TELUGU FILM NEWS,MOVIES,REVIEWS

NTR's GUEST APPEARENCE in CHINTAKAYALA RAVI?

2008-09-11T01:50:00.000-07:00

It is a surprise treat to NTR fans for this Vijaya Dasami. He is doing a guest appearence in a song in Chintakayala Ravi. Shooting is going on for today and tomorrow.

May be its a rumour ...but itz the news spreading just now.

Even Chintakayala ravi has two songs left for shooting.....just wait and see for more info...

NTR's NEXT WITH MURUGADOSS(?)

2008-09-08T01:10:00.000-07:00

Tamil young director Murugadoss (of Ghazini fame) is likely to direct a film with hero NTR. Currently Murugadoss is busy giving final touches to Hindi version of Ghazini starring Aamir Khan. Producer Singanmala Ramesh who has the dates of NTR is trying to rope in Murugadoss as the director.

It remains to be seen whether this hot combination will really happen or not. Murugadoss is known for making films in realistic manner without losing commercial touch. And in his films, heroes get great mileage. Hence NTR is also very keen to do a movie with him.

Pawan Kalyan turns producer?

2008-09-07T21:39:00.000-07:00

After dabbling at direction, Pawan Kalyan now branches out into film production. He has already set up production house and is planning to start his maiden film as producer next year. Interestingly, he will not be acting in the movie but his brother’s son Ram Charan Teja will feature as the hero. Impressed with director Trivikram’s work in Jalsa, the ‘power star’ has asked Trivikram to direct this movie for him and also paid him a token advance, sources said. As per information that Trivikram might start this film in December 2009.

Pawan always wanted to be a producer and make low and medium budgeted movies but he could not produce for various reasons. As he got much-needed blockbuster with Jalsa, he is venturing into other than the acting.

Currently Ram Charan is shooting for hotshot director S S Rajamouli’s period-romantic drama. Soon after this he will be working for Anajana Productions’ movie to be directed by Bhaskar.

Trisha singing A R Rahman song ?

2008-08-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

If the sources are to be believed Trisha is all set to sing a song soon. Apparently, this talented self-taught singer is planning to sing a song composed by A.R. Rahman. Trisha is counting on her upcoming Tamil film Abhiyum Naanum, in which she has given a tremendous performance. At present, she is also acting in King.

It seems Trisha loves singing and sings very well too, but is extremely shy about performing in front of an audience. She is a great fan of A.R. Rahman.

Mahesh babu doing very well-VVS Laxman

2008-08-20T06:32:00.000-07:00

Suma was taking interview of VVS laxman in NTV..

LAxman said that MAhesh babu is doing very well in Tollywood...

Dil Raju asks JD to direct a film

2008-08-20T05:03:00.000-07:00

Producer and distributor Dil Raju is impressed with J D Chekravarthy’s directorial capabilities so much so that he immediately offered JD a film to direct. Dil Raju has bought the distribution rights of J D Chekravarthy’s directorial venture, Homam, for entire Andhra Pradesh.

After watching the film’s final product, Dil Raju is said to have bowled over by JD’s talent as director. He then asked me to do a romantic entertainer for his production, Chekravarthy tells the media.

Homam is releasing on August 28th while the film stars Jagapathi Babu and Mamta Mohanas as the lead pair. Koneru Kumar has produced it.

Sexy Anushka upset with rumors

2008-08-19T23:40:00.000-07:00

With a figure to die for and her image among the audiences, sexy starlet Anushka has been the favorite target for rumormongers. Like Nayanatara in Tamilnadu, Anushka in Telugu regularly is flooded with rumors. Recently, it was reported in a couple of websites and later in a leading prominent newspaper that she is in romance with a young hero.

Although Anushka refuses to talk about it or deny it, she is maha upset with the media. When journalists approach her these days, she is refusing to talk. And also pleading them not to write anything about her personal life.

Asin Elates to London Trotting

2008-08-19T17:30:00.000-07:00

Actor Asin has become a global trotter with her career being expanded up to Hollywood. She is currently busy with Gajini Hindi version and meanwhile received several offers from Hollywood. Among the offers she found suitable with London Dreams.

Now it is high time for her to fly to London and it is learned that she has committed for a 45 days schedule for the movie.

Even in Tamil she has been offered one with Vijay but she deferred that till her return from London. She had already paired with Vijay once in the past in the Prabhu Deva's flick 'Pokkiri'.

Asin also stands in the row of commercial Ad Stars as like Sneha, Priyamani,Sreya etc.

Recently she did Ad with Jackie Chan and expressed her happiness as doing so

Kamal in a $50 million martial arts thriller

2008-08-19T16:36:00.002-07:00

It’s called 19 Steps and will be produced in collaboration with Walt Disney. The budget? $50 million! This is to be directed by Bharat Bala, who is now famous for his Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana Rahman music videos.

After Kamal completes Marmayogi, 19 Steps will go on the floors –this
Kamal

would be roughly mid 2009. 19 Steps will also star the popular Japanese actor, Tadanobu Asano, know for his samurai roles in the Zatoichi series.

Scripted by the famous Malayalam screenwriter, M.T. Vasudevan Nair, the outline of the story as we know it now is about a Samurai warrior trying to conquer the ancient Indian martial art of Kalaripayattu. And it is from Kamal, playing an Indian martial arts guru, that he learns the difficult 19 th step of the art.

Now this is one Kamal movie really worth looking forward to....

Genelia - "I am really fond of Beckham"

2008-08-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

Genelia, the latest heartthrob of Tollywood is making waves in Bollywood too with her Jaane Tu Jaane Na. The film is doing very well and her performance has been received well all over. She has been offered three Hindi films now. To a question on whether she has plans to shift her base to Mumbai, this pretty looking actress said, “I have started my film career in the south and would prefer to continue it here. Of course, I have been offered roles in Hindi films but would accept them only if the scripts are to my liking.”

Reacting to a poser on her hobbies, Genelia said, “Though I am a sports buff, I am especially crazy about football and manage to watch all the matches that David Becham plays. He is my favorite football player. He has a distinct playing style and I am very fond of him.” She also added that she is keenly watching the Beijing Olympics and wishes that India does well in the games.

Bhavana denies affair with Nithin

2008-08-19T01:35:00.000-07:00

Actress Bhavana has denied reports that surfaced recently that she had an affair with Telugu actor Nithin. The actress has recently said that they are good friends and share a good rapport on screen. 'However we don't have any affair going on between us', she said.

Bhavana, the girl from the God's Own Country, is eagerly awaiting the release of 'Jayam Kondaan' where she has acted with Vinay. Besides this she is working in a Telugu film as well.

Bhavana plays a rural belle in 'Jayam Kondaan' and the film also features Lekha Washington in the cast. Directed by Kannan, the movie is produced by Sathyajothy Films. Shooting is complete and the film will grace theaters this month end.

Bhavana is upbeat about her role and is mighty hopeful of making it big after 'Jayam Kondaan'...

Sushanth's second film,Ileana is heroine???

2008-08-19T01:33:00.000-07:00

Actor Sushanth made a good impression with his debut film Kalidasu (veediki chethi vaatam ekkuva). He showed great ease in dance and fights and is suitable to play mass hero roles.

He now wants to act in another pure mass film. He will produce the film on the Kalidas film banner. Prathap, who worked as an assistant to Allari Ravibabu will direct this film.

The name of Ileana is doing the rounds as the heroine. Devi Sree Prasad will score the music for the film.

Sexy bhuvaneswari becoming producer

2008-08-18T07:54:00.000-07:00

Guess what blue-eyed beauty Bhuvaneshwari is into these days? The pretty actress took a brief hiatus from acting and has plunged into production both in the small and big screen. Bhuvaneshwari is a popular face among Tamil and Telugu audience and her roles with slight negative shades are a hit with viewers. She recently produced a serial Nuvvu, Nenu, Kavya and a film Kurkure in Telugu that had a modest run.

“I am shortly venturing into Tamil as a producer. All these years, I have acted in those serials that have showcased the plight of women. As an actress, my footage was very limited and I always felt that there should be more serials on other subjects. Now with my experience as an actress I can touch on those issues through my own production house,” she says. Bhuvaneshwari is waiting to complete her commitments in Telugu before plunging into Tamil television.

Kalyanram's film with NBK for NTR Arts

2008-08-18T00:28:00.000-07:00

Reliable sources say that Kalyanram is planning to produce a film with his Babai Balakrishna in the lead. This film, which is ready with extraordinary subject, might go to production floor from October.

Kalyranram's home production banner NTR Arts produced 2 films so far viz Atanokkade and Hare Ram. Atanokaade is a big hit while recent release Hare Ram is running decent at the box office. Kalyanram is planning the third movie with his uncle Balakrishna. The plans are to set this as a milestone film. Stay tuned for more details to be announced shortly.

Ileana with Ocher Studios??

2008-08-17T19:26:00.000-07:00

After Jalsa, Ileana took a long sabbatical and went back to her home town, some said to try her luck in Bollywood. Now she’s back and word is that she has turned her attention to Tamil films, on which she was less focused earlier, since she was one of the reigning beauties of Tollywood and wielded a lot of clout at the box office. Her solo Tamil film till date remains Kedi.

Ileana’s charm and beauty has endured her to everyone, with Mahesh Babu, her co-star in Pokiri praising her skills and on-set cooperation in a TV interview. She is considered hard-working and sincere within the industry, which is quite a rare compliment. This slim sophisticated charmer plans to make a comeback to Tamil films opposite Vikram, though official confirmation is still to come.

Meanwhile, a rumour that she was set to act in Rajinikanth’s animated flick Sultan The Warrior, produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth for Ocher Studios, turned out to be false. But then, it turns out that she will indeed be connected to Ocher Studios, as she will be featured in a commercial for a textile shop.

Ocher Studios will be testing the waters of the lucrative world of commercials with this ad.

Arthi Agarwal to run gas station

2008-08-17T19:15:00.000-07:00

Arthi Agarwal was a popular and sensational heroine in Tollywood. She acted with some of the top stars and carved out a niche for herself within a short span of time. She was in the news for her affair with hero Tarun and her suicide attempts.

Arthi Agarwal then suddenly got married to a US based groom. Her marriage was held at the Arya Samaj in Secunderabad. She appeared in the film Gorintaku recently.
It is understood that Arthi Agarwal along with her younger sister Adithi Agarwal is now planning to run a gas filling station in the US.

Arthi Agarwal was teased by the hero in a film as 'cylinder' for her bulky figure. She has ever since become popular as 'cylinder'.

Taree Zameen Par as ‘Neela Meeda Taralu’

2008-08-17T19:08:00.000-07:00

Taare Zameen Par is a 2007 award-winning film directed by Aamir Khan and produced by Aamir Khan Productions. Taare Zameen Par is an eye opener movie for parents and our society. Taare Zameen Par is now set to release as ‘Neela Meeda Taralu’ in telugu and simultaneously dubbed in tamil. Suriya is lending his voice for Aamir Khan for Tamil version. Audio is set to release by end of August.

Taare Zameen Par tells the story of eight year old boy who suffers greatly until a teacher identifies him as dyslexic. Taare Zameen Par won the 2008 Filmfare Best Movie Award as wells as number of other Filmfare and Star Screen Awards. Taree Zameen Par movie was declared tax free by the Government of Delhi.

Asin is next big star: Aamir Khan

2008-08-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

Asin is going be a huge star in Bollywood,” said Aamir Khan while complimenting about his costar of Hindi film Ghajini at a recent press conference in Chennai. Praising her acting prowess to the skies, he said besides being a wonderful actress she also had an excellent command over Hindi. “The film has been shot with live sound method and Asin spoke good Hindi with perfect diction. I am sure she put in a lot of hard work to get it right,” he said. The Bollywood star also ruled out the rumour that it was he who cast her in the Hindi version and clarified that director Murugadas was responsible for the casting.

Brahmanandam to say good-bye to acting!

2008-08-11T16:52:00.000-07:00

Star comedian Brahmanandam is the main pillar to many of the recent blockbusters. In recent films like Krishna, Ready, Dhee, etc, he played a role that is almost equal to the lead hero. Many other writers and directors now are also writing lengthy characters keeping him in mind in the forthcoming films. But the rumor is that he is all set to give a break to acting for a few days.

Buzz is that he is entering into politics this year and contest the elections on Chiranjeevi’s forthcoming party. According to our sources, Chiru has confirmed an assembly seat for the star comedian. So Brahmanandam is fast finishing his present commitments and wants to be ‘free’ by the year-end

Charmy, Vamshi Live In Opposite Flats!

2008-08-11T06:27:00.000-07:00

Charmy is slowly replacing Ramya Krisha. That's neither in acting nor in stardom, but in being the darling to the director Krishna Vamshi.

It is an open secret that Ramya Krishna and Krishna Vamshi are not living together like any other wedded couple. Charmy, who was once very close to Krishna Vamshi, wants to capitalize the 'gap'.

She bought the flat opposite to his dwelling in Jayabheri Apartments. After her ex lover Devisri Prasad ditched her, she too was need of a boy friend. Krishna Vamsi and Charmy are always found dining together most of the days.

Well, while Kareena is dating with middle aged Saif, should we find wrong with Charmy dating Krishna Vamsi?

Nayantara Hikes her rate

2008-08-07T18:43:00.000-07:00

Hot actress Nayanatara has hiked her remuneration once again. She is currently charging Rs 1.10 Crores per a film. But now after the release of Kathanayakudu and Salute (releasing next week), Nayanatara has further hiked her ‘price’ to more than Rs 1.50 Crores. She believes that her ‘skin show’ in Kathanayakudu has been appreciated by youth and her hot poses for Salute have already been a big discussion point in media and general audiences. Nayanatara now commands a good ‘openings’ on her own. Hence, the actress in much demand.

Recently, a Telugu big hero whose new film is all set to begin very shortly approached Nayantara and she demanded not less than Rs 1.60 Crores. Finally they are settling for ‘item song’ by her.