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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Rajini Animation Film ‘Sultan’ Title Changed As ‘Hara’
Superstar plays a dual role in his next flick “Hara”, the new name for “Sultan the Warrior”, which was earlier confirmed by its debutant director Soundarya Ashwin, daughter of Super Star Rajini. While “Hara” is animated, “Hara” is the real man in flesh and blood.
A source close to the producer council revealed that Soundarya had indeed registered the title “Hara” at the council when she began the project a few years ago. But Rajinikanth who had his own reasons felt that “Hara” was not a good choice and changed it then for “Sultan the Warrior”. It was said that Rajini who was always passionate about his all time favourite movie “Baasha” where he played a Muslim -Manick Baasha wanted to sentimentally change it to a Muslim name ‘Sultan’. Now, with the undue delay of the project, they wanted to go back to the original title. It is an open secret that Vijayalakshmi of Chennai-28 fame is the heroine for the animated Rajini and her portions have already been canned in Hyderabad. Now the hot news is that Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has been roped in for the K.S. Ravikumar directed live portions of Rajinikanth. In fact, an insider added that Vidya was the first choice of the Superstar.In the meantime, Soundarya confirmed that the title has been changed from “Sultan the Warrior” to “Hara” and that Ravikumar will be part of the project.
Brindavanam’ 1st Week Town Records
Young Tiger NTR’s “Brindavanam” is creating the sensational records all over the world and it trembled the record in its week collections. It has collected Rs. 22, 14, 60,312 original shares (Excluding M.G’s share) all over the world. “Brindavanam” really brought the smile on faces of all the distributors and exhibitors and it’s really like a happy entertainer. Here is the report of collections in all districts.
District Share Collected in 1st Week
Ananthapuram Rs. 30,02,000
Kurnool Rs. 25,29,262
Madanapalle Rs. 21,00,529
Gutti Rs. 9,20,000
Proddatur Rs. 22,19,000
Gudivada Rs. 13,49,000
Kavali Rs. 6,70,000
Palamaner Rs. 6,10,000
Nizam Rs. 5,50,00,000
Ceded Rs. 4,33,29,132
Nellore Rs. 79,50,000
Guntur Rs. 1,58,00,000
Vizag Rs. 1,51,54,600
Krishna District Rs. 1,09,53,670
East Godavari District Rs. 99,00,500
West Godavari District Rs. 98,72,570
Karnataka Rs. 2,35,89,420
Arundhathi Malayalam Dubbing Version Released in Kerala
Super duper hit of the Telugu picture “Arundhathi” was released in Kerala as Malayalam dubbing version on Friday of 22nd October. This is being distributed by Surya Cinema in Kerala and this film is acquiring a good response from Malayali audience too.
RGV to Delete Few Scenes From ’Rakta Charitra’
Ramgopal Varma’s sky hype film “Rakta Charitra-1” is being facing controversies from the starting its self, even after release (Released on yesterday) also this film is facing the same. Here, new controversy has been raised for “Rakta Charitra-1”, the TDP leaders and followers alleged that Varma projected NTR as the one who encouraged factional violence by introducing Paritala Ravi into the party.
Protestors in Anantapur, Hindupur, Eluru, Visakhapatnam, Karimnagar and other towns gathered outside theatres, raised slogans against Varma and burnt his effigy. They demanded a ban on the movie. The protestors attacked theatres in Visakhapatnam and Karimnagar towns and stopped the screening of the movie.TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu demanded that the scenes disparagement NTR should be deleted and the filmmaker should apologize all the protestors of TDP.NTR’s second wife Lakshmi Parvathi too demanded that the controversial scenes be deleted. She said that if the scenes are not deleted she will file case against the film in a Court. Former Minister Paritala Ravi’s wife Pratila Sunitha also stipulated to delete the scenes which projected NTR as the one who encouraged factional violence by inducting Paritala Ravi into the party.Considering all these allegations, RGV (Ramgopal Varma) and Producer C.Kalyan, has agreed to delete some scenes allegedly projecting former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N.T. Rama Rao in poor light in their film “Rakta Charitra-1”.
Producer C.Kalyan stated that, they would delete the objectionable scenes and dialogues by today (October 23rd). He also said that he is the biggest fan of the late former chief minister and popular actor NTR. He added those who had not even watched the movie were staging protests. They should see the larger context in which the movie has been produced. Finally he has agreed to delete the scenes.
Is this too much from 'Nude' Mallika?
Hot babe of Bollywood mallika sherawat is now Hissing all the sweet venom on audience with her to be released venture ‘Hisss’ where she plays the powerful nagin. Though this film has been mugging up in boxes from a long time wooing the audience with its now and then publicity, many view that Nagin subjects may not serve to present genre of audience.
Mallika in order not to spoil the movie is offering her new pics for the publicity. Above is one such from ‘Hisss’ which she posted on twitter. Ofcourse after cheering Sherlyn Chopra’s nudity on Twitter, what will audience say for nudity from this Snake. Be careful, ‘Hisss’ is too poisonous
Venkatesh in Telugu remake of Malayalam Bodyguard
The Malayalam hit film Bodyguard is being remade in Telugu with Venkatesh as the hero. Siddique, director of the original will helm the Telugu remake also which will be produced by C. Venkataraju and Sivaraju. The rest of the cast and crew are being finalised.
Siddique is remaking the film in Tamil with Vijay and Asin and in Hindi with Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor.
Hissss Movie Review
The Film
HISSS has nothing extraordinary to show except some visual effects that are not up to the mark compared to other films of this genre.
The Synopsis
An American hunter George (Jeff Doucette) comes to India in search of a cobra as he believes that it has cure for cancer. He captures the snake and kills it which enrages its mate (Mallika Sherawat). She transforms into a human female and her anger unleashes mindless deaths. Vikram Gupta (Irrfan Khan) is given the assignment to catch the killer. The rest of the story deals with the unraveling of the mystery of the snake woman.
The Performance
Hissss Movie Review
With a poor story line, Mallika Sherawat has nothing much to do except some bare acts. Irrfan is good but fades out in a poorly etched role. Jeff Douchette tries hard but unimpressive. All others just go through their motions.
The Techniques
A very weak story, hampered by a loose screenplay makes the film yawn and fret. E ven director Jennifer Lynch cannot make anything worthwhile to see in the film. The special effects do not appear to be very special at all and fade away in the mediocrity of the total film. Cinematography and audiography also do not make much of an impression.
The Verdict
Hisss can safely be given a miss.
The Cast and Crew
Hissss Movie Review
Mallika Sherawat, Irrfan Khan, Jeff Douchette, Divya Dutta, Raman Trikha, Javed Rizvi
Music: Anu Malik
Cinematography: Madhu Ambat
Producers: Govind Menon, Vikram Singh, William Keenan
Banners: Split Image Pictures, Venus Records & Tapes
Director: Jennifer Lynch
The Rating
1 out of 5
Friday, October 22, 2010
Rakta Charitra Movie Review
The Film
Rakta Charitra Part 1 is true to Ram Gopal Varma’s style and portrays in realastic terms the faction feuds.
The Synopsis
Nagamani Reddy (Kota Srinivasa Rao) hatches a plan to create enmity between Narasimha Reddy and his right hand man Veerabhadrayya (Rajendra Gupta). As a result, Veerabhadrayya is liquidated. The victim’s son Shankar Ravi (Sushant Singh) wants to avenge his father’s death, but he also gets killed. Veerabhadrayya’s younger son Pratap Ravi (Vivek Oberoi) is unaware of these feuds and he wants to marry Nandini (Radhika Apte) and settle down. But the murders of his father
Rakta Charitra Movie Review
and his elder brother provoke him to do away with the perpetrators of the crime. He gets sucked into the faction feuds and the rest of the story deals with the rise of Pratap into the realms of political power.
The Performances
Vivek Oberoi steals the show with a powerful performance. Kota Srinivasa Rao lives his role. Abhimanyu Singh essays his role convincingly. Shatrughan Sinha, seen on the screen after a long time, is his usual self. All others do well with author backed roles.
The Techniques
As is his wont, RGV comes out with a very gripping story and screenplay. The
Rakta Charitra Movie Review
dialogues add to the flow of the narration. Background music is good. Cinematography is excellent. Technically and production wise the film scores on the high side.
The Verdict
Rakta Charitra should be seen to understand the nature of feuds that sometimes cloud the practice of politics. Ram Gopal Varma has given another Sarkar level film.
The Cast and Crew
Vivek Oberoi, Abhimanyu Singh, Shatrughan Sinha, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Radhika Apte, Zareena Wahab, Sushant Singh, Tanikella Bharani, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Rajendra Gupta, Ashish Vidyarthi and others
Rakta Charitra Movie Review
Music: Dharam- Sandeep
DOP: Amol Rathod
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Producers: Madhu Mantena, Sheetal Vinod Talwar, Chinna Vasudeva Reddy, Rajkumar
Banner: Cinergy productions
The Rating
3.25 out of 5
TDP activists protest over portrayal of NTR in Rakta Charitra
Telugu Desam Party activists protested at Krishna theatre in Anathapur alleging that late NT Rama Rao was portrayed in a bad taste.
Shatrughan Sinha plays the role of NTR in Ram Gopal Varma’s Rakta Charitra. Police has arrested about 30 activists who tried to stop the exhibition of movie.
Tollywood film producers council divided
Tollywood film producers’ council is currently divided into two groups: one is the A-league film makers who own a huge number of theatres and have half-a-dozen actors in their family, and the other is small movie makers who make films on a budget of less than Rs 5 crore and struggle to get theatres to screen their films.
The fight between these two groups in the Telugu Film Producers’ Council led to the resignation of Mr Shyam Prasad Reddy, the president of the Council on October 14.
Trouble broke into the open when the producers’ council unanimously passed a resolution a month ago, requesting the government to reduce ticket prices of theatres, cut shooting location charges by 75 %, make it mandatory for theatres to screen small budget movies for at least 16 weeks and restrict screening of dubbed movies to 50 theatres in the state.
Orange releasing on Nov 12
Ram Charna Tej 3rd film Orange is all set to release on Nove 12 and the audio will be launched on October 25.
Orange, described as a new wave love story with the tag line Love in Fall is directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar. The female leads are played by Genelia D’Souza and Shahzahn Padamsee. Music is composed by Harris Jayaraj.
The film is produced by Naga Babu under the banner of Anjana Productions.
Brindavanam collects more than Khaleja
NTR’s Brindavanam collected Rs 22.14 crore for the first seven days. Mahesh Babu’s Khaleja first week’s collections stood at Rs 21.31 crore.
Brindavanam first week collections created all time records in Anantapuram, Kurnool town, Madanapally, Proddutur, Gudivada, Kavali and Palamaneru. The movie is still going strong in several theatres.
Though there is no novelty in the storyline, but director Vamshi Paidypally’s narration was appreciated by mass and class audience.
Khaleja’s two week’s collections exceed Rs 30 crore. Khaleja movie producer incurred huge losses with Pawan Kalyan’s Puli is getting some respite with Mahesh Babu’s movie.
Sunil, father of two now
Comedian turned hero Sunil is blessed with baby boy. Sunil had already got a daughter. Sunil is busy with Ram Gopal Varma’s film Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalraju.
SS Rajamouli directed Maryada Ramanna gave enough boost to Sunil’s career as hero.
Sunil is also playing leading role in Ganesh Indukuri’s film
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Anushka To Be Paired Opposite Chiranjeevi
The lanky lass Anushka, who once tapped her feet for a song alongside megastar Chiranjeevi in the film Stalin, awaits a further prospect of being paired opposite Chiranjeevi. As the latter reportedly okayed to act in spite of his hectic mobility in politics, the industry sources are speculating about the director, producer as well as the female lead of the film in which he is supposed to act. At this juncture, the probability of Anushka sharing screen space with Chiranjeevi, is being talked about. Answering a question concerning the matter, Anushka said, "I'd be the most fortunate person to act opposite Chiranjeevi. I felt his grandeur within the short span of time I was paired opposite him for a song. Unfortunately, I could not get a chance to act with him."
Mani Ratnam's Next Film Based On Mahabharata
Raavan (Villain in Telugu) was loosely based on Ramayan and at the box office it didn't work. Mani Ratnam hasn't given up, he's out to direct another film this time which revolves around a contemporary Mahabharata..a woman with five men in her life. Sources cite that it would be a complete bold and commercial film but there is lot more competition coming in. Another similar subject is getting ready in Telugu too. After Aa Naluguru, Chandra Siddharth wanted to direct Aa Aidhuguru with this theme but he gave it up after learning that elsewhere the film was in the scripting stage. Now it's finally happening..a film on a woman involved with five men.
Veeru Potla Talks About The Nagarjuna Starrer Ragada
Veeru Potla is taking enough care not to be branded like Sreenu Vaitla as humour-based entertainment filmmaker. After Bindaas he has embarked on an action-based stylized film Ragada with Nagarjuna. He is all praise for Nagarjuna and says he danced well and did all the actions scenes with aplomb. I have written lines specially for Nagarjuna to describe his looks and character, he adds.
"In Bindaas, Manoj's character was based on his real behaviour and attitude, here too we have portrayed Nagarjuna's cool demeanor in face of adversity. I have roped in Priyamani after seeing Paruthiveeran, she is a talented lady and Anushka has a heart of gold. None of the characters in the film are for ornamental purpose, they all run the story, they are instrumental in moving it forward. You will find 20 percent sentiment in my movies, my aim is escapist enjoyment but somewhere down the line I would want to do some cerebral films laced with some entertainment."
Yemaindi Eevela releasing on Oct 29
The film Emaindi Ee Vela, starring Varun Sandesh and debutante Kajal Agarwal’s sister, Nisha Agarwal in the lead roies, is being scheduled for release on October 29.
The film is produced by Kesanapalli Radhamohan under the banner of Sri Satya Sai Arts and directed by Sampath Nandi. The music has been scored by Chakri and the audio of the film released recently is becoming popular.
Varun Sandesh reportedly has high hopes on this film as he badly requires a hit which is elluding him after Kotha Bangaru Lokam.
Collector Gari Bharya to hit screens on Diwali
The film Collector Gari Bharya, featuring Bhumika and Prakash Raj in the lead roles, is slated for release on November 5.
The film is jointly produced by Vanitha Vani and Radhika Reddy under the banner of Amod Entertainments and Tekula Krupakar Reddy is making his debut as director.
Prakash Raj and Bhumika play husband and wife and the family drama unfolds as the husband is a district collector and the wife is academically highly qualified and seeks her own career which creates a conflict of mutual interests.
Ravi Teja as Mass Raja
Veteran actor-producer Krishnam Raju is reported to be making a film titled Mass Raja starring Ravi Teja and will be directed by Gopichand Malineni who recently gave the hit film Don Seenu. The film will be produced under the banner of Gopikrishna Movies.
Krishnam Raju will also make another film titled Rebel which will star his nephew Prabhas. More details about these two projects are awaited.
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