F Tollywood Celebrities !!: March 2013

Banner: Kiran Studios

Producer: Ramesh Varma

Director: Vennela Kishore

Music: Anoop Rubens

Casting: Brahmanandam, Vennela Kishore, Ali, Sravan, Harish Koyalagundla, Venu, Dhanraj, Melkoti, Ahuti Prasad, Raghu Babu, Fish Venkat and Others

Rating: 1.0/5.0

Story

Software Engineer Jasmine Falguna aka Jaffa (Brahmanandam) finds himself in jail as a note was found near his colleague Sujit who commits suicide stating Jaffa was responsible. Jaffa will be spending his time solving the problems of prisoners and under some circumstances he tries to escape from jail with the help of Jailor Vikki (Vennela Kishore). How the plan backfired and what happens to Jaffa later should be seen on screen.

Performance

Brahmanandam performed in his style trying to evoke laughter in movie lovers. Vennela Kishore is ok with his known diction. Ali came as police officer. Though there are many comedians like Ravi Babu, Dhanraj, Tagubotu Ramesh, they don't have much role to perform. 

Technical

Vennela Kishore failed in all departments as he did not have story to make a film. With out story, he forgot his screen play and gave comedy complete miss. There is no scope for music as film has no songs. Background score is horrible. Dialogues are below average and the film bought down the standards of Tollywood films.

Analysis

Vennela Kishore might have decided to go ahead with the film based on the response of trailer. Many expected comedy from Brahmanandam from the film nut except for comedy everything is there. Vennela Kishore failed to extract even 10% comedy from star like Brahmanandam and also wasted other star comedians. Many left theaters in the first half itself which shows Kishore's torture. Better Vennela Kishore drops his directorial dreams and try to entertain people with his trade mark comedy roles. 

Plus Points

None

Minus Points

Many

Final Talk

Jaffa insulted people making them Jaffas!
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Naughty beauty Nathalia who exploded her Brazilian elegance in Ram Gopal Varma's Department caught the attention of all. From then on she got offers to do only special songs. She sizzled in special numbers in Koottam in Tamil and also featured in Dalam. She is getting ready to seduce King Nagarjuna in Bhai. However in the midst of all this director Gunasekhar seems to have decided to explore her acting talent.

He roped in for his prestigious venture Rani Rudrama that features Rana and Anushka. While Anusha is the warrior queen of Kakatiya Dynasty, Rana will be seen as Veerabhadra. Top technical crew like Ilayaraja, Tota Tarani, Srikar Prasad, Ajay Vincent, Kanal Kannan are in this high profile project.
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Asin is considered to be a conservative heroine as long as she featured in south films. But she shed all her inhibitions about exposing once she started her career in Bollywood to woo more and more film makers. She is not only willing to show skin in films but in social events too. Asin recently stunned everyone by wearing a body hugging gown flaunting her bareback. She is seductress and looked gorgeous on the red carpet of  50th Femina Miss India, held over the weekend at the Yashraj Studio in Andheri, Mumbai.Enjoy her folks!!!


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At the launch of ‘Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani’ promo, the media fired the actors - Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor with questions about their relationship. The entire conversation eventually turned towards their relationship. Deepika was also asked about the 'RK' tattoo which she had imprinted while they were in a relationship. At that time, Ranbir jumped into the chat to defend her. Deepika was stumped. After that Ranbir answered all the awkward questions directed towards her. Even after the press conference, Deepika was baffled, so much so that when she was backstage she got emotional. The leggy lass thanked Ranbir with moist eyes. Few who were present around saw tears rolling down her eyes. Sources close to Deepika share, that at heart she is a simple girl. She apparently could not handle her relationship being questioned and discussed in public. Well Deepika…we think you should now learn to tackle such tricky situations because Ranbir won’t always be present to help you out…


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Mega Star Chiranjeevi's nephew Sai Dharam Tej's first film is yet to release but already he is having costly affair in Rey. YVS. Chowdary who is producing and directing the film Rey is taking no chances in making it an extravagant affair.He is shooting a special song at RFC with 500 dancers and 200 junior artists. The song is composed by Chandra Bose while Choreographer Brunda is taking care of movements. Chakri is the music director. The song shoot costs over Rs 1 crs stunning all. Director speaking about the song says “The song, as the plot demands it, will depict a competition in a popular music academy in West Indies. So, we created an entire floor to recreate a West Indies atmosphere. We even roped in around 25 boys from the city who can pass off as West Indians and trained them for this song,” .Sai Dharam Tej and Sayami Kher, the niece of Shabana Azmi, who is also making her film debut with this film. Shraddha Das too plays a crucial role in the film. Vi






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One still can not forget sensuous Swetha Bharadwaj who seduced Prince Mahesh Babu in Businessman saying 'I love Bad Boyz'. Now the buzz is Swetha gave green signal to beautify Naga Susanth's Adda. Sources say Anup Rubens tuned special number came out beautifully and Shweta says since the situation of the song is attractive she signed the film. The song is being filmed on Swetha and Susanth at Goa Beach resorts. Swetha earlier sizzled in Mission Istambul in Bollywood. View Gallery:Adda 



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Now a days Tollywood is noticing film makers including special roles and cameos to spice up films of even top stars films. Films are now full of special songs, rain songs, voice overs and even AP Law Minster and others playing cameos. This will definitely add special flavor which arouses the interest of movie lovers spicing up the films.Ram Charan and Allu Arjun are teaming up in Yevadu, while Rana is dancing with Kollywood star Ajith. If this is not enough NTR says nothing can get bigger than Baadshah. His film has Mahesh Babu's Voice over, Siddharth in cameo, Navadeep as villain, Simbu singing a song and all that after Ram Charan launching the film.  Nitya Menon did sizzle in special role in Jabardasth while Nara Rohit is busy with voice over For Nikhil's Swamy Ra Ra. Simbu even sang for Mahat in Backbench Student while Nani is doing voice over for Varun Sandesh, Sundeep Kishens D for Dopidi. It has to be seen how this spice will help in success of the films. 


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Kollywood media is abuzz with rumors on growing intimacy between young hero Arya and natural seductress Nayanatara. While Nayan is keeping quiet now a days, Arya responding to the news said Nayan is just his best friend just like all other stars.However he spilled beans that he shares special relationship with Nayan which is close to his heart. Arya chose to be diplomatic saying anyway one can not predict about what will happen in future. Some time back Nayan showered compliments on Arya saying that he is very jovial to the core. Wonder where Nayan's third relationship will lead to. 


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As well all are aware, even today in T - Town; it is a film maker who rules the Industry. It is the guts of the film maker to believe the hero and the director and invest a huge amount of money to make a film, that makes any film a huge budget and much talked about...
As of now, in T - Town film makers Allu Aravind and Dil Raju are known to make films with Star heroes, investing a huge budget. While Dil Raju concentrates on making family entertainers with Star heroes that have a bit low amount of production cost, Allu Aravind loves to take a risk… it is this film maker’s confidence on director S.S. Raja Mouli and Hero Ram Charan that made him invest close to 40 crores in making ‘Magadheera’ and of course this film maker got back the invested amount.
Now, producer Bandla Ganesh who is just couple of years old in T - Town has crossed the film makers mentioned about. Ganesh has been lucky enough to produce his first film itself with a Hero like Power Star and gain a first success with Power Star's 'Gabbar Singh'. Now, investing more than 40 crores in his present venture 'Baadshah' and simultaneously producing another huge budget film with Allu Arjun, titled ‘Iddarammaayilatho’, Bandla Ganesh has definitely turned out to be a big man in T - Town.
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Many film makers have a wrong notion that local telugu girls have inhibitions and they don't have that outgoing nature to dole out glamor on silver screen or bag more offers. They even belittle their acting capabilities. However sometimes as if to prove them wrong stars like Colors Swathi, Archana, Bindu Madhavi, Madhavi Latha make their presence felt but film makers shy away from giving them offers just because they are telugu girls.

However Nandita who attracted all on her debut in Neeku Naku Dash Dash is getting ready to entertain Maruthi's romantic entertainer. Nandita who played a de-glamor role on debut is keen on sizzling with her glamor on silver screen and show telugu glamor power. Sources say already industry is looking positively at Nandita and if her second venture strikes success chords, she will get more offers.
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Southern actress Tamannah Bhatia, who is making her Bollywood debut opposite Ajay Devgn in Sajid Khan's "Himmatwala", says she always admired the actor, but admits she has started respecting him even more after working with him.

"I have been a big fan of him (Ajay), and after working with him, I have started respecting him more," the 24-year-old said here in an interview.

"Apart from the brilliant actor that he is, he is a very good person and a very honest human being. I have learnt a lot from him," she added.

Listing some of Ajay's films, which she likes the most, Tamannah said, "Ajay is a very versatile actor. He has done so many roles. I liked him in 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam', I liked him in 'Omkara'."

"He is a very intense performer. All of his all films are good. In 'Golmaal', he did such a great comic role," Tamannah added.

"I think all the characters suit him a lot." 

"Himmatwala" is a remake of 1983 hit of the same name, which starred Jeetendra and Sridevi. The new film releases March 29.
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Red hot Bengali bomb Richa Gangopadhyaya is currently romancing King Nagarjuna in Bhai. Speaking to scribes she says she is not interested in other heroines. People may be surprised but is true. 

She says if one has clarity in what they are doing, then there won't be any confusion and they can lead life happily. She said her main job is to establish herself as a top star and so will not inquire about other heroines or star cast in the film while signing the film. She states that she like to be in sync with latest fashion trends. Richa revealed that she will go through fashion magazines, cover pages and keep track of fashion purchases. She says during flights she will do a complete scan of the magazines.
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Visakhapatnam, March 24: In a startling incident of brutality, a 17-year-old girl was raped by unidentified persons in Ramunayudupeta under Bhimili mandal of Vizag district on Sunday. 

The assailants poured acid on the hapless girl after the rape. She was admitted to hospital in a very serious condition. Police suspect that the girl was kidnapped and brought to the place from Srikakulam.
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Director Puri Jagan is on a spree of picking hot item girls these days. After bidding fare to big assets beauty Mumaith Khan, Puri is busy finding new talents and babes like Shwetha Bharadwaj and Gabriela Bertante are his hot finds. For 'Iddarammayilatho' he is moving to another b-town hottie and her name is Devshi Khanduri.

Devshi is one sensuous siren known for her role in 2011 Dev Anand's movie 'Chargesheet'. Right now she is posing here in a sparkling bikini showing her bomb like assets. What catch our attention are the crackers that are draped around this hot siren. But the aura spread by her hot assets is just minimizing the effect of those crackers. They ask, when such a hot bomb is lying on floor in front of our eyes, what those small crackers will do. Enjoy the crackling show folks!
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Swamy Ra Ra Movie Review March 23rd, 2013, 12:00 AM IST Movie : Swamy Ra Ra Rating: 3/5 Cast : Nikhil, Swathi, Ravi Babu, Pooja Ramachandran and others Directed by : Sudhir Varma Produced by : Chakri Chigurupati Banner : Lakshmi Narasimha Entertainments Music : Sunny Release Date : 2013-03-23

Swamy Ra Ra is a low budget film which didn't rise any expectations among the film lovers. However the film has a decent star cast to grab the attention and director Sudhir Varma made his attempt count with the limited resources he has in offer.

What is it about?

Surya (Nikhil) a pickpocketer falls in love with Swathi (Swathi), from whom he steals a bike. Swathi lands in a trouble due to a stole idol of Ganesha and Surya has a part to play in it. Now he has to save her from deadly goons who are after that invaluable idol.

Performances:

Nikhil is decent as the pick pocketer. His usual over enthusiastic nature is missing and that is a welcome change. He did well as the lead man with a neat performance. Swathi is fine as the innocent young lady. She impresses with her cool attitude. Pooja is striking as Nikhil's friend. Ravi Babu is competitive. Jeeva is routine and all others did well in their respective roles. Most of the star cast consists newcomers and all of them are good.

Technicalities:

Music by Sunny is an asset. His background score did the talking for this technically well made film. Cinematography is top notch for a film made in a very limited budget. The technical crew deserves a pat for making this technically brilliant in all aspects. Editing could have been crisper though. Dialogues penned by the director are alright. Director Sudhir Varma is an ardent fan of Ram Gopal Varma and there are many scenes and instances where he reminds you of vintage Varma. The director also is inspired by Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. The film is made in the lines of Lock Stock and two smoking barrels and Snatch. Director has a style in conceiving action scenes and it is commendable.

Analysis:

Despite all its positives, Swamy Ra Ra fails at times due to slow pace. This gets on to your nerves during few scenes. Director is fond of slow motion camera movements and he implements that style in chase sequences too. The film pleads to rush the proceedings and director took his own sweet time to wrap things up. That is the biggest minus for this film.

If you can pardon its pace, Swamy Ra Ra makes a decent watch for its premise and technical finesse. It is pretty hard to find small budget gems these days. This film is one of those rare good films in this zone. This film will impress the audience who look for some variety. The director was caught in a dilemma whether to make this a thriller or a comedy and he ended up somewhere in the middle.

If he had a clear idea about the genre and stuck to his guns this film might have been a better one. However, despite the short comings, Swamy Ra Ra is worth watching and will appeal to the target audience. It has a fair chance to work in A centers if promoted well.

Verdict: Nice work Swamy!
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Banner: Studio Green

Producer: K. E. Gnanavel Raja

Director: Suraj

Music: Devi Sri Prasad

Casting: Karthi, Anushka, Francis, Santhanam, Milind Soman, Suman and Others

Rating: 2.0/5.0

Story

Alex Pandu (Karthi) who does small crimes gets involved in a big deal with Doctor GKM (Suman) and Alwyn Martyn (Milind Soman), head of Alywn Pharma and kidnaps Andhra Pradesh Health Ministers (Visu) daughter Divya (Anushka). However turn of events lands himself at Simhachalam in the house of comedian (Santhanam) and three sisters (Nikitha, Rani, Sanusha) including his mother, while Divya who gets injured get treated in nearby place. Why did he Alex Kidnap Divya and what is his motive should be found on silver screen.

Performance

There is nothing new in Karthi's performance as the character doesn't demand much from him. Same mass dances, same expressions and stunts. Anushka did not even utter a single word in the first half and in the second half she was confined to dances. She looked aged in front of Karthi. Santham did his bit as comedian while Visu, Pratap Pothan, Mahadevan, Suman, Milind Soman along with Nikitha, Rani and Sanusha tried to generate interest with their performances. 

Technical

Director failed in all departments with his outdated insipid script. Editing of Praveen, Srikanth is below average, while Sashank Vennelakanti's dialogues are not in tune with the tastes of the present generation. One couldn't believe that Devi Sri Prasad scored such mediocre tunes. Some of the stunts are good and similarly some comedy scenes. Saravanan's cinematography is good. Production values of Studio Green are good. 

Analysis

Director Suraj who came out with an outdated plot and script along with screenplay failed totally. Except for the first scene nothing evokes interest, as everything evaporates from then on. Comedy track is outdated and slow and sometimes it goes out of sync with the storyline. Some of the 'A' rated and double meaning dialogues of Karthi along with Santanam sisters may impress masses. Comedy track in second half is similar to Gabbar Singh. Suraj planned to make an out and out mass entertainer with Karthi, but failed miserably in the execution. There is no thrill factor and it was like a 1980 movie with predictable plot. Climax is weak and dialogues did not help the cause in any manner. 

Plus Points

Karthi action

Santanam comedy

Gabbar Singh comedy track

Minus Points

Outdated boring story

Weak story, Screenplay, Direction

Music

Slow pace

Final Talk

Bad Boy may fare badly at box office.
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Producer Bellamkonda Suresh is leaving no stone unturned to ensure his son Srinivas who is making his acting debut with director VV Vinayak's upcoming film gets the biggest launch ever.

Already, the makers have roped Samantha for the role of one of the female leads and now Tamanna was chosen to occupy the other spot. The milky babe herself confirmed signing the film of a debutante actor.

According to the reliable sources, Tamanna was offered Rs 1.25 crore to sign the film and the beauty grabbed it immediately as she can't say no to such lucrative offer even though she was asked to share screen space with a new comer.

However, sources close to the actress deny that money is never a criteria for signing a film and it's always the content of the script that matters the most.

Tamanna has three projects in her kitty at the moment. A Bollywood film with Akshay Kumar, Ajith's next film and Bellamkonda's project.
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One super masala hot song is enough to help promote a flick big way, and our Mass Raja is quite aware of this. Here is an interesting titbit about his upcoming song that looks quite happening.

Generally we see songs on age of hot-bombs as item-songs in Telugu movies. Mumaith's song in Pokiri is an example of it that goes 'Ippatikinka Na Vayasu Ninda Padaharey'. But now our mass-raja is singing a song praising the hotness of heroine who is in a right age of sensuality and for romance. 'Paathikella Chinnadi...' is the latest tune Ravi Teja is grooving too alongside red hot siren Shruti Haasan. This is a part of 'Balupu' movie which is getting shot at Ramoji Film City right now.

Sources revealed that Ravi Teja will be seen in a 'pakka' mass avatar in this song praising the beauty of hot girl Shruti will all possible masala superlatives. Shruti Haasan is also going for a complete masala look to enthral B & C centre audiences. Once again Thaman is composing for Ravi Teja, and we have to really wait for this song.
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New Delhi, March 21: A 16-year-old girl was gang-raped by her neighbour and four of his other friends here, police said Thursday. The neighbour has been arrested and a hunt is on for the others.

The girl was gang-raped by Monu, 24, and his four friends in west Delhi's Aman Vihar area Tuesday afternoon. 

"The accused dragged the victim inside his house when she was walking past his plastic shop. The accused called his four other friends and they gang-raped the victim inside the house. They also threatened her with dire consequences if she told about the incident to anyone," said a police officer. 

The case was registered Wednesday after the girl informed her parents who approached the police. 

"After the victim's medical examination, a case was registered and Monu was arrested. A hunt is on for the other accused," said the police officer.
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After the news of Sunny Leone playing herself in her upcoming movie “Ragini MMS 2? buzz has it that Katrina Kaif is also doing the same in her upcoming movie “Bombay Talkies”. Zoya Akhtar will direct one part of the film. The latest on the front is that Katrina Kaif will be seen playing herself in Zoya Akhtar’s segment in the film. 

The movie is made to celebrate100 years of  Indian cinema, Bombay Talkies is a collection of four short films by Zoya, Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar and Dibakar Banerjee. Well if actress like Katrina are following the footsteps of Sunny Leone then looks like she has a bright and sunny future ahead! Right Guys?
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 4 Hyderabad, March 21: Telangana Political JAC convener Prof Kodandaram and seven others who participated in the 'Sadak Bandh' were remanded till April 4.Kodandaram and others who were arrested by police were produced before the Alampur court. As police registered cases against them under some non-bailable sections, the court sent them to remand.Those remanded included MLAs Eetela Rajender, Jupalli Krishna Rao and JAC leader Srinivasas Goud.The Alampur court rejected the bail petitions of Kodandaram and 8 others. Lawyers JAC filed these petitions on behalf of the arrested leaders. Hearing on the petition was posted to Friday. Hyderabad range DIG Nagi Reddy said cases were registered against them, at the Manavapadu police station for participating in the agitation at the Toll Plaza of Alampur. Several trucks were damaged at the Toll Plaza. Agitators also deflated tyres of several vehicles.


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 Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 5 years New Delhi, March 21: The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the death sentence of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and commuted the death sentence of 10 others. The apex court also upheld the conviction of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt under the Arms Act in the terror attack and sent him to five years in prison.While confirming the death sentence of Yakub Memon, the bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and B.S. Chauhan said he and other members of the Memon family had played a predominant role in the execution of the conspiracy that led to 13 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai on March 12, 1993, claiming 257 lives and leaving 713 injured.While commuting the death sentence of the 10 other convicts to life imprisonment, the court said that they were mere subservients in the execution of the conspiracy.The humble and underprivileged background of these 10 accused, who were mere instruments in the hands of "principal perpetrators", were counted as mitigating circumstances by the court.The court said that if Memons were the archers of the conspiracy these 10 were just arrows. The judges also slammed Pakistan for aiding and abetting the acts of terrorism in infringement of international obligation as a member of United Nations.Dutt was asked to surrender in four weeks.The actor, who was convicted under the Arms Act for illegally possessing weapons, had been awarded six years imprisonment by the TADA (Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act) court.However, the apex court reduced the sentence from six years to five years. This effectively means that Dutt will be in jail for three years and six months as he has already undergone 18 months imprisonment.The court also came down heavily on Mumbai police and customs officers at all levels. But for their wrong actions the 1993 bombings could have been avoided.A TADA court had in 1993 awarded death sentence to 12 people, including Memon. One of them has passed away. The court had also sentenced 20 to life imprisonment and 46 others, including Sanjay Dutt, were given varying terms of imprisonment.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had faced flak for not challenging the TADA court verdict acquitting Sanjay Dutt of charges under the TADA but convicting him under the Arms Act and sentencing him to six years imprisonment.However, in the course of the hearing of his appeal, the CBI had opposed the actor's plea challenging his conviction and sentencing.A series of 13 car bomb blasts had ripped through Mumbai on March 12, 1993. The locations that were targeted included landmarks such as fisherman's colony in Mahim Causeway, Zaveri Bazaar, Sahar Airport, Air India building, Hotel Juhu Centaur, the Bombay Stock Exchange Building and the Passport Office.The TADA court trial court of Justice P.D. Kode had commenced the trial Nov 4, 1993, and pronounced its 4,230 page verdict on July 31, 2007.Why was Sanjay's sentence reduced?Sanjay Dutt's sentence was reduced as he was directly not involved in the terrorist acts. He was arrested for possessing weapons illegally. He was found to have acquired an AK 47 assault rifle. As the weapons were supplied to him by persons having terror links, he was implicated in the Mumbai blasts. However, his sentence was reduced as he had no previous criminal record, his lawyers said. It is learnt Sanjay Dutt might move a review petition on the judgment. Sanjay Dutt's sister Priya Dutt was sitting in the court sad-faced, when the judgment was delivered. Sanjay Dutt is the son of late Sunil Dutt and veteran actress Nargis. Sanjay Dutt, known as an honest person, had not interfered in the prosecution of his son, despite being a senior Congress leader. 

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When there is no competition or any other top starlet's presence in the area, definitely juniors will get a chance to showcase their wild side. Same thing is happening with cute beauty Aksha now.Among the bunch of small films that have hit marquee last week, only heroine who is a known face happens to be Aksha. And all those other flicks have bitten dust, while her movie 'Rai Rai' is a little better in terms of collections than content. Our hot siren is getting talked for her hot glamour show in the movie. Cashing on this craze, Aksha is giving interviews and doing programs on all channels. Indeed this is giving her more publicity that what she will get for a hit flick in kitty.Media people too say that as heroine is available at the moment for programs or interviews, they are depending on Aksha and are giving her full coverage. Aksha is aso expecting a bunch of flicks now with this publicity. 




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Critically acclaimed Tamil teen-crime thriller "Vazhakku En 18/9" and Telugu blockbuster revenge-drama "Eega" were named 2012's best feature films in their respective languages, in the 60th National Film Awards.Directed by Balaji Sakthivel, "Vazhakku En 18/9" was named the best feature film in Tamil. It also won the award for best make-up artist by Raja.It is the story of modern-day youth, whose lives are shackled by sex, lies and crime. The film was also awarded the best film in the South Asian Film Festival this year.Made on a shoestring budget, the film starred all newcomers such as Mithun Murali, Sri, Urmila Mahanta and Manisha Yadav.Meanwhile, S.S Rajamouli-directed "Eega" was one of the most successful Telugu films of 2012. It was awarded the best feature film in Telugu.Starring Nani and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, it was the story of a young man being rechristened as a housefly to avenge his killer.Other Tamil films that were honoured with the National award include "Vishwaroopam" for art direction and best cinematography.Poornima Ramaswamy won the best costume designer award for "Paradesi".


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Now a days many actresses are landing in trouble sporting attire designed by popular designers without giving a thought about the outcome. Recently Madhurima walked on a ramp with hot attire sporting her glamor to the invitees. The event happened at Pooja Kapoor Art D Arhant exhibition and Mews Art Gallery. However after coming out of Madhurima's hot looks, many noticed that her attire comprised of Gautam Buddha printed on her dress. Many wondered who designed the dress and how come Madhurima agreed to sport the dress.


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Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), March 19: At least 37 people were killed and another 15 injured, including five foreign nationals, when a bus plunged into a river in Khed area Tuesday on the Mumbai-Goa highway near here, officials said.Among the victims are at least five foreign nationals but authorities could not confirm whether they were killed or injured in the accident.The accident took place around 3.50 a.m. when the Goa-Mumbai bus belonging to Mahakali Travels suddenly lost control on the Bharna bridge over Jagbudi river and crashed into the river, 190 km from Maharashtra capital Mumbai, said B.L. Shinde, an official from the highway department."So far, 37 bodies have been removed from the site and there are some more injured passengers, including five whose condition is serious," Shinde told.The injured, among them the bus driver have been taken to hospitals in Khed and Chiplun and some of the critical victims have been taken to Mumbai.According to preliminary and eye-witness reports, the accident occurred when the ill-fated bus was attempting to overtake another vehicle, though the exact cause has yet to be determined.This is considered among the worst accidents on the treacherous Mumbai-Goa highway. Traffic movement has been completely stalled on the highway after the accident.Home Minister R.R. Patil Monday informed the Maharashtra assembly that 828 people have been killed and 2,411 seriously injured in road accidents on the Mumbai-Goa highway in the past three years.Presently, seven highway police help centres are responsible for manning traffic on this highway and the requirements of increasing the number of such centres would be examined, Patil had said.Following persistent demands by locals and tourists alike, the work on the four-laning of the highway is currently underway. 


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New Delhi, March 19:Taking a serious note of the alleged attempt to molest a foreign tourist at the Hotel Agra Mahal in the Taj city, Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi Tuesday ordered the suspension of its three-star rating.

The tourism ministry has also issued a showcause notice to the hotel asking it why its license should not be cancelled, the ministry said in a statement late Tuesday evening.

Expressing distress at the molestation and gang rape of Swis tourist, Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi Tuesday said foreign women tourists and children should be provided adequate security.

He said he has also spoken to union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and requested a system to ensure the safety and security of all tourists, especially women and children, be put in place, said a tourism ministry release.

Chiranjeevi has also started contacting chief ministers of various states, urging them to institute an adequate mechanism in their state, said the statement.

He has also assured people that due punishment will be meted out to the culprits.
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Vijayawada, March 17: Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal today asked TRS Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao as how his party would win 100 Assembly seats in the coming elections when he miserably failed to muster support of 30 MLAs for the ‘no-trust’ motion tabled in the Assembly.

Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Lagadapati ridiculed KCR for failing to gather even 30 MLAs to introduce his ‘no-trust’ motion in the Assembly against the Congress government. He said the Congress high command would strive to retain United Andhra Pradesh. He said the Congress was ready to allow other parties to merge into the Congress if they were prepared to adhere to the party ideals. 

Predicting that the Telangana separatists would not win 100 MLA seats in the coming elections, Lagadapati warned that the government would show its power if separatists attempted to create disturbances in the name of ‘Sadak Bandh’.

Sanathnagar MLA Marri Sashidhar Reddy, who remained absent on the day the government faced ‘no-trust’ motion, said he didn’t attend the House as the government had full strength to win against ‘no-trust’ motion. He said he was in Delhi during ‘no-trust’ motion and the same was informed to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy through a letter. He said the Chief Minister and PCC Chief Botcha Satyanrayana would initiate action against the party legislators, who defied the party ‘Whip’ during the voting on ‘no trust’ motion.
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Hyderabad, March 17: In a shocking incident, a home guard working in a police station kidnapped a nurse, raped her and then tried to murder her in Ranga Reddy district on Sunday.

According to police, one woman belonging to the Mujaipur village of Kulkacharla mandal has been working as a nurse in the city. She and Parigi home guard Srinivas’s sister share a room.With this she became acquainted to the home guard.

On Sunday evening, he came to the room and told her he would drop her at her hospital. After bringing her up to the outskirts of Kollapur in Parigi mandal, he and his friend blindfolded her. They then took her to a nearby place and raped her.

They also tried to kill her by hitting her with a big stone. Later they threw her in a bush and left the place. A friend helped Srinivas in the heinous act. The nurse was rushed to the government hospital, after an unidentified person gave information to the 108 ambulance service. After first aid, she was shifted to the Tandur hospital.

Police said they registered kidnap, rape and attempted murder cases against the accused
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Hyderabad, March 17: A case was registered against Bandla Ganesh,producer of ‘Baadshah’.

Police of Rayadurgam registered the case in connection with the stampede in the audio launch of the film at Rama Naidu studios on Sunday evening. One fan died in the stampede.

Cases were registered against Bandla Ganesh and others under section 304 (A).
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One Raju a fan of NTR from Ursugutta in Warangal district died in a stamped in the audio launch of ‘Badshah’ on Sunday.

Thousands of fans of the hero descended on the Rama Naidu studio where the audio launch was scheduled. It became impossible for the police and the security staff to control the crowd.In the stampede that ensued, the fan from Warangal died.

NTR in tears

Soon after knowing about the incident, Jr. NTR was in tears. He took the mike and urged the mother of the fan to pardon him. He said nothing would replace what that mother lost and humbly urged that he and others of the unit be pardoned. Tears rolled down the cheeks of NTR when he spoke emotionally about the sad incident. He requested all the fans to reach home safely. He assured that he would ensure that no such incident would occur in future.

Rs. 5 lakh compensation

On knowing about the mishap producer Bandla Ganesh announced a monetary help of Rs. 5 to the victim's family. Expressing sadness at the death of the fan, he said no help would bring back the life of the fan to their family members. Stating that all the unit members were unhappy about the mishap, he requested all the fans to reach home safely after the function. "If something happens to you, it would haunt us life long" he told the fans.

Vijaya Santi threatens to boycott the film

Meanwhile, TRS MP Vijaya Santi expressed anger at the producers for not postponing the audio launch despite the death. Stating that this reflected the Seemandhra arrogance, Vijaya Santi said in a statement in Delhi, that they would give a call for the boycott of the film in the Telangana region.
 

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Hyderabad, March 16: The marriage episode of film actress and TDP leader Kavita’s daughter with car driver Raj Kumar took curious turns like a real film story and ended in police arresting the mastermind of the marriage drama.

Police came to know that Alkapalli Raj Kumar who claimed to have married Kavita’s daughter, had married two other women earlier, by cheating, Earlier reports said Madhuri loved Raj Kumar and ran off with him when her mother objected to their marriage. The two got married at Peddapalli of Karimnagar district.

But responding to a complaint from Kavita, Punjagutta police rushed to Peddapalli and picked up the couple. While they restored Madhuri to her parents, took Raj Kumar to the police station. 

Even as they were interrogating him, his second wife Jaya Sri came to the police station with their 4-year-old daughter and told the police how he cheated her. The story unraveled later.

Raj Kumar first married Annapurna of Huzurabad in 2005. He left her and married Jaya Sri of Huzurnagar in 2008. He then shifted to Secunderabad and started working as a driver. He then somehow trapped Kavita’s daughter Madhuri and enacted the marriage drama without the knowledge of his first two wives.

Madhuri told the media on Saturday that she was threatened into the marriage.

Madhuri said that Raj Kumar sight his sights on her money and threatened to harm her family members to force her into marrying him.

She said she got married under threat by Raju and some other people. She said Raju asked her Rs. 15 lakhs to start a business. When she said she had no money, he forced her into marriage, to lay his hands on her mother's money. She said she was drugged and taken to Peddapalli and did not know what happened there.

Kavita also denied media reports that there was love between the driver and her daughter. She said they do not have any drivers and each of them drove their cars themselves. Profusely weeping, she thanked the police for restoring her daughter, within 24 hours of her disappearance.
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New York, March 16: Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy was born in Tadepalli in Guntur district, AP. His father was a farmer. He studied in ZPHS School, Nutakki until 10th grade, graduated from AC College, Guntur in 1958, B.Sc (Tech) from Bombay University, Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune in 1969. 

Dr. Reddy started his career in Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) (1969–1975), then he left the job to found Uniloids Ltd in 1976, founded Standard Organics Limited (SOL) in 1980, before founding Dr Reddy's Labs in 1984 with an initial capital of Rs 25 lakh and he is worth $1.4 Billion US Dollars. Under his leadership, DRL has been a pioneer and trendsetter in the Indian Pharmaceutical industry. 

Here are some of the highlights of his life: 

Contribution to Hyderabad Growth:

In 1970s, Pharma industry was not that big in Hyderabad and there were only handful of companies. Those companies used to produce the medicines for people of AP and all those were basic medications. Dr. Anji Reddy was the pioneer for Pharma Industry, who brought the Pharma Industry to India and put the Hyderabad in world map much before the IT industry. At some point of time, 80% of World Ibuprofen drug consumption was being produced in Hyderabad. All the credit for this goes to Dr. Anji Reddy. Dr. Reddy has given employment to thousands of families in Hyderabad directly and lakhs of families benefited indirectly and touched millions of people around the world through his medicines. 

To give you an example, when USA worried about Swine Flu, USA looked at Andhra Pradesh to get the medication for entire USA. Within a short period of time, AP has sent the shipments to USA. That is the power of AP Pharma industry now. Hetero Drugs has supplied that medication. Even when IT industry has ups and downs, Hyderabad did not face the down turn because Pharma industry is stable. I do not have the numbers but 20% of Hyderabad growth can be credited to Pharma Industry. 

Inspirational to several:

Dr. Anji Reddy has been inspirational to several industrialists in Andhra Pradesh. Some of the Industrialist were fortunate to work directly with him and some industrialists were indirectly inspired by him and started Pharma industries with confidence. There are hundreds of Ancillary units to Pharma industry. Whole Pharma Industry should be thankful to him. Hundreds of industrialists in Hyderabad either worked in Dr. Reddy Labs or supplied products to DRL. Hetero Drugs Parthasarathi Reddy, Aurabindo Ram Prasad Reddy, Divi Labs Murali, Virco Narayana Reddy and Venkata Reddy have worked for him and started the companies on their own. It is very hard to find a pharmacy company owner who did not work for Dr. Reddy. 

Gave financial support to several:

Dr. Anji Reddy has given employment to hundreds of families in 1980s, later become thousands and lakhs in 1990s. Thousands of families directly benefited by this and because of the employment, these families were able to afford higher studies for their kids and relatives. This was indirect help to thousands of families and he was The God to several families. I personally know a lot of families, who did not have basic education to get the job, but they got the jobs in 1980s and 1990s and now their families are rich and living in high standards. They are very fortunate to have an Industrialist like Dr. Anji Reddy. 

Cost of the Drugs:

Most of the drugs are invented in Developed countries like USA, Germany and they charge very high prices. If you convert the same dollars and try to sell for the same price, not even one percent of the people in India can afford it. This is where Dr. Reddy made a difference, Hyderabad became a Pharma hub and most of the medicines are being produced in AP. Even though Dr. Reddy has been selling for higher prices to US companies, Reddy Labs has been selling for nominal cost in India. This is not only in India but also other developing countries in Africa and Asia got benefited by this. Because of this philosophy, medicine costs were down and even poor people can afford medication. This is how Dr. Reddy touched millions of people around the world. 

Charitable Contributions:

After few years and seeing ups and downs of life, Dr. Reddy started Nandi Foundation. To give you an example, Dr. Reddy bought Mercedes Benz S500 at his earlier years and only two other people (Dheerubai Ambani and RP Goenka) had that car in India at that time. He bought Honda Accord in his later days and his son Mr. Satish Reddy asked why do not you buy latest car and he said instead of spending one crore on the good car, I will buy Honda Accord and the balance amount could be donated to Nandi Foundation so that poor people can be benefited.  Through Nandi foundation, he has helped various water purification plants and other poor people. He has helped LV Prasad eye institute also. 

Awards:

Dr. Anji Reddy has received so many awards. Here are some of awards: “Padma Bhushan” one of the highest civilian Award by Indian Government in 2011, Padma Shri in 2001, Sir PC Ray award (1984 and 1992), Businessman of the Year in 2001; CHEMTECH Foundation  'Hall of Fame' award in 2005. 

My personal experience:

As a family friend, I had the privilege to meet him few times and closely observe him since 1980s. I know hundreds of families who worked for him and got benefited. We had a good conversation about the American Universities and he shared his USA experiences with me. He has visited USA several times and his son Sathish Reddy studied in USA. He has inspired me and encouraged me to come to USA for higher studies. I am always thankful to him from bottom of my heart. 

I am sure his son Satish Reddy has big shoes to fill in and he has been helping DRL. I wish him good luck and hoping that he will carry the legacy of his father Dr. Anji Reddy. We all miss Dr. Reddy and Andhra Pradesh would not see a Visionary Industrialist like him. May his soul rest in peace in heaven.
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There have always been rumours linking the blue eyed boy Neil Nitin Mukesh with slender beauty Sonal Chauhan but neither of the stars has ever admitted to their relationship. The duo paired for the first time for a horror movie ‘3G’. The movie is releasing this Friday, March 15th. The picture shows the sizzling chemistry between Neil Mukesh and Sonal Chauhan. You can see Sonal seducing her helpless boyfriend who is half buried in sand.Sonal Chauhan looks sizzling hot and stylish in shorts exposing her long legs. What do you say!


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We generally see heroine's going semi-nude for their films, and that gets a lot of applause for the sex-appeal and glam quotient. This time our romantic hero is focusing on such thing and here goes the story.

For the upcoming Tamil film 'Theeya velaseyyanum kumaru', hero Siddarth is going shirt-less for the posters of the movie. If the similar thing is done by a heroine, we call it semi-nude and youths will be getting tempted after that. Maybe girls will be getting the same feeling after watching Siddu in that no-shirt look.

The guy beside Siddu is comedian Santhanam, and apple pie beauty Hansika is playing lead in this flick while veteran heroine Kushbu's husband Sundar C is the director.
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Veteran actress and TDP leader Kavitha's daughter Madhuri (21) tied the knot with her car driver Rajkumar. It is said to be a love marriage happened without the consent of the parents.

Rajkumar (28), a native of Karimnagar, is working as driver for Kavita's family for the past three years. Kavitha who is pursuing her MBA developed a special bonding with the driver who drives her to college everyday and they have decided to take their relationship to the next level.

Recently, the two lovebirds eloped from home and got married at Venkateswara Swamy temple in Peddapalli. While speaking to media, Madhuri made it clear she took such a decision as her parents will no way agree for her marriage with Rajkumar.

Taking the missing case lodged by Kavita in Punjagutta police seriously, the cops have traced the lovers and took them into custody.
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Movie : Back Bench Student
Rating: 2/5
Cast : Mahat, Pia Bajpai, Archana, Brahmanandam, Ali and others
Directed by : Madhura Sridhar
Produced by : MVK Reddy
Banner : Shirdi Sai Combines
Music : Sunil Kashyap
Release Date : 2013-03-15

Director Madhura Sridhar's latest offering Back Bench Student has caught the attention of few eyeballs due to its packaging and promotion. The director was immensely confident over his product that he conducted a huge Premiere show for this film. However the results haven't turned up as expected.

What is it about?

Karthik (Mahat) is a poor student who doesn't take his future seriously. As a result he fails in studies as well as loses his girlfriend Priyanka (Archana). But he has few skills that would help him find a good job. Chaitra (Pia) helps him to find job and gives him hope. Now Priyanka returns into Karthik's life but he is already in love with Chaitra. How this triangle ends up is the rest of the story.

Performances:
                                                                                                                            
Mahat is a poor choice to portray this role. He is weak in expressions and the awkward dubbing didn't do much good either. He tries too hard to impress but unfortunately he doesn't have it in him. Archana is alright. Should have taken care about her lip sync. Pia Bajpai's poor expressions failed to get the desired impact. Her character was supposed to be damsel in distress, but she lacks talent to pull it off. Brahmanandam and Ali are wasted. Rest of the star cast did okay in their respective roles.

Technicalities:
                                                                                                                            
Madhura Sridhar targeted young audience yet again. But his imaginative skills and narrative skills are pretty limited. He has noble ideas but couldn't convert them into a good film. He has failed as a writer and director and also is an utter disaster in getting the desired output from his team. Music by Sunil Kashyap is a pain. None of the songs are good and the background score is sheer torture. Cinematography is inconsistent, but never goes up beyond below average mark. Editing is very poor. Production values are okay.

Analysis:

Back Bench Student is like a film made with a team of back benchers. None of the team have put up their hand to pull this off. Story starts off an alright note and treads along in an okay manner for few minutes. But the director is left clueless after sometime. Meaningless scenes and aimless direction makes things worse for Back Bench Student. The film's fate is evident by interval point.

Any hopes of a better second half dies down immediately as the film heads in a predicable path with mediocre scenes. Anybody could guess the climaxand director made valiant efforts to make it watchable but in vain. Ali and Brahmanandam are thrown in to lift the hopes up, but neither of them could help the ship from sinking. Few dialogues are good and that is the only bright side in this film.

Attractive title might help the film to get some collections in the opening weekend, but it doesn't possess anything worthy to stand tall at the box office. Back Bench Student is Madhura Sridhar's weakest film till date.

Verdict: Back Bench Student fails in all aspects!
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Hyderabad, March 14: Film actress and TDP leader Kavita complained to the Punjagutta police that her daughter Swati was missing.Police who registered a case started a search for the missing girl.It is learnt that police who took pains to find the missing girl because of the high profile nature of the case, traced her to Charlapalli, on the outskirts of the city.Love affair is suspected to be the reason for Swati’s disappearance.


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The most stylish and fashionable star of Bollywood is back again to seduce the men with her breath-taking act. Katrina Kaif sizzles on the cover page of Filmfare yet again.Our leggy lass kick-starts the seduction campaign for the magazine and no wonder she was paid a bomb for doing so. With that captivating  eyes, vibrant red lips, deep cleavage peek, elegant pose and the well-built legs, Katrina is challenging other heroines. Enjoy the seduction folks!


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Often n, Manchu family is struggling with various controversies these days for their filmy portrayals of certain communities in Andhra Pradesh. After facing huge criticism from Brahmin leaders for 'Denikaina Ready', here comes another one. In the film Gundello Godari, a hot actress Suja Varunee is seen selling 'poosalu' and talks dirty with people around. Her portrayal depicts her like a typical village prostitute. However, there seems to be a community in AP called Poosalu Community and they are lodging a complaint on Lakshmi Manchu for degrading their caste with such cheap portrayal.Heads of this caste have already met Censor Board head Dhanalakshmi in this context and it is heard that they are demanding few cuts and dialogue mutes. 


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Here is the exclusive pic of Kamal Haasan and Pooja Kumar from the much-awaited spy thriller Viswaroopam 2. As declared by the versatile actor in his recent interview, there seems to be a lot of romantic sequences in it and this combination still gives the same impression.

Known for his experiments with physical appearance, Kamal disguises yet again and the make-up he had put on makes him a completely new person. On the other hand, Pooja who was draped in a saree looks gorgeous and this is completely contrast to the western look in Viswaroopam.

Kamal has already assured that Viswaroopam 2 will have all the elements the fans have felt were missing in the first part. The sequel is going to have a war-field sequence, mother-son sentiment and the romantic track between the lead pair. The legendary actor is ensuring that there would be no delay in the release of Viswaroopam 2 as he is taking all the necessary precautions.
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Kolkata, March 11: A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped in the wee hours of Monday in the city's Jadavpur area. Two of the accused have been arrested, police said."Following a complaint of gang-rape we have arrested two persons. The 14-year-old victim was allegedly raped and at least three to four persons are suspected to be involved," Deputy Commissioner (Jadavpur) Sujay Chanda said."A medical test on the victim to ascertain rape will be conducted soon," Chanda said.According to police, the victim, along with another girl, had gone for a bath to a pond in the locality at around 3 a.m. on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. Two young men started teasing the girls. While her companion fled the spot, the victim was forcibly taken by the youths to a building still under construction and raped.The incident comes just two days after West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman and former Supreme Court judge Asok Kumar Ganguly said West Bengal "was not lagging behind Delhi in the number of atrocities on women, and may have (even) surpassed the the national capital (in such crimes)".


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Radio Josh (www.Radiojosh.com) a global online Telugu Radio and website was launched by actress Tapsee on the studio premises at Srinagar Colony Hyderabad. Music director Mani Sharma introduced Radio Josh Mobile Android apps. “It’s indeed a privilege to launch with new technology online radio which entertains people globally in one click. And it will be a lot more interesting to chat live with Radio Jockeys as well as with the fellow listeners”, said Tapsee on the occasion.www.radiojosh.com online Telugu radio network is now on air to reach millions of listeners worldwide by presenting greater breadth and depth of first-class streaming music, talk and audio. Featuring 260+ genres of music for music tastemakers from over 150 countries, to convey in short, www.radiojosh.com is brought available by real people with a deep passion for music. “Radio josh is the universal leader in delivering “joshful” music and Internet radio. Our aim is to bring together radio lovers and listeners at one place through Radio josh. www.radiojosh.com is quite accessible radio as it can be tuned through websites, mobile devices (IOS, Android Apps, Blackberry and Nokia), home entertainment centers, connected desktop products”, Agniputra Varma, CEO & Founder of Radio Josh has said.



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Lakshmi Manchu's Telugu romantic-drama "Gundello Godari", a love story set against the Godavari 1986 floods, has raked in Rs.14.83 crore in its opening weekend worldwide.The film released March 8."The film, which was approximately made on a budget of Rs.45 crore has collected Rs.14.83 crore in its opening weekend all over," trade analyst Trinath told.Starring Aadhi Pinisetty, Lakshmi Manchu, Tapsee Pannu and Sundeep Kishan, the film is directed by debutant Kumar Nagendra. It also features Ravi Babu, Suja Varunee, Jeeva, Annapurna and Mumaith Khan.The film has music by maestro Illayaraja and cinematography by M.R Palanikumar. The Tamil dubbed version of the film titled "Maranthen Mannithen" is slated to release March 23. 


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