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Is Ash the villain?

2009-05-18T03:31:00.001-07:00

At a press conference in Mumbai last week, the 20-something who represents the Indian market for the same beauty brand as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a statement about walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this year along with international heavyweights including Ash, Elizabeth Banks, Eva Longoria and Rachida Brakni.

Immediately after her announcement came a round of media reports blaming Ash for ‘making sure’ Sonam didn’t get the same Cannes honour as herself. Naturally Ash is disturbed.

The actress who has been representing the brand at Cannes since 2002; fails to understand why her name is being dragged into this controversy especially since the official press note doesn’t even mention Sonam as part of the red carpet brigade. In the meantime, Sonam’s media relations manager has also said that she will get the brand to issue a clarification on this whole red-carpet Cannes controversy so all doubts are laid to rest. And, we guess Anil Kapoor will be a relieved man.

After all, he is currently torn between two beautiful women — his heroine Aishwarya and daughter Sonam.

'Satya in Love' of Genelia in Telugu

2008-07-14T21:54:00.001-07:00

The successful Kannada film 'Satya in Love' with Genelia in the lead and Sivrajkumar as hero, is being dubbed into Telugu on the same name by R Shankar on the banner of Sri Choudeswari Prasanna Movies. Raghav Lok is the director.

Producer says, 'Presently dubbing work is in progress. The film has all kinds of elements like action, sentiment and love. We brought out the film in an attractive way to grab the attention of all classes of audiences. We moulded the love story in a different angle.'

MS Narayana, Ajay, Jayaprakash Reddy, Subbaraju and others are in the cast.

Camera is by MR Sreenu, lyrics are by Rama Rao, while screenplay and direction are by Raghava Lok.

Chiru in 'Bangarukodipetta'

2008-07-14T21:47:00.000-07:00

The latest film that stars Ram Charan Teja, directed by S.S.Rajamouli, with Allu Aravind as producer is produced by his home production house. This movie could very well hold a big surprise for the fans of Mega Star Chiranjeevi.

As already reported, the super hit number 'Bangaru Kodipetta…' filmed in the locales of Visakhapatnam, from the movie 'Gharana Mogudu' featuring the Mega Star in the lead, is being remixed for this latest flick starring Ram Charan Teja.

The most interesting talk of Tinsel Ville right now is that Mega Star Chiranjeevi is joining son Ram CharanTeja for the dance sequence in this remix song. If the information from sources is true this will really be a pleasant surprise for Chiranjeevi fans, who are very keen to watch their favorite star make an appearance on screen, before entering politics.

Prem Rakshit who made a mark for himself in movies such as 'Chatrapati', 'Yama Donga', and 'Kantri', is the choreographer for this song.

With dad dancing by his side, Ram Charan Teja could very well skyrocket his career big time.

Hare Ram to hit screen on July 18

2008-07-14T21:40:00.000-07:00

Produced by Nandamuri Janakiram under the banner of NTR Arts, with Harshavardhan wielding the megaphone, move Hare Ram with Nandamuri Kalyanram and Priyamani in the lead, is all set to hit the screen on July 18.

Kalyanram says, "The story had a fantastic movement on the screen. Priyamani, the national award winner, is playing the heroine. Mickey J Meyer, who gave soulful music for the recent hit Happy Days, gave excellent tunes to our film, while Sirivennela Sitaramastry penned the lyrics. There is a very good response to the audio released into the market recently."

"We are making efforts to release the film on July 18. We are sure that the film would enhance the prestige and image of our banner and it would be another blockbuster under our banner after Athanokkade," he added.

A R Rahman to score tunes for Blue

2008-07-14T21:34:00.000-07:00

Music maestro A.R.Rahman has given some really diverse music this year. While he started the year with Ashutosh Gowariker's period film Jodhaa Akbar, he surprised everyone with the young and peppy tunes which he composed for Aamir Khan Productions' Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na.

If you think that's all you get to hear of Rahman this year, then you are wrong. While his music for Subhash Ghai's magnum opus Yuvraaj is being awaited with bated breath, he is also composing the music for Aamir Khan's Ghajini.

And for all you die-hard Rahman fans, there is some more good news. The music maestro has also been roped in by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. to compose the music for their multi-starrer Blue. Blue has been in the news recently as major portions of the film featuring actors like Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan and Katrina Kaif were shot in the exotic locations of Bahamas. With Rahman coming into the picture this adventure ride only gets bigger and better.

Charmi and her 7 angle lip lock with cockroach

2008-07-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

Charmi, the hot girl in Telugu, is once again trying her luck in Tamil Cinema through Laadam. Directed by Prabu Solomon, the film is a fast phase thriller without any conventional love sentiments.

When the entire unit of Laadam met the media at Green Park yesterday, the director says that the movie is an unusual script. The story is a compilation of events happened in 16 Days. "The story is very simple. A girl and a boy who are good friends and how they help each other in certain tough situations in their life is the base for the script. But the screen presentation will surely entertain the viewers a lot," says the director.

Charmi, who started her career with Simbu in a Tamil film Kadhal Azhivathillai, plays the role of Angel, a very positive and comical character and hopes a lot for her re entry in to Tamil films again.

Aravindan is the new hero whose tagline in the film's promos reads, 'they called him cockroach (Karappanpoochi)'. In this film, there is also a lip lock with 'Karappanpoochi', which was shot in one take but 'from seven angles' as quoted by Charmi.

Dharan has done the music and one of the songs is written by journalist (Dinakaran) Eknath.

Three completes re-recording

2008-07-11T06:46:00.000-07:00

Directed by Sekhar Suri, presented by P Kanakalakshmi and produced by Phaniraj and GS Babu under the banner of Raj (India) Entertainments movie Three with Rishi, Rajiv Kanakala, Santichandra in the lead had completed re-recording process recently. Urvasi Sharma of Bollywood is being introduced as heroine to the Telugu film industry.

Producers say, "We are making efforts to release the film as soon as possible. We will announce the release date in a couple of days."

Director Sekhar Suri says, "It is just a psychological thriller. You just can't predict that the movie runs in a particular way. Each scene would be different and is interesting on its own. The film runs with 13 characters but we titled it as Three. It has to be watched on the screen. Vijay Kurakula's background music would remain an added attraction for the flick."

Ankita's last attempt

2008-07-11T06:40:00.000-07:00

The hot and happening Ankita, who did a couple of big movie like Simhadri and Lahiri Lahiri Lahiri Lo, slid from her high ranking and was seen doing item numbers for a while. Then she slipped out of the public eye for unknown reasons.

Now, Ankita"s back a long gap with Tsunami 7 X about family problems which start in a very small way and turn into a tsunami because of misunderstandings between family members. The movie stars Ankita, Raghu Babu, Krishna Bhagavan and Sunitha.

The first two shooting schedules have been wrapped up and the unit is getting ready for its third schedule. Tsunami 7 X is directed by MA Chowdary and produced by G. Madhukar and Srinivas Babu under V International banner.

We hope the talented girl continues to heat up Telugu screens!

Shobana opens dance school Kalarpana

2008-07-11T06:13:00.000-07:00

National Award winning actress Shobana, who is also an exponent of the Bharathanatyam, launched her school 'Kalarpana', a cultural centre for classical dance, at a function organised at Savera Hotel, Chennai, on Wednesday.

Talking on the occasion, Shobana (niece of the Travancore sisters Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, all renowned for their skill in classical Indian dance) said, "The school is conceived, created, and developed as an all-encompassing forum of learning, experimenting, teaching and spreading Bharathanatyam. It is meant to support a conductive cultural environment and will be the first of its kind in Chennai."

Kalarpana will organize annual festivals throughout India, including performances of nationally- and globally-known artistes to help raise funds that will be ploughed back into training talented artistes who are financially weak. It will extend its support to the handicapped and the environmental movement too.

She revealed that she has already invested Rs. 2.5 crores into her dream project without any support from either the government or corporates. Students have already enrolled for the courses. Actors Suhasini, Vineeth and Revathy also spoke on the occasion.

Nayan is flying very high

2008-07-11T06:09:00.000-07:00

Nayantara is flying high with her role in Kathanayakudu all wrapped up, where she 'directs' Rajinikanth. Her career shot into the stratosphere with her role opposite Rajini in Chandramukhi, then came the unstoppable Billa, where she boldly ventured forth in a bikini, which very few South Indian actresses wore on screen and survived to tell the tale.

Right now, she is busy shooting for Aegan opposite Ajith in Yercaud. The movie is said to be a remake of the SRK starrer Main Hoon Na. Nayan has already crossed the magical Rs. 1 crore fee mark, which for an actress in South India is quite an achievement.

And now, we hear that she's been getting offers from Bollywood as well. Bollywood is known for its fat pay cheques. A lot of South Indian actresses have been lured by Bollywood's magic and a few have made it big, the most recent being Asin, who is debuting in Hindi with Ghajini. In fact, many North Indian hopefuls come South, make a name for themselves and get superb film offers in Hindi films.

Let's see if Nayan succumbs to the temptation offered by Hindi films or works on her rising star in South Indian film industry

Mamta nominated for Filmfare Awards

2008-07-11T05:06:00.000-07:00

Mamta Mohandas, who debuted with the Malayalam film Mayookham in 2005 and attracted attention for her sensitive portrayal in movies like Bus Conductor and Big B with Mammootty, Baba Kalyani with Mohanlal, Lanka and Adhbutam with Suresh Gopi and Madhuchandralekha with Jayaram, has been nominated for the second time in a row for the best singer's award in the upcoming 55th Annual Filmfare Awards, 2007.

Mamta, a trained and famous Carnatic and Hindustani singer, made her filmi singing debut in Rakhee (Telugu) with music director Devi Sri Prasad. She won her first Filmfare award for this song. Mamta, a Malayalee brought up in Bahrain, also made her entry in Kollywood playback singing by crooning 'Kaalai Kaalai' in Kaalai, which stars Silambarasan and Vedhika plus Nila in a guest role.

Mamta is currently shooting with Rajinikanth for Kuselan, a remake of Malayalam movie Kadha Parayumpol, and is also busy with many other films like Musafir (Malayalam), Homam (Telugu) and Chintakayala Ravi and Guru En Aalu (Tamil).

Sandya refuses Lawrences offer

2008-07-11T04:56:00.000-07:00

We all know actress Sandya, who starred in the critically-acclaimed Tamil love story Kaadhal for which she won the Filmfare South best actress award of 2004. She has also done many hit Malayalam movies like Alice in Wonderland with Jayaram, Prajapathy with Mammootty and Cycle with Vineeth Sreenivasan, Vinu Mohan and Bhama.

This young actress was recently offered a role in Lawrence's Rajathi Raja to be directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. Surprisingly, Sandya refused the role. Why? See what she has to say:

"I feel a bit choosy even if there are two heroines in a film because my acting scope is reduced proportionately. I Just can't imagine being one of six heroines in a film. Rajathi Raja has six heroines and one hero. That is why I said no," she said. She would like to do meaningful and meaty roles in which she can exhibit her acting skills, she added.

Sandya also said that she has no problems playing glamorous roles as long as they are well within the bounds of decency. The actress is currently working for a Malayalam movie D-17 with Atul Kulkarni and Ajmal Ameer.

Nitin to play Drona

2008-07-10T01:46:00.000-07:00

Young hero Nitin tried to attract the youth with his eight-pack abs in Victory. The film which was released recently is doing good. Now, his forthcoming film is presently on sets with Priyamani playing opposite him as heroine. The film is titled as 'Drona'. Another film of Nitin is on cards and that film was supposed to be directed by senior artiste and villain GV. It is learnt that 'Hero' is the title under consideration.

It appears, sentimental bug had bitten Nitin, too, as he chose to accept titles with two letters in Telugu, like 'Drona' and 'Hero', on the lines of hit films in his career like 'Jayam' and 'Dil'. The films with titles more than two Telugu letters in Nitin's career failed to achieve expected results.

Besides these, Nitin is also going to play hero in a film to be directed by VN Aditya in which Ileana is going to play the female lead. Venkataramana and Anand are producing the movie under the banner of Limelight Entertainments. Presently, Aditya is busy with the final touches of Rainbow. The film with Nitin as hero would go to sets soon after Rainbow hits the screen. For Ileana it would be the second film with director VN Aditya as she had already worked with him for 'Aata'.

Dil Raju to distribute Ullasamga Uthsahamga

2008-07-10T00:59:00.000-07:00

Noted producer Dil Raju has bought the rights to distribute the film Ullasamga Uthsahamga. Dil Raju has so far produced six films and all of them have become big hits. The lone exception is Munna. The film stars Yasho Sagar and Sneha Ullal in the lead. The film is a moving love story.

Karunakar, who directed films like Toli Prema, Happy, Vasu etc., is the director. GV Prakash has scored the music for the film and the audio is already a big hit. The film will hit the screens on July 18.

Jalsarayudu on July 11

2008-07-10T00:43:00.000-07:00

The film Jalsarayudu with Simbu and Jyothika in the lead role is all set for release on July 11. The film has been dubbed from Tamil into Telugu by K Venkat Reddy, K Prakash and A Moses Babu. The film is directed by KS Ravi Kumar of Dasavatharam fame.

"The action of Simbu, Jyothika, Meghana Naidu and Prakash Raj will impress the audience immensely," says the producer. The film is about love and faction war.

'Maska'- the complete entertainment package

2008-07-07T05:33:00.000-07:00

The young and upcoming hero Ram is firing up all his cylinders for his forthcoming romantic movie 'Maska'. The talented leading man shot into the spotlight with immensely successful movies like 'Devadasu' and the movie 'Ready' which is currently racing to the top in cinema halls.

The new film 'Maska' is directed by B.Gopal, the talented hit churner who was in charge of the all time hits like 'SamarasimhaReddy', 'NarasimhaNaidu', and 'Indra'.

Another successful man in the movie business, M.S.Raju who was the producer of blockbusters like 'Mansanthaa nuvve', 'Okkadu', 'Varsham' , 'Nuvvosthaanante Nenoddantaana' and 'Aata' is producing 'Maska'.

The shooting of 'Maska' is going on and has completed 10 days of its first schedule. The second schedule will start from July 5 and will continue thereafter till the whole canning of the film is finished.

Hit maker M.S.Raju tells that the film is going to be a highly interesting one with all the commercial ingredients and twists and turns in its story line.

He also makes it clear that the film is made in such a way that it will give wholesome entertainment to the youth and the family alike.

The producer is very confident of the movie shaping up well as some of the best technicians are working in the project.

There are two heroines for the movie. While the extremely beautiful Hansika is one of the leading ladies, the search for the other girl is going on.

The movie will be released under the banner of Sumanth Art Productions.

The other important members of the cast are Naresh, Sunil, Mukesh Rushi, Pradeep Rawath, M.S.Narayan, Krishna Bhagawan, Darmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Paruchoori Venkateshwara Rao, 'Aadi' fame Munna and Narsing Yadav.

The story of the movie has been written by Surya, the dialogues have been penned by Paruchoori brothers, Music was composed by Chakri, the cinematographer is Shekhar V Joseph, Editing in charge is Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao, Lyrics have been written by Srivennela Seetarama Sastri, Action choreographer is Ram Lakshman and the art direction is by Rajesh.

Kathanayakudu Preview

2008-07-07T05:23:00.000-07:00

After the blockbuster Shivaji, when the whole industry was abuzz with talks about the film's impressive theme and the treatment, Superstar Rajinikanth accepted his friend Srinivasan's invitation and attended a special screening of the Malayalam movie Katha Parayumbol. Absolutely impressed with the theme, Rajini wanted to take up the Tamil remake and was willing to act in the role of the Mammootty in the original. Without further delay, he called Srinivasan and from that moment, the project began to take shape. Titled Kuselan in Tamil and Kucheludu in Telugu, later renamed Kathanayakudu, Rajini chose the experienced and wise P. Vasu as the director of the remake. K. Balachander's Kavithalaya took over the production. Needless to say, Rajinikanth's presence in the project galvanized the whole team into swift activity.

Though a remake, the plot has been modified suitably to suit the tastes of the Tamil and Telugu audiences. It is also understood changes have been made to amplify and expand the role of the Superstar; as a result, Rajni appears in over 50% of the film, though he is not the hero.

The theme of the film is simple: Balan (Pasupathy) is a barber who lives a hand-to-mouth existence in his village with his wife Sridevi (Meena) and three children. A secret love affair, elopement, subsequent marriage, fatherhood and poverty have pushed the barber to the brink and he is absolutely vanquished by the crushing weight of his failure to fulfill his responsibilities. And Balan is a man who just cannot dupe, lie, or commit fraud. So without knowing any means to make extra money, Balan struggles to cope with life and demands of the family. Each and every day poses a mighty challenge to him; there is no money to pay the children's school fees, absolutely no money for everyday expenses, food and clothing. As if all these are not sufficient to stir trouble, his business also goes through a dull period. Deprived of caring friends and relatives on whom he can rely for help and support, Balan struggles through life daily, getting on with the business of living, trying to make sense of life, trying to do his job, to keep his wife and children fed and clothed.

At this critical juncture, Balan comes to know that Superstar Ashokraj (Rajinikanth) is visiting the village in connection with the shoot of his latest film. As soon as he receives news about the shooting, an enthusiastic Balan reveals the precious piece of information that - Ashok is his childhood friend. Coming to know about the connection, Balan's wife and children yell with joy as if they have won the lottery overnight. Also, armed with the foresight and thoughtfulness of a dutiful mother, Sreedevi urges her husband to extract maximum advantage of the connection. Balan, a man of great self-esteem and individuality, is taken aback by the shrewd suggestion. Though he and Ashok had enjoyed a good friendship, he does not want to temper the purity of the first meeting after all these years by asking for a personal favour. Needless to say, Balan is also awed by Ashok's Superstar airs and is not sure whether he would even recognize the poor barber. So what happens next? Do Ashok and Balan meet? Does Ashok agree to help them out? Does he fulfil Sreedevi's expectations, showering fortune on them? Or is he the cool, reserved star who considers himself several notches above the poor barber's social status? Does he feel ashamed to acknowledge his friendship? Kuselan/Kathanayakudu has captured an emotional explosion at this point in the narrative. Wait and watch!

It is a Superstar film, one he has happily accepted! So obviously, the whole industry is curious to enjoy news and information regarding the production. Based on those snippets, it appears there are going to be interesting star-cameos (Sneha, Kamal Haasan and so on) and Vadivelu is going to appear.

Sindhu Tolani to dub in Telugu

2008-07-07T05:17:00.000-07:00

There are hardly any Telugu speaking actors from in Telugu Cinema. Most of the heroines are imports and as such cannot dub for their roles. Actress Charmi is the lone exception. She learnt Telugu and is now dubbing for her own roles in Telugu and she is now ready to dub for other heroines as well.

Actress Sindhu Tolani is another young import to Telugu Cinema. Sindhu made her mark with films like Pothe Poni, Athanokkade, Bathukamma and Victory. Sindhu is now practicing hard to dub for her roles in her new films.

Shh... is a suspense film

2008-07-07T05:14:00.001-07:00

The film Shh... is a suspense film that is based on the investigation conducted by a doctor family after an accident. Haricharan Prasad who produced the much acclaimed film Kamli is turning director with this film. Prasad says that the film has just two songs and they have been rendered by Karthik and Chitra.

Vasant, grandson of music director Sathyam has scored the music for the film. Shafi, Mithuna, Rallapalli, Roopadevi, Madhavilatha, baby Likhithakshari and others are in the star cast. The film is now in DTS and will be released in the third week of July.

Nag joins hands with Lawrence again

2008-07-06T23:44:00.000-07:00

Raghava Lawrence went from dancer to choreographer with the encouragement of top stars like Superstar Rajinikanth and Nagarjuna. In fact, it was Nagarjuna, who gave Lawrence his first chance to prove himself as director with Mass, which became a massive hit.Nagarjuna didn't forget Lawrence and again agreed to be the hero in Lawrence's second directorial debut Don, which fell prey to the 'second film curse' that every new director in Telugu film industry suffers from.

But Nagarjuna never dismisses anyone; so Lawrence has been roped for his next venture which will probably be produced by C. Kalyan.

The untitled flick is set to be launched in October 2008 and planned for release in summer 2009.

'Kousalya Supraja Rama' getting ready

2008-07-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

'Kousalya Supraja Rama' getting ready

The story and screen play of the film has been written by the director of the movie himself.

A particular song in the forthcoming film 'Kousalya Supraja Rama' brings together three music composers. Do not think that the three music directors worked together for making a single song.

The song titled as 'Kousalya Vachchave' was composed by Koti and was given voice by the popular music makers Ramana Gogula and M.M.Srilekha.

Mighty star Srikant is the hero of this movie while Charmee plays his lady love. The song written by Ramajogaiah Sastry will be visualized on the lead pair.

The film is directed by Surya Prasad and produced under the banner of Sri Suresh Production (Pvt) Ltd.

Dr. D.Ramanaidu who is the producer of 'Kousalya Supraja Rama' told that the talkie part of the film has already been completed during the first schedule of the shooting which ended on July 2.

Now the canning of two songs have to be completed and for that purpose the unit will go to places such as Malaysia, Koulalampur and Lankavi during the next schedule which will start from July 14 and continue till July 22.

The climax scenes of the film will be completed in Hyderabad after the film crew returns from the foreign locations.

Gauri Munjal is the other leading lady of the film.

The other important members of the cast are Kota Srinivasa Rao, Dr Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, L.B.Sriram, Bharani, Krishna Bhaghavan, Ali, Venu Madhav, Siva Reddy, Utthej, Hema, Apoorva, Sairabhanu, Anita and Master Deepak.

The dialogues have been written by Satyanand, the art director is B.Venkateswara Rao, Camera work is done by Pratap V Kumar, Lyrics are by Veturi, Vanamali, Peddada Murthy, Ramajogaiah Sastry, Satish is the action choreographer, Hari Babu does the make up, costumes are by Jagadeesh, Editing will be done by Marthand K Venkatesh, Dance choreographers are Krishna Reddy and Nikson and the still photographer is S.S.Palvai.

Chiru is now a grandpa

2008-07-05T06:30:00.000-07:00

Chiru is now a grandpa

Megastar Chiranjeevi has become a grandfather for the first time when his second daughter Srija who had married her longtime boyfriend Sireesh Bharadwaj gave birth to a baby girl.

Srija gave birth at the Parporewala nursing home situated in east maradpalli, Hyderabad. Wife of Chiru, Surekha, Allu Aravind and Ram Charan visited the hospital and met Sreeja.

Both the mother and baby are doing well. Sireesh Bharadwaj had married Srija at Aarya Samaj ashram last year.

IndiaGlitz wishes all the best for the new born as well as to the family of megastar Chiranjeevi.