TollyWood News

Siddu and Samantha!

2011-03-01T13:41:00.002+05:30

Director Nandini Reddy is moving on to her next movie. She hit the gold with her first film, Ala Modalaindi. Nandini is presently giving final touches to her second script and Bellamkonda Suresh will produce the movie. Buzz is that Siddharth and Samantha are going to be paired up together in this film. When Samantha was approached for this film, she immediately saw the movie on Feb 26th and soon after it, she okayed it. Siddhu also has given signal to the director for her choice of Samantha.

"Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju" Release on February 10th

2011-01-31T04:04:00.001+05:30

Ram Gopal Varma’s directorial Katha Screenplay Darsakathvam Appalaraju, which was slated for a release on 4^th February, is again postponed to 10^th

February. The postponement is due to the delay in post-production works as well as the release of Jai Bolo Telangana. Though KSDA also is a hottest project and has enough attention, Varma wisely took this decision as Jai Bolo Telangana grabs much attention in the Nizam area.

However, KSDA will now releases with Nagarjuna starrer Gaganam, releasing on 11^th February. KSD Appalraju casts Sunil, Swathi, and Sakshi in the key roles. The movie is made with the hard hitting satires on film industry celebrities and media persons. KSDA has music by Koti and cinematography by Sudhakar Yakkanti

Chitra celebrates 30years in Music Industry!

2011-01-31T04:01:00.002+05:30

K.S. Chitra, popularly known as South Indian Nightingale, has completed three decades i.e thirty years as a playback singer with more than 15,000 songs to her credit. Now she wants to focus on classical music alone.

The 47-year-old has sung for films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi languages, total of 10 languages.

Her husband Vijaya Shankar, an engineer by profession, said: "She says she likes to continue singing but apart from singing film songs, she would like to concentrate on classical music. Of course, we are all happy the way she has progressed and we don't think there are any resolutions that have been arrived at, as she completes three decades of singing."

Over the years, Chitra has won six National Film Awards, five Film fare Awards and more than 30 state film awards.

Born on July 27, 1963, in the capital city, she had her first music teacher as her father after which she was trained by K. Omanakutty in Carnatic music.

Chitra is a post graduate in music from the Kerala University and was first introduced as a Malayalam playback singer by M.G. Radhakrishnan.

Her first singing assignment was for the Malayalam movie "Attahasam" in the year 1979, but it was released only in 1983. Her first recorded song was a duet with legendary singer Yesudas in "Njaan Ekananu".

She is the only female playback singer to have sung maximum number of songs for Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman for Tamil and Telugu movies as well.

Last year alone, she sung for more than 40 films in various languages.

To mark her three decades in the industry, she is organizing an event on Feb 15 along with Asianet Cable Vision.

Charmi starring "Mangala" release in Feb

2011-01-31T03:59:00.001+05:30

Charmi’s next film Mangala has completed its entire shooting part and is currently undergoing its graphics works. Being directed by Osho Tulasiram of Mantra fame and being produced by Osho Tulasiram and C H V Sharma jointly under the banner Mantra Entertainments, Vishwa has scored the music for the film.

The film-makers say that Mangala will also thrill the audiences like ‘Mantra’ and Charmi’s acting will be the main attraction in the film along with Vishwa’s music. Graphics play much importance in the film. Mangala is gearing up for its release in February.

Dil Raju, Sai Kiran Adavi to direct "Kerintha"

2011-01-31T03:58:00.001+05:30

Saikiran Adavi who has earlier directed the experimental films Vinayakudu and Village lo Vinayakudu is now teaming with the well-known producer Dil Raju for his next directorial. Saikiran Adavi, himself has produced his earlier directorial Village lo Vinayakudu but his new film will be produced by Dil Raju.

The movie is titled as Kerintha and Dil Raju, who was impressed with script, came forward to produce the flick with all the new-comers. The movie is likely to move to the sets very shortly. Meanwhile, Dil Raju’s Gaganam is ready to hit the screens on 11^th February and his Mr.Perfect is currently wrapping the final schedule.

Manchu Lakshmi is actress in "Gundello Godari"

2011-01-31T03:56:00.002+05:30

Manchu Lakshmi, who proved her mettle in Telugu film industry with Anaganaga O Dheerudu is all set to act in her 2nd film titled Gundello Godari. Recently, a debutant director Kumar has narrated a storyline to Manchu Lakshmi and the actress who was impressed with the story much is said to have given her nod for the film.

On the other hand Lakshmi is busy with her next production venture with Manchu Manoj in the lead role. Titled as Uu Kodathara Ulikkipadathara, the pre-production works of the film will begin soon. She is also busy with the talk show Prematho Mee Lakshmi being aired on small screens.

Ravi Teja's "Mirapakaya" collects 25.04 crores in 2weeks!

2011-01-31T03:54:00.002+05:30

Mass Maharaj Ravi Teja, Richa Gangopadhyaya, Deeksha Seth's Mirapakaya has collected a huge sum of Rs. 25.04 crores in two weeks of its run. Being directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Ramesh Puppala, Mirapakaya stood as Pongal winner at the Tollywood Box-Office. Speaking on the occasion, producer Ramesh has thanked Harish Shankar, Ravi Teja as well as the audience for making Mirapakaya grand success on Yellow Flowers Banner.

Here is the collections list for 2 weeks announced by the producer Ramesh Puppala to the media.

Nizam - 6,75,23,000

Ceeded- 4,30,04,000

Krishna - 1,40,00,000

Guntur- 2,01,00,000

Nellore - 92,00,000

Uttarandhra- 2,10,08,000

East- 1,60,20,000

West- 1,30,15,000

Overseas- 2,40,60,000

Karnataka- 1,64,25,000

Orissa- 28,85,000

Tamil Nadu - 32,00,000

Total - 25,04,40,000

Pawan Kalyan to do "Gabbar Singh" first!

2011-01-31T03:51:00.003+05:30

It is known that Pawan Kalyan is active in 2011 and Pawan’s fans are extremely happy as their actor is coming up with almost four films in the year 2011. Pawan Kalyan is currently busy with the shooting part of Love Aaj Kal remake under the direction of Jayant.C.Paranji.

After this, the actor was supposed to join the sets of Tamil director Vishnuvardhan’s film, which is sequel to Billa. Vishnuvardhan has planned it as bi-lingual flick with Pawan Kalyan as lead in the Telugu version and Ajith as lead in the Tamil version. However, Pawan has changed his plans after the entry of Gabbar Singh (Dabangg remake) to his list. The Power Star will now first join the sets of Gabbar Singh, which will be produced by himself under his own banner Pawan Kalyan Creative Works.

Will he later join the sets of Vishnuvardhan’s film or is it totally put off is the latest question to be answered by Power Star!

"In search for a girl..."-Prabhas

2011-01-31T03:48:00.002+05:30

We had earlier reported that director Lawrence is busy with the pre-production works of his upcoming flick Rebel with Prabhas in the lead. Anushka is roped in for the lead role in the film and Prabhas will share the screen with Rebel Star Krishnam Raju. There is also a second female lead role in the film, for which the filmmakers are in search of the right lady to fit in the role.

Prabhas fans are eagerly waiting for the Rebel to take off, since the film is a commercial mass entertainer while his earlier film Darling and the present undershoot film Mr.Perfect are classy films. Prabhas will join the sets of Rebel after Mr.Perfect gets completed.

Bala Krishna's "Sri Rama Rajyam" shooting at Hyderabad

2011-01-31T03:46:00.002+05:30

Nandamuri Bala Krishna starrer Sri Rama Rajyam under the direction of veteran director Bapu is currently being picturised in a grand set in Alwal. The schedule will move on till 5^th February 2011. It is known that Bala Krishna is playing the role of Lord Rama and Nayantara as Sita. Currently, few vital scenes on Dr.Akkineni Nageswar Rao (Valmiki), and Nayantara are being canned.

While Srikanth is playing the role of Lakshmana, Sai Kumar will be seen as Baratha in the film. Sri Rama Rajyam showcases the rule and kingdom of Lord Rama. Yalamanchili Sai Babu is producing the film.

Sri Rama Rajyam is slated for a release on 10^th June.

Ram Gopal Varma suggests Pawan Kalyan!

2011-01-31T03:44:00.002+05:30

Ram Gopal Varma always try to grab media attention towards him. The director is in the news for his film with Maas Maharaj Ravi teja to be completed in five days. At the same time it was revealed that Pawan kalyan would be remaking Dabanng in Telugu as Gabbar singh. Hearing this Varma on his twitter page quoted saying that

“Pawan kalyan is the most original in thought and deed and as a fan of his I don't understand why he does remakes....but am sure he knows best”

Coming this from a director who burnt his hands after remaking Sholay as Aag is amusing. At the same time we also know that Varma loves the name Gabbar singh. We wonder whether Varma had some intentions of keeping the title Gabbar singh for any of his upcoming projects.

Krishna Vamsi to direct Gopichand!

2011-01-31T03:42:00.002+05:30

Creative director Krishna Vamsi kept calm in the year 2010 as there was no single release. The director is all set to direct a film with Angry man Gopichand in the lead role. Nallamalupu Bujji, who produced Lakshyam with Gopichand will produce this film too.

Gopichand’s latest release Wanted but has received bad reviews and talk. Gopichand’s fans, who were eagerly waiting for a good film from him were disappointed with Wanted.

Hope atleast this new project with Krishnavamsi would remind him of his Lakshyam days.

Kajal is actress in Pawan Kalyan's "Gabbar Singh"

2011-01-27T15:09:00.003+05:30

Kajal Agarwal is going to play the female lead in Gabbar Singh starring Pawan Kalyan. Kajal steps into the shoes of Sonakshi Sinha, the role in which the latter excelled and made a mark in Bollywood. Earlier Anushka was considered for this role but finally Kajal Agarwal lapped it up.

Kajal Agarwal paired up with mega heroes Ram Charan in Magadheera and Allu Arjun in Arya 2. By bagging Gabbar Singh with Pawan Kalyan, the beautiful actress has now the record of acting with all the mega heroes who are currently in business.

Kajal has been in the form of her life these days as three out of her last five outings were hits. Needless to say what Magadheera has done to her. Brindavanam and Darling only bettered the stardom of Kajal. Even Arya 2 isn’t that bad. Only Om Shanti didn’t live up to expectations but that film too has gone down as an experiment failed.

Mahesh Babu-Samantha's "Dookudu" shooting at Gujarat

2011-01-27T15:04:00.002+05:30

Mahesh Babu’s latest movie Dookudu has finished thirty percent of filming to date. The film’s fresh schedule will start from February 1st in Guajrat. Dookudu has completed shooting in Malaysia and Turkey in the previous schedules. Some part of Hyderabad schedule was finished too.

Samantha is paired up with Mahesh Babu in Dookudu and Srinu Vytla is directing this movie on 14 Reels entertainment banner. Anil Sunkara is the producer. Dhookudu is a commercial film with right amounts of comedy and action laced in, says the director.

The latest musical sensation of Tollywood, Thaman SS is scoring music for this movie. Thaman is riding high on the success of Brindavanam and Mirapakay at the moment. Mahesh Babu is on a mission to complete Dookudu at the earliest and will move onto Puri Jagannadh’s The Businessman.

Ram Charan as "Gang Leader"?

2011-01-27T15:01:00.001+05:30

Gang Leader, as soon as we hear this name, we remember Mega Star Chiranjeevi. But very soon, we will also remember Ram Charan Teja along with Chiranjeevi. Yes, Ram Charan will soon be acting in a film titled Gang Leader.

It is known that the all time hit film Gang Leader was produced by Maganti Ravindrath Chowdary. Now, his son Ramjee, who has become producer with a film Mirchi has revealed in a press meet that he would like to produce his next film with Ram Charan Teja, with the title Gang Leader. Right now, nothing is finalized except the title.

Stay tuned for more interesting news on this project.

Jr.NTR's "Rachcha" completes recording for 3 songs!

2011-01-27T14:58:00.002+05:30

Young Tiger Jr. NTR and director Surender Reddy combo film Rachcha will start its shooting from the month of February. The movie has already completed recording for 3 songs and two more songs will be recorded before its commencement of shoot by Devi Sri Prasad.

Milk Beauty Tamannah is pairing up with Jr.NTR in the film and Kick Shyam will play a key role. Being produced by BVSN Prasad under Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra banner, the movie has Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, Ali, Jayaprakash Reddy, Raghu Babu, Venu Madhav, MS Narayana as other supporting cast.

Rachcha has music by Devi Sri Prasad, story by Vakkantham Vamsi, dialogues by Koratala Siva, cinematography by Rasool Ellore and fights by Peter Heynes

Tapsee busy with Ravi Teja's "Veera" & Prabhas "Mr.Perfect!"

2011-01-27T14:56:00.001+05:30

Ravi Teja, Tapsee, Kajal Agarawal starrer Veera is taking its shoot at rapid pace. Currently, a mass song is being picturised on Ravi Teja and Tapsee in a colorfully designed set at Hyderabad. She is playing the role of an IT student in this film.

Tapsee has gone to heights after the release of her debut flick Jhummandi Nadam. The actress is presently busy with Mr.Perfect and Veera shoot simultaneously while her Vasthadu Naa Raju is reaching the big-screens in February.

Tapsee has also proved her mettle in Kollywood with recently released Aadukalam opposite Dhanush and she has bagged another film Vanthaan Vendraan with Jeeva. With these interesting projects lining up, Tapsee is sure to give tough competition for other actresses of South.

"Aha Naa Pellanta" Audio Launched

2011-01-27T14:53:00.002+05:30

Allari Naresh, Ritu Bharmecha starrer Aha Naa Pellanta audio was launched on 26^th Jan at Hyderabad. Former chief minister K.Rosaiah attended the event as a chief guest. Executive producer Garikapati Kishore, director Veerabhadram chowdary and music director Raghu kunche participated in the event.

K.Rosiah launched the CD and presented the first copy to Kishore. The unit expressed their happiness for being part of Aha Naa Pellanta and hoped the music and the movie end up in success. Actor Srihari played a key role in the film. Aha Naa Pellanta is gearing up for its release in the month of February.

"Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalaraju" Release on February 4th

2011-01-26T20:59:00.004+05:30

Ram Gopal Varma-Sunil's "Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalraju" is all set to release on FEB 4th. A brochure of this film is released few days back with the character descriptions. Ram Gopal Varma’s sarcasm and direct references to few popular celebrities of Telugu cinema in that brochure has shocked the industry.

Ram Gopal Varma is making fun of some of the popular Telugu film industry and also taking digs at media persons. Appalraju is sure going to send shivers down many spines with the hard hitting satires. We don’t know what would be the character intensity on screen, but at the moment the brochure is doing enough damage to the ‘targeted’ people image.

Although we have identified the persons that Ram Gopal Varma has made fun of, we are leaving it to your imagination to figure them all by yourselves.

Anushka to pair up with Pawan Kalyan in "Gabbar Singh"

2011-01-26T20:55:00.002+05:30

We already reported that Pawan Kalyan is stepping into Dabangg shoes of Salman Khan for its Telugu remake titled Gabbar Singh. Harish Shankar of Mirapakay fame is directing this film on Pawan Kalyan creative works banner. Although the film’s unit is not disclosing any other details about Gabbar Singh, media circles started digging deep.

As per the reports, Anushka is roped into play the female lead in Gabbar Singh. This will be Anushka’s first ever film with Powerstar Pawan Kalyan. Sonakshi Sinha made her debut with this role in original version.

Pawan Kalyan will play the role of a fearless, corrupted cop in this film. Salman Khan’s style and sense of humor played big part in making Chulbul Pandey an iconic role.

"Veera" a big budget film in Ravi Teja’s career!

2011-01-26T20:49:00.002+05:30

Ravi Teja starring Veera is said to be the big budget film of his career till date. Veera is a full-fledged commercial mass entertainer, where Ravi Teja is playing a dual shaded role.

Being directed by Ramesh Varma and produced by Ganesh Indukuri under the banner Sanvi Productions, Veera has two sizzling beauties Kajal Agarwal and Tapsee. While Kajal is playing a full-length mass role, Tapsee will be seen as IT student. Kick Sham is playing a police officer and Nagababu will be seen in another important role.

As per the details given by film-makers, the film totally has eight huge fights, which remain as highlight of the film and has seven songs. Four songs are shot in exotic foreign locales and a couple of songs in lavishly designed sets at Annapurna and Ramanaidu Studios. The remaining song is a situational number, which will be canned later. Currently, the final long schedule of the film is under progress with which, the entire shooting winds up. Veera is gearing up for its release in the month of May.

"O MY Friend" starts from February!

2011-01-26T20:47:00.002+05:30

We have earlier informed that Siddharth has signed a new film with Dil Raju, which was tentatively titled as O My Friend. The latest news is that the movie is all set to commence its shoot from the third week of February. O My Friend will be directed by a debutant Venu Sriram and Amrita Rao of Athidi fame might play the female lead in the film.

As of now, Siddharth is currently busy with the shooting of his forthcoming film, titled 180 with Priya Anand and Nitya Menon as female leads. On the other hand, Dil Raju is busy with the promotion of Nagarjuna starrer Gaganam, which is slated for a release on 11^th February.

Sumath-Priyamani's "Raaj" Music Out!

2011-01-26T20:43:00.002+05:30

Sumanth new flick Raaj audio as well as its website was launched on 24^th January at Radio Mirchi FM in a simple style. Koti has scored the music for the film. Sumanth, Priyamani and director of Raaj V.N.Aditya and other cast of the film, participated in the event. Sumanth released the first copy of CD and handed it to Priyamani.

Sumanth says that the remix track of Nagarjuna’s yesteryear super hit song ‘Beemavaram Bulloda’ will remain as one of the highlights of Raaj.

Vimala Raman is playing other lead role apart from Priyamani in the film. Kumar Brothers and G.Haranath are producing the film under the banner Kumar Brothers Cinema.

Raaj is gearing up for its release in the month of February.

Ramanaidu to produce a film with Naga Chaitanya

2011-01-26T20:42:00.001+05:30

Movie Moghul D.Ramanaidu is in plans to produce a film with his grandson Naga Chaitanya in the lead. As per the sources buzz, the script is in progress and Ramanaidu has decided to keep the entire project details under wraps until everything finalizes.

It is heard that once the script gets finalized, Ramanaidu will announce the film with a grand launch. The movie will be made under his prestigious banner Suresh Productions.

Meanwhile, Naga Chaitanya will wrap up his couple of undershoot films with director Sukumar and debutant director Ajay Bhuyan. Soon after he finishes these projects, Naga Chaitanya will join with Suresh Productions team.

M.S.Raju to direct his son Sumanth Ashwin!

2011-01-26T20:37:00.001+05:30

We have earlier announced that producer M.S.Raju is launching his son, Sumanth Ashwin as hero in Tollywood. Though M.S.Raju has earlier considered V.N.Aditya for directing the film, the latest buzz is that M.S.Raju himself has turned as director for this film and V.N.Aditya is no longer part of this project.

Titled as Mirchi, the movie is being produced jointly by M.S.Raju and Ramji Maganti, the elder son of producer Maganti Babu. The movie is all set to hit the floors on 28^th January and so, a huge set was erected for the first schedule of the film at Mahabaleshwar. Stay tuned for the more details of this film.

J.D Chakravarthy making "Money Money More Money"

2011-01-26T20:32:00.001+05:30

J. D. Chakravarthy’s upcoming film Money Money More Money has completed its entire part of its shooting and is currently undergoing its post-production works. The film is being directed by J. D. Chakravarthy and produced by Raghunath under Simhapuri Talkies banner.

The movie is being made as a fun-filled entertainer in the lines of JD Chakravarthy starrers Money and Money Money. Sources say Brahmanandam is playing a full-fledged comedy role in the film and actress Gajala playing a key role.

Hope the film makers make Money, Money and More Money with this full-fledged comedy entertainer.

Ravi Teja’s Nippu with Guna Sekhar!

2011-01-26T20:27:00.000+05:30

It is known that Ravi Teja is the winner of 2011 Pongal race with Harish Shankar’s directorial Mirapakaya. He yet again proved that his films guarantee entertainment through his remarkable style of comedy and action.

Now, Ravi Teja is all set to work in Guna Sekhar’s production soon. A title Nippu has been registered in the film chamber and Y. V. S. Chowdary will direct the film. Currently, Chowdary is busy in developing the script and the Nippu will hit the floors in the month of March. The cast and crew details of this project are yet to be announced.

Meanwhile, Ravi Teja is busy in the shooting of Veera in the direction of Ramesh Varma. The new combo of Ravi Teja, Y.V.S and Guna Sekhar seems to be electrifying. Isn’t it?

Surya-Shankar's 3-Idiots remake starts from February!

2011-01-26T20:21:00.000+05:30

Aamir Khan, who has done the remake of Suriya starrer Ghajini in Bollywood, scored a blockbuster hit and now, it’s the turn of Suriya to score a hit, who is acting in the remake of Aamir starrer 3-Idiots. This bi-lingual flick, which is being made in Telugu and Tamil versions, will commence its shoot from 2^nd week of February in a college in Jammu & Kashmir.

Suriya will share screen with Sriram and Jeeva, who are playing other lead roles. Sexy siren Ileana is playing the female lead opposite Surya. Veteran Tamil actor Satya Raj is playing the role of college principal, which was played by Boman Irani in the original version. The movie is being directed by Shankar and produced by Gemini Films Circuits. Harris Jayraj is scoring the tunes for the film.