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T & AP Leaders Teenmaar In Sangeet
Andhra Pradesh minister of HRD Ganta Srinivasa Rao and Municipal Administration minister P Narayana are becoming relatives. Ganta’s son Ravi Teja will tie the knot to Narayana’s second daughter on the 30th of this month in Nellore. A Sangeet ceremony was organized in this regard, which was attended by all the who’s who of political and film worlds.
The major attraction of the Sangeet ceremony was the energetic dances of former Congress minister Danam Nagender and TDP MP Avanti Srinivas. Both the senior leaders danced to several foot-tapping Bollywood mass songs played by the DJ and amused the guests. Even the groom Ravi Teja joined the celebrations, while Ganta and Narayana were seen encouraging Danam and Avanti Srinivas.
Ganta Ravi Teja has been preparing to be an actor and he even shot for a demo show-reel. The young leader has been in news for quite some time now as several media houses reported that his debut film will be under the direction of Maruthi. However, there has been no official news regarding Ravi Teja’s launching project yet.
He Is Just Show Piece, Kona Is Director?
A newcomer Uday Nandanavanam is said to be directing hero Nikhil, whose film is titled “Shankarabharanam” and it is produced by none other than Kona Venkat. All these days everyone would have expected that Kona is giving chance to an youngster to become a director, but the newly launched promotional video proves something else.
A song that goes by the lyric ‘ding dong ding’ is launched today by hero Rana and it happens to be a song shot on a lady-don, played by Anjali in the movie. Kona himself has released a making-video for this song and it stunned everyone.
Almost every actor in the film got their dialogues briefed by Kona Venkat only while we can’t figure out who’s the real director of the film. Going by the making video, it feels like Uday is just a show piece and Kona is the one who has really called the shots.
In fact, this Shankarabharanam happens to be a free-make of Bollywood movie ‘Pyaas Gaya re Obama’, though the makers never confirmed it. Anyway, let’s see who will claim as this film’s director in the end. Did you remember Maruthi’s “Prema Katha Chitram”? Initially another person’s name is imprinted as director b
Top Hero Keeps Producer On Hold
This is the story of a once-upon-a-time big producer and a top hero. There was a time when the said producer was on top and made some of the biggest hits in Telugu.Now, he is down and has no films on hand. Naturally, like everyone in film industry, he has been going through a rather low phase where he hasn’t been able to make a film of late.
Some time back, he had given a big hero who is on top Rs 5 crores. The said hero has now hit big time after a couple of flops and he has been signing new directors and producers.
On the other hand, the elderly producer is still waiting for his dates. Some in the industry feel that had the producer given Rs 5 crores for interest, he would be making big money just sitting at home.
But since he is from the industry and since he still wants to make a hit film, the producer continues to make rounds of the hero. However, neither the top hero or other heroes in reckoning are no longer giving him any respect.
Well, in industry it is all about hits. Tch… tch….
Behind The Scene: By hook-or-by crook
Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao seems to be emerging as the consummate politician. Given that his party has difficulty in convincing Seemandhra voters in the GHMC elections, he has come out with a different strategy.
Under the pretext of weeding out bogus voters, the names of 15 lakh voters have been deleted in GHMC area. 35% of them are Seemandhra voters, 30% Muslims and 10% belong to North Indian and other communities.
Naturally, the Opposition is crying foul over the issue and senior Congress leader Marri Sashidhar Reddy has described the whole thing as a TRS conspiracy.
By hook or by crook, KCR seems keen on winning the GHMC election and he will employ every trick in the trade.
TDP MP Gundu To Join TRS
Just as the party is gearing up for the intense Warangal by-election, the Telangana TDP got a huge shock with the TDP Rajya Sabha MP from Warangal Gundu Sudha Rani all set to bid goodbye to cycle and join the TRS party.
Sudharani already met KCR along with her supporters during the CM’s ongoing Delhi tour and discussed the date of her joining. As per the reports, Sudha Rani will be joining TRS on the 29th of this month. This latest move by KCR as part of his ‘Operataion Akarsh’ can be seen as a huge setback to TDP.
Already, 3 MLAs joined TRS, leaving T-TDP in doldrums. On the other hand, the party is in severe dearth of a strong leadership and cadre, following the intense war between the party’s senior leaders Errabelli and Revanth Reddy. Looks like KCR’s master-plan will make several other leaders leave TDP very soon.
Varun Tej To Compete With Nandamuri Heroes?
Varun Tej who made an impression with his recently released Kanche is set to release another movie in just a gap of two months. His next release is titled Loafer that is directed by Puri Jagannadh.Puri Jagannadh wanted to release the movie in November itself but as the release of Kanche got delayed he pushed his movie to December but now the latest reports suggest that it is further postponed to Sankranthi.
Nandamuri Balakrishna with Dictator and NTR with Nannaku Prematho have already confirmed their berths for the coming Sankranthi festival and now Varun Tej will be joining the race with Loafer.
Varun Tej, the two films old star, will now have to compete with the Nandamuri heroes. Puri Jaganndh has not commenced the promotion for this film yet. He is planning to release the first look for Deepavali and audio release in December.
Loafer has Revathi has Varun Tej’s mother. The film is about mother-son bonding.
Fact Sheet: Is Date 26 Jinxed?
The 7.5 magnitude quake that rattled Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India on October 26 has made some analysts wonder if the date 26 is jinxed.Or is it just a coincidence that many disasters took place on that date?
For example:
North America earthquake 26 January 1700
Krakatau volcanic eruption 26 August 1883
The Rhodes earthquake 26 June 1926
Kansu, China, earthquake 26 December 1932
Turkey earthquake 26 December 1939
Portugal earthquake 26 January 1951
Yugoslavia earthquake 26 July 1963
China earthquake 26 July 1976
Sabah Tidal waves 26 December 1996
Gujarat earthquake 26 January 2001
Bam, Iran, earthquake 26 December 2003
Tsunami in Indian Ocean 26 December 2004
Japan earthquake 26 February 2010
Tasik earthquake 26 June 2010
Taiwan earthquake 26 July 2010
Merapi volcanic eruption 26 October 2010
Afghanistan, Pakistan earthquake 26 October, 2015
75 Years On, Birthday Celebrations Continue
From among his contemporaries, many of them have retired from active politics or are no more in this world. But one man who has been around for decades and still continues to hold his influence on various political developments is Sharad Pawar.Those from Mumbai still talk of the lavish celebrations that they were part of when Sharad Pawar turned 60. Held at the plush Mumbai’s Race Course with Mumbai’s who’s who in attendance, they talk of good old days.
But nothing has changed in Pawar’s camp. Fifteen years down the line and many political turnabouts later, talk is that Sharad Pawar’s 75th birthday celebrations are being planned on a much grander scale.
And this time, the grand old man of Maratha politics will be celebrating his birthday not in Mumbai or Baramati, but in Delhi. Blame it on the ever dynamic nature of Indian politics, where Sharad Pawar continues to have his hold and say, this time his supporters are organising a grand mega event at Vigyan Bhavan on the eve of his birthday which falls on December 12.
And attending the do will be the biggies from political and social world with the likes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Thackeray cousins Uddhav and Raj among others. Talk is that a coffee table book will also be out and many say this is also a pre-cursor to Pawar’s possible appointment as President of India, now that Pranab Mukherjee’s term is coming to an end.
Pic: Rajasekhar And His Family Meets Modi
Here’s a candid moment of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with actor Rajasekhar’s family. Also in the picture are the couple’s daughters Sivani and Sivatmika. Yesterday, Rajasekhar and Jeevitha were honored by the Delhi Telugu Academy with the ‘Jeevitha Saphalya Puraskaram’ (Lifetime Achievement Award) for their contribution to Telugu Cinema.
The Delhi Telugu Academy organised the 28th annual cultural festival and TV Awards with Justice J Chelameswar as the chief guest. Both Rajasekhar and Jeevitha have been lying low for quite sometime, with all their films tanking at the box-office. The couple is also not active in politics of late. Latest buzz is that Rajasekhar might act in director Teja’s next.
