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Allu Arjun not happy with “Arya 2” IndiaGlitz [Monday, June 29, 2009]

Stylish star Allu Arjun has many action blockbusters to his credit and each time he has been trying for something different. Meanwhile, he is giving finishing touches for his other venture “Arya 2” which is a sequel. However sources indicate that the star was not happy with the title of the flick. He is looking out for an alternative title for this flick directed by Sukumar. The movie also stars Kajal Agarwal, Navdeep and Shraddha Arya in the lead. The movie is expected to release in the month of August but the new title of the movie is yet to be finalized. Also, many say that this will not be a continuation of the original story but just another episode.

Vengamamba Audio Release

Music of Vengamamba hailed

By Moviebuzz | Wednesday, 24 June , 2009, 12:28

Speakers at the appreciation meet of Vengamamba said that the songs were a feast to the ears of the Telugu people after Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu. The songs of the film, produced by VMC Doraswamy Raju, were recently released. Chadalawada Srinivasa Rao, MVS Prasad, Mukthevi Bharati, Radhika Krishna, Ramakrishna, Mada, Ananth, Udayabhaskar, MM Keeravani and JK Bharavi took part in the meet. Story writer Bharati thanked producer Doraswamy Raju for making Vengamamba both as a feature film and on the small screen. Highlight of the film was that the songs would depict the life and times of Saint poet Vengamamba in a lucid manner. TTD former Executive Officer MVS Prasad said that the music of Keeravani consisted of both melody and folk with a lot of feel for devotion. Director Udaybhaskar said that Vengamamba was not a mere devotee of Lord Venkateswara. “She was the first woman who strived for the uplift of the women during her times. There are 21 songs in the film.” Keeravani said that the album got tremendous response. “I am thankful to the director and producer for giving me this opportunity to once again give a devotional album after Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu.” Popular writer JK Bharavai said that Tarigonda Vengamamba reflected the urge among women for justice in society. The film is going to release in the second week of July.

Bollywood Hotest News

London News : No Salman Khan for Katrina's birthday?

Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) After last year's bad experience, Katrina Kaif has decided to celebrate her birthday with her family in London. The actress is looking forward to meeting her family, but didn't reveal whether beau Salman Khan will be with her or not.

Katrina will turn 25 on July 16 and this time the actress, who is said to be under a lot of external and internal pressure, is determined to make her birthday a happy, stress-free and comfortable occasion.

Katrina will take off for a rare full-family reunion in London this July, to coincide with her birthday. She doesn't confirm the birthday, but admits that she's planning a holiday with family in July.

'I've been burning the midnight oil to make myself free for my family. I'm exhausted and stressed. And I can't wait to go home. Though I've met parts of my family on every visit home all of us eight siblings have not been together in nine years... can you believe it! I really want to do this,' Katrina, who has earned rave reviews for her performance in just released 'New York', told IANS.

Katrina is the middle sister among the seven girls of the Kaif family. She has always been the apple of the eye and it was very traumatic for her to wrench herself away from the family cocoon in London and make a career on her own in Mumbai.

According to close friends, Katrina was petrified of the isolation here. That's why when Salman Khan's family took her in their fold, she was indebted to them.

Last year Salman created a major embarrassment for her by picking up a fight with Shah Rukh Khan.

After the incident, is Katrina trying hard to gently move away from her adopted family?

'I'm just so looking forward to being with all my sisters. My brother is also taking the time off to be in London for the first time in years with all of us sisters. I've been with some of my siblings in London. But never all. It's not holiday for me. It's a necessity. And nothing can stop from making it happen,' she said.

The actress' popularity soared after the success of 'Namaste London' and 'Singh Is Kinng'.

Prabhas Romance

Prabhas & Kangana romancing at Switzerland

Ek Niranjan the current crazy project of Prabhas under sensational director Puri Jagannath with Bollywood hot beauty Kangana Raunat as heroine is progressing briskly. Very recently few prominent scenes were shot at a huge set erected at Ramanaidu Studious. Currently the unit is busy in canning couple of songs on the lead pair at Switzerland and this schedule will continue till 30th June. Manisharma is composing the musical tunes while Shyam K Naidu is handling the camera. Aditya Ram is producing this film under Adityaram Movies Banner and is presented by Puri Jagannath. This is the second film in the combination of Puri and Prabhas after Bujjigadu.

Anjaneyulu Hot News

Anjaneyulu progressing at RFC Sreenu Vaitla’s “Dubai Seenu” pair joined again for Anjaneyulu in the direction of Yuvatha fame Parasuram which is being produced by Ganesh Babu. Currently the shooting is going at Ramoji film city and will continue for another 3 days. A few important scenes on Ravi Teja, Nayanatara involving software office are being canned in RFC. Ganesh sayd, “Ravi Teja is portraying an electrifying character who is aware of his responsibilities and at the same time will not tolerate anyone whom he finds fault with. The film has the influence of his brand comedy and also the action elements. Taman’s music is a great asset and the songs canned at Switzerland are sure to be a feat to eyes”.

Chiru Next Film

Chiru’s next film Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy

During the Magadheera audio function Paruchuri Venkateshwar Rao stated that “We have got all rights to demand Chiranjeevi to act in movies. Already we have prepared the script with the title Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy”. Not only by Paruchuri but this was also expressed by Nagababu, Pawan Kalyan, VV Vinayak, SS Rajamouli, Srikanth etc to continue in films. But Chiru stated that, he was not committed any thing and it depends on the time and fate in future. If all goes possible he will definitely come forward.

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Shriya Saran disappointed with the failure of Mission Istanbul »

By Admin on Aug 10, 2008 in Shriya Saran | 1 Comment

Actress Shriya Saran’s Mission Istanbul has bombed at the box office, but she is happy with the way her career is shaping up.

From music videos to Tollywood to the Hindi film industry and now Hollywood, she has been climbing the ladder of success.

Back in the city for the shooting of a Tamil film Kandaswami, Shriya says, “Hyderabad is like home to me and it feels great to be here. I was at the Poison launch party and met up with all my old friends after such a long time.”

Disappointed with the failure of Mission Istanbul?

“When a film doesn’t do well, it is natural that you will feel bad. But the important thing is I have given it my 100 per cent and have worked very hard for the film,” she says.

When asked what she felt went wrong with the film, she replied, “It’s not right for me to comment on this. A film is a by-product of the energies and efforts of a lot of people. On hindsight, you can point out many mistakes, but you can never be sure about the fate of a movie from before it releases.”

Talking about her recent Tamil film, Shriya says that though it is a commercial movie, it has a poignant social message. “The film is about the economic disparity in the country — how the rich are getting richer while the poor are becoming poorer. Sushi Ganeshan is the director while Vikram is my co-actor. I had a good time doing the film. It’s a commercial film but at the same time deals with a topic that is so true of India.”

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24th June 2009 Magadheera MP3 release For the first time in the history of Telugu music, an audio album is releasing along with MP3 songs. Umesh Gupta of Aditya Music is going to release audiocassette, audio CD and MP3 CD of Ram Charan Teja’s simultaneously on 28 June. The albums and CDs will be available in market from 29 June onwards. They are releasing MP3 songs to prevent audio piracy. MM Keeravani composes musc and Rajamouli directed this movie. Rajendra Prasad dances with Russian models Rajendra Prasad is doing a lead role in an English film titled Quick Gun Murugan. A song was shot on Rajendra Prasad and Russian models in Mumbai. Popular singer Mikha Singh rendered his voice for this song. Rajendra Prasad dons the role of a vegetarian cowboy and he fights against a non-vegetarian villain in this English comedy. Sashank Ghosh who invented the Quickgun Murugan character for Channel V in 90’s is directing this movie. Fox Star Studios is going to release this movie worldwide soon. Junction on 26 June Paruchuri Ravindranath’s (s/o Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao) debut film as hero – Junction will be releasing on 26 June. Anil Krishna directed this movie. Naina – a Bangla and Oriya actress is making her debut in Telugu with this movie. New music director John Salmon composed music. Paruchuri brothers gave the script and dialogues for the movie. 22nd June 2009 Magadheera on 22 July The final release date of Ram Charan Teja’s second movie Magadheera is fixed as 22nd July 2009. The music composed by MM Keeravani will be launched at a function organized in Shilpa Kala Vedika on the night of 28 June. Kajal Agarwal plays female lead. Srihari did a vital role. Senthil Kumar (Arundhati fame) handled camera. Allu Arvind produces it on Geeta Arts banner. This film will released with the highest number of prints worldwide on 22 July. 21st June 2009 Nagarjuna’s new film from 24 July After Dasarath and Lawrence, Nagarjuna is going to introduce another new director in this decade. Kiran Kumar will be making his grand directorial debut with Nagarjuna as hero. This film is going to be produced by D Siva Prasad Reddy on Kamakshi Kala Movies banner. It will go to floors on 24 July and is likely to be released in December 2009 (Nagarjuna’s lucky month). Nikhil as Kalavar King Nikhil who took a long gap after his last film Yuvatha has signed a film titled ‘Kalavar King’. This entertainer will be produced by D Srinivasa Rao who recently produced Drona with Nitin as hero. More details later. Achyuta Reddy’s son as hero Producer and actor Dontireddy Achyuta Reddy who produced a few films is introducing his son Nitish as hero now. The film is tentatively titled as Manasa Tullipadake. The regular shooting of this movie will start on 3 July. P Balaji directs it. 20th June 2009 Gopi Gopika Godavari on 10 July The release of Vamsi’s latest movie Gopi Gopika Godavari is postponed from 26 June to 10 July. This film features Venu and Kamalini Mukherjee in the main leads. Kamalinee Mukherjee plays the role of a doctor who works on a mobile hospital situated on a boat that caters to small villages in and around Godavari. Chakri’s melodious music is making a mark for itself. Valluripalli Ramesh produces this movie. Mani Sharma to produce Varun Sandesh film Mani Sharma signed Varun Sandesh as hero for his debut as producer. Mani Sharma has started his own banner Ocean films (named after his son Sagar) and will be producing this movie. Being a music lover Mani Sharma roped in veteran lyricist Veturi to pen all lyrics in this movie. More details later. Krishnudu’s 5 get-ups in Oy! As per the sources of idlebrain.com, Krishnudu (Vinayakudu fame) is said to have come up with a fabulous performance in 3rd July release Oy! He is said to have donned five different characters in this movie. Siddharth and Shamili are doing main leads. Yuan Shankar Raja’s music is topping charts now. Anand Ranga makes his debut as director with this movie. 18th June 2009 Namo Venkatesa launched Venkatesh’s latest movie Namo Venkatesa in the direction of Seenu Vytla was launched with a pooja ceremony today. Trisha plays female lead. Gopi Mohan provides story. Anil Sunkara, Dr. Achanta Gopichand and Achanta Ram are jointly producing this movie on 14 Reels Entertainment banner. D Suresh Babu is also associated with this project. Evaraina Epudaina on 26 June Varun Sandesh who delivered two back-to-back blockbusters Happy Days and Kotha Bangaru Lokam is going to test his luck again at box office with Evaraina Epudaina movie on 26 June. Vimala Raman is doing female lead. Marthand Shankar makes his debut as director. Mani Sharma composed music. The prestigious AVM banner is entering into direct Telugu film production with this movie after a gap of few years. The release will be worldwide on 26 June. Mahi Gill with Siddhath? As per the sources of idlebrain.com, Mahi Gill is likely to sign on the dotted lines for Siddhath’s latest movie to be directed by Prakash Kovelamudi. Mahi Gill shot to fame with her fabulous performance as Paroo in this year’s Bollywood hatke hit ‘Dev D’. Prakash – the next generation director from the legendry family of KS Prakash Rao and K Raghavendra Rao is making sure that the movie is made on international scale by roping in an international studio as a partner for this bilingual (Telugu and Hindi). This film will go to floors in August. Srihari adopts 3 villages Srihari started ‘Akshara Foundation’ and is doing charity. 50% of his future earnings will be donated to this charitable organization. He adopted three villages – Lakshmapur, Anantharam and Narayanapur. He recently started a mineral water plant to provide pure drinking water to these three villages. He is also going to implement Lead India concepts through schools in these villages. It is nice to see Srihari giving back to the society though such noble deeds. Varun Sandesh as Vijetha? After Bike and Kurrodu, the latest title that is making rounds for the remake of Polladavan is ‘Vijetha’. Varun Sandesh acts in this remake which is being produced by Kiran on Gemini Film Circuit banner. Sandeep Gunnam (son of Gangaraju Gunnam) who made his debut as cinematographer with Amma Cheppindi is wielding megaphone for the first time through this movie. Shooting of the movie is almost complete except for a few days of patch work. More details later. 17th June 2009 Prakash to direct Siddharth Prakash Kovelamudi (son of K Raghavendra Rao) who made his debut as actor with Neetho movie and then made his debut as a director with National award winning cinema ‘Belly Full of Dreams’ is all set to make his debut as a commercial film director with a film starring lover boy Siddharth. K Raghavendra Rao is going to produce this movie. Muhurat of this movie will be held at Cinemax tomorrow morning Bala Krishna as Bheeshma Bellamkonda Suresh is going to produce a movie titled Bheeshma in the direction of poster designer turned director Ramesh Varma. Bellamkonda Suresh is repeating Ramesh Varma after Ride movie. This film will go to floors on 29 June. Anjaneyulu on 12 August Ravi Teja is planning his movies in such a way that there are two releases every year. His last film Kick turned out to be the only summer blockbuster of Telugu film industry. His next movie Anjaneyulu in the direction of Parasuram (Yuvatha fame) is going to release on 12 August. Nayana Tara pairs up with Ravi Teja after Dubai Seenu movie. Ganesh produces Anjaneyulu 16th June 2009 Puli schedule from 1st July The next schedule of Pawan Kalyan’s latest film Komaram Puli will start on 1st July. This film will be wrapped up in a single continuous schedule starting 1st July. Nikhisha Patel is doing female lead. Hindi actor Manoj Bajpai is doing a vital role. AR Rehman composes music. Binod Pradhan handles cinematography. SJ Suryah (Kushi fame) directs this movie. Singanamala Ramesh produces it. Mahesh’s 45 days shoot in Rajasthan Mahesh Babu’s latest movie in the direction of Trivikram will be shot extensive for 45 days from 23 June to 6 August in Rajasthan. The unit went to Bangkok recently for a 15 days shoot. Anushka is doing female lead. Prakash Raj does an important role. Sunil Patel handles cinematography. Mani Sharma composes music. Singanamala Ramesh produces it. Snehituda music on 19 June Music of Nani’s solo film Snehituda will be launched on 19 June. Shiva Shankar composed music. Madhavilatha (Nachavule fame) is doing female lead. Gemini Film Circuit presents it. Prasad is producing this movie on Satyam Entertainments banner. Snehitula is a love story against family backdrop. This movie will hit the marquee in July month. Sridevi’s wedding bells Heroine Sridevi (daughter of VijayKumar and Manjula) is all set to enter the wedlock with Rahul (Nizamabad, AP) between 7:31 am to 9 am on 18 June at Srivaru Venkatachalapati Palace, Chennai. The reception in Hyderabad will be held on 21 June at Novotel & HICC Complex. Idlebrain.com wishes Sridevi a great wedding ahead! 15th June 2009 Magadheera music on 28 June Music of Magadheera is going to be launched on 28 June with maximum number of units in the music racks. There are lots of expectations on this movie as it is directed by SS Rajamouli. This extravagant movie is touted as the most expensive film ever made in Telugu film industry. Kajal Agarwal plays female lead. Allu Arjun as Badrinath? Geeta Arts banner has recently registered Badrinath title at AP Film Chamber of Commerce. This film is likely to be directed by VV Vinayak. Allu Arjun will do the title role. Allu Arjun has decided to do multiple films at a time. He is currently doing one film in the direction of Guna Sekhar and another film Vedam (Krish direction). Badrinath film is likely to be launched after a few months when VV Vinayak gets free. Oy! In July 1st week Siddharth is currently shooting a song for Oy film at Chennai. Oy is likely to release on 3rd July. The shoot will be completed by Tuesday. Postproduction work is currently going on. Oy music which was launched recently became a chartbuster. Baby Shamili (Anjali fame) is making her debut as heroine with this movie. Anand Ranga is the director. DVV Danayya produces Oy. 12th June 2009 Amma Rajasekhar to direct Venkatesh Amma Rajasekhar is likely to direct one of Venkatesh’s future projects. Venkatesh who is in Hyderabad a couple of days back listened to the story prepared by Kona Venkat. Nallamalupu Bujji will be producing this movie on Lakshmi Narasimha Productions banner. This movie is likely to go on floors after Seenu Vytla’s Namo Venkatesa started. Raghu Kunche music direction Singer Raghu Kunche who is a prominent singer in Puri Jagan’s movies is going to become music director now. He is composing music for Sairam Shankar’s latest movie that is being produced by Puri Jagan. Bindu Madhavi is doing female lead. ‘Bumper Offer’ is the title under consideration. Puri Jagan also provides story, screenplay and dialogues. Jaya Ravindra is making his debut as director. TFI cautions against Australia shoots Tammareddy Bharadwaja – president of AP film producers council has cautioned the Telugu producers of Telugu films against shooing their films in Australia. He said that it is not safe to shoot Telugu films anymore in Australia due to the increasing racist assaults in the country. The last movie that was shot in Australia was Siddharth’s Oy! Subbaraju becomes hero After Ajay, it is the turn of Subbaraju to become a hero. Popular villain and character actor Subbaraju is making his debut as hero with a film titled Jayahe. Karuna is doing female lead. Puri Jagan launched the logo of the movie yesterday. Talkie of the movie is complete. This movie has patriotic backdrop. Sudheer Raju is making his debut as director. Mohan Kota is the producer. 10th June 2009 Allari Ravi’s Amaravathi Allari Ravi’s next movie is going to be a thriller and Amaravathi is the title under consideration. This film will be produced by Bhavya Creations that delivered a hit flick Souryam with Gopichand in the last year. Allari Ravi is currently in USA and the movie shooting will start as soon as he returns to Hyderabad. This film will sport all new faces. With two back-to-back hits like Anasuya and Nachavule from the stable of Ravi Babu, there will be lots of craze for Amaravathi. Vedam launch on 12 June Krish's second directorial venture Vedam will be launched in Cinemax, RK Cineplex on the morning of 12 June. This film sports Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu and Anushka playing key roles. Arka Media Works that recently launched Maryada Ramanna with Sunil in Rajamouli direction will be producing this movie as their production no.2. Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni are the producers. Krish is also penning dialogues for this movie apart from story, screenplay and direction. He’s now Viswanadh Kasi Kasi Viswanath who made his debut as director with Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu had a couple of forgettable films later. His latest avatar as actor seems to be working wonders for him. Ravi Babu spotted an actor in him and cast him for the role of hero's father in his teen flick Nachavule. Kasi Viswanath has played a similar role in recently released Ride film. He is also doing interesting roles in many ongoing projects. Kasi Viswanath has decided to change his screen name from Kasi Viswanath to Viswanath Kasi. 9th June 2009 Oy! movie on 25 June Siddharth’s latest movie Oy! is going to release on 25 June. Music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja which was released recently has topped the charts. Anand Ranga makes his debut as director. Danayya produces this movie. The unit has recently gone to Australia to shoot a couple of songs. The last song will be canned in Chennai in a couple of days. Post production work is going on at a brisk pace. Nitin movie launch in CM’s office Nitin’s next movie will be directed by Eeswar who directed Siddhu From Seekakulam. This movie will be produced by Malla Vijaya Prasad on Welfare Creations banner. Malla Vijaya Prasad won was MLA for Congress in recently held assembly elections. He is planning to kick off his latest movie by having muhurat at the camp office of CM YS Rajasekhara Reddy on 11 June 2009. Veelle from Mantra producer Ravi Prakash – one of the producers of Mantra film – will be producing a film introducing a new director. This film is titled as Veelle and it sports Vinay (Vaana fame) as hero. Bollywood beauty Nisha Agarwal will play female lead. 8th June 2009 Venky for T20 Venkatesh and Suresh Babu are sports freaks and they never miss any crucial cricket matches if it suits their schedules. As per the sources of idlerain.com, Venkatesh and Suresh Babu are going to England to watch ICC T20 championships in the next week. Venkatesh completed his role in Kamal Hassan’s Eenadu (remake of ‘A Wednesday’) and is currently in Bangalore. He is expected to be back by the end of June and start working for his next movie Namo Venkatesa in the direction of Seenu Vytla. Hema Chandra music for Maa Nanna Chiranjeevi Singer turned Hema Chandra is going to compose music for Jagapati Babu’s latest film Maa Nanna Chiranjeevi. Chakri was announced as music director in the press meet that was held a week back. Now Hema Chandra replaced Chakri. Maa Nanna Chiranjeevi speaks about the relationship between a boy (Atulit) and his father (Jagapati Babu). This film is being directed by Arun Prasad. Jayasri presents it on Laughing Lord Entertainments banner. The unit will go to Bangkok to shoot a few songs from 10 June to 15 June. Uday Kiran’s Tamil film Uday Kiran is going to try for his luck again after acting in the direction of K Bala Chandar. This film will be made with a story penned by Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi long back. Ilayaraja will compose music. Meera Jasmine will do female lead. Ilavenil will direct this movie. Kamalinee Mukherjee plays a doc Kamalinee Mukherjee is doing the role of doctor in Gamyam, she is going to do it again in Vamsy’s latest movie Gopi Gopika Godavari. She acts as a doctor who works for a mobile hospital situated on a boat. Valluripalli Ramesh is the producing this movie. Chakri composed music. 7th June 2009 Leader for Independence Day Shooting of Sekhar Kammula’s latest film Leader is expected to be complete by the second week of July. This film introduces RaNa (grandson of D Rama Naidu and son of D Suresh Babu) as hero. Priya Anand and Richa are doing female leads. AVM Productions is producing this movie. As Leader is a responsible film with social orientation, the producers are aiming for Independence Day release on 15 August 2009. Deepika Padukone item song in Jayant’s film Jayant C Paranji pulled off a coup now by making Deepika Padukone sign for his latest film ‘Love 4 Ever’ to do an item song. Incidentally, it was Jayant C Paranji who made Aishwarya Rai do an item song (her only appearance in a straight Telugu film) in Ravoyi Chandamama film. This item song will be shot from 24 June. Shooting of this movie will be completed with this song. Ranadeep and Mridula are doing main leads in this love story which is being made in Telugu and Hindi. Jayant C Paranji is also producing this movie on Laughing Waters Entertainment banner. Prabhas’s Darling from 12 June Prabhas has decided to do multiple movies at a time. He is currently working for Puri Jagan’s Ek Niranjan that marks the debut of bollywood belle Kangana Raunat. His next movie ‘Darling’ in the direction of Karunakaran (Toli Prema fame) will be launched on 12 June. Darling will be produced by BVNS Prasad who produced blockbuster Chatrapati with Prabhas in the past. 6th June 2009 NTR is back After recuperating from the injury, NTR looks fresh and raving to when he attended the launch of Rajamouli’s next project Maryada Ramanna with Sunil as hero on 5 June. Speaking to idlebrain.com, NTR said that he is completely concentrating on his forthcoming film ‘Adurs’ in VV Vinayak direction. The schedule will start on 20 of this month. By looking at his plans, we can concede that he may not attend the TANA celebrations which will kick off on 4 July. Deva Katta’s Prasthanam Title of Deva Katta’s second project is confirmed as Prasthanam. Sharvanand and Ruby are playing main leads. Dialogue king Sai Kumar plays a vital character. Mahesh Shankar composes music. Savita Singh handles cinematography. Ravi Vallabhaneni produces this movie on VRC Media and Entertainment banner. This film will have the backdrop of Vijayawada. It is likely to go to sets on 10 June. It’s D Rama Naidu’s birthday today D Rama Naidu who holds the Guinness Book record for producing the maximum number of movies is celebrating his birthday (6 June) today. He won several awards at state and national level. He produced many commercial blockbusters with all prominent heroes in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. He also produced movies in several other Telugu languages. He is currently producing Bendu Appa Rao in the direction of EVV. Idlebrain.com wishes D Rama Naidu a great birthday. 3rd June 2009 Magadheera on July 9? Efforts are on to release Magadheera on 9 July. Magadheera is touted as the costliest film ever made in Telugu with a budget above 35 crores. SS Rajamouli who delivered hits of all films he directed so far is directing this extravagant film. Ram Charan Teja and Kajal Agarwal are doing main leads in this period film based on rebirth. Srihari did a vital role. A part of the film is shot extensively in Rajasthan. Senthil who handled camera for recent blockbuster Arundhati is providing cinematography. MM Keeravani scores music. Allu Arvind produces this movie. Krishna Vamsi to direct Ravi Teja Krishna Vamsi is currently directing Mahatma with Srikanth as hero. His next film will feature Ravi Teja in the male lead. Bellamkonda Suresh will produce this movie. Bellamkonda Suresh’s latest movie Ride is due for the release on 5 June. Ravi Teja is currently working for Anjaneyulu. This project will be launched once Ravi Teja and Krishna Vamsi complete Anjaneyulu and Mahatma respectively. Priya Anand with Ram Priya Anand who is making her Telugu debut with Sekhar Kammula’s latest film is selected as heroine for Ram’s next project Krishna Krishna Rama Rama. This film will be produced by Dil Raju and directed by Srivas (Lakshyam fame). Arjun plays a vital role in this movie. Kannada luck for Sivaji Remakes of Kannada films are working well for Sivaji. His films Adirindayya Chandram and Sandade Sandadi were the remakes of Kannada hit films. Both these films turned out to be money spinners for the producers. He is currently acting in a film titled Taj Mahal. The Kannada version of this film celebrated 150 days in 21 direct centers and it is one of the huge blockbusters in the history of Karnataka. Sivaji is also turning producer with this movie. Taj Mahal is going to be a pleasant love story with a different screenplay. Shooting of this movie is nearing completion. 2nd June 2009 Lady directors prefer Nani Nani (Astha Chemma fame) seems to have become the favorite among the new lady directors. His latest films Ride and Snehituda are releasing in this month. He has committed a couple of projects. Both of these films will be directed by lady directors. Anjana Ali Khan (protégé of Gowtam Menon) will be directing an intense Tamil film with Nani as hero. Nanidi Reddy (Krishna Vamsi’s protégé) will be directing a chic flick with Nani as hero. Kick in Tamil by Editor Mohan Editor Mohan has bought the Tamil remake rights of latest Telugu blockbuster Kick for a fancy amount. The Tamil version is expected to be directed by the in-house director Raja and will feature the in-house hero Jayam Ravi. More details later. Yandamuri in Vinayakudu II Yandamuri Veerandranadh acted as a writer in recently released Diary. He told idlebrain.com, he is going to act in a comical role as a husband of a fat lady in Sai Kiran Adivi’s Vinayakudu sequel – ‘Village Lo Vinayakudu’. Village Lo Vinayakudu features Krishnudu doing the title role. This film will be shot entirely in Rajolu. 1st June 2009 R Narayana Murthy’s Veera Telangana R Narayana Murthy is all set to direct a film on history of Telangana titled ‘Veera Telangana’ which is inspired by the razakar’s movement. He is going to rope in big names like Mohan Babu and Srihari to play the roles of real life legendry Telangana fighters. This film will go to floors by this month end. Chitra single card for Kalavaramaye Madilo Kalavaramaye Madilo is a musical in which Colors Swati is doing the role of a singer. Since it is a musical, there is lot of importance on the music and lyrics in this movie. In order to have consistency in voice and meaning, the director Satish Kasetty has roped in Chitra to sing all the songs in this movie. Vanamali penned all the lyrics. This film’s music will be launched in a couple of weeks. Vyapari is about cloning After attempting science fiction like Nani, director SJ Surya is directing a film titled Vyapari which is based on human cloning. SJ Surya plays the role of a busy businessman who has no time for his family. In order to take care of his family, he creates a clone of himself. The rest of the movie is about the havoc created by these two characters. Tamanna and Namitha are doing female leads. This bilingual will be released simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil soon.