Dec 05

Having mass elements like song and stunt sequences is an inevitable part of Telugu cinema. This trend of commercialism was bought in by ace director K. Raghavendra Rao with his first movie ‘Babu’. The filmmaker made his first itself as a trend setter and followed it with a series of appreciable movies. Every product of his received great applause from the viewers and also bagged awards from the state government. » Continue reading…

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Nov 18

You sold Happy Days film outright to Dil Raju for a profit of couple crores. And Dil Raju made huge profit by several crores. Did you feel the pinch as you did not get a single pie from the huge profits Happy Days made?
It hurts because I am a human being. I knew right from the day one of the shoot that Happy Days is going to be a blockbuster. But at the same time I did not want to be too greedy. That is the reason why I sold it outright prior to the release. I made Happy Days with high production values on a low budget.

I feel that it is God’s scheme and he decides when to give us the money. When I was desperate to sell Nizam rights of Anand film for 20 lakhs, I could not find a buyer. I released the film on my own and it collected 1.75 crores in Nizam area. Hence I learnt to leave it to God and Nature. Monitory aspects do not affect me or my work now. » Continue reading…

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Nov 18

The prestigious NTR National Awards for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 have been presented on 17th during the Nandi Awards function.

The award named after legendary Telugu star turned politician and Ex-Chief Minister of AP Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, carries a reward of Rs 50,000, a golden Nandi and a citation. » Continue reading…

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Nov 13

All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) president and prominent actor R Sarath Kumar has said that a plump post in his party would soon be given to wife Radhika Sarath Kumar.

Said the actor-politicians, ‘ours is a democratic party. Radhika is going to get a position not just because she is my wife. She is actually my senior in politics and has served the ruling DMK for many years. She hails from a family which has its roots in politics for decades’.

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Nov 13

Director Vishnuvardhan who churned out ‘Billa’ is working on ‘Sarvam’ right now and word has it that Trisha who is the leading lady of the film will be seen clad in a bikini.

The bikini fever has caught on. Now, Priya Mani will be seen in the famous two-piece attire for a Telugu film titled ‘Drona’ where she co-stars with Nithin.

The actress who won the National Award for best Actress playing a village belle in the film ‘Paruthiveeran’ has indeed made a huge stride towards glamour. » Continue reading…

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Nov 13

Kamal Haasan’s historical extravaganza ‘Marma Yogi’ has been shelved due to fiscal constraints. This is not the first time as earlier ‘Marudhanayagam’ of Kamal’s was curbed to the same fate. The movie has a cast coup including Shreya, Trisha, Hema Malini and also Victory Venkatesh. Pyramid Saimira and Rajkamal Films were to produce this venture jointly. Kamal was to enact and direct the movie himself. » Continue reading…

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Nov 13

A new movie has been signed by NTR in the direction of Selva Raghavan. Also known as Sri Raghavendra, the director has made hits like ‘7/G Brindavan Colony’ and ‘Adhavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule’. A successful filmmaker in Tamil, he stepped into Tollywood and his straight movie with Venkatesh made it big. He met NTR recently and narrated a script to him. » Continue reading…

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Nov 13

Press reports of recent times were on high glib talks that Nagarjuna is rendering support to the ruling congress party. The public now has the impression that the entire stars from the film fraternity is into politics.

This led to Nagarjuna’s indignation over media for their illustrious reports that are not evident. A panel of the media made news speculation that the actor is going to convert Annapurna Studios into a corporate entity and build multiplexes in the seven acres. » Continue reading…

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Nov 12

Director Trivikaram Srinivas is now making a movie starring Mahesh Babu and Parvathi Melton in the lead. Singanamala Ramesh is producing this high budget movie on Kanaka Ratna Movies banner. This pipelined movie goes to the floors from 19th of this month at Ramoji Film City.

The questions might linger in your mind that how Parvathi Melton became the miss universe. She didn’t compete in any beauty contest but she became one in this movie for she plays the character of a girl who is a miss universe. Mahesh Babu plays the role of a taxi driver. » Continue reading…

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Nov 12

Sindhu Menon took a dip into Telugu movies opposite Srihari, in the direction of N. Shankar. Her first ‘Bhadrachalam’ in his direction became an instant hit kick starting her career. But, her following movies didn’t reap her enough name and she was out of media speculations for awhile. Her comeback was Krishna Vamsi’s ‘Chandamama’ that saw the start of her second innings in Tollywood.

With the success of this film, Sindhu got the second heroine role in the recently released ‘Rainbow’. Now, she is selected to play the heroine opposite Jagapathi babu, in the direction of JD Chakravarthy for the sequel of ‘Homam’ titled as ‘Moksham’. » Continue reading…

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