Ye Maaya Chesave (2010)

Rare Picture: PV Narasimha Rao With Aishwarya Rai

Even a beauty queen has to bow to the brains of this Telugu man. What we are seeing here is a vintage shot of Aishwarya Rai taking the then PM P V Narsimha Rao’s autograph.

Indeed a great picture to be preserved for posterity.

In a sense this could be read as “The beauty and the brain’ also.

How Priyamani escaped from Ragging?

If college days were the best part of life, Priyamani got to relive the fun times while shooting for Ninaithaale Inikkum She plays the role of a college girl and “thoroughly enjoyed herself”. Reminiscing her college days, she says, “During my first year in college, I escaped getting ragged. I was advised to stick with a large group of girls and I did just that. So, I blended in with the crowd.” But during her second year, it was a different story. “I had a little fun with the juniors,” she admits, “But it was all in good humour.” She was also a student who was in the forefront of college activities. “I represented the arts section in my first year, but election time was the most fun. I remember going to every class, canvassing for votes. The way this is captured in NI is just the way it happened in my college.”

Natasha’s swimming hottest scene in AAMRAS

The standout face of the AAMRAS promos, Ntasha Bhardwaj, is going places with just her first venture. Not only does she have a good screen presence but the MSW student comes across as a very intelligent girl. And we got ample proof of that when we asked the pretty lass about the buzz surrounding her swimming scene in AAMRAS and that it has been edited. Ntasha clarified, ’'I won’t put it like that. Yes, it has been partially edited, I will be seen emerging out of the swimming pool, but the focus is on my face. The reason for this is that the film carries a ’U’ certificate and the makers wanted to keep the innocence of the movie intact as they do not want to lose out on the youth audience. Whatever has been done is for the betterment of the movie.’’ Wisely put indeed. We get a sense of what Ntasha is trying to say and agree with her as well as the makers’ logic and reasoning.

Josh With messages

As concern with our Tollywood Industry and South indianfilm chamber, the great personalities who sacrifies their lifes and wealth for the upliftment of telugu industry to make it in high and best one says…. that "JOSH"Youth Rocks a movie with a good message to the present generations youth as well as students who are the pillars of our nation. If they molted in a perfect manner our system of politics and environment becomes the paradise for parents as well as society. by seeing "JOSH" movie its really rocks the hearts and minds of human being, it may student or youth generation. One of the Graduate says lot of my friends who are better than me now they are doing small business because of neglecting their studies during college days A software engineer says by watching "JOSH" movies i really impressed with Naga chaitanya’s role. "JOSH" will make a land mark in Naga chaitanya’s filmy career. We really handsup to Dil raju and Vasu Varma for giving a exllent message for the current youth.

'Sankham' Review

Film: SankhamRating: 2.75/5Cast: Gopichand, Trisha, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Supreet, Satyaraj, Krishna Bhagawan, Ali, Chandramohan, Srinivas Reddy, LB Sriram, Subbaraya Sharma, Telangana Sakunthala etcMusic: ThamanCinematography: VetriProducers: J Bhagawan, J Pulla RaoDirector: ‘Souryam’ SivaRelease Date: 11th Sep 2009

The combination of Gopichand and Trisha has been in discussions from quite some time. The film arrived at last today. Let us see how the output is.
Story:Chandu (Gopichand) lives in Sydney along with his age-old bachelor uncle (Chandramohan). Mahalakshmi (Trisha) lives with her uncle and aunt (Dharmavarapu and Rajitha) and works in a bakery which happens to her uncle’s business. Chandu develops crush on Mahalakshmi for a dramatic reason and slowly she too reciprocates for him. But Mahalaksmi is forcibly carried to Cuddapah by her another aunt (Telangana Shakunthala) and the real faction story runs behind her.

Chandu is the son of Sivayya (Satyaraj) and Mahalakshmi is the daughter of Pasupathi (Kota). A strong rivalry burns between Pasupathi and Sivayya. Chandu believes that his father was dead for many years. Why he believes so? Who makes him believe so? What’s the rivalry between Pasupathi and Sivayya? Why Chandu lives in Sydney? The answers for all these will be unleashed on silver screen.

Performances:Gopichand: He was given a cosmopolitan look in bigger way than in any other film. It has been a widely spread assumption that Gopichand fits well only for mass rugged roles. Some exercise to prove that wrong is apparently seen in first few minutes of this film. But the make up is like paint on his face which didn’t gel well. Once again he proved that he is the man with macho look carrying on a perfect bearing and dialogue rendition.
Trisha: She is at her best. She gained little weight and perfectly in tune with the taste of majority Telugu audiences. She has delivered best of her performance too.

Satya Raj is good in his elderly role while Kota also grooved well although he did hundreds of such characters earlier. Ali’s comedy has no constructive sequence but his style and presence have brought countless laughs in theatres. Krishna Bhagawan appeared in a small side kick role and could bring little laughs. Telangana Sakunthala is routine. Srinivas Reddy tried to bring some laughs in first half.

Music is very mundane, dialogues are routine with no sparks to underline, Cinematography is good and sound effects are average. On a whole the screenplay is straight and flat. Director could have worked more on the departments of dialogues, music and developing voltage in narration. Especially the scene where Satya Raj discovers his son in battered condition is very weak and couldn’t bring in any emotion in audiences.

Analysis:The movie lacked required voltage and hence it’s average. Director concentrated well on the aspects of framing and bringing richness on to celluloid but didn’t bother much about narration.
Bricks and cement can make a mansion. But not when they are just made a heap. Engineering is required to make use of them in right way to build a mansion. Similarly a few comedy scenes, a few action elements and a little sentiment mounded like a heap will not be sufficient to bring out a commercial entertainer. They need to be rightly placed with right intensity and right flow. That is missing here.
The major pulling factor for this movie is Trisha. Gopichand fans expect energy and hence return back half hearted.

Ram Charan launches 'Kurradu' music

Music of Kurradu starring Varun Sandesh and Neha Sharma in the lead roles was launched today (September 10, 2009). A special ceremony was held at Prasad labs and hero Ram Charan Tej who graced the event as chief guest launched the audio albums. Puri Jagannadh received the first album. Audio CDs were unveiled by director Rajamouli and Keeravani received from the first cd. The film is produced by Anandi Arts and directed by debutant Sandeep Gunnam. Varun Sandesh who is in USA for a shooting of the film could not attend the audio launch but heroine Neha Sharma was present. Kori, Keeravani, Ramesh Prasad and others too graced the event.
Ram Charan wished the team all the best. “I know Sandeep for a long time. When I came to know that he went for Los Angeles for film studies, I thought he might settle there. Thankfully, he is back to here and making debut in Telugu as director. I am sure he would live up to the expectations he carries as his father Gunnam Gangaraju made some of the memorable films. Varun Sandesh is a good friend and it is nice to see him in a mass oriented role for the first time,” Charan said.
Puri informed that the film’s title Kurradu was his original choice for his film with Ram Charan Tej. “I wanted to put it as Kurradu with the tagline of Low Class. But we came up with the name Chirutha later. I still like this title Kurradu. I am sure this film would succeed in big way,” Puri said.
Rajamouli said: “Kurralloyi Kurraloyi is one of my all time favorite songs. I liked this new version in this film also this other melody played here is also good. I wish music director Achchu all the best. He has given good music in his first film.”
Keeravani informed that the music director Achchu is son of his guru Rajavannan. “I learnt a lot from his father. So I am confident that Achchu would make his name in music industry,” he wished.

Priyamani denies wedding reports

Saying a big no to reports which claimed that she had married her Tollywood co-star Tarun, Priyamani has said “some jobless persons have involved in spreading rumours” against her. “I last met Tarun three years back when we did a movie together. I have no contact with him after that. I don’t even know what is he currently doing,” says the actress, playing down reports appeared in a section of the media on her “wedding. She adds: “There is nothing much to worry about these rumours. These are nothing but the handiwork of some jobless people.” On her recent release ‘Ninaithale Inikkum’(Tamil), she says, “the response evoked by the movie is so great. My friends called me up and appreciated for my performance. I also heard that the film has been making a roaring collection at the box_office.”

Shilpa’s Rich party for Boyfriend

The svelte beauty Shilpa Shetty has been known for her delicious looks and her taste of elegance. True to her image, she has ensured that class is seen in the special party that she has organized. Apparently, this happens to be the birthday party of fiancé Raj Kundra. There is news that she has booked all the water villas and also the presidential suite in the five star hotel in Maldives. Recently, Shilpa and Raj took part in the spiritual upliftment program in the Oneness University and now this grand bash will be celebrated in a big way.

‘Ek Niranjan’ highlight scene

When it comes to Puri Jagannadh and his films, there is always an element of variety which can be seen. Right now, Puri is busy with the wrapping up of his new movie ‘Ek Niranjan’ and this has young rebel star Prabhas along with Bollywood sizzler Kangana Ranaut. Recently, the action sequences were canned in Thailand and here is a special feature of that. There is news that few action sequences have been canned on one man and he happens to be a fighter who has worked with none other than the legendary Jackie Chan ja
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Telugu Comedian torturing his wife

Every one knows of Chitram Sreenu from Chitram movie he got introduced into telugu film industry.But in the reel life he is a comedian and in real life he is a villain. He along with his family members are torturing his wife Uma for additional dowry. Last year Uma has filed a ase against Sreenu on dowry issue, in this connection Sreenu and his family members are issued with arrest warrant by court, this is the second time court has issued arrest warrant as previous warrants were not accepted by them.

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