Deepika Padukone with mahesh babu in varudu. Director Trivikram Sreenivas is finally getting ready to go for regular shoot of Varudu with Mahesh and Deepika Padukone from 16th July of this month.According to filmnagar sources, Deepika is charging huge amount for this film as remunerationDeepika Padukone is the daughter of Badminton player Prakash Padukone. She came in to lime light with film Om Shanthi Om of Sharukh Khan.
55th Film Fare award function was held today evening (12th July Saturday evening at Nehru Stadium, Chennai).
Prabhas and Trisha, who named as one of the Telugu Film Industry‘s hottest couple on screen, are once again appearing on the screen in producer Editor Mohan‘s next film. To be directed by Raja, of Hanuman Junction fame, this big budget is set to be launched in 2009 after Prabhas completes work for his home production Raju.
Following Editor Mohan‘s film Prabhas will begin shooting for the S.S. Rajamouli directed flick that is set to take off in the later half of 2009.
Half of 2008 is over. So it's time to release half yearly report for Tollywood. 'Krishna' proves to be block buster hit of this year that ruled box office tremendously. Brahmanadam's role stood as highlight in the film and made it a big commercial entertainer.
'Gamyam' also stands out to be a topper as it was liked by all segments of audiences. The film deserves special medal as it was made by debutant director Jagarlamudi Radha Krishna (Krish) who shot to fame instantly. The film bagged such a success that Krish got the offer to direct big hero Venkatesh successively. The budget of the film was also within in the limits and hence the appreciation is inevitable in the parameters of economics as well.
And next follows the film 'Bathukamma' although restricted to the appreciation of a small segment of AP audiences. The film was liked by Telengana audiences prominently and for the budget it incurred, it deserves commendation considering the collections.
Jalsa also proved to be a success with the collections it made. 'Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters' stood as an average flick among mass comedy entertainers. Kantri and Parugu did average show at the end. Swagatham and Bhale Dongalu turned down at box office against to expectations. Bujjigadu could have done better at least with post-release publicity. Kalidasu got just average talk after lots of campaigning. Indeed Sushanth could make his presence felt on Tollywood screen with his hard work. Now the film 'Ready' is running well and the fresh trade reports say it is another block buster 'Hit' in this year.
Out of about 60 films released till now this year, not even 10 films could prove to be hits.
'Pandurangadu', the much expected devotional film bagged criticism by audiences stating 'eroticism dominated devotion'. Even the collections are not up to the expectations. Neelakanta's Mister Medhavi could get some good talk but the collections didn't match the expectations. Biggest experimental failures are RP Patnaik's 'Andamaina Mansulo', MS Raju's remake flick 'Vaana', Jonnaviththula's 'Somberi' and Marudhuri Raja's 'Adhyaksha'. And the biggest disappointment of this year is 'Okka Magadu'.
| Film | Status |
| Apadamokkulavaadu | Flop |
| Okka Magadu | Flop |
| Krishna | Hit |
| Pourudu | Average |
| Vaana | Flop |
| Swagatham | Flop |
| Mister Medhavi | Flop |
| Krishnarjuna | Flop |
| Sudarakanda | Flop |
| Visakha Express | Flop |
| Ontari | Average |
| Andamaina Mansulo | Flop |
| Idi Sangathi | Flop |
| Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna | Flop |
| Bathukamma | Hit |
| Gamyam | Hit |
| Mangatayaru Tiffin Center | Flop |
| Nagaram | Flop |
| Bhadradri | Flop |
| Atadista | Flop |
| Jalsa | Hit |
| Somberi | Flop |
| Adhyaksha | Flop |
| Premabhishekam | Flop |
| Gita | Flop |
| Bhale Dongalu | Flop |
| Kalidasu | Average |
| Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters | Average |
| Michael Madana Kamaraju | Flop |
| Donga Sachchinollu | Flop |
| Parugu | Average |
| Kantri | Average |
| Bujjigadu | Average |
| Paardhu | Flop |
| Pandurangadu | Hit |
| Dasavataram | Hit |
| Ready | Hit |
| Victory | -yet to be declared- |
| Gorintaku | -yet to be declare |
Well controversy never ceases to surround ILEANA. She just needs to be away for a little while for a fresh bout of speculations to start. The latest bout of rumours though kicked up quite a storm when a website reported she had attempted suicide. But her manager quickly got into the act and issued a note declaring that Ileana was hale and hearty, holidaying in Goa. Talk about a holiday huh! Guess we can never have enough of pretty women. But here is some gup about her next film. Apparently the actress has been in negotiations with the producers to star in a V N ADITYA film. NITIN will be playing the lead in the film. Sources say that the actress has given her approval and once they decide upon some fine details they will make a public announcement.
As per the grapevine going on, former TDP Mp of Kurnool: Bhuma Nagi Reddy has offered Megastar Chiranjeevi a huge amount of 3 Crores as advance!
As reported earlier: Bhuma Nagi Reddy and his wife-Ex MLA: Sobha Nagi Reddy have resigned the TDP party earlier last week. This happened to be a huge blow to Chandra Babu Naidu and especially to TDP in Nandyala LokSabha segment. As per the reports, Bhuma Nagi Reddy had some succesfull talks with Chiranjeevi and has agreed to join his new party. He seems to have requested for 7 to 10 MLA seats in Rayalaseema and have paid a whopping amount of 30 Crores as advance.
We've to wait and see if Chiranjeevi welcomes factionists into his yet-to-be declared political party.
After getting good breaks with Chandamama & Godava, beautiful KAAJAL & SRADDHA has bagged lead roles in AARYA's sequel
Aarya created sensation few years back and made Allu Arjun an house hold name. Sukumar has made his debut as director with that film. Later, he went on to make JAGADAM with Ram and the film has bombed at Box-Office though Sukumar received good appreciation for the technical values and novelty.
Now, he is making the sequel to Aarya and with Allu Arjun doing the role of Aarya again. Aarya-2 has already started it's shoot and getting ready for Sankranti-2009 release! Devi Sri Prasad scores music for this sequel. Kaajal Agarwal (Lakshmi Kalyanam, Chandamama & Pourudu fame) and Sraddha Aarya (Godava fame) are playing the female leads in this Aarya-2.
Pawan's Puli shoot is progressing at Chilukur Balaji temple, Hyderabad. Now the latest news about the film is that the heroine Hansika is replaced by another Bollywood girl Nikitha Anand.
Gopikrishna Movies banner of Krishnam Raju is coming up with a film titled Raju. Prabhas will play the title role and Krishnam Raju will be playing the vital role in the film. As for the inside sources, Four heroines will be roped to play female leads opposite Prabhas. The film will go on floors from August.
Dasavatharam has grossed US $14,683,762 at the end of the third week after it hit the silver screens worldwide. However, the amount does not include the collections made in North America and from certain parts of India.
Upcoming villain-turned-action hero, Gopichand has been paired with Anushka and Poonam Kaur in a yet-to-be-totled film, being produced by V Anada Prasad under the banner of Bhavya Creations. Cameraman Shiva is making his debut as director with this film.
At present, climax scenes are being composed by fight-master Selva at a location near Bourampet village in the outskirts of Hyderabad. Later the shoot shifts to Kolkata. Songs will be picturised in Hyderabad and Switzerland.
This film is being flaunted as an action-romance- mass-entertainment film. Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Ali, Ajay, Raghubabu, Krishnabhagavan, MS Narayana, Saratbabu, Malladi Raghava, SubbarayaSarma and others are in the cast.
While the story and screenplay is by the director Shiva, dialogues have been written by Ratnam. Lyrics are by Bhaskarabhatla, Ananth Sriram and Jogayya Sastry; Music by Manisarma. Camera is handled by Vetrivel and editing is by Marthand K Venkatesh.
Homam, starring Jagapatibabu and Mamata Mohandas, is being directed by JD Chakravarthy and produced by Kirankumar Koneru under the banner of Shreya Productions.
JD Chakravarthy plays an interesting cameo in the film, which has shares of an antagonist. Sakshi Sivanand did an item number. The acclaimed actor-director of Bollywood, Mahesh Manjrekar plays the role of villain.
Lyrics are penned by Suddala Ashokteja and the tunes are composed by Bollywood music director Nithin Raikwar . While cinematography is taken care of by Bharani K Dharan, editing is done by Bhanodaya.
The shooting of the film is almost complete. Only one song has to be canned featuring the hero and the heroine. The post production works are being carried on at a brisk pace.
Homam is being planned for an August 2008 release.
Megastar Chiranjeevi has a fan following and ardent support at home only. It is none other than his own nephew Allu Arjun who has promised his support to the yet to be launched political party. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Arjun said that he extends his support to the party without expecting any gains in the form of party posts. He said that since he was a child he had been a great fan of Chiranjeevi.
He announced to the media that he was in love and he would reveal the name of the girl soon.
The launching of political party is in full swing as per the activities of the camp. According to sources the camp has sent one lakh SMS to people to know their opinion on the Telangana issue. A decision on the Telangana issue would be taken only after that, they said.
This month, the screens in Andhra Pradesh were a bit quiet without much noise not due to lack of audience but the fact there was not one big banner release this month. However, there is news coming in that this scarcity may just be fulfilled at the last day of the month and that too in a very big way.
It is heard that superstar Rajinikanth is all set to arrive with his 'Kathanayakudu' wherein he has paired up with the hot beauty Nayantara and also has Mamta Mohandas in a meaty bit. There is also the presence of 'Manly Star' Jagapathi Babu along with Meena as the other lead and the date is said to be the 31st of this month.
However, there is another version which is saying that the movie could well be hitting the screens on the first of this month. If that happens then July will go dry but August will make up for it with some heavy duty biggies coming. You will know the real dates very soon but for now, enjoy the lesser known bannered flicks with the second rung of talented stars and have fun.
Hero Gopichand is doing a film once again for the Eetaram films banner. He acted in the film 'Yagnam' under the same banner and the film was a blockbuster hit.
The trio of producer Pokuri Babu Rao, director Ravikumar Choudhary and hero Gopichand are coming back together for a new film.
The shooting will commence from august. The details about the star cast and technicians will be announced shortly.
Vishal's latest venture SALUTE being directed by A.Rajasekhar and produced by Vikram Krishna is going to release on August 15th. Vishal is acting as ACP.Nayanatara pairs him. Film unit says that the movie is fully action packed one.The song picturised in Dubai and a chase in Dubai's airport will be highlights of the movie. Harris Jayraj composed the music for the movie. other cast includes Sudha Chandran, Brahmanandam , Ali, Tanikella Bharani etc.
Mahesh Babu's fans organized a press meet at Basheerbagh Press Club, Hyderabad. The All India Mahesh-Krishna Sena has planned many social service activities from August 2nd to 9th to mark Mahesh Babu's birthday on August 9. Social activities include blood and eye donation camps, distribution of books to schoolchildren and planting of saplings, according to sources. A week-long screening of Mahesh Babu's films is also planned. A felicitation for freedom fighters is also being planned.
Shooting of 'Mallepuvvu' directed by V Samudra and produced by Mohan Vadlapatla on the banner of Sri Samudra Silverscreens with Bhoomika in the title role was almost complete but for the canning of a song.
Muralikrishna is playing the male lead in the flick.
Addressing the media at Prasad Labs recently, Samudra says, 'The film 'Mallepuvvu' was one of the blockbusters and a milestone in Nata Bhushana Sobhanbabu's career. After we announced the title, Sobhanbabu called me up once and complimented me for choosing it for our film. We invited him for the muhurat of the movie, but he could not come due to some preoccupations.
Ravibabu, who made his debut into direction with a hit film like 'Allari', had recently directed a suspense thriller 'Anasuya' with Bhoomika in the lead.
Even as that film was on sets, he had a chance to narrate another interesting storyline to Bhoomika and impressed her.
Having a fascination to do heroine-oriented films, with 'Missamma' and 'Anasuya' to her credit, she came forward to produce on her own banner Downtown Movies, with her husband Bharat Thakur as the producer.
However, the surprise entry is Charmme, who was also a specialist in heroine-centric films with films like 'Anukokunda Oka Roju and Mantra'.
The film titled 'Dooram' is most likely to go to sets very soon.
