27th April 2005

Nag's film to shoot in Malaysia
The team of Nagarjuna's latest film in the direction of Puri Jagan would be traveling to Malaysia in the second week of May 2005 to shoot a couple of songs on Nagarjuna and Ayesha Takia. The talkie part of this film was already shot in exotic locations like Goa, Mumbai etc. Annapurna Studios is producing this film. Sandeep Chowta scores music.

Raja Sekhar as Nayakudu
Raja Sekhar's latest film in the direction of Kodi Rama Krishna is titled as 'Nayakudu'. This film is a remake of Malayalam blockbuster Runway. Namitha is seen as heroine in Telugu films after a long gap through this film. Film director produces this film on Shravani Cinema banner. Koti composed 5 tunes for this film. 3 songs of this film would be shot in Austria. Nayakudu would be releasing in the month of June 2005.

50% shoot completed for Srihari film
After a long gap, Srihari is playing the role of fiery cop again. This film is being produced by K Mahendra who introduced Srihari as hero with Police film. 50% of talkie part of the film is completed. Climax part of the film is currently being canned in Nanakramguda studios on Srihari and Mukesh Rushi. Santoshini is playing female lead. Chandra Mahesh (of Preyasi Raave fame) directs this film. Vandemataram provides music.

Anyan in US by Bharat creations
Chandramukhi (Tamil) which was released with a record number of 8 prints in USA by Bharat Creations is creating records by collecting awesome openings. The same distribution agency of Bharat creations has grabbed Shankar's latest film Anyan starring Vikram by paying an astronomical figure. This film is going to release in the 3rd week of May 2005. For trade enquires or to run the movie at your city, contact Balarami Reddy @ 678-358-3114.

26th April 2005

Bhadra on 7 May
Ravi Teja's Bhadra is all set to hit the marquee on 7th of May. Audio of Bhadra would be released on 29th of this month by Aditya music. Meera Jasmine is paired up with Ravi Teja in this film. Deepak (of Sampangi fame) is playing elder brother to Meera Jasmine in this film. Devi Sri Prasad scored music. Seenu Boyapati is making his debut as director. Dil Raju is producing this film.

Teja talks 35
The percentage system introduced by the AP State Government seems to be having magical effect on director. Teja recently announced that he would be making a film with 35 new faces with a budget of 35 lakhs over 35 working days and release it with 35 prints so that it could get benefited by a low 7% entertainment tax. We have to wait and see if Teja really makes a film with new faces or opts for regular heroes.

Tanguturi Surya Kumari passed away
Tanguturi Surya Kumari who sung the most famous song on Telugu - 'Maa Telugu Talliki Mallepoodanda' - passed away on Monday (25th April) at a hospital in Chennai. She was born in Vijayawada in 1925. She made her debut as child artist in Vipra Narayana (1937). She won the title of Ms. Madras in 1952. She migrated to USA in 1959 and later on she settled in London. She is also the niece of famous freedom fighter Andhra Kesari Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu. May her soul rest in peace!

25th April 2005

Chiru film before 10 June
Shooting of a song called 'Kodikoora Chillu Gaari' is currently going on in Nanakramguda studios on Chiranjeevi and Rakshita in the choreography of Raja Sekhar. This is a mass song with Chiranjeevi wearing red shirt and lungi. Shooting of this film would be completed by 20th May. Producer Allu Arvind is aiming to release this film any where between 27th May to 10th June. Chiranjeevi's latest film in the direction of Seenu Vytla. Seenu Vytla directs this film and Allu Arvind produces it. Andarivadu is the title under consideration.

NTR's future films
NTR's Narasimhudu is all set for the release in second week of May (probably 13th May). Here are details of three immediate commitments of NTR.

Krishna Vamsi's low-budget Danger
As per the unconfirmed reports, Krishna Vamsi is planning to direct a low budget film with four small time actors as heroes. Krishna Vamsi has taken this decision of making a low budget film by keeping the new incentives by government and the two consecutive flops he delivered in mind. Tammareddy Bharadwaja might produce this film. This film is expected to go to floors in the month of May.

Shriya in children's film
Prakash Rao (son of K Raghavendra Rao) who proved his mettle as an actor in Morning Raga is taking up the direction now. He is currently directing a film with Shriya and Allari Naresh in the main leads. This film is a children's film about education. K Raghavendra Rao and Rana Daggubati (son of D Suresh Babu) are jointly producing this flick. Dadi Pudumjee is conceptualizing and directing few puppetry sequences for this film. This film speaks about Ramu (a rag picker) who wants to be educated. It is nice to see the new breed of generation striving to make different genre films.

Athanokkade on 5th May
Kalyan Ram Nandamuri's film Athanokkade is all set to release on 5th May. Music scored by Mani Sharma has already got good response in audio market. Sindhu Tolani is paired up with Kalyan Ram. Surender is making debut as director through this film. Janaki Ram Nandamuri produces this film on NTR Arts banner.

Hungama and Mr. Errababu on 28th April
This week (28th April) is going witness two straight small-budget films. These films are Hungama (Ali, Venu Madhav - SV Krishna Reddy) and Mr Erra Babu (Sivaji, Roma - Kishore). Incidentally these two films are being produced by new producers. On 29th of this month, we have Telugu version of English film XXX 2 simultaneously releasing in Telugu along with worldwide release.

Babu Rao for Film Critics Assoc
Senior Journalist Lagadapati Babu Rao was unanimously elected as President of Hyderabad Film Critics Association in elections held on 24th April. Patrikeya and Kondeti Suresh were elected as vice presidents. Narayana was elected as General Secretary. Naga Bhushan and Mallikharjun Yadav were elected as joint secretaries. Janardhana Reddy was elected as treasurer. Devaraju Ravi, Prabhu, C Venkat, DG Bhavani, M Satyanarayana, KR Naraana Raju, Praveen Kumar, M Phani, RDS Prakash, Murali (Shaktiman) and Sai Ramesh were elected as EC members.

20th April 2005

TFI to felicitate CM
Telugu film industry would be felicitating CM YS Raja Sekhara Reddy on 22nd April 2005 at 6:30 pm in Lalitha Kala Thoranam for the invaluable help he rendered. In a press meet arranged, AP Film Producer Counsel's President KS Rama Rao said that this function would be attended by all the members of Telugu film industry and its affiliated sectors. He urged fans of stars to be present at the occasion as big heroes like Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna have accepted to present in the felicitation event.

Bhadra on 6th May
Aditya music has grabbed the audio rights of Ravi Teja's latest film Bhadra starring Meera Jasmine. This film is being directed by debutant Seenu Boyapati. Devi Sri Prasad provides music. Dil Raju produces this film. Audio of this film is expected to be released on 25th of this month and Bhadra film is poised for the release on 6th May.

Ayodya on 21 and SCB on 22
This week is witnessing two film releases. Ayodhya (Krishna, Naveen and Rathi - directed by Kodi Rama Krishna) would be releasing on 21st of this month and Subhash Chandra Bose (Venkatesh, Genelia, Shriya - directed by K Raghavendra Rao) would be releasing on 22nd April.

Dasari in awe of Chandramukhi
Dasari Narayana Rao watched Chandramukhi (Telugu) a couple of days back in the preview theater of Prasad Labs. He said that he impressed by the story line and how the film is tackled to maintain the suspense. He is in awe of the performance of Rajnikant and screenplay of Vasu. He declared that Chandramukhi film is all poised to collect around 70 crores in total run.

Tammareddy as prez for Employees Union
Tammareddy Bharadwaja is elected as president of AP Film Federation Employees Union for a second consecutive time. Venu Gopal and Saradhi were elected as secretary and treasurer respectively. Tammareddy Bharadwaja said that he would solve the issues that were left unsolved last year by coordinating with the 24 crafts of federation.

15th April 2005

Smita's Sydney concert on 16
Pop star Smita will be performing at Sydney Australia on 16th April. The performance would be held at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center at 6 pm. This event is being organized by Trendz India Entertainment. Actress Gajala and mimicry artist Siva Reddy would also perform during the show.

Doctorate to Satyanarayana
Telugu Viswa Vidyalyam has conferred honorary doctorate to veteran Telugu film actor Kaikala Satyanarayana on 8th April 2005. Honorable Governor of AP Sushil Kumar Shinde did the honors. Satyanarayana started his career as an actor with the film Sipayi Koothuru. Satyanarayana has done almost all kinds of roles in all genres of Telugu cinema. Idlebrain.com congratulates Satyanarayana on this occasion

More about Nutan Kumar
The son of yesteryear comedian and villain Nutan Prasad, was first seen in Samba where he is sex crazed, brother of Prakash Raj. Now he acted as one of the friends in Soggadu, particularly the one who tells the dog and ant joke. His future plans are to keep doing different kind of roles that give him an opportunity to explore his acting skills. Particularly comedy and villainy are right up his alley. A role of comic villain is something he is eyeing next.

12th April 2005

Ayesha Takia in Bangaram
As per the unconfirmed reports, Ayesha Takia would be pairing up with Pawan Kalyan in AM Ratnam's Bangaram. Ayesha Takia is currently acting in Nagarjuna's film in the direction of Puri Jagan. Dharani who directed Tamil blockbusters Dhool and Gilli would be directing this film. Bangaram comes up with the tag '24 Caret Action'. This film would go to floors on 11th May 2005.

Allu Arjun's big projects
Allu Arjun would be doing a film each to be directed by Guna Sekhar, Puri Jagan, Raja Mouli and Trivikram Srinivas. He would also be doing a couple of films with debutant directors. Allu Arjun's film in the direction of Puri Jagan is expected to be produced by Nagababu. We have to wait and see which film would take off first.

Chandramukhi Vs Mumbai Express
The Telugu film industry has spared this week to Tamil dubbing films. Rajnikant's Chandramukhi and Kamal Hassan's Mumbai Xpress would be hitting the marquee on 14th of April on the eve of Tamil Ugadi. Chandramukhi has the backdrop of an abandoned haunted house with Jyothika and Nayana Tara as heroines. Mumbai Xpress has the backdrop of circus with Manisha Koirala as heroine.

10th April 2005

Venkat Kuchipudi's O Ammai O Abbai
Venkat Kuchipudi is making his debut as director with a film titled 'O Ammai O Abbai' very soon. This film sports Jai hero Navdeep and a new girl Poonam in the lead roles. This film is tender love story. A new music director would debut through this film. Sameer Reddy handles camera. Venkat Kuchipudi is one of the producers of this film along with Lagadapati Sridhar (Evadigola Vadidi fame). This film would roll from May 2005.

KS Rama Rao's A film by Aravind
Popular producer KS Rama Rao is presenting a film titled 'A film by Aravind'. Sekhar Suri (Adrustam fame) would direct this film. Rishi (brother of Shalini and Shamini / also known as Richards) and Rajiv Kanakala play the main leads. M Sridhar produces this film on Sridhar Cinema banner. This film would be released in June 2005.

Rama Naidu film with Narayana Murthy
D Rama Naidu would be producing a film with people star R Narayana Murthy as hero. This film would also sport a young hero and Kota Srinivasa Rao. Veteran film director Boyina Subba Rao who directed 'Preminchu' would be directing this film. D Rama Naidu is concentrating of making more films now.

4th April 2005

3 films by JFC
Jayant Fulcrum Cinergies - that produced Takkari Donga in the past - is planning to produce 3 more films. This is the home banner of director Jayant C Paranji. Jayant would be directing Mahesh Babu again for one of these projects. Paruchuri brothers are currently working over script. Mahesh Babu would be playing the role of a short-tempered guy with lots of emotion. This film would be the next project to be directed by Jayant after completion of Bala Krishna's film. The second project would be directed by actress Revathy (Mitr fame). This film would be bilingual in Telugu and Tamil. The 3rd project would be a musical to be directed by Prabhudeva. This film would consist of 13-14 songs. This film would go to floors after Prabhudeva completes Pournami film.

Athanokkade audio on 9th April
Audio of Kalyanram Nandamuri's latest film 'Athanokkade' would be released by Maruthi music on 9th April 2005. Nandamuri Janakiram produces this film on NTR Arts banner. Sindhu Tolani (of Aithe fame) is paired up with Kalyanram. Surendar is making his debut as director through this film. The producer is making this film on lavish scale by using multiple cameras, advanced crane equipment, extravagant sets and unlimited set properties. Three songs of this film were shot in luster locales of Germany and Austria. This film would be released in this month.

Gopichand's Ranam
The combination of Gopichand and Pokuri Babu Rao is back. Their film Yagnam turned out to be a blockbuster. They would be working for another film titled 'Ranam'. This film would be directed by the popular choreographer Raja Sekhar. This film would be an action film with some social message in it.

Chandramukhi audio on 6th April
Audio of Rajnikant's latest film 'Chandramukhi' would be released on 6th of this month by Aditya music. This film would hit the marquee on 14th April. Nayana Tara and Jyothika play female leads in this film. P Vasu directs it. P Karunakar Reddy and Gavara Partha Saradhy produce Chandramukhi. P Vasu directs this film.