Baahubali - All Colours Changed

Ever since the talk of 175 crores budget for a two-part releasing Telugu movie, many industry bigwigs went jaw dropping. All this hype about 'Baahubali' has turned into negative talk with critics and trade pundits slamming the makers for investing a non-recoverable figures into the Rajamouli directorial. But all that negativity is simply gone now. Guess how?

A look at Baahubali's newly released special making video that talks about the one year journey of the movie has done the magic. With Rajamouli making everyone travel through what he has done at various spots like Kurnool, Kerala and a specially prepared war-turf, and through different sets he has built for the movie at Ramoji Film City and Annapurna Studios have definitely changed the whole 'color' of the rumours engulfing this movie.

Now, everyone is quite positive that Baahubali is going to be more gigantic than one had ever expected.  There is a positive buzz that if this flick is released simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi then it is going to rake up more than 250 crores. Well, lets hope this positive buzz about this mammoth budgeted magnum opus lasts for long. 

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Talk Of Town: 8 Heroes Searching For Girls

Kajal doesn't want to do Telugu films until she is paid a bomb. Tamanna desires to travel on multiple boats at the moment, but still she got that iron leg tag. Samantha is interested to focus on Sambarland rather Tollywood 2014. Ileana is already out of equation, while Anushka and Nayantara look quite senior beside our young heroes. So, what is the situation of at least these eight Telugu heroes?

Eight happening heroes including Pawan Kalyan, Ram Charan, Venkatesh, Allu Arjun, Raviteja, Manoj, Nithin and Rana need heroines for their upcoming projects. From a time, Ram Charan is unable to kick start his new project due to a hero and heroine issue. Though Srikanth is fixed as other hero in Krishnavamsi's movie with Charan, the search for main female lead still continues. There is a talk that Tamanna will be roped in, but nothing got finalized yet.

The woes of director Sampath Nandi to find a leading lady for Pawan Kalyan's Gabbar Singh 2 are quite pitiable. At the same time Venky is yet to find his on-screen partner for Maruthi's Radha. As Nayantara was intentionally kept out of the project, a newcomer is not yet identified for him. Allu Arjun's upcoming flick with Trivikram is going to start after Sankranthi, but the lead actress to share screen space with stylish star is not zeroed on.

Coming to Raviteja, his next with writer Bobby needs a second heroine. Already beautiful ladies like Praneetha and Anjali declined to take up the onus of being his second lady. Manoj needs a heroine for his next with G Nageswara Reddy, while Nithin should pick a girl for Karunkaran's cute love story. Coming to Rana, his next with director Hanu Raghavapudi is to start soon, however the leading lady is not found.

So, let us see when all these eight heroes will find their heroines and who those lucky girls are going to be! 

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Making of Mahaabali - Happy Birthday Rana Daggubati

Making of Mahaabali - Happy Birthday Rana Daggubati

Watch Rana In Bahubali Teaser & Enjoy...

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Little Hearts - Trailer

Little Hearts - Trailer

Fantastic effort by chaitanya & team.
fantastic photography by vinod royal

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'Bahubali-1' Overseas Rights @ Rs 10 Crore

This proves to be the heights of expectation. It is known that SS Rajamouli is making mega budget venture ‘Bahubali’ in two parts.  As per the sources from US trade circles, Rajamouli camp is quoting Rs 10 Cr for the overseas rights of ‘Bahubali’ (Part-1).  

And it is obvious that the price will be separate for ‘Bahubali-2’ that comes in a one month gap. It is clearly the of ‘Rakta Charitra’ set by Ram Gopal Varma that is being followed by Rajamouli. 

Well, but how many US exhibitors show interest to buy the first part and second part at such huge prices and release, is the biggest question.  Amidst piracy where the HD quality print comes online within 3 days of release, will US Telugus come to theatres in such a number to make distributors recover Rs 10 Cr? And it takes two more years to see the film on screen. 

 If the overseas distributors jump ahead and purchase the film with their enthusiasm, then they may also have to bear the interest rates till film hits the screen.  Keeping all these in mind, overseas distributors are in silence as of now. 

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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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Anushka Made A Huge Sacrifice!!!

Among the talented beautiful ladies we have, Mangalore siren Anushka Shetty always takes the top place. In the recent days she is getting praised for her acts that benefit producers a lot. But after watching her other day release, we have to say that in another way.

During the audio release function of 'Varna', many biggies have praised Anushka for her dedication and producer-friendly moves. People like Bandla Ganesh said she is darling of producers as she is more committed to her work and enables producers to mint money with her mere screen presence. But in reality, Anushka has made a huge sacrifice by accepting a project like 'Varna'. No doubt, the cliched storyline and atrocious screenplay of this flick will not make any heroine take up the challenge.

Risking her career daringly, Anushka sacrificed her glorious in-form career for a sick flick that will spoil her popularity for sure. Already there are comments about her silly fights and aunty looks, and this will increase with the film struggling at theatres for few more days. What a sacrifice Sweety!

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'Varna' Review: Confusing And Perplexing

Film: Varna

Rating: 1.75/5
Banner: PVP Pictures
Cast: Anushka, Arya, Farouq, Sathyan Sivakumar, Ashok Kumar and others
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Background Score: Anirudh
Cinematographer: Ramji
Editor: Kola Bhaskar
Director: Sri Raghava
Producer: Potluri Prasad
Release date: 22/11/2013

Director Sri Raghava known for his hit movies like ‘7G Brindavanam Colony’ ‘Adavari Matalaku Ardhaalu Verule’ has now arrived with a rather unusual subject. Whether it is good enough or not, let us see.

Story
Set on the backdrop of two different worlds, in our world there is Ramya (Anushka) who admires Madhu (Arya) a kind hearted man. She expresses her feelings but he doesn’t accept it. Eventually he starts liking her and begins wooing her. In the other world, there is Varna (Anushka) who is a fiercely independent girl but liked by one man (Arya) strongly. After some time, Ramya accepts Madhu’s proposal but a twist occurs. What is that twist and how things change from there forms the rest of the story.

Performances
Arya did an okay job in the double role though he looked pale in the other world role. He tried his best to bring intensity wherever possible but in vain.

Anushka has begun to look a little old and since she had a grumpy face most of the time, her impact was not much. Most importantly, her character was not at all etched convincingly.

Ashok Kumar got a meaty role and he did his best. The others were there to fill the screen.

Highlights

• Computer graphics

Drawbacks

• Ridiculous storyline
• Pathetic narration
• Slow pace
• Confusing second half
• Bizarre backdrop

Analysis
Storytelling is an art and if one has to do it with the aid of technology and modern day graphics then it gets even more interesting. The fact that it is Sri Raghava leading this project set a good standard of expectation. This is despite the fact that he has a streak of eccentricity which is always seen in his films. 

This film which was originally commenced years ago and from thereon it went through different changes in cast and crew to finally arrive now. Well, it was not really worth the wait for.  The list of questions are many but here are a few for Raghava- what was he trying to convey? Where exactly is the story? Is there a plot to it? What is the purpose behind making this film? To give few grace points, he used his imagination and came up with fantasy planets (albeit with humans like us) and creatures which are quite robotic. For those who have seen ‘Avatar’ all this is nothing. 

Anyways, coming back to the point, without proper clarity on what the film is meant for Sri Raghava seems to have gone by an instinct and kept modifying it now and then. The film takes off on a good note but with each passing minute the energy levels dip and drain you out. A big damage was done by the dialogues which sounded quite old school. The background score did the final damage of nailing the coffin by providing tunes used in video games. A couple of songs are impressive but of no use with this spoiled narration. 

The interval break leaves the audience in utter confusion. Things were expected to improve in the second half but unfortunately it got worse and the climax did the wrap up job of ensuring every viewer has enough bumps on the head with blank thoughts. There is no clue what the producers saw in the story, no idea why Anushka saw potential. 

All in all, this is one mess of a product but a good lesson to filmmakers on how not to make a film.

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Tollywood's Number 1 Heroine Is...

Just like the race between heroes, even the race between heroines for the number one slot is very high.  But now it is being delcraed unanimously that the queen for Tollywood is none other than Anushka.  

The filmnagar folks say it is not just about the selection of cinema but also her selection which makes her the best. Though there are the younger and contemporary starlets like Kajal, Tamannah, Ileana and Taapsee.  

At one point, many expected Tamannah to strike it big and take the number 1 spot but even she also fell behind.  For now, Samantha is going good but even she would be getting sidelined by Anushka. 

The reason for that is the two films that Anushka is doing right now.  One is the two hundred crore project ‘Bahubali’ followed by the historical magnum opus ‘Rudramadevi’.  That way, it is not just in beauty but also in name and fame Anushka has achieved a special place for herself. 

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Happy Birthday to Trivikram, Kamal and Anushka!!

Today is the very special day . Three multi-talented persons Trivikram Srinivas, Kamal Haasan and Anushka Shetty are celebrating their birthdays.No doubt ,these three were already showed their impact in their respective fields and here is the small tribute to the great screen players.

Strating with Arabian race horse Anushka . It was just another day for everyone watching Sasha (Anushka) in the movie Super. Being gifted with a natural assets in form of height and Physique ,Anushka didn’t took much time to impress south film industry.Anushka can’t kept quite as a GLAM DOLL!!  After 8 years she becomes the Queen of Tollywood

Who will forget the sexy curves of Anushka in Billa it shard to blink the eyes from prostitute Saroja  in the movie ‘’Vedam.’’Right now she has her foot in some of the most prestigious projects  such as Baahubali,Rudramadevi, Varna…these three films together are worth Rs.200 Cr.

It’s very hard to narrate the greatness of Kamal . He is a true living legend and god's gift to Indian cinema.. People enter into film industry with passion but most of them become commercial after achieving some success. But, Kamal Haasan is a student for life time. Meanwhile, he is soon coming up with ‘Vishwaroopam 2’ releasing in December.

Next comes to trivikram..this is the correct time to speak about this multi faced technician. He is the one who introduced One-Liners and Punch dialogues and he only showed the new way of generating comedy to Tollywood

How many words he has in his own dictionary..Had you ever seen a person ever before who has the strong grip on English as well Telugu literature…definitely Trivikram is the one best example for thatThough Trivikram directorial movies list is short, but he made strong impact with his magical dialogues and mesmerizing making. Trivikram pens not only punchy or satirical dialogues, he makes everyone think with his emotional and sentimental dialogues. We can’t say more than this …Rest will speak the huge success of  ‘Attarintiki Daredi’

All Fans wishes Trivikram Srinivas, Kamal Haasan and Anushka Shetty a very happy birthday.

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Anushka Bday gift : Bahubali new teaser released

Today is Anushka's birthday. Everybody focused on her Rudramadevi look that was released yesterday by Guna Sekhar and got excited. And today Rajamouli wished her the happiest birthday by releasing a superb teaser on her. The look of Anushka is superb in 'Bahubali' as well and here is the one for you all. 

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Short Sensation in Rudrama Devi

Anushka's historical flick 'Rudrama Devi' has got one more speciality which could make the film lovers throng the theatres. It's none other than extremely talented Nithya Menon! Yes, this short sensation will be seen essaying a special role in the big production.

Ever since her debut, Nithya Menon preferred character-driven roles rather than the song & dance routine. It's only because of her choosey attitude, she managed to find a special place in the hearts of movie lovers. Every time a film done by Nithya gears up for release, audience expect a character with substance and they weren't let down until now. In fact, Nithya even stole the show from Samantha in 'Jabardasth' with a small role. This time she will be sharing the screen space with supremely talented Anushka. So, the fight will be much more entertaining this time.

As of now, About 50 percent of 'Rudrama Devi' shoot has been wrapped up. By March 2014, entire shoot will come to an end. There will be extensive post-production work which will consume at least 2-3 months. The film might hit the screens by the end of May or June next year.

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Anushka's first look is out!

Here is the much-anticipated first look of Anushka Shetty in India's first historical stereoscopic 3D film Rudhramadevi, the warrior queen. Clad in red-designer wear by Neetu Lulla, the still is captivating. Anushka wearing a Kireetam and holding sword in her left hand is catching everyone's attention and getting applause across different quarters.

Directed and produced by Guna Sekhar under his banner Guna Team Works, the movie is being made with a whopping budget of Rs 50 crore.

While she is going to turn older Tomorrow, she seems to be elated with the kind of "gifts" her directors are offering. Guna Sekhar has already released first look of her in Rudhramadevi and Rajamouli is going to unveil the second making video of Baahubali featuring Anushka, on Thursday.

Rajamouli has tactically kept Anushka's look in the film as secret at didn't feature her in the first making video of the film that released during the birthday of macho man Prabhas last month. 

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Telugu Angelina Jolie's First Instalment - Anushka Shetty

                                   

Anushka Shetty, the tall and curvaceous Mangalore lady is no more a glamorous heroine in south tinsel towns. Time and again, she proved her mettle with action characters and now she is ending up as Angelina Jolie of Telugu industry with some continuous action-packed roles in a line.

Angelina is not new to Telugu folks, after all they all have grown up watching her Lara Croft movies, Wanted chases and Salt punches. Of late, Anushka is also evolving similarly in Tollywood with her Arundathi fights, Varna blues, Rudramadevi rides and Baahubali charms. That is why they call Anushka as Jolie of Tollywood and it seems like there is no option to imagine in our Mangalore beauty's place. And the big news is that Anushka's latest socio-fantasy flick 'Varna' is hitting screens somewhere in mid-December. Other than playing a regular heroine, our Sweety will be seen as a warrior in a medieval age in this flick.

If Varna is her first instalment, then Rudramadevi will be her second as the film is expected to hit marquee in 2014. And anyway, we have a strong backing in 2015 as Baahbuali will strike screens. So, get ready for Anushka's first instalment for now.