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Yamadonga 50 Days Celebrations Postponed...
2007-10-07 23:18:00
YAMADONGAs 50 Days Celebrations got postponed as the Coastal Andhra region where they were supposed to be held is suffering heavy rainfall. The ceremony was earlier scheduled to be held on 14th October in Guntur.So, the producers of the film informed the media that the ceremony will be conducted later. "As the rains are pouring down heavily, we felt this is not the right time to celebrate. So we have postponed it," producers said.As always I've got something to say here... Everyone knows... and if they don't they need to know that YAMADONGA is the biggest blockbuster of the year so far... BUT, fans got to understand that movie market economics have changed a lot over the years... We are not living in the era of NTR and ANR anymore... In those times, there was much less competition with just a few movies releasing per annum. And as most of them were well made with a lot of patience, there were many 50, 100, 150, 175 and even 365 days functions. But in the present scenario, as it is...
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HAPPY DAYS Satellite Rights Sold For 1.15 Crores To MAA TV...
2007-10-07 09:57:00
HAPPY DAYS has done it... As the movie is tasting an unprecedented success for a low budget movie, according to reliable sources, MAA TV bought the Satellite Rights of Happy Days for an astounding Rs. 1.15 Crores. It is for sure that even MAA TV would make a lot of profit out of it...The Tamil rights have been sold to Prakash Raj. Earlier Dil Raju bought A.P. Rights of Happy Days for about Rs. 6 Crores. So, all in all it seems Sekhar Kammula has made a table profit of at least Rs. 6 crores in INDIA alone. For a movie which released with just 50 prints in A.P., these figures are simply superb. At last a good movie has done deservingly well at the box-office...
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ILEANA With 1 Crore Rupees+Perks Paycheck... Is The Highest Paid Actress In
2007-10-07 08:00:00
ILEANA must be one lucky gal... You must be thinking along the same lines... Aren't you? I mean after all she is said to have signed up for a film for Rs. 1 Crore+Transportation+Stay as her remuneration, produced by Bellamkonda Suresh which in turn is being directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar with TARUN as the leading man... Or is he a leading man?But seriously, how many of you think ILEANA is lucky...? And how many of you think TARUN is lucky...? Well, as for me... I feel Tarun struck gold here... Because, the last time Tarun gave a hit at the box-office wassssss............ almost half a decade ago. So, its beyond obvious that he desperately needs a hit... And can he pull the audience to the theaters on his own right now? That's a big NOOO. So, Ileana is his biggest vehicle to make a comeback...As far as Ileana is concerned, after DEVADASU and POKIRI, she hasn't delivered a single hit yet... And in fact her movies subsequently were KHATARNAK, MUNNA and AATA... All of them have been d...
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Bhumika Chawla And Bharat Thakur On Their Blossomed Relationship And Weddin
2007-10-07 01:44:00
WEDDING is a very auspicious day for anyone and so it would be for BHUMIKA CHAWLA too... She is as you already know is marrying very famous Yoga Guru BHARAT THAKUR on 25th of October. It will be solemnized according to Punjabi and Bihari rituals. The bride?s wedding ensemble is simple, but elegant. It will include a Ghagra for the Punjabi ceremony and a Banarasi red silk sari for the Bihari. An 80-year-old jeweler from Bharat 's hometown in Bihar is designing the Maang Tika, Necklace and Bangles for her.Now that her trousseau's taken care of, Bhumika 's mind is on her would-be Bharat?s preparations for their wedding day. Well, he is sporting a beard for the occasion to impress Bhumika?s father who is a retired army colonel who wears a Pagdi! Complaining about her cool and unruffled Yogacharya would-be, Bhumika says, "He acts at the last minute..." If you didn't knew before... Bhumika first met Bharat "Smoking" at a party thrown by Salman Khan. It was a moment they remember and che...
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BHAYYA Movie Gallery...
2007-10-06 18:59:00
BHAYYA MOVIE GALLERY:LEAD ACTOR: VISHALLEAD ACTRESS: PRIYAMNI
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KALCHAs BHAYYA Box-Office Prediction...
2007-10-06 15:41:00
BHAYYA is one of the big releases of this year because of its star cast (VISHAL has quite a fan following in the masses and PRIYAMANI is fresh from Yamadonga). Anyway, nothing much to talk about this Tollywood release dubbed from Kollywood. It is not even Rocket Science predicting Bhayya's fate... First things first... The original Tamil version released recently is not doing any wonders at the box-office... Especially in the A centers it is receiving lukewarm response. But in the past many Tamil turned Telugu movies, especially from director Shankar, have done very well in Telugu than in Tamil. Will we eat Tamil leftovers again...? Read On...IN A NUTSHELL: The movie will not open huge in A centers as the audience are busy having HAPPY DAYS... But in the B and C centers, BHAYYA will open very positively. But even masses would not like BHAYYA as much as PANDEM KODI (For its good story line) or POGARU (For its novelty factor). Moreover two big Telugu releases THULASI and ATHIDHI will...
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Mahesh Babu's Athidhi Publicity Was Simply Superb...
2007-10-06 03:48:00
MAHESH BABU was present all through out the match though in the form of a Cricket Scoreboard size Billboard in the venue of the cricket match IND Vs AUS in Hyderabad. The poster was superb... Mahesh Babu was fantastic in it... Tollywood is slowly but steadily learning to market itself and its icons... All the best...Image Source: OnionDosa
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Tollywood Stars Graced The Cricket Match IND Vs AUS in Hyderabad...
2007-10-06 03:16:00
The audience who went to watch the cricket match between India and Australia in Hyderabad were surprised and ecstatic to see many Tollywood stars gracing the venue with their radiating presence...CHIRANJEEVI SPORTING A RELAXED SMILE ON A SPORTING DAYGREAT ACTOR CHIRANJEEVI OBLIGING THE AUDIENCESHY GUY RAM CHARAN STARTED TO AMKE SOME PUBLIC APPEARANCESCURRENT RAGE IN TOLLYWOOD... TWO SUPERB DANCERS RAM CHARAN AND ALLU ARJUN... AT ONE PLACE!!! THE AUDIENCE MUST BE LUCKYRELAXED BALA KRISHNA IN A BEACH SHIRTVENKATESH IN BLACK DENIMS LOOKS DASHING AND OBLIGES THE CAMERASCRICKET'S BIGGEST TOLLYWOOD FAN VENKATESH ECSTATIC DURING THE MATCHTARUN, WITH AN EVER RADIATING SMILE
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CHIRUTHA First Week Share (Official)
2007-10-05 07:44:00
Chirutha First Week Share :So, at last Aswini Dutt (Producer) who was under fire by Chiru and Ram Charan fans after mistakenly (Or is it rightfully?) quoted first week share of Chirutha as Rs. 8 Crores, released the official first week share report. The following report is for A.P. alone...1. NIZAM - 4,10,13,1712. CEDED - 2,80,10,0003. VIZAG - 90,22,9454. EAST GODAVARI - 83,82,1895. WEST GODAVARI - 83,82,9016. KRISHNA - 83,50,8327. GUNTUR - 1,13,08,6908. NELLORE - 65,67,168TOTAL SHARE FOR 7 DAYS - 12,00,27,896(All The Figures Above Are In Rupees)
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CHIRUTHAs Box-Office Confusion... KALCHAs Analysis On What Went Wrong?...
2007-10-05 01:52:00
I started to worry that I made a mistake in Predicting Chirutha's Box-Office fate... After all, I agree that it had truthfully collected a huge share on its first day (As I said earlier, the curiosity factor plays a major role... But, I really doubt the claim of grossing the highest collection ever on a first day). Anyway, the fact is, no movie can be declared a hit on its first day as is being done here for Chirutha out of desperation.ANALYSIS:Even in Hollywood, which is truly dependent on Box-Office collections and never on 50, 100, 150, 175 days celebrations... as is the norm here, no movie is declared a hit just by the first day gross collections. I'll give you one of the finest examples...EXAMPLE: In 1988, Bruce Willis starer DIE HARD made on a huge estimated budget of $28,000,000 (For those times... it was huge!) opened with just 21 screens grossed $601,851 on its opening weekend. And by the end of its run, it grossed a humongous $80,707,729 in USA alone and worldwide gross ...
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What Is Ramzan For Venkatesh, Mamta Mohandas, Saleem Pheku, And Archana?
2007-10-04 23:23:00
RAMAZAN brings up many memories to many people especially Hyderabadis... Living in Hyderabad and not having the Ramzan specials like Kheer and especially Haleem is just non-hyderabadi... of course for non-vegetarians...Just landing for the shooting of her upcoming movie, actress Mamta Mohandas is feeling extra special as this will be her first Ramzan outside BAHRAIN where shew grew up. "The ambience in Bahrain is totally different. I would observe the fast along with my friends and it used to be very special. I'm glad to be in Hyderabad because I am told the ambience here is second to none. I can't wait to lay my hands on the hameem and biryani," says Mamta Mohandas.As for actress Archana, Ramzan experience is about catching up with friends and digging into biryani and the yummy kheer. "The night before Ramzan, the old city is all decked up, especially the road from Charminar leading up to the Mecca Masjid. The brightly lit roads with a sea of people clad in traditional outfits is...
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Ntin And Sashank Pairing With Mamta Mohandas And Sindhu Tolani...
2007-10-04 21:01:00
GUYS SASHANK(Anukokunda Oka Roju) and NITIN(Jayam) landed up opposite SINDHU TOLANI and MAMTA MOHANDAS respectively for their next movie. Last time Sashank and Nitin appeared together was in an average film SYE.The film they are teaming up together for is currently being shot in Hyderabad. R R Movie Makers is producing the film while Ravi Chavali is directing it. Ravi Chavali prefers being called Ravi C Kumar and is very confident that he will repeat the magic of SAMANYUDU, which was his last movie.
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Sudhakar's Daud Video - Amazing, Fantastic, Superb For An Amateur Effort...
2007-10-04 01:22:00
FANTASTIC Video Guys n Gals... You gotta watch it to believe it... This DAUD video is posted on YOUTUBE by Sudhakar. He seems to be a young talent yet to be discovered in the mainstream... Anyway, I don't know much details about this guy but I promise you this home made video won't disappoint you.Well, what attracted me is that the EDITING, SPECIAL EFFECTS, LIGHT & SOUND, CHOREOGRAPHY are simply superb for an AMATEUR video. And of course amazing DANCING TALENT of SUDHAKAR blew my mind. And, last but not the least, he danced to my favorite musician A R RAHMAN's tune.
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KALCHAs HAPPY DAYS Review - "Being A Student And Skipping Happy Days Is Lik
2007-10-03 02:42:00
HAPPY DAYS MOVIE CREDITS:GENRE: HUMOUR/ROMANCECAST: VARUN SANDESH, NIKHIL, VAMSI KRISHNA, RAHUL, TAMANNA, GAYATRI RAO, SONIA, MONALI CHOWDARY, KAMALINI MUKHERJEE (GUEST APPEARANCE) & OTHERS (1)ART: KISHORE CHOWKSICHOREOGRAPHY: NOBLEEDITING: MARTHAND K VENKATESH (0.75)CINEMATOGRAPHY: VIJAY C KUMAR (0.25)LYRICS: VANAMALI, VETURI (1)MUSIC: MICKEY J MEYER (1)STORY/SCREENPLAY/DIALOGUES/DIRECTION: SEKHAR KAMMULA (0.5/0.75/0.25/0.5 - 2)PRODUCTION: SEKHAR KAMMULA/CHANDRASHEKHAR KAMMULA (0.5 - For an honest and sincere effort in contributing a step forward for Telugu Film Industry)BANNER: AMIGOES CREATIONSRELEASE DATE: 29, SEPTEMBER, 2007(USA) & 2, OCTOBER, 2007(INDIA) (0.5 - Just for targeting as it happens with many Hollywood flicks ala NAMESAKE which started with just 6 Screens in New York and went on to earn way more than Rs. 80 Crores)KALCHAs RATING: 7/10VERDICT: "Being A Student And Skipping HAPPY DAYS Is Like Being Married For Five Years And Still Virgin..."ACTING WISEPLUS SID...
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KALCHAs HAPPY DAYS Box-Office Prediction...
2007-10-03 01:30:00
I AM so happy writing this article... 'Coz there is not much to predict... It is already the BIGGEST TELUGU HIT EVER IN USA. So, can it be a flop in Andhra Pradesh? Well, it might be in BIHAR... but in apna A.P... No way... Actually, I have watched it in Vishwanath theater in Kukatpally late in the night... I got my ticket earlier through booking but the tickets were being sold for around Rs. 500/- in Black. Thank god, I booked it earlier. So, how many times you have seen a SO CALLED LOW BUDGET GENRE movie selling like hot cakes...? The answer might be NEVER... Am I right? Well about my prediction of the movie's fate in India... Read on...IN A NUTSHELL: With the tag of Sekhar kammula and USA collection status... HAPPY DAYS will be on steroids... College students will watch this movie at least thrice in turns and in groups... Even the family and regular audience will get attracted with the Super Hit status and also because it is CLEAN (No cheap humour as in Bachelors, 6Teens and th...
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Is Chirutha Team Pressurizing Mahesh Babu To Postpone Athidhi Release...?
2007-10-02 23:30:00
ATHIDHI, in which Mahesh babu is starring is almost confirmed to release on 18, October, 2007. But there is a serious impediment in the way. Grapevine is that since CHIRUTHAs collections are hit hard in USA by HAPPY DAYS, the production team is anticipating a huge drop in collections from A centers in Andhra Pradesh too... as HAPPY DAYS got released in the state on 2nd October with a thunderous (never before seen... for the SO CALLED LOW BUDGET GENRE) response from the Tollywood audience...So now, when Mahesh Babu starrer ATHIDHI, Venkatesh starrer THULASI and Vishal starrer BHAYYA are due to release from the first week onwards... obviously the collections of CHIRUTHA would be hit hard even in the B and C centers. So to save its box-office debacle, the CHIRUTHA team are reportedly pressurizing Mahesh Babu to postpone the release date of ATHIDHI by a few weeks. So, CHIRUTHA is sandwiched between HAPPY DAYS, BHAYYA, THULASI and ATHIDHI. So will Mahesh Babu oblige Ram Charan or not? We...
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Bala Krishna and Raghavendra Rao Team up for Ranga Panduranga...
2007-09-26 21:55:00
Bala Krishna gets busy again after his daughter's marriage. He is teaming up with the (vintage) Director Raghavendra Rao for their new film Ranga Panduranga... I know this news is old but what is new is that the shooting of the film is commencing on 21st October, 2007. The Pooja ceremony will be held in the second week. It is being planned that after a week of scheduled shooting, Bala Krishna will again start working on Okka Magadu. And then after the entire Okka Magadu finishes, Bala Krishna would join the shooting for Ranga Panduranga.I wonder if he gets to wear this pant in a mythological movie...!!! ---KALCHARaghavendra Rao is producing it on his RK Film Associates banner. Two leading heroines and several other upcoming actresses will star in this movie.I really wonder as to how many heroines would go through this torture again... If you are wondering as to who is the poor heroine desperate for breath in the picture below... She is Deepti Bhatnagar in Pelli Sandadi. ---KALCHA
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Akshara or Rekha... Her Eyes Remain Freaky...
2007-09-26 14:17:00
AKSHARA... Yeah! That is the new name that former Rekha would like to be called as in the future... If you forgot her in the first place... let me remind you that she was the heroine of yesteryear hit Anandam. And since then she never had any Anandam at the box-office and in Tollywood. Well, quite ambitiously, she tried to squeeze through Bollywood gates but never made it inside... So she is back with a new name (for change of luck) and her Freaky Frankenstein Eyes ...Usually in the movies, the Cameraman and Editor does a great job in hiding every star's real personality in every way and project what ever they feel is presentable. But off-screen it is very hard to hide their real personality which is quite often caught by any camera (nowadays, mobile does a great job... isn't it?). You don't agree with me??? Let me have the pleasure of proving you wrong...Doesn't this Photograph remind you of Kallu Chidambaram? I know Kallu Chidambaram has much more freaky eyes... But to be a gla...
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Mallanna Movie (Vikram, Shriya) Gallery 1
2007-09-26 01:48:00
MALLANNA MOVIE GALLERY 1:CLICK FOR ENLARGED VIEW:
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Vikram And Shriya Starrer "Mallanna" Movie Launched With A Promotional Trai
2007-09-25 20:28:00
MALLANNA... Yeah! This is the title of the new movie that is launched on 24 September, 2007 in Prasad Labs of Hyderabad. But what makes it special? Well, the movie stars one of my all time favorite actors VIKRAM and beautiful SHRIYA in the lead... So, it is a killer combination... Don't you agree? What else is interesting about this movie? It is a Bi-lingual. If anyone of you are not aware of the term... it is just that the movie will be made in a couple of languages. In this case Tamil and Telugu. There will be no problems that arise out of dubbing a Tamil movie into Telugu or Vice-Versa. And, the movie is conceptualized and being directed by Susi Ganesh. He worked with Mani Ratnam in the past. And according to Vikram, Susi Ganesh is a perfect combination of Mani Ratnam and Shankar. And I believe his take on him... The reason being the Promo, Teaser or Trailer... what ever you call it. Just watch this magnificent trailer and tell me if you disagree...Did you watch it? What do you ...
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"Bommalata" Press Meet...
2007-09-25 14:13:00
Bommalata is being regarded as an experiment made by a couple of youngsters of the third generation of the film industry... The child artiste who played in this film as the leading actor is Sai Kumar. He bagged the Best Child Artiste Award at National level. On the occasion, the film was screened exclusively for prominent film and political personalities at Prasad Labs in Hyderabad on September 23.The film was directed by Kovelamudi Prakash, son of K Raghavendra Rao and grandson of K.S. Prakasa Rao, while it was produced by Rana Daggubati, son of D Sureshbabu and grandson of Movie producer Dr. D. Ramanaidu. R.P. Patnaik scored music for the film. The movie was watched by Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao, Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, CC Reddy, Dr. D. Ramanaidu, K Raghavendra Rao, Dr. K.L. Narayana and others. After watching the film CC Reddy complimented that the film is a good "Art Piece". Anam Ramnarayana Reddy assured that he would extend all sorts of honours for the film from the government. D...
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Madan Is Directing Uday Kiran's Gunde Jhallumandi...
2007-09-25 13:01:00
UDAY KIRAN is certainly back big time to rock Tollywood audience once again... Paruchuri Sivaram might produce a film which will be directed by Madan who incidentally also directed Pellaina Kothalo. Uday Kiran would be the leading actor in the movie. The movie would be produced in the banner of United Movies. Paruchuri Sivaram is presently producing the film Takkari with Nitin as hero. The title of the film was confirmed as Gunde Jhallumandi. Currently, the script and dialogues are being constructed. Shooting of the film would be launched by Dasara. Surender Reddy is the cinematographer. The rest of the cast is yet to be finalized.
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Even Though Not Excellent, Ram Charan Tej's Debut Movie CHIRUTHA Trailer Is
2007-09-22 16:34:00
CHIRUTHA trailer is out for all to watch and get curious... Now along with all of U... I too got curious... as to why is Puri Jagannath's Chirutha team is so SHY... Now don't get me wrong guys/gals... I too like Chiranjeevi (But unlike most of his fans, my liking for his movies got a break long ago... I am a great fan of his yesteryear classics... What can I do? I don't like his movies that are tailor made for his fans... But I know that he is a great actor and has done masterpieces... but sadly not any more... So my comments are purely technical... But I know chiru's fans would hate me for my comments...). So, first enjoy the trailer and then... if interested read my comments and then u can start hating me for Ur heart's content... But deep down I feel many of U would agree with me... but might be afraid of showing Ur true feeling. Be expressive and remember that we live in a free country... Chak De! INDIA...Now that U have watched the trailer, I would lay down the positives....
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Chirutha Movie Preview/Wallpapers...
2007-09-18 01:34:00
CHIRUTHA MOVIE PREVIEW: Well, to start with Chirutha is the most anticipated movie of the year 2007 being the debut movie of Ram Charan. Ram Charan is the son of the leading hero of Telugu cinema, Chiranjeevi. That itself would build up huge expectations among Chiru's fans and also among the Telugu movie buffs.But I am not at all impressed with the poster designs and in fact quite disappointed by the mediocre poster design job... But all is not gloom as the debut hero Ram Charan seems extremely expressive in the stills that have been released so far... And the talk of him dancing as good as Allu Arjun if not better also heightens the audience expectations.Next comes the heroine of the movie Neha Sharma who is neither beautiful (like Trisha...) nor sexy (like Ileana...). As far as expecting a good performance by her in this Pucca Telugu commercial potboiler would be unfair to her... Then comes the music of the the movie... Mani Sharma seems to have mastered the art of giving hits......
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