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10-Nov-2006
Fake Records of the Telugu cinema
The The battle of box-office records goes on..for fun or for fan sake, it always is a test of strength to satisfy egos. The actors don’t have a problem at all, the fans are the ones who create the rift and animosity. It is alleged that to break the record of Pokiri, die-hard fans of Stalin are giving it a tough fight. An anonymous fan writes, “50 days ki 50 crores gross ani fake news spread chesaaru. Latest ga Stalin 50 days centres 394 ani vesaru. Actual ga Stalin 50 days centres 200 kooda levu. Full false list print cheyinchaaru. Pokiri 299 centres 50 days record ani vaallu vesukovadam tho Stalin ki ee fake record vesaaru.” But the person doesn’t forget his sense of humour. As a finishing touch on the additions he says, “Nijaniki Pokiri kooda fake record, actual ga Pokiri 50 days centres only 280. As a repected person in the soceity Dr, padmabushan, megastar chiranjeevi is it googd?

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  forget stalin then how about anagari maharadhi mostly 400 centres it will make 50 days, then again chiru makes another movie into 410 centres 50 days
  11/15/2006 6:21:05 AM
   
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17-Oct-2006
Yamadonga to roll on
Ever since the news came out that hottest director S S Rajamouli is making a fantasy flick with hero NTR, there has been a tremendous speculation and buzz is going around this film. Much of the news that appeared in a section of the media about its financial tie-up with a big corporate company turns out to be false. Official source have denied any such proposal. That should rest the speculations.

Yamadonga (tentative title) would be produced on Vishwamitra banner and directed by Rajamouli. The film will be launched formally in a week or 10 days.

At present final touch is being given to the script. Meanwhile other formalities like cast and crew have also come to an end.

M M Keeravani is scoring the music. NTR is presently working for Rakhee and its shooting is going on at Rajamundry.

Watch this space for official news about Rajamouli and NTR’s film.
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17-Oct-2006
Maharadhi title announced
It’s now official. Title for Balakrishna’s film has finally been officially announced. Producer Vakada Apparao today (Sunday, October 15, 2006) announced that the film has been titled Maharadhi. P Vasu of Chandramukhi fame directs the film.

“I am glad to announce that we have chosen right title. Balayya has given me chance to produce this film. And I am producing it on my banner Sri Lalithakalanjali Productions after 22 years. In 1984 I had produced a film, Maa Intiki Randi in the direction of Kodi Ramakrishna on this banner. But after long time, I have revived the banner,” Vakada Apparao said.

“We have chosen this title because NBK plays elder of a family. Maharadhi is essentially a family drama. It’s on the lines of Mangamma gari Manavadu. Director P Vasu weaves a beautiful screenplay. We have not compromised on any thing. For the first time on Telugu screen, we have captured the beautiful locations of interior parts of Nainital, Dehradun, Prayaga. And we have also erected a huge set in Vizag, despite the fact that it can be erected in Hyderabad. We have done it only because of the script. We have not hesitated to spend money to give rich look for the film,” he said.
On NBK’s get-ups

“Many people have asked us about NBK’s hairstyle. We know its different but the getup is designed in tune with the film’s script. He appears in various getups but it all linked with the story. The mystery revealed about it only after the release of the film,” Vakada explained.


Writer Totapalli Madhu also spoke on the occasion. “Maharadhi, the title is epitome of our hero’s character in the film. Ma – Manchitanam (goodness), Ha – Hasyatvam (comic nature), Ra – Rasikathvam (romantic), Dhi – Dheeratvam is the sum of Maharadhi. He is the leader of a family,” he described.


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17-Oct-2006
Supreme to release 'Sainikudu' audio on 21st October.
Star producer Aswini Dutt's Sainikudu audio will be released on 21st October through Supreme music. Gunasekar is directing and Haris Jayara is composing the scores for the film. Trisha is playing female lead.
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31-Jul-2006
Sainikudu News
A  two  weeks  schedule  of  Mahesh  Babu,  Trisha  starrer  Sainikudu  was  completed  at  Kodaikanal  last  Sunday  during  which  some  action  scenes  and  a  song  was  picturised  by  director  Gunasekhar. 

Sainikudu  is  the  most  exciting  project  on  the  floor  in  Telugu  film  industry  and  it  has  a  potential  to  be  sold  for  more  than  35  Crore  worldwide!  Already  Tamil  superstar  Vijay  is  pestering  Ashwin  Dutt,  the  producer  to  sell  the  remake  rights  of  the  film. 

Gunasekhar  is  a  total  professional  and  his  combination  with  Mahesh  Babu  is  deadly.  The  buzz  is  that  nearly  60  percent  of  the  films  talkie  portion  is  complete  with  three  songs.  Three  more  songs  remain  to  be  canned  and  post  production  work  will  take  at  least  two  months  as  there  are  lots  of  graphics  in  the  film. 

The  October  end  release  date  being  talked  about  in  the  trade  looks  impossible  at  the  moment.  In  all  probability,  Sainikudu  will  make  it  to  the  theatres  only  by  2007  Sankranthi. 
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26-Jul-2006
Dasavatharam taking off with songs

Works  of  much  awaited  Kamal  Asin  starrer  Dasavatharam  is  progressing  discreetly  at  undisclosed  locations.   
 
  Kamal  is  sporting  10  different  get  ups  in  this  movie  and  to  rope  in  the  best  ever  make  up,  Kamal  flew  to  New  York  with  Director  K.S.  Ravikumar  and  tried  out  looks  to  suit  the  movie.  Much  to  many’s  surprise  the  actor  even  held  a  photo  session  of  the  movie  at  New  York.

After  the  New  York  trip  the  director  actor  duo  got  busy  in  finalizing  the  cast  for  the  movie.  Shreya,  Trisha  and  Vidhya  Balan’s  names  were  considered  to  play  the  lead  lady  of  Kamal.   
 
 
While  Shreya  could  not  break  the  contract  with  Shankar  that  no  movies  of  her  should  go  public  before  the  release  of  Shivaji,  Vidhya  Balan  backed  out  stating  that  she  has  no  bulk  call  sheets.  It  was  the  ravishing  Asin  who  bagged  the  contract  and  we  hope  you  remember  our  reports  about  her  playing  the  double  role.

Kamal  and  the  director  are  now  in  Mumbai  busy  with  the  songs  composition  with  Bollywood  sensation  Himesh  Reshammiya.  Himesh  started  his  recording  yesterday  with  Udit  Narayan.     
 
 
Kamal  and  K.S  are  expected  in  Chennai  soon  after  the  recording  of  atleast  three  songs  by  Himesh.

Bravo  for  a  good  start  Kamalji 
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26-Jul-2006
Gopichand as Kaali.
GVG  Raju  of  SSC  arts  is  making  a  film  with  hero  Gopichand  and  the  film  is  likely  to  be    titled  as  Kaali.  Meera  Jasmine  and  Ankitha  are  playing  female  lead  in  the  film. 

          GopiChand  is  playing  the  role  of  Kaali  in  the  film  ,  Kaali  fights  against  the  social  injustice  in  the  society.

                  Uday  Sanker  is  directing  the  film.  Manisarma  is  composing  the  scores  for  the  film.  Film's  talky  part  shoot  is  almost  completed.
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26-Jul-2006
Prince had offers
There  is  a  whisper  that  a  top  producer  had  offered  his  daughter's  hand  in  marraige  to  him  but  he  was  not  interested.  Also  a  top  actor  had  approached  him  with  his  daughter's  alliance  but  finally  the  lucky  girl  was  Namrata.

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25-Jul-2006
Harris recorded 3 songs for Munna.
Music  director  Harris  Jayraj    is  recorded  3  songs  for  Dil  Raju's  Munna  so  far.  Padipally  Vamsi  is  directing  the  film.  Prabhas  &  Ileana  are  leading  the  show.
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25-Jul-2006
Vikram's 'Pirates of the East Coast Chennai'

Looks  like,  Vikram  who  is  synonymous  with  experimenting  is  trying  his  hands  on  a  pirate  movie.  His  movie  would  be  about  the  pirates  who  were  believed  to  be  dwelling  in  the  east  coast  of  Madras  during  the  reign  of  British. 
 
 
Aware  of  a  few  incidents  related  to  the  desi  pirates,  vikram  is  planning  to  develop  and  plot  a  story  from  that.

Well  well,  the  second  bonus  of  the  Hollywood  action  adventure  flick  'Pirates  of  the  Caribbean  –  the  dead  man's  chest'  has  definitely  raised  ripples  in  Vikram's  mind.

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25-Jul-2006
V V Vinayak's finishing touches to Stalin?
  Megastar's  Stalin  shoot  is  going  on    and  70%  of  the  shoot  is  completed.

        As  for  the  unconfirmed  sources,  Megastar  has  requested  V  V  Vinayak  to  assist  Murugadoss  in  bringing  the  Telugu  nativity  to  the  film. 

          Now  V  V  Vinayak  is  doing  the  same  with  director  Murugadoss.  V  V  Vinayak  has  handled  Murugadoss  story  for  Megastar  Tagore.
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25-Jul-2006
Tollywood Stars charge high in Indian Film Industry?
Though  the  Bollywood  Industry  looks  big  and  make  huge  business  even  internationally,  Tollywood  stars  charge  more  compare  to  Bollywood  stars.  After  Rajanikath  who  charges  Rs  20  crores  for  film,  the  tollywood  stars  stand  in  line  after  Rajani.

Regarding  heroines  remuneration,  Bollywood  heroines  are  charging  more.  Aishwarya  Roy  is  charging  Rs  2crores  per  film.  Preethi  Jintha  and  Raani  Mukharjee  are  charging  Rs.1.5  crores.

    In  Tollywood  Trisha  's  remuneration  is  Rs  1crore  for  film  and  Ileana  charging  Rs  75  lakhs.

    The  figures  are  only  approximate.  There  is  no  way  to  confirm  above  the  news.

Remuneration  range  (in  Rs  Crore) 



Bollywood 

Tollywood. 

10 

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Megastar 

4  to  6 

Sharuk  Khan,  Amir  Khan,  Hruthik  Roshan,Salaman  Khan,  Akshay  Kumar 

Mahesh  Babu,  Venkatesh,  Balakrishna 



Amithabh  Bachchan 

Pawan  Kalyan,  NTR,  Ravi  teja 

1  to  2  .5 

John  Abraham,  Sanjaya  Dutt,  Anil  Kapoor,  Akshya  Kanna 

Prabhas,  Allu  Arjun,Nithin  ,  Gopichand 

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25-Jul-2006
NTR's Rakhee in second schedule.
Durga arts banner is making this film Rakhee with Jr NTr and Krishna Vamsy. The film's first schedule was completed with short span of one week by shooting a holy song.

The film is mainly based on sister sentiment. The second schedule begun on 14th of July and continues still this month end.

Ileana and Charmy are playing female lead in the film.
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25-Jul-2006
Dharani impresses Rajinikanth
It is quite uncommon for Superstar Rajinikanth to start work on his next project even before one is completed. Besides, he takes a long break after finishing a film.

But, post-Chandramukhi, Rajini seems to have changed his approach and listens to scripts from leading directors. AR Murugadoss, KSR, Dharani and many others have given some plots to him. Rajini reportedly is impressed with Dharani’s yarn and asked him to develop the script. Dharani has just finished the task and narrated to him the full script and waiting for Superstar’s nod. If things work out well, Dharani could be directing Superstar’s next film. Bravo!


The badshah of entertainment joins hands with a director known for his impeccable talent at making masala entertainers. The result would surely be fireworks.
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25-Jul-2006
Nayanatara's another female enemy.
Nayanatara is busy with the shooting of Nag's Boss at Koulalampur. Few days back, Simbhu left to Koulalampur when Nayaana was there, everybody thought Simbhu went to KL to spend sometime me with Nayana,

But as for the rumors, Simbhu was spotted in a local discothèque with another girl Gayatri Raghuram.

After Reema sen's problem, pity Nayana has to face Gaytri
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25-Jul-2006
Nag & Vinayak with Kodali Movies.
Producer Kodali Nani is planning a film with hero Nagarjuna and director V V Vinayak and this film is likely to go to sets from February 2007.

After completing Boos, Nag has to do a film for producer M L Kumara Choudary and V V Vinayak's film with Prabhas will be completed by January 2007.

So after this , Nag's project with V V will begin in February 2007.
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25-Jul-2006
Arjun brings only '1st time' luck
Every heroine who has acted with Allu Arjun in her first film has not been able to grow in their career or do good films. This despite the first film being a hit. For example Aditi Agarwal, Gowri Munjal and Anu. Now will Hansika Motwani break the jinx.

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25-Jul-2006
Rajani Kanth was Hospitalized.

Rajanikanth was suffered from body pains during Sivaji shoot. Peter Hynes was composing the fight sequences with Rajani when the pain developed in Rajani's body.

Rajani was taken to the hospital immediately and doctors advised the hero to take rest and nothing to worry about pain. As for the doctors, the pain developed due to restless work.

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25-Jul-2006
Pokiri to run for 100days in 200 centers
Poori Jagannath's Pokiri will be completing 100days run by 5th of August. The film will be completing 100days run in 200centers that includes Mumbai PVR theatre too. Film's collections are likely to cross Rs 40 crores.

Mahesh Babu and Ileana are leading the show. Manisarma is the music director.
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25-Jul-2006
Pokiri - Rs.38.6 crores in 82 days.
Pokiri  is  still  going  strong  even  after  84days  from  the  release.  The  film  colleted  Rs  38.63  crores  in  82  days.  It  will  easily  cross  Rs  40  crores  very  soon.
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22-Jul-2006
Surender Reddy's title 'Athidhi' for Mahesh?
Director  Surender  Reddy  is  preparing  a  script  for  Mahesh  Babu  and  it  is  likely  to  be  titled  as  Athidhi'.  Stay  tuned  for  some  more  details.
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21-Jul-2006
Jr NTR with Poori.
Jr NTR and Poori are going to team up after NTR completing the two films with Krishna Vamsy and S S Rajamouli. This film is likely to be materialized in the year 2007.
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20-Jul-2006
Sindhura Gadde makes Bollywood debt.
Sindhura  Gadde,  a  Vijayawada  girl  who  had  worked  as  reported  and  news  reader  for  'Flip  side  News'  of  New  Zealand  Television  will  make  her  bollywood  debt  with  the  film  'Zoom  '.

          Swetha  ,daughter  of  B  Subhash    will  be  directing  the  film.  Aziz  is  playing  the  lead  role  in  the  film.  Bappi  Lahari  is  composing  the  scores  for  the  film.
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20-Jul-2006
Director Surendar playing safe game

Surrender  Reddy,  director  of  Ashok  is  a  worried  man  as  the  film's  collections  are  dropped.  Now  Surendar  is  playing  safe  by  not  taking  the  credit  of  Ashok  result.  He  is  saying  that  he  stepped  into  this  venture  with  no  script  in  hands.  At  the  nick  of  time  okayed  Vamsy's  script  and  started  the  film  he  says.

 



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20-Jul-2006
Jhonny buyers to be compensated!!
Disastrous  film  Jhonny  is  still  haunting  Pawan  fans  and  also  its  buyers.  It  was  produced  by    Allu  Aravind  on  Geetha  Arts  banner.  Though  the  buyers  of  Jhonny  were  compensated  upto  15  percent,  still  many  have  suffered  a  big  loss.  Now  with  Pawan  and  Aravind  teaming  up  again,  they  are  hoping  to  recover  their  loss  with  this  film.
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19-Jul-2006
Happy B'day Rajendra Prasad
Banjrahills.com    wishes  Comedy  Kind  Rajendra  Prasad  many  happy  returns  of  the  day  today 
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19-Jul-2006
Suhasini’s homework for Guru in England
Manirathnam  watchers  know  that  Suhasini  Manirathnam  is  also  a  part  of  his  latest  venture  Guru,  the  Abishek  Bacchhan—Aishwarya  Rai  starrer.  “Yes,  I  have  done  the  first  twenty  scenes  of  the  movie.  Mani  sir  gave  me  a  blank  cheque  and  a  piece  of  white  paper  and  sent  me  off  to  England  where  he  spent  most  of  his  youth.  I  am  from  a  village  and  the  place  was  new  to  me.  But  then,  I  had  a  lot  of  time  to  get  some  real  creativity  done.  I  knew  that  this  was  a  paid  holiday,”  say 
“Don’t  write  me  off  in  the  industry.  I  am  waiting  for  a  good  role.  When  it  arrives  you  can  see  me  on  screen  once  again.”
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19-Jul-2006
Kamal’s VV censored. Ready to hit the screens?
Kamal’s  Telugu/tamil  Vettaiyaadu  Vilaiyaadu  has  finally  cleared  all  the  hurdles  and  is  ready  for  release.  The  Censor  Board  too  has  given  its  certification—  an  ‘A’  certificate.

Normally,  a  movie  is  screened  at  a  preview  theatre  for  the  Censor  Board  panel  to  obtain  certification.  But  this  time,  Producer  Seventh  Channel  Narayanan  chose  to  screen  the  film  in  his  own  office.  A  digital  format  of  the  movie  was  screened  for  the  Board  on  last  Sunday.
 
   
Why  did  the  Board  go  for  ‘A’  Certification?

The  Board  thought  that  some  scenes  of  violence  and  some  intimate  scenes  of  Kamal  and  Kamalini  required  only  adult  viewing.  Thus  the  A  certification.

Khaja  Moideen  who  came  to  know  that  the  film  has  been  censored,  is  now  raising  arms  that,  he  as  a  producer,  doesn’t  know  about  the  film  having  ever  gone  for  Censor  Board  Certification.     
 
 
Does  that  man  have  anything  up  his  sleeve  again?
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18-Jul-2006
The Master’s Voice—who will dub for Rajini?
Remember  that  we  carried  a  story  on  this  site  that  Rajini’s  daughter,  Soundharya,  was  making  a  cartoon  film  with  Superstar  as  the  lead  character?  Well,  now  that  the  animated  film  is  in  the  final  stages,  the  question  has  arisen  as  to  who  would  lend  voice  to  the  Rajini  character.  Soundharya  initially  thought  there  was  no  better  person  that  her  dad  himself,  who  was  so  conversant  with  all  the  South  Indian  languages  and  also  Hindi.  But  now  she  doesn’t  want  to  disturb  him  with  his  work  with  Sivaji. 
 
    She  therefore  wanted  someone  to  dub  for  Rajini.  After  considering  many  talented  guys  like  Dhamu,  she  zeroed  in  on  Chinni  Jayanth.  He  is  a  good  mimicry  artiste  and  when  it  comes  to  imitating  the  Superstar’s  voice,  there  is  none  to  beat  him.  Jayanth  met  the  Superstar  recently  on  the  sets  of  Sivaji  and  told  him  about  Soundharya’s  hiring  his  voice.  Rajinikanth  gave  out  his  characteristic  laugh  and  said:  “All  the  best,  Chinni.  Hope  you  would  deliver  excellently!”
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18-Jul-2006
Setting standards
Pokiri’s  dream  run  at  the  box  office  has  apparently  made  its  producer  think  twice  about  celebrating  its  100-day  run  in  August.  The  buzz  is  that  the  producer  is  planning  to  celebrate  its  silver  jubilee  function  in  October  as  the  film  has  broken  all  records  in  the  Telugu  film  industry.  Rajnikanth  is  believed  to  be  the  chief  guest  on  the  occasion.

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18-Jul-2006
Hits and misses of Tollywood

Oh,  what  a  rocking  half-year  it  was  for  the  Telugu  film  industry!  There  were  more  highs  than  lows  in  the  last  six  months  that  have  passed  by  and  the  industry  is  deliriously  happy  as  its  raining  big  bucks.  Coming  after  a  disastrous  2005  wherein  Telugu  films  received  a  drubbing  from  the  dubbed  invasion,  the  feeling  is  yet  to  sink  in  for  the  majority  of  the  industrywallahs.  More  than  ten  films  have  clicked  at  the  box  office,  with  one  of  them  making  an  all-time  record  of  sorts.  It  is  indeed  a  remarkable  feat  achieved  by  the  industry  in  the  first  half  of  its  75th  year.  There  have  been  several  flops  too  but  the  high  success  rate  of  some  films  has  wiped  out  whatever  despondency  was  there  in  the  industry.

The  year  started  on  a  happy  note  with  three  of  the  Sankranthi  releases,  Lakshmi,  Devdasu  and  Style,  turning  into  blockbusters,  though  the  last  two  picked  up  slowly.  Even  the  spiritual  Sri  Ramadasu  was  a  big  success  and  is  still  going  strong.  Then  came  Pokiri,  which  is  described  as  the  biggest  all-time  grosser  of  the  industry.  This  Maheshbabu  starrer  is  shattering  box  office  records  and  may  soon  cross  the  Rs  40  crore  mark  which  Chandramukhi  achieved  last  year.  Following  Pokiri  are  Devdasu,  Lakshmi  and  Sri  Ramadasu  (grossing  Rs  20  crore  each  as  per  trade  guides).  Close  on  the  heels  of  these  films  come  Pawan  Kalyan’s  Bangaram,  Gopichand’s  Ranam  and  EVV’s  comedy  Kitakitalu.  Even  an  average  film  like  10th  Class  managed  to  do  well  at  the  box  office.  Shekhar  Kammula’s  Godavari  which  received  critical  acclaim,  however,  failed  to  match  Anand’s  success  but  the  trade  guides  put  this  film’s  earning  at  a  modest  level  mainly  due  to  its  overseas  success.

The  damper  of  the  first  half,  however,  was  MS  Raju’s  Pournami.  There  was  a  lot  of  expectation  from  this  film  as  it  came  after  Nuvvu  Vosthanante  Nenuoddantana  with  Prabhudeva  at  the  megaphone  and  Prabhas  and  Trisha  in  the  lead.  But  even  MS  Raju’s  screenplay  failed  to  recreate  the  magic.  The  other  damp  squib  was  Kalyanram’s  Asadhyudyu  which  came  after  Athonokkade,  besides  Balakrishna’s  Veerabhadra  and  Allu  Arjun’s  Happy.

Interestingly,  there  was  no  Chiranjeevi-starrer  in  the  first  half  of  the  year  which  generally  accounts  for  a  major  chunk  of  the  box  office  earnings.  Lakshmi  emerged  as  the  biggest  hit  in  Venkatesh’s  career.  Mahesh  Babu-Puri  Jagannath’s  Pokiri  which  was  released  on  April  28,  is  still  running  to  packed  houses  even  after  completing  50-day  run  in  299  centres  and  is  headed  for  silver  jubilee  in  many  theatres.

The  end  of  the  first  half  saw  the  release  of  Vikramarkudu  which  has  Raviteja  playing  dual  role  for  the  first  time.  This  film  was  directed  by  S  S  Rajamouli  and  seems  set  to  hit  the  bull’s-eye.  Then  there  is  the  much  talked  about  NTR  starrer  Ashok  which  will  be  released  in  the  first  month  of  the  second  half  of  the  year  besides  the  megastar’s  Stalin.  A  lot  of  care  is  being  taken  for  this  film  as  Chiru’s  last  two  films  failed  to  live  up  to  expectations.  The  Boys  pair  Sidharth  and  Genelia  is  coming  together  once  again  in  Bommarillu  and  Venkatesh’s  Adavari  Matalaku  Ardhale  Verule  and  Nagarjuna’s  Boss  are  getting  the  final  touches.  The  year-end  may  see  Puri  Jagan’s  another  film  titled  Desamuduru  starring  Allu  Arjun.

With  an  impressive  line-up  of  films,  the  rest  of  the  year  too  appears  quite  promising.  So  when  it  is  time  to  take  stock  of  the  second  half,  there  is  every  possibility  of  more  hits  leaving  the  producers  delighted.

Last  year  made  the  Telugu  film  industry  go  red  in  the  face  as  it  failed  to  muster  hits  to  match  the  dubbed  films  that  floored  the  audience.  Last  year  also  saw  Chandramukhi  which  became  the  top  grosser  with  Rs  40  crore  followed  by  Aparachithudu,  Manmadha  and  Premisthe.  Though  superstar  Rajnikanth  is  a  household  name  in  Andhra,  the  other  heroes  who  made  an  impact  were  Vikram  and  Surya.  These  films  not  only  made  our  technicians  scurry  for  better  scripts,  but  also  showed  them  where  they  went  wrong.  This  exercise  seems  to  have  paid  off  as  2006  started  on  a  positive  note.  However,  there  were  still  some  producers  who  wanted  to  cash  in  on  the  prevailing  mood  and  dubbed  some  Tamil  flicks  this  year  too  which  bombed  at  the  box  office  excepting  Pandem  Kodi  which  managed  a  50-day  run.
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18-Jul-2006
Will Ashok change NTR’s fortunes?
Apart  from  the  industry,  its  children  who  wait  eagerly  for  an  NTR  film.  Besides  being  fans  of  NTR,  the  kids  are  bowled  by  the  weapons  the  Junior  sports  in  his  flicks.  Simhadri  and  Samba  had  some  typically  designed  weapons  and  kids  went  gaga  over  them.  The  industry  is  already  abuzz  with  the  talk  that  Ashok  is  all  set  to  change  NTR’s  fortunes  for  good.  That  should  be  music  to  NTR’s  ears  as  he  has  been  going  through  a  rough  patch  of  late.
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15-Jul-2006
Visual effects festival
PiXelloid, a VFX company, claimed to have screened their work Amigo, a two-minute song sequence in the Telugu film Oka V Chitram, at Visual Effects Society festival held in Hollywood. “For the first time, a non-Hollywood work has been selected for the prestigeous festival,” said the team-head Yugandhar, who is elated about his work being screened alongwith special effects giants like Superman Returns, Cars and Poseidon. “We created a semi surrealisitc CG city and a live action character is shown dancing amidst skyscrapers with camera moving around her dynamically,” informs Yugandhar who claims to have done visual effects for more than 50-odd films including Super, Mass and Pokiri in the one-year of its inception. “Besides a breathtaking song for Sainikudu, we are also working on a CG trailer for a Hollywood flick,” said the head of a 20-member team who also impart precision training at moderate cost.

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Amazing facts
#The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime at night.
# The most common name in the world in Mohamed.
# A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
# A snail can sleep for three years.
# All polar bears are left handed.
# American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
# Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
# Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
# Butterflies taste with their feet
# Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, dogs only have about 10.
# China has more English speakers than the United States.
# Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear any pants.
# Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
# Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
# February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
# I am. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
# If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall and have a neck twice the length of a normal human's neck.
# If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
# If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
# Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
# No word in the English language rhymes with month.
# On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
# One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today is because cotton growers in the 1930's lobbied against hemp farmers-they saw it as competition.
# Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
# Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
# Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'.
# Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
# The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
# The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
# The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
# The name Wendy was made up for the book 'Peter Pan'.
# The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
# The words racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
# Women blink nearly twice as much as men. (guess they miss more...)
# You are more likely to be killed by a Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.


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  maha
  maheshpatsa@gmail.com
  your movies is so sweet next moive CHIRUTA conform 175 DAYS
  8/20/2007 3:51:37 AM
   
  Rupesh
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  That was too damn good .expecting more from you
  6/2/2007 2:40:43 PM
   
  Abhimanyu
  abhi.manu@gmail.com
  wrt this : I am. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. what abt senteces "Do." "Go." "Sit."
  2/5/2007 1:01:16 AM
   
  vinod
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  superb
  10/1/2006 10:46:10 AM
   
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