SP Chary Demands 50 Lakhs For Magadheera Story Rights

 Although the movie has earned lot of records and has completed its 175 days of run, Magadheera still seems to be getting through controversies.

A novelist SP Chari, claimed that Magadheera is the copy of his novel Chanderi that was published in a Telugu weekly for 36 weeks and is demanding Rs50 lakhs as a compensation for using his idea.

Chary says that “Magadheera film is the copy of the novel Chanderi that was published in a Telugu weekly for 36 weeks, 12 years back. When Magadheera was released, I was in Australia and I couldn’t stop the release of the film. Mean while Allu Arjun and Allu Sirish have requested me through mails not to go to court. They have earned more than Rs120 Crs from Telugu and planning to remake the film in Hindi. Now My demand is that they should pay Rs50 lacs other wise I will knock the doors of High court for violating the copy right act.

Tejam' To Hit Theatres in Feb

Sun Rays Entertainment banner is presenting the movie ‘Tejam’ by introducing Raj KS Gopi as director. S Rajasekhar is producing the movie. The film is also introducing nine new heroes and one heroine to the industry. The film-makers are planning to release the movie in the first week of February

On the event, Raj Kumar the director of the film said, “The movie has recently completed its censor formalities. We have made the film with good technical values. The story is related to current young generation and their real-life situations. Preeti Jhangiani is doing a special number in the film”.

The producer of the movie said,” The audio has received good response and hope the movie also gets the same. It received clean U from the censor board. We are planning to release the film in first week of February”.

Another Actor From Mega Family

Allu Arjun, Ram charan Teja who came from Chiranjeevi’s family were proving themselves in the industry and soon, Chiranjeevi’s nephew (chiru’s elder sister’s son) Teja, is going to debut in tollywood. He has already undergone training in various disciplines and is making his debut in telugu film industry. The star will be introduced by the director, YVS Chowdary who has introduced stars like Ram, Ileana.

‘Bommarillu’ banner presents this movie. The film hits the floors from the month of May and the shooting locations were decided as USA and Caribbean Islands for about 80 days. Other actors and technicians of the film are yet to be confirmed.

'3 Idiots' Into Telugu As 'Sneha Geetam '

It is known news that the Bollywood film ‘3 Idiots’ has been causing quite a mania at the box office and it is also heard that many top Tollywood heroes have been keen on remaking the film here. However, the latest news is that they have taken back this idea and here is the reason.

Apparently, the industry sources reveal that the film ‘Sneha Geetam’ which has become the talk of the season is said to have taken base with ‘3 Idiots’ and one can find almost similar flavor in this movie as well. The movie has three heroes and it also runs on a college backdrop and life after that.

The audio release happened a while ago and it has received a very good response. So if the movie also clicks then we have ourselves a new youthful entertainer. The film’s release date is expected to be announced soon so it looks like 2010 is going to bring some cheers to Tollywood.

Telugu Cinemala Pandaga This Month

Tollywood heroes, especially bigger heroes are getting ready with their movies in the coming January.

Due to the postponements of releases in the December month, January has become a festival season for movies.

Nagarjuna’s ‘Kedi‘, NTR’s ‘Adhurs‘, Venkatesh’s ‘Namo Venkatesha‘, Ravi Teja’s ‘Shambo Shiva Shambo‘ and Shekar Kammula’s ‘Leader’ are the biggest releases of the month which are supposed to be called as prestigious projects of the month. Out of the 5 films, Adurs and Leader are supposed to be released in the month of December itself. But, due to the circumstances in the state, they got postponed and made the battle much electrifying.

On the other side, there are films like Deva Katta’s ‘Prasthanam‘, Three Angels-produced ‘Om Shanthi‘, Manchu Manoj-starrer ‘Bindaas’, Nikhil-starrer Kalavar King, Geetha Krishna’s Koffi Bar, dubbed film ‘Yuganiki Okkadu’ , Raja’s Inkosari, Varun Sandesh’s Marocharitra , Sarvanand’s ‘Andari bhanduvayya’, sivaji’s TajMahal are getting released for this January.

Tollywood May Shift To Chennai - Rosaiah

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Wednesday said the continuing attacks on film shootings in and around Hyderabad by Telangana supporters may force the Telugu film industry to shift back to Chennai.

Assuring full protection, the chief minister urged all political parties to ensure that the industry stays in Hyderabad.

The campaign over Telangana has caused huge losses to the film industry, with thousands boycotting movies of some actors and continuing attacks on the shooting of some others opposed to Telangana’s creation.

Recalling that the Telugu film industry shifted from Chennai to Hyderabad after the formation of Andhra Pradesh in 1956, Rosaiah said if it goes back, it will affect the employment opportunities of local people.

He pointed out that 70 to 80 percent of the workers in the film industry were locals.

“The hero, heroines and some other people may be from other regions (of Andhra Pradesh) but the majority of the workers are local people,” he said in an obvious reference to claims by pro-Telangana groups that the movie industry was dominated by people from coastal Andhra.

Rosaiah also termed as baseless the allegations of pro-Telangana groups that film personalities were given prime lands free of cost in and around Hyderabad.

He pointed out that lands were given to the industry as incentives as per the market rates.

The chief minister regretted that the shootings of actors like Mahesh Babu and Junior NTR who have said nothing on Telangana were also attacked.

Last week the protestors also attacked film shootings of veteran actor-producer Mohan Babu’s son M. Manoj and actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi’s nephew Allu Arjun.

Both Mohan Babu and Chiranjeevi are opposing the bifurcation of the state.

Telugu Film Industry Bleeding Due To Separate Telangana !

The Telugu film industry (popularly called Tollywood) is bleeding due to the spat over a separate Telangana statehood.

“We are losing Rs 7 crore a day on account of postponement of releases, rescheduling of shootings and logistics,” said K C Sekhar Babu, film producer and secretary, Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber of Commerce.

The industry, which churns out over 150 movies a year, lines up mega-budget movies from December to prepare for Sankranti (the festival of kites in January) to get cash registers ringing.

In the wake of pro-Telangana activists attacking theatres screening Arya-2, starring Allu Arjun, nephew of actor-turned-politician and Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi, his son Ram Charan Teja’s Magadheera and actor-turned-producer Mohan Babu’s son Vishnu’s Saleem, most of the Andhra Pradesh Producers’ Council members on Wednesday postponed their releases for this month.

“The released movies are suffering 5-10 per cent loss in gross collection, while the yet-to-be-released films will lose in interest payments to financiers,” said film producer-director Tammareddy Bharadwaja.

Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu, who have been at loggerheads for a long time, have joined the united Andhra movement, earning the wrath of the pro-Telangana activists.

“Saleem, made with a budget of Rs 23 crore and released on December 12, has seen significant drop in gross collections,” said Daggupati Suresh Babu of Suresh Movies.

Adurs, starring junior NTR, Leader with Daggupati Suresh Babu’s son Rana as the protagonist, and Nagarjuna’s Rummy are the other big films slated for release this month.

“The television industry has lost close to Rs 100 crore in the last 15-18 days. Though production has not stopped, no new projects are coming up as investors are worried,” said D Sridhar, chief executive officer of Hyderabad-based television producer TeleMedia.

Geeta Arts Is Becoming Felt Strongly

 It seems that when days are passing, Geeta Arts is becoming felt strongly in the south indian film circuit.

After a great sucess with ’Magadheera’ and ’Gajini’(Hindi), they had bought two films with a whooping price of 65 crores. One is ’Puli’ starring power star Pawan Kalyan, the other happens to be ’Varudu’ which has stylish star Allu Arjun.

Sriram and Navadeep In A-11

Noted director Arun Prasad (of Tammudu and Gautham SSC fame) is currently busy with two Telugu films: Navdeep starrer Yagam and Jagapathi Babu starrer Maa Nanna Chiranjeevi.

While both films are briskly progressing at the various phases of post-production, we hear that Arun Prasad has finalized Navdeep and Sriram as heroes in his upcoming Film "A-11" (to be simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil).

This December Is Full Of Movies

This time December is the month for Big releases.

* Allu arjun-sukumar's much hyped Aarya-2 may hit the screens in the last week of this month or first week on december.
* Jagapati babu- Priyamani hit combo will be coming with Pravarkyudu on Dec 4th.
* After Debacle Okka Magadu YVS's Saleem starring vishnu and illeana will be releasing in the second week of December.
* NTR-Vinayak's third film Adhurs will be releasing on December 18th.
* Successful director Shekar kammula's Leader will hit the screens on Dec 24th.
* Nagarjuna's Rummy will also be releasing in the last week of December.

2012 Yugantham Ready To Release

The world as we know will soon come to an end... yeah, sure... By the way if you're superstitious enough to get really scared by the 2012 buzz, I'd really appreciate if you could transfer all your assets to me at the end of December 2011: after all you really believe that the apocalypse will be unleashed in 2012, don't you?

Anyway the movie 2012 is going to be damned entertaining, that's for sure!

'Sontha Vooru' Movie Selected For Mumbai International Film Festival

Sontha Vooru, which released in this year have been selected for Mumbai International film festival. In fact it is the only telugu movie that was screened in the festival. Almost 200 films from more than 50 countries were screened at the festival.

Though Sontha vooru did not do well commercially, it is well accliamed by critics. LB Sreeram, Raja , Tanikella bharani everyone in the movie performed naturally. The story is thought provoking. The movie got appreciations from other famous directors when it was filmedat the festival.