VERSTILE ACTOR PRAKASH RAJ ENTERS THE BIG LEAGUE !

Verstile actor Prakash Raj is a familiar face in both Telugu and Tamil films. He is an actor par excellence and can portray any role with ease – be it a villain or a doting father. Most of the films in which Prakash Raj starred have done well at th box office. All this has made him the number one choice as villain or character artist for many producers and directors.

Well Prakash Raj’s hard work is finally paying off. He has reportedly bagged an offer to act in a Tamil movie being produced by Shankar and guess what? He is being paid a whopping Rs. One crore for this film, yes One Crore. Well that is more than what many of the heroes are still trying to reach.

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TELUGU MOVIE "SATYABHAMA" IS A BLATANT COPY

Once again a blatant copy of Hollywood film is seen light on Telugu screen. The newly released film "Satyabhama" starring Bhoomika & sivaji is proved to be a straight copy from the film "50 First Dates" in which Adam Sadler and Drew Barrymore played the leads. It is pity that the film is copied straight along with scenes and dialogues. No novelty is seen and the director also made it a bad show despite copying.

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COLORS SWATHI IN INDRAGANTI FILM

Colors Swathi is going to star in the forthcoming film of Indraganti Mohan Kumar. Sources said the TV programmer turned actress is not interested in glamour roles that require mirth and dance, but pure performance on the lines of "AMAV" or films with suspense on the lines of Krishnavamsi's "Danger".

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TELUGU ACTRESS PRIYAMANI IS NOT HAPPY

Telugu actress Priyamani is riding the wave of success. Her film "Pellaiana Kotthalo" in Telugu and " Partutthi Veeran" in Tamil have been successful at the box office. The actor says that if a film is a hit all credit is given to the director and the hero but when a movie fails the blame is put on the heroine. This is unfair says the actor. But as they say all is fair in love and war … may be we should add ‘all is fair in love, war and movies…!’

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WELCOME TO TOLLYWOOD KARISHMA...

The actress of "shankar Dada Zindabad" Karishma Kotak made her public appearance in Hyderabad the other day for the launch of the audio. She looked ravishing in a sari. The heroine of Chiranjeevi's "Shankardada Zindabad" is bowled over by Telugu film industry. She already seems to have made up her mind to pursue a career in Telugu film industry. And what better way than showering platitudes.

So like all imports, this young lady says that she loves Hyderabad, the people, the language, the culture, the blah…blah… blah.. . Well all the girls who come from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and other places say this without fail. .

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MAHESH BABU CANCELLED HIS USA TRIP

Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu is not attending TANA (Telugu Association of North America) . He has cancelled his USA trip due to his prior commitments here in Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Mahesh Babu’s "Athidhi" shoot is going on in Hyderabad. A new villain might be introduced in this film. Currently auditions are going on.

Source: Telugucinema.com

BOMMARILLU DIRECTOR BHASKAR WEDDING PHOTOS

Bommarillu Director Bhaskar got married to Srividya today at Sri Suryanarayana swamy temple in Arasavilli near Srikakulam.it's a love cum arranged marriage. Allu Arjun, Dil Raju, Sukumar, BVSN Prasad, Director Raja(Editor Mohan's son) and few other close pals of Bhaskar attended the wedding.

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"SIVAJI" IS CREATING HISTORY ALL OVER GLOBE !

Three weeks into its release, the Rajnikant starrer "Sivaji" continues to make waves the world over.According to the grapevine, ‘Sivaji’ is raking it in at the box office, with the collections in India alone touching an astounding Rs 95 crore.Rajni's magnum opus is being screened in as many as 650 theatres all over India. In Maharashtra, the movie is being shown in 18 theatres, in Kolkata and Delhi, ‘Sivaji’ is on show in four theatres each.

The buzz has it that the Telugu version, which hit the theatres in Andhra Pradesh, is also set the cash registers ringing. The collections so far, according to reports from the State, amount to Rs 18 crore. Even the Tamil original is doing extremely well in Andhra, says reports emanating from Tollywood.

The overseas earnings are as follows: Malaysia Rs 7.8 crore, England Rs 2.78 crore and America Rs 4.5 crore so far.

Japan, where Rajnikant is immensely popular, has also proved to be a top earner for Sivaji, says reports.

It can well and truly be said now that with the release of ‘Sivaji’, the Rajnikant phenomenon has acquired global proportions!

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CHILD ARTIST SUHANI TO MAKE HER COME BACK AS AN ACTRESS

Remember Tollywood child artist "Tuneega Tuneega" girl from "Mansantha Nuvve". The girl has not only grown up she is all set to play lead film opposite Nithin. Suhani (name of the girl) got an offer from director Bapu, for his next venture, but due to technical issues, the movie got postponed and now Suhani is all set to do lead role opposite Nithin. On the other hand Charmee took the place of Suhani in Bapu's film. Amma Rajshekar will be directing the movie with Suhani and Nitin and it will be the remake of hit Tamil film 'Thiruvilayadal Arambham' starring Dhanush and Shriya. We wish all the best to the Tuneega Girl.

Source: Bharatstudent.com

TOLLYWOOD ACTRESS SIMRAN SAYS "SHE IS NOT READY TO DO MOTHER/SISTER ROLES"

Telugu actress Simran will not do any mother/sister roles. She says she is as yet game for heroine roles. She has reportedly refused to do some roles as these are being offered as mother/sister roles. She is now on only two ventures. One is a Balakrishna movie called "Okkamagadu" and another is a Malayalam movie called "Heartbeat". She has reportedly said that she is willing to do roles with younger heroes also.

Source: Bharatstudent.com

GENELIA'S SECRET

Telugu actress Genelia is busy with films both in Telugu film industry and Kollywood. She has a string of hits in Telugu but her film career has not taken off as yet in Tollywood. All the films that she acted in Tamil were a failure at the box-office. Despite this she continues to bag roles in Tamil films. Not only that, she has also jacked up her remuneration from around 12 lakhs to 25-30 lakhs. Wonder what the secret is?

She only talks about her remuneration with the producers. She is least bothered about the story and the star cast. This is what has endeared her to the producers in Tamil and has ensured that she continues to get fresh offers despite her films flopping at the box-office.

Source: Bharatwaves.com

RENU DESAI SAYS "PAWAN IS NOT MY HUBBY"

Renu Desai is said to have contended to a notice from Pawan Kalyan's estranged wife Nandini a few weeks ago. The crux is this: "I have not married Pawan Kalyan. If you (Nandini) continue this nonsense, I will resort to legal action." The lawyer of Nandini side contends that they would approach the court and police for quicker justice, exposing the false contentions of Renu Desai. However, TV channels flashed the news repeatedly, also showing the stills of Pawan Kalyan holding little Akira and flanked by Renu.

PAWAN KALYAN WEDDING PHOTO WITH HIS FIRST WIFE NANDINI
PAWAN KALYAN, RENU DESAI & HIS SON AKIRA
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"TOSS" TO RELEASE ON JULY 12th

Raja and Upendra starrer "Toss" is all set to release on July 12th. The producers at a press meet arranged on Wednesday, July 04, 2007 announced the release date. Hero Raja said director Priyadarshini Ram has projected him in a new kind of way that would sure make way for different films for him.

I play very tough guy in the film, he said. Director Ram said that they have shot on the HD camera and used technology appropriately to bring best quality.

Source: Telugucinema.com

RAJU SUNDARAM TO DIRECT RAVI TEJA IN "JORU"

Raju Sundaram is well-known among the audiences as a good choreographer and also as an artiste with his role 'Madesh', brother of Aiswarya Rai, in 'Jeans'.Moreover, Raju Sundaram is the brother of another noted choreographer, artiste and director Prabhudeva. Now, this choreographer decided to turn a director and prepared a very good commercial story with several mass elements.

He narrated the story to mass hero Ravi Teja and the latter too liked the story very much.


Aditya, who had produced "Jagadam" on the banner of Aditya Arts with Ram as hero under the direction of Sukumar, had come forward to produce the film. As everything is in place, the film is ready for launch.

However, Raviteja is now busy with a film under the direction of VV Vinayak. After the completion of the current project, the film under Raju Sundaram's direction would go to sets.

"Joru" is the title under consideration for the film and the director is now busy in preparing the script.

WORLDLY WISE MOVIE COMEDIANS !

If you think the comedians who play all those innocent characters on screen are the same in real life, you would be sadly mistaken. These comedians are worldly wise and very intelligent. They are also very miserly when it comes to spending money – even if it is meant to promote their own sons!

This fact was realized the hard way by some directors. Some of the young director approached Tollywood comedians Brahmanandam, MS Narayana and Kondavalasa with their stories. We all know that the three comedians are keen to make theirs sons as heroes. However, the veterans’ also know how risky it is to produce a film. So they are all looking for producers to launch the careers of their sons.

Even though they have made a lot of money, none of them is keen to invest even one rupee in the film in which their sons are the heroes. wordily wise or does it shows their confidence in the abilities of their children?

Source: Bharatwaves.com