Balakrishna 'Adhinayakudu' for Mahashivratri

Natasimha Balakrishna’s first film of the new year, Adhinayakudu is gearing up for release in February. Earlier, the film is supposed to release for pongal but due to the heavy rush  at the box office the film’s release is postponed. Now the movie is set to release 2 days before Mahashivaratri that means on February 18.

The film is being directed by Paruchuri Murali and produced by ML Kumar Chowdary. According to the producer, the film has all the elements and the director handled the subject well. The three powerful roles donned by Balayya are said to be the highlight of the film. The old get-up of Balayya is excellent and reminds us the get-up of late NTR.   

Balayya is playing three powerful characters in the film. Lakshmi Rai is playing female lead of the film, while Saloni and Charmi are seen in cameos.Jayasudha plays an important role. Kalyani Malik is composing music for Balakrishna for the first time in his ca

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Ram Charan to debut in Bollywood with Amitabh’s film

Tollywood heartthrob Ram Charan is set to make his Bollywood debut in 2012. The film will be directed by Apoorva Lakotia of Shootout at Lokhandwala fame. The movie will be a bi-lingual in Telugu and Hindi languages. As per initial reports, Reliance Entertainments is producing the movie with a budget of Rs 70 crore.

The news is that the actor is going to feature in the remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s 1973 blockbuster hit Zanjeer. This movie has made Amitabh a star out of him. Ram Charan is going to play a police officer in this powerful mass entertainer. The shooting of this film will commence from April, 2012 onwards, says the buzz. Let's hope that this movie brings Charan a Super Star status in Bollywood too.  

Prakash Raj’s 'Dhoni' under post production

Maestro Ilayaraja has started the Background score recording for Prakash Raj’s latest directorial venture 'Dhoni' Today.  Recently, the movie has completed its shooting and now  the post-production works of the film are in progress. 

This movie is based on cricket and kids dreams. KV Guhan is the cinematographer and this film is produced by Prakash Raj in Tamil and RR Movie Makers in Telugu. The audio of the film will be launched in January and movie is schedule for release in February.

This is a bilingual movie in which director Puri Jagannath’s son Aakash is playing the role of a boy whose ambition is to become a cricketer like his idol Dhoni. Radhika Apte, Nazar,Brahmanandam and others seen in important roles in this film. 

NTR Jr, Vytla Film titled ‘Action – with Entertainment’

Dookudu team is coming up with their next film very soon. NTR Jr plays the lead role in this film directed by Srinu Vytla. Dookuduwriters Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan are providing the script for this movie. This film is titled ‘Action – with Entertainment’.

NTR is currently busy with Dammu movie which is slated for summer release. He will be in ‘Action’ shortly. This film is being produced by Bandla Ganesh under Parameswara Arts banner. Kajal is roped in as the heroine for this film.

Thaman will compose music for this film. Writers say that this film will live up to its title and will be another wonderful entertainer from their team. 

Mahesh Dookudu 100 days centers

Super Star Mahesh Babu’s latest super hitDookudu is going to complete its successful 100 days run in 39 direct centers in Andhra Pradesh on December 31. The makers are in the plans of holding a 100 days function sometime in January. The film has collected Rs 54.45 share in its full run. The film has become highest grosser in Mahesh’s career and Tollywood’s second highest grosser. However, Ram Charan’s Magadheera still enjoys the status of Tollywood’s all time highest grosser by a huge margin.

Dookudu has Samantha, Prakash Raj, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Master Bharath, etc in the key roles. Thaman has scored wonderful tunes for this movie. Srinu Vaitla is the director and Anil Sunkara, Ram Achanta and Gopichand Achanta are the producers of the film. Parvathi Melton sizzled in an item number in this movie. The film was made on 14 Reels Entertainment banner.

Here is the area wise break-up:

Area	Centers
Nizam	8
Ceded	7
Guntur	5
Nellore	2
Uttar Andhra	5
East Godavari	5
Krishna	4
West Godavari	3
Total	39

Mahesh, Sukumar film from February

Talented director who is back on track with100% Love is gearing up to show MaheshBabu in a brand new avatar in his new film.Tamanna has been roped in as female lead opposite Mahesh for the first time. The film is being produced by Dookudu producers Anil Sunkara, Ram Achanta and Gopichand Achanta under 14 Reels Entertainments banner.

The film will be launched in the month of February and will commence its regular shooting once Mahesh wraps upSeethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu.Mahesh is very excited with the storyline of the film and immediately gave his go ahead no for Sukumar. For the first time, Devi Sri Prasad is going to provide soundtrack for this Maheshstarrer.

Currently, Mahesh is awaiting the release of Businessman which is slated for January 11 release. 

Update on Ram Charan’s Racha first look

Mega Power Star Ram Charan’s coming soon film Racha has recently wrapped up its Ramoji Film City schedule. The unit has shot few important scenes on the lead cast.Tamanna is paired opposite Charan in this film. The news is that the first look of the film will be unveiled for Pongal and the makers are planning to release the movie in March.

Earlier, there are speculations that the first look of the film will be out on January 1. The shooting of the movie is going at brisk pace.Rangam fame Ajmal is playing villain of the film. Charan and Tamannah will be seen as medical college students in the first half of the film. NV Prasad and Paras Jain are producing the movie under Mega Super Good Movies banner, Mani Sharma is the music composer. 

Samantha out of SVSC?

The makers of Venkatesh and MaheshBabu’s Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu are now facing a hurdle in the form of Samantha, says film nagar circles. The film which was earlier slated to hit the floors in December is again postponed to January 18 due to lack of dates from Samantha.

The actress who is currently very busy shooting for Naga Chaitanya’s Auto Nagar Surya, Gautam Menon’s trilingual film is unable to adjust her call sheets to the shooting date of SVSC. Meanwhile, she has agreed to do a film with Ram Charan titled Yevadu to be produced by Dil Raju.

Hence, the makers of this Venky-Mahesh starrer are having a second thought of replacingSamantha with another heroine opposite Mahesh Babu. Previously, the makers struggled to finalise a heroine opposite Venkatesh as none of the top actress have turned up to play sister-in-law (vadina) to Mahesh. We have to wait for an official confirmation to know more about this story. 

Allu Arjun coming as Lover

Stylish Star Allu Arjun is once again teaming up with producer Dil Raju for a new film titled Lover. The film will be directed by Vasu Varma of Josh fame. The film will be produced under Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. Lover will hit the floors in the first half of 2012, as per sources. The storyline of the film is interesting and Bunny has immediately given his ok nod to its makers, says the buzz.

Earlier, the makers thought of naming the film Premikudu but a film by the same name featuring Prabhu Deva is already made long while ago, the makers have finally settled with the title Lover. The makers are trying to finalize the heroine of the film and already started searching for a right face opposite Bunny as per the script of the film. Thaman has been roped in as music director of Lover. This is going to be his first project with Bunny. 

Sonu Sood shocks Trivikram and Danayya

Versatile actor Sonu Sood who won accolades for his roles in films likeArundathi, Ek Niranjan, Kandireega andDookudu gave a shock to Trivikram Srinivas and Danayya recently. Currently, Trivikram is directing a new film with Stylish Star Allu Arjun in the lead role under the production of Danayya. The makers have approached Sonu Sood for a villain role and got a go ahead nod from him.

The surprising thing is that Sonu Sood has quoted a whopping Rs 80 lakh as his remuneration to feature in this film. However, producer Danayya has left with no option than to pay him the quoted amount for a call sheet of 50 days for this film.

The movie is in the news for all the good reasons as both Trivikram and Allu Arjun have slashed their remunerations. Not only that, Trivikram has come up with a bounded script for the first time for this film and is set to complete the shooting in less than 3 months. 

Veedinthe Movie Review

Veedinthe Review – Veedinte Movie Review, Rating, Rajapattai Tamil Movie: Chiyaan Vikram plays to the galleries this time taking a break from his unusual characters like Nanna. Veedinthe is a commercial potboiler which glorifies the hero right from the start to end. It may please Vikram mass fans in Tamilnadu. Does it go down well with our audience? Read on…

Story:

Fire Shankar (Vikram) is a gym boy who aspires to become a bi villain in films. He bumps into an old man Dakshina Murthy (K Vishwanadh), who runs an orphanage. His own son (Avinash) is after him to grab that property to his political benefits. He is supported by Ranga Nayaki a.k.a. Akka (Sana), a political party leader. Now Shankar turns savior to Murthy and the orphanage. Rest of the story is about how Shankar fights with Akka and her right hand Mustafa (Pradeep Rawat).

Analysis:

Director Suseenthiran made debut in Tamil with Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu which was later remade in Telugu as Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu in under Satya’s direction. His second film in Tamil is Naan Mahaan Alla with Karthi and Kajal. It was dubbed into Telugu as Naa Peru Shiva and did well.

With this track record, Suseenthiran raised hopes over Rajapattai (Veedinthe Tamil title) as he has an actor like Vikram by his side. Sadly, Suseenthiran didn’t try to utilize the ‘actor’ Vikram, but instead banked on the ‘star’ Vikram. Veedinthe is a commercial potboiler with so called mass masala elements.

Story is very thin and utterly predictable. Director tried to entertain the audience through Vishwanadh’s character in the first half and succeeded to an extent. Second half is completely action based and boredom is guaranteed. Only Vikram and Vishwanadh are the saving grace in this routine masala movie.

Performances:

Vikram is good as the lead man. He has worked out well to suit the character. Watch out for his hand to hand fight with Pradeep Rawat. He is as sincere and dedicated as ever. He donned various getups too. Deesksha Seth is confined to the first hour. She is hardly seen in the second hour. She did an Okay job.

K. Vishwanadh is a revelation. He usually plays respectable old man kind of roles. This movie shows the lighter side of the legendary director. He walked away with all the laurels. Sana is fine as cold blooded politician. Pradeep Rawat is apt. Avinash and others did their job.

Technicalities:

Songs by Yuvan Shankar Raja are a big letdown. Except for Laddu laddu none of the songs entertains. Background score is fine though. Editing is neat and cinematography is good. Action part is over the top. Direction by Suseenthiran is neat, but he should have written a strong script to make use of Vikram’s caliber. Good opportunity got wasted on a poor script.

Final Word:

Veedinthe has nothing to offer except for a couple of funny scenes on Vikram-Vishwanadh-Deeksha. Watch it if you got nothing better to do.

Veedinthe Movie Rating: 2/5

Banner: PVP Cinema
Cast: Deesksha Seth, K.Vishwanath, Vikram,
Direction: Suseendran
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Producer: Prathish,Santhosh

MAA to felicitate ANR

The Movie Artists Association (MAA) has decided to felicitate Dr Akkineni Nageswara Rao on January 22 in a grand style at Hyderabad. According to its presidentMurali Mohan, the function will be graced by entire Telugu film industry. The reason for these celebrations is ANR has received India’s second highest honor Padma Vibhushan award by the Government of India.

The event was supposed to be held few months ago but due to some undisclosed reasons it was delayed till now. The awards were announced in January, 2011 by the Indian Government. That means, the function is being organized exactly one year after he receives the award.

A couple of days ago, ANR have suffered a big loss in his personal life as his wife smt Akkineni Annapurna passed away due to prolonged illness.

Nippu Audio Release Date

Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja’s next release Nippu has completed its talkie part recently. The post production works of the film are going on at rapid pace in Hyderabad. The audio of the film will hit the stands on January 2, as per latest reports. The movie is gearing up for release on January 13.Deesksha Seth plays the female lead of the film.

YVS Chowdary is producing the film on Bommarillu banner. Gunasekhar is the director. The director who is popular for erecting huge sets in his film has assured that there won’t be any sets in this film. Recently, the unit has returned from Turkey after filming a couple of songs on the lead pair. Brahmanandam, Krishnudu are playing important roles in this film. 

Kshetram Movie Review

Kshetram Review – Kshetram Movie Review, Rating, Telugu Movie: Priyamani, who has been running through a rough patch, tried to get back to form with Arundhati kind of role in Kshetram.Jagapathi Babu played a special role in it. Did Kshetram live up to Priyamani’s expectations? Read on…

Story:

Narasimha Rayalu (Jagapathi Babu) and Lakshmi (Priyamani) dies in the hands of their own people (Aditya Menon, Kota Srinivasa Rao) when they try to bring Lord Lakshmi Narasimha’s idol from forest to the temple. If they do so, the trust money would be distributed to the poor people in that area. So Narasimha and Lakshmi are killed and Lakshmi’s soul lingers around until Sohani (Priyamani) comes to marry Chakri (Shyam), who is the reincarnated form of Narasimha. Lakshmi’s soul gets into Sohani and fulfills her husband desire by killing all the evildoers.

Analysis:

The plot of this movie is good enough to be a commercial film which would work with the masses. However, the bad execution has been the biggest flaw. Screenplay of the film is absolutely pathetic. Director failed to bring out the right emotions in many scenes.

Most part of the film looks like a television serial with bad shot making and poor production values. Even the presence of Jagapathi Babu and Priyamani didn’t help much. Their characters are badly written and the worst part is Jagapathi Babu looked out of place in this movie.

His so called powerful dialogues ended up as comedic stuff and Priyamani really didn’t get a chance to lift the spirits up. Climax is hurried and absolute nonsense after all the unnecessary build up that is given until then.

Performances:

Priyamani is just Okay and Jagapathi Babu looked weak in a powerful role. Aditya Menon is regular and Kota is routine. Rajiv Kanakala is wasted and Brahmanandam is seen in a couple of scenes. Tanikella Bharani is surprisingly loud in this movie. There are so many actors in Kshetram and none of them really made any impact.

Technicalities:

Dialogues are average and lyrics are in sync with the theme. Songs are pretty bad and background music is not up to the mark. Cinematography and Editing have nothing to talk about.

Director Venu Gopal tried to imitate Arundhati and Chandramukhi, which is definitely not needed for this film. He didn’t even succeed in getting 10% out of those films. His inability in narrating the story is evident throughout the film. He failed to bring out the right emotions in very important scenes. Climax scenes are enough to highlight his weaknesses as a director. An able director could have made this film work.

Final Word:

Kshetram is targeted at the C center crowds and they may like few scenes. On a whole everyone would be disappointed with this amateurish film. Kshetram is a rare film which has nothing to rave about including the performances.

Kshetram Movie Rating: 1.5/5

Banner: Sri Balaji Movies
Cast: Jagapathi Babu, Priyamani, Kick Shyam, Aditya Menon, Kota Srinivasa Rao
Music: Koti
Producer: G Govindarajulu
Direction: T Venu Gopal

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Mamta Mohandas ties the knot

Actress Mamta Mohandas has entered the wed lock with her family friend Prajith Padmanabhan yesterday. Prajith is a Bahrain-based businessman and knew Mamta very well from child hood. The wedding ceremony was held at a local hotel in Kozhikode, Kerala. Several film personalities and family friends graced the event and blessed the young couple.

The engagement ceremony of Mamta and Prajith was held on 11.11.11 in Ernakulam district. Mamta acted with top heroes down south like Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Jr NTR,Mohanlal, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Prithviraj, etc. She acted in 30 films so far in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.

Apart from acting, Mamta crooned several songs in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages. Her last film in Tollywood is Kedi opposite Nagarjuna. She made her acting debut in films withMayookham, Malayalam film under the direction of veteran Hariharan in 2005 tollywoodteasers.blogspot.com wishes the young couple a blissful married life.