V Reddy award in Hyderabad the other day. Akkineni Nageswara Rao presented the award to Shekar Kammula at a glittering function at the Tyagaraya Gana Sabha in Hyderabad. The Chaitanya Bharathi Educational Society organized the function. It is well known that Shekar studied in CBIT.

Shriya & Namitha in Tamil Nadu Assembly

It was a heated debate in the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly on Monday about the revealing and skimpy dresses that Namitha wore as the judge of a dance show telecast on a private television channel and Shriya Saran wore at silver jubilee function of Shivaji movie in which the CM had also taken part.

T Velmurugan of PMK started the debate by attacking the television channels and the film industry for spoiling Tamil culture and tradition through obscene scenes and lyrics. The PMK was of the opinion that there should be a law imposing a dress code for actresses like Shriya and Namitha who come out in revealing clothes for public functions.

Public Works Minister Durai Murugan and Electricity Minister Arcot Veerasamy responded by saying that the actresses can only be advised to dress appropriately and that there can't be a yardstick to judge obscenity.

Besides PMK, the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) had also objected to the way Shriya Saran was dressed at the film function and filed a police complaint against her. In respose to this the actress had sent an apology letter to the Chennai Police and the Chief Minister. In her apology letter she has said that she was coming from Istanbul in Turkey, where she was shooting for the Hindi film Mission Istanbul, to attend the function, she had no time to change her dress.

Chirutha team celebrate Grand Party

Ramcharan's debut movie Chirutha has successfully completed 100 days and the producer Aswini Dutt has thrown a grand party to the crew and cast of the movie last evening (30th January) at Rock Heights, Hi-tech city, Hyderabad.

Chiru's family members including Rancharan attended the party. Poori Jagannath also attended the party.

Producer Aswini Dutt wanted to organize big function on completing 100 days, but Charan's grand father Venkat Rao's death cancelled such idea to celebrate

Madhavan's Arya MBBS to come soon

It earlier released in Tamil as 'Arya'. Now, it is being released in Telugu as 'Arya MBBS'. The film has Madhavan and Bhavani, who was seen in Ontari as the lead pair.

The film is being released in Telugu by CV Rao and Patsa Nagaraju under the Teja Cinema banner. It has Prakash Raj playing a powerful role similar to his role in 'Okkadu'.

The audio will be released in the first week of February and the film will hit the screens towards the end of the month.

SS Rajamouli to direct Prince Mahesh Babu

Prince Mahesh Babu will work with director SS Rajamouli. This film would be produced by K Raghavendar Rao. Mahesh expressed his happiness for working with Rajamouli.
 
This film would go on floors only in the year 2009. SS Rajamouli has to complete the film with Ramacharan before taking up Mahesh's film.
 
SS Rajamouli and Ramcharan's film would hit the screens by next Sankranthi 2009.

NTR in Visakha Express

The much-awaited Visakha Express is now running late. The film was scheduled for release on January 25The much-awaited Visakha Express is now running late. The film was scheduled for release on January 25The much-awaited Visakha Express is now running late. The film was scheduled for release on January 25. The film is now expected to hit the silver screen only on February 14. Naresh and Rajiv Kanakala are the lead actors. Sindhu Tulani and Preethi Jingiani are the heroines. The entire action in the film will run on a moving train. Vara Mullapudi is the director.
 
There is talk that a big star is making a special guest appearance in the film. The name of the star is being kept a big secret. But some people feel that the actor is none other than Jr. NTR NTR is a good friend of director Vara Mullapudi. The title 'Visakha Express' was actually suggested by him. He also took great interest in the progress of the film.

Tarun’s Romeo & Juliet will be "Bhale dongalu"

Bellamkonda Suresh is producing a film with director K Vijayabhaskar . Tarun and Ileana are playing lead roles. Vijabhaskar wanted to title the film as Romeo & Juliet but the title rights are with Mohan Babu. Now the director is going for new title Bhale Dongalu.
 
The film is planning to go for filming couple of songs in New Zealand and Australia.

Sri Raghava to direct Ramanaidu

Sri Raghava is the Tamil director who directed Telugu film Aadavari Maatalaki Ardhaalu Verule with Venkatesh.
 
It is all set to direct debutant hero from Dr Ramanaidu family. He is none other than Rana- grand son of Dr Ramanaidu and son of Suresh Babu.
 
Sri Raghava is said to have paid huge amount for this film by Suresh Babu and the shoot begins from the coming summer.

Beauty with Brains

Shriya found herself at the receiving end of some scathing criticism from a not-so-well-known political outfit in Tamil Nadu for turning up in a daring neckline at a public function. But the girl must be appreciated for the dignity with which she handled the controversy. She could have easily shot back saying it's her prerogative to decide what she wears and set off an unending war of words and might have even garnered support from the feminists of the world. Instead she chose to tender a carefully worded apology thereby nipping the controversy in the bud and wining hearts of her naysayers themselves. Kuddos to Shriya.

NTR‘s ‘Yugandhar‘ with VV Vinayak

It is now the hottest topic in the Tollywood arena. The news that the golden hit 'Yugandhar' or 'Don' starring the great legend NTR is planning to be remade in Telugu yet again and if sources are to be believed the makers are looking at roping in NTR jr for the lead role. Already, the Hindi and Tamil remakes have done well at the box office so it is not a surprise that Telugu is soon following course too. It is also heard that V V Vinayak will be directing the film while Kodali Nani is likely to be the producer. Let us wait for the formal announcement on this.

Meera Jasmine

Actress Meera Jasmine has always been in the eye of the storm for a multitude of reasons. Currently, her relationship with mandolin player Rajesh has provided perfect fodder for rumour mills.
 
Now, Meera has come out by openly confirming that she is courting Rajesh and the couple will be marrying soon. Rajesh is the younger brother of maestro 'mandolin' U. Srinivas.
 
Talking about Rajesh, Meera says that Rajesh is a God-given gift. "He is a great artiste. I feel he has been given to me by God to heal all the sufferings that I have undergone in my life. To be paired with him is my good luck," says an emotional Meera.
 
With Meera's confirmation, the rumour mills will have to stop targeting her from now on.

Uday Kiran‘s Nee Gundelo Neenudiponaa

Uday Kiran's new film, Nee Gundelo Neenudiponaa, produced by Medikonda Amarchand, has entered the final schedule. K.R.K. is the director and M. Venkata Muralikrishna, who produced Narasimha Naidu, is the presenter. Kruthi, a Delhi based model, is the heroine. Hindi actor Sudesh Berry is playing a prominent role and Abhishek is the villain of this romantic action thriller. There are seven songs and Anil Krishna has scored the music.

Charmee dedicates Sundarakanda to her Parents

Actress Charmee looked excited and went a little bit emotional at the audio launch of her latest film Sundarakanda. Directed by veteran director Bapu, Sundarakanda has Charmee and Allari Naresh in lead roles. She said the film is a milestone in her career.
 
"I have always dreamt of working under Bapu's direction. Dreams have come true now. I cherish these moments for lifetime and I dedicate this film to my parents," she said. Her parents too were present at the audio launch which had V V Vinayak and D Ramanaidu as the chief guests. While Ramanaidu unveiled the first cassette, Vinayak released the audio CD.
 
Vinayak said Charmee and Naresh are lucky to act in Bapu's film. The film has music by Vidyasagar and is produced by Aparna. As a rule, Bapu doesn't attend functions and he didn't attend either this ceremony.

Ileana thrilled to be working with Tarun

The shooting of director Vijaybhaskar' s latest film is going great guns. The film's unit is heading Down Under to Australia and New Zealand for filming the songs. Tarun and Ileana are playing the lead in the film that the filmmakers reveal is a romantic entertainer. Jagapathi Babu is also playing a crucial role in the film. Bellamkonda Suresh and Sakhamuri Panduranga Rao are jointly producing the movie, which is yet to be titled. Tarun, who's working with Vijaybhaskar again, says, "It's always a pleasure to work with a master craftsman like Vijaybhaskar. We have enjoyed a good run at the BO and I am sure this will be another memorable venture." His co-star Ileana, again, is all gung-ho about Tarun. "Tarun is awesome to work with. He is a very talented actor and an even better person. I am thrilled about acting opposite him," says Ileana.

‘Gamyam‘ hits on February 8th

 
Gamyam starring Naresh, Sarvanand as the heroes a new film titled 'Gamyam' is ready for release. It also has the hot and seductive Kamalini Mukherjee as the heroine and Radhakrishna will be making his debut as director with this film. Speaking about the film, producer Jagarlamudi Sai Babu said that one would think of a film as a triangular love story because of one heroine and two heroes but here the story undergoes many twists and what is the aim or 'Gamyam' of the heroes and heroine forms the suspense in the film. Insiders say the flick is more of an entertainer than any melodrama.

Vishal’s Salute with 750 Prints

Vishal become famous in Tooltywood with his Telugu dubbed versions of  Pandemkodi, Pogaru. His recent film  Bhayya not did well though it grabbed huge openings. But now he is coming with Salute, the bilingual movie  in Telugu and Tamil, is under hectic schedule in Hyderabad.

The shoot is progressing at outskirts Kompally. Nayantara is the heroine. GK Films makes this film with Vikram Krishna (producer of Bhayya and hero's brother) as the producer and A. Rajasekhar as director (who worked as journalist with BBC and National Geographic Channel).

Hero Vishal said he was immensely happy to do his first straight film in Telugu with Salute. "I heard the story of Rajasekhar nearly two and half years ago. But, I waited to get more composure. Now, I am confident of the film. I do the role of a police officer, which is modeled with a different feel."

Vikram Krishna said: "Salute (Satyam in Tamil) will release with 750 prints globally, which is going to be a record. The release is planned in May. Mind-blowing visual effects are being executed with Hollywood technician (who worked on Matrix and Krishh)."

 Director Rajasekhar said: "I am lucky to do a film with GK Productions. So far, nearly rupees three crores were spent only on songs and stunts canning. Vikram Krishna never said no to budget. It has all ingredients of entertainment. Salute is an action film which will entertain family audiences too."

Highlights of the film are: Music is by Harris Jayraj; stunts by Kanal Kannan; Art work by Thota Tharani; and Cinematography by RD Rajasekhar (who worked for Gharshana, Gajani).

Chiranjeevi is sorry to Rajasekhar

Megastar Chiranjeevi apologized to Rajasekhar couple for the “unfortunate attack” on them. Accompanied by his brother-in-law Allu Arvind, Chiranjeevi reached the residence of Rajasekhar, while the latter was at the studio of a private channel for a live public interaction. As and when Rajasekhar reached his residence, Chiranjeevi tendered his apology.

Later addressing the media, Chiranjeevi said: “The remarks of Rajasekhar that Chiranjeevi (I) is not politically experienced is purely his individual opinion. He has got every right to say that. I observe that my fans have taken it to their heart and reacted violently. I condemn their act. I want that admiration should not lead to violent reactions.” He further said that he felt very disturbed on hearing the news of attack on Rajasekhar couple and children by his fans. “I thought I would never get peace of mind until and unless I see and apologize to Rajasekhar. Now that I did it, I am happy. In fact, I and Rajasekhar belong to one family as film artistes. We can settle things amicably.” He also appealed to the fans not to resort to violent reactions hereafter.

After Chiranjeevi had left the place, Jeevita Rajasekhar said: “We really never demanded any apology from Chiranjeevi. We just wanted to tell the people that Rajasekhar has got every right to make his individual comments. He has the right to join any political party of his choice. It is only due to the grace of God that we are now alive, escaping from the attack of Chiranjeevi fans. As a mother of two children, I know my agony when they attacked us. It is due to forethought and driving of Rajasekhar that we are saved.”

Rajasekhar said that they would approach the chief minister Dr. YS Rajasekhar Reddy and seek protection. “Though Chiranjeevi apologized to us, he says that his fans resorted to violence without his knowledge. Under these conditions, it would be safe for us to seek protection from his fans.”

Mohan Babu at Rajasekhar home

Hero and producer Dr. Mohan Babu today condemned the attack on actor Rajasekhar by Chiranjeevi fans. He reached Rajasekhar's residence and enquired about the incident with the actor and his wife Jeevita. A disturbed Mohan Babu said this is an act to be condemned tooth and nail by the civilized world.

"This inhuman act is a big assault on democracy and people's freedom of speech. People are clearly watching everything. I always believe my people, which I learnt from Anna late NTR. People will not forget this kind of violent activities. Right from the morning since I heard about it, all my family members are very much disturbed. My wife is in tears. Rajasekhar and Jeevita are like my family members."

Mohan Babu further said that when the entire film fraternity respects each other's opinion, this intimidating act is unfortunate.

Distributors dharna against YVS

All we know that the most expected OkkaMagadu is becoming dull in collections day-by-day.

Distributors of Okka Magaadu, a YVS Chowdary film starring Balakrishna, have today staged dharna in front of the office of the producer in Hyderabad. Some of the distributors said though they tried to contact YVS Chowdary over huge losses, "he is not responding to us." The dharna assumed significance in the wake of Okka Magaadu turning into a disaster.

Raviteja’s Krishna collects Rs17.88 Crores in Two Weeks.

Ravi Teja's Krishna – the power of Indrakeeladri is really showing its power at the box office. The film has collected Rs.17.88 Crores in just two weeks run. The film is directed by VV Vinayak. Trisha is the heroine. Chakri is the music director. Kasi Viswanth and Dhanaiah have jointly produced the film.

RP´s ´Andamaina Manasulo´ on 14th Feb

R P Patnaik is making his debut Directorial flick titled ´Andamaina Manasulo´ which is starred by new comers, RP stated that the film has few heroes whose details are not revealed. Gollapudi and Lakhsmipathi are playing important role in the flick, RP is confident that it would fascinate class as well mass audiences. This flick would be released on 14th which coincides with Valentine Day, audio of flick has already been released.

Mega fans attack Dr Rajashekar

Dr Rajashekar who made some comments on Megastar's political entry was attacked by Mega fans today morning (28th January) at Panjagutta X roads. He was coming back from Bheemavaram. Some how, Mega fans could identified Dr Rajashekar's car and attacked on it.
 
But Dr Rajashekar took his car in to wrong route and escaped from Megafans.
 
Mega fans are demanding apology from Dr Rajashekar and they said that they wouldn't leave Dr Rajashekar until he apologizes and takes back his comments on Megastar.

Gopichand & Anushka together Again

Hero Gopichand and Anushka worked for Lakshyam- the film was hit for Gopichand. Now the same pair will work for a new director Vasu. Anand Prasad, a new producer is planning this big budget film. Manisharma will tune the music.

Bapu‘s Sundarakanda Audio Released

The audio of Sundarakanda, a Bapu directed film with script of Mullapudi Ramana, is released tonight at Ramanaidu studios, Hyderabad. Dr. D. Ramanaidu released the cassette and presented the first number to Gurumurthy, senior technician with Bapu school. VV Vinayak released audio CD and presented the numbers to all those who were present on the dias. Charmi spoke at length saying: "I am lucky to be working with Bapu, which is my life's dream. Bapu is my darling and I will continue to be grateful for giving me a new lease of life and fame with this project." Allari Naresh, who plays the male lead, said: "He is a lucky person for having come under the direction of famed Bapu." Supreme Music is marketing the album.

Genelia pairs up with Aamir?

Sounds too good to be true but then if it happens it surely is a proud moment for actress Genelia and definitely for the film folk in the south. It is heard that Genelia will soon be seen on the screens of Bollywood when she will be paired up with none other than the perfectionist Aamir Khan. This was said to be revealed by the star herself to a reliable source in the industry. Will have to wait and see what Aamir has to say about this, meanwhile the petite girl is currently awaiting the release of her film 'Mr Medhavi' which has already got a good talk in the circles.

VN Aditya’s ‘Colors’ with Happy Days Rahul

VN Aditya- the director who directed film like Manasantha Nuvve, Nenunnanu is coming up with a youthful film to be titled a 'Colors'. Happy Days Rahul will be playing the lead role. Nihal is tuning the music. Youthful batch is working for this colorful movie.

Kajal pairs up with Sri Hari

The bubbly actress Kajal Agarwal who has got some accolades for her performance in the film 'Pourudu' starring Sumanth has already been signed on for her next. She will now be seen pairing up with none other than the distinct Sri Hari in the upcoming film 'Seven' which also has Vaibhav of 'Godava' fame. Nikhita is the other pretty girl who is the heroine. The film is directed by Venkat Prabhu who is a noted name in the Tamil industry. Currently, the shoot is on in the city and the makers are yet to finalize on the other two heroes.

John Apparao 40+ on Feb 14

John Apparao 40 Plus being directed and produced by Kuchipudi Venkat with Simran and Krishna Baghavan in the lead is in post production stage. The film would be releasing on Valentines Day i.e., February 14, 2008. Shooting of the film has been completed except for a song. The remaining song will be filmed on February 1, 2, and 3. Audio of the film will be released soon after that.

Charmy, a true Professional

Charmy is one of the true professionals, in the present day tollywood cinema. When she made her first debut in the film Nee Thodu kavali , she was a ripe Punjabi girl in that movie.
Then she changed her looks in Krishna Vamsi's Sri Anjaneyam and looked more like a telugu girl and also brushed her telugu language little bit for that movie.
 
Then she learnt telugu language, including the grammar and now looks well apt as a true telugu girl with some polished Telugu language.
 
Recently she changed her image from a glam doll to a serious heroine oriented roles to prove to her critics that has is not only a girl with sexy curves ,but also an actress with impeccable acting talent.
 
This acting skill of her was clearly seen in her latest, Mantra which was a thriller and also a decent hit. But still her critics taunted her that she looked plum and has to shed oodles of weight to again fit into a character of Bapu Bomma.
 
She again decided to take a step and concentrated on toning her body and now it can be said that she has succeeded in doing so, as she has donned a slim and toned look, but with a heavy bosom.
 
Her latest yet to be released movie Sundarakanda, which is under final touch ups, can be taken as a example , as the photos of charmy in this film look adorable and her slim look looks hot and well suits the Parkini's she wore in the film suggest so.
 
It is said that she has taken up a decision to hit the Gym regularly to maintain the slim and Sexy figure from now on. This was a suggestion given by Nagarjuna and Krishna Vamsi in a recent function and charmy is following it.
 
So let's hope that charmy will maintain her sexy figure well and film offers will be flooding her from now on.

Megastar meets Abdul Kalam

Megastar Chiranjeevi met former President of India Abdul Kalam in a hotel, Hyderabad. Abdul Kalam was in Hyderabad on 26th January and the meeting last for 2 hours.
 
It is heard that Megastar has taken the opinion of Abdul Kalam on his political party manifesto.
 
It was also heard that Abdul Kalam advised Chiru to focus on Corruption eradication.

Ileana rejects Rajini’s Kucheludu

It is confirmed news that director P Vasu is remaking a Malayalam film in Tamil and Telugu with Rajinikanth and Jagapathi Babu. The film is to be titled as Kucheludu in Telugu. Aswini Dutt is producing the Telugu version of the film.
 
The latest we heard is that Ileana was offered to play female lead in this film, but Ileana rejected the film on personal grounds.
 
Then Nayanatara was approached and lucky Nayana signed for this film. Nayanatara is doing her third film with Rajini- Chandramukhi, Sivaji and Kucheludu.

Prabhas, NTRjr, Raviteja and Siddhu to campaign for Congress Party?

The Congress government is planning to sweeten its massive pre-election publicity blitzkrieg with hit Telugu films. Specially modified vehicles will tour all the 294 Assembly constituencies in the state and screen Tollywood hits to attract people. In between, they will be persuaded to see short films on various achievements of the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy government in the last three-and- a-half years.
 
The campaign, named Integrated Mobile Publicity in Assembly Constituencies (IMPACT), is estimated to cost Rs 100 crore and is likely to be launched on February 1. Sources told this correspondent that the government had purchased the rights of 20 Telugu blockbusters by spending Rs 50 crore to "retain the audience" in rural areas.  They include Varsham starring Prabhas, Amma Nana Oka Tamil Ammayi starring Ravi Teja, Bommarillu with Siddharth and Simhadri in which Jr NTR plays the main role.
 
Interestingly, the Congress publicity managers have decided not to screen films starring N.T. Rama Rao and Chiranjeevi though they are very popular among people. They believe that NTR films may end up benefiting the Telugu Desam while Chiranjeevi hits might provide more mileage for the superstar who is planning to enter politics.
 
The short films will focus on general achievements and success stories relating to the particular area where the screening is being held. Two private firms have been chosen to take out the publicity campaign in the run-up to the 2009 elections. Sources said the campaign will be taken out in two phases. In the first phase, costing Rs 34 crore (apart from Rs 50 crore for the films), 147 Assembly constituencies will be covered.
 
Each vehicle will cover 100 villages in 50 days and conduct two screenings per day. They will publicise the Congress government's flagship programmes and schemes including free power, Jalayagnam, Indiramma, Paavala Vaddi, NREGS, land distribution, Indira Prabha, Rajeev Udyoga Shree and Arogya Sri.

NTR in another Family Entertainer

NTR is teaming up for his next film with director SRIVASS who burst on to the scene with Lakshyam starring GOPICHAND and ANUSHKA in the lead roles. DIL RAJU will be producing the film, tentatively titled Sri Ramanavami, according to sources. The film is supposedly a family entertainer and will be launched once NTR is finished shooting for Kantree. Looks like NTR is trying to move away from his hardcore action hero image after the success of his last release Yamadonga, which was also a family oriented film. Well all we can say is that a little bit of variety is always good isn't it?

Padma Bhushan to singer Susheela

Veteran Telugu and south Indian film singer P Suseela is one of the winners of Padma Bhushan awards that are announced today on the eve of Indian Republic Day. Ella Venkateswara Rao (Mrudangam expert), Kootikuppala Surya Rao (social service) and Jonnalagadda Gurrapa Setty (social service) are the other Telugu persons who got Padma Sri award.

Varun Sandesh‘s new Project

Varun Sandesh (of Happy Days fame) is getting offers from various BIG production houses.
 
Prestigious production house AVM Productions has signed the young actor for their forthcoming film to be directed by Shankar Marthand (noted editor Marthand K. Venkatesh's brother).
 
Varun Sandesh is currently acting in Sri Venkateswara Creations' Kotha Bangaru Lokam, directed by debutant Srikanth Addala and produced by Dil Raju. It has new face Swetha Prasad as his heroine. Music by Mickey J. Meyer and cinematography by Chota K. Naidu are the other credits.
 
Also in the pipeline are MS Raju's Pellivarillu and a project for publicity designer-turned-director Ramesh Varma, the details of which are yet to be finalised.

Sundarakanda to hit screens on Feb 8

Sundarakanda being directed by Bapu and produced by K. Aparna with Allari Naresh and Charmee in the lead is ready to be released on February 8, 2008. The audio of the film will be released on January 25. Mullapudi Venkataramana has provided the script for the film. Vidyasagar has scored some melodious tunes for the film. Naresh and Charmee have been presented in a new way in the film.

PADMA award to Krishna and Ramanaidu

Government of Andhra Pradesh has sent recommendation to Governament of India for PADMA awards to Hero G. Krishna, Dr D. Ramanaidu, Rajendra Prasad and Artist Kondaplly Sheshagiri Rao.
 
Government of India will short list the names recommended by various state governments and pass the list to President of India. President of India will announce the PADMA awardees on 26th January, Republic Day.

Visakha Express pushed to 14 February

Visakha express which is expected to release this Friday is pushed to 14 February due to the unavailability of theaters. This film has so many specialties. Chandra Sekhar Yeleti provides screenplay. SS Rajamouli presents this film. Vara (son of Mullapudi Venkata Ramana) directs it.

Nisha‘s Next is ‘Hari Om‘ in Telugu

Having made a rather high profile debut with the recently released Balakrishna starrer Okka Mogadu, Nisha Kotari is hoping to set the record straight with her upcoming film, Hari Om. Okka Mogadu proved to be a big disappointment but Nisha made an impression nevertheless with a titillating performance.

Her next venture however, will not have too much hype about it. Directed by Ramana Lokvarma a debutant, Hari Om has a not-so-well-known Sekhar in the lead. Yesteryear superstar Krishna is playing a vital role in the film whose cast includes Raghuvaran, Kotasrinivasarao, Ajay, Surya, Abhinaya sri, Sana, Chitram srinu.

Director himself  producing the film and RP Patnaik's brother Ajay Patanik is composing the music.

Pawan & Nandini- supposed to get counseling

Pawan and Nandini are supposed to attend the Vizag family court pertaining to their divorce case. It is in camera hearing from the judge. The court is supposed to council the couple to live together forgetting the past. If they ready to live after reconciling, the divorce case will be terminated.

The courts will generally counsel both partners before going for arguments in divorce case.

The case is postponed to 7th February as Nandini couldn't make her presence in the family court for counseling with Pawan Kalyan. It was heard that she was not well.

In the morning, Pawan Kalyan who came to Vizag in King Fisher air lines left the airport from backdoor to avoid Fans hunagama.

Sequel to ‘Aditya 369’ of Balakrishna

Hero Balakrishna confirms that he would be doing the sequel to his blockbuster film Aditya 369. It is the science fiction story based on Time machine concept.
 
Shivalanka Krishna Prasad who produced original Aditya 369 will produce this sequel too. The director and other crew will be announced very soon.
 
And at the same time, Balakrishna confirms that he wouldn't be doing any remake of old films. So the Yugandhar remake with Balakrishna ruled out.

TV5 to make "Dhada" with Nithin

The TV news channel TV5 is entering in to film production. DS Rao (Maharaja Sree producer) is heading the film production of TV5 and introducing the new director Kumar.Nithin will play the lead role and Dhada is the title under consideration.On the other hand, Nithin is doing a film with Ravi C Kumar; the film is to be titled as Vyuham. Mamatha Mohadass is the heroine.And another film Ataadista with AS Ravi Kumar Choudary- Kajal is the heroine- this film is releasing on 19th March.

Ileana Opposite Mahesh Babu

Maheshbabu and IleanaA week ago, we had informed you about the future projects of Manjula and that one of the projects will star her brother Maheshbabu in the lead.
 
The latest we hear is that the film, tentatively titled Varudu - Vadhuvu Kavalenu, to be directed by Trivikram is likely to have Ileana in the female lead. The hot onscreen pair had earlier starred together in the blockbuster Pokiri.
 
Also, UTV Motion Pictures has come forward to present it.

Vikram loses 12 crores in Bheema

Bheema , the Vikram starrer had finally made it to the screens after a struggle of three years. While talking to the media on Bheema Vikram says, "When the climax scene of Bheema was narrated to me, I was dumbstruck. I agreed to act in the film just for the climax sequence. The stunt in the movie had come out very well and I have been getting accolades for my work".
 
While discussing about the flipside of agreeing to act in Bheema , Vikram says, "As I had promised that I would complete the film, I had stuck on this project for three years. As a result I had given away my salary of 1.5 crore and by not accepting any other offer I have lost ten crores. I have lost a lot in these three years mainly my mental peace".
 
When questioned about his future projects, Vikram states that he is committed to Susi Ganesan's Mallanna now, after which will be involved in a Selvaraghavan's venture. He also added that he will act in three films in a year.

"Happy Journey" Megastar‘s nephew film launched

Ome Namassivaya Creations banner is making a film titled Happy Journey shoot was launched today,24th January at Annapurna Studios. Assembly speaker Suresh Reddy attended the launching function.
 
Megastar's nephew Viswateja is making debut as hero. Sabhapathi Dhakshina Murty is directing the film.
 
Tusha and Rashmi are paired up opposite Viswateja. Kavitha, Venumadhav, Chalapathi Raoare the other star cast for this film.
 
Nari Raju is composing the music. Nagaraju is penning the dialogues. N Sudhakar Reddy is the cinematographer. The film is perfect blend of love, action and comedy.

Mohanbabu as Shirdi Saibaba

Mohanbabu As Shirdi SaibabaVersatile actor Mohanbabu, who won appreciation from all quarters for his role as Lord Yama in Yamadonga, has played the challenging role of Shirdi Saibaba in his home production Krishnarjuna, starring Nagarjuna, Vishnu and Mamta Mohandas.
 
He would be seen in a brief appearance as Shirdi Saibaba in the film.
 
Made under the banner of Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures, Krishnarjuna is directed by P. Vasu with music by MM Keeravani and editing by Goutham Raju.

Navneet returns to tollywood

She has been signed up for Bhuma, which has Srinivas in the lead. He is the son of veteran artistes Geethanjali and Ramakrishna. The film is being produced by Katta Sakunta and directed by KR Ratnam. The shooting of the film is over and the post-production work is nearing completion. "We shot some of the song sequences in Malaysia and Australia. I had a good time shooting for the movie. The unit was very friendly and I'm really looking forward to its release," says Navneet.

Sorry for star Nights- Trisha

Film Stars are star attractions at Cultural Programs and new shops opening. They charge huge amount for couple of hours entertainment. Especially female artists get more attractions to those events  and the organizers naturally go after female artists.
 
Many event organizers like to have Trisha as their guest for their cultural programs but Trisha says No to all such star nights.
 
Trisha says' Most of the time, we go around foreign locations for the shootings and we get tiered , so we can's allot time for such events and the same time it is very difficult to adjust our call sheets for such events'.