Indraganti Mohana Krishna has a good fan following among his target audience. His films tend to do reasonably well in multiplexes and his work generally wins critical acclaim. He is now getting ready for the release of his latest movie, “Gentleman’, starring Natural Star Nani. Gentleman is carrying a good buzz and many directors say that it could be Indraganti’s career best work. Coming from a man who has already won so many laurels, this is definitely big. Nani will be seen in multiple shades in this movie. Sources say that the screenplay of Gentleman is where the talent of Indraganti comes out. The movie is gearing up for a release on the 17th, so the result will be known soon.
Actor Sundeep Kishan will be visiting the famous Durgah in Kadapa tomorrow, to seek blessings for the success of his upcoming movie ‘Okka Ammayi Thappa’. The Durgah is quite famous among film celebrities and Sundeep wants to test his luck there. The actor’s film ‘Okka Ammayi Thappa’ is getting ready for a release on June 10th and Sundeep is pinning his hopes on this unique romantic thriller. Director Rajasimha is making his debut with this movie and Bogadi Anjireddy is the producer. Mickey J Meyer has composed the music for this movie.
With his back-to-back successful mass action entertainers, young Mega hero Sai Dharam Tej has earned a solid fan base among the masses, and he is one of the highly bankable heroes in the younger generation stars. Sai, who is already about to wrap up his ongoing film Thikka, is all set to kick-start his next film. To be directed by writer turned director BVS Ravi, this film is rumoured to have been titled Jawan. Popular director Harish Shankar will present this film while debutante Krishna will produce it. Nani’s KVPG heroine Mehreen Pirzada will be seen as Sai’s romantic interest this film.
Legendary music composer ‘Maestro’ Ilayaraja had to face a bitter experience at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Sunday. According to the reports, Ilayaraja and his family, who were returning to Chennai after their trip to several temples in Manguluru, were denied entry by the CISF security officials over a ‘Prasad’. At the time of security check, the security officials spotted a few broken coconut pieces in Ilayaraja’s baggage and this led to a minor scuffle as the security personnel, who couldn’t recognize Ilayaraja, refused to let the renowned composer board the flight. Deeply upset with the unexpected experience, Ilayaraja got into an argument with them. Thankfully, a press reporter entered the scene and explained to the securitymen who Ilayaraja was and quickly realizing their mistake, the security officials allowed Ilayaraja and his family board the flight, which was already delayed by an hour.
Despite having good looks and decent acting skills, young hero Sumanth Ashwin is still awaiting that one solid hit which will take him into the league of bankable stars. However, the soft-spoken actor is in no hurry to gain the mass hero image which will let people to call him a bankable star. During a promotional interview for his soon to be released romantic thriller, Right Right, Sumanth Ashwin said that he prefers doing soft, romantic hero roles at this point of his career as his age best suits such characters. “It won’t look convincing if I bash up goons and mouth punch dialogues,” explains Sumanth. However, Sumanth is game for mass hero roles at a later point of his career and revealed that even stars like Aamir Khan and Suriya followed the same route in the early days of their careers.
Actor Nani is keenly awaiting the release his romantic thriller Gentleman to carry forward his success streak. The film is slated for its release on June 17 and the makers have stepped up the promotional blitzkrieg. We have recently reported that Nani will shoot for Trinadh Rao Nakkina’s film after Gentleman’s release. This as yet-untitled film will be produced by leading filmmaker Dil Raju and if the ongoing reports are anything to go by, musical hit machine Devi Sri Prasad has be approached to compose the music for the film. Apparently, the film’s director and Dil Raju met DSP recently and narrated the script. Highly impressed with the story, DSP reportedly gave his nod. If the news ends up becoming true eventually, this will be the first time that a Nani film will feature DSP’s music.
It is a known fact that Nagarjuna will be doing a devotional film in the direction of K Raghavendra Rao. Latest update reveals that a massive set in being erected in Annapurna Studios and the shooting will kick start soon. The heavy duty set is being laid to recreate various locations of ancient Tirumala as many important scenes will be shot here during the course of time. Akkineni Nagarjuna will be seen in a new look in this film which has music by M M Keeravani. Currently, Nagarjuna is busy experimenting with his look and sources suggest that he will be seen with a stubble in the film.
Even before Anjali became a homely girl and star heroine, she was known to do some hard hitting characters in Tamil. Some of her performances even won her many awards in her career. One such latest performance of her which is worthy of an award is the role she did in the recently released hit flick Iraivi. Anjali plays a mature wife in this Karthik Subbaraj starrer who goes through various problems in her martial life. Right from her look to her gritty performance, everyone has been raving about her subtle way of enacting. Anjali was last seen as a item girl in Bunny’s Sarrainodu and the way she has transformed into serious role speaks volumes of her talent.
Young hero Allu Sirish who is picking different subjects has teamed up with Lavanya Tripathi for a pure family entertainer film Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu being helmed by Parasuram (Bujji), known for showcasing family emotions precisely. Ace producer and Sirish’s father Allu Aravind is producing the movie under the prestigious Geetha Arts Banner. Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu’s last shooting scheduled will be canned in exotic locations of Kashmir and with this entire production work will be wrapped up. Very soon, the film’s audio composed by SS Thaman will be launched through a grand ceremony. The makers have plans to release the movie sometime soon. Director Parasuram said, “I have become very close to Sirish with the journey for Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu. Like me, Sirish also has great respect and liking for joint families. Marriage is key part in everyone’s life. One would know how bride and groom should behave responsible after marriage, only if we have family with us. But, current generation youngsters have forgotten about family emotions and responsibilities. Our film will have right ingredients for all age groups. Each character- whether it is big or small, will have its own significance.” Sirish said, “I am interested in doing good films from the beginning. In fact, I feel proud myself when someone appreciates me for picking meaningful movies. Bujji is making the family subject, comprising of all commercial elements. Every character in the film is inter-linked to other character. My sequences with Rao Ramesh will be highlight in the film. In fact, our confidence levels will increase, if work with senior actors. Producer Allu Aravind also hopes his latest production venture Srirasthu Shubhamasthu will become another good hit for his banner.
This seems to be the season of star daughters making their acting debut in Tollywood. Firstly, Naga Babu’s daughter Niharika Konidela will test her luck with the soon to be released Oka Manasu. Even veteran actor Rajasekhar’s daughter Shivani was rumoured to be making her acting debut soon. And now, it’s popular comedian cum writer Uttej’s daughter Chetana Uttej’s turn to put her acting skills under test with her debut film, She. Interestingly, even before the release of She, a horror drama, Chetana has already lined up a teenage youthful love story titled Pichiga Nachchav. The shooting of this film has been progressing at a brisk pace. Chetana, a trained classical dancer, acted as a child artiste in Teja’s directorial debut Chitram and Puri Jagannadh’s debut film Badri.
