Archive for September, 2007
Che chee Cherry
‘Cherry chesina mosanni thattukoleka digulutho sathamathamavuthunnadu Rajamouli. His producer Cherry [Yamadonga] mothaniki 6 crores swaaha. Because this man happens to be a relative, emi cheyaleka thana lo thane baadhapadthunnadu Rajamouli,’ says TCP sources.
Twenty two crores were spent on producing Yamadonga. After spending on publicity and prints the amount moved to 24 crores. The business that [...]
High drama at Chiru’s home
As the countdown starts, there is excitement and passion all around Andhra. And why not, it doesn’t matter if you haven’t watched his face completely on the trailer or if you haven’t seen him dance or make a public appearance. What matters for people is that he is Chiranjeevi’s son and that’s more than enough [...]
Proud of you Tabu!
Tabu has successfully made a big splash asserting her position globally as the face of India. Now there is a bigger buzz doing rounds. New York-based Indian filmmaker Mira Nair is likely to push Tabu’s name for an Oscar nomination this year. The talented actress played the central role in her film The Namesake and [...]
Ash, Bips in angrezi film
Sir Ben Kingsley, one of the world’s most honoured actors with four Academy Award nominations for his memorable role of Gandhi, might just consider either Aishwarya or Bengali sizzler, Bipasha Basu, or maybe both the Indian beauties for one of his forthcoming films. The film will be shot in India
Bheja fry chestunna actor
My source tells me that a time pass chesthunna an out of work actor kottha kurradu story pattukosthe chalu…. athaniki leni poni aasalu kalipinchi time pass chesthu gaduputhunnadu. Ademi sadism o mari! This source adds, “Dabbulunnayiga…. manchi story chooskoni thane produce cheyyochuga? Thana jebulonchi roopayi theeyadanta. Athanaki ippudunna stage lo producers vastharanukovadam moorkhathwam.”
Happy Days preview [...]
Illi babe touches 85
Vijayabhaskar seems to be on a low after Jai Chiranjeeva ending as a disaster and even a small time actor Vishnu is doing a rethinking to work with him. Finally there seems to be some hope for the director with his lucky mascot Tarun (Remember Nuvve Kavali) saying okay to his subject Romeo Juliet/Bunty Aur [...]
Bandhobast penchandi!
Everytime a big movie releases there is mayhem at the theatres. While children, women get beaten ruthlessly, the rest go amuck. Passions run high and the theatre management makes do with just a couple of policeman or handful of the theatre staff to control the crowd. When a Pawan Kalyan film was released last time, [...]
Prabhas okays the story
Bala (Sivaputrudu) is gonna make a film with Tamil hero Arya. Bala is known for giving Vikram’s first hit and also Surya’s first hit. The news now is that this story was narrated to Prabhas and he agreed to do it in Telugu. Bala will be producing though the director is not confirmed. Prabhas might [...]
Torn between..
There are times when there is not a single event to cover and times like this when the media can’t decide which one to attend. The Telugu film media is placed in a piquant situation. Heard they’ve got to attend the Athidi audio late evening at the Marriott and Happy Days preview at Prasads at [...]
Shoaib’s panikimaalina maatalu
I read this piece in a newspaper editorial and found it so right and felt I should share it with you.
“There was however a tiny note that jarred the celebrations. It came when skipper Shoaib Malik thanked not only the people of Pakistan but ‘Muslims all over the world’ for their support for their team. [...]
Description of cuts in Happy days (Happy Days gets a clean ‘U’)
1. Deleted dialogues, ‘nee yamma and nee yabba’ wherever they occur.
2. Deleted the word ‘poree’.
3. Deleted dialogue ‘ragging valla chedu sangathela vunna o ganta parichayamlo andaram daggarayyam’.
4. Deleted the dialogue, ‘bitch’ wherever it occurs.
Description of cuts in Chirutha
1. Deleted the visual of slitting throat of Surya.
2. Deleted the visual of rubbing ash on 786 and also the visual of a prisoner rubbing it off during fight.
3. Deleted the close up shot of thighs of heroine in the bedroom
4. Deleted the dialogue ‘I like your back’.
5. Deleted the word “anni” in the dialogue, [...]
The media never had it so good
Poaching eppudo modhalaindhi. For TV channels and newspapers. Some news organizations have chiefs with utterly bad employee relations that they keep losing their staff every third day. The editors instead of changing the colour of the hair, should do a rethinking on maintaining ‘human resources.’
Other editors ki bad ratings unnayi, for example take the film [...]
Jury accused of partiality
It happens everywhere and we in Telugu film industry sulk that the Nandis have been bought, the jury has been influenced, etc. The contention in Mumbai film circles is that a film like Eklavya which has been a box office dud has been sent for the Oscars.
Amitabh Bachchan starrer Hindi feature film ‘Eklavya’ has been [...]