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Nagma, the former No 1 of South Indian films and elder sister of the current No 1, Jyothika, returns to films yet again. This time, she is concentrating on Bollywood.
Initially, Nagma made her debut in Bollywood. She wasn’t successful and so she shifted her attention to Kollywood and Tollywood. Soon she became extremely popular. She had also acted in couple of Malayalam films. But, at the peak of her career, she was unnecessarily dragged into lot of rumors linking her to a married actor. And, she simply took off to Mumbai, swearing that she’d never return to Kollywood again.
After a few years, she did make a few appearances. Then, she opened a boutique in Mumbai and became an ‘Art of Living’ instructor. She is now getting ready to return to Bollywood. This time, she is acting with Amitabh Bachchan.

By now, it is known that Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan Teja is expected to make his acting debut sometime this year. Rumours have it that producer M.S. Raju is most likely to introduce Teja as a hero through his production banner and that the film will be directed by Prabhudeva. Industry circles say that the film might be launched on Chiranjeevi’s birthday. Prabhudeva’s debut film as a director, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, took the industry by storm and his second film Pournami ready for release.

With hits like Chandramukhi and Lakshmi to her credit, Nayanatara is one of the most sought after actresses in Telugu films today. Of late, she has been spending more time in Hyderabad shooting for Nagarjuna’s new film. However, rumours from the Chennai film industry suggest that Nayanatara and her Tamil film co-star Silambarasan are more than just good friends. According to the Chennai media, the two were spotted at several restaurants in Chennai. It is said that the two are constantly in touch over phone.

The latest film starring Prabhas, titled Munna, was launched recently. Dil Raju is known for his unique method of functioning. The muhurat of Munna took place on a grand scale at the Annapurna Studios, with N.T. Ramarao and Venkatesh as the special guests. The film will be directed by debutant Vamsee Paidipally, a close friend of Prabhas. Ileana has been signed to play the female lead. Dil Raju says, “Prabhas and I had planned this film even before Varsham. Though I had narrated the scripts of Arya and Bhadra, Prabhas felt that those stories wouldn’t suit him. Then came Vamsee with a fantastic storyline and Prabhas accepted it. Adds Prabhas, “I am sure I will fit the character in Munna and the film has all it takes to be a hit. I have an interesting role. Harris Jeyaraj has given some really good music.”

Movie Rajababu
Director Muppalaneni Siva
Producer United Movies
Music SA Raj Kumar
Cast Rajasekhar, Sridevika, Sarada, Vijay Kumar, Siva Reddy
When will we see Dr Rajasekhar doing something original? His latest film Rajababu a remake of Mohanlal?s Balettan a steamy family entertainer falls flat, as it reminds you of the Telugu tearjerkers of 60?s and 70?s.
How a devoted son safeguards his father?s reputation as a clean man just does not gel with today?s audience. The story is so predictable and clich餠as the basic idea of the scriptwriter seems to work on lady sentiments. What film makers should realize is that this genre of sentimental family stories are beaten to death on small screen and ladies get their daily dose from television.
Rajababu (Rajasekhar) is a do-gooder and a dutiful son. He gives a promise to his father on death bed that he will look after his second wife and children! To safe guard this promise Rajababu goes through hell as everyone including his brother, mother and his own wife suspects his noble intentions. But predictably, everything is sorted out in the climax and Rajababu comes out as a ?surf white? man with a noble heart!
It is an unbelievable yarn and the only saving grace in the film is the Chandramukhi comedy track of Kovai Sarala and Brahmanandam. Director Muppalaneni Siva goes through the motions of doing a remake. S.A.Rajkumar?s music is a rehash and among the actors Rajasekhar, Sarada, Riaz Khan are all adequate. On the whole, it is a boring affair.

Last week, Trisha shot for the first time with Chiranjeevi for Stalin. She was in all awe of one of the greatest living legends of Indian cinema.
Trisha has completed the climax and part of a song in Pournami before joining the sets of Murugadoss directed Stalin.
Meanwhile Trisha who is very busy in Telugu is actively considering two films in Tamil- Dasavatharam with Kamal Hassan and Bheema with Vikram. But everything depends on how her dates can be adjusted.

Hrithik Roshan’s Krrish is being dubbed into Telugu. Rakesh Roshan, Rajesh Roshan and Hrithik Roshan, the winning team of two consecutive hits is on the verge of a hat trick.
Krrish is a sequel to their hit Koi…Mil Gaya and has Priyanka Chopra in the female lead. Preity Zinta will play a cameo and Rekha plays Hrithik’s grandmother in the film. The Telugu dubbing rights of the film has been snapped up by Bipin Shah only for Andhra and Ceded for a record Rs One Crore! Yash Chopra and his Yashraj Films holds the Nizam area.
Says Rakesh Roshan: “Krrish has Hrithik playing a superhero with awesome special effects and mind blowing action scenes done with Hollywood technicians. I feel that there is tremendous potential for the film in Telugu as Hrithik is very popular in Andhra”.
Krrish was originally slated for release on June 30 the same day as the release of the Hollywood Superman Returns but now it looks like that Rakesh Roshan will prepone the release to June 16.

Ugadi Day (March 30) is the traditional start of the summer season at the Andhra box-office. This week Raghavendra Rao directed Sri Ramadasu releases which was originally slated for release last December.
This mythological film had run into problem with the animal welfare board which had objected to a deer in the film which has been sorted out. Sri Ramadasu has been cleared with a clean ‘U’ certificate and the team of Rao- Nag- Keeravani are confident about its success.
In the trade, the film carries high expectations and is expected to take a big opening with school and colleges being closed and the family audience are sure going to lap it up.
The only opposition to this Nag film is Nitin and his Ram which is a romantic entertainer and some of the audience especially the youth may prefer to watch a pucca commercial masala movie.

Movie Premante Inthe
Director Ramana
Producer Ravi Kishore
Music Koti
Cast Navadeep,Poonam Bajwa, Rupali
Producer Ravikishore of Sri Sravanthi Movies and Director Ramana and are getting ready with their big summer release Premante Inthe with Koti’s music. It is a feel good entertainer that is aimed at the youth.
The film deals with friendship and love and how the youth deals with them. There are no villains and it is circumstances that turn against lovers. “The shooting is almost over with just the title song to be canned”: says the producer who has Navadeep and Poonam Bajwa playing the lead roles.
Rupali from Bangalore plays the second heroine while Sarath Babu is cast as the hero’s father with Naresh and Aishwarya doing the role of heroine’s uncle and aunt. Sathya Krishnan (Anand fame) is cast as the heroine’s sister-in-law.
There are a battalion of comedians to tickle your funny bones. Says Ravi Kishore : “It is a team effort and after watching the six songs I am happy with the product”. Shankar is the choreographer, Hari Anumolu is the cameraman and Srikar Prasad is the editor.

A Tamil actor like Suriya whose Ghajini in Telugu was a huge hit, is now doing an endorsement for Pepsi in Andhra!
Suriya is promoting “Pepsi Thragandi Hero Avvandi” contest. The mega contest will culminate in one lucky winner who will get a chance to act in Suriya’s forthcoming movie Rangam Sidhamayindhi being produced and directed by Gautham Menon. The confidence that Pepsi has in Suriya in this hot Andhra summer is tremendous. It is for the first time that an actor who is not a mainstream Telugu commercial actor has been roped in to do a promotion of a product. It clearly shows the reach of Suriya in Andhra!
Remember arch rival Vikram is endorsing Coco-Cola in south India and its summer promotion in Andhra is likely to start in April. And above all our mega star Chiranjeevi endorses Thumps Up, a Coco Cola India product. So it requires a lot of guts on Pepsi’s part to do a major promotional road show with Suriya. Added Saurab Gupta, Director Operations, Pepsi Foods: “We are extremely confident that Suriya will help us make deep inroads in Andhra cola market. We are excited about “Pepsi Thragandi Hero Avvandi” contest that also reiterates Pepsi’s youthful positioning”.