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Music director Thaman has delivered the biggest musical hit of 2011 with Dookudu and his ‘Sir Osthara’ from Businessman is the song of the year so far. Now the young musician is all set to outperform himself with his upcoming works.
He has recently composed a song for Jr. NTR movie Badshah (tentative title) which is being praised by the film’s unit. They say that it will rock the listeners once the audio comes out. Thaman has recently purchased costly musical equipment and he has been using that for Venkatesh’s shadow and NTR’s Badshah. There is a considerable change in the output is what the people who heard the music has to say.
Recently, Mega Power Star Ram Charan is heard to have advised Amala Paul to reduce the fat of her body for his project in the combination of Vinayak. However, many fans of both Charan and Amala were said to be annoyed with the advice of Charan as they like the present physique of Amala very much. It is a known thing that Amala Paul was selected as the second heroine for this movie and Kajal is doing the main heroine role.
On the contrary to the gesture of Cherry, Natasimham Nandamuri Balakrishna advised his heroine Parvathi Melton to grow some fat on her body so that she would get a solid personality. Strangely, Balakrishna is heard to have received appreciations from many people for his wise advice to Parvathi as they think Parvathi would suitable to Balakrishna, only when she puts up some weight. It is a known thing that Parvathi Melton has roped in as one of the heroines for Balakrishna's 'Srimannarayana'.
The cine industry may have its own set of rules but certain protocols are often adhered to. For instance, the seniority aspect is given a lot of value and like it or not, those who are growing must give that respect. However, here is one actress who seems to have surpassed that in her own style.
She is none other than Sonam Kapoor, daughter of Anil Kapoor and news is that she has beaten the likes of Bollywood Badshah Shahrukh Khan and living legend Amitabh Bachchan. All this has happened in the famous social networking site Twitter. It is heard that recently an online poll was conducted to determine the most influential Indian in Twitter.
The survey was done based on parameters like quality of tweets, the number of followers and the responses received for that. Usually, Sonam has been known as a style icon but it has shocked many in Bollywood as to how she could get past such powerful personalities. Only Sonam knows the answer for that.
Power star Pawan Kalyan usually comes across as a man of practical thoughts and realistic approach in life. But it appears that just like most of the people in the film circuit, even he is no exception to sentiments. The reason we say this is after receiving the new update about his movie.
It is known that Pawan Kalyan is currently busy with the shooting of his new movie 'Gabbar Singh' and the leading lady is the seductive beauty Shruti Haasan. Now, the update is that Shruti's character has been named as Bhagyalakshmi. If one can recall, Pawan has got a link to that name.
His last hit 'Jalsa' had the sexy hip beauty Ileana donning the name Bhagyamati and Pawan fondly calls her as 'Bhaagi'. Now, it appears that the same sentiment has been applied to 'Gabbar Singh'. The film is directed by Harish Shankar and already, there is a strong inside talk about the movie getting positive vibes. Let us hope even the name sentiment works in the power star's favour.
Jr NTR’s most anticipated flick ‘dammu’ will have the audio scheduled for release on March 17. Music for the flick is provided by MM Keeravani. Currently shooting of the film is progressing on fast pace at RFC. Unit is filming high voltage action episode on the lead cast.
‘NTR is sporting a new look in this mass entertainer. His diction, performance will be entirely different from his earlier outings,’ says confident director Boyapati Srinu. While Trisha and Karthika are playing heroines, movie is produced by KS Rama Rao under Creative Commercials banner will have a grand release in the month of April.
Tamil Star Surya and his brother Karthi are gearing up for a planned and long term assault on the Telugu market. Having tasted good success in Andhra Pradesh, the brothers have now decided to take things more seriously and establish a solid market for themselves here. They have got themselves a huge flat in Madhapur and that will serve as their base in Hyderabad. The brothers are scouting around for dedicated dedicated staff to manage their PR and logistics. This setup will manage and work towards enhancing the market of Surya and Karthi.
Surya is already asking for Telugu dubbing rights as part of his compensation for all new movies and Karthi speaks excellent Telugu, almost like a native person. Industry veterans say that Surya and Karthi have the potential to create a big market, on par with any big Telugu hero, here with the kind of dedication and planning they are showing. Expect to see a dubbed version of every Tamil film belonging to these brothers and a couple of straight releases too. The question remains. When will our stars capture foreign markets in a similar way?
Leading producer Allu Aravind offers a staggering `15 crore each for a three-film deal with actor Mahesh Babu. Besides, the actor can pick and choose the script and director
These days in Tollywood, everyone wants to work with Mahesh Babu, the Man with the Midas Touch.
The back-to-back blockbusters — The Businessman and Dookudu — have taken Mahesh Babu’s career to an unscaled peak.
According to trade insiders, the actor, popularly called the Prince, is the second highest paid actor in the South, next only to Rajinikanth. Offers are pouring in for Mahesh from all quarters in the industry.
Perhaps, nothing can match the offer leading producer Allu Aravind has put forward. Reports say Aravind recently sent a proposal to the Prince to sign a three-film deal for a whopping Rs 15 crore each. Besides the 45-crore package, Mahesh has also been given the freedom to pick his choice of script and director.
Though it is not clear if Mahesh has given nod to what the industry calls a staggering offer, the news has spread like wildfire, sending Tollywood into a tizzy.
People in the know say it is quite evident that Aravind wants to cash in on the popularity of Mahesh Babu. The news has come as a surprise for many as the Aravind camp itself has four big stars in its kitty: Ram Charan Tej, Pawan Kalyan, Allu Arjun and Chiranjeevi.
Mahesh is currently working on Seethama Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. Directed by Srikanth Addala and produced by Dil Raju, the multi-starrer film will also feature Venkatesh. His project with director Sukumar is expected to go on floors this month. Reports say Mahesh will soon work with Mani Ratnam in Ponniyin Selvan along with Tamil actor Vijay.
With quite a few big projects in his kitty, it will be a breather for most fans to hear that Mahesh and ace director Rajamouli are working together. Though there has been considerable buzz about them joining hands, we haven’t heard anything concrete.
Rajamouli once tweeted saying he wanted the audience to decide what they wanted from the director and actor. Further, he said, “Do you want to see Mahesh in a cowboy film, a James Bond film or Alluri Seetaramaraju.” It will be quite interesting to see what this duo will finally come up with.
Finally, shall we say Mr Aravind is the real ‘The Businessman’?
The success of Simhadri made NTR famously give a pompous statement. He openly expressed his wish to become the Numero Uno of Tollywood. Chiranjeevi, who was still the reigning star, was apparently his target. At the silver jubilee celebrations of Indra, Prakash Raj, who was perceived to be with the Chiru camp, indirectly took potshots at the aggressive dreams of this upstart, saying that the Mega Star could not be upstaged by anyone.
The rest is history. NTR hasn't had a second Simhadri over all the years. Meanwhile, he got a competitor from someone he might have thought to be a negligible class actor of limited appeal for the masses. It was Mahesh Babu, who rose to superstardom with Pokiri in 2006. Five years later, while Oosaravelli failed to make money beyond the first week, Dookudu broke all the records.
Ever since a mediocre film like Businessman shocked the world by raking in the greatest amount in the history of Telugu cinema, which proves Mahesh's unparalleled standing beyond doubt, a particularly interesting rumour has been doing the rounds in Film Nagar. That the producer of Dammu has rumouredly paid Rs. 12 crore as remuneration to NTR!
When NTR wanted to outclass Chiru, his producers were made to go for mammoth releases. When the trick failed with all the films, including Oosaravelli, he wants to prove that he is the Big One who is paid the highest remuneration in the town. So opine some industry observers.Where will this unacknowledged NTR-Mahesh rivalry lead to?
