Darling Telugu Movie Review

Movie: Darling   
My Rating: 3/5
Banner: Sri Venkateshwara Cine Chitra
Music: GV Prakash
Fights: Peter Heins
Editing: K Venkateswara Rao
Producer: BVSN Prasad
Direction: Karunakar
Cast: Prabhas, Kajal, Shradhdha Das, Mukesh Rishi, Prabhu, Chandra Mhan, Ahuti Prasad, MS Narayana, Sivannarayana, Tulasi, Kota, Srinivas Reddy etc
Release Date: 23rd Apr 2010

Review

Story

The movie starts with enthusiastic 1980 backdrop in black and white. The college mates disperse after farewell and they keep themselves in contact even after decades.

Prabha (Prabhas) is the son of one of those old friends (Prabhu) and Nandini (Kajal) is the daughter of another (Ahuti Prasad). They live in various places.

A lady (Shradhdha Das) loves Prabha and proposes him. But he negates. The father of that lady is a goon (Mukesh Rishi) who surrounds Prabha and his friends’ gang for negating his daughter. To escape from that goon Prabha narrates his flash back stating that he has love interest by name Nandini and he met her in Switzerland. The goon leaves him knowing that.

After a while, the old friends wish to have old friends’ reunion with families. They all meet in a village and how Prabha and Nandini meet again (?) and end up with love-union forms rest of the story. Many twists, turns and secrets will be unleashed in narration for the entertainment of audience.

Artists Performance:

Prabhas is at his best. His gait, his glow, his performance and confidence carried the movie happily.

Kajal enticed audiences with her magnetism. Shradhdha Das, although had small role, she made her presence felt.

Mukesh Rishi is ok as goon but he has lighter vein characterization.

Chandramohan, Ahuti Prasad, Prabhu, Tulasi, MS Narayana are all ok.

Sivannarayana performs comedy up to the perfection with his single dialogue ‘tinnaaaraa..!!??”. Kota has no dialogue at all in the film.

Music is bad. Background score is poor. If those were good, the movie would have scored well among audience. It is single line story but narrated in three layers. It’s all screenplay technique that which may be liked by many.

Final Analysis:

Watching this movie is not like eating an apple or banana but like chewing an orange. You need to spit the seeds and enjoy the rest. It surely entertains but lacks in consistency. It’s good in bits and pieces but cannot be declared ‘wholesome wonder’. The major asset for this movie is Prabhas who handled the audience with his great looks and confident performance. Female audiences definitely feel ectopic tintinnabulations in their heart. Action part, generally finds it difficult to get encomiums. But Peter Heins stood as top entertainer in this movie with his wonderful composition of fights.

The best parts of the movie are:
Prabhas
Peter Hein’s fight compositions
‘Kadupu Manta’ scene between Prabhas and Srinivas Reddy
Inka Edo song picturization
Watching Hyderabad with Switzerland snowfall

The director has rightly used the technical elements to make the movie a pleasant feel to watch. The entire movie has got elevated in picture quality due to DI and other effects. Technically on a whole, with editing, cinematography and CG stands great. But the main factor of the movie, the music, is unpleasant. RR is also very weak and failed to bring in right elevation for narration.

First half is entertaining but declares to be a fiction by interval (watch it to get clarity). Second half is on beaten track with predictable screenplay. Climax is crisp and closed on lighter note without any extraaaas.

The film has got the muscle to run in theatres for some time with summer factor and bits and pieces of entertainment.

Mahesh Likes To Act With His Son!

Tollywood has come across many fathers and sons sharing screen space concepts. From Black and White era to till date, there are good number of films that showed father and son on the same screen. Late NTR with Balakrishna, Nageswara Rao with Nagarjuna, Nagarjuna with Akhil, Krishna with Mahesh Babu, Chiranjeevi with Ram Charan Teja are some of the best we have seen. And now, get ready for one more latest pair, it is Prince Mahesh Babu and his son Gautham.

Mahesh has recently expressed his views in a TV channel that he likes to share screen space with his son, Gautham. Mahesh is also waiting for some right scripts.

Mani Ratnam Tested Priyamani’s Skills!

The glamorous and spicy heroine Priyamani says that she was very much thrilled when she was called by ace director Mani Ratnam to narrate the story of ‘Ravanan’ and about her character in the film.

When Mani Ratnam asked her about her Hindi speaking skills she says that her Hindi linguistic skills are quite good. Then Mani Ratnam called his assistant and asked him to converse with her in Hindi to test her speaking skills. Well satisfied with her language, he offered Priyamani a key role in Ravanan. However, Priyamani also bagged another bollywood chance soon after this in Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Raktha Charithra’.

Kajal Agarwal Out From MS Raju Movie

The pretty actress Kajal Agarwal seems to be out of the prestigious project, M.S.Raju’s ‘Chandi’. We had earlier reported that Kajal has demanded a remuneration of Rs.1 Crore for the film, Chandi. So, finally producer, M.S.Raju has dumped Kajal from this project and according to sources, he is trying to rope in a young heroine.

M.S.Raju might have realized about the rising production cost and the remuneration of big stars and top technicians. The remuneration of leading stars and heroines have become the major component of the production budgets.

Tamannah Loves Rickshaw Ride

White beauty Tamannah is all smiles now. The actress has bagged big banners offers in Kollywood as well as Tollywood. Tamannah will be soon seen opposite Allu Arjun in Badrinath and her latest release Awara in Tamil version opposite Karthi has become super hit.

Talking about her personal life, “I am not from the filmy background. I am a total home bird and most of my friends are non-industry people. In Mumbai, I am a normal girl who loves to get into a rickshaw and go to the nearby mall for shopping. My dad says that I’m crazy to do so but still do it.”

Prabhas 'Darling' Movie Talk

Prabhas, Kajal starrer ‘Darling’ is all set for grand release tomorrow. The film has created a pre-release hype before its release. This is said to be the biggest release for hero Prabhas with a number of 335 prints.

The latest news is that ‘Dil’ Raju has bagged the distribution rights of Darling film in Nizam and Vizag areas. He also acquired the satellite rights of the film. The movie is releasing in Nizam area alone with 85 prints. Among these 14 are digital prints and remaining 71 are celluloid prints. The movie also has grabbed commercial sponsorship of Rs.65 lakhs from various sources.

Madhavi Latha In K.Raghavendra Rao Direction

Madhavi Latha of ‘Nachavule’ film will be soon seen as a female lead in the direction of K Raghavendra Rao. Krishna Vaasa, a debutant is playing the male lead in the film. The film is titled as ‘Tholi Paata’. The movie is all about a young man who aspires to become a director in the film industry.

The movie has completed its shooting part of the film and the makers of the film are planning to release it soon. ‘Tholi Paata’ is being produced by E Srinivasa Raju and K Srinivasa Reddy jointly.

Gaayam2 In Its Third Schedule

Jagapathi Babu, Vimala Raman starrer Gaayam 2 is currently progressing at a brisk pace. The film has completed two schedules of its shooting in Bangkok and is progressing towards third schedule in Hyderabad from 3rd May. The movie is a sequel to RGV’s block-buster hit action film, Gaayam.

Being presented by Ram Gopal Varma, the film is being directed by Praveen Sriand is being produced by Dr.Dharmakartha under the banner, ‘Kartha Creations’. The film has music by Ilayaraja who had scored for its prequel too. Lyrics are penned by Bhaskar Bhatla, Anantha Sriram, Vanamali and Kaluva Krishna Sai. Gandham Nagraju has penned the dialogues; Anil Bhandari handled the cinematography and Praaveen is the editor of the film.

Priyamani Praises Her Co-Star!

Priyamani who has bagged the role in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’ has showered all praises on her co-star, Abhishek Bachchan for his attitude.

Priyamani said, “Abhishek is fun and lively, always cracking jokes and making everyone around him laugh,” says the dusky beauty on the Junior B. You hardly feel the work pressure when Abhishek is around the sets. There is a lot of laughter thanks to him and his sense of humour is extraordinary. He is so simple, down to earth and courteous to one and all.

She further added, “Everyone is equal to him from the director to the spot boy. He made me feel ease on the sets of ‘Raavan’. I had a nice time working with him. It is a memorable experience.”

Prasthaanam Movie Review

Movie: Prasthaanam
My Rating: 3/5
Banner: V R C Media and Entertainments
Music: Mahesh Shankar
Cinematography: Shyam Dutt
Editing: Dharmendra Kakarala
Producer: Vallabhaneni Ravi
Direction, Story & Screenplay: Deva Katta
Cast: Sharwanand, Sandeep, Sai Kumar, Ruby Parihar, Jeeva, Jayaprakash Reddy, Vennela Kishore, Surekha Vani, Reshma, Ghosh, master Atulith etc
Release Date: 16th Apr 2010

Review

Story

Lokanath (Saikumar) is very active in politics and is a key person to a party. A sequence of events gets his leader killed and he ends up marrying the leader’s wife and looks after their family.

Deceased leader’s son Mitra (Sharwanand) follows Loki’s footsteps and grows as a leader. However, Loki has his own son Chinna (Sandeep) who is keen on entering politics but is disregarded.

He turns against everyone and that creates a major chaos in the family. What happens after that forms the rest of the story.

Artists Performance:

Sharwanand has got a key role to play but then the first half sees him rather subdued, it is during the second half one gets to see his potential. Given the powerful character, Sharwanand should have worked on his dialogue delivery at few places. Overall, he did a good job.

Sandeep is a revelation. Despite his fresh attempt, he has shown phenomenal confidence in front of the camera and has scored the brownie points. His performance leaves an impact and he has got a bright future.

Sai Kumar is apt for the role and shows the required maturity and composure. Few of his dialogues were intense and deep but only the dialogue king can give that punch to it. He should start focusing on bagging more roles on the silver screen and utilize his potential to the fullest.

Jeeva was the best bet as contractor Basireddy and he shows enough venom, Jayaprakash Reddy was hilarious, Vennela Kishore failed to impress, Ghosh as inspector made his presence felt, he is one to look out for in the future, Ruby was there for songs, Surekha Vani was standard, Reshma looks ravishingly beautiful, more focus should be kept on her. The other artistes who hail from the ‘Chakravaakam’ serial have done a fabulous job.

Final Analysis:

The film is ideally a political thriller but it is merely a backdrop that depicts the various shades of human emotions and how man can resort to extremities in life purely out of greed. The dialogues were mind blowing but a few could go above the head for the mass audience, the script was strong and the screenplay was effective. Background score was awesome and all the songs were good. Full marks to cinematography and art department, editing was crisp. The real strength of the film is the dialogues and the storyline.

On the flip side, two songs during the second half were unnecessary and they have dragged the film to an extent. The film is quite serious and there is a strong dose of philosophy despite the scenarios.

Content wise the movie has got it all but in a layman sense, there are places when the mass audience will find it hard to connect. The first half goes of breezily but the second half gets dragged to an extent.

Not much of a thing for family audience. Overall, this is a hard hitting treat and deals with complex human emotions so those who like such stuff will relish it.

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'Ravi Teja' Out 'Ram' In Krishna Vamsi Movie!

It was earlier reported that the creative director Krishna Vamsi will be directing a new film with Ravi Teja tentatively titled as ‘Kandhireega’. However, the director has dropped his idea of directing it with Ravi Teja since the actor is busy doing handful of films simultaneously such as ‘Don Seenu’, ‘Veera’, ‘Mirapakaya’ and ‘Kathilaantodu’ and Ravi Teja could not afford his dates to the director.

So, Krishna Vamsi has roped in Hero Ram for this role and the film is likely to hit the floors soon. Raju, Praveen and Giri who are producing the film jointly will reveal the other details of the project soon.

Asin In Hindi Gharshana!

Victory Venkatesh ‘Gharshana’ is now being planned to be remade in Hindi. Gharshana is directed by successful adirector, Gautham Menon. The film will have John Abraham in the lead role, while the female lead will be played by Asin who played the lead in the Telugu version.

The film will be directed by Nishikant Kamath and produced by Vipul Shah. Although, Genelia D’Souza was director’s first choice, since Genelia is already doing a film opposite John Abraham, director is casting Asin. Asin had played the school teacher role in the film beautifully.

Betting Bangarraju Movie Review

 

Movie: Betting Bangarraju  
My Rating: 3.25/5
Banner: Usha Kiron Movies
Music: Sekhar Chandra
Cinematography: Karuna Murthy
Editing: Gautham Raju
Dialogues: Gandham Nagaraju
Producer: Ramoji Rao
Direction & Screenplay: E Satti Babu
Cast: Allari Naresh, Nidhi, Kota, Raghu Babu, Amit, Samrat, Sri Akshay, Pilla Prasad, Vijay Sai, Krishna Bhagawan, L B Sriram, Chalapathi Rao, Surekha Vani, Sana, Kalyani etc
Release Date: 9th Apr 2010

Review

Story

Bangarraju (Naresh) is known for his betting activities and he is destined with a golden spoon of luck, what we call ‘Sudi’. His life takes a turn when he decides to marry a city girl and chances upon Divya (Nidhi) when he reaches the city. He proposes to her and is surprised to know there are three others (Amit, Samrat, Sri Akshay) in the race. Divya invites all of them for a test. Who wins the test forms the rest of the story.

Artists Performance:

Allari Naresh, as usual was at his best but this time, there was not much punch or satire in his dialogues, otherwise he shouldered the film well.

Nidhi has beautiful eyes and very sweet expressions but then she may not be the heroine material so it could be that she might have a small innings, otherwise her performance is good.

Amit looks handsome and his dialogue delivery is also strong. He fits the role very well and he can take up few meatier roles and for a change anything with positive traits will do him good.

Samrat is tall and handsome but has a strained body language. If he can pump some confidence in his body language then it could work well

Sri Akshay have good looks and also performed satisfactorily well with his dialogue delivery and other aspects of acting.

Raghu Babu has a busy day and he entertains to a great extent, Krishna Bhagawan was witty, Kota was standard, the ladies did their bit as required. Pilla Prasad, Vijay Sai were okay. The character of ‘Savam’ was hilarious. Chalapathi Rao, L B, Venu, Duvvasi did their bit as required and added value.

Final Analysis:

The film is basically a comedy treat and enough attempts have been made to keep the smile intact on the faces of the audience. The dialogues were witty at few places, but the script was lengthy and the screenplay was above average.

Cinematography was neat, background score was okay and one song is worth taking home. Editing was required at key points. The film suffers mainly due to three different backdrops (Gribabu episode, Krishna Bhagawan episode and village episode) so connecting to the scenes takes time.

Also, the pace of the film was mild and if there was speed in it, the impact would have been much stronger. But still, with some interesting sequences and involved performances, Bangarraju has it all score profits in the box office. Perhaps the producer should have opened his purse and spend a little of his money on bringing in more branded artists to give that crowd pulling factor.

Mouna Raagam Movie Review

Movie: Mouna Raagam  
My Rating: 2.25/5
Banner: Sri Saideva Productions
Music: S A Rajkumar
Cinematography: Shaman Mitru
Editing: Goutham Raju
Producers: N V Prasad, S. Naga Ashok Kumar
Story,Screenplay & Direction: Vijay Balaji
Cast: Tanish, Madhurima, Suhasini, Venu, Chandramohan, M S, Ali, Jeeva, AVS, Dharmavarapu, Hema, Madhavi etc
Release Date: 8th Apr 2010

Review

Story

Chandu (Tanish) is in deep love with his maradalu Kaveri (Suhasini) and does many sacrifices for her since childhood. She grows up, gets a job but dumps Chandu because of his poor status. In between this comes Sandhya (Madhurima) who has got a flashback of her own and she stays with Chandu due to unavoidable circumstances. When Chandu is shattered due to Kaveri’s words, Sandhya gives him strength and together they decide to beat the odds in life. Whether they are successful or not forms the rest of the story.

Artists Performance:

Tanish has emoted well at many places and fits the role to gain sympathy but then he has to improvise on his dubbing. The voice still sounds childish; Tanish must modulate it and make it sound like a man’s voice.

Madhurima looks absolutely stunning and has a lot of oomph and appeal. Her comfort in front of the camera is also high. All she needs is a break with a big banner and she has bright future.

Suhasini has a very high dose of homely sex appeal and has made good use of her presence.

Venu tried his best to bring few laughs, Ali was brief, Dharmavarapu had a serious role, M S Narayana was regular, Hema, Ramaprabha, Madhavi and others did their bit as required. The youngster doing the role of Gautam has good personality but not the right kind of looks. Jeeva was effective. Kasi Viswanath came and went.

Final Analysis:

There was a bike sentient in the movie ‘Ride’ that brought success for Tanish. Now there is bike concept in this movie’s script as well (with heroine Madurima’s character) and that might have inspired Tanish to some extent to sign on this film.

The film is more of a ‘pulisina perugu’ theme. The director realizes the importance of sentiment and heart feeling and refers it as Curd rice. Undoubtedly, he was right in that and he gets that on the screen through one of his character but then he must realize that the curd has to be fresh and not 3-4 days old.

Looking at the film, one gets a feeling of the late 90s. We have seen that in movies like ‘Raja’ and the other one with Srikanth and Soundarya. Secondly, the film was dragged at unwanted places due to which the feel at the right scene got missed.

For instance, the climax scene where the bike is launched, it looks like a sentimental skit of entertainment before the real program begins. It doesn’t fit the climax part and loses momentum.

Overall, the film was good at few places and had a message to convey but the depth was missing in it. Lyrics were good, cinematography was ok, dialogues were plain, screenplay was average. Commercially, the presence of Madhurima will pull some crowds and few sequences will touch few young hearts but overall, it will require a great deal of publicity to take it to the success mark.

Hansika Learning Guitar!

Glamorous beauty Hansika Motwani seems to be very fond of guitar. She is attending the classes and with a guitar and learning it from a specialist. The hot actress is also browsing the internet for more information on this.

Delighted actress says “It’s amazing. I feel so rejuvenated playing guitar and I can’t wait to learn more. The internet has been a brilliant information source for me because if I want to check something new, I can immediately do that online.”

Sources say that Hansika is carrying guitar everywhere she goes and even playing it during the break of her shooting.

Sridevi To Act In ‘Yerra Gulabilu’ Remake?

We had earlier reported that Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruthi Haasan will play a lead role in a remake of her father’s yester-year blockbuster film ‘Yerra Gulabilu’.

The original movie ‘Yerra Gulabilu’ was directed by veteran filmmaker Bharathi Raja and now, the remake version will be handled by his son Manoj.

And now, the latest buzz is that director Manoj has requested Kamal Haasan to sing a song in the film. And he also made a request to Sridevi through his father to play a special role in the movie. However, she is yet to finalize her decision. Yuvan Shankar Raja will be scoring the music for this new version.

'Buridi' Audio Released

Aryan Rajesh, Aishwarya starrer ‘Buridi’s audio was launched at NIFT in Hi-Tec City, Hyderabad. EVV Satyanarayana, Aryan Rajesh, Aishwarya, Koti, Janardhan Maharshi, Chalapathi Rao, Kondavalasa, MS Narayana, Srinivas Reddy, Raghu Babu, Krishna Baghavan, Jeeva, Prakash, Sana, Surekhavani, Siva Reddy, Daivagna Sharma, Ramajogayya Sastry, Poornachandra Rao, Ravi Kumar, Srinivas, Hema graced at the event.
Yella Venkateswra Rao unveiled the first copy and offered it to Aryan Rajesh, Aishwarya. Music director Koti released the first CD and gave it to the producers Eedara Srinivas, Eedpuganti Poornachandra Rao, Eedara Ravikumar and Eedpuganti Subrahmanyeswara Rao.

On the event Koti said, ““This is my 28th film with EVV garu. In one way I feel it is a record. The music in this film has different melodious tunes. I tuned a song in Kanakaanga Ragam which would be an experiment.”
“This is my 20th film with EVV Satyanarayana. ‘Buridi’ will be the best film in my career and am sure that the film will also celebrate the silver jubilee function,” said Janardhan Maharshi.

Baladitya Next Movie ‘Ninnu Cheralani’

Baladitya’s new film has been titled as ‘Ninnu Cheralani.’ The film has Rupasri and Saniya in the female leads.

VVV .Satyanarayana is directing the film while Lakshmi Narayana Dolla is producing it under the banner Sharada Productions. The film is being touted as a youthful love story. The film has six songs and the music is scored by Arjun. Baladitya’s character in the film is said to be the highlight of the film.

‘Rama Rama Krishna Krishna’ Audio Released

Ram, Priya Anand, Bindu Madhavi starrer ‘Rama Rama Krishna Krishna’ audio was launched grandly yesterday at Durgam Cheruvu in Hyderabad. NTR, Prabhas, Dil Raju, Keeravani, SS Rajamouli, Bellamkonda Suresh, D Suresh Babu, Sri Vasu, Vamsi Paidipally, Meher Ramesh, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, Ram, Bindu Madhavi, Priya Anand graced at the event. NTR unveiled the audio album while Prabhas received the first copy.

“We started working for the script from 2 years ago when Sri Vasu narrated this story. The film has required elements like love, action and entertainment. I’m very happy to note that Keeravani’s 200th film is under our banner,” said Dil Raju.

“I give my suggestions to the directors based on the working experience that I have. Rajamouli used to comment that my music is very slow. But in this film the tunes are at par with Ram’s energy”, said Keeravani.

NTR said, “I like Ram because he has a very good energy. Out of 200 films that Keeravani composed, my films are 3 which include 18 songs. I wish he will compose tunes for 200 films more.”

Prabhas said, “Keeravani composed best music in ‘Chatrapathi’ which is best in my career. I was really surprised to see Ram’s energy in ‘Devadasu’.”

Sruthi’s Amazing Experience in Telugu!

Shruthi Haasan, who made her Telugu debut with the film produced by Walt Disney and directed by Prakash Kovelamudi is very much thrilled about her acting in Telugu. She is playing the lead opposite Siddharth in this yet to be titled movie.

Sharing her work experience, Shruthi says “It was a great team to work with and I have had an amazing experience while shooting the film. The director has done a very good job and it was lovely working in Tollywood. I thoroughly enjoyed each and every moment.”

She added “However, the film hasn’t been titled yet. A search is on for an appropriate name. All that I can say is it is a stunning script pasteurized in an excellent way.”

Much excited Shruthi says, “I am looking forward to the film’s release and am thoroughly thrilled.” On acting in Hindi films, she says, “Some interesting offers are coming my way. You will get to see official announcements soon.”

‘Maaro’ Releasing On Apr 23rd!

Hero Nitin’s much waited film ‘Maaro’ will hit the big screens on April 23. The movie has given an interesting tagline ‘violent but silent.’ Dazzling heroine Meera Chopra, who appeared in Vaana film, is going to play lead opposite Nitin in this movie.

Popular Malayalam director Siddique wield a megaphone for the first time in Telugu with this film. Srinivas Mamidala and Venu are producing the film. They said that Maaro will be a full length love, action, sentiment entertainer having all the commercial elements mixed in right proportions.

On speaking about the movie Siddique said “This film is based on the concept of mind game. Nitin appears as an energetic IIT graduate. He plays an impressive youngster, who gets things done using both mind power and physical strength. It’s a wholesome entertainer”

‘Darling’ Audio Launched!

The audio of young rebel star Prabhas’s much waited latest forthcoming flick ‘Darling’ was launched in a simple yet elegant way in Cyber Gardens in Madhapur on yesterday night.

The function was attended by Puri Jaganath, Rajamouli, VV Vinayak, Meher Ramesh, Boyapati Seenu, Dil Raju, Nallamalupu Bujji, Shyam Prasad Reddy, Gemini Kiran, Bhogavally Prasad, Karunakaran, GV Prakash, Andrews, Kajal Agarwal, Prabhas, Ravi Teja, Allu Arjun, Paruchuri Prasad, Supreme Raju, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and Krishnam Raju.

All the directors who attended the event released the cassettes together and gave it to all the heroes in the function. Coinciding the birthday of stylish star Allu Arjun and lyricist Anant Sreeram they cut the cake at the function.

Actor Allu Arjun said, “Everybody calls Prabhas darling in film industry. He is my darling and I wish him a great success.”

Film hero Prabhas said, “Karunakaran has shown me in new way. My body language is going to be different.”

Director Puri Jaganath said, “I always wanted to do a love story with Prabhas. Karunakaran is a sensitive director. He told me that he liked only one scene in my Pokiri. Karunakaran is known for sensitive portrayal of love and I wish him all the best.”

Kajal Agarwal is playing main female lead and Shraddha Das is doing a special role in the film. Supreme Music has acquired the audio rights of Darling.

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Pawan Kalyan Goes For 6-Pack Abs!

It is known that Pawan Kalyan’s new film with producer Ganesh Babu has been recently launched at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad. The film will be directed by Jayanth.C.Paranji. Pawan Kalyan is known for his high involvement in his roles in films. According to industry buzz, Power star will be seen in 6-Pack abs in this new film and he has already started working on it.

According to sources, the actor will be first shooting for the scenes that will have him with the shirt and once he finishes off these scenes he’ll later work on his abs and the scenes would be canned. It is worth mentioning that Allu Arjun who is from the same family is the first actor who bought six pack craze to Tollywood.

'No Wrong in Wearing a Bikini' - Sada

Actress Sada is desperately waiting for hits. The actress who is experiencing sequential flops in Telugu and Tamil film industry had stepped into bollywood recently with a film titled ‘Click’ recently. The actress who used to do homely roles in south industry went glamorous and even sported a bikini for the film.

Sada when asked on this commented, “”What’s wrong in wearing a bikini. I feel there’s nothing wrong.”
However, the film left a sad experience to Sada by becoming a box-office flop.

The actress is now making her come-back in Kannada film industry where she had left after a bad experience for a film. “I had decided to return to Kannada films as many people told me that one bad experience should be well forgotten and I should look forward for some good offers” said Sada.

Rambha to Continue Acting After Marriage!

Rambha, the well-known actress in both Tamil and Telugu, is getting married to Canada-based entrepreneur Indiran on April 8 in Tirupathi.

On speaking about her film career after wedding, she says that Indiran has heartily given assent to her wish, to continue acting. She adds “But I have made a decision to act only in meaningful roles. The films I accept henceforth should add value to my career. I will continue my profession till I feel bore about it. After that, I will help Indiran in his business.”

On saying about her marriage “It’s not a love match. Since I’m an actress, I didn’t want to marry an actor. I left the choice to my parents and they found Indra Kumar for me. Indra owns a firm in Canada, for which I am the brand ambassador. But I’d never met him and only interacted with his staff. He approached my family and asked them for my hand. Later, they flew to Canada, met his parents and came back impressed. Now, he’s confessed that he’d surf the Net every day to look at my pictures.”

‘Simha’ in DTS mixing!

Balakrishna’s forthcoming film, ‘Simha’ under the direction of Boyapati Srinu is undergoing its DTS mixing. It is known that Bala Krishna had an injury while shooting for a song at Mysore and so the film has got delayed in its shooting works. The audio had hit the market recently and is receiving positive response.

Boyapati srinu, director of the movie recently expressed his happiness for directing the film with Bala Krishna. He also said that it was his dream to make a film with Bala Krishna and that his dream has come true with ‘Simha’

He further said, “Like ‘Samarasimha Reddy’, ‘Narasimha Naidu’ and ‘Lakshmi Narasimha’, even ‘Simha’ would meet the expectations of the people and will not disappoint them. Balayya’s performance is tremendous on each and every frame. Simha features three heroines, Nayantara, Namitha and Sneha Ullal and these heroines are not just for adding glamour, but they are in sync with the story.”

Trisha in ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ in Hindi!

Ace director Gautham Menon is planning to remake the Telugu film ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ movie in Hindi soon.

The beautiful actress Trisha had played same role in the lead in Tamil version of ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ (Vinnaithandi Varuvaya) opposite Simbhu.

And now, the latest news is Gautham has chosen Trisha for the same character in Hindi version also. He says, Since the North Indian actresses do not have South Indian nativity, he roped in Trisha for the role.

Sources say that many heroes are in the race to star opposite Trisha in this movie but Gautham is looking for Ranbhir Kapoor for the lead role. Currently, Trisha is acting in Hindi film titled ‘Khatta Meetha’ opposite Akshay Kumar.

Mahesh babu’s ‘Khaleja’ comes in August only!

Mahesh babu’s undershoot tentatively titled film, ‘Khaleja’ under the direction of Trivikram Srinivas is progressing slowly. It is known that Mahesh’s last film ‘Athidhi’ has hit the theaters two and half years back and till date there is no film from him and this was the reason his fans are highly disappointed. Adding to this, Trivikram had recently said that the film will be completed only by August and so it might be a birthday gift for Mahesh and his fans.

The film is now progressing at Ramoji Film City and some crucial action sequences are being shot under the fight masters Ram-Lakshman. Although Singanamala Ramesh was initially the producer of the film, C Kalyan has now handed over the project.

Prabhsh Darling Releasing on 23rd April

 

Prabhash upcoming movie Darling, Kajal Agarwal playing female lead of this movie. Karunakaran directing darling while Bhogavalli prasad is producing this movie on sSi Venkateswara Cine Chitra (P) Ltd banner. this is second film in combination of producer and prabhash. first movie is the block buster movie Chatrapathi

Prabhsh said "karunakaran is my favourite director i liked his tholi prema and ullasamga utsahamga, m really happy to work with him".

The film was shot mostly in Araku, and in Switzerland. It's releasing on the 23rd April and the filmmaker says it's a perfect mix of action and sentiment.

Other credits include dialogues by Swamy, music by GV Prakash, cinematography by Andrew, action by Peter Hein, art by Ashok, choreography by Kalyan, editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and lyrics by Ananth Sriram.

Venkatesh With 5 Heroines In Chandramuki's Sequal

Rrajani kanth's Cwas good hit at box office. now a sequal of this movie is going to floors shortly. Kannada super Star vishu varadhan's last movie aapta rakshaka is being remake in telugu as chandramuki's sequal. venkatesh will play lead character while bellam konda suresh producing this movie and direction by P Vasu

Original kannada movie was directed by P vasu. as per the story demand, 5 heroines will take part of the movie. as per the film nagar sources anushka was chosen as main female lead (probably chandramuki character) as her arundathi character well reached to viewers. rest of the characters will be done by kamalini mukerjee, sraddha das, richa gangopadhyay and punam kour.

Varudu Movie Review

Movie: Varudu
My Rating: 2.5/5
Banner: Universal Media
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: R D Rajasekhar
Editing: Anthony
Dialogues: Thota Prasad
Producer: D V V Danayya
Direction, Story & Screenplay: Gunasekhar
Cast: Allu Arjun, Bhanusree Mehra, Arya, Ashish Vidyarthi, Suhasini, Naresh, Vinaya, Nasser, Rao Ramesh, Sayaji Shinde, Ahuti Prasad, Brahmanandam, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao etc
Release Date: 31st Mar 2010

Review

Story

Sandeep (Allu Arjun) is a happy go lucky guy who is fun loving but very traditional at heart. He decides to get married in the traditional fashion of five-day events and 16 day celebrations. So much so that he decides not to see the face of the bride until the ‘Jeelakarra Bellam’ time. True to his idealism, even the bride Deepthi (Bhanusri Mehra) sticks to it. Just when they are about to get married, Deepthi gets kidnapped by Diwakar (Arya). Why does Diwakar do that? Does the marriage happen? What happens from there forms the rest of the story.

Artists Performance:

Allu Arjun, given his highly energetic image, this comes across as a mild character which was etched out poorly so the flair of Allu Arjun is missing. He needs to work on his dialogue delivery as a lot of accent is surfacing.

Bhanu Mehra is not worth the mystery. Barring the beauty spot on her chin and expressive eyes, there is not much from her in terms of glamour or performance.

Arya has a strong screen presence and powerful eyes but then his role was not drawn properly and he was not used to the fullest potential. However, he brought some life to the movie at few places.

Brahmi was waste, so was Ahuti Prasad, the others like Ashish Vidyarthi, Suhasini, Naresh, Vinaya were just for brand value and they didn’t have much to offer. Singeetam Sreenivasa Rao, the senior director did his bit as required. Lavakusha Nagaraju appears in a single frame. Nasser was natural, Sayaji Shinde was brief, Rao Ramesh came and went. The other bunch of real time families and supporting artistes were there to fill the screen, that’s all.

Highlights:

* CG Work in couple of songs

Meaningless Aspects:

* Fight on twin towers (I visualized them so..somebody said they looked like Nuclear Reactors/ Gas Chambers)
* Truck carrying away the hero along with bike rubbing against the road with sparks…and hero safe and steady
* Hero running away with heroine along with Saline bottle in an action episode

Final Analysis:

It is a laudable thought to come up with a presentation of an authentic Telugu wedding but the difference between a thought and getting it onto the screen is like chalk and cheese which is evident here. Gunasekhar has missed the way to do ‘Varudu’ impressively.

The entire episode of 5-day marriage is covered in just one song out of which, the first Charanam appeared no less like an ‘Ammavari Jaathara’ on screen, the second charanam got covered up with computer graphics. Why the hero wants to go in for a pre historic style of marriage? Is it his idealism? Is it just a fantasy? The questions aren’t answered logically. There is forcible preaching with less convincing dialogues.

Ultimately, what matters is the purpose the film is made at such exorbitant costs and what is the message it is trying to convey. Gunasekhar failed not just in the narration but also in conveying anything to the audience. His focus to bring about visual appeal looked more but he neglected the fundamentals like a strong script, deep content, and attention towards details. Cinematic liberties were used to the fullest and there were some absolutely ridiculous scenes which perplexed the audience at many points. Gunasekhar has always been revered as a brand and not just a director but it is with regret that he has lost it…and that too big time. The film might have a decent opening due to the hype created but given the budget involved; only ‘no-competition factor’ and the presence of Allu Arjun should save it.

'Badrinath' Set Costs Rs. 3 Crores.

It is known that Allu Arjun’s new film, ‘Badrinath’ has been recently launched. The mega banner Geeta Arts is making this film with Allu Aravind as producer. The film is said to be a huge budgeted one. The latest news is that the art director, Anand Sai is constructing a huge set for the film that costs about Rs. 3 crores.

Tamannah is playing the female lead in the film. Badrinath has technically strong members with V.V.Vinayak as director, Chinni Krishna as the story writer, MM Keeravani as music director, RD Rajasekhar and Anand Sai as art director. The movie will hit the floors very soon.

Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Love Aaj Kal’ Remake Launched

Pawan Kalyan’s new film under the direction of Jayant C.Paranji has been launched today at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad. The movie is the remake of Saif Ali Khan’s bollywood film ‘Love Aaj Kal’. K.Raghavendra Rao, Murali Mohan, Dasari Narayana Rao, Daanam Nagendar, Botsa Satyanarayana etc graced the event.

The movie will be produced by Ganesh Babu under the banner, Parameswara Arts. Bade Ravi will co-produce this film. While Trivikram Srinivas is penning the lyrics, Mani Sharma will score the music for the film. Other details of the cast and crew of the film are yet to be revealed.

Nagarjuna ‘Payanam’ Title Changed As ‘Gaganam'

Nagarjuna’s under shoot film, under the direction of Radha Mohan is currently progressing at Hyderabad. Earlier the film was titled as ‘Payanam’. However, the film-makers are now said to be considering ‘Gaganam’ as its title. The movie is being produced by Dil Raju under the banner Matinee Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

The film has Nagarjuna and Anushka in the lead roles. Nagarjuna will be seen as a powerful police officer and Prakash Raj will be seen as a terrorist leader in the film. The first schedule of the film was earlier completed in Kulu Manali and currently second schedule is under progress at Hyderabad. The film is being touted as an action thriller which is being made bilingually in Telugu and Tamil versions.

Ravi Teja’s Next Movie0Ttitled ‘Katthilantodu’

Ravi Teja seems to be going great in 2010. Ravi Teja already had ‘Don Seenu’, ‘Veera’ and ‘Mirapakaya’ as his future projects. Don Seenu is being made under the direction of Gopichand Malineni and is being produced by RR Venkat under RR Movie Makers. His ‘Veera’ is being directed by Ramesh Varma and produced by Ganesh Indukuri and the other project ‘Mirapakaya’ is being directed by Harish Shankar and is being produced by Ramesh Puppala under the banner ‘Yellow Flowers’.

The crazy Star who is busy with these handfull of projects has bagged another offer in his kitty. The film is titled as ‘Katthilantodu’. The film will be made by Rainbow Reels productions. Other details of this film are awaited.

Siddharth's Bava Heroine Is Praneetha

This Cute looking bengalore girl Praneetha is choosen as actress of siddarth's latest upcoming movie bava. which has got a cute love story in village back drop.

Bava movie is being produced by KL Padma Kumar Chowdary under Sri Keerthi Combines Banner while Rambabu is debuting as director with this movie. Chakri composing music for this movie.

Producer Padma Kumar informed that the 2nd schedule that has already begun 10 days ago will continue at Rajolu, Palakollu and Narsapuram till April 2nd. In this schedule along with Siddharth, Rajendra Prasad and heroine Praneetha, Raghu Babu, Pavitra Lokesh, Jogi Naidu, Venu and Prabhas Sreenu are participating in this schedule. The 3rd schedule will begin from April 15th.