Dil Raju s plans for 2009

Raju became ‘Dil’ Raju with his first successful production ‘Dil’. He is termed as the ‘Man with Midas touch’ after the consequent hits he produced. People determine it’s his skill in bringing the right script and his knowledge in judging the pulse of the audience. Others term it as fortune favors this maker. But, on the whole he got a whole bunch of movies in the past to his credit and a list of forthcoming films this 2009.

The hits in his production graph includes 'Arya', 'Bhadra', 'Bommarillu', 'Munna', 'Parugu' and the latest 'Kotha Bangaru Lokam'. He also distributed and promoted films like ‘Ullasamga Uthsamga’, ‘Vinayakudu’ and ‘King’ which all made it big in the box office.

For 2009, the on going movies are ‘Akashamantha’ starring Prakash Raj and Trisha, in the direction of Radha Mohan and another movie casting Nagarjuna’s son Nagchainthanya in the lead.

Apart from these, three movies are in the pipeline this year. One will be directed by Dhasarath of ‘Santhosham’ fame. Director of ‘Munna’ who debuted with the movie on Sri Venkateswara Creations banner, Vamsi Paidipalli will be directing the next. And, the third will be made by Srinivas, the director of hit movie ‘Lakshayam’.

Sources from industry say Prabhas and NTR will play hero in the each of these movies. The hero for Dhasrath's film is yet to be finalized. ‘Dil’ Raju’s has his dairy full in 2009 and let’s wish he continues his trend of super hits this year too.

Mani Ratnam's ‘Ashokavanam’ in Telugu

Fondly referred to as India’s Spielberg, Mani Ratnam is a sensational director who touches social themes daringly and makes thought provoking movies. He holds credits for some of the best movies he made in Hindi and Tamil which were also released in Telugu at times. After his close-to-life portrayal of Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani in ‘Guru’ starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, he is now making ‘Ravan’.

The movie is being made in three languages Hindi, Telugu and Tamil simultaneously. The plotline of the movie is based on an episode from the famous epic Ramayana.

Starring Vikram, Aishwarya Rai and Prithvi Raj in the main cast, the movie is fast shaping up in various exotic locales. The movie’s title for Telugu and Tamil was in consideration for awhile and now it has been said it will be titled ‘Ashokavanam’.

Vikram plays the lead in Telugu and Tamil while Abishek Bachchan plays the same role in Hindi. Rumors abuzz say Vikram plays as the antagonist in the Hindi version.

Recently, a song was filmed in Jhansi featuring 500 participants on screen.

Srisailam hits the screens on Jan 30

To safeguard our country we need to patrol in the center and not just the borders’ is the tag line of the forthcoming action flick ‘Srisailam’ starring Srihari in the lead. Veteran actors Krishnam Raju and Nagababu are enacting prominent roles in the movie. Producer by Tadivaka Ramesh Naidu on Image Films banner, director Nageswara Rao is making the movie.

Kalyan Ram to produce NTR Jr

Energetic hero Nandamuri Kalyan Ram started a home production house on the name of his grand dad's NTR Arts. He acted in the first venture 'Hare Ram' and this was a decent hit at the box office. Now the latest buzz in film nagar is Kalyan Ram has decided to produce a film with his younger brother NTR Jr and there are rumors fuming that the brothers even discussed about the project. Only time can tell more about it. If this happens, then it will be a rather interesting treat from the Nandamuri clan.