Tuesday, January 4, 2011

'Ganga Putrulu' bags a clean U from Censor - JustTollywood.com News



Kishore Basireddy and Ravindrababu are jointly producing a film titled ‘Ganga Putrulu’ directed by A Sunilkumar Reddy. The film had Subba Raju and Gayatri of ‘Happy Days’-fame in the lead roles and the film is based on the lives of fishermen.Several new faces are being introduced to the Tollywood with the movie. The first copy of the movie was ready some time ago and it was submitted for censor certification a few days ago. Sources from the film unit say that the film had bagged clean U certificate from the Censor Board. As per the available information, the film is most likely to be released on January 28. Rao Ramesh, LB Sriram, Rallapalli, Jeeva, Gundu Sudarshan, Kallu Chidambaram are in the cast. Swamy James is the cinematographer.


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Subba Raju, Gayathri (II), Kishore Baasireddy , Y Ravindra Babu, A Sunil Kumar Reddy, Rao Ramesh Rao, LB Sriram, Rallapalli, Jeeva, Gundu Sudarsan, Kallu Chidambaram, Swamy James

'Mahankali' shooting in progress - JustTollywood.com News



Angry Young Man Rajasekhar shot into fame with ‘Ankusam’. He played hero in several films and many of his films are getting bumped off at the Box Office in recent times.Now, he is desperate to bag a hit to remain in the Telugu film industry and cement his place among his contemporaries. With a view to elevate his present position at any cost, he had decided produce a film on his own once again and joined hands with Yelluri Surender Reddy to co-produce the movie titled ‘Mahankali’ wherein he is playing a powerful police officer’s role.

The film is a ‘free-make’ of a Bollywood flick titled ‘Risk’. He kept high hopes on the subject and is striving hard to achieve a hit at any cost. The shooting is presently in progress in Hyderabad.Madhurima is playing the female lead, while Pradeep Rawat, Salim Panda, Asish Vidyarthi, Supreet, Chalapathi Rao, Jeeva, Suthivelu, Vani Viswanath and others are in the cast.Kartikeya is directing the film, while camera is by PG Vinda and music is by Chinna.



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Rajasekhar , Yelluri Surender Reddy, Madhurima, Pradeep Rawat, Saleem Paanda, Ashish Vidyarthi , Supreet, Chalapathi Rao, Jeeva, Suthi Velu, Vani Viswanath, Karthikeya Gopalakrishna, Chinna (II), P G Vinda

Aadi's 'Prema Kavali' audio January 9 - JustTollywood.com News



Dialogue King Saikumar’s son Aadi is making his debut as hero through ‘Prema Kavali’, directed by K Vijayabhaskar, presented by RR Movie Makers and produced by K Atchireddy on the banner of Max India Productions is getting ready for release in February.Presently post-production works are in progress and dubbing work is on at present. Isha Chawla is playing the heroine opposite Aadi and the audio of the film is likely to be launched on January 9.Anoop Rubens scored music for the movie. Cinematography is by Chota K Naidu, editing is by Gauthamraju, dialogues are by Prasad Varma while action is by Ram-Lakshman.


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Aadi, Sai Kumar, Vijay Bhaskar K, K Atchi Reddy, Anoop Rubens, Chota K Naidu, Goutham Raju, Varaprasad Varma, Ram (Ram-Lakshman)

Ram Gopal Varma Shocked over Suri's Death - JustTollywood.com News



Ramgopal Varma whose Raktha Charitra-I and II were superhits recently, expressed shock over the murder of Maddelacheruvu Suri in Hyderabad on Monday.Varma's Raktacharitra was based on real life conflict between Paritala Ravi and Suri families in Anantapuram. The movie is still in theatres in several parts of the state and in the mean while Suri was murdered in the city. Varma was baffled by the news and tweeted,"By the time I finished Raktacharitra, the reality became a film for me and now the incident jolted me back into reality. It is shocking to see a person with whom I was interacting for over an year for research of RC, just lying there still and lifeless" Varma tweeted.


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Ram Gopal Varma

Prakash Raj Says Script is the star - JustTollywood.com News



Prakash Raj, who is all set to direct a bilingual soon, feels that the script is the real star of any film. “A good script can do magic,” says the actor-producer, whose debut directorial venture ‘Naanu Nanna Kanasu’ (a remake of ‘Aakasamantha’) won rave reviews in Kannada.“I love good scripts. And for my directorial venture, which will be simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil, I am taking extra care to pen the script,” says the producer of ‘Payanam’(Gaganam in Telugu), which will hit the screens soon.

Throwing more light on the yet-to-be titled movie, Prakash Raj says, “It will speak about the current education system in our country. I am pained to see my daughter is carrying huge baggage to school.”On ‘Gaganam’, he says, “Starring Nagarjuna in the lead role, the film directed by Radha Mohan has come out well. I invested in ‘Gaganam’ banking on its interesting script and Radha Mohan’s abilities.”


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Prakash Raj, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Radha mohan

'Manchivadu' to Release this Month - JustTollywood.com News



Tanish starrer 'Manchivaadu' being produced on Supergood films banner will release this month. R B Chowdhary is presenting this flick. The audio of this love entertainer will be out on January 5th.P Laxminarayana (Deepthi) of 'Andala Ramudu' fame is the director of the movie."I took a break after 'Andala Ramudu' and spent time on this love entertainer. We clubbed the love story with loads of sentiment and I am sure it will be a hit with the family audience" the director said.K Viswanath, Rajeev, Raghu babu, Chandramohan, Chalaptahi Rao, Sudha are playing charecter roles in 'Manchivadu'.


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Tanish, P Lakshminarayana, R B Choudary, K Viswanath, Rajeev, Raghu Babu, Chandra Mohan, Chalapathi Rao, Sudha

'Sanchalanam' completes first schedule shoot - JustTollywood.com News



Saikumar,Kamalakar starrer 'Sanchalanam' completed its first schedule shoot recently. This action thriller being directed by B V Ramana Reddy and produced by B Kamalakar Reddy on Kamal pictures banner will start its second schedule shoot soon and release in the next two months."The story is a realistic one and the screenplay will thrill the audience. It is a suspense action thriller with lots of action sequences" the director said. Aasish Vidyarthi,L B Sriram,Ranganath,Venumadhav play important roles in this film.


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Sai Kumar, Kamalakar Reddy B, B V Ramana Reddy, Ashish Vidyarthi , LB Sriram, Ranganath, Venu Madhav

Samantha doing it for Gautham Menon - JustTollywood.com News



Gautam Menon’s upcoming flick Erra Gulabilu with Sameera Reddy and Veera Bahu in the lead roles is currently under filming phases. The movie is likely to release on 28th January in both Telugu and Tamil versions. Samantha is also the part of this thriller genre film, but there is a buzz that the actress is playing a guest role in the film. However, Samantha is being equally seen in promos along with lead actress Sameera Reddy. Industry is at buzz that Samantha who has received a star tag with Gautham Menon’s Ye Maya Chesave is making her guest role for Gautham and helping the director in promoting the film.



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Samantha , Gautham Menon , Sameera Reddy

Surya Plays Tennis with Vivek Oberoi - JustTollywood.com News



Surya and Vivek Oberoi, the ‘Rakta Charitra’ colleagues, were the cynosure of all eyes during an exhibition game at the Chennai Open at the SDAT Nungambakkam Stadium on Monday.Featured in a celebrity doubles match at the annual international sports event, Surya partnered with Rohan Bopanna, while Vivek teamed up with Aisam Qureshi from Pakistan.Even before the first serve, the Bollywood actor requested his Kollywood counterpart not to make him look silly. And Surya obliged without any second thought. “Vivek calls me anna. And how can I see him lose?” was the question of Surya.Expressing happiness, Vivek Oberoi said, “Chennaiites are always large-hearted, starting with my anna (Surya).” Remember both actors shared great rapport during the shoot of the RGV film and expressed it in media meets and other occasions.


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Surya, Vivek Oberoi, Ram Gopal Varma

Nani Making it Big with Gautham Menon Brand! - JustTollywood.com News



Actor Nani who proved his mettle in Tollywood with films such as Asta Chemma, Ride etc.. is all set to make his entry in Kollywood with a film titled 'Veppam' under the production of Gautham Menon.Gautam Menon’s assistant, Anjana Ali Khan is directing this new flick. Bindu Madhavi and Nitya Menon are playing the female leads in the film. As Gautham Menon has a good brand name in Tollywood, the movie will be dubbed into Telugu version and Nani is trying to make it big in Kollywood along with Tollywood with Veppam.


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Nani, Nitya Menon, Gautham Menon , Bindhu Madhavi

'Badrinath' is better than 'Indra'! - JustTollywood.com News



Allu Arjun’s latest movie ‘Badrinath’ is said to have a semi-periodic backdrop and Bunny is playing a never before character on the Telugu screen.Directed by VV Vinayak and this mega budget film is being produced by Allu Aravind on the banner of Geeta Arts.Chinni Krishna, who penned super-hit stories such as Indra and Narasimhanaidu says, ‘Badrinath script is even better than all my previous scripts. Actually I thought of directing this film. But the producer who accepted to produce this script under my direction has asked for a change in the story, for which I didn’t agree. This is a complete script and we can’t even change single scene as it will affect the whole screenplay.”


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Allu Arjun, Tamanna, V V Vinayak, Allu Aravind, Chinni Krishna

Who will play heroine in 'Merupu'? - JustTollywood.com News



After facing a disaster like ‘Orange’, Ram Charan is getting ready for his next flick ‘Merupu’ directed by Dharani. Though Kajal, who was roped in as heroine as the chemistry between her and the hero was proved perfect, she opted out of the project due to the delay in shooting schedule with the ongoing strike in Tollywood.Ileana was asked to replace Kajal but she too expressed her inability to play heroine. Samantha of ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ fame was selected as the heroine in the next option. But it is learnt that Samanta too refused the offer.Now one had to wait and watch who will play the heroine in this movie.


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Ram Charan Teja, Dharani, Kajal Agarwal, Ileana, Samantha

Raviteja in 'KSD Appalaraju'? - JustTollywood.com News



It is well aware that Sunil is playing the hero, while Swati and Sakshi are playing the heroines in ‘Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju’ directed by Ram Gopal Varma and produced by Kiran Kumar Koneru on the banner of Shreya Productions.Several dupes are being used for the film. However, it is reliably learnt that Raviteja is playing a small role in this movie and presently some scenes are being shot with Raviteja.Does it mean Ram Gopal Varma has respect to Raviteja or treating him as if he is not greater than a dupe?


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Sunil, Ravi Teja, Colours Swathi, Sakshi, Ram Gopal Varma, Koneru Kiran Kumar