Music composer M M Keeravani who scored songs for more than 200 movies had announced his retirement plans much before the commencement of Rajamouli’s epic “Baahubali”.
I will retire on 8th December in 2016, he posted on his Facebook account announcing his retirement plans two years ago. But he has been signing new movies.
He is now working for K Raghavendra Rao and Nagarjuna’s devotional movie “Om Namo Venkateshaya” and Rajamouli’s epic “Baahubali 2”. Two more movies are said to be under the pipeline.
Although none of his movie albums in the recent past except “Baahubali” were impressive, he is still considered as one of the best musicians working in Tollywood. Since “Baahubali 2” and Raghavendra Rao’s movie release in 2017, he has reportedly changed his plan of retirement to the next year. There is also pressure from his fans and filmmakers to drop those plans too and continue composing the music.
He is hoping to win a national award for the background score for “Baahubali 2” as he is giving on bigger and better scale than the first part.
Salman Khan's 'Sultan' which was released recently opened to packed crowds. Due to Ramzan season, 'Sultan' had set the cash registers ringing on the first day. The film collected over 40 crores on the first day turning out to be the biggest hit in 2016 so far.
Now, the focus is shifted to Rajnikanth's 'Kabali'. Compared to Rajni's craze, it may not be a difficult task to surpass the 40 crore on first day. 'Kabali' will be releasing in 5000 screens on July 22ndaccording to the sources. But, Rajni had two disasters under his belt now. The success of 'Kabali' is much needed for him and if the film gets positive talk from the morning shows, then there would be no stopping to 'Kabali' and it may even cross the records of 'Baahubali'.
On the flipside, the confusion over the release date of 'Kabali' has not left. Though insiders say that it will be released on July 22nd, there is no official announcement from the production team yet. We need to wait for few more days to get the official announcement. -
Now, the focus is shifted to Rajnikanth's 'Kabali'. Compared to Rajni's craze, it may not be a difficult task to surpass the 40 crore on first day. 'Kabali' will be releasing in 5000 screens on July 22ndaccording to the sources. But, Rajni had two disasters under his belt now. The success of 'Kabali' is much needed for him and if the film gets positive talk from the morning shows, then there would be no stopping to 'Kabali' and it may even cross the records of 'Baahubali'.
On the flipside, the confusion over the release date of 'Kabali' has not left. Though insiders say that it will be released on July 22nd, there is no official announcement from the production team yet. We need to wait for few more days to get the official announcement. -
The ATA Convention hosted by American Telugu Association [ATA] was marked by breathtaking spectacle drawing record-breaking attendance inundating the sprawling convention center with vibrant Telugu fervor at the silver jubilee festivities held on a grand mega scale showcasing the rich Telugu cultural heritage and its burgeoning Telugu constituency in America at the 3-day ATA Convention held on July 1-3, 2016 at the Rosemont Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.
The Rosemont city wore a colorful Telugu look as unprecedented number of attendees preliminarily estimated at 10,000 thronged the convention center to experience ostentatious showcasing of rich Telugu culture through music, dance, pageantry surpassed only by dazzling fashion shows, contemporary cinematic music and colorful epic dance presentations eclipsed by celebrities, large contingent of political leaders, Telugu icons and eminent personalities overwhelmed only by the presence of Tollywood movie stars.
Convener Chandrasekhar Reddy Palvai praised the unwavering dedication and hardwork of the entire ATA chairs & co-chairs that truly brought such phenomenal results. Convention Director K.K. Reddy characterized it as a magnificent journey of 25 years culminated in such an extraordinary convention and added this as a symbol of triumph of the towering Telugu spirit.
ATA President Sudhakar Perkari lauded the remarkable ATA team work that brought about this splendid outcome. ATA Founder/President Hanumanth Reddy expressed the gleeful joy at the presence of such huge masses of Telugu people under one roof and added is a shining testament to innate culture of unity of Telugu people; while Convention Co-Convener Krishna Mushyam saluted the enthusiastic rallying spirit of Telugu people in such magnitude.
The convention was set in motion with a grand gala banquet on Friday July 1st with Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu inaugurating the 3-day celebrations paying rich accolades to the Telugu culture in their remarks as ecstatic gala attendees rendered prolonged applause. Governor Bruce Rauner issued a proclamation declaring July 2nd and 3rd 2016 as American Telugu Association Day in the state of Illinois. Governor Rauner commended the Telugu community for keeping up the great cultural heritage and added if he gets an opportunity he would love to visit India.
Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in his address inspired the families to stay rooted in Telugu culture while appreciating the other languages and cultures. Venkaiah Naidu stressed on the ripe climate in India ideal for global investments.
With the invocation dance, the gala banquet in its splendor showcased the outstanding success stories of Telugu people in the United States who were applauded for their valuable contribution to the societies both in India and America. Some of the prominent attendees include Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General of India, Democratic Nominee for U.S.Congress Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Prominent MP Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Deputy Telangana Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari, GMR Chairman Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao ATA Benefactors Dr. Prem Reddy and Dr. Paila Malla Reddy joined by a large contingent of MPs and MLAs from A.P and Telangana state represented by all political parties including TRS, YSRCP, TDP and Congress.
On Saturday July 2nd, the ATA Convention set the stage on fire with a huge 100-group dance troupe presenting an epic inaugural dance presentation 'Jyothi Prajwalana' that evoked applause and standing ovation. Key note address by Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu was stirring as he inspired Telugus in America to instill and nurture Telugu language to the succeeding generations. Venkaiah Naidu said that the most successful people in North America are Indians and added half of them are Telugu's. Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti presented Illinois Governor's proclamation to ATA leaders. Rasamayi Balakrshinan Troupe provided an upbeat 'Dhoom Dham' Telangana traditional dance and musical presentation.
Youth forum was inaugurated by ATA founder Hanumanth Reddy, convener Chandrasekhar Reddy Palvai and Director K.K. Reddy. Re-enactment of 'Bahubali' movie with its huge cast held the audience in rapt attention. TV hosted event 'SYEATA' had youth performing colorful cultural and western presentations. Kuchipudi dance by Padmaja Reddy displayed wide swath of emotions. Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Telangana Member of Parliament applauded the sense of unity of Telugu people showcased at the convention.
Iftekhar Shareef, Reception Chair introduced Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Telangana MP and the Telangana MPs and MLAs giving an eloquent summation of their role in continuously steering the newly-formed 29th Indian state towards the trajectory of success. The vendor's booths were crowded by shoppers.
On Sunday July 3rd, the convention drew wall-to-wall crowds to witness the spectacular fashion show, contemporary dance presentations and grand musical show presented by Mani Sharma and group that send the crowds ecstatic at every song belted out. In the afternoon, heated debates with political leaders participated by TRS, YSRCP, TDP & Congress party reached a fierce pitch battle between the party leaders held by Chalma Reddy and moderated by renowned TV host Venkata Krishna and managed by Vikram Kattamreddy.
Some of the politicians participated in the Political Forum include Telangana Dy CM Kadiam Srihari, L. Ramana, Pedireddy Ramachandra Reddy,Jithender Reddy, Madhu Yashki, Keshav Rao, Roja, Ambati Rambabu, Srikanth Reddy, Malla Reddy and others.
The evening segment began with youth-centric dance and musical presentations. ATA felicitated their past presidents, its board and trustees. Chandrasekhar Reddy lauded the undying commitment of over 60 committees; while K.K.Reddy expressed jubilation having such a fine contingent of committed teams.
Some of the Tollywood movie actors attended the convention include Actors Kajol Agarwal, Jagapathi Babu, Nani Babu Ghanta, Rashi Khana, Bhanu Sree,Lavanya Tripathi, Rashmi Gautam, Jyothi, Ramya Sree, Neeliya, Rachna Mourya.
Some of the prominent political elected leaders who attended include Ganta Srinivas Rao, Nayani Narasimha Reddy, Dr. Venugopala Chary, Ambati Rambabu, Roja, Jatinder Reddy.
The Youth committee organized Lake Michigan dinner cruise for youth 16 and above and 200 Youth participated. The business forum included workshops by CEO's and Entrepreneurs who presented workshops about doing business in India and the US. The Women's Forum workshops were designed to empower and motivate women. Health and wellness seminars focused on preventive health screening and medical advice from leading medical experts, Matrimonial services were provided to parents of prospective brides and grooms.
Seminars for Senior Citizens were organized to educate seniors about Government benefits, health Insurance options and navigation and dealing with the loss of a partner as they grow older in America. Yoga and meditation sessions were conducted throughout the day and many attendees took advantage learning and practicing these relaxation techniques. Vendor's booths carried mouth-watering Telugu delicacies, jewelry, fashion apparels and accessories and real estate companies promoted their housing projects in India. Convention attendees were treated a great shopping experience and were able to support participating vendors. Painstaking efforts were made to serve authentic native Telugu cuisine for record number of guests.
The leaders of the American Telugu Association and the Convention team received glowing accolades for their remarkable dedication in securing runaway success of the silver jubilee convention.
Some of the notable frontline ATA leaders include Founder Hanumanth Reddy, ATA President Sudhakar Perkari, Chandrasekhar Reddy Palvai, Convener, Krishna K.Reddy, Director, Krishna Mushyam, Co-Convener joined by eminent ATA benefactors Dr. Prem Reddy, Dr. Pailla Malla Reddy and the host of ATA leadership team President-elect Karunakar Assireddy, Madhu Bommineni, Soumya Kondapalli, Vinod Koduru, Suresh Jilla and a host of chairs and co-chairs formulating a massive convention team aided by several other ATA team members including Iftekhar Shareef, Ramana Abbaraju, Dr. Meher Medavaram, Radakrishna Reddy, Jagan Bukkaraju, Ramesh Garapty, Keerthi Ravoori, Chalma Reddy Bandaru, Harish Kolasani,Sreenivas Voruganti, Mall Reddy, Venkat Thudi, Maheedhar Muskula, Krishna Rangaraju, Ramesh Poola, Vijay Reddy Yanala,Chandini Duvvuri, Sudhir Velpula, Krian Pasham, Jayanth Reddy, Ravi Tokala, Sujatha Appalneni, Bhanu Swargam, Govind Vundru, Ramraj Avudutha, Karunkar Dodama Reddy, Sainath Reddy, Hari Lingala and Jayadev Mettupali.
The convention drew to a grand conclusion with high decibel musical concert rendered by well-known Tollywood music director Mani Sharma along with a team of singers and musicians belting out exciting tunes until the wee hours past midnight which served as a grand finale to a memorable Telugu convention.
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The Rosemont city wore a colorful Telugu look as unprecedented number of attendees preliminarily estimated at 10,000 thronged the convention center to experience ostentatious showcasing of rich Telugu culture through music, dance, pageantry surpassed only by dazzling fashion shows, contemporary cinematic music and colorful epic dance presentations eclipsed by celebrities, large contingent of political leaders, Telugu icons and eminent personalities overwhelmed only by the presence of Tollywood movie stars.
Convener Chandrasekhar Reddy Palvai praised the unwavering dedication and hardwork of the entire ATA chairs & co-chairs that truly brought such phenomenal results. Convention Director K.K. Reddy characterized it as a magnificent journey of 25 years culminated in such an extraordinary convention and added this as a symbol of triumph of the towering Telugu spirit.
ATA President Sudhakar Perkari lauded the remarkable ATA team work that brought about this splendid outcome. ATA Founder/President Hanumanth Reddy expressed the gleeful joy at the presence of such huge masses of Telugu people under one roof and added is a shining testament to innate culture of unity of Telugu people; while Convention Co-Convener Krishna Mushyam saluted the enthusiastic rallying spirit of Telugu people in such magnitude.
The convention was set in motion with a grand gala banquet on Friday July 1st with Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu inaugurating the 3-day celebrations paying rich accolades to the Telugu culture in their remarks as ecstatic gala attendees rendered prolonged applause. Governor Bruce Rauner issued a proclamation declaring July 2nd and 3rd 2016 as American Telugu Association Day in the state of Illinois. Governor Rauner commended the Telugu community for keeping up the great cultural heritage and added if he gets an opportunity he would love to visit India.
Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in his address inspired the families to stay rooted in Telugu culture while appreciating the other languages and cultures. Venkaiah Naidu stressed on the ripe climate in India ideal for global investments.
With the invocation dance, the gala banquet in its splendor showcased the outstanding success stories of Telugu people in the United States who were applauded for their valuable contribution to the societies both in India and America. Some of the prominent attendees include Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Consul General of India, Democratic Nominee for U.S.Congress Raja Krishnamoorthi, and Prominent MP Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Deputy Telangana Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari, GMR Chairman Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao ATA Benefactors Dr. Prem Reddy and Dr. Paila Malla Reddy joined by a large contingent of MPs and MLAs from A.P and Telangana state represented by all political parties including TRS, YSRCP, TDP and Congress.
On Saturday July 2nd, the ATA Convention set the stage on fire with a huge 100-group dance troupe presenting an epic inaugural dance presentation 'Jyothi Prajwalana' that evoked applause and standing ovation. Key note address by Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu was stirring as he inspired Telugus in America to instill and nurture Telugu language to the succeeding generations. Venkaiah Naidu said that the most successful people in North America are Indians and added half of them are Telugu's. Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti presented Illinois Governor's proclamation to ATA leaders. Rasamayi Balakrshinan Troupe provided an upbeat 'Dhoom Dham' Telangana traditional dance and musical presentation.
Youth forum was inaugurated by ATA founder Hanumanth Reddy, convener Chandrasekhar Reddy Palvai and Director K.K. Reddy. Re-enactment of 'Bahubali' movie with its huge cast held the audience in rapt attention. TV hosted event 'SYEATA' had youth performing colorful cultural and western presentations. Kuchipudi dance by Padmaja Reddy displayed wide swath of emotions. Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Telangana Member of Parliament applauded the sense of unity of Telugu people showcased at the convention.
Iftekhar Shareef, Reception Chair introduced Kavitha Kalvakuntla, Telangana MP and the Telangana MPs and MLAs giving an eloquent summation of their role in continuously steering the newly-formed 29th Indian state towards the trajectory of success. The vendor's booths were crowded by shoppers.
On Sunday July 3rd, the convention drew wall-to-wall crowds to witness the spectacular fashion show, contemporary dance presentations and grand musical show presented by Mani Sharma and group that send the crowds ecstatic at every song belted out. In the afternoon, heated debates with political leaders participated by TRS, YSRCP, TDP & Congress party reached a fierce pitch battle between the party leaders held by Chalma Reddy and moderated by renowned TV host Venkata Krishna and managed by Vikram Kattamreddy.
Some of the politicians participated in the Political Forum include Telangana Dy CM Kadiam Srihari, L. Ramana, Pedireddy Ramachandra Reddy,Jithender Reddy, Madhu Yashki, Keshav Rao, Roja, Ambati Rambabu, Srikanth Reddy, Malla Reddy and others.
The evening segment began with youth-centric dance and musical presentations. ATA felicitated their past presidents, its board and trustees. Chandrasekhar Reddy lauded the undying commitment of over 60 committees; while K.K.Reddy expressed jubilation having such a fine contingent of committed teams.
Some of the Tollywood movie actors attended the convention include Actors Kajol Agarwal, Jagapathi Babu, Nani Babu Ghanta, Rashi Khana, Bhanu Sree,Lavanya Tripathi, Rashmi Gautam, Jyothi, Ramya Sree, Neeliya, Rachna Mourya.
Some of the prominent political elected leaders who attended include Ganta Srinivas Rao, Nayani Narasimha Reddy, Dr. Venugopala Chary, Ambati Rambabu, Roja, Jatinder Reddy.
The Youth committee organized Lake Michigan dinner cruise for youth 16 and above and 200 Youth participated. The business forum included workshops by CEO's and Entrepreneurs who presented workshops about doing business in India and the US. The Women's Forum workshops were designed to empower and motivate women. Health and wellness seminars focused on preventive health screening and medical advice from leading medical experts, Matrimonial services were provided to parents of prospective brides and grooms.
Seminars for Senior Citizens were organized to educate seniors about Government benefits, health Insurance options and navigation and dealing with the loss of a partner as they grow older in America. Yoga and meditation sessions were conducted throughout the day and many attendees took advantage learning and practicing these relaxation techniques. Vendor's booths carried mouth-watering Telugu delicacies, jewelry, fashion apparels and accessories and real estate companies promoted their housing projects in India. Convention attendees were treated a great shopping experience and were able to support participating vendors. Painstaking efforts were made to serve authentic native Telugu cuisine for record number of guests.
The leaders of the American Telugu Association and the Convention team received glowing accolades for their remarkable dedication in securing runaway success of the silver jubilee convention.
Some of the notable frontline ATA leaders include Founder Hanumanth Reddy, ATA President Sudhakar Perkari, Chandrasekhar Reddy Palvai, Convener, Krishna K.Reddy, Director, Krishna Mushyam, Co-Convener joined by eminent ATA benefactors Dr. Prem Reddy, Dr. Pailla Malla Reddy and the host of ATA leadership team President-elect Karunakar Assireddy, Madhu Bommineni, Soumya Kondapalli, Vinod Koduru, Suresh Jilla and a host of chairs and co-chairs formulating a massive convention team aided by several other ATA team members including Iftekhar Shareef, Ramana Abbaraju, Dr. Meher Medavaram, Radakrishna Reddy, Jagan Bukkaraju, Ramesh Garapty, Keerthi Ravoori, Chalma Reddy Bandaru, Harish Kolasani,Sreenivas Voruganti, Mall Reddy, Venkat Thudi, Maheedhar Muskula, Krishna Rangaraju, Ramesh Poola, Vijay Reddy Yanala,Chandini Duvvuri, Sudhir Velpula, Krian Pasham, Jayanth Reddy, Ravi Tokala, Sujatha Appalneni, Bhanu Swargam, Govind Vundru, Ramraj Avudutha, Karunkar Dodama Reddy, Sainath Reddy, Hari Lingala and Jayadev Mettupali.
The convention drew to a grand conclusion with high decibel musical concert rendered by well-known Tollywood music director Mani Sharma along with a team of singers and musicians belting out exciting tunes until the wee hours past midnight which served as a grand finale to a memorable Telugu convention.
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Kangana Ranaut – The name needs no introduction. A-lister Kangana Ranaut has emerged over the years as one of the most sought-after actresses in Bollywood.
She is arguably the best actress in India at the moment.
Only a Kangana can pull off a character like Rani Mehra (Queen) and also look sultry hot like in the picture above.
The biggest advantage of being a successful writer first is you have a perfect idea on where to pitch the story, where to land it? More than story, Koratala Siva learnt many scripting lessons by working under star directors. All this experience is coming in very handy in his new innings as a director. The simple drawback or say the clever knack in Koratala is he caught Telugu audience mass pulse very firmly.
‘Mirchi’ hasn’t got any brand new story. It was the screenplay and treatment wherein presenting Prabhas in stylish best has done the magic. ‘Srimanthudu’ is also a tested storyline. However, the blending of commercial elements on Super Star like Mahesh Babu is real reason which landed the movie into an industry hit spot. As a writer, Koratala’s pen showed the sparks in both but his directorial abilities magnified more.
Coming to ‘Janatha Garage’ teaser released couple of days back Koratala is back to what he is a master at. There’s nothing great in teaser. Again, it’s the magnanimity in seeing Junior NTR and Mohan Lal together on screen for the first time left a deep impact. Dialogues from Tarak underlined the basic theme which appeared to be run-of-the-mill. The inference is transparent. The writer in Koratala is half active while the director in him is enchanting.
Comedian Shakalaka Shankar is now getting not many offers. Till few months ago, he was one of the busiest comedians and tried hard to adjust his call sheets. Now the bright days have run out for him. He is now seen occasionally, not in every release.
Shakalaka Shankar's rude behaviour with technicians and unit members has cost him dearly. The other major reason is that Pawan Kalyan beating him for his beahviour on the sets of "Sardaar Gabbar Singh". When Shakalaka Shankar belittled the movie's director and other unit members, Pawan bashed him up in front of everyone on the sets.
This news went like a wildfire and was widely reported by media. After this incident, the industry's producers and directors are reportedly not approaching him much. Only few are offering him the chances.
Although Pawan Kalyan forgot this incident, the industry is not forgetting.
85 years of Tollywood's history witnessed great master pieces of various Genres. The audience of current generation are badly missing the films of various Genres which offered abundant entertainment to the audiences of old generations. Check out the following Genres which are being missed by present day audience.
MYTHOLOGICAL FILMS: Hundreds of mythological films were made between 1930s and 70s. Mythologies have got no place for the past four decades. 1977's 'Danaveerasoorakarna' was the last big hit of Tollywood. Post DVS Karna, even NTR also could not get a mythological hit. The new generations showed not much interest on mythological entertainers.
HISTORICAL ENTERTAINERS: Comparing with other Genres, historical entertainers have less success ratio. Even then, Gunasekhar's 'Rudhramadevi' got above average result. 'Gauthamiputra Satakarni' is the only historical entertainer which is under production now.
FOLKLORE ENTERTAINERS: Folklore entertainers can broadly be divided into two types. They are political folklore films (Baahubali) and folklore films with magic and sorcery content in them. Scarcely, do we see second variety of films these days.
JAMES BOND (GOODHACHARI) FILMS: TFI has got interesting James Bond films like Goodhachari 116, Rahasya Goodhachari, James Bond 777, Goodhachari No.1 etc. Of late no James Bond films are being made.
COWBOY FILMS: Krishna's Mosagallaku Mosagadu was the best of all cowboy films of TFI. Megastar Chiranjeevi's 'Kodamasimham' was the last cowboy hit of TFI. Prince Mahesh' 'Takkari Donga' could not live upto the expectations. Gopichand's 'Saahasam' was well made and critically acclaimed.
DEVOTIONAL ENTERTAINERS: Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu got remarkable victories while Shirdi Sai film was not received well by audience. Nagarjuna is the only hero, who prefers devotional films. He essays Hathiram Baba in upcoming 'Om Namo Venkatesaya'.
K VISWANADH'S MARK OF TRADITIONAL DANCE AND MUSIC BASED FILMS:Unfortunately, Telugu filmmakers forgot this excellent genre of films.
JANDHYALA MARK OF COMEDIES: How about every character in a movie has a mannerism and signature style of expression or dialogue? Every Jandhyala's movie was made with actors having strange characters to generate laughs. Filmmakers, now, have no such great taste of making films.
BALACHANDER'S MARK OF TRAGEDIES: Sorry! no takers and no audience at the moment wish to watch such heavy subjects.
MOVIES WITH DOUBLE MEANING CONTENT: During 80s, a star hero used to act such movies. The movies consisted of provocative characters like 'Pulusu' to utter double meaning dialogues. No one wishes to make such B grade films and no audience wants to watch such films with family.
Leading English daily 'Times of India's article on TDP's corruption for Krishna Pushkaralu is embarrassing the people of AP. According to the newspaper's report, the TDP is intentionally delaying bidding for tenders for the works to be done in connection with pushkaralu.
The MPs and MLAs are allegedly delaying tenders to sanction the pushkara funds to their near and dear through nominations basis so that they would get their percentage from the funds allotted by the government.
It is being said that the government has allocated Rs.1080 crores of funds for Krishna Pushkaralu. However, due to the delay in inviting tenders, the budget may get doubled so that more corruption is done. As many as 3 ministers, 6 MLAs and an MP have been indulged inKrishna Pushkaralu scam, as per the report of the 'Times of India'.
Tamil director Muthaiah has scared the Telugu audiences with his recently dubbed film – Rayudu. It was a dubbed version of Tamil film Marudu starring Vishal as hero.
This dubbed Tamil film has almost terrified the Telugu audiences as it was too raw for them, though it appeared closer to reality. Marudhu might have appealed to the Tamil audience, but their Telugu counterparts did not relish the dubbed version for the simple reason that it had Tamil rural background and the artistes were completely new faces who had no connections with the Telugu film industry.
Now, Muthaiah is coming out with yet another film, this time with Suriya, who had a tremendous following in Telugu film industry.
Suriya is keen on doing the film with Muthaiah, soon after the completion of his ongoing projects. Ironically, this film, too, is based on the story with a Tamil rural background and Suriya is going to play a typical rural youth character.
This sounds similar to Rayudu for the Telugu audiences. It remains to be seen how they receive Muthaiah’s film with Suriya as hero.
Dharamsala: A man booked an entire show of a cinema hall for the screening of Salman Khan starrer "Sultan" to please his wife in Hamirpur city of Himachal Pradesh.
Shankar Musafir booked the show for his wife Geetanjali, who is a Salman Khan fan, in Gurkul mall a day before the movie's release.
"We thought Musafir, who got the booking confirmed from me, will come with 120 persons," Amit Thakur MD of the mall said.
"But we were surprised to find that he came only with his wife," he said.
Musafir married Geetanjali in April in 2015. (PTI)
The scene of late 90's will be repeated at Tollywood box-office again. In the 90's top four heroes - Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Nagarjuna and Venkatesh - used to compete with each other movies during festival time. Same scene will be happening during January 2017.
Megastar Chiranjeevi's "Katthilantodu" is all set to release on 12th January 2017. The movie's production team told GreatAndhra.com that there won't be any delay in the shoot schedules and it will hit the screens without fail for the Sankranthi. Although no heroine has been finalized yet, the production team confirms that entire shooting schedules will be completed by this December.
On the other hand, director Krish is working overtime to complete Balakrishna's 100th movie "Gauthamiputra Satakarni" by November end. Although this is huge graphical movie, the works of CG and editing are being done simultaneously with the shoot. So "Gauthamiputra Satakarni" is also confirmed for Jan 12, 2017 release.
The surprise addition to this Sankranthi race is Nagarjuna's movie "Om Namo Venkateshaya". This devotional film was recently launched by director K Raghavendra Rao and the veteran director is known for completing any movie within just four to five months. So Nagarjuna is particular to release the movie on Sankranthi festival.
Hence we will see the scenario of Balakrishna versus Chiranjeevi versus Nagarjuna in January 2017.
By selling Panipuri, Manchu Vishnu earned nearly ₹ 75,000 other day and he will be giving that in the show along with the amount that will be sponsored by Memu Saitham makers as well. At the same time, Vishnu got moved by the plight of a journalist named Durga Goud who is not earning single penny after getting attacked by paralysis. A moved vishnu pledged to give 22 lakhs for the education of their children.
"I'll be single next year as well. No marriage (for me) (next year)," Samantha replied when a news person asked her about marriage plan.
Though Brahmotsavam turned out to be a dud, Samantha managed to cope up with A..Aa which set the cash registers ringing at the BO. As she is all set for her next Janatha Garage with NTR, Sam hasn't signed any films adding fuel to the speculations that she is taking a break.
Now that Sam stated openly, it needs to be seen whether it puts any stop to ongoing speculations on her wedding. On other hand, Chaitu too is tight-lipped on the buzzing topic. -
An interesting talk is doing rounds in Film Nagar at the moment about heroine of Megastar Chiranjeevi's comeback movie. For this mighty 150th flick, the search is one from a time but no heroine is finalised till date.
After the likes of Anushka and Nayantara's name considered, finally Megastar and his director VV Vinayak are said to be eyeing on Bollywood beauties. The names of Nargis Fhakri and Jacqueline Fernandez are being heard, and here is the shocker. Reports have that Jacqueline asked the makers a whopping 5 crores to start in her first Telugu movie.
Generally Tollywood stops paying more than 1.5 crores and sometimes 2 crores but not more than that for a heroine.
After the likes of Anushka and Nayantara's name considered, finally Megastar and his director VV Vinayak are said to be eyeing on Bollywood beauties. The names of Nargis Fhakri and Jacqueline Fernandez are being heard, and here is the shocker. Reports have that Jacqueline asked the makers a whopping 5 crores to start in her first Telugu movie.
Generally Tollywood stops paying more than 1.5 crores and sometimes 2 crores but not more than that for a heroine.
These days, young heroes started to choose commercial scripts with peculiar characters. Last year we saw Nani as a person who forgets everything in 'Bhale Bhale Mogadivoy'. Even Kollywood hero Vishal acted as a guy who falls asleep for any small emotion in 'Indrudu'. Apart from these, young heroes started accepting different concepts. We saw Nani in grey shades in 'Gentleman', VarunTej too dared to act in an unusual film like 'Kanche'.
Tollywood usually get criticized for its stereotypical films but young heroes are proving this wrong by attempting something new. A good step indeed in Tollywood. - See more at: http://www.gulte.com/movienews/50389/Young-Heroes-Trying-Different#sthash.ucA7eSq2.dpuf
Here's a rare and special photo moment of Power Star Pawan Kalyan captured by his close friend and producer Sharrat Marar at Pawan's farmhouse recently. Sharrat tweeted the photograph saying, "Went to the farm to discuss film only to find our 'Gopala' in the midst of nature with cows all around.#PawanKalyan".
No wonder, with lush greenery and the cows around, the Gopala Gopala star looks like a modern day Gopala indeed. Meanwhile, the script work for Pawan's film with Dolly in Sharrat Marar's production is going on at a brisk pace and the regular shooting will begin in August -
No wonder, with lush greenery and the cows around, the Gopala Gopala star looks like a modern day Gopala indeed. Meanwhile, the script work for Pawan's film with Dolly in Sharrat Marar's production is going on at a brisk pace and the regular shooting will begin in August -
Anchor Rashmi is currently in the news for her latest release "Antham" movie, which she is not even promoting. It is being said that she's not coming up for promotions as she demanded extra money to do that.
Talking about the same, Rashmi condemned the same, saying, "The director is actually misleading about the film by showing sexy visuals of mine. As they are promoting the movie in a wrong way I felt that I should not promote it". Well, the makers are actually banking on the sexy factor of Rashmi to get the release, and that has hurt our lady it appears.
As the film is releasing in 300+ theatres, we have to see how Rashmi factor works.
Talking about the same, Rashmi condemned the same, saying, "The director is actually misleading about the film by showing sexy visuals of mine. As they are promoting the movie in a wrong way I felt that I should not promote it". Well, the makers are actually banking on the sexy factor of Rashmi to get the release, and that has hurt our lady it appears.
As the film is releasing in 300+ theatres, we have to see how Rashmi factor works.
In the statement given to police at the Hospital where he was treated for slitting the throat, Ram Kumar told he killed Swathi in a fit of anger as she rejected his love proposal and even insulted him by comparing to a monkey.
However, Ram Kumar changed his version in the court. He claimed to be innocent and have no connection what-so-ever with the murder of the Techie.
Netizens believe Ram Kumar's life style and behaviour is similar to the roles of Dhanush in most of his movies. Even the World famous 'Kolaveri Di' song is about the love proposal & break-up between a black-skinned boy and woman with fair complexion. No one would deny that Cinema is a powerful medium which can have a huge impact on the common man.
Anushka Sharma has changed the perception of people that Actresses can't reprise the role of Wrestler with 'Sultan'. She got into the skin of the character, did stunts with ease and performed brilliantly in emotional scenes.
The 'Band Baaja Baaraat' Actress earned the image of most bankable an fearless actress with her role as Lady Wrestler. After 'NH10', This is one film she could feel proud off.
With 'Sultan', Anushka claims the record of only Top Heroine to romance all the three Khans of Bollywood. She has done 'Rab Ne Banadi Jodi' with SRK, 'PK' with Aamir and 'Sultan' with Sallu. Notably, All of these films were big hits.
Undoubtedly, This is the golden era of Bollywood. Heroes & Heroines aren't hesitating to go to any extent for breathing life into the character they play. Can Filmmakers ask for anything more?
The 'Band Baaja Baaraat' Actress earned the image of most bankable an fearless actress with her role as Lady Wrestler. After 'NH10', This is one film she could feel proud off.
With 'Sultan', Anushka claims the record of only Top Heroine to romance all the three Khans of Bollywood. She has done 'Rab Ne Banadi Jodi' with SRK, 'PK' with Aamir and 'Sultan' with Sallu. Notably, All of these films were big hits.
Undoubtedly, This is the golden era of Bollywood. Heroes & Heroines aren't hesitating to go to any extent for breathing life into the character they play. Can Filmmakers ask for anything more?
Ten years after 'Pokiri' made her a star, the beauty with enviable 'hour-glass figure' is still the apple for our eye. Thanks to Ileana’s photographer boyfriend, she has been making waves on Instagram by posting mind-bogglingly seductive pictures of hers.
Ileana is setting internet on fire with regular updates of her candid clicks and no wonder fans are going gaga over each and every picture that she posts online.
Ileana posted this picture yesterday and wrote “No filters. No photoshop. No bullshit. That's photos by @andrewkneebonephotography,” claiming that it is an extremely natural photo without filters and photoshop used.
It is extremely hard to take eyes off her when she strikes such a seductive pose. The picture has already gone viral that it has got more than 1 lakh likes on Instagram under twenty four hours.
Rashmi Gautham who has made a name for herself in the television field is hoping to reach greater heights in the filmisthan too.
She has set the silver screen on fire with her hot avatar in Guntur Talkies. Rashmi has no qualms over being labeled as the sex bomb. She is in fact repeating her Guntur Talkies kind of show in Antham that is releasing today.
Antham is a romantic thriller directed by GSSP Kalyan. This is the only notable film among this week’s new releases, which means Rashmi’s popularity among the masses should help the film to get decent opening.
Makers of Antham are totally focusing upon Rashmi’s glam doll image to pull crowds to the theaters.
Rashmi played a huge role in the commercial success of Guntur Talkies and she is capable of doing it again if Antham has good dose of Rashmi’s skin show and a decent enough plot. Antham may face the heat of Salman’s Sultan that has already taken the box office by storm.
Curtains to be drawn for 'Balika Vadhu', one of the longest running TV shows, on July 31st this year. It was with this TV Sop, Actress Avika Gor short to fame but she quit it after few years to test her luck in Film Industry.
'Balika Vadhu' was launched in 2008. So far, 8 Years has passed and the Makers decided to end it due to low TRPs. Shooting of last episode might happen on July 22nd.
A source close to the Unit say, 'Balika Vadhu' was already dragged so much and viewers lost interest on it. Attempts made to increase viewership by bring veteran actress Surekha Sikri too failed.
Mahhi Vij and Rusian Mumtaz, who were currently playing female and male leads of 'Balika Vadhu', say they were yet to be informed about the decision. While Mahh Vij who plays Nandini in the show feels lack of promotions affected TRPs as not many were aware that it was aired at early evening time.
'Balika Vadhu' was launched in 2008. So far, 8 Years has passed and the Makers decided to end it due to low TRPs. Shooting of last episode might happen on July 22nd.
A source close to the Unit say, 'Balika Vadhu' was already dragged so much and viewers lost interest on it. Attempts made to increase viewership by bring veteran actress Surekha Sikri too failed.
Mahhi Vij and Rusian Mumtaz, who were currently playing female and male leads of 'Balika Vadhu', say they were yet to be informed about the decision. While Mahh Vij who plays Nandini in the show feels lack of promotions affected TRPs as not many were aware that it was aired at early evening time.
Anushka is one such versatile actress who can do justice for any typical role given to her. Once again, she lapped up an interesting role in her career in King Nagarjuna and Darshakendrudu K Raghavendra Rao's devotional entertainer 'Om Namo Venkatesaaya'.
K Raghavendra Rao had all praises on the acting prowess of the gorgeous actress through his facebook page. However, the director disclosed that Anushka would not be romancing with Nagarjuna in the film. This a bit disappointing news for the common fans of Nagarjuna andAnushka. Even then, Anushka is likely to enthrall the audiences with her mesmerizing performing as Sanyasini in the film.
'Om Namo Venkatesaaya' rolled down recently. Strict rules are being implemented among the cast and crew, who are taking part in the shoot. The cast and crew should work for the movie on bare foot. Dress code is observed. Everyone should say 'Govinda' before communicating with others. Meanwhile, Keeravani provides the music of the film.
Stylish Star Allu Arjun's 'Race Gurram' stood as the blockbuster of the year, 2014 with Rs.60 crores share collections. Saucy seductress Shruti Haasan, who romanced Allu Arjun in the film, became the part of the gigantic success of the film.
According to the grapevine, Shruti Haasan may share screen space with Allu Arjun again for a mass entertainer to be directed by Harish Shankar. Currently talks are going on and the official announcement is awaited from the horse's mouth.
The film's shoot will kick start soon and the movie is scheduled for release next summer. Allu Arjun is at cloud nine with his recent blockbuster 'Sarrainodu. As we reported earlier, the movie collected Rs.75.75 crores including all of its versions.
Hot TV anchor and actress Rashmi Gautham is set to get her luck tested again with her new movie 'Antham' which is hitting the screens this Friday. However, the lead actress has been upset with the director for a valid reason. She said she wouldn't care the movie anymore as the director had deceived her with misleading promotional content of the film.
"When the debutant director asked me complete the film seven days, I accepted the film since I wished the new director to be encouraged. After the shoot was over, the conflict began. They didn't even invite for the first look release," says Rashmi to a leading English daily.
The actress expressed her concern over misleading the audience with a provocative song shot on her. 'What's been shown in the trailers is not even a part of the film," she adds. The hot actress was afraid if the audience would disappoint after watching the film.
Hero Gopichand is presently busy wrapping up an action drama film Oxygen being helmed by Jyothi Krishna. The actor will be joining hands with director Sampath Nandi for his next. It is learnt that, the the director who delivered decent hit with his last movie Bengal Tiger has prepared an action packed story loaded with a strong emotional content for Gopichand.
For this film, the makers are considering mega heroine Catherine Tresa to play lead actress. They approached Catherine with the script, and the actress has given nod to star in it. Nonetheless, further discussions are on. Catherine who is mostly doing Tamil films has done several films opposite mega heroes and she is rumored to appear in a special song in Chiranjeevi’s comeback film.
Meanwhile, Gopichand’s ongoing project Oxygen is nearing completion. Rashi Khanna and Anu Emanuel are female leads in the film produced by S Aishwarya and presented by AM Ratnam. Jagapathi Babu will be seen in a crucial role. Oxygen is likely to release soon.
