'Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appala Raju' releasing @ Feb 10th? - JustTollywood.com News

Delay in post-production works was claimed to be the basic reason for the delay in the release of ‘Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju’ directed by Ram Gopal Varma and produced by Kirankumar Koneru on the banner of Shreya Productions.Earlier it was stated that the film would hit the screens on February 4, but the latest announcement by the director says the film would be released across the state on February 10.Sunil, Swathi and Sakshi are playing the lead roles in the movie, with a satire on the film-making in the Telugu film industry as the backdrop. The director not only targeted the celebrities of the film industry, but also on the media too.

Article Involves:: Ram Gopal Varma, Koneru Kiran Kumar, Sunil, Colours Swathi, Sakshi

'Ramadandu' may be released in Feb - JustTollywood.com News

Writer Vegesna Satish is turning a director with ‘Ramadandu’ produced by Bandi Radhika and Bandi Ratnakumar on the banner of Nava Chitralaya Creations is busy wrapping the post-production works with Krishnudu and Soumya in the lead roles.Director says, ‘The film deals with certain points like What is a sporting sport? Why India is lagging behind in sports? Why only cricket is becoming popular and why not hockey, which is our national sport? Answers to all these questions could be found in our film. We would like to explain if the sports talent was properly encouraged, we are second to none and we too could reach new heights. Basically the film would be a complete entertainer. We are planning to launch the audio very soon.’

Article Involves:: Satish Vegeshna, Bandi Radhika Rani, Bandi Rathna Kumar , Krishnudu, Soumya

'Churakatti' is the title of Boyapati's film with NTR? - JustTollywood.com News

It is well aware that Young Tiger NT Rama Rao gave a promise to Boyapati Srinu during the audio release of ‘Simha’ that he would do a film with him.Though the director narrated several stories, none of them impressed NTR. Very recently, the hero gave his nod to the director and KS Rama Rao is ready to produce the film on the banner of Creative Commercials.The latest buzz from Film Nagar is that the film was titled ‘Churakatti’ and the producer had registered the title almost a month ago. More details about the female leads, supporting cast and technicians are awaited. Even the title was not officially announced till now.

Article Involves:: N T Rama Rao jr, Boyapati Srinu, K S Rama Rao

Nara Rohit to endorse 7 UP soft drink - JustTollywood.com News

There is a buzz in the film industry that Nara Rohit of ‘Baanam’-fame and director Parasuram of ‘Anjaneyulu’-fame are teaming up for a film soon and the director reportedly roped in Hansika as heroine.The latest information from the film industry is that Nara Rohit is also getting ready to endorse ‘7 UP soft drink’ and already he had signed the dotted line for the purpose.The soft drink, a product of Coca-Cola company, was earlier endorsed by Allu Arjun. Surprisingly, Allu Arjun agreed to endorse the project when he was playing the hero in ‘Bunny’.

The reasons for the replacement of the hero are not clearly known.However, there is a gossip that was making rounds that the Mega family reportedly requested the Coca- Cola company, not to announce about the replacement, or release the latest advertisement as Allu Arjuns’ film ‘Badrinath’ is getting ready for release soon and the shifting of the hero may have an adverse impact on the film’s collections.

Article Involves:: Nara Rohit, Parasuram, Hansika, Allu Arjun

Gopichand & Prabhas to share screen? - JustTollywood.com News

Gopichand and Prabhas almost made their entry into the Tollywood at the same time. While Gopichand chose to remain an action hero and did not go for experiments, relatively he had more hit films to his credit, while Prabhas is doing his best to deliver hits on the other hand.Both Gopichand and Prabhas worked together for ‘Varsham’ with the former playing the villain and the latter the hero. Now, both have almost equal following among mass audiences.

A top director tried to bring out a multi-starrer with these two, but dropped the idea after some initial hiccups.Now, he is making efforts again to prepare a good story to join these two artistes in the lead roles as heroes for a film very soon.Let us hope that his efforts would turn fruitful and we can have a pleasure to watch two mass heroes sharing the screen together.

Article Involves:: Gopichand, Prabhas

Star rush for designer stores! - JustTollywood.com News

There seems to be a huge craze among Tollywood personalities to start designer stores. Beauty queen Ileana is starting her own store at Inorbit mall in Hyderabad for her mom Samira D Cruz in February. Besides her, we hear actor Vishnu Manchu's wife Viranica and director Sreenu Vaitla's wife Roopa are jointly starting a designer store in Hyderabad soon. Sources say they will not only have their own designs on display but also the attire designed by popular designers Shantanu and Nikhil in their store.

Infact Roopa Vytla is currently designing costumes for Samantha who is acting in Sreenu Vaitla's 'Dookudu'.S S Rajamouli's wife Rama Rajamouli is already a designer and has been working on costumes for her husband Rajamouli's films. Ditto with Lavanya Jagannath, Puri's wife who designed attire for a few films.Besides, Mohanbabu's wife Nirmala Devi too has a popular apparel store 'Tanya' that is doing brisk business. Looks like fashion store craze is on a high in Tolly town this season.

Article Involves:: Ileana, Vishnuvardhan Babu Manchu , Viranica, Sreenu Vaitla, Samantha , S S Rajamouli, Rama Rajamouli, Puri Jagannadh, Manchu Mohan Babu

School managements support 'Golconda High School' - JustTollywood.com News

Golconda High School starring Sumanth, Swati and Subbaraju this Sankranti opened with a positive talk at the box office. The movie made with a budget of Rs 6 crore is close to break even, sources from the movie say.Producer P Rammohan told media that the movie that preaches the need for sports in schools, is being appreciated by school managements across the state.

He informed that a lot of international schools are sponsoring the tickets for this film to children from government schools. "The encouragement from school managements is overwhelming. The intention behind making this movie is fulfilled if more students take to sports. Games are important in healthy upbringing and in the rat race for jobs and competitive seats, parents are ignoring the need for sports in schools. We highlighted the same and school managements are liking it" Ram Mohan said.

Article Involves:: Sumanth, Colours Swathi, Subba Raju, P Ram Mohan

Amrita Rao walks out of 'O My Friend' - JustTollywood.com News

Dil Raju has roped in Athidhi fame Amrita Rao for his new film titled O My Friend opposite Siddharth. However, the actress who gave her initial nod for the film has now walked out of the project.The reason behind this is, the new measures taken by the producer’s council.As per the new cost-cutting measures, actresses will not be provided either 5 Star hotel accommodation or any other luxuries.Though Amrita has liked the storyline and concept of O My Friend, the actress declined the offer saying she couldn’t work without such luxury facilities. Dil Raju is again, in search of a new lady for the film.

Article Involves:: Dil Raju, Amrita Rao, Siddharth

Pooja Bedi turns Egyptian princess for 'Shakthi' - JustTollywood.com News

Actress Pooja Bedi is upbeat about her comeback to Telugu cinema. Nearly two decades after featuring in "Chittemma Mogudu" alongside Mohan Babu, she will now be seen as an Egyptian princess in Jr.NTR starrer Shakthi.With a budget of Rs.45 crore, the film is being touted as the costliest movie in the Telugu film industry."I've just finished a Telugu film with Junior NTR. It's called 'Shakthi'. It is one of the biggest budget Telugu films, and I play an Egyptian princess with supernatural powers in it," Pooja said.Without divulging too many details, the 40-year-old said the movie will be "high on sci-fi and special effects"."Shakthi" has actress Ileana in the lead, and features other Bollywood actors Jackie Shroff, Sonu Sood and Manjari Phadnis.

Article Involves:: Pooja Bedi, Manchu Mohan Babu, N T Rama Rao jr, Ileana, Jackie Shroff, Sonu Sood, Manjari Phadnis

Deeepika Padukone in 'Rana' movie? - JustTollywood.com News

Rajnikanth is doing Rana with K S Ravi Kumar,which is going to be release in Tamil,Telugu and Hindi in 2012.From close sources it is heard that Bollywood beauty Deepika Padukone is sharing the screen space with Rajini in this film.Actually Deepika is busy in Bollywood and not interested to work other than Bollywood. But being paired with Rajni is a life time chance for any one in the industry,so she immediately accepts this project.Robo team is working for this Rana.Anthony is incharge of editing, while Ratnavelu is working as cinematographer.Rahman for Music. Rajeevan is taking caring of art direction.Soundarya Rajni kanth is Producing this film.

Article Involves:: Rajinikanth, K S Ravi Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Anthony, Rathnavelu, A R Rahman, Rajeevan, Soundarya Rajinikanth

Venkatesh as captain for Tollywood CCL - JustTollywood.com News

The film stars from various film industries are set to play cricket soon named as the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) similar to IPL. In this league of CCL, star cricketers from all the industries will take part. The teams are titled as Bollywood (Mumbai Heroes), Tollywood (Telugu Tigers), Sandalwood (Bangalore Stars) and Kollywood (Tamil Superstars). During the CCL six league matches will be conducted and one final, which will take off in January. The final winning team will receive 25 lakhs as the prize money.Manchu Vishnu owns the team while Venkatesh is the captain for Tollywood cricket team. Samantha and Tapsee are selected as brand ambassadors for the Tollywood team. Salman khan and Surya are the captains for Bollywood and Kollywood CCL teams respectively.

Article Involves:: Vishnuvardhan Babu Manchu , Venkatesh, Samantha , Tapsee, Salman Khan , Surya

'180' movie is releasing this summer - JustTollywood.com News

Siddharth is currently busy in wrapping up the shooting of his forthcoming project titled 180. 180 is a bilingual flick being shot in Telugu and Tamil versions.Being directed by famous ad filmmaker Jayendra, 180 is touted as a different triangular love story. The movie was earlier shot in the exotic locales of USA and Malaysia. Right now, the final schedule of shoot is being carried out.Priya Anand and Nitya Menon are playing the roles of Siddharth’s love interest in the film. Cinematographer K.T. Bala Subramaniam captured the visual effects by using Red camera, which are going to be eye-catching. Sharath is debuting as music composer with 180. The film is jointly produced by Satyam Cinemas and Agal Films.

Article Involves:: Siddharth, P Jayendra, Priya Anand, Nitya Menon, K T Balasubramanyem , Sharath(II)

Krishnavamsi Confirmed 'Mogudu' for Gopichand? - JustTollywood.com News

Director Krishnavamsi directs his next flick with Gopichand as lead hero. Reliable sources said that Mogudu (means ‘Husband’) is the title being considered for this flick. Although Krishnavamsi has commitments with hero Nagarjuna and Ram Charan, he is starting this Mogudu movie first. Producer Bujji who produced Gopichand’s big hit, Lakshyam , is producing it again. Regular shoot commences from March.

Article Involves:: Krishna Vamsi, Gopichand, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ram Charan Teja, Nallamalupu Srinivas (Bujji)

Rajamouli to walk against corruption? - JustTollywood.com News

S S Rajamouli, the star director has been an active social participant and stood for a few noble causes always. He supported the Loksatta party in the last general elections and has been hosting a TV show on HMTV highlighting the civic problems in our city.Now he has announced that he will take part in the 'walk against corruption' at 8 am at people's plaza on Necklace road in Hyderabad. He mentioned that it is to step up pressure on the government to introduce Lokpall bill in the Parliament and urged his fans to join him in the walk.

Rajamouli, his wife Rama rajamouli, music composer M M Keeravani and his wife Valli have openly supported Jayaprakash Narayan from Loksatta in the last elections. They even participated in Loksatta rallies and spoke in the party's support. Unlike many directors, Rajamouli is most often vocal in his political support. A few days earlier, he lauded Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for bringing in Rs 15 lakh crore investments to his state on the very first day of the 'Vibrant Gujarat' summit.

Article Involves:: S S Rajamouli, Rama Rajamouli, M M Keeravani

Tapsee's special 'Aadukulam' show - JustTollywood.com News

Tapsee who is basking in fame in Telugu and Tamil film industries is on a high now. After getting registered with Telugu audience through 'Jhummandi Naadham', she focused on her Tamil movie 'Aadukulam' in which she starred with Dhanush, the son-in-law of superstar Rajinikanth.' Aadukulam' did great business in Tamilnadu and Tapsee can't stop raving about it. The movie brought respite to the ailing career of Dhanush. She has arranged a special show of the movie for her friends in Tollywood at a theatre in the city on Saturday night.The director of the movie, actors from Manchu family whom Tapsee is close to, a few film personalities from Telugu industry were personally invited by the actress for this special show.Tapsee surely knows how to market herself.

Article Involves:: Tapsee, Dhanush, Rajinikanth

Nara Rohit new film on sets from Feb 13th - JustTollywood.com News

Nara Rohit, who has debuted in tollywood with critically acclaimed film Banam took a brief gap and is getting back to his profession with a new film, under the direction of Parasuram. Parasuram has earlier directed Yuvatha and Anjaneyulu .The new film is all set to hit the floors from 13th February. A new producer Vamsi Krishna will produce this film under the banner S. V. K Productions. A new lady is being roped in for the female lead in the film. The movie is touted as a full-fledged commercial entertainer.

Article Involves:: Nara Rohit, Parasuram, Vamsi Krishna(I)

'Prema Kavali' busy in Re-recording - JustTollywood.com News

Shooting of ‘Prema Kavali’ directed by K Vijayabhaskar and produced by K Achireddy on the banner of Max India introducing Aadi, son of Dialogue King Saikumar had completed its shooting recently.This lovely entertainer had wrapped up its shooting with the canning of two songs on hero and heroine at Venice and Dubai.Producer says, ‘Presently re-recording is in progress as part of post-production. Anoop Rubens scored music for the movie and the audio which was released into the market recently is getting a positive response.The choreography of songs under the dance direction of Noble, Robert Sabina and Johny also came out well visually.

Chota K Naidu’s cinematography is an asset for our movie. Director Vijayabhaskar is making efforts to bring out a film with lots of love feel after ‘Nuvve Kavali’ in his direction. We are making efforts to complete all the formalities and release the film in the second week of February.’Isha Chawla is also making her debut as heroine, while Sindhu Tulani, Dev Gill, Nassar, Brahmanandam, Ali, MS Narayana, Shafi, Supreet, Samrat, Gundu Sudarshan, Sasidhar, Hema, Geeta Singh, Anand Varma, Dil Ramesh and others are in the cast. Dialogues are by Prasad Varma, lyrics are by Bhuvanachandra, Sahithi, Rama jogaiah Sastri, Ananta Sriram, art is by Ravinder, action is by Ram-Lakshman, editing is by Gouthamraju, while story, screenplay and direction are by Vijayabhaskar K.

Article Involves:: Vijay Bhaskar K, K Atchi Reddy, Aadi, Sai Kumar, Anoop Rubens, Noble Paul, Robert, Johny, Chota K Naidu, Isha Chawla, Sindhu Thulani, Dev Gill, Nasser, Brahmanandam , Ali, M S Narayana, Shafi, Supreet, Vijay Samrat, Gundu Sudarsan, Hema, Geeta Singh, Dil Ramesh, Varaprasad Varma, Bhuvanachandra, Sahithi , Ramjogayya Sastry, Anantha Sriram, Ravinder, Ram (Ram-Lakshman), Goutham Raju

Manchu Laxmi hospitalised? - JustTollywood.com News

Manchu Laxmi Prasanna, daughter of Collection King Mohanbabu is in hospital for severe migrane.She has been working relentlessly for several months for 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu' and her own tv show 'Prema Tho Mee Laxmi'. She hasn't taken a break in long time and seems like it has taken a toll on her.Besides, she has been touring every TV studio in the city to promote her film Anaganaga O Dheerudu.

Sources say Laxmi had a severe migranic headache and had to be shifted to hospital for treatment two days ago.The actress herself confirmed the news on a social networking site,"I usually never fall sick but this migrane takes over me.Pray I get well soon.Ten days and still kicking. Sick of being in and out of hospitals" she posted. She is likely to be discharged in a couple of days and will be under medical supervision for her headache thereafter.

Article Involves:: Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna, Manchu Mohan Babu