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Naga Chaitanya’s Josh collected a sum of 2,17,00,000.00 in the first week in Nizam territory and the distributors say that it might collect another one crore maximum.
This is bad news for Dil Raju who has had a series of hits for a very long time.

Rana’s debut film ‘AVM vari Leader’ being produced by AVM and directed by Sekhar Kammula was initially slated to release on October 2nd Gandhi Jayanti has been postponed to Sankranthi. The reason is said to be that the film shoot has been stretching beyond the planned period and that there is still many more days left before it can get into post production. Suresh, Rana’s father who is closely monitoring it wants it come at a time when the market is relatively free and not crowded. He believes January is the time. Let us hope he is right.

With the Congress leaders at all levels in Andhra Pradesh giving him the larger-than-the-life size image, Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy appears to have adopted a defiant and stubborn posture on the Chief Minister post issue.
He is learnt to have told KVP that gone were the days when the state leaders danced to the tunes of the Congress high command. “The party leadership should learn to respect the sentiments of the people and the workers at the grass root level. A few leaders in Delhi cannot dictate the destiny of the state, but have to go by the democratic principles,” he reportedly told KVP.
Jagan reminded that it was because of his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy that the party had survived in Andhra Pradesh and established a strong government. “It was not because of Sonia or any other leader in Delhi that the party had won the elections twice. YSR single-handedly steered the party to victory. It is a personal victory of YSR, which everybody agrees. Not only that, it was because of YSR that the party could get 33 MP seats, which led to the formation of the UPA government. Sonia cannot ignore this factor and neglect our family,” he pointed out.
So, the real high command is in Hyderabad, not in Delhi. Isn’t it?

Veteran director Vamsi, known for his comedies and unusual films like Sitara, April Okati Vidudala, is now going to direct another film. His recent film, Gopi Gopika Godavari, didn’t impress critics but the film turned out to be commercial success. So he is brimming with more ideas. Buzz is that he has roped in Allari Naresh for his next film. It is to be produced on Keerthi Combines banner by producer Padma. Regular shoot commences from November.Chakri who has gelled well with Vamsi is scoring music again. This is going to be fifth film in their combination. After Ilayaraja, Chakri is having long association with Vamsi.

Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy had fought tough battle for five years to send his friend, K V P Ramachandra Rao to Rajya Sabha. Dr Reddy’s battle against the high command and the leaders from the State was so hard. However, he had won the battle for his friend and made him an MP and introduced him to the Delhi circles. Now the sudden death of Dr Reddy had put new burden on the shoulders of KVP. He is now lobbying with the Delhi circles to get the Chief Minister post for his friend’s son, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy. He is having tough time in pushing forward the candidature of the young MP. His visit to Delhi these days is to lobby with the Delhi circles. But, the big question before him is whether he would be able to win the battle and make Jagan as the Chief Minister or not?If he loses the battle, it is certainly going to be a bad time for him and to the YS family as they would slowly be kept aside. Let us see what this Chanakya will do in the post-YSR era.

Chandra Siddartha-Sharwanand film titled as Andaribhanduvaya. Padmapriya plays the herione role in the film. The film made under Filmotsav banner completed the 80 percent shooting so far informed the producer - Director Chandra Siddhartha.The film has a romantic love angle, but also touches the human emotions in a big way says Chandrasiddhartha. The film completes the entire shooting by the month end. The films also stars Naresh, Krishna baghavan, Vijay aryan, M.S.Narayana, RK etc. Anup rubens scores the music.

K V P Ramachandra Rao, who is leading a campaign to install Y S Jaganmohan Reddy as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, left for Delhi today to resume discussions with Congress high command on the succession issue.
The Congress high command has, however, indicated that it is in favour of continuing status quo for now with K Rosaiah heading the government.
There is a huge difference between his last trip and this trip. During his last visit, huge number of MPs and MLAs were with him and also he was busy in talking and directing leaders from AP. Now, same hungama is not there and there are only two MPs with him. Anakapalli MP, Pabbam Hari is one of those two MPs.
By understanding the mood of Congress high command, leaders are slowly changing their voice and leaving KVP alone. That's congress politics!

Ramcharan's second film is alre4ady heading towards 50days and the makers are making their plans to bring repeated audiences to the theaters by adding some important key scenes those were edited keeping lengthy run time. The running film has the run time of 2hr 45 minutes, now the makers are planning to some key scenes of Ramcharan, Kajal and srihari hoping repeated audiences. The scenes will be added in the next week in all the theaters.

Prabhu Deva’s Bollywood film Wanted will hit the marquee soon!The case filed by Sushil Gupta against Sri Devi’s production houses - Sri Devi Productions, Narasimha Enterprises and SK Films - was taken up for hearing yesterday. Earlier, Gupta had filed a petition for staying the release of the production houses’ Wanted, which has Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia in the lead and directed by Prabhu Deva.According to the petitioner, the production houses owed him Rs. 7.93 crores and they should be allowed to release the film only after all his dues are settled. On an appeal, the defendants (Sri Devi, Boney Kapoor and Surendra Kapoor) stated that the entire transaction took place in Mumbai and hence the Madras High Court did not have the jurisdiction.However, on the orders of the court, the actress said that she would pay or submit a guarantee of Rs. 3.60 crores on or before September 16th.

Telugu film actor Srikanth, former advocate general C V Mohan Reddy and several others moved the AP HC on Friday and questioned the wisdom of the municipal authorities in allowing high-rise commercial structures in the residential areas of Jubilee Hills. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil Ramesh Dave and Justice C V Nagarjuna Reddy, wondered as to what the authorities and the Jubilee Hills Cooperative Housing Society were doing when the building laws were violated and directed the department of municipal administration and GHMC to file their counter affidavits within two weeks.

The Congress leadership would wait for emotions to cool down before deciding on the issue of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, senior Congress leader and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today hinted and said the party would take an 'appropriate decision at appropriate time.'''It is not a big issue. Sometimes such things happen,'' Mr Mukherjee said while reacting to the vociferous demand made by most Andhra Pradesh MLAs that former Chief Minister Y S R Reddy's son Jagan Mohan Reddy be appointed as his successor.Stating that no decision has been taken yet about the next Chief Minister, Mr Mukherjee, however, hoped that the matter be resolved and a way out would be found.''It is very unfortunate that Andhra Pradesh lost a tall leader and Chief Minister who was at his Zenith. Emotional upset is there.I do hope that it will be possible for the leadership to find a way out, for the Congress legislature Party to choose and select the next leader. It may take sometime but it will resolve. Nothing has been decided as yet,'' he said while interacting to members of Indian Women's Press Corps here.Regarding the demand that Jagan Mohan Reddy be made the Chief Minister, he said, emotionally upset by Mr Y S R Reddy's untimely death, some people have suggested it on the basis of popular acceptability, but ''sense has to be brought''. The Congress will take appropriate decision to this at appropriate time, he added.Asked about the possibility of Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy being made the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Mukherjee jokingly quipped ''you people are giving ideas.'' Asked whether Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy be made the Chief Minister or not, he said, ''I am neither ruling out anything, nor ruling in.''

Yagam is a forthcoming film that stars the talented actor Navdeep as the hero. His leading lady in the film would be glowing beauty Bhumika. The highlight of the film would be the Bollywood sex bomb Kim Sharma.
The lady who has a sex appeal attached even to her name is going to set the screens on fire. She is famous for her sexy babe image and her hot looks. Her performances
have mostly been glamorous. This film too would not be an exception and we can see Kim sizzling on screen. As it is, the stills of Kim that were released recently have been quite a sizzle. There is also news that this has the Kollywood veteran Sathyaraj in a key role. For now, enjoy the visual feast from Kim folks.

Superstar Rajinikanth is always particular about his projects. He makes a point to work on one project at a time. This time however, he has made an exception. The super star is busy shooting for Shankar’s Endhiran on one hand and on the other he has also been working on his first animation film Sultan...The Warrior which has almost wrapped up its work and is gearing up for release.
Why this exception? It is because the animation feature is directed by his daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth. It is also produced by his daughter’s Ocher Studios in collaboration with Warner Bros and this could well be writing news pages in the history of Indian cinema.

HYDERABAD: Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi said he was an admirer of former Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy and described the late leader as a ‘big inspiration’ to new entrants to politics like him.Speaking at a meeting organised by the government to condole the death of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy , Mr. Chiranjeevi recalled his association with Dr. Reddy since 1978.In 2005, he had returned with the former Chief Minister after participating in ‘Kadapa Utsavulu’ in 2005 in the same Bell helicopter which crashed on September 2. At that time as it flew over Nallamala forests, YSR had pointed to him various places, including Nallamala and the adjoining Prakasam and Kurnool districts.“It is quite frightening that it is the same Nallamala which claimed his life,” the Praja Rajyam chief said.
--TOI

Noted Film Director Geddada Anand Babu died with heart attack in the wee hours of Saturday. He has directed films like 'Sridevi Nursing Home,’ ‘Naa Pellam Naa Istam,’
`Hari Hari Shambo,’ ‘Super Express’ and ‘Karthika Maasam.' Among these films, 'Karthika Maasam' starring Naresh (old actor) is yet to be released. The film industry expressed its deepest condolences to the family members of G Anand Babu.

Versatile actor Prakash Raj returns to Kannada films after a long gap with Dhool for which he has reportedly been paid Rs 40 lakh. He is also set to direct his first movie in the same language.A remake of Tamil film Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambham, which had Dhanush and Shriya Saran in lead roles, Dhool stars Yogi and Aindrita Ray in lead roles. Prakash Raj will be seen as Aindrita's rich brother in it.The actor will also feature in Crazy Star Ravichandran's Manjina Hani in a negative role. He has already finished seven days shooting for the film and is busy with another schedule that started September 5."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.Prakash Raj, who is producing the Kannada remake of his much acclaimed Tamil movie Abhiyum Naanum will wield the megaphone for the first time for it. The Tamil version was produced by Prakash Raj and Radha Mohan had directed it.

While the death of Y S Rajasekhar Reddy may be one thing which has affected many, the post situations after his demise have been quite gripping and in a way entertaining. As is the usual nature of the Congress folks, the game has already started as to who could be the next man/woman who will be the taker of the CM chair. While many names have been making rounds and Y S Jagan seems to be heading the race, all this is being captured in the TV channels and this has been causing a lot of entertainment to the home audience. The perceptions and views are many with the analysis also being varied. All in all, the game has been causing a lot of entertainment.

Bebo of Bollywood, Kareena Kapoor has disclosed in an interview that she is not ready for marriage with beau chhote nawab - Saif Ali Khan.Kareena admitted that she is not really seeking for that word "marriage" right now in her life as the kind of films that she is doing will not match the image if she gets married.The girl also added that it will not be easy for them to give time to each other as they are really busy with their careers and one by one releases at this point of time.

Double Oscar winner A.R. Rahman has been invited to perform live along with the renowned Pussycat Dolls (pop girl group)at the National Mall in Washington next summer synchronizing with India's participation in the World famous US Polo Cup.The who's who of fashion and culinary designers along with eminent Indian and American personalities are to be invited for the event on June 11 and 12.Tareq Salahi , captain of the US Polo Team, said this would be the first time where the famed music composer and Pussycat Dolls will be performing live together.

HYDERABAD: Sitting helplessly in a corner of their one-room house in Noor Nagar area of Banjara Hills, this elderly couple appears shattered, completely. They had absolutely no expectations from life, except that they get two square meals a day. Everyday, both would set out for work to earn their daily bread and were leading a peaceful life. This was so till the morning of May 28.
Early that morning, both started as usual for work on their bicycle. As they were struggling uphill near the Indo-American Centre, a Honda CRV vehicle hit them from behind. The man behind the wheel was filmstar, Chiranjeevi's son, Ram Charan Tej, who was returning home from gym.
The star's son got them admitted to a corporate hospital at Jubilee Hills and, after treatment for bruises, the couple -- Bal Reddy and Yadamma -- were discharged. All this in less than 45 minutes.
"His men then took us to Sri Hospitals at Krishna Nagar. They promised to give us Rs. 90,000 as compensation, but less than half of that was given to us," says a grim-looking Bal Reddy. When the couple pleaded with them that the amount would just be enough for their medical expenses, they allegedly threatened them saying it was adequate and that they should not expect more. "They paid us Rs. 40,000 and promised to pay the remaining amount by June 6. So far, we have not heard anything from them," Reddy says as Yadamma shows her still fresh wounds. "At least we used to earn Rs. 250 to Rs. 300 by working everyday. Since the accident, we have been unable to move out. We are not able even to walk properly. The injuries have led to further complications," she says with tears in her eyes.
`Not after money'
"We are not after money. After all, my parents were leading a peaceful life earlier. But, is this cold response expected from the rich and famous whom we often see on television when they participate in blood donation and charities," asks Anji Reddy, the only son of the couple, who is also a labourer. He happens to be a big fan of Chiranjeevi, but that was so only till May 28.
"Even if they make the full payment, it will only meet their medical expenses, but what after that? As it is they are old and it might take another year for them to recover fully," is their neighbours' argument.
Even the Congress MLA, P. Janardhan Reddy, who paid a visit to them, promised help in getting the compensation amount. But nothing seems to have moved, at least till now.
--The HIndu --

Naga Chaitanya’s first film Josh which was highly expected at the box office has disappointed his fans. The revenue has been slipping since the 3rd day and is no where near the expected level. The reason the industry pundits give is that the hero was not given the support as Charan got in Magadheera. Music was average, heroin was noat glamorous and the theme itself was not commercial and the end result is an average film. We feel sorry that Naga Chaitanya’s first chance did not work hope the second time is better.

Perhaps the Union Minister for Urban Development, Mr S Jaipal Reddy, has suffered the rude shock of his life on Friday when the Congress Members of Parliament (MPs) from Andhra Pradesh met him and, instead of supporting his candidature for the chief ministership, made an appeal to him to stand solidly behind Mr Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, the son of the late chief minister, Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Against the backdrop of the Congress High Command sending signals that Mr Jaipal Reddy is also in the race for the top post in the State, the Friday’s meeting of the Congress MPs with the Union Minister has assumed significance. Though Mr Jaipal Reddy was counting on the solidarity of the MPs to step up his efforts to ascend the hot seat, the MPs on the contrary, appealed to him to support Mr Jaganmohan Reddy.
Those who met the Union Minister on Friday morning in New Delhi included Mr Kanumuri Bapiraju, Mr Sarvey Satyanarayana, Mr Gutta Sukehnder Reddy and the convener of the party MPs, Mr Ponnam Prabhakar. Minutes before the MPs were to meet the Union Minister, sources close to Mr Jaipal in Hyderabad strongly felt that the Parliament members were coming to express their solidarity with him thus brightening his chances for the chief ministership.
However, emerging from the meeting the MPs, Mr Jaipal Reddy is reported to have told the media persons that the MPs made a fervent appeal to him to back Mr Jaganmohan Reddy for the post. They even expressed the hope that the Union Minister would convince those leaders in the party, who are not evenly poised towards the candidature of Mr Jagan for the top slot.
What is giving credence to the reports that Mr Jaipal Reddy was shocked at the developments is that he too made comments that he had nothing to tell the media with regard to the new leadership of the Congress Legislature Party in Andhra Pradesh. “In fact, I want to remain in national politics for some more time and will strive to acquire a place in the South political scene as a good parliamentarian,” he observed.
The comments of Mr Jaipal Reddy and the observations made by these MPs after meeting him are indications enough that the hopes of the Union Minister to reach the hot seat are dashed.

Maverick film producer-director-actor and Praja Rajyam Party leader Posani Krishna Murali’s sudden praising of the Congress party and late Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy came as a surprise to many in the political circles.
A couple of days ago, Posani issued big advertisements in the dailies, praising YSR and his immense contribution to the Congress. Perhaps, even the Congress leaders did not give such an advertisement. He described YSR as a visionary and an architecht of modern Andhra Pradesh etc. and that he was a people’s man. “YSR was the right choice of the people and nobody else could match him,” Posani said.
When media persons questioned him about his ad, Posani strongly defended it. “I don’t mind praising anybody who does or did good work for the people. In the past, I praised Chandrababu Naidu for going deep into coal mines to know the plight of mining workers. And if a leader does not do well, I criticise him. Even Chiranjeevi is no exception for it. I don’t have a double-tongue attitude,” he said.

Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy appears to be unwilling to compromise on the Chief Minister post in place of his late father Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
Jagan is learnt to have told Rajya Sabha member K V P Ramachandra Rao that it would not be proper for him to accept the post of Deputy Chief Minister offered by the Congress high command, since there was huge expectations from his supporters, party workers and also the people.
“It would be better to remain an MP and take care of my supporters, rather than accepting a post and lower my dignity,” he reportedly told KVP. The latter will convey the same to the high command on Saturday.

Mahindra Satyam has pulled out of a 75 million dollars software development project at Deakin University that was set to create 2000 jobs in Geelong, Victoria.The company's president of corporate affairs, Sujit Baksi, informed the state government of its intention in a letter to IT minister John Lenders.According to the Geelong Advertiser, Baksi wrote: "The need to concentrate on an extensive internal restructuring program of our business precludes Mahindra Satyam from embarking on expansion projects of this kind."While Mahindra Satyam is disappointed that it cannot proceed with the centre, it reaffirms its commitment to future expansion in Victoria when circumstances allow."A Satyam Australia spokeswoman confirmed that the project had been cancelled, The Australian reports.According to the report, Baksi committed to Mahindra Satyam paying back the undisclosed cash grant to the Brumby Government, which the company was given to lure it to Geelong.In July the new owner of Satyam, Tech Mahindra, said it was committed to the project and was investigating its viability.

A source from the sets of the film said, “The icy vibes between the two actresses was palpable. There was no face-off as such nor did they speak ill about each other. All they did was greet each other with a customary 'hi' that too only when absolutely necessary.” Commenting on what made things come to a flash point; our source said that Sushmita felt Lara had a far more prominent role. “Sushmita clearly spoke about the issues, which were bothering her. She remained defiant despite explaining why Lara has been given more prominence.” Lara too had her share of complaints. “Lara felt that Sushmita has been given more importance than her in the film's promos, posters and the entire marketing campaign,” added the source. The unit tried their best to broker peace between the two ladies but they refused to relent. While Sushmita didn't reply to our message, Lara said, “There was no such thing. Sushmita is a lovely, classy lady and a pleasure to work with.”

It is very well known that Rani Mukherjee is the favourite heroine of Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films. It is also known that Aditya is not in good terms with his present wife and is on the verge of getting a divorce. Amidst these disturbed relationships, sources say that Rani and Aditya have secretly married and awaiting an appropriate time to make the news public.The “Veer-Zaara” and “Black” actress is now arriving on the screen through another YRF film “Dil Bole Hadippa!” where she co-starred with Shahid Kapoor. Rani puts on a Sardarji get up in the film to play cricket.While promoting her latest film which will release on September 18, Rani denied that there is no truth in the news that she is secretly married to Aditya Chopra. She continues to maintain that the two are just good friends and nothing more

Sudipto Chattopadhyay finally wins the six-month-long battle with the censor board to retain Bipasha Basu saying f*** twice in Pankh..Sanjay Gupta’s Pankh has been engaged in a battle with the censors for six long months. Reason - director Sudipto Chattopadhyay didn’t want to delete the parts where Bipasha says ‘f***’ in the film despite it meaning that he got a A certificate.A source says, “Bipasha says f*** not once but twice in the film. Chattopadhyay was clear that those words should neither be beeped nor be deleted by the censor board.”Although Chattopadhyay has made a few compromises in the film by beeping some objectionable words uttered by other characters in the film, he didn’t want to mute Bipasha’s foul language.Explaining the relevance of Bipasha’s use of foul language in the film, he said, “Bipasha plays protagonist Maradona’s alter ego. She fights as well as supports him throughout the film. She says f*** during one of the scenes where they are at loggerheads. She tells Maradona, ‘You are f***** up in the head, that’s why you want to f*** me’.”We hear that actors Mahesh Manjrekar and Maradona too have quite a few objectionable lines in the film-TOI

Bhumika, the seductive aunty of tollywood is married to yoga Guru Bharath Thakur. Almost 10 months back, she started a cinema magazine titled as “Mayanagar” which was hyped as a south Indian top cinema magazine.
But a month ago, Bhumika has closed the magazine due to lack of funds and is said to be in deep financial crisis. For this reason, she is opting for some spicy photo shoot and is earning almost Rs 50,000 per shoot. Already one of her spicy stills is being circulated in the World Wide Web which is revealing her whole cleavage and a black dot is also revealed of her right asset. Many gossips are being circulated about Bhumika and the latest one suggests that the actress daring and baring acts have disturbed her marriage life.
Meanwhile, the latest gossip about her is said to be her deep financial crisis which is said to be a big headache to her. Her Yoga Husband is not earning well and so Bhumika is said to have taken the initiative to earn and lift her family life according to her surrounding high-fi society.

Definitely, it is his terrific action that is one of the main reasons for the success of Anushka’s Super hit film ‘ Arundhati ’ He is none other than baddy Sonusood who scared the Telugu audiances with his wicked performance and ghostly appearance as Agora. His terrifying dialogue ‘Osey Bommalee ninnu vadhalaa...” is still echoes in the ears of Telugu audiances. Now, he is ready to repeat his scary performance for the Hindi audiances also. It’s learnt that he may be more cruel and evil than the Telugu version of film Arundhati

For the past one week, media circle has been doing some 'good table work' regarding Rahul Gandhi's Tamil Nadu visit and his proposed meeting with Rajinikanth.But interestingly, it seems that Rajini didn't show any interest in this 'meet' and as usual he is silently watching the drama performed by some unwanted troop around him! In fact the actor is nowadays attending most of the functions happening in the Industry as well as in public. But he is always tight lipped about his political entry.Yesterday when Rahul Gandhi met the media owners at Chennai, he openly invited Rajini to join hands with Congress Party. He also mentioned like this: "Anyone without criminal records may join the party and 'Rajini is surely not in the negative list'. So I invite him to join the party". Also he mentioned that his invitation to the superstar is 'open and unconditional'.But what is in the minds of Rajini fans and what they are thinking about this invite? Most of the fans say that Rahul's speech is immature and an unnecessary one at this juncture. A furious fan said, "How dare this guy talk like this at a press meet? He is surely not a matured politician and Rajini will never do a great mistake by joining Congress!"Rajini's fans community has been requesting their matinee idol to get into active politics for the past 12 years and the actor had assured them about a discussion on his political entry only after the release of Endhiran. So naturally they didn't like Rahul's invitation to the actor and wish that their Thalaivar would launch a new party after the release of Endhiran.On the other hand, the actor is not showing any interest in meeting Rahul Gandhi now. When someone from Congress party approached Rajini regarding this meet, he simply said that he is busy with the final works of his magnum opus Endhiran - The Robot!

Buxom babe Namita, who until solely depends on her glamour image seems to be fed up with it, and said that, “Time has come to prove my talents as an actress. I can’t move along with same kind of roles throughout my career. Now, I am looking for films that can expose my acting skills, and not my beauty. One such film is Desadhrohi, a heroine oriented film. I think people will have a different opinion about my acting skills, once they watch my forthcoming movie Desadhrohi. If, any one comes with such offers, I prefer for those films than doing glamour doll roles.”