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.

Kodak Award winner Yash Bhatt, a new camera man for Mahesh’s film

Mahesh Babu-Anushka starring untitled film under Trivikram’s direction is at brisk progress. This film which started 2 years ago by producer Singanamala Ramesh is now also being co-produced by C Kalyan. It is understood that Kalyan took in charge to complete the project as quickly as possible. The film is planned to release in August 2010. The cameraman for the film was Bollywood’s ace cinematographer Sunil Bhatt. Now the latest buzz is that he has been replaced by none other than the Kodak Award winner Yash Bhatt, who worked on the award winning film ‘The Vaudevillian’. Musical scores are by Mani Sharma.