It's official: Tees Maar Khan is a remake

We had earlier reported that Farah Khan's [ Images ] upcoming Tees Maar Khan seems to be a ripoff of Italian master Vittorio De Sica's After The Fox.

Now, it emerges that Khan and co-producers UTV have officially bought the remake rights from Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

"The plot of the film (of pretending to shoot a film to get away with a robbery) is the same as After The Fox, which is very funny," says Khan. "But for some reason, the film didn't do well at that point, I don't know why. And we've changed everything else. Akshay isn't a master of disguise, the girl isn't his sister, we're on a moving train, and the villains have been changed. Everything's made bigger and brighter, and more relevant to today's scenario."

"And I haven't tried even once to make Akshay act like Peter Sellers," she added.

Italian neorealist master De Sica, best known for the 1948 classic Bicycle Thieves, ventured into spoofy territory with After The Fox, a 1966 comedy featuring Peter Sellers as a master of disguise who mounts a fake film production in order to get away with a daring gold heist.

In the process, the filmmaker lampooned fellow filmmakers Michelangelo Antonioni [ Images ], Federico Fellini [ Images ] and himself, among various other cinematic luminaries. Clearly this gives Khan, the director of Om Shanti Om [ Images ], quite the room for Bollywood-spoofing.

"I'm always torn apart by critics for my stories, and this time I can say the joke's on them and the story is by Neil Simon," laughs Farah, two days ahead of Tees Maar Khan's release.

Ram Gopal Varma's upcoming Bejawada Rowdylu

Everyone knows that Ram Gopal Varma's upcoming Bejawada Rowdylu is shrouded in secrecy. Though RGV is mum about the cast and plot, we know that the movie is based on the gangsters in Vijayawada, where RGV spent his engineering college days. The title song of Bejawada Rowdylu is already out and RGV recently gave a link from his Twitter page, which showed an animated kid dancing to the song. RGV sent shivers down the spine of viewers when he showed the bloody politics of Rayalaseema region in Rakht Charitra. Sources reveal that Bejawada Rowdylu too will be blatant in showing the dark side of Vijayawada. The movie, even before taking shape, is drawing criticism from Vijayawada-based politicians, who allege RGV to be an irresponsible man who makes profits by showing violence on screen.Vamsi Mohan calls RGV mad fellow

Shah Rukh Khan More Pics

It seems SRK still holds a grudge against Farah Khan. Why else would he at the recent Mumbai Police Mela, try and divert the crowd's attention away from Tees Maar Khan's publicity campaign?

While Shah Rukh's patch ups with Vishal Bhardwaj, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sunil Gavaskar and Aishwarya Rai have been the talk of town for a while, it seems the actor is in no mood to mend his differences with ex-best friend Farah Khan.

It appears as though King Khan is still upset with Farah for choosing Akshay Kumar in Tees Maar Khan over him. On Sunday, at the Mumbai Police Mela in Andheri, Shah Rukh tried to sabotage Farah's Tees Maar Khan publicity campaign by diverting the crowd's attention.

Apparently, SRK, who was backstage at the time when Farah, Akshay and Katrina began the Tees Maar Khan act on stage, suddenly walked out into the audience, accompanied by his entourage of 8-10 bodyguards.

An eyewitness told Mumbai Mirror, "SRK and his bodyguards started walking towards the audience. Sab logon ka dhyaan SRK par chala gaya. And though they glanced at Farah, Akshay and Katrina, their attention was divided."

You wonder if Farah or Akshay noticed this. Says the eyewitness, "What could they do? Farah and Akshay just shrugged their shoulders and smiled."

All three Farah, Akshay and Katrina completed their act but Shah Rukh had definitely managed to steal the limelight away from them to a great extent.

Added the eyewitness, "Surely, SRK knew what he was doing. If a person of his stature walks into the audience, whose head wouldn't turn?"

Grapevine has it that SRK too is waiting with bated breath for Tees Maar Khan to release in theatres, to see if his absence in the film has any effect on its collections. But that's something only time will tell.

mallika:malaika hot to me

Her gift of the gab only serves to heighten the charm of"mallika sherawat"Quotable quotes, fast and furious, emanate from Sherawat who clearly makes the day (noon, eve and night too) for pen pushers angling for a celeb with spunk.

Sample this one, for starters: "I'd like to seduce the whole country," states Mallika, speaking of 'Seduction 2011,' her enigmatic performance in the show slated for Dec 31, 2010 at a swanky five star hotel in Mumbai.

"I'm a salt of the Indian earth and my heart beats for my country, no matter where I stay," says Sherawat. "I'm like the tree whose branches and leaves are spread all over, but the roots are in India."

Peeved over allegations that a large section of telly viewers found her dances to be rather indecent Mallika sweetly socks it back stating, "Well, if you find it so vulgar, switch off your TV. Nobody has put a gun to your head and forced you to watch my performance."

When queried about whether she'd like to groove to 'Munni badnaam' or 'Sheila ki jawaani', Mallika states, "I'd go with whatever my fans want me to dance to. Their wish is my command."

A similar sounding name to Malaika, both famed for their seductive bit and sharp gyrations in chartbusters, Mallika, canny star that she is, squashes all comparisons between her and Arbaaz's spouse stating, "For me, Malaika is the hottest Khan."

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From a nurse to a sex worker, it could be the most radical character overhaul in modern Hindi cinema.

From a nurse to a sex worker, it could be the most radical character overhaul in modern Hindi cinema.

Karan Johar’s remake of the 1990 film Agneepath starring Hrithik, is surely going to be a hell lot different from the Mukul Anand film that fetched Amitabh bachchan a National Award. We hear that to make the film appealing to the present-day movie aficionado, Karan has decided to dump the character of the nurse played by Madhavi in the original and replace it with a dark complexioned sex worker.

Whoa! That’s some character transformation.

But here’s the clincher. Karan has reportedly zeroed down onPriyanka chopra to play the role. We hear that PC will play a prostitute named Kaali in the remake.

Just a few weeks back, Karan had said that he can’t envision PC playing a nurse. Now we know what he had on his mind.

Mallika Sherawat is getting ready for theDhoom.

Mallika Sherawat is getting ready for the second season of the television show, Chak Dhoom Dhoom. She
tweeted, ':) welcomed by an awesome crowd in Baroda for Chak Dhoom Dhoom! Love u guys!'

She also posted the first look and a picture of her team.

The show hits the small screen in January.

This Chennai beauty signed yet another film with Gautam Menon now.

Samantha Prabhu who rose to stardom overnight after Gautam Menon's 'Ye Maya Chesave' has hit the jackpot yet again. This Chennai beauty signed yet another film with Gautam Menon now.

Being produced on 'Manadesham' movies banner, this bi-lingual will have Sameera Reddy and Karthi playing the lead roles with Samantha. Sameera Reddy too has been a favourite heroine for Gautam Menon. She played the lead with Suriya in ' Surya S/o Krishnan' directed by Gautam.

"This yet to be titled film is currently in its pre-production stage. It will be a bi-lingual which will be made in Telugu and Taml. The further details will be announced soon" said Ashok Vallabhaneni, producer of the movie.

Katrina Kaif was scared to dance in 'Sheila Ki Jawani'

Everyone in the industry who has worked with Farah Khan knows that the lady is a tough taskmaster. Naturally, the pressure was high on Katrina Kaif while shooting Sheila Ki Jawani for Tees Maar Khan. The actress was dead scared.
Kat is not that good a dancer (judging from her earlier dancing numbers), and she had never done a proper smoldering item song till now. So, before doing Sheila Ki Jawani she was frightened that Farah might scold or shout at her for not getting the steps right. In fact, the film’s lead actor Akshay Kumar too has admitted that Farah is ‘bossy’ and many men are scared of her.

Though the choreographer-director was confident about Kat, the actress wasn’t sure whether she will be able to pull off this sizzling number. The song, full on jhatka-matka, required Kat to move her body like Shakira and act like Madhuri Dixit.

As Kat is quoted as saying about dancing to Sheila Ki Jawani, “I was getting cold feet and my hands were shaking.”

Who will believe this; Kat is incredible in the song, isn’t she!

Rani Mukherjee and Aditya Chopra are all set to tie the knot early next year. Or are they? According to reports circulating in the media, an engagement is soon on the cards for this actress – director jodi who apparently came close while working on various films together. Rani Mukherjee – Aditya Chopra relationship had created quite a furore in the recent past when the news first surfaced in the media. Apparently, Aditya’s relationship with Rani was the cause of his breakup with Payel Khanna, his wife for eight years.

Though the news has not been confirmed by the families of Rani Mukherjee or Aditya Chopra, media has been speculating on the impending wedding

ever since Payel Khanna filed divorce papers last year. It had also been reported then that Yash Chopra, father of Aditya Chopra and the head of the Yash Raj Films, did not support his son when he started his illicit relationship with Rani.

If all goes according to plans, the couple will get engaged formally early next year and will also tie the knot very soon after the engagement. Though Rani Mukherjee and Aditya Chopra

have been in a relationship for quite a long time now, they have been very low key about their affair.

a very happy birthday on behalf of our visitors and Venkatesh fan

Victory Venkatesh, who is one among the rulers of Tollywood for the last two decades, turns 50. Eventually, this is also his twenty fifth year as an actor. Venkatesh is all set to woo his fans with Nagavalli that is slated for release on this Friday.

Venkatesh acted in 64 films to date and that includes few Bollywood films too. He has the most enviable success rate among his contemporaries. He is one of the very few minimum guarantee heroes in our industry. Venkatesh has the family hero tag which he cherishes the most. He has a very strong fan base in female audience and no wonder that he has most number of family hits under his belt.

Till now Venkatesh has bagged five Nandi awards as the best actor and it is a record still to be beaten. We at SuperGoodMovies wish Venkatesh a very happy birthday on behalf of our visitors and Venkatesh fan

Sonakshi is not game for lovemaking scenes

We have reported earlier that actress Sonakshi Sinha has been signed for Race 2 produced by Ramesh Taurani and directed by Abbas-Mustan. A section of the media reported that she would shed her innocent look in Dabangg and get steamy in Race 2. But the latest we hear is that she is against lovemaking and steamy scenes.

It is reported that Race 2 starring Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor, John Abraham
and Deepika Padukone would be lot hotter than the original version but Sonakshi has drawn a line for herself. It is said that she has made it clear to the makers of Race 2 that she would not do lovemaking and steamy scenes whatsoever.

Well, it will be interesting to see how Sonakshi fairs in the midst of hot guys!

Mallika Sherawat is hot and sexy

Mallika Sherawat is hot and sexy, and she is also candid. Therefore, the Bollywood bombshell does not shy away from speaking her mind out. She wrote on her Twitter page that 'Salman Khan is a pussycat', Shahrukh Khan is 'king of charisma' and Hrithik Roshan is 'Talent plus beauty! Lethal'.

When she was asked by her followers on her micro blogging site as to who her favourite Khan from the film industry was, Mallika Sherawat did not waste a minute before replying. And why should she waste time, as she has only three options to choose from, Aamir, Shahrukh or Salman. However, none of the Bollywood biggies have been able to win the heart of Mallika darling. So is it Saif Ali Khan or the rising star Imran Khan?

You may keep guessing but never will you be able to arrive at the correct name! Well, Mallika Sherawat’s favourite Khan from Bollywood is Malaika Arora Khan! Now, who would have expected this answer? We are well aware of how the ladies in Bollywood always remain at daggers drawn towards each other, and we are also aware that both Mallika and Malaika vie for the number one item girl tag of the Hindi film industry. But that definitely is not reason enough for Mallika Sherawat to stop praising Malaika Arora Khan
.

Nayan replaces Trisha in Venkatesh’s Savitri

Looks like Nayanthara, who thought of taking a break from films and marry Prabhudeva, has changed her decision. Nayanatara has been on a signing spree again. Recently she bagged Sita’s role in Balakrishna, Bapu film ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’. The latest film in her kitty is ‘Savitri’ starring Venkatesh in the lead role.

Teja is the director of Savithri that is expected to start rolling from the month of January. Nayanthara has been facing legal troubles from Prabhu Deva’s wife Ramlath and hence, she has postponed her plans to marry him in a hurry. That is the reason why she is signing films again. Nayan is only taking up matured roles that don’t need any skin show.

Trisha recently said that she liked Anushka'

Actress Trisha Krishnan, who has been in the film industry for over a decade, is jealous of Anushka Shetty. The reason is that the latter has done a role, which the former has not got the chance to portray till date. Trisha recently said that she liked Anushka's prostitute role in the film Vedam.

Trisha, who saw the movie recently, showered praises on Anushka by saying that the actress has done complete justice to the character. Her body language, acting and her looks were wonderful, says the actress. She also added that she was quite jealous and felt bad for not acting in such roles.

Trisha said that she has done many films in her career, which had less scope for acting. She would love to play prostitute character if anyone comes up with a good script.

Priyanka is very particular about her image

Many celebrities
would jump in and say yes when it comes to earning quick money – be it an item number or performing at an event, but Priyanka Chopra is not game for it. The news is doing the rounds that she rejected a plump offer to performance on New Year’s eve.

It is said that Priyanka has been offered a whopping amount of Rs.3 crore to performance at a 5-star hotel on New Year’s eve. She would demand only a little more than a crore for a role in a film but she has been offered the double amount for a performance which would require just a few hours of her time. But the actress politely turned down the offer, saying that she is not comfortable dancing in front of a live audience.

Well, it looks like Priyanka is very particular about her image and even money couldn’t tempt her into something that she is not comfortable with

Yana’s pantyless pics in the papers

Rizwan Ahmed, a social activist from Lucknow, has filed a legal case against Yana, the photographer who clicked her, and the organizer of the event under the sections 292, 293 and 294 of Indian Penal Code.

According to Ahmed, he was shocked to see Yana’s pantyless pics in the papers and was most offended when she laughed off the faux pas and boasted about being the ‘no-panty girl’.

Ahmed feels it was a publicity stunt done by Yana in connivance with the photographer and the organizer of the event.

The court has summoned the three for a hearing on Monday, December 6.

Allu Arjun Kissing Ram Charan!

SRK’s lip lock with another male is currently hot on the internet and it is doing the rounds of social blogging sites too.


Now we have a snapshot of Stylish star Allu Arjun kissing Mega Power star Ram Charan. Presently these two are enjoying their holiday trip at a private Island in Andaman, where you can’t see anyone in that Island.

Recently Allu Arjun was engaged with his girlfriend Sneha Reddy!

famous place for body massages is now ready to serve Tollywood stars:engagement boy bunny ram now there

Allu Arjun is in Thailand now. He is hosting a party for his close friends at Patayya. Ram Charan is also along with him. Totally the guys are eight in number. The party involves obvious Bachelor fantasies. So the guys are in Thai now to booze and ooze. Patayya, the most famous place for body massages is now ready to serve Tollywood star and his friends on the occasion of completion of his engagement.

Prabhas, Kajal and Tapsee are playing lead roles in ‘Mr Perfect’

It is well aware that Prabhas, Kajal and Tapsee are playing lead roles in a film being directed by Dasarath and produced by Dil Raju on the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations. Presently the shooting of the film is in progress at Pollachi.

Producer Dil Raju announced the title of the film as ‘Mr Perfect’ at a press briefing and there is no controversy about the title. It is learnt that the film is a triangular love story.

Prabhas had a notable hit like ‘Chatrapati’ in his career. However, his career faced several ups and downs and recently, he changed his mindset and tried for a makeover and he excelled in the character of a lover boy for ‘Darling’ and it was a success.

Sumanth Aswin, son of mega producer MS Raju, is making his debut

Sumanth Aswin, son of mega producer MS Raju, is making his debut as ‘Nuvve Naa Hero’ under the direction of Teja.

The formal launch of the film was held some time ago at MS Raju’s residence with Raju’s daughter Rishita switching on the camera for the muhurat shot, after Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao sounding the clap under the honorary direction of D Sureshbabu. The film is being produced by MS Raju on the banner of Sumanth Art Productions banner.

The regular shooting of the film is slated to begin on December 8. It is learnt that the film would have two heroines and one among them would be an FTV model. It is a full-length love story. The film would have music by Kalyani Malik.

Kollywood and Tollywood is being organized by actor Abbas in Dubai on December 2.

A Twenty: 20 cricket match between Kollywood and Tollywood is being organized by actor Abbas in Dubai on December 2.

It will feature all young stars from both these industries.

Abbas said: "Five years back I had hosted a film star cricket match in Dubai, which was a huge hit. Now we hope to make it even more entertaining as the most of the young stars in both the sides have played club cricket. There is a huge population of south Indians in Dubai, who are sure going to turn up for the match".

He is going to be the captain of Kollywood cricket team consisting of the young guns like- Madhavan, Arya, Bharath, Jayam Ravi, , Jiiva, Shanthanoo, Jai, Adharva, Vikrant and Nanda. The Tollywood team will be captained by Tarun and will have stars like Ravi Teja, Srikanth, Ayappa, Allari Naresh, Tarun and quite a few others.

‘Manmadha Baanam’. The movie of Kamal hasan

‘Manmadhan Ambu’ is the Tamil movie starring universal hero Kamal Haasan and fantastic Trisha Krishnan. The movie is still undershooting. It is almost in the final stages of completion. Now the latest news about the flick is that the movie is getting dubbed in Telugu and tentatively titled as ‘Manmadha Baanam’. The movie is touted as an entertaining comedy love story of a couple. K.S.Ravi Kumar is directing it. However there are no official announcements made on this. But the details will be out soon said the sources.

Lawrence had impressed Naga Chaitanya

Naga Chaitanya is presently busy with a film under Sukumar’s direction which is being produced by Allu Aravind on the banner of Gita Arts. Tamanna is pairing up with Naga Chaitanya and the film is most likely to be released in February.

The latest buzz from the Film Nagar is that he gave his nod to a film under the direction of popular choreographer Lawerence. The storyline narrated by Lawrence had impressed Naga Chaitanya and he immediately gave his nod to do the film and asked the director to develop and prepare a full-fledged and complete script before going to the sets. Taking his word, Lawrence became busy in finalizing the script in total.

However, details of the other artistes and technicians is not immediately available as the selection is still I progress. Watch this space for more details.

Vamsi Paidipalli has bagged another big chance.

Vamsi Paidipalli has bagged another big chance. His first film, Munna, was not a big success, yet he convinced NTR. His Brindavanam put NTR altogether in a new dimension and the star is so happy with the result.

Looks like Ram Charan too was impressed with his work in Brindavanam and he reportedly agreed to a one line story narration. Buzz is that he might direct Ram Charan for producer Dil Raju. Vamsi has directed his last two films for Dil Raju and if this goes to the sets it will be his third movie with Dil Raju. Currently, Vamsi is finalising the script.

On the other hand, Ram Charan has his hands full. He has already been working for Tamil director Dharani's mass masala movie, Merupu. And then he will also be producing his father Megastar Chiranjeevi`s 150th film. Apart from these, he is also committed to do Krishnavamsi`s movie for producer Ghanta Srinivas Rao, a Prajarajyam Party member.

Ileana stepping into "bollywooD"

Ileana D Cruz the Porcelain beauty who created a stardom in Tollywood is now following in the footsteps of Asin Thottumkal , Genelia D souza and Trisha Krishnan. Yes, she is going to test her luck in Bollywood. As per latest reports she has signed a film in Hindi with Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor. The film has been titled as “Barfi”. Anurag Basu is directing this full-fledged comedy entertainer. It is said that Ranbir character has been inspired from Charlie Chaplin and Rowan Attinkson. The film will star two heroines in which Ileana is going to play the second heroine while Priyanka Chopra and Asin are competing for the lead role.

After the super success of Kick , Ileana has flooded with offers in Tollywood. She is currently doing two films “Nenu Na Rakshashi” with Rana Daggubati and “Shakthi” with Junior NTR. Also in her kitty, Bollywood Blockbuster Three Idiots Remake which is a bilingual.

Charan recently made a statement that Mega Star Chiranjeev

It is well known that Mega Star Chiranjeevi is making his re-entry into Tollywood . Power Star Ram Charan is expected to produce the 150th film of Chiranjeevi under his own banner. Ram Charan recently made a statement about this film that nothing had been conformed yet. He said that they have not finalized anything not even the story. We are not sure whether it would be a commercial, socio- fantasy or a social awareness film. We are considering the life story of Uyyavula Narasimha Reddy but not conformed it. He also made it clear that none of the director has been conformed for the film.

Personally, Ram Charan wants to see Chiru in Tagore type of film. Apart from politics, Chiru is spending one and half hour time to listen to the scripts daily.

So, the anxiety still continues. The film is expected to go on sets in February, 2011. For the viewers to remember, Chiru has stated about this film in the past that it is going to have social message with all the commercial ingredients. Lets hope the final outcome will be the same.

Sanjay Dutt & Hrithik to share screen again

They were earlier critically acclaimed for their performances in ‘Mission Kashmir’. And now they will soon share the screen space for a remake project – the original movie which was hailed one of the best landmarks in Hindi cinema.

We are talking about Amitabh Bachchan’s hit movie ‘Agneepath’ which is gonna be remade by debutant director Karan Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar. While the buzz was making in rounds for some time that Hrithik Roshan will play the lead in this one, latest our birdies revealed that Sanjay Dutt has been signed on for the villain’s role, Kancha Cheena – the popular negative character of the film played by Danny Denzongpa.

Well, interestingly Sanjay supposedly be donning a bald look here. But it’s said that the actor is yet to confirm things concerning his hairdo, as he has several projects on hands for which he cannot afford to play on his looks. So the hairdo aspect will be decided later.

As a matter of fact, birdies heard that this negative role was initially meant for Rishi Kapoor.

Hmmm, looks like this movie will go on to be a milestone in Dutt’s career… What say?

Raajakeeyam," Varma posted on his Twitter page.

"Company was about underworld politics and Sarkar
was about family politics. But I never ever made a film on political politics. But now seeing the incredible drama unfolding, I have developed this tremendous desire to do a film called Raajakeeyam," Varma posted on his Twitter page.

"'Raajakeeyam' will deal with behind the scenes of political mechanisms and political psychologies. Hearing about what's going on behind the going ons...it dawned upon me that more than politics in underworld, there is more underworld in politics," he added.

RGVVarma has earlier made Rann, which was his attempt to unravel the politics in the media world. Filmmaker Prakash Jha also brought politics as a theme in his movie Raajneeti, which recieved rave reviews.

Ravi Teja's new flick Veera,

he regular shooting of Ravi Teja's new flick Veera, directed by Ramesh Varma of Ride fame and produced by Ganesh Indukuri under the banner of Sanvi Productions, has commenced at an art gallery in Madhapur, Hyderabad. Kajal Aggarwal and Tapasee are the heroines. Ravi Teja will play a different role that he has never played so far. We are planning to make the film lavishly with high production values. The movie, with all the ingredients of a commercial movie, will be shot in one schedule till March 2011. We are planning to release it in April, the producer said. Music is by S. Thaman, cinematography by Chota K. Naidu, story by Parachuri Brothers, dialogues by Abburi Ravi, editing by Gauthamraju, fights by Ram Lakshman and art by Narayana Reddy

Rumours related to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Rumours related to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have again started making the rounds. The rumours, this time, are related to her pregnancy not in India but in Dubai.

But rumours have become such a routine affair for Ash that she does not even clarify them. We presume that she chooses to laugh it off.

Ash had some interviews scheduled in Dubai, but they were cancelled at the last moment leading to speculation among the small community of Indian journalists in the Middle East.

" Unless it is a case of dodgy Indian curries that is slowly but surely emanating, the rumour mills are grinding to grist the possibility of a classic Ash diva tantrum because she is pregnant," quoted the local newspaper in Dubai.

Sources had informed the newspaper that Ash was not well and hence had cancelled the said interviews. This is not the first time that the buzz about her pregnancy hasreached us.

Had we believed in all these gossips Ash and Abhishek should have had a few babies by now. We guess we should leave the couple alone and give them the benefit of doubt and the honour to make the announcement themselves.

After all, their marriage was the biggest ever in Bollywood and when the Bachchans will confirm any such news it would surely be the biggest one, too.

‘Aha Naa Pellanta’ Bangkok schedule

Allari Naresh and Ritu Barmecha are playing the lead in ‘Aha Naa Pellanta’ directed by Veerabhadram Choudary and produced by Sunkara Ramabrahmam on the banner of AK Entertainments.

The unit is leaving for Bangkok to choreograph two songs, one on the lead pair and another on Allari Naresh and Brahmanandam, under the dance direction of Raju Sundaram.

The shooting of the film would almost come to an end but for the canning of two more songs.

Executive producer Garikapati Kishore says, ‘We can proudly say that ‘Aha Naa Pellanta’ would be another good film in Allari Naresh’s career. The film had all kinds of elements that could attract all classes and ages of audiences. We are making efforts to release the film in December.’

‘Ayyare’ completed 80percent shuuting

Sivaji and Rajendra Prasad are again teaming up for ‘Ayyare’ produced by Dr B Sudhakarbabu and Rangana Achappa on the banner of Preetham Productions introducing Sagar Chandra as director.

The combination of Sivaji and Rajendra Prasad was proved a hit with films like ‘Sarada Saradaga, Sriramachandrulu, Brahmalokam to Yamalokam via Bhulokam’.

The producers say, ‘Our film is an out and out entertainer. The story and its movement would be very novel and attractive. Dr Rajendra Prasad’s performance as Swamiji would win the hearts of audiences. The entire Ashram episode would be very entertaining. So far we have completed 80 per cent shooting.’

Director Sagar Chandra says, ‘Dr Rajendra Prasad and Saikumar’s characters would compete with each other. The scenes between Sivaji and Anisha Singh would be quite lovable. The shooting of the film is going without any break in Hyderabad. Sunil Kashyap gave a melodious tunes to all the songs. So far we have completed choreography of three songs. We are planning to wrap up by the first half of December.’

Dr. Siva Prasad, MS Narayana, Ali, Harshavardhan and others are in the cast. Dialogues are by Nivas, lyrics are by Chandrabose and Anantha Sriram, cinematography is by Bhaskar Samala, art is by Parthasarathi Varma and editing by Praveen P. Kumar.

Ram Gopal Varma is the director who always thinks in a different manner.

Ram Gopal Varma is the director who always thinks in a different manner. This time he got an innovative idea to release audio of ‘Katha Screenplay Darsakatvam Appalraju’ in a novel way.

Instead of releasing all the audio songs in one CD on a single day, he planned to launch one song each every week. The audio CD would contain not only the audio song, but the clippings of video of the song, besides a promo of the film.

The song of ‘Mayabazaaru’ is humorous and lighthearted. The first song is slated for release on November 29 at Taj Banjara in Hyderabad.

The are six songs in the film and the last song would contain all the soundtracks of the film and it would be released just 10 days before the release of the film.

The film is being produced by Kirankumar Koneru on the banner of Shreya productions with Sunil playing the title role.

Colors Swathi and Sakshi Gulati are the heroines while Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Tanikella Bharani, Ali, Venu Madhav, MS Narayana, Raghubabu, Krishnudu and others are in the cast.

Mahesh Babu-Samantha starrer Dookud

After completing its first schedule in Turkey, the unit of Mahesh Babu-Samantha starrer Dookudu has commenced the second schedule on Saturday in Hyderabad.

An action-based romantic entertainer starring Mahesh Babu as a cop, the film is directed by successful Srinu Vytla and produced by Achanta Ram, Achanta Gopinath and Anil Sunkara under the banner of 14 Reels Entertainment. Mahesh Babu and Srinu Vytla are teaming up for the first time with Dookudu.

Thaman is scoring the music. Others in the cast are Prakashraj, Brahmanandam, Shayaji Shinde and Vennela Kishore. Story and dialogue are by Gopi Mohan and Kona Venkat respectively.

Young Rebel Star Prabhas’ forthcoming Mr. Perfect

Young Rebel Star Prabhas’ forthcoming Mr. Perfect, directed by Dasarath, has completed its Ooty schedule. The unit is back to Hyderabad and planning to commence the next schedule in Hyderabad. The film is produced by Dil Raju under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations. Kajal Agarwal and Tapasee are the heroines. Prakashraj and K. Viswanth handle key roles. The film is slated for release on January 14 (Pongal).

HIV/AIDS, starring Nagarjuna, Anushka

A short 2D animation film to create awareness on HIV/AIDS, starring Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty, Shabana Azmi, Navdeep, Colours Swathi and Shruthi Hasan would hit screens soon.

Nagarjuna and Anushka released the CDs of the short film in Telugu and English versions with the title ‘Prevention is better than cure’ at LV Prasad Eye Institute here on Friday. The programme was jointly organised by Nimmagadda Foundation and Teach AIDS.

Speaking on the occasion, Nagarjuna said that he gave his own voice for this 2D film. He called upon all NGOs to come out and help people suffering from the disease.

HIV/AIDS education through films has proven to be more effective than other approaches, with people, especially students learning and retaining information about HIV prevention without directly discussing sexually explicit or otherwise taboo topics.

Actress Anushka said that there was a need to discuss and educate students in classrooms to create awareness among them about the number of people who die due to the dreadful diseases in the country.

Nimmagadda Foundation and Teach AIDS, a non profit organisation founded at Stanford University, USA, by Dr. Piya Sorcar have joined hands to bring in awareness about HIV /AIDS among youth and high school children in India through an animation based innovative communication model.

“We are initially releasing the 2D animated short films in association with Nimmagadda Foundation in Telugu and English. We are also planning to release more CDs in Kannada, Tamil, Marathi and Indian languages to communicate with the people,’’ said Piya Sorcar, founder of Teach AIDS.

Trisha Krishnan is very happy with the

South Indian actress Trisha Krishnan is very happy with the way her acting career is shaping up down south. Though her debut film in Bollywood did not fare well at the box-office, it has certainly not affected her demand in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. Her upcoming Tamil film is opposite her screen idol Kamal Hassan. She is not only excited about her role that she has portrayed in Manmadhan Ambu (MA) but also about her stage performance with co-star Kamal Hassan during the audio launch of the film. Referring Kamal Hassan as her guru, Trisha says that it was due to the sincere tutoring efforts of Kamal that she was able to sing and recite so well during the audio launch program of Manmadhan Ambu in Singapore. MA is a romantic comedy where she plays the role of an upcoming actress. Also in the pipeline for the actress are films like Mangaatha in Tamil, Kushigaa and Savithri in Telugu. Now that Trisha has established quite a name for herself down south, she is choosing her films and advertising campaigns with care. Having begun her career as a model, the actress still endorses several brands such as Fanta, Scooty Pep and Vivel Di Wills

Madhuri Dixit has been missing from the big screen for some time now

Bollywood's original dancing diva Madhuri Dixit has been missing from the big screen for some time now but the actress is staging a comeback to the world of showbiz as a celebrity judge on television. Last seen in Aaja Nachle which was a box office dud, the 43-year-old actress will be seen assessing other celebs on the fourth season of dance reality show Jhalak Dikhla Jaa,which is the Indian adaptation of US show Dancing With The Stars. "Since dance is my passion and this show is associated with that, I thought of taking it up. It took me some time to say yes. After I went to Los Angeles and saw how Dancing With The Stars was being shot, I was finally convinced about accepting this offer," said Madhuri at the launch of the Sony show in the capital last night. The Dhak Dhak girl will have choreographer Remo D'Souza for company on the judges' panel and although the third judges' name has not been revealed, rumours are rife that star choreographer Saroj Khan might come on board. "I don't know yet, thats up to Sony. But it'll be great for me if Sarojji becomes the third judge. I'll keep my fingers crossed," said Madhuri, who has danced to Khan's tunes in hit songs like Channe Ke Kheth and Ek Do Teen. As a judge, the actress says she will be looking at the grace, poise and the attitude of the contestants and leave the technical details to her co-judges. "The participants in the show are well-known in their own fields. They are people who are ambitious and will give in their best to win the challenge they have taken up. I will be looking at how they project themselves and bring in their personalities in their performance," said Madhuri. The mother of two, who moved to the US post marriage is in India for three months to shoot for the reality show and is also looking at scripts in the meantime. Jhalak Dikhla Jaa will go on air from December 13

Anushka is going to lock horns with herself

Arguably the Hottest heroine of current Telugu cinema, Anushka fans are going to be treated with back to back films of their dream girl. Anushka’s films Nagavalli and Ragada are all set to hit the screens on 16th and 17th of Dec respectively.

That means Anushka is going to lock horns with herself at the box office in December. Despite the buzz that either Ragada or Nagavalli release would postpone by a week, the makers of both the films are reluctant to change the release date at the moment.

Both these films are of different genres and Anushka plays completely contrast characters in Ragada and Nagavalli. In Nagavalli, Anushka is playing the role of Chandramukhi while she is doing a mass masala role in Ragada. As Anushka proved her mettle in either of the roles in the past, we can expect her to repeat the same feat again.

Orange Review and Orange Movie Rating

Orange Review and Orange Movie Rating: Ram Charan Orange movie review and rating are updated here. Ram Charan’s highly anticipated movie was released today.

Just few hours before the release of Orange movie, the Ram Charan Teja, who played a hero role in this movie, has revealed the top secret regarding his character. He says that his character is all about the youngster and his life at an age of 16 and 25.

As per the latest reports, the first is full of comedy, which is good, but the story lacked in the second half. However, the climax is interesting with fantastic action parts.

Ram Charan Teja has played a Ram role as a wild life photographer. Genelia has played a crazy girl role and Shahzan Padamsee is the supporting actress. Prakash raj is an Australian police and Brahmanandham played a Genelia uncle’s character as a Puppy. The Puppy character is the highlight in the movie. Sanjay Swarup and Manjula have played as sister and brother-in-law characters for Ram.

Bommarillu Bhaskar is the director, K. Naga Babu is the producer and music was composed by Harris Jai Raj.

Rating: 3.5/5

Allu Arjun engagement ceremony would be held at the bride's house

Allu Arjun aka Bunny is getting engaged to a Hyderabadi girl named Sneha Reddy today (November 26). It is said that the engagement ceremony would be held at the bride's house.

According to reports, the function will be attended by close relatives and friends of the couple. Allu has said that the ceremony would be a low-key affair as they did not find a suitable venue and engagement date was fixed in a hurry. Sources say that Allu Arjun and Sneha Reddy's wedding will be held in February 2010.

Sneha Reddy is the daughter of educationist and businessman Sankar Reddy. She has completed MS in Computer Science from a reputed US university.

Tollywood and Kollywood debut on the same day with Orange

Shazahn Padamsee, the new import from B town is making her Tollywood and Kollywood debut on the same day with Orange and Kanimozhi movies. However, Shazahn is right now down with malaria and couldn’t watch any of these films on the release day.

Shazahn plays a twenty minute role in Orange as Rooba. Super hit number ‘Rooba Rooba’ from Orange audio is shot on Padamasee girl. She is excited about her first Telugu film hitting screens tomorrow. However, poor Padamsee is bit depressed for missing the fun on first day.

“So sad I can't make it for the Orange and Kanimozhi screenings as I'm not allowed to fly cos I'm sick, feel terrible about it,” Shazahn posted on Twitter.

I was never out of Tollywood.:Genelia

The most happening Tollywood actress Genelia is waiting to see how her huge fan community reacts to Orange, her latest film with Ram Charan Tej, directed by Bhaskar.

Says Genelia: "I was never out of Tollywood. I was always in touch with everyone here. I love shooting Telugu movies. Everything started here and I still feel this is my home. I love Hyderabad. The people here make me feel warm."

The actress, who is famous for being the new `bubbly` girl of Bollywood, looked as fresh as a lily in the posters of Orange too.

"Well, Orange is a very interesting movie, so my role as always has great energy and is extremely nice. This movie is for everyone between the age group of 12-70 years and talks about today`s trends, how youngsters feel," she said.

Now that Orange is releasing, Gene`s kitty is full. She adds: "It`s My Life and Hook Ya Crook in Bollywood, Urumi, a Malayalam movie and Velayudham in Tamil- my bag is full".

Shraddha Das is not going to act in films,

Shraddha Das is not going to act in films, which portray her as the second lead anymore. The girl is presently on cloud nine as she is working with Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkar's Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji and has made it clear to producers down south that if they want to cast her in their films, then, they will have to cast her as the film’s lead heroine.

The actress says that since she has already worked as one of the lead stars in a Bollywood film, it does not make sense for her to go back to playing supporting actress roles in Telugu ventures. Though Shraddha debuted with Telugu film and has worked in a couple of Tollywood flicks, it was through her Hindi film Lahore that the actress gained countrywide acclamation.

Lahore was not a commercial hit. But it won the attention of the critics and also went on to win the National Award. It was from here that she was noticed by director Madhur Bhandarkar, says Shraddha Das.

The actress has not signed any Bollywood venture after Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji and she is waiting for a meaty role in B-town. However, she is playing one of the female leads in Venkatesh starrer Nagavalli.