




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.