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VOLUME 2, ISSUE1

Inerview with

Nandi Awards

SILVER JUBILEE HERO

TADAKHA, IDDARAMMAYILATHO AUDIO RELEASE

SREENU VAITLA

AAMIR KHAN

2011

SUNNY TO REPLACE MALLIKA

Box office

BAADSHAH

BAADSHAH

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EDITORS’S

LETTER

Hello friends, welcome to Cine Sprint April’s edition.

This month’s Cine Sprint looks into Nandi Awards 2011.

You all know, when Cine Sprint came out with its

A special box story to highlight the sensational movie

first edition a couple of months back, it received

‘Yamudiki Mogudu,’ is surely a treat to all mega fans

overwhelming response. And thanks to you all for

out there. There was so much buzz happening in April

welcoming our efforts!

about the on screen Seetha, actress Anjali. This issue covered a comprehensive story on Anjali’s missing

Your enormous positive feedback on the earlier issues

case including what all happened and how she had

made us stretch our limits beyond the elastic limits,

finally resurfaced before the police.

to give the best. Frequent calls, lengthy emails from critics, friends and well wishers have been the pillars

A detailed interview of Baadshah movie director,

of our strengths to design this CineSprint which in

Seenu Vaitla is this edition’s special story! We even

(y)our opinion must excel our earlier efforts, most

covered the audio release functions of Allu Arjun

appreciated by all of you.

starrer Iddarammailatho and Tadakha. Also, we covered some valuable information about Gauravam movie

CineSprint team thanks everyone of you who have

actors, Allu Sirish and Yami Gautam. Upcoming models’

sent in their valuable suggestions and overwhelming

photographs and profiles are this edition’s bonus!

encouragements. We hope we could prove ourselves worthy of all that and more with this issue.

Hope you will enjoy this month’s edition too to the core! Keep reading Cine Sprint for unwrapping your

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Dolly Your Magazine has the perfect mix of information and entertainment. Keep up the excellent work!

Chakravarthi I lke reading the Exotic Shooting Locations of CineSprint. its really worth reading and I love to know more locations.

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In this issue...

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23 Movie Reviews

10 Telugu-Tamil-KannadaMalayalam-Hindi

Infocus 30

Baadshah

34 First Look 40

Greekuveerudu

Grapevine

Starry Eyed

24 Tollywood

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26 Kollywood

Mr. Perfect

Star of the Month

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28 Bollywood

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NTR Jr Aamir Khan

Celebrity of the Month 42

Srinu Vaitla Anjali

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54 Nandi Awards -2011

72 BOX OFFICE

84 GARAM MASALA

Audio Releases

74 BEHIND THE SCENES

86 DIVAS & MODELS

76 RAISING STARS

90 CHANGING FACES

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Tadakha

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Iddarammailatho

saregama 68

Banthipoola Janaki

70 HOLLYWOOD GUIDE

Allu Sirish Yami Goutham

92 lAKME FASHION WEEK 104 STUDIO ROUNDUP

78 SHOOTING LOCATIONS

108 LATEST TWEETS

80 GOLDEN MOVIES

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Tollywood

Shadow Movie Review Caste : Venkatesh, Tapsee,

Srikanth Music : S. Thaman

Director : Meher Ramesh Producer : Paruchuri Kireeti

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Story: A decent blend of all elements like romance, action, comedy and sentiment just as we expected from the movie, Shadow does a decent job. His entry begins with the punchy dialogue, ‘Nenu evaru anedhi mystery, nanu catch cheyalante history, meeru chudaboyedhi naa victory’.

Raja Ram, Venkatesh, is the son of Raghu Ram, Naga Babu who is an investigation journalist working under the secret project Shadow. Raghu Ram’s, dedication and determination to collect evidence of the misdeeds of Don Nana Bhai, Aditya Pancholi, prove to be successful after they find crucial details related to him.

Performance: Venkatesh’s performance was excellent as always. His refined looks make him younger than his appearance in SVSC. Different shades in his role were expertly dealt with by the star.

Taapsee enthralls with skin show. Her action however needs a lot of improvement though.

With the short screen time most of her flaws can be overlooked. Aditya Pancholi’s debut in Tollywood is impressive and but we think he can do a lot better in the negative shades in the future. Naga Babu’s role is nothing special but good nevertheless.

Venkatesh’s attempt at comedy fails this time due to poor timings and lack of support at the right time from MS Narayana’s monotonous efforts.

Don Nana Bhai is the criminal mind behind several bomb blasts in India.

He learns of Raghu Ram and his family.

Seeking revenge, he exterminates all of them but magically Raja Ram is survives the beastly attack and plots the fall of Nana Bhai continuing his father’s quest.

The rest of the story shows how he avenges the death of his father.

Analysis: Movies should have all elements doesn’t mean you have to force them into the movie any how. Shadow fails at noting the quantity that is required in the ingredients and merely dumped all of them into the blender.

Music is average. Costumes of Venkatesh are a let down. Though his getup was great in the audience when he attended matches of IPL 6, it doesn’t appeal as much on screen. Abysmal editing, it could be the work of a dilettante at best. Screenplay of Shadow is the only interesting part. The script fails after it was hyped up so much. Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan probably didn’t receive their royalties when they wrote the script.

Meher Ramesh was extremely bad in Shakti and has not improved a bit for this movie. Producers should have invested in a better movie than this.

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Tollywood

Movie Review Caste : NTR, Kajal Aggarwal, Navdeep

Story: Sadhu Bhai (Kelly Dorjee) is a big don living abroad and he is using his power to create terror and anarchy in India. But soon, he starts getting competition from one person called Baadshah (Jr NTR).

Music : S. Thaman Director : Srinu Vaitla Producer : Bandla Ganesh

Baadshah’s father Dhanraj (Mukesh Rishi) has a casino in Macau which is eyed by Sadhu but Baadshah hatches a plan and starts creating trouble for Sadhu Bhai.

At the same time, he also makes another plan, goes to Italy and catches the attention of Janaki (Kajal). Soon, Baadshah and Janaki fall in love but she doesn’t know his identity. Who is Janaki? Why did Baadshah go for her?

Does he eliminate Sadhu Bhai? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performances: Jr NTR is back with a bang. He danced with enormous fire and ‘Kasi’ and the energy levels in his performance were also quite high. Some of his dialogues will create a flutter among his fans.

“This Movie will be

a ‘Baadshah’ at the box office”

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Kajal Agarwal was there to give the visual feast and some tender moments. Role-wise there is nothing much for her but she made her presence felt wherever possible.

Brahmanandam is the one to watch out for. In fact, the entire film takes a different turn as soon as he arrives and his versatility and expressions are entirely hilarious.

Kelly Dorjee carried out his role as required, Mukesh Rishi was good and made his presence felt, Navdeep proved well with his villainy looks, M S Narayana gave his share of humor as Revenge Nageshwara Rao but didn’t work as per expectations, Vennela Kishore was apt and brought some laughs, Nasser was natural and exhibited different angle in him dancing like Kamal Hasan, Siddharth was very brief, Meenakshi Dixit is sizzling hot in a song, Suhasini was standard as mother. The rest of the artists were there to fill the screen and added good value to the film.

Tollywood

Movie Review

Story: Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde movie revolves around Karthik (Nitin) and Shravani(Nitya Menen). Karthik is a happy go lucky type person who falls flat for Shruti (Isha Talwar) after he sees her at his friend’s marriage. He will somehow get the phone number of Shruti and calls her up to strike a conversation. The conversations soon turns to love. Shravani, who comes from a wealthy background, will be in search of true love. She longs for the love of that man who doesn’t care for her beauty or money.

When things work out for both Karthik and Shravani, they will get to know about the confusion. Shravani will be caught in a confused situation upon knowing that Karthik had actually fallen for Shruti at first sight. To know what will happen next, you need to watch the movie.

Analysis: First thing that needs a special mention not just about Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde but for any movie for that matter is the screenplay. Right from introduction of protagonist to the scenes that revolve around the four important characters, Harshavardhan did a tremendous job and worth an applause!

The direction of the scenes were well executed and credit obviously goes to the director of the movie Vijay Kumar Konda.

Some scenes were so well shot and camera work was really up to the mark. I. Andrew, the cinematographer, supposedly gave his best. Songs in the movie were good too. Thanks to Anoop Rubens for the splendid songs Tuhi rey and Gunde jaari gallanthayyinde. Pawan Kalyan’s song Yemayindo song from Tholiprema received maximum woos from the public. Clever play by the director in choosing this song! Ding ding ding song between Nitin and Jwala Gutta was just okay! Make up was not too heavy and actors looked natural. There are enough comedy scenes in the movie to relax your facial muscles!

Caste : Nitiin, Nithya Menen, Isha Talwar, Madhunandan

Music : Anup Rubens Director : Konda Vijay Producer : Sudhakar Reddy, Nikitha Reddy

Performance: Nitin has certainly improved a lot. His body language was good and chemistry between him and Nitya Menen was definitely a plus point. Nitya gave her best and was looking gorgeous. Isha Talwar was okay. Thagubothu Ramesh and Ali were hilarious.

“Entertaining

and feel good treat, Must Watch”

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Kollywood

Caste : Allu Sirish, Yami

Gautham, Prakash Raj

Music : S. Thaman

Movie Review

Director : Radha Mohan Producer : Prakash Raj

Story: The story revolves around a wealthy guy named Arjun who will unveil a mystery surrounding his friend’s missing case. Born with a silver spoon, Arjun never knows what the hardships are but then he’s a good person at heart. When his father persuades him to leave for a remote village, he will accept only because he has a good

friend in that place. Upon arriving, Arjun will realize that his friend had fallen in love with a girl, daughter of a land lord Pashupati (Prakash Raj) and eloped with her.

Arjun will have so many apprehensions and decides to dig into the matter with the help of an advocate Yamini (Yami Gautam).

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Analysis:

Performance:

There’s nothing great to speak about the direction or screenplay.

The storyline is obviously good but the boring narration and slow screenplay

Allu Sirish tremendous job. cannot expect debutant

played an unfair game. There were no songs and other entertainment stuff, which would still be okay and have appealed the critics had the screenplay and direction were good. An overdose of melodrama will test the patience of the crowd. A little bit of suspense in the movie is what makes you sit till the end titles.

did One a

actor to act so well. Yami Gautam was okay too. Prakash Raj was outstanding.

Brahmaji was ok.

A one time watch!

Kollywood

Movie Review

Caste : Siddharth, Ashritha Shetty, KK Menon

Music : G V Prakash Director : Manimaaran Producer : Lakshmi Ganapathy

Story: Prabhu(Siddharth)a young guy from Anantapur, comes to Bangalore to finish his graduation. He gets admission into a famous college and falls in love with his junior Ritkika(Ashrtita Shetty). The couple spend some good times and during one of their outing, Ritika’s dad comes to know about their affair.

With the intent of keeping his political track record clean, Ritika’s dad decides to eliminate Prabhu. He hires a professional killer in Manoj Menon(K K Menon) to finish Prabhu. As Prabhu comes to know about this dangerous plot, he decides to elope with Ritika and marry her secretly.

Rest of the story is as to how Prabhu manages to get away from the professional killer and what happens at the end.

Fun time !

Performances: Siddarth underplayed his character very well. He perfectly grooved in the role of an engineering first year student even at this age. Ashrita Setty’s performance is quite normal.

Though it’s a debut for her she couldn’t get brownie points due to lack of talent. KK Menon is ok. There is no scope to boast his specialty with the character given to him. Avinash played routine role. The fat dark guy among hero’s friends could deliver some laughs here and there.

Coming to songs, ‘neevevvaro..’ is good. GV Prakash’s background score is impressive. This film scored well technically despite small film. Cinematography and editing are good. First half is good but second half is bumpy. The confrontation scenes of hero with police are not at all good. The scenes like puncturing the jeep tyres with nails made the film mundane.

The intelligence shown in first half is completely missing in the second.

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Mollywood

Movie Review Caste : Mammootty, Fahadh

Faasil, Reenu Mathews, Sunil Sukhada....

Music : Rafeeq Ahammed Director : Lal Jose Producer : S. George

an insurance company, but the company is looking for youngsters. He promises to help Immanuel get to the interview level, after which he would have to fend for himself. Immanuel gets selected and then on it’s a totally new world for him. Once in, he gets a totally different

Story:

Immanuel (Mammootty) works in a publishing company run by Joseph (Sunil Sukhada). But the publishing firm seems to be going the wrong way as business is down. People working there haven’t been paid for months.

Immanuel himself is looking for the pay that’s due to him.

He needs to buy things for his wife Annie (Reenu Mathews) and kid and take care of his familial responsibilities.

There is also a rapport that he shares with Joseph, who is like an elder brother to him.

Joseph vanishes one day and Immanuel is rendered jobless.

The next morning Immanuel gets a letter plus some money, left for him by Joseph. Joseph directs him to go meet a friend Rajashekharan (Mukesh), who could help him find a job.

Rajashekharan tells Immanuel that there is a vacancy with

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Performance : There is nothing for Mammootty fans in ‘Immanuel’; the actor in him tackles the role almost perfectly well. Reenu Mathews is just about OK. Fahadh, as usual, is really good and delivers a neat performance as Jeevan Raj. I liked Sunil Sukhada as well. The rest of them are OK with their respective roles.

Immanuel’ is a feel good movie that stands apart for its minimal intentions, like it’s protagonists.

picture of what the insurance sector is. Good at heart, upright, honest and humble- Immanuel is so unlike the people in the company. He presents a picture that’s totally in contrast to the picture presented by the young Branch Head Jeevan Raj (Fahadh Faasil), who is only after profit and nothing else. It’s from here that the story takes off…

Mollywood

Movie Review Caste : Mohanlal, Kalabhavan

Shajon, Mamta Mohandas, Krish Sathar, Meera Jasmine

Music : Ratheesh Vega Director : Siddique Producer : Antony Perumbavoor

Story: The movie has Mohanlal as Chandrabose, a habitual drunkard, who starts showing all sorts of tantrums if he is denied the bottle for awhile. He happens to enter into the lives of a few IT professionals through Sharath (Krish J Sathar) whom he rescues from a suicide attempt. Bose with the help of Sharath’s friends Anu (Mamta Mohandas), Chinnu Kunjunni (Mithra Kurian) and Sharath’s sister Joe (Padmapriya), spells wonders and built a new team who starts a new IT firm. No prize for guessing that this firm is sure to catapult as the leader in the business within a few days. Boss’s halo and his wisdom starts bringing in plenty of followers and fans for him, mostly the women folk. They identifies that Boss is not in the verge of a divorce from his wife Achu(Meera Jasmine) but he turned an alcoholic only to forget the nasty accident that took her away from him. How our hero of virtues is given a new path of life by the ladies who got to success with his help forms the second half, which can be a test of your patience.

Performance: It’s Mohanlal and his presence that saves the film from ending up as a total disaster. He breathes life into the first half and takes it all forward with his characteristic performance and humour, but in the second half he too seems to lose grip over things. Shajon is good; his comedy timing is what works out in the first half. The second half doesn’t offer him much scope either. Mamta does full justice to her role, but, at times looks a bit distraught.

Meera Jasmine has nothing much to do and her make-up seems to be overdone in most of the scenes. Though there is a charm about her, it seems the character could have been treated and presented in a different manner. Krish is just so so; his character could have been done by anyone, but if it was done by a talented actor, it could definitely have been better. The others don’t have much scope for performance.

‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ may not completely satisfy a die hard fan of Mohanlal. And for the rest there is precious little to offer.

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Sandalwood

Movie Review Caste : Kichcha Sudeep, Parul

Yadav, Bhavana Menon, Tulip Joshi, Jagapathi Babu, Ravishanker, etc

Music : V Harikrishna Director : Shashank Producer : Uday K Mehta

Story: An interesting tale, the story begins with Bachchan (sudeep) who is a real estate person but believes in doing his business in a corporate way. He approaches the farmers of a village and takes their land and makes them the partners. On the other side, Bachchan also kills two bad guys (Nasser, Ashish Vidyarthi) posing as a mental patient. He now has two more people to kill in his list. Meanwhile, special cop Vijayakumar ( jagapathi babu) comes in Bachchan’s trail. Why is Bachchan after the bad guys? What happens in the end forms the rest of the story.

Interesting plot, well narrated twists, worth watching

Presentation: The director has come up with a thriller type of storyline and while the presentation was rich, the narrative was engaging. The dialogues were well written. The script was above average and the screenplay was excellent. The background score was strong and Cinematography was impressive.

Three songs are worth listening. Editing was professional. Costumes were trendy and stylish while the art department was appealing. Kicha Sudeep was perfect into the role and he showed varied emotions. Parul Yadav was hot and sexy.

Bhavana Menon was beautiful. Nasser was natural, Ashish Vidyarthi was apt, Jagapathi Babu made his presence felt, Sadhu Kokila brought few smiles.

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Sandalwood

Movie Review

Caste : Shravanth, Shuba Punja,

Shringa, Jahnavi Kamath, Bullet Prakash, Sadhu Kokila, Umasri, Sharat Lohitashva, Rangayana Raghu

Music : Anoop Seelin Director : KM Chaitanya Producer : Sumith Kombra

pERFORMANCE:

STORY: Three friends - Shringa, Shravanth and Bullet Prakash come to a village in the Telugu belt area to satisfy the lust. In the village all the three are offered a girl for a day - son in law on payment for one day concept prevalent in some of the places.

All the three are locked in problems in satisfying their sexual hunger. They run away from the village in a jeep with two Shuba and Jahnavi. In reach back home they face hurdles that evoke laughter to the audience. They are caught up with a dead body as circumstances force them. It is further tricky situation.

They reach to their place the two girls who have come along fall in love with two young boys. The situation now makes all of them to reach the place from where they have come because Shringa father (Rangayana Raghu) is captive. How they bounce back to relieve Shringa father is rest of the film.

The expressive Jahnavi Kamath and cool actor Shringa are the new finds from this film to the Kannada filmdom. There is good scope for performance to Shravanth, Bullet Prakash and Shuba Punja, there is scope for over acting to Umasri, Arun Sagar and Sharat Lohitashva is convincing in a new format of his role

Paraari’ - A certificate film is competitive in many areas.

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Bollywood

Movie Review

Caste : Aditya Roy Kapur, Shaad Randhawa,Shraddha Kapoor

Music : Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari

Director : Mohit Suri Producer : Bhushan Kumar, Kishan Ku-

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mar, Mukesh Bhatt

Synopsis: Aashiqui 2 is an upcoming Indian romanticaction film directed by Mohit Suri, starring Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles.The film went on floors in October 2011 with scenes shot in Cape Town, South Africa while in India, filming continued in Goa and Mumbai.

Story: Aashiqui 2 is a musical love story with Rahul Jaykar (Aditya Roy Kapoor) and Arohi Shirke (Shraddha Kapoor) as the lead characters. Aashiqui 2 takes you through a musical journey of two lovers who go through love and hate, twists and turbulence, success and failure in their lives. Will they accept their success and live life together or do their egos separate them forever??

The Bhatts expressed this one is not a sequel to Aashiqui, but just a retelling of a love story.

Even if then, does it actually work, even with the title adding value? In fact, when we first heard about Aashiqui 2 we, like almost everyone else, thought it would be a sequel to the first, which made Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal instant stars. That neither of them managed to follow up on that success is a different story, but the film told a tale that could possibly be continued into the future, perhaps into a new generation storytelling.

Nevertheless, Mahesh Bhatt the producer and Mohit Suri, the director of the film, made it clear that the second film merely had the

same name; it was not connected with the first in any other way, they claimed. Logically speaking, the name itself should have ensured some degree of success but no, that is not what is happening, not even a bit!

This one kind of reminded us of A Star is Born, or even its desi version Abhimaan, with none of the quality of either acting or filmmaking.

Yes, Suri tries very hard; yes, the music is fairly decent; yes, the story has potential which is about two young people, Rahul (Aditya Roy Kapur) and Aarohi (Shraddha Kapoor) who are both singers, he the established star, she the wannabe. He helps her, she becomes the star while his career fades fast‌you know the usually highflown talk.

The romance is sweet, but oldfashionedly so, with none of the steamy, sexy stuff that audiences are used to these days. Rather it could have been an emotional ride, but is rather more like a sizzling, stalling, sickening BEST bus conveying through the mean streets of Bollyland.

While Shraddha looks pretty, fragile and earnest, Aditya does have his moments of glory, more so because he is good to look at while he manages to deliver his lines without sounding like a child reciting a lesson in the classroom and has a track record that we like, with London Dreams, Action Replayy and Guzaarish to his credit. What acqually work better than expected is the chemistry between the two young leads and it could be real and will probably spread some gossip!

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Sen Sharma, Kalki Koechlin, Huma, Qureshi

Director : Kannan Iyer

EK THI DAAYAN Movie Review

Production : Ekta Kapoor, Shobha

Kapoor, Vishal Bhardwaj

performances: STORY: There is a popular magician Bobo (Emraan Hashmi). Accidents are happening at his stage performances. He is mystified and goes to his psychiatrist. The doctor takes him to his childhood. As a child Bobo is shown living with his widowed father (Pawan Malhotra) and his younger sister.

He is very much interested in the occult and aspires to be a magician. Enters a neighbour Diana (Konkana Sen Sharma).

Bobo thinks she is a witch, and Diana bewitches his father and he marries her. Bobo’s father and sister die in mysterious circumstances. Diana has also disappeared. Bobo has passed that phase and succeeded in life as a magician. He has also a girlfriend Tamara (Huma Qureshi).

They get married. Lisa Dutt (Kalki Koechlin) arrives from Canada. She claims to be a huge fan of the magician Bobo. She buys Bobo’s old house at a fabulous price, and strange things start happening.

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The performances add plenty of weight to this story, with Konkana Sen Sharma and Emraan Hashmi shining brightest.

Konkana’s performance is especially hairraising and you can’t help but doubt her even when she is showering love on the children. Emraan doesn’t lag behind either and gives us a confident, yet restrained show. Huma Qureshi plays the understanding better-half well but in the film’s last sequence, she goes a little overboard. We also wish that Kalki Koechlin, who plays Lisa Dutt, had a bigger role in the film. Out of all the characters, we felt hers was a little flaky and could have etched out better.

The beautiful m u s i c , especially the track ‘Lautungi M a i n ’ , compliments the mood of the film. Far from the childish animated stuff we are used to, the film’s first half.

Bollywood

Caste : Emraan Hashmi, Konkona

Bollywood

Movie Review STORY:

Performances:

Ayushman Khurana appears as a stage actor The best thing about Nautanki Saala would be and director Ram Parmar. He specializes and the excellent performances delivered by both is popular in the role of Raavan in Ramleela. Kunal Roy Kapoor and Ayushmann Khuranna.

On one night while going to meet his girl Ayushmann is extraordinary in few scenes. He friend Chitra (Gaelyn is funny, humorous, especially, Mendonca) he sees a Ayushmann Khurrana, : Caste his comic timings need a Kunaal Roy Kapur, Pooja desperate Mandar Lele special mention. Kunal is at his Salvi, Evelyn Sharma (Kunaal Roy Kapoor) comical best. Not many actors trying to commit suicide. have the capability to make Director : Rohan Sippy He saves him. Kunal you laugh only with facial believes he is useless expressions, but Kapoor does good for nothing. His Production : Bhushan Kumar, Krishan it and his face is more than Kumar, Ramesh Sippy, girlfriend Nandini ( Pooja Roopa de Choudhury enough to make burst into Salvi) has also deserted laughter in many scenes. him. Ram builds Mandar’s confidence in himself. He “Overall, Nautanki Saala is a clever comedy also gives him the role of Ram in Ramleela. with some amazing characters. Its comic When Mandar starts doing well, Ram goes in appeal doesn’t lie in its buffoonery but its search of Mandar’s girlfriend Nandini. She is a beauty, and she starts loving Ram. He also falls storyline, its characters and its performances, in love with her. But he is not happy with the all of which come together to tell a tale that development. His name is Ram and now he is is refreshing and genuinely funny when it’s acting like his Ramleela character of Raavan. meant to be.”

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Tollywood

Grapevine

Tamanna

defends herself...

Tamanna

made a promising re entry with ‘Himmatwaala’ remake, directed by Sajid Khan opposite Ajay Devgan. Audience definitely compared Tamanna with Sridevi who mesmerized the audience in the original version and the result of the movie also managed to get a mixed talk. Responding to the same, Tamanna said, ‘If you compare any actress with Sridevi, Sridevi will win the battle. I have done justice to my role according to me.

And the result of the film is definitely not disappointing at a complete extent. We are expecting more audience to turn up at the theaters in the coming days. It is because of my work, I have got another offer in B - Town to act opposite Akshay Kumar in Saajid - Farhaad directorial. I will for sure prove my worth with this film’, said the actress.

Tapsee not to sign movies in a jiff Tollywood actress Tapsee is on cloud9 after the success of her Bollywood debut venture, Chashme Baddoor. It's a known fact that she has been getting n number of offers in Bollywood ever since the movie made it to theatres. And speculations too are running high w h e t h e r Tapsee would Gopichand’s time has finally come. The be accepting macho and handsome hero with a towering all those figure has found his perfect match a soulmate in offers in a Reshma, who happens to be the neice of actor jiffy or not. and hero, Srikanth.

Curtaining all those doubts, Tapsee came out Come May 12, the most eligible bachelor will no stating that she would not be signing in any longer remain a bachelor. His wedding is set in a film at least till June since she’s been busy grand function at the N-Convention, Madhapur working on other projects down south too at 2:16 am in Hyderabad. till June.

Gopichand will no longer be single

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People are beauty conscious:

Jwala Gutta

Pros role satisfies Shriya Actress Shriya who have had shown enough skin and tagged herself as glamorous actress seems to have now got an opportunity to satisfy the actor in her. In fact, that’s true.

The actress herself admitted the same after she worked for the flick pavitra.

Anyway, after Anushka it’s Shriya’s turn to entertain us in a prostitute role.

Badminton sensation Jwala Gutta,

who’s going to rock the audience with an item number in Nitin starrer Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde, has spoken about the beauty. She has said that good habits, right diet and correct exercise will make one maintain the beauty and said that cosmetic treatments would just add extra beauty.

Ms Jwala who inaugurated a cosmetic clinic in Jubilee Hills of

Hyderabad was of the opinion that people were taking extra care about the beauty these days and that’s the reason why so many cosmetic clinics and surgeries were popping up everywhere, she added.

Anjali in Gabbar Singh 2?

Actress Anjali

might have suffered a lot in her personal area but when it comes to films, she’s a bright future. While Anjali already beat many heroines and cliched almost number one in Tollywood with the success of SVSC, the sources now said that Anjali is all set to appear opposite Pawan Kalyan’s next movie Gabbar Singh 2, which will be directed by Sampath Nandi.

If there’s truth in the news that Anjali faced inconvenience in Tamil film industry, then she can give answer to many questions with this film!

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Kollywood

Grapevine I’m going to miss Thalaivaa : Amala Paul Amala Paul, one of the busy bees of South Indian film industry, completed her portions of forthcoming Tamil film Thalaivaa recently.

The actress had a great experience working with the film unit. As a result, she is missing the film unit a lot.

The actress recently returned from Australia after wrapping up the last schedule of upcoming Tamil actiondrama Thalaivaa. “It feels like yesterday we kick-started Thalaivaa and all of a sudden it’s all over. I am going to miss it, and miss it so badly,” she added.

Vishal to appear in a stunning role for upcoming movie Vishal

has a newer interest for his upcoming flick. With Pandiya Naidu he will produce a movie under the director of Suseenthiran that will base in Madurai as the primary location for the movie shoot.

The

movie will flag off on May 15 in the picturesque locations of Tirunelveli, Madurai and Coonoor.

In the movie, Vishal will take the role of a thoughtful youngster who seeks revenge for the past.

Shaking a leg with him would be non other than charming Lakshmi Menon. Imman will construct the tunes while Madhi guides the camera.

Kamal’s Vishwaroopam 2 in Aug? Legendary actor Kamal Haasan’s

Vishwaroopam 2 is getting ready at a brisk speed folks! The dynamic actor who turned director with Vishwaroopam movie is all set to release his sequel to Vishwaroopam on August 15 on the eve of India’s independence day.

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Rahman’s nephew to marry Saindavi

Tulasi

follows Kartika Karthika’s younger sister, Tulasi made her acting debut in none other than Mani Ratnam’s directorial ‘Kadali’, but the movie bombed at the box office.

Now, following her elder sister, Tulasi decided to act in Tamil hero Jeeva’s fourth coming film, the same hero acting opposite whom Tulasi’s elder sister Karthika bagged her first success with 'Rangam'.

Will Jeeva prove lucky for Tulasi as well?

In

a latest development coming in from film circles, a relationship between musician GV Prakash (AR Rahman’s nephew) and his long term girlfriend, singer Saindavi is finally taking the form of marriage.

Schoolmates once, GV Prakash and Saindavi seems to have had feelings for each other since tender age. But it was not until a song ‘Yaara Ivan,’ (Udayam NH4) that the duo realized that their wave lengths matched. And the both finally decided to open up a new chapter in their lives by entering into wedlock. The wedding bells will ring on June 27! The couple will get united in the midst of rare gathering at Mayor Ramanatham Chettair Hall in Chennai. All top personalities from Bollywood too are going to mark their attendance to greet the lovely couple!

Shankar chides Amy Jackson Noted filmmaker Shankar seems to have invited trouble by planning to introduce the British model turned actress, Amy Jackson in his film, ‘I’. Amy was sued for extensive partying and night life back home. Due to this the actress is facing some issues in the morning. Hence the filmmaker made his point very clear and urged the actress to miss her night life till the film was completed as it was taking a toll on her looks in the morning hours.

The actress immediately agreed to the director and stopped moving out of her rest room in the evenings. With overseas schedule being completed in Australia, the crew is back in Chennai. It is now speculated that she would be moving to Puducherry with her friends to enjoy the week long gap. That’s like a good girl, feel the crew.

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Bollywood

Grapevine

I've no inclination towards politics Shah Rukh Khan Though a lot of actors calling in politics, from Govinda, the Badshah of is a professional field and the right education for it.

have found their Jaya Bachchan to Bollywood feels it one needs to have

A leading publication quoted the actor as saying, “I can’t become a politician all of a sudden. It’s a professional field and you have to educate yourself for that.”

Juhi Chawla in a negative character in Gulaab Gang Actor Juhi Chawla, who will be seen in a negative role in Gulaab Gang, says the film "may be sort of" inspired by Sampat Pal Devi, the founder of Gulabi Gang in Uttar Pradesh.

"It is not someone's story... may be sort of inspired by Sampat Pal Devi's story. The film is a dramatic version of all this that is happening," Juhi said on Friday on the sidelines of inauguration of the fertility clinic Genome.

The publiation further quoted him as saying, “I don’t I look down on politics. Asking me whether I’ve thought of entering politics is as good as asking me if I’ve given a thought to becoming an astronaut,” he said, adding that as far as he is concerned, acting is what suits him best. It’s what I’ve done all my life. I think I should try and do what I do best, which is also questionable at times. Honestly, I’ve no inclination towards politics.”

Madhuri Dixit goes the item way!

Madhuri is doing an item number in Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starrer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Farah Khan will choreograph the song.

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Was told that I would not su rvive mu ch in Bollywood, - says Aamir Actor Aamir Khan, who has delivered several hits in his film career like Taare Zameen Par, 3 Idiots, says because of his ‘one film at a time approach’ industry people often told him that his career will be finished soon.

The actor has completed 25 years in the film industry and given notable performances in films like Dil, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke, Andaz Apna Apna, Rangeela, Ghulam, Sarfarosh, Earth, Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai, Sarfarosh, Rang De Basanti, Fanna, Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini, 3 Idiots and others.

“I ‘am happy and surprised to complete 25 years in the industry. When I was new I was not aware where and how my career will head. I was told an actor’s life is of five years as public then gets bored of seeing them,” Aamir told reporters here today.

A lesson in Kathak Actress Singh

Saif to romance Ileana in his next?

Ileana D’Cruz, who made her Bollywood debut and rose to fame with Anurag Basu’s Barfi!, will reportedly romance Saif Ali Khan in his next home production to be directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK.

Chitrangada

is gearing up for her next film and is taking diction and dance lessons for the same.

“I am attending a workshop for my next film. I am working on my Hindi and Urdu diction and am also taking diction classes.

Besides, I am also learning Kathak for the role,”

A leading tabloid quoted a source as saying, “It was during the making

of Go Goa Gone that directors Raj and DK had spoken about their next project. Saif loved the idea of a romantic film.”

Chitrangada said.

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Infocus

BAADSHAH The story may be formulaic, but there is enough space for entertaining elements.

The film is replete with visual treat and style as each sequence was shot with the backdrop of a rich canvas!

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BAADSHAH

has all the commercial elements that

his fans expect from him and there is a good dose of emotion also, which may go well with the family audience. But the best way to enjoy this film is to go with an open mind. As such, this is a typical Sreenu Vaitla film and his formula and pattern is the same right from the beginning till the end.

With a huge star-cast and a technical crew involved in this film, you can expect a crisp screenplay and direction in this film.

Director Sreenu Vaitla has used NTR’s style and presence well in Baadshah, which boasts of Sreenu’s signature style of narration.

In this flick too, Sreenu has focused on powerful dialogues which will satisfy cinema goers.

Kajal is as usual an eye-candy. She’s got a good role and has done justice to her performance. Also, she looks stunning in the songs.

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Infocus

While for NTR, the role is pretty much a cake-walk. And he has come up with a superb performance in every sense and has occupied pretty much major part of the film. Also he’s carried it on his shoulders and added plenty of panache and style to the proceedings. He has surely given a powerhouse performance.

Also, NTR’s comic timing is good, and he manages a commendable show. However, his Telangana accent was a surprise package for the audiences and his characterisation was well etched. Full marks to the script writers.

The actor’s powerful chops and dancemoves enthralled everyone. His versatility in acting and emoting of various expressions are impressive. As usual, he rocks with his style.

Sr NTR’s medley performed by the Jr. NTR was a delight to the Nandamuri fans. Apart from NTR and the two principal comedians (Brahmanandam and MS Narayana), the rest are pretty much part of the backdrop.

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Brahmanandam (Jayasimha) and MS Narayana (Revenge Nageswara Rao) once again hogged the limelight with their stellar performances.

The touch of comedy is felt in most of the sequences in the second half where comedians Brahmi and MS entertain.

Baadshah is a Pakka commercial mass-family entertainer with something for everyone

Success

meet of Baadshah stage was set on fire with some political reactions from Jr.NTR about the latest turmoil created by YSRCP with his photo on flexi’s hoarded

by YSRCP leaders along with Kodali Nani in Krishna District followed

by Balakrishna’s immature speech asking Jr.NTR to clarify/condemn the situation of using his photo on other political outfits flexi’s. The fans of a hero can be part of any political party and it is rather surprising to media folks as well from the speech of Balakrishna warning Jr.NTR of dire consequences if he hasn’t condemned the flexi controversy created by YSRCP. In a press meet HariKrishna father of Jr.NTR has condemned the warning given by Balakrishna in an indirect manner and reiterated that Jr.NTR cannot give explanation to each and every controversy. He also told that the media has many questions and he has many answers to clarify and at a right time he will explain everything to media.

Jr.NTR

Jr.NTR’s clarification in Baadshah Success meet

reacts to

“I am very happy with the success of Baadshah

Balayya

which is doing very well all over the world,and

Comments on Flexi Controversy

please do not distance me from happiness by dragging me into unnecessary controversies. I always say this and saying now that only NTR’s blood flows through my body. By serving my parents and remembering my grandfather for the stature he has given, I’ll be with the party established by him and whatever implications might anyone take from any other controversy, I will not clarify again

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Starry Eyed

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"DYNASTY MAY GIVE SOMEONE AN INITIAL BOOST IN FILMS BUT

SUCCESS DEMANDS MORE SKILLS." N. T. RAMA RAO JR. (born Nandamuri Taraka Ram on 20 May 1983) known popularly as Jr. NTR, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and an accomplished Kuchipudi dancer. His work has been exclusively in Telugu cinema (Tollywood). He is the grandson of Telugu matinee idol and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) and the son of actor and Rajya Sabha MP Nandamuri Harikrishna.

than films he is the brand ambassador for several brands such as Malabar Gold, Himani Navratna Hair Oil and Zandu Balm in Andhra Pradesh. He was listed #66 in Forbes India top 100 Celebrities for the year 2012.

Jr. NTR is also involved in politics and is currently an inactive member of his grandfather's political party, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

Jr. NTR made his film debut at the age of eight as a child artist in Brahmarshi Viswamitra in 1991. His first film in a lead role was in the film Ninnu Chudalani which released in 2001. He achieved his breakthrough in the same year with the blockbuster film Student No. 1. He then appeared in many successful films such as Aadi (2002), Simhadri (2003), Rakhi (2006), Yamadonga (2007), Brindavanam (2010), Adhurs (2010).

In his film career, Jr. NTR has worked in twenty three films till date, two as a child artist and twenty one as a lead actor. He has won two Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, one Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Award and three CineMAA Awards. Other

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'I am surprised to complete

25 years in the industry'

Aamir Khan 36

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Mr Perfectionist, Aamir Khan, completed 25

style. Two-and-half decades ago, Aamir was not sure about how his career would shape up.

years in filmdom.

“When I was new, I didn’t know where

He

my career will go. Initially, my films

attributes this success to the mistakes he made over the years. One of the most respected and versatile actors of his generation, he admits when he started, he never thought he would come this far.

"I have had

unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success,"

were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes,” said the 48-year-old whose ‘Love Love Love’, ‘Deewana Mujhsa Nahin’ etc. had bombed at the box office.

“When my three-four films were not successful, I decided I won’t sign a film for money, a big banner or a specific person. I decided I will listen to my heart. That is why I started doing less films. I have followed this till date,” said the actor who made his mark with his work in ‘Raja Hindustani’, ‘Sarfarosh’ and ‘Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke’.

Aamir said.

His

debut film ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ came out on April 29 in 1988 and turned out to be a game changer at the box office, which was reeling under hackneyed plots and flops.

A

fresh film with fresh faces brought in a breath of fresh air. If the beautifully stitched romantic saga launched Aamir Khan in filmdom, it also introduced Mansoor Khan as a director and gave Juhi Chawla her due.

If the story was fresh, so was the music of

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Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla celebrate 25 years of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak with a reunion party

Aamir Khan’s co-star Juhi Chawla along with other actors like Makrand Deshpande, Asha Sharma, Nandita Thakur, Shiva Rindani, Shehzad Khan and Raj Zutshi all made it for the special screening and party.

Qayamat

Se Qayamat Tak, the 1988 romantic drama was written and produced by Nasir Hussain and directed by his son Mansoor Khan.

The film starring Aamir Khan as Raj and Juhi Chawla as Rashmi was a huge hit.

Aamir Khan’s children from his first wife Junaid and Ira also

made it to the party along with their mother Reena. Reena and Aamir divorced in 2002.

Aamir’s second wife Kiran Rao kept it simple in a white top with orange skirt. Their one-year-old son Azad Rao was not at the late night party.

Aamir

Khan’s nephew and actor Imran Khan, who played young Raj in the movie, was also present with his wife Avantika.

Aamir

Khan, Juhi, Kiran and others also watched the movie at Imran Khan’s home before the party.

Age

: 47

Birthday

: 14th March, 1965

Zodiac

: Pisces

Marital status

: Married to Reena Dutta (1986–2002) and to Kiran Rao (2005–present); Aamir has a son, Junaid, and a daughter, Ira, from his first marriage, and son Azad with Kiran.

Awards

: Padma Bhushan India’s third highest civilian honour from the Government of India Filmfare Best Male Debut Award 2 Filmfare Best Actor Awards 2 Filmfare Best Movie Awards Filmfare Best Director Award Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance

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Greeku Veerudu Greeku Veerudu

is an upcoming Telugu romantic film written and directed by Kondapalli Dasaradh Kumar, produced by D Siva Prasad Reddy featuring Nagarjuna and Nayantara in the lead roles. It is also being dubbed into Tamil as “Love Story”. The film’s soundtrack and background score were composed by S. Thaman.

Nagarjuna who plays an NRI, sports a trendy moustache in this film. Meera Chopra is playing one of the key roles.

Nayantara has been roped in as Nagarjuna’s heroine.

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Celebrity of the Month

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Srinu Vaitla

Tollywood’s most successful Director

Srinu Vaitla

is Tollywood’s most successful director. For all his success he believes that his comedy style has attracted all kinds of audiences a lot. He swears that ‘Dookudu’ success has strengthened his comedy style which eventually raised the audience’s expectations on his latest release ‘Baadshah’ due to which he had to undergo immense pressure.

Now

in theaters, Baadshah movie is sweeping the box office with opening collections in India and abroad.

He is from the village of Kandulapalem, East Godavari District. His first mainstream movie as a director was Nee Kosam (1999) starring Ravi Teja and Maheshwari. Though the movie was an average flick at the box office, it was critically acclaimed. He shot to fame with his second movie Anandam, released in the year 2001. He made his own impression on the Telugu Cinema comedy.

This can be observed in his movies Venky, Dhee, Dubai Seenu and Ready. In his 13 years main stream filmmaking, he is associated with 12 movies as director, six as screenplay writer, four as story writer and two as supporting cast. He played cameo in Rainbow and Parama Veera Chakra movies. For most of his films music was given by Devi Sri Prasad. For all of his films from Venky onwards Gopimohan and Kona Venkat were script writers.

I penned ‘Dookudu’ script keeping Mahesh Babu in mind, and ‘Baadshah’ for NTR

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My belief in comedy and audience accepting it is the reason for my

Interview with Srinu Vaitla - Film Director

success

I

faced immense pressure due to high expectations on ‘Baadshah’ since it was coming soon after ‘Dookudu’. However, it made me forget my one year efforts which I had put in for the best output.

My belief in comedy and the audience accepting it is the only reason for my continuous success. NTR gave a warm hug seeing the audience’s reaction. What more do I need?

There may be Dookudu impact on Baadshah

Every

director has his own style.

Audiences expect comedy from me.

‘Dookudu’ has strengthened my style.

Hence there may be ‘Dookudu’ impact on ‘Baadshah’.

NTR can compete with himself only

This

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status. But he was a normal as anyone on the sets. He respects the director and addresses me as ‘Anna’ affectionately.

He has an amazing memory power.

He can compete with himself only in delivering the dialogue on a single shot and performing the dance step without any rehearsal. When the title ‘Baadshah’

was suggested he specially requested for that title.

A director should prepare a script keeping a hero in mind

According

to me, a director should prepare a script keeping a hero in mind.

Only then he can do complete justice to the story. While I penned ‘Dookudu’ story visualizing Mahesh Babu in the character, I designed ‘Baadshah’ especially for

NTR only. Audiences are attracted to NTR’s dialogues and dances, along with Banti Janaki’s comedy in first half and Brahmanandam’s comedy in second half.

be an experimental movie. Nevertheless I don’t have such thoughts right now.

I tried to come out with more

films

specialties

calculate the movie budget, marketing budget and its business before creating a movie. I always follow this method because the producer trusts the director and invests money.

In

order to reach the audience’s expectations, I tried my best to come out with more specialties like Mahesh Babu’s voice-over, Siddharth’s special role, Navdeep’s negative role, Simbu’s song, etc. I’m very glad on Mahesh Babu’s voiceover for the film. When I requested him for it with the idea of having a hero’s voice-over for another hero’s movie, his response was instant.

I’ve my own calculations in doing

I

I did not criticize Ram Gopal Varma and Rajamouli

Satires

in my films are as per the story demand. I don’t add satires intending to hurt someone.

It’s meaningless to say that I criticized Ram Gopal Varma and Rajamouli.

However, satire on Dil Raju is no doubt a piece of realism. We intend to tell audience that no one can match him in making romantic entertainers. I told him about it before adding it in the film.

Nagarjuna’s point

When

I first made ‘Nee Kosam’, Nagarjuna commented on the film saying that it’s good but it would have been even better had it entertained the audience with some comedy. It took a while for me to catch that point. But there is no turning back after I realized it. So in case I do any film without comedy, it will only

“

My next film is with Mahesh Babu. We have decided the title ‘Adugu’ for it.”

“

It took sometime for me to grasp

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Born

: September 24, 1972

Birth Place

: Kandulapalem, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh

Occupation

: Director

Spouse

: Rupa Vaitla

Children

: 3 daughters

Awards Nandi Award for Best Feature Film

(Nee Kosam)

Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director

(Nee Kosam)

Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer

(Nee Kosam, Dhee)

Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu

(Dookudu)

CinemAA Awards - Best Director

(Dookudu)

South Indian International Movie Awards - Best Director (Dookudu)

The Hyderabad Times Film Awards - Best Director (Dookudu)

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Star of the Month

ANJALI Anjali is an Indian film actress and model, who predominantly appears in Tamil films along with few Telugu movies. Following a stint in modelling, before gaining attention with her critically acclaimed performance as Anandhi in Kattradhu Thamizh (2007), for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debutante. In 2010 and 2011, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress Tamil for her performances in Angaadi Theru and Engaeyum Eppothum respectively, subsequently becoming recognized as one of the “finest young actors� in Tamil cinema.

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I don’t know why people keep asking me if I am doing a Bollywood film?

These rumours are not true ..

Currently, Anjali is working on five films simultaneously, on Balupu with Ravi Teja, Angaadi Theru, directed by Vasanthabalan, who earlier directed the National Film Award winning Tamil film, Veyyil, and Rettai Suzhi, in which she will be sharing screen with veteran

directors

Bharathiraja

and K. Balachandar.

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Anjali

I don’t believe in chemistry and physics between actors. I have absolutely no hang-ups acting with senior actors.

was born in Razole, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. She studied up to 10th class in Razole. She has two brothers.After completing her education, she began acting in short films, which paved the way for her entry into the film industry.During one of her modeling assignments, she was spotted by director Siva Nageswara Rao, who offered her a starring role in his Telugu thriller film Photo (2006). She played the female lead in another Telugu venture, the romance film Premalekha Raasa (2007), directed by lyricist Kulasekhar, opposite a debutant again.

She made her Tamil film debut later that year in Kattradhu Thamizh, directed by Ram, which released to strong critical acclaim. Anjali won critical praise for her portrayal of Anandhi, the childhood friend and love interest of a young teacherturned-psychopath (enacted by Jeeva). A Behindwoods critic wrote that she was

“a delight to watch and spellbinds the viewer with her beautiful fresh look and her performance”.

In her second film Aayudham Seivom opposite director-turned-actor Sundar C., she went for an image makeover, shedding her “homely image” and enacting a glamorous role with less scope to perform, which was not well received by the audience as it was a surprise and shock as opposed to her first film, in which she gave an impressive performance.

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Name

: Anjali

Date of Birth

: September 11

Zodiac Sign

: Virgo

Place of Birth : Razole, Andhra Pradesh Height

: 5 Feet 4 inches

Zodiac Sign

: Virgo

Education

: Degree in Mathematics

Occupation

: Model and Actress

Languages Known

: Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, English

Hobbies

: listening music,watching movies,Dancing

Life Goal

: To become a Big actress

Favourites Colour

: Black,Red,white

Food

: South indian Dishes

Place

: Her Village in Andhra Pradesh

Dress

: Jeans and T-Shirts

Singer

: Sherya Ghosal, Latha Mangeshkar & Asha

Music Director

: A.R Rahman and Ilayaraja

Director

: Mani Ratnam

Actor

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Shahrukh, amir, Rajini, Kamal, Cheeranjeevi

Actress

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They treat me like an ATM: Anjali Anjali

has gone missing from a hotel in the posh Jubilee Hills area in Hyderabad, police said on Tuesday April 08th.

Anjali had reportedly called some Tamil media houses and complained that her aunt, Bharati Devi and Tamil film director Kalanjayam, were abusing her and using her like an ATM. Kalanjayam had launched Anjali in Tamil films and Bharati Devi had brought her from her native village in rural Andhra Pradesh to Chennai when she was still in intermediate and helped her get a break in films. Anjali reportedly said she feared for her life.

Putting an end to all speculations and controversies, missing Anjali finally reappeared on Friday, April 12.

Anjali headed to the West Zone DCP office in Hyderabad where the Deputy Commissioner of Police Sudheer Babu interrogated her and recorded her statement. Later during an interaction with media, Anjali claimed that she would detail about her “missing” episode shortly.

Meanwhile, Bharati Devi filed a police complaint alleging that Anjali may have been kidnapped and is being forced to issue statements against her and director Kalanjiyam. A police official was quoted as saying, “She (Bharati Devi) believes that someone could have kidnapped Anjali. She fears that her kidnapper might be forcing Anjali to allege harassments charges against her.”

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‘missing’ episode a nightmare Anjali,

told mediapersons on Saturday that she would henceforth concentrate on her career. Her talent and performance in films had attracted producers with offers of lead roles in various films in Tollywood.

“Its my duty to cooperate with producers and meet my commitments. I will resume shooting on Monday. The shooting of Bol Bachan Telugu remake will take place on Monday in the city,” Anjali told the media. She felt that the ‘missing’ episode was a nightmare in her life.

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NANDI

AWARDS - 2011

The prestigious Nandi Awards for the 2011, which are presented

by Andhra Pradesh state government, were announced at a grand ceremony held at Lalita Kalatoranam, Nampally, in the city on Thursday evening (April 11). Superstar Mahesh Babu and actress Nayantara walked away with the best actors award for their wonderful performance in Dookudu and Sri Rama Rajyam, respectively.

Telugu movies Dookudu and Sri Rama Rajyam, which shared the Best Film award, have topped the winners’ list by bagging seven awards each.

Rajanna has landed in the second place with six awards, while Jai Bolo Telangana graced third position with five awards. Anaganaga O Dheerudu and 100% Love have fallen in the fourth spot with three awards each.

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Nandi Award Winners Best Film

- Sri Rama Rajyam

Second Best Film

- Rajanna

Third Best Film

- Virodhi

Best Director

- N Shankar (Jai Bolo Telangana)

Best Actor

- Mahesh Babu (Dookudu)

Best Actress

- Nayantara (Sri Rama Rajyam)

Best Supporting Actor

- Prakash Raj (Dookudu)

Best Supporting Actress

- Sujatha (Inkennallu)

Best Character Actor

- Gandhi (Rajanna)

Best Comedian (Actor)

- MS Narayan (Dookudu)

Best Comedian (Actress)

- Ratnasagar (Karalu Miriyalu)

Best Villain

- Lakshmi Prasanna (Anaganaga O Dheerudu)

Best Singer (Male)

- Gaddar (Jai Bolo Telangana)

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Singer (Female) - Malavika (Rajanna) Best Dubbing (Female)

- Sunitha(Sri Rama Rajyam)

Best Dubbing (Male) - RCM Raju(Jai Bolo Telangana) Best Child Actor

- Master Nikhil (100% Love)

Best Child Actress

- Baby Annie (Rajanna)

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Audio Launch Naga Chaitanya, Sunil multistarrer movie “Tadakha� is being directed

by Dolly (Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kastam) fame. The movie audio was released in Shilpakala Vedika at Hyderabad recently. The trailer of the movie was released by Santosh Srinivas

and

Heroine

Tamannah.

The audio first CD was released

by Akkineni Nageshwara Rao and handed over to Akkineni Nagarjuna.

The movie features Naga Chaitanya, Sunil, Tamannah and Andrea in lead roles. Brahmanandam will be seen in Comedy role in this action movie. SS Thaman composed music.

The film has Naga Babu, Ashutosh Rana, Vennela Kishore, Jayaprakash Reddy, Rama Prabha and many others in other lead roles.

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Tadakha Audio Release

Tadakha is a remake of well received 2012 Tamil film Vettai

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Audio Launch

Iddarammayilatho Audio Release

The

songs of Allu Arjun-starrer Iddarammayilatho were released on 28 April. The music launch saw Ram Charan and VV Vinayak as the guests of honor.

The cast and crew of the film made their way to the glittering ceremony. Charan and Vinayak spoke high about the film and wished the unit good luck. BVSN Prasad, Gemini Kiran, Dil Raju, etc were amongst others who attended the event.

Iddarammayilatho is an upcoming

Telugu film directed by Puri Jagannadh starring Allu Arjun, Amala Paul and Catherine Tresa in the lead roles.Bandla Ganesh is producing this film under Parameswara Arts.

Devi Sri Prasad has composed music for this movie. All the movies that released with Devi and Bunny combination have been a hit. The expectations are pretty high for Iddarammayulatho music. The last movie with their combination was Julayi and how successful it was.

Allu Arjun in this movie is a rockstar, who is settled abroad. Bunny, in all his movies is popular for his dance and dance moves.

Since he is a rockstar in this movie, we can only imagine the expectations his fans would have on this movie.

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Internationally acclaimed pop and reagge singer Apache Indian has teamed up for Devi Sri Prasad to sing a song in this film, which is the first time Apache Indian has sung a Telugu song in his career of two Decades.

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SHOOTING SPOTS

Prasat Sikhoraphum – Surin, Thailand Prasat Sikhoraphum is a Khmer temple located in Thailand, between the cities of Surin and Sisaket. It was built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II for Hindu worship. The temple is composed of five sandstone brick towers towers made of brick on a base made of laterite. There are sandstone bas-reliefs on the main tower depicting Shiva, Brahma, Ganesh, Vishnu and Uma. The door frames have sets of apsaras, devatas and dvarapalas. The temple was converted for use by Buddhists in the 16th century.

Arcitectural contributions by Laos are evident on the tower roofs. The name comes from the sanskrit word shikhara, meaning tower sanctuary of South India.

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Cupid’s Span Sculpture – Embarcadero, San Francisco Situated on the crest of Rincon Park’s northern knoll, Cupid’s Span is a depiction of a bow and arrow.

Composed of fiberglass and steel, the sculpture stands approximately 60 feet tall and is 130-140 feet wide. The sculpture has an open design to provide a frame for the surrounding landscape.

Cupid’s Span adds to Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s long list of famous large-scale civic sculptures, which include “Spoonbridge and Cherry” in Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, “Saw, Sawing” in Tokyo, Japan, and “Needlethread” in Milan. The sculpture was commissioned by Donald and Doris Fisher, founders of Gap Inc., who donated it to the City of San Francisco.

Palace of Fine Arts Theater– Surin, Thailand The Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina District of San Francisco, California is a building originally constructed for the 1915 PanamaPacific Exposition. The Palace of Fine Arts has been a favorite wedding location for couples throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. A renovation restoring the interior of the dome, the walkways around the Palace and a seismic retrofit was completed in early 2009.

The lagoon was intended to echo those found in classical settings in Europe, where the expanse of water provides a mirror surface to reflect the grand buildings and an undisturbed vista to appreciate them from a distance.

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SAREGAMA

Banthipoola Janaki Baadshah movie did fairly well at the box office and everyone associated with the film can rightly share the credit of movie’s success. And not to forget the lyricists and musician behind songs that came out of so well. There’s this song named Bathipula Janaki.

Noted pop singer Daler Mehendi has sung for this Banthipula Janaki song. The lyrics of the song were neatly penned down by Ramajogayya Shastry. It is known that Kajal Agarwal keeps on talking about some weird Banthi (ball) philosophy in this movie.

Keeping that trait of the character, Ramajogayya Shastry wrote the lyrics. The dance too came out pretty well. So, it’s no exaggeration to state that Banthipula Janaki song a crucial role in Baadshah audio success!

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Movie

: Baadshah

Music Singers

: Thaman.S : Daler Mehendi, Raina Reddy

Lyricist

: Ramjogayya Sastry

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HOLLY Pain & Gain Michael Bay’s flashy crime comedy follow Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as two bodybuilders who devise a plan to kidnap and extort a millionaire. The hijinks are violent and wacky — but the inspiration for the story, Florida-based accountant Mark Schiller, isn’t laughing.

He told the LA Times “I fail to see anything funny in being tortured for a month.

They tried to kill me.”

The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy, Cobra, they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

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Oblivion 2077: Jack Harper (Cruise) serves as a security repairmen stationed on an evacuated Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying alien threat who still scavenges what’s left of our planet, Jack’s mission is almost complete.

42 In 1947, Branch Rickey put himself at the forefront of history when he signed Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking Major League Baseball’s infamous color line.

WOOD Movie Guide The

The Croods Scary Movie 5 Happily-married couple Dan and Jody begin to notice some bizarre activity once they bring their newborn baby Aiden home from the hospital.

But when the chaos expands into Jody’s job as a ballet ...

Surviving in a volcanic world is tough enough, but caveman Grug gets a rude awakening when an earthquake forces him to leave behind the only world he knows. With his family in tow, he ventures out into the volatile world in search of a new home.

Big Wedding

To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son’s wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.

When the President is kidnapped by a terrorist who seizes control of the White House, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building.

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Box Office & in Theatres

Shadow After a very long hiatus Venkatesh is back on the big screen. Victory Venkatesh movies have always been great entertainers though they failed to garner huge collections. Shadow, however, has garnered so much of attention with the new look, lots of promotion.

Cast: Venkatesh, Tapsee, Srikanth

Gouravam

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The story revolves around a wealthy guy named Arjun who will unveil a mystery surrounding his friend’s missing case. Born with a silver spoon, Arjun never knows what the hardships are but then he’s a good person at heart.

Cast: Allu Sirish, Yami Gautam,Prakash Raj

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Baadshah

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Expectations escalated the moment BAADSHAH movie went on floors given that NTR and Sreenu Vaitla came together. The movie has promised to cater tonnes of entertainment.

Cast: NTR, Kajal Aggarwal, Navdeep

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Siddarth has become very busy in Tamil these days. This pure Tamil film of Siddarth was dubbed and released in Telugu by Lakshmi Ganapati films. Siddarth underplayed his character very well. He perfectly grooved in the role of an engineering first year student even at this age.

Cast: Siddarth, Asrita Setti, KK Menon, Avinash, Deepak

Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde

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Nithin’s Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde movie has finally hit the theatres amidst high expectations.

The genre of the movie is love and target audience is probably the youth.

Cast: Nithin,Nitya Menon,Isha Talwar

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Iddarammayilatho Puri Jagannadh’s Iddarammayilatho movie is all set for a gala release across the globe on May 24. Iddarammailatho movie, which has Allu Arjun in the lead role, has created much hype in the public ever since it went on floors given that it’s the movie of Puri Jagannadh and also a movie wherein stylish star plays the lead role. Just like the title suggest, the movie has two heroines-one being Amala Paul and the other one being Catherine Tresa.

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Behind the Scenes

GreekuVeerudu Nagarjuna starrer Greekuveerudu has gone for censor board review this morning. The board members, after watching the movie, have given U/A certificate to it. Directed

by Dasaradh, Greekuveerudu shows Nagarjuna in a different look. Notably, after a long gap Nagarjuna is appearing in a romantic entertainer. Sizzling hot Nayantara is playing opposite Nagarjuna in Greeku Veerudu.

Action 3D The first ever 3D comedy flick in Telugu, Action 3D is gearing up for a gala release in the second week of May, if we have to go by what observers say. The movie’s shooting part was completed recently. In fact, post production works were going on including re-recording. Allari Naresh, Raju Sundaram, Shyam and Vaibhav in the lead roles, the sources said that this movie would introduce a different type of comedy genre to the public.

Tadakha Naga Chaitanya, Sunil’s Tadakha audio was launched in a while at Shilpa Kala Vedika in the presence of the film’s cast and crew and Tollywood several celebrities recently. Andrea Jeremiah and Tamanna are playing the leading ladies in Sri Sai Ganesh Production film, directed by Dolly.

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Raising Star Allu Sirish

born 30 May 1987 is an upcoming Indian film actor, acting in Tamil and Telugu films. He started his career with the film Gouravam, directed by Radha Mohan, simultaneously shot in both Tamil and Telugu.

Personal Life

He

is the youngest son of producer Allu Aravind. Allu Sirish is the younger brother of actor Allu Arjun. Other relatives of Sirish include Ram Charan, Chiranjeevi, Allu Rama Lingaiah, Pawan Kalyan, and Nagendra Babu.

And he is also CEO for “SOUTH SCOPE�. He is the first person who created a new south scope calender with new trends ongoing in film industry. He is a big fan of Chiranjeevi.

Allu Sirish loves to stay with their family.

Allu Sirish

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Raising Star

Yami Gautam Yami Gautam

born November 28, 1988 is an Indian film and television actress. Her initial appearances were on Indian television commercials and soap operas like Chand Ke Paar Chalo and Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam.

In

2010, she made her cinematic debut with Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha, costarring Ganesh. In 2012, Gautam made her Bollywood debut in Shoojit Sircar’s romantic comedy Vicky Donor, which touched on the topic of sperm donation. Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial success, and Gautam gained positive reviews for her performance

She later made her Bollywood debut with Vicky Donor, in which she starred opposite Ayushmann Khurrana. She played the role of Bengali girl Ashima Roy, a girl who falls in love with a Punjabi boy with a past. Despite its small budget, the movie became a major commercial success and received critical appreciation.

She is currently filming for Hamara Bajaj, Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum, Courier Boy Kalyan and Aman Ki Asha.

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Exotic Shooting Locations The picturization of “Sairo Sairo“ song In film the Baadshah has been shooted at Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy Palazzo Lombardia – Milan, Italy

Milan Cathedral – Milan, Italy

Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano; Lombard: Domm de Milan) is the cathedral church of Milan, Italy. Dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente (Saint Mary Nascent), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Cardinal Angelo Scola. The Gothic cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete. It is the fifth largest cathedral in the world and the largest in the Italian state territory.

The plan consists of a nave with four side-aisles, crossed by a transept and then followed by choir and apse. The height of the nave is about 45 meters, the highest Gothic vaults of a complete church (less than the 48 meters of Beauvais Cathedral, which was never completed). The roof is open to tourists (for a fee), which allows many a close78

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up view of some spectacular sculpture that would otherwise be unappreciated. The roof of the cathedral is renowned for the forest of openwork pinnacles and spires, set upon delicate flying buttresses. The cathedral’s five broad naves, divided by 40 pillars, are reflected in the hierarchic openings of the façade. Even the transepts have aisles. The nave columns are 24.5 metres (80 ft) high, and the apsidal windows are 20.7 x 8.5 metres (68 x 28 feet).

The huge building is of brick construction, faced with marble from the quarries which Gian Galeazzo Visconti donated in perpetuity to the cathedral chapter. Its maintenance and repairs are very complicated. Milan’s cathedral has recently developed a new lighting system, based on LED lights.

Palazzo Lombardia – Milan, Italy

Palazzo Lombardia (“Lombardy House”; formerly known as Altra Sede della Regione Lombardia, “Other Seat of the Lombardy Region”) is complex of buildings in Milan, Italy, including a 39-storey, 161.3 m (529 ft) tall skyscraper. It is the main seat of the government of Lombardy. It is located in the Centro Direzionale di Milano (“Directional Centre of Milan”) district, north-west of the city centre. The was first inaugurated on January 22 2010, and officially completed on March 21. After its completion, the Regione Lombardia skyscraper was briefly the tallest skyscraper both in Milan and in Italy, being taller than both the Telecom Italia Tower in Naples and the Pirelli Tower in Milan. It lost its supremacy to the Unicredit Tower (also located in Milan) in 2011. Palazzo Lombardia was designed

by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the winners of an international design competition in 2004.

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GOLDEN MOVIES

Lava Kusa is a landmark film in Telugu Cinema histor y and one of the biggest hits of all times. Released on March 29, 1963, Lava Kusa ushered in the era of color movies in Tollywood. The film was shot and released in Geva color, ending the era of Black and White movies in Telugu Cinema.

Lava Kusa starring Late NT Ramarao and Anjali Devi as Lord Rama and Goddess Sita Devi respectively was directed by C. Pullaiah and C. S. Rao. It has 37 songs and verses. The songs composed by legendary singer and music director Ghantasala are popular even today. Some of the songs like - Ye Nimishaniki Yemi Jaruguno Evaroohinchedaru, Vinudu Vinudu Ramayana Gaatha Vinudee, and Sriraamuni Charithamunu Telipedamamma are played at every temples those days. The blockbuster film has also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year. It was also dubbed in Tamil and Kannada.This 2013, is a Golden Jubilee year for the movie.

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The film began its shoot in 1958 but ran into financial troubles and went on to continue its shoot for five years. But this gap of nearly five years made some artistes look old especially the boys who played Lava and Kusa. When the film eventually released, audiences were mesmerized by the beauty of the film, music and great performances by NTR and Anjali Devi that they hardly cared these glitches.

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r o d u c e r Shankara Reddy began the film to complete with Rs 5 - 6 Lakhs of budget but the movie was wrapped up at the cost of Rs 60 Lakhs. Thanks to Sunderlal Nahata, he could finish it up in 1963 and release it on March 29th in the same year. Director C Pullaiah passed away before the completion of the movie, so his son C S Rao wrapped it up. The film was a runaway hit.

Story Lava Kusa movie is based on Uttara Kanda which is the later part of Ramayana written by Valmiki Maharshi. It depicts the lives of Lava and Kusa, the sons of Rama and Sita. The story depicts Sri Rama Pattabhishekam and about the brief period of Rama Rajyam, Rama sending Seeta exile on hearing the accusations of a washerman, Birth of Lava and Kusha, their visit to Ayodhya, Ashwamedha Yagna and conflict between Rama and his sons and Pattabhishekam of Lava and Kusha and Rama finally ending his Avatar.

LavaKusa complete 50 years on March 29 2013 . It is considered a land mark in Telugu Cinema History

Lava Kusa won National Award for Best Regional Language film in Telugu.

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'Major Chandrakanth'

completes 20 years Legendary Telugu actor N.T.Rama Rao and Dr. Mohan

Sri

Babu teamed up in 1993 for the project ‘Major Chandrakanth’. The film was released 20 years ago and it became a big hit of the year.

The film was directed by K.Raghavendra Rao and Mohan Babu produced it.

N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) and Mohan Babu played the lead roles, while Sharada, Ramya Krishna, Nagma, Amrish Puri, Srihari, Manoj Manchu and Brahmanandam essayed other important roles. It had music scored

by M. M. Keeravani, story-dialogues written by the Paruchuri brothers, lyrics composed by JaladiGurucharan-Rasaraju, cinematography by Ajay Vincent It was released on April 23rd, 1993. The movie became a big hit at the box office. The audience were thrilled to see NTR in such a powerful role and particularly with Punya Bhoomi naa desam song in the movie, in which he was seen in the roles of Alluri Seetharama Raju, Chathrapathi Sivaji, Veerapandy Katta Brahmanna and Subhash Chandrabose etc.

Dr. Mohan Babu spoke to the press on this occasion and he had some interesting things to share.

“I offered a sum of Rs 25 lakhs as an advance to NTR for the film. He took 2 lakhs only and asked me to complete the film first. The final amount that I gave him remains a secret between me and NTR garu” he said.

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25 Years

Complete of

Yamudiki Mogudu Megastar chiranjeevi’s

‘Yamudiki Mogudu’ was released on 29th April, 1988 and completed 25 years this year. This movie stood as one of the remarkable movies in the career of chiranjeevi.

Checkout the following details of the movie.

Directed by : Ravi Raja Pinisetty Produced by : Sudhakar Starring

: Chiranjeevi,

Music

: Raj Koti

The movie was made with a budget of Rs.1.25 crores and collected a share of Rs.5 crores, an all time record then. Previous industry hit movie 'Pasivadi Pranam' collected a share of Rs. 4.5 crores and ran 100 days in 10 direct centers.

‘Yamudiki Mogudu’ ran 100 days in 12 direct centers and it was an all time record in slab system.

‘Yamudiki Mogudu’ ran 100 days in 12 direct centers and it was an all time record in slab system.

Music directors duo Raj-Koti got stardom through this movie. They made the movie a musical hit.

This socio-fantasy, lord Yama based subject was directed by Raviraja pinisetti. The movie also stood at number one hit among “Yama’ movies in 82 years of Tollywood history.

Vijayashanti, Radha, Satyanarayana, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Allu Rama Lingaiah

Yamudiki Mogudu Telugu version was a blockbuster and was remade in Tamil as

Athisaya Piravi with Rajinikanth.

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Garam Masala Sunny to replace Mallika in the Welcome sequel!

The Indo-Canadian pron star, who earned recognition and touched audiences heart with Bigg Boss 5, has become a rage among youth today. Her fresh look and oomph factor, seems to be working well for her.

After making debut in Bollywood with Jism 2 and entertaining audience with her peppy item number Laila from Shootout at Wadala, Sunny has reportedly bagged the role in sequel of Welcome, originally played

by Mallika Sherawat.

A leadig publication reports that the characters in Welcome Back are different from the original. Sunny Leone is a rage amongst the youth and filmmakers are of the opinion that Mallika Sherawat isn’t as hot as she was during the making of Welcome

Priyanka set to do another item number For the remake version of megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s 1973 film Zanjeer, Priyanka is performing an item number which is reportedly called Pinky.

“I have done a song for Priyanka in Zanjeer that is being choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. You will get to hear it in say two months’ time when the trailer of Zanjeer will be out,” Mamta said.

Acharya has earlier directed item numbers like Halkat Jawaani and Chikni Chameli.

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Men's mentality in India a problem:

Ekta Kapoor Producer Ekta Kapoor, who has been behind controversial films like ‘Love Sex Aur Dhoka’, ‘Kya Super Cool Hai Hum’ and ‘Ragini MMS’, believes Indian men need to change their mentality towards women.

“Mentality of men in India is becoming a problem. Men do not feel any social responsibility. Our culture is stopping women everytime. The main idea behind making ‘The Dirty Picture’ was to make people aware of women’s sexuality.

“When John Abraham goes shirtless nobody has a problem but when our actresses do that everyone wants to chop off that scene,” Ekta said while speaking on the topic of ‘Sex, Nudity, Dance Numbers and the kiss’ during the Centenary Film Festival here.

Kissing on screen is no big deal: Priya Anand “I’ve already done intimate scenes in Nootrenbadhu and Ko Ante Koti. I’ve locked lips in both the films. But the scenes are always aesthetically shot. Thankfully, no one’s pointed a finger at me and said I look vulgar while doing the scenes. I don’t have a problem in acting in intimate scenes as long as it goes with the story and doesn’t look forced,” Priya Said

Hansika on her alleged affair with Simbu

Hansika opened up about rumors of her alleged love affair with Tamil actor Simbu. She denied them and termed them as baseless rumors.

She did not mention the actor`s name but said she is laughing it all off while reading such news. Hansika also said she would inform everyone if she really falls in love with someone.

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Divas & Models

The finest collection of pr models, with all nece We try to keep this c

AESHRA PATEL Age : 21 Years Vadodara, India Height : (5 ft 10 in) Occupation : Model and an entrepreneur

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ALISHA PEKHA Age : 23 Years Delhi , India Height : (5 ft 8.5 in) Occupation : Model

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ANSHU MALIK ANJALI RAUT Age : 23 Years Mumbai , India Height : (5 ft 8.5 in) Occupation : Ramp Model

Age : 22 Years Mumbai, India Height : (5 ft 7 in) Occupation : Cosmetologist and dietician

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Divas & Models

ASHIMA JAIN Age : 24 Years Agra, India Height : (5 ft 11 in) Occupation : Model

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DIMPLE PATEL Age : 23 Years Mumbai , India Height : (5 ft 10 in) Occupation : Model

KRITHIKA BABU JINAL PANDYA Age : 19 Years Vadodara, India Height : (5 ft 10 in) Occupation : Model, Actress

Age : 20 Years Bangalore , India Height : (5 ft 10 in) Occupation : Model

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Stars & Styles

Changing Faces Nothing in life is permanent, except change. And our starts are no exception to the rule. It’s one thing when the script calls for a changed appearance in terms of dress, hairstyle and makeup. It’s a whole other thing when life guides the decision. There are some who have lost oodles of weight and others who have added some! Some grew their hair longer, some chopped it off! Some have hardly changed over the years, with or without the assistance of plastic surgery. Some have aged garcefulluy, growing more mature with passing years, yet others have grown younger! Here’s a slice of what changes time can make.

Venkatesh

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Pawan Kalyan

Sruthi Hassan

Allari Naresh

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Studio roundup GREEKU VEERUDU HEXA PLATINUM DISC FUNCTION Nagarjuna and Nayanatara starrer Greeku Veerudu, directed by Dasharat celebrated its audio success on Tuesday, April 30 with a Platinum Disc function at a multiplex in Hyderabad.

The audio launch of Greeku Veerudu took place on April 3rd in a grand manner. Ace music composer SS Thaman has composed music for the film and the audio received good response from the audience. Nagarjuna is very happy about the music being such a big hit.

Greeku Veerudu movie is slated to release on May 3. By the way, Indian Cinema will complete a 100 year journey on the same day.

TSR TV9 NATIONAL FILM AWARDS TSR National Film Awards for the years 2011 and 2012 were announced in Hyderabad on

Thursday by MP and TSR Lalithakala Parishad founder T. Subbarami Reddy. The awards presentation ceremony will be held at Shilpa Kala Vedika on April 20, said Reddy, chairman of National Film Awards committee. For the year 2011, Nandamuri Balakrishna was declared the Best Actor for the film ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’, while Tamanna won the Best Heroine award for the film ‘100% Love’.

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The Best Hero was Allu Arjun for ‘Badrinath’. Taapsee won the Best Actress Award for ‘Mogudu’. Srinu Vaitla won the Best Director Award for ‘Dookudu’.

For 2012, Akkineni Nagarjuna won the Best Actor Award for ‘Shirdi Sai’, Anushka won the Best Actress Award for ‘Damarukam’. Best Hero was Ramcharan for ‘Rachcha’ while Samantha was adjudged the Best Actress for ‘Eega’.

Puri Jagannath won Best Director for ‘Businessman’.

GUNDE JAARI GALLANTHAYYINDE SUCCESS MEET After the super success of Ishq, Nithiin is back with another rom-com Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde.

Let’s check out the movie review of Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde, which is hitting the screens with high expectations.

Remember Nithiin is a self-confessed fan of Pawan Kalyan and the title Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde was taken from the lyrics of the song ‘Dil Se’ from Gabbar Singh.

SUKUMARUDU MOVIE AUDIO RELEASE FUNCTION Aadi and Nisha Agarwal’s romantic entertainer sukumardu is all set to release on May 10.

Audio released recently has got a good response. ‘Pilla Jamindhar’ fame Ashok is the director and Anup Rubens is the music director. Producer KVV Satynarayana said, ” All the movies that has come in our banner are good family entertainers. We are very happy at the success of the audio. Director Ashok and Aadhi have done excellent jobs. Anup is brilliant as ever. We hope a big hit of the movie”.

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Color TVs One sardar goes to a shop & asks if they had colour TV’s.

The shopkeeper said -”Yes” Sardarji said -”Plz... gimme a red one.”

A couple is shopping in the mall for hours...

A couple is shopping in the mall for hours. The wife turns to talk to her husband and realizes he’s nowhere in sight. Angry, she calls his cell phone and asks where he disappeared to. “Honey,” he says, “remember that jewelry store we walked by a few years ago, and you loved the gold locket in the window but we couldn’t afford it, so I told you I would buy it for you one day?” Choked up, the wife replies, “Yes, how could I f­ orget?” Her husband goes on, “Well, I’m at the bar next door to it if you need me.”

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Sardar is Studying Sardar was studying infront of mirror.

His friend asked “what are you doing?”

Sardar said “Studying”.

Friend asked”Why infronty of Mirror?”

Sardar replied “Saath Saath Revision Ho Rahi Hai”

Will you give me a ring?

A Sardarni asked her lover during a dating on a romantic evening.

She said to him, “Santa Darling, if we get engaged will you give me a ring?”

“Sure” replied Santa “what is your phone number?”

CONFUSING INSTRUCTIONS

once a sardar goes 4 examination.After getting the question paper,he reads out the instructions for 10 minutes and then takes out his shirt-then trousers.

Before he could have done anything more,the horrified superviser instantly appears and asks sardarji what’s the problem?Sardarji replies-ITS WRITTEN ON THE INSTRUCTIONS TO “ANSWER IN BRIEF”.

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Devi Sri Prasad:: (ThisIsDSP)

And the next audio of mine is gona be SINGAM-2..!! Very sooon Comin to U all..!! Hope U wl make that a BlockBuster too..!!:)))

Lakshmi Manchu::

Thankyou all for your amazing response to the ramaiya vastavaiya trailer!!!

Me am a happy girl :):)

Shruti Haasan::

(shrutihaasan) How sweet are @sriramshruti and @ Kapiljats thanks for your second to second updates :) Whistle

Rana Daggubati ::

(RanaDaggubati) Watched the HBO mini series, #HouseOfSaddam, one the most gripping and powerfully written films on this subject nd Exceptional performances!

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Siddharth :: (Actor_

Siddharth) Hearing amazing things about ‘Soodhu kavvum’. Vijay Sethupathy is an inspiration. What superb choices! Cheers Nalan, vijay & team:)

Hansika:: What a response for #tvsk’s songs.. omg ..

Overwhelmed thank you .

Thank you all . Super happy

Sneha Ullal:: I try to convince every crew member don’t call me sneha jee or garu or mam..just Sneha will do.

Respect doesn’t lie in words only.

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Kousalya Singer:: S

Janaki amma who loves everyone from the bottom of her heart. Lots of love to you Amma..

Priya Anand:: Need to Pack

Whatever I Can In The Next 30 Mins & Head To Shoot In ‘Munnar’ For #VanakkamChennai Bright Sun Shinning Day To All Of You!

Preity Zinta:: Had the longest day 2day & am ready to pass out ! Will definitely chat 2morrow folks. Till then here’s the trailer http://t.co/wW8eTh2DI2

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Trisha Krishnan

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Sunitha

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Anthra Mali

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Charmi Kaur

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Chandra Mohan

Karthik

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K.S.Ravi Kumar

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STAR GAZING - MAY 2013 ARIES (May 21 - June 19) You are focused on money, how to spend less, how to make more, how to save it. You are ready (for once) to listen to advice given by professionals.

Or you read books about it. You may have changed work lately and now it is time to see the results at a money level. Mercury in Gemini by the 17th will improve your relationships with your coworkers.

One of them could become a really good friend and you give support to each other. By the 10th your love life is better, full of humor and fun, not romantic but very pleasant and no drama!

Rate 8.5

GEMINI (May 21 - June 19) The second half of May is your moment.

Venus on the 10th, Mercury on the 17th, the Sun on the 21rst, all these planets come in your sign progressively and you feel better and better. Jupiter is in Gemini until June 26. Enjoy the vibes of luck that it keeps bringing to your life. Lilith keeps bringing a sense of reality though and you are not a dreamer right now. You know who the people you love are, you are not a dreamer, and your 2 feet are solidly on the ground. Solo, you could meet somebody really charming this month, go out, and open your eyes.

Rate 9

LEO (May 21 - June 19) You love spring and the weather is encouraging you to go out, have fun, dance, and look your best. You want to organize happy hours with your coworkers and move on to dinners with friends.

It is hard for you to focus on work. If you work in the communication field though, you are in the best month of the year up to now. Developing an impressive network is a great occupation for you now. You update your profile, post a lot of stuff on Pinterest and add your latest occupations on Lucky days: 12,You 13, 14 LinkedIn. are visible everywhere you can.

Challenging Rate: 9 days: 27, 28

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TAURUS (May 21 - June 19) The Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars are in Taurus for the first half of May. What a good month for you Taurus! You feel at the top of your form, you may even lose without effort the few pounds that are bothering you without being tired. At work you excel getting the best results ever. Your love life is intense, you feel very close to your sweetie and you share great moments together until the 10th. After that, you talk about money because you want to go on vacation together in a romantic destination.

Mercury helps you communicate clearly.

Rate 9

CANCER (May 21 - June 19) The planets in Taurus open a new network of relationships and real friendships. You need to interact with people who can enrich your intellectual life. Discovering new authors, creators, designers, writers, bloggers, you are open to a lot of new subjects. Your curiosity in intense and you use what you learn in your professional life. You may have a little health problem that needs to be fixed immediately, tooth, or allergy, or neck problem, take care of it. If you need to talk to your sweetie, do it before May 10th.

Rate 8

VIRGO (May 21 - June 19) If you are student, this month is great for exams and success should be there, thanks to Mercury and Venus. So be confident, keep working at a good pace, and expect good results. If you are already working, it is time to ask for a better position that you know is available. Go talk to your boss before May 17th. You feel more confident about love and you dare tell secrets about you to your loved one.

Single, your expectations are too high, so you don’t meet anyone interesting for you.

Rate 7.5

LIBRA (May 21 - June 19) You feel that you need to transform a lot of things in your life. You are not unhappy, just frustrated or not 100% comfortable. So you are going to take measure and change what needs to be. Health, work, home organization, love, family relationships, you want to clear all of that and improve everything. You work hard at changing your vision of life and at knowing what you want or not, and to say no when you don’t want to do something. You develop progressively in the month of May a better sense of decisions.

Rate 8

SAGITTARIUS (May 21 - June 19) If you are in a long term relationship, the first half of May, you both are so busy from work that you are distant. Then the second half of May is really nice and loving and you spend some quality time together, working on the romance to keep your relationship fresh. Your work is a little slower and you are looking for some ways to do more. The contradiction of the Sagittarius, when they work too much, they dream about free time and when they have more free time, they are anxious and nervous.

Rate 8

AQUARIUS (May 21 - June 19) Love is coming into your life in the second half of May if you are single. There may be a difference of age, older or younger and that can be intriguing for you. It is an experience that can be interesting. If you are in a couple, you spend more time together and you don’t get the feeling that your dear independence is not in danger. You carry a vision for a big professional project and you will talk with different professional people to help you develop it at a practical level. Your ambition is higher than ever.

Rate 9

SCORPIO

(May 21 - June 19)

The planets in Taurus push you to examine your couple. What is the direction of your relationship?

Is it better or not? Is it so comfortable that you don’t make efforts to seduce your partner? Add some spice to your sex life, don’t sleep on a good relationship, you can get better and better. Try to be sexy, give compliments to him or her, and show some desire. Venus in Gemini by the 10th will help you to improve your nights. At work you are trying to reorganize your schedule in order to get rid of the hard tasks.

Rate 7

CAPRICORN (May 21 - June 19) Pluto gets lots of aspects with the planets in Taurus, and you feel the interactions of several domains of your life. It can be like how your family relationships affect your love life, or how your attitude impacts your professional success. You see clearly how the way your parents raised you is giving orientation to your whole life. Uranus gives some irritation for the details of your life, not for the big things. You may be impatient at a red light and very patient with a tough client.

Lucky Ratedays: 7.512, 13, 14 Challenging days: 27, 28

PISCES (May 21 - June 19) You are preparing some nice weekends, some with your family, some others with your friends.

If you are in a period of tests and exams, success is there and you will feel so relieved when it is over.

Your parents are very supportive and ready to help you for any problem. You may need money to fix your home or a new car and they will give or lend you some. You prepare some special events, a graduation, an engagement dinner or a big party for a friend; you are doing your best to make it fantastic.

Rate 8

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