| Aag as Aggi and Agni Posted: Ram Gopal Vermas Aag, a film inspired by the yesteryear hit Sholay is being dubbed in Tamil as Agni and in Telugu as Aggi. Since this will be the first film featuring Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil, movie-lovers are absolutely excited to watch him in Agni. In Aag, Amitabh has played the role of a villain named Babban Singh. Ravi Shankar has dubbed for Amitabh in Tamil. Both versions are scheduled for release on August 31st along with the Hindi version. |
| Pilladorikithe Pelli shooting commences Posted: Baladithya is playing a dual role in Pilladorikithe Pelli. Ravali, Geetha Singh and Pravalika are the heroines. M.S. Vasu is the producer and Vijayakrishna is the director. The film, about a young man who is in search of his dream girl, runs in an entertaining way. The shooting for the film commenced in Kanchikacherla near Vijayawada recently. |
| Nagarjuna to introduce Sushant Posted: We all know that Nagarjuna, after completing his engineering in the US, returned to India and jumped into the film industry to continue the legacy of his father. Now he has almost completed two decades in the industry and earned a star image of his own. Likewise, Nagarjunas nephew Sumanth made his debut as hero and Nagarjuna played a key role by producing a film under his own banner. After initial hiccups, Sumanth was able to come up as a successful hero. After Ram Charan Teja, son of Chiranjeevi, made his debut, there were lots of expectations and rumours that Nagarjuna is also going to introduce his son Naga Chaitanya as hero very soon. However, Nagarjuna is maintaining a cool silence on the issue. Instead of Chaitanya, Nagarjuna is going to introduce another nephew Sushant as hero under the banner of Annapurna Studios. However, it is learnt that Nagarjuna would only act as the presenter of the film. Grapevine sources say that Ravikiran, a debutant director, would take the responsibility of introducing Sushant; Dev is the title under consideration. More details are awaited. |
| Allu Arjun shoots at Kodaikanal Posted: With Allu Arjun and Sheela in the lead, directed by Bhaskar of Bommarillu fame and produced by Dil Raju under the banner Sri Venkateswara Creations, the shooting of a film is progressing at Kodaikanal. Some scenes and a song are being shot on the Stylish Star and the glamorous heroine. There are lots of expectations from the film because of the successful combination of hero, director and producer. While Allu Arjun had a big hit like Desamuduru, director Bhaskar gave the blockbuster Bommarillu. There is in no need to discuss Dil Rajus multiple successes and hit films. Dil Raju is making all efforts to release the film on December 23rd. It has been observed among recent releases that a directors second film of is less successful than the first, possibly because audiences expectations are raised. Since this Bhaskars second film, will he create a hit greater than Bommarillu with Allu Arjun? Lets hope so! Keep watching this space for more updates. |
| Galatta Cinema September: Sneak peek Posted: Galatta Cinema magazine has provided, and will continue to provide, its readers with the latest news, views and interesting features on South Indian cinema. Our July issue was taken over by the Sivaji fever; in our August issue, we paid tribute to 75 years of Tamil Cinema. This issue was also a collectors item with rare pictures of yesteryear films and artists and articles by noted film historian Randor Guy. In keeping with this trend, our September issue will feature the continuation of the 75 years series as well as the latest happenings in South Indian cinema. So watch out for our colourful September issue of GC! |
| Galatta Cinema September: Sneak peek Posted: Galatta Cinema magazine has provided, and will continue to provide, its readers with the latest news, views and interesting features on South Indian cinema. Our July issue was taken over by the Sivaji fever; in our August issue, we paid tribute to 75 years of Tamil Cinema. This issue was also a collectors item with rare pictures of yesteryear films and artists and articles by noted film historian Randor Guy. In keeping with this trend, our September issue will feature the continuation of the 75 years series as well as the latest happenings in South Indian cinema. So watch out for our colourful September issue of GC! |
| Galatta Cinema August Issue: Too hot to Handle Posted: The August issue of Galatta Cinema is on the stands! This collectors issue with rare and unique photographs, with nuggets of exclusive information is the first of a series of special issues commemorating 75 years of Tamil Cinema. The cover feature on 75 years of Tamil Cinema begins a series of articles which will continue over the next few issues of Galatta Cinema. The first instalment has rare photographs of the actors and film stills from yesteryears. Noted film writer and historian Randor Guy has also contributed to this issue. Of course, the regular features like Galatta Talkies, In the Groove, Galatta Grapevine are also here. The August issue is creating waves, not only in India but also at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Singapore. So go ahead and grab your copy of the August issue before the stands are emptied! Happy reading! |
| Kamalini as Janaki Posted: A new film in which two youth work hard to please the heroine (named Janaki) is being made with Naresh, Sarvananad and Kamalini Mukherjee in the lead roles. Radhakrishna is the director and J. Saibaba, the producer. The film has been shot extensively in Hyderabad, Rampachodavaram, Amaravathi and Rajamundry. The title for the film is yet to be finalized. The film is a comedy with lot of good entertainment. The film is likely to be released in the second week of October. |
| Kamalini as Janaki Posted: A new film in which two youth work hard to please the heroine (named Janaki) is being made with Naresh, Sarvananad and Kamalini Mukherjee in the lead roles. Radhakrishna is the director and J. Saibaba, the producer. The film has been shot extensively in Hyderabad, Rampachodavaram, Amaravathi and Rajamundry. The title for the film is yet to be finalized. The film is a comedy with lot of good entertainment. The film is likely to be released in the second week of October. |
| Highway completes shooting Posted: The shooting of Highway was completed in a different way with B. Gopal giving the clap. The film is  produced by Srinivasa Yadav and Satyanarayana Yadav under the banner of Sri Srinivasa Cine Chitra. V. Manojkumar is debuting as  director with Saikumar playing a key role. Santosh Pawan, Suhasini, Nataraj, Yogesh and Rajesh in the lead.  K. Mahendra switched on the camera for the closing shot of the film under the honorary direction of C.C. Reddy. Saikumar says, Generally, guests are invited for the muhurat shot and the clap is given by a dignitary. Likewise, camera is switched and honorary direction is done by a guest. But the producers had made the process a total turnaround for variety. I am playing a different role in the movie. The entire film revolves round an incident that occurred on the highway. In a nutshell, the film runs with a backdrop of terrorism. Though the producers are novices, they have brought out the film without any compromise. I am sure that the film would attract all classes of audiences. Director Manojkumar says, My friends Srinivasa Yadav and Satyanarayana Yadav produced the film with complete confidence on me. We are dedicating our film to those who lost their lives in the two bomb blasts that occurred in Hyderabad on August 25th. Suhasini, Pawan, Yogesh and Nataraj say, We learnt several things by working with a senior artiste like Saikumar. He treated us as friends and taught several things about films and performance. Producers say, Dubbing was also completed and we are making efforts to release the film in September. Suman Setty, Rajiv Kanakala, Puneet Issar, Venumadhav, Jayaprakash Reddy, Surekhavani, Abhinayasri, Kausha and others are in the cast. Music is by Chakri, cinematography is by Rajesh, story, screenplay and direction are by V. Manojkumar. |
| Vijayadashami cassette goes for 27,000 Posted: Kalyan Ram and Vedika are the lead pair in the film Vijayadashami. Samudra is the director and Edara Ranga Rao is the producer. The audio release function was held in Hyderabad on Thursday. D. Ramanaidu released the audio and handed over the first copy to B. Gopal. The cassette was put on auction and Saritha Rama Rao got it by paying 27,000 rupees. Adithya music is marketing the audio. All the songs in the film have been set to some melodious music. The producer thanked M.S. Raju for giving him the title and also A.M. Rathnam for granting the remake rights. Jayasudha and Sai Kumar are playing prominent roles in the film. |
| Nitin's film from September 6 Posted: Actor Nitins new film will hit the floors on September 6. Mamatha Mohandas will play opposite Nitin; Ashutosh Rana of Bangaram fame will be the villain. Ravi C. Kumar of Samanyudu fame will direct this film under the R.R. Movie Makers banner. Venkat is the producer. Chakri will score the music for this film which will be complete in two schedules - in October and December. |
| Chiranjeevi's Birthday Celebration : Pictures Posted: The Special Event Pictures of Chiranjeevis Birthday Celebration  are out now and just a click away on Galatta.com! View the Special Event Pictures of Chiranjeevis Birthday Celebration by clicking here. Chiranjeevis Birthday Celebration   |
| Brahmanandam imitates Sivaji Posted: Comedian Brahmanandam has a special role in Lakshmiputhrudu. A helicopter has been specially hired for this purpose and the scene was filmed at a small village 80 kms from Bangalore. Director Rajkapoor shot some scenes involving Brahmanandam and Raghubabu. Uday Kiran and Diya are the lead pair. Mumaith Khan has been paired up with Brahmanandam in the film. The film has lots of action; comedy and sentiment and will appeal to all class of audience and the youth in particular. |
| Vikadan being dubbed as Muddai Maganti Posted: Vijayababu is dubbing the Tamil film Vikadan into Telugu as Muddai Maganti under the Lalitha Ram movies banner. Harish Raghavedra is the hero and Gayathri Raghuram is the heroine. The dubbing works commenced in Hyderabad last week and Arun Pandian was the chief guest. Pandian is playing a police officer in the film. |
| Nallabbayi Tellammayi audio launched Posted: The audio of Nallabbayi Tellammayi directed by Nani Krishna, presented by Challa Vijayalakshmamma and produced by B. Eswarappa under the banner of Sri Sai Sagar Films with Pavan and Sravani in the lead, was launched at Hyderabad Film Chamber in Hyderabad on August 20th. Popular producer Dr. D. Ramanaidu released the audio and handed over the first cassette to the presenter of the film. Speaking on the occasion, Ramanaidu says, Even small producers are bringing out very good films these days. Likewise, several new faces are being introduced as heroes and heroines. I wish that the films produced by small producers with new artistes become big hits and many more should come into the film industry. Director Nani Krishna says, Our producer is committed to bring out a film at any cost and he is introducing his son Pavan as hero in his debut production. Though a novice, Pavan performed well. I liked two lines in a novel Diary of Mrs. Sarada scripted by Yandamuri Veerendranath. Taking those two lines as inspiration, I prepared a good story. It is the story of a bad boy who could not pretend to be like a good boy and basically it is a love subject. Presenter of the film, Challa Vijayalakshmamma says, It is a story that runs in a village backdrop. We are confident that the lyrics and their tunes would attract everyone. Music directors Sai Sridhar and Srikant say, We scored music for two films earlier and they were like our visiting cards. We wish that this film would give us the necessary identity. Our friend Shankar also helped us in giving some tunes for the flick. Producer says, The shooting of the film is completed and post-production works are yet to begin. Hero Pavan expressed confidence that the film would give him recognition besides a good break as hero. Co-producers Sudhakar Reddy, Hariprasad Reddy, Venkateswara Reddy, Nageswara Reddy, Lakshmamma and others participated. Supreme Music is marketing the audio. |
| Seemasastry on September 7 Posted: Naresh and Farzana starrer Seemasastry is hitting the screens on September 7th. The film is about a young priest who is forced to join the murky world of faction politics. G. Nageswara Reddy is directing the film made under the Hanuman Entertainments banner. The film is an out-and-out comedy. The audio would be released on August 27th. |
| Hare Ram Hare Krishna from December Posted: The Mahesh Babu film Hare Rama Hare Krishna will roll out in December. Trivkram Srinivas will direct this film and M. Raju will produce it. Mahesh is currently busy with Athidhi and M.S. Raju is busy with Vaana. |
| Itlu Nee Vennela in DTS mixing Posted: Post-production works are in progress for Itlu Nee Vennela directed by Mamidi Krishna and produced under the banner of Vijayasai Creations with Vasu and Varshini in the lead. Presently DTS mixing is in progress. Speaking on the occasion, Krishna says, We will soon complete the post-production formalities and submit it for censor certification. We are making efforts to release the film by the end of August. There has been good response to the audio released into the market recently. Like the meaningful songs, the film would also be quite meaningful. Debutant music director Sundar gave melodious tunes to all the songs. The positive response to the audio had increased the expectations on the success of our film. Both hero and heroine gave fantastic performances. The film is a different love story that runs with cinema in its backdrop. We are confident that the film would win the hearts of audiences from all sections. |
| Choreography of song in progress for Rudra Posted: Canning of a song under the direction of dance master Swarnalatha is in progress at a private building in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad for Rudra. The film is directed by Subbarao Gosangi and produced by Srinivas Paidala under the banner of Bittu Productions. The film, starring Kiran Tej and Rajiv Kanakala as heroes and Chaahat as heroine, has Chakri scoring the music. The film also has Hamsi, M.S. Narayana, Sivajiraja, Chinna, Babloo, Shakeela, Apoorva and others in the cast. Dialogues are by Varikuti Sivaprasad, lyrics are by Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar Kandikonda, music is by Chakri, cinematography is by Paidala Srinivas and Amar; story, and screenplay are by Gosangi Subbarao. Brahma, Kiran Tejs debut film, completed 175 days on August 16th. To mark the occasion, the hero cut a cake. Later, the unit members lauded Kiran Tej for his achievement. Those who spoke include Pradeep Rawat, Rajan P. Dev and others. Co-producer Harikumar says, We did not even dream that our earlier film Brahma under the direction of Sambasiva Rao, would be such a big hit. We wish this movie would also repeat history and give another hit for our banner. Kiran Tej later handed over a cheque for Rs. 1.5 lakhs to Saratkumar, a student of Rayadurgam, Anantapur district, to pursue his engineering course.   |
| Kamal Hassan's latest Telugu film is Raghavan Posted: The successful Tamil film Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu with Kamal Haasan, Jyothika and Kamalini Mukherjee in the lead is being dubbed into Telugu as Raghavan by K.V.V. Satyanarayana and Sakhamuri Panduranga Rao under the banner of Seventh Channel Communications. The film is all set for release on August 31st. Manikyam Narayan is presenting the movie. The dubbing activities of the film have come to an end and the first copy is ready. The audio of the film was launched on August 18th through Aditya Music. Raghavan was directed by Gautham Menon, who also directed Venkatesh for Gharshana in Telugu. Harris Jayaraj scored music. There are five songs in the film. Another interesting feature in the film is that over 90 per cent of the film was shot in the US. One more unique point is that noted director Dasarath had penned the dialogues for the movie. Kamal Haasan and Prakash Raj play the roles of police officers in this movie. Lyrics are by Veturi and Vennelakanti, camera is by Ravivarman, editing is by Antony, action is by Stun Siva; story, screenplay and direction are by Gautham Menon. |
| Abbo Aadavallu shooting in progress at Bangkok Posted: The action-oriented film Abbo Aadavallu, directed by T.N. Raju and produced by Ashok Reddy, under the banner of Home Entertainment with Karthik, Anil, Vanitha Reddy, Saila, Shruti in the lead is presently shooting songs in Bangkok. Basically the story is about three girls who want to do something good for society and the problems they face during their endeavours. How they resolved those problems is the basic storyline. The entire film is interesting and suspense-oriented. The audio of the film is most likely to be launched by the end of August. Suman, Shakeela, Gauthamraju, Ramesh and others are also in the cast. Bobby Jonathram is the villain in Abbo Aadavallu. |
| Ram with Genelia Posted: Ram of Devadasu fame has been signed up to play hero in a new film produced by Sravanthi Ravikishore. Genelia will be the heroine. Srinu Vytla will direct the film. Devi Sri Prasad will score the music. The film will hit the floors on September 1st. |
| Venkatesh's film shoots climax Posted: The shooting of a film directed by Boyapati Sreenu and produced by D. Sureshbabu under the banner of Suresh Productions with Venkatesh and Nayanatara in the lead is nearing completion. It is well known that Venkatesh is famous for revealing delicate human and family relations in his films. He prefers to work with family subjects. However, he is not restricting his image to a particular kind of film and is also dealing with mass subjects. The current film is one such mass and action-packed drama. Producer says, The climax and three songs are yet to be shot for the movie. We are planning to launch the climax shoot from August 21st. We are yet to fix the title. (There are rumours that the title of the film is Tulasi.) Dialogues are by Paruchuri Brothers, camera is by Balamurugan and music is by Devi Sri Prasad. |
| Arun Vijay in Telugu remake Posted: Actor Arun Vijay, son of veteran actor Vijayakumar, is going to be cast in the Telugu remake of the Hindi film Khakee. Of all his films, Iyarkai fetched Arun Vijay good recognition. His next film would be Thavam releasing shortly. Arun has also signed up for Veda. Check out Arun Vijays Photo Gallery Iyarkai Photo Gallery |
| Bheema gets ready for release Posted: After Aparichitudu, there has been no notable hit for Vikram in Telugu. In order to get a new look for audiences, Vikram has adopted a different polished persona in Bheema. Sri Surya Movies is making the film for simultaneous release in Tamil and Telugu; the film is now in the finishing stages. Directed by Linguswamy, the film had recently completed the shooting part. Trisha is the female lead and the audio of the Tamil version was released recently in Chennai. The producer is making efforts to launch the audio of the Telugu version in Hyderabad very soon. Vikram says, Presently, re-recording work is in progress. Music by Harris Jayaraj will enthrall the youth once again. A.M. Ratnam is the producer of the film. |
| Venky under Cheran's direction Posted: Victory Venkatesh has the unique distinction of giving more hits than flops. His film Lakshmi was a big hit last year. This year his AMAV is another big hit. He is now acting in a home production directed by Boyapati Seenu. The film has been tentatively titled Tulasi.Venkatesh is also likely to act in a new film directed by Cheran. Cheran is a well-known Tamil director. His film Autograph has been remade in Telugu as My Autograph. N.V. Prasad and Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar will produce the film under the Sri Saideva Productions banner. |
| Chandamama audio release on 19th August Posted: Krishna Vamsis Chandamama is progressing briskly in and around Hyderabad. Only one more song remains to be canned after which the film will be wrapped up. C. Kalyan and Vijaychander are producing the film under the Teja Cinema banner. Navdeep, Sivabalaji, Kajal and Sindhu Menon play the lead roles. The song Naalo Oohalaku, Naalo Oosulaku Adugulu Vnerpau is being filmed at Gachibowli on Navdeep and Kajal. Over 50 junior artists are taking part in the shooting. The film is about the special relationship between a father and his daughter. The film is loaded with sentiment and Krishna Vamsi has done a god job in making it very appealing. Nagababu plays the role of a sentimental and caring father. The audio is being release through Supreme music on August 19. |
| Itlu Nee Vennela in final stages Posted: Final touches are being made for Itlu Nee Vennela directed by Mamidi Krishna and presented by Dr. Kusuma Rao under the banner of Vijayasai Creations with Vasu and Varshini in the lead. Director Mamidi Krishna says, We are planning to release the film by the end of August. The film is basically a love story and is being made with cinema in its backdrop. Though Vasu and Varshini are novices, they performed excellently by understanding their characters. Sundar J. scored music for the move and already the audio has received positive response. We can confidently say that the film would also be a hit like the audio. M.S. Narayana, Gundu Hanumantha Rao, Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao, Narsing Yadav, Chittibabu, Devadas Kanakala, Gauthamraju, Apoorva, Allari Subhashini and others are in the cast. Cinematography is by R.V.N. Koti, music is by Sundar J., editing is by Nandamuri Hari; story, screenplay and direction are by Mamidi Krishna. |
| Simran with Kalyan Ram Posted: Simran is well-known in Tollywood and the entire South Indian film industry. She has acted with almost all the top heroes in the industry. She quit films at the height of her career after her marriage. She has started her second innings and is now doing a film with Balakrishna titled Okkamagadu. She has also acted with Harikrishna in the film Seethayya. Simran is now getting ready to act with the third generation hero from the NTR family. She is acting in Vijayadasami with Kalyan Ram as hero. V. Samudra is the director. Simran has also signed up to play opposite Krishna Bhagavan in John Apparao 40+. |
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