Charan is coming on 26 Nov to give you the flavour of Orange

Ram Charan’s latest movie Orange is all set to release on next Friday and that has understandably made this Friday a ‘Dry-day’! As Orange is the most awaited film of the season, people are waiting eagerly to watch it at the earliest possible. Orange has been getting bigger in terms of expectations by the day.

So, many small film producers are not taking the risk to get crushed under Orange. That is the reason why there is no straight Telugu film that is releasing on this Friday. Only Harry Potter 7’s Telugu dubbed version is releasing on 19th November.

Actually, Rakta Charitra 2 was supposed to release on this Friday, but Ram Gopal Varma is not prepared to take a chance by locking horns with Ram Charan’s Orange. If Orange turns out to be a big hit there will be many changes occurred to release dates of the upcoming films too.

Industry people are well aware of what a blockbuster film does to the opponents with classic examples like Magadheera and Robo! Let us see if Orange lives up to the expectations of fans and film fraternity alike.

Jr NTR New Movie

Jr. NTR's new movie was launched formally this morning at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad. Surender is the director of this flick and BVSN Prasad produces it. Tentatively titled Rachcha, this film's regular shoot will start in December.

Tamannah is penciled into do the female lead in this film. Rajamouli and VV Vinayak attended the launch ceremony and did the honors for the muhurat shot.

Kick Shaam (Shyam) is playing a pivotal role in this film. Vakkantham Vamsi who gave the story to NTR, Surender's previous flick Ashok is the story writer for this film too. Koratala Siva provides the dialog. Devi Sri Prasad joins hands with NTR again after giving superb music to the latter's film Adurs.

Racha film is being made on Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra banner. More details about Rachcha will be given soon.

Mahesh is now the Biggest Rascal of the 3 Rascals

3 Idiots of Bollywood are turning out to be 3 Rascals in Telugu and Tamil. It is known news that Shankar is remaking 3 Idiots with Mahesh Babu doing the lead role in Telugu and Vijay stepping into the shoes of Aamir Khan in Tamil. As per the latest buzz, this film is titled as ‘3 Rascals’ in both the languages.

So, Mahesh Babu will be the big Rascal and if sources are to be believed, Sriram of Roja Poolu fame and RB Chowdary’s son Jeeva will play the roles of other 2 Rascals. Ileana is zeroed in to play the female lead whereas Satya Raj will do the role of what Boman Irani did in original.

Except Mahesh Babu, rest of the star cast will also be a part of Tamil 3 Rascals. Despite the rumors about Mahesh Babu’s displeasure about the cast, he is going to join the sets of 3 Rascals from Dec 6. 

Tollywood T20 Teams

Chiru Cheethas- Chiranjeevi (Captain), Ram Charan Teja(Vice captain), Ravi teja, ASllu Arjun, Rana, Akash, Ayyapa Sharma, Raghu, Sachin, Vaibhav, Nitin, Raghavendra, Brahmaji,Siva Balaji, Srihari, Madala Ravi, GV, Vadde Naveen, Sandeep. 

Nag Kings- Nagarjuna(Captain), Vishnu (Vice Captain), Naga Chaitanya, Sumanth, Ram, Nani, Varun sandesh, Uday Kiran, Rajiv Kanakala, Ravi Prakash, Taraka Ratna, Khayyum, Allari ravi, Paruchuri Ravi, Raja Ravindra, Venu, Paramesh, Krishnudu 

Venky warriors- Venkatesh(Captain), Tarun (Vice Captain), Manchu Manoj, Srikanth, Kalyan Ram, Rohit, Adarsh, Kaushik, Naveen reddy, Raja, Aryan Rajsh, Nara Rohith, Nikhil, Sivaji Raja, Allari naresh, Chittram Sreenu, Venkat, Srinivas reddy, Sivaji 



Balaya Lions- Balakrishna (Captain), NTR( Vice captain), Prabhas, Gopichand, Rajshekar, Sushant, Sharwanand, Navadeep, Prabhu, Ravi Sai, Dasari Arun, Sameer, Shashank, Gowtam, Ali, Baladitya, O Kalyan, Kamalkar and Bhupal.  

Veturi Passed Away

Veteran lyricist Sree Veturi Sundararamamurthy (74) passed away due to a cardiac arrest today, May 22, in Care Hospital, Banjara Hills at about 9:30 p.m. He has been sick for a while and had to be moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) two days back. Born in Kollur of Guntur district on January 29, 1936, Sree Veturi entered the film industry as a lyricist with the film O Seetha Katha (1974). Starting withmaanasaveeNaa madhugeetam... from the film Panthulamma (1977), he won the Nandi Award for the Best Lyricist a total of 8 times, with the latest being foruppongelE gOdaavari... from the film Godavari (2006). He won the highly reputed National Award for Best Lyrics once, for raalipOyE puvvaa neeku raagaalendukE...from the film Maathrudevobhava (1993). Interestingly, he won the Manaswini Trust Award the same year for another song in the film - vENuvai vacchaanu bhuvanaaniki...; he won Manaswini Trust Award earlier for the song aakaaSaana sooryuDunDaDu... from the film Sundarakanda (1992).

Sree Veturi Sundararamamurthy ruled the roost almost single-handedly for at least 10-15 years, though he was a contemporary of stalwarts like Dr. C. Narayana Reddy, Acharya Aathreya, and Arudra during that period. Veturi's talent was that he excelled in all kinds of songs - philosophical songs, devotional songs, traditional songs, dance-/music-based songs, contemporary-styled club/pop/disco songs, love songs, "item" numbers, and a lot more genres! Apart from his award-winning songs in several films, his works such as the "kiraataarjuneeyam" in Bhakta Kannappa(1976), his songs in K. Viswanath's films like Sirisirimuuva (1978),Sankarabharanam (1979) and Saagara Sangamam (1984), Prathighatana (1985),Geethanjali (1989), Seetharamaiah Gaari Manavaraalu (1992), and many more films won high critical acclaim. His works for Yamagola (1977) created a rage among mass-oriented audience and similar trends continued for long later. In all genres of songs, he always was a trendsetter! With the death of Rajasri, Sree Veturi became the first choice for major films dubbed from Tamil, including Bombay(1995), Devaraagam (1995), Iddaru (1997), Adbhutam (1999), Sakhi (2000), and many more followed.  Even very recently, his lyrics for Sekhar Kammula's films such as Anand (2004), Godavari (2006), and Leader (2010), and Gunasekhar'sVarudu (2010) won high acclaim. His command over language is unequalled, and he was known to coin several compounded words through his lyrics. Having entered the filmdom in the mid-70s leaving his profession as a journalist, Sree Veturi was seen all over the place by the end of the decade! Even when his seniors, and juniors, in the field retired or took breaks voluntarily or otherwise, Sree Veturi did not take a break until the mid-90s and made a comeback with Choodaalani Undi(1998). His last film that saw an audio release and is yet to release is Mani Rathnam's Villain 2010 (2010). (However, there are more movies, which are in various phases of pre-production and production, for which Sree Veturi has penned at least a few songs each.)

Sree Veturi penned books related to music and literature, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Acharya Nagarjuna University in 2007. A book titled "komma kommakO sannaayi", published by Veturi Sahiti Samiti, was quite popular among film audience and connoiseurs of literature alike, wherein Sree Veturi shared his association with various film personalities and even discussed some of his lyrics! He inspired many people to write lyrics, and even popular lyricist Sreesirivennela Seetharama Shastry considers Sree Veturi as his guru! We at TeluguCinema.Com pay our salutations with tear-filled eyes to the highly intellectual, efficient, and hardworking lyricist the redefined the film lyrics standards within a few years after his advent into the arena!

Merupu Movie Launch

Ram Charan Tej’s latest movie Merupu in the direction of Dharani was launched at Rama Naidu studios on the morning of 30 April. NV Prasad and Paras Jain are jointly producing this movie. Kajal Agarwal plays female lead. Paruchuri brothers pens dialogues. Devi Sri Prasad scores music. PC Sreeram handles cinematography. Thota Tharani is the art director. VT Vijayan is the editor.

Gracing the launch event were Movie Moghul Rama Naidu, Megastar Chiranjeevi, D.Suresh Babu, D.Rana, along with the movie’s heroine Kajal Agarwal. Members of cast and crew were also present

New Rating System for Indian Films

There will be no more mere A or U or U/A certificate for Indian films. India's film rating system is set for a revamp, with the draft Cinematograph Bill, 2010 adding more age-specific categories of certification, in line with international norms.

Under the draft Bill, which could see the light in the next session of Parliament, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is proposing five categories of ratings.

The Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC), better known as the Censor Board, will now be asked to certify films under the U, 12+, 15+, A and S categories. This translates to films meant for unrestricted viewing (U), those unsuitable for children below 12 years (12+), those unsuitable for children below 15 years (15+), and those meant only for adults, or people above 18 years (A). The S rating is for films restricted to certain professions or classes.

Liberal stance towards sex scenes would be practiced. 

Under the current Cinematograph Act, 1952, there are three categories - U, A and U/A, the last of which calls for parental discretion and guidance on whether the film is suitable for children under 12 years. The new draft Bill also acknowledges the importance of women's perspectives on the films to be released and mandates that one-third of the members of the CBFC, as well as the regional advisory boards, must be women.

If the applicant for certification is the producer of the film, the certificate will be deemed to be evidence that he owns the copyright of the film, according to the draft Bill. It also stipulates that the Board must disclose the reasons for its decisions either to refuse certification or to restrict the film under any of the categories except the U rating.

The draft Bill also aims at dealing with the issue of piracy by introducing penalties for those who make duplicate prints or issue unauthorised copies or negatives. The punishment ranges from a fine between Rs.5 lakh and Rs.25 lakh and imprisonment from one to three years.

6 biggies stopped & reported againt Brami

In an attempt to cut down the production costs, Andhra Pradesh Producer’s Council has taken bold step. In an urgent meeting convened today (Apr 22, 2010), the council put break to six big films that are about to begin the shoot from May. Films that are stopped are: Venkatesh’s Nagamalli (remake of Apta Rakshaka), Ram Charan – Dharani’s film, Ram – Surender Reddy’s flick, Sumanth – Colors Swathi movie, Dil Raju – Prabhas and Suresh Babu’s another film.

All these producers have taken the decision collectively. Only after coming conclusion to what steps should be taken to cut down the production costs, these films would begin its shoot.

Brahmanandam reprimanded

Top comedian Brahmandam’s unprofessional attitude is also seriously discussed during the meeting. His cheap and greedy behaviour like ordering ‘parcels of food’ to his entire family from ‘Ohri’s Restaurant’ and handing over the bill to the producers in whichever shoot participates is reprimanded by the producers. They have decided to put an end to his cheap demands. His use of ‘company vehicle’ liberally and putting vehicle conveyance bill to the producers has been the main concern for producers.

Producers have now decided to curtail some of the big pay cheques to other stars too.

Varun Tej debut in filims

A hero of the family would turn Megastar hero. Varun Tej, son of Nagababu is ready to make its debut on the big screen soon.

He trained in drama and dance and is ready to call it “go.” Varun is tall and handsome man seeking knowledgeable and say that he has in him to make it big in tinsel town.

Varun entry is confirmed, but the script and the director’s first film has not yet been completed. Thus, with Cherry and Bunny balance of the screen and Pawan are still active, Varun has found its own place in Tollywood.

Vedam to Hit Screens on May 20th

There was always a question raised as there can be any multi-starrer movies in Tollywood. Yes. VEDAM is the latest flick of Allu Arjun, Manchu Manoj Kumar and Anushka together started the trend of Multi-starrer movies in Telugu Film Industry. The movie is being directed by Radha Krishna Jaagarlamudi who has got appreciations for his big hit 'Gamyam'. And the movie is being produced by Prasad Devineni and shobu Yarlagadda. Director Speaking "The movie is a constant thriller and you will enjoy the characterizations which are very different and unique in its class. Keeravani sir has given seven tremendous songs" he said. The audio will be out soon and the movie is going to hit the screens on 20th of May. Manoj Bajpai, Brahmanandam, Posani Krishna Murali, Sharanya, Lekha Wahington etc are other cast. 

Darling Releasing with 335 Prints

Karunakaran directorial project with Prabhas and Kaajal as leads titled 'Darling' has set to release tomorrow. AlsoShraddha Das and Tamil actor Prabhu are playing the crucial roles. The movie recently received a clean 'U' certificate by impressing the censor board members. Now the latest news to share is that the movie of thistollywood hunk prabhas is going to release with a whopping number of 335 prints. This is the biggest release in Prabhas's career it seems. There are 100 digital prints and 235 celluloid prints for the movie to hit the screens tomorrow. Lets hope best for the Prabhas and Kaajal to bring them all the success. 

Nagarjuna Guest Role in Thakita Thakita

Down Town Films banner is producing a movie titled 'Thakita Thakita'. Sri Hari Nanu is directing the movie. Bharath Thakur is the producer. The film has Nagarjuna, Anushka and Bhumika Chawla playing guest roles. Rest of the main casting is all new faces we introducing to the industry. And the movie is presented by Bhumika Chawla. Director speaking "We are going to do a 10 days shooting schedule in Himalayas. We are shooting a song and some important scenes of the movie. We are making the into a whole some entertainer. Cinematography: K.K.Senthil, Music: BoBo Shashi. 

Sunil Met with an Accident

Ace comedian Sunil was minor injured while acting in a fighting scene for his upcoming film Maryada Ramanna, being directed by SS. Raja Mouli. The shooting was taking place at Ramadugu near Jagitya on Friday. Telangana supporters who got a tip off about their shooting arrived in large numbers and disrupted the shooting. They have forced Sunil and the director Raja Mouli to shout pro Telangana slogans.

Sunil, who feel very much disturbed with their unpredicted entry, couldn’t concentrate on his portion. During a bike a chasing scene, Sunil fell down from his vehicle resulting minor injuries. However, he did not agree to discontinue the shooting. He left the sets only after completing his portion. Later, the unit packed up from the location.

Prabhas’s coming with his 'Darling' on Apr 23

Prabhas’s Darling is all set to hit the screens on these holidays season. The film comes in the hit combination of Prabhas and producer BVSN Prasad of ‘Chatrapathi’, which is biggest hit in Prabhas’s career so far. Known for making classy romantic entertainers, director Karunakaran is presenting Prabhas in a lovable character. Kajal is the heroine. The film has wrapped up its shooting part. “It is a feel good entertainer. I am glad that I worked with Karunkaran as he is one of my favorite directors and liked his Toliprema and Ullasnga Utsahnga immensely. Audiences would also feel fresh with this film,” Prabhas said.

Producer informed the media that he is planning to release it on April 23 on grand manner. Music is provided by G V Prakash and Tamil actor Prabhu plays another important role. 

Gautham’s 'Varevva' launched

Top comedian Brahmanandam’s son Gautham is acting in his second film, Varevva.This new film was launched at a low key pooja ceremony held at Temple Complex in Film Nagar in Hyderabad. Veteran director Dasari Narayana Rao was the chief guest. New heroine Sambhavi is cast opposite Gautham. Produced by Maheshwara Rao, it introduces Kalyan Mantena as director.
“We are commencing regular shoot from May 3rd and planning to wrap it by September. Plans are on to release it on October 8th,” producer said.

Jr NTR Engagement

NTR is engaged to Praneeta, daughter of Narne Estates proprietor Srinivasa Rao, today (April 1, 2010) in traditional ceremony held at Praneeta’s house in Hyderabad. The betrothal ceremony took place early in the morning. Only Nandamuri family members were invited for the ceremony while from Tollywood, directors Rajamouli’s family, V V Vinayak family, Meher Ramesh, music director Keeravani’s family, and produce Ashwini Dutt’s family attended.

Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Balakrishna and other cine and political celebrities also attended and blessed the would-be-couple. Wedding takes place on Nov 18th in Hyderabad.

Pawan Kalyan New Film Launch

Pawan Kalyan’s latest movie in the direction of Jayant C Paranji was launched at a grand function organized in Taj Krishna Hotel, Hyderabad on the morning of 29 March. Botsa Jhansi sounded the clapboard and owners of Goa Gutka switched on the camera.
Trivikram pens dialogues. Mani Sharma composes music and Binod Pradhan handles cinematography. Ganesh produces it and Bade Ravi presents it.
Speaking on the occasion actor turned producer Ganesh said, “It is a dream come true for me. For the past two years, I had been waiting for a film with Pawan Kalyan to happen. It got materialized today. It will be the costliest and most expensive film in the career of Pawan Kalyan. There is no control over budget. I am sure of delivering a blockbuster.”
Jayant C Paranji said, “This movie is a remake of Hindi flick Love Aaj Kal. We have taken the main theme and wrote the scenes afresh. Trivikram worked for the script. Pawan Kalyan is a sensitive human being in real life. You will see such a character on the screen in this movie. I was to work with Pawan Kalyan during Bavagaru Bagunnara days. It didn’t materialize. I had to wait for 12 years for this combination to happen. This is one of my happiest days in my life.”

Badrinath Launch

Allu Arjun’s next movie Badrinadh in the direction of VV Vinayak was launched today in Hyderabad. Tamanna plays female lead. This is the production number 30 on Geeta Arts banner. Allu Arvibd produces it and Tagore Madhu is the executive producer. MM Keeravani composes music. Peter Hynes choreographs fights. S Ravi Varman is the cinematographer. Anand Sai is the art director. Chinni Krishna is the story writer.

Orange in Australia

A few scenes of Ramcharan Tej's Orange have been shot last week on the banks of Yarra (Southbank, Victoria, Australia) near the Crown Casino. There were cameras and the Indian cast everywhere and of course, no shortage of onlookers. The unit hopes to stay for a long time and ofcourse let's hope to some mending of relationship between the Victorians and Indians.
Orange is being produced by Nagababu and directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar.

Allu Arjun as Varudu on March 31

Stylish Star Allu Arjun and Director Gunashekar, Producer D.V.V. Daanayya Combo "Varudu" Is going to hit the screens on March 31st.  A Debutent actress is Going to opposite Stylish Star,identity and other details of the new face playing the heroine are kept under wraps. And popular Tamil hero Aryaplaying the villain Role.

Producer D.V.V Daanayya is Producing this Film under the banner of Universal Media and SuhasiniMani Rathnam, Naresh, Asish Vidyarthi, Sayaji Shinde, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Ahuti Prasad, Brahmanandam are in the cast. Story, ScreenPlay, Director: Gunashekar Music: Manisharma

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Walt Disney backs Siddardh - Sruthi film

International production house Walt Disney has lent their support to a Telugu film starring Siddardh and Sruthi Haasan. Directed by Prakash Rao, son of legendary K Raghavendra Rao, the fantasy flick is currently under progress in Hyderabad. Top director S S Rajamouli guides Prakash Rao in this project. Disney is providing all the technical support for it as it requires huge portion of CG work. It is fantasy adventure film is set in the fictitious land of Sangarashtra. The story focuses on the journey of a nine-year-old girl (Hrishitha) with special healing powers and her quest to save Sangarashtra from the tyranny of an evil Queen, played by Lakshmi Prasanna Manchu. She's the villain in the film, while Siddharth plays a blind swordsman who protects the little girl. Shruti plays a gypsy.

Gautham is Back

Top comedian Brahmanandam’s son Gautham is testing his luck as hero again. He made debut as lead actor in Suchitra directed Pallakilo Pellikuturu but he could not taste the success. After lying low for three years, he returns with complete makeover. A debutant director Kalyan Mantena is directing him in a romantic action entertainer. New producer Maheshwara Rao produces it while Mahesh Shankar scores the music. Regular shoot commences from April 1st. 

Samantha will appears in NTR film

Samantha, the young beauty who is a model turned actress, is all set to make her debut inTollywood with the movie “ Yeme Maya Chesave”. This movie will feature Yuvasamrat Nagarjuna’s own blood Naga Chaitanya in lead and is directed by south Indian versatile director Gautham menon. This movie is also made in Tamil by the same director with Tamil actor Simbhu and actress Trisha, in lead. Both the films are said to release on February 26th, 2010. Actress Samantha, who was born on April 28th, 1987 pursued a modeling course and then entered the acting field. She will make her debut in acting field with Telugu film ‘YMC’ opposite to Nagachaitanya. Meanwhile, according to latest confirmed reports, Samantha has signed a project of producer Dil Raju which happens to be “Brindhavanam”. Young tiger Junior NTR is playing the lead in this film and actress Kajal will be seen in the same project as the female lead. Petite beauty Samantha will don the role of a second female beauty and will just appear in few scenes in this film.

List of 82 nd Academy award winners

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker".

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock “The Blind Side”.

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"

Best Foreign Language Film: “The Secret in their eyes” (Argentinean film)

Best Film Editing: 'The Hurt Locker”.

Best Documentary Feature: “ The Cove”

Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”

Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino “‘Up”.

Best Cinematography: Mauro Fiore “Avatar” .

Best Sound Mixing: Ray Beckett and Ottosson “The Hurt Locker”

Best Sound Editing: 'The Hurt Locker”

Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell “The Young Victoria”.

Best Art Direction: “Avatar”.

Best Supporting actress: Mo’Nique ‘Precious”.

Best Adapted Screenplay : “Precious”

Best Makeup: “Star Trek”

Best Short Film: Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson 'The New Tenants' (

Best short Documentry Film: 'Music by Prudence'.

Best Animated Film: Up - Pete Doctor

Best Supporting Actor : Christoph Waltz -'Inglourious Basterds'

Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal - 'The Hurt Locker

Best Original Song: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - 'The Weary Kind'

Magadheera Songs HQ

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Magadheera Song 6

Sree Vaas who delivered hit with Gopichand’s Lakshyam is currently directing Rama Rama Krishna Krishna with Ram as hero. Produced by Dil Raju, the film is nearing its completion. Buzz is that Sree Vaas has recently narrated a storyline to Balakrishna and the star is reportedly impressed with it and okayed the project immediately. If everything goes well, this film might go to the sets from this summer. Krishna Prasad who recently produced Mitrudu with Balakrishna would be producing it. 

On the other hand, Balakrishna's current movie, Simha, is in the last leg of production and is slated for April release. 

Padmanabham Passed Away

Only days after Telugu Cinema world is bereaved of Sree Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, another veteran Sree B. Padmanabham (78) passed away today in Chennai due to cardiac arrest.

Born on August 20, 1931 at Simhadripuram of Kadapa district to Basavaraju Venkata Seshaiah and Santhamma, Sree Padmanabham stepped into Telugu film industry in 1943 with the film Krishna Prema. His presence was noted in the films Mayalokam(1945), Radhika (1947), Shavukaru (1950), and Pathala Bhairavi Devatha (1965). His banner, which also had his colleague as theater artiste Vallam Narasimha Rao as producer, was named Rekha & Murali Productions, after Padmanabham's elder son Murali and Vallam Narasimha Rao's daughter Rekha. He made 10 films as producer, including notable films such as Potti Pleader-u (1966), Sree Sree Sree Maryada Ramanna (1967) in which he introduced S.P. Balasubhramanyam as playback singer,Sreerama Katha (1968) which he directed too, Kathanayika Molla (1970) which he also directed and won the State award too, Pelli Kaani Thandri (1976), acting in prominent roles in all of them. As an established actor, he enthralled the audience in various films, and films like Iddaru Mithrulu, Devatha, Pandava Vanavasamu, Potti Pleader-u, Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha, Sree Sree Sree Maryada Ramanna,Bhakta Prahlada, Sreerama Katha, Dasara Bullodu, and Pelli Kaani Thandri. (1951), and soon he became a popular choice for comedy. Much later in his career, he turned a producer with NTR-Savitri starrer

He maintained good health until the end, thanks to his healthy living habits and yoga practice. After considerable gap, he reappeared on the silver screen in a short role inMayalodu (1993), in Balakrishna-starrer Bhairava Dweepam (1994) as the sorcerer's aide like in the classic film Pathala Bhairavi that made him popular, and in Subhamasthu (1995). Later, he acted in Chakram (2005) as himself and in Bhadra the same year. Sivaji-Krishna Bhagawan starrer Tata, Birla, Madhyalo Laila (2006) marked Sree Padmanabham's last screen appearance. However, he was seen actively participating in "Telugu Cinema Vajrotsavalu", even extemporaneously singing the popular number prEma kOsamai valalO paDenE paapam pasivaaDu... ( Pathala Bhairavi) without even having to look at the lyric! (He indeed sang a few songs in films too earlier, such as maa ooru madaraasu... from Devatha.)

It's a sad time for fans of Telugu Cinema classics to see such much-celebrated veterans to leave the world. TeluguCinema.Com mourns the death of Sree Padmanabham and hopes his family and fans recover from the bereavement soon.

Naga Chaitanya with sukumar

With his Ye Maaya Chesav is set for release, Naga Chaitanya is gearing up for beginning third film. Now Sukumar’s new film has fallen in his kitty. Yes, Sukumar will be directing Naga Chaitanya. Geeta Arts is behind this project. Sukumar whose last film Arya -2 was stalled from screening due to Telangana turmoil is planning another romantic drama. Earlier he planned this film with Varun Sandesh and Tamannah but he has changed the plans and has roped in Naga Chaitanya. 

Buzz is that this flick will go to the sets first than the Shiva Prasad Reddy’s Silver Jubilee production with Chaitanya. Few days ago, producer and Nagarjuna’s close friend D Shiva Prasad Reddy announced that he would be producing Chaitanya’s fourth film as his banner is celebrating 25 years of its existence this year. But sources say, Sukumar’ film might begin first.

Rare Combination is ready to shoot

K Vijayabhaskar, who has not had a single hit every since Nuvvu Naku Nacchav, is going to soon direct Pawan Kalyan in April.  The film will be written by his trusted assistant Trivikram, with whom he is teaming up many years after Jai Chiranjeeva.

The film will be produced by comedian-turned-producer Ganesh Babu, who has made the unsuccessful Anjaneyulu in 2009.  Though other details of the rest of the cast and crew are yet to be known, it has been planned that the film will go on floors from April.

For Vijayabhaskar, it is a big comeback after continuous flops in the recent years.  Also, with Trivikram, who has himself turned a director, KVB is sure to strike the right note.  The hit combination has delivered three big hits in the last decade - Nuvve Kavali, Nuvvu Naku Nacchav and Manmathudu, two with big stars.

After directing Chiranjeevi in 2005, Pawan is the biggest hero with whom the talented director is working.  The audience can expect a laugh riot!

Shriya in Puli

Bipasha Basu with Rana

It is already known that Daggubati Rana is making his debut in bollywood. The movie is titled as ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ which is being directed by Rohan Sippy. The latest news is that the hot actressBipasha Basu gave a green signal to pair opposite Rana. Although many actresses Kangana Ranaut and Zarine Khan were considered for the role, Bipasha was finally confirmed for the role.
The film has Abhishek Bachchan, Prateek Babbar and Aditya Pancholi as co-stars. ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ is said to be inspired from the Hollywood film, ‘Traffic’ and Rana will be seen playing the role of a Goan musician in the film.

Rajanikanth Daughter Soundarya Engagement on Feb. 17th

Kollywood top hero Rajanikanth daughter Soundarya, become a news maker with her Rs.60 Crore heavy budget project ‘Sultan the warrior’ (full length of animated movie). She is also going to create a new record in Indian film industry by releasing 3000 prints of her film worldwide soon. Everyone agrees that it’s really a highly risky experiment with such a huge amount. On the other handSoundarya recently made a Tamil film ‘Goa,’ which is also receiving a good response from the Tamil audiances.

The latest information about her is that she is going to be engaged with Chennai settled IndustrialistAswin s/o Business tycoon Ram Kumar on 17th of this month at Park Sherton Hotel, Chennai. It is learnt that they were in love since a long time and it was approved by elders of both sides.Rajanikanth’s elder daughter Aishwarya marriage with Kollywood actor Dhanush is also a love marriage. Rajanikanth and his wife are personally inviting all the big heads of the city for their daughter’s engagement ceremony. Yesterday they went to Poias Gardens to invite former CM of the State Kumari. Jaya Lalitha The marriage date is not yet finalised, but according to sources it will be in this summer.

Young rebal Star Father Passes Away!

Hero Prabhas father, the noted producer, Uppalapati Suryanarayana Raju expired yesterday night inKIMS hospital. According to sources, he was admitted in the hospitial due to illness, sometime back.

He has made several hit movies like Thandra Paparayudu, Bhaktha Kannappa under the banner Gopi Krishna movies. Several noted personalities from Tollywood have consoled Prabhas and his family.

Vikramarkudu In Tamil

Ravi Taja’s hit film, Vikramarkudu, directed by S S Rajamouli, is now being remade into Tamil. Karthi, who acted in recently released Yuganiki Okkadu, plays the role that was originally done by Ravi Teja. Shiva, who directed Sowaryam and Shankam in Telugu, will be directing the Tamil version for producer Gjnavel Raja on his Studio Green banner. Shooting commences in March. 

Adurs in Big Troble Again

NTR starrer Adhurs landed in trouble again. The film’s producer cum Telugu Desam leader Kodali Naani’s controversial remarks against Telangana irked the Telangana activists. Joint Action Committee (JAC) headed by Professor Kodanda Ram today (Monday, February 08, 2010) called on for stopping the screening of the film. Kodali Naani reportedly made some provocative statements against the Telangana movement and its leaders and also belittled the people for not able to stop the screening of his film before the release. That really irked the Telangana leaders and already in places like Nizambad, the film has been stopped from screening.

Kodanda Ram also asked NTR Jr to give the clarification on the issue.

Mahesh Babu Is coming in Summer

Mahesh Babu fans will be happy to know this news. The star’s current film, being directed by Trivikram Srinivas, has come into final stages of filming. By April, the film’s shooting part would be finished. That means it can be ready for grand release this summer. It has almost been two and half years since the last release of Mahesh Babu’s Athithi hit the screens. His fans are pressurizing the star to release this movie as early as possible. Sources in the unit said 80 percent of the shooting part has already been completed. It has Anushka as the heroine and Manisharma as the music director. Singamala Ramesh is producing it. 

Action sequences and comedy will be the main attractions in this romantic action entertainer. 

Striker Movie

Striker

Leader on Feb 11

All is set for grand release of Sekhar Kammula’s Leader, after several postponements. Feb 11 is the final date fixed for its release. Rana, the grandson of Ramanaidu, is making debut in this film and it was supposed to hit the screens in Dec 2009 but was postponed with turmoil in Telangana was at peak. Now, the movie is directly competing with Nagarjuna’s KD which is slated for Feb 12 release.

Prasthanam in Feb

Prasthanam starring Sharwanand, Ruby, Sandeep Kishan and Saikumar in the lead roles will be hitting the screens in the month of February. The movie was supposed to release in the month of December but got postponed due to several reasons. The story is based on a political back drop.

Music is by Mahesh Shankar, lyrics are by Vanamali and Chaitanya Prasad, camera is by Savita Singh, and art is by Rajiv Nayar, while story screenplay, dialogues and direction are by Deva Katta who has earlier directed Vennala film. The movie is being produced by Vallabhaneni Ravi under VRC Media and Entertainment banner

Siddardha Striker in Telugu

Film Bommarillu gave an excellent platform to its young hero Siddarth , to firmly establish himself inTollywood. On the other hand, unlike the other heroes in the industry he made his presence felt in Hindi belt with his film ‘Rangdhe Basanti.’ Soon after giving a hit he once again delivered another hit film ‘Striker’ in Hindi.

Film Striker is based upon the circumstances of Mumbai city in ‘80s. Siddarth acts as a caroms champion in this film. Padmapriya and Vidya Malwade are the heroines in this film. Now, this film is being dubbed into Telugu with same title by Indu Films. The film has many interesting things to know about.

The film is directed and produced by successful director Chandan Arora. There are six music directors worked for this film. Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vishal Bharadwaj, Swananad Kirkere, Sailendra Kumar, Blaz and Amit Trivedhi are the six persons who gave music to this film. Hero Siddarth, who has some singing experience in his earlier films, sang in this film also. Striker is releasing on 5th of February.

Naga Chaitanya 3 Film Starts in March

Naga chaitanya’s third movie under the direction of Ajay Bhuyan will be launching in the month of March. ‘Kamakshi kala movies’ is presenting the film with D Siva Prasad Reddy as producer.

On this event, D.SivaPrasad Reddy the producer of the movie said,” We are happy to make a film withNaga Chaitanya in our banner. Kajal is playing the female lead in the film. Ajay Bhuyan is being introduced as a director with this flick. We are trying to bring out the film with high technical values and a good script.

Naga chaitanya is currently busy with the shooting of his second flick under the direction of Gowtham menon.

NTR Marriage

NTR getting married this year. Yes, say the sources close to NTR. 27-year-old NTR was reportedly engaged. NTR will be marrying Lakshmi Pranati, a relative of former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Lakshmi is currently studying in a private college in Hyderabad. The engagement ceremony took place few days ago in a low-key affair. All arrangements are being done for the grand marriage ceremony in May this year. 

Shakti Launched in a style

NTR’s new film, Shakati, in the direction of Meher Ramesh of Katri fame was launched on January 28, 2010 in  a grand style at a golf club near Gachchibowli in Hyderabad. As Vyjayanthi Movies was formally launched on the same day 35 years ago by late NTR, producer Ashwini Dutt started this film with NTR Jr in grand style. K Raghavendra Rao, Dasari Narayana Rao and Krishnam Raju did the honours of sounding clapboard, switching on the camera and directing the first muhurat shot. NTR participated in the film’s muhurat but heroine Ileana could not attend the function.

Ashwini Dutt speaking to the media “35 Years ago, I started Eduruleni Manishi with Late NTR on our banner Vyjayanthi Movies. NTR also named the banner. So I have decided to launch this film with his grandson on this day. From NTR Sr to NTR Jr, this banner has produced some biggest blockbusters, worked with all big stars in Tollywood and best technicians in India. We are proud to start this new film, Shakti, on this occasion with NTR Jr with whom I have made two films already. There are no budget restrictions and no time frame for release date. I asked the director Ramesh to make this memorable film for all of us,” Ashwini Dutt said.

Charan & Trivikram

Ram Charan is Doing the Pepsi Ad in Mumbai Next week, under the direction of Trivikram. Trivikram had made a nice concept for Cherry. Trivikram who meant for the Quality of the direction is now ready with this new script. Even Trivikram is doing a movie with charan, which has not been conformed but soon.