Reel-istic Romance " Priyamani"

Priyamani has said it loud and clear that she had actor Raja.Are not an item but the rumour just refuses to die down .The duo worked together in director Priyadarshan's toss and a few public appearences togethe got the grapevine interssted again and they were declared a couple.Yes it would make the perfect script for a filmi romance,but priyamani has denied these reports as just that fiction plain gossip,is how she puts it,and says again that raja is just a friend .Raja also chose to laugh the matter away,quite expectedly,if one might add.Well there seems no way to tell then about these two,but there definetly seems to be a pattern to all promantic link-ups in tollywood .here's hoping for good interesting read's sake that things will get more candid in the future.

Sindu Woes

Actress Sindhu Menon has had a rather strange run in tinsuel town .Inspite of putting up a good show in director Krishnavamsi's "Chandamama" .The actress has not found many takers .Kajal Agarwal ,who co-starred with Sindhu in Chandamama,however ,seems to have walked away with all the Laurels.Sindhu will be hoping for a reversal of fortunes this time round with her next film "Rainbow",which is nearing completion.Rahul is playing the lead in the film being directed by VN. Aditya .

Tamanna Going Places

Tamanna it seems is the floavour of Tollywood this season. The goregeous actress has been flooded with a bevy of offers after the successs of Happy Days.She's now been signed up to play the lead opposite Siddarth in a Tamil film Nallamalpu Srinivas is producing the film .Pundits have it that actresss stocks have soared in tamil too after her last film,kalloori,proved a smashing hit sources also say that two top up-notch production houses in tollywood have already signed up tamanna.Looka like everything's falling in to place now for the actress who shifted base to tamil cinema after the utter failure of her first two films, Sree and Jadoo. way to go girl.

Rambha's Lying Low

Life seems to have turned a full circle for Rambha as her come back venture "Donga Sachinollu " sank without trace at the Bo.The actress we were told was pinning her hopes on the film but due to some misgiving over the Payment she refused to take part in any pre release promotions of the film.Now that the film's bombed the actress ,it seems ,has no takers in the industry.It does look like a Tough road ahead for thge pretty actress we will have to wait and see if she manages to ride this rough patch.

Chasing Success TARUN

In the last few months there was a lot of speculation over Director Krishnavamsi's next venture ,looks like krishnavamsi is all set to direct Tarun in his next ,Sunkara Madhumuurali is producing the film ,tentatively set to start on 25 may .The rest of the cast and crew is yet to be anounced ,well Tarun has not had a great time of late as both his recent venturs. Nava Vasantham and recently released .Bhale dongalu,did average business .he will be hoping Krishnavamsi will help him with that elusive hit.

Of Myths And Realities. SNEHA

Sneha has had a rather strange run in Tollywood so far.Though she has earned the reputation of being an actress of substance ,her movies,however ,have not live up to her reputation ,as she still awaits that big break in Tollywood.She did play the lead opposite Nagarjuna in the Mythological Sree Ramadasu,which went on to be huge hit ,but since then the seems to have been typesacst playing family oriented roles in films like Madhumaasam and the recently released Nee Sukhame Nenu Korukuntanu,she is also playingthe lead opposite Balakrishna in another Mythological film Pandurangadu.besides she is also acting in Adivishnu ,with Dasari Arun,playing the lead she will be praying for least one of these films to click at the BO.

Baladitya Is All Hopes

The new kid on Tolly-block, Baladitya, is looking forward to the release of "1940 lo Oka Gramam" , which is almost complete. Narasimha Nandi is the director of the film while G. Subhash is porduing it all that the Director chooses to reveal about it now is that it deals with social issues. The director was apparently inspired by most of chalam's litereature .He is also confident that Baladitya and Muku Raju's character will be thought provoking .Sri can be seen as the female lead opposite Baladitya .the film will hit the marquee this month end.

Charged Up To Nayanatara

After Ileana its Nayanatara's turn to ask for high remunerration .Sources tell us that she had asked for rs 1 crore to act in a Tamil film post the success of" Billa " .Earlier it was Ileana who charged rs 1 crore as fee to act in " bhale dongalu" . Howver the film bombed at the box office .The Tamil film is to be directed by Prabhudeva and will be launched in June.Currently this Kerala Beauty is busy with Bilingual film with Vishal,Titled " Salute ".Wel l looks like Nayanatara will beat Ileana inthis race soon ,if her films do well at the box office .

Venky's On Work Oliday

Come summer and most actors take a break from their hectic shedules to travel to cooler pastures .After Mahesh it's a Venkatesh now.The actor who is an avid cricket fan ,is missing from the ongoin IPL games .Sources tell us that he is off to Usa with his family for a month .But it's not all pleasure trip.While being there apart from having fun with his family,He will be busy with the shooting of his home production film Titled " Chintakayala Ravi " . Now that's what is called mixing business with pleasure.

Fan Fare Suhani

Suhani,who made her debut with "Sawaal" , is overwhelmed by the responses she got.Infact she is bombarded bysmses,Emails and Telephone calls.When i acted in the film,i didn't think of getting such a huge response .I am simply Ecstatic.I get so many Mails and Telephone calls that many a time,i don't have the time to answer all of them .I hope my fans forgive me for that , " she says. Well what are her future plans? " i am reading scripts and if some thing worthwhile comes my way ,i will take it she adds.

Naresh Turns Serious

Allari Naresh who was stamped as comedian hero got accolades for portraying a serious character in the recently released Gamyam. Now the actor has bagged yet another serious role .He will be donning a cop's cap in an united film that is being directed by Jeevitha. Although recently the actor has made it clear that comedy roles will always be his first passion,the success of Gamyam made him turn around.

Kamalinee Is Going Places

Actress Kamalinee Mukherjee is one actress who's very picky about her role .That is why almost all the characters she has portrayed so far including her role in Gamyam ,have own her accolades .Now ,she's all set to play the lead opposite Malayalam Superstar Mammootty.The film is being directed by Shaji Kailas.it will be a great opportunity for her to act opposite the Malayalam Superstar .She is already popular in Telugu and Tamil ,and if this film chicks ,she will win the hearts of mallus too! good going Kamalineee

Meera's The Perfect Choice

Meera Jasmine seems to be busy with Tollywood films . She had a couple of film in her kitty including "Okkati Nalugu" ,which is being directed by debutant Prabhakar .The film is about a young woman who achives her ambition after a great struggle " since it's a woman oriented film ,we were scouting for a ctress who can do justice to the role . And Meera fits the bill perfectly" ,says the director. Well Meera always known as a Actress of Substance.

In Dialogue

Veteran Actor Mohan Babu is popular for delivering powerful dialogues.Because of his dialogue delivery ,some films became huge successes including "yamadonga ",In which he played the role of yamadharma raju.According to sources ,he is playing another mythological charcter in K- Raghavendra Rao's Pandurangadu,in which Balakrishna is playing a dual role.Apart from this mohan babu is also playing a key role in" Bujjigadu-made in chennai ".It seems the dialogue king is now back to busines and once again is all set to enthrall the audience with his dialogues.

Poonam Shif'ts Base Telugu To Tamil Films

This is not surprising to see unsuccessful actress shifting their base from one film industry to another among their recent ones to join this league of actresses is Poonam Bajwa.This pune based girl who made her debut with Modati Cinema ,found little succcess with Boss and Veduka .now the actress is testing the waters in the Tamil film industry .She is playing the lead in the Jeeva starrer "Tenaavattu".The film is being directed by VV Kadi.

Ali's Comic Act In "Somberi"

Comedians are making it big in Tollywood in most of the recent releases,comedian played lead roles .Well,looks like this is the new wave inthe industry .Now comedian ali is enacting title role in "Somberi " that is being directed by Jonnavithula.The film will be ready for release in May .Ali plays the role of a lazy bone who doesn'tlike working .Producer of the film ,Y. Venkata rao says ,"apart from comedy,the film also has a message for the audiance to take home."

Krish To Direct Venky

With his directional debut Gamyam making it big ,director Radakrishna aka krish got an offer from ace producer Ashwinidutt to direct a film sources tell us that the producer is paying dream amount as remuneration to the director.The film is tentatively titled "Jaya Krishna Mukunda Murari" and will have Venkatesh in the lead .Buzz was that krish had three scripts and one of them suited Venkatesh.who expressed his wish to work with the younger director ever since the former watched Gamyam,well Krish is the next director to watch out for

Nitin's On The Go New Film

Wonder what's keeping Nitin busy these days well ,a bride tells us that the handsome actor is busy making hay while the sun shines.To be more precise ,He is on film signing spree .A few of his films were relaeased recently and a couple more are awaiting for release this year and even then ,he has signed yet another film with GV,who was portrayed as a villain in many films ,as the Director .the shooting of the film will start from May 21.Nagababu will be playing an important character.

Mamata Mohandas New Sensetion

Mamata Mohandas ,who has bcome a senssation in tollywood as a singer and acterss ,is now taling the Kannad film industry by storm ,her debut film in kannada titled "Gooli" raked up a collection up of more than rs 3 crores in the first week if its relase in Banglore .Producer Vijaya Kumar is all set to remake the film in Telugu. Intersetingly the talented actress has been roped in to play guesT rols in Rajanikanth's film "Kucheludu".Must say talent and beauty is powerful combination.

Parvathi Melton's Gifted

Rours were Abuzz that Pawan Kalyan had gifted Parvathi Melton an expresive Diamond neckpiece.as he was impressed by her performance in "Jalsa" in fact,she has completely overshadowed the other female leads in the film .Ileana and Kamalinee mukherji.However Msources tell us that it is not pawan but Trivikram Srinivas ,the film's director who made this gesture .as the sayings goes Diamonds are a girl's best friend ,we r sure it hardly matters to Parvathi Melton who's gifted it

Akshara's Back "Anandam Rekha "

Akshara is hoping to have her career on the go after her fourth coming film "Ninna Nedu Repu " gets released .Akshara earlier known as Rekha,made her debut in tollywood with Anandam but could not make it big and had to take up kannada films.but now she's come back with changed name as Akshara to try her luck once more.Ninna Nedu Repu is a bilingual film made in tamil and telugu and is directed by Lakshmikanth Chenna.

all work and no play

Well working 24*7 does not seem to take a toll on Prabhas and Trisha .the lead pair of "Bujjigadu",who are off to the beautiful locales of Newzealand for the shooting of a few songs.sources tell us that as the film is set to release on may 16,renowed Director Purijagannath is in a hurry to complete the shooting and hence the entire unit is working 24*7.The lead pair will return to Hyderabad only inthe first week of may.As the audio's done well ,the film makers are hoping that even the film would fare well,especiallyas it's Vacation time

for the people

Producer Dil Raju is all set to break the norm .The premier shows that are always screened exclusively for the film fraternity and media persons will see a different audience this time.Dil Raju is organising the premier show of " Parugu "starring Allu Arjun exclusively for the public on april 30.For this he is selecting around 500 people by a selection process being done through TV channels and Fm Radio.the film is set to be released on may 1.

Shriya To Team up with Rajini Again

Diriector Shankar is contemplating casting Shriya once again for Rajinikath's much anticipated project "ROBO". Though he triend his lavel bast to rope in Aishwarya rai bachan, sources tell us that the actress, schedulel is packed till next year. Apparently, even Rajini has been wishing to work with Aishwarya since baba. well, it lookss like he will aishwarya be disappointed this time too. so the next choice was shriya, who had done agood job in Sivaji. well, ash's loss is shriya's gain.

100 Not Out Srikanth

Actor Srikanth is considered to be one of the most bankable actors in tollywood.Most of his films have done reasonanably well at the box-office,making producers a happy lot.Now the actor is all set for his 100th film, which will go into production by the year end .he wantd this flick to be a milestone in his career and hence requested his good ol' friend Krishna Vamsi to direct it interstingly,the duo worked tohether in khadgam,which was a blockbuster

Mumith's back To ITEM Song

Although Mumith Khan has been promoted as lead actress,she doesn't want to give up item numbers yet.The sex bomb continues to be fascinated by racy numbers,which is why she is going to be shaking her hips in a sizzling number in "Citizen",which is directed by Sai Prakash.This Film is being made ain Telugu and Kannada and is expected to hit the Theaters by May end.

Take a break NTR

NTR-HANSIKA Motwani starrer "kantri" is not likely to release on may 7 as annonced Earlier by its producer Ashwini dutt.Although its director Meher Ramesh had plans to release itin March,but because of delay production work,he had to shelve this idea.sources production work,he had to shelve this idea.sources tell us that some of the scenes had to be reshot and hence will be getting released on may 9 .well,better late than never.wot say?