29th March 2005

Bunny with 185 prints
Allu Arjun created record with his debut film by becoming the first hero to have his film run for 100 days in 54 direct centers. His second film Arya ran for 100 days in 56 direct centers. With this kind of unique and rare entry into Tollywood, Allu Arjun is about to create another record. His 3rd film Bunny is releasing with 185 prints. No other hero has so many prints requirement for his third film. The producers (M Satyanarayana Reddy and Allu Arvind) of this film are so confident of the success that they retained most of the distribution rights. Geeta Arts is distributing Bunny in Nizam, East and West. M Satyanarayana Reddy is distributing Bunny for Vizag. Bunny is having worldwide release on 6th April 2005.

Uday Kiran tonsures his head
It is very unusual for any hero to tonsure his head and make an appearance to press. But Uday Kiran did it so by appearing in striking red color outfit for the platinum disc function of Avunanna Kadanna. He was wearing a cap. After the function is over, on the request from photographer, he removed the cap and posed with his tonsured head. The photographers appreciated him for such a humble gesture. His film 'Avunanna Kadanna' is releasing on 6th April 2005.

Ladies shows for Chakram
Krishnam Raju recollected the days when his film Jeevana Tarangalu used to have special ladies shows. The same phenomenon is repeating for Prabhas's Chakram. The exhibitor of Chakram is arranging a special show exclusive for ladies on 30th of March in Guntur and the tickets are already sold out.

N Shankar to direct Nitin
N Shankar (of Sreeramulayya and Encounter fame) would be directing a film with Nitin as hero. This film would be produced by Lagadapati Sridhar (of Evadigola Vadidi fame) on Larsco entertainments banner. This film is likely to be launched by this year-end.

Geeta Reddy launches ITEX DVD player
State Minister for Cinematography and Tourism J Geeta Reddy launched the DVD player of ITEX company and gave the first unit to film producer and MLA Maganti Babu. Maganti Babu donated Rs. 10,000/- on this eve to Tsunami victims.

28th March 2005

Sekhar Kammula's Godavari
Godavari is the title registered in AP Film Chamber for Amigos Creations production no.3. Sekhar Kammula directed and produced Dollar Dreams and Anand in the past. He would be producing and directing his third film 'Godavari' very soon. This film would be produced in association with GVG Raju (producer of Toli Prema). This film would have the backdrop of Godavari and would be shot in Godavari districts. Sekhar Kammula is waiting for rainy season to start this flick. This film is expected to sport all new faces.

NTR - Guna Sekhar's 'Kathi'?
Guna Sekhar who directed NTR's debut film 'Bala Ramayanam' would be directing NTR again. This film would be produced by Jayabheri Kishore on Jayabheri banner. Harris Jayaraj (of Cheli and Gharshana fame) would score music. As per the unconfirmed news 'Kathi' is the title under consideration. Murali Mohan presents this film. Shooting of this film would start in June 2005.

Arya Sukumar's Srisri
Dil Raju and Sukumar who delivered blockbuster Arya are going to be paired up again. Srisri is the title confirmed for a film to be produced by Dil Raju and directed by Sukumar. A popular youth hero would act in this film. Sukumar has prepared a comprehensive script including dialogues for this film.

Nagababu's 10 (strangers)
Nagababu - who has a taste for ultra class and variety flicks - is doing a film titled 10 (strangers). This film is being produced by Manyam Ramesh (executive producer of Naga Babu's Anjana banner) on Manyam Entertainments banner. 10 is a trilingual film that is being produced simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. This film has the story taking place in night with rain as backdrop. Rajesh Touchriver who directed award winning film like 'In the name of Buddha' directs 10.

Sindhura wins Miss India World
Telugu girl Gadde Sindhura (20) has won Miss India World crown. She is born in Vijayawada and brought up in New Zealand. Nagarjuna and Mahesh Babu are her favorite heroes. She is a big time film freak. She is willing to act in Telugu films if she gets an opportunity. She would be representing India for 'Miss World' crown which would be held in December 2005.

26th March 2005

Adnan Sami to release Telugu film audio
RV Ramana Murthy who produced musically rich films like Abhinandana, Neerajanam and Sri Sai Mahima in the past is coming up with a film titled 'Manchu Kurise Velalo' to be directed by K Ashok Kumar. Popular singer Adnan Sami would release the audio of this film on 6th April. Incidentally audio of this film is going to be released much before the start of shooting. Regular shooting of this film would start in May 2005.

Kamalinee as Meenakshi
Kamalinee Mukherjee who shot to fame through sensible performance with her debut film 'Anand' is acting in another film titled 'Meenakshi'. Shooting of this film is completed. Popular character actor Rajiv Kanakala is making his debut as hero. T Prabhakar directs this film. P Vedavati produces this film Eswar Art Pictures banner. 'Meenakshi' would be releasing in May 2005.

E Sathibabu to direct Srikanth again
E Sathibabu has directed three hit comedy films with Srikanth as hero in the form of Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa, O Chinnadana & Ottesi Chebutunna. Debutant producers VN Reddy and T Basava Reddy would produce this film on Victory Art Creations banner. This film would go to floors in the month of May.

24th March 2005

Bunny audio on 28th March
Audio of Allu Arjun's latest film Bunny would be released on 28th of March. The audiocassettes would be directly launched into market without any formal audio function. Aditya music bought the audio rights of Bunny. Devi Sri Prasad scored music. Gowri Mumjal is making her debut as heroine with this film. VV Vinayak directs Bunny. Allu Arvind and M Satyanarayana Reddy produce this cinema. Bunny would hit marquee on 6th April 2005.

Doctorate to Brahmanandam
Nagarjuna University has granted doctorate to veteran comedy actor Brahmanandam on 23rd March. An announcement was made regarding the same. This doctorate would be received by Brahmandam at the snatakotsavam of Nagarjuna University this year. Idlebrain.com congratulates Doctor Brahmanandam on this occasion.

Soggadu pushed to 31st March
Tarun's latest film Soggadu would be releasing on 31st of March 2005. Allari Ravi Babu directed this film. D Suresh Babu produces this film on Suresh banner. Chakri scored music. Arti Agarwal is paired up with Tarun in 'Soggadu'. This film got a different craze with the suicide attempt of Arti Agarwal. We have to wait and see how this event affects the openings of the film.

22nd March 2005

Chiranjeevi as 'Andarivadu'
Andarivadu is the title almost confirmed for Chiranjeevi's latest film in the direction of Seenu Vytla. This film would have the tagline of 'The Leader'. The title song of this film is currently being shot at Ramoji film city on Chiranjeevi, Rakshita, MS Narayana, Venu Madhav and Kondavalasa. Chiranjeevi is playing the dual roles of Govinda Rajulu and Siddardha. Allu Arvind produces this film on Geeta Arts banner. The title of 'Andarivadu' is said to be kept by keeping the kind of following and admiration Chiranjeevi has among the Telugu film lovers. Tabu & Rimmi Sen are playing female leads. Devi Sri Prasad scores music.

GFC grabs Andarivadu rights
Gemini Film Circuit that distributed blockbusters like Shankar Dada MBBS and Mass has acquired the overseas rights of Chiranjeevi's latest film 'Andarivadu' (the leader). GFC recently bought the overseas rights of Allu Arjun's Bunny as well. This film is expected to release in a couple of months. Allu Arvind produces this film on Geeta Arts banner.

Nationwide audio release for SCB
Audio release of Venkatesh's latest film Subhashchandra Bose was held in a variety style at national level. This audio was released on 21st March by Dasari Narayana Rao, Rajnikant, Allu Arvind, Ram Gopal Varma and Kannada Raj Kumar in New Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bangalore respectively. Mani Sharma scored music. Shriya and Genelia are paired up with Venkatesh in this film. K Raghavendra Rao directs this film that is produced by Aswini Dutt on prestigious Vyjayanthi banner. This film would be released on 21st of April 2005.

Nag film's shoot in Mumbai
Action part of Nagarjuna's latest film in the direction of Puri Jagan is currently taking place in Mumbai under the stunt supervision of Amin Ghani from 20th of March. A few action episodes are being shot on Nagarjuna and Sonu Sood. Next schedule of this film would take place in Hyderabad from April. Ayesha Takia is paired up with Nagarjuna. This film would have six songs. Nagarjuna produces this fast paced action thriller on Annapurna banner.

Star-Politic cricket on 23rd March
Telugu film stars are going to play a fun cricket match against AP legislative members on 23rd March 2005 at 5 pm. This match would be played in lighter vein. Chiranjeevi would lead Star's XI and Suresh Reddy would lead Speaker's XI. This friendly match is being played on the eve of passing the anti-piracy bill.

21st March 2005

Gemini Ganesan is no more
Veteran Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan (84) expired on the midnight of Monday at 1:30am due to prolonged illness at his home in Chennai. He is survived by seven daughters and one son. Popular Hindi actress Rekha is one of his daughters. He acted in more than 200 films in various languages like Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. May his soul rest in peace!

Mohan Babu's tribute to Dasari
Collection King Mohan Babu is one of the few film stars who excelled in philanthropic work. He started Vidya Niketan group of schools. He imparted education to poor and needy by allocation a quote of the total seats to economically backward brilliant students. Mohan Babu has a unique way of remembering the people who helped him and repaying the debt in a much rewarding style. It was Dasari Narayana Rao who launched Mohan Babu in filmdom. Mohan Babu built an auditorium worth 1.75 crores in the campus of his engineering college and named it after Dasari as 'Dasari Auditorium'. Governor of AP Sushil Kumar Shinde inaugurated this auditorium on the eve of birthday of Mohan Babu (19th March). Dasari commended Mohan Babu as the only protégé who brought glory to him. Actress Jaya Prada expressed her willingness to donate Rs. 1 lakh each year as encouragement to bright students of Sri Vidya Niketan students.

Kapil Dev in Nagesh Kukunoor's film
Cricket legend Kapil Dev is acting as himself in a film titled Iqbal that is being directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. Iqbal is the story of a 15-year-old poor lad who aspires to join the Indian National Cricket Team. Naseeruddin Shah is playing another pivotal role. Subhash Ghai is producing this film on Mukta Arts banner. This film would hit marquee in June/July.

Kamal croons for Mumbai Express
Kamal Hassan sang a song for Mumbai Express that is releasing on 14th of April in Telugu and Tamil. Kamal Hassan is playing the role of circus master. Manisha Koirala plays heroine. Ilaya Raja scores music. Vennelakanti writes dialogues. Singeetam Srinivasa Rao directs this film. Kousalyendra Rao produces this film.

19th March 2005

Birthday wishes to Mohan Babu
Mohan Babu who acted over 500+ films and produced more than 40 films celebrated his birthday today (19th March) amidst students of Sri Vidya Niketan Educational Institutes at Tirupati. His birthday coincides with the annual days celebrations of Vidya Niketan. Sushil Kumar Shinde (Governor of AP) attended as the chief guest. Film personalities like Jaya Prada and Sunil also graced the occasion. Idlebrian.com wishes Mohan Babu a grand birthday!

Nitin - KRR film from 30 March
K Anil Kumar who produced films like Ottesi Chebutunna and Radha Gopalam in the past on Sri Creations banner is going to make a film in the direction of K Raghavendra Rao. Nitin, Trisha and Rathi (Pallakilo Pellikoothuru fame) are playing main leads. Pooja of this film would be held on 30th of this month and regular shooting would start from the next day. MM Keeravani composed four songs for this film so far. Bhupati handles camera. Srikar Prasad edits this film. K Raghavendra Rao would provide screenplay and direction.

3B's to Siri Venkateswara in Vizag
M Satyanarayana Reddy is the man in news now. His production number one with successful hero Allu Arjun 'Bunny' is going to hit the marquee on 6th April 2005. In addition to production, he also started distribution outlet 'Siri Venkteswara Films' in Vizag. He would be releasing three of the most anticipated summer ventures - Bunny (Allu Arjun), Bhadra (Ravi Teja) and Boss (Chiranjeevi). M Satyanarayana Reddy would become a busy Bee after the releases of these 3 B's.

17th March 2005

GFC grabs Bunny overseas rights
Gemini Film Circuit that distributed 2004 blockbusters like Shankardada MBBS and Mass has grabbed the overseas distribution rights of Bunny by paying a fancy amount. Allu Arjun and Gowri Mumjal play the main leads in this film. VV Vinayak directed 'Bunny'. Devi Sri Prasad scored music. M Satyanarayana Reddy is producing this film on Siri Venkateswara banner. Allu Arvind presents this film. This film is all set to release worldwide on 6th of April 2005.

No motor vehicles in Avunanna Kadanna
Teja has gone rustic these days. After the success of Jayam, he is attempting another village based love story - Avunanna Kadanna. It is learnt that there would not be any motor vehicles shown in the entire film. The modes of transport the characters in this film take are bicycles, bullock carts and boats. The entire story of this film takes place in an island of Godari river. Uday Kiran and Sadaf play the main leads. RP Patnaik scored music. Avunanna Kadanna would be releasing on 6th of April.

Eleti's Anukokunda Oka Raju
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti who directed different hit film 'Aithe' is directing his second film 'Anukokunda Oka Roju' now. This film features Jagapati Babu, Sashank and Charmy in the main leads. Gunnam Gangaraju who produced Aithe is producing this film on Just Yellow banner. MM Keeravani scores music. Sarvesh handles camera. This film would be released very soon.

16th March 2005

Subhash Chandra Bose audio on 21st March
Audio of Venkatesh's historic based epic 'Subhash Chandra Bose' would be released on 21st of March 2005 by Aditya Music. Mani Sharma has provides six songs for this film. Shriya and Genelia are paired up with Venkatesh in this film. This film is 101st film of K Raghavendra Rao. His last film Gangotri went on to become a blockbuster. C Aswini Dutt produces this film on Vyjayanthi banner.

Aa Naluguru 100 days function n 18th March
Clean and message oriented hit of December 2004, Aa Naluguru is going to celebrate its 100 days function 18th March in Ravindra Bharati. Rajendra Prasad's exceptional histrionics of an old man got rave acclaim. Chandra Siddardha directed this film. Sarita Patra produced this film on Prem Movies banner. This 100 days function would arranged by AP Vamsi Film Society. C Narayana Reddy, Jaya Prakash Narayan and KV Ramanachari would attend as guests for this function.

Kamal as circus master
Kamal is playing the role of a feat master of a Circus company in 'Mumbai Express' film. The bike on which Kamal does feats is known as 'Mumbai Express'. Manisha Koirala is paired up with Kamal in this film. Rajarajeswari Combines is producing the Telugu version of this film. Ilayaraja scores music. Kamal Hassan provides story and screenplay. Singeetam Srinivas directs this film. Mumbai Express would be simultaneously release in Tamil and Telugu on 14th April 2005.

Pavan Santosh film to be shot in Ongole
Pavan Santosh's latest film would feature 3 heroines - Varna, Manisha and Abhinaya Sri. This film is about how a youngster gets spoiled because their parents put him away in hostel at a tender age. Shooting of this film would start on 4th April and it would be shot in single schedule in Ongole. M Nageswara Rao and Murali Krishna produce this film on Om Veera Venkata Sai Pictures. VVVSN Murthy directs this film.

Chandramukhi (Tamil) in USA
Bharat Creations has grabbed the US rights of Chandramuki (Tamil) by paying hefty amount and is releasing with 6 prints on April 14th. This is the first time in the history of tamil that a film is releasing with 6 prints in US. For trade enquires please contact: Balarami Reddy @ 678-358-3114.

15th March 2005

Chiranjeevi as Mesthri?
Mesthri and Boss are titles under consideration for Chiranjeevi's latest film under Geeta Arts banner. A song is currently being picturized under the choreography by Lawrence on Chiranjeevi, Rakshita and a few comedians. Seenu Vytla directs this film. Tabu and Rimmi Sen are playing female leads. Chiranjeevi is doing two roles as irresponsible father and righteous son. Devi Sri Prasad scores music. Kona Venkat pens dialogues.

NTR's film release on 22nd May
NTR's latest film in the direction of B Gopal would be releasing on 13th of May 2005. Audio of this film would be released on 22nd of April. Chengala Venkat Rao (producer of Samarasimha Reddy) produces this film. Amisha Patel and Sameera Reddy play female leads. Arti Agarwal is going to do an item song on moving train for this film along with NTR and 60 dancers.

Bunny audio on 23rd March
Shooting of Allu Arjun's Bunny is almost complete but for 2 songs. VV Vinayak directs this film on Siri Venkateswara banner. Audio of this film would be hitting the market on 23rd of March. Devi Sri Prasad scored music. Different choreographers composed dances for each song of this film. Gowri Mumjal is paired up with Allu Arjun. Tami star Sarath Kumr is playing an important character. M Satyanarayana Reddy produces this film. Bunny would be released in the first week of next month.

14th March 2005

Jai Chiranjeeva USA schedule from 10 May
Chiranjeevi's latest film 'Jai Chiranjeeva' with blockbuster-combination producer C Aswini Dutt (JVAS, Choodalani Vundi & Indra) would be launched on 9th April 2005. Bhumika Chawla and Sameera Reddy are playing heroines. 3 time National award winner Venu (of NVNV fame) handles photography. Mani Sharma provides music. This film would be shot in USA extensively. The USA shoot of this film is tentatively scheduled on 10th May. K Vijaya Bhaskar directs this film. Trivikram pens story and dialogues.

Pournami pooja held
Pooja ceremony of MS Raju's latest film Pournami was held today at the office of Sumanth Arts. Prabhas and Trisha (of Varsham fame) play main leads in this violent love story. Prabhu Deva directs this film. Devi Sri Prasad handles camera. Paruchuri brothers worked on the script. This film is slated for release on 14th January of year 2006.

Aryan Rajesh Nireekshana
Aryan Rajesh's Nireekshana would be going to floors on 16th of this month. D Rama Naidu produces this film on Suresh Production banner. Sridevi (daughter of Manjula) is paired with Aryan Rajesh in this film. Srilekha provides music. Sarat handles camera. Seetaram Prasad who provided story for Suryam would be making his debut as director though this film.

13th March 2005

Lawrence's Style with Larsco
As per the latest market buzz, Lagadapati Sidhar who produced Evadi Gola Vaadide would be producing the next film to be directed by Lawrence. This film is expected to feature Lawrence and Prabhu Deva as male leads. Style is the title under consideration for this film. This film would be mad eon Larsco banner.

Seenu Vytla to direct Vishnu
As per the unconfirmed reports, Seenu Vytla who is directing a film with Chiranjeevi as hero at present would be directing a film soon with Vishnu as hero. This film would be produced by M Satyanarayana Reddy on Siri Venkateswara banner. This film would go to floors on 19th May. Devi Sri Prasad would score music for this film. It is also learnt that Neelakanta and Sukumar (Arya fame) would be directing a film each for this banner. M Satyanarayana Reddy is currently producing Bunny with Allu Arjun as hero in the direction of V V Vinayak.

Chandra Mahesh to direct Srihari
Srihari who got considerable gap as hero is going to act in a film as hero soon. This film would be produced by P Mahendra on AA Arts banner. Chandra Mahesh would direct this action film. Incidentally it was AA Arts banner that introduced Srihari as hero with Police film. Muhurat of this film was held in the month of February and this film would go to floors very soon.

12th March 2005

Sekhar Kammula's new film details
Sekhar Kammula is the man hunted in Telugu film industry after the stupendous success of Anand film. After a long gap, Sekhar Kammula announced the details of his next project which is going to be a village based love story. Sekhar Kammula would produce this film on his home banner Amigos Creations in association with GVG Raju (producer of Toli Prema). This film is expected to cast all new faces. Shooting of this film would start in the month of June 2005.

Ravi Teja's film titled as Bhadra
Ravi Teja's latest film that is being produced by Dil Raju is titled as Bhadra (a true lover). Meera Jasmine is paired up with Ravi Teja in this film. Deepak (of Sampangi) fame is doing a vital role. Koratala Siva provides dialogues. Devi Sri Prasad scores music. Arthur Wilson handles camera. Srinu Boyapati makes his debut as director through this film. Bhadra would be releasing in the month of April 2005.

Vastradu Naa Raju starts on 13th March
Shooting of Vishnu's latest film Vastadu Naa Raju would start at Edurlanka on 13th March with a song on Vishnu and dancers in the choreography of Shankar. Kula Sekhar pens lyrics and RP Patnaik scores music. Nallamalupu Srinivas produces this film on Lakshmi Narasimha Productions banner. Teja provides story, screenplay, dialogues and direction.

Producers to meet on 13th March
AP Film producers counsel would meet on 13th March to discuss about controlling the burgeoning budgeting of films and implementation of disciplined filmmaking. Speaking to press, president of film producers counsel KS Rama Rao said that the Government is taking positive steps towards implementation of video piracy bill. A committee was formed under leadership of Mohan Kanda few months back and they have submitted a report. This video piracy bill is expected to be announced during this assembly session. There is possibility of calling for bandh from 1st April if burning issues of film industry were not solved upon in the meeting that would happen on 13th March.

10th March 2005

Soggadu audio on 13th March
Audio of Suresh productions latest film Soggadu would be releasing on 13th of this month. Aditya music bought the audio rights of this film. Shooting of this film is completed and post production work is going on. Chakri scored 8 tunes for this film. Bhaskarabhatla penned all the lyrics. This film is going to release in the last week of this month. Tarun and Arti Agarwal are doing main leads. Jugal Hansraj is playing a vital character. Ravi Babu (Allari fame) directs this film.

SJ Suryah's 36-28-36
SJ Surya who shot to limelight in Telugu with Kushi film is becoming the center of controversies these days. He acted in Tamil version of Nani (New) and it was a blockbuster unlike in Telugu. But that film dew lot of flack because of obscenity. He is currently acting in and directing a film called 'Boy Friend'. This film was initially titled as BF (abbreviated form for Boy Friend), but later on changed to Boy Friend as people tend to misinterpret it as abbreviation to Blue Film. As per the unconfirmed news, Suryah is contemplating on titling his future film as '36-28-36' which usually refers to the format of vital statistics of women. Surya and Nayarana Tara (Chandramukhi fame) would play main leads in this film. We have to wait and see if this title draws flack or not!

Benarjee completes 25 years
Character actor Benarjee entered film industry in Madras 25 years back to become an actor. Initially, he had to work as assistant director to make his ends meet. He later started acting in films. He got his first break in Varma's mafia flick Gayam. Later on he was recognized for his work in Gulabi. It was the professional killer role in Teja's Nuvvu Nenu that shot him into limelight. Since then, he has been acting in films regularly from soft characters to villainy roles. Idlebrain.com congratulates Benarjee on completion of 25 years.

9th March 2005

Prakash Raj's TV Talkshow
Popular Telugu film artist Prakash Raj is going to become host of a Telugu talk show very soon. It is reliably learnt that Gemini TV has signed Prakash Raj to host a talk show that talks about social and political events that would engage the public in a more attractive way. This talk show is expected to go live by next month.

Producers to protest against Govt apathy
KS Rama Rao - the president of AP Film Producers Counsel - said that the government is not considering the burning issue of video piracy with the attention it deserves. Due to video piracy, the entire film industry is suffering. The producers counsel would have a meeting on 13th of March to discuss about this issue at length. The producers counsel would also consider the ultimate option of stalling shootings to protest against government's apathy.

Item song in Abhinaya Sri film
Item song in a film starring Abhinaya Sri! That really is news. Abhinaya Sri is known as item girl and shot to fame by dancing for raunchy songs sung by Malathi. She is currently acting as one of the heroines in SV Krishna Reddy's latest film Hungama and is paired with Venu Madhav. Lavi - an actress from Mumbai - has recently performed an item song in Hungama.

7th March 2005

Stars sp. roles in Soggadu
It is reliably learnt that Venkatesh, Shriya, Srikanth and Sumanth have done special appearances for Suresh Productions film 'Soggadu' with Tarun and Arti Agarwal in the main leads in the direction of Allari Ravi. Jugal Hansraj (of Mohabbate fame) played a vital role in this film. As per the sources of idlebrain.com, Venkatesh and Shriya join the tango for few seconds in mass song called 'kokkorako'. Venkatesh would also appear in a vital scene towards climax. Srikanth and Sumanth also appeared in if-you-blink-they-disappear scene in this film. Soggadu is releasing on 25th of March 2005.

Mafia backdrop for Mahesh film
Puri Jagan confirmed in an interview given to local film magazine that his film with Mahesh Babu as hero would be having the backdrop of mafia. This film would be in the lines of realistic mafia films like Satya (Hindi). This film would be produced on Indira Productions banner by Manjula (sister of Mahesh). Puri Jagan would also present this film.

Vishnu in Vastadu Naa Raju
Hero Vishnu who hogged limelight with the recently released flick Suryam' is going to act in the direction of Teja. They considered titles like 'Velam' in the past for this film. But with the flop of Dhairyam, Teja seems to have taken a decision to go for the titles without zero in the end. Vastadu Naa Raju is the confirmed title for this film. Regular shooting of this film would start on 13th of this month in Edurlanka and Antarvedi.

Atanokkade with 6 crore budget
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram's Athanokkade is being made on grand production values with a budget of Rs. 6 crores. This film is an action entertainer directed by debutant Surendra. Nandamuri Janaki Ram and Kalyan Ram are producing this film on NTR Arts banner. Sindhu Tolani (of Aithe fame) is doing the female lead. The unit is moving to Germany and Austria to can a couple of songs from 14th March. Audio of this film would be released in this month end. Athanokkade would be releasing either 15th of April or 23rd of April.

Asin dubs her voice in Telugu
The malayali girl Asin - who entered Telugu films with Amma Nanna O Tamil Ammai - has come a long way. It is learnt that she is dubbing her own voice in Krishna Vamsi's 'Chakram'. Krishna Vamsi has a flair for doing different characterizations. And different voices would help the characters establish in a strong way. He also made Udaya Bhanu dub for Charmy's character in Sri Anjaneyam.

4th March 2005

Katrina back in Telugu?
As per the unconfirmed reports Katrina Kaif - who made splashes in Telugu films with her debut in 'Malliswari' - is going to be paired up with a big mass hero soon. Actress Charmy would also play another female lead in that film. This film is expected to be launched in this month. Wait for the official announcements in few days.

SV Krishna Reddy to direct Manoj
As per the unannounced news, SV Krishna Reddy is going to direct a film starring Manchu Manoj Kumar. This film would be produced by K Achi Reddy. Manchu Manoj would also be acting in a film to be directed by Dasarath and produced by Mohan Babu on Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures banner.

Rajnikant's film named as Chandramukhi
Chandramukhi is confirmed as title for Rajnikant's latest film in the direction of P Vasu. Jyothika and Nayana Tara are playing female leads. Major part of shooting of this film is completed. Tamil hero Prabhu is playing a vital role in this film. G Pardha Sarathy and Karunakaran Reddy produce this film on Lakshmi Narasimha Productions and SRS Films. This film is likely to be released on 14th April in both Telugu and Tamil on the eve of Ugadi (Tamil).

Beauty inspired by Phonebooth
SV Krishna Reddy has ripped off the story of Phonebooth to conceptualize a comedy sequence for his last film 'Orey Pandu'. That comedy sequence played by Venu Madhav clicked enough to generate laughter. Now it is reliably learnt that a new film titled 'Beauty' that has newcomers in the main leads would also have the theme 'Phonebooth'. D Seena who produced over 25 films in Tamil and Malayalam directed this flick.