Premabhishekam completes 90 percent shoot

90 percent shooting of the film Premabhishekam being directed by S.S. Vikram Gandhi with Venu Madhav in the lead has been completed. Venu Madhav is also producing this film.
The film will be released in the first week of February. The film is being made under the banner of Savitri Cinema. Nagababu and Srihari are playing important roles in the film.

Swagatam audio release on New Year Day

Audio of the film Swagatam will be released into market on January 1, 2008. This is the 100th film for hero Jagapatibabu. This is yet another triangular love story for Jagapatibabu and this time Anushka and Bhoomika will be sharing screen space with him. The film will be released in January 2008. Hero Arjun will be seen in a guest role in this film.

Colors Swati as heroine in Mohana Krishna Indraganti's film

Award-winning director Mohana Krishna Indraganti is going to direct a film titled Ashta Chemma with Colors Swati in the female lead. Swati became popular with the show titled Colors in Maa TV. She entered into Telugu film industry with the film Danger directed by Krishnavamsi. She then did a role opposite Victory Venkatesh in Adavari Maatalaku Ardhale Verule. Now she is doing a full length heroine role in this film. The shooting of the film will start soon.

Ravi Teja-Vinayak's Krishna music launched

Audio of the film Krishna being directed by V.V. Vinayak and produced by D.V.V. Danaiahwith Ravi Teja in the lead was launched on Friday night at Hotel Marriott in Hyderabad. The audio of the film is released into market by Aditya Music. Hero, crew and other guests from Tollywood were present at the occasion. Heroine Trisha could not attend the function as she was in Malaysia shooting for a Tamil film. Chakri is the music director for this film. Rajamouli was the chief guest and released the first audio album. Chandra Bose wrote all the songs of the film. The function was also attended by B. Gopal, Mukul Dev, writer Akula Shiva, Chota K. Naidu, Krishna Rao (Vinayak's father) and Sagar. The film will be released at the time of Sankranthi.

Jr. NTR - Dil Raju film titled Kshatreeyudu

Dil Raju is planning to produce a film with Junior NTR in the lead. This film will be directed by debutant director Mahadev who has worked previously with Rajamouli. Kshatreeyudu is the title under consideration for this film. Currently Junior NTR is busy with the shooting of the film Kantri being produced by Ashwini Dutt. The shooting of the film Kshatreeydu will begin in May of 2008.

Teja-Suresh Productions film titled Keka

Teja is going to direct a film titled Keka that is being produced jointly under the banners of Suresh Productions and Chitram Movies. Recently Kingfisher Talent Hunt was organized by MAA TV, Teja and Suresh Productions. Winners in this talent hunt will be the lead pair in this film. The songs recording will begin on January 1, 2008. The film's shooting will begin in February 2008.

Andamaina Manasulo audio launched

Audio of the film Andamaina Manasulo being directed by R.P. Patnaik with new comers in the lead was launched on December 25, 2007. This is the first film as a director for R.P. Patnaik. The function was held at the Gurajada Kalakshetram in Vizag. Madhu Shalini performed for a song from the film. Finals of the "Voice of Vizag" contest was held at this function. The contest was judged by Koti and R.P. Patnaik. Album’s highlight would be a song by 10 music directors.

Manisha Koirala to do item song in Nagaram

Sri Mitra group has entered into Tollywood with a movie titled Nagaram with Srikanth, Jagapati Babu and Kaveri Jha in the lead. This film is a remake of Tamil movie of Director Sundar C.'s Thalinagaram means Capital. Nagaram is being produced by Kishore Babu and Anji Babu, under the banners of Mac Media and Blue Sky Entertainment and presented by M.V.Chowdary. This movie will be directed by C.C.Srinivas , while the music will be composed by Chakri. Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala is going do an item number in this film. She will be coming next month to take part in the shoot of this song. Manisha Koirala has previously acted in Telugu film Criminal and Tami films like Bharateyudu and Bombay, which were dubbed into Telugu.

Okka Magaadu Audio Released

Audio of the film Okka Magaadu being directed and produced by Y.V.S. Choudary under the banner of Bommarillu with Yuvaratna Balakrishna in the lead was launced at a function held at Cyber Gardens in Hyderabad. Union Minister Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao was the chief guest. He relesed the audio by giving away the first cassette. The first CD was given away by K. Raghavendra rao. Anushka, one of the female leads in the movie was present on the occasion. R. Narayana Murthy, S.S. Rajamouli, Boyapati Srinu, Sreenu Vaitla, C. Kalyan, Ramyakrishna, Sanghavi, Charmme and others attended the function. The audio will be released into market on Monday through Supreme Music.

Anasuya movie review

Anasuya (Bhoomika) is an orphan and works as a TV reporter. She stays in the house of an old man (Melkote) and someone kills that old man. Anasuya identifies that killer (Ravi Babu). The killer keeps on killing different people in the city and takes away one organ from their body. Police fails to crack the mystery of those serial murders and the purpose of taking away organs from them. Anasuya tries to find the killer herself. She assists police and also takes help from them until she catches him with the help of an Inspector (Abbas). Who is this killer and why he kills the people and takes away organs from them and how he will be caught is the remaining story.

Ravi Babu’s is impressive with his character. Bhoomika's performance is good. Nikitha and Abbas are okay. Sound effects are impressive. Cinematography is good. Screenplay is pretty loose and Should have been better. Ravi Babu's direction is good but failed in some instances. The dialogues by Nivas are ok.

First half of the film goes with thrilling and horror elements where the serial killer will be killing one after the other. Interval begins with suspense. Second half goes with the unleashing of suspense element in the film. There is no comedy in the film. There is one item song. This film is targeted to a section of viewers who like horror and thriller movies.

Krishnarjuna audio release on December 26

Audio the film Krishnarjuna beind directed by K. Vaasu and produced by Mohanbabu under the banner of Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures with Vishnuvardhan and Mamta Mohandas in the lead will be launched on December 26, 2007 at Annapurna Studios. Audio will released into market by Frames Factory and marketed by Bliss Company. Vishnuvardhan and Nagarjuna will be having dinner with their fans. Nearly 200 winners would be selected at the audio release function of Krishnarjuna and they would all get to watch the premier show of the movie too. As you know, Akkineni Nagarjuna is playing an important role in this film

Jayakrishna Creations movie with Vadde Naveen

A movie has been launched that is being directed by Nageswara Rao and produced by C.G. Krishna under the banner of Jayakrishna Creations with Vadde Naveen as hero. Lakshmana and Roopa Kaur are the heroines in the movie. Kota Srinivasa Rao, Tanikella Bharani, Krishna Bhagavan, Bramhanandam, Dharmavarapu, Kondavalasa and others are in the cast. The movie unit was present for the muhurtam at the Annapurna Studios. Camera was switched on by Sagar and Tanikella Bharani gave the clap. Vandemataram Srinivas is scoring the music for the film.

Don movie review

Suri (child Nagarjuna) is an orpan. He kills a drug dealer and saves other orphans (Lawrence and other kids). 20 years later, Suri becomes a don of Hyderabad and does good deeds to the people. He treats Raghava (Lawrence) as his own brother. Stephen (Kelly Dorjee) is considered to be the don of entire India except Andhra Pradesh where Suri is the don. Stephen then decides to even takeover AP and asks Suri to join hands with him, but Suri rejects the offer and warns him not to interfere with him in AP. Then Stephen tries to kill Suri and how Suri handles the situation is the remaining story.

Nagarjuna is seen in a new Stylish look with new hair style. Nagarjuna's performace is good.
Cinematography by S. Gopalareddy and editing by Marthand K.Venkatesh are good. Background score by Chinna is okay. Action scens by Vijay are stylish. Story, screenplay, choreography, music, and direction are handled by Lawrence. He also acted in this movie. He was not up to the mark in his fields. There is no comedy in the film. Overall this movie coule be an average film.

Ravi Teja-V.V. Vinayak film titled Krishna

The title of the film being directed by V.V. Vinayak with Raviteja in the lead is being finalized as Krishna. The tagline of the film is The Power of the Indrakeeladri. Trisha is the heroine of the film. The climax of the film is being shot in and around Hyderabad. The film will be a mix of comedy and action. Audio of the film would be released by the end of this month and the movie would be released in the next month.

Swagatam audio to hit stands on December 22

Audio of the film Swagatam starring Jagapati Babu, Bhoomika and Anushka will be launched on December 22, 2007. The audio will released into market by Aditya Music. This is the 100th film for hero Jagapati Babu. Music of the film is being composed by R.P. Patnaik. A song has been recently shot with Jagapati Babu and Anushka at Hampi.

Aapada Mokkulavadu would be releasing on January 5

Aapada Mokkulavadu being directed by writer turned director Posani Krishna Murali and produced by the makers of Operation Duryodhana with Nagababu in the lead will be releasing on January 5, 2008. This film deals with problems being faced by farmers. Asmita, a television actress is playing the female lead. Udaya Bhanu will be seen in an item number in this film. Posani Krishna Murali's last film was Operation Duryodhana, which was a successful movie. Nagababu also played an important role in Operation Duryodhana.

Pourudu in the post production phase

Post production work of the film Pourudu beind directed by Raj Aditya and produced by Supriya with Sumanth and Kajol Agarwal in the lead is presently going on. This film is about a student who is preparing for his civil services examinations. The plot revolves around the travails of this young man. Producer of this film Supriya is the sister of hero Sumanth. This is the debut film as a director for Raj Aditya. Audio of the film would be released bye the end of this month and the film would release at the time of Sankranti. Music of the film is composed by Manisarma. Marthand K. Venkatesh is the editor of the film.

Hitler with Show fame Surya in the lead

80 percent of the shooting of the film Hitler being produced by B. Srinivas Reddy and directed by Revant P. with Surya (show fame) has been completed. The film tries to picturise how the same dictatorial tendencies from the Nazi era in Germany still prevail even today and affect societies in developing countries like India. The film has the tagline – The Indian connection.

FNCC awards in association with Wizcraft

Film Nagar Cultural Association would be holding an event to present awards. Various awards would be given in specific categories of films by jury comprising a special panel selected by the FNCC Management Committee. All the films in this year, beginning last December to this November would be considered for nomination. FNCC president producer K S Rama Rao said that soon they would also begin training technicians and artistes for intake into the Telugu film industry. The award function would be held on December 31. This function is conducted in association with Wizcraft, which also organizes the IFFA awards for Bollywood.

Pawan Kalyan's Puli to begin shoot from Sankranthi

Shooting of the film Puli being directed by S. J. Surya and produced by Financier turned producer Singanamala Ramesh with Powerstar Pawan Kalyan is all set to begin from January 16, 2008. S.J. Surya has previously directed Pawan Kalyan's biggest hit Kushi and this is the second film in their combination. Pawan Kalyan's current film Jalsa is nearing completion and would be released at the end of March. Ileana, Parvati Melton and Kamilini Mukherjee will be sharing screen space with powerstar in Jalsa, which is being directed by Trivikram Srinivas.

Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters shooting progress

Shooting of the film Bommana Brothers Chandana Sisters is progressing at a brisk pace. Currently the unit is busy picturising songs in various locations. Allari Naresh and Farzana are one of the lead pair in the movie. One schedule has been completed in Dubai recently. The characters in the film are named after famous cloth stores Bommana Brothers and Chandana brothers. Even the villains are apparently called Tummidi Brothers. Now the unit has went to Konaseema. Later, they will go to Vizag and Araku.

Mantra Movie Review

Mantra (Charmme) is a working woman who also teaches dancing to children. She has to pay debts owed by her father and decides to sell her Mantra Nilayam (farmhouse) to pay the debts. However no one comes to by the farm house as mysterious deaths took place in that house. An unknown professor comes up to buy the farm house, but with a condition. The deal is that if Mantra gets people to stay for at least three months, the professor promises to buy the property. So she tries to find tenants for the house. Hero (Sivaji, character’s name is Hero) offers to stay in the house along with his friends. Very soon his friend Muniswamy (Chitram Srinu) is murdered. Hero tries to find out what is behind the unnatural incidents taking place at Mantra Nilayam. Charmee does act her part perfectly as the simple working girl, faced with a crisis, which in turn puts her face to face with death. She comes off as a girl who has the spirit to figure out what’s happening, instead of shrieking at the word go. Sivaji, Kausa, Chitram Srinu, Jeeva, all play their parts convincingly. Cinematographer Sivendra and music director Anand have done a very good job. directorThulasi Ram and come up with good work to keep up the film’s impact.

Vaana audio launched

Audio of the film Vaana being directed and produced by M.S. Raju under the banner of Sumanth Arts was launched at Ramanaidu Studios on Friday night although only the film's crew and Raju's close film personalities attended. This is the directorial debut film for M.S. Raju. Vaana is remake of Kannada hit film Mungaru Male. Vinay (who made debut with Neevalle Neevalle) and Meera Chopra are the lead stars. Devi Sri Prasad, Dil Raju, D. Ramanaidu, Parachuri Brothers, Seeta, Naresh, Jayasudha, Arjuna Raju, Aditya Music Umesh Gupta, Sirisha and others attended the music launch.

Teja to direct M S Raju's son debut film

M.S. Raju's son Sumanth Ashwin's debut film was launched at M.S. Raju’s office at Jubilee Hills on the morning of December 14, 2007. This film is being directed by creative director Teja under the banner of Sumanth Arts. There were full-length posters of Sumanth Ashwin. He looked cool with his goggles and hoodie, flashing guns in one poster; while one had him in a pop star look with a funky skull cap.

Brahmanandam enters into Guiness Book of Records

Brahmanandam is going to be entered into Guiness Book of World Records. He has acted in more than 750 films in two decades which is the highest number of films in that period for any actor in a a single language. He acted as comedian and also in the male lead in a few films. He worked as a Telugu lecturer in Attili. He became a popular mimicry artiste before entering into film industry. was awareded honorary doctrate by the Nagarjuna University a few years back. Some of best roles he played in the films include Aha Na Pellanta, Money, Anaganaga Oka Roju, Pattukondi Chuddam and many more.

Chandamama 100 day function

Chandamama directed creative director Krishnavamsi and produced by C. Kalyan with Siva Balaji, Navadeep, Kajal, and Sindhu Menon in the lead will be completing 100 days on December 14, 2007. This film was a successful hit of this year. Producer C Kalyan has informed that the 100-day function will be held at Durgam Cheruvu in Hyderabad. Political and film personalities will be present at the function. Union minister Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao will also be attending the function.

Monday To Sunday movie Launched

A film titled Monday to Sunday being directed by Maruti Narendra and produced by J. Yuvaraj under the banner of R J Films with new comers in the lead was launched on December 12, 2007. Gajula Nageswara Rao gave the clap while Sagar switched on the camera. Jai, Abhiram and Kiran play the male leads in the film while Manisha will be playing the female lead. The film is targetted at the youth. It will be shot in a single schedule and released in February 2008. The film's plot is unique as it has seven boys falling for one girl, who then takes time to spare a day each for them to learn more about them and their love for her.

Mee Sreyobhilashi to be released on December 22

Mee Sreyobhilashi being directed by V Eeswar Reddy and produced by Sonia Reddy with Rajendra Prasad in the lead role is going to hit screens on December 22, 2007. After the success of Aa Naluguru, Rajendra Prasad is doing this film that has a social message. Naresh is also playing a senior citizen role in this film. The film also has comedy elements in it.

Venkatesh to do a film with director Yogi

Nallamalapu Srinivas (Bujji) is planning a movie with Victory Venkatesh under Lakshmi Narasimha Films banner. This film is going to be directed by Yogi who had earlier directed the film Oka Raju Oka Rani with Ravi Teja in the lead for Usha Kiran movies. Kona Venkat will be providing the story and dialogues of the film. The heroine is yet to be decided. Shooting of the film will begin in the second half of January 2008.

Mr Medhavi audio to hit stands on December 15

Audio of the film Mr. Medhavi being directed by Neelakanta under the banner of Life Style Creations with Raja and Genelia in the lead is going to be released into the market by Aditya Music on December 15, 2007. Chakri is the music director of the film. Lyricist Bhuvanachandra too has come up with some good songs to go with the plot of the film. Story, screenplay and direction are by Neelakanta while cinematography is being handled by Suneel L. Reddy.

Jalsa shooting completed

Shooting of the film Jalsa being produced by Allu Aravind and directed by Trivikram Srinivas under the banner of Geetha Arts with Powerstar Pawan Kalyan in the lead has been completed on December 10, 2007. The shooting was completed with a song that has been shot in a specially erected set that costed One crore at the Annapurna Studios. The song has been picturised on Pawan Kalyan and Parvati Melton. Ileana and Kamilini Mukherjee are the other heroines in this movie sharing screen space with Pawan Kalyan along with Parvati Melton.

Swagatam shooting progress

Shooting of the film Swagatam being directed by Dasaradh and produced by Aditya Ram with Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty and Bhoomika Chawla in the lead is progressing at a brisk pace. Currently a song is being picturised on Jagapati Babu and Anushka at Hampi. The film’s lead romantic pair straddles two continents, America and Asia and three cities before it ends. Music of the film is composed by R.P. Patnaik.

Okka Magaadu audio on December 20

Audio of the film Okka Magaadu being directed and produced by Y.V.S. Choudary on the banner of Bommarillu with Nandamuri Balakrishna in the lead will be released on December 20, 2007. However, an informal puja has been performed at Nanakramguda at the shooting spot on December 5. The music has been composed by Mani Sarma. The shooting of the film is now complete and the post production work is currently on. The film has Anushka, Nisha Kothari and Simran in the female lead.

Highway audio released on December 8

Audio of the film Highway was released by Madhura Entertainment at the Hampi Restaurant in Banjara hills. This film was produced under the banner of Sri Srinivasa Cine Chitra. Saikumar and Suhasini are playing important roles in this film. Chakri is the music director for the film. The first CD was released by the MD of Armstrong Ltd. Sridhar, MD of Madhura Entertainment was also present at the function.

Don to be completed by December 11

The shooting of the film Don being direced by Raghavendra Lawrence with Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka in the lead is presently going at brisk pace. The release date has been finalized for December 20, 2007. It is being said that the shooting part will be complete by December 11. A song, Su su Surya is presently being shot at the Seven Acres Annapurna Studios. Lawrence is also the music director of this film. Audio of the film was launched recently into the market.

Tanikella Bharani's documentary film goes to Mumbai film festival

Tanikella Bharani is an actor, writer and stage artist. He has recently made a documentary film titled Sira. It is the only Telugu entry among the 16 Indian entries at the International Documentary Film Festival being held at Mumbai. The panel of film festival consists of people like Shyam Benegal, Jaya Bachchan and Govind Nihalani. The festival mainly focuses on short films, documentary films and animation films.

Sattibabu to once again direct Srikant

Supreme Music Company owner Raju Hirwani is planning to make a film with Srikanth to be directed by E. Sattibabu. Viyyalavari Kayyalu directed Sattibabu was released recently. He previously direct Srikanth for the films Oka Chinadana and Evandoyee Srivaaru. Srikanth is soon going to complete 100 films and he wants his 100th movie to be a special and memorable one.

Sekhar Kammula to direct Victory Venkatesh

Victory Venkatesh on December 6, 2007 informed the media that director Sekhar Kammula would direct a film with him very soon. It will not happen immediately, but he would direct a film for him in the near future. The film will be commenced once the direct prepares a script. Venkatesh praised Sekhar Kammula for his latest film Happy Days, which has become a big hit.

Maharajasri ready for release

Maharajasri being presented by Raasi and directed by her husband SS Nivas with Nikita and Rishi in the lead is ready for release. The action-oriented love story has many shades to it. Sai Kumar is playing an important role while Vinod Kumar is playing the role of brother. Venu Madhav and Sunil are also in the cast. Srilekha is scoring music for the film.

Mantra to hit screens on December 14

Mantra being directed by Thulasi Ram and produced by Soma Vijayaprakash and Kalyan Ram with Charmee in the title role is ready to be released on December 14, 2007. The promos of the film are on air. Mantra is a suspense thriller. Sundarakanda, which is made by Bapu-Ramana, is also likely to be released in the second half of the month. Charmee is the female lead in this film also.

Amma Bhagavan Creations movie launched

Amma Bhagavan Creations production number 1 was launched on December 3, 2007 at Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad. The film is being presented by Anjana Brothers and produced by Kandi Anjaneyulu, E. Venkatesh, Nandimalla Ramulu and Thalloju Raghava. Jinka Harish Babu is the director of the film. The heroine has been finalized, but the hero is yet to be selected. Sindhu is the music director.

Gopichands Ontari shooting progress

Eighty five percent of the shooting of the film Ontari being directed by B.V. Ramana and produced by Pokuri Baburao under the banner of Eetaram Films with Gopichand and Bhavana has been completed barring three songs and two fight sequences. A song each had been picturised in Vizag and Ramoji Film City. The hero fights the forces which intend to break him down . Mani Sarma is scoring the music of the film. Ali, Sunil, Naresh, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Ashish Vidyarthi and others are in the cast. Cinematography is by Sarvesh and Murari and dialogues are by Mardhuri Raja.

Uday Kiran film second schedule to begin on December 10

The unit of the yet to be titled film being directed by KRK and produced by Medikonda Amarchand under the banner of Venkataramana Films with Uday Kiran and new comer Delhi girl Kruthi in the lead has just returned after shooting a couple of songs in Ooty. Four songs will soon be shot in Hyderabad. Films like Narasimhanaidu with Balakrishna were produced under the banner of Venkataramana Films in the past . The second schedule of the film will begin on December 10 and will continue till December 31. The final schedule will be canned in Vizag. Rakhi Radhakrishna has penned the dialogues and Anil Krishna is the music director.