‘Shakthi’ shooting in rainy conditions

The ‘Shakthi’ unit sans Junior NTR is working nonstop inspite rainy conditions back at Haridwar. The unit headed by director Meher Ramesh is finishing the shooting as fast as possible.

Meher Ramesh is not worried about the rain but he is happy calling the shots on senior actors Prabhu, son of Sivaji Ganesan and Nasser. A few intense scenes are being shot, sources add.

Meher Ramesh is known for his hard work and commitment besides his stylish taking of movies. The director’s ‘Kantri’ and ‘Billa’ came under a lot of applause for its stylish taking and classy execution. Junior NTR fans would expect a cracker in ‘Shakthi’. You can wait in peace, as Meher Ramesh will not disappoint!

First Look: Mahesh Babu’s ‘Khaleja’

This is awesome stuff! Have a first look at Mahesh Babu in his forthcoming movie ‘Khaleja’.

A knife and a stole around, Mahesh’s look is complete with his jacket on. Looks like the movie’s going to be a classy action entertainer on the lines of ‘Athadu’, his first movie with Trivikram Srinivas. The duo is back to entertain us!

Watch out for ‘Khaleja’, the Prince is coming!

‘Robo’ Official Music launch on Aug 6th

The music launch of Rajinikanth’s ultra budget movie ‘Robo’ will be held on August 6th in Hyderabad.

The music launch of Tamil version ‘Endhiran’ was held in a grand way in Malaysia, on July 31st. Now the Telugu version will have if not with that amount of fanfare on August 6th.

Superstar Rajinikanth, beauty queen Aishwarya Rai along with director Shankar, will be present at the audio launch. AR Rahman is expected to be part of the event.

Sun Pictures, a company of the Sun TV group has produced the movie. The Telugu movie rights have not been sold yet. Let us see if there’s a buyer soon!

The Reason behind ‘Kathi’ in ‘Kathi Kantharao’

Hero with the funny bone, Allari Naresh will be seen as a police constable in his forthcoming project ‘Kathi Kantharao’ directed by director dad, EVV Satyaranayana.

Claiming the character to be funny yet with wits, director EVV Satyanarayana explains that Naresh’s character in the movie, ‘Kantha Rao’ is not the usual constable. He doesn’t use lathi charge or any weapon. He can impress or convince any superior or junior with his witty talks. The ‘Kathi’ tag to ‘Kantha Rao’ is to denote the sharp knife like qualities of the character. The pretty Kamna Jethmalani is the heroine of the movie.

Currently, the shooting of ‘Kathi Kantharao’ is being done in Hyderabad.

Eedara Srinivasa Rao, Eedara Ravi Kumar Eedpuganti Poornachandra Rao and Eedpuganti Subramanyeshwara Rao are the producers of this comic flick.

Maryada Ramanna Telangana Tour plans

As reported earlier in the web pages of IndiaGlitz that because of the elections and the counting process held at the Telangana region, the Maryada Ramanna (MR) success tour had to be postponed. The revised schedule has been informed by the MR Team.

The tour of the Telangana leg will start on August 6th from Hyderabad and tour places like Nizamabad, Metpalli, Jagithyala, Karimnagar, Huzurabad, Hanumakonda and settle at Warangal for the night.

The next day, i.e., August 7th, the MR team will start as early as 7 am and tour Khammam, Suryapet and other places to return to Hyderabad that evening at approximately 6:30 pm.

Don’t miss the opportunity to wish your favourite director and his team!

NTR to join Brindaavanam team on Aug 6th

Calling it ‘pack up’ in Haridwar for director Meher Ramesh’s ‘Shakthi’, Junior NTR along with the ‘Shakthi’ team has left for Hyderabad and will reach there soon.

If you’re thinking NTR is going to relax then your mistaking. The energetic hero will join the shooting of ‘Brindavanam’ from August 6th. In the absence of NTR, ‘Brindaavanam’ team has shot most of the talkie part that didn’t need NTR. ‘Brindaavanam’ directed by Vamsi Paidapalli will finish shooting this month most probably.

NTR’s a committed actor and he’s proved it many a times. He’s a producer’s darling and a director’s sweet heart! Way to go Junior NTR!

Period movie ‘Madhrasapattanam’ in Telugu

Tamil super hit movie ‘Madhrasapattanam’ has been dubbed in Telugu.

From the makers of ‘Super Cowboy’, AGS Entertainments, ‘Madhrasu Pattanam’ is a period movie that is set during the India’s independence. The movie is directed by Vijay and has ‘Varudu’ villain Arya as hero and an UK model Amy Jackson as heroine. The movie’s music is composed by GV Prakash.

Talking about the movie, producer Kalpathi S.Aghoram said that before Independence, a major part of South India was called as ‘Madhrasu Pattanam’ with Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka being one state. The movie shows the essence of pre-independent India and a love story inter-woven in it.

In Tamil, the movie was released in 196 centres out of which it is running towards 50 days in 120 centres. A total of Rs 14 crores has been collected so far. The producers are planning to release the movie by the end of August.

RGV calls last shot of ‘RC’

Ram Gopal Varma called the last shot of his ambitious project ‘Raktha Charithra’ today.

Looks like RGV is a happy man as he says that the movie has shaped excellently. He feels that right from the idea of making the movie till the research for the story and implementing it and calling the last shot, RGV enjoyed the process thoroughly.

Talking diplomatically about the movie, RGV said that the truth of the real life characters have been retained to the maximum but he also said that the movie may not have the ‘absolute’ truth! The essence of the story will be retained, he affirmed.

Giving more information about the last shot of ‘Raktha Charithra’, RGV has never felt so exhilarated about a movie so far in his career not just for the movie but even for the characters he has created for this movie! RGV, all of us know your characterization and your story! No doubt this will be your best one yet!

Chiranjeevi B’day Celebrations on Aug 22nd

The birthday celebrations of Megastar Chiranjeevi will be held on his birthday August 22nd. Usually his birthday celebrations are made on 21st August every year.

Thousands of Megastar fans from all over the state will assemble at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad the venue of the birthday celebrations. Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan and Ram Charan Tej will be present to greet the fans. As usual, an enormous cake will be cut in the presence of the fans.

After the cake cutting, social welfare work like blood donation, etc will take place and the day will be made memorable with other cultural activities.

Mahesh Babu's next with Jasti Hemambar

Good news for Mahesh Babu fans as he has signed a new movie with Yellow Flowers banner, the producers of yet another movie in production, ‘Mirapakai’ starring Ravi Teja.

The new film will be directed by Jasti Hemambar, a close friend of Mahesh Babu who has worked in many movies as an associate director. Vital details about the movie will be announced soon. The movie is produced by Ramesh Puppala for Yellow Flowers. Apparently, the film’s team is on the look out for a fresh face as the heroine.

Mahesh Babu is fast finishing his acting formalities for ‘Khaleja’ by Trivikram Srinivas. He will start working on Srinu Vytla’s movie.

Sky-Rocketing ‘Yanthram’ Rights

The Producers of Yanthram (Endhiran in Tamil), the Rajinikanth- Aishwarya Rai starrer directed by Shankar, are demanding astronomical figures for the Telugu rights of the movie.

Sun Pictures, the producers of ‘Endhiran – The Robo’, are demanding a huge sum of Rs.30 crores for the Telugu version ‘Yanthram’. A sky-rocketing amount that has not been demanded for any Telugu or dubbed movie before. The Rs.30 crores Telugu rights is only for Andhra Pradesh state and not for satellite, overseas or any other state rights. Touted as India’s most expensive movie ever, ‘Yanthram’ is made in a budget of Rs. 190 crores.

Top Telugu producer Bellamkonda Suresh offered a sum of Rs.20 crores but sources say the producers haven’t settled for it. Sources also informed that Venkat of RR Movie Makers settled at Rs.24 crores while Chadalavada Srinivas Rao also came close to a similar amount but Sun Pictures are hell-bent on their demand.

Reports in Telugu film circles suggest that Telugu producers are worried as one of Rajini’s previous movies had not been up to expectations. They don’t want a similar result for ‘Yanthram’. But at the same time this movie that has super tags like director Shankar, Superstar Rajinikanth, Oscar winner AR Rahman and beauty Aishwarya Rai attached, making Andhra audience hungry for the movie.

‘Don Seenu’ certified U/A

The Regional Censor board has certified Ravi Teja’s ‘Don Seenu’ with U/A.

Having a duration of almost 3 hours, sources say that the censor officials suggested only two minor cuts for the movie to be certified U/A. Further sources add that the movie involves a little violence and the hot costumes of Shriya prevented the censor authorities from giving the clean U certificate.

‘Don Seenu’ said to be a typical Ravi Teja movie will release world wide on August 6th. With Shriya and Anjana Sukhani, giving Ravi Teja company, the movie also boasts of a stellar star cast with Sri Hari, Mahesh Manjrekar, Siyaji Shinde and others being part of it.

Srinu Vytla’s associate Gopichand Malineni would hope that his debut movie will be a success as the censor officials appeared happy after watching the movie.

Allari Naresh’s New Movie

Allari Naresh will act in a new movie with AK Entertainments who made ‘Bindaas’ with Manoj before. The movie will be produced Sunkara Ramabramham and presented by A TV.

Directed by debutant Veerabhadram, who worked with directors like Karunakar, Jayanth, EVV Satyanarayana, Krishna Vamsi and Teja before, the movie will be a family entertainer. Actor Sri Hari will be seen in a prominent role in the new movie and other actors like Ahuthi Prasad, Naagineedu, Bramhanandam, Dharmavarappu Subramaniam, MS Narayana, etc will act in this movie.

Raghu Kunche will take care of the music while Lokanath will handle the camera.

Director Veerabhadram informed the media that regular shooting of the movie will commence in August. The heroine's name is not informed and will be told later.

Director Veerabhadram has worked with EVV in ‘Nenu Premisthunanu’, ‘Kanya Dhaanam’, ‘Chaala Bagundhi’, with Teja in ‘Nuvvu Nenu’, ‘Jayam’, ‘Nijam’ and with Krishna Vamsi in ‘Danger’, etc. He is making this new movie with Allari Naresh’s image in mind!

‘Maa Annaya Bangaram’ for the whole family

The makers of ‘Maa Annaya Bangaram’ organized a success meet with the media in Hyderabad recently. Hero Rajasekhar, director Jonnalagadda Srinu, producer Natti Kumar, Chalapathi Rao, Jhansi and a few others were present at the event.

Speaking on the occasion, Rajasekhar said that the movie was liked by all especially women. The importance of a joint family has been shown through this movie, he said. Music of SA Rajkumar was a big plus he added.

Director Srinu expressed his happiness and thanked the audience for making the movie a success. He said that the movie is a clean family entertainer that will be enjoyed by all. The movie talks about the importance of being the oldest brother of a family. Even other speakers expressed similar views.

‘Parents’ by Shekhar Kammula Associate

Honest director Shekhar Kammula’s associate Anand Ravi has launched his own movie titled ‘Parents’ in Hyderabad recently.

Anand who has worked with Shekhar Kammula in almost all his movies, is excited about his debut venture as it is being produced by his friends under Take One Productions. The movie will have Vamsi Krishna of ‘Happy Days’ fame as hero and Ruchika from New Delhi as heroine.

Speaking on the launch of the movie, debutant director Anand Ravi was excited and said that his dream was finally coming true. Informing further information about his movie, Anand said that his movie is a love story that will be made in an honest manner like how Shekhar Kammula makes. Giving a gist about the movie, the director said that the hero of the movie will be in search of his parents, if they really exist and this will be maintained as suspense.

The shooting of the movie would commence on August 5th and would complete by September. The director said that his team was planning to release the movie in November.

Hero Vamsi Krishna claimed that he was in search of a good subject after ‘Happy Days’. Whenever a director approached with subjects, he admitted saying that producers were not interested and when producers were ready good stories hadn’t come his way! Yet he was happy that the audiences still remember him.

Heroine Ruchika expressed her happiness in being part of the film and thanked the producers and director for giving her an opportunity. Shekhar Kammula wished the entire team of ‘Parents’ good luck and told that the story of ‘Parents’, is ‘feel good’ and the movie would be a blockbuster.

While other members of the cast will be informed later, the technicians part of the movie are Shyamdat handling the camera, music by SK Balachandran and lyrics by Vanamali.

Local TV – Tata Docomo Media Awards

The Local TV media awards in association with Tata Docomo will give away awards for the personnel in print and electronic media.

In a briefing session to the media, a press meet was conducted at the Fim Nagar Cultural Centre. Present on the occasion Swapna Dutt, MD Local TV; Rajendra Prasad, media head Local TV; Vishnu, Ramakrishna of Tata Docomo participated.

Vishnu said that the emotional attachment of the Local TV awards will be high. The media will be shown in a bright and positive light. The awards will highlight the importance of media personnel it is learnt. Ramakrishna, representing Tata Docomo, said that the company part of their expansion plans are associating with such awards ceremonies.

Local TV‘s media head Rajendra Prasad speaking on the occasion said that the awards are being awarded to recognize the talent of the people in media. The nominations for the awards will end by August 4th and the awards ceremony will happen on August 15th.

Considering the 33 television channels, 10 newspaper dailies, 6 FM stations and 150 websites, Andhra Pradesh is the state with the largest number of Media outfits in the country. The categories of the Local TV – Tata Docomo Media Awards are Most Popular TV news reporter, Most Popular Supporting Actor, Most Popular Supporting Actress, Most Popular News presenter, Most Popular Actor on TV, Most Popular Actress on TV and many other categories.

Manisha to become director

Manisha is back to work post marriage. And this time as a filmmaker too. The actress, who has undertaken lessons of filmmaking in New York, is now getting ready to plunge into direction, say sources in the know.

“Plans are on to direct a movie. But I don’t know when I will start directing it. My priority however will be acting at this point of time. That’s why I am giving a lot of thought before I sign films,” she says.

Her last movie before marriage was Partho Ghosh’s ‘Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De’. Post marriage, the first venture she signed is ‘Jai Bhim’, in which she will be essaying the role of a politician (Dalit leader to be precise).

‘Jai Bhim’ will be entirely shot in Dehradun, it is said. Other than that, the actress is currently playing the all-powerful mother-in-law role in Dhanush starrer ‘Maappillai’, which is a remake of a yesteryear Rajinikanth blockbuster of the same title.

Puri-Venky Searching for Heroine

Now allow us to explain! Puri Jagannadh’s plans after his ‘Golimaar’ seem to be haywire. He will be working with Venkatesh now according to IndiaGlitz intelligence.

After his ambitious plans of directing Amitabh Bachchan in Hindi were washed away owing to ill health of the Big B, Puri is working on a script for Victory Venkatesh. Apparently even Venky is interested to work with Puri. A few other sources add that Puri is on the hunt for a new heroine who will suit his script.

Puri was supposed to direct Balakrishna for producer Bellamkonda Suresh but that project did not take off. News is that Bellamkonda Suresh will produce this Venkatesh movie and earn a hit from Puri Jagannadh. Puri earlier directed ‘Golimaar’ in the production of Bellamkonda Suresh. They are on the look out for a new heroine!

Let us hope this project gets in to shape quickly and Puri’s bad time comes to an end!

Unique title for Nikhil’s new movie

Nikhil’s new movie to be directed by Chandra Mahesh under the prestigious banner of Suresh Production is being titled a little differently.

The new movie that will be started on August 16th, the director has tentatively titled the movie as ‘Platform No.4’. Nikhil will be seen with heroine Madhurima who made her debut in ‘Aa Okkadu’, in this movie. Madhurima acted in ‘Mouna Raagam’ with Tanish earlier and has been taken notice by all the film makers in Tollywood. Acting under the Suresh Productions banner, she has a golden feather in her cap which will take her a long way in the future.

Coming to the title, ‘Platform No.4’ is currently being considered but nothing has been confirmed yet. An official announcement about the title will be made soon.

Nag’s next with makers of ‘Kick’

King’ Nagarjuna’s next movie is with RR Movie Makers who made super hit movie ‘Kick’ and the forthcoming ‘Don Seenu’.

Even as his ‘Gaganam’ awaits release, Nagarjuna has already signed a movie that will be a rural subject and now he gets ready for another movie that will be made by Venkat of RR Movie Makers.

Expressing his happiness that his dream is finally coming true, producer Venkat said that it was always a dream to make a movie with Nagarjuna. The new movie will be directed by Srinivas Reddy who made ‘Yamagolla Malli Modalaindhi’ before.

According to the producer, the new movie will be made with high standards. It is a prestigious film for RR Movies and hence quality will not be compromised, he states. The movie will have a stellar star cast and will be a thorough entertainer.

More details about this movie, coming up!

Varun Sandesh new movie 70% complete

Young and handsome hero Varun Sandesh’s new movie, produced by Radha Mohan is being completed in a fast pace. The producer informs that 70% of the movie is done.

The new movie being presented by A Ramakrishna for Sri Sathya Sai Arts who’ve made ‘Adhinetha’ with Jagapathy Babu before, is fast completing according to its producer Radha Mohan. This is infact production number 2 for the producer who is very confident that the movie will be a hit.

Directed by Sampath Nandhi, it is learnt that the talkie portion will be completed by August 15th. Speaking to the press, producer K Radha Mohan informed that the most of the movie is shot in and around Hyderabad in areas like Begumpet, Miyapur, Banjara Hills, Shameerpet, etc. From August 16th, songs for the movie will be shot.

The producer added that they were contemplating three titles for the movie. With Varun Sandesh as the hero and Kajal’s sister Nisha Agarwal as heroine, Sashank, Nisha Shah, Vennela Kishore, MS Narayana, Krishna Bhagwan and others act in supporting roles. The movie’s music is composed by Chakri and camera is handled by Bujji.

Sheela’s Birthday Today

The Sizzling Sheela celebrates her birthday on August 2nd. The cute beauty talks how happy she is this birthday!

Playing performance demanding roles in movies like ‘Parugu’, ‘Maska’ and ‘Adhurs’, Sheela is getting ready for the big league now. After playing the heroine’s role with the younger brigade, she’s getting ready to be the heroine in movies of bigger heroes now.

Sheela informs that she will be playing one of the heroine’s in Balakrishna’s ‘Paramaveera Chakra’ directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. She further adds saying that she has a couple of other big budget movies this year! She truly feels this birthday is going to be a happy birthday for her!

Rightly said Sheela, you have a long way to go! All the best for all your future projects!

Karma strikes deal with FG

Adivi Sesh's Karma is making news week after week. First, it struck a deal with Big Cinemas recently, which is going to be its high-profile overseas distributor. The latest addition to its ever-growing kitty is that it has entered into a brand alliance with Future Generali, the insurance provider. The company will extend a synergy to the producer of the film in promotional and publicity activities.

Abraham M Alapatt, the Sr. Vice President of Future Generali, said, "We want to be the brand that (through our insurance solutions) helps our customers stay blessed. The essence of the film ‘Karma’ is of the victory of good over evil and the power of being positive, which is perfectly in tune with what we as a brand and believe."

The film, which comes with metaphysical undercurrents, has Adivi Sesh himself playing the male lead, while Jade Taylor of Hollywood plays the female lead. The question of 'karma' is entwined with the palpable realities and sees Sesh and Padma in intriguing circumstances.

As is well-known, the film has been shot on Red camera and has the snazzy Audi5 first time ever in Indian cinema.

K Vishwanath Admitted in Hospital

Veteran director K. Vishwanath was admitted in the hospital on Saturday for an infection in his chest.

Complaining of discomfort, Vishwanath was admitted to Yashoda Hospital, Somajiguda. Though nothing is serious and nothing to be worried about, the doctors have kept him under observation.

IndiaGlitz wishes K Vishwanath a speedy recovery and the best of health!

Taapsee Celebrated Birthday

Bubbly heroine Tapsee celebrated her birthday yesterday, August 1st.

This year August 1st was on a Sunday as all of us know and it happened to be Friendship’s day! Tapsee would have had a blast with her family and friends. Tapsee, first figured in a television commercial for a popular FM station.

She later got an opportunity in K. Raghavendra Rao’s ‘Jhummandhi Naadham’ and even before the movie could release, the pretty lass signed on three movies. Bubbly in attitude and ever smiling, Taapsee is a cheerful girl with a bright future ahead.

She is currently working in a few movies; one with Prabhas, one with Vishnu, and a Tamil movie titled ‘Vandhaan Vendraan’. IndiaGlitz wishes Taapsee a Happy Birthday and a wonderful year ahead!

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Tired Tarak leaves Manali

The tiresome schedule of ‘Shakthi’ at Manali seems to have come to an end. The film’s unit will now move to Haridwar.

‘Shakthi’, directed by Meher Ramesh, is fast progressing in Northern India. Recently, it was reported on IndiaGlitz that Junior NTR had met with a small injury. Well that is news of the past. After shooting in Manali, the ‘Shakthi’ team is going to holy town of Haridwar. The shooting in and around Haridwar will take place for 2 days, it is learnt.

After the schedule in Haridwar, the ‘Shakthi’ unit will fly to Hyderabad on August 5th to complete remaining portions. ‘Shakthi’ is a high budget movie produced by Aswini Dutt’s Vyjayanthi Movies. Ileana is Junior NTR’s heroine for this movie that has Mani Sharma’s music.

Don Seenu releasing on Aug 6th

Ravi Teja’s ‘Don Seenu’ will release on August 6th.

An official announcement from the producers RR Movie Makers has confirmed the release date. Producer Venkat said that the movie has shaped well and everyone will like the movie. He also added that Ravi Teja’s performance in the movie is brilliant than. It is for second time that Ravi Teja is working for the same banner with ‘Kick’ being first. The producer added that ‘Don Seenu’ will be as entertaining as ‘Kick’.

‘Don Seenu’ is directed by Gopichand Mallineni with music by Mani Sharma. The movie will see Shriya Saran back as heroine in Telugu after a long time. Sri Hari is playing a pivotal role in the movie. According to the director, Ravi Teja’s acting will be brilliant and the comedy will be raunchy besides classy action.

The producer said that the movie is being released worldwide and Ravi Teja fans will not be disappointed. Just a week left and Ravi Teja’s fans can’t wait anymore!

Range Rover Birthday Gift to Mahesh Babu

His birthday’s only on August 9th and that means more than a week left! But Namratha, Mahesh Babu’s wife has already got him a gift!

The gift is a SUV! The Range Rover Vogue! Seeing the surprise, Mahesh Babu was amazed at the gift. He went on to say that he doesn’t really drive a car, only his wife or his chauffeur does. So jokingly he was wondering if she bought the car for herself! But nevertheless Mahesh Babu was very happy to see the car as it is meant for him.

The Range Rover Vogue would cost anywhere above Rs.70 Lakhs on Indian roads. And Mahesh rightly says that his wife had gifted him a ‘monster’. A true monster, the Range Rover is a massive SUV with an even massive price tag!

With more than a week left for the birthday, Mahesh, more gifts will follow!

Gopichand with Deeksha Seth

The confusion over Gopichand’s heroine for his project with BVS Ravi seems to be over. ‘Vedam’ heroine Deeksha Seth will be Gopichand’s pair in this movie that is produced by Bhavya Creations.

In an official announcement from the producer V Anandaprasad of Bhavya Creations, it is said that Gopichand will be the hero of the new project that is directed by BVS Ravi who is turning to direction after writing dialogues for many movies like ‘Satyam’, ‘Bhadra’, ‘Parugu’, ‘King’, etc.

The producer Anandaprasad also added that hero Gopichand is a well-wisher and this is the second time they are working together with ‘Souryam’ directed by Shiva being first. This will be an action movie that will suit Gopichand’s image. National Award winning actor Prakash Raj will play an important role. The cinematographer of the movie is Rasool Ellore while music is handled by Chakri and editing by Shankar.

The producer also informed that regular shooting of the movie will start from August 12th in Hyderabad.

Shraddha Das bags a new Hindi movie

‘Arya 2’ heroine Shraddha Das besides trying her luck down South seems to be shining bright in Bollywood. She has already got her second movie there.

Shraddha Das acted in the much acclaimed ‘Lahore’ that released earlier this year. Ever since that, the heroine announced her entry and everybody in Bollywood have taken notice of her. News is that she has now bagged a role in National Award winning director Madhur Bandarkar’s movie. Madhur Bhandarkar is famous for his movies like 'Page 3', 'Fashion', etc.

Apparently in an audition where 100s of girls had come for a casting call for Madhur Bhandarkar’s new project ‘Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji’, Shraddha had performed brilliantly to bag her role. Top heroes like Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi are acting in this movie. It is learnt that Shraddha will act as pair to Omi Vaidya of 3 Idiots fame.

Good going Shraddha! All the best in Bollywood!

Celebs arrive in KL for Yanthram Audio Launch

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Celebrities from Chennai are flying to Kuala Lumpur to attend the eagerly awaited event this year – the music launch of ‘Yanthram’, produced by SUN TV’s Sun Pictures.

Not just the celebrities but staff of Sun Television has been traveling to KL from July 28th. As of now the celebrities who have landed in KL are Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu, Heroine Sangeetha and her singer husband Krish, Ramya Krishna, Editor Anthony, members of AR Rahman Family, producer AM Rathnam and others. Rumours about superstar Rajinikanth in Malaysia are in the rounds but he was not to be seen.

The actors and actresses who are hustling and bustling in KL say that they have never seen such an arrangement for an audio launch before. The Sun TV group and its staff have made perfect arrangements for their guests. It is learnt that Sun TV has arranged for more than 500 air tickets for actors, actresses, film technicians and Sun TV staff.

The guests and the staff are being accommodated in Hotel Equatorial in KL which is near the Putrajaya Stadium, the venue of ‘Yanthram’ audio launch that will be held tomorrow.

Keep a bookmark on this or keep refreshing! IndiaGlitz will keep updating the latest happenings. Exclusively from Kuala Lumpur!

‘Magadheera’ touches 1 year

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SS Rajamouli’s ‘Magadheera’ completed one year of running in Andhra Pradesh. The movie released on July 31st 2009.

The movie about rebirth, about battles and true love, ‘Magadheera’ stole the hearts of the audiences. Ram Charan Teja’s character, a warrior who could kill at least a 100 people single handedly was amazingly sketched by director Rajamouli. Not just that, the grand sets, the spectacular special effects and terrific horse riding sequences, made the movie connect to the fans.

The movie is still showing at Kurnool’s Lakshmi Theatre, where the theatre authorities state that the movie has been seeing consistent collections till date. Producer Allu Arvind was extremely pleased with the 1 year showing of the movie while director Rajamouli said it was confidence boosting for him and his team.

Malavika to become mom again

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Even as reports doing rounds that Malavika is set to start her second innings in acting, reliable sources say the actress will not don the greasepaint at least in the near future thanks to a valid reason.

“Malavika, who is already the mother of a boy child, is pregnant again. She is expecting delivery in a few months. As a result, she has politely refused some offers from the film industry recently,” sources said.

Saying that Malavika might come back to acting after giving birth to the second child, they however maintained that it would take some time. “Because she wants to take good care of her kids on her own.”

Meanwhile, the actress has tattooed the name of her son Aarav on her hand. With the first letter ‘Aa’ in Devanagiri script and the remaining in English, she is proudly showing her hand to her friends these days. Magic of motherhood, one can say.

The name is Rajinikanth

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You can find a Rajini fan even in Mars, they say. At a time when the Superstar is getting ready for the music launch of his forthcoming ‘Yanthram’, which is scheduled in Malaysia tomorrow, Bollywood actors have been showering praises on him.

Kunal Kapoor, who has repeatedly said in interviews that he is a big fan of Rajini, is going gaga over a punch dialogue of the ‘Thalaivar’ doing rounds in the web. “Love the dialogue, Go Rajini sir go,” he tweeted.

Reacting to the dialogue, Bollywood bombshell Mallika Sherawat tweeted, “If only Hollywood had a Rajini!” Needless to say, this clearly shows the reach of the Tamil superstar across the country.

Meanwhile, Sun Network chairman Kalanithi Maran, who usually stays away from events related to his Sun Pictures’ production ventures, has left for Malaysia to take part in ‘Yanthram’ music launch.

‘Maryada Ramanna’ Producers thank audience

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The producers of ‘Maryada Ramanna’ thanked the audience for the overwhelming response the movie has received.

Thanking the audiences, producers Arka Media Works’ Shobu Yarlagadda, Prasad Devineni said that the movie released with 345 prints and all the centres where the movie is running have reported good collections.

The producers were grateful to director Rajamouli for making such a movie and hero Sunil’s performance was extraordinary. They thanked the ‘Maryada Ramanna’ team for making such a beautiful movie. ‘Maryada Ramanna’ is Arka Media’s second production, with ‘Vedam’ being the first and a super hit as well.

The producers however were stern on their stand against video piracy. The producers informed the media that strict anti-piracy raids had taken place in centres like Prodduturu, Suryapeta, Gajuvaka, Hyderabad and other centres where the police have reportedly arrested people involved in such activities.

‘Darling’ completes 100 Days

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Young Rebel Star Prabhas’ ‘Darling’ has crossed the 100 days mark in 15 centres.

Produced by BVSN Prasad who made ‘Chatrapathi’ with Prabhas earlier, ‘Darling’ is directed by Karunakaran. Besides the chirpy screenplay, music by GV Prakash has also worked positively for the movie.

‘Darling’ is a youthful subject with good dose of comedy and other cinema elements. The movie also had Tamil actor Prabhu doing Prabhas’ father role. The movie was shot in exotic locations like Switzerland, Thailand, etc apart from shooting in beautiful location of Araku.

‘Darling’ was released in April 23rd and was welcomed by the audience in a grand way. With this movie, Kajal Agarwal, the heroine of the movie has seen a lot of super hits in her career already. Her ‘Chandamama’ by Krishna Vamsi and ‘Magadheera’ by Rajamouli also crossed 100 days!

A R Rahman’s daughter sings song in ‘Yanthram’

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The older daughter of music magician AR Rahman, Khatija Rahman is singing a song in Rajinikanth’s forthcoming blockbuster ‘Yanthram’.

Khatija will be singing alongside SP Balasubramaniam in the introduction song of Rajinikanth in the movie. In more than 90% of Rajinikanth’s movies, SPB has sung the introduction songs that have been chart busters. So Khatija’s first song will undoubtedly be a super hit song.

Earlier AR Rahman’s son, Ameen had sung a song in Hollywood movie ‘Couples Retreat’. The children of the Mozart of Madras, seem to continue the legacy of their great father!

Nikhil under Suresh Productions

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‘Happy Days’ Nikhil’s happy days are continuing long and strong. The young actor has got an opportunity to work under the prestigious Suresh Productions banner.

Yes, Movie Moghul Ramanaidu’s Suresh Productions is producing a new movie with Nikhil and beautiful heroine Madhurima in the direction of Chandra Mahesh. Chandra Mahesh had directed movies like ‘Preyasi Raave’ starring Srikanth and ‘Hanumanthu’ with Sri Hari before.

The new project will start shooting on August 16th in a single schedule that means the movie will complete soon. Other information about technicians and members of the cast will be informed soon.

It is the era of the new generation. Nikhil will be extremely happy and confident as he has started getting offers from prestigious banners.

‘Bomarillu’ Bhaskar Next with Vikram

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Director Bhaskar’s next project after his ‘Orange’ with Ram Charan, will be a bilingual movie with Vikram in the lead.

The new project will be produced by BVSN Prasad Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra India Pvt. Ltd. BVSN Prasad has produced many movies before like ‘Chatrapathi’, ‘Katarnak’, ‘Darling’, etc. Vikram has been seeing a decent following right from his ‘Sivaputrudu’ days. His ‘Aparchithudu’ was a blockbuster and people have accepted him as a saleable hero after that.

Besides dubbing for his own in ‘Villain’, Vikram would have wished to act in a straight Telugu movie. Discussion about a straight Telugu movie has been happening for a long time now and Bhaskar has grabbed the opportunity to direct Vikram. The movie will mostly be made in Tamil simultaneously.

Other language actors making it in Telugu cinema is not new. Telugu audiences have welcomed biggies like Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan till a younger star like Suriya. Suriya will be seen in Ramgopal Varma’s ‘Raktha Charithra’.

Perhaps that’s why it is called ‘Love Thy Neighbour’! Neighbours working together…

‘Brindaavanam’ Music Launch Next Week

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The music of Junior NTR’s ‘Brindaavanam’ will take place in the first week of August, according to sources.

Directed by Vamsi Paidpalli who made ‘Munna’ with Prabhas before, ‘Brindaavanam’ is a different kind of love story. The music for the movie is given Thaman of ‘Kick’ fame. Thaman had already got a great feedback for his work in ‘Kick’ and he would want to keep it consistent with his forthcoming albums. Aditya Music is bringing ‘Brindavanam’ music to the market.

Kajal Agarwal and the pretty Samantha give NTR company in ‘Brindaavanam’ which is in its final stages of shooting but according to a few even the post-production has started.

'Panchakshari' 48 screens 50 days

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Anushka’s recent release ‘Panchakshari’ is running successfully and according to its producer the movie has crossed 50 days in 48 centres.

Talking on the occasion producer Bommadevara Ramachandra Rao thanked everyone part of the film for its success. He was also grateful to Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and Nagarjuna for their support in making this movie. He thanked the director for making such a movie.

Director Samudra thanked the audience for their response. He thanked all the team members and said that Anushka performed well in the movie. Anushka was happy as well. She acknowledged everyone. She added saying she was thrilled to see herself in the get up of a goddess.

Three Movies Releasing Tomorrow

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Telugu cinema’s consistent release record seems to continue. This Friday 29th July will see release of three movies. Interestingly all the three movies belong to different genres. Join IndiaGlitz in finding out what the movies are and what they have to offer!

The first movie that we’ll start with or should we say the first genre, is drama! And who else fits the ‘drama’ bill right than Dr.Rajasekhar. Dr. Rajasekhar’s ‘Maa Annaya Bangaram’ with Kamalini Mukherjee is about a story of a doting brother. It is about the priorities of a brother after marriage. Dr.Rajasekhar is donning the brother’s role soon after his ‘Gorintaku’ that had Meera Jasmine as his sister. In ‘Maa Annaya Bangaram’, it is a story of 7 brothers, it is learnt. Let’s see if the movie sees ‘Bangaram’ in the box office!

Next in line, is the fantasy comedy entertainer ‘Brahmalokam to Yamalokam Via Bhoolokam’, probably the expected movie among the three releases this week. It is a comedy movie with a fantasy story line of a human’s life span from the creator Bramha’s abode to Yama’s dungeon, through Earth. The movie is made by Srinivas Reddy who’s made movies like ‘Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila’, ‘Yamagola Malli Modalindi’, etc. before, so you can expect to have a hearty laugh when you see this movie!

The third movie that is releasing tomorrow is ‘Kothimooka’ directed by comedian AVS and has Krishnudu as the hero. Krishnudu’s heroine is Shraddha Arya. AVS is coming back as a director after a long time and none of his previous outings have been successful. He would hope to break the jinx this time with Krishnudu who has been a hit streak after his ‘Vinayakudu’ series.

Catch all the three movies only in theatres. These three movies have little time to prove their mettle at the box office as movies of starts are lined up. Ravi Teja’s ‘Don Seenu’ and Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Puli’ will fight for the screens if any of the smaller movies don’t quite impress the audience!

Creative Director Krishna Vamsi’s birthday today!

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One director’s movie that everyone would dare not want to miss! Krishna Vamsi! The creative director celebrates his birthday today, 28th July!

Creativity with story, creativity in handling or creativity in presenting a movie to the audience, Krishna Vamsi has always been an exception. Right from a camera angle till the usage of set property, Krishna Vamsi has enthralled everybody and that’s why he’s a favourite director of many.

Chase sequences, running in the by lanes and many other intense scenes, Krishna Vamsi’s movies have never failed to make us sit at the edge of the seats. Not just those, action scenes in his movies are always thrilling. To be noted, the violence in his movies is aesthetically made though the gory is what impresses all sections of the audience.

Action is alone not served! Krishna Vamsi is a classy entertainer. His movies are filled with comic elements that are sure to make you laugh and get back your money, paisa vasool we mean! And most importantly, songs! Krishna Vamsi’s movies have good songs to boast about with a mixture of family, romantic as well as party songs!

The director is gearing up to start his next project soon! You can be assured all those ingredients are going to be to entertain you and fill your movie palate! Relish it, because it is a movie from Krishna Vamsi, the creative director who has set high standards in film making!

Rain plays spoilsport with Tollywood

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Incessant rain in Hyderabad has played spoilsport by disturbing the film shooting in various parts of Hyderabad.

Currently at least five movies are being shot in Hyderabad including Sumanth’s new movie for Kumar Brothers, Siddarth’s ‘180’ and Ravi Teja’s ‘Don Seenu’.

Most of the movies are shooting outdoors and had to stop shooting intermittently. ‘Don Seenu’ is scheduled to release in the first week of August and hence will mostly work overtime to compensate the loss of man hours.

And probably a bad start for the ‘180’ team that started shooting only recently. Facing rains wouldn’t have been in their agenda but they would have allotted a few days for such incidents.

Let us hope the rain gods show mercy on the filmy world yet satisfy the water needs of the people of Andhra Pradesh!

After 'Shakthi', 'Badrinath' @ Manali

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Manali seems to be the place to beckon Telugu cinema! Besides Junior NTR’s ‘Shakthi’ being shot at Manali, Allu Arjun’s ‘Badrinath’ has started shooting in Manali.

‘Badrinath’ directed by VV Vinayak is produced by Allu Arvind’s Geetha Arts. Cast including Allu Arjun, Prakash Raj and few others along with the crew have started shooting in Manali. Tamannah is Allu Arjun’s heroine in this movie. A few action scenes will also be shot, it is learnt.

Talking about action, Allu Arjun will flaunt his martial art skills that he learnt in Vietnam under the guidance of ace stunt director Peter Heines. Story writer in demand, Chinni Krishna has written the script for ‘Badrinath’ that will continue its shooting in Manali for sometime. A costly set of a house has been erected in Manali exclusively for the movie!

VV Vinayak and Arjun return together after their ‘Bunny’. Will they create a movie better than their previous flick? Hold on…

Injured NTR recovers Fast

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Junior NTR met with a minor accident while shooting for his ‘Shakthi’ directed by Meher Ramesh, in Manali. Nothing to worry, NTR recovered fast from his injury.

According to sources, whilst shooting for a scene on a slope of a hill three days ago, NTR had apparently slipped to injure himself. He was given necessary first aid at the nearest hospital and was discharged towards the end of the day.

Although it was a minor injury, the unit members of ‘Shakthi’ including director Meher Ramesh, producer Aswini Dutt, were all concerned about NTR’s condition as he has been accident prone for sometime now. They didn’t want anything serious happening to the hero.

According to few other sources, NTR is back from his injury and shooting has started normally. Manali is a hill station that has been a tourist destination but a film maker’s paradise. The unit of ‘Shakthi’ would hope to return without any untoward incident!

Prakash Raj acquires ‘Prasthanam’ rights

Prakash Raj is shopping for movie rights! A while back he acquired the remake rights of ‘Happy Days’ in Tamil and now news is that he has acquired the Tamil remake rights of ‘Prasthanam’.

‘Prasthanam’ directed by Deva Katta was a hit and received a lot of accolades for its story line on politics. Sharwanand’s performance was well praised but the man who deserved the appreciation most was Sai Kumar for his versatile performance! Apparently Prakash Raj might do Sai Kumar’s role in the Tamil version as it has a lot of scope for acting.

Sources also add that Dil Raju is also associated with the acquisition of rights. Nothing about the Tamil version or other details of cast and crew have been revealed. However, Prakash Raj is busy making plans to promote his ‘Inidhu Inidhu’ (‘Happy Days’ in Telugu) in an innovative way. That of going on a motor cycle to all colleges throughout Tamil Nadu to promote!

‘Nagavalli’ shoot in Baroda

Seems to be the season of sequels in Tollywood. The sequel to Chandramukhi – ‘Nagavalli’ starring Venkatesh will shoot in Baroda.

Currently being shot in Hyderabad, it is learnt that the ‘Nagavalli’ unit will shoot in places like Mysore, Bengalooru and Baroda. Known to all, the movie boasts of five heroines namely Anuskha, Kamalini Mukherjee, Shraddha Das, Poonam Kaur and Richa Gangopadhyay.

Director P Vasu is chalking out plans to make sure the shoot is peaceful and no untoward incidents like sets being destroyed and other causalities happen. As the Kannada version of the movie was a blockbuster, he is hoping that the magic will work even in Telugu.

Jagapathi Babu ‘Gaayam 2’ Fast Completing

The sequel to Ram Gopal Varma’s action flick ‘Gaayam’, Jagapathi Babu starrer ‘Gaayam 2’ directed by RGV’s associate Praveen Sri, is fast completing.

‘Gaayam 2’ is produced by Kartha Creations’ Dr. Dharmakartha C. Tall beauty Vimala Raman gives company to Jagapathi Babu. Maestro Ilayaraja who composed for the first part will also compose for the second part.

Currently the movie is being shot in the Agriculture University in Hyderabad. The shooting of the movie is expected to complete end of July that is this week. Apparently the post production formalities are being done simultaneously. The makers of the movie plan to unveil the publicity posters through Ram Gopal Varma.

The movie is expected to release this September! Get ready for the action!

Nikhil’s turn now

Nikhil is the next hero who’s getting in to the endorsement bandwagon oops ‘brand’ wagon!

‘Happy Days’ Nikhil is now the brand ambassador of 9’x Mens wear. The young hero will now be seen endorsing 9’x Mens Wear products.

In an event that was held in a hotel at Hyderabad, Nikhil himself was the compère of the evening whilst announcing that he is the brand ambassador of the new brand. Posters of Nikhil in trendy clothes were shown. Later Nikhil walked the ramp with models showcasing the designs of the brand.

Telugu actors seem to be inclined towards signing endorsements these days. Nikhil’s ‘Happy Days’ costar Varun Sandesh signed a few deals recently. Besides the biggies, even the small heroes are getting their cake!