CBN and Lokesh in bitter clash?
Tension is increasing on who will be the next Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. IVR.Krishna Rao’s term is getting completed soon and it is coming out that both CM Chandra Babu Naidu and his son Lokesh are having difference of opinion on who the next chief secretary. TDP sources say both of them are having different people in their mind. While Chandra Babu Naidu is keen to give importance to experience, Lokesh is supporting another person. Senior IAS officer Takkar is ahead in the race and with him being close to CM Chandra Babu,he is expecting to appoint him.
Another senior officer Nimmagadda Ramesh too is hoping to get the Chief Secretary post. He is not only son in law of former minister Jagarlamudi Padmavathi from West Godavai but also many TDP leaders are supporting him. Even Lokesh too is supporting him due to caste considerations. But with ball is in CM Chandra Babu’s court everyone is looking at him with great interest. Many feel Takkar may get the post since he is close to Chandra Babu and Babu too prefer him.
Shilpa Shetty throws a party !
Shilpa Shetty recently organized a party for her friends and neighbours in the industry. Dance choreographer and Director Farah Khan attended the party. During this party Farah Khan praised Shah Rukh Khan and his upcoming movie Dilwale. She also spoke about Shilpa’s cuteness. ‘Dilwale’ brings the evergreen pair of Shah Rukh and Kajol together after a span of five years. Rohit Shetty shapes the movie and it is produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan under Red Chillies Entertainment banner and Rohit Shetty productions.
Farah Khan who spoke at the party said, “Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Dilwale’ is my movie. I was the one who shot Gerua song at Ice land with SRK and Kajol. When a person like me is affected by their aura, then a normal person will get more affected. The sizzling chemistry between Kajol and SRK is real. I will not stand with Shilpa anymore. Because I am so ugly when I am with her. She is so slim. I know her from ‘Baazigar’ which came in 1993. People lose their charm with age. But she gets more beautiful with age.”
Is Venky Acting Tough On Directors?
After lying low for more than 10 months since the release of his last film Gopala Gopala, Victory Venkatesh is finally gearing up for shooting of his latest film in Maruthi’s direction from December. Prior to this, Venky has been in talks with several directors and listened to many scripts.
The prominent director of them all who waited for several months for Venky’s nod is the talented filmmaker Kranthi Madhav. The director was almost set to direct Venky until Maruthi grabbed the offer in the last minute. Now, Kranthi Madhav scrapped his film and is planning on something else.
Another director in question is creative director Krishna Vamsi, who pitched a story idea to Venky. However, the actor was firm on listening to the complete story and asked Krishna Vamsi to come back again with a bound script. Now, Krishna Vamsi is one filmmaker who is known to never carrying a complete script and improvises a lot on the shooting floors.
As he has slowed down to doing only one film per year, Venkatesh must have been determined to do only competent projects and that’s the reason he is acting sightly tough on directors until he is satisfied with the script.
Charan And Trivikram Film: Combination Issue
Mega hero Ram Charan’s movie under magical writer-director Trivikram’s direction is what many fans want to see from a long time. But somehow this combination is missing out every time and seems it won’t materialise even in the coming days.
Actually producer DVV Danayya is having Charan’s dates for another films and also he has given an advance to Trivikram sometime back. Everyone thought that this combination would work but after Bruce Lee’s disappointment Charan is not keen to work with this producer for a while.
Till that time Danayya can’t wait to waste Trivikram’s next dates. We hear that he’s trying to set Akhil and Trivikram film as the combination of Charan-Trivikram is not getting materialised somehow.
At the same time, Trivikram also gave a commitment to Tamil hero Surya but DVV Danayya is not ready to afford Surya at the moment. We have to see which combination will finally go on floors after Trivikram wraps his A..Aa while Akhil is still waiting to sign his second film and Danayya taking things as they come.
Immature And Arrogant!
Probably, these two adjectives would be sufficient to describe the nature of the statement made by Sonia Gandhi in Parliament. Referring to the NDA in Parliament, Sonia Gandhi said, “People who never had faith in the Constitution, nor participated in its drafting, are now swearing by it. There cannot be a bigger joke than this.” Obviously, it was also a reference to the ‘Sangh Parivar’. While it is quite common nowadays for the opposition to say that the government does not believe in the constitution, the latter part of Sonia Gandhi’s statement is false.
She cannot accuse the BJP or its ideological father, the RSS of not participating in the drafting of the Constitution. They were not allowed to! Nehru tried his best to stomp out the RSS which he believed was becoming a serious threat to the hegemony of the Congress. The RSS head was put behind bars for a period of 18 months, an insult which did not generate any ill-will in them. Had the BJP been a part of the drafting of the constitution, history over the last six decades would have definitely taken a different course.
Charan Is Doing It, Finally
After Bruce Lee failed at the box office, Charan has been in two minds about doing the remake of Thani Oruvan. The film was a super hit in Tamil and Charan was decided on doing the film. However, in between, there was talk that Allu Arvind decided against it. Now, Charan too is said to be in two minds as the film does not have much role for the heroine.
So, talk is that Charan finally decided that he will do the film and a track for heroine will be added in the Telugu version. Also, Charan’s film will have more songs than the Tamil version. The film’s shooting will begin in February. The shooting will begin in August and the plan is to release it by Dassera. The film will have the original Tamil villain Arvind Swamy in Telugu. Though the film does not have too many commercial elements, it has a strong story and that will ensure another hit in Charan’s list say industry insiders.
Preity Zinta Denies Marriage Rumours
Mumbai: Actress Preity Zinta has put to rest rumours about her marriage. The star took to social media to tell her fans that she is “not getting married in January”. It was reported that the “Soldier” actress will be tying the knot with her American beau Gene Goodenough in January. Preity also promised her fans and followers on Twitter that she would share her marriage plans “as and when” she does it.
“Also it’s getting a bit weird telling people that I’m not getting married in January… I promise I will tell you all as and when I do! Ting,” Preity tweeted on Friday night. The 40-year-old actress, who co-owns the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket team Kings XI Punjab along with her former beau Ness Wadia, was last seen on the small screen judging the dance reality show “Nach Baliye 7”.
Tamasha Box Office: Collects Rs 10.87 Cr On Day 1!
The much awaited Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone starrer Tamasha released this week to mixed reviews. The film that traces the journey of two care free individuals has opened on a decent note despite the sizzling chemistry between the two lead actors.
Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh just tweeted the first day figures stating, “#Tamasha Fri ₹ 10.87 cr. Strong at plexes/metros. India biz. As per reports, the film is doing exceptionally well across metros, thanks to its advantage of having a solo release!” Let’s see if Tamasha manages to touch the Rs 50 crore mark in its opening weekend!
Passengers in Hyd Airport Stranded for 6 Hours
The passengers of an Air India flight had to strand for more than six hours after the carrier failed to get landing clearance in Bengaluru due to “bad weather” and thereafter had to deploy new set of pilots.
This took place in the wee hours of Thursday when a flight from Muscat scheduled to depart to Bengaluru at around 3.30 AM but couldn’t and was there till 10 AM in the Hyderabad International Airport. At last, the flight took off at around 10 AM.
“Because of bad weather in Bengaluru, we did not get clearance”, an Air India official said. In the meanwhile, after getting the clearance, the two pilots came under “Duty Time Limitations” which means they cannot fly after certain number of hours on duty.
So, we had to get another set of pilots”, the official said. The flight finally took off at around 10 am. There were a total of 153 passengers, while ten are from Muscat, 143 are from Hyderabad. Air India officials are looking into the matter.
“Angry Indian Goddesses” – Lakshmi Manchu
Hyderabad: Actress-producer Lakshmi Manchu, who organised a special screening of filmmaker Pan Nalin’s critically acclaimed drama “Angry Indian Goddesses” here last week, said the film left her “speechless”. “It is such an important film in today’s times. It is a must watch. All my friends loved the movie and thanked me for inviting them,” Lakshmi told IANS, adding it’s a “fun-filled and hard-hitting movie”. The screening was followed by an elaborate conversation between Lakshmi and the “Angry Indian Goddesses” team, which included its director and some members of the cast.
The film features an ensemble cast of Sarah-Jane Dias, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Anushka Manchanda, Sandhya Mridul, Rajshri Deshpande and Adil Hussain among others. “Angry Indian Goddesses” will be releasing on December 4 along with Vishal Pandya’s erotic thriller “Hate Story 3”, which stars actors Zareen Khan, Daisy Shah, Sharman Joshi and Karan Singh Grover.
