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Rumors: Mohan Babu's Son Flattering Colors Swathi!

Swathi of 'Colors' fame thinks too high of her. Though there are fewer takers for her, she lays restrictions to producers. She says she cannot play a sister to hero in any film. She looks for the roles of heroine only.

She ascended from small screen and gained some reputation in film. She was known for her kid-like-talk as a TV anchor once. Now she is always found with hero Manoj, son of Mohan Babu. As she is good at conversation, boys like her company in parties. Manoj praises her all the day. His flatter has made her think too big of her.

Swathi has till now acted in films 'Danger' of Krishna Vamshi and 'Adavari Matalku Ardhaley Veruley' of Sree Raghava alias Selva Raghavan.

Chiranjeevi's First Embarrassment Being Actor

Chiranjeevi faced a small embarrassment in the initial days of his career. He went to watch his first movie 'Pranam Khareedu' in a theater in Hyderabad. He came out to have some samosa during interval. Then one of the audiences come to him and said, "Sir! You have done wonderful. Your dialogue rendering is also interesting. I liked your performance…..". Chiranjeevi felt happy and shook his hand first.

The man kept on quoting some scenes those he liked and Chiranjeevi was wondering with a question mark face. Because, all the scenes quoted by that man are of Nutan Prasad. Then Chiranjeevi clarified that those scenes belong to Nutan Prasad. Then the man stopped talking and looked at Chiranjeevi's face in detail and said, "Oh I'm sorry. I thought you are the same person" and left away. That means the man had mistaken Chiranjeevi with Nutan Prasad. Both of them used to look with small similarity that is dense hair and slim personality.

So, Chiranjeevi also faced embarrassment with the mistaken identity of that audience. But now there is no man in AP who doesn't know Chiranjeevi.

YVS Choudary Ignored Balayya Fans' Request

A few days back the fans of Balayya were worried for a dialogue in the film 'Okka Magaadu' where he says that he is 'one in lakhs and one for lakhs'. The fans asked YVS Choudary to change that dialogue as 'one in crores and one for crores' and greatandhra.com reported that. But inside sources say that YVS Choudary ignored that request from fans as it is difficult now to change that for two reasons.

One is the dubbing part is completed by Balakrishna and he has to pull him again to dubbing theatre for that single dialogue. The other aspect is that the dialogue in the film appears on screen not just for one time. And above all, the lip sinking and timing also wouldn't match and YVS is concerned about that.

So, for this time, the fans have to compromise with a lakh! Well, what is there in a crore! Even it can be called in terms of lakhs as 100 lakhs. Inside source say that the film come up very well and it would certainly be a treat for all the fans of Balayya.

'Mee Sreyobhilashi' Director Says It's Not 'Pokiri'

'Mee Sreyobhilashi' director Eeshwar Reddy introduces about his film and says that he struggled a lot to make this story materialize on celluloid.

He said, "I took this story for many producers and after listening they said that they want to make films like Pokiri. Then I narrated the line to CC Reddy and he said 'wonderful'. I thank him a lot for taking the mantle. This film is not like 'Pokiri'. There will be no Mumaith Khan's dance in this and there will be no masala aspects. But it will be a wholesome movie for all audiences", he said.

The film is releasing today and we have to see how far it is wholesome for all audiences. Get glued to read the review.

Rumors: Ravi Teja Takes Trisha For A Ride!

Hero Ravi Teja and heroine Trisha found good time, when they were together for the shooting of 'Krishna' in Vijayawada. Ravi Teja would ask her for a drive after the shooting was over in every evening. The duo would go towards Guntur by a car leaving the driver at Vijayawada. Either Ravi Teja or Trisha would drive. They would come back to Vijayawada very late in the night. The other artistes in the cast would wonder where they were going. Did they need privacy to share 'many' things? Trisha says Ravi Teja is very jovial in real life too and admits she derives lot of pleasure in his company.

Chiranjeevi Is Not Inclined To Do Any Movie

While discussions among the public are going on in different ways regarding Chiranjeevi's next film, his political entry and other things, it is said that Chiranjeevi wishes to be silent for a few months without getting into anything. He is completely disturbed by the whole set of things happened in his personal front in the last 4 months. It is said that he is choosing a silent life for sometime at home or abroad.

While the impressions are making rounds about his next film with VV Vinayak, inside sources say that Chiranjeevi is not willing to start any project immediately. So, it takes some time to start up the things from Chiranjeevi's side.

Even with respect to political entry, if he sees more disturbance if sits at home, he will be choosing to leave abroad again. But at this juncture, fans of Chiranjeevi and political circles would maintain their poise as it won't be rational if he is disturbed now while in grief.

'Happy Days' Nikhil Turned Mass Hero

The days are now happy for the artistes acted in the film 'Happy Days'. No one knows when one would get the break and when one would turn the heads of millions.

Varun Sandesh turned hero on the banner of Dil Raju as acting in the film 'Koththa Bangaru Lokam'. The film is scheduled to start in a couple of months. Tamanna bagged a chance to pair up with Allu Arjun and it is said that she is also getting an offer to pair up with Uday Kiran. The others are also getting enough of chances in prominent way.

The actress who played the role of Sangeetha in the film got a chance to act in the TV serial 'Yuva' of Nagarjuna. Now, Nikhil, who scored more marks than anyone in the film, is becoming a mass hero. Andhrawala producer Giri is going to produce a film in which Nikhil will be playing a mass role.

Parasuram, a debut director is making this film. We have to see how far the 'Happy Days' charisma adds for all these artistes down the line.

Brahmanandam's Comedy Scene In Mr Medhavi

Brahmanandam is known for his unique brand of comedy and that is known for all. He has done a variety role in the film Mister Medhavi directed by Neelakanta. After his famous roles like Khan Dada, Kaththi Ramadasu and others, now he portrayed the role of 'Gandhiwaadhi'. He is not a routine Gandhiwaadhi but different. One has to watch on screen and enjoy that difference. His dialogues in the movie would be a grand treat for the audiences say inside sources.

Brahamanandam said, "I never acted in the direction of Neelakanta and awaited something from him. He is such a type of person who creates a role as there is an artiste. He picks up artiste only when there is a role. Now I got a role to play and that is Gandhiwadhi. I'm not a routine Gaandhiwaadi. I would become violent if anyone disturbs non-violence- because I'm Gaandhiwaadi".

Inside sources are also saying about Brahmanandam's role and sharing that it has come as a wonderful rib-tickler.

Yearender: Top Worst Films of the Year-2007

This is an analysis of the films those were released with considerable hopes but lost at the box office miserably. The films also bagged negative talk in big way and they became black spots in Tollywood this year.

1. Vijayadasami:
The film was the remake of Tamil film 'Siva Kasi' directed by V Samudra and released with bigger hopes. But miserably, the film got very big negative talk and turned a mishap. The film was bought by American distributors but not released for the fear of further loss. Later, they understood that the decision was perfect. Probably Samudra and Kalyan Ram might have learned the basics of film economics.

2. Maharadhi:
This is the film that was released with huge expectations being Balakrishna in lead. P Vasu of Chandramukhi fame directed film and hence the expectations were still big. Jayaprada played a glamorous aunty role in the film and everything was used for hype. But the film lost miserably. It received words of bane from all the film lovers. P Vasu might have learned a lesson with this film.

3. Hello Premistara:
This is the film where Puri Jagannath's brother Sai Ram played the lead. Sheela, the pretty girl acted as female lead beside him. The film lacked in proper story line and Sai Ram failed to present him with proper grooming. This is the film that was released with the brand name of Puri Jagannath but the younger brother failed to keep up the glory of his elder brother. The film collapsed miserably and no one knows what lessons Sai Ram learned from this.

4. Poramboku:
This is the movie released just before the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Tollywood. The title was inspired from 'Pokiri' and it named with mass punch as per the trend. Navadeep acted in the flick and it was collapsed at the box office. Navadeep although performed well in the film, the story line and screenplay killed the film completely. Navdeep would have learned that it requires proper story line to be successful as an actor and mere talent is not enough.

5. Raju Bhai:
This is another unforgettable flop from Manoj Kumar, the son of Mohan Babu. In fact, he has seen no hit till now in his career and this film continued his failure saga. No proper story line, no impressive screenplay and nothing. It is in fact the remake of Tamil flick 'Chittiram Pesudadi'. Manoj might have learned that one shouldn't carry away by remakes but should see what suits him and the trend.

Allari Naresh's Sexy Girl Friend In Tamil

Who is Allari Naresh's girl friend? Industry sources say that it is Farzana. This hot lady with oomph factor has done a film 'Seema Sastry' with Allari Naresh and now again doing 'Bommana Brothers-Chandana Sisters' with him. She opened her heroine account on Tollywood screen with the film 'Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw' and won recognition with that.

Her next film 'Seema Sastry' didn't do well and now she is heading towards Tamil screen as well. She is now acting in a Tamil film '1977' beside Sarath Kumar. She didn't make up a firm hold in Telugu but bagged something big in Tamil. We have to see what she achieves on Tamil screen without achieving anything big on Telugu.

Well, sources say that she got an offer of Rs 20 lakhs to pair up with Sarath Kumar. That's a wonderful deal indeed.

TOP five grossers at the Bollywood box office

The Khans — Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman — continue to rule Bollywood, with Akshay Kumar giving them stiff competition. Making star-packed comedies and packaging them with music video type of songs seems to be the trend. The industry has become corporatised, a film like SRK’s home production “Om Shanti Om” has been sold before release to Eros entertainment for a whopping Rs. 75 crore, creating a new benchmark. The top five grossers at the box office are “Om Shanti Om”, “Partner”, “Heyy Babyy”, “Bhool Bhulaiya” and “Jab We Met”.

Telugu Film News 27th Dec 2007

Teja’s Keka

Director Teja, who has introduced quite a few talented newcomers to the industry, will be launching yet another set of new faces in his upcoming production that is to be titled as Keka (Scream). The lead pair will be the winners of a talent hunt being conducted exclusively for the film. Co produced by Suresh Productions, the film is set to be launched in February while the film’s songs will be recorded in January 2008.

Tarun is director Bhaskar’s Romeo

Chocolate hero Tarun is playing the lead role in director K.Vijaya Bhaskar’s latest venture, Romeo Juliet. The very pretty and sexy Ileana is portraying the role of Tarun’s leading lady while Jagapathi Babu is tipped to be playing an important part in the film. Originally planned to star Vishnu and Genelia in the lead, the film is now being produced by Bellamkonda Suresh instead of Mohan Babu’s home production company. The film is entering the post production stage with the shooting almost coming to an end.

Krishna Bagwan’s John Apparao on 31st Jan

Comedian Krishna Bhagwan’s first main lead film, John Appa Rao 40+, co starring Simran in the lead, is all set to be released on the 31st of January 2008. In this Kuchipuddi Venkat’s film, Bhagwan is portraying the role of a fashion designer

Suhani celebrates birthday on sets

Child artist- turned-heroine Suhani, celebrated her first birthday in the film industry on the sets of her ongoing film, Sawaal. Speaking about the film and her birthday the youngster said “this is my first birthday that I am celebrating as a heroine. Though my birthday is on 25th December, I celebrate it on 26th also. I play the part of a very lively and bubbly girl in this film. I thank director Jaya for giving me this opportunity. She is like my mother in this industry. The film will be released in January”. Director Jaya was also all praise for the young lady. Producer B.A.Raju announced that the film’s audio CD is doing rocking sales.

Trisha is Nagarjuna’s leading lady

Quite satisfied with the response to his Lawrence directed Don, actor Nagarjuna has moved on to his next venture that is to be directed by Sreenu Vytla. Word has it that Trisha has been finalized to be Nagarjuna’s leading lady in this yet-to-be-titled film being produced by D.Shiva Prasad Reddy. Though Trisha has her dates packed till mid 2008, the young actress is said to have made space so that she can fulfill her wish of acting with the Nagarjuna. And we are sure that the audiences will be very eagerly looking forward to see these attractive actors on screen.

Bala-Gunasekhar’s Sadhu launch in March

‘Sadhu’ is the title that is being considered for the Gunasekhar directed Balakrishna starrer that is to be produced by Sakhamuri Panduranga Rao and presented by Bellamkonda Suresh. The film is set to go on floors in March in the coming year. Details about the remaining cast and crew are yet to be announced.

Raja turns distributor with Mister Medhavi

Actor Raja is ready to distribute films. Albeit his own films. Word has it that Raja, who plays the lead role in director Neelakantha’s Mister Medhavi, has bought the over seas distribution rights of the film including those for the film’s DVD. The film stars Geneelia as the leading lady.

Chiru's smile is our weapon, says fan club

Now that mega film star Chiranjeevi has reportedly decided to put on hold his plans to join politics, the large fan following of the Tollywood actor take shelter behind his "smile".

They say, "your smile is our weapon". In fact they have gone a step further, penning a poem invoking the rebirth of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. They said Gandhi should come once again to put an end to all the troubles in the country including corruption and looting of public money by big leaders. In the Telugu poem, they have included the name of Chiranjeevi saying that his smile is the weapon to fight against all the evils afflicting society.

Though they did not compare Mahatma Gandhi with Chiranjeevi, they took great pains to indirectly draw a parallel between the both, fighting for justice and against injustice. If Mahatma Gandhi could fight corruption with his lathi, Chiranjeevi could do it with his "Chiru Navvu". The poem has many stanzas and it begins with praising the father of the nation and ends with urging the film star to keep smiling, giving boost to the morale of his large fan following.