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ALI is trying his hand at leading a movie again with Tinnama Padukunnama Tellarinda (TPT). He is being paired with a new comer JYOTHI KRISHNA. The Audio of TPT was launched in PRASAD LABS, Hyderabad. Actor NTR, Producer RAMA NAIDU, Director S V KRISHNA REDDY, Singer/Composer M M SRI LEKHA along with some politicians and TPT Unit Members were present at the Audio Launch function.

Rama Naidu released the Audio Cassette and handed over to NTR and also to other guests on the stage. He praised ALI for his sincerity and dedication in work. The TPT Unit Members thanked the guests for attending the Audio function and also thanked fellow members in TPT Unit for their help and dedication. NTR and other guests wished Tinnama Padukunnama Tellarinda film unit a Grand Success.

TINNAMA PADUKUNNAMA TELLARINDA CREDITS:
CAST: ALI & JYOTHI KRISHNA
MUSIC: M M SRI LEKHA
PRODUCTION: M M REDDY & B RAMI REDDY
DIRECTION: RAM KUMAR
BANNER: PADMINI ART PICTURES

THE AUDIO OF TPT is being marketed by ADITYA MUSIC COMPANY.

NAYANATARA is one of the sweetest looking heroines around. But since her break up with SIMBU, she seems to be on a path of constant change.

She started paying more attention to her career. And then she mercifully shed a lot of wait. Not satisfied by being JUST BEAUTIFUL, she tried to shed some clothes in THULASI. But the audiences obviously wanted more. So, very consciously, she gave her consent to do a 2-PIECE BIKINI shoot for her upcoming Tamil movie BILLA 2007. The movie is a remake of Hindi DON. Now it is beyond clear that she is focussed on looking SENSUOUS and BEAUTIFUL. Lets wait to see how she carries herself in a 2-PIECE BIKINI… The significance of this particular decision is the fact that, this is the first time a heroine is trying to wear a 2-PIECE BIKINI in recent years in South Indian Cinema. If she succeeds, more and more heroines will surely take this path to success.

RAILWAY STATIONS and their Departments are being banned from being used for shooting Movies and the like. Railway Ministry released a circular in this regard. Reportedly, all the Railway Divisional offices have received these circulars already.

So, from now on, the producers have to shell out more for some realistic looking sets. I just hope that this improves the quality of the ART DIRECTION. Now, how many of you guys/gals have seen THE TERMINAL by STEVEN SPEILBERG staring TOM HANKS? 99% of the movie is picturized in a huge airport terminal set. It has to be seen to believe it… I know that for a single scene, it would be foolish for any producer to erect such sets. But you gotta understand that the film studios like Ramoji Film City have standard sets for such brief scenes. But the problem is that these standard sets are being used as is and without any customization of any sort. So, when ever we see these stations or airports on screen, they all look alike. And moreover they always look artificial due to lack of proper set designers. So I hope, with these strict stipulations, the quality of the SET DESIGN and every other related aspect would be uplifted.

TEJAs CHITRAM MOVIES and SURESH PRODUCTIONS are teaming up to produce an ALL-NEW-COMER flick. Producer D Suresh Babu informed the media that he liked the script developed by TEJA and came forward to produce it. Teja and we are producing it jointly, he said.

“This is the time that fresh water should flow in Tollywood. With the success of Happy Days, it is again proved that newcomers and new heroes are welcomed, ” TEJA reasoned.

The film will begin in February next year. Grapevine is that Teja was supposed to direct a film with Venkatesh on Suresh Productions banner but thankfully it didn’t materialize. One of the most OVER-RATED Directors of Tollywood… Mr. TEJA takes pride in HEROINE-BEATING to give us the SUPPOSED BEST QUALITY. I cannot speak for others but if that is the cost of my pleasure… I certainly don’t need that quality guys/gals…

I AM really GLAD to inform you all that I have been PARTLY WRONG and PARTLY CORRECT in THULASIs Box-Office Prediction. Very obviously, I am Glad for being PARTLY CORRECT. But also GLAD that I am PARTLY WRONG. The reason being that at least A center Telugu film audiences are showing signs of maturity and rejecting even the STAR movies. The recent examples are CHIRUTHA, ATHIDHI and THULASI. Coming to the Thulasi, it is one of the weakest movies of Venkatesh. I reviewed it so badly that it was in stark contrast with my Box-Office Prediction. But still, I was expecting a Blockbuster. So, did it really make it? The answer is NOOO. But it is a HIT anyway. THULASI is doing AVERAGE business in A centers, ABOVE AVERAGE business in B centers and BLOCKBUSTER business in C centers. So, overall THULASI is a HIT. But many of the A center audiences would perceive it as just an AVERAGE film.

Let me give you an example of an obscure film that many of you might not even remember. It is PUTTINTIKIRA CHELLI of ARJUN. It was one of the biggest hits of the year it got released but none from the A centers even knew about it. Like I always said, every film is not and need not be made for everybody. The same thing can be said about THULASI. But the profit percentages will be lower for THULASI as it had been acquired at a steep price by the buyers when compared to PUTTINTIKIRA CHELLI.

THULASI did really FLOP business in the Overseas. But no one really expected for it to do well in the overseas circuit. I really wonder as to why do these Distributors buy the rights of most of the films with out using some common sense. Anyway, Distributors in USA invested Rs. 1 + 0.12 Crores for it and until now the movie collected only Rs. 0.6 Crores. So, very obviously it won’t make it to the safety zone.

As far as the Andhra pradesh is concerned, as I said earlier, it is doing SAFE and sound business overall. No one is going to suffer loss in A.P. And what really made me ecstatic about is the fact that THULASI team did really reveal the true figures in their success meet (KUDOS TO THEM!!!). THULASI did really GROSSED 12 Crores in 12 days. Those figures are indeed a PERSONAL RECORD for Venkatesh’s movies. But they look paltry in comparison to the CHIRUTHAs and ATHIDHIs FAKE figures. And Thulasi is doing roaring business in some districts such as GUNTUR. Suresh Film Distributors released the figures for GUNTUR as Rs. 1,13,40,276/- in only 20 DAYS in only 15 CENTERS. These figures have been cross checked by my sources and they seem to be true.

So, overall THULASI is a success.

UPDATE: 22/11/2007
THULASI has crossed Rs. 22 Crores mark and is on its way to end up around Rs. 25-26 Crores in its entire run.

PAWAN KALYAN has been creating a lot of sensations off-late for all the wrong reasons and other than CINEMA. But the latest revelation has been that the strapping band that he is sporting now-a-days on his right elbow is a TENNIS ELBOW!!! I think many of you would remember SACHIN TENDULKAR had a similar one and was in news for some time. So, how did PAWAN got this Tennis Elbow? Well, according to a popular website Telugulo.com, Pawan used to do farming activities in his free time at his farmhouse in Sankarpalli. According to them, while doing so… he must have used his right hand for plucking out the weeds to the extent that it gave him TENNIS ELBOW. And so following his doctor’s advise, he is wearing a strapping. How ridiculous is that? I am not a medical expert, but heard that SACHIN got it because of his illustrious but punishing career. I wonder what must be the real reason behind this TENNIS ELBOW?

FILM AWARDS in Tollywood including NANDI AWARDS have always been all over the place with their selection process. They are 99% of the times INFLUENCED. And I don’t think that it will be any different with AP CINEGOERS ASSOCIATION 37th FILM AWARDS too. But the audiences need to be informed no matter what I think… Right?

So, here you go:

BEST ACTOR: NTR (RAKHI)

BEST ACTRESS: CHARMEE (RAKHI) - DON’T YOU GENUINELY FEEL RIDICULOUS ABOUT THIS AWARD. WHERE IS GENILIA OF BOMMARILLU MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BEST DIRECTOR: PURI JAGANNATH (POKIRI)

BEST FILM: BOMMARILLU

BEST VILLAIN: SAI KUMAR (SAMANYUDU)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR: DEVI SRI PRASAD (BOMMARILLU)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: BAPU, RAMANA and JAYASUDHA

SPECIAL FELICITATION: SHYAM BENEGAL

THE AWARDS ARE GONNA BE PRESENTED SOMETIME IN DECEMBER AT LALITHA KALA THORANAM.

BAPUs unflinching thirst to find BAPU BOMMA in every generation of girls is currently focussed on CHARMEE. In fact, as you all might already know that the movie is named as SUNDARAKANDA. It completed its last schedule of shooting and is getting ready for the Post Production work. The makers of this movie informed the media that the audio of SUNDARAKANDA will be released on 20th November. ALLARI NARESH is playing the male lead. APARNA K is producing this movie on CHAITRA CINEMA CIRCUIT Banner. And SUNDARAKANDA is probably going to come for the litmus test before us in the middle of the next month.

KRISHNA, a yesteryear star, is doing a special role in VIKRAMs MALLANNA. I think you all remember that Mallanna was launched both in Tamil and Telugu with much fanfare. The producer of the movie KALAIPULI S THANU confirms the presence of Krishna in the movie. Mallanna is being directed by SUSI GANESHAN and SHRIYA is the female lead in the movie. The film is scheduled to be shooting in Ramoji Film City from 12th November.

DON is the next hope for NAGARJUNA to further his career. And so the Director LAWRENCE and the Producers from KEERTHI CREATIONS are leaving no stone unturned. Earlier a character was created for the NEW GOLDEN LEG of the Telugu film industry JAGAPATHI BABU. Almost every movie in recent times with Jagapathi Babu’s involvement has been a success. A few examples are ANUKOKUNDA OKAROJU and LAKSHYAM. Jagapathi is donning the role of a POLICE OFFICER in DON. Wherein, Nagarjuna is playing a modern day ROBIN HOOD according to the industry sources.

Now, the movie is being slated for release on 20th December. If you remember correctly it is the day that MANMATHUDU released 5 years ago. So, I just hope that DON will be as entertaining if not better than MANMATHUDU.