Chaitu has No Time for Family?
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya's uncle and senior filmmaker D. Suresh Babu has for a long time been planning to produce a film starring his nephew but it seems that the project will not materialize any time soon.
Some time ago, it was heard that the young actor and the shrewd filmmaker have decided up on joining forces for a film to be directed by debutant Krishna but the latest reports suggest that the film has been put on hold indefinitely, reason reported being the busy schedule of Chaitu.
After the release of 'Premam' and 'Saahasam Swasaga Saagipo', Chaitu has lined up some interesting projects including 'Soggade Chinni Nayana' fame Kalyan Krishna's untitled film, the Telugu remake of Bollywood film 'Two States' and another film with Gautham Menon, which would be marking his debut in kollywood.
So, it is heard that Chaitu and Suresh Babu have mutually decided not to rush and work together at the appropriate time. Meanwhile, Suresh Babu is busy with the production of his son Rana Daggubati's film in the direction of Teja.
One Flight Journey with Bunny Changed His Fate
One flight journey has changed writer Vakkantham Vamsi's fate forever in Tollywood. Vamsi had accidentally encountered with Allu Arjun in an airport where the duo got some time to chat and exchange things. In one such unexpected interaction, Vamsi has narrated a story-line to Allu Arjun and the actor was quite struck with the idea.
Since Vamsi had already worked with Bunny for Race Gurram and Yevadu, Bunny is aware of Vamsi's capabilities and his knowledge on filmmaking. Though he is at the peak of his career with an industry hit like Sarrainodu, Arjun had no second thought before accepting to do a film with a newcomer director like Vamsi.
Without any delay, Allu Arjun has given his nod to Vamsi to take it further. The film is now going to be produced by Lagadapati Sridhar and Naga Babu jointly. Sridhar has longtime commitment with Allu Arjun. As soon as Vamsi's story is okayed by him, the film got materialised. This is expected to roll on in 2017 after Bunny's ongoing film Duvvada Jagannadam.
Meanwhile, Allu Arjun continues to take calculated risks. He is also teaming up with Tamil director Linguswamy whose last directorial Sikindar bombed at the ticket windows.
'Singam' Director Says Who Is NTR, Fans Angry!
In the last couple of days, news emerged that alongside a few other directors, NTR Jr was also in talks with Tamil director Hari for his new film. NTR fans were obviously excited as Hari is a noted name in both Telugu and Tamil film industries for his commercial entertainers. However, Hari has allegedly given a rude shock to the fans of NTR as well as rational movie lovers by saying that he didn't know who NTR was.
During the promotions of his upcoming action entertainer S3, when Hari was asked if he was contemplating to direct NTR in his next project, Hari has reportedly said that he didn't know NTR and he heard the name for the first time. 'I have never met him until now,' Hari allegedly said.
These comments allegedly enraged the fans of NTR, who is one of the top heroes in south. 'People in southern film fraternity are aware at least of the top heroes of neighboring industries then how come Hari hasn't heard of NTR,' questioned fans of NTR.
It was really surprising that Hari doesn't know NTR as he has shot most of his films in Visakhapatnam and he regularly visits the Telugu states for his film promotions and shootings. Let's wait and see how he covers up this mess when he lands in Hyderabad to promote S3.
Anirudh's Sketch to Dance with Pawan?
After missing Ram Charan's 'Bruce Lee', 'Dhruva' and Trivikram's 'A..Aa', star Tamil music director Anirudh has finally signed his maiden Telugu project, Pawan Kalyan-Trivikram's upcoming entertainer. The young sensation has now revealed that he has exciting ideas for this project.
When questioned if he has already started working for Pawan Kalyan's film, Anirudh divulged that he has not but added that he has a complete grip on the story and how the film will be shaped up.
When questioned if he has already started working for Pawan Kalyan's film, Anirudh divulged that he has not but added that he has a complete grip on the story and how the film will be shaped up.
'I will give my best effort to meet the expectations of everyone. I am frequently holding discussions with Trivikram sir and for this movie, I am planning to compose promotional songs as well,' revealed Anirudh.
In general, the trend of composing promotional songs for movies is seen in Bollywood. For Telugu films, neither the makers demand nor the music directors compose special promotional songs. If we dig a little deep, for Allu Arjun's 'Julayi', the Devi Sri Prasad's composed 'Pakdo Pakdo' song was used in the film as well as a promotional song. In the promotional video song, Devi and Bunny danced together for the rocking tune.
Similar special songs, besides the regular album, can be expected from Anirudh to promote the highly anticipated third collaboration of Pawan and Trivikram.
Bichagadu Is South India's Richest Millionaire
In September, Bichagadu, the Telugu version of Tamil star music director turned hero Vijay Antony's blockbuster emotional thriller, Pichaikaran, was premiered on Gemini TV and registered a sensational 18.75 TRPs on BARC scale.
Continuing the trend, the film's original version, Pichaikaran, now smashed all the existing records of South Indian movies with a TRP of 24.55, occupying the all-time highest TRP earner slot South Indian movies. Pichaikaran was premiered on SunTV on November 13th.
What's staggering about the film's achievement is that it has surpassed the likes of Nagarjuna's Sriramadasu (24), Rajamouli's Magadheera (22), Baahubali (21.84), Srimanthudu (21.24) etc, while the Tamil movie premiere TRPs are way below than the Telugu movies comparison.
Directed by Sasi and produced by Fathima Vijay Antony, Pichaikaran collected nearly 45 crores at Tamil box-office, while it added another 25 plus crores with the Telugu version.
RGV Promise To Rajamouli, Megastar
Ram Gopal Varma is one director who can make films in given budget. He is capable of making high as well as low budget films with good quality of production standards. One thing for sure is he mesmerizes audiences every time with his technical skills. He made Ice Cream series in shoe-string budget and now set to make a highest ever budgeted film in India.The maverick director today announced to make a film titled 'Nuclear' with International actors to be shot in various locations of China, Russia, Yemen and India with an estimated budget of Rs 340 crores, excluding actors remunerations and publicity.Ace director SS Rajamouli who admires RGV has lauded him saying, "RGV back with a "BANG"...? Literally..."RGV stated that, Baahubali is his inspiration to make this mega budget venture and promised him to make a blast."Sirrrr and like I promised u one night on phone about my inspiration from BB I will for sure go all out to make this Bang into a BLAST," stated RGV.Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan with whom RGV is making Sarkar 3 has also praised RGV for making an International film. "RGV (SARKAR) doing International project .. BAAAADDUUUUMMMBAAAAAAAAAAA !! very deserving and about time .. congratulations Ramu!" posted Big B On Twitter.Apparently, RGV is delighted with Big B's remarks. He replied him saying, "Thank u Sarkaaaaar! I don't know if I am deserving but I will work my ass off to make u proud for ur trust in me."Let's hope, RGV will make Indians proud with this International film.
Dhruva Postponed Again?
If latest grapevine in Telugu film nagar is anything to go by, Ram Charan's ongoing film Dhruva has been postponed again. The film, which is said to have planned to release on Dec 2, is reportedly pushed by a week and the latest is that the movie would hit the screens on Dec 9. While the reasons for the delay are best-guarded, it's learnt that the shooting of song in Bangkok is still pending and have to wrap up the post-production and kick start film's promotions which would take at least three to four more weeks.This is not the first time, the film is postponed. The film was initially planned for October release, on the eve of Dasara. But frequent delays have caused in the postponement of film.In fact, producer NV Prasad had bought the film's Telugu remake rights for a fat pay cheque of Rs 8 Crore (including director Mohan Raja's pay) during the shooting of Bruce Lee itself. However, after Bruce Lee has ended as dud, Ram Charan has had change of mind which resulted in the delay of starting the film. The film took large number of days in the pre-production phase and makers have zeroed in on director Surender Reddy on board for around Rs 3 Crore and reportedly shelled out another Rs 3 Crore for Aravind Swamy. Besides remunerations of Charan, Rakul, other cast and crew, makers have spent a bomb on the filming of the action thriller.Meanwhile, producers have confirmed that the film wouldn't have any audio launch and instead release the film's music directly into the market. Instead, there would be a pre-release promotional event which is expected to draw buzz. As of now, the release date of Dhruva is still in quandary and an official announcement is still awaited.
