Monica Bedi Back To Tollywood ?

Actress Monica Bedi is set to shift base to Mumbai from Hoshiyarpur in Punjab, and is ready to return to Tollywood and Bollywood. She will be shifting to Mumbai in February next year and is already househunting. The Supreme Court granted her permission to move out of her home town last week, following which she has plans to shift to Mumbai and consider the “many” offers coming her way from Tollywood.

Monica says, "Yes I will be shifting to Mumbai very soon. If all goes well, I will be shifting in February next year, but before that I will be going to Hyderabad and will be shuttling between Hyderabad and Mumbai."

Monica has reportedly signed a Telugu film Don opposite Nagarjuna and will be playing a small but significant character in the film. Monica says, "I have many offers from Hyderabad but I still have to fly down there, sit with them and discuss the script."

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Spiritual Side Of Bubbly Genelia !

The bubbly and charming actress Genelia D' Souza has another side to her persona. What is little known is that she is deeply religious. She comes on screen as a carefree lover without a care in the world.

But in real life, she is a god-fearing person and spends most of the time visiting places temples and churches. Her close friends say that she is praying hard for success in her film career. Her friends say tat she never misses an opportunity to visit a temple or church, and whenever she comes across one, she immediately steps out of her car and goes into it to offer her prayers-Telugu Cinemass.

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Surender Reddy Wants To Do A Film With Prabhas...

After directing NTR and Mahesh Babu, director Surender Reddy is now gearing up for making a film with another young hero. He recently met hero Prabhas and narrated a plotline to him. They are going to meet again this month for discussion of a project. Surender might narrate a story to him. Will this materialize? Surender is also planning to make a film with Sunil titled Banti. Which of them takes place remains to be seen.

On other hand, Prabahs is going to complete 5 years as an actor on November 11th. Hence his fans are planning huge celebrations on that day. Prabhas will be participating in Puri's Bujjigaadu shooting from November 15th-Telugu Cinemass.

Kamal Hassan's DASAVATHARAM In Post-Production Work

Actor Kamal Hassan's movie Dasavatharam completed its shooting schedule and now busy with post production work. Kamal Hassan , who plays ten roles in the movie, would be dubbing in ten different voices for the movie. The re-recording works are being done with new sound techniques.

Directed by K S Ravikumar, this eagerly awaited film features Asin, Napoleon, P Vasu, Mallika Sherawat among others. Produced by Oscar V Ravichandran, the movie has musical score by Himesh Reshammaiya-Telugu Cinemass.

Dashaavatharam is due for a Pongal release.

Balakrishna's OKKA MAGAADU Music On Dec 8th

Telugu Filmmaker YVS Chowdary is considered a director with superb music sense. As per the industry buzz, all the seven songs in his latest film Okka Magaadu with Balakrishna, have come out extraordinarily thanks to scintillating music scored by Mani Sharma. For the first Mani Sharma is tagged to YVS Chowdary. Almost all the films of YVS have become chartbusters, having worked with senior figures like Chakri, Ramana Gogula and MM Keeravani. The audio is expected to hit the music stands on December 8 th, it is learnt. The satellite rights of the film have already been dumped in favour of D channel of Union minister Dasari for a clean Rs. 2.25 crore. This also makes the first ever film in the career of NBK-Telugu Cinemass.

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Pawan Kalyan's CMPF To Spread Its Operations Outside Of AP

The newly and sensationally floated CMPF (Common Man Protection Force) of actor Pawan Kalyan is expected to get into a proper shape by December end. Started by the actor with a corpus fund of Rs. 1 crore, the organization has started receiving good response from all over the state, with some fans even donating ambulance and other material in kind, as Pawan Kalyan is yet to decide on receiving cash donations. The CMPF will also be making strides to start its operations in Karnataka and Orissa as well, and things had already moved this way with active participation of his fans in those states-Telugu Cinemass.

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Mahesh Babu To Start A Charitable Foundation

A very few film artistes in the South dedicate their mind, money and time for the sake of social service . Chiranjeevi, Rajnikanth and Vijaykanth have notched up top places in this category. Prince Mahesh Babu is going to enter the list. Very soon, he is going to start a charitable foundation to help the poor and downtrodden children suffering from ill health. One thing prompted Mahesh Babu to act in this direction. "My son was born pre-matured by seven weeks. We kept him in the incubator and a lot of care was taken round the clock by the nurses and doctors. This is possible only for the people who have money. What about the common man? So, I want to do something constructive for this unfortunate segment"-Telugu Cinemass.

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Nagarjuna's DON To Release On Dec 20th...

Tollywood Hero Jagapati Babu is considered a lucky mascot these days with his special or sudden appearance in many films, like Anukokunda Oka Roju and Lakshyam. Afresh, he is doing the role of a police officer in Nag's film Don, under the direction of Lawrence. Made on Sri Keerthi Creations banner, the movie projects Nag in the attire of a modern day Robin Hood. This way, the characterization of Jagapati Babu and Nag will be on the neck and neck path. We have to wait and see how the magic works. Don is releasing on December 20 th, the date when Nag's Manmathudu got released, five years ago-Telugu Cinemass.

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Farah Keeping Her Fingers Crossed !

It takes just about an hour to fly down to Hyderabad from Mumbai. But for Mumbaiker FARAH, who's testing waters in Tollywood, it's been quite an arduous journey to make. She's acting in the film Sivaranjani, which is being directed by VIJAYA RAMA RAO, a protégé of KODI RAMAKRISHNA. K PRABHAKAR RAO is producing the film. “I am anxious and yet thrilled to act in a Tollywood film. I know it's a big dream for many to be a part of the Telugu industry. I'm hoping for the best. It's been a long journey for me so far, and I know I have miles and miles to go. I only have my fingers crossed" - Telugu Cinemass.

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Bhavana, A Star Attraction In Gopichand's ONTARI

Telugu actor GOPICHAND has disappeared from the public eye after the success of his last flick Lakshyam. The actor has been out of town shooting for his latest venture titled Ontari . An out and out action flick, Ontari is being directed by B.V. RAMANA, who has hits like Gowri and Premante Inthe to his credit. Leading Tamil actress BHAVANA is playing the lead opposite Gopichand in the film. This will be her first Telugu film. POKURI BABU RAO is producing the film with MANI SHARMA composing the music. The movie is expected to release in January-Telugu Cinemass.

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Shriya Is My Best Friend - Hero Prabhas

Ravishing actress Shriya is a darling of the masses for sure but for actor Prabhas, she is more than just another beautiful co-star.


"Most heroines are just colleagues and that's all. But Shriya is my best friend, and it’s always fun working with her," says Prabhas, who played the lead with her in Chatrapati. The duo also did an item number together in Munna-Telugu Cinemass.

We'll have to wait and see if there is more to this friendship than what meets the eye!

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Prince On A Foreign Tour !!!

Prince Mahesh Babu will celebrate Diwali in Malaysia. He is going on a holiday along with his wife Namratha and his son Goutham. Mahesh Babu will first go to Malaysia and later leave for other countries. He is likely to be away from the country for about six weeks. Mahesh Babu will commence work on his new film titled Hare Ram Hare Krishna after Sankranthi-Telugu Cinemass.

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Entry Of Another Glam Girl Into Tollywood !

While most of you may not know who this girl is, one can say for sure that Producer/Director Kodandarami Reddy knows how to get heads turned. Having the record of maximum hits with Chiranjeevi, he is launching his son Vaibhav in the movie Godava with the sexy and beautiful Shraddha Arya as the heroine.While this is her debut film and much is not revealed about her acting prowess she has swept many a heart with her sizzling promo pics from the movie. One hopes that she has the material to deliver apart from the Oomph on the screen and the audience will have some fresh face to look at in the time to come-Telugu Cinemass.

Actress Charmee's MANTRA Audio Released

Tollywood music director M M Keeravani and top director S S Rajamouli released the music of Charmee starrer Mantra. The audio launch ceremony was held on Sunday evening at Prasad Labs preview theatre, Hyderabad. Vel Records, owned by Keeravani's wife Sri Valli, is marketing the albums.

Heroine Charmee could not make it to the launch. The film reloves around her character and it is a thriller directed by newcomer Osho Thulasi Ram. Music is by Anand. Director Rajamouli praised Charmee for her acting skills. "She has right oomph as well as acting skills required for a good actress. Now, I come to know that she is also good dancer. I am confident that Mantra will be an outstanding film to her career and it will be big success too," Rajamouli said.

Keeravani praised the young team for making such a good movie and said the music is very impressive-Telugu Cinemass.

Rasool's Film To Be Titled SANGAMAM

Cameraman turned director, Rasool Ellora is now making a new wave film with debutantes Rohit Khurana and Gadde Sindhura being produced under the banner of Manoranjan Movies. This film is tentatively titled Sangamam.

The film's shooting is complete except for one song that has to be canned. Rasool earlier made films Okariki Okaru and Bhageeratha, which were critically acclaimed. M.MKeeravani composed the music for this film-Telugu Cinemass.