Telugu cinema news

'Mallanna' lands in Hyderabad

Vikram as hero has been paired with Shreya for the film 'Mallanna' and the unit is arriving in Hyderabad, after filming some scenes abroad.
Titled as 'Mallanna' in Telugu and 'Kandasami' in Tamil, the mega film's producer Kalaipuli thanu is known for big budget extravagances.
The movie has been creating news from the very start of its announcement. It has commanded the attention of all by sending expensive video invitations to prominent people in the film industry.
Later an exclusive photo-session on Vikram and Shreya was done in many locales abroad.
Talking about the film, the producer said, they have recently completed a schedule, of filming some important scenes, at Mexico. He added that from 23rd of July, the shooting will be done at Hyderabad, for about a week. The filming will be done at Ramoji Film City and FilmNagar.
Devi Shree Prasad is the music director for this film made on the 'V Creations' banner.

Tarun-Genelia film shoots in Hyderabad

The yet-to-be-named movie starring Tarun and Genelia produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali's Karthikeya Creations is currently shooting in Hyderabad. The film is directed by Krishna Vamshi.
Karthikeya Creations and Krishna Vamshi had earlier teamed up to rended a big hit in 'Khadgam'.
Shooting for the third schedule is going on currently. Some scenes and a song have already been filmed at locales such as Rajahmundry and Amaravathi.
Lyrics have been worked on by Seetarama Sastry and Anantha Sriram. Cinematography is by bhaskar and music by Vidyasagar.

Sekhar kammula Rock Again
The class of real brand of film makers stands apart in the industry, despite the clout and influence they hold on the audience and the film fraternity alike, they would still choose to remain humble and as grounded as before. One such film maker who we are proud to talk about is Sekhar Kammula.
Whatever he wishes to do , he does with utmost conviction, after the super success of his film 'Happy Days' he got calls from Mahesh Babu, Nag and Venkatesh as per grapevine but then he didn't jump into the field to direct those biggies. Instead, he prepared a script again and it is heard that he is now looking to make a film with a hero of his choice.
He is planning to present the movie on the banner of Somu, the producer of 'ullasamga utsahamga' and the other details are yet to be revealed. Meanwhile, Kammula's friend Aneesh planned to do 'Avakaya Biryani' but no news about that as well till now.

'Deepavali' to release in mid August

movie 'Deepavali' is gearing up for release in August and Venu features in the lead role. The movie is produced by Theegala Krupakar Reddy and the director is Haribabu.
Meghana Nair is being introduced as heroine with this movie.
Speaking about the movie, producer Krupakar Reddy, said that post-production work is going on currently and efforts are on for its release in the first half of August.
He also added that the movie is mostly entertainment based, and that the story has many surprising twists.
Vinod kumar, Subbah Raju, Satya Prakash, Brahmaji, Ali, Brahmanandam, Kondavalasa, Chalapati Rao, Sudha, Hema form the rest of the cast.

Bramhanandam Drama Company Movie Review

There are many directors, who could tickle the funny bones, with the movement of the story itself. They could script the screenplay and story in such a way that the scene itself brings smile on the face of audiences. They were able to reap good entertainment with heroes itself. Heroes like Venkatesh, Rajendra Prasad, Raviteja, Vishnu and the latest Ram, were able to give entertainment, despite showing heroism on the screen. There some other directors, who keep a comedy track, which has a link with the story and at times, without any link as well. But, keeping the entire comedians of Tollywood in his star cast, director I Srikanth failed to provide entertainment, though the subject was proved a hilarious comedy show in its original form (Bagham Bagh).
Anandam (Brahmanandam) has two heroes in his drama company Sivaji (Sivaji) and Ravi (Ravikrishna). An NRI contractor (AVS), who was fascinated with the beauty and dance of the heroine of the drama company (Sameeksha) books them to stage shows in Bangkok. Before they leave for the abroad trip, both the heroes misbehave with the heroine. This forces her to quit the job and leave the drama company just before they were about to board the flight. To make use of the abroad trip, the entire troupe boards the flight sans the heroine. They somehow manage the contractor that their heroine was busy with some modelling and will join them later. Then the heroes start search for a suitable face as heroine. In the process, Ravi was able to bring Arpitha (Kamalini Mukherjee), into their troupe. After giving performance in one show, she meets with an accident due to her mental disorder (suicide tendency). Later, she was taken away by one Mahendra (Raghu) who claimed to be her husband. Soon, the trio (Anandam, Sivaji and Ravi) gets implicated in abetment of suicide case. How they were able to come out of the case? What makes her to commit suicide? Did really Arpitha die? What made her to say that she is the wife of Mahendra? Why the gangsters were after the trio? Answers to all these questions form part of the climax.

PERFORMANCE:
It is Brahmanandam, who is a seasoned comedian, delivered good performance in the entire film. All the other artistes, who were also seasoned comedians could not evoke even a smile on the faces of the audiences, leave alone a big laugh. Moreover, good artistes like Sivaji and Sivajiraja too gave a very unimpressive performance. Ravikrishna kept a big blank face in the film. Neither he showed any feelings in his face nor had put up a good body language. Kamalini is the only saving grace in the film. However, she was also portrayed in a deglamorous character. However, she showed ease in a couple of dances which gave a little relief.
TECHNICAL:
Dialogues by Ramesh-Gopi are very unimpressive. Camera work by PS Babu is a big minus. Though a major part of the film was shot in Bangkok, he failed to grab the beautiful locales with his camera skills. Songs lack any foot-tapping dances and music by Sai Karthik is not at all melodious. Only a remix song, which has a mixture of first stanzas of popular songs evoked good response in the theatre. Screenplay and direction by I Srikanth are very disappointing. The director failed to run the film with a good tempo.
REMARKS:

The audiences who go to the theatres with lots of expectations on the entertainment would face miserable disappointment in the absence of any scenes worth watching. The producers who took more than one and a half years to complete the film, were not in a position to release the film in the absence of any takers, possibly because of the unimpressive movement of the film. Somehow, they were rescued by some distributors who dared to release the film. It is very much doubtful whether any of the buyers would get back their money or not.

Cast:

Brahmanandam, Sivaji, Ravikrishna, Kamalini Mukherjee, Sameeksha, Ranganath, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Jeeva, Ali, AVS, Raghubabu, Sivajiraja, Allari Ravi, Raghu, Kamal, Gundu Sudarshan, Apoorva, Sasirekha, and others
Credits:

Camera – PS Babu,

Music – Sai Karthik,

Dialogues – Ramesh-Gopi,

Fights – Selva,

Presents – B Gurunath Reddy,

Producers – Palli Kesava Rao and K Kishore,

Screenplay and direction – I Srikanth,
Banner: Sriramachandrulu Films
Released on: July 11, 2008

Verbal Fight Between Prakash Raj and Trisha

Prakash Raj has been alleged as problem-creator for producers without attending on the call sheets given. There were many complaints on him both in Tollywood and Kollywood. But now Prakash Raj himself is facing trouble as a producer with Trisha. He has been making a Tamil film from quite some time but that halted due to his personal and financial problems.
He took Trisha’s dates to shoot a song in first week of June but he didn’t utilize them as his financial resources were drained by that time. Now again he asked for Trisha’s dates but she denied saying ‘busy’. This made Prakash Raj lose his cool and in turn Trisha also verbally bombarded on him. Prakash Raj gave a complaint on Trisha in Tamil film producers’ council but no one knows how far his woes will be answered.
The time proves to be disturbing for Prakash Raj with professional tensions as well as divorce with wife in personal life little while ago.