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TAKKARI starring hit pair NITIN and SADA is arriving with a seemingly fresh look. MAISAMMA IPS is obviously targeted towards the masses and is also debuting on this Friday. So who will be the winner? Is it current reigning ITEM GIRL of Telugu film industry MUMAITH KHAN? Or is it Nitin who is down and out with a series of flops? What do U think?



Going by the promos, TAKKARI is looking damn cool with NITIN and SADA in a complete makeover. Nitin is well toned and looking as a prime contender for the top slot in the younger generation. His dances in Takkari are simply put MIND-BLOWING. Sada is looking hip. MAISAMMA IPS posters doesn’t inspire confidence with Mumaith Khan doing a full length police officer role and that too an IPS. I wonder if this IPS officer would do an item number in this movie. This movie is certainly a step back for Tollywood especially if it becomes a hit.

MAISAMMA IPS CREDITS:
CAST: MUMAITH KHAN
DIALOGUES: P RAJENDRA KUMAR
CINEMATOGRAPHY: SURENDER REDDY
STUNTS: RAM-LAXMAN
EDITING: KRISHNAM RAJU
ART: B VENKATESWARA RAO
MUSIC: M M SREE LEKHA
PRODUCTION: K RAMA KRISHNA & G JAGADISH CHANDRA PRASAD
DIRECTOR: BHARAT PAREPALLI
BANNER: SOWBHAGYA MEDIA LTD.,

TAKKARI MOVIE CREDITS:
CAST: NITIN & SADA
CINEMATOGRAPHY: SANTOSH RSV
EDITING: GAUTHAM RAJU
ART: A S PRAKASH
STUNTS: GILLI SEKHAR
MUSIC: CHAKRI
PRODUCTION: PARUCHURI SIVARAMA PRASAD
DIRECTOR: AMMA RAJASHEKHAR
BANNER: UNITED MOVIES

BABA SEHGAL is gonna sing a song in Telugu after a long long time. Last time he sang for Chiranjeevi in RIKSHAVODU. He sung a popular number Roop Tera Mastana…” in that movie. This time he is gonna croon for Chiru’s brother PAWAN KALYAN in his upcoming movie JALASA.

BABA SEHGAL was very popular in early 90s when he made RAPPING in Hindi fashionable. But he made so by lifting piece by piece from popular English numbers like ICE ICE from Legendary Rock Band QUEEN. Anyway, now he is singing while DEVI SRI PRASAD is composing. Devi is very notorious for lifting other people’s work. So I just wonder if LIFTER+LIFTER = MEGA LIFTER? But, hoping they will dish out something fresh out of the oven.

CHIRUTHA is celebrating 50 Days supposedly in 168 DIRECT CENTERS. Just look at the picture below and decide yourself the REAL STATUS of the movie and its supposed collections of Rs. 25.49 Crores in 50 days.

YES. Pictures do really speak a thousand words. If the above scenario is the condition of the 50 DAYS CELEBRATIONS IN MAIN THEATER SANDHYA 70mm in HYDERABAD, then imagine the plight of the other CLAIMED 168 DIRECT CENTERS. But always remember that this is not something exclusive to CHIRUTHA… Another FLOP ATHIDHI is currently facing the same situation. Even the HIT YAMADONGA is facing the same situation as soon as it crossed 50 days mark.

SO MY DEAR TELUGU AUDIENCE & FANS , when I say that Chirutha, Athidhi or Yamadonga are claiming fake records, I don’t mean to hurt anyone’s sentiment. It is just that I am making a sincere effort to make the audience realize that 50, 100, 150, 175 DAYS RECORDS ARE EXTINCT in Cinema worldwide. There are no such PHONY celebrations in Hollywood or even in Bollywood. If Hollywood is the world leader, Bollywood is India’s leader both Box-Office & Content wise. There is nothing wrong to learn something from others. I hope we will have more REAL HITS.

Audience’s IGNORANCE is Exploitative Film-Maker’s STRENGTH. Prove to them that Telugu Movie Goers are not “BAVILO KAPPALU.”

SEEMA SASTRY is a very crudely made PARODY of SEEMA movies. So, is it all that bad? Hmmm… I have no problem with ridiculing the caste system, no problem with parodies, no problem with vulgarity if demanded… but I have a serious problem with crudely made movies. Ohhh, many of you must be thinking… cut this bullshit and just spill the beans. Well, read on…

IN A NUTSHELL

HIT

SEEMA SASTRY will open to a 60+% OCCUPANCY RATES overall. It will never get over 80%… and I mean ever. But will not fall to 30% either… The movie will give enough laughs to enough people (There are always exceptions) to sustain with an average of 30%-50% for 50 days. And if it does manage to do that… then it would have made enough GROSS collections to give at least 50% NETT PROFITS. In the end, the movie would be a decent enough HIT making it a 2nd SUCCESSFUL FILM of ALLARI NARESH this year after the success of ATTILI SATTIBABU LKG in the first half of the year.

VISAKHA EXPRESS is VARA MULLAPUDIs 2nd film. The Audio of the movie was launched at a function organized in PRASAD LABS on 17th November, 2007. CHANDRA SEKHAR YELETI provides the Screenplay. S S RAJA MOULI Presents the film. ALLARI NARESH and RAJEEV KANAKALA are the main leads of the movie. The audio function was graced by Director K RAGHAVENDRA RAO, Actor NTR, Actor VISHNU, Producer DIL RAJU and others. NTR and K Raghavendra Rao bought the 1st Audio Cassette and 1st Audio CD respectively.

S S RAJA MOULI said, “Vara narrated me the story long back. I wanted to direct this film. But I ended up as the presenter of this film. I feel that this film is going to be a trend-setter.”
ALLARI NARESH said that this film is an experimental film with good commercial values.
VISHNU said that he got the offer first and he missed playing a character in this film.
NTR said that he liked that story and expressed confidence that this film would be encouraged by the Telugu audiences.

VEL RECORDS is releasing the Audio into the market.

RASOOL ELLORE mesmerized us with Unflinching, Technically Brilliant Cinematography in GAYAM and GULABI. He made his debut as a Director with OKARIKOKARU. Currently, he is directing a movie called SANGAMAM with new comers SINDHURA GADDE (Former Miss India World who is also a Telugu NRI girl) and ROHIT in the lead. The Audio of the movie was launched in a function organized at DURGAM CHERUVU. Actor MURALI MOHAN, Writer/Director TRIVIKRAM SRINIVAS, Director RAJA MOULI, Director K RAGHAVENDRA RAO along with others graced the Audio launch function. Murali Mohan released the Audio. Anchor SUMA hosted a fun Antakshari program with the guests. VEL RECORDS bought the Audio Rights.

Lyricist ANANTA SREERAM said, “It feels good when Keeravani composed tune for a song I penned in my college days. He also rendered that song. I feel fortunate to write all six lyrics in this album.”

Music Director KEERAVANI said, “I composed music for Gavara Pardha Sarathi’s Mr. PELLAM. I also composed music for Rasool’s directorial debut Okarikokaru. Both these films were appreciated a lot for the music. The songs composed for these two people in this film too are very good. Vel Records is taking good care of packing this album well by getting neat and beautiful designs.”

SANGAMAM CREDITS:
CAST: SINDHURA GADDE & ROHIT
LYRICS: ANANTA SREERAM
MUSIC: M M KEERAVANI
DIRECTION: RASOOL ELLORE
BANNER: MANORANJAN MOVIES

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…