The shooting of energetic star Nandamuri Kalyan Ram’s latest untitled film, being directed by debutant Naren with teenage beauty Hansika as the heroine, is progressing at a brisk pace in Hyderabad. S. Taman is scoring the music. Story and dialogues are by B.V.S.N. Ravi.
Sassy lass Anushka is not quite the open outgoing social person she plays in her movies. In reality, she prefers to spend her spare time and Saturday nights at home with family members and solitude for company, away from the harassment of shutter bugs! She made her debut opposite Madhavan in Rendu, but for some reason, it took a couple of hits in Telugu to alert Kollywood to her considerable talents, and now that Tamil movie-makers have discovered her hottitude, they are making the best use of it!
Namitha still spells magic in Kollywood and Tollywood. Jaganmohini (also spelt as Jagan Mohini), with Namitha at her glamorous best, is to be released with over 500 prints all over Tamil Nadu towards the end of September. Sources say this number of prints would have made any leading hero proud.
It has become a known thing that the glory days of the super comedian Babu Mohan are over and sources say that this talented individual has been trying hard to make his presence felt on the silver screen once again.However, that has not been happening and meanwhile, Babu Mohan’s son Uday Babu has begun his efforts to make his mark. While his debut venture brought mixed reports, he has now decided to take off with a new venture.
Reports say that the film will be hitting the floors in the month of October and this is slated to be a pure masala entertainer mixed with all commercial elements. Babu Mohan is said to be praying that this project goes smoothly and push Uday among the success league. Good luck for this Uday Babu!!!
Producer Bellamkonda announced a film with Balakrishna hurriedly few days back. He even did a pooja ceremony for the film, which was titled Bheesma. It was said that Balakrishna who saw Ramesh Varma directed Ride and expressed his willingness to act under his direction. So, Bellamkonda immediately announced Bheshma with Ramesh Varma and said that it would begin shoot by August 1st week.
The National Award winner for the best actress is busy with the shooting in both Tamil and Telugu. Now the rumor mills in Andhra Pradesh have churned out news that the actress Priyamani is to marry one of the popular heroes of Tollywood, Tarun. Both were seen together in popular five star hotels in the city. On hearing this rumor of her closeness with Tarun, the actress said that she had fun with him during the shooting of the movie ‘Nava Vasantham’ but apart from it they both had been busy and hardly had time to see each other.
Tamanna, one of five contenders of the popular MTV Roadies is believed to be found in the MMS scandal that is making out in the internet. Gaining popularity, Tamanna MMS video which has been shot has a girl having a sex with a boy. Running for 37 seconds, the girl in the MMS video resembles the MTV reality TV contestant Tamanna.
Actress Raasi who was a leading actress in the year 90’s was famous for her large sized boobsARR’s fans are expecting the Hindi audio release of ‘Blue’ on September 12th and his long term project ‘Sultan - The Warrior’ is also expected soon. While people are looking forward for his future projects to do the magic again, he has received a new esteem for his ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.
Yeah, here comes another feather on the cap of our Mozart of Madras. The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made Rahman its primary member. The recognition is given on the basis of his achievement through the Golden Globe Award and the Oscars both for Danny Boyle’s ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.
So, ARR will fly to America every year to vote for his choice among the Oscars nominees. Moreover he will be receiving the red carpet honour throughout his lifetime!
Wow! Do we have to say how happy we feel for him? Jai ho ARR!
Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, Kadapa MP and son of late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, expressed hope that AICC president Sonia Gandhi will do justice and will honor the sentiments of the people in deciding the next Chief Minister. In a way, he indirectly brought pressure on her to make him the CM.
Here is the text of open letter written by Jagan to the party workers:
My mother Smt. Vijayalakshmi, my sister Smt. Sharmila and our other family members join me in conveying our deepest sense of gratitude to millions of people who have shared our sorrow and grief in this hour of greatest tragedy in the passing away of my illustrious father, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. We are really moved by the extraordinary affection and love shown by all of you, but for which it would have been even more difficult for us to cope with this painful situation.
We are greatly pained to see hundreds of people losing their lives unable to bear the untimely demise of their most beloved leader. We can understand your feelings as we ourselves are in the same situation. But the best way of paying your tribute for the departed soul is by carrying on his mantle and by making sure that all his programmes and ideologies are carried on and completed.
He always used to say that his dream was to wipe every tear from every eye. He sincerely tried to do his best in the accomplishment of this most difficult task. We all have a responsibility, as true followers of his legacy, to work towards fulfilling his unfulfilled dream. We cannot afford to lose our heart and become panicky. We have to somehow summon courage and maintain calm and composure and pay our silent and respectful homage to him. On behalf of my family, I request you with folded hands, to desist from the extreme actions of committing suicides. Your life is extremely important to us. It is but for all of you and your love and affection, your sympathy and admiration, my father would not have been what he was.
I would like to personally thank Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji, Dr. Manmohan Singh ji, Sri Rahul Gandhi ji, the Governor of AP, Chief Ministers of various states, Union Cabinet Ministers and thousands of other senior leaders of all political parties that have come to Hyderabad and Idupulapaya to pay homage to my father and to console us.
As I and our other family members are grieving for the greatest loss in our life, we cannot but help in recalling the outstanding love and affection shown by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, Late Sri Rajiv Gandhi and Smt. Sonia Gandhi for my father, but for whose unstinted support at every part of his career, it would not have been possible for my father to scale the heights he has reached. It is really a tribute to Late Sri Rajiv Gandhi that he could spot talent in my father and it was late Smt. Indira Gandhi, who appointed him at the age of 33 year as the President of APCC. It is equally important to note that Smt Sonia Gandhi ji had chosen my father as President of APCC in 1998, as Leader of Opposition in 1999, as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 2004 and 2009. We are particularly grateful to Smt. Sonia Gandhi for her immense support and help to my father at all crucial times. She stood like a rock behind my father and supported him wholeheartedly throughout his career.
It should be said to the credit of my father that he too carried on the legacy of Smt. Indira Gandhi and Sri Rajiv Gandhi in full measure and made it no secret that his greatest source on inspiration for all developmental and welfare programmes was late Smt. Indira Gandhi.
It is providential that my father also laid down his life in the call of the duty, on his way to inaugurate yet another programme for the benefit of the common man, in the true legacy of his benefactors.
During the last meeting of the Party held at Gandhi Bhavan on 27th August 2009, my father clearly mentioned that his main task and dream is to make the Congress Party to form the government on its own in 2014 general elections and to make Sri Rahul Gandhi ji as the Prime Minister of the country.
We are also grateful to lakhs of Congress leaders and the cadre in our State for whom my father had the greatest affection. But for your support, it would not have been possible for my father to rebuild the Congress Party in the State and to win many a battle including those two general elections. I can understand your feelings and emotions for your leader. Some of you have worked very closely with him and helped him in implementing the largest number of welfare programmes to benefit every citizen in the State. I know that you are all passionately attached to him and want to carry his mantle and fulfill his unfulfilled dreams. I am grateful to all of you for these good feelings.
It came to my notice that some of the Party Leaders and workers were rushing to the media and suggesting their choices for the successor of my father. I request every one with folded hands to stop such activities by going to the media, signature campaigns, using of banners, placards demonstrations etc., for my leadership as the successor of our beloved departed leader as this is not the time or the occasion. On my part, like my father, I am duty bound to be a loyal and disciplined Congress worker. We are in mourning with deep heart. As a disciplined soldier of the Congress Party it gives pain to the soul of our beloved leader.
We are all members of a big Congress family, which has a long history and tradition of 125 years. It is our good fortune to be members of this great family that has not only brought freedom for our country but also institutionalized democracy in our country.
Every Congress Worker knows that it is the tradition of our Party to leave the decision of leadership to the high command and our beloved leader Smt Sonia Gandhi ji.
Our high command knows and more particularly our beloved leader Smt. Sonia Gandhi respects the public perception and feelings of lakhs of Congress Party workers and she knows too well what is good for all of us and what is good for our state and people. I request you to await the decision of Smt Sonia Gandhi, President, AICC on the issue of leadership and also urge you to abide the decision.
Our beloved leader and President of AICC, Smt Sonia Gandhi ji will take a decision in such a way that Dr Rajasekhara Reddy’s ideals, mission and zeal would not be compromised in any manner.
I humbly appeal to you to be strong and courageous; I am with you in these trying times, just as you are with me.
(Y S JAGAN MOHAN REDDY),
Kadapa MP
There is lot of support for YS Jagan from the party MLAs, MPs, MLCs and also the Congress cadre. Are all these going to help YS Jagan? May be we cannot predict the future but the way things are going on and also the silence from high command indicate that the decision may not favourable to YS Jagan. Do you remember the noise created by Congress cadre in 2004 while seeking Sonia as Prime Minister? Everybody in congress wanted her to take up the PM seat but she left her decision to "inner voice" and made Manmohan Singh as prime minister.
The next day, a meeting of Congress MPs endorsed the 71-year-old then Manmohan Singh, a highly respected former finance minister and Mrs Gandhi's preferred candidate, as prime minister. The best guess of many political pundits is also the same now. A name will come in a sealed cover and CLP will formally meet and accept the name recommended by Sonia Gandhi. Sonia's choice may not be YS Jagan. It could be one of K. Rosaiah, Pallam Raju, Jaipal Reddy, Botsa or Purandeswari.
he success stories of ‘Magadheera’ have become a common feature in news everyday but then some achievements of this film have been one of its kind. Now, the film has added another feather onto its cap and here is the reason why.
As per the latest reports, ‘Magadheera’ has been running strongly not just in one or two but a total of 110 theaters. Now, the best part is, all these theatres belong only in the Naizam area. Not only that, the collections are said to be going solid across all theatres.
Sources reveal that the film has cast a spell over the Naizam audience and there are those who have been coming for repeated shows. While the visual grandeur is one aspect, many say that the film leaves with a high level of courage and motivation which has become a crowd puller. Way to go ‘Magadheera’!!!
AP Congress is spoiling the situation by making noise with regard to YS Jagan. They are going over emotional and losing the balance. On a whole they are disturbing the idea of seeing Jagan as CM. They have made noise when DS was speaking in Santapa Sabha of YSR. They are making huge commotion by carrying the banners and photo cards of YS Jagan shouting ‘Jagan CM…Jagan CM’. This would certainly disturb the whole situation. Even High Command wouldn’t surrender for such force. Things should be kept in right place by Congress members. If they are so desirous of Jagan, why can’t they meet and elect him as CLP leader. They are with in their right to do so. Why they are not doing? That is because, they belong to a national party, and it has a high command. Any national party, worth the salt will not yield to emotional blackmail, however virtue of the cause may be. One is at loss to understand why these congress people ignore this simple logic.
Whenever Dr. YSR tried to influence the high command through his followers, he failed. Then he turned to the people and created a situation where the high command has no option except selecting him as CLP leader.
Even for Jagan, that is the only route. He should earn that right via people and not followers of his father. He should consolidate his base among people as Mr.Jagan and not as YSR's son. It is sure, Jagan will not be chosen to the CM's chair if the chorus for him continues. Hope better wisdom will prevail on his sycophantic followers.
Then the High Command may think in these lines and come out with 3 options.
“Jagan is very young and he needs some direct experience before enthroning CM chair. Making him CM is very easy. We too like to do that. But he may face trouble in 2014 election if he shows his inexperience in these few years. We can think of three options:
Members may see any of the above three options before them. Even though they quote Rajiv Gandhi’s name, the answer is negative. Rajiv Gandhi became PM as soon as the death of Indira Gandhi. But he failed in subsequent elections.
HYDERABAD: He took off despite bad weather, veered 18 km off the flight path and made no effort to steer the chopper back to safety, notwithstanding heavy rain and poor visibility. What was on Group Captain Sunil Kumar Bhatia’s mind when he was flying the illfated Bell-430 helicopter that eventually crashed killing all five onboard including Rajasekhara Reddy? Though some of his colleagues say that Bhatia, with 25 years of flying experience, is not the one to make such mistakes, happenings within the AP Aviation Corporation (APAC) indicate that Bhatia was in a disturbed state of mind. He was allegedly humiliated by some officials after he tried to expose ‘‘certain corrupt activities’’ in the APAC.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID), which has taken up the probe into the crash, will be investigating this very aspect, which now appears to be the key element in the incident. VSK Kaumudi, IG-CID, will head the probe. Top sources disclosed to Express that Bhatia had personally handed over two representations to a senior IAS officer on the alleged corruption in the APAC.
In his representations, a copy of which is also said to have been sent to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Bhatia stated that unqualified and incompetent pilots were being inducted into the APAC, particularly those performing VIP duties. He was also said to have alleged that money was paid to officials for renewing contracts and that kickbacks were involved in purchase of spare parts and maintenance of choppers. As per norms, the State Government awards contracts to some private firms that provide pilots.
However, it is not clear whether 47-year-old Bhatia mentioned names in his representations.
Having submitted his representations, Bhatia was expecting an enquiry from the Government side but the matter reached senior officials of the APAC and he was issued two memos.
He was asked to explain why he made a direct representation to the Government and in what authority. To one memo, Bhatia replied. Thereafter, Bhatia was allegedly harassed on one pretext or the other. ‘‘Surpassing Bhatia, some junior pilots were given his responsibilities just to humiliate him. He was disturbed and tense and at one time, he said he wanted to return to the Indian Air Force, h i s parent organisat i o n , ’ ’ sources said.
On an earlier occasion, Bhatia, a 1984 batch officer of the IAF and on deputation to the APAC for the last three years, voiced his resentment before some officials over the alleged kickbacks received in the purchase of the Augusta Westland chopper. Subsequently, his name was cancelled from the list of pilots and co-pilots who were to train in Italy to fly the Augusta Westland.
Augusta Westland was purchased for Rs 58 crore and YSR was to fly on it on Wednesday.
But as it was under repair, the Chief Minister was forced to use the Bell-430.
--expressbuzz.com
While those film actors/actresses who fail to make it big on the silver screen tend to come to the small screen, even the reverse also happens from time to time for the talented artists. One such lady who has been making her presence felt is Sruthi who is a noted face in the small screen. right now, she has progressed to take up mother roles and she is seen quite frequently in the low budget movies on the silver screen.
Those who have worked with Sruthi say that she is a single take actor and highly talented and if only she can work on cutting down her weight, they say she would look more attractive and get better offers. Is Sruthi reading this?
She has been known for her oomph and sex appeal, at the same time she has also been known for her talent and performances. However, right now she is making news for the wrong reasons. We are talking about a popular TV anchor who has also done few stints on the silver screen. Recently, she was seen at a famous hangout and was busy kissing deeply with a man. Sources say that even he hails from the film industry and belongs to the family of a big hero.
The buzz is that both have been spotted at many places from a while and right now, the kissing sequence between the two has been caught on a mobile cam and the MMS is said to be spreading like wildfire.