Telugu Cinema Actors & Actress Interviews - Ragalahari

Audience will see a different Ram in Endukante Premanta - Ram

Ragalahari.com — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:53:42 GMT

Young and dynamic hero Ram’s career began with ‘Devadasu’ in which he appeared opposite Ileana, which was a fantastic start for him. But later after facing some failures, he again bounced back with Srinu Vaitla’s ‘Ready’, in which he shared his screen space with Genelia and transformed gradually into a crowd-pulling hero with his recent blockbuster ‘Kandireega’. Now this charming hero is all set to appear on silver screen alongside the milky beauty Tamannah in ‘Endukante Premanta’ directed by Karunakaran under Sri Sravanthi Movies banner. The movie is expected to open in theaters on June 1st. Today, on the eve of Ram’s birthday, here is his special interview given to the Hyderabad media. A few excerpts from his speech are:

The Ee Rozullo Revolution

Ragalahari.com — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:03:30 GMT

Telugu cinema is going through a revolution of sorts: creatively and commercially. Digital cinema has enabled new, budding filmmakers with no studio backing not only to make a film with their own resources, but also release it successfully and profit it from it. Ee Rozullo, the smash hit that was made on a budget of Rs 60 lakhs and grossed Rs 800 lakhs at box-office is the talk of the industry. This has inspired an army of young filmmakers who out on the streets with digital camera, amateur actors – making their own dream: an independent feature film. The film was produced on a meager budget, through efficient planning, eliminating all the excesses of big-budget filmmaking. It deserves to have a case study on its own. Today, I am happy & proud that folks who around me had done something I only aspire for, but could not achieve – an ultra low budget independent film. While the director Maruthi deserves a full interview, on the creative aspects of the film – the focus of this article is on how the project was designed, executed and marketed on such a shoe string budget. I was a first-account witness to the whole process of Ee Rozullo, but feel the facts should come from the horse’s mouth. Hence, I am going to interview a long-time associate, PRO for all our films, personal publicist for Allu Arjun & Ram Charan – Sreenivas Kumar aka SKN, one of the Producers of the Ee Rozullo My idea behind this interview is the’ wheel should not be reinvented’. These guys have already gone through struggles, made mistakes, rectified and finally produced their film. Newbies starting out too need not go through the same grind again – but learn from these people and make lesser mistakes. There is no patented secret formula these guys have, yet I have seen some smart things these guys did which could be of help to other filmmakers. I have requested them to reveal it all for the greater benefit of the industry. They were gracious enough to do so. Hope the conversation inspires you as much as I did doing it.

I was inspired by Friendsbook story - Surya Tej

Ragalahari.com — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:02:48 GMT

Surya Tej is one of the heroes in R P Patnaik’s ‘Friendsbook’, who is the team leader among his friends. He entered the film industry as a lover boy in ‘Vinayakudu’ and was seen as an MP’s son in ‘Shambo Shiva Shambo’. He also won accolauds for his performance as Suhasini’s boyfriend in ‘Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam’. Now, in ‘Friendsbook’, he played a key role and earned the audience’s appreciation. On the eve of his birthday today he spoke to the media and shared his thoughts about his film career. Here are few excerpts:

Lovely collected Rs 3.62 crs in 3 days - B Jaya

Ragalahari.com — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:02:07 GMT

B Jaya, the dynamic lady director shot to fame with her first directorial venture ‘Chantigadu’ in 2003. The film became super hit but she had to wait for 8 long years to taste yet another decent success. Yes, Jaya’s latest flick ‘Lovely’, a youthful romantic entertainer featuring Aadi and Sanvi has hit theaters recently and is being screened successfully. On this occasion, the director had a brief chit chat with the media personnel. Some excerpts are:

After Ishq, I realized my mistakes - Nithin

Ragalahari.com — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:15:28 GMT

‘Jayam’, ‘Dil’ and ‘Sye’ were Nithin’s landmark films. After struggling for 7 long years he has regained his lost glory with ‘Ishq’ which also has all the necessary ingredients to qualify it as one more landmark film in his career. On the eve of his 29th birthday today, Nithin met the media at a conference on Thursday morning in Hyderabad to share his happy moments. Here are few excerpts:

'Vaana Vaana' is uncle Pawan Kalyan's favourite and it's 'Dillaku Dilla for me - Ram Charan

Ragalahari.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:07:25 GMT

Ram Charan Tej, who’s coming up with his latest mass masala entertainer claims that ‘Racha’ is different from his earlier films. According to him he will be seen in one such role that would surely impress his fans. ‘Racha’ is all set hit theaters worldwide on April 5th. Marking his birthday on Tuesday, Ram Charan spoke to the media on Monday in Hyderabad. Here are few excerpts:

As Jaya mam was narrating 'Lovely' story, I composed two songs instantly - Anoop Rubens

Ragalahari.com — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:10:40 GMT

The latest hits like ‘Prema Kavali’ and ‘Ishq’ left Anoop Rubens on cloud nine, who otherwise had been maintaining low profile all these years. Now the music director has this latest movie ‘Lovely’ release coming up on 30th of March. So as part of movie promotion Anoop Rubens shared his views with the media. Here are some excerpts:

The story of Lovely is very close to my real life - Shanvi

Ragalahari.com — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:18:49 GMT

Lovely looking girl Shanvi is making her debut with B Jaya’s ‘Lovely’. In this youthful romantic flick Shanvi has paired up with Lovely rocking star Aadi. Produced by B A Raju on RJ Cinemas banner, ‘Lovely’ is all set to be released under RR Movie Makers banner on March 23rd as Ugadi gift to the Telugu audience. On this occasion Shanvi spoke to the media as part of film’s promotion. Here are few excerpts:

Naresh & Sharwanand are my best costars - Shriya

Ragalahari.com — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:40:43 GMT

The gorgeous Shriya is back into Tollywood after quite a long gap. The actress who earlier paired up with almost all top stars in Tollywood films belonging to different genres like love, action, family drama, etc., now, for the first time appeared on silver screen with a full-fledged comedy flick ‘Nuvva Nena’ costarring Allari Naresh and Sharwanand. This movie which was directed by Narayana and produced by Vamsikrishna Srinivas was recently released. Marking the success talk for the film ‘Nuvva Nena’, Shriya Saran had a brief chit chat with the media. Here are few excerpts:

Highlights of Naa Ishtam are Rana's dances and Genelia's beauty - Parachuri Kireeti

Ragalahari.com — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:58:05 GMT

Producer Parachuri Kireeti who enjoyed the success of ‘Simha’ a couple of years ago, is now coming up with a romantic entertainer ‘Naa Ishtam’ starring Rana Daggubati and Genelia. Prakash Tholeti directed this film on Parachuri Kireeti’s United Movies banner with story written by Kona Venkat, music composed by Chakri and cinematography by Venkat Prasad. ‘Naa Ishtam’ is all set to hit theaters worldwide on March 23rd. ‘Naa Ishtam’ also got the accolades from the censor board members. So producer Parachuri Kireeti organised a press meet and spoke to the media quite excitedly. Here are few excerpts:

Love Failure is the modern version of Devdas = Amala Paul

Ragalahari.com — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:30:42 GMT

Pretty heroine Amala Paul, who entered the Telugu film industry through ‘Prema Khaidi’ (Maina in Tamil) and then was seen in ‘Naanna’ is presently doing ‘Bejawada’. Apart from this, her latest bilingual film is ‘Love Failure’ with Siddharth as her costar. This movie is set for release tomorrow. So as part of promotion of this film, Amala Paul shared about her working experience with ‘Love Failure’ team. Here are few excerpts:

I'm playing young Pawan Kalyan in Gabbar Singh - Aakash

Ragalahari.com — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:09:52 GMT

Puri Jagannadh’s son Aakash, whose journey started with the film ‘Chiruta’ believes that he can go on to do well in his movie career. ‘Lotus Pond’ was his full-fledged film and ‘Dhoni’ is his second film in central role. The 13 year old budding child actor was recently seen as young Mahesh Babu in ‘Businessman’ and now he is playing the same in Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Gabbar Singh’. He says that he is desperate to become a hero when he grows up. Here are some excerpts from his interview:

I'm not sure if I'll get a character again like the one in Businessman - Mahesh Babu

Ragalahari.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:41:21 GMT

Superstar Mahesh Babu is enjoying his biggest commercial success of his two consecutive movies, ‘Dhookudu’ and ‘The Businessman’. As both the films received enormous success at the box-office, Mahesh Babu invited the media for a small chit chat at his residence. This interview session was very casual with some interesting answers given by him. Here are the excerpts of this special interview with Mahesh Babu:

We tried to create new sound and flavour – Kolaveri fame Anirudh

Ragalahari.com — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:39 GMT

You are all aware about the song ‘Why This Kolaveri Di’ that went viral on the internet through youtube. With very simple words, funny rendition and catchy tune the song has become not only the youth anthem in India but also created sensation worldwide by breaking international barriers. This Tanglish (mix of Tamil and English) song was written and sung by Dhanush (Rajnikanth’s son-in-law) and composed by 21 year old Anirudh Ravichander for the upcoming Tamil film ‘3’ starring Dhanush and Shruti Haasan (Kamal Haasan’s elder daughter) which is being directed by Aishwarya R Dhanush (Dhanush’s wife and Rajnikanth’s elder daughter). ‘3’ is Anirudh’s debut film as music director, however the ‘Kolaveri’ fever that spread worldwide has earned him enormous offers in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi as well. Well, the media caught up with this young and aspiring music director gave a flying visit to Hyderabad to attend the MAA Music Awards function on Thursday in Hyderabad. Here are few excerpts:

If not Prabhas, I like myself - Krishnam Raju

Ragalahari.com — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:24:09 GMT

After staying away from films and politics for two long years, Krishnam Raju realized what he was missing all along. Hence the actor cum politician was in a good mood while interacting with media on the occasion of his birthday tomorrow, which is his 38th birthday after entering into the movie world. The actor, who can be very serious, was all smiles throughout the talk. Here are few excerpts: