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The Congress leaders owing allegiance to Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in Guntur district have demanded that a murder case be filed against Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao for allegedly causing the death of a Congress worker.

Taking strong exception to Hanumantha Rao’s comments of “bogus deaths,” the Congress workers in Guntur district burnt his effigies and staged a dharna in front of the Guntur (rural) police station demanding that a case be registered against Hanumantha Rao under Section 302 of the IPC for being responsible for the death of a Congress worker P Subba Reddy (56). They alleged that Subba Reddy died of heart attack after watching the unsavoury comments made by the Congress MP in the television debate.

Though the police did not book any case against the Congress MP, the incident shows how serious the situation is in the state Congress. So, from murder threat to murder case, it is a troubled time for

Shraddha Das has acted in couple of movies in Tollywood and has set the screens on fire with her presence. Her glamour and oomph factor has made many men go weak on their knees and has probably given other heroines a run for their money.

She was recently sharing her thoughts about skin show in an interview. She said that she looks at glamour as a requirement on the screen. She has reportedly emphasized that she has no reservations about appearing in bikini if the script demands.

Meanwhile she is all set to appear in the sequel to the hit flick 'Arya'. Let us wait and watch if she adds more to her glamour in the movie.

The Kadapa MP, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, around whom the politics are running, said he was pained at the resignation and other threats being issued by some of the MLAs and Ministers in his support. He wrote an open letter to all his supporters on Wednesday, in which he wanted the party leaders and cadre to leave the decision (of making him as the Chief Minister) to the high command.

Jagan said the party high command was aware of the reality in the State and expressed confidence that the high command would take right and acceptable decision.

He said every attempt to harm the interests of the party would also be considered as insult to late Dr Rajasekhar Reddy. He wanted every leader to restrain from causing damage to the party and wait for the high command to act on the issue.

He also appealed to the party cadre to extend support to the leadership in the membership drive. Jagan is likely to join the membership drive in Kadapa on October 2.

Though Jagan did not make his mind clear on the demand for his appointment as Chief Minister, it is understood that he is also aspiring for the top slot. It is interesting to note that he remains non-committal on the issue which is rocking the State politics.

He said the Congress was able to retain power both in the State and at the Center because of Dr Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi. However, in Andhra Pradesh, the Congress got benefited mostly because of the leadership of Dr Rajasekhar Reddy, he said and added that Dr Reddy was able to retain power for the party against all odds.

He said Dr Reddy’s hard work was now visible in the election of five zilla parishad chairmen for the Congress in the State, besides the victory at Tekkali.

The Chief Minister reiterated that the government would continue it the welfare programmes initiated by Dr Rajasekhar Reddy. He said he would not stop even a single welfare programme of Dr Rajasekhar Reddy.

However, Rosaiah refused to comment on the statements of Rajya Sabha member, V Hanumantha Rao. He said the high command would take care of the statements and counter statements, while he was concentrating on the administration.

Interestingly, Rosaiah is getting greater support from several quarters of the Congress and it is to be seen whether he would be able to complete the term or would be asked to vacate the seat before he sits comfortably in the seat.

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Srikanth's 100th film Mahathma in the direction of Krishnavamsy will be releasing on 9th of October instead of 2nd October. The censoring of the movie was done recently and they had given quite a few cuts.

We have already informed to our readers that the film is with revising committee of Censor Board, so it may take some more time for RC to look in to the film.

So the producer has decided to release the film on 9th October.

Allu Arvind who made sensational hit Ghajini in Hindi is planning another huge budget film , this time it is the remake of Telugu hit Magadheera.

He is likely to spend Rs 100 Crs budget to make this film in Hindi and he is planning to rope two heroes for this film,Khalabharava role would be played by Hrithik and rebirth with Amir Khan.

Arvind wanted SS Rajamouli to direct the Hindi version of the film, but Rajamouli politely said no to Arvind and the makers are in search of suitable director to deal this project.

Director Shankar is getting irritation over the way the Robot still are on Internet. Some of the still of Robot are published on Internet, this caused Shankar to declare war on Internet Cyber crime.And is in touch with Cyber Crime department to track down Internet leakages.

What ever may be the reason for the leakage, the film is getting huge free publicity from the leakage stills .

The film ‘Yaagam’ is an action romance flick with chocolate boy Navdeep in the lead. While the glowing beauty Bhumika Chawla plays the female lead, the Bollywood sex bomb Kim Sharma provides for the glamour quotient. Yaagam is slated for a November release. Navdeep would be seen in a total action avatar in this film. He has done some real sincere work for this film and worked real hard.

Sources say his efforts have paid off and the consequences turned out to be really fruitful on the screen. So Navdeep takes care of the action, Bhumika takes care of the romance and Kim takes care of the glamour.

We know that the simple yet stunning beauty Soundarya Rajinikanth is working on a film starring her super star dad. The film is in an animated format and is titled Sultan...The Warrior. Now what’s more? The film is in the making for the last four years and is also being produced by his daughter. Sultan has crossed the budget of Rs. 5 crore, probably the most expensive animation flick.

Sources say that even this film has a trademark punch dialogue to be delivered by Rajini like in all his films and it will be released in as many as fourteen languages which will set a new record. Seems like Soundarya wants to leave no stone unturned to give her daddy the best…

He has been Tollywood’s favourite “family hero” for more than a decade. Non-controversial, reserved, suave and professional, Srikanth, who is known as a “producer’s actor” has created a record by acting in 100 films in a short span of time. While his upcoming film Mahatma will make him 100-films-old, Srikanth says that the numbers were never intentional.

“I began my career as a villain and played negative roles in my first 13 movies. After Thammareddy Bharadwaja gave me an opportunity to play the lead in One By Two, there was no looking back. After that a lot of scripts came my way and here I am doing my 100th film,” says Srikanth, who is feeling the heat before the release for the first time.
“I didn’t even realise that this would mark a big milestone of my career. It was only when my friends started telling me about it did I became conscious of the number. I wanted my 100th movie to be special. Since director Krishna Vamsi is a good friend of mine for the past 17 years, I asked him to direct Mahatma,” says the actor, who plays a goon who enters politics, only to learn about Gandhism eventually.

The star who is excited about the “different” role he plays, admits that he has been typecast in all the family entertainers he has acted in. “In the early days of my career, I did act in offbeat flicks like Nidhi and Gamyam, but they didn’t do well. On the other hand, the family-oriented films were blockbusters. After that, I have been getting only a certain kind of films. If this film does well, filmmakers will hopefully see a different side of me,” adds Srikant.
The actor also observes that he needs to keep up with rapidly changing trends in filmmaking and understand the pulse of the current audience. “If we were to make the yesteryear blockbuster Pellisandhadi today, it will be a flop. The industry has transformed from being hero-centric to director-centric. Unless a story is presented differently, it is tough to draw the crowd to theatres. Youngsters too are keen on watching only quality cinema and this is a good trend,” he adds.

With his acting career going great guns, there has been much speculation about whether Srikanth will enter politics like many of his Tollywood contemporaries, especially since he is a close friend of Chiranjeevi.
To this, the actor says, “I don’t know anything about politics. My relationship with Chiranjeevi is on a personal ground, I have no political ambitions. I am very shy and I can only act in front of the camera. Chiranjeevi knows I am not interested in politics and has never forced me to join his Praja Rajyam.”

This reticent attitude of the actor also reflects in the fact that he makes few public appearances. “I am not a party animal, I’m a complete family man. Whenever I have free time, I spend it with my family. My wife Uha who was also an actress, is my biggest support system. I’m happy being this way,” says Srikanth.

--DC