Chenna Kesava Reddy on 25th September

Bala Krishna's latest film (probable title 'Chenna Kesava Reddy') completed its latest schedule at Pebberu, which is 40 kilometers away from Kurnool. The fight master Vikram Dharma canned a chasing scene (Jr. Balayya - the police officer - chasing Sr. Balayya - an escaped criminal) with hoards of Tata Sumo vehicles jumping up from the underground of a flyover. Tabu is paired apposite Sr. Balayya in a performance oriented role and Sreya is doing a chirpy role against Jr. Balayya. Choreographer Lawrance is composing all the dances in this film. One song 'Bakra Bakra' is already canned. Another highlight of the film is going to be the Helicopter chase sequence. VV Vinayak directs this film. Mani Sharma provides music. Bellamkonda Suresh directs this film. It is sold at highest rates for Ceded, Guntur and Uttarandhra. This film is slated for release on 25th of September 2002.

Chiranjeevi in and as 'Andhrawala'

After the super success of 'Indra', all eyes are set on the next to film to be chosen by Chiranjeevi. He gave go-ahead for his brother Nagababu to produce Chiranjeevi's next venture. Poori Jagannath directs this film. AR Rehman is signed as music director. According to unconfirmed sources, Aiswarya Rai is agreed to act with Chiranjeevi. Anjana Productions has registered the title 'Andhrawala' in the Film Chamber a couple of months back. The muhurat of this film was held a couple of months back. Regular shooting will start on 22nd August, which falls on the birthday of Chiranjeevi. Other details are awaited till the formal announcement is made.

Anti piracy squad raids VCD stores

The bigwigs like Aswini Dutt, KL Narayana, Allu Arvind, Jagadeeswara Reddy were seen in Kukatpally yesterday. They visited all the stores and confiscated the pirated VCDs of the latest films. They even entered the shops, which were closed after coming to know about raids. The anti piracy task force simultaneously raided Video rentals in many other cities as well. Upon the investigation, it is found that Guntur is the hub of piracy and using simple equipment like computer, printer and CD writer, a few pirates are writing pirated DVDs. It is also learnt that the VCDs and DVDs of latest films Indra and Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru are expected from piracy hub in a couple of days. This raid might not confiscated even 1% of the entire pirated VCD's on prowl, but it definitely created awareness among the people of Andhra and fear among the pirates.

Pawan Kalyan's Johnny on 27th April 2003

The more they hide.. the more curiosity it arouses! This seems to the media strategy by Pawan Kalyan. He employed it for Kushi and there was tremendous positive good will and hype about that film and Pawan Kalyan gone a step ahead to make sure that none of the details of 'Johnny' are revealed. But the most vital information about the film is slipping like the sand from the closed fist. This film has four songs and nine powerful fights. A guru of martial arts specially composes these fights. The fights are so powerful and mesmerizing that the hero makes the villains go astray with the power of his eyes. The hero uses a red kerchief that has 'Johnny' imprinted on it. Hero's character name is Janaki Ram and friends call him Johnny. There is also an angle of Hindu-Muslim harmony in the storyline. This film has two heroines - Monica Dubey and Renu Desai. There was a news article published by Deccan Chronicle that J Lo is roped in to act in a special song, which is false. Coming to the get-up, Pawan Kalyan looks very different compared to his earlier films. He is extremely lean in this film with neither mustache not a beard. But he has the short hair on his mustache, just like the kind of hair that grows when you don't shave for a couple of days (checkout the kind of mustache in photograph published). According to the speculations made, Pawan Kalyan's Johnny is slated for 27th April 2003 release. Incidentally, Kushi was also released on 27th April 2001.

Mahesh Babu with VV Vinayak

The combination of VV Vinayak and Bellamkonda Suresh seems to be the hottest combination. After the stupendous success of 'Aadi', the inside report of VV Vinayak's film with Balayya is carrying excellent report. With this kind of sensational things happening, VV Vinayak seems to have approached Mahesh Babu with an exciting storyline and Mahesh Babu gave an instant 'go-ahead' signal to the director. Bellamkonda Suresh is going to produce this film. The other details of this film are being worked out. For the starters, 'Chenna Kesava Reddy, - a film by Balayya - VV Vinayak - Bellamkonda Suresh is sold for 4.05 crores in Ceded and 1.3 for Guntur area, which is highest ever.

KS Rama Rao's son Vallabha in Anandi arts

KS Rama Rao's son 'Vallabha' is going to make his screen debut as hero with a film to be produced by Anandi Arts that produced films like Anthahpuram, Nuvvu Nenu and Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaaru. Recording of this film starts on 22nd of August in the baton of RP Patnaik. This film would go on floors on 24th of August. Bhanu Shankar, a debutant director, directs this venture. Hero Vallabha completed his MBA from Bangalore University. He attended acting school at Asha Chandra Institute, Mumbai. He learnt dialogue modulation at Dixit and dances at most-sought-after Shaimak Davar. He got trained under Anand Raj (of Ramoji film city) in stunts department. This 24 year-old Valabha is a computer buff with ample knowledge in multimedia and graphics. Story for this film is being provided by a famous novelist Balabhadrapatruni Ramani. But this story is a fresh one, not adapted from any of her past novels. The story has the ting of love and emotion. Two heroines would be sported apposite Vallabha.

Sada and Shakeela in NTR 'Naga'

Sada, of Jayam fame, is signed as heroine for AM Ratnam's film Naga with NTR as hero. The shooting of this film is going on in Nellore now. The Malayalam sex bomb Shakeela is acting in a student role. The unit has canned a few scenes involving two student faction groups lead by Shakeela and Rajeev Kanakala clashing in the roads of Nellore. A debutant director Suresh is directing this film. Deva provides music. Paruchuri brothers are penning dialogues. This film has college and college politics in the backdrop. Shooting of this film is started in Nellore on 22nd July 2002. A fleet of twenty cars arranged by fans arrived at Nellore railway station to welcome NTR on 22nd July. This film would be releasing for Sankranthi of year 2003.

National award winner Murali in Gemini

This year's national award winner (best actor category) Murali is acting as the police commissioner of Vijayawada city in the film 'Gemini' starring Venkatesh and Namita (Bhairavi). Kalabhavan Mani (who is also an excellent mimicry artist) is playing the archrival of Gemini in this film. Shooting of this film is going on at rapid pace. RP Patnaik is providing the music. In Tamil version, there is a chartbuster 'O Podu'. RP is adapting the same tune for Telugu and they are searching for suitable catchword in place of 'O Podu' in Telugu. Gemini is getting ready of 27th September release.

 

RB Chowdary's son Amar as hero

RB Chowdary's son Amar is making his debut as hero in an untitled venture of Tamil cinema. A new heroine and new director are also being introduced through this film. 50% of the talkie of this film is completed. It is not decided whether this film would be dubbed into Telugu or remade into Telugu.

 

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