Arya2 hitting the marquee in second week of November - JustTollywood.com News

Following the idiom of Arya, Arya2 has been made entertainingly by Sukumar. Produced under the banner of Adithya Arts, the film stars Allu Arjun and Kajal Agarwal, and Navdeep and Shraddha Das (of Diary fame) also playing intersting roles.
It is not a sequel to Arya but has the character of Arya retaining the peculiarity. If earlier he asked the girl to just feel his love, in this one he believes that even if someone is hating us, there is an intense feel underneath it.Devi Sri Prasad is the musician and the film is produced by Adithya Babu.

Article Involves:: Sukumar, Allu Arjun, Kajal Agarwal, Navadeep, Shraddha Das, Devisri Prasad, Aditya Babu

Ravi Babu's 'Amaravathi' to hit theatres in November - JustTollywood.com News

Ravi Babu of Anasuya and Nacchavule fame has clandestinely made Amaravathi, with Bhumika, Sneha and Tarakaratna in the main roles. Interestingly, he has not let a single still from the film leak to the media. Probably, he wants to add a dash of mystery to his film so it will seem more curious to the audience.
With a hero like Tarakaratna playing a character with negative shades, and two famous actresses, Bhumika and Sneha to be seen together, there are great expectations among fans of Bhumika and Ravi Babu.The trailers of the film are releasing in the theatres showing popular films like Ek Niranjan. Seems that the producers will want to their film to have immense publicity once it releases.

Article Involves:: Ravi Babu, Bhumika , Sneha, Tarakaratna

Intersting role for Genelia D'souza - JustTollywood.com News

Genelia's Bommarillu performance is still fresh in mind. The actress has always yearned for meaningful roles since, and she had approached directors like Neelankanta.However, she has got dumb lucky again, we could believe. She is playing a school teacher in her next film Katha, produced by Just Yellow of Gunnam Gangaraju.
A thriller-cum-love story, it seems that Genelia is playing a performance-oriented role in the film. Woman-significant that Katha is, it is to be seen if she is going to give a hands-up performance like Charmi, who in Just Yellow's earlier production 'Anukokunda Oka Roju', did.

Article Involves:: Genelia, Nalinikanth, Gunnam Gangaraju, Charmi

Nandi Awards 2008 announced - JustTollywood.com News

Nandi Awards's announcement for the year of 2008 has instilled celebrations in the Telugu film industry. The reason being that panellists have given a fillip to offbeat cinema by prizing films like Gamyam and Vinayakudu in prestigious categories.
The selection of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Direcotr, Best Music Director has also been a reason for cheer. Obviously, the winners are jamborific. It is only a matter of time when the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, K Rosaiah, hands over the awards to the winners in a function.
Here is the list of winners in various categories.

Category	Winner	Movie/Producer
First Best Feature Film	Gamyam	Saibabu Jagarlamudi
Second Best Feature Film	Vinayakudu	Prem Patra
Third Best Feature Film	Parugu	Dil Raju
Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film	Ashta Chemma	Ram Mohan
Best popular feature film providing wholesome entertainment	Ready	Sravanthi Ravi Kishore
Best film on national integration	1940 lo oka gramam	Nandireddy Narasimha Reddy
Second Best Children film	Durgi	PHVSN Babji, P Balachandra Reddy
Second best documentary film	Memu Manushulame	Com of Social Welfare Dept
First best educational film	-	-
Second best educational film	Adavi Naa Thalliro	Alla Rambabu
Best director	Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi	Gamyam
Best Leading Actor	Ravi Teja	Neninthe
Best Leading Actress	Swati	Ashta Chemma
Best supporting actor	Allari Naresh	Gamyam
Best supporting actress	Raksha	Nachavule
Best character actor (gummadi award)	Mukkuraju	1940 lo oka graman
Best comedian actor (allu award)	Brahmanandam	Ready
Best comedian actress	-	-
Best Villain	Sonu Sood	Arundhati
Best Child Actor	Bharat	Ready
Best child actress	Divya Nagesh	Arundhati
Best 1st film director	Sai Kiran Adivi	Vinayakudu
Best screenplay writer	A Karunakaran	Ullasamga Utsahamga
Best story writer	RP Patnaik	Andamaina Manasulo
`Best dialogue writer	Puri Jagan	Neninthe
Best lyric writer	Sirivennela	Enthavarako (Gamyam)
Best cinematographer	Chota K Naidu	Kotha Bangaru Lokam
Best Music director	Micky J Meyer	Kotha Bangaru Lokam
Best Male playback	Shankar Mahadevan	Venkatadri
Best Female playback singer	Geeta Madhuri	Ninne Ninne (Nachavule)
Best editor	Marthand K Venkatesh	Arundhati
Best art director	Ashok	Arundhati
Best Choreographer	Prem Rakshit	Kantri
Best audiographer	Radhakrishna & Madhusudhan Reddy	Arundhati
Best costume designer	Deepa Chandar	Arundhati
Best makeup artiste	Ramesh Mahanti	Arundhati
Best fight master	Ram - Lakshman	Neninthe
Best male dubbing artiste	P Ravi Shankar	Arundhati
Best female dubbing artiste	R Haritha	Nachavule
Best special effects	Rahul Nambiar	Arundhati
Special Jury Award	Anushka	Arundhati
Special Jury Award	Batukamma	Batukamma (P Saraswati)
Special Jury Award	Allu Arjun	Parugu
Special Jury Award	Suseela	1940 lo oka gramam
Best book on Telugu cinema	Arudra Cine Mini kaburlu	Arudra Cine Mini kaburlu (Dr. Ramalakshmi Arudra)
Best film critic on Telugu Cinema	Parcha Sarath Kumar

Gamyam, Vinayakudu and Parugu get Nandi recognition - JustTollywood.com News

The Government of Andhra Pradesh-sponsored Nandi Awards have been declared for the year 2008. Gamyam (directed by Radha Krishna a.k.a. Krish) and Vinayakudu (directed by Sai Kiran Adivi) have bagged the awards for Best Film and second Best Film respectively. With awards going to these two films that were made on a shoestring budget, small filmmakers in the industry must be upbeat.
Gamyam that starred Allari Naresh and Sharwanand in lead roles, was a tale of self-discovery where the rich guy Sharwanand gets to know of the real world outside and gets transformation.A film that sensitively portrayed the emotional journey of one lead when he trudges villages and highways in search of his love life, Gamyam was heart-rending when audience saw Naresh dying in the end.
On the other hand, Vinayakudu is a simple love story based in Cyberabad. Produced by Saritha Patra, the Krishnudu-starrer (who will next be seen in Village Lo Vinayakudu, wrongly touted as a sequel) was a romantic comedy that fared decently at the box-office.The hero here is a fat man who loves a girl but the heroine does not reciprocate until she is attracted to his inner personality one fine day.
As two of films made with distinct subjects get the covetous Nandi, it's a milestone Tollywood will savour for long.However, the biggest surprise was 'Parugu' which has been adjudged third Best Film. The film, directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar had Allu Arjun and Sheela playing the leads, was said to have many scenes that seemed to be a rip off of real life situations in Chiranjeevi's family.
Though it was an average film at the BO and does not boast of much entertainment values either, jurists felt it deserved a Nandi. Well, what can one say at the decision of the eminent panel?

Article Involves:: Jagarlamudi RadhaKrishna (Krish), Saikiran Adavi, Allari Naresh, Sharwanand, Krishnudu, "Bommarillu" Bhaskar , Allu Arjun, Sheela

Ravi Teja teams up with Samuthirakani - JustTollywood.com News

After Tarun, who acted in the bi-lingual 'Nee Manasu Naku Telusa' and Ram Charan who is acting in Magadheera's Tamil version, it is now the turn of Ravi Teja. Yes, he is overwhelmed with a talent called Samuthirakani who directed the super hit film Nandodigal. It is well-known that Ravi Teja is doing the Telugu remake of this tale of friendship, but now the new thing is that the mass actor is keen to work with Samuthirakani, who has also been associated with Ananthapuram 1980 (Subramaniapuram in Tamil).
Tamil audiences should prepare themselves to see Ravi Teja whose sheer energy and verve can do magic on the screen. The actor is also adept at doing emotional roles and his act in Na Autograph (Charan in Tamil) has been much acclaimed critically as well.Hope apna hero makes it big in Kollywood.

Article Involves:: Tarun, Ram Charan, Ravi Teja

Prince and Tennis Princess to be seen together - JustTollywood.com News

Remember a film by name Jagadam in which Ram and her muse fawningly compared each other with Sani Mirza and Mahesh Babu? If we had then wondered whether the two some will make a good pair at all, there is finally an opportunity for us to see them together on the small screen.
AIRCEL, a telecommunication company, has signed superstar Mahesh Babu and Tennis star Sania Mirza as brand ambassadors and the endorsement reportedly runs in crores for each! Sania has been seen in many ads in the past,Telugu actor Mahesh famous endorsement so far is Thums Up.Mahesh behave rocked. The only Tollywood star (well, probably) who has been signed for a second product, Mahesh is an actor who is hardly 15 films old. His film 'Pokiri' has been remade in Hindi as 'Wanted: Dead or Alive'. After his 2007 film 'Athidhi' bombed at the BO, there has been no offering from him as yet.

Article Involves:: Ram (I), Mahesh Babu,