With police locking up the gates of the Osmania University for stopping the OU student march in support of Telangana statehood, tense atmosphere is prevailing on the campus. The sources said that the students allegedly pelted stones at the police personnel. They were even trying to jump out of the gates and go ahead with the march.
It may be noted that OU JAC earlier called for student march towards secretariat from Osmania University campus in support of Telangana state. The march was, however, postponed to September 30. Notably, on the same day, TJAC too called for a march on Tank Bund of Hyderabad. Nonetheless, some students of the Osmania University said they wanted to continue this march on earlier proposed 27th itself (today) to prove that their march was not political. And the police obstructed their march.
The Telangana Joint Action Committee supremo Professor Kodandaram today expressed that the permission given by the government for the peaceful T march on Necklace road had no use if leaders are detained. He said on one side peace march is fostered by the government and on the other hand it is arresting leaders. The T leader who had called for Telangana March on September 30 said that it would be a peaceful march and the government had granted permission for the same. But by arresting some leaders the intentions of the government seems to be dubious.
The Telangana Jagruti Supremo Ms Kavita and the JAC Leader Srinivas Goud today requested the Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma that since it is a peaceful march they expect support from the government and the police department. And also requested the release of the arrested leaders. They also told him that the route map for the march is yet to be received by the JAC.
On the other hand the Osmania University students requested the Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy to permit them to join the T march at necklace road. The Minister firmly denied the permission to the students. When it comes to the audio companies not many players are in the field today. The likes of Aditya Audio, Vel Music are the often heard in local markets. But there was a time crazy director Puri Jagannadh also ventured into starting his own audio label. It was called 'Puri Sangeeth'. However, it came and went.
This happened during the time of the film 'Bumper Offer' which had Puri Jagan's brother Sairam Shankar as the hero. It is heard that Puri was given an idea by his close circles, "Instead of releasing on other labels and giving them profits, let us put one audio company. We can earn through caller tunes, ringtones and make a lot of money."
That gave rise to 'Puri Sangeeth'. But it was only after entering into the field, they realized the ins and outs of business and the challenges involved in it. Sources say Puri and Co lost sizeable money and realized this will not work out for them and 'Puri Sangeeth' became history.
This happened during the time of the film 'Bumper Offer' which had Puri Jagan's brother Sairam Shankar as the hero. It is heard that Puri was given an idea by his close circles, "Instead of releasing on other labels and giving them profits, let us put one audio company. We can earn through caller tunes, ringtones and make a lot of money."
That gave rise to 'Puri Sangeeth'. But it was only after entering into the field, they realized the ins and outs of business and the challenges involved in it. Sources say Puri and Co lost sizeable money and realized this will not work out for them and 'Puri Sangeeth' became history.
These days collections of a movie doesn't depend on content or ratings any more but only on timing and placement of the release. Well our producers who got habituated to earning bucks on dubbing movies knew it quite well.
Till the other day, release date of Tamil hero Surya's latest offering 'Brothers' (Maatran in Tamil) is unsure. The main reason is the release of 'Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu' on October 18th. But with Rambabu struggling with Puri-Producer issue, 'Brothers' has now decided to hit tinsel towns on October 12th itself. With no other big flicks around, Surya's movie is expecting to do wonders like 'Yamudu' again.
To counter 'Brothers', there is no big ticket entertainer from Telugu circuit, except Ram Gopal Varma's 'Boochi', and this is also a dubbed Hindi flick. This is what the
y say luck!
Till the other day, release date of Tamil hero Surya's latest offering 'Brothers' (Maatran in Tamil) is unsure. The main reason is the release of 'Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu' on October 18th. But with Rambabu struggling with Puri-Producer issue, 'Brothers' has now decided to hit tinsel towns on October 12th itself. With no other big flicks around, Surya's movie is expecting to do wonders like 'Yamudu' again.
To counter 'Brothers', there is no big ticket entertainer from Telugu circuit, except Ram Gopal Varma's 'Boochi', and this is also a dubbed Hindi flick. This is what the
y say luck!For any hero or heroine to be successful in film industry, the path is easy if they have a godfather. And that is one reason why they keep sticking around with the biggies. Usually it is easy for the heroines for obvious reasons. Anyhow, the focus now is on one girl. She is the milky thigh beauty Taapsee Pannu. According to sources, Taapsee has got a new godfather and that too in Bollywood. He is none other than the southern stud Siddharth. Apparently, Tollywood has given Taapsee a godmother in the form of the elegant celebrity Lakshmi Prasanna. Even Manchu Manoj considers her to be his sister. And now, it is heard that Siddharth is also helping Taapsee in Bollywood using his contacts. Soon, Taapsee would be arriving with her debut flick in Hindi which has been directed by David Dhawan. Whether she will be able to get a breakthrough with that or will Sidz pull few strings more has to be seen.
Rating: 3/5
Cast : Abhijeet, Sudhakar, Kaushik, Shriya, Zara, Shagun Gupta, Amala, Anajala Zhaveri and others
Directed by : Sekhar Kammula
Produced by : Chandrasekhar Kammul
Banner : Amigos Creations Pvt Ltd
Music : Mickey J Meyer
Release Date : 2012-09-14
Sekhar Kammula is a different filmmaker who doesn't follow age old cliches and formulas, but has set his own commercial formula which has clicked with certain section of audiences. His target audiences are youth and urban families and yet again he made a film that is targeted at them. Life is Beautiful is brand Sekhar Kammula film. Here are the details...
What is it about?
This film is set in a colony where there the rich and middle class families live in. Rich families live in Gold phase and poor and middle class families live in B phase. Rich and poor guys always fight with each other. Srinivas (Abhijeet) comes to this colony and he makes friends with Nagaraj (Sudhakar) and Abhi (Kaushik). All the three lives in B phase and they have frequent tiffs with Gold phase guys. The beautiful moments, love, pain and other sweet nothings in the life of three central characters is the main theme of this film.
Performances:
All the youngsters did well. Abhijeet is fine. Sudhakar is very natural with his Telagana accent. Kaushik reminds you of 'Tyson' in Happy Days. His characterization and love track with Shriya has striking resemblance to 'Sonia-Tyson' thread in Happy Days. He did an okay job. He fits the character well. Shriya is alright. Amala is good and Anajala Jhaveri is beautiful. Zara and Shagun Gupta are good. All the characters behave and don't really act. That is the beauty of this film on the performance side.
On the Technical Front:
Like every other Sekhar Kammula film, Life is Beautiful is also neat on the technical front. Cinematography is pleasant, production design is decent. Editing could have been crisper. There is so much lag in the film. Music by Mickey J Meyer is fine, but it isn't as good as Happy Days musical score.
Sekhar Kammula sticks to his strengths and make s a sincere attempt. There is no big story in the film and hence he has to make it up with good scenes and dialogues. He carried it along in a decent manner despite few hiccups.
Analysis:
First half of the film is anything but beautiful. Except for few funny moments here and there, it drags on and on with the same scenes repeating again and again. There is no story in the film till the interval part.
Thankfully, Kammula avoided the rich, poor clash in the second half and concentrated more on the characters. There are certain beautiful scenes and dialogues in this hour. There is a sentimental touch towards the end and it is heart touching.
Little girl's speech about mother is the best scene in the film. After dragging the film for nearly three hours Sekhar Kammula doesn't end it convincingly. Abrupt ending is one of the weaknesses. This film will not appeal to everyone.
If you are a fan of Sekhar Kammula movies and if you have loved Happy Days very much, Life is Beautiful too will satisfy to an extent. Except for some good moments, Life is Beautiful is not a great film. May be it is the weakest of Kammula's till date. That doesn't mean it is bad. We intend to say that his previous films were better.
Verdict: Life is Beautiful, but... yeah, it is beautiful!
Making almost a bad remake of 'Oh La La..' song is what Rani has done now with her latest 'Dreamum Wakeupum' song for the movie 'Aiyaa'. After seductress Kareena Kapoor, Rani too tried to imitate Vidya Balan in this sleazy number where she wore raunchy outfits exhibiting her out of shape flab. Though the lyrics are hilarious and have a double meaning, the song takes a critical take on South circuits with heroine showing immense love for dark guys. But what will shock one and all is Rani's sleazy look and unwanted exposure of skin in 'naatu' dances. We have to see if this will bring any luck to her flattened career.
'Aiyaa' is being directed by award winning Marathi film maker Sachin Kundalkar and he is also promising a huge sky rocketing in Rani's career after this movie. Wait and see the seductress before giving your verdict guys.
The TRS party chief is in Delhi from a long time and there is no single bit of information from him about his meetings or T-issue. But here are his detractors who are accusing him of getting ready to cheat people again.
'KCR is a cheater and he is getting ready to cheat Telangana people once again', said RTC ex-chairman and Jagan loyalist Gone Prakasa Rao. 'His whole strategy is for the welfare of his family but not for the people of this region', he accused. He breathed fire as to why KCR is not taking any other leader with him to meet Vaayilar Ravi. 'Reports are saying that KCR gave nod to Hyderabad as joint capital. But that means cutting the state into three parts, which is not acceptable', he adds. However, all these critical takes on the pink-party leader are just answers to speculation but we have to wait for KCR's word to know what exactly is happening.
Congress MPs, on the other side are feeling that within next three months a decision is to be taken on Telangana, which otherwise will prove critical for the existence of party.
'KCR is a cheater and he is getting ready to cheat Telangana people once again', said RTC ex-chairman and Jagan loyalist Gone Prakasa Rao. 'His whole strategy is for the welfare of his family but not for the people of this region', he accused. He breathed fire as to why KCR is not taking any other leader with him to meet Vaayilar Ravi. 'Reports are saying that KCR gave nod to Hyderabad as joint capital. But that means cutting the state into three parts, which is not acceptable', he adds. However, all these critical takes on the pink-party leader are just answers to speculation but we have to wait for KCR's word to know what exactly is happening.
Congress MPs, on the other side are feeling that within next three months a decision is to be taken on Telangana, which otherwise will prove critical for the existence of party.
Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit is still the hot favorite for many even after married for 12 long years and being the mother of two children. So, no one would hesitate to pay as much as she charges.
The actress is not only known for her acting skills, but for her excellent dancing skills as well. She agreed to be the judge of fifth season of the popular dance reality show 'Jhalak Diklha Ja' on Colors channel. Guess, what's her pay package? It's a whopping Rs 1 crore per day! She is one of the very few celebs in the country who were paid such a big amount.
Madhuri's comeback film 'Aaja Nachle' turned out to be disaster at the Box Office, but her stint on the Small Screen seems to be quite successful and most importantly she appears to be enjoying it the most. Her judgement on the performance of the contestants and suggestions to the performers were earning her brownie points. Even at the age of 43, Madhuri's energy level can't be matched by many of the youngsters. She is completely comfortable shaking her leg whenever a special guest attends the show or on contestants request. Let's wish her a super career ahead!
The actress is not only known for her acting skills, but for her excellent dancing skills as well. She agreed to be the judge of fifth season of the popular dance reality show 'Jhalak Diklha Ja' on Colors channel. Guess, what's her pay package? It's a whopping Rs 1 crore per day! She is one of the very few celebs in the country who were paid such a big amount.
Madhuri's comeback film 'Aaja Nachle' turned out to be disaster at the Box Office, but her stint on the Small Screen seems to be quite successful and most importantly she appears to be enjoying it the most. Her judgement on the performance of the contestants and suggestions to the performers were earning her brownie points. Even at the age of 43, Madhuri's energy level can't be matched by many of the youngsters. She is completely comfortable shaking her leg whenever a special guest attends the show or on contestants request. Let's wish her a super career ahead!
Nagarjuna's 'Shirdi Sai' under K.Raghavendra Rao's direction may have won the hearts of many for the sincere attempt.
However the film is making huge losses in overseas thus leaving its exhibitors extremely worried. According to reports many are making more than 50% losses.
Trade analysts point out that while they incurred cost of over Rs.1,00,00,000, they have gained only around 60,00,000, thus suffering a monumental losses of RS.80,00,000.
The film hit the screens last week. Keeravani scored music for the film produced by A.Maheswara Reddy.
However the film is making huge losses in overseas thus leaving its exhibitors extremely worried. According to reports many are making more than 50% losses.
Trade analysts point out that while they incurred cost of over Rs.1,00,00,000, they have gained only around 60,00,000, thus suffering a monumental losses of RS.80,00,000.
The film hit the screens last week. Keeravani scored music for the film produced by A.Maheswara Reddy.
Director Sekhar Kammula is one of the most talented filmmakers in T town today. Despite all his talent and skills and moreover being successful, Sekhar hasn’t made much money in all these years. Not having command over the distribution wing didn’t allow him to excel as a producer. He sold off movies at low prices by playing safe.
His fears turned out to be gold mine for the people who bought his movies for low prices. However, with all those past experiences Sekhar Kammula is aware of everything in the field and he knows how to make money. One of the leading distributors offered him 10 to 12 crore rupees to bag all the rights of Life is beautiful.
Although it is a pretty good offer for a movie made with newcomers, Sekhar believed that his film has much more potential than that. So he sold off the movie to various buyers from various areas and as per sources LIB made 18 crores from the theatrical rights itself. If you add satellite, audio and other rights it would be close to 23 crores. Finally Sekhar Kammula has made some money with Life is Beautiful. No wonder the director looks upbeat and pumped up in the promotional events of this film.
Attending a marriage function in Hyderabad, Ghulam Azad has allotted sometime for key Congress leaders and for media too. Surprisingly he revealed high command's mind about Telangana, making fun of what KCR is telling all these days.
'We've not come to any conclusion about Telangana issue. And there is no deadline for us to take a decision about it', confirmed Azad, speaking with press. All these days KCR is saying that he got signals from Congress about Telangana and even stressed that Azad asked him to stay back in Delhi for a discussion. Responding to these comments, Azad shot back 'I'm not aware of these signals Mr.KCR is getting. We haven't even consulted him about Telangana. I don't know what is happening with him'.
Azad's words are making clear that all the vision of KCR regarding T -state by September is false and funny. At the same time Congress is also not interested in solving T-issue at the moment. CPI Narayana says, 'KCR is just deviating and spoiling T-movement with his words. At least now he should open eyes'.
None other than the home minister of India has revealed to media that there is no question of taking a decision on Telangana for now. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has now created ripples in our state politics with his words.
'There is no scope for any all party meeting regarding Telangana for now. Andhra Pradesh is a naxal hit state and we should carefully study that first', said Sushi Shinde, Home Minister of India. 'When other states like Jharkand are formed, Naxals have plunged to power and we'll not let that happen in AP', he added. Shinde sounded like he has complete understanding of AP scenario, including the proposed Telangana march September 30 and confirmed that he knows what KCR talks. If we have to go by the statements of Azad the other day and Shinde today, there is no scope for bifurcation of state in the near future.
With two back to back blows from Congress top brass, KCR now got a tongue in cheek moment and we've to see what he will do next.
'There is no scope for any all party meeting regarding Telangana for now. Andhra Pradesh is a naxal hit state and we should carefully study that first', said Sushi Shinde, Home Minister of India. 'When other states like Jharkand are formed, Naxals have plunged to power and we'll not let that happen in AP', he added. Shinde sounded like he has complete understanding of AP scenario, including the proposed Telangana march September 30 and confirmed that he knows what KCR talks. If we have to go by the statements of Azad the other day and Shinde today, there is no scope for bifurcation of state in the near future.
With two back to back blows from Congress top brass, KCR now got a tongue in cheek moment and we've to see what he will do next.
Sekhar Kammula is one director who always uses a good commercial element to pump up the life in his striking scripts. Say it Kamilini Mukherjee in Happy Days or Udaya Bhanu in Leader, the software director uses something bold. Here is his latest list.
'Life Is Beautiful' and the story revolves around the love life of three couples, and more interestingly the depth in the plot is articulated by three aunties. They are Amala Akkineni, Anjala Zhaveri and Surekha Vani. More than that, the movie revolves around the mindsets of youths who are struggling to choose between money and heart, when it comes to making decisions in life. This time he is depending on the hotness of Anjala Zhaveri while Amala and Surekha Vani are surprise elements as stunning performers. And there is Shriya to jerk that oomph factor while rest of the girls are cute but ravishing.
With Censor Board giving an U/A for the flick, doors have opened for the ticket counters from today even though the release is after one week. That's all for now about 'Life Is Beautiful' and you have to have those rest of beautiful elements on screen.
'Life Is Beautiful' and the story revolves around the love life of three couples, and more interestingly the depth in the plot is articulated by three aunties. They are Amala Akkineni, Anjala Zhaveri and Surekha Vani. More than that, the movie revolves around the mindsets of youths who are struggling to choose between money and heart, when it comes to making decisions in life. This time he is depending on the hotness of Anjala Zhaveri while Amala and Surekha Vani are surprise elements as stunning performers. And there is Shriya to jerk that oomph factor while rest of the girls are cute but ravishing.
With Censor Board giving an U/A for the flick, doors have opened for the ticket counters from today even though the release is after one week. That's all for now about 'Life Is Beautiful' and you have to have those rest of beautiful elements on screen.
Here is sexy woman Jyothi Rana posing with a cigar in one hand and a pint of wine before her. What makes our hair rising is the place she has selected to perform her favourite stuff, the bathroom. Check her story.
The wild bad lady of 'Pokiri' movie shot to fame instantly, but failed to cash on the craze in Telugu circuit. After doing couple of chota-mota stunts, Jyothi Rana sizzled again in 'Devudu Chesina Manushulu' but the fate of that flick poured water on her hopes. However, Jyoti is still feeling high and is of confidence that she is one of the top ten desirable women in Tollywood. Well, her ravishing curves and titillating assets are always smoking extra sensuous waves for youth, but what matters is a bit of luck and opportunity in this industry.
Right now, Film Nagar is blocked with hot pictures of Jyothi Rana and she has become the latest alternative for men as their bed room poster.
Get a glance of her sensuous poses here:
The wild bad lady of 'Pokiri' movie shot to fame instantly, but failed to cash on the craze in Telugu circuit. After doing couple of chota-mota stunts, Jyothi Rana sizzled again in 'Devudu Chesina Manushulu' but the fate of that flick poured water on her hopes. However, Jyoti is still feeling high and is of confidence that she is one of the top ten desirable women in Tollywood. Well, her ravishing curves and titillating assets are always smoking extra sensuous waves for youth, but what matters is a bit of luck and opportunity in this industry.
Right now, Film Nagar is blocked with hot pictures of Jyothi Rana and she has become the latest alternative for men as their bed room poster.
Get a glance of her sensuous poses here:
Movie : SHIRDI SAI
Rating: 3.5/5
Cast : Nagarjuna, Kamalinee, Srikanth, Srihari, Sai Kumar, Sarath Babu and others
Directed by : Raghavendra Rao
Produced by : Mahesh Reddy
Banner : AMR Sai Krupa Entertainments
Music : MM Keeravani
Release Date : 2012-09-06
Nagarjuna who has done two memorable devotional films Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu has come up with yet another devotional treat Shirdi Sai. This film was also directed by Raghavendra Rao and there were many hopes on this film. Shirdi Sai fulfils the main purpose it was made for. It will strike right chords with the devotees of Sai Baba.
What is it about?
This film is about Lord Shirdi Sai (played by Nagarjuna) evolution and his life until the death. Sai comes from nowhere to Shirdi and settles there. Within no time people realize his greatness and turn into his staunch devotees. Few people (Sayaji Shinde) don't like him and wanted to send him away from Shirdi. But Sai Baba brings change in everyone.
Performances:
Nagarjuna has outdone himself with this film. It would easily rank amongst the best ever performances of Nagarjuna. Nagarjuna is known for his glamour, but the way he has made this character believable is unbelievable. His performance in the climax scenes is very good. Nagarjuna has many chances to bag number of awards for portraying this character.
All others did a fine job. Srikanth is good in the brief role given to him. Sarath Babu delivered a neat performance. Sai Kumar's character is not utilized properly. Kamalinee made her presence felt. Sayaji Shinde's character is annoying. It is included to generate humor, but it failed miserably due to bad writing. Srihari did a guest appearance. He is alright.
On the Technical Front:
Shirdi Sai is a typical Raghavendra Rao movie on the technical front. Music by Keeravani is good if not great. A couple of songs will haunt. Background score is impressive. Cinematography is neat. Editing is okay. Producers honest attempt to make a memorable film is laudable.
Raghavendra Rao did a decent job. He deliberately kept everything short and sweet as Sai Baba's story is well known to many. He handled the emotional scenes so well and proves yet again that he is a master in getting emotions right.
Analysis:
Shirdi Sai takes into a different mood and world right after the beginning. Director tried to give some clues about the origin of Shirdi Sai, which is still a mystery. Story moves along at a quick pace with nice usage of songs at the right places.
Sai Baba's teachings about life are uplifting. His confrontation with Nanavali (played by Sai kumar) is one of the best scenes in the film. There are some good dialogues in this scene. Despite the weak comedy track, first half impresses with neat orientation.
Second half is even better. Director makes sure that this half is wrapped up within an hour and hence the audiences don't get bored at all. There are some touching scenes in this hour. Climax sequence is the best of the lot.
Shirdi Sai will appeal to the target audience and has good chances to make good money at the box office. Watch it if you are devotee of Shirdi Sai.
The news is everywhere that Nandamuri Balakrishna and Nara Lokesh are going to lead the wings of TDP in the coming days, with Babu going onto roads to brace the root levels. But what will be Jr.NTR doing and when people or TDP cadres will call him into party?
Busy with his shoots and films, Jr.NTR already mentioned that he will not enter active politics for now and declared that people's wish marks his coming. But what are his fans looking at, is his entry into Telugudesam as a star campaigner for the party. However, Balayya's promise that he will enter into full time politics is giving no space for the young tiger in the party. And, Naidu is also talking a bit about Jr.NTR, but fully concentrating on Balayya and Lokesh only.
Analysts feel that split started when Jr.NTR's close friend Kodali Nani jumped into YSR-C and the actor disassociating himself from the incident but not showing interest to woo him back into party. On the flip side, Balayya is playing a trouble shooter to get back all those people who left Telugudesam back into the cycle-fold.
They say that Naidu is executing a perfect plan to keep all the power aspirants from Nandamuri family at bay. We have to think other side of coin too and let us see what happens with Jr.NTR in the coming days.
Busy with his shoots and films, Jr.NTR already mentioned that he will not enter active politics for now and declared that people's wish marks his coming. But what are his fans looking at, is his entry into Telugudesam as a star campaigner for the party. However, Balayya's promise that he will enter into full time politics is giving no space for the young tiger in the party. And, Naidu is also talking a bit about Jr.NTR, but fully concentrating on Balayya and Lokesh only.
Analysts feel that split started when Jr.NTR's close friend Kodali Nani jumped into YSR-C and the actor disassociating himself from the incident but not showing interest to woo him back into party. On the flip side, Balayya is playing a trouble shooter to get back all those people who left Telugudesam back into the cycle-fold.
They say that Naidu is executing a perfect plan to keep all the power aspirants from Nandamuri family at bay. We have to think other side of coin too and let us see what happens with Jr.NTR in the coming days.
Young hero Nitin and cute sensation Nitya Menon are sending romantic feelers to film fraternities once again. Cine observers say that they should end up marrying this time and then only it will be convincing.
When time is taking its revenge on both these stars, there happened 'Ishq', a saviour that filled their mouths with sweet and sugar. Since then, the couple got different opportunitnes but nothing big took place. Reports are arriving now that Nitin and Nitya Menon are pairing up once again for an upcoming movie of Ishq producers. In their previous venture, the hot pair ended up hand in hand after a loving each other and this time it is a family drama, so they will tie the knot too. We have to see how the debut director will convince audience that this romantic pair is an irreplaceable one in Tollywood.
As of now, this movie is in talks and official confirmation is yet to come from the production house. However, fans are requesting Nitya to slim a little bit as her flab at some curvy places is sometimes disturbing the mood!
When time is taking its revenge on both these stars, there happened 'Ishq', a saviour that filled their mouths with sweet and sugar. Since then, the couple got different opportunitnes but nothing big took place. Reports are arriving now that Nitin and Nitya Menon are pairing up once again for an upcoming movie of Ishq producers. In their previous venture, the hot pair ended up hand in hand after a loving each other and this time it is a family drama, so they will tie the knot too. We have to see how the debut director will convince audience that this romantic pair is an irreplaceable one in Tollywood.
As of now, this movie is in talks and official confirmation is yet to come from the production house. However, fans are requesting Nitya to slim a little bit as her flab at some curvy places is sometimes disturbing the mood!
