Waheeda Rehman gets NTR award and Dr. Ramanaidu gets Raghupathi Venkaiah award

Bollywood veteran actress Waheeda Rehman bagged prestigious NTR National award and and producer D. Ramanaidu got Raghupathi Venkaiah award respectively. Andhra Pradesh Government announced this awards for year 2006 today on March 31st.

Born in Hyderabad in 1936, Waheeda Rehman began her career in Telugu films (Jaisinha and Rojulu Maarayi) and later went on to become one of the top actresses in Hindi film industry. Her last film in Telugu was Chukkallo Chandrudu (2006).

Movie Mughal Ramanaidu holds Guinness record for producing highest number of films.

Bujjigadu audio to hit stands in April second week

Audio of the film Bujjigadu - Made in Chennai being directed by Puri Jagannadh with Prabhas and Trisha in the lead will be released in the second week of April. The film is being produced on the Creative Commericals banner. The shooting of the film has almost completed except three songs.

Another highlight of this film is the role played by Dr. Mohan Babu. The cast of this film includes Prabhas, Dr. Mohan Babu, Trisha, Sanjana, Sunil, Ali, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Jaiprakash Reddy, Raja Raveendra, M.S.Narayana, Ajay, Subbah Raju, Brahmaji, Khayum, Pragathi, Prabhas Seenu, Supreet, Rajesh, Ahuthi, Prasad, Hema, Sudha, Master Aakash, Baby Pavitra and others. The camera is handled by Shyam K.Naidu and K. Benarjee is the co-producer.

Ranga Panduranga audio to hit stands on April 27

Audio of the film Ranga Panduranga being directed K. Raghavendra Rao starring Nandamuri Balakrishna in dual roles will be launched on April 27, 2008. The movie would be released in the first week of June. Music of this film is scored by M.M. Keeravani. Supreme Recording Company has bagged the audio rights of this film. M.M. Keeravani and Raghavendra Rao have previously worked together for the devotional films - Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu - both of which were huge hits. Tabu and Sneha are in female lead in this film while Veda does the role of Godess Rukhmini and Suhasini as Satyabhama.

Jalsa to hit screens on April 2

According to the industry's grapevine, Powerstar's much-anticipated film Jalsa has been postponed to April 2, 2008. Due to some technical reasons, the film was postponed from the previously planned date of March 27. The postproduction work that includes some part of Digital Intermediate has taken more time. In order to avoid the last minute rush and worry, the producer Allu Aravind has taken the decision to release the film on April 2. Jalsa is going to set new records as it is releasing with highest number of prints (about 400 prints) and record number of theatres. Jalsa has been directed by Trivikram and the film has three heroines in Ileana, Kamalinee Mukherjee and Parvati Melton. Music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

Navadeep and Tamanna to appear in Ready

Srinu Vaitla is currently busy with the direction of his latest film Ready being produced by Sravanthi Ravikishore with Ram and Genelia in the lead. Major part of the shooting of the film is completed and the film would be released by the end of April. Navadeep and Tamanna are also going to appear in guest roles in this film. Director Srinu Vaitla's last two films were Dhee and Dubai Seenu which went on to become big hits. Music of this film is scored by Devi Sri Prasad.

Jalsa mobile and online game release on March 22

For the first time in Tollywood a game based on a Telugu film is going to be released on March 22, 2008. This mobile and online game is based on Pawan Kalyan starrer Jalsa. This game is being developed by RZ2 Games, a gaming company based in Goa. Characters in the game are Sanjay (Pawan Kalyan), Bhagyamati (Ileana) and Reddi (Mukesh Rushi). In this game, Pawan Kalyan performs six types of moves, including four types of kicks other than punches and flips. The game has four levels. The game will be released on Saturday, March 22, 2008. The movie is getting ready to be released on March 28, 2009 in more than 1000 theaters all over the world.

Veteran hero Natabushana Shoban Babu passed away

Veteran hero Natabhushana Shoban Babu died in Chennai on March 20, 2008 morning. He was 71 years old. He acted as hero in many superhit Telugu films like Swayamvaram, Jeevana Tarangalu, Mundadugu, Soggadu, Karteeka Deepam and many more. He got Nandi Awards five times. His first film was Bhakta Shabari. He initially acted in supporting roles in films like Narthanasala. He was famous for family oriented films in which he would have two wifes in many of his films. While he was doing Yoga in the morning at home, suddenly he fell down and was carried to Apollo Hospital in Chennai. At 10.50 AM he passed away.

Versatile character artiste Raghuvaran passes away

Versatile character artiste Raghuvaran passed away in Chennai on March 19 morning. He was admitted to Mehtha Hospital for treatment a few days ago. He had been under intensive medical care for the past few weeks. Raghuvaran was born on December 11,1948. He has acted in manyTamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi films. He acted as villain and character artiste. His first Telugu film is Pasivadi Pranam starring Megastar Chiranjeevi. His wife Rohini divorced. They have a son Rishi. Pasivadi Pranam, Shiva, Anjali, Premikudu and Suswagatham are some of the films he has acted.

Uday Kiran as EkaLOVEyudu

EkaLOVEyudu is the title confirmed for the film being produced by Medikonda Amarchand with Uday Kiran as hero. New girl Kriti is the heroine of this film. This film is being directed by new comer KRK. Major part of the talkie portion shooting has been completed. Producer Amarchand has previously produced block busters like Narasinhanaidu. The film will be releasing this summer and audio will be releasing in the second week of April. Anil Krishna is the music director.

Jalsa to hit screens on March 28

Pawan Kalyan starrer Jalsa is going to hit the screens world wide on March 28 in more than 1000 theatres. This film is being directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by Allu Aravind on the banner of Geeta Arts. Ileana, Parvati Melton and Kamalini Mukherjee are the heroines in this film. Audio of this film was released into market recently and already has been a sensational hit. Music of this film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

Ankith, Pallavi and Friends to hit screens in April

Debutant director Hari Yeleti is making a film titled Ankith, Pallavi and Friends with Happy Days fame Nikhil and new comer Megha Burman in the main lead. Except Nikhil, all the remaining cast are newcomers. This film is being produced by Kishore Ganji on the banner of Innovision Cinema.

This film deals about five friends and their dreams after the college life following their friendships, their romantic life and the choices they make in life. The film has been completed its talkie part and few songs. The film would be released in the month of April.

Gorintaku to hit screens in April

Shooting of the film Gorintaku being directed by V.R. Pratap and produced by R.B. Choudhary on the banner of Mega Super Good Films with Rajasekhar and Aarti Agarwal in the lead is almost complete except for some climax seens. Meera Jasmine is playing the role of sister of Rajasekhar in this film. The film is a remake of a Kannada hit titled Anna Thangi. Hero Akash is also playing an important role in this film. The film would be rleased in the month of April. The director of this film V.R. Pratap had debuted with Nuvvu Vastavani under the same banner.

Srikanth film titled Maichael Madana Kamaraju

Nidhi Prasad's film starring Srikanth, Prabhudeva and Charmee has been titled Maichael Madana Kamaraju. The names of lead actors in this film are Srikanth (Maichael), Prabhu Deva (Madan) and Sunil(Kamaraju). The film has completed the shooting and they are planning to release the film in April. Audio will be launched by the end of March. The story of the film is a love story with touch of comedy. Entertainment arises due to the comedy of errors between the characters.