Jan 24, 2010
Logo of varudu released
The shooting of Allu Arjun’s latest movie Varudu is complete except for a couple of songs. Guna Sekhar directed this movie. Logo of Varudu was released today.A new actress is being introduced as heroine in this movie. Suhasini plays mother of Allu Arjun.Mani Sharma composes music and RD Raja Sekhar handles cinematography. DVV Danayya produces Varudu on Universal Media banner.
| Varudu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gunasekhar |
| Produced by | D. V. V. Danaya |
| Written by | Paruchuri Brothers |
| Starring | Allu Arjun Arya Suhasini Mani Ratnam |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | R. D. Rajasekhar |
| Editing by | Anthony |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | MARCH 2010 |
Chiranjeevi As Ram Charan's "Father in Law"
The Bollywood ace director Farhan has signed up Ram Charan for his next film. With this he joins Daggubati Rana who is also set to enter the Hindi film industry. Farhan saw the actor’s latest Telugu blockbuster Magadheera and was left speechless. “He loved the film and Ram Charan’s performance. Farhan feels Ram Charan has all the qualities of an action hero. He got in touch with him and has now signed him with his production house Excel Entertainment. A script titled Haafiz was narrated to Ram Charan.”
The movie is expected to go
on the floors in April and the release is scheduled around December. “If all goes well, Chiranjeevi might play the girl’s father,” adds ours source, While the script is still being fine tuned, the plot is basically rich girlmeets-poor boy plot with a lot of action sequences. “Deepika Padukone and Kangna are the two options being considered opposite Ram Charan. The film will be made in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi,” says the source.
Krishna grandson’s debut by Vijayanirmala.
Naveen happens to be the son of actor Naresh who himself is the son of Vijayanirmala. Though Naresh is not the natural son of Krishna, he always used to treat him just like his own sons likeRamesh Babu and Mahesh Babu.
Story discussions are on and still more ground work is to be done as movie may go on sets in coming summer, say a source. This will be a high budgeted movie and will be dealing with sensitive love story. Remaining cast and crew are further to be made public.
After NTR, ANR and Rama Naidu, super star krishna is also joining the league of grand father’s to feel proud of their grand son’s debuts.
Sirish Bharadwaj as AP Censor Board member
Dynasty is a way of life in our country. Sirish Bharadwaj is now a member of the state's Censor Board. Don't ever come up with questions regarding his qualifications. His biggest asset is that he is the son-in-law of the Megastar.
Sirish, who married Chiru's daughter Srija two years back, will continue to be a member of the Board for a period of one year. The dude's appointment has been announced by some government officials themselves.
Mr. Bharadwaj said that he was happy with his appointment. It is said that his appointment was first mooted and finalised by big shots in the State government.
The youngster, who hogged the limelight when he dramatically eloped with Srija on a December 2008 afternoon, went into hibernation later. He is blessed with a baby.
Sirish, who married Chiru's daughter Srija two years back, will continue to be a member of the Board for a period of one year. The dude's appointment has been announced by some government officials themselves.
Mr. Bharadwaj said that he was happy with his appointment. It is said that his appointment was first mooted and finalised by big shots in the State government.
The youngster, who hogged the limelight when he dramatically eloped with Srija on a December 2008 afternoon, went into hibernation later. He is blessed with a baby.
BUT THE TRUTH IS....
The last few days has seen one topic being discussed among many circles in the film industry – ‘how did Sirish Bharadwaj get into the censor board panel?’. Enquiries have been going strongly over this development and now here is the story from one very reliable source.
It is heard that Sirish managed to get into the censor board through one of Venkatswamy’s son Vivek’s influence. It is known news that he is active in politics and has pulled few strings for Sirish due to their friendship. Sirish got link with Venkataswamy family through Vishnu, the son of PJR.
Sirish has been known for his friends in the political circles and that is one strong reason why he had the guts to elope with Srija, daughter of Chiranjeevi, say many who know about him. As many say it was Vivek who helped Sirish during his marriage also. It now remains to be seen whether Sirish will do proper justice to the new role or not.
It is heard that Sirish managed to get into the censor board through one of Venkatswamy’s son Vivek’s influence. It is known news that he is active in politics and has pulled few strings for Sirish due to their friendship. Sirish got link with Venkataswamy family through Vishnu, the son of PJR.
Sirish has been known for his friends in the political circles and that is one strong reason why he had the guts to elope with Srija, daughter of Chiranjeevi, say many who know about him. As many say it was Vivek who helped Sirish during his marriage also. It now remains to be seen whether Sirish will do proper justice to the new role or not.
Varudu has South African Fighters...
Allu Arjun’s upcoming flick, Varudu is in last schedule of shooting and is taking place at Ramoji film city. The climax part of the film is yet to be picturised and it is planned in the Old City, Hyderabad.
Sources say that, the climax part has few action scenes and to shot these sequences the film-makers planned to get the fighters from South Africa who have a great expertise in Parkour(world renowned style of free style jumping and running). Parkour was earlier seen in like James Bonds Casino Royale films. The climax will have these fighters jumping from building to other building.
Cinematographer R.D. Rajasekhar (of Gharshana and Ghajini fame) is reportedly so impressed with the story that he agreed not to work for any other films till the completion of this flick. Another specialty of the film is that about 50 families are playing roles in this film along with their family members. Mani Sharma has scored music for lyrics penned by Veturi. Srikar Prasad edits the film, while Peter Haynes choreographs action sequences. Ashok is the man behind art.
Sources say that, the climax part has few action scenes and to shot these sequences the film-makers planned to get the fighters from South Africa who have a great expertise in Parkour(world renowned style of free style jumping and running). Parkour was earlier seen in like James Bonds Casino Royale films. The climax will have these fighters jumping from building to other building.
Cinematographer R.D. Rajasekhar (of Gharshana and Ghajini fame) is reportedly so impressed with the story that he agreed not to work for any other films till the completion of this flick. Another specialty of the film is that about 50 families are playing roles in this film along with their family members. Mani Sharma has scored music for lyrics penned by Veturi. Srikar Prasad edits the film, while Peter Haynes choreographs action sequences. Ashok is the man behind art.
'1940 Lo Oka Gramam' wins National Award
56th National Awards for year 2008 were announced. Like always, Telugu films missed major awards but offbeat Telugu Film 1940 Lo Oka Gramam, directed by Narasinha Nandi, was adjudged as Best Regional Film (Telugu). From Telugu, 1940 Lo Oka Gramam, Arundathi, Ashta Chemma, Batukamma, Cell, Gamyam and Neninthe were short listed but only 1940 Lo Oka Gramam won the award. That too in the regional category.
Bengali film "Antaheen" was named the best film. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has bagged her first National Award for her performance in Madhur Bhandarkar's "Fashion". The Best Actor award went to Upendra Limaye for Marathi film 'Jogwa'.
Bengali film "Antaheen" was named the best film. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has bagged her first National Award for her performance in Madhur Bhandarkar's "Fashion". The Best Actor award went to Upendra Limaye for Marathi film 'Jogwa'.
Movie Details:
Banner : Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Cinema
Name of the film : 1940 Lo Oka Gramam
Main cast : Baladitya, Sri, Rallapalli, Mukku Raju, Ramakrishna, Rajitha, Srilatha, Sailakshmi and others
Music : Saketh Sairam
Camera : Murali Mohan Reddy
Producer's : Nandireddy Narasimha Reddy, Juvvisetty Sriravamma and Nandireddy Nagama
Director : Narasimha
Banner : Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Cinema
Name of the film : 1940 Lo Oka Gramam
Main cast : Baladitya, Sri, Rallapalli, Mukku Raju, Ramakrishna, Rajitha, Srilatha, Sailakshmi and others
Music : Saketh Sairam
Camera : Murali Mohan Reddy
Producer's : Nandireddy Narasimha Reddy, Juvvisetty Sriravamma and Nandireddy Nagama
Director : Narasimha
Complete List of 56th National Awards, 2008
1. BEST FEATURE FILM - Antaheen (Bengali)
2. INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FILM OF A DIRECTOR - A Wednesday (Director : Neeraj Pandey)
3. BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT - Oye Lucky ! Lucky Oye (Hindi)
4. NARGIS DUTT AWARD FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION - Aai Kot Nai (Assamese)
5. BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES - Little Zizou (English,Gujarati)
6. BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES- Jogva (Marathi)
7. BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION - Jianta Bhoota (Oriya)
8. BEST CHILDREN’S FILM - Gubbachigalu (Kannada)
9. BEST ANIMATION FILM Roadside Romeo (Hindi)
10. BEST DIRECTION - Bala (Naan Kaduval - Tamil)
11. BEST ACTOR- Upendra Limaye (Jogva, Marathi)
12. BEST ACTRESS - Priyanka Chopra (Fashion, Hindi)
13. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Arjun Rampal (Rock On !!, Hindi)
14. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Kangana (Fashion, Hindi)
15. BEST CHILD ARTIST - Shams Patel (Thanks Maa, Hindi)
16. BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER - Hariharan (Jogva, Marathi)
17. BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER - Shreya Ghoshal(Antaheen, Bengali)
18. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Avik Mukhopadhyay (Antaheen, Bengali)
19. BEST SCREENPLAY- Sachin Kundalkar (Gandha, Marathi)
20. BEST AUDIOGRAPHY- Pramod J. Thomas( Gandha, Marathi)
21. BEST EDITING- A. Sreekar Prasad (Firaaq, Hindi)
22. BEST ART DIRECTION- Gautam Sen (Firaaq, Hindi)
23. BEST COSTUME DESIGNER - Neeta Lulla (Jodha Akbar, Hindi)
24. BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST - Moorthy V. (Naan Kadauul, Tamil)
25. BEST MUSIC DIRECTION - Ajay and Atul (Jogva, Marathi)
26. BEST LYRICS - Anindya Bannerjee and Chandranil Bhattacharya (Antaheen, Bengali)
27. SPECIAL JURY AWARD - Bioscope (Malayalam)
28. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS - Govardhan (Mumbai Meri Jaan, Hindi)
29 BEST CHOREOGRAPHY - Chinni Prakash & Rekha Prakash (Jodha Akbar, Hindi)
30. BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED
a) Mon Jai - Assamese
b) Shob Charitro Kalponik - Bengali
c) Rock On - Hindi
D) Vimukthi - Kannada
E) Thirakkada - Malayalam
F) Harishcnadrachi Factory - Marathi
G) Vaarnam Aiyiram - Tamil
H) 1940 LO Oka Gramam - Telugu
I) Yarwng - Kokborok
J) Gaggara - Tulu
31. BEST BOOK ON CINEMA - Bollywood Melodies (English) Author: Ganesh Anantharaman
32. SPECIAL JURY MENTION - The Director’s Mind (English) Ujjal Chakraborty
33. BEST FILM CRITIC - Altaf Mazid and R.K. Bidur Singh
2. INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FILM OF A DIRECTOR - A Wednesday (Director : Neeraj Pandey)
3. BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT - Oye Lucky ! Lucky Oye (Hindi)
4. NARGIS DUTT AWARD FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION - Aai Kot Nai (Assamese)
5. BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES - Little Zizou (English,Gujarati)
6. BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES- Jogva (Marathi)
7. BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION - Jianta Bhoota (Oriya)
8. BEST CHILDREN’S FILM - Gubbachigalu (Kannada)
9. BEST ANIMATION FILM Roadside Romeo (Hindi)
10. BEST DIRECTION - Bala (Naan Kaduval - Tamil)
11. BEST ACTOR- Upendra Limaye (Jogva, Marathi)
12. BEST ACTRESS - Priyanka Chopra (Fashion, Hindi)
13. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Arjun Rampal (Rock On !!, Hindi)
14. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Kangana (Fashion, Hindi)
15. BEST CHILD ARTIST - Shams Patel (Thanks Maa, Hindi)
16. BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER - Hariharan (Jogva, Marathi)
17. BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER - Shreya Ghoshal(Antaheen, Bengali)
18. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Avik Mukhopadhyay (Antaheen, Bengali)
19. BEST SCREENPLAY- Sachin Kundalkar (Gandha, Marathi)
20. BEST AUDIOGRAPHY- Pramod J. Thomas( Gandha, Marathi)
21. BEST EDITING- A. Sreekar Prasad (Firaaq, Hindi)
22. BEST ART DIRECTION- Gautam Sen (Firaaq, Hindi)
23. BEST COSTUME DESIGNER - Neeta Lulla (Jodha Akbar, Hindi)
24. BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST - Moorthy V. (Naan Kadauul, Tamil)
25. BEST MUSIC DIRECTION - Ajay and Atul (Jogva, Marathi)
26. BEST LYRICS - Anindya Bannerjee and Chandranil Bhattacharya (Antaheen, Bengali)
27. SPECIAL JURY AWARD - Bioscope (Malayalam)
28. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS - Govardhan (Mumbai Meri Jaan, Hindi)
29 BEST CHOREOGRAPHY - Chinni Prakash & Rekha Prakash (Jodha Akbar, Hindi)
30. BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED
a) Mon Jai - Assamese
b) Shob Charitro Kalponik - Bengali
c) Rock On - Hindi
D) Vimukthi - Kannada
E) Thirakkada - Malayalam
F) Harishcnadrachi Factory - Marathi
G) Vaarnam Aiyiram - Tamil
H) 1940 LO Oka Gramam - Telugu
I) Yarwng - Kokborok
J) Gaggara - Tulu
31. BEST BOOK ON CINEMA - Bollywood Melodies (English) Author: Ganesh Anantharaman
32. SPECIAL JURY MENTION - The Director’s Mind (English) Ujjal Chakraborty
33. BEST FILM CRITIC - Altaf Mazid and R.K. Bidur Singh
Raviteja's VEERA First Look
Ravi Teja is all set to appear as Veera, a warrior, in Tolly2Holly’s next production in the direction of Ramesh Varma. Fresh from the success of Ride, Ramesh Varma is starting this big budgeted film in summer 2010. The first look is here. The film has great crew including hotshot music director Devi Sri Prasad composing songs and Sam K Naidu handling the camera. Parachuri Brothers pen the dialogues. Ganesh Indukuri is producing it.
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