When it comes to displaying camaraderie and friendship, young stars Allu Arjun and Rana Daggubati stand in the front row. In yet another public display of harmony and sporting spirit, Rana and Bunny took to Twitter to share a joke. Yesterday, Bunny tweeted a picture which boasts of all the records his latest film Sarrainodu set in Tollywood’s box-office history, ‘excluding Baahubali’ and said, “Whole Heartedly Thank Telugu Movie Audience for this Stupendous Success !” To this, a sportive Rana asked him, “Bunny!! Why are you excluding us!!” Bunny responded saying, “We “excluded” Bahubali bcoz it is “exclusive”. Amused fans of both these stars chipped in to participate in the bromance.
Veteran actor and filmmaker Dr. M Mohan Babu turned emotional on his micro blogging site this morning. The actor tweeted a photograph which showed a letter of appreciation from media baron and senior filmmaker Ramoji Rao, who congratulated Mohan Babu for bagging a rare honor of getting his book launched at the British Parliament. Responding to Ramoji Rao’s letter, Mohan Babu turned emotional as he tweeted, “An honor to receive this letter from legendary PadmaVibushan Sri.Ramoji Rao Garu.This is a humbling moment for me. He calling me a Hero in real life has brought tears to me. Ramoji Rao Garu has been an inspiration to me in many ways and his letter Today has made today a mesmerizing one for me. I still believe I have to a lot more to achieve.” Mohan Babu further thanked actor Balakrishna for writing the foreword to his book, Best Dialogues.
After making an impressive debut with Ala Ela a couple of years ago, petite Gujarati beauty Hebah Patel won young audience’s hearts with her sensual portrayal of a chirpy, young girl in Sukumar’s Kumari 21F. The film brought a huge acclaim for Hebah and she went on to sign four more crazy projects. Already, Hebah signed a female oriented film titled Nenu Naa Boyfriends. With the grand success of ERAR recently, Hebah’s popularity rose multifold and this has now resulted in the makers of her next film with Naga Anvesh as hero naming their film as Angel where the story is centered around the heroine’s character. Angel, a love cum action entertainer, will be directed by Baahubali Palani and produced by Naga Anvesh’s father and senior producer Sindhura Puvvu Krishna Reddy on his Saraswathi Films banner.
Tamil hero, Vishal is slowly getting back to form. His latest film, Rayudu is slated to hit the screens on May 28. Vishal will be seen as a rustic villager in this out-and-out revenge drama and this has created a good buzz among the masses. Reports suggest that the fights and thrills in the film are set to impress the front benchers big time. Vishal recently revealed that in Rayudu, he will be seen in a never before seen character and has changed his diction and body language to suit his role. Telugu girl, Sri Divya is the female lead in this film.
Milky beauty Tamannah, is on a all time high with some interesting films in hand. She will be seen in Prabhu Deva’s bilingual Abhinetri where she will be doing a central role. Shooting of the film is currently on and latest reports suggests that she will put on some extra kilos for her special role. Off late, she has concentrated more on Tamil films and has projects lined up with young heroes. Now, with she going the Anushka way of gaining weight, she has once again earned some more admirers for her.
The posters and teaser of Nani’s upcoming film, Gentleman have created a huge buzz for the film. The film’s main lead, Nani has already started promoting the film and is taking one step after the other. He launched a song earlier today and has planned to release more promotional material in a simple yet clever manner. Reports suggest that he wants to keep the curiosity factor intact and does not want over promote the film as the film has some suspense elements going with it. Directed by Indraganti Mohanakrishna, Gentleman is a romantic thriller which has Surabhi as the female leads.
With the spread of Telugu and Tamil cinema’s popularity in new markets, the demand for subtitles and dubbing is increasing by the day. Telugu movies are now being watched in places like China, Taiwan, Peru and Colombia! To subtitle films in those languages is a tough task as not many language experts will be available for producers to hire. This is where Chinmayi, who is well known for her dubbing work, is coming up with a some good solutions. She has a company named Blue Elephant and this firm specialises in providing dubbing and subtitle services in exotic languages. This company is now in great demand and producers of both Telugu and Tamil films are actively engaging Chinmayi’s firm.
After a long break, Sekhar Kammula is getting ready to direct a movie with Varun Tej in Dil Raju’s production. After directing Rana in ‘Leader’, this will be Sekhar Kammula’s first movie with an established hero. Kammula’s last two films have not been very successful and his brand value took a huge beating. He desperately needs a big hit to get back into the game and Kammula is raring to go. The makers have already revealed info that the film is going to be a romantic entertainer about a guy from USA and a girl from Telangana. Kammula is reportedly working hard for the dialogue version of this movie and once this is locked, other details will be revealed.
Die-hard American fans of popular film star and Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna are in for a special treat on the 10th of June on the occasion of Balayya’s birthday. The NBK Fans USA association is organizing a Meet and Greet event with Balayya on June 10 at the India Community Centre at St. Milpitas, California. As part of the event, Balayya fans will get to meet their favorite star in a grand buffet dinner. A musical night has also been arranged on the night and several noted playback singers and actress Hamsanandini will participate in the cultural events. Part of the proceedings will be donated to Basavatharakam Cancer Hospital.
We had earlier reported that Ram Gopal Varma’s Telugu-Kannada bilingual, Killing Veerappan, a film that traced the final days of notorious sandal wood smuggler Veerappan, will be releasing in Bollywood as Veerappan on the 27th of this month. Yesterday, the film’s Hindi version’s team visited Hyderabad to participate in a promotional event. Speaking on the occasion, RGV announced that a special preview of Veerappan will be arranged for the cops who were part of the team that encountered Veerappan. The Hindi version stars Sandeep Bhardwaj, Usha Jadhav, Lisa Ray and Sachiin Joshi, who also produced the film under his Viiking Media & Entertainment.
