Archive for June, 2007

Hungama In Dubai - An agonising experience

Unfortunately, there is an audience out there for Hungama In Dubai (HID). It is comprised primarily of  those who had seen The Angrez and Hyderabad Nawabs, who wax nostalgic about the “Hyderabadi humor and lifestyle” and also those curious types who have heard of those two films and have obviously missed it. This isn’t a [...]

Chori uske upar seena jori

Don’t make me feel guilty guys! I’m simply unapologetic about writing all this. My source has come back with more additions on the MSR and Veerashankar story, and I hope it will make good reading even if it’s bit late.
Flashback loki veldhamu. Veerashankar filed a suit against MSR. But in his haste to stop the [...]

Is Siva Reddy being victimised?

Siva Reddy has just returned from a show in Boston. If Siva Reddy is performing atleast 350 people turn up to watch him and there has always been a terrific response for him, a standing ovation, people lifting him like a Ganesha in the midst of his work. This programme in which he participated recently [...]

Location marindhi

Subway nundi chaala mandhi actors are moving to Taj Krishna. Mana industry lo unna youth andharu are spotted either munching, partying at Taj Krishna. There is a pub named Ahala which is frequented by many. Ram, Vishnu, Manoj, Jagapati Babu, Tarak, Nitin, Navdeep, Naresh, etc., are a few names I could collect. Taj Banjara is popular for [...]

Toss on 29th June

Priyadarshini Ram’s Toss is ready to hit the screen on 28th or 29th.
I asked him, “Entha dabbu itchaaru cuts lekunda release cheyyadaniki?”
He said, “I’ve heard that this happens in the corridors but I’m not aware of this movie. I didn’t have to pay anything for Manodu. When we were there in the board, it was [...]

Santosh theatre lo hungama preview

Sense of timing mana industry lo assalu ledhu though we do hear some stalwarts coming to a function on time. It poured this evening and amidst the chaos, traffic the media arrived on time at 7 p.m. The time given was seven, and to make sure if they were sure, I called an hour before. [...]

Mahesh Babu will arrive in US on July 5th

Mahesh Babu’s US tour is confirmed. He will arrive in US on July 5th.
Meanwhile, the engagement date of Balakrishna’s daughter Brahmani with Lokesh (Chandrababu Naidu’s son) is fixed - on June 24th at 6:15 a.m. The lagna patrika will be read out in the evening and the entire family will leave for the US in the [...]

Bunny’s instinct works

Long time back, ‘Bommarillu’ Bhaskar made an action subject and narrated it to Tarak and the actor liked it. He is said to have expressed his helplessness as his career wasn’t happening and also because Bhaskar was a new director. NTR asked him to meanwhile work in a film with some other hero, prove himself [...]

Bad hair day

Subway sources say that Ram looks right enough to wear a school bag behind his back and hop into a school bus after getting the clean-shaven look. Another person who has gone off beard is his director YVS Chowdhary.
Balakrishna never looked so good in his entire career. People who have seen his pictures on the [...]

Pawan Kalyan is a Genius

That is the name of the movie (Genius) directed by Trivikram. Meanwhile Shankardada Zindabad lead pair is in Switzerland shooting for the songs. Raju Master is in charge of the choreography.

Thailand lo thuntari veshalu

Rajashekar tho oka flop cinema teesina oka producer went to Thailand some time back. One night he got drunk so heavily that he went sparsely clothed (in essentials) to a strip club. He swayed to the music and got naughty with the dancing girl, while the remaining gang who accompanied watched him have fun. One [...]

Friend ho tho aisa, Big B jaisa

I am so glad to have Big B as a friend. Earlier when I was in Cinegoer, he fulfilled his role of a colleague to the hilt, protecting me from bouncers, shielding me from unwarranted remarks, etc. etc. I keep writing so much about him and he just doesn’t mind it. That’s what I call [...]

Relentless effort to bring world cinema to AP

Tammareddy Bharadwaja along with Narsing Rao and few others have given shape to this organisation called Drushya Film Foundation. Drushya’s aim is to conduct more film festivals, safeguard archives, the film library, work towards having more film institutes, conducting seminars, workshops and updating the knowledge of technicians through exchange of programmes.
Bharadwaja says that Chitra Yatra [...]

Ram ki nacchaledhu

MS Raju went to Ram and Ravi Kishore with the Mungaru Male story, cheppanuga. First reaction was Sreenu Vaitla tho project eppudaina cheyyocchu le, letz do this one first. Sravanthi Ravi Kishore ki kooda chinna temptation mari. Bcoz MS Raju leaves no stone unturned when it comes to production values and publicity, he spends liberally. [...]

When two titans clash

Aamir Khan oka perfectionist ani andhariki telusu…to the point of irritating people. But it does make good news when a person like Mani Ratnam and Aamir Khan come together to make a gem of a visual. The much awaited Lajjo from the combination has gone kaput. Reason enti ante as usual Aamir suggested some changes [...]

Venky plays a factionist

My source says that Tulasi lo second half is a take-off from Fanaa. In the second half it is revealed that Venky is not a terrorist but a factionist. There is a difference!

Desperate decisions?

Mamta Mohandas ante ishtame, aame voice ishtame kaane at a time when she’s doing Yamadonga and the release is imminent, ee Nitin tho cinema enti? She has reportedly said yes to a film by RR Movie Makers and will be directed by Ravi Chavali. So, Mamta big heroes Chiru and Nag tho act cheyyakoodadhani decide [...]

Promo - 16th TANA Conference

Viyyalavari Kayyalu nearing completion

The patch work of Viyyalavari Kayyalu is being done. The climax is getting over and the songs will be picturised in Australia. It’s heard that the producer is planning to release the film on August 10th or 12th.
 

Jayasudha wants you to donate books

Amitabh bought 24 acres of land in UP in 2001 officially for Rs. 7 lakh and today it is estimated over Rs. 7 crore. He is now in a tight position for attempting to fudge land records. While one man who is rich is trying to become richer there is a lady who wants to better [...]