Naidu watches worst TDP infight
The infight between T and Seemandhra leaders and workers in TDP is taking a serious twist .The seemandhra and Telangana leaders have become public now after Payyavula Keshav and Erraballi brick bat exchange became public.
TDP chief Chandrababu is now cornered between the angry leadership of both regions. Naidu can not bluff party cadres and leaders as he bluffed people of both the regions , says a TDP senior MLA Gali Muddu Krishnam Naidu .Now the ball is clearly in court of Naidu to resolve the issue which has sparked off open hostility and animosity between both region leadership more openly now.
Why is Chandrababu Naidu silently watching this brick bat between Erraballi , Payyavula and now CM Ramesh.T congress leaders now say that Chandrababu feels that once the BJP alliance is through, all these issues would be addressed . BJP wants to wait for election outcome of five northern states to take a decision on TDP alliance .’We are not in a hurry to join hands with TDP or Naidu as we know they are only using BJP and me’ said Narender Modi to a national TV on Friday .
Harish Rao faces insult!
It looks like the TRS firebrand leader Harish Rao seems to be thinking too much regarding his party these days. The party has been making loud noises about Bhadrachalam saying it will wage a war if it is given to Seemandhra during bifurcation.
Sources say that anticipating huge support, Harish Rao toured Khammam recently to create some stir and unfortunately there were no leaders or big cadre to greet them and TRS leaders were embarrassed in front of the media.
At the same time the party wanted to do something and they started rallying school children for Harish’s rally which was projected by Pro TRS media channels as a big boost to TRS in Khammam district. But this had angered the locals in a big way.
TRS leaders themselves were seen joking that this shows the party’s dismal stand in Khammam and they also lost hope regarding the ongoing bandh in Bhadrachalam division which is not evoking any response! Maybe Harish needs to be more sensible unlike his uncle.
‘Yevadu’ facing Guntur distributor’s problem?
It is almost an year since the film ‘Yevadu’ is ready and waiting for a release. The film has Ram Charan in the lead along with Shruti Haasan and Amy Jackson. This is directed by Vamsi Paidipally and produced by Dil Raju. There are many reasons why it got postponed.
But all the excitement was restarted when Dil Raju announced that the film will release on December 19th, then he postponed it to Sankranthi 2014. Now, there is news that again trouble has come for the film and it is from the Guntur area distributor. Why only that distributor? Here is the story.
It is heard that the Guntur distributor has taken the release rights for the film ‘1-Nenokkadine’ starring Mahesh Babu which is being released on January 10th, 2014. So, if he has to release ‘Yevadu’ around Sankranthi time then he will not be able to balance it.
This will also mean that he will not be able to recover his investment. As a result, it is heard that the distributor has been pressurizing Dil Raju to postpone the release once again. But sources say Dil Raju has made his mind about not delaying the release further. Let us see what happens.
Unique attempt by ‘Bahubali’ team
The film ‘Bahubali’ is building expectations right from the day it started shooting and director Rajamouli made it interesting when he came up with special making videos during the eve of birthdays of his lead pair Prabhas and Anushka. Now, one more information has come.
It is heard that the team has decided to come up with some special videos which would be quite informative. Well, the videos would talk about details of the filmmaking. For instance, they would talk about the sword and why that sword was chosen or why such an armor was picked up.
This is something Rajamouli has done before also for his last film ‘Eega’ wherein he came up with special sessions on TV. A lot of effort and hardwork is going behind the making of this film so the team wants to ensure that even the general public knows what is happening.
Unit members say they would be happy to see the people travel with them for this film till it releases in 2015. This also has Daggubati Rana, Sathyaraja, Adivi Sesh doing important roles and the film will be made in two parts. So, get ready for some series of videos on ‘Bahubali’.
Pawan on Secret Family Tour
Anything on Pawan Kalyan sells. His latest entertainer Attarintiki Daaredi was declared industry’s number one and the film is celebrating its fifty days completion today. Now filmnagar is abuzz with the new that Pawan kalyan is on a secret family tour.
Talk is Pawan along with his wife Renu Desai, son Akira Nandan, daughter Adya planned for a foreign trip and sources say Pawan along with his family flew to foreign on a secret trip. The family trip created sensation since it was earlier reported that Pawan divorced Renu and he even parted his Jubilee Hills house for his wife.
Insiders reveal that Pawan’s children are unable to live without him and many are wondering the status of Renu Desai’s Marathi film in Pune. Pawan is currently busy finalising script for his upcoming entertainer Gabbar Singh 2 under Sampath Nandi’s direction. Fans are waiting to hear happy ending to his family feuds.
Pawan Kalyan does it again!
Power Star Pawan Kalyan is one man who digs deep into his pockets without a second thought when someone is in deep trouble or in needy. That’s why he earned the sobriquet of star off the reel. Irrespective of his film’s success at Box Office, Pawan’s mania is soaring day-by-day and his mania is at peaks. And he has again lived up to its fame by showing his bigheartedness.
Recently, Karnataka Mega Fans president Kotte Venkatesh Yadav died in an unfortunate Volvo bus mishap that happened at Mahbubnagar. It is said that Pawn had moved by the tragic accident and reacting on it, reportedly, Gabbar Singh star donated Rs 7 Lakh to the bereaved family. Pawan is very recently in news for making a secret donation of Rs 2 Lakh to a girl suffering from kidney-related ailment in Kukatpally. Now, he does it again by helping to Venkatesh’s family.
Also young mega heroes Allu Arjun and Ram Charan have donated Rs 1 Lakh each, Chiranjeevi has donated Rs 3 lakh DD to victim’s family. Mega family in unison helped their fan’s family.
Young Hero’s Chemistry With Ex-Anchor
She happens to be a popular anchor on small screen for a while and that is a past now. He is an energetic hero who got not hit for sometime before actually hitting bull’s eye. This already paired pair is coming with a second instalment and here is a talk about that.
They are none other than Nikhil and Swathi. Both these actors are tremendous performers on silver screen with loads of energy and ample talent. For the first time, they have come together for Swamy Ra Ra and the movie turned out to be a big hit. Nikhil’s candid emotions and Swathi’s vibrant expressions have brought out a fantastic romance track in that flick. Right now, this pair is once again shining on silver screen and that is happening for a movie ‘Karthikeya’. A look at the stills of this movie is again proving that Nikhil and Swathi are getting their chemistry right. Sometimes combinations itself do wonders and this pair is one such.
Coming to Karthikeya, the action-thriller-comedy film is being directed by newcomer Chandu and is into its final leg of production. Within no time, the film may come quite as a surprise at box office like Nikhil-Swathi’s previous flick. Wait for it folks.
Talented Cameraman’s Injustice To Venky
Though locations look dull and lifeless, some actors look quite normal, it is cinematographers who always make the whole scene lively and impressive with their stunning camera angles and beautiful capture of colors. Chennai based Andrew is one such guy who does extraordinary work with camera.
He is the cinematographer who has delivered some breathtaking visuals for movies like Darling and Gundejaari Gallantiyyinde. The kind of colour palette used for Darling movie and the way some scenes are conceived using a steady cam have created longlasting impact. At the same time, Andrew’s brilliant moving camera angles for Gundejaari touched creative gene of many art lovers. But you cant believe that it is the same Andrew who has delivered Venkatesh and Ram’s latest entertainer ‘Masala’. Not just the camera work lacks quality, but the cinematographer missed out costly locations and showed them as some countryside gardens.
After watching Venky and Anjali’s one and only melody song in the movie, one will not realized that they are watching a song filmed in exotic locals of Japan. We wonder what made Andrew not use some crane shots and trolley shots even in songs shot in beautiful locales. No doubt, this is a big injustice to Venky as visually rich songs will always make viewers comeback to movie for some time.
Is Pawan’s Offer Just A Rumour?
Working with Pawan Kalyan is a dream for many technicians as they will always get a chance to showcase their creativity while working with this star hero. We have heard some news about heroines earlier, there comes these music directors now.
In fact, the big news in circulation is that Pawan Kalyan is once again giving a second life to his past music director Ramana Gogula with Gabbar Singh 2. At the same time, there is also a talk that he will continue with Devi Sri Prasad who initially scored quite strikingly for Gabbar Singh first edition. Also there is a talk that Pawan is keen on roping a new music director for the movie, and wants his old friend Mani Sharma scores the background score. But for now, Pawan has confirmed only the director, producer and script of this flick but nothing else.
So, it looks like Pawan’s offer to any other music director out there is just a rumour. While Sarath Maraar is the producer of Gabbar Singh 2, Sampath Nandi is handling direction. Stay connected for more updates.
‘Ask Me, Before Clicking My Bikini Pics’
Sexy heroine Katrina Kaif has once again thrown satires on the red-white-bikini pics captured by paparazzi, where she is found hanging around Ranbir Kapoor in a stony-sandy beach of Spain. This time, she stated that media should not cross limits as she is valuing them a lot.
While interacting with a TV channel to promote her latest movie ‘Dhoom 3’, Katrina reacted about those intimate pictures leaked online. Initially the spicy siren reacted funnily on the pictures saying that she would have dressed well, of course in a bikini only, if she came to know that she is being clicked by media. ‘If paparazzi had asked me for pictures, I would have worn a matching coloured bikini, rather that red and white one’, said Katrina. Also she asked the paparazzi folks before clicking her bikini pictures as she would pose well then. On a serious note, Katrina once again condemned the acts like she damned them in a written letter earlier.
‘I know that if you’re an actor your life is public, but as a human I’ve some unguarded private moments that are not required for anyone. You may not agree as paparazzi, but I have my opinion’, concludes Katrina. Having already said that she is upset with the whole happening, the ravishing Dhoom lady stressed it again.
Masaala Telugu Movie Review – 3/5
Rating: 3/5
Movies: Masaala
Banner: Suresh Productions, Sravanthi Movies
Cast: Venkatesh, Ram, Anjali, Sazaan, Ali, MS Narayana, Jayaprakash Reddy, Kovai Sarala, Posani Krishna Murali and others
Dialogues: Anil Ravipudi
Music: Thaman
Cinematographer: Andrew
Producers: D Suresh Babu, Ravi Koshore
Direction: K Vijaya Bhaskar
Story
Rahman (Ram) and his sister Sania (Anjali) lose their ancestral property legally and so they head to Bheemarajapuram village as their uncle MS Narayana advises Rahman to work for his employer Balaram (Venkatesh), a landlord. In a panic situation, Rahman lies about his identity near Balram who doesn’t tolerate cheating or dishonesty. To cover up a lie, Rahman makes a series of cover-ups and how does Balaram finds his truth forms the crux.
Performances
Venkatesh is brilliant and he pulled off the comedy scenes with amazing ease. He plays his role with excellence it’s a treat to watch him rendering butler English dialogues with quick sense of comic timing. Venkatesh is back to his forte wholesome family entertainer with Masala.
Ram is a revelation. He is good at comic timing and delivering witty one liners. His role as gay and interval block dance episode are hilarious.
Anjali is decent and has a good screen presence but she didn’t have ample role to perform. Shazahn Padamsee is okay and manages to give a noticeable impression in few scenes.
Ali, Jaya Prakash Reddy, MS Narayana are hilarious, Kovai Sarala is loud, Posani is okay and the rest did their bit required.
Technical Analysis
Thaman’s musical scores are mediocre and a couple of songs Ninnu Chudani, Meenakshi are good on-screens. Cinematography is neat while Anil Ravipudi’s dialogues are hilariously entertaining. Screenplay and editing could’ve been better. Production Values are just ok.
Analysis
Masala as expected is formulaic packed with entertainment and fun elements. Vijay Bhaskar has stuck to the original Bol Bachchan script and hasn’t made any major changes. Masala is the carbon copy of Bol Bachchan and it sticks to the genre mass entertainer.
The first half moves at good pace and is enjoyable for its comedy here and there but it’s the second half which has much engrossing elements. The dialogues are quite entertaining and Venkatesh, Ram, Jaya Prakash Reddy rocked the screens with their good comic timing. The action sequences however are poorly choreographed. Masala had several clichés with confusion dramas that were seen in recent comedy releases, yet the screenplay packed with entertainment and silly gags works for the movie.
Venkatesh, Ram’s performances, Anil Ravipudi’s dialogues and entertaining scenes are assets for the film while actions scenes, poor VFX works and weak climax are the negative points.
Final Verdict
Masala is decent enough to entertain comedy film lovers, provided you don’t look for logics…
Talk about NTR’s bad behavior
For any film to be a successful one, there should be good understanding between the director and the hero. This is more when it involves a star hero. Generally there is a talk that many star heroes tend to put their finger into the script or the scenes and that has always resulted in negative at box office.
Recently a talk began to make rounds that even Junior NTR has got that habit. The gossip was also that Junior NTR is also impatient and if he doesn’t like something he will simply blast the director. But now, the real truth about his bad behavior is being revealed by some circles who worked with the young tiger.
They are stating that unlike the others, Junior NTR is a very cooperative hero and gives full support to the director. It is heard that he tends to make changes in the pre production phase but once the film hits the floors then he simply abides by what the director says and follows.
The truth is, Junior NTR has got certain ethics when it comes to acting as a profession and he never violates them. This is more a true version because many times there were no complaints on NTR but it was on the directors who were unable to use the potential of this star hero.
No new jobs in Telangana state?
It is known news that the Telangana state was promised based on the slogan called water, funds and jobs for locals and this was taken up big time in this generation by TRS chief KCR and later by other pro-Telangana votaries.
Sources say that as per the report which TRS had e-mailed to Group of Ministers it had stated that it will be difficult to pay salaries as per budget allocations to the existing employees and hence the party requests employees from Seemandhra who have been settled to leave them and get transferred to the new AP.
Experts in Home Ministry are reportedly interpreting this as a sign that the existing budget in Telangana state may not be sufficient enough to pay salaries, then how come TRS will achieve much promised and hyped- One job for Every Home in Telangana.
KCR also promised that Telangana employees will get salaries equal to that of Central pay scale and if there are no funds, then where is it possible that there will be full promotions and full jobs, say sources! At least now people should realize where this is all heading.
Sonia’s temple between thousand dead bodies?
The proposed temple by Telangana Congress leaders for Sonia Gandhi as a mark of respect for their beloved leader for granting Telangana is taking new turns. While the very idea of coming up with a temple for Sonia sounds bizarre the process seems to be on.
The firebrand leader of TDP Revanth Reddy today made sensational comments regarding the proposed Soniamma temple in Secunderabad and blasted Congress leaders. He called Sonia Gandhi as Bali Devatha (sacrificial lady) who was responsible for the death of more than 1000 Telangana students. Revanth Reddy also called Jaipal Reddy’s bluff saying he never took part in Telangana movement and has only come to take the limelight at the end of the day after everything has been done.
He asked Congress leaders whether Sonia Gandhi’s temple will be built in the graveyard that has thousand bodies in between them? The discussion about coming up with Sonia Gandhi’s temples has created a spur among the people and it is being said that they are not very happy with the total exercise of the congress leaders. This might also prove to be a bane for the Congress party during 2014 polls.
Pawan’s chances spoiled by Venky?
Power star Pawan Kalyan and his journey towards success cannot be explained in some words. After the blockbuster hit ‘Gabbar Singh’ he went on to give one more big hit in the form of ‘Attarintiki Daredi’. At one point, Tollywood began to believe that this film will reach the 100 crores.
But now the chances are looking dim. It is heard that the film is touching its 50th day on November 15th but on the 14th Venkatesh is arriving with his film ‘Masala’ which is coming in nearly 900 theatres. With this, the chances of many theaters running ‘AD’ will be replacing it with ‘Masala’. The way things are going it is calculated that ‘Attarintiki Daredi’ might touch anywhere between Rs 80 crores. The speculation is if ‘Masala’ had not come now then there would have been some chance and hope of achieving the 100 crores magic number.
But Pawan is reportedly not looking at records and is concentrating on his next assignment. This is ‘Gabbar Singh 2’ and this will be directed by Sampath Nandi. It is heard that Pawan is taking personal interest in the script. If ‘Masala’ gets weak talk then maybe ‘AD’ will be revived.
Sexy Anasuya’s shock treatment
These days the fan following for TV anchors is getting as equal as a star heroine. Right from seniors like Suma and Jhansi to the current sensation Anasuya, the trend has been picking up. But one has to know where to draw a line and understand few things. This is something Anasuya didn’t seem to realize.
She is a heartthrob for many and recently she caused a sensation by rejecting a role in ‘Attarintiki Daredi’ calling it very miniscule. But before the cine circles can digest her attitude, Anasuya got her shock treatment. It is heard that this sexy anchor has done a small role in a film called ‘Chinna Chinna Aasa’.
Nobody knew when the film came and without making any noise it has also been removed. Now, sources say Anasuya is busy asking her friends and fans how was her performance. What can they say? Nobody even knew when the film came and above that, Anasuya was part of it.
This has got few others commenting that when she gave big dialogues about not working in ‘Attarintiki Daredi’ how she did a small budget film with no brand value. They feel it is a lesson for Anasuya for all the high headed statements she gave. Let us see if this changes her approach or not.
Prabhas’ Pori Eager to Marry
Young Rebel Star Prabhas may havve postponed his marriage so that he could complete Rajamouli’s prestigious venture Bahubali without any disturbances or distractions. However Prabahs’ pori is not having any such qualms. She says she is ready for marriage.
She is none other than tall beauty Anushka who seduced Prabhas in Mirchi. Anushka is doing the same even in Bahubali as Devasena. Speaking to media Anushka said media is performing her marriage many times right from her first film. She said however now she is ready for marriage and it may be even love marriage but she has to find a right person.
She says if she spell out her wish list she may not get married at all. Anushka’s bilingual entertainer Varna is releasing this month end. Bahubali is slated for release only after another year and according to indications, Anushka may not be single by then.
Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan involved
Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan have listened to the script of Varun Tej’s debut film and approved it. Chiranjeevi suggested few changes and director Srikanth Addala immediately applied them. Pawan Kalyan is impressed with the story narrated by Srikanth Addala and wished him good luck.
Nagababu has waited so long and had many discussions with various directors before waving green to Srikanth Addala’s subject. Mega brothers are also showing so much interest in this film as they want their beloved brother’s son to strike gold as hero. This film will start rolling from January and will be ready for release by next Dussera.
Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan will watch the final cut and it will release only after they are happy with the end product. Changes will be made to the final cut if they have any doubts or concerns over it. Srikanth Addala understood what this film means to them and agreed for that. Srikanth made sure that he gets the team he is familiar with. Mickey J Meyer, who scored music to Srikanth’s previous two films is roped in as the music director for this film too.
