Ram Charan's holiday trip in Andaman : Exclusive Pics

Sexy Heroine feels 'Unsafe' with Ram Charan

All the regular movie buffs might be already informed about sexy heroine Samantha refusing the offer of Ram Charan's 'Merupu' on the basis of unavailable reasons. While fresh heroines into the industry compete with seniors to snap the offers from Mega Heroes, Samantha has bravely put down the valuable catch.

Months after this Merupu miss; Samantha accepted the call from Rajamouli to play comfortably besides small time struggling actor Nani in 'Eega'. Here is the important argument and what is that magic point which made Samantha to rule down Ram Charan's offer and accept Rajamouli's call?

If it is the 'Safe' standards of Rajamouli that made Samantha inclined, then one has to question about the 'Unsafe' range of Ram Charan that leaded to her declination. If the second easy answer is inspirational script of 'Eega' then does it mean that Samantha has found 'Merupu' script nothing novel and interesting? Was Samantha's decision to dethrone Ram Charan for Nani and Rajamouli is a wise one? Let us wait and see.

Pawan Kalyan, Jayanth film landing in troubles?

It is known that Pawan Kalyan is currently busy in the filming of his upcoming film tentatively titled as ‘Lovely’. The film is a remake of Saif Ali Khan’s Bollywood film, ‘Love Aaj Kal’.  Earlier there was news that Siddharth’s ‘Bava’ had a central idea of this Love Aaj kal film. Since Bava resulted as a disaster at Box-Office, it remained overlooked by many of our audiences.

Now, a Tamil film titled ‘Chiku Buku’ starring Arya and Shriya was released recently in Kollywood and sources say that most part of the film’s story and scenes were taken from ‘Love Aaj Kal’ film. Now, the film-makers of ‘Lovely’ need to take necessary actions of not getting it dubbed in Telugu version. Otherwise, Pawan’s film will surely lands in trouble.

Selva Raghavan impresses Rana and his dad!

Earlier, Rana has signed up a film under the director, Selva Raghavan before the release of his debut flick, Leader. The film almost went on to the sets but was called off due to the issues of high budget. Suresh Babu who was supposed to produce the flick opined that the script is a risky subject with over-budget. The movie was finally pulled down.

However, Selva Raghavan has again come up with a new script for Rana with an affordable budget and both Rana and Suresh Babu were impressed with this new subject. Rana who has been in the final schedule of Puri Jagannath’s ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’ will soon offer his dates for this film.

Other details of the cast and crew will be announced shortly.

Mahesh Babu Exclusive Chitchat

Mahesh Babu is back from shooting Dhookudu in Istanbul in Turkey. Although the much-publicized Khaleja flopped, the super star is not in mood to bogged down by it. As promised to his fans before the Khaleja's release, he participated in stunts sequences conducted by Thumps up and met his fans at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. He spoke to the media.

You are doing risky stunts like Akshay Kumar does in Bollywood.

May be Akshay Kumar is the only action hero in Hindi cinema currently but every star in Telugu Cinema is by and large is an action hero. We thrive on action-oriented films, so I always do stunts that appeal to my audiences. So don't compare me with Akshay Kumar.

A lot was riding on Khaleja but the film disappointed your fans too. What do you see the reason for its dismal result.

I believe the gap that I had taken prior to Khaleja is the main reason for its failure. Expectations rose to peak as my film is hitting the screens nearly after three years. First thing, such a long gap is not right for any star to take. I did the wrong thing and it affected the film.

Tell us about the status of your current film, Dhookudu.

We have finished the first schedule of the movie in Istanbul. It is an entertaining movie and Srinu Vytla is packaging it with more action and entertainment. I am sure Dhookudu will not disappoint anyone.

You constantly aim for new looks. What is the get up in Dhookudu?

Let it be secret for a few more days. My firm belief is that unless you don't change your looks with each film, people would get boredom. So I have been trying different fashion clothes, hairstyle in each film from Pokiri. You will know my Dhookudu style very soon.

There is criticism that you speak to the media only when you have to promote a brand.

(laughs) No, that is not true. Primarily I am movie star and I always interact with the media for my movies too. Since I took long gap for Khaleja, I didn't have chance to interact with you guys and had to come for brand promotions. Anyhow, I am not complaining either. Brands are example of how popular a star is these days. So I am happy that all the big corporate companies are behind me.

Will you be doing more movies now?

Yes, you will see me in two films in 2011. That is for sure. No change in it. I have taken firm decision to do more films.

What about the remake of '3 Idiots'?

Yes, director Shankar sir approached me for the remake of ' 3 Idiots' but my dates are clashing with Dhookudu. So we are now trying to work on it. I will only talk about it after a couple of days.

SAKSHI is an idiotic channel : Ram Charan

Ram Charan's absolute childish mentality for the first time is shown on Twitter when he went on firing the Sakshi News Channel as 'IDIOTIC.' Media's over excitement is not for the first time to be heard about and the unleashed Sakshi News Channel after YS Jaganmohan Reddy's quitting the Congress Party may not spare anybody including Chiranjeevi family.

The primary connection here is that Sakshi has telecasted a program on the selfish attitude of 'Mega' heroes who cares only about remuneration and not the sympathy towards distributors who bear the financial brunt from their failures. Almighty knows what the best TRP ratings this useless program has secured for the channel but Charan's sudden blasting of Sakshi for calling ‘Orange’ a failure will do better for channel and an equivalent damage to this young hero who still has more to learn from his disciplined father.

"I live by my rules...I really don't care what is spread by few idiotic channels like SAKSHI. I have done a true character in orange and I LOVE IT," Ram Charan tweeted.

Now that every hero will love the character he has done but the belligerence in his statement to attack media house may not gel well with his three movie seniority. Mega Star Chiranjeevi immediately needs to pull the brakes of Ram Charan else the consequences that Mega Power Star needs to face in future may create further more headaches. Now, any of you dare to call 'Orange' a failure…you turn 'IDIOTS.'

JD's loose talk in reality show

One of the staunch followers of Ram Gopal Varma and also known as the 'extra' candidate of Telugu Cinema Industry, JD Chakravarthy is crossing limits these days, is the industry talk. The way JD is talking with the media people and the style he's addressing co-stars and actors along with some unconventional remarks are quite embarrassing.

While attending a singing reality show, JD is said to have commented the popular singer SP Balasubrahmanyam, the anchor of that program. JD stated that to bring Balu's voice into light, singers like him are really important. The 'geddam' villain should learn that to judge one's voice, their own voice is responsible and it is not some donkey's voice that can add sweetness to Balu's voice. All this seems to be the prowling effect of RGV's book 'Naa Ishtam', which states that do what you like and say what you did. JD Chakravarthy should notice that doing his own likes doesn't mean that he can do everything that lacks of minimum common sense.

‘Mirapakaya’ audio launched on grand scale!

Ravi teja, Richa Gangopadhyay, Deeksha Seth starrer ‘Mirapakaya’ audio was launched on a grand scale at Taj Deccan Hotel. Amidst of several tollywood celebrities the audio of the film was launched grandly. The celebrities who spoke on the event opined that ‘Mirapakaya’ becomes a successful hit.

While TG Venkatesh launched the audio CD, Ram Gopal Varma has released the audio CD and Achi Reddy unveiled the first look of trailer in the event.

Speaking on the event, Harish Shankar said, “We wrapped up the shooting of the film 20 days ahead of the fixed schedule. Ravi Teja has done a great job in the film and I feel lucky to have a producer Ramesh Puppala.”

Producer Ramesh Puppala said, “Initially I was nervous to take up this project. But my friend venkat of RR Moviemakers encouraged me. Each and every person worked very hard for this movie. Thaman gave good music and I am looking forward for the success of the film”

Crazy Star Ravi Teja says, “Thaman gave me another good album after ‘Kick’ film. I personally like director Harish Shankar’s work a lot. He is the real ‘Mirapakay’ of the movie.”

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Rakta Charitra 2 Movie Review

Movie: Rakta Charitra 2
My Rating: 3/5
Banner: Studio Cinergy Pictures
Music: Dharam Sandeep
Cinematography: Amol Rathod
Dialogue: Nageswara Rao
Editing: Bhanodaya/Nipun Ashok Gupta
Producer: Madhu Mantena, Sheetal Vinod Talwar, Chinna Vasudeva Reddy, Rajkumar
Direction: Ram Gopal Varma
Cast: Surya, Vivek Oberoi, Priyamani, Radhika Apte, Shatrughan Sinha, Sudeep, Subhalekha Sudhakar etc
Release Date: 03rd Dec 2010

Rakta Charitra 2 movie got many reasons to be regarded as one of the most awaited films of the season. Ratha Charithram movie is directed by Ram Gopal Varma and is made in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil simultaneously. Rakta Charitra 1 has created lot of interest on the second part and no wonder people who watched part 1 are waiting for the second part with bated breathe. Tamil version Ratha Charithram is released as a single film though.

As it is a Ram Gopal Varma film based on two powerful real life characters, Rakta Charitra has all reasons to gain the attention of filmgoers. Did the film meet the expectations? Is it worth the wait? Know the details in Rakta Charitra Movie Review…

Review

Story

Surya (Suriya) plans a bomb attack to kill Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi), but the latter escapes it with minor injuries. Pratap gets to know that Surya is son of Mahendar Reddy, who got killed by him. Pratap orders his men to kill who all helped Surya to plan an attack against him. Police takes Surya’s wife Bhavani (Priyamani) into custody and to ensure her safety, Surya surrenders to police. He reworks on another plan to kill Pratap by sitting in the jail.

Who is Surya? Why is he dying to kill Pratap Ravi? Flashback unfolds… Surya is son of wicked politician Mahendar Reddy who has brutally killed Pratap’s father and brother and in turn was killed by Pratap Ravi. Even after his father’s death, Surya doesn’t try to take revenge on Pratap. He plans for a peaceful life along with his family. But by then Pratap Ravi has turned a political power and orders his men to eliminate all his enemies. In that process, Surya’s family gets killed by the TV bomb placed by Pratap’s men. With his family dying for no reason, Surya avenges their death.
How and when Surya does executes his plans and kills Pratap Ravi is the conclusion of this story.

Artists Performance:

Surya is terrific. His eyes do all the talking in this film and RGV simply highlighted those eyes with his typical lighting schemes. Watch out for Surya’s eyes when he sits in the shadows and speak. He looks like a tiger on the prowl. His performance in the scene when his family gets killed in a bomb attack is outstanding. Vivek Oberoi, who looked convincing in the first part, is below the mark in this part. May be it is due to the sliding graph of his characterization in this version. The director deliberately made his character look weak here. Vivek is simply outdone by Surya in the only confrontation scene in between them.

Priyamani is perfect as Bhavani. Radhika Apte scores brownie points towards the climax. Shatrughan Sinha doesn’t have much to do here. Sudeep is as brilliant as always, and his presence is felt. Subhalekha Sudhakar is apt and so is Tanikella Bharani.

Final Analysis:

Ram Gopal Varma played cat and mouse game in the first part of this film. He has deliberately held back the ‘crux’ of this story to the second part and simply focused on giving details about Paritala Ravi’s origin and his growth as a politician. BUT, Rakta Charitra film is not just about that. It has not created so much buzz because of the content shown in part 1. Rakta Charitra is mainly highlighted and hyped because of the feud between Paritala Ravi and Maddelacheruvu Suri. Audiences have been waiting for this film to get to know in detail about what has happened between them.

Ram Gopal Varma, being a shrewd businessman, besides being a spectacular filmmaker, has cleverly made two films with single story. He made the first part of the film without even introducing Suri’s role. Hence, people who watched the first part were forced to wait for the second part to release.

But, unfortunately, Rakta Charitra 2 isn’t worth the wait. Ram Gopal Varma’s ploy to market his film and to make audience buy two tickets to watch a single film works on the economical front. However, the master filmmaker disappointed with his take on real ‘Rakta Charitra’. This ‘Reel’ Charitra is just made to cash on the interest that surrounded the real incidents.

Ram Gopal Varma simplified many things to his will and twisted the tale to his convenience. Did he do this out of pressure on him or did he grab only that much from the actual happenings? Only RGV knows better.

Rakta Charitra 2 is also a dragged film like the part 1. Ram Gopal Varma simply dragged the film to the maximum to make it count as a feature film. There are hardly four to five scenes in this film. Only that were repeatedly told or dragged for minutes together kicking the patience out of audience bodies and brains. Ram Gopal Varma should have made this one as single film and that would have made this look even better. Due to his deliberate ploy to release it in two parts and cash on the ‘substance’, Ram Gopal Varma has separated this one into two parts. Neither the story nor the treatment demanded this extended version. May be Ratha Charithram as a single film, would seem much better and packed than this blown up Rakta Charitra.

Despite the dragged screenplay and boring scenes, Rakta Charitra 2 has its moments. The attack on Surya when in court and the outburst of Surya after the death of his family is simply superb. Even the fight in the jail is praiseworthy. With these scenes, Ram Gopal Varma shows why he is at the top. His vision can bring any emotion on to the screen brilliantly, and the above mentioned sequences support this statement.

Climax of this film is the real spoiler as everyone is well aware of what has really happened. Had Ram Gopal Varma dealt this part with finesse, the final impact might have been several notches above than what it is now. Ram Gopal Varma might have removed most of his voice over part from volume 2 after receiving flak for his work in Rakta Charitra 1. That is a saving grace indeed.

Technicalities:

Back ground score is good but not as engrossing as in the first part. Dialogues are okay. ‘Bharya Bharya ki change untundi’ dialogue mouthed by Sudeep got audience in splits. Cinematography is one of the biggest plusses. Editing is Okay. On technical front, Rakta Charitra is good. No complaints whatsoever.

Plus Points:
- Surya’s performance
- Background score

Minus points:
- Too much twisting of the real tale
- Dragging screenplay and content less scenes.
- Poor climax.