Akhil Akkineni’s debut film is currently being shot in Savil, Spain. They are almost having a 20 days schedule there. They will be back in Hyderabad very soon but will fly to Africa in July first week for a 15 days schedule. Nithin, the producer of this film is leaving no stone unturned to make this project very grand. This is likely to be the costliest ever film of a debutant.

The movie has got tremendous expectations and the onus is on Vinayak to give him a perfect launch pad as he did for Bellamkonda Srinivas with Alludu Seenu. The makers have already announced that the majority of the movie will be canned in Overseas.

Sayesh Saigal , the granddaughter of Bollywood Superstar Dilip Kumar is playing the female lead in this film.SS Thaman and Anoop Rubens will be jointly handling the music department. Hero Nithin is turning producer with this film under his family’s Sresht Movies Banner. The film will have story penned by ‘Damarukham’ fame Veligonda Srinivas.

Off late we have seen Pawan Kalyan sporting long hair and thick beard in various political events. Many have opined that this getup is to connect with masses when he go to them as a politician. But now they say that this may be a preparation for his getup in Gabbar Singh-2. Rumours are rife that the actor will be seen with a beard in the movie which will go on floors from May 29th.

Gabbar Singh-2 was in discussion for more than a couple of years now. The project which was supposed to go on floors after Attarintiki Daredi is yet to take off. Pawan Kalyan already shown Sampath Nandi door out of the project after working for two years on the script. Power fame Bobby is now dealing the film.

Anisha Ambrose is selected as the female lead in this film. Pawan Kalyan’s close friend Sharath Marar is producing the film under his North Star Entertainment banner. Devi Sri Prasad who scored the music for Gabbar Singh will also be the music composer for this prestigious project. He already composed five tunes for the film.

Puri Jagannadh’s son, Akash is all set to make his filmy debut as Hero with Andhra Pori. Akash proved himself better than his father in at least one issue for now. His Andhra Pori was censored and received Clean U certificate for the film.

Puri’s films are known for vulgar comedy and double meaning dialogues and his films always settle with A or U/A certificate. At least Akash proved to be different by offering clean content. The makers are waiting for the right time to release the movie with out any competition.

Andhra Pori’ is a beautiful love story of teenagers of age 16-17 years. It is a remake of Marathi blockbuster film ‘Timepass’ which broke many existing records during the time of its release. Ulka Gupta who is popular with daily soaps like Jhansi Ki Rani is the leading lady.

Actor Nithin, who is the producer of Akkineni akhil’s debut film had come out with a clarification regarding the rumours about the movie title. Rumours suggest that the film is titled ‘Missile’. However Nithin assures the fans that it is fake.

“Title of PRODUCTION A has nt been finalised yet..will reveal the title 1s its finalised..n no missile is not the title of the film..(sic)”, Nithin posted in his Twitter account. The team is currently shooting in Savil of Spain.

Sayesh Saigal , the granddaughter of Bollywood Superstar Dilip Kumar is playing the female lead in this film.SS Thaman and Anoop Rubens will be jointly handling the music department. Hero Nithin is turning producer with this film under his family’s Sresht Movies Banner. The film will have story penned by ‘Damarukham’ fame Veligonda Srinivas.

Sometime back when Ram Gopal Varma was still reckoned as a big director, he went and met the wife of Veerappan and announced that he would make a movie on the life of the slain smuggler.

Naturally, there was a lot of excitement then for people felt it would be a different movie with Varma’s touch. Since then, Varma has been talking about the project frequently although it hasn’t gone on floors.

Even recently, he spoke about the project and said he would start the movie soon. But in the meantime, there have been various movies in Tamil such as ‘Vana Yuddham’ made on Veerappan and they were also dubbed into Telugu.

Even action king Arjun acted in a movie based on similar lines. And now, there is another movie on the same theme ready for release in Tamil and Telugu.

At this rate, even if Varma does make a movie on Veerapan, all novelty in the project would have been lost.

Hyderabad: Southern actress Anjali has been finalised as actor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s heroine in his 99th Telugu film “Dictator”, which will be launched here on Friday.

“Anjali has been confirmed as the heroine. Director Sriwass felt she would make a great pair with Balakrishna,” a source from the film’s unit told IANS.

The regular shooting of the film, which will be produced by Eros International, will begin from June 12.

“The plan is to release the film during Dussehra. The film will be shot in Hyderabad, Delhi and Europe on a lavish budget of about Rs.40 crore,” Sriwass had told IANS.

Initially, Nayantara was paired with Balakrishna, but for reasons unknown, she has been replaced by Anjali.

Sriwass, who has two back-to-back hits such as “Lakshyam” and “Loukyam”, will be eyeing a hat trick.

“Jannat” fame Sonal Chauhan, who was last seen in Telugu actioner “Legend”, says the success of the movie has reserved her a berth in Telugu filmdom and has proved to be a springboad for her career.

Recently, Nandamuri Balakrishna-starrer “Legend” completed a 400-day run in theatres. It turned out to be biggest Telugu hit in recent times.

“I feel fantastic to be basking in this success. It also feels surreal and the love Telugu audiences have shown me is beyond my imagination. I just don’t have words to explain how I feel but I can confidently say that this success has taken my career to new heights,” Sonal told IANS.

“Even before the release of ‘Legend’, I was offered several projects. But I waited for something exciting to come along. Eventually, I signed ‘Pandaga Chesko’ because it gave me an opportunity to try something I haven’t done before in my career,” she said.

Sonal is wary of the growing expectations and she admits that with the success of “Legend”, it has increased manifold.

“Expectation level changes with each film. It also changes depending on the actor you’re paired with. If audiences expected something from me while working with Balakrishna; it changed when I worked with Ram Pothineni in ;Pandaga Chesko’,a she said.

She says high expectations are good as it pushes an actor to work extra hard and deliver what’s expected from him or her.

Sonal says she chose “Pandaga Chesko” very cautiously as she plays a role many would consider risky.

“I’m playing a very competitive businesswoman who competes with Ram. This role comes with some degree of risk and many actresses I know would hesitate to even take it up. It’s healthy to take risks as it allows you to understand what works and what doesn’t,” she said.

Sonal added that an actor’s career would get boring without risks.

Talking about her co-star Ram in “Pandaga Chesko”, she said: “It was fantastic working with him. He’s very friendly and supportive. I’ve worked with actors from different age groups and I’ve learnt something important from all of them.”

A crucial portion of “Pandaga Chesko” was shot in Portugal, and Sonal considers the place “heaven on Earth”.

“We shot in this exotic place which is six hours away from Portugal. It was so beautiful and serene. I haven’t seen anything so beautiful in my life,” she added.

Sonal is currently busy shooting for Telugu projects “Sher” and “Size Zero”.

“Both the projects are shaping up well. I’m juggling between the sets of these films. It’s hectic but I’m liking the momentum at which my career is heading in the right direction,” she said.