New Delhi: It has been rumoured for a while that 'Avan Ivan' fame actor Madhu Shalini will soon make her B'wood debut with director Ram Gopal Varma's 'Department'. With the movie set to hit screens on May 18, Madhu has now started shoot for her next untitled Hindi project for RGV, again. Another flick in the horror genre which the 'Sarkar' filmmaker is best known for, the Hindi movie will...
12:28 PM, May 12, 2012
Cast: Jr. NTR, Thrisha, Karthika, Kota Sreenivasa Rao, Nasser, Brahmanandam Director: Boyapati Sreenu After giving two unsuccessful films at the box-office, Jr. NTR's 'Dammu' was expected to turn the tide for the actor, who is known for his fierce dialogue delivery and top class action and dances. The trailers of the film and the speeches made by NTR and director Sreenu during the audio release function of the film had...
06:25 PM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood is full of surprises. Viewers are in for one when the much-awaited remake of 'Zanjeer' hits the screen. Tollywood superstar Ram Charan's tinsel town debut has Mahie Gill doing an item number. The other item number will be by none other than Sunny Leone. Director Apporva Lakhia and the producers are in talks with the porn star. Sunny Leone has also started shooting for her first Bollywood...
04:32 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Hyderabad: Three decades after his father, legendary Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao, started the Telugu film industry's migration from Madras (now Chennai) to Hyderabad, his actor son Akkineni Nagarjuna has embarked on an ambitious plan to attract Bollywood and Hollywood to 'world-class production facilities' in this southern metropolis that has grown into another destination for technology companies. By setting up integrated film shooting floors and production facility at his Annapurna...
02:05 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: While actors are usually known to make their money even if their film flops, Rajnikanth is the only one who's known to make good the distributors' losses. The Chennai-based superstar who last compensated distributors who faced losses on his film Kuselan, is doing it once again. This time for daughter Aishwaryaa and son-in-law Dhanush's film 3. Probably because Andhra based distributor Natty Kumar, who invested about Rs 6 crore...
02:50 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: Actress Kajal Agarwal, who was last seen opposite Ajay Devgn in 'Singham', says she regrets having rejected many Hindi film offers due to her prior commitments down south. The 26-year-old actress made her Bollywood debut in 2004 with 'Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na' and moved to Telugu film industry. There she hit the bull's eye with films like 'Chandamama', 'Magadheera' and 'Darling'. "I was not being too choosy about...
04:13 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: "I never knew I could look so good onscreen. A few angles in the movie really make me look good. People watching the movie will have to decide who looks better, me or Tamannah?" he laughs. Actor Ram Charan Tej, who is presently shooting for a song sequence at the Annapurna Studios shares, "The stills in the movie look so graceful, the dance steps are really nice. I...
06:30 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Actress Charmi will soon be seen playing the role of a prostitute in an upcoming movie, a directorial venture of Chandu, who has 'Tenth Class' and 'Notebook' to his credit. The untitled film will be produced by D Venkat Suresh and K Surya Srikanth. Explaining more on the movie, the director says, The role of a prostitute has a lot of prominence in motion pictures. Actors in both...
06:16 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: She is known for her bubbly roles in films like 'Bommarillu', 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na', and her latest film 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'. And now, Genelia D'Souza will be seen romancing Rana Daggubati in Telugu film 'Naa Ishtam'. Not only is she hoping for the film to do well, but also become her fifth hit for the year. "It is a big bonus to be a...
11:44 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: With the release date of 'Naa Ishtam' fast approaching, actor Rana Daggubati is on a promotional spree that never really stopped since the release of the movie's audio release. Despite appearing confident, the actor does betray a few jitters as he fidgets with a cushion while chit-chatting about his movie. "Tollywood is having a really good year so far. The first quarter opened with the hit Businessman, then...
04:45 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Hyderabad: The state government on Monday announced 3 national and one state film awards for 2010. The NTR national film award will be given away to renowned actress 'Urvasi' Sarada. She will receive Rs 5 lakh in cash, a memento and a citation. The BN Reddy national film award goes to director B Narasinga Rao of Maa Bhoomi fame. He will receive Rs 2 lakh in cash, a special memento...
06:34 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Hyderabad: Shyam Benegal won the National Film Award for the best feature film seven times and is known for his women-centric movies. His 'middle cinema' included Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975), and Trikal (1985). Then came his first mainstream movie, Zubeidaa (2001), followed by Welcome to Sajjanpur (2010) and the political satire, Well Done, Abba (2010). Currently involved in Chamki Chameli, the 77-year-old genius shares his views on the future of...
01:44 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: There's more to Pawan Kalyan's forthcoming film 'Gabbar Singh' other than the hero himself, his powerful punch liners, Devi Sri Prasad's foot-tapping tunes, charmingly beautiful Shruti Haasan and director Harish Shankar. The Bandla Ganesh Babu's production has a couple of adrenaline-charged car chases in the end that are now being canned at the Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway. Stunt masters Ram-Laxman duo is supervising the high-octane climax sequence. Planned for...
01:21 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Rana Daggubati writes about his journey in films so far. As an actor, shifting between roles is an occupational hazard. I was shooting for Telugu film 'Na Ishtam' and RGV's 'Department' (in Hindi) the same time. While I play this young bloke with an east Godavari Telugu twang for 'Na Ishtam', in 'Department', I'm a Marathi cop. So I used to keep getting confused. But that's the fun...
06:12 PM, Mar 06, 2012
New Delhi: Boyapati Srinu's 'Dammu' is putting up quite a good show even before hitting the theatres. Sources say the NTR-starrer has raked in about Rs 40 crore even while its release is slated for summer. The distribution rights of this Alexander Vallabha's production are sold out for Rs 3.45 crore in Uttarandhra, Rs 7.2 crore in Genuture, Nellore and Krishna, Rs 11 crore in Nizam and Karnataka, Rs 2.10...
04:41 PM, Mar 03, 2012
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