Without having the title printed, the makers of Nikhil Siddarth's next movie released a poster the other day. The title is finally out: it's Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavaada. If, on the face of it, the genre comes across as belonging to spooky, the caption 'You cannot escape love' makes us wonder if it is surreal, so to speak. Nikhil has back-to-back hits - Swamy Ra Ra, Karthikeya and Surya Vs Surya - to his credit. He has teamed up with the director VI Anand (Tiger fame) to deliver a romantic horror flick. If you take a close look at the poster, you can notice a spirit captured in a bottle tied up with amulets and rudrakshas, all of which leaves us to assume that the story involves a love story mixed up with horror and thrilling elements, thereby justifying the above tagline. The film's first look poster will be out tonight. Teaser of the movie will be out on June 1st i.e. on Nikhil’s birthday.
A most interesting development is happening silently in Filmnagar. Director Trivikram is penning a story for his close friend, Powerstar Pawan Kalyan. The movie will go to sets from November, if everything goes according to plan. Pawan Kalyan has already announced that he would stop acting soon. So, Trivikram’s film after S.J. Surya’s outing will be a good choice. Pawan and Trivikram teamed up for the well received ‘Jalsa’ and the blockbuster ‘Attarintiki Daredhi’. Trivikram is currently busy with ‘A..Aa’. He is expected to start working on this movie after June.
Young Mega hero Sai Dharam Tej’s latest release, Supreme, turned out to be the biggest hit of his career. The film has collected more than 20 crore share worldwide and established Sai as the most bankable mass hero among the younger generation. According to the latest update, the film’s producer Dil Raju hrs been flooded with fancy offers from Tamil filmmakers who are trying to acquire Supreme’s Tamil remake rights amidst a stiff competition. Director Anil Ravipudi’s clever mix of entertainment and an emotional plotline have been the unique selling points for the film.
With four successful films out of his five film Tollywood career, young hero Raj Tarun is one of the most sought after heroes in the current generation actors. Following the success of his Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam, Raj Tarun is gearing up for his next. According to the latest update, Raj has teamed up with young filmmaker Vamsi Krishna, who made his directorial debut with a crime comedy titled Dongata starring Manchu Lakshmi, for his next film. Apparently, this film too will be a crime comedy. Raj is reportedly quite thrilled with the film’s story. Currently, Vamsi Krishna is penning the dialogue version and the film is expected to be launched soon. More details about the film’s cast and crew will be revealed later.
After the modest success of his epic historical saga, Rudhramadevi, director Gunasekhar has been busy with the pre-production work of yet another high budget historical, Prathaparudrudu, a sequel to Rudhramadevi. However, a couple of days ago, there were reports that Gunasekhar has put Prathaparudrudu on hold temporarily and that he has commenced working on a low budget quickie before he moves on to Prathaparudrudu later this year. Yesterday, Gunasekhar took to his Twitter page to refute the rumours in style saying, “Exploring Archives..Meeting up with historians..R&D in full swing #Prathaparudrudu #TheLastEmperor”. This proves that Prathaparudrudu is very much on and is going on at a good pace.
Okka Ammayi Thappa, the film which has been creating a lot of positive buzz over the past few days thanks to its exciting trailer, is all set for a grand release on June 10. In his exclusive chitchat with us, the film’s debut director Rajasimha Tadinada revealed his journey in Tollywood. Rajasimha said that he was into the entertainment world since his childhood and that he was a professional ventriloquist in his young days. During his performance at Madras Ugadi Puraskaram, legendary director K Viswanath spotted him and assigned him with the job to teach ventriloquism techniques to Victory Venkatesh during the making of Chinnabbayi. Explaining his entry in films as a writer, Rajasimha said that producer Suresh Babu asked him to write a scene on the sets of Venky’s Preminchukundam Ra. He later joined director Jayanth C Paranjee in his writing and direction team and later went on to work with Paruchuri Brothers as their assistant writer for nearly 6 years. Incidentally, the super hit ‘Brahmanandam’s body in fridge’ track from Bavagaru Baagunnara was penned by Rajasimha himself. Rajasimha later worked for nearly 30 popular films as a writer, before making his directorial debut with Okka Ammayi Thappa. The film stars Sundeep Kishan and Nitya Menen and it has been produced by Anji Reddy.
123telugu had already reported that Sunil is busy giving finishing touches to his latest film in the direction of Vamsi Krishna Akkella. Latest update is that the shooting of this film has been completely wrapped up. A song which was being canned on Sunil and Mannara Chopra in Dubai was wrapped up yesterday. With this, the entire shoot has been completed. The film is produced by Sudharshan Reddy who previously made Prema Katha Chitram.
Last week, young hero Siddharth, announced that he will be doing a Malayalam film along side star Malayalam hero Dileep. Latest update reveals that Siddharth will himself dub for the film as well. This is a very rare feat as only a few actors like Prakash Raj has dubbed on their own in more than three languages. Siddharth has worked for films in languages like Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam and played some interesting roles. Off late, he has been trying out some different cinema and is mostly doing films in Tamil. With him entering the Malayalam film industry looks like life has come a full circle.
Okka Ammayi Thappa, the film which has been creating a lot of positive buzz over the past few days thanks to its exciting trailer, is all set for a grand release on June 10. In his exclusive chitchat with us, the film’s debut director Rajasimha Tadinada revealed his journey in Tollywood. Rajasimha said that he was into the entertainment world since his childhood and that he was a professional ventriloquist in his young days. During his performance at Madras Ugadi Puraskaram, legendary director K Viswanath spotted him and assigned him with the job to teach ventriloquism techniques to Victory Venkatesh during the making of Chinnabbayi. Explaining his entry in films as a writer, Rajasimha said that producer Suresh Babu asked him to write a scene on the sets of Venky’s Preminchukundam Ra. He later joined director Jayanth C Paranjee in his writing and direction team and later went on to work with Paruchuri Brothers as their assistant writer for nearly 6 years. Incidentally, the super hit ‘Brahmanandam’s body in fridge’ track from Bavagaru Baagunnara was penned by Rajasimha himself. Rajasimha later worked for nearly 30 popular films as a writer, before making his directorial debut with Okka Ammayi Thappa. The film stars Sundeep Kishan and Nitya Menen and it has been produced by Anji Reddy.
