Jagapati Babu was spotted in the company of a foreign lady at Papavinasanam, the down reach of Tirumala hills recently. The actor was spotted with a foreign lady at Papavinasanam dam point. After a while, parking their car at a distance, they reached the reservoir site below the dam wall and started plodding their legs in the waters.
Based on the information from the spot, some media persons reached the venue and took the photographs. However, the actor was said to have convinced the media in a friendly manner not to make it an issue.
At last, he could prompt those who snapped at them to delete the stuff from the camera.
P.C .Sriram Camera for Ram Charan’s next
Noted cinematographer P.C.Sriram is helming the lens for Ram Charan Tej’s fourth film. P.C.Sriram who does only selective movies has been roped in by the director Dharani for this action love story. P.C.Sriram earlier worked for such great love
stories like Geetanjali and Khushi in Telugu is making come back to Tollywood after two years gap. His last film in Telugu, Teja directed Keka , was not successful.
Devi Sri Prasad, a regular in Megastar’s camp, is scoring music for the first time for a Ram Charan’s film. This yet to be titled flick would be launched formally on April 30th and regular shoot commences from May 1st week. To be produced by Megasupergood Films, the film has Kajal as heroine.
stories like Geetanjali and Khushi in Telugu is making come back to Tollywood after two years gap. His last film in Telugu, Teja directed Keka , was not successful.
Devi Sri Prasad, a regular in Megastar’s camp, is scoring music for the first time for a Ram Charan’s film. This yet to be titled flick would be launched formally on April 30th and regular shoot commences from May 1st week. To be produced by Megasupergood Films, the film has Kajal as heroine.
'Maryada Ramanna' shoots in Karimnagar
Top director S S Rajamouli’s film, Maryada Ramanna, with Sunil is under progress in Karimnagar despite the initial protests by TRS activists on the first day of the shoot. The unit would can some action scenes in the district for five days before shifting its shoot to interiors of Rayalaseema. TRS activists made Sunil and Rajamouli to give slogans to pro-Telangana and Rajamouli even promised them that he would produce a film soon on Telangana culture.
On the other hand, the film is gearing up for release in August this year.
On the other hand, the film is gearing up for release in August this year.
Puli in June 1st week
As per the sources of idlebrain.com, the release date of Puli might fall in the first week of June. The music of Puli will be released by Sony BMG in the first week of May. There are concerns by fans of Chiranjeevi about possible clash of Pawan Kalyan’s Puli and Allu Arjun’s Vedam. It is learnt that there will be a safe gap of 3 weeks between these two releases.
Vedam on 20 May
Krish who shot to fame with Gamyam has completed his second project Vedam. Vedam is the first multistarrter in the modern times of Telugu cinema and it revolves around five main characters out of which three are donned by Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu and Anushka. MM Keeravani composes music. Gnana Sekhar handles cinematography. Prasad Devineni and Shobu Yarlagadda are jointly producing this movie on Arka Mediaworks banner. Vedam is all set to release on 20 May.
Darling obtains clean U
Prabhas’s latest movie Darling got censored recently and is awarded with a clean U certificate. Kajal Agarwal plays female lead. Tamil actor Prabhu dons an important role. Shraddha Das did a special character. GV Prakash composed music. Karunakaran directed this film. Darling is all set to release worldwide on 23 April.
Varun Sandesh Happy Happyga
Varun Sandesh who made his debut through Happy Days acting in another film that has Happy in it’s title. Varun Sandesh’s latest film is titled as Happy Happyga. This film is being produced by Vadlamudi Durga Prasad on Ocean Films banner. Priya Saran who worked with Vishnu Vardhan (Billa fame) and M Raja in the past makes his debut as director. Mani Sharma composes music. Anil Ravipudi pens dialogues. Happy Happyga will release in the month of June.
Volcanic ash affects Telugu films
Volcanic ash that disturbed all the fights going to Europe is affecting the releases of Telugu movies in Europe. The release of Prasthanam was delayed by a week in London due to the same reason. And the release of Darling is also doubtful in Europe.
Vedam characters brief
Krish’s Vedam – the first multistarrer of moden Telugu cinema – has Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu and Anushka doing three of the five important characters in this movie. Allu Arjun does the role of Cable Raju who is a cable operating boy from lower income class. Manoj Manchu plays the role of Vivek Chakravarthy – a budding rock star. Anushka plays the role of a prostitute called Saroja. Manoj Bajpai and another old man do the other two important characters in the movie. Re-recording of the movie is just started by Keeravani. Vedam is gearing up for 20 May release.
Buridi with 100 prints
Touted as a sequel to Evari Gola Vadidi – EVV’s latest comedy film Buridi set in the backdrop of Bangkok and Thailand is all set to release on 30 April. This film will sport almost all comedians of Telugu film industry. Aryan Rajesh and Aishwarya
play main leads.
play main leads.
Betting Bangarraju collects 2.5 crores
Allari Naresh’s latest movie
Betting Bangarraju collected 2.5 cores in 10 days. This film is made with a modest budget of 4 crores. It is expected to make decent profits to the producer Ramoji Rao. Allari Naresh is turning out to be a safe hero in Telugu film industry with minimum guarantee hero.
Betting Bangarraju collected 2.5 cores in 10 days. This film is made with a modest budget of 4 crores. It is expected to make decent profits to the producer Ramoji Rao. Allari Naresh is turning out to be a safe hero in Telugu film industry with minimum guarantee hero.
RGV presents Gayam
Ram Gopal Varma is going to present Gamya 2 which is the sequel of his own Gayam. Praveen Sri – a protégé of Ram Gopal Varma is directing this sequel. Jagapati Babu and Vimala Raman play main leads. Ilayaraja composes music. Ilayaraja has also sang a song for this movie. This film was shot in Bangkok for 20 days. Nagaraju Gandham pens dialogues. Dharma Karta C is the producer.
Seven songs in Vedam
Krish’s second movie Vedam will have seven songs scored by MM Keeravani. Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu and Anushka play main leads. Apart from Anushka, there will be three more heroines (Seeya Gowtam, Diksha Seth and Lekha Washington). Manoj Bajpai play a vital role. Prasad Devineni and Shobu Yarlagadda produce this movie on Arka Mediaworks banner.
5 heroines with Venkatesh
Venkatesh’s next movie (remake of Kannada flick Apta Rakshaka) will feature five heroines. Anushka, Priyamani, Sraddha Das and Sneha are likely to play female leads in this movie. Producer Bellamkonda Suresh is planning to hire a palatial mansion in Bangkok to shoot this movie. This movie is touted as part 2 of Chandramukhi. P Vasu directs it.
Betting Bangarraju on 9 April
Allari Naresh’s latest comedy flick Betting Bangarraju is going to release on 9 April. This film is directed by E Sathibabu. Usha Kiron movies is producing this movie. Nidhi (Rocket Singh fame) makes her debut in Telugu as heroine. Sekhar Chandra (Nachavule fame) composed music.
Shadow advertising for Varudu
The producers council for Telugu film industry laid firm guidelines to restrict publicity done by producers in print and electronic media. The producers can’t issues more than a quarter page of advertisement (the number of ads are also limited). Danayya – producer of Varudu – has done something politically correct to grab maximum attention for Varudu. Kalamandir which acts as media partner for Varudu issued a full-page advertisement of Kalamandir’s collection which features the trademark photo of Varudu. Each of this full-page color advertisement cost Kalyan (owner of Kalamandir) Rs. 3.5 lacs. Kalyan says that he has used Allu Arjun as a model for his wedding collections. The producers council has taken it as a violation of guidelines. They feel that it is a profitable proposition for producer to pump 20 lacs in and get a full page color ad in all daily newspapers. We have to wait and see whether the trend set by Varudu movie will be nipped in the budding stage or not.
Kamalinee with Rajasekhar
Kamalinee Mukherjee will be paired up with Raja Sekhar for the first time in a movie that is going to be produced by Natti Kumar on Visakha Talkies banner. Jonnalagadda Srinivasa Rao directs it. This movie will go to floors on 5 April. Producer Natti Kumar is also planning a movie titled Bhairava IPS with Srihari as hero in the direction of Gulabi Seenu.
Chandramukhi 2 from 28 April
Venkatesh’s latest movie Chandramukhi 2 (remake of Kannada blockbuster Apta Rakshaka) will go to floors from 28 April. This movie features five heroines including Anushka. This period thriller is touted as sequel to Chandramukhi film. P Vasu who directed the Kannada version as well as Chandramukhi is going to direct it. Bellamkonda Suresh is the producer.
Darling on 23 April
Prabhas’s Darling will be released on 23 April. Kajal Agarwal and Shraddha Das play female leads. Karunakaran (Toliprema fame) directed this movie. GV Prakash Kumar composes music. Andrew handles camera. Tamil veteran actor Prabhu plays a vital role. Bhogavalli Prasad isthe producer.
Puli on 14 May
The re-recording of Pawan Kalyan’s Puli was started on 2 April. A couple of songs will be shot from 10 April. Producer Singanamala Ramesh is planning to release to the movie on 14 May. This movie features Nikeesha Patel as heroine. Manoj Bajmai, Charanraj, Nassar and Girish Karnad play other vital roles. Binod Pradhan handles cinematography and AR Rahman composes music. SJ Suryah (Kushi fame) directs it.
Nagamalli for Venky’s film
Nagamalli is the title under consideration for Venkatesh’s remake of Kannada blockbuster Apta Rakshaka. Venkatesh who always makes sure that the titles of his movies are interest-arousing seems to like this title. Touted as a sequel to the blockbuster Chandramukhi, this movie features 5 heroines. Bellamkonda Suresh produces it and P Vasu directs it. It will be launched in the last week of April.
Telugu stars on Twitter
Telugu stars can now be found on twitter. Nagarjuna (iamnagarjuna), Mahesh Babu (urstrulyMahesh) and Siddharth (Actor_Siddharth) are some of the stars on twitter. It’s nice to see that Telugu film stars are jumping into twitter bandwagon. Henceforth, you can get the news straight from the horse’s mouth. Mahesh Babu recently tweeted that his movie is getting ready for the release in August 2010.
Venky in Chandramukhi –2
Sequel to blockbuster Chandramukhi is finally shaping up sans the original hero, superstar Rajnikant. Venkatesh will be doing the lead role in Chandramukhi –2 for the Telugu version. Director P Vasu made Chandramukhi based on his Kannada film, Aptamitra also directed its sequel in Kannada, Aptarakshaka with Vishnuvardhan. Now Aptarakshaka doing well in Karanataka, Vasu wants to remake it as Chandramukhi 2 and he first approached Rajnikant but the star declined to do the movie.
So, for its Telugu version, Venkatesh has agreed to star and Vasu will be directing it soon for producer Bellamknonda Suresh who snapped the remake rights for a whopping amount.
So, for its Telugu version, Venkatesh has agreed to star and Vasu will be directing it soon for producer Bellamknonda Suresh who snapped the remake rights for a whopping amount.
Veeru Potla to direct Nag
Nagarjuna is currently working in a mutli-starrer film titled Payanam under the direction of Radha Mohan. This flick is a quickie produced by Dil Raju and needs only 30 days of his call sheets. So Nagarjuna soon will be beginning another film again for his favorite producer D Shiva Prasad Reddy. Writer turned director Veeru Potla, who tasted success with his film first film, Bindaas, would be directing this. Nagarjuna said to have Okayed the one-line script narrated by Veeru Potla.
The film might go to the sets from this summer end.
The film might go to the sets from this summer end.
Tamannah opposite Chaitanya
After a gap, Tamannah is becoming busy and has signed two films in Telugu. She has already cast opposite Allu Arjun in V V Vinayak’s Badrinath. Now, she will be pairing up with Naga Chaitanya in his next film to be directed by Sukumar. Naga Chaitanya has okayed two films - one for producer D Shiva Prasad Reddy and another with director Sukumar. And both of them will go to the sets this year. Tamannah is confirmed that she’s doing Naga Chaitanya’s film with Sukumar. This is going to be romantic entertainer.
Genelia to act with Ram
Genelia is likely to be paired up with young hero Ram again. The hit pair of Ready, are set to romance on screen one more time for director Surender Reddy’s next film. Their pairing is a surprising act as Ileana was to do this film. But with some changes in the script, Ileana stepped out from the project. And now producer Sravanthi Ravikishore is bringing Genelia in Ileana’s place, as it is a child-like woman role, to which Genny is famous for.
The film will go to the sets next month and will be wrapped up by the year end. This one will be going to be the costliest film in Ram’s career and would be shot primarily in foreign locations.
The film will go to the sets next month and will be wrapped up by the year end. This one will be going to be the costliest film in Ram’s career and would be shot primarily in foreign locations.
Anushka Sharma as Chandramukhi
Anushka Sharma was to make debut in Telugu but a top director felt she doesn’t have required glam quotient. Thus Telugu folks missed the chance to watch her so far and she made a grand debut in Hindi opposite ‘King Khan’ Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Now this Bangalore beauty is all set to play the all-important role in Chandramukhi –2. She is being roped in by producer Bellamkonda Suresh and director P Vasu for their new film with Venkatesh.
P.Vasu is directing Venkatesh in the remake of his Kannada hit movie, Apta Rakshaka, which is being touted as sequel to Chandramukhi. Anushka Sharma is reportedly thrilled to do this coveted role of Chandramukhi but nothing has officially been finalized so far. Negotiations are on.
Buzz is that Priyamani is also competing for this role.
P.Vasu is directing Venkatesh in the remake of his Kannada hit movie, Apta Rakshaka, which is being touted as sequel to Chandramukhi. Anushka Sharma is reportedly thrilled to do this coveted role of Chandramukhi but nothing has officially been finalized so far. Negotiations are on.
Buzz is that Priyamani is also competing for this role.
Simha overseas business
A media briefing was arranged at Cine Max, Hyderabad to reveal the progress made by the Simha film unit. The film is made on United Movies banner with Boyapati Seenu directing and Paruchuri Kireeti producing it.
Raju Harwani (Supreme Movies LLC is Simha’s overseas distributor), Boyapati Seenu, Paruchuri Kireeti, Sagar, Surender Reddy, DVV Danayya, Vadlapatla Mohan, Chakri, Paruchuri Prasad, Nageswara Reddy, TV Naidu and others took part in the event.
Presenter and Executive Producer Paruchuri Prasad said: “Earlier, I made two films but with poor results. With a view to make a blockbuster, I met Boyapati Seenu. We filmed the venture without any compromise over the production values. As my name is said to be a drawback to the film, we are introducing Paruchuri Kireeti as the producer. Raju Harwani who took the overseas rights of Simha gave full payment. We are happy to announce this.”
Vadlapatla Mohan, an NRI producer, said: “When I went to the US long back, I did not find any Telugu films. Now, I am happy that there are theatres screening our films regularly. I hope Simha would be a blockbuster not only in Andhra Pradesh, but also all over the US.”
Chakri said: “There are six songs in the films. All the songs would be liked not only by Balayya’s fans but also by all the general audiences.”
Raju Harwani (Supreme Movies LLC is Simha’s overseas distributor), Boyapati Seenu, Paruchuri Kireeti, Sagar, Surender Reddy, DVV Danayya, Vadlapatla Mohan, Chakri, Paruchuri Prasad, Nageswara Reddy, TV Naidu and others took part in the event.
Presenter and Executive Producer Paruchuri Prasad said: “Earlier, I made two films but with poor results. With a view to make a blockbuster, I met Boyapati Seenu. We filmed the venture without any compromise over the production values. As my name is said to be a drawback to the film, we are introducing Paruchuri Kireeti as the producer. Raju Harwani who took the overseas rights of Simha gave full payment. We are happy to announce this.”
Vadlapatla Mohan, an NRI producer, said: “When I went to the US long back, I did not find any Telugu films. Now, I am happy that there are theatres screening our films regularly. I hope Simha would be a blockbuster not only in Andhra Pradesh, but also all over the US.”
Chakri said: “There are six songs in the films. All the songs would be liked not only by Balayya’s fans but also by all the general audiences.”
Chiru is back
Chiranjeevi is back. Although rumors are rife that he might act in another film very soon, that is yet to be happen. After almost one and half years later, the megastar had entered into a film recording theatre to dub for a film. Yes, he is lending his voice for a small portion of his nephew’s film, Vaurdu. This Allu Arjun starrer has a sequence that requires ‘voiceover’ by a celebrity. So Allu Arjun requested his uncle to do the needful and Megastar readily agreed to it. Will Chiru also slowly come back to acting too? Lets wait and watch.
NTR engaged
NTR is engaged to Praneeta, daughter of Narne Estates proprietor Srinivasa Rao, today (April 1, 2010) in traditional ceremony held at Praneeta’s house in Hyderabad. The betrothal ceremony took place early in the morning. Only Nandamuri family members were invited for the ceremony while from Tollywood, directors Rajamouli’s family, V V Vinayak family, Meher Ramesh, music director Keeravani’s family, and produce Ashwini Dutt’s family attended.
Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Balakrishna and other cine and political celebrities also attended and blessed the would-be-couple. Wedding takes place on Nov 18th in Hyderabad.
Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Balakrishna and other cine and political celebrities also attended and blessed the would-be-couple. Wedding takes place on Nov 18th in Hyderabad.
Mahesh Babu’s film on b’day
Both Mahesh Babu and director Trikikram are under severe pressure from all quarters - producer, fans and well-wishers as their current film has not yet been completed even though it was launched a year ago. Not a single Mahesh film released in the last three years. Hence Trivikram is reportedly promised his producers Singanmala Ramesh and C Kalyan (C Kalyan who is partner with Singanamala Ramesh has now completely controls the project) that he would complete the entire shooting by August. Whether he sticks to that promise or not is another thing but producers are relieved now that at least a deadline has been set.
Due to several reasons, the film has been getting delayed and one of the prime reasons is Bollywood cameraman Sunil Patel’s slow nature of work. So now he has been replaced with another young cinematographer.
Currently, action sequences are being canned under the direction of Ram-Lakshman, at Ramoji Film City.
Due to several reasons, the film has been getting delayed and one of the prime reasons is Bollywood cameraman Sunil Patel’s slow nature of work. So now he has been replaced with another young cinematographer.
Currently, action sequences are being canned under the direction of Ram-Lakshman, at Ramoji Film City.
Varudu - Movie Review
Film: Varudu
Cast: Allu Arjun, Arya, Bhanu Sri Mehra, Suhasini, Ashish Vidyarthi, Singeetam Srinivas Rao, Naresh, Nasser, Rao Ramesh, Sayaji Shinde, Ahuti Prasad, Brahmanandam, Sunil and others
Dialogues: Thota Prasad
Lyrics: Veturi
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: R D Rajasekhar
Editing: Anthony
Fights: Stun Siva
Produced by: Danaiah D V V
Story, screenplay, direction: Gunasekhar
Release date: March 31, 2010
CBFC Rating: U/A
What’s it about!
Sandeep aka Sandy (Allu Arjun) is gen-next youngster who parties hard and has modern outlook but his ideas towards marriage are traditional. As he got job in USA, his working parents (Suhasini and Ashish Vidyaradhi), both got married against the wishes of their parents, ask him to get married. He accepts and tells them that he would rather want to marry a girl that is selected by them in traditional style and wants his marriage ceremony to be conducted in as 5-day event. He also refuses to see his bride before the marriage. Everything is arranged according to wishes, and his marriage is fixed with Deepti (Bhanu Sri Mehra). On the time of marriage, the bride is kidnapped by a local rowdy Diwakar (Deepti). How hero brings his bride back from the clutches of this goon forms the rest of the story.
Analysis
Basic story line of Varudu is just another interpretation of Ramayana. To this plot line, director Gunashekar adds the idea of by-gone ceremonies of 5-day marriage and his style of ‘Okkadu’ heroism. In Ramayana, Ravana kidnaps Seeta when they lead life of Vanavasam. Here in villain kidnaps the heroine, just before her marriage with the hero. Or to put in other way, in Okkadu, hero saves heroine from villain and puts her in Charminar. In Varudu, villain abducts the heroine and puts in his home. Similarities and inspirations apart, basic conflict in the film’s script is solid but the director has failed to tell it engrossingly. He takes plenty of time (almost one hour) to come to the point and after the story is established, he again loses the grip.
First hour of the film is quite boring. In the entire first half, only ‘Bahusha Chenchala’ song is captivating. Soon after the interval the movie comes on the track but again goes off from it. Towards the climax it bounces back, but by that time, one gets the feeling of boredom.
Allu Arjun’s high-energy, Arya’s scintillating performance and some action episodes are the saving grace. The lip-to-lip kiss scene is also shot nicely, though.
Performances
It is a one-man show for Allu Arjun as he is there in every frame and shouldering the entire movie. He does his best to salvage the proceedings. He excels in action sequences and in songs. He really looks too good in ‘Varudu’ getup. Tamil actor Arya steals the thunder as the bad guy and brings life to the movie with his antics post interval. Even though Ravi Shankar dubs his voice and the way Arya mouths the dialogues in various ‘getups’ is awesome. His character is designed in the style of Heath Ledgers’ The Dark Knight. Newcomer Bhanu Mehra as bride lacks glamour.
Nasser, Rao Ramesh, Suhasini and director Singeetam in their respective characters have done justice. Chiranjeevi’s beginning voice-over hardly has any impact.
Technically, art-work (Ashok) and cinematography (RD Rajashekar) are the ones that stand out. The visual effects done for marriage mandapam are impressive. Music by Manisharma is good especially “Idu rojula pelli ..” and “Bahusha Chenchala..” are mellifluous. The way the song “Bahusha Chenchala..” shot is quite impressive. It is done with great aesthetic sense. Costumes created for the song are equally superb.
Dialogues by Thota Prasad are okay. Director Gunashekar shows his craftsmanship in creating good visuals but his screenplay is mediocre. The way he has narrated the film in the first half shows his lack of grip on the story. He has created and designed scenes from various successful movies but his narration has not interesting. Production values are good.
Bottom-line!
Varudu ’s storyline has potential to become good action entertainer but the director’s unimpressive screenplay spoiled it. Allu Arjun has tried hard to shoulder the entire movie and in the second half Arya takes the onus but on the whole, the film lacks punch. Director Gunashekar's screenplay is the main flaw. It is just reversal of 'Okkadu' sans ‘entertainment’.
Cast: Allu Arjun, Arya, Bhanu Sri Mehra, Suhasini, Ashish Vidyarthi, Singeetam Srinivas Rao, Naresh, Nasser, Rao Ramesh, Sayaji Shinde, Ahuti Prasad, Brahmanandam, Sunil and others
Dialogues: Thota Prasad
Lyrics: Veturi
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: R D Rajasekhar
Editing: Anthony
Fights: Stun Siva
Produced by: Danaiah D V V
Story, screenplay, direction: Gunasekhar
Release date: March 31, 2010
CBFC Rating: U/A
What’s it about!
Sandeep aka Sandy (Allu Arjun) is gen-next youngster who parties hard and has modern outlook but his ideas towards marriage are traditional. As he got job in USA, his working parents (Suhasini and Ashish Vidyaradhi), both got married against the wishes of their parents, ask him to get married. He accepts and tells them that he would rather want to marry a girl that is selected by them in traditional style and wants his marriage ceremony to be conducted in as 5-day event. He also refuses to see his bride before the marriage. Everything is arranged according to wishes, and his marriage is fixed with Deepti (Bhanu Sri Mehra). On the time of marriage, the bride is kidnapped by a local rowdy Diwakar (Deepti). How hero brings his bride back from the clutches of this goon forms the rest of the story.
Analysis
Basic story line of Varudu is just another interpretation of Ramayana. To this plot line, director Gunashekar adds the idea of by-gone ceremonies of 5-day marriage and his style of ‘Okkadu’ heroism. In Ramayana, Ravana kidnaps Seeta when they lead life of Vanavasam. Here in villain kidnaps the heroine, just before her marriage with the hero. Or to put in other way, in Okkadu, hero saves heroine from villain and puts her in Charminar. In Varudu, villain abducts the heroine and puts in his home. Similarities and inspirations apart, basic conflict in the film’s script is solid but the director has failed to tell it engrossingly. He takes plenty of time (almost one hour) to come to the point and after the story is established, he again loses the grip.
First hour of the film is quite boring. In the entire first half, only ‘Bahusha Chenchala’ song is captivating. Soon after the interval the movie comes on the track but again goes off from it. Towards the climax it bounces back, but by that time, one gets the feeling of boredom.
Allu Arjun’s high-energy, Arya’s scintillating performance and some action episodes are the saving grace. The lip-to-lip kiss scene is also shot nicely, though.
Performances
It is a one-man show for Allu Arjun as he is there in every frame and shouldering the entire movie. He does his best to salvage the proceedings. He excels in action sequences and in songs. He really looks too good in ‘Varudu’ getup. Tamil actor Arya steals the thunder as the bad guy and brings life to the movie with his antics post interval. Even though Ravi Shankar dubs his voice and the way Arya mouths the dialogues in various ‘getups’ is awesome. His character is designed in the style of Heath Ledgers’ The Dark Knight. Newcomer Bhanu Mehra as bride lacks glamour.
Nasser, Rao Ramesh, Suhasini and director Singeetam in their respective characters have done justice. Chiranjeevi’s beginning voice-over hardly has any impact.
Technically, art-work (Ashok) and cinematography (RD Rajashekar) are the ones that stand out. The visual effects done for marriage mandapam are impressive. Music by Manisharma is good especially “Idu rojula pelli ..” and “Bahusha Chenchala..” are mellifluous. The way the song “Bahusha Chenchala..” shot is quite impressive. It is done with great aesthetic sense. Costumes created for the song are equally superb.
Dialogues by Thota Prasad are okay. Director Gunashekar shows his craftsmanship in creating good visuals but his screenplay is mediocre. The way he has narrated the film in the first half shows his lack of grip on the story. He has created and designed scenes from various successful movies but his narration has not interesting. Production values are good.
Bottom-line!
Varudu ’s storyline has potential to become good action entertainer but the director’s unimpressive screenplay spoiled it. Allu Arjun has tried hard to shoulder the entire movie and in the second half Arya takes the onus but on the whole, the film lacks punch. Director Gunashekar's screenplay is the main flaw. It is just reversal of 'Okkadu' sans ‘entertainment’.
Kamal Hassan in Malaysia
After Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Tamil cinema icon Kamal Haasan is now wooing Malaysian fans, announcing collaborations between the two countries to produce international quality cinema.
Hassan, who celebrated the golden jubilee of his acting career last year, is in the country to explore avenues where the two countries can co-operate in the field of film-making.
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia’s (Finas) Director-General Mohd Mahyidin Mustakim said that the idea was discussed with Haasan.
"Kamal Haasan’s visit is a result of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s trip to India earlier this year when Finas and another body Persatuan Karyawan Malaysia and FICCI signed a memorandum of understanding to co-operate on film production," Mustakim was quoted by local Tamil daily Makkal Osai as saying.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Tamil movie fans thronged the Cyberview Lodge Resort and Spa here to get a glimpse of the 55-year-old actor.
Haasan was as chairman of FICCI South’s Entertainment Committee to discuss a proposed collaboration with the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).
"We are pleased to collaborate with MDeC on a mutually beneficial matter which is of special interest to our entertainment division. We hope the collaboration will enhance the development of the creative and entertainment industry in the two countries," Haasan said.
He attended a discussion with the National Film Development Corp of Malaysia (Finas) on Monday.
Both parties are looking at jointly producing six to eight feature films as well as starting a visual effects hub in Malaysia for the South-East Asian market.
"Finas saw a glimpse of what I have in my dreamscape for this collaboration. We are talking about going international," explained Haasan.
The collaboration is expected to develop a strategic alliance on activities related to the media and the creative industries.
It is part of Malaysia’s efforts to develop world-class co production initiatives in broadcasting and digital content and to help Malaysia’s film industry get a foothold in the international market.
Bollywood films are extremely popular in the country with Shah Rukh being one of the few Indians to be given the title of Datuk, the Malaysian equivalent of a knighthood.(PTI)
Hassan, who celebrated the golden jubilee of his acting career last year, is in the country to explore avenues where the two countries can co-operate in the field of film-making.
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia’s (Finas) Director-General Mohd Mahyidin Mustakim said that the idea was discussed with Haasan.
"Kamal Haasan’s visit is a result of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s trip to India earlier this year when Finas and another body Persatuan Karyawan Malaysia and FICCI signed a memorandum of understanding to co-operate on film production," Mustakim was quoted by local Tamil daily Makkal Osai as saying.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Tamil movie fans thronged the Cyberview Lodge Resort and Spa here to get a glimpse of the 55-year-old actor.
Haasan was as chairman of FICCI South’s Entertainment Committee to discuss a proposed collaboration with the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).
"We are pleased to collaborate with MDeC on a mutually beneficial matter which is of special interest to our entertainment division. We hope the collaboration will enhance the development of the creative and entertainment industry in the two countries," Haasan said.
He attended a discussion with the National Film Development Corp of Malaysia (Finas) on Monday.
Both parties are looking at jointly producing six to eight feature films as well as starting a visual effects hub in Malaysia for the South-East Asian market.
"Finas saw a glimpse of what I have in my dreamscape for this collaboration. We are talking about going international," explained Haasan.
The collaboration is expected to develop a strategic alliance on activities related to the media and the creative industries.
It is part of Malaysia’s efforts to develop world-class co production initiatives in broadcasting and digital content and to help Malaysia’s film industry get a foothold in the international market.
Bollywood films are extremely popular in the country with Shah Rukh being one of the few Indians to be given the title of Datuk, the Malaysian equivalent of a knighthood.(PTI)
Rambha ties knot at Tirumala
Popular actress Ramhba ties knot on Thursday with a Canada-based businessman in Tirumala temple.
Rambha, 33, who has acted in over 100 films in Telugu, Tamil, Kanada and Hindi, tied the knot with Indra Kumar at a private marriage hall.The couple offered prayers at the hill shrine. Rambha had offered worship at the temple last evening also. Immediately after the worship the newly wed couple and their family members left for Chennai.
Rambha would host a reception at Rani Meyyammai Hall in Chennai on April 11 and later the couple would fly to New Zealand and the Fiji Islands for honeymoon.
Rambha, 33, who has acted in over 100 films in Telugu, Tamil, Kanada and Hindi, tied the knot with Indra Kumar at a private marriage hall.The couple offered prayers at the hill shrine. Rambha had offered worship at the temple last evening also. Immediately after the worship the newly wed couple and their family members left for Chennai.
Rambha would host a reception at Rani Meyyammai Hall in Chennai on April 11 and later the couple would fly to New Zealand and the Fiji Islands for honeymoon.
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