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Kajal Aggarwal bags Kamal's film?

Kajal Aggarwal has been climbing her career ladder fast with hit films with stars like Karthi, Suriya, and Vijay in Kollywood. She has been starring opposite some of the top-ranking heroesin Kollywood and Tollywood. Looks like the pretty actress who is working Vijay for the second time in 'Jilla' is now all set to move over to the bigger league.

The latest buzz is that Kajal Agarwal has bagged the offer to share the screen space with Kamal Haasan in the film produced by Lingusamy's Tirupati Brothers. The interesting aspect of the film is that Thuppakki heroine will not only get to star with the legendary actor but also be directed by him.

Lingusamy had recently confirmed that Kamal Haasan and he are teaming up for a project, which will commence from October this year. This will be Kamal's next film after Viswaroopam 2and that Kamal will direct this film and also act in it.

Prabhas is the highest paid actor in Tollywood?

If the sources are to be believed, Prabhas is being paid Rs 20 crore for the period drama Bahubali. If that is indeed true, it would make him the highest paid actor in Tollywood.

Sources close to the actor say, Prabhas is not very particular about the remuneration and what matters to him most is the script, the production team and the quality of the product and brush aside the figure as mere speculation.

As per the Trade Pundits, Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu and Jr NTR are the only actors being paid in excess of Rs10 crore per movie.

There is no denying, that popularity of Prabhas has grown immensely in the past two years. His last release Mirchi went on to be a huge success establishing him as one of the biggest crowd pullers in the industry.

Source: gulte.com

Nara Rohit in a crime drama

Actor Nara Rohit is all set to show a whole new side of him in his new film, Shankara. Director Tatineni Satyaprakash reveals,"This film will definitely be an interesting one in his career, performance-wise. He plays a college student, who unknowingly becomes part of a crime which changes his life completely." While Regina Cassandra plays the leading lady, John Vijay is making his Tollywood debut as a villian. The movie is said to be a remake of the hit Tamil film, Mouna Guru.

"It is a challenging project for me and I am confident that this film will be a big hit in Nara Rohit's career," adds Satyaprakash. Interestingly, this will be the third remake in Tatineni Satya's career. In the past, he had directed Siva Manasulo Shruti and Bheemli Kabaddi Jattu, which were also remakes of Tamil films.

Ravi Teja to hum in his next film

Ravi Teja is all set to join the likes of Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan very soon. The actor famous for his witty dialogues, in particular his unique style in dialogue delivery will soon be lending his voice for a song. Yes, its true, we will be hearing Ravi Teja sing in his upcoming movie Balupu.

We have heard many actor in Tollywood singing in their movies. Chiranjeevi in Master, Nagarjuna isSeethaiah, Jr NTR in Adurs, Yamadonga and Kantri, Nithin in Ishq, Siddharth in Love Failure, Mahesh Babu in Businessman and now it is Ravi Teja's turn to sing in his movie Balupu.

It was actually the director Gopichand Mallineni and composer Thaman's idea to make Ravi Teja sing. The actor obliged immediately when he heard this. Ravi Teja will be singing for the first time in this movie. The director and composer felt that the peppy lyrics of the song will be much more interesting if Ravi Teja would sing it.

The fans of Ravi Teja will have something more to look forward to in this movie along with some guaranteed entertainment. We will have to wait for the movie to see if the movie will be successful in delivering the expectations that tag along a Ravi Teja's movie or not.

Singam 2 to release as Singam in Telugu

Suriya, Anushka and Hansika are teaming up for Singam 2, which is being released as Singam in Telugu. The prequel film Singam has hit the screens in Tollywood with the title Yamudu and turned out to be a grand hit.

The producers of the film have finalized Singam title for the Telugu version. Hari is wielding the megaphone for the movie and Anjali has appeared in a special song. The shooting schedules of the film have been completed and the first look teaser trailer will be unveiled shortly. Devi Sri Prasad composed the musical scores for the movie.

How difficult it is to shoot a film in 3D –Allari Naresh

Allari Naresh starrer Action 3D is slated for June 7th release and the hero pinned a lot of hopes on this project. The film is directed by Anil Sunkara. The film is touted to be a India’s first 3D comedy film.

In a recent interview, Allari Naresh revealed how difficult it is to shoot a film in 3D and for one action shot, he had to do a mindblowing 78 retakes! ” Since the 3D camera doesn’t have a zoom in option, we have to be at three feet distance from the camera to get the desired close up shot. For one of the action shots, I had to do 78 retakes. I had to jump six feet in the air to land a punch that’ll end exactly 3 feet from the camera. I had to shoot from 8 pm to 6 am for a single shot,” he revealed.

The film features Shyaam, Vaibhav, Raju Sundaram, Neelam Upadhyaya, Sneha Ullal, Sheena, Kamna Jethmalani and Ritu Barmecha. Sudeep is playing a prominent role. Music of the film has been scored by Bappa-Bappi Lahari and S S Thaman has composed the background score.

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Is a Tollywood producer involved in betting?

HYDERABAD: There has been speculation in the Telugu film industry over alleged links of a producer with disgraced cricketer Sreesanth, who was arrested for spot-fixing in IPL matches recently.

Being a vibrant film industry, there are more than 1,000 producers registered with the Telugu Film Producers Council (TFPC). While some of them produce films, quite a lot of them are producers for namesake as they would have produced a film and discontinued later. However, they still happen to be members of the council.

As soon as it came to be known that a Telugu film producer was associated as a partner with S36, a firm belonging to Sreesanth, the guessing game began on who it could be. The Mumbai Crime Branch has reportedly summoned the producer to appear before it for further investigation.

"It is not fair to drag the name of the Telugu film industry into the affair. If a producer, who is associated in another business activity, got involved in betting or any other wrong-doing, it is not right to view the entire film industry with suspicion," said TPFC president B Sivaramakrishna.

Tollywood and cricket have developed strong links over the last few years. In fact, what began as a cricket tourney for Telugu film stars developed into a full-fledged IPL-style T20 cricket tournament for film industry teams from various parts of the country.

According to industry sources, betting is common among fun-loving producers and actors. However, it is not professional betting. Mostly, this type of betting remains restricted to the producers and actors. Some big producers particularly take the initiative to organise betting, it is learnt.

In recent times, Tollywood stars have made it a habit to be seen at IPL matches in Hyderabad. A producer, who made films with big stars, and another producer, whose banner is very well-known for making big budget movies are said to be avid cricket buffs who could be engaged in betting, sources said. " Yes, there is a lot of speculation in the film industry on who could be involved with Sreesanth but no one seems to know as of now," Natti Kumar, producers' sector chairman in the AP Film Chamber of Commerce, said.

Anjali most wanted in Tollywood

Reportedly she was being paid 20 Lakhs for her role in Settai, however she has been paid 50 Lakhs for an upcoming flick with Venkatesh . Her turning point in Telugu industry was with the multi starrer Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu with Mahesh babu and Venkatesh. As of now she is acting in Balupu and Garam Masala in Tollywood, In Tamil she is starring in "MGR" alongside Vishal and will be making a cameo appearance for "Singam 2" .

Varun Tej following Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Allu Arjun, Ram Charan's footsteps

With almost all his family members successful in the Telugu Film Industry, it is not a surprise that Naga Babu's son, and Megastar Chiranjeevi's nephew, Varun Tej has decided to enter the family occupation. He will soon be seen acting in his debut movie.

When Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan decided to enter films, there were huge discussions regarding who is capable of launching this prince. The responsibility was given to Puri Jagannath, who in-spite of tremendous pressure was able to come up with a successful movie Chirutha. Now the talk is that he is again given the responsibility of Varun Tej.

This movie is said to be produced by Ashwini Dutt under the banner Vaijayanthi Movies. Ashwini Dutt, who is considered auspicious for launching Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Allu Arjun and Ram Charan Tej, is again considered to launch Varun Tej. It does not come as a surprise that Naga Babu has decided to launch his son in the same way most of the superstars of Tollywood were launched.

Here are the debut movies of the star-kids who have become the superstars of Tollywood today.

Kamal Haasan's daughter reveals why she was hesitant to be an actress

She is at the top of her game in Tollywood at the moment but Shruti Haasan, daughter of legendary actor Kamal Haasan and actress Sarika, was always skeptical about her options in the industry. The reason: she thought she was "too ugly" to be an actress. 

The 'Luck' beauty says she never found herself attractive enough to be a heroine. "I always wanted to be an actress, but I thought I was too ugly to be in front of the camera. I was more into sports, outdoor activities and running around. But I always wanted to be in the entertainment business," said Shruti who is also an accomplished singer. 

The 27-year-old, who has had a string of hits down south, will now have two releases on June 19, 'D-Day' and 'Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya'. "It is a good coincidence," she said about the simultaneous release of her two films and added: "I am happy that both are polar opposite films. For me, both the characters are very different from each other. In a weird way, it is nice that both the films are coming out on the same day. It just shows the range," she said. 

The actress, who has featured in more than half-a-dozen films so far, including Telugu movie 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu', finds her journey unconventional. "It's been a kind of different, unconventional journey so far. My journey has taught me a lot. There have been successes and failures and I have learnt from both of them."

Sahasam postpones release date

Chandrasekhar Yeleti’s forth coming directorial Sahasam has entered the final leg of production works and is gearing up for June 3rd week release. Initially the makers have planned for June 1st week release, but now it is postponed to 3rd week of June and an official announcement has to be made.

The film’s teaser is released recently and received good response in audience. The film is crucial for Gopichand’s career as he had not scored a hit recently. BVSN Prasad is producing the film under Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra banner in association with Reliance Entertainment.

The film casts Taapsee will be seen as female lead opposite Gopichand and Sri is composing the tunes. The flick is touted to be an action adventure film set in the era of 1947 based on the treasure hunt.

Viswaroopam 2 to kick start this week

As we all know that Kamal Haasan is going to shoot the sequel of his action thriller film Viswaroopam. Here is the buzz that the principal shooting of Vishwaroopam 2 is going to begin from this week onwards in Thailand.

The prequel was released earlier this year and received good response from audience. The film is based on international terrorism. Kamal Haasan has written the script and apart from that the flick is being produced and Directed by him only.

The film casts Kamal Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose and Sekhar Kapur had played the lead roles in the first part and they are likely to reprise their roles in the sequel as well. Shankar Ehsaan Loy are scoring the music. More details about the film are awaited.

Mahesh Babu in ever seen different look for sukumar’s film

Superstar Mahesh Babu, the most stylish icon for youngsters and he is widely accepted as one of the most handsome actors in India. Here is the news that this handsome hero will be seen in ever seen and even better look in Sukumar’s film. Sukumar is taking special care over Mahesh’s look.

The film will be shot in London this June.Kriti Sanon, who is making her Telugu debut with this project, will be seen as female lead opposite Mahesh Babu in this movie. Devi Sri Prasad is composing the tunes for this film and he is experimenting with new sounds for this soundtrack.

This thriller entertainer, which is yet-to-be titled, is being produced by Anil Sunkara, Ram Achanta and Gopi Achanta on 14 Reels Entertainment banner on a lavish scale. The film is expected to hit the screens in the second half of 2013.

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Indian film industry's fascination for the ‘wood’ suffix
As the Indian film industry turns a 100 years old today, here's looking at our different industries and their fascination for the 'wood' suffix

Globally, the Indian film industry is almost synonymous with Bollywood. But the 100-year-old industry, which makes the most number of films than any other country in a year, has strong regional presence as well. Much like the Hindi film industry that has twisted the word Hollywood to its convenience, other industries have also sought refuge in the 'wood' suffix. While some of them have chosen to tweak it based on the place of operation, others have named them after the language. Here's a look at the many Indian 'woods'.

Bollywood: The biggest film industry in the country, it has been named after 'Bombay', from where it operates. Traditionally, it has been ruled by stars, but this year has seen scripts, scriptwriters and directors take centre stage, with many performer-actors rising in popularity.

Kollywood: The Tamil film industry is named after Kodambakam, an area in Chennai, which used to be the hub of all filmi activity in Tamil Nadu. Kollywood has always been known for idol worshipping. The Konkani film industry is also named thus, after the language. April 24, 1950, saw the first Konkani film release and this date, ever since, has been celebrated as the Konkani Cinema Day.

Tollywood: The Telugu film industry, which is one of the bigger ones in the country, is named after the language of Andhra Pradesh. This industry is known for making total commercial entertainers. If Telugu has inspired the name in Andhra, in Bengal, it is the area of Tollygunge that is responsible for it's name. An industry that's known to produce the most 'quality' films, it is synonymous with directors who've altered the course of parallel cinema in India like Satyajit Ray.

Sandalwood: Considering the fact that Karnataka has many sandalwood forests, one doesn't have to look too far to spot the inspiration. The industry has produced many matinee idols, but the names that have made a national mark are directors like Girish Kasaravalli, MS Sathyu and Girish Karnad.

Mollywood: Kerala's film industry is called Mollywood because of Malayalam language. This industry is also known for its art house cinema. Just like Kerala, Maharashtra's film industry has been christened Mollywood because of its operating language Marathi. This industry has a right mix of class and mass.
Manipuri film industry has been christened based on the first letter of the state's name. Manipuri films seek inspiration from Bollywood and are complete entertainers.

Gollywood: Gujarat's film industry is called so because of its regional language, Gujarati. This is one of the older industries with its first film dating back to 1932.

Pollywood: No prizes for guessing this one. The Punjabi film industry takes its name from the language. Punjabi films also date back a long time. Recent years have seen a revival of the industry, with many popular Punjabi Bollywood actors doing films in their native tongue.

Ollywood: Odisha calls its industry Ollywood because it is named after the region's language, Odia. Initially known to be a lesser famous sister of Bengali films, the industry has now branched out and earned its own space.

Lollywood: Lambani, a nomadic community, have a film industry, albeit with just half a dozen films to boast of till now. They call it Lollywood based on the language. The films are made mainly in Karnataka, which happens to have many Lambanis living there.

Vishnu – Lavanya’s film second schedule in Slovenia

Vishnu Manchu and Lavanya Tripathi are currently busy shooting for their upcoming film Doosukeltha in Slovenia, directed byVeeru Potla. A mass song is being shot on the lead pair in Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia.

Prem Rakshit is the dance choreographer. “I am in Europe shootng in this beautiful city called lubiana, today we are shooting for a “MASS SONG” wish me luck need it badly :p this is my 1st eva mass song:D,” Lavanya posted on her social networking page.

On the other hand, it looks like Prem Rakshit’s choreography is taking a toll on Vishnu Manchu. Elaborating further, on a ligher vein, he said, “I am very close of hating dance master Prem Raksith. I am barely able to walk in the evenings after shoot with him.”

The film was earlier shot in Hyderabad and Tirupathi. Vishnu Manchu is producing the film under 24 Frames Factory banner.

Priya Anand's great escape

Priya Anand, who is basking in glory over Edhir Neechal, has carved a niche for herself in Kollywood, Tollywood and Bollywood. The pretty actress has recently revealed that she wanted to become an assistant director before entering filmdom.

However, she got a chance to don the greasepaint and now the actress feels that it was a great escape after seeing the problems faced by the assistant directors. Priya Anand adds that she still wants to learn the technicalities involved in film-making even though she has given up the desire to assist directors.

Her latest release 'Edhir Neechal' starring Siva Karthikeyan and Nandita along with her, which released on May 1st is doing well.

Telugu Friday: Will Nagarjuna be able to create magic once again with his new look in 'Greeku Veerudu'?

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Story:

King Nagarjuna, Nayanatara and Dasarath’s ‘Greeku Veerudu’ movie released today. Nag fans are having high expectation on this movie. Our heroNagarjuna playing NRI role here. He is coming as Chandu in the movie. He doesn’t consider the love and emotions. He is basically an event manager. He runs an event management business in USA. Always he will give more value money. Our female lead Nayanatara as Sadhya here in the movie. She is a Doctor basically. She is dedicated to service. She works with the charitable association. The association name is 'Make a Wish'. She believes in emotion, family members and love. Unfortunately our hero comes to India for the first time. Chandu travels to India to meet his grandparents. When he is coming to India on the way Chandu meets Sandhya.  What happens next? For the rest of the story you must watch the movie on Big Screen..

Analysis:

Coming to Greeku Veerudu Analysis narration of the movie is slow pace. Here Screen Play and Direction of the movie is unimpressive. Movie is basically family entertainer. Coming to the analysis entire sentimenmt scenes in K vishwanath’s residence will make an impression of family audience. There is no distance downwards in the scenes connecting Nagaarjuna and Vishwanath. Even between Nagarjuna and Nayanthara to bring to the front of the movie. Cliamax is also a big disappointment to the movie. Our Directors Dasarath gives the impression to be influenced by famous director Srinu Vytla. This movie climax also in comic way.

Performances:

Coming to star performances of the movie our Manmadudu Nagarjuna is handsome looking good with his gym physic. He had done justice to his respective role.  He is looking too good in songs. Coming to female lead Nayanthara, She is looking dull in the movie when compare to Nagarjuna. She ok in all areas. She had done a decent job in her respective role. Another female lead is here. That is Meera Chopra. But her role is extremely small.  But she had done a good job here. Great actor and director K Vishwanth is usual in grandfather role. Kota Srinivasarao and Ashish Vidyarthi are villains here. They are good in their respective roles. Brahmanandam, M S Narayana and Dharmavarapu Subramanyam and Kovai Sarala entertain you in few comedy scenes. Rest of the actors also had done justice to their respective roles.

Technicalities:

The fashionable director Dasarath had chosen the script is related to love and human relations. Here story of the movie is good in all areas. Coming to the screenplay of the movie, it is not up to the mark. It is a big draw back to the movie. Movie is too bore in some times. The narration of the movie is slow pace. Coming to music of S S Thman too good in all areas of the movie.  This movie music and background score is differ to other movies. Definitely that credit goes to Thaman only.  Cinematography by Anil Bhandari is wealthy. Marthand K Venkatesh editing is good in all areas. Dasarath dialogues are big plus to the movie. Here no need of Choreography. S Ravinder is the art director to this movie. He had done a decent job here. D Siva Prasad Reddy is producing this movie on Kamakshi Movies banner. Coming production values are good here.

Final Word:

Akkineni Nagarjuna’s Greeku Veerudu is a complete family show with a bit of comedy and a very less percentage of mass elements. It is just an Average movie.

Greeku Veerudu Review Rating: 2.25/5

Banner: Kamakshi Movies
Cast: Nagarjuna, Nayanthara, Meera Chopra, K Vishwanath, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Kota Srinivas Rao, Sarath Babu, Ashish Vidyarthi, Ali, Venu Madhav, Raghu Babu, Vennela Kishore, Nagi Needu, Tagubothu Ramesh, Kovai Sarala 
Music: SS Thaman
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Cinematography: Anil Bhandari
Director: Dasarath
Producer: D.Shiva Prasad Reddy

TOLLYWOOD- News & Gossips

Iddarammayilatho completes its shooting part

Stylish Star Allu Arjun starrer forthcoming release Iddarammayilatho shoot schedules have been wrapped up. Producer Bandla Ganesh has confirmed that, the film is going to be released on May 23. Currently the post-production works are on full-swing.

The film’s shoot including the patch work has been completed. This romantic entertainer is directed by Puri Jagannadh on Parameshwara Arts banner.

Iddarammayilatho is second combo movie of Puri and Allu Arjun. The film also features Amala Paul and Catherine Tresa are playing the female lead roles and also casts Brahmanandam, Ali and Rao Ramesh in prominent roles. Already Devi Sri Prasad composed audio is receiving good response in audience.

Two more sequels in Tollywood

Director Y.V.S. Chowdhary, who is currently busy directing Sai Dharam Tej in Rey, made some interesting announcements at a press meet which is held today. 

YVS announced two sequels to his most popular films Lahiri Lahiri Lahiri Lo and Seethayya. Also these two sequels titled as Krishna Mukunda Murari and Yevvari Maata Vinadu.

‘Krishna Mukunda Murari’ will be a sequel to ‘Lahiri Lahiri Lahiri Lo’ and ‘Yevvari Maata Vinadu’ is going to be a sequel to the super hit mass entertainer ‘Seethayya’. YVS plans to complete these films within the next two years. More details about the cast and crew will be announced soon.

There are two other movies from his banner ‘C.M. – Common Man’ and ‘Thanks Baby – Nannu Preminchananduku’.

Nithin to be seen as Pawan Kalyan in CBK?

After Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde, Nithin will be seen in the film Courier Boy Kalyan, is directed by Prem Sai who assisted Prabhu Deva. The movie is being shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil and it has completed more than 50% of its shoot.

The film’s storyline is said to be quite unique and Nithin is confident that the story’s main point has never been showcased before in Indian cinema. Here is the latest buzz that in this flick Nithin’s character will be named as Pawan Kalyan. Earlier we have seen that he stepped for Pawan Kalyan’s song in GJG.

The film features Yami Gautam will be seen as the female lead opposite Nithin. Director Gautham Menon is the producing the flick and Karthik is composing the tunes. 

Nikhil to team up with Krishna Vamsi

Creative Director Krishna Vamsi is going to direct Nikhil, who has scored a good hit with Swamy Ra Ra, soon. Currently Krishna Vamsi is busy with the shooting schedules of Paisa starring Nani and Catherine Tresa in the lead roles under Yellow Flowers production banner.

Meanwhile, the pre-production works of the film with Nikhil have commenced and the regular shooting of this untitled movie will begin shortly. However an official announcement is awaited.

Yami signs her next film

Yami Gautham, who made her Kollywood debut with Radhamohan's Gouravam has signed a film in Tollywood, Courier Boy Kalyan. The Vicky Donor actress will team up oppositeNithin in the film. 

Yami's Gouravam dealt with the social plague, honour killing in Tamil Nadu. Now the actress is ready to work opposiye Nitin, who has had two back-to-back hits- Ishq and Gunde Jaari Gallanthaindhe. 

Jai will play the lead in the The Tamil version of the film. The film will be directed by Prem Sai, who was Prabhu Deva`s assistant and Gautham Vasudev Menon will produce the movie. Renowned singer Karthik composes music for the film.