Chithralahari: November 2013

Saturday 30 November 2013

Washington : Popcorn the turkey escaped with a presidential pardon, his backup Caramel was also spared, but some 45 million other birds were not as lucky as Americans made a meal of them to celebrate Thanksgiving.

There is no more a sacred ritual for this all American holiday that began with the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, holding a three-day feast in the fall of 1621 to celebrate a bountiful harvest, than the carving of a turkey.

Americans travel across the country to be with their families this day since Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday of November a national holiday 150 years ago, and celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast of turkey, sweet potatoes and cranberries followed by pumpkin pie for dessert.

"The office of the presidency -- the most powerful position in the world -- brings with it many awesome and solemn responsibilities," began President Barack Obama as he got the holiday festivities rolling with a ceremony on the White House lawns a day before Thanksgiving.

"This is not one of them. But the White House Turkey Pardon is a great tradition," he added amidst laughter as he pardoned Popcorn, one of the two turkeys provided by the National Turkey Federation for the annual ritual.

Though only Popcorn got an official pardon he and companion Caramel will spend the holiday season at Mount Vernon, George Washington's riverside estate, about 15 miles from the capital, before retiring at the two-acre Turkey Hill Farm at Morven Park in Leesburg.

Besides consuming nearly a sixth of about 242 million turkeys raised in 2013, Americans polished off mounds of some 768 million pounds of cranberry and 2.6 billion pounds of sweet potatoes produced in the US in 2012, according to official statistics.

Thus fortified, Americans set out for another great holiday adventure - camping in front of malls and retail outlets in freezing temperatures waiting for the midnight opening for what is known as Black Friday when everything from socks to television sets is on offer at throwaway prices.

President Franklin Roosevelt had ordained that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional fifth Thursday.

But with holiday season still six days shorter than in 2012, more than a dozen major stores from Target to Toys R Us opened on Thanksgiving Day and stayed open through Black Friday.

Violence flared up at many places as shoppers slugged it out for the best Black Friday deals with some 152 million bargain hunters expected to pour into stores over the Black Friday weekend, according to the National Retail Foundation.

Despite the jump from 138 million shoppers last year, the federation predicted that holiday sales will increase a marginal 3.9 percent to $602.1 billion. That's higher than last year's 3.5 percent growth, but below the 6 percent pace seen before the recession.

The run on the malls came even as a CNN/ORC International poll indicated that less than a quarter of Americans believe that economic conditions are improving, while nearly four in ten say the nation's economy is getting worse.

But it's not all over yet. For after Black Friday comes Cyber Monday when bargain hunters get another chance to shop till they drop with more deals online minus the crowds.

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We Need To Call This As First Hit!!

Young actor Sandeep Kishan, who from a time is getting lauded for his talent but not scoring a hit anytime, has now got his fortunes changed. For the first time, he got everything right under the skin, from output to reviews. Check this out.

Sandeep is notable in Telugu circuits ever since his negative role in Prasthanam movie. Though he has done a bunch of Telugu movies later, success was never his cup of tea. Always his movies lacked something, though he has given his hundred percent. Finally, latest movie 'Venkatadri Express' saved him to the core, by gaining huge positive reviews from every film critic. Also Sandeep's performance scored decent marks, and many rated that he is mature and bankable now. Analysts feel that this flick will be successful commercially too as there is no opponent at box office for next few weeks. In that case, we should rate this as Sandeep's first hit.

Following Venkatadri Express, Sandeep Kishan is gearing up with releases like D For Dopidi and DK Bose. If both these unreleased flicks too get some overwhelming response, then our young hero will not have a looking back hopefully. Wait and see.

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Ram Charan Ahead Of Mahesh

Going by the latest buzz, producer ‘Dil’ Raju is planning to release Yevadu on January 9, 2014, just a day before Mahesh Babu’s One-Nenokkadine hits the screens (i.e., on January 10).

Raju, who has been reiterating that the movie would come as per plan on December 19 for a while, seems to have changed his mind now and is apparently switching his plans for grand Sankranthi release.

Incidentally, Ram Charan's Naayak was released on the same date this year and turned out to be a hit and Mahesh's SVSC that released two days after Naayak also became successful.

Dil Raju is confident that same magic would be recreated at the box office during 2014 Sankranthi. He is citing this example to give a picture that both One and Yevadu are going to be hits.

Whatever, Charan and Mahesh are going to slug it out at theatres. So, it’s going to be a clash of Mega fans Vs Ghattamaneni fans. To know who takes over whom, we need to wait for a while.

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Friday 29 November 2013

What Is Happening With Allu Arjun?

Since the release of Iddarammayilatho, there is no news of stylish star Allu Arjun except the actor giving relief to his fans through the commercials of a cell-phone selling outlet. One wonders what is actually happening with him and here goes an interesting update.

After dilly-dallying for a while, Allu Arjun has finally started working on director Surender Reddy's project that is tentatively titled 'Race Gurram'. Though there is no official news about this project, now and then we are hearing about it through some leaks. Latest update is that the shooting of Race Gurram will be wrapped up in a couple of weeks. The unit is right now filming key action sequences related to climax at Jedcherla. Including Bunny, main villain Ravi Kishan and comedy king Brahmanandam are taking part in this shoot. Sources say that the film will release either in February or after March.

Also, Bunny hasn't confirmed the news of his wife's pregnancy, but they say he is spending lot of time with her taking all the care. For now, that's all about Stylish Star folks!

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Venkatadri Express Movie Review: Will Impress

Film: Venkatadri Express

Rating: 3/5

Cast: Sundeep Kishan , Rakul Preeth Singh , Ramesh , Saptagiri and others

Directed by : Merlapaka Gandhi

Produced by : Gemini Kiran

Banner :Anandi Arts Creations

Music by : Ramana Gogula

Release Date : 2013-11-29

Budding hero Sundeep Kishan has been struggling hard to get that much needed hit and this time he has chosen a variety subject. Whether he is successful or not let us see.

Story
Sundeep (Sundeep) is a young man who believes in humanity and never hesitates to help those in need. But this nature of his makes him a bad boy in front of his father (Nagineedu). He gets a warning that one more mistake and he would be sent away from home. Meanwhile, Sundeep’s brother Brahmaji’s (Brahmaji) marriage gets fixed at Tirupathi and the family takes Venkatadri express. But due to a small incident, Sundeep misses the train. From there starts his adventure to catch the train and in between he also meets Prarthana (Rakul). How the journey takes place forms the rest of the story.

Performances
Sundeep Kishan has given a decent performance with a rather straight act. However, he needs to develop more versatility in terms of his expressions and display more energetic body language.

Rakul Preet was bright and bubbly. She is a good mix of beauty and sex appeal. On performance front, she is confident and camera friendly. If she can plan her moves carefully she can grow.

Nagineedu was natural, Tagubothu Ramesh gave those needed smiles, Saptagiri was effective, Jayaprakash Reddy was brief but good, M S Narayana was not used properly, Brahmaji was standard.

Highlights:

Storyline
Cinematography

Drawbacks:

Lack of emotional depth
Drag in second half

Analysis
A new wave of filmmakers is emerging in Tollywood and it must be said that they are putting a good level of focus on the content and the plot. However, it is also essential that along with subject the sensibility to tap the box office pulse should also be developed. This is something the director of this movie failed to catch.

Due appreciation must be given to him for coming up with a story which belongs to the road movie genre and at the same time he tried to keep things as light as possible without much melodrama. But while dealing with road movies, the pace and screenplay has to be tight. At the same time, the need for few emotional peaks is also there.

There is a good balance in the way he weaved the entire story with reasoning and logic. But in that process, he seems to have sidelined the need for energy and entertainment that hooks the audience. The film takes off on a moderate note but the actual momentum picks up with the train journey.

The interval bang was alright and the second half also continues in a smooth manner. But lack of pace and few scenes getting stretched gives you that ‘something is missing’ feeling. Still, those who walk out of the theatres would not grumble and would feel this is a passable treat.

Bottomline: A feel good film

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DHOOM 3 Promo Song Malang

Here comes a Dhoom 3 promo song Malang with amazing performances of Aamir & katrina. Hope Dhoom 3 Rocks.

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Thursday 28 November 2013

'Two' Mega Movies Against 'One'

Superstar Mahesh's 'One' is a sure shot releasing flick for Sankranthi, while Ram Charan's 'Yevadu' is going to be its prime competitor. Though there is no clarity from Dil Raju's side yet, many say that Yevadu will be hitting anywhere between Jan 9th to 12th.

If 'Yevadu' is the first Mega movie that is going to give tough time for 'One', second one is in line is another unpredictable flick. Aspiring hero Sai Dharam Tej's 'Rey' is the one we are talking about. Though director-producer YVS Chowdary is planning to release this flick from last Summer, sources have now confirmed that he is eyeing a Sankrathi release. In that case, within a week of '1 Nenokkadine' and 'Yevadu' release, 'Rey' will also be hitting screens.

At the first place, it is Superstar Mahesh's 'One' that eyed January 10th, a lonely date, to create wonders at box office. But now two mega heroes are joining the race, and the competition looks interesting folks.

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'1 - Nenokkadine' producers daring movie

'1' movie starring Mahesh Babu in the lead role is carrying sky high expectations. Sukumar, who is known to be an intelligent filmmaker, has been working on this film for over two years. This is touted to be the costliest film ever made on Telugu screen and it is an action thriller with mindboggling action sequences.

Producers of this movie are pretty sure about the 1's performance at the box office. Hence, they are not willing to sell the distribution rights in many areas. Except for Guntur and Uttarandhra, none of the areas are sold for 1. The makers are planning to release it on their own. They are expecting 1 to break all the existing records and therefore they are going for an all out release.

This should be a daring move from the producer's side. When so much money is spent on a film, producers usually tend to sell it off and be in a safe zone. What if the result comes against their expectations? The confidence that the producers are showing in their film is indirectly raising the expectations of fans on 1.

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Srikanth Addala said no to Pawan?

The latest buzz doing rounds in Film Nagar is that director Srikanth Addala has said "no" to direct Power Star Pawan Kalyan. While the whole lot of top directors are in queue and dying to work with the star, Srikanth's decision has come as a shock to many. Buzz is that PVP Cinema is planning a film with Pawan Kalyan after his Gabbar Singh 2. For this venture, PVP has reportedly contacted Srikanth Addala but in vain. Srikanth couldn't take up as he wants to put all his energies for the launch of Varun Tej, son of Naga Babu.

This is not first time, Srikanth missed a chance to direct Pawan as he was the first choice for Mahesh Babu's role in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu alongside Venky which later went to Mahesh. So, let's wait and watch who is going to bag this golden chance to direct Pawan.

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Mahesh promised during 'Arjun' ?

Impressed with the trial shoots on the sets of 'Arjun', superstar Mahesh Babu reportedly promised to his friend and director Gunasekar, that would like to do the pivotal role of Kakatiya warrior Gonaganna Reddy, on the sets of their film 'Arjun' few years ago. We all know that the ace director has erected a opulent Madurai Meenakshi Temple set for the film but very few know, that during the breaks, the director used to do some trial shoots for his pet project 'Rudramma Devi' with Smitha Madhav who played sita role in Gunasekar Balaramayan was supposed to play Rudrama Devi, but later she dropped out for marriage, since by then, the director had full-bound script of the Kakatiya Queen on hand.

Instead of taking rest, the director used to work hard to capture some good moments in the artistic sets and Mahesh Babu who got to know of it, summoned Guna for a brief chat. When, he listened to the captivating historical story line and particularly about this special character Gonaganna Reddy, he instantly promised to director, that would like to 'play that role', whenever the director would make the dream movie.

At last, Gunesekar began his dream project few months ago and midway approached Mahesh and reminded him about the role of fearless senathipathi and the discussions have been fruitful and even Mahesh re-collected his 'promise' he made to the director. However, the actor who is tied up with films like 'One' and 'Agadu', had to spare a good number days, for this role, so he is trying hard to accommodate, Rudramma Devi, into his scheme of things. In fact, the actor, is grateful to director Gunasekar who made him a star material with smashing hit 'Okkadu' and got him the 'larger-than-life' image, which has made him a superstar overnight. Now, its time for the actor to return the favour by keeping up his word and give the director who also turned a producer, a much-needed blockbuster.

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Wednesday 27 November 2013

Megastar Chiranjeevi strikes back!

Twitterati is going abuzz that Megastar Chiranjeevi is all set to make a comeback and complete his long pending 150th film. Chiranjeevi, who has been involved in politics all these years hasn't done any film since Magadheera in which he did a cameo. Shankar Dada Zinadabad, released in 2007 was his last film as the main lead.

If the buzz is to be believed, Megastar will be doing his 150th film very soon on Geetha Arts banner. Mega compound sources have informed few fans regarding this news. So Megastar Chiranjeevi fans are going berserk and happy that their matinee idol is soon going to strike the silver screen.

However, buzz about Chiranjeevi's reentry is not new to us. We have seen that happen many a times and later Chiru got busy with politics. Maybe he will make a comeback if Congress party performs pretty badly in the coming elections. It would be interesting to see if Chiranjeevi can be as charismatic as he used to be after his reentry.

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Deepika To Wear Pawan's Cap?

Power star Pawan Kalyan is currently the king of Tollywood and it can be said that after his brother Chiranjeevi he is one man who has been ruling the roost for longer period when compared to Mahesh Babu. So, it is natural that whenever his film is planned, the heroine has to be exceptional.

It is known news that for Pawan’s new movie ‘Gabbar Singh’ a major brainstorming has been happening in order to lock the leading lady.

While it looks clear that Tollywood or south doesn’t have those beauties, Bollywood is beckoning. The latest update is that two starlets are approached for this.

They are Deepika Padukone and Sonakshi Sinha. And inside sources say they are trying hard for Deepika.

Apparently, Deepika is the queen of Indian cinema right now and the team feels she would be the right girl for wearing the crown of Pawan. Let us wait to see if the burgundy eyed beauty obliges or not.

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Ram Charan On Bench In 2014!

It appears that the career position of hero Ram Charan is in somewhat tricky position. After his last venture ‘Zanjeer/Thoofan’ became a disaster at the box office, the mega fans and Charan have pinned all their hopes on his new movie ‘Yevadu’ but the film is dangling in mid air not sure of its release date. But here is one talk making rounds. Sources say ‘Yevadu’ is being planned for release in January and this is a strategy developed by producer Allu Aravind.

As being said, during Pongal if it comes okay but at the same time another talk is still on about the film arriving on December 19th, 2013. So, if December it comes then there will be no new release of Charan in 2014. The reason being, it is not sure when Krishna Vamsi will start and complete his new venture with Charan. And if that doesn’t get completed by 2014 then it would mean that Charan will be on bench without any release next year. For now, let us wait to see when ‘Yevadu’ arrives.

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Pawan Kalyan's Golden hands on him!

If the buzz from film circles is to be believed, Pawan Kalyan is going to launch the audio of Rey film, which is expected to be conducted in few days. Sai Dharam Tej, nephew of Pawan Kalyan is making debut with this film, which has been under production for three years. YVS Chowdary, the producer and director of Rey is planning to release the movie for Pongal.

Recently logo launch of Sai's second film Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam was conducted, but Pawan didn't attend it. So Rey's audio launch is going to the biggest launch vehicle for Sai Dharam Tej. There was a strongly spread rumor that Pawan Kalyan has invested some money in Rey. We don't know if there is any truth in it.

Pawan Kalyan has unveiled the audios of Ishq, Nayak and Julayi in the recent past. All of them were hits and if Pawan's Golden spell continues to work, then Sai also can expect a good hit. There is not much hype and buzz around Sai as of now. Mega fans are more interested in Varun Tej than Sai and Sirish. Perhaps Pawan launching the audio might help Sai to get close to mega fans.

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Baahubali! Fling Sword, Not Voice

Projects like Baahubali are once in a life time, especially if one is a Telugu hero in the present generation. We have come long way from making historical, fairy-tale and mythological flicks, and these days only six-song-three-fight movies are clicking well. Let's get straight to the point now.

Director Rajamouli might not have found an apt choice for Baahubali role other than Prabhas. He is not just hunk, but got that body language to catapult himself as a fierce warrior on battle field. However, what is happening with our new age mythical flicks is that we are dependent more on punch dialogues than the actual action sequences. This is not the case with Telugu flick, but our Hindi and Tamil counterparts are also resorting to same thing.

Unlike Hollywood battlefield scenes, where the spat of swords and clash of shields sound more interest, here our heroes stand in the middle to deliver a hair rising dialogue. The big hope now is that at least Prabhas will put a full stop to such 'voice' stuff and will shine and shout more with his sword flinging. There should be a day and a movie to prove that our swordsmen are mightier than Hollywood's too.

Hope Prabhas and Rajamouli will work in that direction rather making another commercial pot-boiler though in an age of kings' backdrop.

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Tuesday 26 November 2013

Pawan & Mahesh in top 10 Indian actors

The Telugu film industry has reached to new height in last decade. It has shown the stamina in foreign countries. Two popular Telugu stars have proved Telugu film industry caliber with their films and brought recognition to industry in India and abroad. They are none other than Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Prince Mahesh Babu. The both stars have made Tollywood great.

In a recent on-line poll, which was conducted by popular print media TOI, for popular actors in India, our stars Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu have been taken place in Top 10 list. They make Telugu people proud as they joined in the elite list of Popular Actors in India. Interestingly, Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan are the only two actors from the southern who joined in the list.

The following Top 10 Popular Actors of India for you:

1. Salman Khan

2. Hrithik Roshan

3. Akshay Kumar

4. Aamir Khan

5. Sharukh Khan

6. Pawan Kalyan

7. Ranbhir Kapoor

8. Amitab Bachchan

9. Shahid Kapoor

10.Mahesh Babu

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Pawan Kalyan's New Office Ready

According to sources, Pawan Kalyan’s new office is ready and set to begin its operations. Buoyed with the recent blockbuster Attarintiki Daredi, Pawan has purchased the new office space in Jubilee Hills.

Contrary to previous reports, the office space is not in the locales of Journalist Colony but Pawan has bought it in the MLA Colony in Hyderabad.

We hear the new office will begin its work anytime soon considering that the formal launch of Gabbar Singh-2 is in December. Pawan’s production house Pawan Kalyan’s Creative Works will operate from this new building.

Pawan has plans to produce moderate budget films jointly with director Trivikram Srinivas and is keen on expanding his production venture. Hence, he would spend more time at the office once it’s operational.

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Ram Leela 10 Days Collection At International Box Office

Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram Leela, which has been directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, has done superb collection at the international Box Office in the second weekend. The Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone starrer has once again topped the business chart overseas, beating new releases Gori Tere Pyaar Mein and Singh Saab The Great. The romance drama has been announced a Blockbuster in foreign market.

Vote: Choose Best actor, actress and movie of 2013 In its second weekend, Ram Leela has raked in $467,546 from 204 screens at the USA Box Office, taking its 10-day collection to Rs 14.15 crores ($2,269,358). The film has topped the business chart in the country. The movie has collected Rs 9.51 crores (AED 5,600,000) at the UAE Box Office in 10 days.

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Chiru - 1, Charan - 20, Pawan - 25!

Mega Family holds the credit of setting the benchmarks in Nizam territory when it comes to generating revenue.

In the 80s, It was Chiranjeevi who managed to enter Rs 1 crore club in Nizam territory and ever since then he was addressed as Nizam.There was time when Chiru took the revenue generated in this region as his remuneration. That shows his strong hold here!

Ram Charan was the first hero of TFI to enter Rs 20 crore club in Nizam. This happened with the magnum opus Magadheera which also stood as an Industry hit until recently.

Last but no least, Pawan Kalyan proved his Box Office stamina here with his romantic flick Kushi which was the first movie to collect Rs 8 crore in Nizam.After 12 years, Pawan set one more record with 'Atharintiki Daredi' which collected over Rs 25 crore.

All these stats clearly hint that Megas are unbeatable Nizam region. Thanks to the strong foundation laid by Megastar!

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Yevadu clocks highest in-film branding

Whether, Ram Charan Tej would set new box office records with his upcoming film 'Yevadu' is still speculative, but he surely established a new record in 'in-film branding' by reportedly garnering Rs. 1.5 crore from a mobile network and surpassed his cousin Allu Arjun's who bagged Rs 1 plus branding for 'Iddarammayilatho'. Suggesting, that even a dud like 'Zanjeer', hasn't dented the popularity of the scion of Chiranjeevi family and attracting big corporates to pump in money, in his movies. No doubt, it has set a big benchmark for in-film branding in T-town big budget movies, since rarely few films touched the magic figure of Rs. 1 crore, so top Telugu producers, who are spending a lavishly, would heave a sigh of relief since they could recover some money through this 'in-film' endorsements.

Earlier, corporates were reluctant to spend more money since the brands had a 'blink&miss' appearance in big movies, but now director's seems to have resolved to give appropriate screen time for their products to help their producers to pocket some money, since brands also know that star movies would fetch them better visibility, so it's a kind of win-win situation for both the brands and producers. From now onwards, sky is the limit for producers who make films with stars like Mahesh Babu, Pawan and NTR, quite a new beginning indeed.

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Monday 25 November 2013

Pic Talk: Aishwarya rai looks stunning

Former Miss World and Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai, who is on a hiatus after giving birth to baby Aaradhya, has lost her post baby weight and looked stunning in a recent photoshoot for designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

Draped in Victorian style gowns, Ash is stealing the show with her ravishing looks. Turning many heads, Ash is sending signals that she is all set to return to don grease paint. Looks like, it's imminent and just matter of time. Well, it's definitely good news to her fans.

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Pawan Kalyan loses, Mahesh Babu gains?

Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Super Star Mahesh Babu both vying up for No. 1 slot is a known fact by now. With Mahesh having a spate of endorsements under his belt, Pawan is slightly lagging in the race for sometime. But after recent back-to-back blockbusters Gabbar Singh and Atharintiki Daredi (expected to rake in Rs 100 crore), Pawan's stocks are soaring. This has prompted popular brands to run after Pawan.

The latest is that a leading soft drink brand, being endorsed by Mahesh for a long time now, has approached Pawan and Pawan too was keen on being its brand ambassador. But Pawan apparently quoted a whopping remuneration as charge and looks like it got backfired. We hear that the company is forced to have second thoughts on roping in Pawan and may extend the contract with Mahesh. With this Pawan's loss appears to be Mahesh's gain.

Besides, Pawan had also turned down two other brand endorsement offers including a jewellery brand presently being endorsed by Jr NTR and a liquor brand. What's happening Pawan? No doubt you're on top post AD became sleeper hit. And this would have been the ideal time for you to cash in on the popularity. Isn't it Pawan?

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Historious NTR wedding card

N T Rama Rao is a legend who gave a strong identity and respect for Telugus in this country. And anything related to him means historical to us. So, here is one such thing. This is the wedding card of the Nandamuri stalwart. It was on May 2nd, 1942 that NTR and Basava Tarakamma became husband and wife. See the historical wedding card folks!

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Rajamouli To Shoot One Scene For 2 Months

Director S.S Rajamouli is often referred to as Mr Perfectionist and is known to be a tough task master. Yet he has a bad reputation for taking a long time to complete a project considering that he leaves no brick unturned. And there is no change in his style of functioning for his ongoing epic Baahuabli as well. Being shot in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously, the high-budget period drama is due for release in 2015 and this is common knowledge to everyone by now.

The latest buzz is that Rajamouli is going to shoot a single scene of Baahubali for two months. Going by the reports, it’s a crucial battle scene in the movie which requires 2000 junior artistes alongside the stellar cast. Already, the 2000 junior artistes have been trained in horse riding, sword fighting and arm-to-arm combats for over six months under the guidance of trainers from Vietnam. Action choreographer Peter Hein is conceiving this action sequence along with Jakkanna. VFX team is also working hard on this particular battle sequence.

Starting in December, the scene will be shot for about two months. Apparently, this scene requires lot of planning and preparation. It involves designing of war machinery, weapons, battle formations and hence, pre-visualization and concept art is going to play vital role. Qualified production designers are said to be in place already. Perhaps, this could be the first scene in Indian cinema to be shot this long. Rajamouli might take a long time, but never compromises on quality.

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Saturday 23 November 2013

Is AD worth of its Collections?

Now that the verdict is loud and clear that 'AD' has become a history-making hit, as Telugu audience all over the world lapped it up, lets check out few facts about the content and was wafer-thin plot, deserving enough to top the collection charts of 80-years of Telugu cinema. Even though, many attributed it to Pawan's magnetic presence and performance but few attributed to director Trivikram's tactfully crafted humour-ridden screenplay and punch lines, some good music and Brahmanandam and Ali's witty moments adding to it, but many feel that still some novelty and magic was definitely missing and success was unexpected to this scale.

Considering its familiar plot, even Pawan would have been taken by pleasant surprise, with such a massive turnouts, since the plot of a youngster returning to India, to take his aunt, who was discarded by her rich father post her marriage, was not as refreshing to crow about, although, it had its share of good emotional moments but not enough to deserve to be ranked as the best script.

This analysis is necessary because, landmark hits, inspire young filmmakers, to work hard and dig out larger-than-life and novel scripts, but in this case, they would have walked back home, feeling much lighter, since adding more comedy characters and better to evoke fun as much as possible (bereft of any boring moment) would pay well with Telugu audience and many a director would have would have begun the exercise of diluting their good scripts, by adding more fun element, to their imaginative plots, to cater to fun-loving Telugu viewers. If they begin to believe that the 'formula for success' is to have more fun, even contrived, over digging out a fresh plot, then it be very unfortunate for Telugu cinema's Gen X viewers. Although, it's one of few films, to have given profits to the producer, distributor, exhibitor and to the last man- who collects parking fee in theatres, but content wise, it cant be emulated, as the text book to follow up on, since such themes have already been tested by earlier T-town makers nor it had a path-breaking screenplay either. Usually, exciting plot (read head) should pull a film, but in this case tail (read comedy) that pulled it off and set an unhealthy precedent.

Although, not as a direct comparison, but still Magadheera, the earlier top grosser, although rode on tested plot of -reincarnation- but was enhanced by visual splendor and Rajamouli's midas touch with lot of efforts in terms of periodic look, ambience and breathtaking moments, made it worthy of a record-breaking hit and invariably received kudos from Bollywood and Kollywood. Whereas, Trivikram was lucky enough to get the top chair, with lesser effort, because he has delivered better scripts like 'Athadu' before, while his latest offering had gaping holes and looked contrived at times, so may be, he should also thank God, for enabling him to surpass milestone record. 'Most of the Telugu audience love to pay big money, if they are entertained, unmindful of novelty in the plot or even it could be a repetitive plot, but adore any film that keeps them laughing all through, kind of paisa vasool, so Pawan-Trivikram got it right, that's the key' says a leading producer.

With this kind of mindset, T-town can't take on the new-age filmmakers of Bollywood on even Kollywood and wouldn't be able to shrug off its image as a industry that churns out routine stuff. And if anybody, wants to try out something different, would also be counseled and influenced, to tamper their scripts and emulate so-called hit movies. That would surely kill the excitement of novel filmmakers and would force them to trek the beaten path.

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