Nagavalli's Overseas rights bagged by 'Blue Sky cinema'

Victory Venkatesh’s most awaited supernatural thriller, a sequel of Chandramukhi in telugu directed by P. Vasu is going to be released for this december. It's overseas rights was bagged by Blue Sky cinema. Starring Venkatesh and Anushka are in leading roles followed by Richa, Priyamani, Vimala Raman, Kamalini Mukharjee, Poonam Kaur, Shradda Das and Bramhanandam. Music was composed by Guru Kiran. Movie is set for global release on Dec 16th with premiere shows on Dec 15th but unexpected tug of war between Producers Council and Workers Federation poses a dilemma on release date.

Prakash Raj's Second marriage Registered

CineActor Prakash Raj had earlier marrried Lalitha Kumari who was the sister of Disco Shanti (wife of actor Sri Hari) on December 25th , 1994.  Prakash Raj was able to get  divorce from her after a prolonged battle in court. Now he had second marriage with  choreographer Pony Varma which was registered in Hyderabad.
Pony Varma choreographed most of the films directed by Priyadarshan. Her name was registered as Reshmi Varma in the marriage certificate. Making  Hyderabad  as their home place the couple will work for movies by shuttling between Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad  work areas.

Tollywood industry under Crisis

Tollywood industry is in crisis situation as the Producers council called for halt of all the cine activities. We knew that the incident between stunt men of Telugu and Tamil film fields on the sets of Kandireega made the Telugu Film Producers Council call for a one day strike. The Council  called the stunt men unions for discussions but the Federation of cine workers is reportedly seeking settlement of all other related issues related to workers. As a result big releases for this month  (Venkatesh’ Nagavalli, Ravi Teja’s Mirapakaya and Nagarjuna’s Ragada) are facing release troubles. However  it seems that the shootings  cancellation may continue few more days until all the issues related to workers are settled.

Nagarjuna to take up Rajanna

With his recent completion of the movie 'Ragada'  Nagarjuna is now ready to participate actively in shooting  for 'Rajanna' film unit from tomorrow. The film was officially launched in September and will start his shooting from  tomorrow.  A model Telangana Village setup was built for this film under the supervision of Art director Ravi. Sneha will be playing the female lead role for the film. Producer of 'Rajanna' is the hero himself ( Nagarjuna) and will be picturised under the banner of Annapurna Studios. The theme of the movie is based on a story of a freedom fighter who fights against Razakars during the Nizam’s era.

Ram Charan gets ready to deal 'Merupu'

Ram Charan Tej enjoyed the gap given by Orange and is now back in Hyderabad . Charan is said to be busy working in gym to shape his body to suite for Merupu film. His next film Merupu is set to go on-floors in a week’s time and Cherry plays the role of a football player in Merupu. This movie will be directed by Tamil director Dharani. Search for an Artist who will look strong for Coach role is still going on. Latest update is that the Bollywood actor Nana Patekar has more chances of bagging this role.

Deepika Padukone expressed her wish to act with three top stars

 Having being successfully casted in Nine Bollywood films during the past Four years, Bollywood Actress Deepika Padukone seems to be now looking forward to pair with Bollywood Superstars Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.
Deepika Padukone emerged as top heroine  in Bollywood with the movie 'Om Shanti Om' co-starring Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and Arjun Rampal. She was later seen in various other movies sharing the silver screen with Bollywood Actors Akshay Kumar & Saif Ali Khan. After her two back to back releases 'Break Ke Baad' and 'Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey', Deepika Padukone recently said in an interview “I am looking forward to working with Aamir, Salman and Hrithik ”. Even though she is juggling different genres with ease at an early stage in her career, Deepika says the process she undergoes as an actor is same for every film.

Saif Ali Khan & Aishwarya Rai to perform together ?

Director Vishal Bharadwaj impressed Aishwarya Rai with his script and asked Aish to act in his film . He has been trying to work with Ash for the last 14 years but things did not work out till now. Sometimes,  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan cites  problem of busy schedule or very often the script failed to impress her. But this time Vishal’s script has won over the actress’s heart and she has said yes to the project. If all goes well then soon we will get to see the two most popular actors of Bollywood sharing screen space i.e stunning Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and handsome Saif Ali Khan.  If this turns Yes then it'll be the first time that Saif and Ash will share screen space.

Hero Srikanth and Tarun to act together

Debutant director Ashok Alle will direct a movie with  Srikanth and Tarun in lead roles for a movie titled 'Anucharudu'. This is for the first time where srikanth and Tarun are performing together. This movie has Praveen Bala as the producer. New comer Jasmine will be playing the lead female role.  Minister for Cinematography D K Aruna attended for the launching  ceremony held at hyderabad on December 8th along with director Boyapati Srininvas .
Hero Srikanth said that the director had worked out a good script and Tarun said that he is feeling happy to share the screen with Srikanth . He said  "We played cricket together on many ocassions and  we are acting together for the first time".

Mahesh Out of '3 Idiots' remake?

The suspense continues over 3 Idiots Telugu remake whether actor Mahesh is in / out of the project. Most of the sources say that Mahesh opts to stay away from this '3 Rascals'. On the other hand, Vijay who is supposed to play main lead in Tamil version too dropped out of it.
Now, Shankar is in wild search for an apt replacement  into Telugu and Tamil remakes. As per the latest updates, Shankar is trying for Surya to perform in both the languages. He is also considering Ajith Kumar in this role.

'Manmadha Banam' slated to release on DEC 17th

Kamal Haasan’s latest Tamil film 'Manmadhan Ambu' that is dubbed in telugu is given the title 'Manmadha Banam' and is scheduled to release on December 17.  The movie rights in telugu version is bagged by Lakshmi Ganapathi Films .
The film is produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin and directed by K.S. Ravi Kumar. Devi Sri Prasad scored some nice numbers for this film. The film stars Madhavan, Trisha and Sangeetha in major roles. Kamal Haasan plays a private detective who will be hired by Madhavan to test his love affair with Trisha. Audio launch in Telugu version will be done soon.

'Nagavalli' team celebrates double platinum disc function

The double platinum disc function of Nagavalli  was held at Cinemax on Monday. K. Raghavendra Rao was the chief guest and he presented the first memento to Venkatesh on token of sales of Audio cassetes. Director Vasu, producer Bellamkonda Suresh, Venkatesh, Anushka, Shraddha Das, Kamalini Mukherjee, Richa gangopadhyay,  Boyapati Srinu, Paruchuri Brother Raghavendra Rao, Chandrabose and others attended the event.Producer Bellamkonda Suresh shared few words on the dias . He said "songs have come out very well. Venkatesh will play dual roles i.e as  a king as well as a doctor. The best part about Nagavalli is that there are no heroines. All the heroine characters in the film share equally substantial roles".

New Version on Pawan Kalyan's Jesus Christ ?

It was believed that Power Star would appear as Jesus Christ in the film written by J.K Bharavi and as of now it's heard that the actor would rather appear as a  director but not as Jesus Christ!
According to latest version the film revolves around a popular director who is shooting a film on the life of Jesus Christ with a few children. In this process the director comes to know about the greatness and facts about Jesus Christ. Greatly moved by such facts in  the life of Jesus Christ, the director finally changes his religion and becomes as a Christain. It is directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and produced by Konda Krishnamraju under the banner of Aditya Productions, the film is reportedly titled " Traffic Jam ".

Comedy Movies battle in Bollywood

Anees Bazmi's "No Problem" could pose a good competition  to Yashraj's Film "Band Baaja Baaraat" , as both the films are slated to release on December 10th. But what remains as a question is that who wins this battle of the comedies.
When asked about this clash director Anees said "I won't believe in lucky dates, but I do believe in commitments. We had decided to release 'No Problem' on Dec 10th long ago and  I have three releases next year, so I should  get the film out of the way this year. We worked hard for the speedy  finish of 'No Problem' and announced  release date months ago. It was only later we heard Band Baja Baaraat is going to come on the same date" .
This is not the first time in bollywood that a clash arise between two big-budget films. "Gol Maal 2" and "Action Replayy" were previous ones that were released on Diwali this year and one of them had to go out of race.
Produced by Anil Kapoor, the star-cast of "No Problem" includes Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Khanna, Sunil Shetty, Kangana Ranaut, Sushmita Sen and Paresh Rawal. While "Band Baaja Baraat" features Anushka Sharma with newcomer Ranvir Singh.

Siddhath's 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu' Trailer launched

Hollywood Production house Walt Disney’s first Telugu movie 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu' trailer was launched here on Saturday at Cinemax Theatre, Hyderabad. Prominent personalities like Rama Naidu, K Raghavendra Rao, Suresh Babu, Shyam Prasad Reddy, KL Narayana Rao, Ganaraju Gunnam, KS Rama Rao, SS Rajamouli etc attended the event.
Anaganaga O Dheerudu is directed by Prakash Rao. Other cast members like Lakshmi Prasanna and Shruti Haasan who were present at the event. Coming to the details of the film 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu', it is a socio-fantasy film and first one to be done by Siddharth under this category. Shruti Hassan does the leading female role beside Siddharth. Cinematography was done by Soundar Rajan. MM Keeravani, Saleem – Suleiman, Koti and Mickey J Meyer scored music. The visual effects had been done by Firefly, EFX, Pixelloid and Labyrinth animation institutes. The movie is said to be a Graphical wonder that has graphical standards equivalent to Hollywood. The movie is expected to release this next month.

Hero Srikanth to do a movie with Director Neelakanta

National Award winning director Neelakanta will direct Srikanth for a movie yet to be titled. The script was so convincing that the actor and his brother Anil Kumar said ok produce it under the banner of Meka Movies. The film will go on floors sometime in the first quarter of next year.
After'Ranga the Donga' Srikanth will be in shooting for Posani Krishna Murali’s 'Dussasana'. The combo worked earlier for 'Operation Duryodhana'. The actor’s latest film 'Ranga The Donga' is ready to release this week.

Orange Collects a first week collection of Rs 26.95 Cr.

Ram Charan Tej, Genelia starrer Love story Orange has collected a total amount of Rs 26.95 crore all over the world as a part of its first week listing.
Area wise First Week collections

Nizam 7.00(crores)
Ceded 5.10(crores)
Nellore 1.00(crores)
Krishna 1.32(crores)
Guntur 2.00(crores)
North Andhra 2.00(crores)
East Godavari 1.40(crores)
West Godavari 1.50(crores)
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Total A.P. Share 21.30(crores)

Total overseas 5.75 (crores)
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NET TOTAL 26.95(crores)
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Anushka in a Legal Trouble

Tollywood actress Anushka sharma received court summons from Bheemili court on December 6th regarding issue of the land near to Madhurawada, one of the costliest area(Bheemili) in AP. The court had asked Anushka to attend before it on December 26th . Four years ago Anushka purchased a land at Boyapalem area in Madhurawada circle of Bheemili from a person called Bullireddy, but trouble arised when an NRI named Lingamurthy went to court claiming that the original rights of the land belongs to him. Efforts started from the side of Anushka to settle this matter outside the court.

Ravi Babu's Manasara tags U certificate

Director Ravibabu’s upcoming love film “Manasara” underwent all censor formalities at FDC Preview Theatre in Hyderabad, and the film was awarded “U” certificate from the censor board with some minor cuts. The movie is set to release on December 10th. Sekhar Chandra,who composed the music for “Nachchavule” movie has scored music for this film.
The film has Vikram and Divyasri in the lead roles and both of them are new to the industry. Producer of this film is Prakash Babu. Manasara is a Love based story written and directed by Ravi babu himself.

S.S Rajamouli's Animation Experiment

Tollywood's successful director SS Rajamouli’s experimental moive Eega starring Nani, Samantha in key roles and also Kannada actor Sudeep starts shooting from December 6th . It is said to be a short budget film of 6 crores. Key role in the movie would be performed by an animated character called 'Eega'. S.S.Rajamouli stated that his “Eega” is one of his dream project which will contain excellent visual graphics. The character Eega is said to be designed such thatit has rich grace and performs important role with the key roles stated above. Even a character that has no prominence would get good shape in Rajamouli's hand which is one of the key skills for a movie success. Let's hope that this Eega performs well at the box-office.

Shakti records highest number of Shooting sites

Young tiger NTR's Shakti has become the first film in Tollywood to have been shot in the highest number of places in recent times. It also remained as an ever movie to be shot in such highest no of places in Tollywood history. It is directed by Meher Ramesh and produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies banner. This film features Ileana as a heroine and Manjari Fadnis in a key role. Other cast are Superstar Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Tamil actor Prabhu Ganesan and Bollywood actors Jackie Shroff, Sonu Sood, Pooja Bedi. Mani Sharma is composing its music.
Several shooting sites which were part of this Shakti are Ladakh, Jaipur, Haridwar, Kullu Manali, Hampi, Badami, Egypt and areas in and around Hyderabad. It completed its schedule recently at Hampi and Badami on Monday and is scheduled for later shooting at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad.