Archive for August 22nd, 2009
Happy Birthday, Chiranjeevi!
Posted on: August 22, 2009
The megastar, who was having quite a bad year (his ambitious political outing took a beating at the Lok Sabha polls), is smiling again: ‘Magadheera’, starring his son Ram Charan Teja, is breaking all collection records!
Chiranjeevi aka Konidela Shiva Shankara Vara Prasad, was born at Narsapuram in Andhra Pradesh, to Konidela Venkat Rao and Anjana Devi. Chiru debuted in films with a cameo in ‘Punadi Rallu’ (1978); but his first release was ‘Pranam Kharidu’ (1978). Later , Chiranjeevi had to don several negative roles before he was accepted as hero material.
It was the superhit ‘Khaidi’ (1983) that made him a superstar. A slew of blockbusters followed, including ‘Abhilasha’ (1983), ‘Challenge’ (1984), ‘Pasivadi Pranam’ (1987), ‘Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu’ (1989), J’agadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari’ (1990), ‘Kodama Simham’ (1990), ‘Gang Leader’ (1991), ‘Rowdy Alludu’ (1991) and ‘Gharana Mogudu’ (1992).
During the mid 1990s, Chiranjeevi suffered a few reverses. But, he made a telling comeback in the late 1990s with a series of mega hit–‘Master’ (1997), ‘Choodalani Vundi’ (1998), ‘Bavagaru Bagunnara’ (1998), ‘Indra’ (2001), ‘Tagore’ (2003), ‘Shankardada MBBS’ (2004), ‘Jai Chiranjeeva’ (2005), and ‘Stalin’ (2006). His last release in a full length role was ‘Shankar Dada Zindabad’.
Here is wishing the megastar a Happy B’day!
source :www.filmysouth.com
Sequel to ‘Yodha’ on the anvil
Posted on: August 22, 2009
The stupendous success of ‘In Harihar Nagar’ 3 has been the inspiration to make the sequel, it is learnt. Mohanlal has already allocated dates for the movie, our sources say.
For the original, Santosh Sivan was the cameraman and AR Rahman scored the music. Madhubala played the female lead and Puneeth Issar was the villain. Other important artistes in the film included Urvashi, oduvil Unnikrishnan, Meena and MS tripunithara. In the sequel being planned, Mohanlal, Jagathy Sreekumar, Urvashi and Puneeth Issar will be repeated. Harris Jayaraj will score the music.
Source: http://www.filmysouth.com
‘Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam’ begins
Posted on: August 22, 2009
The movie was originally planned with Karthi and Sandhya in the lead and was supposed to have begun in 2006. But, the project was shelved for various reasons.
The film, being produced by Selva’s own company, stars Andrea in the lead. The intense romantic story will be canned by Ramji and will have music scored by GV Prakash Kumar.
The film will be script-driven and is scheduled to be completed within 50 days. Selva’s pet project, ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’, starring Karthi in the lead, is almost completed and is gearing up for an early release.
Source: http://www.filmysouth.com
“I have readied the script and will meet both of them soon. This venture requires a mammoth budget,” he said to the mediapersons recently.
Samudrakani played the villain in ‘Subrahmanyapuram’, the iconic film made by his friend Sasikumar. Right now, he is busy with the groundwork of the Tamil and Telugu versions of ‘Nadodigal’.
Source: http://www.filmysouth.com
Jayam Ravi tries… Karthik evades…
Posted on: August 22, 2009
That the Telugu blockbuster Kick is being remade into Tamil with Jayam Ravi–Tamanna in the lead under the name Thillalangadi is old news. To be directed by Ravi’s brother Raja, ground work for the movie is being carried out currently. The crew was seriously scouting for a suitable artiste for the father’s role which was immortalized in the original version by Sayaji Shinde.
Many names were suggested and Kollywood circles averred that yesteryear actor Karthik was considered and was approached. However, official confirmation from the crew revealed that Prabhu has been finalized for this character. Readers may recall that Prabhu shares a special rapport with Editor Raja’s family and his role as an affectionate elder brother to Trisha in Enakkum Unakkum cannot be easily forgotten. With all the key roles in place, Thillalangadi has ‘kick’started indeed!
Source:Behindwoods
Sneha’s issue confirmed
Posted on: August 22, 2009
Forensic investigations have confirmed that Sneha’s tormentor Raghavendra had indeed sent her numerous lewd and threatening text messages to her mobile. While initial reports suggested that the Bangalore-based business man sent her marriage proposals, this was proved by the investigators recently.
Sources say that with the police proving that threatening and vulgar messages were a part of the SMSs sent, a case against Raghavendra could be filed under the Cyber Crime Act. Speaking on this, Sneha said that she deferred complaining to the police for a long time but when Raghavendra started to send threatening messages she formally lodged a police complaint.
Source:Behindwoods
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