Maa Annayya Bangaram On the Sets

Dr Rajasekhar and Kamalini Mukherjee starring ‘Ma Annayya Bangaram’ under Jonnalagadda Sreenu’s direction is presently progressing at Hyderabad. The story is about seven brothers. Along with Rajasekhar, Aditya Om, Rohit, Raj Kalyan, Bharat and Yashwanth plays the central roles. Story is provided by Bhupathi Raja, dialogues are written by Parachuri Brothers, music is composed by S A Raj Kumar and camera is handled by D Prasad Babu.

In a press meet held on the sets producer Natti Kumar informed that two songs would be canned at Switzerland from May 10th onwards.

Director Sreenu said, “This is a story of seven brothers. We are going to show the human values, bonding and affections in a joint family. Likewise this film also depicts the relationship of a wife and a husband. Rajasekhar is essaying the role of a responsible brother.”

Rajasekhar said, “After watching ‘Gorintaku’ many sisters wrote letters to me about their feelings. Similarly I believe that many brothers would write letters stating that they want one such elder brother in their families.”

Chethilo Cheyyesi shooting completed, audio on May 5th

'Chethilo Cheyyesi’ is a youthful romantic flick featuring Abhishek, Prathista and Sonia being made by Nitcap Media banner under the direction of Simhasri Midde. The shooting has been completed and presently in post production works.

The main theme of this film is how the young lovers try to bring their separated parents together. According to producer Sreenu, the concept of the film is fresh and the director’s visual thinking is also unique. “The story and screenplay are the main highlights of this film”, says the producer. The audio release function will be held on May 5th. Bunty has scored the music and camera is handled by Ram Ponnada.

Cara Mazaka audio released

The music of Sri Thenaandal Films’ ‘Cara Mazaka’ featuring Baby Geethika in central role was released on Sunday morning, the 2nd May at Hyderabad. The audio CDs were released by K S Rama Rao and the first copy of it was received by Ashok Kumar. The audio was released in the market through Sivaranjani Audio Company.

The president of South Indian Film Chamber C Kalyan while speaking, “I’ve seen this film. It’s visual effects are very thrilling. I’m sure everyone will like this film.”

Director Ram Narayana said, “The story is the main strength of ‘Cara Mazaka’. The magics done by a girl through a car is the main attraction. We are releasing the film on May 7th.”

Baby Geethika, Vajja Srinivas Rao and H Murali also participated in the audio event.

‘Cara Mazaka’ also features Rajeev Kanakala, Ramya Krishna, Sangeetha and Ali in supporting roles.

Sneha Geetham releasing on May 28th

The first directorial venture of Madhura Sridhar ‘Sneha Geetham’ is a youthful entertainer featuring Sandeep Kishan and Suhani along with the new star cast, Chaitanya Krishna, Venky, Shreya Dhanvanthi and Ria. ‘Sneha Geetham’ with a basic theme as “Friendship, love and goal” is being produced by Lagadapati Sireesha Sridhar. The film completed all its formalities and is expected to release on May 28th.

Charmi ready for Sye Aata

Charmi’s ‘Sye Aata’ has finally completed its shooting part and getting ready to hit screens on shortly. Directed by KRK Pawan the film is jointly produced by Nalluri Rajasekhar and Nalluri Sudharani under Frames Entertainments banner. The audio composed by Devisri Prasad was recently released in the market. The dialogues and lyrics are written by Bhashasri and camera is handled by J Prabhakar Reddy.

According to director Pawan, the main highlights of the film are Charmi’s characterization, story, screenplay and of course Devi’s music. There are altogether four songs of which two are beat songs. The film is going to be presented by Kaanipakam Creations.

Mumaith Khan’s L-Board in May 3rd week

A bilingual film ‘L-Board’ starring Mumaith Khan in lead role is simultaneously being made in Telugu and Hindi respectively. Directed by Vinod M, the first copy of the film is ready. The Telugu version is produced by Yuvaraj J under R J Films banner. Mumaith Khan plays the role of a cabaret dancer who faces lot of hurdles to rescue her lover from a mafia gang. Bappi Lahari is providing the music. Dialogues and lyrics are penned by Bharathi Babu while the story, screenplay and direction are by Vinod M. ‘L-Board’ is a youthful romantic action thriller slated to release during 3rd week of May.

Allam Bellam, a hot romantic film from Bollywood

A hot Bollywood flick ‘Ek Bar Maza Lijiye’ with a romantic subject is being dubbed in Telugu as ‘Allam Bellam’ by producer Jakkula Nageswara Rao under JSR Powerful Movies banner.

Informing the film’s details producer Nageswara Rao said, “This movie is based on the real life incident that occurred in Mumbai. This is a hot romantic film blend with comedy and sentiment. Right now the film is under dubbing work. We would be releasing the film by end of this month.”

The film featuring Aman Khan, Ria, Karan Kapoor and Nisha Khan was directed by Shashi Sekhar besides handling the story and screenplay. Dialogues are penned by Vijay, music by Sumanth Roy and editing by Raghu. B Pawan is the presenter.

Okka Kshanam – Press meet

'Okka Kshanam’ is a film that tells you to think for a second before you decide on anything. This is a variety conceptual movie directed by Kodali Venkateswara Rao and produced by Balineni Swathi under Seven Hills Tele Works banner. Featuring Rajeev Kanakala in central role and Kota Srinivasa Rao in supporting role, ‘Okka Kshanam’ is releasing on May 7th. To make an announcement a press meet was organized at Cool Bowl in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. It was attended by Kodali Venkateswara Rao, Swathi Balineni, Kota Srinivas Rao and the owner of Cool Bowl Ice-cream Parlour, Rambabu.

Kota Srinivas Rao said, “Okka Kshanam is a suspense thriller with a good storyline. I’ve done many films so far but experienced something different while doing this film. There is freshness in director’s approach of film making.”

“Okka Kshanam is a film that will not disappoint anyone after watching it”, says producer Swathi Balineni.

Director Kodali Venkateswara Rao said, “Okka Kshanam is a good movie taken with a new approach. Those who saw the film appreciated it.We are now going to release the film in theaters on May 7th.”

Prabhas-Kajal together again

After bunch of debacles Prabhas finally managed to get one decent successful film. Yes! His ‘Darling’ is heading towards success path in India and USA as well. This is also a good sign for Kajal Agarwal who was desperate for a hit after tasting a block buster film like ‘Magadheera’. Although she later failed to achieve success through ‘Arya 2’ and ‘Ganesh’, ‘Darling’ made her take a long deep breath. Thanks to director Karunakaran.

Since the chemistry of the lead pair was good in ‘Darling’, the duo is now once again pairing for Dil Raju’s production to be directed by Dasarath. Sources say that Dil Raju is hunting for yet another heroine to be cast as second fiddle to Kajal. On other hand, Kajal’s new film ‘Merupu’ with Ram Charan Tej was launched recently. This is also her second flick with Ram Charan Tej.

What are the five central characters in Vedam?

Krish’s much hyped 2nd venture ‘Vedam’ had its audio launch on May 2nd. MM Keeravani composed the musical scores. This multi-starrer film featuring Allu Arjun, Manoj Kumar Manchu, Anushka, Manoj Bajpai and Balayya in central roles is slated to release on May 20th. Dil Raju, the No. 1 distributor in Telugu film industry has purchased the distribution rights of Nizam district. Devineni Prasad and Shobhu Yarlagadda are the joint producers and are producing it under Arka Media Works banner. ‘Vedam’ is said to be the first multi-starrer film in the recent times in Tollywood.

Interestingly the five central roles of Vedam are as follows:

Allu Arjun – Cable Raju (Cable operator)

Manoj Manchu – Vivek Chakravarthy – (Promising Rock Star)

Anushka – Saroja (Prostitute)

Manoj Bajpai – Raheemuddin

Balayya - An Old Man

Nag's Gaganam

We all know that Nagarjuna is right now acting in a film under the direction of K Radha Mohan of ‘Aakasamantha’ fame. This is a bilingual film being produced by Dil Raju in Telugu and Prakash Raj in Tamil. Earlier there was news that the title of the flick is ‘Payanam’. Now the latest news is that the title is considered as ‘Gaganam’. This news has been confirmed by Nag himself in a social networking site Twitter. The film is on backdrop of a plane hijack and Nag is playing the role of komodo. While Anushka is the female lead, Prakash Raj and Brahmanandam are essaying the key roles.

Srikanth’s Sevakudu completes 2nd schedule

Srikanth’s is currently acting in two films. While one is ‘Ranga The Donga’, the other is ‘Sevakudu’. Both his films are said to be briskly progressing. Now, the news is that ‘Sevakudu’ had recently completed its 2nd schedule. In this schedule few important scenes involving the main characters and a song were shot. This song was canned on Srikanth and 30 other dancers on 3 different sets. Amma Rajasekhar was the choreographer. This apart, a fight scene with 20 fighters was choreographed by fight master Selva. Cameraman turned producer M Sudhakar, who is producing this flick under Sri Maha Ganapathi Films banner informed that the 3rd schedule will begin on May 16 and continue till the month end. According to him the entire shooting would be wrapped up with the last schedule that is to take place in July.

Story is written by Swamy and music by Srikanth Deva.

‘Sevakudu’ is a mass entertainer with screenplay and direction by V Samudra. On other hand, Samudra's 'Panchakshari' starring Anushka is in the final leg of preparations.

Vedam audio to hit music stands on May 12th

The audio of much talked about film ‘Vedam’ was officiallly launched on May 2nd. MM Keeravani has composed the music and also going to release it in the market through his Vel Recording Company. The music CDs and cassettes will be released in markets on May 12th. This has been announced by Keeravani himself on the audio release function day. Directed by Krish, ‘Vedam’ featuring Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu, Anushka, Manoj Bajpai, Deeksha and Balayya is being produced by Arka Media Works (Pvt) Ltd.

Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta music launch

Logo of Uday Kiran’s Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta was launched at a function organized in Film Chamber recently. Shweta Basu Prasad plays female lead. D Kumar and Eeswar Prasad are jointly producing this movie in the direction of Subha Selvam. Pradeep Koneru composes music. Uday Kiran said, “This film has positive feel. 70% of the shoot is complete so far.” Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta film is all set to release in the month of June.

Collector gari bharya music launch

Music of Bhumika Chawla – Prakash Raj’ film Collector gari bharya was launched at a function organized in Taj Deccan on the night of 28 April.

DK Aruna unveiled the logo of Amodh music company. Sabita Indra Reddy launched the audio CD and gave the first unit to D Rama Naidu.

Director T Krupakar Reddy said, “I was in USA for over 15 years and I saw many Telugu girls suffering after getting married to NRI grooms. We explored the sensitive part in husband – wife relationship. This movie highlights the greatness of woman who is playing multiple roles of mother and wife. This film shows the gap between men and women. A sad part of our music is that it was pirated and kept in various websites. I ordered 1 lac CDs and I am willing to give all those for free.”

B Vanitha Vani and A Radhika Reddy are the producers. Chinna composed music.

Merupu movie launch

Ram Charan Tej’s latest movie Merupu in the direction of Dharani was launched at Rama Naidu studios on the morning of 30 April. NV Prasad and Paras Jain are jointly producing this movie. Kajal Agarwal plays female lead. Paruchuri brothers pens dialogues. Devi Sri Prasad scores music. PC Sreeram handles cinematography. Thota Tharani is the art director. VT Vijayan is the editor.

High voltage movie - Dharani
Dharani said, “This is my first movie in this banner. There are big expectations on Ram Charan Tej after Magadheera and we prepared script to match the expectations. Merupu means lightening strike. There will be high voltage in this movie. The story of the movie is about how a youngster achieved his goal. There will be lots of commercial elements in this movie.”

Scoring songs to match Charan’s dancing abilities – Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad, “I liked this title a lot. I am working for the first time with Dharani. He is a music lover. I am excited about working for a movie which has PC Sreeram working for it. I am a good friend of Ram Charan Tej since childhood. He used to come to my house and play with musical instruments. It is a good story and the sequences for songs are very good. Ram Charan Tej is known for legendry dances and I am preparing songs to match that image. There will be six songs.”

It’s a good commercial script – Ram Charan Tej
Ram Charan Tej said, “It is a good commercial script. I felt good after listening to the story and it caters to all cross-sections of audiences. I am happy that PC Sreeram is working for my film. I knew NV Prasad since I was a kid. Devi Sri Prasad is my childhood friend. I listened to the tracks and I liked them. I am doing a unique character in this movie. It will be identified by today’s youth. The story is about how a youngster becomes victorious. There is a rhythm in the story. Producers are spending good amount of money on this movie.”

Telugu Movie review - Simha

Jeevi rating: 3/5 Punchline: feast for fans Genre: Action Type: Straight Banner: United Pictures Cast: Bala Krishna, Nayana Tara, Sneha Ullal, Namitha, KR Vijaya, Saikumar (Malayalam), Hemanth, Shravan, GV, Kinnera, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Rehman, Ali, Krishna Bhagawan, Venu Madhav, LB Sriram Music: Chakri Background Music: Chinna Cinematography: Arthur Wilson Editing: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Fights: Ram - Laxman Art: AS Prakash Story - screenplay - dialogues - direction: Boyapati Seenu Producer: Paruchuri Kiriti Release date: 30 April 2010 Theater watched: Screen 2, Prasads Story Srimannarayana (Bala Krishna) is a professor at a college. He is a hot-blooded guy and cannot any kind of injustice in the society. He often takes law into his hands and punishes the wrong-doers. Janaki (Sneha Ullal) is a student in the college and she has a mysterious past. A group of goons keeps chasing her and her flashback unfolds one day after Srimannarayana confronts them. The rest of the story is all about another character Simha and how Simha is related to Srimannarayana. Artists Performance Bala Krishna: Bala Krishna is terrific as Simha in the flashback episode. His dialogue delivery is controlled and is extremely effective. His get-up as Simha is highly respectable and dignified. After a long gap, Bala Krishna fans are going to cherish the looks and performance of Bala Krishna as he plays it to the galleries. His other character of Srimannarayana is also good. Others: Nayana Tara is very good in the flashback episode with jewellery and traditional wear belonging to lineage of kings. The voice given by Sunitha helps in some key episodes of the movie. Sneha Ullal is improving from film to film and she is good too. Namitha should watch her weight. Kota comes up with another fine performance. There are four other villains. Among the comedians, Krishna Bhagawan's role is entertaining. Venu Madhav and Brahmanandam are clichéd. Jhansi did well with Seekakulam dialect. KR Vijaya did a lengthy role and she is adequate. Technical departments Story - screenplay - direction: Story of the movie is not new, but follows a time-tested formula. Boyapati Seenu who mastered mass treatment to his movies like Bhadra and Tulasi made sure that there are ample commercial elements that satisfy the thrust of masses and fans. He projected Bala Krishna in the right way and extracted powerful mass performance. Screenplay of the movie is predictable. Direction is good in parts. Though masses might like it, the violence in the movie is very excessive. He should have softened blood-shed and tamed the commercial elements to make this movie a universally appealing one. Other departments: Music by Chakri is okay. Bangaru Konda is my personal favourite and it is picturized well. Cinematography is nice. Dialogues by Boyapati Seenu deserve a special mention. He wrote powerful dialogues to Bala Krishna and made sure that Bala Krishna delivers them to the maximum effect. Editing is alright. Producer has spent a lot of money on the movie and it is shown on screen. Analysis: First half of the movie is adequate. The flashback episode is established well. The climax should have been more effective. The plus points of the movie are Bala Krishna performance (and dialogues) and mass elements. On the flip side, there is excessive violence/fights in the movie. Simha movie generated tremendous pre-release positive buzz and it resulted in humongous openings. It is the masses who make any movie blockbuster and this movie has ample mass elements. Simha is going to be a feast for the fans of Bala Krishna. We have to wait and see how Simha is going to capitalize summer advantage.

Varun's Kudirithe Kappu Coffee

Moonwater pictures & Shivas Productions will be producing a movie "Kudiritey Kappu Coffee ..Veelaitey Nalugu Maatalu" a romantic comedy starring varun sandesh & directed by a debutant. Will go to shoot in July & slated for December/January release.

Digital camera for Gaganam

As per the sources of idlebrain.com, Nagarjuna’s latest movie Gaganam is being shot with digital camera. It is learnt that four different types of digital cameras (including Red) are being used for this movie. Usage of digital camera will bring down the budget a bit and also gives various options to seamlessly integrate with the post-production activities. This film is directed by Radha Mohan (Akasamantha fame) and is produced by Dil Raju.

Vedam music on 2 May

Music of Krish’s latest movie Vedam will be launched on the evening of 2 May. MM Keeravani composed music. Shooting of the movie is almost complete. Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu and Anushka play main leads. This film has multiple stories and multi-dimension screenplay. Vedam is all set to release on 20 May.

Don Seenu in Swiss and Spain

Ravi Teja’s latest movie Don Seenu is being shot in Swiss and Spain extensively now. This foreign shoot was started on 15 April and it will continue for 40 days. Shriya is doing female lead. Gopichand Malineni is making his debut as director with this movie. Venkat produces it on RR Movie makers banner.