Monday, May 30, 2011

Ravi Teja teams up with 'Souryam' director - JustTollywood.com News



Mass Raja Ravi Teja is all set to team up with cinematographer turned director Siva for a new film. Siva has earlier directed Souryam, Sankham with Gopichand and has hit the jackpot by directing the remake of Vikramarkudu with Karthi in Kollywood.Ravi Teja is said to have given a green signal to Siva and the film will start rolling its camera from August. Burugupalli Siva Ramakrishna will produce the film, which is touted as a mass entertainer.Other details of the cast and crew are awaited.As of now, Ravi Teja is gearing up to start the shoot of his next film Nippu in Gunasekhar’s direction and in Y V S Chowdary’s production.





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Ravi Teja, J Sivakumar, Gopichand, Karthik Siva kumar, Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna, Gunasekhar , Y V S Chowdary

IIT topper inspired from Powerstar? - JustTollywood.com News



IIT JEE topper, Prudhvi Tej has expressed his wish to meet Power Star Pawan Kalyan recently in an interview. Reacting to this Pawan Kalyan has called on his office and asked them to make arrangements to meet his fan cum IIT topper, who hails from West Godavari district.Pawan Kalyan is happy for Prudhvi’s achievement and is glad that he is the young boy’s inspiration. "Pawan Kalyan is shooting in Kolkata right now. When I called and informed him about Prudhvi's wish, he immediately gave instructions to his office to make arrangements for the meeting. Pawan will meet as soon as he returns back Andhra Pradesh from his Kolkata schedule," informed producer Konda Krishnam Raju.Pawan Kalyan’s gesture might inspire many young students in achieving their aims, so that they can also meet their favorite star in person.



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Pawan Kalyan, Konda Krishnam Raju

Sunil bags a lead role in Mega Supergood films ? - JustTollywood.com News



Comedian turned hero Sunil has recently signed a flick Napolean in Dil Raju’s production house introducing Koti as director.Now, the latest news is Sunil has given his nod to another new flick to be produced by renowned banner Mega Supergood films.The film will take shape in the hands of Devi Prasad who has earlier directed movies like Leela Mahal Center, Blade Babji etc. Currently, the story discussions are happening and the makers will announce the details of the project, once everything falls in place.Sunil seems to be concentrating much on the lead roles rather than his comedy ones and is choosy about his characterizations in the films after his Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appala Raju resulted as dud at the Box-Office.



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Sunil, Dil Raju, Koti (I), Devi Prasad

Vikram is Dr Vikram now - JustTollywood.com News



Versatile star Vikram has been conferred honorary doctorate by a University in Italy for his excellence in acting. Universita Popolare Degli Studi Di Milano (UUPN) which is popularly known as People's University in Milan has conferred the doctorate of fine arts in acting to Chiyan Vikram. Vikram is supposedly the first ever Indian actor to have recieved the doctorate from a European university for their contribution to cinema. The star recieved the doctorate in the presence of delegates from China and West Africa in a ceremony on Sunday.Vikram addressed the gathering and received the honour. Prof Dr Marco Grapecia who is the President of the university, members of the planning commission of China and special invitees were present at the ceremony.The star will be back in India in the first week of June.He is currently busy promoting his film Deiva Thirumagan which is releasing in Telugu as 'Nanna'. It stars Anushka in the lead role.



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Vikram, Anushka

Rajasekhar hospitalized after shooting mishap? - JustTollywood.com News



Hero Rajasekhar met with an accident on the sets of his movie 'Mahankali' on Monday. He was rushed to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. He suffered minor injuries to his hands and forehead.The shooting mishap is believed to have occured while picturising an action sequence in the outskirts of Chennai. Rajasekhar will be seen as a tough police officer in this action flick while Madhurima is the heroine.Karthikeya is the director of the movie. Doctors have reportedly suggested a bed rest of 25 days to Rajasekhar.



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Rajasekhar , Madhurima, Karthikeya Gopalakrishna

'180' out on June 25th - JustTollywood.com News



Siddharth's bi-lingual project '180' is releasing in theatres on June 25th. The movie directed by ad film maker Jayendra is hitting the screens both in Telugu and Tamil with the same title on the same day.Nitya Menon and Priya Anand are acting in this flick. The audio of this movie has been launched in both the languages and the film unit is doing everything it can to promote the movie. Malayalam music director Sharath Vasudevan composed music for the flick. The movie was shot seperately for both Telugu and Tamil versions. This film marks the re-entry of Siddharth into Tamil cinema.Tanikella Bharani, Geetha, M S Narayana et al acted in this movie. Significant part of this movie was shot in USA. SPI cinemas and Aghal films are jointly presenting this triangular love story.



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Siddharth, P Jayendra, Nitya Menon, Priya Anand, Sharath Vasudevan, Tanikella Bharani, Geetha, M S Narayana

S J Surya pens script for Pawan Kalyan ? - JustTollywood.com News



S J Surya who directed 'Puli' of Pawan Kalyan last year is reportedly busy writing a script for Pawan Kalyan.Surya won't direct this movie.We hear that a new director will direct the project and Pawan will act in it.S J Surya's 'Puli' disappointed Pawan Kalyan fans and it was a box office dud. It is therefore surprising to many that Surya has been roped in again to write a script for Pawan Kalyan's movie.Pawan has two films in his kitty now. One is being directed by Vishnuvardhan and the other is 'Dabbanng' remake which has been titled 'Gabbar Singh'. Powerstar is now busy shooting for Vishnuvardhan's film being shot in Kolkata.We are yet to know the details of Pawan's movie for S J Surya's script.



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S J Surya, Pawan Kalyan, Vishnuvardhan

'Dookudu' shooting in Hyderabad - JustTollywood.com News



Maheshbabu and Samantha starrer love entertainer 'Dookudu' is busy shooting in Hyderabad.The movie unit travelled to Mumbai, Switzerland and several other places for shooting in the last five months.The film unit will launch the logo, teaser and present the first look of the film on May 31st in Hyderabad on eve of Superstar Krishna's birthday. Ace director Srinu Vaitla is directing this project and S S Thaman composed tunes for the flick.Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara from 14 reels entertainment are producing this prestigious project. Maheshbabu has pinned high hopes on this movie because his previous film 'Khaleja' that released after three years of his sabatical bombed at the box office. This movie is expected to release in July this year.



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Mahesh Babu, Samantha , Krishna, Srinu Vaitla, Thaman S, Anil Sunkara, Achanta Gopichand , Achanta Ram

Rajini fans throng Singapore hospital - JustTollywood.com News



Wherever you go around the world, you could find Rajinikanth fans. If this is the case for even remote countries, will Singapore, which has sizeable Tamil population, be an exception? Says Rajini Babu, who has released on the internet a photograph of he and his friends standing in front of the Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, where the Superstar is admitted, “We saw Thalaivar and even had an opportunity to talk to his wife and daughter.”“As soon as we came to know that Thalaivar is coming to Singapore for rest and treatment, we rushed to the airport to see him.

But he was taken out through a different exit,” he says. Rajini Babu adds: “Determined to have a glimpse of Thalaivar, we somehow managed to gain entry into the hospital where we saw Rajini taking rest in a special ward (Royal Suite). He was seen with a little beard. “When we tried to take photographs, Thalaivar’s wife Latha and daughter Soundarya Ashwin came out and requested us not to do so and assured that Thalaivar is fine and will return India soon.”



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Rajinikanth

'Nagaram Nidrapothunna Vela' release on June 17 - JustTollywood.com News



Jagapathibabu and Charmi starrer 'Nagaram Nidrapothunna Vela' is all set to release on June 17th. The promos of this film are already on air.The movie is in final stages of post-production and DTS work. Sayaji Shinde, Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Tanikella Bharani, Ahuti Prasad, Venumadhav, M S Narayana et al have acted in this flick.Premraj is the director for this suspense thriller while Nandi Srihari from Gurudeva creations private limited banner is producing it. Apparently 90 per cent of this film's shooting was picturised in the night.Charmi is seen as journalist in this action story filled with twists and suspense."This is one of the most exciting stories I have heard. Jagapatibabu delivered great performance. The audio got good response from the listeners. We will release the film on June 17th." producer Nandi Srihari said.



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Jagapathi Babu, Charmi, Sayaji Shinde, Paruchuri Gopala Krishna, Venu Madhav, M S Narayana, Prem Raj, Nandi Srihari, Tanikella Bharani, Ahuti Prasad

Meena to play Mother-in-law to Ramcharan - JustTollywood.com News



Mega Star Chiranjeevi and Meena played together in some films like Mutamestri, Sneham Kosam and others. Now that Chiranjeevi almost retired from films and has become busy in politics. Meena, who quit films some time ago after getting married to a businessman, is planning to make a comeback and VV Vinayak gave her an offer to play the role of Ram Charan’s mother-in-law in his forthcoming film to go to sets in August.She had agreed to play the mother of Samantha, the heroine of the movie. If this information is true, the audiences would have a feast to their eyes to watch Meena in a new avatar, for the film to be produced by DVV Danayya on the banner of Universal Media.



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Chiranjeevi, Meena, V V Vinayak, Ram Charan Teja, Samantha , D V V Danayya

Salman Khan praises Devi Sri Prasad - JustTollywood.com News



South India's popular music composer Devi Sri Prasad won a new fan-Salman Khan. Apparently Bollywood superstar is very happy with Dhinka Chika song composed by Devi. This is the same tune as that of Ringa Ringa.... composed by Devi for Telugu film 'Arya2'.Dhika Chika has sort of become second national anthem and biggest USP of Salman Khan's 'Ready'. TV channels have been telecasting the making of this song. Salman is apparently very happy with the response this song has evoked. Devi Sri says he is glad Salman liked the song."I went to Mumbai to perform at the audio launch of Ringa Ringa. Salman came backstage and hugged me. He was happy with the composition.

He told me that he heard Ringa Ringa in Mauritus and liked it so much that he repeatedly heard the song. He told me that he heard about me and my onstage performances. I am happy that Salman liked it. Preetham too met me in Mumbai and told me that I created a monster with this song." Devi said.Devi Sri Prasad's 'Mr Perfect' and '100% Love' too are superhits in Telugu film industry. His Tamil movie with Dhanush as hero is all set to release soon. If that is also a hit, DSP will have the rare distinction of composing chartbusters in all the three languages - Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.



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Devisri Prasad, Salman Khan , Dhanush

RR Movie Makers turns busy in distribution - JustTollywood.com News



RR Movie Makers, which had produced several hit films, had started venturing into film distribution and so far concentrated in Nizam area. Slowly it is spreading to other areas and very recently it bagged the opportunity to distribute Nagarjuna’s ‘Rajanna’ across the state.The latest buzz in the film industry is that RR Movie Distributors had bagged the chance to direct NTR’s forthcoming film (Oosaravelli – only working title and not confirmed) being directed by Surender Reddy and produced by BVSN Prasad on the banner ofri Sri Venkateswara Chitra with Tamanna in the female lead.The shooting of the film was launched only a few days ago with Rasool Ellore as the cinematographer and Devisri Prasad as music director.



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Akkineni Nagarjuna, N T Rama Rao jr, Surender Reddy, B V S N Prasad, Tamanna, Rasool Ellore, Devisri Prasad

Sivaji as software engineer! - JustTollywood.com News



Hero Sivaji will play the role of a software engineer. C D Nagendra is producing a movie on Chandan Movies banner and Sivaji is the lead in this film. Kiran is debuting as director with this untitled movie.Punjabi actress Ritu Kaur will be paired next to Sivaji.The first schedule shoot of this film was shot in Hyderabad and its surroundings between May 5th and May 21st.The second schedule shoot will start from June 10th. Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ranganath, Vizag Prasad, Allari Subhashini, Bhikshu et al will be seen in this film. Raj Kiran composed music for it.The songs for this romantic comedy will be shot in final schedule shoot in July."Sivaji who played versatile roles in his career will be seen as software engineer in this movie. He hasn't done this role before. It is interesting to see how a technically genius youngster resolves real life issues" producer Nagendra said.



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Sivaji, C D Nagendra, Kiran (IV), Ritu Kaur, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ranganath, Vizag Prasad, Allari Subhashini, Bhikshu, Raj Kiran (I)

Siddu all praises for Prakash Raj - JustTollywood.com News



Actor Siddharth, whose much-awaited bilingual flick, ‘180’ will be hitting the screens soon, met up with ace performer, Prakash Raj and was all praises for the latter. Siddharth is known for connecting directly to his fans through social networking site Twitter, and he told his tweet buddies this morning that he was amazed seeing Prakash Raj’s energy levels.Siddu had tweeted, “Prakash still has schoolboy excitement about trying different roles, different styles, and looks in a film. Really inspiring artiste. Cheers!”

We would definitely agree on that as well, as Prakash Raj is one of those very few successful artistes who juggle efficiently between all South Indian film industries and now even B-town! He is also known as a natural performer among one and all and has bagged several awards in his career as an actor.Siddharth had also mentioned that it is refreshing to meet such actors who excel in their craft and that he is waiting to act in another project with Prakash Raj.Well, we’re hoping for the same Siddharth!



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Siddharth, Prakash Raj