Saturday, February 16, 2008

Venu Madhav is Vinayak's lucky mascot

We all know those from the film industry are finicky about a lot of things. One thing is that they are highly superstitious.

Yesterday, at the audio function of 'Premabhishekam', VV Vinayak revealed that Venu Madhav was his lucky charm.

He said all the films he had made with Venu Madhav have been hits and said that he could not think of making a film without his favourite comedian.

Nag wants to do 'Patalabhairavi'

Nagarjuna sans moustache looked different. But given that he has just won his third Nandi award, that was the focus of attention for the journalists yesterday evening at the Annapurna Studios.

He thanked his director Raghavendra Rao, music director MM Keeravani and writer JK Bharavi for making it possible. As for Raghavendra Rao, he had special thanks as this is the second film directed by him that Nagarjuna has received an award for. Earlier, they had worked together for Annamayya too.

Of course, thanking all those who had helped him reach where he was what we had expected all along. But what came as a real surprise was his expressing the hope that he would one day be able to act in a film like Patalabhairavi.

He said he has had enough of devotional films, but said he was looking forward to act in a fantasy film like Patalabhairavi. He said he was looking forward to a producer to make such a film and said he was game to do it any day. But we hope Nag makes it under his home production house, Annapurna Productions, as we can get to watch it ASAP.

But looks like Nag wants to act in remake films now. Recently, Balakrishna told in an interview that Nag hoped that they could do a remake of 'Gundamma Katha'.

Come April 10, we'll get to watch Kamal and Mallika Sherawat

While on 'Dasavataram', the film is having a worldwide release on April 10. Nayanatara and Asin are playing the glamour girls in the film.

But the real oomph factor would be provided by Mallika Sherawat. She will be playing a surprise role in the film, which is being kept under wraps.

It would be really interesting to watch this unusual pair on screen.

However, given that it is Kamal Haasan, we are bound to watch some really scintillating performances from both of them.

Nitin's 'Satyam Sivam Sundaram' to be revived

Nitin and Meera Chopra starrer titled 'Satyam Sivam Sundaram' met the fate as many films and has been lying in cold storage for a long time now.

Despite having Nitin in the lead, the film hasn't been released in Telugu. But the film's director Siddique, who is from Malayalam, has recently made it in Tamil as Sadhu Mirinda.

The film was released in Tamil Nadu and is doing well. So now, the makers are looking forward to releasing the film in Andhra too.

Kamal to dance to Himesh's to 'Dasavataram'

Kamal Haasan will next be seen in Telugu in the multi-lingual film 'Dasavataram'. We will get to see him in 10 get-ups, one more than the nine get-ups in the film Navaratri, which has inspired Kamal to make this movie.

He also takes the title credits for writing the story and screenplay for the film. Navaratri had ANR donning nine characters and Sivaji Ganesan playing the same part in Tamil.

Yet another highlight of the film would be Himesh Reshamiyya's music.

He will be making his debut in south with this film. Incidentally, the film is also being made in Hindi. Another interesting part is that the re-recording of the music has been done by Devisri Prasad.

Val's Day tragedy for Happy Days' Rahul

Even as the world celebrates St Valentine's Day, tragedy struck Rahul aka Tyson, of Happy Days. He lost his father today morning suddenly as he died of heart attack.

It is a well-known fact that Tyson has had many tweens turning hysterical wherever he has made an appearance after the release of 'Happy Days'.

His co-stars from the film and his director Shekhar Kammula have expressed their sympathies to Tyson and his family.

Ash wants babies, not 'Robot' with Rajini

Shankar and Co are in panic mode. After offering her a whopping Rs 6 crore and despite having got the nod from Aishwarya Rai, they are now in a fix as the green-eyed Bachchan bahu is now keen on having a baby before she turns 35.

And being the professional that she is, she sweetly but firmly conveyed the same to the 'Robot' team. Looks like Rajinikant and Ash's pairing is jinxed as this is not the first time that attempts trying to pair them have failed.

Tabu is playing the other heroine in the film.

So, now the team is hunting for the leading lady all over again. At least, that's how things stand for now.