Superstar Rajnikant, who has teamed with Aishwarya Rai in Tamil film Endhiran(ROBOT in Telugu) is expected to hit the screens in July or August.
 
Rajnikant was speaking on one of the costliest films to be made in India - with a budget of over Rs 125 crore - after he had visited Chief Minister K Karunanidhi Thursday to thank him for attending the engagement ceremony of Rajnikant’s second daughter Soundarya with industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar.
 
ROBOT is directed by Shankar and according to the him more than 90 percent of the movie is complete. AR Rahman has composed the music for the film.

Allu Arjun , Manchu Manoj starrer Vedam movie under the direction of Krish (‘Gamyam’ fame) has already been completed its major shooting part and this film is releasing in June. This is a multi starrer movie, Anushka plays the role of a prostitute while Manoj plays the rock star, Allu Arjun is doing mass role and some other stars in guest role and some surprises too. This movie produced by Devineni Prasad and Yarlagada Sobha on the banner of Arka Media.

City-based Rayudu Vision Media Limited (RVML) on Friday announced that their first, full-length 2D animated feature film ‘Lava Kusa, The Warrior Twins’, targeting all people of ages and segments of society, would hit the big screens this summer.
 
At a press conference, CEO R.V. Rayudu said they had invested Rs. 100 crore in the media venture RVML and that the verticals would include animation institutes and a Telugu television channel. The venture marks the diversification of the Rayudu Laboratories, known as a manufacturer of specialty inks, into the animation business. The film based on a story from the epic Ramayana would be released in English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil and directed by veteran Dhavala Satyam. The film was been entirely made at RVML laboratories, that has 400 people working on animation projects. Once ‘Lava Kusa’ is released, work will begin on ‘Pappu - The Saviour’ and the television series Leo n’ Meo.
 
RVML Joint MD, Rayudu V. Sashank said “The film is made up of songs with catchy tunes, action, comedy and characters (both human beings and animals) that maintain true friendship with visual effects targeted at all age groups, making it a family entertainer.” Music for the film is scored by S.L. Vaidyanathan and comprises notes from traditional and Western instruments in a melodious blend. The five songs in the film are sung by K.J. Yesudas, Shankar Mahadevan, Chitra and Sadhana Sargam in Telugu and Hindi, with lyrics penned by Veturi Sundarama Murthy (Telugu), Pandit Kiran Mishra (Hindi) and Pirai Sudan (Tamil)(The Hindu).

Popular telugu comedian Padmanabham passed away today with Heart attack. His age is 79 years and he acted in more that 400 films.He entered into movie field in 1943.Padmanabham (born Basavaraju Venkata Padmanabha Rao, 20 August 1931) is a Telugu movie comedian as well as film producer. He was born to Smt. Santham and Sri. Basavaraju Venkata Seshaiah in Simhadripuram village, Pulivendula taluk, Kadapa District. He continuously practicing Yoga for last 52 years. Recently he acted in Telugu movies Chakram, Badra and Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila.

Nandamuri BalaKrishna’s upcoming movie Simha’s audio will release in the first week of March. The shooting part of the film is almost completed except three songs. Two songs are planned to shot abroad while one song will be canned in a set at Hyderabad.
 
Bala Krishna will be seen romancing three heroines in the film, Nayanatara, Namitha and Sneha Ullal. Boyapati Srinu is directing the film and Parachuri Kireeti is producing it. ‘United Movies’ banner is presenting this film. Chakri is scoring the music for the film.

Young music composer Thaman Sai is on cloud nine for two reasons. One, he will soon be joining the big league. He’ll be part of the Kamal Haasan-KS Ravikumar-Udhayanidhi combo for their comedy caper Yaavarum Kelir. Second, his recent album Mun Dhinam Partheney is a hit and two of the songs are already chartbusters. The movie, produced by Seventh Channel, has newcomers Sanjay, Ekta, Lizna and Pooja in the lead.
 
Though Thaman isn’t too forthcoming about Kamal’s project, he is delighted that Mun Dhinam… is receiving accolades from Tollywood too. “I was thrilled when ace music director Devi Sri Prasad called and said he thought the MDP songs were fresh and peppy. He told me, ‘I appreciate your guts in scoring for an experimental film like MDP and you’ve done it with conviction,’” disclosed an excited Thaman.
 
He went on to discuss the most challenging number in the film. “Director Magizh Thirumeni wanted Saral Pudhu Saral to have a jazzy effect. Unless you know to handle jazz, it can become messy. What made it tough was that I had to walk a tightrope by mixing and matching western music with Tamil lyrics!”
 
It’s being said that Kamal thought of Thaman for his film after listening to his Tamil and Telugu output.

Many of the actors from the south are showing interest on Bollywood these days. While Rana has already signed a film with Abhishekh Bachchan, there have been rumors about Ram Charan’s Bollywood entry.
 
Even the young tiger,Jr NTR too expressed his interest to do Bollywood films. “I am thinking about my Bollywood entry. But it will take time,” he said in an interview recently. When acted about doing any Tamil film, “No. I will never do Tamil film,” he replied.

Sree Vaas who delivered hit movie "Lakshyam" with Gopichand, is currently directing Rama Rama Krishna Krishna with Ram as hero. Produced by Dil Raju, the film is nearing its completion. The latestBuzz is that Sree Vaas has recently narrated a storyline to Balakrishna and the star is reportedly impressed with it and agreed the project to start immediately. This movie will hit the floors in summer. Krishna Prasad who recently produced Mitrudu with NBK would be producing it.

Shruti Haasan, it seems, will have a dream debut in Kollywood after all. If sources are to be believed, the actress will be working with Suriya and A R Murugadoss in their next film, which has music by Harris Jayaraj. The film has been triggering interest as Ghajini, the last project that Suriya and A R Murugadoss worked together in, was a roaring success.
 
Many expect the team to deliver another hit on the lines of Ghajini. Sources close to the film’s unit disclose that Ravi K Chandran will be the cameraman for the project, the work on which is to begin in April this year.
 
Udhayanidhi Stalin, who is also producing another movie starring Kamal Haasan and Trisha, is to produce this film.

Hot actress Illeana speaks about the role of an actress in the success and failure of a movie in Tollywood. She says, "I dont understand why a movie becomes Hit or a Flop. We act according to the requirement of a director. Irrespective of the result of the movie, we get praises from audience if the characterisation is good. Thats why I choose proper characters not a story. I rejected some offers in Bollywood too due to this."

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, who had quit a government appointed panel to examine proposed amendments to the Copyright Act, Friday withdrew his resignation.
 
In a letter to Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal, Aamir said, "Sir, I have given a lot of thought to your request to take back my resignation. I have also read the letter forwarded by other members reposing faith on my integrity… I am withdrawing my resignation."
 
"The initiative taken by you (Sibal) is very important. It is a welcome step by you and your ministry," a HRD ministry official quoted Aamir as saying.
 
Aamir had Wednesday resigned from the 10-member committee following reported differences with committee member and lyricist Javed Akhtar.
 
The actor had said that his fellow members had attempted to attack him in public "by printing lies" about him "thereby turning the attention away from a genuine debate about copyright issues".(IANS)

Vivek Agnihotri, who is all set to direct political thriller Freedom based on the events of the last three decades, says Sanjay Dutt may play an important role in it.
 
"Yes, it (the cast) is more or less finalised. While R Madhavan is already on board, talks with Sanjay Dutt are in the final stages as well," Agnihotri told IANS.
 
The film would begin from the 1975-77 Emergency and the sterilisation campaign by Sanjay Gandhi during that period. Some of the other major episodes which would be brought alive on screen are the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Bofors scam, and other prominent scams in the last three decades.
 
Given the fact that the director is exploring more than half-a-dozen ugly episodes from the history of modern India, doesn’t he fear protests and confrontation from political parties as well as others?
 
"What can one do, the truth can’t be erased, right?" Agnihotri asked. "And then courtesy the kind of politicians that we have been having in the country, both in the past as well as the current times, you can’t deny the relevance and topicality of the issues.
 
"Perhaps people have changed but not the thought process. Freedom will be told in the format of a political thriller and I can promise to be truly honest and unbiased in my job."
 
Would the story be told in a chronological manner or would there be overlaps and going back and forth, as seen last in Love Aaj Kal?
 
"No, Freedom will have a linear narrative", said Agnihotri, who had earlier attempted a non-linear narrative in his debut effort Chocolate. "The beauty of the subject is that it stays as topical as ever as it starts in the 70s and takes us to the current times. Even if I had to make Freedom in 2020, it will still retain its charm."
 
Agnihotri’s wish list includes Malayalam superstar Mohan Lal while the hunt for the leading lady is still on.
 
Freedom is all set to go on floors in April. (IANS)

An angry Amitabh Bachchan has blasted, what he called a "false" and "insensitive" media report on his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai’s health saying, "I shall not tolerate it."
 
A city based tabloid, published a report saying Aishwarya had been trying to conceive for some time but has been unable to do as she is suffering from stomach tuberculosis.
 
Bachchan, who was "too incensed and angered" by the claims of the tabloid, posted the copy of the report on his blog calling it the "lowest quality of journalism".
 
"I write to you today in deep anguish, pain and disgust. This article is completely false, completely fabricated, unsubstantiated, insensitive and of the lowest quality of journalism there ever was," Bachchan wrote on his
blog.
 
"I am the head of my family. Aishwarya is not my daughter-in -law, she is my daughter, a woman, a lady in my house and home. If anyone will speak derogatorily about her, I shall fight for her till my last breath. If you have something to say to the men in the house, Abhishek or me, I shall bear it. BUT .. if you shall make injudicious remarks on the women in my home, I shall not tolerate it !!!," Bachchan added.
 
The 67-year-old superstar further wrote, "I am too incensed and angered by the contents!! Not a single portion of the article is true!! I have much to comment upon on this, but shall hold on till another day."
 
His son and Ash’s husband has also Tweeted about the rumours surrounding his wife.
 
"The article is disgusting and appalling! As a husband and a man i’m shocked that one can talk so irresponsibly about a woman, that too..FALSELY!! on a personal note, as a husband i will not stand for such rubbish being written about my wife," Abhishek wrote on the micro-blogging site.(PTI)

Hrithik Roshan has just returned from Singapore, where he’d gone to see his knee doctor. The actor’s knee has been troubling him for over two years. Sources reveal the actor has gone for diagnosis on his knee before he restarts shooting for the final schedule of Bhansali’s Guzaarish.
 
A source reveals, "Hrithik was in Singapore for a day. He’s gone there for his knee treatment. Now he begins shooting for Guzaarish. He’s also not been working out regularly because of the injury. He wanted the go-ahead from the doctors give him a go-ahead before he gets back to the gym and strenuous scenes." The actor even mentioned about his Singapore trip on a social networking site, "In S’pore for a day treating my knee! Wish me luck guys! Getting BACK in ACTION !! Fingers crossed!!
 
His knee injury has a major cause of frustration for the actor. Until now whatever scenes he has shot for Guzaarish, required him to be in a wheelchair, so there was hardly any stress on the knees. But in the second schedule, he has to be up and about on his feet.
 
When contacted Rakesh Roshan denies that his son had gone to see the knee doctor in Singapore, "Hrithik has gone to Singapore for a business meet for a day, for a photo shoot. His knee is fine".  

Veteran actress Jaya Bachchan will be honoured with a ’Lifetime Achievement Award’ for her "outstanding contribution to cinema" at a special ceremony in London.
 
The award will be given to the 61-year-old at the Tongues on Fire film festival which showcases Asian independent media and cinema, in the presence of her actor son Abhishek Bachchan.
 
The gala ceremony, which will pay tribute to the actress’ work spanning more than four decades, will be hosted by television and film actor Rizwan Ahmed.
 
Jaya Bachchan started her career at 15 in legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s Bengali film Mahanagar and has acted in about 50 movies.
 
The wife of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya has been a recipient of the Padma Shri award.
 
Tongues on Fire is a film festival which acts as a platform for Asians working in film and media around the world.(PTI)

For the promotional tour of his next release Karthik Calling Karthik, Farhan Akhtar is doing a five-city tour along with leading lady Deepika Padukone. To make things easier, he has hired a private jet at Rs 50 lakh.
 
Like Aamir Khan, who was the first actor to take 3 Idiots to the audiences who resides in the smaller cities and towns of the country, Farhan too feels there is a need to reach out to people beyond the big metros. So the lead pair of Karthik Calling Karthik along with co-producers Ritesh Sidhwani and Amit Chandra will travel to Ahmedabad, Surat, Delhi, Chandigarh and Jaipur in a private jet for two days to promote the film there.
 
An insider reveals, "A private jet has been hired for two days at a cost of around Rs 50 lakh. It’s huge expense but the producers feel it’s worth the cost as big brands want to sponsor the events."
 
Ritesh confirms, "We will be promoting KCK in different multiplexes across these five cities as we can’t oblige all. We wouldn’t have been able to cover so many cities if we had travelled by regular commercial airlines and that’s why we decided to hire a jet.
 
It’s hectic and expensive but part of the promotional strategy. It’s not the money but the mileage you get. You get to interact with your fans on a closer level. It will be just the six of us travelling — Farhan, Deepika, the director Vijay Lalwani, our public relations officer, Devika from the marketing team and me."

The most anticipated film of the year Raajneeti is slated for release by UTV Motion Pictures on June 4, 2010. Raajneeti is co produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Walkwater Media Ltd; and is directed by ten time national award winner Prakash Jha.
 
Raajneeti stars Katrina Kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai and Naseeruddin Shah along with newcomer Sarah. The music of the film has been composed by the Wayne Sharpe and screenplay is by Prakash Jha and Anjum Rajabali.
 
"Rajneeti is a high drama film with politics as the background and who is more adept and accomplished than Prakash Jha to pull off a film based on politics. We believe we have a powerful script and the most exciting cast ensemble of today," Siddharth Roy Kapur, CEO, UTVMotion Pictures. (IBNLive)

Allu Arjun has opened up his mind on Telangana issue in Hyderabad . Allu Ajun participated in an interactive program with college students. He talked at length on various issues but all of a sudden he was asked by a student regarding his views on Telangana. Initially though he was uncomfortable to speak on the issue, he anyways gave his views finally. Allu Arjun stated on Telangana as All I can say is that Telangana people are generous towards film industry and they have no differences when it comes to movies.
 
" I was born and brought up in Hyderabad. The people of Telangana encouraged the movie of our family members a lot. But it is not right to link films with politics. I am a Hyderabadi and all you guys present here are Hyderabadis too. And we are talking about films. So where does the question of Telangana or Andhra arise?" he said.

Everyone knows that Rana entering into bollywood with the movie "Dum Maaro Dum". Bollywood Director cum Producer Rohan Sippy offered him second hero’s role to Daggubati Rana for the film ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ . Abhishek Bachchan will be playing lead role in this film. The latest news about the flick is that Bollywood beauty Bipasha Basu has been confirmed for the romantic lead opposite Rana. Earlier, it was in talks that Kangna Ranaut was in consideration, but finally Bipasa has been chosen for the role.

Jaipur is not new to star shower and shootings, and the current addition to the list is NTR Jr, who is shooting at the majestic Amber Fort for his film Shakti.
 
Although the film was launched in Hyderabad, director Meher Ramesh chose the Pink City for its mahurat.
 
But when the South has plenty of historic places, why Jaipur? Says Ramesh, “In 2002 I came here and was smitten by the city’s beauty. Since then I’d wanted to shoot a film here.
 
The director is stationed in Jaipur for 15 days with a crew of 275 people. “Apart from Amber fort, we’ll shoot at Galta, Anna Sagar Lake and Jodhpur as well,” he says. But he rues about the shooting locale being very expensive, “I am being charged Rs 2 lakh per day for every location in Rajasthan, which is very expensive. When one of my friends heard about the charge he dropped the idea of coming to shoot here,” says Ramesh. (TNN)

Jagapathi Babu’s Gayam movie was a block buster hit and that was a turning point in Jagapathi babu’s career. His character in the film Durga was the highlight of the film and he’ll be named same in the sequel of Gayam 2 also.
 
Jagapathi babu’s sequel Gaayam2 will be going to abroad for its shooting from 25th February. The film is directed by Praveen Sri, a student of Ram Gopal Varma. Produced by Dr. Dharma Kartha, the film has Vimala Raman playing the female lead opposite Jagapathi babu in the film. The film is currently canned in Bangkok.

Vishal’s latest tamil film ’Theeratha Vilayatu Pillai’dubbed into telugu as titled "Khiladi". Vishal first time doing a full-fledged romantic and comedy entertainer movie. The film, which has three luscious ladies Tanushree Dutta, Sarah Jane and Neetu Chandra, is all set to hit the screens this Friday on February 19.Vishal doing a playboy role in this movie, the film which has ‘playboy’ in its title seems apt going by Vishal’s new sexy look. Movie directed by Thiru under Gk banner.

Puri Jagannadh- Gopichand’s combo pack Golimar is progressing at a brisk pace in Malaysia. This unit went to Malaysia on 8 February to shoot a few songs and vital scenes in there. The movie is planned to pictures at South korea initially. However, Puri has changed his mind and shifted it to Malaysia due to the budget problem.‘Golimaar’ is an action-based entertainer and Gopichand is playing the role of an encounter specialist. Priyamani is playing the female lead in the movie. Bellamkonda Suresh is producing the film under Sri Sai Ganesh Banner.

After taking Kannada and Hindi film industry by storm, ravishing actress and heartthrob of many, Deepika Padukone will make a foray into Telugu movies in the Upendra starrer Kantri Mogudu. The movie is the dubbed version of Aishwarya, the Kannada superhit which completed a 100 day run at the box office. The movie is produced by Roopkumar V and presented by D Gopal Krishna under the banner of Uma Maheshwari films. Indrajith Venkatesh is the director. The dubbing for this family oriented movie is completed and recording of songs is underway.(EB)

’My Name is Khan’ tickets were sold out in five seconds at the Berlin International Film Festival. Fans had not slept all night to keep their places in the queue despite the sub-zero temperature in Berlin.
 
Those who arrived at 6 a.m. were in tears. The online tickets for the superstar’s own people who phoned the Berlinale authorities five minutes after ticketing opened were told they were way too late. The film’s tickets were auctioned on e-Bay for 1,000 euros (about Rs.60,000) each.
 
Jenny Watkinson, assigned the ’Shah Rukh Khan department’ in the International Relations office of Dieter Kosslick, Berlin film festival director, told us: "I’ve never seen anything like it. This year it’s expected to be even bigger than in 2008 (during ’Om Shanti Om’). The online tickets for ’My Name is Khan’ were sold out in five seconds."
 
The film premieres in Berlin on Friday with a red carpet at the prestigious Berlinale Palast theatre on Potsdamer Platz.
 
The film’s screening has police protection in Berlin. Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and director Karan Johar are in Berlin for the premiere of the film.
 
India has much reason to celebrate at the Berlin International Film Festival as the country has a historic nine feature films in the Berlinale. This is the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Film Festival, that opened Thursday and runs from Feb 11-21.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has apologised to his fans for putting them through stress over the controversy clouding his film ‘My Name Is Khan’.
 
‘I thank you all for this… apologise for giving stress over the last few days… and now truly know the meaning of being humbled. Lov you all so much,’ Shah Rukh posted on his twitter.
 
Wishing his fans, he wrote: ‘…a big thanks. Happy Birthday… best of luck for exams… and happiness. I am humbled by this show of love and kindness. So don’t know what else to say. Overwhelmed and promise will make India proud with my hard work,’ he wrote.
 
The film, which tells the story of a Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh) coping with events in post 9/11 America, released Friday with over 2,000 prints.
 
It opened amid uncertainty in 63 theatres in Mumbai following protests by the Shiv Sena, which has opposed the film to protest Shah Rukh’s comments favourig the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the Indian Premier League.
 
‘Am I gushing too much and regretting too often. Well, let me. It’s the first time I am a fan of my audience… a huge hug. You all are rockstars. Will you all give me your autographs and pose for pictures with me… will keep it in my heart forever. My name is fan and I am not a star… you are.
 
‘I promise will only make wonderful films from now on forever. All the ones that missed the mark and didn’t please you… ooops …sorry again.’

There were reports of Bipasha being harassed by the hotel management in Delhi, an allegation that the hotel’s chairman, Ashok Mittal, promptly denied. And now, the miffed hotelier has sent legal notices to Bipasha Basu, Shemaroo Entertainment and also the PR Company handling the event in Delhi, Add-on Entertainment
 
According to the notice, when Bipasha and Shemaroo’s representatives demanded an extra Rs 30 lakh at the last minute to have Bipasha make an appearance at the party, was when the deal began to fall apart, “as the Company had by this time already spent as much as about Rs 45 lakh towards the various arrangements,” says the document. The notice also accuses the other party of “attempted extortion threat”. Mittal has asked for damages “to the tune of Rs 5 crores” as “damages towards the loss of reputation, goodwill and standing”.

When he was in school, he wanted a cycle. When he was in college, he wanted a bike. While Ranbir Kapoor’s father Rishi was okay with it, his mother Neetu was not. As a protective mom, she was naturally concerned about the hazards of her son riding in the crazy Mumbai traffic.
 
Explaining Neetu’s objection, a source very close to the family said, “Neetu always felt that it is too risky for her son to drive a two-wheeler on the congested roads of Mumbai. Mumbai roads are always dug up, which makes it an even more risky affair.”
 
When he was in school, he wanted a cycle. When he was in college, he wanted a bike. While Ranbir Kapoor’s father Rishi was okay with it, his mother Neetu was not. As a protective mom, she was naturally concerned about the hazards of her son riding in the crazy Mumbai traffic.
 
Explaining Neetu’s objection, a source very close to the family said, “Neetu always felt that it is too risky for her son to drive a two-wheeler on the congested roads of Mumbai. Mumbai roads are always dug up, which makes it an even more risky affair.”
 
Neetu apparently tried reasoning with Ranbir saying that since he has a car, why does he need a bike? But Ranbir refused to give in. Whenever he got an opportunity, he used to coax Neetu to let him buy a bike or cycle.
 
Using every trick in the book to convince Neetu, late last year, he finally bought a cycle. Apparently, Neetu relented. “Ranbir would never disobey Neetu or Rishi,” said the source.
 
“Ranbir has bought a hi-tech cycle of foreign make. He has ridden it, but only for a few days before he left for the US to shoot for Anjaana Anjaani,” revealed the source.
 
And what happened to his Segway obsession, we asked? “That’s very much there. But the cycle is something that he wanted for a very, very long time. Since he owns one now after so many years of wanting it, he will definitely make the most of it after he comes back from the US. He’s very possessive about the bike and very finicky about its maintenance.”
 
Neetu, who seems to have made peace with her son’s decision, said, “Yes, Ranbir now has a cycle which he rides in Bandra early in the morning. He is very happy with it, and I guess it is good exercise for him too.”
 
Perhaps the bike, which has been on his wish list, will materialise soon as well ?

Nagarjuna’s kedi is all set to release on tomorrow, Nagarjuna is all set to begin the shooting of his next film to be directed by popular Tamil-Telugu filmmaker Radha Mohan. A bilingual, this action entertainer is named Payanam in Tamil and Wanted in Telugu.
 
This film has an off-beat theme and involves the character played by Nagarjuna in a train journey who recapitulates the incidents in his life and the people he met whom he liked or disliked. This movie Produced by Dil Raju (Telugu version) and Prakashraj (Tamil version), the film will start rolling in February. Based on the Kandahar hijack episode, it will be an action thriller. The director is keen on introducing a new pair in both languages. The movie is planned for release in April 2010.

Ravi Teja’s blockbuster movie ‘Vikramarkudu’ directed by S S Rajamouli is now being remade in Tamil. Karthi (of Yuganiki Okkadu fame) will star in this movie produced by Studio Green. Director Shiva (Souryam and Sankham fame) will direct this film.

Jr NTR’s marriage with Pranathi will be held in the month of September 2010.She is the daughter of Natr Srinivas Rao who is the owner of Studio N channel. It is Jr NTR who postponed the marriage as he is busy with his shootings and other professional assignments. His engagement is going to be held on April 1st at Hotel Novotel in Hitex where only family members of both the sides will be present.

 
Darling starring Prabhas directed by Karunakaran is wrapping up the last schedule. The climax will be completed in a day or two and two songs are left to be picturised.
 
It is being made under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Cinechitra India (P) Ltd. GV Prakash Kumar scores music, editing is by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and cinematography is by Andrew.

Jr NTR’s upcoming movie ’Brindavanam’ with a tagline ’Govindudu Andarivade’ schedule of shoot to start from February 20 onwards in various places of Hyderabad and Vizag. This film is directed by ‘Munna’ fame Vamshi Paidipally and which will be produced by Dil Raju. Makers are planning to release this movie in June.

Here is a bad news for Karan Johar’s ‘My Name Is Khan’. The financial loss for the film is likely to be around Rs 40-45 cr for producers, distributors and film exhibitors. The Shiv Sena and Shahrukh Khan’s tussle result for the huge financial loss. Shahrukh Khan’s favoring the inclusion of Pakistani players in the IPL has agitated the Shiv Sena activist and they banned the screening of ‘My Name Is Khan’ across Mumbai.
 
Made on a budget of 40 cr, the film has been sold to Fox Star Studios for Rs 85 crore. Many theatres refused for advance booking and the few theatres that were opened for advance booking could not continue with the process. Mumbai police arrested over 1,200 disturbed Shiv Sena activist.
 
"If the average footfall in cinema theatre drops to under 35% this weekend in Mumbai coupled with anticipated disruptions and fear among cine goers in Maharashtra, we are looking at a potential loss of Rs 40-45 crore to the film business," a top executive of a leading multiplex in Mumbai said.
 
"Losses on account of the damage to the publicity materials of the film and attacks to various theatres in the past few days have also been factored in," the executive said.
 
Over 2000 prints of the film has been released and 300 was released alone for Mumbai theatre. The film could easily gross 100 crore in the first week but the present scenario will badly hampered the box office collection.
 
Shahrukh Khan and Kajol starrer ‘My Name Is Khan’ is one of the highly expected films of 2010.

Aamir Khan is not Mr Perfectionist only in movies, but also when it comes to matters close to family. The actor recently lost his father, filmmaker Tahir Hussain, due to a massive heart attack.
 
Aamir’s mother Zeenat, who stays in Pune, gets lots of visitors everyday offering condolence. The actor realised it is high time all this comes to an end.
 
Not only that, Aamir is taking his mom to his Panchgani house, so that she is not disturbed by anyone and can stay in peace.
 
Reportedly, the actor has told his secretary to cancel all his professional commitments, as he will be spending time with his mother till the end of the month. And along with wife Kiran Rao, his brother Faisal Khan will also stay withthe actor in Panchgani.

Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan’s eagerly awaited romantic saga Kites, which stars Hrithik Roshan and Mexican model Barbara Mori, will be released May 21.
 
The film has two versions - English and Hindi and the trailer of the Hindi version will hit 1,700 screens worldwide Friday, while the trailer of the English version willbe released shortly on 1,000 screens.
 
"We have always believed that Indian films and talent can enjoy the same success and recognition internationally as in India. Kites is a first-of-its-kind Indian film and it has already generated huge interest. We are proud to present the first look to a worldwide audience," Sanjeev Lamba, CEO of Reliance BIG Pictures, said in an statement.
 
Kites is about two lovers on a thrilling journey filled with precious moments and unexpected betrayal.
 
Directed by Anurag Basu, the movie also stars Kangana Ranaut, Kabir Bedi and Nick Brown.
 
The English version of Kites is being reworked by Hollywood director Brett Ratner.(IANS)

Gautam Menon who made his directorial debut with Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein is now all set to remake the South super hit Kaakha Kaakha in Hindi with John Abraham. The director earlier approached Sunny Deol and Fardeen Khan for the lead role, before John gave his nod for the film, which will be produced by Vipul Shah.
 
“The film was announced in 2007, but after things didn’t materialise between Gautam and Sunny, it was put on a hold. Later, Firoz Khan bought the rights of the film and wanted to cast his son Fardeen in the lead role. After he expired, the film was shelved indefinitely, before John came to the rescue. The film will hit the floors later this year,” says a source.(DC)
 

Allu Arjun’s Arya 2 has taken a super opening in Kerala. The film released in 65 screens on Friday (Feb 5), and has grossed Rs 67 lakhs in three days, which by any yardstick is fantastic!

The film has taken an M & M kind of opening in the state and is running to packed houses even in smaller stations like Perinthalmanna, Tanur in Malappuram district. Allu Arjun popularly known as Bunny is attracting basically teenagers and young children to the theatres. He has become a craze among the college girls due to his romantic image accompanied by some real fast numbers.

Says Divya Pictures Ravi, the distributor of the film: “Allu Arjun is turning out to be a phenomenon in Kerala. Arya 2 has taken the best opening of 2010 in Kerala especially in Malabar area. The film is sure going to be a super hit.”

Remember Tamil superstar Ajith's new film Asal which released last Friday worldwide could only release in Cochin area of Kerala. In Malabar and Travancore areas which form 75 percent of the box-office Allu Arjun's Arya-2 was preferred by theatres over Ajith's Asal!

“Allu Arjun, after Arya 2 has the same kind of opening a Vijay film has in Kerala” says Rasheed Kottapuram a theatre manager in Malappuram area.

In Kozhikode Apsara with a seating capacity of 1260, the film is going full, while in Thiruvananthapuram SL complex and Ernakulam Kavitha the weekend collections were around 95 percent, which a straight Malayalam film is finding it difficult to get these days!

The mega banner ‘Geeta arts’ seems to be going high these days. Geeta Arts that has bagged the several big budget films rights has now bought the rights of Daggubati Rana’s ‘Leader’ film. The banner has earlier acquired Avatar which is a biggest hit, Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Komaram Puli’ and Mahesh-Trivikram’s latest film.

According to sources, Geetha Arts has made this deal with AVM Productions and Suresh Productions for an undisclosed amount. If sources are to be believed, the mega banner has asked the producers of the film, AVM Productions to postpone the film’s release so that the film would be promoted highly and will be able to release in best theatres in the state. Taking all these issues into consideration, the final date of its release will be informed soon.

Aarya2 1st in Initial Collection ( Asianet ) in Media

This is another happy news from Kerala media Asianet... in a film review program on Asianet news, named Silver Screen claimed that Aarya 2 breaked the initial collection records of the other movies released in 2010.

This is for the first time a dubbed film is breaking the records and competing with the malayalam. It was supposed to be "Happy Husbands" movie.... as the first grosser of this year, which now getting replaced by Aarya 2. Now the talk of the media is that the collection of the family entertainer Happy Husbands records will be beaten by A2 in the coming days by 3 times of Happy Husbands got.

Another funny fact about the A2 success is that many of the theater owners were not willing to show A2 since Mammooty's movie was also releasing the same date and also A2's releasing too postponed due to the release of Drona[Mammooty's] and also descent collection they earned from Happy Husbands.... and also due to the release of Asal.

Now Asal has been replaced by A2 in many theaters of North part of Kerala.

A2 is now competing with Mammooty's Yugapurushan, Dileep's Body Gaurd, Drona, and Happy Husbands.....

Enjoy fans... its our success.... n the great Kerala Prince MAllu Arjun... the third "M" factor of Kerala

NTR.Jr will be getting engaged to Lakshmi Pranathi on 1st April 2010. It is being a auspicious day and Thurday is the sentiment for NTR’s family, Brahmin Poojari’s decided 1st of April as auspicious day for engagement
 
The event would take place in the Novotel hotel in Hyderabad and only few guests would be invited according to the sources.
 
The marriage will take place in May this year.
 
NTR’s family is already busy in purchasing the thing for this tenement. And this engagement is going to be simple function - without much hanagama.

Telugu film actor Nandamuri Balakrishna has agreed to become a trustee of the Indo-American Cancer Institute and Research Centre promoted by Nandamuri Basava Taraka Rama Rao Memorial Cancer Foundation. He accepted the board of trustees’ offer made on Saturday, said a press release issued here on Monday by Kakarla Subba Rao, Managing Trustee.

It looks like T-town’s young actors are in the mood for romance. And it has got nothing to do with V-Day. After bashing up baddies, T-town’s Gen Next stars are looking for reel love. Despite a host of romantic duds last year, the new age heartthrobs seem geared up to woo the audience with their romantic films.
 
Ram Charan Tej and Genelia pair up for an untitled love story, Naga Chaitanya cosies up with debutante Samantha in Em Maayaa Chesave, Varun Sandesh is doing Marocharitra, Prabhas is romancing Kaajal in an untitled flick while Ram will find his reel match in debutante Priya Anand in Hare Rama Hare Krishna.
 
The first love story to hit the marquee is Emmayaa Chesavo. “It’s a feel-good romance directed by Gautham Menon. Instead of routine duets, some songs will be played in the background to pep up the romantic mood,” says Chaitanya. Bollywood cinematographer-turned-director Ravi Yadav shared a unique experience while remaking the yesteryear classic Maro Charitra. “It’s an intense love story with a classic touch. The film’s also visually pleasing and our lead pair has done a fabulous job to make the romance seem real,” he adds.
 
Ram Charan who’s wooing Genelia for the first time on screen, says, “Our film’s got three main characters and is all about the agonies and ecstasies of first love.”Action hero Prabhas also seems to have been bitten by the love bug and is doing “a simple romance high on melodrama and great music,” says director Karunakaran.
 
Manoj who tasted moderate success with the rom-com Prayanam last year, returns as a lover boy in Bindass. “It’s a perfect love story but we blended comedy to make it a wholesome entertainer,” says Kishore, the film’s producer. The other young actors who are all set to fall in love on screen are: Tarun-Vimala (CACA), Sharwanand-Padmapriya (Andharibanduvayya), Tanish-Madhurima (Mounaragam) and Nikhil-Swetha Basu (Kalavar King).
 
Undeterred by last year’s poor show of reel love stories and the not-so-impressive response for this year’s romantic film Seetharamula Kalyanam, T-town filmmakers seem determined to revive the trend. Why’s that? “Love stories are safe bets provided they have a unique plot and a refreshing narrative. Arya 2 was received well and I’m wrapping up my new romantic film Chalaki,” says Aditya Babu, producer-turned-actor. Can 35mm romances stir the BO again? The verdict is still not out on this one! (TNN)

Recently released movie "Yuganiki Okkadu" under the direction of Sri Raghava is planning for its second part of the film. The movie is a big budget film which throws up a saga that is interlaced with fictional history. In that movie Karthik , Reema sen and Andrea are played the lead roles. This movie got a good response in Telugu than in Tamil.
 

 Popular producer-director Dasari Narayana Rao has directing his 149th film ‘Young India’ is now closer to completion.Shooting is currently going on in the Ramoji Film City. About 85% of the film has been completed so far. Dasari making this movie under his home banner Siri Media and produced by Ramakrishna Prasad. This film introducing 81 fresh faces would hit the marquee in summer. Dasari Padma is presenting it. Music is composed by M M Keeravani. Film release is expected in summer.

Actress Tabu will be soon acting for a video album. This will be her first video album. She will be dancing for a song sung by Rasheed Ali, the singer of ‘kabi kabi aditi’ in ‘Jane Tu Jane Na.’ This stylish and melodious music video featuring Tabu in a romantic plot, would be released under KM Music label.Music is composed by Oscar winner A R Rahman. Shooting of the song is expected to begin soon in Hyderabad. The album is likely to release in a couple of months.

The much awaited Allari Naresh film ’Rambabu Gadi Pellam’ may release on February 26 and Audio would be released on February 16. Incidentally the film’s shooting has been going on since the last five years. It was postponed from time to time because of money constraints. The film having Gajala and Sonali Joshi in the lead roles is directed by Kapuganti Rajendra. M. Venkateshwara is producing this film under Sithara Arts Creations banner.

Director Major Ravi says that Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has given his nod for his Malayalam film Kandahar, a film about plane hijacking that will also star veteran Mohanlal.
 
The news came when Big B had made a short visit to the city on Sunday.
 
Speaking to reporters, Ravi, a former NSG commando who had directed two films featuring Mohanlal, said that he is just trying to imagine how the two greats would come in one single frame. "It is great feeling when I think of that," he said.
 
Amitabh Bachchan will be seen as the father of a passenger on the ill-fated plane that has been hijacked and Mohanlal will play a commando.
 
The film is inspired by the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999. It was hijacked while on its way from Kathmandu to New Delhi on Christmas eve by five Pakistani militants and was forced to land in three different airports - Amritsar, Lahore, and Dubai - before spending a week on the tarmac in Kandahar with 186 hostages on board.
 
This is Ravi’s fourth film after Keerthichakara and Kuruskshetra, both featuring Mohanlal, and Mission 90 Days, which told the real story of Ravi who tracked down the killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Mammootty played Ravi’s role in the film.
 
Khandahar will be shot in Delhi, Nepal besides Kerala.(IANS)

If Amitabh and Abhishek did it, can Aishwarya be far behind? The Bachchan bahu, we hear, is about to make her debut on television.
 
Convincing Aishwarya at this stage of her career when her calendar is rather full may not be easy, but if all goes well, she will host a show on national television. The format is a chat show and the logistics are being worked out.
 
Aishwarya’s debut is a part of a ‘family’ deal. A source says, “Right from the time they signed Amitabh Bachchan for Bigg Boss, the channel had decided to have Abhishek and Aishwarya as well.” No prizes for guessing that Aishwarya will charge a bomb for her first foray into television.
 
While Aishwarya remained unavailable for comment, her spokesperson denied the news. On the other hand, the channel’s spokesperson simply said, “No comments.”

We have heard the stories of Salman Khan hopping into rickshaw in the middle of the night but not his girlfriend Katrina Kaif. As if inspired by the brave ways of her boyfriend, Katrina was spotted getting into a rickshaw in Andheri along with her business manager on Sunday night.
 
It is said that the actress had come to a suburban multiplex to watch Ishqiya. She came out of the cinema hall at around 10.30 pm after the screening of the movie. She tried to reach her driver but couldn’t due to network problem, as he had parked her car in the basement.
 
Soon, cinema goers recognised the pretty actress and started gathering around her. Sensing the danger of being mobbed by the crowd, Katrina got into a rickshaw along with her manager and let her bodyguards follow her in another rickshaw. Sources said that Katrina loved the rickshaw ride from Andheri to Bandra.
 
Now you now how to take Katrina for a joy ride!

Bollywood hunk John Abraham is bowled over by his girlfriend and actress Bipasha Basu’s new chiselled figure and he now wants to follow her fitness mantra.
 
"I have tried Bipasha’s workout DVD personally and found it to be equally good for men as well, although it is meant for women. I just think that I should follow her routine now," John told reporters here today.
 
"She is in the most amazing shape. When I looked at her recently, my jaws dropped as I said this can’t be for real. This is the best; she is in the prime shape of her life," the actor said.
 
Bipasha, who is known to be a fitness freak, has created a unique workout programme lasting 25 minutes in ’Love Yourself’ launched last week.
 
Asked when would he launch his own fitness DVD, the 37-year-old actor quipped by saying he would take another 15-20 years to do it.
 
"I won’t do it now. After 15-20 years, when I am fitter, I will launch my DVD," he said adding that Bipasha plans to launch another DVD for men and women.
 
On why he has had no release after last year’s blockbuster New York, John said he is now concentrating on doing selective and qualitative work.
 
"For success it is important to do less work. I want to do qualitative work now. Earlier the scripts of the films I did were not good. I have now learned through the process and doing selective and qualitative work."
 
Recalling his modelling days, the actor said graduating to Hindi films was a natural progression for him.
 
"As a model, I was John Abraham. But as an actor, I am not John. I assume the character of the role I am playing. For these six months, I am not working. So I am John now," he said.
 
Describing the script of a film as the "real hero" of any film, John said while signing a film he tries to look at the broader picture rather than looking at any single aspect.
 
"I look at the entire set-up before signing a film - the director, producer, actors, and the script. But I think that a script is the real hero in any film," John said.
 
The actor said he was amazed by watching Rituparno Ghosh’s Sob Choritro Kalponik, which also starred Bipasha Basu.
 
"I was stunned as I saw the film. It was such a beautiful one. I sat through every moment in the film. Bengali films have such beauty. In Tamil films also, the treatment of romance is done in a good manner," he said.
 
He was in the city to promote Kolkata Fashion and Lifestyle Week, which begins later this month.
 
Asked about his favourite designer, he said Narendra Kumar and Rocky S have been his long-time favourites.
 
"I have been wearing clothes only from two designers since a long time - Narendra Kumar and Rocky S," he said.(PTI)

Shahrukh khan and Karan johar will be the guest today on Colors National bingo night, the show which is hosted by Abhishek Bachchan.
 
The trio got into discussion about the third installment of Dhoom, also featuring Uday Chopra. According to sources, the two actors even went on to enact a scene where SRk rides a super fast bike with Abhi Riding pillion. And guess what? K Jo directed his two abhineta dosts for this sequence.

Not too long ago Kim Sharma was said to be dating Australian singer Carlos Marin. The petite actress’ PR machinery kept sending handouts on how she was spending time listening to Carlos sing. However, there is an interesting twist in the tale. Kim and ex-boyfriend Yuvraj Singh are supposedly getting in touch yet again. Just a while ago, Kim and Yuvi were frequently posting messages on a popular networking site.
 
Although the two weren’t interacting much at formal occasions, the cricketer is trying to make amends. In fact, Yuvraj also made sure that all his posts were deleted before anyone saw them, as he felt his connection with her is already quite jinxed. Not only that, during a recent party when they met accidentally, Yuvi could not bear to see her chatting with other men. Even though they didn’t come to the party together, they left the venue together.
 
Keeping in mind that her relationship status on a social networking site is ‘not single anymore’, we can only wonder what’s cooking?

As we already know that the Pawan Kalyan’s film with Harish Shankar got cancelled. Tollywood industry is at strong buzz that the Power star Pawan Kalyan will soon be seen in Vijay Bhaskar’s direction. Ganesh who was supposed to produce this movie is going ahead with Vijaya Bhaskar as director. Story and Screenplay for this movie will be provided by Trivikram Srinivas.
 
Pawan Kalyan is currently busy in wrapping up his ‘Komaram Puli’ under the direction of S.J.Surya.

Allu Sirish has come up with a tempting offer on South Scope Magazine to attract the people. Sources say that for one calendar they will have to pay Rs.400 and they will get a packet. This contains a coupon along with the calendar. One has to fill it with details such as name and address and put it in the drop box. From then on, the South Scope magazine will come free to your address without any cost and that too for one full year. This scheme has got a very good response from the people and they are taking this up in large numbers.

Telangana activists, who have been attacking on the shootings of several films from past two months and still continuing their attacks on shooting spots, today some of the T-agitators tried to stop the shooting of Allu Arjun’s film at Moosapet near Kukatpally. By that time few policemen were posted to guard the film unit. But later police came to know of their plans of attacking Allu Arjun’s movie spot then Kukatpally CI came to the spot with around 10 more policemen to guard the film unit. Police did the Lathi charge on T-agitators within seconds all agitators are dispersed from the spot. At last police were able get hold of three persons and took them away to the police station. After that shooting resumed with more security.

Yuva samrat Akiineni Nagarjuna and his son Akhil were in Tirumala today to seek the blessings of Lord Balaji.Speaking to the media, Nagarjuna said that he prayed for the success of his upcoming film ‘Kedi.’

Mani Rathnam is a known perfectionist and it came as no surprise to industry wallahs when the director decided to reshoot portions of Raavan. A source said, "Mani watched the final version of Raavan recently and was not happy with the way a few scenes shaped up.
 
He wanted to reshoot them. "The scenes were reshot in Polachi and the schedule was completed in four days flat," adds the source. Mani is now happy with the final product

Rajasekhar’s next film is titled Comrade, which will be directed by Kanneganti Krishna launched yesterday on February 4, 2010.To be produced by Dammalapati Srinivasa Rao, who is producing the film under the banner of Sai Krishna Productions. Paruchuri Brothers will write the dialogue, while it will be presented by Sri Dhanalakshmi Productions. Comrade will be executive-produced by Sridhar Reddy and Sudarshan Reddy. State Cinematography Minister Geetha Reddy, C Kalyan, B Gopal and S V Krishna Reddy has attended the film’s opening function. Filmmakers are planning to release it in summer.

The movie makers of Bindaas have come up with an unique promotion concept in overseas. If anyone is not satisfied with the movie, the ticket money will be refunded by the producer. The offer is valid from 5th Feb to 11th Feb in overseas. Full ticket refund will be given if anyone feels that the movie is not worth their money.
 
For refund one can mail their online purchase receipt with a self addressed envelope with proper postage to the following
address:
 
AK Entertainments,
415 W.Golf Rd; # 55;
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Hansika Motwani is the latest victim of hacking. Hansika claims that her Facebook profile has been hacked by a cyber attack. Unfortunately, she hasn’t been able to figure out the hands behind it.The hacker had not only sneaked into her account but had also changed her password. She can no longer access her account. She learnt about the hack, when she couldn’t log on to her Facebook account and a an ‘error’ message kept flashing on the screen.
 
Sources say that she has informed the Mumbai police department about it, however, the actor is yet to file a formal complaint.A close friend of the actor on conditions of anonymity says: “Hansika looks very worried these days.