Ganesh Chaturthi is my favorite festival - Ram Charan

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Art Director Thota Tharani on Life is beautiful movie

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Ram Charan busy with shootings

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Rajinikanth appreciates Allari Naresh for Sudigadu

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Allari Naresh says Go Green Ganesh

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Pawakalyan to Act in Multi Starrer Movie

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Pawan Kalyan lucky hand

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Mahesh to Extend his Frontiers

Mahesh Babu is undoubtedly the leading star in Tollywood now. There may be debates about his position as number one hero, but inarguably he is leading the pack of Telugu superstars at this point. For some reason Mahesh didn't try to extend his business frontiers beyond Tollywood.

Most of our actors are making plans to conquer other states like Tamilnadu and Kerala. Allu Arjun has already earned so much name and fame in Kerala. Ram Charan and others are following the suit. Mahesh despite being a super power in Tollywood market never tried to set his foot in other states. Businessman was supposed to release in Tamil and Malayalam along with Telugu. But that didn't happen.

Finally it is happening with Dookudu. This film is the biggest hit in Mahesh Babu's career till now. The makers of Dookudu believe that it will work in other languages too and are releasing the dubbed version of Dookudu in Kerala shortly. Recently Malayalam version's audio was launched too. Hope it leaves a strong impression so that all of Mahesh's future ventures get a simultaneous release in Malayalam.

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Tamanna & Aish Overriding Mahesh & Nag

Two biggest sexy starlets are now overriding two super stars of Telugu industry with their ravishing glamour. Though these two heroes have no matches from their male contemporaries, these women are giving them a tough time.

More than film circuit, it is ad-circuit that is defining the stamina of our stars these days, because acting in ad-campaign means the reach is diverse and unique. Both Mahesh and Tamanna are competing in local cell phone segment, where a retailer Univercell and a manufacturer Celkon had them as their brand ambassadors. With Mahesh's ads not coming up regularly and Tamanna gracing every small event and ad of Celkon, the craze is shifted towards her. Unlike these two, Nagarjuna and Aishwarya are both the faces of Kalyan Jewellers. While Nag surely holds a better position in AP, Aishwarya garnered huge attention nationwide as this is her first work post pregnancy.

Generally, the latest ambassador of any product overrides the previous star endorsing it. So the buzz is who will surpass Tamanna and Aish, and maybe Mahesh and Nag will come with new concepts to put their names first, feels an observer.

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Hero admits being intimate with Anushka

Tamil star Arya who recently completed a grueling schedule in Georgia with Anushka for acclaimed director Sevaraghavan's film Irandam Ulagam (Brundavanam Lo Nandakumarudu in Telugu) admitted doing few intimate scene with hot actress. "As our film is a love story, we have done a few intimate scenes. The director has shot these love making scenes aesthetically. One thing is for sure, they aren't vulgar or far from decency," confirms the actor.

Arya is full of praise for Anushka who co-operated with the unit and shot her scenes in extreme weather conditions. "Anushka is one of my best co-stars. She never throws tantrums, a thorough professional and extremely hard working. She was the only woman in the unit of 80 members in Georgia, but she never complained about anything despite unfavorable conditions," he revealed.

The film aimed for a Sankranthi release is made with a whopping budget of Rs 50 crores. Both Arya and Anushka plays dual roles. Anushka will be seen as doctor and also the wife of of stylish played by Arya in present times. She will also be seen as a tribal queen who falls for a tribal man played by Arya. The unit is raving about Anushka's performance in the film. Will this film bring more mileage to Anushka than Arundathi? Let's wait and watch!

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Can Thaman Do Justice To Top Heroes?

When Telugu industry is grooving to the melodies of Mani Sharma and beats of Devisri Prasad, there entered Thaman giving a fresh feel to music lovers with his differently sounding tunes. But when a couple of his own films clash, only one is standing a winner and this is a threat.

During the times of 'Businessman', Thaman rocked the charts with 'Bodyguard' too. Main reason for producers depending on Thaman is not just his fresh music but also budget and availability reasons. Firstly he prefers to stay with directors even during shoot times and secondly his charges are reasonable. But in the end, people felt that the background score and some tunes are repetitive in Venky's movie, reminding us of 'Kick' and 'Mirapakay'.

This time he is coming with 'Naayak', 'Baadshah' and 'Shadow' for the Sankranti season and maybe 'Balupu' will also join the league. The big doubts if Charan, NTR, Venky and Raviteja get proper attention and differently sounding tunes from Thaman. Some say he can give thrilling and vivid background scores but fails to maintain that in songs.

For now, this is considered as a threat and only when the audio hits tinsel town, we'll know versatility of Thaman.

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Rana takes a long break for Sister

Ever since Tollywood hunk Rana Daggubati made his debut as a Hero, the actor is literally living out of his suitcase as he is juggling between projects from different Industries. With back-to-back films, he hardly took a break in past two years or so. But, the handsome actor has finally decided to take one and that too for his Sister Malavika who is tying the knot in December this year.

Malavika, a management graduate, got engaged to Bharath who owns several software companies in Bengaluru in a private function attended by family and close friends on August 12. The wedding will be a grand affair which will be graced by the South film fraternity and Politicians in Hyderabad on December 5.

Rana who recently wrapped up the shoot of his Tamil film which stars Ajith and the Telugu flick Krishnam Vande Jagadguru directed by Krish (Gamyam and Vedam fame) has taken leave from work till December to foresee his sister's wedding arrangements. So, he will begun the shooting of his new projects only in 2013. Finally, a much-needed break for this Tollywood casanova!

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Nag backs out of race against Pawan

Yes, King Nagarjuna backed out of race against Powerstar Pawan Kalyan. The star studded films 'Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu' and 'Damarukam' will be released with a gap of at least one week.

Although Damarukam was scheduled to release on October 12 earlier classing with Pawan Kalyan's CGR (Oct 11), Nagarjuna have decided to back out of the race now as this move might end up eating each other collections at the Box Office. So, the release of Damarukan was postponed by a week (Oct 19) . If CGR gets a positive talk, then Nag's film might be pushed further.

While CGR unit completed the shooting of entire shooting part except for three songs, this action entertainer has shaped up well with Pawan's powerful performance as a special attraction and Puri's terrific one-liners. Damarukam, which is touted to be highest budget film in Nag's career, has wrapped up it's shooting long time back. The visuals effects of the film are said to stunning and DSP's rocking music will be big asset to this film. As two biggies are gearing up for release, fireworks are expected this October!

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Baadshah treat on Srinu Vaitla's B'day

A treat from Jr NTR is awaiting to thrill the Nandamuri fans who were in desperate need of a Blockbuster after the lukewarm response for Dammu. The first look teaser of the film will be unveiled on September 24th, on the occasion of Srinu Vaitla's birthday.

Srinu Vaitla is super excited about Baadshah script and he wants to repeat Dookudu results once again to register his place in the Industry as a Top Director. Touted to be the costliest film ever made in Tollywood, Baadshah is packaged with a right mix of splendid action sequences, rib-tickling comedy, stunning visuals, heart touching sentiment and praise worthy performances.

The unit have been raving about the tunes composed by Thaman for the film and the credit goes for the director for providing fantastic situations. Impressed with the output of film, star writer Srinu Vaitla offered to buy the USA theatrical rights of the film for a whooping price. With positive buzz around the film, there is huge competition from buyers in all the territories. Hope this film helps NTR to retain his lost glory and brings him closer to the NO.1 spot!

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Prabhas Aims the Top League

With back-to-back super hits ('Darling' & 'Mr Perfect') and two commercial entertainers ('Rebel' & 'Varadhi') gearing up for release, Prabhas is surely one of the hot contenders of the Top League. Although this young hero has got everything to be called as a perfect hero package, he was never considered as one of the top heroes in the Industry due to three reasons - Choice Of Films, Hit Ratio and the Business Range . Seems like, the actor has worked on his drawbacks to over come the above factors.

Prabhas is on a success streak at the moment and the positive pre-release buzz for Rebel is indicating that he is likely to score a hat-trick. This current form of the actor can be attributed to his good choice of films in the recent past.

Even if Rebel misses the target, he has another entertainer 'Varadhi' which is nearing completion to compensate the loss. So, the hit ratio of Prabhas will go up if any one of this films hits the bulls eye.

With Rebel, the business range of Prabhas has increased nearly 30 to 40 % and the makers were planning to dub the film in Tamil and Malayalam to expand the market. Not to forget Rajamouli's film, which is an entry card for this Tollywood hunk to enter the Top League. Altogether, Prabhas is in a good phase and he will be enjoying every bit of it for sure!

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Mahesh Babu Bags Another Biggie

Superstar Mahesh Babu is undoubtedly the biggest brand in South India. He was voted as No. 1 when it comes to popularity in surveys conducted by the multinational companies. So, there is nothing surprising in the fact that top most companies in the country were choosing him to endorse their products.

Mahindra & Mahindra, one of the country's largest Automobile Manufacturers apart from holding a major stake in Finance, IT, Tourism Sectors, has roped in Mahesh as their brand ambassador. However, to which sector Mahesh was chosen for endorsing is not yet revealed. Mahesh has done a remarkable job with his films to attain the Superstar stature very early in his career and his charming looks too helped in the process. This new brand is like adding another feather on his cap.

Hotshot director and the star's close buddy Trivikram Srinivas is going to direct this commercial soon. This crazy combination has always rocked as they share a terrific rapport and hope the new commercial lives up to the expectations!

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Producer Selling 'Rambabu' Like Chocolates

With Pawan's craze reaching peaks after Gabbar Singh and the recent making video of Rambabu spreading like wildfire, producer Danayya is in celebrations. It is now heard that he is selling the film like Chocolates in USA.

These days overseas markets are becoming one of the key factors to recover the investment. When US distributors offered 5 crores, Danayya has rejected them outright to sell his Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu. Everyone thought he is building castles in the air, but now he proved his detractors wrong. Reports have that around Rambabu is sold in 13 centres for around 1.3 crores ($260K), a sort of record. There are more than 60 centres to be sold and the producer is selling it like a hot chocolate, expecting a whopping 12 crores. US local distributors revealed that Rambabu will be releasing in highest number of theatres in USA.

Looks like, Puri's strategy of rising expectations worked out perfectly for the flick and Powerstar's recent success has given the much needed blow. We have to see how Danayya will satisfy audience before filling out his pockets to the full.

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Lord Krishna, Gandhi And Akkineni Hero!

Comparison is always a perfect form to appreciate one's talent unless the subject and object are two extraordinary things. Same thing happened between our Akkineni hero and the other two influential people.

Nagarjuna's 'Shirdi Sai' is one film in Tollywood that is having almost a same opinion from all sorts of people. Nag's performance as Sai Baba takes us to 1900s with ease and the philosophy of that character makes us see a Sai there but not Nagarjuna at any time. Admiring his acting prowess, star director Rajamouli says that a Nag stands beside the likes of two veterans, Ben Kingsley who acted as Gandhi and NT Rama Rao who donned Lord Krishna roles with ease. Both Ben and NTR proved to world that they are born to live in those roles and in the same way Nag too, feels Rajamouli. More than the money he receives as remuneration, these praises are worth tonnes of gold, platinum and all precious metals and above. Way to Nag!

The big heart of Nagarjuna is not just limited to his on-screen antics, but it comes in real life too. Our sources revealed that Nagarjuna has donated all the remuneration he got through 'Shirdisai' to charity, and his wife Amala Akkineni is looking over it such that the money helps a social cause.

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Ileana Sets Time Frame for Bikini

Ileana who is eagerly waiting for the release of Bollywood debut Barfi is open to wear a bikini for her future projects. But, before doing that she has to met her own expectations. "If I was asked to sport a bikini for a role, I'm ready to do that but I need to check whether I'm in perfect shape to fit the bill. Firstly, I have to workout for six months and decide if I could pull it off," she asserted.

With her new statement, the actress has informed to the filmmakers about the time frame she needs to don the bikini.

Ileana's Bollywood career will mostly depend on the result of Barfi, which is releasing next Friday (September 14). She hasn't signed any new films in B-Town yet due to the package factor. If Barfi hits the bull's eye, the demand for this hip beauty will touch peaks. The offers for Ileana has dried up in South due to her unprofessional attitude. If she couldn't score success in B-town, then her career will land in a big trouble. Testing time for the hottie!

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2012 Is The Deadline For Manchu Manoj

Most of his friends from the industry have already done that and now the clock started ticking his deadline. Manchu Manoj is under tremendous pressure now, especially from his mother to finish the unfinished business.

Apparently, most of Manoj's friends and contemporaries in the industry got married either by finding love or by finding a bride. Sources revealed that both Mohan Babu and Manoj's mother are insisting him to tie the knot by the end of 2012 at any cost. Already a bunch of proposals are there across the table and it is heard that Mohan Babu is waiting for his son's consent to go ahead. If everything goes well, they will proceed for engagement this year and the mega wedding will take place in early 2013.

Even though it is just a matter of time, finding an ideal bride is as tough as rocket science for any eligible bachelor. Manoj also confirmed the other day that he will get married to a girl of his dad's choice, but only after settling down well. Watch this space for more updates.

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'Copy King' Not In Race For 200 Cr Film

Bollywood tiger Salman Khan is soon to cross the 200 crore mark with 'Ek Tha Tiger' to break all records. With the movie creating wonders at Box Office, our 'Copy King' is rumored to be trying hard to grab the remake rights.

Tamil hero Vijay is well known for his remakes of blockbuster movies from other languages. Say it Okkadu or Pokiri or Bodyguard or Azad remake, Vijay is the first person to jump into such movies and hence the name 'Copy King'. Rumors suggested that he is all set to don the role of RAW agent 'Tiger' in the Tamil version of 'Ek Tha Tiger', directed by Jeyam Ravi and produced by his father Editor Mohan. However, Ravi made it clear that there are no plans to remake 'Ek Tha Tiger' and there is no question of even buying remake rights.

With Vijay definitely going out of the race, any other heroes like Pawan and Simbu might try their hand at the remake. But Pawan said a no already and Simbu is not ready to burn hands again after the flop show of 'Dabang' Tamil remake.

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Sexy Kajal goes Ultra Glamorous

Kajal Agarwal is one of the few actresses that can perform as well as look glamorous at the same time. Kajal has been hanging around in Tollywood for quite some time and only few directors tried to show the glamorous side of her. Most of the roles that Kajal played are rural based and hence there is no scope for extra skin show.

Even her first Bollywood film didn't allow Kajal to go glamorous. Kajal says she doesn't mind going ultra glamorous for a role. In fact she is ready to don bikini or whatever outfit that is required for the character. Kajal says that she didn't have reservations in the past, but only directors never asked her to do ultra glamorous roles.

Kajal has done few steamy photo shoots for some magazines in the recent times. May be she did those to give a hint to the directors that are not looking at her in such a way. With Kajal openly stating that she can go to any extent to play a character, we could now hope that someone will show the excessive glamour side of this ravishing beauty. 

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Talk-Of-Town: Chaitu Helping 'Damarukam'

An established actor like Nag will definitely role out a flowery path for the career of his son. But here, the scene is reverse and young Akkineni hero is helping his dad's movie according to talk of the town.
 
Though RR Makers is trying hard to get the most of 'Damarukam', the film is getting limited buzz and real facts are not coming out. In turn this is stopping buyers and distributors to take a back seat till other day. But with Bellamkonda buying the distribution rights of Vizag area for 2.25 crores, enquiries are flying for this socio-fantasy movie.

Now that Chaitu is acting in 'Vettai' remake produced by Bellamkonda, the young hero has done the convincing act to save RR Makers by making Bellamkonda distribute this flick. Also, Chaitu's 'Auto Nagar Surya' is being produced by RR Makers and hence the generosity, says a buzz.

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'Marriage Cannot Stop My Skin Shows'

Sex-bombs prefer a low when it comes to revealing their hot bodies after tying the nuptials. But some beauties like Mamata Mohandas are not stopping their seductive movies after marriage and here is one more beauty.

Titillating siren Reema Sen enthralled Telugu fans for a time with her bold looks and ravishing skin shows. Recently she made her bit through a spicy role in critically acclaimed flick 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. Then after her marriage took place and those regular skin-show flicks are not coming her way.

An upset revealed in an interview that there is no need for people to stop giving her such roles. 'Marriage is not hurdle for any actress if she wants to pursue her passion. I'm ready for all those glamorous flicks even though I'm a wife now', said Reema.

Well, there should be someone to use this right spirit of Reema Sen in a right way to scorch the screen.

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Mahesh not interested in SAK's daughter

Recently few sections of our media reported that Mahesh Babu will soon pair up with Saif Ali Khan's daughter Sarah Ali Khan in one of his future ventures. Like many heroes, Mahesh has been facing problems with lack of heroines in Tollywood. Only a handful of them are currently trending and each and every big hero is running after them.

Mahesh Babu doesn't like to repeat heroines, but he had no choice at the moment that he had to repeat Samantha and Kajal immediately. This triggered the rumors that Mahesh is looking out for fresh heroines and then Sarah's name popped up. However, sources from film nagar confirmed that Mahesh is not interested in Sarah as she is very young for him.

Sarah is in her late teens and looks very tender that she will only suit teenage heroes. Mahesh is nearing forty and despite his young looks he is not interested to romance teenage girls on screen. Mahesh has never done a film with very young heroines in his career so far and he will stick to it. So the rumors about Sarah pairing up with Mahesh can be put to rest.

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Same 'Old Package' for Nagarjuna

Nagarjuna's Damarukam is into the last leg of post production stage and the publicity campaign of this film has just started on the eve of Nag's birthday. The real campaign will kick start in a month or so. Damarukam looks something special in many aspects. The film is one of its kind says the makers who are hyping about the visual effects.

Although the film looks interesting due to the premise and graphics, it is not as exciting on the casting front. Anushka, who has been a regular in Nagarjuna's film is the heroine in it. Besides there is Charmi who will shake her legs with Nagarjuna in the introduction song. Charmi did the same in Ragada too.

Moreover Anushka did the heroine role in Ragada. As far as the glamour factor is concerned, Damarukam doesn't have anything new. Anushka and Charmi have already entered the boring list of heroines and there isn't any freshness combination wise too. Now everything is left over to Nagarjuna, Devi Sri Prasad and the Visual FX. 

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Srimannarayana will be another Gabbar Singh!

Balakrishna's Srimannarayana is all set to hit the marquee on this Thursday and the buzz is slowly starting to pick. Nandamuri fans are betting big on this film. They are planning to screen huge number of benefit shows on the release day as they have a gut feeling that it would work. Yellow Flowers banner has a decent track record, which makes them to believe that Srimannarayana would have decent content.

The biggest factor that is going to work in favor of Srimannarayana is it is the only film that is targeted at masses in the last three months. After Gabbar Singh none of the movies really enthralled the masses with powerful dialogues and masala elements. Eega and Julayi have been successful, but they are not lapped up by the masses like Gabbar Singh.

Gabbar Singh was a unanimous hit in all the areas. Masses and classes liked it equally. Srimannarayana targets the same audiences. Even if it falls short in the class areas and cities, it can surely entertain masses and in that case it could become another Racha if not Gabbar Singh. Saying so, Srimannarayana should be backed up by decent content to get fully benefited by the timing of release.  Hope Ravi Chavali packed it with enough to pull the masses to the theaters. 

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Sudden-Star Targets Stylish-Star

Allari Naresh not only became 'Sudden Star' with his 'Sudigadu' but is suddenly targeting the other biggies in the race. Coming to overseas market, especially in USA, this holds true.

Currently, Julayi is racing ahead in USA with a collection of $797,329 (4.4 cr approx) after third weekend and there is no big flick to give it a race. There comes Devudu Chesina Manushulu that is completely rejected by NRI audience with just $ 18,321 (10 lakhs) collection after second weekend. Shockingly 'Sudigadu' got huge openings and the opening weekend collected $ 125,484, which approximates to 69.8 lakhs. With Julayi collections coming down a bit this week, Sudigadu might take a plunge to leap into beating Stylish Star Allu Arjun's movie.

On the other hand, with Mega flicks faring well in US this year, 'Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu' is expected to create records in overseas market. Let us see!

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NTR to bail out Mohan Babu?

We have already reported that hero Prabhas has dubbed for few scenes in Manchu Vishnu's upcoming film Denikaina Ready. This news has certainly upped the interest factor for this film. Now Vishnu is looking to add many more such attractions to make it a crazy project. If the buzz is to be believed NTR is likely to make a cameo appearance in Denikaina Ready.

Vishnu is a close pal of Jr. NTR and even the latter has good relation with Mohan Babu. Remember, Mohan Babu played the role of Yama in Junior's super hit flick Yama Donga? As per the buzz, Mohan Babu wants NTR to do a cameo in Vishnu's film as he is desperately wanting for a hit. NTR's special appearance can make Denikaina Ready attractive.

NTR is not against doing cameo appearances. He has done a dance bit in Venkatesh's Chintakayala Ravi. So he may not say no to Mohan Babu's request. Recently Vishnu dropped on Baadshah sets and had a long chat with Tarak. Let's wait and see if NTR bails out Manchus who are in desperate need of a hit. 

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Sudigadu 3 Days AP Collections Share!

Sudigadu is running Successfully through out AP and in Overseas.

AP Region                              Share

NIZAM                   –             1.98 Cr
CEDED                   –             1.12 Cr
NELLORE              –             0.17 Cr
KRISHNA              –             0.38 Cr
GUNTUR               –             0.46 Cr
VIZAG                   –             0.52 Cr
EAST GODAVARI –            0.32 Cr
WEST GODAVARI –           0.31 Cr

Sudigadu (AP) 3 days SHARE – 5.26 crores 

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