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Vasanth C Paranjee passes away

Mr. Vasanth C Paranjee, the executive producer of Takkari Donga passed away on 4th of June due to sudden cardiac arrest. May his soul rest in peace. Idlebrain.com, on behalf of our visitors, expresses deep condolences to the family of Paranjees.

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Chiranjeevi campaigns for child labor abolition

Chiranjeevi, being the role model of kids, chose to participate in an awareness program that spreads the awareness about evils of child labor. He acted in a few TV promotions that preach child labor abolition. The advertisements would be aired on TV very soon. Chiranjeevi pledged the support to encourage the child laborers to abandon work and join schools. He also commended the efforts being put by CM Chandra Babu Naidu in this aspect.

Prakash Raj walks out of Baba

As all the artists are dying to work with Rajni in any of his films, Prakash Raj opted out of Rajnikanth's latest film in production 'Baba'. According to the reliable sources, Prakash Raj signed for this project and was asked to wait for his time on sets for hours. When Prakash Raj finally asked the director about when his turn comes, he was told that they were developing his character and it may take some more time. Irritated by the callous attitude, unprofessional working style of director and indifferent treatment meted, Prakash Raj walked out of the film. Another senior Tamil character artist Nazar is donning the character, which Prakash Raj is supposed to play.

Kannada film industry bans remakes

According to the reliable sources, the Kannada Film Industry has decided to slap ban on remakes again. This new decision would come into effect in two months, as it would give provision those remake films that are being under production at present. In the recent past, lots of remakes have become hits and straight films bombed at box office. Most of the Kannada film directors became jobless due to this downtrend. The film industry is taking this decision as it encourages the local stories and directors. Kannada film industry slapped heavy tariff rate on ticket rates of Bollywood, Hollywood and other regional language films that are being exhibited in theaters in Karnataka to promote Kannada films.

Mohan Babu to remake another Malayalam film

Its business as usual for Mohan Babu! He bought another Malayalam film remake rights. He would be remaking Malayalam hit 'Vumaipen Vudavada Payan' in Telugu on his home banner Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures. Vinayan has directed the Malayalam version. Interestingly, the last two films of Mohan Babu - Adhipathi and Tappu Chedi Pappu Koodu are also remakes of Malayalam films. Another interesting aspect is that Mohan Babu also bought the remake rights of Hollywood film 'Serendipity'. It is also rumored that he might be launching his elder son Vishnu Vardhan Babu through this Telugu make of the love story 'Serendipity'. Vishnu completed his acting course in the famous Kishore Namit Kumar Film training institute, from which superstar Hrithik Roshan graduated. Other details of these two films are awaited.

Vetagadu song in NTR film

Aaku Chaatu Pinde Tadise is the most popular song from Vetagadu film by NT Rama Rao. Jr. NTR has adopted this song as a full fledged song in his forth coming film 'Allari Ramudu', that is being directed by B Gopal. RP Patnaik provides music for this film. Audio of the film would be unveiled on 21st of June. Arti Agrawal and gajala are acting opposite NTR in this film. Nagma plays Arti Agrawal's mother and Oorvasi essays the role of district collector. K Viswanath plays the grandfather for NTR. Talkie part of the film is completed and canning of two songs is remaining. The unit would be traveling to Canada on 7th and they would shoot these two songs on Gajala and NTR in Canada. Paruchuri brothers are providing story and penning dialogues. Chanti Addala is producing this film 'Allari Ramudu', which is named on the lines of NTR's 'Adavi Ramudu'. This film would be hitting marquee on 12th of July.


MS Raju's Nee Sneham started

MS Raju's new venture 'Nee Sneham' was flagged off on 1st of June. The regular shooting is going on in a colony of Hyderabad. Uday Kiran and Arti Agrawal are playing main leads. Jatin, a new face, is also playing another vital role in this film. This film title is based on the popular song of Manasanta Nuvve, which is MS Raju's latest blockbuster. K Viswanath and Sujatha are playing elderly couple in this film. This film is expected to be released for Vijaya Dasami festival. The other cast of this film includes Sunil, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Giribabu, Sudha, Sakuntala, Sivaji Raja, Jayaram, Sangeeta, Sunitha Varma, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Sudeepa and Subbaraya Sarma. Screenplay and dialogues are provided by Paruchuri brothers. S Gopal Reddy handles camera. RP Patnaik provides music. Sirivennela is the single card lyric writer for this film. Krishna Reddy does editing. Paruchuri Murali directs this film.

Jagapathi Babu back with 'Sivaramaraju'

Supergood films banner is planning to remake the Tamil blockbuster Samudra in Telugu as 'Sivaramaraju'. Jagapathi Babu, Prabhudeva and Venkat play main leads in this film. According to the unconfirmed news Nandamuri Hari Krishna would also be doing a vital role. V Samudra, who directed Supergood banner's Simharaasi in the last year would be directing this multistarrer. RB Chowdary produces this film. Other details of cast and crew are being worked out. This film will go on floors on 15th of June.

Separate comedy track for Hai film

Rama Naidu is canning a few separate comedy tracks for Hai with Brahmanandam and MS Narayana now. Rama Naidu feels that Hai lacked comedy scenes. Hence he would be adding this extra comedy footage on 10th June 2002.

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