Thursday, May 12, 2011

Shooting the most difficult scenes of 'Eega' says Rajamouli - JustTollywood.com News



Successful director S S Rajamouli’s experimental fantasy flick Eega is currently being shot in Hyderabad.A schedule has been wrapped up earlier on the lead cast Nani, Samantha and Sudeep, where few scenes have been shot with the help of a Scorpio crane.The latest schedule has begun a couple of days back and Rajamouli says that they are filming the most difficult part of the movie, scenes featuring the house-fly.

Rajamouli confesses that despite of the pre - visualization done prior to the shoot, he along with the unit members are finding it difficult to picturise the close shots on the house-fly. Rajamouli further informed that it is not being made in 3D due to the budget. “Thought a lot about shooting in 3D. But the economics aren't working out & also am not a big fan of 3D.I personally feel big screen 2D is better,” says the maverick director.Eega is being made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil versions, with Senthil as cinematographer and Keeravani as music director.



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S S Rajamouli, Nani, Samantha , Sudeep (I), K K Senthil Kumar, M M Keeravani

Pawan Kalyan's new look in 'The Shadow' - JustTollywood.com News



A couple of days back, we reported that Pawan Kalyan’s new film tentatively titled as The Shadow has begun its first schedule at Kolkata. Sarah Jane Dias and Anjali Lavania are playing the leading ladies in the movie.Director of The Shadow, Vishnuvardhan has already informed that the story of the film is set in Mafia backdrop and Pawan Kalyan will play an underworld don in the film.Power Star has gone for a new look in the film and he was seen in a rugged look with a fully grown beard and new hair style to fit the role of Mafia Don perfectly.Though the makers have initially tried to keep his look under wraps, Pawan’s still from the shooting spot is somehow leaked and is now making rounds in the web.The first look is causing enough stir and is raising the expectations on Shadow.



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Pawan Kalyan, Sarah Jane Dias, Anjali Lavania, Vishnuvardhan

NTR's Schedule in May - JustTollywood.com News



Jr NTR, who is currently in abroad on his honeymoon trip will join the sets of his Oosaravelli from 16th May. Oosaravelli has Tamanna as the female lead and Surender Reddy as director.NTR will shoot for a 10 day schedule for Oosaravelli in May. Next to this, the A1 Star will move onto Boyapati Srinu’s directorial Churakatti, being produced by K S Rama Rao under the banner Creative Commercials.Churakatti was launched in the month of April but failed to move onto the sets with the employee federation strike and NTR’s wedding.Finally, the regular shooting of the film will commence from 30th May.Shruti Haasan has been zeroed in as the leading lady in the film while Priyamani will be seen as the second lead.



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N T Rama Rao jr, Tamanna, Surender Reddy, Boyapati Srinu, K S Rama Rao, Shruthi Haasan, Priyamani

Charmi to pair up with SaiRam Shankar - JustTollywood.com News



Popular director Puri Jagannath is planning to produce a film on his home production Vaishno Academy.He himself is preparing a nice story and is presently busy giving final touches to the script and at the same time, he is penning the dialogues also for the subject.However, he doesn’t want to take up the responsibility of direction for the film.In fact, this is an honest bid by Puri Jagannath to give the necessary break to his brother SaiRam Shankar, who is eagerly looking for a success in his career as hero.

Even after delivering a moderate hit like Bumper Offer, he failed to gain opportunities from the Tollywood.Charmi is most likely to be paired up with Ram Shankar in this film and the film would be directed by a debutant Gopi Ganesh. Earlier, the name of Monal, former Miss Gujarat, was considered as the female lead.Let us wait whether Puri Jagannath could give the much-needed break for his brother.



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Puri Jagannadh, Sairam Shankar, Charmi, Gopi Ganesh

'Bezawada Rowdylu' started shooting today - JustTollywood.com News



Ramgopal Varma's sensational project 'Bezawada Rowdylu' started shooting in Vijayawada on Thursday. Nagachaitanya is the hero of the film. High expectations are on this movie as Ramgopal Varma made 'Shiva' with Nagarjuna years ago and it became a cult.However, Ramgopal Varma is only producing 'Bezawada Rowdylu' on Shreya productions Banner.The direction is by Vivek Krishna.This action movie is set in a Vijayawada group fights backdrop and is a story that happened 20 years ago.The first schedule shooting of this movie will happen until 27th of this month in Vijayawada and three more schedules are lined up for June, July and August.

The movie will release in October for Vijayadasami. Kota Srinivasa Rao, Abhimanyu Singh, Shubhalekha Sudhakar, Mukhul Dev, Ahuti Prasad, Ajay, Bharath, Phani, Sravan Raghavendra et al are acting in this movie."The movie is a story that happened 20 years ago.It doesn't indicate to anyone in particular.It is an absolute action thriller. Ramgopal Varma and Kiran Kumar Koneru are producing it while Vivek Krishna is directing the film." a statement from the movie unit said.



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Ram Gopal Varma, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Vivek Krishna, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Abhimanyu Singh, Subhalekha Sudhakar , Mukul Dev, Ahuti Prasad, Ajay, Bharath (I), Phani Kanth, Sravan Raghavendra, Koneru Kiran Kumar

Kajal Agarwal in 'The Businessman' - JustTollywood.com News



Ever since 'Brindavanam' and 'Mr Perfect' are a hit, Kajal Agarwal has become a lucky mascot for Tollywood.Besides, she has evolved as an actress and has impressed the audience with her action.Now we hear, she has been finalised as heroine in 'The Businessman' in which Mahesh babu is the hero. R R Movie Makers are producing this project and Puri Jagannadh is going to direct this film."Guns don't need agreements" has been confirmed as the tagline for the movie's title.

The story is a mafia plot and very racy in narration. It is all set to go on floors from July this year and this is the first time Mahesh will act with Kajal Agarwal. "Sonakshi Sinha and Sonam Kapoor too were considered for this role.But the director insisted that he wants Kajal to do this film.The pair will look good" said a source from the unit. The pre-production work for this movie is on right now.



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Kajal Agarwal, Puri Jagannadh, Sonam Kapoor

Maa TV felicitating Brahmanandam - JustTollywood.com News



Tollywood’s Entertainment channel Maa TV will felicitate Hasya Brahma Padmasri Brahmanandam on 14th May at Novatel Hotel Hyderabad.The entire Tollywood film fraternity is expected to attend the event and give away their wishes to the king of comedy. Maa Tv has felicitated Movie Moghul Dr D Ramanaidu in a grand way previous year and now, the organizers have decided to honor Brahmanandam.

He was the only actor from Telugu Film Industry, who acted in 900 films in just 25 years of time and the actor also holds a place in Guinness world records.Besides this, Brahmanandam was the first comedian of Telugu Film Industry to be conferred with the honorary doctorate and the prestigious Padmasree award.It’s not a surprise that no big budget tollywood movie is without the Star comedian Brahmanandam. He has been ruling the tollywood from two decades.



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Brahmanandam , D RamaNaidu

'Badrinath' releasing on June 3rd - JustTollywood.com News



The most awaited and expensive film of the season, Allu Arjun, Tamanna starrer Badrinath is releasing world-wide on 3rd June.Badrinath is being directed by V V Vinayak and produced by Allu Aravind on Geetha Arts Banner. Keeravani has composed the music and Chinni Krishna has penned the script.The movie is currently filming a song ‘Chiranjeeva Chirajeeva…’ in Italy on the lead cast. The post-production works of the film are simultaneously under progress inorder to meet the deadline.Allu Arjun will be seen as Indian Samurai and the story of Badrinath is set in a temple backdrop.Vinayak has denied that Badrinath is neither a mythology nor a socio-fantasy flick but it is an action-packed mass entertainer.



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