First Philadelphia Bathukamma Festival

First Philadelphia Bathukamma Festival Celebrated in King Of Prussia on October 6th at Valley Creek Park

Philadelphia Telangana NRIs under the banner of Telangana Cultural Association (TCA) celebrated the Bathukamma festival with great jubilation and joy at Valley Creek Park in Malvern. The scenic view of the Valley Creek park and the quietly flowing creek was a perfect setting and it reminded the Telangana villages. It also turned out to be a perfect day - sunny and warm. About 50 people from all over Philadelphia & suburbs participated in the celebrations. Women wore traditional and colorful clothes and brought beautifully decorated bathukammas.

As families started arriving, we started the celebrations with telangana cultural music. The program started with the introductions of all the participants. Lunch was served with different Saddulu, five different rice dishes and various authentic Telangana cuisine brought by the participants.

There were about 10 beautifully decorated Bathukammas and the traditional ceremony started with the Gowri pooja. Later all the ladies formed a big a circle and went around the Bathukkmmas clapping and singing "Bathukkamma Bathukamma Uyyalo Bangaru Bathukamma Uyyalo" . It was a visual treat to see ladies and girls clad in colorful sarees, stepping around rhythmically. Many felt nostalgic about the whole thing; it brought back their childhood memories. Later Bathukammas were immersed in the creek.

There were games for the kids and adults including the best Bathukamma competition. Adults and kids played musical chairs. Men's "musical chairs" was the highlight of the event. Meghana & Venu Bathini family, Neeraja & Sudheer Raju, Manjula & Nagender, Madhavi & Jayander, Soundarya & Ravi and Jamuna & Ravinder Puskur, won the best Bathukamma prizes.

Swamy Savithananda was a special guest for the event. He addressed the gathering and explained about importance meditation and yoga. Some other notable people attended the ceremony included Dr. Jayander, Dr Raghava Reddy, Dr Vijaya Bhaskar.

Special thanks to Jamuna & Ravi Puskur, who came all the way from New jersey to attend the event.

This event was organized with the help of many volunteers who actively participated and made this event a big success. TCA thanks the organizers of the event Sudheer Raju, Subhash Karra, Venu Bathini and Ravi Mayreddy.

Press Note: Chirutha Prabhanjanam in Virginia

Kothacinema.com, a leading exhibitor in Virginia screened CHIRUTHA from 28th Sep 2007 including Premier show on 27th Sep 2007. Kothacinema is always care about viewer ship experience screened Chirutha in One of the best theaters in Virginia. We got tremendous response for first week with total turnout of about 1800 people.

Lot people called us and requested to screen again, so we did screened 2 shows on 5th, 6th Oct 2007. In spite of 'Happy Days' running in other theater, we got tremendous response and 2 shows got sold out. That proves the power of Mega Star and his son.

Thank you to our USA distributor and others who involved in making this success

Chiranjeevi Cannot Be Compared With NTR

I Venkata Rao is the senior journalist who said that Chirajeevi should not be compared with NTR.

He said, "There should be a very perfect and clear motive for entering into politics. NTR had very perfect motive those days. He had very deep insight into various problems in society. Chiranjeevi cannot be compared with NTR now. People should know if he has proper insight on the aspects of burning issues like Telangana problem, Nuclear Deal and possibility of preparing an agenda that sounds better than that of TDP's and Congress'. Only then there will be any sense. Why Chiranjeevi is wishing to enter politics? Is that only because he has cine glamour? If he is planning to enter seeing that if the atmosphere is right to become CM, he will be a failure. If he has clear motive to serve people through politics irrespective of he becoming CM or not, only then the things will make sense".

So we have to see what Chiranjeevi will do and what his people make him do.

Suhasini: 'Chiranjeevi Was Egoistic'

Suhasini says that Chiranjeevi was egoistic. Let us read in her own expression:

"We see many artistes those look humble, modest and patient when they enter the industry. But as they grow up they develop ego and pride. But Chiranjeevi is someone different. He used to have ego in his eyes and confidence in his moves when he entered films. I still remember that. But as he started growing he became humble day by day. He is cool and modest now. That's the specialty in him".

Well, Suhasini has also got a specialty in saying something new about new someone!!!

Who Is Real Medhavi In Mister Medhavi?

Mister Medhavi is the film that is going to turn the heads of all in November. Neelakanta is the director of the film. After seeing ups and downs in career as a director, this time he has come up with a wonderful entertaining subject that goes with mind game. It's going to be a film that dealt with human emotions, say inside sources.

Genelia liked the story in the first narration itself and gave away her dates. Raja expects that he gets big break after 'Anand' with this film. Tanikella Bharani is the other character in the film. How the title Mister Medhavi is justified? Who will be that Medhavi at last? That becomes the crux of the film that goes with interesting narration under magical screenplay. Well, there is no murder mystery or investigation part in it. It is played on human emotions, to say again. Is that not pumping in interest?

The film is set to release in 2nd week of November and right now the Post Production activities are going on.

Buzz: Will Babu 'Use and Throw' Roja?

This is the impression that people are holding now. Roja has got hot cine glamour and still she is in the cognitions of people as a beautiful actress. She was given Telugu Mahila President's chair and Roja is now on her job. She also started throwing cold water on Chiranjeevi indirectly saying that Cine glamour may not bring success in politics. But what is she doing???

"Are people and Chandrababu Naidu recognizing her political and service abilities? Even Chandrababu is very keen that his party needs some cine glamour. He used Jayaprada long back and thrown her out later. She went to Mulayam Singh Yadav and enjoyed respect in UP for sometime. Will Chandrababu do the same thing with Roja? If that happens, Roja has to go to Tamilnadu to find place for her. Right now it is said that Chandrababu is worried for the over-response that Roja is getting while going into public. Babu always fears if anybody grows beyond his expectations in his own party, said a TDP MLA off the record.

We have to see if Roja's plight goes like that of Jayaprada.

Shankar and Rehman Are Creatively 'Perverted'

Shankar as director is in the good books of every film lover till the release of Sivaji, says a senior Tamil director. He adds saying that Shankar lost every speck of grace in him with Sivaji, that was made in utter confusion. Although Shankar worked for about one and half year, the product he brought is worst and demeaning, he concluded.

Coming to AR Rehman, "He is genius and considered to be the best music director in contemporary cinema. No one knows how he got that fame. He is a normal music director with extra ordinary luck. The only reason is the scope of turning heads of all Indians scoring music for Hindi films and playing concerts in London. He proved to be a confused nut by scoring music for Sivaji. Should we consider that as gen-next music? Or should we understand that he got perverted", said Rajani T, a music teacher.

So, what does it mean? Have Shankar and Rehman turned creatively perverted? It happens at a point f culmination. Only psychologists can tell.

Reel Talk: 'Vajrotsavam' Still A Hot Cake!

The 75 years celebrations of Telugu film industry are still a hot cake. MAA TV takes the privilege of showing that as serial on every Sunday. The program became historic with the 'legendary' speeches of Mohan Babu and Chiranjeevi. Adding to that many cultural programs elevated the event to large extent.

No other event in recent past got that big craze. The audiences are also switching on the TV learning that Vajrotsavam highlights are being shown on MAA. The ERP ratings of the channel are going top when this event is aired. Repeated audiences are being attracted for this event.

Although a set of people got disturbed by the happenings in this event, the MAA TV is very happy.

City Buzz: 'Smell' From Multiplex Confused People

A bunch of friends, a leisurely Sunday afternoon, a multiplex, an uber-cool movie! It sounded like a good combo, especially since the Hindi movie promised to be a laugh riot. But those who went to the multiplex last Sunday were left confused as they wondered where they had landed. As they waited in the corridors with the movie being nearly 20 minutes behind schedule, the crowd got to inhale the aromas wafting out of the numerous corn counters, making the space smell like a restaurant. Finally when the doors to the theatre opened, a strong smell of disinfectant welcomed them. Worse, the air-conditioned hall retained that smell throughout the show, making people wonder if they were at a hotel, hospital, public toilet or a movie hall. Finally, while some made good use of their body sprays and jasmines in their hair, others preferred to walk out even before the interval. Now it would be nice of movie houses used more and better air fresheners.

ARCHANA(Veda)

Name: Archana

Pet Name: Acchu

Birth Date: October 8th

Star Sign: Libra

Height: 5 ft 4 inch

Hair: Dark Brown

Family: Mother, Father, Brother and my pet dog

Education: B.A

Hobbies: Reading (fiction), dancing and Yoga.

Favorite Films: Kshana Kshanam, Anthapuram, Padaharella Vayasu, Vasantha Kokila

Favorite Actors: Kamal Haasan, Nagarjuna, Mahesh Babu, Saif Ali Khan and Brad Pitt

Favorite Actresses: Sridevi, Tabu, Trisha and Salma Hayek

Favorite Book: The Alchemist, The Devil and Miss Prym

Favorite Food: My Mom's dishes and Fish items

Favorite Restaurant: Fusion 9 and Grill Room in Hyderabad

Favorite Holiday spot: Any place in Europe

Favorite Attire: Blue Jeans with T-short as top and Sarees

Favorite Color: Black and White

Accessories That You Must Carry With: My hand bag with a Comb, Kajal pencil, perfume and a book

First Crush: Classmate in 8th Grade.

Opinion on Love: The most beautiful & Precious creation of God for the people.

Telugu Film News

Yamadonga function postponed

The proposed 50 days function of Yamadonga film is indefinitely postponed. The official reason stated is the incessant rains. But unofficially, it might be due to the fact that the function should be held after completing 100 days in grand way. Earlier it was planned to have 50 days function on 14 of October in Kasu Brahmananda Reddy stadium. NTR is expected dance in this function. The dialogues cassette of Yamadonga film is also expected to release on the same day.

Tulasi censoring on 8 October

Venkatesh’s 12 October release Tulasi is going for censoring on 8 October. Since it is a mass flick with child sentiment, the producer Suresh Babu is planning for an extensive prints release. Nayana Tara is doing female lead. Shriya did an item song. Venkatesh had a slight injury during shooting of this film in January. With AMAV becoming a success, there are huge expectations on this film. Devi Sri Prasad composed music. Boyapati Srinu is the director.

Naga Babu - Kodi combination film

Naga Babu seems to be getting busy as hero these day. Right now he is acting in ‘Apada Mokkula Vadu’ in Posani Krishna Murali direction. His next solo film will be directed by Kodi Rama Krishna. It will be the story of a powerful cop. Sangeeta and Mayuri (Asha Saini) are the names under consideration for female lead. This film’s muhurat will be held on 20 October.

Snippet: Mahesh Babu Applauds Mani Sharma

Mahesh Babu keeps silent in general with media. He hardly comes out for a talk regularly. But he applauds music director Mani Sharma for the wonderful music given for 'Athidhi'.

He said single line, "Mani never disappointed me. He gave the best music for me all the while".

Mahesh Babu said this when asked him why he preferred Mani Sharma for the music of 'Athdhi'. All the songs in the album have scored well where 3 of them were written by Seetarama Sastry, one by Chandrabose, and one by Vishwa and one by Bhaskara Bhatla.

The songs are standing on top in the chartbusters list of the week in all big music hubs. FM Channels are also playing the songs from the album in big way al the while.

Trisha Sounds Professional, Practical And Philosophical

Trisha sounds to be professional with respect to films, practical with respect to her fan clubs and philosophical in the matter of gossips.

Professional:
"I am very fortunate that Telugu and Tamil careers of mine are going well simultaneously. People look at the last hit always and rest of the matters doesn't matter. My last film in Telugu 'Adavarimatalaku Ardhaley Veruley' is a hit. Now, I'm doing two films-one with Ravi Teja and the other with Prabhas. My career is blossoming only with hits in both the languages. Varsham, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana and Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule boosted up my image in Telugu".

Practical:
Trisha is practical in two aspects. One is the gushing new heroines and the other is her fans' club. She says, "New faces do come all the time. There will be lot of hype when they come. But only talent and hit-rate survive. When one is working with complete dedication and delivering what is asked, the inferiority complex need not be there. Coming to my fans' clubs, initially, I'm against for them. I assumed for quite long time that the hype is not true but only artificial. But when the fans turned dedicated and sat with me and explained about the social activities we can do, I turned on. Fame is a Bougainville if it is not useful for others. If it's useful, then it will be called a fragrant flower. I wanted to bring sense to the fame given by people to me. I want to pay them back".

Philosophical:
"I read many gossips about me. They hurt me in fact. But I ignored them in recent times. I developed a philosophy-to work hard and go ahead with positive feel. Just ignore the rest".

Reel Talk: Puri's 'Nenanthe' With Ravi Teja

Right now Puri Jagannath is in the happiness of 'Chirutha' and also about to announce his next film. It was said earlier that Puri is going to do a film with Pawan Kalyan with the title 'Nenanthe'.

But now the Film Nagar sources say that Puri is going to make the film with Ravi Teja with the same title. The title got registered long back. The reasons are not known why Puri changed the hero at last.

But Ravi Teja on the other hand is about to 'Bezawada Bujji' with Vinayak. Puri also announced that he is doing 'Bujjigadu made in Chennai' with Prabhas. So, when this Puri-Ravi Teja combination sees light? Will that be immediate or takes time? That has to be seen. Already Puri gave big hits to Ravi Teja with the films 'Itlu Sravani Subrahmanyam', 'Idiot' and 'Amma Nanna Oka Tamil Ammaayi'.

Opinion: Happy Days - Tollywood Neads Many More!

It is refreshing to see once in a while a telugu movie,

• Which does not show people killing each other
• Which does not have any of the standard comedians yet generate lot's of laughs
• Which does not have songs pictured in foreign locations or huge sets
• Which does not have atleast one known star in the lead cast
• Which does not have an "Item Song"
• Which does not have hot shot Technicians
• Which does not cause embarrassment to watch with entire family

Over the years tollywood has adopted some or all of the above ingredients in making any kind of film.

Kudos to Sekhar Kammula who has refused to adopt the routine formula of film making in tollywood and has shown that you can still make a successful movie without the "standard" stuff.

Shekar has chosen a genre of film which was not popularly attempted but has stuck to classic style of screenplay while narrating the story. The scenes involving misunderstanding between lead characters, college picnic, ragging are shown in many films, but it's the dialogues, actors and locales that brought lot freshness to the film.

The director has kept the characterization simple and did not go overboard with mannerisms and emotions. Music is good and technical values are up to the mark. Though the cast is new, Sekhar was able to extract decent output. I felt like few characters have strong resemblance to "Saved by Bell" a popular teen shows on NBC aired some time in late 80's and early 90's. (Sorry Sekhar, if that's not the case).

Overall the movie is thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended for everybody... Unfortunately you won't get many movies like this... so when you get one of those, go watch and enjoy it...

Finally , Tollywood , needs more Sekhar's to get itself out of the trap that contains Star Images, Huge spending, Violence, Vulgarity and can bring many more Happy Days.

Gallery: Spicy Curves and Buxom Babes

Gossip: Krishna Vamshi Praising Sindhu Menon!

Director Krishna Vamshi has all praise for heroine Sindhu Menon nowadays. Grapevine says he is in deep love with her. After she made her entry into Telugu films through the film, 'Bhadrachalam,' she couldn't make her mark. It was Krishna Vamshi, who gave her a new lease of career in his film by exploiting her beauty in, 'Chandamama'. Recently, when Krishnavamshi was talking about Sindhu in a TV show, his wife Ramya Krishna came on line to pose an irksome question. But Krishna Vamshi didn't entertain her question.

Gossip: Mahesh Babu Learns Smoking From A Gal!

Can a gal teach hero Mahesh Babu how to smoke a cigarette? Heroine Amritha Rao made such an attempt. When they were together in a shot, Mahesh Babu pretended his ignorance in smoking. Though director took all pains to explain him, he behaved like a novice. Amritha Rao took away cigarette from Mahesh Babu and took deep puffs to make Mahesh Babu understand. Mahesh Babu still wore a blank look and Amritha Rao smoke the entire cigarette. Mahesh Babu later started kidding Amirtha Rao by smoking another cigarette with amazing ease as chain smoker.

Why Ramoji Rao is after Chiranjeevi?

There are media reports that media baron Ch Ramoji Rao is trying his utmost best to bring film actor Chiranjeevi to politics. Though the media baron had not said anything in public, rumours are rife that he is for the entry of the film star to fill up the political vacuum in the State. There are also reports that he is fed up with former chief minister and Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu. After propping up former IAS officer and Lok Satta leader Jayaprakash Narayan without any much success, he is said to be keen on the entry of Chiranjeevi.

The film star and the media baron hail from two different social groups and yet the latter is said to be in favour of Chiranjeevi.This raises the basic question, why he is in favour of the film star? It has become clear that Chandrababu Naidu has lost his political teeth and there's remote possibility of the TD returning to power in May 2009 (as things stand now). If the Congress retains power, it simply means in other words that yet another five years of trouble and politcal harassment for the media baron. It is better to prop up the film actor to defeat the Congress so that there will be a political breather and a sort of support from the new political party.

The major hurdle in realising the dream is the film star himself. So far he has not made his mind open. No one knows what Chiranjeevi is thinking about jumping into political arena. Unless and untill the film star opens his mouth, rumours continue to fly, giving political entertainment to voters.

Telugu Film News October 06, 2007

Happy Days satellite rights sold for 1.15 crores

Its raining money for Sekhar Kammula. After successfully selling Happy Days film for huge margins before the release, Sekhar Kammula made sure that it lives up to the expectations of the movie lovers. It is reliably learnt that the satellite rights of Happy Days film are sold to MAA TV for 1.15 crores.

Maisamma with 150 prints

The lady superstar position in Telugu film industry has been vacant since Vijaya Shanti left for politics. It seems to Mumaith Khan is all set to fill that shoes. With her appealing portrait of Maisamma role in ‘Evadaithe Nakenti’, Mumaith Khan attracted the attention of both the film industry and moviegoers. Now Bharat Parepally is directing a film titled ‘Maisamma IPS’ in which she plays the powerful role of an IPS officer. From vamp role to heroine-oriented projects, Mumaith Khan has surely made a huge progress. Director Bharat says that he will be releasing Maisamma film with over 150 prints in the month of November.

Pellaindi Kaani on 12 October

Allari Naresh’s latest film Pellaindi Kaani is all set to release on 12 October. Bhagyaraja gave story for this film. Allari Naresh does the role of a mentally underdeveloped man. The censoring of the film will be done on Monday. A few songs of the film were shot in Kashmir. Kamalinee Mukherjee does the female lead. Harish (Prema Khaidi fame) did an important role. EVV directed this flick.

Will charan dance to the tunes of Keeravani?

Rajamouli-Ramcharan combination has created lot of curiosity around who would be the music director?.

Rajamouli is for known for having mass numbers in his films and that has worked with only M.M.Keeravani who happens to be his uncle. Whereas after S.P. Parusuram (1994) , Chiru has not worked with Keeravani . Though their combination has produced musical blockbusters like Gharana Mogudu , Apadbhandavdu etc.

For some reason, Chiru has not preferred Keeravani for his films. Chiru is known to be personally presiding over all the minor details of his son's Movies. It would be interesting to see if he okays with Keeravani or forces Rajamouli to work with another music director. Either ways it's going to be sensational combination.

Reel Talk: Priyamani With Kalyan Ram!

Priyamani is going to pair up with Kalyan Ram now. She has got recognition with the film 'Pellaina Koththalo' and then got commercial hit with the film 'Yama Donga'. She proved to be a good dancer with the compliment given by NTR publicly. Now she is acting with Kalyan Ram in the forthcoming film. The film is going to be made on NTR Arts. Harshavardhan will be directing the film while Kalyan Ram will be playing lead role cum producer.

Priyamani is now acting in Telugu and Tamil films at a time. She is happy for the success that is being obtained here and there at the same time simultaneously. Her 'Paruthi Veeran' in Tamil was a big hit. Fresh film 'Malaikottai' is doing average show there.

Priyamani will appear in 'Don' shortly down the line.

Screen Talk: Ileana Sits On The Top!

Ileana is being asked to pair up with Tarun shortly for a film that is to be made in the direction of K Vijaya Bhasker. Tarun is playing lead role in it and when Ileana was approached she was sitting on the top in the matter of remuneration, although said the story is wonderful and she is willing to do.

As per grapevine, she is demanding for Rs 75 lakh remuneration and the producers are in the process of bargaining saying that they are not giving that amount for the hero as well. Ileana is now living much in Mumbai to fulfill the desire of acting in Bollywood films.

We have to see if Ileana agrees for this film.

Gifts For Mohan Babu, Rajamouli and NTR

Rajamouli said that the film 'Yamadonga' gave three gifts for three people worked for it.

He said, "Mohan Babu garu has been the great comedian, villain and hero. He felt very happy playing Yama and also the audiences have got the chance to see him in that role. That's a gift for Mohan Babu garu and he himself claimed that. Then Tarak (NTR) reduced a lot for the film and he said that the film turned out to be a gift for him that way. And coming to me, the film is a gift because it boosted the confidence in me that I can make a mass appealing mythological movie".

Rajamouli also said that he is going to make a film with mythological story line and not yet decided what to make.

Reel Talk: Shriya's Up In TN and down in AP

Shriya's career in Tamil is on the top but in Telugu that's not so impressive. She stopped at the point of item songs in Telugu.

It is also said that Shriya is demanding very big remuneration followed by her selection in Kandasamy (Mallanna in Telugu). Shankar wanted to re-shoot a few scenes for Hindi version of Shivaji. Although Rajni Kanth is fairly available, the dates of Shriya are not available. Actor Simbu is also planning to groove her as heroine in his film. Her remuneration is now Rs 75 lakh in Tamil. But still Shriya is not signing on new projects for the fear of dates' problems.

It is declared that Shriya is now giving tough fight for Trisha in Tamilnadu.

Reel Buzz: Ilayaraja Is Giving Worst Music!

Ilayaraja has been the Tansen of Tollywood for many decades. His music brought big revolution in the industry. But what happened now for him?

Except the tunes given for 'Anumanaspadam', his mark has completely lost everywhere. He gave tunes for a small film 'Sunny'. The promos are hitting the small screen promoting it showing the title 'MUSIC BY MAESTRO ILAYARAJA' in big bold letters. But the tunes are too horrible to listen. Were they really tuned by Ilayaraja? That doubt comes for everyone.

Similarly Ilayaraja has given tunes for a film called 'Shambhu' a few years back in which Aryan Rajesh was the hero. Even that was turned down miserably and the audio proved to be a big flop.

Why Ilayaraja is showing these ups and downs? Is that due to lacking creativity!

Allu Arjun Boasts His Loyalty To Ram Charan

Downing the curtains for the assumptions that a competition rift has started between Ram Charan and Allu Arjun, the latter came out with his statements freshly in an interview.

He said, "Vaadu (Ram Charan) chaala intelligent. He (Ram Charan) has great grasping that a dancing step that we learned after practicing for 15 days was done by him in two days. Then I understood the power of genes and blood".

Saying about Ram Charan's relation with him, "My father has been loyal to Chiranjeevi garu. But I will prove that I'm more loyal to Ram Charan. I'm here like this only because of Chiranjeevi garu. Without him I'm no where. Till now I have only one Chiranjeevi garu. But now I have two Chiranjeevis".

He also added saying, "I'm not surprised looking at Ram Charan's dance and fights. I know he will do that way. I also don't say thanks to fans sitting in the status of Chiranjeevi's family member. I'm also a fan here".

That's how Arjun came out with his feelings.

Telugu Film News October 06, 2007

Nagarjuna to watch Happy Days

Nagarjuna has shown keen interest in watching Sekhar Kammula’s Happy Days. A special preview is being arranged for Nagarjuna tonight at 7 pm at Prasad labs. Another special screening of Happy Days is going to be done for Dasari at 9:30 pm tonight. Happy Days is doing extremely well in AP as well as in USA. The number prints is increasing from 25 to 50 today in Andhra Pradesh.

Puri - Ravi Teja’s Neninthe

Puri Jagan who delivered three blockbusters Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Idiot and Amma Nanna O Tamil Ammai with Ravi Teja as hero is all set to direct another film titled ‘Neninthe’. The shooting of this film starts once Puri Jagan completes his venture ‘Bujjigadu Made in Chennai’ with Prabhas as hero. Puri Jagan will also produce this on his Vaishno Academy banner.

Medikonda film with Uday Kiran

Medikonda Murali Krishna (Narasimha Naidu fame) is going to produce a film with Uday Kiran as hero. The muhurat of this film will be held on 21 October on the eve of Vijaya dasami. The regular shooting will start on 22nd October in Ooty. KRK is going to be introduced as director with this film. Rama Krishna of Rakhi fame pens dialogues.

Chiranjeevi gives breather for Cong, TD

The "October 2 deadline" has passed and there's no news of film actor Chiranjeevi announcing a new political party in the near future. Though this is not something good news for lakhs of his followers and those belonging to his social group, the ruling Congress and the main Opposition Telugu Desam are a happy lot. The TRS too has taken a breather. But the baron of a media group, who has been thinking of a third alternative force in the State with the film actor in the lead, is also said to be unhappy over the "continued prolonged" delay by Chiranjeevi in announcing his own political party.

According to sources, the film actor is right now not keen on forming a new political party. He wants to study the political situation and then come out with his future plans. Moreover Chiranjeevi has still much of his film career left and if he jumps into politics, he has to leave the film industry once and for all. The film actor is weighing all the pros and cons before coming to a conclusion.

The Congress and the TD are happy over the delay. A delay of a few more months means that there will be no Chiranjeevi political party for the next Assembly polls. With hardly 18 months left for the next polls, the film actor has to announce the party now or wait for yet another poll due for 2014. But it will be too late. The new political party has to settle down and it needs at least one year. It took nine years for NTR to drive his nascent Telugu Desam to victory in 1982-83. If Chiranjeevi does not come out with the announcement before February 2008, it means that there will be a direct fight between the Congress and the Telugu Desam in May 2009 polls.

Rajamouli and NTR live on www.rsn1049.com

Fans can listen to Raja Mouli and NTR on “ Yama Donga 50 Days Special” program on Radio Salaam Namaste 104.9 FM (Dallas) on Saturday Oct 6th at 11:30 noon Central time. Non Dallas listeners can tune in live on web at www.rsn1049.com.

A special “ Yama Donga “ show is scheduled for NTR fans at 9:30 pm on Saturday October 6th. The festivities will start at 8:30 pm in Touring Talkies (Hollywood theaters), Dallas. This is the first 50 days continuous run for NTR overseas. On All NTR fans will get buy 1 and get 1 free ticket option for this special show.

Gallery: Exclusive Venkatesh's Thulasi Wall Papers

'Ananda Lahari 2007' Starts off in a Grand Style

TELUGU ENTERTAINMENT IN AMERICA

Entertainment for Andhraites in America has been limited to Telugu movies and the Bi-annual celebrations at TANA and ATA. This is all set to change with “ANANDA LAHARI 2007” put together by KAD Entertainment. The show is an entertaining mixture of stand up comedy and music by the duo of FUN Star Shiva Reddy and Nightingale Vijayalakshmi.

ANANDA LAHARI 2007 started off in a grand style to rapturous applause and standing ovation from the packed auditorium in Memphis, TN on 30th Sept. Their next stop is the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, this Friday, Oct 5th 2007 AT 7PM presented by Sankara Eye Foundation with all proceeds of the event going to Sankara Eye Foundation.

THE PERFORMERS

Vijayalakshmi has earned the title Nightingale with her nonstop 24hr rendition in Hyderabad, her performances on stage are riveting and her ability to connect with the audience make her stand out from the run of the mill performers. Actor, Comedian, mimicry artist and dancer are some of the traits that make up fun star Shiva Reddy, his unbelievable energy on stage leaves the audience awestruck. The best part of this duo is the fact that they gel together to put up a seamless show.

THE PRESENTERS IN CHICAGO

With a mission statement to realize the goal of 20/20 vision for the people of India by the year 2020. Shankara eye foundation initiates and drives community eye care activities in India by working with eye care organizations such as Sankara Eye Society, which runs the Sankara Eye Hospital in India.
Through these fundraising efforts, SEF, USA has played a significant role in increasing the number of free surgeries eight fold to its current projected annual rate of about 70,000. So this event not only brings the much needed live entertainment to Andhraites in Chicago, it also supports a Nobel cause.

Tickets for today’s event in Chicago can be purchased at www.sulekha.com and www.secondshows.com

THE FUTURE

The following are the confirmed locations for the event “ANANDA LAHARI 2007”. More locations will be added as and when auditoriums and dates are finalized. For latest additions to this list, visit SecondShows.com. And to host the show in your city contact Shankar@507 358 1319, Vasu@917 449 1823

30th Sept 2007 Sunday Memphis, TN
5th Oct 2007 Friday Chicago, IL
13th Oct 2007 Saturday Los Angeles, CA
19th Oct 2007 Friday San Jose, CA
20th Oct 2007 Saturday New Jersey
26th Oct 2007 Friday Toronto, Canada
27th Oct 2007 Saturday Detroit, MI
28th Oct 2007 Sunday Connecticut
3rd Nov 2007 Saturday Virginia
4th Nov 2007 Sunday Pittsburgh, PA
10th Nov 2007 Saturday Denver, CO

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Gossip: Nayantara Offered Everything Except That!

Nayantara, after getting enough of mileage in both positive and negative forms by Simbhu in Tamilnadu, she shifted her abode to Hyderabad. She is moving close with Telugu actors and producers. Gossip zones didn't leave her but not harming her image in big way. There are some gossips that Nagarjuna is her guardian now.

Keeping that aside, freshly a Nayantara's dialogue with a young handsome producer was underlined by many in Film circles.

She was asked to act in a film that is produced by Lagadapati Sridhar. Nayantara denied that due to dates' problem saying, "Sridhar! You ask me 'anything' else except that".

Nayantara! Can you explain what that 'anything' means? Gossip zones are dishing out several versions of meaning for it.

City Buzz: Funny SMS Making Rounds

Usage of SMS has become a daily activity of many people in the country. Number of contests is being played through SMSes and some TV channels and FM Channels have made it a business share with mobile companies for encouraging SMS culture among people. It's made with an inspiration after watching various advertisements relating to SMS contests.

A funny SMS is making rounds this way:

"I LOVE YOU- send this SMS to 10 girls and win a free trip to your nearest police station. Food, Body massage and Accommodation guaranteed".

Is that not innovative and rib tickling?

Karishma Kotak Wallpapers

Name: Karishma Kotak

Height: 5.7'

Bust: 32

Waist: 27

Hips: 35

Shoe Size: 8

Eyes: Brown

Acting Experience: Shankardada Zindabad