Charan Trying To Correct His Mistake
If a hero likes particular subject and convinces his producer to invest money despite apprehensions about the commercial success worthiness of the project, who is going to take the responsibility after the film ends up in soup? Definitely me, hints Mega Powerstar Ram Charan, as the youngster ups his sleeve to appease the stake holders involved in distribution of his latest flick ‘Govindudu Andarivadele’.
While few distributors of ‘Govindudu Andarivadele’ have reached the no-profit no-loss zone, somehow couple of distributors ended up with 20% losses as the film succumbs to Hudhud in Northern Andhra region and other ‘comedy’ flicks in various other regions. It is heard that Ram Charan doesn’t want to lose the confidence of his distributors as finalizing Krishna Vamsi’s family-drama is purely his own act. Insiders shared that Charan has returned 3 crores to producer Bandla Ganesh, realizing that his mistake should not cost distributors, and asked him to return the money to distributors.
It’s a point noteworthy as the big brigade of Tollywood’s ace heroes are returning remunerations for sake of distributors and producers. On that note, we have to say that Mahesh Babu hasn’t took his balance remuneration from Aagadu makers, while Jr NTR agreed to chop a chunk of his pay packet for Ganesh’s movie being directed by Puri Jagan.
Pic Talk: Pawan’s Kids Diwali Preparations
Diwali celebrations have already begun while celebrities are throwing parties to their close circuits and their children are busy buying crackers and dresses. Not exactly like other celebrity kids, Pawan kalyan’s son Akira Nandan and daughter Aadya are preparing their own stuff for festival.
We can see these two kids busy preparing clay oil lamps for Diwali as it is tradition in the family of Renu Desai. Though Pawan is busy with his movie schedules and Vizag hudhud relief operations, his kids are going to celebrate Diwali at their best.
Drushyam Hindi Remake Gets A New Hero
Jeetu Joseph’s Malayalam flick ‘Drushyam’ is a runaway hit in Malayalam as the Mohan Lal enthralled audiences with its original screenplay and thrilling narration. When remade in Telugu with same title, with Venky in the lead, the film stunned our audiences too as it goes on scoring a big hit for the Daggubati hero after a long time. Fascinated by the film’s stunning success, none other than Kamal Haasan has come forward to star in the Tamil remake of the movie, titled Papanasam, the film is on floors now. What about remake-craving Bollywood then?
Already leading producer and distribution network company Viacom has acquired the rights of Malayalam’s Drishyam, if have to believe. Though the names of Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgan are initially heard as possible heroes who could star in the remake, now we are hearing Saif Ali Khan’s name. Also this princely hero wants his wife Kareena Kapoor to be roped in for this nail-biting drama, as he wants to thrill audiences saving his on-screen wife from the murder episode. Well, it’s too early to talk about the hero and heroine of Drishyam Hindi remake as nothing is official yet. Wait and see.
Mahesh gives one more chance to..?
Prince Mahesh Babu has given another chance to the production house which has suffered a huge loss with his movies 1-Nenokadine and Aagadu. The 14 Reels Entertainment has again come forward to produce Mahesh’s films even after two flops. The banner has given Mahesh Babu a brand image and has made his film promotions like never other movie.
The banner created sensation in just a few years. After Dookudu bumper hit the banner went upto to produce two other movies that remain disasters of the industry. Apart from these, the 14 Reels Entertainment is again going to produce a film directed by Srikanth Addala. Srikanth told a script to Mahesh and seems like he gave a nod. The 14 Reels Entertainment has now all hopes on this project to recover from loss.
So, can Mahesh give them profits at least the this time? Or will this be a hattrick flop to the producers? Will Mahesh work free of cost? Anyways lets not make things clear now and still analyse about what’s going to happen!
Spotted: Samantha copied Brahmi dress from AD!
BOLD, that defines Samantha in one word. Bold to talk good or bad, bold to praise anyone, bold to criticize even super star, bold to express inner feelings, well that is Samantha!Her boldness has invited criticism many times but she won’t stop making controversial statements. The attitude of samanta has earned her many antis and she will be closely observed for her mistakes by anti fans.
Earlier Samanta earned wrath for her styling when she wore a Kurtha type of dress during Alludu seenu audio launch. Now she was targeted again and this time for her attire in a promo song of Tmail film Katthi. A romantic song in Vijay starrer Kaththi, Samantha sported designer wear outfit, for which she got off-putting retort from anti-fans.
They compared the costume with Brahmanandam’s in Attarintiki Daredi. Above is the pic of Samantha where her attire was very much similar to the dress Brahmi wore (as Gladiator) in Attarintiki Daredi movie comedy sequence! And we wonder what’s wrong with Samantha. While we don’t compare it with Brahmi’s dress, this is certainly a bad fashion statement from the top actress. We wish someone resurrect her fashion sense soon.
Rajni’s early surrender to Jaya?
The BJP which is getting spectacular electoral successes in recent times has been making plans for inroads into South India and it is now targeting Tamil Naidu, for which it is working hard, trying to rope in Superstar Rajnikanth promising him to make the chief ministerial candidate. But till now Rajnikanth has reportedly refused to bite the bullet.
The jail term for Jayalalithaa for recently hogged all the limelight and at a time when BJP was sensing a right opportunity, courtesy letter which was written recently by Rajnikanth to Jayalalitha wishing Jaya good health and Diwali greetings came as a surprise. This in a way reinforces popular perception that Rajni is too nice a person to take up any political fights especially against Jayalalitha who is known to be very vindictive to her opponents.
The ‘Viswaroopam controversy’ which forced Kamal Haasan to threaten that he would leave the country is still in everyone’s memory after his snipe at Jaya. The BJP now feels that Rajinikanth has surrendered very early to Jaya.
‘70% Telangana employees must in every film’
Force formed to protect the interests of Telangana Artists and Technicians are severely objected to film people donating funds to Hudhud Cyclone Victims but not to the people who sacrificed their lives to Telangana cause and farmers who are committing suicides in the new state. Telangana Film Protection Force is demanding the immediate division of Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce in to Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber of Commerce and Telangana Film Chamber of Commerce.
They are demanding that all the assets of the Film Chamber are to be given 60% to the Telangana Film Chamber of Commerce as Nizam contributes major market for films. To counter this demands, AP Film Chamber of Commerce renamed itself to Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce previously but the agitators are not satisfied. TFPF also met Chief Minister K Chandra Sekhar Rao and demanded him to release a G.O. that every film made in Hyderabad should have 70% of employees belonging to Telangana itself.
The organization vowed to strive till the G.O. is passed. However the big heads of Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce say there is no meaning in the demands of Chamber division and the industry will perish in both the states if divided.
Baahubali And Gannareddy Lack Originality?
We are hearing from certain quarters, who are quite educated about medieval history of India, about the flaws in the looks of Baahubali and Gannareddy. This might sound quite cynical for fans of the two big stars of Tollywood, but historians say that aboriginal content for the sake of entertaining audience is killing the essence of South India’s pride and history.
Talking about Prabhas’s spine-chilling look from Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali, as the newly released poster is the most talked about, historians say that it is more a South-East Asian inspired look but not truly South Indian. As the story is about a warrior set in South India, one would expect Prabhas to look more that way. But his spiky crown, sleeveless body armor have got a touch of Korean and Japanese warrior looks. If it is South Indian, then our medieval warriors wore less armor and simple or no crown at all.
Coming to Gona Gannareddy, Allu Arjun is quite fascinating but for people with great command over English history, he is looking like another rebellion in the medieval European times. Close to the gaming character in popular ‘Assasins Creed’, Bunny resembles more of a Robin Hood style warrior but not truly a Kakatiya empire based Telugu king. As Gunasekhar says that Gannareddy character has shades of Robin Hood, maybe we have to accept that not only his character but the character-design is also having shades of that England’s historic rebel.
Probably these looks of Baahubali and Gannareddy keeping the gigantic fan bases of these heroes in mind as they don’t get thrilled until their demi-gods are shown in a never before avatar. We have to see what Rajamouli and Gunasekhar says about this criticism.
Rust Tensions For AP Industries
A lot of talk has been happening about an industrial boom in Andhra Pradesh and the focus is more on cities like Vizag, Rajahmundry, Nellore etc. But here is a new tension that has gripped the enthusiasts. It is heard that setting up an industry in the coastline will make them vulnerable to the issue of rust.
The heavy machinery and other industrial equipment are prone to getting rusted and in a span of every five to six years, the entire machinery has to be changed. It is heard that the Vizag steel plant alone spends hundreds of crores for replacing the machinery every now and then.
The experts are suggesting instead of the coastline, the industrialists must look towards the Rayalaseema region where this issue is not there. Already, there is the Sri City SEZ in Chittoor district fast becoming the hot hub for industries. So, if the industries have to invest in AP they better stay away from the coastline.
Cracker Factory Blast: Death Toll Raises to 16
The death toll in Kakinada Cracker Factory blast has been increased to 15 and most of them among the deceased are women. 13 women and 3 men were charred to death and seven others suffered serious burns in fire mishap at an illegal cracker factory at Vakathippa village of Kothapalli Mandal near 22 Kms from Kakinada.
Shockingly, four members of same family were burnt to death in this fire mishap. About 40 people were working in the cracker unit and most of them were daily-wage women who were paid as low as Rs 150 per day. Few reports claimed that owner of cracker unit Appa Rao was also among injured. We hear that Appa Rao had been running cracker unit for the past 20 years in village and he has applied for renewal of factory license in March but revenue officials have not given permission yet.
Although exact reasons for fire mishap are not yet known, two versions are doing the rounds. One version is that apparently a woman in the tiled crackers unit lit a stove to prepare tea and the blast followed immediately. The second version, somebody threw a lit cigarette resulting in the blast. More details are yet to be known.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh government swiftly swung into action. Collector and RDO were present at the blast spot and over-viewed helping measures. Ministers Chinnarajappa and Manikyala Rao rushed to spot. CM Chandra Babu Naidu announced a compensation of Rs 2 Lakh to the kin of dead and assured all sort of help to injured. Deputy CM Chinarajappa immediately ordered a magisterial inquiry into the matter and asked officials to shut down all “illegal” cracker factories.
Debuting Mega Hero Is A Lone Contestant
Mega brother Nagababu’s son Varun Tej, the debuting mega hero, is gearing up for his first ever silver screen appearance very soon. Under talented Srikanth Addala’s direction, Varun will be seen as a lead in ‘Mukunda’, whose teaser has already set the bars high for him.
And when will this flick possible release? We heard a December release date, around which couple of other love stories like Nitin’s Chinnadaana Nee Kosam is also coming. However, this debuting mega hero is also looking at another possible option too.
Just in case, if Jr NTR missed the Sankranthi release date for Puri Jagan’s film and then Pawan-Venky’s Gopala Gopala Gopala too gets pushed to a later date, there is no big star to utilize the slot. Stars like Mahesh, Charan, Bunny and Prabhas have none of their projects that could be released for Sankranthi 2015.
So, Varun Tej’s Mukunda will be lone contestant with maximum reach and impact if it hits screens for Sankranthi.
Will AP Be Backward Forever?
Post bifurcation, a lot of focus has come on Andhra Pradesh and with Chandrababu Naidu leading from the front, a lot of positivity is expected. But there is a looming threat that this state is facing which could cause some fatal consequences and push Andhra Pradesh into a backward area for a long time.
We are talking about the natural calamities. A slice of that was seen in the recent Hudhud cyclone. The point is, the long coastline of Andhra Pradesh is always susceptible to cyclones and floods. After the experience of Hudhud, it is nothing short of a rude wakeup call to the authorities to protect themselves from the ferocity of Mother Nature.
As such, Japan is quite prone to such erratic weather attacks but they have prepared themselves in the right way to counter it. Can Chandrababu bring the same kind of technology? At any given day, it is beyond human control to stop or resist Nature but if proper measures are not taken then yes, the threat for Andhra Pradesh will remain.
‘I’ve Lied About Relationship Status’-Samantha
Have you lied about your relationship status in the past? – Pat comes the answer from gorgeous heroine Samantha – “Yes, I’ve lied”. Adding more, “As I wasn’t sure about my relationship in the beginning, I used to claim that I’m single. And now I know where my relationship is heading, so there’s no need to lie anymore”, the darling heroine of Tollywood confesses. It takes more than guts for any South Heroine to give at least this statement.
From quite sometime rumors are rife that Samantha is in a steady relationship with hero Siddarth and the couple are heading for a marriage very soon. Ever since Sam was spotted performing ‘Rahu Ketu’ Pooja alongside Siddharth’s parents in Srikalahasti, more fuel got added to the fire. As Samantha expressed that she wants to retire in a couple of years and start making her family with cute kids, let us wish the actress married the love of her life.
Star Hotels Busy In Vizag
The hotel industry across many big cities in India has been going through a tough phase. With increasing number of hotels and a dip in the overall tourism industry, it has been a tight fight between the hotels. But the situation in the city of Vizag is seeing an entirely different scenario.
Reports reveal all the five star hotels in the city are running full houses in terms of their room occupancy and they are not available for the next two weeks. The reason for this is the rich and elite of the steel city who have taken up accommodation since their homes do not have power and proper water supply. The Hudhud cyclone has caused enough havoc for things to be restored in some time.
With this, many rich families have approached different hotels and have taken the rooms. So, if you are thinking about staying in places like Daspalla, Dolphin, Novotel, Green Park, Four Point Sheraton, The Park you better check the availability of rooms before going.
AP Employees furious on AP NGOs
Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh created rift among government employees of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Continuous comparisons and differences by employees of AP and Telangana is worrying AP NGO leaders.
Telangana government right after the formation of new state started showering boons like benefits and bonus on its employees while AP Government is keeping mum on its employees. This is making AP Employees furious on AP NGOs.
Now AP employees are alleging that AP NGO leaders are selfish and are not working for their benefits. They say AP NGOs failed to pressurise AP Government to implement PRC act which will help the employees.
