Telugu Cinema Actors & Actress Interviews - Ragalahari

I had written Bangaru Kodipetta script with Swathi in mind - Raj Pippalla

Ragalahari.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:35:20 GMT

Ad filmmaker Raj Pippalla is not known by many Telugu film lovers as his full-length feature debut film ‘Boni’ released in cinemas four years ago. But this ever confident filmmaker is likely to push himself forward with his creative skills in his latest craft ‘Bangaru Kodipetta’. Forever excited and passionate about films, his plan after ‘Boni’ was to develop his career into a full-fledged one by thoroughly understanding the pulse of audiences and consequently come out with new ideas. This four years gap has helped him to move his awe-inspiring ideas from his mind to the screen. Here are some excerpts from an exclusive interview with Raj Pippalla, the director of ‘Bangaru Kodipetta’.

You will feel very happy to see a film like Kaalicharan in Telugu cinema - Chandini

Ragalahari.com — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:43:21 GMT

Chandini Tamilarasan, the upcoming South Indian actress, introduced by K Bhagyaraj to the movie world, now, for the first time going to appear on Telugu screens through the film ‘Kaalicharan’, written and directed by Praveen Sri. The film is an action thriller, with Chaitanya and Chandini as lead pair. In an exclusive interview with Ragalahari, Chandini shared few of her experiences with us.

Action part is fresh in Tadakha - Naga Chaitanya

Ragalahari.com — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:49:29 GMT

‘Tadakha’ sees Naga Chaitanya play a jobless rogue who helps his elder brother, Sunil (police officer) in secretly punishing suspects to save the victims and faced other challenges in life. This is the Telugu remake version of Tamil box-office hit ‘Vettai’ starring Arya and Madhavan. While Naga Chaitanya reprised the role of Arya, Sunil enacted the role of Madhavan in Telugu. Tamannah and Andrea Jeremiah were roped in to play the female lead roles. The film was directed by Dolly aka Kishore Kumar Pardasani of ‘Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam’ fame. Bellamkonda Ganesh has produced the film on Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner. S Thaman scored music and Arthur A Wilson handled the cinematography. Check out the interview below where Naga Chaitanya talks about his ‘Tadakha’, releasing today and some challenges in his acting business.

Dancing is my passion and I love Chiranjeevi gari dances - Aadi

Ragalahari.com — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:09:18 GMT

“Dancing is my passion and I love Chiranjeevi gari dances”, says this lover boy Aadi who is all set to appear in front of an audience as ‘Sukumarudu’ on May 10th. After making a boy-next-door impression with his films ‘Prema Kavali’ and ‘Lovely’, the actor, playing a foreign return in ‘Sukumarudu’, says that each performance does lend itself to a new persona requiring proper research. Below you will find what Aadi discussed about his forthcoming release ‘Sukumarudu’.

I'll prove my caliber with one good film - Madhhurima

Ragalahari.com — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:03:42 GMT

Actress Madhhurima, an LLB degree holder from Mumbai has outstanding looks, and is very passionate about acting. However, she is not getting the right films to exhibit her true talent and make her mark in Tollywood. According to her she can’t be blamed if few of her films have failed to impress the audience. “I’m pretty and hep in my real life than reel life. I got appreciation for my work. If I’m given one right film, I’ll prove my caliber and hope to be the best that I can be while I’m here in Tollywood”, says this Mumbai beauty. So check out Maddhrima’s exclusive interview right here to know more stuff about her!

I wanted to work with Ram Gopal Varma since the time I watched Shiva - Mahesh Sriram

Ragalahari.com — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:03:14 GMT

Down to earth, friendly and full of confidence, Mahesh Sriram is no stranger to the fashion world. This Hyderabadi Telugu guy, who’s a successful model in USA, lives, eats and breathes his profession all day long. He had recently given his entry in Tollywood as an anti-hero in ‘Chinna Cinema’. According to Mahesh, it's Sylvester Stallone and Rajnikanth who inspired him growing up in life while it's Kota Srinivas Rao and Prakash Raj in acting. Given a chance he would love to work with directors like SS Rajamouli and Ram Gopal Varma. With so many dreams accomplish, the model cum actor who’s simultaneously busy working for a 3D Animation Studio in Texas, took some time out to chat with us about his successful journey in modeling and his acting dreams.

Greeku Veerudu is a matured love story, not an infatuation - Dasarath

Ragalahari.com — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:03:22 GMT

Director Dasarath, who gave Nagarjuna a much needed break with ‘Santhosham’ a decade ago, has teamed up with him once again to show him as ‘Greeku Veerudu’. Audience will only find positive characters, family relationships, love, affection and feel good music in his films. So ‘Greeku Veerudu’ is no exception. So let’s learn more about ‘Greeku Veerudu’ (releasing May 3rd) from him. Here are few excerpts from his media interview.

Greeku Veerudu is the story of NRI who feels Love=Pain - Nagarjuna

Ragalahari.com — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:11:57 GMT

Even after crossing 50, he is the girls’ ‘Dream Guy’, he is a style icon for the leading stars, he is a true soul friend to his producers, he is audience’s favourite hero. He is none other than our King Nagarjuna. His latest film ‘Greeku Veerudu’ is under Dasarath’s direction with Nayantara as his love interest. D Sivaprasad Reddy and Chandan Reddy have jointly produced it on Kamakshi Movies banner. Nagarjuna is very glad to note his film ‘Greeku Veerudu’ is releasing on May 3rd marking 100 years of Indian Cinema. He also expressed happiness over the release of his film on the exact day of release of ‘Raja Harischandra’. On the occasion of ‘Greeku Veerudu’ release on May 3rd, the star took some time out to share his thoughts about the film with the media. Here are few excerpts:

Shadow is a safe action film - Venkatesh

Ragalahari.com — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:25:32 GMT

Victory Venkatesh is all set to add one more hit to the list of his hit films with ‘Shadow’, releasing today, 26th April, 2013. Directed by Meher Ramesh on United Movies banner, the film also stars Taapsee, Srikanth and Madhurima in vital roles. Musical scores are rendered by SS Thaman. The perfectionist speaks about his film ‘Shadow’, present problems in the industry and future vision. Here are few excerpts:

My dreams started off with my first break as a model - Erica Fernandes

Ragalahari.com — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:24:10 GMT

Super Model Erica Fernandes, who’s staging the film industry now, has the personality of a true heroine. Scouted at age 16, this Manglorian beautiful girl was picked as one of the top new faces to watch and has gone on to win the title Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2012 and finishing in the top ten in the same beauty pageant. Here, the model cum actress speaks exclusively about how her dream started off and turned into reality. We were fortunate enough as Erica took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions about her model as well as acting life.

Ruler has political elements - Boyapati Sreenu

Ragalahari.com — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:13:29 GMT

One of Tollywood’s most successful directors Boyapati Sreenu is celebrating his birthday today. After delivering consecutive hits like ‘Bhadra’, ‘Tulasi’ and ‘Simha’, he came up with an average movie ‘Dammu’ with NTR. However, he is now back with his new project tentatively titled ‘Ruler’ once again with Balakrishna. On the occasion of his birthday today, he took some time out on Wednesday to speak a few words about his upcoming project and his vision on films.

I would let the audience grab the soul of the lyrics - Kittu Vissapragada

Ragalahari.com — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:18:17 GMT

Kittu Vissapragada, a lyricist from Amalapuram started his film journey in 2011 with the film ‘Dasami’ and has written songs for the recently released ‘Chemistry’. We sat down to talk with this exciting new song-writer about his thoughts and experiences including what it is like working for ‘Chemistry’ movie, the song-writing process and challenges in it. Read for some interesting behind the scenes info from a candid interview with upcoming lyricist Kittu Vissapragada.

Ragalahari.com — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:10:21 GMT

I'm super excited about my upcoming film Heroine - Anusmriti

Ragalahari.com — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:52:08 GMT

Anusmriti Sarkar is a beautiful upcoming actress who is known to Telugu audience as heroine of ‘Vankai Fry’ and ‘Ishta Sakhi’. This Bengali babe is likely to hit the Tollywood screens with her upcoming movies ‘Heroine’ and ‘’Amrutham’ shortly. Two things are bound to attract you to Anusmriti whenever you are privileged to engage her in a conversation. They are her frankness and humility. These attributes took her on a trip to her past, present and perhaps, her future. Check out this exclusive interview given by Anusmriti to ragalahari.com. Enjoy!!!

The rush to work in a movie is a great feeling - Sumona Chanda

Ragalahari.com — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:16:25 GMT

Sumona is a fresh face who made her acting debut in the recently released ‘Chinna Cinema’. It looks like she is going to get a good break as the response is positive everywhere and the film is slowly reaching the audience’s minds. The actress, who left New York to pursue her dream in Tollywood, is making waves across the water and set to sizzle on silver screen in new films soon. Here are few excerpts from the exclusive interview of Sumona Chanda.