Debutant Telugu director Gopi Ganesh says his latest romantic-entertainer 'Romeo', reflects the trademark touch of Puri Jagannadh, who has penned its story and dialogues. "The film has everything Puri sir's fans will expect in his film. I'm sure audience will accept the film just like they've accepted all of Puri's films in the past", Gopi told IANS. 'Romeo', which stars Sairam Shankar and Adonica in the lead, is the story...
01:32 PM, Nov 01, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Wednesday rubbished Arvind Kejriwal’s allegations of a nexus between industrialist and politician, saying corporate houses don’t decide the appointment of ministers in the government. "PM has the right to chose his ministers, whatever portfolio has to be allotted. It’s the prerogative of the PM. I was given the oil ministry temporarily. I was minister for oil for 20 months. I don’t think...
07:40 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Tamannaah Bhatia is on a signing spree nowadays. Days after the release of her film with Pawan Kalyan, she is learnt to have been approached by Harish Shankar. The director wants to cast her in the role of a heroine in his film with NTR. This Dil Raju production will have another heroine, whose name is yet to be finalized. She struck the right chord opposite NTR in Surendar Reddy's...
04:31 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Director Ameer's next film, 'Aadhi Bhagavan', starring Jayam Ravi and Neetu Chandra has been long in the making. But reports have now confirmed that the film will be coming out for next Pongal, in the beginning of 2013. The film will mark the return of Jayam Ravi who has been absent in Tamil cinema since his last film 'Engeyum Kaadhal' which released in 2012. The film is being produced by...
06:08 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Mumbai: In fresh trouble for Kripashankar Singh, the Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered a magistrate inquiry against the former Mumbai Congress chief following a petition by a city-based social worker, who has accused the leader of threatening him after usurping his properties. A division bench of Justices VM Kanade and PD Kode was hearing the petition filed by one Tulsidas Nair alleging that Kripashankar and his son had usurped...
09:07 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Sairam Shankar is accepting one film after another. Even as two of his films are on the floors, he has signed his third project. This one, to be directed by Santosh, is an all-out action entertainer. Santosh has worked under K Raghavendra Rao and Marthand K Shankar in the past. The film will be shot in three schedules in and around Hyderabad. To be produced by Mrs Santosh Venkatesh K,...
03:20 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Year 2011's Nandi Awardee director N Shankar has opined that 'Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu' portrays women in a bad light. He has cited the habits/character of the three main women characters of the film. Tamannaah, who plays a camera-woman, has the habit of drinking beer. Gundakka, the woman politician, is shown to have the habit of chewing gutka. Scarlett Wilson, who plays the role of a news channel editor, wields...
03:13 PM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: The US on Friday sought India's help to influence Iran to join international negotiations to break the logjam over Tehran's suspect nuclear programme and pitched for stronger economic and strategic ties between the two countries. US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai. During the talks, the two sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and discussed...
01:16 AM, Oct 20, 2012
BlueSky Cinemas, one of the leading players in overseas market joins hands with 24 Frame Factory to distribute Vishnu Manchu's Comedy flick 'Dhenikaina Ready' in US and Canada. 'Dhenikaina Ready' stars Vishnu and sizzling beauty Hansika Motwani. Bramhanandam, Master Bharath, Vennela Kishore, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, AVS, MS Narayana and many more are in the star cast. Movie is directed by comedy king G Nageswara Reddy of 'Seema Shastry' and 'Seema Tapakai'...
04:47 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal's new target on Wednesday was Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari, He called Gadkari a businessman and accused accused of grabbing farmers' land and corruption in collusion with NCP's Ajit Pawar. Kejriwal has said that businessmen should stay out of Parliament. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Kejriwal said, "There are large number of businessmen who are sitting in Parliament and they are also in...
07:50 AM, Oct 18, 2012
The promotions of the movie Aadhi Bhagavan have begun and we have even seen the audio launch happen a while back in Toronto in a grand manner. However, even as excitement has been building up, some aspects of the movie have been kept pretty secret. Now, after weeks of silence it appears that Jayam Ravi who will be playing two roles in the film will also be portraying a transgender...
06:28 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Special Investigating Team (SIT), probing the alleged amassing of disproportionate assets by former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family, on Monday recorded his statement. Singh arrived at the Police Commissionerate around noon alone and SIT recorded his statement at least for an hour, said an IPS officer. Various questions relating to his properties were asked by the SIT officials and Singh answered them, the officer said,...
05:30 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday welcomed the Uttarkhand government's decision to recommend a CBI investigation into the disappearance of Divya Yog Mandir Trust founder Swami Shankar Dev, saying he was ready to face any probe. "I am ready for any probe. I am not afraid of any probe. Last year, I myself had submitted a memorandum to the President demanding a CBI probe or any probe under the...
05:21 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Friday recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the disappearance of Swami Shankar Dev, founder of yoga guru Ramdev's Divya Yog Mandir Trust. A notification to this effect was issued after the investigation into the Swami's disappearance by the state police did not yield any clue, Principal Secretary (Home) Vinita Kumar said. The state police began investigating the case on the basis of...
10:21 PM, Oct 12, 2012
The movie 'Samar', which starts Vishal and Trisha in the lead is finally wrapping up and might come out on Diwali. The project was initially titled 'Samaran' but was forced to change as other people claimed for the title. Now, all the issues related to the title have been resolved. Director Thiru confirmed the news on his Twitter page and the producers will now be trying to push it for...
04:32 PM, Oct 10, 2012
It is too early to forget the powerful role performed by Sathyaraj in Vijay starrer 'Nanban' directed by Shankar, which hit the screens earlier this year. Now the Ilayathalapathy and the 'Puratchi Thamizhan' are joining hands once again, this time for a film to be helmed by AL Vijay of 'Thaandavam' fame. "The veteran actor has a meaty role to play in this yet to be titled movie. He is...
04:12 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Directed by G Nageswara Reddy, 'Dhenikaina Ready' features Vishnu Manchu and Hansika in the lead roles. 'Naa Laage Nenuntanu..' is the title song of the film and features Vishun Manchu in it. ...
11:20 AM, Oct 10, 2012
It was no surprise when the organisers of Media and Entertainment Business Conclave chose 'Enthiran' (2010) for discussion for a session dedicated to computer graphics and 3D technology. For, the second movie in which director Shankar and superstar Rajinikanth came together after Sivaji (2007), was the one that set high standards for graphics and special effects in filmdom. The session will take the participants on a journey of complex graphics...
01:56 PM, Oct 04, 2012
After the success of his debut film 'Naan', Vijay Anthony whom we've known for so long as a music director has become a actor to reckon with. The crime-thriller flick directed by Jeeva Shankar got commendable success in Tamil cinema and even got good reviews. Now, Vijay Anthony, who has also produced the film and composed the music for it, is going to release it in Telugu to extend it's...
09:33 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Confirming that a film with NTR under his production will be launched during the Vijayadasami, ace producer Dil Raju clarified that there was no truth in the rumours that the title of the movie is 'MLA'. "The film's title is not 'MLA', as is being supposed by many. Neither does our story have political elements. It is a full-length commercial film, to be directed by Harish Shankar. We are done...
08:59 PM, Sep 28, 2012
