Brahmotsavam gets a release date!
Superstar Mahesh Babu’s Brahmotsavam gets a release date even before the start of the movie’s shooting. The formal muhurath of the film took place this morning and the film will start rolling after Mahesh completed the shooting of Srimanthudu.
Once Mahesh joins the shooting, the film will be canned non-stop till completion and will be stated for release on January 8th, 2016 on the eve of Sankranthi 2016. Srikanth Addala earlier directed Mahesh Babu’s super hit film, Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu and so expectations are riding him on this project.
Potluri Vara Prasad will be producing the film. Three beauties will be romancing the actor in the film. Rakul Preet Singh is finalized as one of them. Mickey J.Meyer is the music composer. The film has big names like Thota Tharani, Rathnavelu and Sreekar Prasad.
A Museum for Baahubali
The makers of SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali are planning a special museum to display various properties of their film. Usually this kind of museums do exist for Hollywood films and it may be replicated to Baahubali as well, where in they will display all the costumes, weapons and armours used by the cast in the movie.
Baahubali is the biggest budget movie ever made on Telugu Screen. Three years of hard work had gone in to the project. Prabhas had pinned high hopes on the film to catapult him to the next level. The movie is already creating never before seen records in Telugu film trade.
Sabu Cyril has created the sets while Senthil is handling the camera. The movie, which is being produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni. under Arka Media banner, will be presented by K Raghavendra Rao. Renowned engineer P. M. Sateesh is working on the sound design and Debajit Changmai (Debu) is working on sound mixing.
Bengal Tiger heads to Pollachi
The makers of Mass Maharaja Raviteja’s Bengal Tiger have revealed that they have completed 40% of shooting part in which they have canned some talkie portions and a couple of songs. The next schedule of the movie will being from 6th of June where in few power packed action scenes will be canned. After that schedule, they are planning to shoot some portions of the film in Pollachi.
Sampath Nandi who was supposed to direct Pawan Kalyan’s Gabbar Singh-2, came back to Ravi Teja with Bengal Tiger after Pawan’s refusal. It is said that Ravi Teja will be playing a police officer in this film too. Tamannah and Raashi Khanna are the female leads in this project.
The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on 18 September 2015 coinciding with Vinayaka Chaviti. KK Radha Mohan will be producing the film under his Sri Satya Sai Arts banner. He earlier produced Sampath Nandi’s debut movie, Emaindhi Eevela which was a big hit back then.
Was It Taken For Her Or People?
Almost six years back, Puri Jagannadh had decided to make a film out of Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy’s novel Mister Parankusam.
Apparently, when he was happy with her performance in Budha Hoga Tera Baap, Puri had promised to make Jyothi Lakshmi.
He made a quick story and wrapped it up in Goa, while Charmme is telling everyone about how Puri took time to make the film for her.
So the buyers are thinking twice to figure out whether Puri made the film for her or for her people, before buying it.
Buzz: 40 And Still Single
As one gets on in age, there is societal pressure to get married and settle down, especially for women. Actresses are no exception.
But Preity Zinta is one actress nearing 40 and still single. This Himachal beauty chooses to live life on her own terms. Although her appearances on screen of late have become rare, she is still making the headlines.
Preity has now admitted that she is in a live-in relationship with a US based businessman. She keeps shuttling from the US to India whenever the IPL is on as she is also co-owner of ‘Kings XL Punjab’ team.
She was in a relationship earlier with owner of Kings XL, Ness Wadia who is also the owner of ‘Bombay Dyeing’. But they had an acrimonious split.
Prior to that, Priety was in a relationship with a Frenchman and everyone expected her to even settle down in Paris. But that did not materialize and she soon headed back to India. Unfazed by events, she marches on ahead according to her own priorities.
An Ultra-Glamorous Role For Tamannah
Those who saw her in Happy Days’ would probably never have expected Tamannah Bhatia to become one of the most glamorous actresses in Tollywood.
With her skin complexion which is a natural advantage, especially down south coupled with her ability, she has emerged as one of the leading actresses down South.
Usually an actress who draws the line when it comes to exposing, she nevertheless did set the temperatures soaring with her raunchy number ‘Vaana Vaana’ in ‘Raccha’.
She is now doing the film ‘Bengal Tiger’ opposite Ravi Teja in the direction of Sampath Nandi, who also happens to be the director of ‘Raccha’.
Industry sources say that Sampath Nandi will showcase Tamannah in her most glamorous role to date in ‘Bengal Tiger’. Those who remember the ‘Vaana’ song will be licking their lips in anticipation.
Konathala Waiting For Jagan’s Call?
After resigning from the YSRCP citing his unhappiness over the distrust in the party ranks, Konathala Ramakrishna is now believed to be keen on coming back to the Jagan camp.
The ex-Minister and YSR loyalist was furious over the sacking of his loyalist Gandi Babji from the YSRCP, a move that led to his resignation. Also, when Jagan toured coastal Andhra, neither Konathala nor Babji were present.
On the other hand, Jagan is believed to be extremely disappointed with the way Konathala handled Vizag and the surrounding constituencies in the last elections. But all that is in the past.
Konathala is now keen on making amends and is waiting for a hint from Jagan to come back to YSRCP. If he were to ask Jagana and the later said no, it would be a loss of face for him.
At 60, Mani Ratnam Continues To Inspire
Chennai: In his illustrious career of over two decades, filmmaker Mani Ratnam, who turns 60 on Tuesday, has not only touched and entertained thousands of lives with his movies, he has also inspired a whole generation of directors, writers, editors, music composers and several others from different crafts of cinema. And he continues to do so.
For filmmaker R.S. Prasanna, Ratnam’s “Iruvar”, which was about the relationship between cinema and politics in Tamil Nadu, is his ‘Bhagwad Gita’ on filmmaking.
“I think the kind of filmmaking that was done in the movie was world-class, and it was a biopic that was very different from ‘Nayagan’ in terms of the narrative style. In ‘Iruvar’, there was a lot of international influence in terms of shots and angles,” Prasanna told IANS.
“It was one movie where everything came together so brilliantly. It’s such an underrated movie and sadly. it didn’t do well at the box office.,” he said, and added that it was “Iruvar” that brought him and his debut film’s cinematographer Krishnan Vasant together.
Mani Ratnam’s tryst as film director began with the 1983 project “Pallavi AnuPallavi”, and there has been no looking back ever since. He produces most of his films, and has surprisingly, not assisted anyone.
Recalling his memorable experience of a Mani Ratnam film, actor Rahul Ravindran said it was his “Nayagan” that sowed his acting seeds.
“My earliest memory of falling in love with the medium and actually being conscious and aware that I was falling in love and fascinated with the movies, was when I watched ‘Nayagan’ as a child,” Rahul said.
“A part of me changed irrevocably the day I watched it. I didn’t realise what it was that fascinated me, but just remember experiencing a sense of heightened excitement… The realization was more subliminal. Now I know that it was perhaps because the film was so searingly original in tone, so unique and new in execution compared to any film I had seen till that point,” he added.
It was that day, Rahul said, the seeds were sown. He eventually quit a corporate job and came to cinema to try his luck.
Sound designer Kunal Rajan said it was Mani Ratnam’s “Aayutha Ezhuthu”, which had music by A.R. Rahman, which left a lasting impact on him.
“It was such a rich soundtrack with so many layers…. it had a new sound and that got me inspired,” Kunal said.
For composer K, two Mani Ratnam films that changed his perspective of music were “Nayagan” and “Mounaragam”.
“‘Nayagan’ had the most unbelievable music, especially its theme music, and it changed a whole lot of things for me. Even if I heard one line from the album, I could remember the whole scene with the music. Both ‘Mounaragam’ and ‘Nayagan’ have influenced my work,” K said.
He added that the theme music of his Tamil thriller “Yuddham Sei” had a tinge of “Mounaragam”.
Writer-filmmaker Nandhini says it’s tough to pick one film of the auteur as all his films are like textbooks in different genres of filmmaking.
“For a commercial entertainer, I’d say ‘Agni Natchathiram’ and ‘Dhalapathy’. As a romantic drama, ‘Roja’ blew my mind. For crime or gangster movie, there’s ‘Nayagan’. And ‘Iruvar’ for political drama, while ‘Anjali’ for children and family audiences,” Nandhini said.
National Award winning editor K.L. Praveen admits it was “Iruvar” that showed him how a film could be cut in a lot of ways.
“I liked his work in collaboration with editor Sreekar Prasad. In ‘Alaipayuthey’, I loved the way ‘Kadhal sadugudu’ song was shot in reverse. It was cut so well,” Praveen said.
“I haven’t watched his latest film ‘O Kadhal Kanmani’. But I loved the way its promos were cut with city lights in the backdrop. Although it’s an old style, but the way Mani sir presents it, it looks really good,” he said.
Cinematographer Murali says he learnt the art of wide angle shots from “Iruvar”.
“In this film, Mani sir uses the faces of his characters to express most of the story. He achieved that using close-ups captured through wide lens and everything was shot in 4:3 compositions. It was an experiment, but it worked so well,” said Murali, and added that Ratnam’s “Mounaragam” was one film that he felt was complete from all perspectives.
Filmmaker Mysskin admires Mani Ratnam film’s for his “aesthetic writing and visual skills”.
