Lava Kusha – The Warrior Twins in 2D Animation

India's biggest 2D Animation film costing 5 million USD is here India's biggest and most ambitious 2 D Animation film titled 'Lava Kusa- The Warrier Twins' will hit the theatres this summer. Estimated to be made in a budget of nearly 5 million USD, the film is produced by Rayudu Vision Media Ltd, based in Hyderabad. The film will be released in Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu. The film is based on the great Indian epic Ramayan. The film will dwell specifically on the hitherto ignored aspect, that of the lives of the twins of Shri Ram and Sita. The story revoleves around the birth of the twins, their life together and their adventures in and around Maharshi Valmiki's hermitage.The film is supported by 5 songs composed by Late L. Vaidyanathan, who'se previous works include Malgudi Days. The songs have been rendered by Shankar Mahadevan, Chitra, Sadhna Sargam, K. J. Yesuda and Vijay Yesudas.

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 (1951), and soon he became a popular choice for comedy. Much later in his career, he turned a producer with NTR-Savitri starrer 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. 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 in Mayalodu (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.

Manchu Manoj's 'Vu Kodataaraa ….Ulikki Padataaraa’

Manchu Manoj who is known for experimenting films like ‘Nenu Meeku Telusaa’ and ‘Prayanam’ did not click that well at the box-office. But his recent action entertainer film, ‘Bindaas’ under the direction of a debutant, Veeru Potla has brought him success at the box-office. Manoj seems to have raised his confidence levels with this film as his action in Bindaas got good praises. Manoj has already signed a film with Darshakendrudu K.Raghavendra Rao under his home banner ‘Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Films.’ Now, Manoj has also signed another film with a debutant director, Raja who earlier worked in Krishna Vamsy team unit. The movie is titled as ‘Vu Kodataaraa ….Ulikki Padataaraa’

Ravi Teja as 'Mirapakaya' - Veedu Chaala Hot Guru.

Ravi Teja is riding high in Tollywood. Though his recent movie Shambo Shiva Shambo doing an average business at the box office, he had quite a good number of interesting projects in this year. 'Veera' in Tolly2Holly production. The movie will be directed by Ramesh varma of Ride fame.Three heroines will be roped in for this film. 'Don Seenu' with Kick producers. Trisha is playing the female lead in this movie. Gopichand Malineni is debuting as director. 'Mirapakaya - Veedu Chaala Hot Guru' is the  another movie title under consideration more details awaited.

Allu Arjun in Lawrence direction.

As per the sources of CineHerald.com Chirographer, Actor turned Director Raghava Lawrence who directed the super hit  movies 'Maas', 'Don' with Nagarjuna, now he will direct a big budget film with stilish star Allu Arjun. More Derails awaited.

'Badmash' is a campus love story.

A s one steps into the college, one gets the feel of a festive atmosphere as the students are in a revelry mood singing and dancing on the huge campus grounds and lawn. You wonder whether the curriculum has been changed to a new method of teaching as you spot elderly men watch the ‘tamasha' sporting a smile. Since it is a college campus, we expect to see academicians. Soon we realise spotting the reflectors, the crane and the trolleys and other paraphernalia that it is a film shoot. At the Vardhaman College of Engineering, academician-turned-producer G. Nagaiah and his G.P. Siddhardh Film Academy unit are shooting a song sequence for Badmash starring newcomers Naga Siddhardha and Ekta in the lead. Interestingly, the campus love story is directed by ‘Vandemataram' Srinivas. Taking the mantle of a director for the first time, the popular singer and music director in the company of the young actors is charged with youthful exuberance as he guides them to place the steps in unison with the rhythmic melodic beat he had created at the recording studios, earlier. Looking at the performance of the lead players — Naga Siddhardha and Ekta — one gets the feeling that their on-screen chemistry is going to work well for the movie. Incidentally, producer Dr. Nagaiah has a Ph.D in chemistry and worked as a Principal of Siddhardh P.G. College in Hyderabad. Passion towards films drew him to the celluloid world. He roped in long time friend Srinivas to wield the megaphone. The duo finally zeroed in on a mass subject (story: P.V. Giri) dealing with student psychology. Naga Siddhardha plays the title role, Avinash, otherwise known in the locality as Badmash. “It is a mass character. This badmash is not a rogue. Generally when some one does a mischievous act, elders in an affectionate note tell him not to do such badmashee. He is one such guy and his acts are misconstrued as badmashee. Watch him on the large screen and you will love him,” smiles Dr. Nagaiah. Watching the ‘students' perform the song number, he tells you that one can find real college incidents and behaviour hitherto unseen in Telugu cinema. A romantic fun loving guy like any other youth of his age, the hero has a goal too — to bring in a sea change in the conventional system of teaching that is becoming more a burden on the student rather than helping him out. How he makes his point convincingly to both the parents and the academicians is the focal point. It also leaves a message ‘not to pester the children, make them read.' Instead of bringing out the creative talents in the students to the fore, the present system of education is producing them en masse. With all this it is a well packaged mass entertainer.” The focus shifts to the song and the tune sounds fresh and peppy. “Mark my word, ‘Vandemataram' Srinivas's music from our film will be the chartbuster in 2010. I mean all the six songs from the film are going to be a hit,” says the confident producer. After completing the talkie part the unit is now filming the songs and this is the first of the lot. “This song will be shot in other locations — Siddhardh Institute of Technology, CVSR College and Pragathi Engineering College and we plan to shoot three songs in Philippines, Hong Kong and Bangkok.” Chandramohan, Suman, M.S. Narayana, Venumadhav and Dharmavarapu are in the cast. The film is slated for an April release. Movie Stills

Veeru Potla will direct Nagarjuna?

Director Veeru Potla who directed the movie Bindaas is will direct a movie with Nagarjuna. Veeru potla readied a very good subject for Nagarjuna.

Dasari's choreography for ' Young India’

As a writer, lyricist, actor, director and producer, Darsakaratna Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao is reckoned among those who had reached the highest peaks of the Telugu cinema. The multi-faceted celebrity has now taken up another job. He is doingchoreography for his 149th film, which is currently in production phase. The film titled ‘Young India’ stars 81 new comers.

Sree Vass to direct Balakrishna?

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.

Shruti Hassan Opposite Surya?

Shruti Haasan’s Tamil debut is going to be a big one. If sources are right, she will starring as heroine in Suriya and A R Murugadoss’ next film. It will be produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin.' The yet to be stared film has already triggered high interests as Suriya and A R Murugadoss’ last flick ‘Ghajini’ was a huge success both in Telugu and Tamil.

Krish‘Vedham’ to release in June.

The multi-starrer film ‘Vedham’ has completed its major part of its shooting and is planned for its release in the month of June. The movie has top stars Allu Arjun, Anushka and Manchu Manoj in the lead roles.The movie is said to be an action oriented movie. Allu Arjun is doing a massive role in the film and Manoj is playing the role of a rock star while Anushka is playing a prostitute role in the film.According to sources, Vedham also has few other casts in special roles. Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi (Krish) who earlier directed Gamyam is directing this film. The movie is being produced by Prasad devineni and Shobu Yarlagadda. Music for the film is being composed by M.M.Keeravani. While Manoj’s Bindaas has recently hit the theaters, Allu Arjun’s ‘Varudu’ is gearing up for itsrelease in March and Anushka’s ‘Panchakshari’ is planned for a release in summer. So, Vedham is slated for the June release.

RaNa's 'LEADER' Movie Review - Telugu Cinema Reviews

Movie Name : Leader Rating : 3.25/5 Banner : AVM Productions Casting : Daggubati Rana, Richa Gangopadhyaya, Priya Anand, Subba Raju, Harshavardhan, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Ahuti Prasad, Tanikella Bharani, Suhasini, Suman, Udaya Bhanu etc Music : Mickey J Mayor Cinematography : Vijay C Kumar Producer : M Saravanan and MS Guhan Director : Sekhar Kammula Release Date:19 Feb, 2010

Summary: The story of Leader is about a guy called Arjun Prasad (RaNa) who sets out to be the leader of masses, by providing them with an empathetic and corruption free administration. The story is about how this sincere and idealistic guy faces challenges and how he circumvents them through his intelligent ways. In the process he becomes the CM of the state also. It's a saga of a young man who wishes to change the rules of system. Scanning: The man behind the scenes Sekhar Kammula has done his research well. This being his long cherished baby he has put his heart and soul into the film. Though some glaring faults in some scenes are apparent, they could be over looked for the good effort put in. though the film would have been a drag with the presence of the heroines. The only area where the audience would feel suffocated would be the lack of comedy.The film scores in the sincerity of the effort and a novel idea. Surely it is a departure from the run of the mill song and dance sequence films that Tollywood is used to offer. The production values are excellent. Some of the scenes and dialogues hit the nail on the head, they convey the meaning they intend to, and surely emotions are racing when one hears them.The film is also a good roller-coaster ride emotion wise and the eyes would be wet every now and then seeing the tragic scenes. It's a one man show and the rest of the cast revolve round him. So RaNa is the man. He has done a good job and from no angle does he look a debutant. His upbringing in the filmy Khandan of Rama Naidu shows-upthe film. Subba Raju, Kota, Tannikella Bharani, Suhasini and the heroines Richa and Priya all do justice to their respective roles.   Round-Up: A must watch for many reasons. One for the sincere effort, second for RaNa's excellent debut and third for an emotional ride! This is one film you would keep discussing in your head for at least a week after you have seen it. It is intelligent and thought provoking. What else do you need in a film? Cine Herald Verdict: It’s Honest And Good Movie Links Movie Stills Audio Launch Press Meet Merchandise Launching Wallpapers Trailers

Saadhyam to hit the screens on Feb 26th

Jagapathi Babu, Priyamani starrer ‘Saadhyam’ is scheduled for its release on February 26th. The movie is said to be a love cum action entertainer. According to film-makers, Jagapathi babu’s role is distinct and challenging while Priyamani’s role also is a highlight of the film, Keerthi Chawla is playing an important role in the movie. The movie is being directed by Karthikeya Gopalakrishna and is being produced by Kumar brothers Music is composed by Chinni cheran. Editing is done by Gautham Raju while the story and screenplay is by Shyam Manohar. Other cast includes Kota Srinivasa Rao, Tanikella bharani, U.B.Raju, Satya Prakash Bhargavi, Pragathi and Madhumani.

' Leader' in Hyderabad Theaters List

‘Inkosaari’ releasing on Feb 26th

“Inkosaari” starring Raja, Manjari and Richa in the lead roles is gearing up for its release in the last week of February. The film has already undergone its censor and it has been given a clean ‘U’ by the censor board. The latest news is the film will be released on February 26th. Kalyan Palla is producing the film under Bay Movies banner while Suman Pathuri is directing it. Raj-DK, who had earlier directed ‘Flavours’ and ‘99’ have written the story of ‘Inkosaari’. The movie is being touted as a trendy tale of friendship in sync with the general mood of the audience today. It’s the tale of how a group of friends meet after seven years and complete an unfinished business. Mahesh Sahankar is scoring the music for this film. Senior actor Gollapudi Maruthi Rao is acting in this film after a long gap. Kishore, Ravi Varma and Sandip are playing other major roles inthe film.

RaNa's 'Leader' Releasing Tomorrow

The much-awaited, much-expected, much-hyped Rana Daggubati starrer ‘Leader’ directed by talented Sekhar Kammula will be hitting screens tomorrow. Produced under the prestigious AVM banner, the film has already created high currents across T-town. Coming with one of the rarest themes, ‘Political,’ ‘Leader’ is said to carry a good message to the people at the time when the state in turmoil. The film stars debutants Richa Gangopadhyay and Priya Anand as heroines. Suman and Suhasini Mani Ratnam played special roles. Other stars include Kota Srinivas Rao, Tanikella Bharani, Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, Rao Ramesh, Subbaraju, Harsha Vardhan, Udaya Bhanu and Haripriya. Music is scored by Mickey J Mayer while cinematography is done by Vijay C Kumar and art by Thota Tarani.

Namitha Romances a Teenage Boy

South Indian glamour queen Namitha’s Tamil film ‘Alagana Ponnuthan’ is gearing for release. The film is a romantic entertainer based on an Italian film ‘Malèna’ (starring Monica Bellucci). Namitha has played the role played by Monica Bellucci in the film. She romances a teenage boy in the film. ‘Alagana Ponnuthan’ has been in the production phase from quite a long time. After overcoming several hurdles, the film is now getting for release.

Richa Gangopadhyay as politician’s daughter

Richa Gangopadhyay is debuting as heroine in telugu film industry with ‘Leader’ movie. The actress was recently being seen in lot of programmes in TV for promoting her upcoming flick. The actress was into modeling earlier and done ads such as Dabur Vatika, Medimix soap etc.

Richa is said to be playing the role of a politician’s daughter who is the CEO of a TV Channel. The actress said that the role she played in the film is nearer to her real life nature. The actress said, “I felt as if Sekhar Kammula has designed this particular role only for me. I’m a very determined person and fight for my rights. I know what I want and I work hard till I achieve them. My role in this film is also similar to what I am in real life.”

Let’s wish all the best to the new actress!

'Ye Maaya Chesave' in USA by Great India Films

YMC – A three letter acronym that will be remembered for the years to come in the history of tollywood. YMC, Ye Maya Chesave will be remembered as Youthful Movie of the Century. Coming under the direction of a proven class director Gautham Menon who delivered block busters like Cheli, Gharshana, Raghavan and Surya s/o Krishnan, this film has high expectations. Another powerful three letter Acronym in overseas distribution GIF is also associated with this movie. As the name states, Great India Films is determined to show our beloved Indians living abroad only the Greatest Indian Films by carefully picking and choosing the films, and our success rate shows it all. Movie field is a creative world and story is the soul for any movie. A heart touching love story is due since a long time on Telugu screen, 'Ye Maya Chesave' a love story mixed with lot of entertainment is perfectly complimented by soothing music by the all time musical great of Indian film industry and an Oscar winner A.R. Rahaman, The music is already out into the market and the unique Rahman style melodies are already haunting the music lovers and acting as a slow poison on youth and getting them addicted to this YMC album. The subject is very unique with lot of style in narration and picturised in exotic locations of USA and other beautiful locations around the world, promises a 'Geetanjali' range love story for 'Naga Chaitanya', the successor of Akkineni family which is synonym for the romantic entertainers. 'Ye Maya Chesave' is starred by young Romantic star 'Naga Chaitanya', who is paired with the gorgeous 'Samantha', the new face getting extraordinary attention already for her stunning looks. So our well wishers and movie lovers get ready to be entertained and dazzled by “maya” the magic of love by YMC – Ye Maya Chesave – a Youthful Movie of the Century In Summary, here are few highlights of the film. 1. Naga Chaitanya’s 2nd movie as hero 2. Samantha is acting as heroine who also got signed up in NTR’s next movie Brindavanam 3. Music by Oscar award winner AR Rahman is already a hit 4. YMC is directed by National award winner Gautham Menon who delivered block busters earlier 5. YMC is produced lavishly by prestigious India Production headed by Sri Sanjay and Smt. Manjula Sanjay who produced Pokiri earlier 6 YMC is the Great India Films and Indira productions 2nd venture after industry hit Pokiri 7. YMC was shot in several beautiful locales in US and several locations around the world. 8. YMC is a Youthful love entertainer that will make everyone fall in love with this movie. For records & info, Great India Films also holds the rights Young Tiger NTR & DIL Raju’s “Brindavanam”, RR Movie makers Venkat & Ravi Teja’s hilarious “Don Seenu”, Young sensation Ram & DIL Raju’s “Rama Rama Krishna Krishna” , Varun Sandesh and Dil Raju’s Maro Charitra. Also, GIF who is the longest player in the Telugu movies distribution in USA and distributed many blockbusters and crazy products like Super Star Mahesh Babu's 'Pokiri', Sunil's 'Andala Ramudu', Ramcharan’s “Chiruta” & Dil Raju’s “ Kotha Bangaru Lokam” , RR Movie Makers “KICK” , Naga Chaitanya’s Josh, NTR’s “ADURS”, Venkatesh’s “Namo Venkatesha” and many other movies in the last 7 years.. We thank Sanjay garu, Manjula garu, Mallikarjuna Rao garu, Super Star Krishna garu, charming prince Mahesh Babu and our well wishers for extending their support and providing us this opportunity. To be a part of this venture in your City / Country, Please contact at following numbers Soma 916-496-1921 Sudha 832-260-5406 email at info@greatindiafilms.com Movie Links Movie Opening Movie Stills Wallpapers

'Ye Maaya Chesave' releases on 26th Feb

Sequel to Chandramukhi

A few months ago there was news that a sequel for Rajinikanth’s ‘Chandramukhi’ is likely to happen soon. Now, the same news is on the buzz that the sequel to the block buster ‘Chandramukhi’ is on the cards. P Vasu, the director of ‘Chandramukhi’ had already made the sequel in Kannada as ‘Aptha Rakshana’, the first part being ‘Apthamitra’. While ‘Apthamitra’ was the last film of Late Soundarya, ‘Aptha Rakshana’ is the last film of late Vishnuvardhan. Thissequel film was specially screened for Rajinikanth at Chennai recently. Along with him ‘Chandramukhi’ producers Ram Kumar and Prabhu of Sivaji Productions also attended this preview show. Now what is remained to be seen is the green signal from Rajinikanth. To know about his opinion we have to wait for some more time along with director P Vasu. But right now the actor is busy with his latest flick ‘Robot’ as it has reached its final stages.

Gopichand in B.Gopal’s direction

B.Gopal, the specialist of mass masala movies, is now keen on working with young heroes. After directing Balakrishna in blocks busters like Samarasinha Reddy and Narasinha Naidu and Chiranjeevi in Indra, he had recently worked with young hero Ram (for Maska). Producer Bujji has roped in him for his next film with Gopichand as hero. Bujji’s earlier film with Gopichand, Lakshyam, was a smash hit. So Bujji roped in again a director who knows the pulse of mass audiences. The flick will go to the sets soon after Gopichand completes his current movie, Golimaar.

Pawan Kalyan’s Puli in April

Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s much awaited film ‘Puli’ is finally slated for a release on April 28th world wide. S.J.Surya is directing the film and Singamala Ramesh is producing it. Kanaka Ratna Movies banner is presenting the film. Sensational music director, A.R.Rahman is composing the music. The shooting part of the film is almost completed except a couple of songs. These 2 songs will be shot in Hyderabad and shooting part will be completed by March 2nd week. Nikesha Patel is playing the female lead and Shriya saran will also make her presence in the film with an item number. Manoj Bajpayee, Saranya, Bhanuchander are playing the key roles in the film.

Shreya gives a lecture at IIM Ahmadabad

Actress Shriya Saran became the first actress to be invited to IIM Ahmedabad for a guest lecture. This happened on 12th February. The actress said thatThe Indian Media and entertainment industry is the fastest growing sector at present, so considering this IIM Ahmedabad had started a new program CFI – Contemporary Film Industry – A Business Perspective. I was there to give a lecture to 2nd year students of CFI and did a lot of research for the lecture for nearly five days. After Aamir and Shahrukh, Shriya is the third actress to get this opportunity.

Sumanth’s next film with Ravi C Kumar

Ravi C Kumar who has earlier directed Jagapathi Babu’s ‘Samanyudu’ and Nitin’s ‘Victory’ is coming up with third venture with Sumanth in the lead. The movie is said to be a romantic entertainer with a message.

The two earlier films from the director remained as an average films. However the director says that he has rectified his mistakes from the past two directorials and will give a hit with his third film.Sumanth is also waiting for a hit from long time. His last two films pourudu and boni failed at the box-office.

Let’s hope their combination works at the box-office!

I love being called NTR’s grandson:Jr.NTR

While most star sons and daughters you come across are busy getting away from the shadows of their parents and leave no stone unturned to refrain from being typecastYoung Tiger NTR Jr, the grand son of NTR, is the opposite . Indeed, he candidly confesses that being born in a star family helped him kick start his career enormously. “It helped me largely in the first movie itself because people believe that you have the same aura and capabilities as your grandfather. But after that an actor can only bank upon his acting skills. I love being called NTR’s grandson. I never moved away from his shadow may be because I didn’t try enough or may be because I like it this way,” says NTR Jr, who is currently shooting in Jaipur for his upcoming mega-budget film Sakthi. Needless to say, making the most of the opportunity, NTR explored Rajasthan as much as “his hectic schedule allowed” him. “I went to Ajmer just after coming to Jaipur as my mom wanted me to pay obeisance at the dargah. I have also been to Pushkar and will now get to see Jodhpur when we go there for the shoot. This place has loads of beauty and when you shoot here, it gives you a royal feel. In fact when audience knows that the film is being shot in Rajasthan, they also have expectations of relishing the majestic locales on screen.” And contrary to his perception - that he is not well-known in North India - the star finds his fan following where ever he goes. “I think some of my films like Kantri have been dubbed in Hindi because I had thought who would know me here? But at Pushkar people recognised me and were shouting my film’s name. Isn’t that fabulous? South comprises of a mixed community but in North there are fewer South Indians and there’s a vast difference between both. I was like wow people do recognise you here?” Down south the star is treated as a demigod with his fans bathing the actor’s cutout with milk before his film’s release, will he ever take a plunge in Bollywood? “Never,” pat comes the reply and he adds, “I am happy being king down south. It’s my world and I am destined to be here (Telugu film industry) I don’t even want to try my luck in Tamil films, but I might think of Bollywood at some later stage.” Indeed NTR doesn’t even want to change his image of a commercial hero and is not upbeat about being too experimental. “I am a commercial hero and I will never leave that genre. And having an image of a mass hero I will spoil the whole script in the wake of being too experimental. Then there are boundaries around a mass stirrer like me - audience buy the tickets of NTR Junior’s film with a larger-than-life image of his in their mind, who would give them an action-packed performance. So, I can’t flout the boundaries and disappoint them.” Point taken! But would he ever take to direction or writing? “I believe in doing what I am best at. I don’t want to waste my energy in other things instead I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.” As he once campaigned for TDP, do we see him donning the hat of a politician in the near future? “It is a different chapter of my life and I am not ready to open it now. Movies are my life and politics is a responsibility. I think I am too young for that.” However, it is surely the right age to tie the knot, so why the delay? But the shy actor makes a clean sweep from giving the reply, as he says, “I am a very shy person, who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life.”

Swathi will enter sandalwood

Telugu newbie Swathi made her debut in the lead role with the Tamil flick Subramaniapuram. Now the actress might act in her first Kannada film opposite Shivrajkumar. Chandru, the director of the untitled film confirmed that he has approached Swathi for the role. He says, “I have approached Swathi. But the dates are yet to be finalised. Since Swathi is now doing a Tamil film with Vikram, she does not want a clash of dates. But I am confident that this issue can be sorted out. I will be narrating the story to her, if she agrees to act in this film. The heroine’s role suits her perfectly.” Swathi was an anchor for a TV channel and her programme was a hit with Telugu viewers. She entered the film industry with Aadavari Maataluku Arthaale Verule, which had Venkatesh and Trisha in the lead roles, but her role was appreciated. The film’s title has been tentatively fixed as Mylari. It will be produced by Kananapura Sreenivas who had earlier made successful films like Yuvaraja and Santha with Shivarajkumar. Guru Kiran is the music director. But the title Mylari is now with Ashwini Ram Prasad who has already registered it in the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce. The film’s co-producer Srikanth says that he shares a cordial relationship with Ram Prasad and hopes that the title will be transferred to their production house

Samantha in NTR's Brindavanam

Actress Samantha, who is making her debut with Naga Chaitanya’s second movie Ye Maya Chesave is cast as one of the heroines in NTR’s next movie Brindavanam. Kajal Agarwal is playing other heroine. Padipally Vamsi (Munna fame) directs this movie. SS Thaman composes music. Dil Raju is the producer.

Shriya’s item song completed for Pawan's 'Komaram Puli'

It is already intimated to our viewers that shriya saran will be doing an item number in Pawan kalyan’s upcoming film, ‘Komaram Puli’. Now, the news is that the shooting part of this song has been completed. Shriya has acted in none of the straight telugu films from a couple of years, but was doing few item numbers. The actress is now busy with a Malayalam project opposite hero Prithviraj. She is debuting with this film in Malayalam. The movie is being directed by S.J.Suryah and produced by Singanamala Ramesh under the banner of Srikanaka Ratna Movies with Nikesha patel as heroine.

Allu Arjun's varudu movie shooting completed

Navadeep's Yagam censor is complete

Censoring of Navadeep’s latest movie Yagam is complete and it is going to release in the last week of this month. Bhumika and Kim Sharma played female leads. PA Arun Prasad (Tammudu fame) is directing this movie. Raju and Praveen are producing on Silver Screen movies banner. Downtown Films presents it.

Tanish’s new Movie Under Eetaram Movies

Young hero Tanish (Nachchavule fame) has signed up a new venture under the banner, ‘Eetaram movies’. The shooting of this movie is going at a brisk pace now. This well-known banner has earlier made the film, ‘Yagnam’ with Gopichand under the direction of AS Ravi Kumar Chowdary. This film also will be directed by Ravi Kumar Chowdary. Pokuri Babu Rao is producing this film. Meanwhile, Tanish upcoming film, ‘Mouna ragam’ is getting ready for its release. More details of this new venture are yet to be revealed.

‘Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta' is a feel good movie about family and love.

The Kerala House at VGP Golden Beach in Perungudi on the outskirts of Chennai brimmed with activity as the unit of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Films parked there to shoot a few key portions and a couple of songs for their poignant love story, Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta directed by Subha Selvam. Hero Uday Kiran enters the luxuriously done up drawing room with heroine Swetha Basu Prasad as cinematographer Raghava captures the quizzical look on the faces of Ashish Vidyardhi, Nalini, ‘Nizhalgal' Ravi, Rajyalakshmi and Aarthi. ‘Chitram' Srinu followed the young couple. The director ordered for a ‘cut' to brief the next block in the scene, a light hearted one. The camera position is changed and the reflectors are placed accordingly. As the shoot progresses one understands that Ashish Vidyardhi is cast as the maternal uncle of Uday who stays with him. Nalini plays Udya's aunt while Ravi and Rajyalakshmi are cast as his parents. As is customary, the maternal uncle harps with the idea of getting his daughter (Arthi) married to his nephew Uday but the hero had already fallen inlove with Swetha. But he hasn't got the courage to tell his uncle about his love. Finally he brings his lady love home to introduce her to his uncle and family members and his struggle creates humour. “It is a comedy scene,” informs the producers D. Kumar and Easwara Prasad. Termed as a maturedlove story, the film has no conventional villains but there is a certain force that the protagonist is forced to fight against within a set period of time to save his lover andlove ‘leading to an intriguing and absorbing climax.' The unit has shot the pivotal scenes for close to two weeks in Chennai and Puducherry along with two songs choreographed by Sivaji and tuned by Pradeep Koneru. “The theme unveils the tender feelings and emotional upheavals in the young lovers creating a feelgood movie experience for the audience. With this shoot, we have completed sixty per cent of the portions. Popular comedians will participate in the next schedule in which the climax part and the remaining two songs will be filmed,” informed the executive producer Soma Vijay Prakash. Presented by U.K. Avenues, the film is slated for a summer release.

Nagarjuna's Kedi Movie Review - Telugu Cinema Review

Movie Name : Kedi Rating : 3.25/5 Banner : Kamakshi Kala Movies Casting : Nagarjuna, Mamta Mohandas, Sayaji Shinde, Harshavardhan, Brahmanandam, Ankur, Anushka, Mehak, Linda, Poula, Pavala Syamala, Jayavani etc Music : Sandeep Chowta Cinematography : Sarvesh Murari Producer : D Shiva Prasada Reddy Director : Kiran Kumar Release Date:12 Feb, 2010

Summary: A regular tale, the story begins with Ramesh also known as Rummy (Nagarjuna) who has been friend with Janaki since childhood. In this process, Rummy develops love for Janaki but she tells him that if he becomes a big person in the society and is a rich person, she will be ready to marry him. Rummy takes this seriously and then he gets into gambling, in no time, he becomes a very wealthy person but then he nails only those people who became rich by wrong route and wins them in the gambling. This falls into the eyes of ACP Sekhar (Sayaji) who does his best to catch Rummy but is never successful. The story takes a turn when Rummy gets into a deal with Chandra (ankur) and at the same time, he also saves the life of Sara (Paula) whose sister Nadia (linda) falls in love with him. There is also Sandhya (Mamatha) who is Rummy's aide in all his activities. Where does all this lead to forms the rest of the story. Scanning: The director has come up with a different theme and both the presentation and narrative have been okay. The dialogues were neat, the script was average but the screenplay was interesting. Background score was weak but two songs can be taken home for sure. Cinematography was top notch. Editing could have been better. Costumes were rich and the art department was quite creative. Nagarjuna has come up with a elegant performance and mysteriously, he is looking much younger than his earlier movie, Mamatha might be a disappointment for the glam lovers since her role doesn't have any oomph, it is more performance driven. Sayaji Shinde was regular, Brahmanandam was superb again, the real show belongs to Ankur and Rahul Dev who came up with a mean act, the others did their bit as required. Round-Up: The film is more of an entertainer and while the first half goes about with the regular elements of friendship, love and action, it is the second half that has got few serious moments and a predictable climax. The technical aspects of the film are high and the comedy track was also focused well. However, it is not an impact creating film and is more of a time pass. At the box office, it could be an above average grosser. The brand value ofNagarjuna and the presence of Mamta might get in good opening collections. CineHerald Verdict : Watch it Kedi Movie Links: Movie Stills Working Stills Press Meet Audio Release Wallpapers Trailers