




Brahmanandam as Music Director in King
Seenu Vytla knows how to present Brahmanandam in the most hilarious way. His blockbusters Dhee and Ready are the examples. As per the confidential sources of idlebrain.com, Brahmanandam is going to be another highlight of King film too. He is said to have donned the role of a music director in King film and the runtime of his role is said to be around 30 minutes. King is all set to release on 24 of December.
Ticket rates increased
Good news to the December big flicks like Neninthe and King. The Government has passed GO today evening to increase the ticket rate of upper stalls to Rs. 50/- and Rs. 35/- for A/C and non-A/C theaters respectively. These rates will be in effect from 19 December 2008 onwards. This ticket rate is going to help Neninthe and King films immensely.
Geeta Krishna to direct a thriller
Geeta Krishna (of Kokila fame) has not been directing any films in the past one decade. He is planning to direct a suspense thriller in the first half of 2009. He is going to produce it on his own banner. More details later.
Maska audio on 21 December
Music of Ram’s latest film Maska will be launched by Aditya music on 21 December. The album will be available in the mark on 24 December. Chakri composed music. Kandikonda penned lyrics for all the six songs. Hansika Motwani and Sheila are doing female leads. B Gopal directs this mass masala film. Shoot of talkie part of the film is complete. Maska will be released on 14 January 2009.
Vishnu becomes a fighter
Actor Vishnu Manchu has taken membership in AP Fighters Association. Tammareddy Bharadwaja gave the membership to Vishnu on behalf of the union. Speaking on this eve Vishnu said that he has tremendous respect to the profession of fights and he personally like stunts a lot. He promised that he would chip in some help in organizing seminars and workshops about action choreography by flying in Hollywood technicians.
Three releases this week
This week is witnessing releases of big film Neninthe and small films Nachavule and Chedugudu. Neninthe is expected to be a hard hitting film about film industry. Puri Jagan – Ravi Teja’s Neninthe is releasing on 18th December. Ravi Babu’s Nachavule is made with new faces on Ramoji Rao’s Usha Kiron Movies banner. Nachavule is releasing on 19th December. Actor Bhanu Chandar’s son Jayanth’s debut film Chedugudu is also releasing on 19 December.
Dil Raju in trouble
After completion of 60 days of KBL’s run, the archeology society of India has raised an objection for shooting Kotha Bangaru Lokam film in Bouddha Kshetram in Visakha district without taking prior permission. The archeology department is going to send a notice to the producer Dil Raju in this regard. What is the use to raising an objection when the film’s run is nearing completion?
Uday Kiran’s new film details
Uday Kiran has signed a new project recently. This film will be produced by P Uday Kiran and directed by Srikanth Vemulapally. This producer-director duo made a film titled ‘Black and white’ which got good critical acclaim. Uday Kiran’s film is going to be an action love story. This film will go to floors in the month of February 2009.
Yuan’s music for Oye
Yuan Shankar Raja will be providing music for a straight Telugu film after a long gap. He will score music for Siddhardh’s latest film Oye that is being produced by Danayya. Anand who worked for Bommarillu directs this film. Shamili who acted as child artist in Anjali and Jagadeka Veeruku Atiloka Sundari is making her debut as heroine in this film.
Arundhati for Sankranthi
Shyam Prasad Reddy is known for his passion in filmmaking. He is a perfectionist who does not compromise on production values. His latest film Arundhati which was launched a couple of years back is complete now. Anushka is doing two roles in this period film. Kodi Rama Krishna directed this film. Arundhati is expected to release on 9th of January.
Heroines prefer guesthouses
After the terrorists attack on star hotels in Mumbai, the Telugu film actresses coming from Mumbai and Chennai prefer to stay in guesthouses over five star hotels. These heroines who always ask for star hotel accommodation have changed their minds to shift to guesthouse. It is good news to the producers though.
Shhh… on 26 December
The latest ANR award will be given to Vyjayanthimala Bali for her contribution to Indian film industry and towards Bharata Natyam. In a press meet held today ANR announced that the 4th awardee Vyjayanthimala Bali will be honored with a memento and 4 lacs cash award on 10 January in Jubilee Halls, Public Gardens, Hyderabad.
Dev Anand, Shabana Azmi and Anjali Devi were given the first three awards for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. These awards are instituted by Akkineni International Foundation which was started with a corpus fund of 1 crore by ANR.
Ajay as Sarai Veerraju
Kannan who worked with SS Rajamouli for many films and also with Krish for Gamyam film is going to make his debut as a director with a bilingual film. This film is titled as ‘Sarai Veerraju’ in Telugu. Actor Ajay who did many prominent negative roles in the past is going to do the title role in this film. There will be two heroines. Lots of Telugu theater artists were signed to play vital roles in this film. It will be launched in the month of December.
Brahmanandam direction in Neninthe
Comedy king Brahmanandam is said to have donned the role of a director in Puri Jagan’s directed film Neninthe. Ravi Teja is doing the role of an assistant director. This film is said to be having very good satires on film industry. Seeya is making her debut as heroine. Shooting of the film is complete. The music will be released soon. Neninthe is going to release in December.
Bhumika’s film magazine movie minar
Bhumika Chawla is getting into media business now. She is going to own a Telugu movie magazine called ‘Movie Minar’. This magazine will be launched at a function organized in Hotel Novotel on the night of 29 November. Her home production on ‘Downtown Films’ banner is also going to be launched at the same venue. Srihari Nanu who directed her film Satyabhama (remake of 50 first dates) is going to direct that film.
What is Good: The characters in the movie are quite endearing. Be it the hot-headed Sonia who is the biggest draw in the movie or Krishnudu as the innocent do-gooder, they do not become larger-than-life as superheroes. Poonam Kaur is the surprise package in her performance as the cute best friend. The movie moves at an even pace with the no major twists and with the emotional pieces coming in the second-half. The entire movie is shot in Hyderabad which gives it a local flavor. | |
What is bad: At times, the movie gives you the feel of a television serial due to a lack of technical finesse. Some of the supporting casts in minor roles come up with some really bad acting. There is an unwanted sub-plot of an office casanova who suddenly disappears mid-way. The music is nothing to rave about except for one song “Hai Hi Hyderabad”. Me Thinks:worth watch once nice movie Tailpiece: Despite the many opportunities available in the form of a fat hero, there are hardly any tasteless jokes or stereotypes about fat people in the movie which is highly commendable!!! |
Mahesh film from 2 December
Mahesh Babu’s latest film in the direction of Trivikram will start on 2 December in Rajasthan. It will be shot extensively in Rajasthan, Nashik and South Africa. Parvati Melton is doing the role of main heroine. Singanamala Ramesh produces this film. The producing is aiming for summer release in July 2009.
King audio in Gachibowli stadium
The fans of Nagarjuna are going have a gala time on 23 November because Nagarjuna is going to give them a double treat. King audio will release on 23 November at Gachibowli stadium. Naga Chaitanya is going to be introduced to the public and media at the same venue. Incidentally 23 November is the birthday of Naga Chaitanya. The audio will be available in the market by 30 November. Nagarjuna and the unit will be leaving to abroad to shoot a couple of songs. Aditya music bought the audio rights.
Pawan – Puri film script work in Bangkok
The storyline of Pawan Kalyan’s film in the direction of Puri Jagan is ready. Puri Jagan is now in Bangkok to do the detailed script work. Shooting of his latest film Neninthe is almost complete. His next film with Pawan Kalyan will be launched in the first half of next year. Ganesh (comedy actor) produces this film. Bade Ravi Kiran presents it.
VV Vinayak in Neninthe
As Puri Jagan’s latest film Neninthe deals with the plight of a struggling film director played by Ravi Teja, a few film celebrities are acting as themselves in this film. VV Vinayak also appeared in this film. It is also rumored that NTR did a guest appearance. Neninthe is all set to release on 18 December.
Nitin-Ileana’s Local
Nitin is currently acting in the direction of Paruchuri Murali. Ileana is the heroine. Local is the title under consideration for this film. Ramana produces this film on Sprecta Media banner