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Nagarjuna to appear in four different get-ups in Damarukam

King Nagarjuna’s new film Damarukam was launched on a grand scale, couple of days back at Annapurna Studios amidst of Tollywood bigwigs such as Movie Moghul D Rama Naidu, legendary actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Puri Jagannadh, S.V.Krishna Reddy etc.

Being directed by Srinivas Reddy and produced by R R Venkat, Damarukam has Anushka Shetty in the female lead role. This is the forth time Nag and Anushka are pairing up after Super, Don and Ragada.

Speaking about this socio-fantasy film Nagarjuna says, “I was waiting to do a socio-fantasy film and now RR Movies Banner has provided the opportunity. I liked Damarukam script, which is entirely unique from the regular ones. The movie has lot of scope for graphics and at the same time it looks stylishly. I will appear in four distinct get-ups in the entire film.”

Nag in four different stylish looks… Interesting, Isn’t it???

Nag's Damarukam with 50 minutes graphics

After coming up with a hijack genre flick Gaganam, Nagarjuna has now eyed on socio-fantasy genre. His next flick titled Damarukam under the direction of Srinivas Reddy in the production house of RR Moviemakers banner is all set for its launch on 12^th February.

Anushka, who set the screens on fire with her oomph and glamour in Ragada is yet again pairing with Nag in Damarukam. Being related to socio-fantasy genre, Damarukam is said to have 50 minutes of graphics in the film. Nagarjuna will also shoot for Rajanna simultaneously, which will be made under his home banner Annapurna Studios.

Sexy air hostess to sell hot

Despite having dashing appearance with daring confidence, success evaded the sexy heroine Poonam Kaur. Every where audience and industry people go in praises for inner material of this beauty but nobody gave her the right direction to win as an artist. Apparently, she had successes like 'Vinayakudu', 'Souryam' to her list as an artist but Poonam is expecting a new momentum to her career with 'Gaganam'.

Poonam plays the air hostess in a flight hijacked by terrorists in 'Gaganam' and this is a different show from regular movies. Given the comfort levels of acting in any kind of roles starting from guest appearance to character artist to item dances to heroine, Poonam anticipates to sell hot in the market after this movie. However this Punjabi girl waited for a long time to score a big hit and let her good times start now.

Gaganam - Movie Review

Film: Gaganam
Cast: Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj, Bharat Reddy, Brahmanandam, Ravi, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Talaivasal Vijay, Melkote and others
Dialogue: Umarjee Anuradha
Cinematography: K V Guhan
Produced by: Dil Raju
Banner: Matinee Entertainments
Story, screenplay and direction: Radha Mohan

What’s it about!

A terrorist group hijacks a star-jet airplane from Chennai.  The plane, with 75 passengers and crew, is brought to Tirupati airport on an emergency landing. A minister, a leading actor, a doctor, a father, a small kid and her family from Pakistan and a father are among its passengers. The terrorists demand their important leader Yosuf Khan be released from the prison. Home secretary Vishwanath (Prakash Raju), National Security adviser and other top bosses also come down to Tirupati to negotiate with the terrorists. National Security Guards officer Ravi (Nagarjuna) is also brought in. But government refuses to take commando operation immediately although Ravi insists on doing. Succumbing to terrorists’ demands, the government releases Yousuf Khan but he gets killed in a road accident when he is being brought. Now the drama starts, how do Ravi and his team accomplish their mission and frees the passengers from hijackers?

Analysis

This is the first time that a Telugu movie is completely focused on a Hijack drama from first frame to the end. Not just that, Gaganam is different in many ways and moreover a very racy movie. Although the movie stars Nagarjuna, it doesn’t have songs, nor does it have physical fights for the star. It is content driven, screenplay based movie. Genre specific movie.

Director Radha Mohan (who won appreciation for his earlier movie, Akashamantha) puts together a tight narrative and does not give in to the temptation of stuffing the film with either songs, or separate comedy track. At the run time of about 2 hours, the movie doesn’t slack at anytime. Though it starts off rather unenthusiastically but it hooks you to the story as the movie progresses. Second half is riveting.

The movie takes inspiration from Kandhar hijack episode, and several Hindi movies including Zameen (2003), yet the director has presented in novel way. The interval twist, the drama in the second half, climax sequences and a satire on our ‘shining stars’ are best segments of the movie.

On the down side, it has unnecessary track between Sana Khan and a newcomer, and some superficial dialogues.
 
Performances

Nagarjuna in the role of a NSG commando is pillar to the movie. His stellar performance and dignified looks have brought authenticity to the role. He also looks lean and charming.

Prakash Raj has not much lengthy role but he brings his experience to the character.  Bharat Reddy as assistant to Nag, Ravi as pilot, Poonam Kaur as air hostess and Harsha Vardhan as reporter are good and perfect to their characters. Vijay as Colonel plays vital role. Sana Khan has little to do in the movie. Scenes involving Brahmanandam as film director evoke some laughs. Pridhvi as film actor okay but his character is best satire on our real life film stars.

K V Guhan should be showered praises for imaginatively putting the camera as the story revolves either in interiors of plane or an office room. Shot on digital Red Camera, Guhan has come up with some innovative angles. Most part of the story runs in the inside environs of a plane or in the office of airport. So it is tough job for a cameraman to show variation. Guhan comes as winner. The other technician who should be commended for his work is art director. The set of airplane (erected at Ramoji Film City) is almost like real. Background score is alright. Dialogues by Anuradha are okay.

Director Radha Mohan scores in direction and screenplay. He handles the dramatic sequences with ease and maintains the curiosity throughout the movie, not sidestepping from the main plot. Production values are on superior range although it is low budgeted movie.

Bottom-line

Gaganam is different movie and is racy hijack drama. Nagarjuna’s charming performance, director’s narration in the second half, and short run time are its strength. It may cater to niche audiences, but all those who crave for good cinema would definitely appreciate it. 
 
Rating: 3.5/5

Big Producer staring at heavens for money

The release of Gaganam on February 11th brought a cheerful smile on Nagarjuna. Despite having a Star Hero, Big Producer and Talented Director, the release of the film got delayed 6 times. While the drawback in Gaganam is that, it was not made from a beaten formula story but from an experimental hijack concept. 

Despite Dil Raju’s bad failures in recent times including the break even 'Brindavanam', insiders sense low confidence of this man on success of 'Gaganam'. This could be the possible reason golden spoon producer is apprehensive running the mathematics on laptop staring at heaven to find the horizons. Calculations have gone awkward many times in history and all of sudden some failure concept movies also won the gold at Box Office. Need less to say, the efficient casting and hi-fi Hollywood range of direction with solidly cut trailers, we need to wait for February 10th till the premier shows in four cities of Andhra Pradesh.

Nag's Gaganam Cencor Report Clean U, Premiere Show Details

Nagarjuna's ‘Gaganam’ under Dil Raju’s production acquired clean ‘U’ certificate and is all set to hit screens on February 11th. It is an experimental film directed by ‘Aakasamantha’ fame Radha Mohan. The story is based on the hijacking of an Indian Airlines Plane to Kandhahar in December 1999. The major part of the film was shot in the special designed plane sets. Some important scenes were also canned in Himachal Pradesh. ‘Gaganam’ is a bilingual film and the Tamil version is titled as ‘Payanam’. Besides playing an important role, Prakash Raj is also producing the Tamil version. Other prominent stars are Brahmanandam, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Harshavardhan, Ravi Prakash, etc.

Premiere Show

premiere of Nagarjuna’s Gaganam three days before the release. He is going to arrange a special premiere to the press and media on the night of 8 February. There will be premieres for industry people on the night of 9 Feb. Then the unit (Nagarjuna, Dil Raju, Prakash Raj and others) will travel in a chartered flight to Sangam theater in Vizag at 10:30 am for morning show. Then they will visit Geeta Apsara theater in Rajahmundry for 1:30 pm. The unit will go to Annapurna theater in Vijayawada at 4:30 pm. Then they will return to Hyderabad to attend a 4-screens premiere in Prasads multiplex during the time of first show. The second show premiere in Hyderabad will take place in Cinemax. it cost almost 10 lacs to hire a chartered flight for a day for the promotion of Gaganam film.

Lobbying mandatory for Awards : Nagarjuna

Are Awards the ultimate tool to measure the standards of a movie? Why do Tollywood movies always stay last in the list of award winning films? Here is Nagarjuna speaks bold about inner intentions on why Telugu films miss out in Award chase.

Nagarjuna agrees that Tollywood movies are made with commercial formula where audiences have a habit of enjoying the movie keeping the brains at home and then come to theatres. "TFI never cared about National Awards because we never make films for brains. National Awards are won only by such films which tease the brains and Malayalam movies win these because their literacy rate is nearly 100%," says Nag.

"I have an experience with 'Gitanjali' on what kind of lobbying should be done to make the Awards committee watch our film but I am not that kind of man to sit in New Delhi and do lobbying for my film," Nagarjuna speaks the facts. Yet Nagarjuna is a regular Telugu hero, who feels that acceptance of people is the biggest reward.

Nagarjuna starrer Rajanna under shoot

King Nagarjuna forthcoming project Rajanna is currently undergoing its shoot in and around Hyderabad. Rajanna is taking shape in the hands of veteran director Vijayendra Prasad, which is being made on the backdrop of Telangana Razakar Movement in the pre-independence days.

Nag will be seen in the title role of the film and he will be speaking Telangana slang as reinforcement to the pre-independence backdrop. Sneha is pairing up with Nagarjuna in the film and Nag himself is producing the film under his home banner Annapurna Studios.

The film-makers are planning to release Rajanna for this summer.

Erra Gulabilu & Gaganam to hit the screens on 11th Feb

Erra Gulabilu, under the direction of Gautham Menon is all set for a release on 11^th February in Tamil and Telugu versions. The movie stars newcomer Veera, Sameera Reddy, Karthik in the key roles while Samantha will be seen in a cameo. Erra Gulabilu is a thriller and deals with the story that happens in a night at ECR. The run time of the film is 90 minutes, which doesn’t carry any music. The trailer of the film is creating more curiosity among the audiences.

On the other hand, Nagarjuna’s experimental flick Gaganam too is releasing on the same day in both Telugu and Tamil versions. Being directed by Radha Mohan and produced by Dil Raju, Gaganam is about the hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 that takes place in Tirupati airport. Nagarjuna is playing a commando in the film. Interestingly, both the films don’t carry any music and both are experimental flicks for the directors.

Let’s wait to see, which of these both films clicks at the Box-Office

Nag's Gaganam postponed to 11th Feb!

Nagarjuna starrer Gaganam is postponed yet again. Looks like Gaganam has become real Gaganam for the film-makers to bring down to the screens. The movie which was suppose to reach the screens in the early December is postponed to 4^th February initially and the latest buzz is the film is yet again postponed by a week and will release on 11^th , February.

Sources say that the postponement is due to Ram Gopal Varma’s directorial KSD Appalraju, which is reaching the screens on 4^th February. To avoid clash with KSDA film, producer Dil Raju has postponed his experimental film Gaganam by a week.

While Radha Mohan is directing the film in both Tamil and Telugu versions, Prakash Raj is producing it in Tamil version.

Nag’s ‘Damarukam’ to be launched on 14th Jan!

Telugumovienews has earlier informed you that Nagarjuna has signed up a new film under the renowned banner, RR Movie Makers. Now, the latest news is, the movie is all set to be launched on the Pongal day i.e., 14thJanuary. The film is tentatively titled as ‘Damarukam’.

Damarukam will be directed by Srinivas Reddy who has earlier directed ‘Yamagola Malli Modalaindhi’ and Venkat is producing it. Interesting news about the project is, Nagarjuna is pairing up with Anushka for the 4^th time after their immediate ‘Ragada’. The film is being touted as a socio-fantasy film with full-length comedy.

Other details of cast and crew of the film are awaited.

Nagarjuna’s ‘Ragada’ music launch on Nov 29th!

Nagarjuna’s forthcoming film, ‘Ragada’ is in the final leg of shooting. The makers of the film has earlier announced the release date as 17^th, December and to meet the deadline of this date, the team members are making their best in completing the shooting part.

Meanwhile, the producer of the film, D.Siva Prasad Reddy is planning to launch the audio grandly on November 29^th at Silpa Kala Vedika Hyderabad. Few top celebrities form tinsel town are expected to attend the event. Ragada is being directed by Veeru Potla. Nagarjuna will be seen romancing Priyamani and Anushka in the film. Kamakshi Kala Movies will present the film. The film is being touted as a commercial entertainer with all the necessary elements of comedy, action and romance.

Nagarjuna’s ‘Damarukam’ with RR Movie Makers!

If sources are to be believed, Nagarjuna’s next project is ‘Damarukam’ under RR Movie Makers Banner. The movie will be directed by Srinivasa Reddy and is believed to be a socio-fantacy film with a highest budget one in Nag’s career till date. Anushka will play the female lead role in this film.

Nagarjuna is getting quite busy with ample projects in hand. This socio fantacy flick will hit the floors after his ‘Ragada’ and the very next ‘Gaganam’ hits the big screens. It is learnt that Nag will be seen in a key role in Tamil actor Ajith’s 50^th film, titled Mankatha while he plays Ajith’s role in Telugu version. Apart from this, the actor will also be seen in Raghavendra Rao’s ‘Intinta Annamayya’ film.

Great going… Nag!

Nag-Anushka invited by Prince

The presence of Tollywood is actually less in foreign countries barring the exception of US, UK. However, it appears that the handsome hero Nagarjuna and the awesome beauty Anushka have made their mark in the gulf. News is that the team of 'Ragada' was shooting for a song in the Maan desert of Jordan. It is heard that the schedule went on for nine days and before they were leaving, both Nag and Anushka were invited by none other than Prince of Jordan Ali Bin Al Hussein, the young scion of the Jordan royal family. This is a rare moment of honor and it remains to be seen if Jordan is going to become the next best location for shooting Telugu films in the future.

Nag's ‘Ragada’ in Hyderabad

‘Ragada’starring romantic king Nagarjuna, Hot Actress Anushka and Priyamani is currently filming in Hyderabad under Veeru Potla’s direction. The film is said to be a full length comedy and action entertainer.

This is going to be a fun filled film like the earlier films of Nagarjuna.He is playing the character of a market yard owner in Kadapa.We can hear Nagarjuna delivering his dialogues in Rayalseema slang.Charmee has done a special song for the movie. The producer D Siva Prasad Reddy says the title of the flick is gaining more popularity in the industry.

The team is going to picturize two songs and some scenes in Jordan. Music is given by Thaman and the songs are to be out in November.

Nagarjuna’s 'Gaganam' Releases in Nov

 

Nagarjuna’s upcoming film ‘Gaganam’ is going to hit the screens only in the 3rd week or end of Nov.The producer of the film Dil Raju earlier said that the film will be releasing on Nov 5th as Diwali gift but made a sudden change in the release date.

If he is making a release right away he needs to face competition from the big films like Robo, Brindavanam and ‘Rakta Charitra’ in which one movie is his own production.

Nagarjuna is playing the role of a commando in this film. Nag considered as a romantic hero in Tollywood doesn’t have heroine in this film, which sounds very interesting.

The film is releasing in both Telugu and Tamil. The Telugu version is produced by Dil Raju in Telugu and Tamil version by Prakash Raj. The film is directed by ‘Aakasamantha’ fame Radha Mohan.

Nag's 'G' to get married soon

Actress Tabu is getting ready for marriage, after a series of link-ups including those reportedly with Nagarjuna.

Tabu will tie the knot at the start of next year. The sizzling beauty has apparently been spotted with an Indian businessman in recent times and sources claim that it is this man who has finally managed to sweep the 39-year-old actress off her feet. Tabu has been dating for almost a year with this businessman.

According to sources, "January or February is what Tabu is looking at. She is an extremely private person, so no one will get to know her exact plans until she decides to break the news. However, this time it looks like wedding bells are finally ringing for her. Tabu has met her man after all these years".

Nag's Gagnam releasing on Nov 5th , 2010

Nagarjuna’s forthcoming bilingual film titled ‘Payanam’ in Tamil and ‘Gaganam’ in Telugu is all set for the release on November 5^th.The film is directed by ‘Aakasamantha’ fame Radha Mohan.

Nagarjuna is playing a distinct role that has never been played by him ever before. Nag, who is considered as romantic hero, doesn’t even have a heroine beside him in the film.  He will be playing the role of a commando in the film and so Nag has undergone a crash course in training to portray this character. It is believed that the film is based on a hijack drama of Indian Airlines flight IC 814.Prakash Raj and Brahmanandam will be playing other important roles. This bilingual film is being produced by Prakash Raj in Tamil version and Dil Raju in Telugu version. It is also heard that Nagarjuna himself is dubbing for Tamil version also.

Sneha to sizzle once again with Nag!

A few days back it was said that romantic king Nagarjuna has signed up a new film under the direction of veteran filmmaker S S Rajamouli’s father Vijayendra Prasad’s directorial which has been titled as ‘Rajanna’. It is also said that Nag will play the title role and the film is going to be produced under Nag’s own banner Annapoorna Studios. Now the latest news is that smiling beauty Sneha is going to will be pairing with Nagarjuna once again for this high budget film. Earlier they both acted together for a super hit film Sri Ramadasu.

Sources say that it might be a bilingual film to be made both in Tamil and Telugu as both the actors have good mark in Tamil also. It is also said that though Sneha’s role might not be a big one, sharing the screen space with top hero might gives her much weightage.

The movie is all about a girl child and her travails and how Nagarjuna helps and fulfilled her mission will be the rest of the story. It is heard from the latest sources that Rajamouli has decided to can all the action sequences of Nagarjuna in the film.