Karishma with Venkatesh?

Karishma with Venkatesh?

Karishma Kotak is the heroine of Megastar in SDZ and her debut film SDz is yet to release. Venkatesh who saw Karishma in SDZ audio function is said to be decided to take her for his next film as female lead. And Karishma is also showing interest to work with Venkatesh. Some more details are awaited.

Chiru's guest appearance in Don?

As for the gossip from filmnagar , Chiru is doing guest role in Nagarjuna's Don. Director Lawrence is the man behind this role. Lawrence was the director for Style in witch Megastar and Nag played guest roles. There is rumor that Nag is doing cameo in SDZ and Chiru's guest appearance in Don. One has to wait for the release of the films to know how far the rumor is correct.

Monica to make a film- with her experience in Jail.

Monica Bedi, the Tollywood and Bollywood heroine and lover of underworld Don Abu Salem is facing fake passport case. It is heard that she is planning to make a film on her experience in jail (in Portugal and in India).The film would have a Don role like Abhu Salem. More details are awaited. she is likely to be out from jail in a couple of days.

Chiru : She has brought a fresh flavour with her beauty

The Airtel you are trying to reach is currently switched off,” is what one has been hearing from Prabhudeva’s mobile phone for the last several days. A visit to Ramoji Film City where he is filming the remaining song on Chir anjeevi, Srikanth and a group of dancers on Friday last revealed on what a hectic schedule he has been having to complete the shoot and the remaining post production work for Gemini Film Circuits’ Shankar Dada Zindabad so as to m eet the producers’ dead line - the release being July 25. The song Good Morning… is played and the dancers and the actors begin to place their steps as taught to them by the ace choreographer-turned-director. A seasoned fil my dancer, it wasn’t difficult for Chiranjeevi to place those fast paced steps. Srikanth as his trusted lieutenant ATM, a character he had perfected in the first edition follows him. The song being filmed at various locations at RFC and since they have to complete it by the next day, there is hardly any time left for any one to spare.

Prabhudeva had made two straight films and this is his first remake in Telugu. “I chose Prabhudeva because of the poetic feel in the story. After watching his work in Nuvvosthanante Nenoddantana I felt he is the right choice,& said Chiranjeevi at the audio release function at Silpa Kalavedika, a few days ago. By acting in the film he became the first Telugu hero to do a sequel. Karishma Kotak replaces Vidya Balan in this Telugu version of Lage Raho Munnabhai. “She has brought a fresh flavour with her beauty and performance,” complimented Chiranjeevi.

The simple story line reads - how a local dada who confronts every situation with his unique street smart attitude and humour falls in love with a radio jockey that leads to him to an unexpected journey into history.

Since there is not much news to extract from the lead players who are so busy at the location, we shift to the recording theatre where music director Devi Sri Prasad is conducting the mixing. After a little bit of wait, he talks excitedly about his music. “There are two mega stars in the film,” he pauses for a while before completing the sentence. “Mahatma Gandhi and mega star Chiranjeevi. We were all excited doing the film as it is the first sequel in Telugu. It is very different from the first edition. This one leaves a strong message too besides entertaining. And the songs are situational. Without missing out on the commercial elements the music has to be in tune with the situations. At the same time I have to satisfy a large number of Chiranjeevi’s fans as they expect foot tapping numbers from him. This is really a challenging task for me,” he says.

The songs have already proved a chart buster and he is happy about it. “The song Good Morning being filmed now comes first in the film,” he says. “I enjoyed composing all the songs, but the one on Mahatma Gandhi, a tribute to the Father of the Nation (Hindi version’s Dilip Prabhavalkar is retained to play the role) written by Suddala Ashok Teja is my favourite. Aakalesthe Annam pedatha… by Sahiti is touching. I tuned it to the lyric in one night and sent to the unit which is shooting then in Australia for approval and when they all liked it I recorded the song the next day night. Songs like Jagadeka Veeruniki… Chandamama Kosame, Bhoolokamantha… enthral the audience while they watch them on the big screen.” “Lots of incidents that are happening around us are shown in the film. I think every Indian should watch the movie,” he says before turning to the console as the sounds of Shankar Dada Zindabad hooh haah hooh haah echo from the monitor.

Telugu Film News 20-07-2007

Okkamagadu shooting begins again

Hero Balakrishna and director YVS Chowdhary had come down to India after their long stint in USA. They have now resumed their most ambitious film “Okkamagadu”. On Friday (July 20), the shooting began at Ramanaidu Cine Village and it will continue till mid August.

NTR’s Kantri from August

NTR’s current film, “Yamadonga”, has almost finished its shooting. The film will hit the screens very soon. After this, NTR will be looking quite different in his new movie, which is titled “Kantri”. Buzz is that the film will be launched towards the August end. A newcomer Meher Ramesh is directing it. Ashwini Dutt produces the film. Manisharma composing music for this film in USA is one of the specialties.

Nagarjuna’s Love Story in October
Nagarjuna told media that his next film after he completes, “Don”, is a love story to be directed by Gunnam Gangaraju. The news has already appeared in various media and Nagarjuna has confirmed it. He informed the reporters that it might start in October. “As of now we are discussing the project. Script is being readied,” he told.

The film is titled “Love story Part 123”.
Nag buys a new Car.

Nag buys a new car from BMW. It is first of its kind in India and Nag is the first customer from India to buy this expensive imported car. Nag is already having two other luxury cars. This car color Metallic grey.

Sada replaces Suhani in Nitin’s film

It is gain and loss for Suhani. The beautiful teenage actress is not doing Nitin’s new film, which she accepted earlier. Sada is now doing that film. It is produced by RR Movie Makers and directed by Ravi Chavali. Buzz is that Suhani has now accepted another interesting film. She will be doing B. Jaya’s next film in which Sheela was first considered.
She will be romancing with Bharat in the film, which will have music by Jassie Gift.

PARTNER Movie Review : Partner is a laugh riot !

Punchline: love guru

Genre: Comedy
Banner: Sohail Khan Productions & K Sera Sera
Cast: Salman Khan, Govinda, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta & Rajpal Yadav
Lyrics: Sanjay Chhel, Shabbir Ahmed, Jalees Sherwani
Music: Sajid Wajid
Choreography: Bosco Caesar
Screenplay - dialogues: Sanjay Chhel
Director: David Dhawan
Producer: Sohail Khan
Release date: 20 July 2007

Story
Prem (Salman Khan) takes up the strange profession of self styled 'Love Guru' whose job includes giving tips to men who wants to get hold of the girls of their choice. Bhaskar (Govinda) is a fat employee working as a financial consultant for a multi-billion dollar company. He is in deep love with Priya (Katrina Kaif) company owner’s daughter. Bhaskar approaches Prem for helping him to make Priya fall for him. Naina (Lara Dutta) is a dynamic photo journalist. The rest of the story is all about how Prem convinces Priya for Bhaskar and how he again manages to marry single-mother Naina.

Actors performances
Salman Khan is in his elements as he made sure that there is good comic timing to his work which is extremely essential for the situational humor to work. Govinda manages his portion well with spontaneous reactions though he looks pretty obese. There is good chemistry between Salman Khan and Govinda. Katrina Kaif is alright. Lara Dutta is ok. Rajpal Yadav is nice as 'Chota Don' (kind of spoof on SRK's Don).

Story: The story is heavily inspired by Will Smith's Hollywood flick Hitch. The director lifted story, characterizations and scenes from Hitch. But he added a couple of threads (making heroine as single mother and marriage scene for Katrina). But what David Dhavan missed from Hitch is the strong characterization for heroine and the ego clash between the lead pair. He made the heroines' characters dummy by increasing exposure to heroes and added more comedy quotient. He leaves out the intelligence aspect in hero's characterization.

Screenplay - direction: Screenplay of the film is adequate. The direction is of typical David Dhawan style. You have to leave your thinking caps outside the theater while watching this film. The way he opened the film with animation story of the main lead is pretty creative. The concept of title cards is also good. He generates a good time-pass humor. But he could not establish and resolve the conflict part of the film is a good way.

Other departments: Dialogues by Sanjay Chhel deserve an applause.. Music by Sajid & Wajid is good. Color grading is nice. Editing is adequate. Production values are of good standard.

Analysis: First half of the film is good. Second half is alright. The director could not handle the resolving of misunderstandings in second half in a convincing way. But he makes up for it by creating hilarious scenes in extended climax of the honeymoon. On a while, Partner is a decent comedy flick and a poor copy of 'Hitch' and I repeat, only if you leave your thinking caps outside.

Katrina does not have much to do except smile.

Lara Dutta, who plays a reporter, clicks more pictures than writing stories. One wonders if she is a reporter or a photographer. Her chemistry with Salman is great, however, and it's time she gets her due like her contemporary, Priyanka Chopra.

A still from PartnerAmong the film's low points is Rajpal Yadav's character, Chotta Don. It is an imitation of Shah Rukh Khan's Don. Later in the film, Yadav's character just disappears.

Also, the film's end is very abrupt.

But despite the shortcomings, you will not feel disappointed because you will have had a good laugh through most of the film. A must watch.


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Screen Buzz: Vulgar Comedy Of Ravi Babu!

Ravi Babu is the son of Chalapathi Rao and he boasted that his father has seniority in doing rapes on screen and hence taught him how to rape whiel acting in first rape scene in the film 'Sivayya'. That is the point to boast about a father by his son. This shows that Ravi Babu has vulgar mind set which he feels quite normal and acceptable.
He made the films 'Allari' and 'Ammayilu Abbaiyilu' that run on soft porn jokes here and there. Indeed, Allari is the best among his films. He made 'Soggadu' and 'Party' those toppled miserably.
Now he is making two films. One is on the lines of Hindi film 'Metro' with Nikitha and the other is 'Anasuya' on the lines of 'Page 3' with Bhoomika. Will he stick on to his vulgar comedy even in tehse films? Observers say 'Yes'. He made the script with a few elements those attract adults.
Indeed, that should be a unique treat from him.

Spotlight: Satellite Rates Running In Crores

Satellite rights have become the biggest source of income for film producers now. Gone are the days where the producers have to rely only on the tickets sale at the box office counter. Intelligent producers are earning in the form of DVD rights, audio rights and above all the satellite rights.
ZEE TV has become the lion in bagging satellite rights by competing with MAA and Gemini channels.
Pokiri was sold out to MAA at Rs 1.08 Cr.
ZEE TV bagged Sainikidu, Annavaram, Munna at Rs 1.3 Cr each. AMAV was sold at whopping 1.4 Cr. And Dubai Seenu was gone at Rs 1.1 Cr.
Last year MAA TV bagged Chiranjeevi's Stalin at Rs 1.5 Cr. Now freshly the same MAA TV bagged the satellite rights of 'Yamadonga' at Rs 1.75 Cr as per the sources.
Fresh news says that Jagapathi Babu's films are also getting huge rate of Rs 1 Cr and above for satellite rights.
That is the magic of satellite rights which is making the budget of films also high.

Screen Talk: Kamna loves to work with Raja

Kamna Jethmalani was happy about the way she got the response from the audience to her role in the recently released Toss.

“I was stunned and surprised when I watch the film with the audience. They all enjoyed my comedy and even clapped at some scenes,” she said at the success meet of the film. She added that she loved to work with the same unit again, especially her co-star Raja.

“He is a good human being with a sense of humour. It has always been fun on the sets when I worked with him,” she said. Now, she is looking forward to the release of Yamadonga, where she is featured in an item song.