Simha’s Pre-release buzz

 
Bala Krishna’s ‘Simha’ has bagged a huge pre-release hype across the state and in overseas too. The expectations on the movie are reaching to the peaks among the mass audiences.

The craze of the Simha has gone to the peaks that fans are fighting for the tickets all over Andhra at midnight. Even before the release of the film ‘Simha’ started creating many records in various districts such as Guntur, Kadapa, Krishna, Kurnool all over the state with its amazing collections.

Well, coming to the inside talk of the film, the film is receiving a good positive response and seems like it would become a new sensational film for Balakrishna like his previous films Samarasimha Reddy and Narasimha Naidu.

According to sources buzz, the highlights of the film are as follows.

* Bala Krishna’s powerful action cum dialogues and the stunning flashback episodes.
* Well picturized songs.
* Heroines Nayanathara, Namitha and Sneha Ullal looked great in their respective roles.

SRK played host to Barbara Mori

Barbara Mori, who is in Mumbai, is letting her hair down. The actress is having a great time hobnobbing with other stars of Bollywood.
Barbara and her brother Kentaro Mori visited Shah Rukh Khan’s Bandra home recently. Hrithik Roshan was present too. They all had a blast watching the IPL finals. In fact, Shah Rukh and Hrithik were rejoicing every time their favourite team scored a four or a sixer. Once the match was over, it was party time. Shah Rukh played a perfect host to good friend Hrithik and Barbara. The actor saw to it that the Kites actress was made to feel at home. Barbara, along with her brother Kentaro, had ball of a time till the early hours of the morning,” said a source.
When contacted Barbara Mori confirmed the story and said, “It was a pleasure meeting Shah Rukh Khan. He was a gracious host and even though I do not follow the game, I really enjoyed myself.”

Raavan - Hits the Screen on 18 Jun 2010

Raavan movie is a a loose adaptation of the great Indian epic Ramayana.

Starcast: Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj, Govinda, Priyamani, Bipasha Basu, Nikhil Dwivedi,

Director: Mani Ratnam
Music: A R Rahman

Release Date: 18 Jun 2010
Genre: Action - Romance
Language: Hindi

Ram’s ‘RRKK’ in DTS mixing!

Ram’s latest film ‘Rama Rama Krishna Krishna’ is all set for a grand release on May 7^th. Priya Anand and Bindhu Madhavi are playing the love interests of Ram in the film. Action King, Arjun will be seen in an important role. Final DTS mixing of the film is progressing at Prasad Labs. Re-recording of the first-half of the film has completed and second-half will start soon.

Srivaas is directing the film and Dil Raju is producing it under the banner, ‘Sri Venkateshwara Creations’. This is M.M.Keeravani’s 200th film as a music director.

Other supporting casts include Brahmanandam, Gracy Singh and Brahmaji

“I will marry a girl of my choice”: Prakash Raj

The versatile and the National Award winning actor, Prakash Raj is currently busy in directing the Kannada film titled ‘Naanu Nannu Kanasu’ which is the remake of a Telugu ‘Aakasamantha’.

Talking about the film the actor says, “The movie has come out well. I am sure that the film would make it big in Sandalwood because it is a universal theme.”

The actor who got divorced with Lalitha Kumari recently says that he’ll get married soon.

The actor says, “I am now earning by acting in films for the welfare of my daughters, whom I love very much. At the same time, I am aware that it’s high time to make some important decisions on my personal life.”

“Very soon, I will marry a girl of my choice. But this will not stop me from discharging my duties as a responsible father,” he further added.

Darling Movie Cast & Crew

Actor: Prabhas
Actress: Kajal Agarwal
Co-actors: Prabhu, Shraddha Das
Director: A. Karunakaran
Proudcer: B.VS.N. Prasad
Music: G.V. Prakash Kumar.

It has art by Ashok, dialogues by Swamy and camera by Andrews. The film has been shot in exotic places of Switzerland, Araku and Hyderabad.

‘Maaro’ to hit the screens on Apr 23rd!

Hero Nitin’s much waited film ‘Maaro’ will hit the big screens on April 23. The movie has given an interesting tagline ‘violent but silent.’ Dazzling heroine Meera Chopra, who appeared in Vaana film, is going to play lead opposite Nitin in this movie.

Popular Malayalam director Siddique wield a megaphone for the first time in Telugu with this film. Srinivas Mamidala and Venu are producing the film. They said that Maaro will be a full length love, action, sentiment entertainer having all the commercial elements mixed in right proportions.

On speaking about the movie Siddique said “This film is based on the concept of mind game. Nitin appears as an energetic IIT graduate. He plays an impressive youngster, who gets things done using both mind power and physical strength. It’s a wholesome entertainer”

‘Prince’ narrates a thief’s race for survival

Adrenaline pumping action, cutting edge technology and with three actresses wooing him, Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi is all set to make a grand comeback as the solo lead in action film “Prince” releasing Friday.

Made at a budget of over Rs.40 crore (Rs.400 million) by producer Kumar Taurani, the two-hour-six-minute venture boasts of action sequences exceeding an hour. It is releasing with over 1,000 prints worldwide.

Directed by debutant Kooki V. Gulati, “Prince” stars Nandana Sen, Aruna Shields and Neeru Singh as the female lead. Sanjay Kapoor and Dalip Tahil also star in the movie.

“‘Prince…’ is my first action film and will showcase me in a new avatar. It’s a story that could be every man’s fantasy and every man’s nightmare,” Vivek had said.

Shot across South Africa, Thailand and India, “Prince” narrates the story of a quick-witted thief who wakes up one morning to realise that he has a gunshot on his arm and has absolutely no clue about how he got it because he has lost his memory and that his life is at stake.

In his quest to find answers he discovers his name is Prince, he used to work for a man named Sarang and that his girlfriend’s name is Maya.

He is being hunted by the secret service of India I Grip, the CBI and the biggest white collared criminals in the world.

He realises that he is the most wanted man in the country because only he knows the whereabouts of a heist, which contains a secret that is linked not only to his memory loss but something that also threatens the future of the human race.

Prince tries relying on his razor sharp instincts to salvage himself, as the web of deception spins and he gets more entangled, as everyday he meets a new girl who claims to be Maya, he doesn’t know which side of the law he is on and above all he has only six days to live.

Vivek lost 12 kilos for the film and had to undergo about five months of rigorous physical training that included skate-boarding, stunt biking, cable training, martial arts, kicks and punches practice.

The 33-year-old has also jumped from a 32-storied building to a 28-storied one in the film and that too on a bike.

Earlier, titled “Prince of thieves” and “Prince – It’s showtime”, the film has also been in the news for intimate scenes filmed on Vivek with his actresses. Noteworthy is that “Prince” is also releasing simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu, apart from Hindi.

Despite that April is low on Bollywood big releases thanks to the ongoing Indian Premiere League (IPL), producer Taurani is undeterred.

“According to my report, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has not had the same craze this year as it had enjoyed in the last two seasons,” Taurani had told IANS.

“Our film is coming in the middle of the series… The IPL craze is at its peak in the first two weeks and during finals so there will be a dull period in between when we will release our film… We are going big time,” he added.

Also releasing Friday are romantic comedy “Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai” and Rahul Bose starrer “The Japanese Wife”.

“My first preference is to Tollywood”

Samantha who has debuted in the Telugu film industry with ‘Ye Maya Chesave’ had become the hot favorite not only to the youngsters but also to many tollywood heroes. The actress had also grabbed many fans in kollywood too with this flick. Recently there is a buzz that the kollywood heroes such as Simbu and Vijay were looking for Samantha for their next films.

However, Samantha says that her first preference is for tollywood only since the actress had earlier debuted in a Tamil film but she did not receive much recognition over there and so Samantha has decided to give her first choice to tollywood as tollywood has brought her the stardom.

‘Varudu’ an average fare – Movie Review

Cast: Allu Arjun, Bhanu Sri Mehra, Arya, Ashish Vidyarthi, Nasser, Suhasini Maniratnam, Singeetham Sreenivasarao and others;

Producer: Danaiah; Director: Gunashekhar; Composer:Manisharma; Camera:R.D.Rajashekhar;

 

Allu Arjun starrer “Varudu” created a lot of hype before its release mainly because of the huge budget, sets and also because director Gunashekhar kept the identity of the heroine under wraps. He unveiled it just a few days before the release.

Added to these elements that contributed to the hype, the crew associated with the film like the director, composer Mani Sharma, cinematographer Rajashekhar and editor Anthony had a very good track record. But despite a strong line up of artists and technicians, “Varudu” ends up as an average fare.

It seems Gunashekhar hasn’t got over the hangover of the success of his previous film “Athadu” with Mahesh Babu. There are many incidents and sequences in “Varudu” that will remind you of “Athadu”. For instance, the kidnapping of the heroine.

Though Gunashekhar has written his story around a fresh idea about five-day traditional marriage that has lot of native features in it, he failed to execute it effectively. As a result first half of the film drags and bores. Rest of the film comes to life in a few sequences, but again Gunashekhar falters in his narration.

The film has less of comedy.

So much money has been spent on the film, but its a waste because you come out of the theatre disappointed, thanks to Gunashekhar’s sketchy narration. However, he has shot the songs impressively, particularly “Bahusha Chenchala”.

Allu Arjun, who is very good in action and dance sequences, has less to do. His dialogue delivery needs to be improved.

The major highlight of the film is Tamil actor Arya’s performance. It’s courageous on his part to accept a negative character in a Telugu film. He usually plays lead roles in Tamil films, but handled villain’s role quite efficiently in “Varudu”.

Another highlight is the graphics and re-recording work. Chiranjeevi’s voiceover in the beginning may cheer some of his fans, but later the film bores.

The story revolves around Sandeep. He belongs to a rich and modern family, but wants his marriage to be performed in a traditional manner. Sandeep wants his life partner to be chosen by his parents. He also says that he does not want to see his wife before the wedding.

Sandeep’s marriage is fixed with Deepthi. But she is kidnapped by a local don Diwakar on her wedding day. Sandeep rescues her from the clutches of the villain.

Newcomer Bhanu Mehra lacks the screen presence to impress the audience. In short, she makes a disappointing debut. Nasser, Suhasini Maniratnam, Ashish Vidyarthi and Singeetham are good.

Rajashekhar’s camera work is impressive. Manisharma has composed two catchy tunes and awesome background music. Art work is top class.

Overall, “Varudu” is just an average fare.