Buzz: Are Anushka and Senthil Still In Love?

Are Anushka and Senthil still lovers? Grapevine said that cameraman Senthil Kumar was moving very close to Anushka. But the sources say that the relation has come to an end and there is nothing of that sort now.

They also said that it is true that both of them are very friendly with each other due to the match of wave length but now they are minding their own businesses and not wasting time in public places and trysts.

Senthil has big plans to work for Bollywood films and Anushka is also in the process of making her stand firm in Tollywood rising to the competition. So, we may understand that the affair between Senthil and Anushka is not hot now. Will it re-ignite? That has to be seen.

Quenching All 'On Screen Desires'

Surya Kiran, AS Ravi Kumar Choudary, Shankar and P Vasu have quenched their desire to appear on screen in their recent films. Now director Samudra also joins the list.

He appears in a scene in the film 'Vijayadasami' and says a dialogue. But he takes the path of AS Ravi Kumar Choudary in the aspect of being more loyal to Nandamuri family. Director AS Ravi Kumar Choudary said a dialogue in 'Maharadhi' to boast about Balakrishna. Now Samudra also did the same eulogizing all Nandamuri clan with his dialogue.

P Vasu appeared in a song in 'Chandramukhi' and Shankar appeared in Shivaji in a song. Surya Kiran also appeared in 'Raju Bhai' recently. That way the directors are somehow fulfilling their onscreen desires and this saga continues

Reel Talk: ANR Says Secret Of His Health

ANR admits that his long life is really a wonder. He said that he feels astonished to see his healthy body even at this age of 84. He said that it is the gift of genes that takes major share. Next, the discipline in food, sleep and thought process that supports the longevity, he added. He also said that success also boosts up happiness and extends the longevity.

"My success is not because of my greatest talent. That is because of my performance that never spoiled the role given to me", he said by putting his confidence in humble way.

ANR also wished that he may act in another film down the line. He expressed his happiness for his son Nagarjuna for playing Annamayya and Ramadasu.

Snippet: Sania Mirza Cries Before Her Mom!

Sania Mirza never appears to be crying in public. But she says that she is very emotional person and cries in front of mom when she loses certain match.

Saying about her societal interests, "I get anger whenever I listen about female infanticide and foeticide. I also work for an organization called SACH to raise funds for children suffering from heart diseases".

Switching over to her glitter world, she said, "I never like to do in films. I said that many times but still the media keeps wasting time on that aspect. My focus is on tennis and again the speculations on my love life are also a mere waste of time. I find love and marriage are important only when my career in Tennis stops".

So, this Hyderabad beauty is very clear in her motives.

Buzz: Comedian Ali Runs Nude Massage Center

Sorry! Don't come to conclusions. This is the comedy theme in 'Chirutha'. Ali plays the owner of a massage center who is a eunuch. He runs the massage center in Bangkok hiring 4 girls. Ram Charan Teja plays tourist guide in the film.

Well, Ali did his job wonderfully and it will stand as highlight in the film as per the inside sources. The comedy track between Venu Madhav and Ali that lasts for a few minutes also worked really well, say the sources. Both Venu Madhav and Ali meet in a prison to tickle the ribs of audience.

On a whole the film is going to bestow a big laughing extravaganza. Let us wait and see for the arrival of September 28th.

Photo Feature: 37 Year Old Beauty In Bikini

She is Pooja Bedi, born in 1970. Yes, she is 37 year old now. This is her pic from the recent photo sessions. She is now the brand ambassador for Country Club. The glory of her body is still filled with lush. What do you say!

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Interview: Yes! I copy, says Ram Gopal Varma

New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) His last two films may have been trashed for being poor imitations of "Sholay" and "What Lies Beneath", but Ram Gopal Varma confesses rather defiantly that he copies - "from everywhere"!

"I copy from Hollywood films. Not only from Hollywood I also copy from Tollywood, Kollywood... in fact from everywhere. These days I am copying from news channels as I am zapped by their speed," said the man whose last two films "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag" and "Darling" were super duds in the box office.

"When we are born, we are born with a blank mind and every idea is actually copied from a book, a film... or somewhere," Varma told IANS philosophically during a recent visit to Delhi.

Though he hasn't delivered any big hit recently, Varma has memorable films like "Rangeela", "Satya", "Company" and "Sarkar" under his belt. He is also the man to have introduced many new talents - the list includes Manoj Bajpai, Rajpal Yadav, Isha Koppiker and Randeep Hooda, all of whom were struggling till they were recognised after working in his films.

Some of his protégés', however, like Mohit Ahlawat whom he launched in "James", have blamed him for messing up their careers. But the maverick director is undeterred and says these outbursts are outcomes of their over expectations.

"If they say so they must be having some reason behind it. Actually, newcomers have a lot of expectations. When I launch them, I build their confidence to take the best out of them. They take me for granted and blame me against those who never gave them a chance," he said.

Other than Manoj and Rajpal Yadav, none of the actors launched by him has been able to leave a lasting mark in the Hindi film industry. The filmmaker believes success depends on an actor's individual effort.

"Success belongs to them. I don't pitch them to make them successful. Their potential remains the same, it is just that they have to work hard and groom themselves with time".

If Varma doesn't shoulder the responsibility of his protégés' failure, he doesn't take credit for their success either: "I just boost their confidence and they do the rest themselves".

In "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag", the director launched Prashant Raj, a model. Though critics have slammed the performance, Varma says he is satisfied by Prashant's work and dismisses the belief that working with newcomers is a strenuous job.

"Most of the time, newcomers are more prepared than veteran actors. They do their homework properly and then come on the sets while established actors are too busy to rehearse before they come for shooting."

Varma's forthcoming films include "Sarkar 2", "Go" and "Dheyaya".

Sobha Naidu Is Also A Great Painter

Veteran classical dancer Sobha Naidu is less known as great painter for a very few. She is a painter with great proficiency. She has drawn the picture of ANR and Bhanumathi taking a still from 'Vipranarayana'. She has oil painting, book reading and gardening as her hobbies apart from dance.

A spell binding oil painting exhibition was held by Siri Drawing and Oil Painting Institute presenting 'A profile of a legend' series with Akkineni Nageshwara Rao's paintings. The celebrity painter in the list is Sobha Naidu. Many painters have drawn paintings starting from ANR's high school age portrait to a still in 'Sree Ramadasu'.

The exhibition enthralled everyone and the paintings are not put for sale.

Chewing Gum Exercise of Middle Aged Actress

Did you observe Sumalatha in public functions? 8 out of 10 instances she will be seen chewing a gum. That's to give exercise to her jaws and cheeks it seems. It is said that a physical trainer advised Sumalatha to exercise with chewing gum in order to keep face in sharp shape. She has been continuing that from the past few weeks.

Sumalatha has idea to appear sharp and sexy now. Will she be hitting the screen again in appropriate roles? After getting married to Ambareesh, she has been far away from the films for quite long time. She is now and then appearing in guest roles.

Any way, she is looking sportive and active with chewing gum in her mouth.

Buzz: Chirutha Controlled By Chiru and Aravind

Puri Jagannath is found much tensed now and the reason s known for all. The prestigious responsibility of introducing Ram Charan Tej, the son of Chiranjeevi is kept on the shoulders of Puri. The D Day is coming closer. Chiranjeevi was very well involved in the making of the film as well. It is said that he asked Puri to re shoot some sequences.

Adding to this, the involvement of Chiranjeevi is seen in publicity aspect also it seems. It is said that Puri takes utmost care and interest in designing the publicity material for any of his films. But Chiranjeevi and Aravind again negated with Puri in the matter of poster designs and asked to do again. Chiranjeevi is completely immersed in all the aspects of pre publicity and release.

If the film runs out to be success, the credit goes to Ram Charan and if it fails it goes to Puri. Hence Puri is highly tensed now. Fans are disappointed till yesterday as there were no trailers in TV so far. The publicity is very weak for the film so far.

The entire show is being controlled by Chiranjeevi and Aravind. The names of producer and director seem to be only dummies.

Only the D Day should decide the tension relief of Puri.

Chiru to spring surprise on Gandhi Jayanti?

A strong rumour is going on in the State political circles that Megastar Chiranjeevi is all set to spring a surprise on the people by announcing his party on October 2, Gandhi Jayanti day.

According to these rumours, Chiranjeevi has already drafted his plans to launch his political party and is deliberating on its name. For some time, he made himself not available to any of his friends and even closest of his family members, except his brother-in-law Allu Aravind and a few other friends in his community circle. He does not want to attend even the releasing function of his son Ram Charan Teja's film Chirutha later this month. It is only after announcing the launch of his party, does Chiranjeevi come out with a strategy to build up the party organization, after watching the people's response.

According to sources, the Mega Star is of the view that the time is ripe for launching the party, since the situation is very fluid at this stage. The image of the YS Rajasekhara Reddy government is going down, while Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has no strategy to capitalize the government's failures and moreover, the people are not in a position to believe him. The Leftist parties are going in their own way, giving a boring feeling to the people. So, the people are looking for a fresh change in politics and Chiranjeevi could be one to provide the relief. And since the elections are just one and a half months away, there is a possibility that Chiranjeevi can consolidate his position by that time, sources said.

If the rumours are to be believed, one should watch out for his strategies in the politics.

A Senior Producer About Mohan Babu Politics

Is Mohan Babu sympathizing Congress? He worked for TDP earlier-right? The incident that took place in Vizag gave an impression that Mohan Babu is drifting towards Congress. TSR awards ceremony had took place in Vizag where the President of Youth Congress TJY Sudhakar Babu said that YSR felt bad for prohibiting two awards those have to be given on the hands of him during Platinum Jubilee function.

Mohan Babu intruded immediately and said that YSR has been his friend from many years and that is not the dais to discuss politics. Mohan Babu was found very anger on TJY Sudhakar Babu for taking the name of YSR. The real politics behind this are also not known for people.

Is Mohan Babu inclined towards Congress due to his guru Dasari? Or is he with TDP for ever?

When asked this, a senior producer in the condition of putting his name in anonymity said, "Mohan Babu is very shrewd and we know that better. He appears to be clean-hearted and straight forward. But there is big politician in him. He went close with NTR calling him 'Anna'. He over acted in every possible way and dropped him in his net. After his death, he knows that it was Chandrababu who back stabbed 'Anna'. But still he went close with him. He has been maintaining good relation with Dasari all the time to be good in Congress Circles. I also heard that he is now trying to develop relation with Balakrishna by getting his son Vishnu married to his second daughter Tejaswini. Mohan Babu is very intelligent and he wants to prove that he is superior to all in the matters of relationship building and 'one top-star' is nothing before him. With the relation I have with him, I know he will definitely becomes successful if enters into active politics".

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