Is Bhumika seeking sexy star image?

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 10:19 AM

Bhumika too is joining the glam bandwagon! With every other heroine is donning bikini these days, Bhumika seems to have changed her mindset. She looks glam and sexy these days. Also, she has gone for complete makeover too. Some of her photos from recent portfolio give us the impression that she is willing to indulge in skin show if asked.

Neetu is planning for a palatial Villa in Chennai

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:18 AM

Neetu Chandra who seems to settle down in Tamil film industry is all set to purchase a palatial Villa I the Chennai outskirts. According to sources, the seductive beauty is learning Tamil in a perfect way in order to dub her own voice in her upcoming movie titled as “ Theeraatha Vilayattu Pillai”

Kamal to take legal action against Pyramid Saimira

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:17 AM

Kamal Haasan has issued a press statement making it clear that neither he nor his production house Raj Kamal International has received any stay order for the release of his forthcoming film Unnai Pol Oruvan.

The actor states in the press note that he worked exclusively for Marmayogi for one year and later came to realize that Pyramid Saimira could not fund the project any further. Kamal also points out that he has lost several offers during that time and incurred a loss of income of Rs. 40 crores.

According to the press release: “I have also caused a suit to be filed in the High Court of Madras against Pyramid Saimira. Probably, to counter my legal action against them, they have decided to go to the press on a smear campaign and they have sent me a notice making wild and false allegations. An interim Reply also has been sent to it.”

Kamal also mentioned that he would take legal action against the production house for trying to tarnish his image.

Cancer to Claim Another 'Ray' of Beauty

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:16 AM

Well known model and actor Lisa Ray is suffering from cancer. This was disclosed by her in a article in her blog. Lisa Ray said that she was suffering from a rare and life threatening form of cancer. Lisa Ray’s father is a Bengali while her mother is from Poland. Lisa is suffering from Multiple Myloama a cancer that affects the white blood cell.

There is no cure for the cancer. Lisa began her career as a model and her ad for the textile group Bombay dyeing was well received and made her a celebrity. Lisa acted in some films and her film in Telugu was Takkari donga opposite Prince Mahesh Babu. Lisa also acted in Deepa Mehta’s film Water.


Hero's Pet Makes Charmi Shiver

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:15 AM

Punjabi doll Charmi is well known for her movies like Sri Aanjaneyam, Manthra, Raakhi, Pournami, 16 Days, Kaavya's Diary etc. Some time ago she went to a hero's house. It doesn't matter here who was that hero and what for she gone there, but what happened there is of our interest. The moment she entered in to the house, the hero's pet dog which was much taller than her, welcomed her in its ownway, standing on its hind legs. This made Charmi very panicky and she started shivering with fear.

Then came the hero from inside the house and called back the dog. Charmi sighed with relief and thanked the hero.


YSR's successor episode comes to an end

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:15 AM

Ramachandra Rao, a Rajya Sabha member, has met Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh M. Veerappa Moily and told them that the Congress would gain immensely by naming Jagan as chief minister.

With the seven-day mourning period ending Wednesday, hectic efforts are on in both New Delhi and Hyderabad to pick a new chief minister.

Political activity aimed at finding a successor to late Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy reached a climax Thursday with Congress legislators rushing here anticipating a meeting to elect a new leader.


The legislators started arriving here on the direction of ministers in charge of their respective districts who are confident that the Congress will name YSR's 37 year old son and Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy the post of next chief minister.

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting is likely to be held in a few days to elect the new leader. YSR loyalists claim to have the support of 152 out of 154 assembly members to make Jagan the chief minister.

Party sources said the CLP meeting would elect Jagan as the leader in the presence of party's central observers, who would then convey the choice to party president Sonia Gandhi for a formal announcement.

The sources have not ruled out the possibility of the CLP authorising Sonia Gandhi to take a decision after getting a firm assurance that Jagan would be named the leader.

This way, no one would feel that the central leadership had to bow to pressure from YSR loyalists.

Sexy Ileana Reveals Her Beauty Secrets

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:14 AM

The reason for looking so cute and sexy on screen, Ileana tells that she takes many a care about her food habits. She does yoga regularly and drinks juice extracted from greens like spinach, coriander and mint. She says that these are the secrets of her youthfulness and beauty.

She herself goes to market mostly and purchases vegitables of her choice. Not only that she eats sprouts of Maze and Bajara also. One more thing she does regularly is, while going to shoots, she keeps carrots ready in her handbag to munch in the gap between shots.


Prakash Raj to direct a kannada film

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:14 AM

National award winner Prakash Raj is remaking his Tamil film “Abhiyum Naanum” in Kannda. He will also take hold of the direction of the film. In Tamil, Radha Mohan had directed the film.

Prakash Raj is also roped in to play a character role in another Kannada film “Dhool” which is a remake of Tamil film “Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambham” which starred Dhanush and Shriya. In the Kannada version the lead roles are being played by Yogi and Aindrita Ray. Prakash plays the role of the brother of the heroine.

Prakash is also playing a negative role in the film “Manjina Hani” which features Ravichandran.

“When I started writing the role for the new version of Manjina Hani, I only had Prakash Raj in my mind. I could not think of any other actor to do that role,” said Ravichandran who had to wait for Prakash Raj for nearly a month before starting the second schedule of the film.

YS Jagan sending split signals!

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:13 AM

Despite a series of parleys between the Congress high command and supporters of Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the last two days, there is no solution in sight to the succession tangle in Andhra Pradesh with both camps refusing to blink.

The party's offer to induct Jagan into the Union Cabinet has not enthused the Kadapa MP even as his supporters are still canvassing for his elevation as CM. Some of his supporters are planning statewide agitation to put pressure on the high command.

There are also rumours that Jagan, who is counting the support of roughly 120 MLAs, may split the Congress, form a regional party and form the government with the support of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) led by Chiranjeevi and the MIM. The PRP has 18 MLAs and the MIM has eight. Majority mark is 147 in the 294-member House.

Magadheera Crosses Rs 65 Cr Comfortably

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:13 AM

While things have not been that good on the political and morale front of the state, the film front seems to be doing okay now. The credit for that goes to the magnum opus ‘Magadheera’ and as per the latest reports, the film is all set to create history that will take ages to be broken.

Apparently, ‘Magadheera’ is said to be on its way to cross the Rs 65 crores mark in collections and this would make it the first film in south India to come up with such huge numbers. Also, the film will then stand next to the Bollywood blockbuster ‘Ghajini’ in terms of the largest collections ever made.

The Naizam area stands first with its contribution followed by Ceded area and there has been a good collection from Karnataka and US as well for this movie. All this has happened in just the first five weeks and only time will tell what more records this blockbuster will break.

Arya 2 release is confirmed

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:13 AM

Allu Arjun’s next film Arya 2 release date has been confirmed for October 1st. First copy is expected to be ready by September 25th and censor will be done on the same day. Kajal Agarwal is paired opposite Arjun and film is being produced under Aditya Arts banner. Music is by Devi Sri Prasad and is expected to be launched soon.

Usha Kiran's 'Ninnu Kalisaka' music launched

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:12 AM

Prestigious production house Usha Kiran Movies is producing a film with newcomers for yet another time. Shiva Nageshwara Rao who is known for comedies is directing the new film titled Ninnu Kalisaka. Its music was recently launched by producer Ramoji Rao in a simple ceremony at Ramoji Film City. He handed over the first audio album to director Shiva Nageshwara Rao. Composed by newcomer Sunil Kashyap, the film has six songs.

Later on each of the six songs were formally launched by various film celebrities. Jodi of celebrities like Keeravani – Chandrabose; Rajamouli – Rama Rajamouli; Tarun – V N Aditya; Vishnu – YVS Chowdhary; Krish – Manoj; Jagapathi Babu – Madan launched each of the six songs.

Roja counters Iron Leg with strong mouth?

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:12 AM

Iron Leg- the recent nick name given to Raja by TDP and PRP politicians. Reacting to these statements Roja countered as ' When I was in the film industry, many producers used to call me and get their movies launched by me, by breaking coconuts, they used to say my hand is lucky'.

No place for Vijay in youth Congress: Rahul

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:11 AM

The All India General Secretary of the Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day tour to Tamil Nadu to strengthen the party’s position in the state and is meeting youngsters to woo them into the party.

Speaking to the media persons in Chennai, Rahul said that actor Vijay is welcome to the Congress but since he has crossed over 35 years of age he may not find a place in the youth congress.

There were strong speculations that Vijay is considering to join the Congress party when he met Rahul in Delhi a few days ago. Reports also suggested that he would formally join the Congress in the Coimbatore meeting on September 10th. But with Rahul’s contention that it is a meeting only for those below 35 years, this now seems to be a distant possibility.

Jagan has leadership qualities: Rahul Gandhi

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:11 AM

All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi stated the late chief minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s son Jaganmohan Reddy has all leadership qualities to become a chief minister of the state.

Talking to media persons in Chennai after completing his three days visit on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi said that he is not seeing Jaganmohan Reddy as Chief Minister’s son. Rahul said that he would not consider Jagan as an ordinary leader but he has many credits to his success in political career. He said that Jagan has occupied special position in the hearts of Andhra people, particularly in Rayalaseema region.

Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress High Command will take a positive decision on successor of chief minister in Andhra Pradesh very soon. He said that the high command is seeking more information from party leaders by summoning them to New Delhi.

As the decision is yet to be taken by high command, it is not right time to comment on the successor issue, he said. He assured the youth that there would be no place for money, power or influence in the Congress hereafter. Leaders would be elected from among the youth and anyone could contest organisational elections. Rahul underscored the need to harness the energy of the youth, and said the Youth Congress had embarked on such an endeavour.

US satellite first spotted YSR chopper crash site

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:11 AM

An American satellite first spotted the site where the helicopter carrying late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy had crashed in the Nallamala forest, authoritative sources said.

The US satellite identified the site based on the missing cordinates provided by the BSNL, they said.
The US satellite imagery, that contained more than 12,000 pictures, was thoroughly analysed by the authorities in the US and the analysis was passed on to only top officials of the state administration.
"Six images clearly showed gaping holes in the clouds over the Pavuralagutta area where the helicopter had crashed. The search operation was initially spread over a 60 sq km area and later cut down to 20 sq km based on the US data. Ulitimately, the search was narrowed down to five sq km", the sources said.

Will Congress high command dictate terms?

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:10 AM

Is the Congress high command set to dictate terms to the State leadership like in the past? This question has been doing rounds for the past one week relating to the selection of successor to late Chief Minister, Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy.

The high command used to have control over the State units and the major decisions, including the selection of the PCC presidents and Chief Ministers are decided at the whims and fancies of the high command. The high command used to fill the top posts in every State and leaders in Delhi would be having total control over the party affairs.

It was for this reason late N T Rama Rao used to blame the Congress for mortgaging the State interests in Delhi.

However, things took a new turn with the emergence of Dr Rajasekhar Reddy as the powerful leader. He started to command things and even dictate terms to the high command. Except the election of K V P Ramachandra Rao to the Rajya Sabha, (which was differed six times) Dr Rajasekhar Reddy’s word carried weight in Delhi.

The sudden death of Dr Rajasekhar Reddy had come as a shot in the arm for the high command to take things into its control. It is for this reason the issue of succession became controversial with Delhi lobbies entertaining different voices.

If the high command starts dominating the State affairs, it would be a death blow to the party in the State as it was proved in 1980s and 1990s.

Purandeswari's appointment may trigger revolt

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:08 AM

Purandeswari belongs to the Kamma community, which traditionally backs the TDP. “The Congress is dominated by the Reddys and the state has never seen a Kamma Congress CM so far. If she is hoisted on the state Congress, there will be a virtual revolt in the party,” said one leader. But why Purandeswari’s name is being considered is because of the fact that she is also the daughter of TDP founder N T Rama Rao. If she is appointed, it will be the end of the road for the Jagan camp including KVP, and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu too will not be comfortable in taking head-on his sister-in-law as he could do in the case of YSR. Meanwhile, in Bangalore, when asked if she is in the race, Purandeswari said: “I do not wish to comment on it.”

The man who troubled SS Rajamouli?

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:08 AM

The star director SS Rajamouli attended 'Kurradu' music release function that was attuned by Poori Jagannath and Ramcharan. Rajamouli recalled his memories of small screen experience with Gemini Kiran. SS Rajamouli was the director for TV serial Shanthi Nivasam of K Raghavemdar Rao, that time during the shoot, Kiran used say that is not good, this is not good on the face of Rajamouli.

Ggenelia in "Its My Life"

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:07 AM

The bubbly beauty Genelia has ruled the roost in the south with her bubbly charm. She also made a great debut in Bollywood and is now one of the most sought after actresses.

Meanwhile according to source she has been roped in for a Hindi flick titled “Its My Life”. This flick is apparently the remake of Telugu hit “Bommarillu”. The movie was also a hit in Tamil as “Santosh Subramaniam”.

Genelia played the lead in both the versions and is now all set to rock the Hindi version as well. She is being paired opposite Hurman Baweja and before that, she is right now working on the new film with Shahid Kapoor which is slated to be a dance musical.


Prakash raj: 40 lakhs for villain role

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:05 AM

Versatile actor Prakashraj, who was adjudged the best actor award on Monday at the 55th National Film Awards 2007 for his performance in Priyadarshan’s off-beat Tamil film Kanchivaram, has reportedly been paid Rs. 40 lakhs for the villain’s role in his upcoming Kannada film Dhool, a remake of Tamil film Thiruvilayadal Aarambam, starring Dhanush and Shriya Saran in lead roles.

Dhool stars Yogi and Aindrita Ray in lead roles. Prakashraj is the villain and will be seen as Aindrita’s rich brother in the film, which recently started its new schedule from September 5.

The actor is also busy with the Kannada film Manjina Hani, starring Ravichandran. Prakashraj is the director and producer of the ongoing Kannada remake of his much acclaimed Tamil movie Abhiyum Naanum, directed by Radha Mohan.

Will Venkatesh's New Film 'Ganga' Work Out?

Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On at 10:04 AM

Victory Venkatesh has been one star who is known for his penchant to come up with variety roles as much as possible. While most of the time, he has proved his mettle in family entertainers, he has also flexed his muscles in action treats like ‘Gharshana’ ‘Thulasi’ etc.

Now, there is news that Venky’s next venture would be ‘Ganga’ and this would be hitting the floors as soon as the film ‘Eenadu’ hits the screens. ‘Ganga’ is being directed by choreographer Amma Rajasekhar and Venky is said to be seen in a completely rugged role befitting the mass audience.

Though it has been a while since Venky has done such roles, the question amongst many is whether ‘Ganga’ will really appeal to the audience. Amma Rajasekhar has got a track record of disasters so it will be a challenge and interesting to see how ‘Ganga’ will flow.