Brahmotsavam back on sets from month-end
From the fast couple of days, there are rumours doing rounds in Filmnagar that Mahesh Babu had paused the shooting of his Brahmotsavam midway as Srikanth Addala is doing too much of spot improvisations. He reportedly asked him to complete the script work before resuming the shoot.
However the movie unit with out clarifying on these rumours, informed us that the next schedule of the film will happen in RFC from 28th. After that schedule, they will fly to Ooty for a major schedule from December 10th.
Samantha, Kajal Aggarwal and Pranitha are playing the female leads in this film. Srikanth Addala who delivered a super hit to Mahesh with Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu is hoping to recreate the magic once again. Potluri Vara Prasad will be producing the film on his PVP Cinemas banner. Mickey J Meyer is the music composer.
Art director walks out of Trivikram’s A..Aa
South India’s Top Cinematographer Rajeevan was roped in for Nithin’s next, A..Aa in the direction of Trivikram Srinivas. However this union did not last long. We are said that Rajeevan and Trivikram Srinivas fought with each other due to some creative differences and ego problems.
As a result Rajeevan walked out of the project. The makers are planning to bring a new guy in his role. The movie is being planned for February 14th release as Valentines day Special.
Samantha and Anupama Parameshwaran are the heroines. Nithin will be seen as Anand Vihari while Samantha will be Anasuya Ramalingam in the film. Anirudh Ravichander is the music composer and this film will mark his Telugu debut.
Suriya to stay in Vizag for a month
Tamil Superstar Suriya will be in Vishakapatnam for a month from December 2nd. This is for the first schedule of his next project, Singham-3. After the schedule here, the team will shift to Tamil Nadu.
The film is being planned for Summer-2016 release. The makers have charted non-stop schedules to make sure the movie releases then. Both the Telugu and Tamil version will have a simultaneous release.
Shruti Hassan and Anushka Shetty are the female leads. Hari who wielded megaphone for the previous films in Singham series will also be directing this. Anirudh Ravichander is the music composer.
Nani enters Christmas race
Actor Nani’s next, Mahalakshmi Pelliki Dhooram 150Km is currently in the last phase of its production. The makers are planning to release the movie on December 25th as Christmas Special. They say the actor will be seen as Anantapur Balakrishna fans president in the film.
Andhala Rakshasi fame Hanu Raghavapudi is directing the film. 14 Reels Entertainments which recently tasted flops like Aagadu and 1-Nenokkadine is producing the film. Nani who recent bagged a blockbuster hit with Bhale Bhale Magadivoy is hoping that he will continue his success streak with this film too.
This film will bring together a young and bright team consisting of DOP Yuvaraj (assisted Ratnavelu for Robo & 1-Nenokkadine), Music Director Vishal (protege of A.R. Rahman’s Music School in Chennai).
Ram’s Nenu..Shailaja is almost done
Energetic Hero Ram is a very disappointed man post the super failure of his recent release, Shivam. He had two releases this year – Pandaga Chesko and Shivam both failed to make a mark on the audience or the box office.
Ram had now pinned all his hopes on his next, Nenu..Shailaja so that he will be back to winning ways. The movie unit is currently shooting the last song of the film in Goa. The entire shooting will be complete on 26th of this month. New Year release is currently in their plans.
Keerthi Suresh is making her Telugu debut with this movie. Kishore Tirumala, who penned dialogues for Raghuvaran Btech is turning in to a director with this film. Senior Producer and Ram’s Uncle, Sravanthi Ravi Kishore is producing the film. Devi Sri Prasad is composing the music.
Google Glass treats blocked heart artery
London: In a first, doctors have used the eye-wearable device Google Glass to successfully restore the blood flow of a chronically blocked right coronary artery in a 49-year-old patient. Virtual reality (VR) has potential to revolutionise some aspects of medicine and healthcare, researchers said.
A group of cardiologists has now successfully used a VR device to guide the opening up revascularisation of a chronically blocked right coronary artery. Chronic total occlusion, a complete blockage of the coronary artery, sometimes referred to as the “final frontier in interventional cardiology,” represents a major challenge for catheter-based percutaneous coronary intervention.
Coronary computed tomography angiography is increasingly used to provide physicians with guidance when performing PCI in lesions. The occluded coronary segment and the distal vessel territory are often more clearly depicted using coronary CTA than in invasive angiography. The procedure can be facilitated by projection of 3D CTA data on separate monitors in catheterisation laboratory, but the technique is constrained by economic factors.
Coastal Andhra Pradesh prone to climate change
Visakhapatnam: Climate change will trigger massive natural disasters on the Asian continent and it is time to gear up to prepare for their impact, according to experts at the Second World Congress on Disaster Management, being held at Andhra University here on Friday. Speaking at the plenary session on ‘Children and Disaster Risk Reduction, Policy and Planning-Trends, Opportunities and Challenges’ , Lars Bend, head of DRR, Unicef India, said several surveys had reported that by 2020 around 175 million children across the globe would be affected every year by frequent natural disasters caused due to climate change. It would adversely affect India’s economy by about $9.8 billion a year. He also mentioned that disasters were the biggest global health threat to children and could increase the risk of deaths due to malnutrition.
In any disaster, children are the most vulnerable community. In the last five years about 8.45 million children were affected due to various disasters in India and 3.25 million pregnant and lactating mothers were at the receiving end in the period between 2000 and 2009, he added.
India, being a long coastal and river area country, people, especially children, will be affected by frequent cyclones, said Sudeshna Chatterjee, CEO, Action for Children’s Environment. Chairman of Steering Committee of the 2nd WCDM, N. Chinnarajappa said AP was a cyclone-prone area and the government has been chalking out plans on to rescue children during disasters.
Nellore still under water
Hyderabad: Several villages in Nellore and Chittoor districts still remain under water, even as some trains were restored between Chennai and AP on Friday. Several trains still remain cancelled.
Officials are expediting work to fill up a 100-metre breach at Manabolu between Nellore and Gudur. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa districts. Several ministers are supervising the relief operations.
After the survey, Mr Naidu said, “Let us stand united and help each other.” In Tirupati, water from overflowing canals, that have been narrowed by encroachments, entered houses. In Nellore district, 973 villages were affected by the rain and officials listed 3.7 lakh families who needed to be given rice.
Manchu Lakshmi For Angry Indian Goddesses
We don’t see Indian goddesses or any particular goddess getting angry on people or anyone, but right now Manchu Lakshmi is showing those goddesses to her friends and other fraternity from Telugu Film Industry.
“Angry Indian Goddesses” is an upcoming Hindi movie which was recently screened at Toronto International Film Festival and ended up as the second most voted film under People’s Choice category. Directed by Pan Nalin, the film features five female protagonists notably “Panjaa” beauty Sarah Jane Dias, Anushka Manchanda and Sandhya Mridul. On Saturday evening, Lakshmi Manchu has arranged a special screening of the film at Prasad Labs for Telugu industry fraternity.
Being an all-girl film, winning some sort of support from the Telugu actor and producer is a really good thing. Maybe that will help the film’s promotions as “Angry Indian Goddesses” is heading for a release on 4th December 2015.
Won’t mind playing Kat’s younger sister: Zarine Khan
After playing the girl-next-door in Veer, Zarine Khan plays a bold role in Hate Story 3. Zarine admits she was hesitant. “I was, to do bold scenes initially because people have always criticised me from the beginning — be it my weight, my clothes or looks. After the release of Housefull 2, I did get few offers but I turned them down since I didn’t want to disappoint the audience. But Vishal promised me that he will make me look good in the film. I trusted him.” Talking about the film she says, “Revenge has been the pivotal part of the Hate Story franchise. I can’t reveal much about the plot but it’s the story of four good-looking people where everyone has different shades. Hate Story 3 has nothing to do with Indecent Proposal. It has a lot more twists and turns. One thing I promise, the audience will be glued to the film till the end.”
Zarine was called a Katrina Kaif look-alike when she joined the industry, but the actress believes that she has been able to break away from the image. “Phew, I am very happy that finally I managed to build my own identity. I am glad that people have started knowing me for my individuality. But I won’t mind playing the younger sister of Katrina Kaif in any film, if offered!”
Zarine started her career with Salman but unlike his other protégés, Zarine’s career didn’t exactly blossom like the rest. “I had never planned to become an actor. It was mere destiny that I entered films. I will always be thankful to Salman that he introduced me to the industry. For me Veer was a dream debut and I am not at all disappointed with the way my career has shaped so far.”
Would she like to work with him again? “Of course, I do miss working with him. I recently met him on the sets of Bigg Boss 9. He once told me that I am like an innocent child.” Since co-star Daisy Shah was launched by Salman too, were there ever comparisons? “I’m okay with being compared to Daisy Shah. It’s a part of our profession.” Speaking about co-stars, “Sharman is a quiet person but a fabulous actor. Karan is a fun person. He is so witty and such a prankster, I must say!” Zarine says.
Farhan Akhtar is daddy cool
Actor-turned-director-turned singer and now the father of a teenage daughter, Farhan talks about the different roles he plays on and off screen. You’ve proved yourself in many ways. But there was a time by your own admission, when people didn’t expect much from you…
I genuinely was confused. I wasn’t ill mannered or anti-social, I would just sit watching TV and films. You can imagine, if someone sits at home for two years doing nothing, there is definitely a problem. So the only way my mom thought she could motivate me was to tell me to leave the house. She said, “I will throw you out of the house, enough of this behaviour.”
You are yourself now the father of a teenager. What’s that like?
The younger one, eight years old, is closer to me than the elder one, now 15. She prefers spending time away from me. But the younger one always has either my wife or me with her. I get to spend time with them since most of my shoots happen in Mumbai.
You started as an assistant director, how did all the other roles come along?
Slowly and gradually my interest in things increased. I always had an inclination towards music since childhood and used to love playing the guitar. At the age of 18-19, I bought my first guitar and learnt to play it myself without any training. I bought my own books and then through the Internet, learnt a lot about music. There are phases in life when you feel that you should focus only on one particular thing. So as of now, I have been shooting for I Can Do That apart from Rock On 2. While the show gives you a kick out of pushing your limits, the film is all about the two things that are closest to my heart — acting and music. I am really enjoying music as of now and through this movie, we get to do a lot of concerts and sit in music studios, creating music. There will be a time when I want to direct and will only concentrate on that.
Do you recall the time you said ‘I can do that’ to yourself?
I say ‘I can do that’ when I do anything related to work or activities like sky diving or when I got married at the age of 26 (laughs)! It’s a phrase you repeat to yourself when you take on something new and you have to try new things —that’s how one grows.
