Srimannarayana’s platinum disc function on August 26

Srimannarayana's platinum disc function on August 26

Balakrishana's upcoming film Srimannarayana is gearing up for its big release in the final week of this month. The film's promos have already become a huge hit with the audience and there's good buzz surrounding this film in which Balakrishna is playing the role of a fearless journalist. Ravikumar Chavali has directed the film and this is his first big project. Ramesh Puppala has produced the film on Yellow Flowers movie banner. Chakri has composed the music and the film's platinum disc function is going to be held on a grand scale on August 26. Isha Chawla and Parvati Melton have played the lead roles in the film. Ravikumar Chavali has revealed that the action episodes canned on Balakrishna and his dialogues are going to be major highlights of the film. One of Ravikumar Chavali's earlier film Samanyudu too had the protagonist playing the role of a print journalist; however, this time the main lead (Balakrishna) in Srimannarayana playing the role of a TV journalist who fights against the government on behalf of farmers in the state.
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Sekhar Kammula’s LIB to release on Sep 13

Sekhar Kammula's LIB to release on Sep 13

Sekhar Kammula's Life is Beautiful has been postponed once again. The film was being planned for release on August 15 and then there were rumours that it might hit the screens on August 31. However, the latest news is that the film only hit the screens on September 13. Although the film has been postponed numerous times, it might turn into a blessing in disguise for the film since there'll be very few big starrers will aim for a September release. Moreover, Sekhar Kammula is a big brand himself in US and major cities in AP, which will ensure that the film rakes in good moolah at least in its opening weekend. This time, Sekhar Kammula is introducing quite a few youngsters – Abijeet, Sudhakar, Kaushik, Shagun, Zara, Rashmi, Kavya, Naveen, Vijay, Sanjeev and Sriram in Life is Beautiful.
The highlight of the film is that after almost two decades, Amala Akkineni is making her comeback on screen and the film also stars Shriya Saran and Anjala Zaveri in important roles. Mickey J Meyer has composed the music and Thota Tharani had built a special colony set worth Rs 1 crore for the film. Vijay C Kumar is the cinematographer. In an earlier press meet, Sekhar Kammula said, "Life is Beautiful is a coming of age story of six youngsters set in the beautiful nostalgic world of a working middleclass neighborhood. The film will be in the same flavour of Happy Days, although it's set in a city colony." We'll have to wait till September 13 to see what magic Sekhar Kammula is going to create this time.

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Priya Anand wraps up Ko Ante Koti’s first schedule

Priya Anand wraps up Ko Ante Koti's first schedule

Priya Anand has wrapped up her part of shooting for Sharwanand's upcoming film titled Ko Ante Koti. The film is currently being shot in Rajahmundry. Anish Kuruvilla is directing the film and Sharwanand is producing the film. Some key scenes were shot on Priya Anand and Sharwanand in this schedule. Talking about her experience, Priya Anand tweeted, "Gooooooddddd Moooorrrnniinggg Tweeple!! I cant believe we are almost at the end of the 1st schedule for #KoAnteKoti Will miss ALL involved!" Recently, almost the entire crew was struck by viral fever and the film's lead cast barely managed to survive the scare, thanks to a timely intervention by the doctors. Now that she has returned to Chennai, she's eagerly looking forward to the promotional campaign for her upcoming film English Vinglish, in which she has played an important role. The film starring Sridevi is going to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in mid September and it'll hit the screens in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on September 21.

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Salman Khan sets bumper Bollywood record

Salman Khan sets bumper Bollywood record
 
For the last few years, Salman Khan has been the King of Eid. The handsome hunk has become the most commercially successful Bollywood star now and his latest release 'Ek tha Tiger' has set a super new Bollywood record. The film has crossed the 100 Crore mark in 5 days flat, making it the fastest ever to do so. This is a bumper new record which will be extremely tough to beat.
Collections have gained new momentum today as many Muslims thronged to the theaters to catch Salman Khan's film after breaking their holy fast. Collections are expected to remain strong this week and analysts are trying to predict what the final collection figure might look like. Salman has broken the 100 Crore ceiling three times in the past and his highest grosser so far is 'Bodyguard' with net collections of Rs 148Crore.  Analysts expect 'Ek tha Tiger' to cross that figure.
Perhaps, it is time to call Salman Khan the Baadshah of Bollywood.

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Pawan Kalyan’s CMGR shoot at old city

Pawan Kalyan's CMGR shoot at old city
 
Power star Pawan Kalyan's upcoming film Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu will be shot in Old City, Hyderabad, where few key scenes along with action sequences are being canned in the current schedule of shoot.

Except for a couple of songs, the shooting of CMGR has almost been wrapped up as per the sources buzz. Puri Jagannadh is directing the film with Tamanna playing the female lead and Prakash Raj, Nazar, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Ali playing the prominent roles.  Scarlet Wilson is sizzling for a pub song, tuned by Mani Sharma, the music director of the film.

DVV Danayya is producing the movie on the banner of Universal Media. Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu music will be launched in September and the film will hit the screens in October.

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Allu Arjun, Puri Jagan, DSP combo from September

Allu Arjun, Puri Jagan, DSP combo from September
 
Stylish Star Allu Arjun and dashing director Puri Jagannadh combination film Desamuduru has scored a hit and now the duo set to team up for a film titled Iddarammayilatho to be produced by Ganesh Babu on Parameswara Art Productions banner.

Allu Arjun has reportedly asked the makers to rope in the energetic musical composer Devi Sri Prasad for the film. Bunny and DSP have given many musical entertainers and with the latest outing Julayi turning out to be a blockbuster, the Stylish Star seems to be feeling lucky and sentiment to have Devi Sri Prasad on board.

Puri Jagannadh informed that Allu Arjun is excited to do the film after listening to the story. This romantic entertainer will commence shooting from September 20.

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Shruti Haasan to impress in Prabhu Deva’s film

Shruti Haasan to impress in Prabhu Deva's film

Shruti Haasan is all set to stun the audience in her upcoming Hindi film which is being directed by Prabhu Deva. Since her debut film in Telugu, Anaganaga O Dheerudu, she has played various roles which showcased only her acting skills. In fact, even in Gabbar Singh, it was her performance and glamour which fetched her a lot of appreciation and in Aishwaraya Dhanush's 3, she shocked the audience with her performance. Now, for the first time ever in her career, she's going to showcase her dancing skills in Prabhu Deva's film. The film's rehearsals began late last month and for the past few days, the principal cast of the film has been rehearsing for a song.
Prabhu Deva is personally supervising the dance choreography of this song and Shruti Haasan is putting her best efforts possible to impress everyone. "1st day of Tips film shoot.. Started with a Dance no..so many artists and dancers are here, its more like a celebration than work," Prabhu Deva tweeted couple of days ago and today, he praised his team saying, "Even though its a rainy Sunday my actors @girishkumart and @shrutihaasan and the entire crew are working very hard." Looks like after impressing the audience with her singing and acting, Shruti Haasan has decided to add another feather in her cap.
The film is a remake of Nuvvu Vasthanante Nenu Vadhantana and Shruti Haasan is paired up with newcomer Girish Taurani. Kumar Taurani is producing the film under Tips Films banner.

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Prabhas Rebel doing good pre-release business

Prabhas Rebel doing good pre-release business
 
Young Rebel Star Prabhas starrer Rebel with Tamanna and Deeksha Seth as the leading ladies in the direction of Raghava Lawrence is doing a good pre-release business. With his last two films Darling and Mr.Perfect turning out to be money-spinners, the distributors are showing good interest to bag the rights of Rebel.

Dil Raju has bought the rights of Rebel for the Nizam area for a whopping 9 Crores. Rebel is made lavishly with a high budget of over 35 Crores which is highest till date in Prabhas career. The satellite rights of the film have already been sold for 5.5 crores and Rebel is also making good pre-release business in other areas. J.Bhagawan and J.Pullarao produced Rebel under Sri Balaji Cine Media banner.

Let's wait to see what Lawrence and Prabhas have in store for us.

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Ram Charan setting up Mumbai base

Ram Charan setting up Mumbai base

Mega Power Star Ram Charan is making serious efforts to create a big impact in Bollywood. He is already shooting for his first Bollywood film, 'Zanjeer', opposite Priyanka Chopra. The young star is now reportedly looking at setting up a base in Mumbai to act as his base camp for B town. This shows that Charan is very serious about his Bollywood career.
Reports indicate that Charan is considering a few extremely posh properties in the Bandra area, close to Salman Khan's house. Salman is a good friend of Megastar Chiranjeevi and he has been watching out for Charan in Bollywood. Upasana is also keen on expanding the presence of Apollo Hospital in Mumbai and she is said to be very happy behind Charan's decision to set up base in Mumbai.

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Mahesh Babu – The darling of producers

Mahesh Babu – The darling of producers

Superstar Mahesh Babu is the heartthrob of millions of girls. He is a style icon for an equal number of guys. Apart from that, he also happens to be the darling of producers in the film industry. Producers who have worked with Mahesh Babu often wish to repeat their association with the star.
Mahesh Babu's easy nature, commitment to the producer's interests and his strong work ethic are said to be the reasons for his popularity amongst producers. A huge fan base and stunningly good looks are added attractions. Mahesh Babu is currently working with 14 Reels Entertainment banner for a film with Sukumar. He is also shooting for 'Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu' in Dil Raju's production. Both banners have expressed strong interest to work with Mahesh Babu again.
The handsome actor has hit a purple patch in his career and his popularity is gaining new heights. Is it any wonder then that he is a darling of the producers?


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Actor Santhanam is lucky for Vishakha!

Actress Vishakha, who is playing the lead in Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya, starring Santhanam and Power Star Srinivasan, has already signed two films, one in Malayalam and Hindi each. And she says that the deal came through while she was working with Santhanam.

She says, “I must tell Santhanam how lucky he is lucky for me, because I signed Motorcycle Diaries in Mollywood and a Vikram Bhatt film in Bollywood while working with him.”
She continues, “I got a call from Vikram Bhatt’s office for a meeting, but I was shooting for my Tamil film in Kumbakonam. And the next day, Bhattji sent me the script and asked me to go through it. I was roped in for his medical thriller without even meeting him!”
Vishakha, who plays a medical intern in the Hindi film, will start shooting for it from next month. “Thankfully, I would have wrapped up the second schedule of the Santhanam film in Chennai by then,” she smiles.
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Latest updates from ‘I’ team

It’s been a long time since we have heard from team ‘I’. When we tried to contact the team, a close source updated us that they were shooting in Kasimedu. We came to know that the team consisting of Vikram is sweating it out for this 45-day schedule. We hear their day starts at 5 in the morning and goes till late night.

I features Amy Jackson, Suresh Gopi, Ramkumar Ganesan and Santhanam in pivotal roles. Shankar is also hunting for another heroine, probably from the north, for the film. AR Rahman, who has a number of projects in hand including Kadal, Kochadaiyaan, Mariyaan, Yohan and Thuppariyum Anandhan, is composing tunes for I too and ace cinematographer PC Sreeram is behind the lens.
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