Ravi Teja happy with 'Mirapakai' response - JustTollywood.com News

Mass Raja Ravi Teja has started off his career this year with the spicy ‘Mirapakai’. Ravi Teja was happy that Mirapakai is performing well at the box-office though it is stuck to the old commercial formula with a predictable storyline.“I am happy my latest release Mirapakai is doing very well. Audience will watch the film if it is good, no matter how many movies release at the same time. Mirapakai is one of the most successful films of mine released during Sankrathi festival. I never planned consciously to release my film for Sankranti but it is just a coincidence. I am overwhelmed with the response,” says the crazy star.

Article Involves:: Ravi Teja

All Eyes on 'Wanted' - JustTollywood.com News

The Pongal season saw four big releases, but neither of them had hit the bull’s eye. The heat has come down and all eyes have now turned towards the next big release, Gopichand starrer Wanted, taking his star value into consideration. Wanted is hitting the big screens on 26th January.Deeksha Seth is playing the female lead in the film. Currently, Wanted is undergoing its post-production works. Directed by BVS Ravi and produced by V.Anada Prasad, Wanted casts Chandramohan, Jayasudha, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Benarjee, Brahmanandam, Ahuthi Prasad, Ali, Raghubabu, Shafi in key roles.Hope the Wanted team becomes the most-wanted people in tollywood after the movie release.

Article Involves:: Gopichand, Deeksha Seth, B V S Ravi, Chakri , Venigella Prasad , Chandra Mohan, Jayasudha , Prakash Raj, Nasser, Benarjee, Ahuti Prasad, Ali, Raghu Babu, Shafi

Pawan Kalyan to have 3 releases in 2011? - JustTollywood.com News

Pawan Kalyan is currently busy in wrapping up the shooting of his film in Jayant.C.Paranji’s direction, which is also the remake of Bollywood film Love Aaj Kal. This tentatively titled film Kushiga has Trisha as heroine and the movie is slated for a release in the last week of March.Pawan is simultaneously shooting for a film under the direction of Singeetham Srinivas Rao.

The movie is based on the story of Jesus Christ and the Powerstar has already completed few schedules.On the other hand, Pawan Kalyan’s new film under the Tamil director Vishnu vardhan is hitting the floors in the first week of March. Arka Media and Sangamithra Productions will jointly produce this film. This new action entertainer flick is touted to be a high-budgeted one.So, the Power Star is sure to have atleast three releases in 2011.

Article Involves:: Pawan Kalyan, Jayant C Paranji, Trisha, Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, Vishnu Vardhan

Ram Gopal Varma to direct entire film in 5days with no budget? - JustTollywood.com News

We already know that Ram Gopal Varma is known for his uniqueness. This maverick director has shocked everyone with his new film details. Varma is all set to direct a new film titled Dongala Muta in just 5days and that too, with zero budget.Ram Gopal Varma says Dongala Muta is an exciting thriller with loads of entertainment with Ravi Teja, Charmi, Subbaraju, and Ajay in key roles while the rest of the cast is yet to be finalized. The director informs that the unit members are restricted to 8 in number.It is known that any film will take 100 to 150 days for its filming but Varma is said to be breaking the records by filming Dongala Muta in 5days and releasing the movie in just 1month of its start.

The other interesting news is the whole unit is working for no remuneration and they will be paid only if the final film gets into profit zone. Varma informs that he is directing this film with an innovative technology to prove that an interesting subject and aspiration towards cinema are just enough to end up in success without any budget too. Dongala Muta will commence its shoot from 11th February and release on 11th March.

Article Involves:: Ram Gopal Varma, Ravi Teja, Charmi, Subba Raju, Ajay

'Damarukam' Nagarjuna's High budget film? - JustTollywood.com News

Nagarjuna and Anushka had rocked the big-screens with Ragada recently. The pair is all set to comeback yet again to entertain with socio-fantasy film Damarukam. Though Ileana was approached initially for the role, Anushka finally grabbed it, as the Goa beauty could not allocate her dates. Nag informs that Damarukam is his highest budgeted flick so far in his career, which will be shot in lavish sets. Being directed by Srinivasa Reddy and produced by Venkat under RR Movie Makers, Damarukam is all set to roll on to floors soon after Nagarjuna’s Rajanna gets wrapped up. Meanwhile, his Gaganam is gearing up for its release on 4th February.

Article Involves:: Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anushka, Ileana, Srinivasa Reddy (I), R R Venkat

Ram and Hansika back to 'Kandireega' sets! - JustTollywood.com News

After almost a month of strike in Tollywood Film Industry, the tollywood actors are getting back to their shootings. Kandireega, which has raised the tollywood strike due to the clash between the Chennai fighters and Hyderabad fighters, is back to the shooting sets from today.Ram and Hansika are playing the lead roles in the film while colors Swathi will appear in a cameo role.

Kandireega is being directed by Santhosh Srinivas, a debutant director and produced by Bellamkonda Suresh on the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions Pvt Ltd.Other prominent casts of the film include Sonu Sood, Rajeev Kanakala, Dr Brahmanandam, Chandra Mohan, Ajay, Hema, Dharmavarapu Subrahmaniam, Raghu Babu, Jayaprakash Reddy, Ahuti Prasad, MS Narayana,Srinivas Reddy, Pragathi.

Article Involves:: Ram, Hansika, Colours Swathi, Santosh Srinivasan, Bellamkonda Suresh, Sonu Sood, Rajeev Kanakala, Brahmanandam , Chandra Mohan, Ajay, Hema, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Raghu Babu, Jayaprakash Reddy, Ahuti Prasad, M S Narayana, Srinivasa Reddy, Pragathi

NTR,Ileana at Dubai for 'Shakthi' - JustTollywood.com News

NTR, Ileana starrer Shakthi unit is currently shooting at Dubai. Few crucial scenes and a song on Ileana and NTR is being picturised in this schedule. Shakti has already created a buzz for being shot at the highest number of places and the movie is said to be made with a whopping budget of 45 crores.Shakti is directed by Meher Ramesh and produced by Ashwini Dutt under the prestigious Vyjayanthi Movies banner. Mani Sharma has scored the music. The film has dialogues by Satyanand, cinematography by Sameer Reddy and story by Yendamuri Virendranath. The technical team of this socio-fantasy film is quite strong, creating good expectations. Producer Ashwini Dutt is planning to wrap up the film by March and release it on 1st April.

Article Involves:: N T Rama Rao jr, Ileana, Meher Ramesh, Ashwini Dutt, Mani Sharma, Sathyanand, Sameer Reddy, Yandamuri Virendranath

Laxmi Manchu to do a Rakesh Roshan film? - JustTollywood.com News

Laxmi Manchu whose looks in 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu' got rave reviews and appreciation from critics and industry personalities is on a move. Sources say Laxmi is keen on acting in a Hindi film and might make a Bollywood debut this year. If sources are to be believed, Rakesh Roshan is keen on casting Laxmi in Krish-3 starring Hrithik in the lead.Though an official statement is likely to come only after talks are finalised, sources from Bollywood confirm that Rakesh Roshan is in touch with Laxmi for an important role in the sci-fi film.

Laxmi is a student of theatre from US university and has done a lot of theatre shows in US and back in India.She hosted a TV show and the second season of it 'Prema Tho Mee Laxmi' is soon to be telecast on ETV-2.If Laxmi makes it to Rakesh Roshan film, she will be one of the first Telugu girls to make it to a big project in Hindi in the recent past.

Article Involves:: Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna, Hrithik Roshan, Rakesh Roshan

'Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta' to hit screen by month-end - JustTollywood.com News

Udaykiran, who was once popular as a lover boy, almost was off the Telugu screen for several years due to some obvious reasons is getting ready with a film called ‘Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta’ with Swetha Basu Prasad as heroine.Directed by Subha Selvam, the film was produced by D K Kumar and Eswara Varaprasadh on the banner of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Films.The producers are making efforts to release the film as soon as possible and ensure that their movie would hit the screen without any further delay.Let us wish Udaykiran’s entry a big hit and give him adequate break in the Telugu film industry.

Article Involves:: Uday kiran, Swetha Basu Prasad, Subha Selvam, DK Kumar, Eswara Varaprasadh

Ileana's designer store in Hyderabad - JustTollywood.com News

One of the top league actress Ileana is now all set to turn an entreprenuer. She is going to start a designer store with her mom at Inorbit mall in the city soon. A few hoardings of the store are out in the city already. Ileana's mom Samaira designs clothes and this store will sell those designs.It is a well known fact that Ileana's mom designs clothes for her. Rumours are also rise that Ileana charges an extra Rs 25 lakh to her remuneration claiming her mom's designer fee as a reason.Now that she is opening a store, we will all get to see how the designs are. The first look of the ads and the store are doing the rounds on social networking sites too. Sources say the store will open in the next month.

Article Involves:: Ileana

Nandini Reddy,Tollywood's Farah Khan - JustTollywood.com News

It is rare for a women to be directing a movie and more so in Tollywood. Barring Vijaya Nirmala,B A Jaya and Jeevita ,not many women dared venture into film direction, predominantly considered a male bastion. Nandini Reddy who is now coming up with 'Ala Modhalaindi' starring Nani and Nitya Menon seems to be breaking the mould.After working as an assistant director for over 15 films with maverick film makers like Krishna Vamsi, Nandini is now all set to debut as a director.

A student of International Politics from JNU-New Delhi, Nandini even worked as RJ in World Space radio station for a long time.While the other three lady directors had influential husbands who supported them, Nandini is still a spinster and the face of confident modern woman.Though she admits that heroes are yet to believe in women directors, she is sure she will make it big if given a chance."Directors like Farah Khan are making mainstream commercial cinema like Om Shanti and Tees Maar Khan in Hindi.

Such people are changing the notions that women can't make mass commercial movies. Given a chance, I will do the same too" Nandini quips.It is indeed refreshing change to see a young modern woman in Tollywood all set to let her movie take over the box office next week.

Article Involves:: Nandini Reddy, Vijay Nirmala, B A Jaya, Jeevitha, Nani, Nitya Menon, Krishna Vamsi

'Parama Veera Chakra' will get national award - JustTollywood.com News

Dasari Narayana Rao is confident, his latest directorial venture which also happens to be his 150th film will get national award for the year 2010. Dasari Narayana Rao addressed media at his residence on Friday.He asked all the big heroes in Tollywood to go to Balakrishna's house and congratulate him for acting in such a good film."Balayya will get national award for Paramaveera Chakra this year for sure. His performance is outstanding. I am glad Balayya's fans liked the movie.

We are confident he will bag all the awards for his role.All the heroes should shed their differences and congratulate Balakrishna for taking up such a good role" Dasari said.The movie opened to weak collections and mixed talk at the box office on Wednesday. The length of the movie is cut short by 15 minutes in the second half of the film to make it more watchable.

Article Involves:: Nandamuri BalaKrishna, Dasari Narayana Rao

Posani's 'Nishabdha Viplavam' on Jan 28 - JustTollywood.com News

Posani Krishna Murali and Sunakshi starrer 'Nishabdha Viplavam' is all set to release on January 28th. T Krishna directed this film and Chinni Ramanatham is the producer. The censor of this film is complete and Posani is believed to be playing a role of a jawan in this action and love entertainer."We made this film based on real life incidents.It will appeal to people from all sections of society.It is message oriented and thought provoking cinema" the director T Krishna said.Sivajiraja, Hema, Sivaprasad,Ramireddy play important charecter and Bhole Shavali is composing music for this film.

Article Involves:: Posani Krishna Murali, Sunakshi, T Krishna (I), Chinni Ramanatham, Sivaji Raja, Hema, Siva Prasad, Rami Reddy, Bhole Sevali

Cops to interrogate Ramgopal Varma - JustTollywood.com News

Ramgopal Varma is likely to be questioned by the City Police officials on his connections with Bhanukiran, the prime accused in Maddhelacheruvu Suri murder case. Suri was murdered on January 3rd and ever since Bhanu is on the escape.City central crime station police already questioned film maker C Kalyan on his connection with Bhanu. He and another producer Singanalama Ramesh allegedly used Suri and Bhanu to settle financial disputes in Tollywood.

Police sources say Suri and Bhanu used to stay in Singanamala's flat in the city when they were in Hyderabad. After hour long interrogation on Thursday, Kalyan was questioned again on Friday. City police sources confirm that there are chances of interrogating RGV too as Bhanu and Suri are involved in the making of Rakthacharitra-I and Rakthacharitra 2.

Article Involves:: Ram Gopal Varma, C Kalyan, Singanamala Ramesh Babu

Tapsee refuses Big B film - JustTollywood.com News

Tapsee who is now on a high with two films ready to release in Telugu and a couple in Tamil is on a rejection spree. Sources confirm that this Punjabi girl from Delhi was approached by Puri Jagannath for his upcoming film starring Amitabh Bachchan in Hindi. The movie is titled 'Budda'.Deeksha Seth and Tapsee were to play roles in this film but Tapsee is believed to have rejected it. The reason-she is not going to act with Amitabh but will be paired next to Sonu Sood."She is busy and her dates are crammed now. She will do a film in Hindi only if it is a great script and a seasoned director. In this film, her role is next to Sonu Sood and her rejection has got nothing to do with Amitabh Bachchan" a close aide of the actress informed.

Article Involves:: Puri Jagannadh, Amitabh Bachan, Sonu Sood, Tapsee, Deeksha Seth

'Parama Veera Chakra' collected Rs 2 crores on 1'st day - JustTollywood.com News

Nandamuri Balakrishna's Sankranti release 'Parama Veera Chakra' got mixed reviews. A few people liked the movie, dialogues and the patriotic songs immensely while the rest hated it to the core. However, the producer of this film C Kalyan informed that Parama Veera Chakra collected Rs 2 crore on the very first day of the release."There is a positive talk to the film in all the centres that the film released. We raked in Rs 2 crore collection on the first day of the release. This is a meaningful movie made on a subject everyone in the nation is concerned about. Audience loved Balakrishna's dialogues and sensible songs.We are glad at the response we got at the box office" Kalyan said.

Article Involves:: Nandamuri BalaKrishna, C Kalyan

'Mahesh Khaleja' completes 100 days in Chitoor! - JustTollywood.com News

Mahesh Babu's Khaleja which released after three years, though didn't meet expectations, finished 100 days in a theatre in Chitoor.Made on Kanakaratna movies banner, directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Singanamala Ramesh, Khaleja completed 100 days of screening in Srinivasa theatre in Chitoor. The movie stars Anushka. And the film had thumping openings.In the movie, Mahesh did a lot of comic scenes and earned rave reviews for his acting.C Kalyan co-produced the film. The song 'Sada Siva Sanyasi' in Khaleja was one of the chart busters of 2010. "We thank the audience and fans of Mahesh Babu in Chitoor for successful completion of 100 days of screening" C Kalyan said.

Article Involves:: Mahesh Babu, Trivikram Srinivas, Singanamala Ramesh Babu, Anushka, C Kalyan

Ram Gopal Varma Praises 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu' - JustTollywood.com News

RamgopalVarma who watched 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu' was impressed with the visual effects of the film and showered praises on it. Varma was floored by the performance of Laxmi Manchu, the choreography and claimed that the film raised the bar in Indian cinema."If they didn't tell me, I would have believed it is a 200 crore film. The EFX are of not the same genre but made me forget the visual effects of Magadheera.Laxmi is better than Gary Oldman in Francis Coppalas Dracula.I didn't ever think, evil can look so sexy" Varma tweeted on twitter.There was a special premiere at Cinemax for film personalities and Varma too was invited. He appreciated Prakash Kovelamudi for making a movie with high standards just like his father K Raghavendar Rao.

Article Involves:: Ram Gopal Varma, Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna, Prakash Kovelamudi , K Raghavendra Rao