Nag in Jagapathi Babu’s 100th film, Puri as director!

Jagapathi Babu, who is on signing spree these days, is all set to hit a century in his films very soon. Director Puri Jagannath will direct this landmark film and if sources are to be believed Nagarjuna Akkineni is playing a cameo in the film.

The movie will be produced by Nandi Srihari. Earlier Natti Kumar thought of producing the film and he also made an announcement. However, the film has been now shifted to Nandi Srihari. Currently, the script work is under progress and might be wrapped up by the end of the month. The movie starts rolling its camera, once the script gets finalized. Stay glued for more details.

Star Hero in 'Baba' Avatar!

Handsome Nagarjuna is luckiest of heroes who have got rare honors to impersonate wide range of characters. Among the all, duplication of 'Sri Ramadasu' and 'Annamayya' are unanimously adored by entire Telugu community all over the world. No wonder that either an audio CD or DVD of these two films will find a respectable place in devotional collection of every Telugu movie lover. After playing a versatile character of NSG Commando in 'Gaganam' which is accepted to have become a hit, Nagarjuna is to step into a new league by welcoming Raghavendra Rao's script on Shirdi Sai Baba. The master film maker narrated the script and Nagarjuna liked it giving the green signal. This spectacular combination is set to open the film very soon with blessings of Baba. It will be interesting to see, how Nagarjuna will practice the mannerisms of god Sai Baba!

బాలకృష్ణ, నాగార్జున, వెంకటేష్ ల మల్టీస్టారర్ చిత్రం

బాలకృష్ణ నాగ్ వెంకీ

అవునండి.... మీరు చదివింది నిజమే...  మలయాళం లో ఘన విజయం సాధించిన చిత్రం "క్రిస్టియన్ బ్రదర్స్". ఇందులో సురేష్ గోపి, శరత్ కుమార్, మోహన్ లాల్ మరియు దిలీప్ లు నటించారు. ఈ చిత్రం యొక్క తెలుగు రీమేక్ హక్కులు బెల్లంకొండ సురేష్ పొందాడట. ఈ చిత్రాన్ని బాలకృష్ణ, నాగార్జున మరియు వెంకటేష్ లతో నిర్మించాలని అనుకుంటున్నాడట. ఈ చిత్రాన్ని ఇదివరకే చూసిన బాలకృష్ణ సినిమా తీయడానికి సుముఖంగా ఉన్నాడట. మరి నాగార్జున, వెంకటేష్ లు కూడా ఒప్పుకుంటే ఇక తెలుగు ప్రేక్షకులకు పెద్ద కనువిందే అని చెప్పాలి.  

నాగార్జున, అనుష్క ల జాయింట్ బ్యాంక్ అకౌంట్ ?

నాగార్జున అనుష్క

ఇటీవలే నాగార్జున, అనుష్కల తో పాటు ఇతర సినీ తారల ఇళ్ళ పై ఐ.టి. దాడులు జరిగిన విషయం తెలిసిందే. అయితే ఈ దాడుల తర్వాత చాలా విషయాలు బయటకు వస్తున్నాయి. నాగార్జున, అనుష్కలు ఇద్దరికీ ఒక ప్రముఖ బ్యాంక్ లో జాయింట్ అకౌంట్ తో పాటు వీరిద్దరు జంట ఆస్థులు కూడా కొన్నట్టుగా చర్చ జరుగుతోంది. నాగార్జున తో ఇంతగా రిలేషన్ షిప్ ఉంది కాబట్టే ఐ.టి. అధికారులు అనుష్క ని కూడా టార్గెట్ చేశారట. 

First Look of Nagarjuna’s ‘Dhamarukham'

For the first time, Nagarjuna is acting in movie with full of computer graphics. The movie is titled ‘Dhamarukham’ and it is to be launched on Saturday (Feb 12, 2011) evening at Annapoorna Studios.  Srinivas Reddy, who so far directed only comedies and graphical fantasy movie with Venu, is directing this film which will have about one hour run time of computer graphics and visual effects. R R Movie Makers is producing this film

Nagarjuna’s Damarukam with 50 minutes graphics

After coming up with a hijack genre flick Gaganam, Nagarjuna has now eyed on socio-fantasy genre. His next flick titled 

Damarukam under the direction of Srinivas Reddy in the production house of RR Moviemakers banner is all set for its launch on 12^th February.

Anushka, who set the screens on fire with her oomph and glamour in Ragada is yet again pairing with Nag in Damarukam. Being related to socio-fantasy genre, Damarukam is said to have 50 minutes of graphics in the film. Nagarjuna will also shoot for Rajanna simultaneously, which will be made under his home banner Annapurna Studios

Gaganam Movie Review

In Radha Mohan’s remarkably written hijack drama, there’s a scene where Prakash Raj who acts as the mediator between the government and the terrorists breaks down. After hours of restraining himself from saying anything that’s provocative, he explodes with anger and anguish when he finds out that the terrorists have crossed the line. Now, why’s the scene so important? In lot of ways, Radha Mohan makes us a part of this intense drama that it’s hard not to empathize with his characters’ agony. Quite rarely have films done that in recent past and Gaganam truly stands as a class apart. The film starring Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj and a host of other actors is a hijack drama where lives of 100 civilians are at stake. What’s the story? A Chennai-New Delhi flightis hijacked by five terrorists and they demand it to be diverted to Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Due to a technical snag, it finally lands in Tirupati where they make contact with the Airport authorities.National Security Advisor’s team and National Security Guards (NSG) team takes control of the situation to broker a peace deal with the terrorists for the safety of passengers. The terrorists demand the release of Yusuf Khan, an international terrorist who’s in a high security prison in Kashmir. And they give the Indian government less than 48 hours to accept their demands or face severe consequences. Will the Indian government accept the demands? What happens to the civilians inside the flight? Will the NSG do something to save the passengers? This forms the rest of the story of this intriguing drama.

What is Good: Gaganam derives its strength from human desire to be righteous and do or say what’s right. It’s about ordinary people from different walks of life who are pushed into an extraordinary situation of turmoil and utter chaos. Be it an action hero who chickens out in real life or a kid who questions the terrorists’ intentions to hurt innocent people, they all strike a chord immensely. Nagarjuna is terrific as the NSG commando. He’s in complete control of the situation despite the indecisiveness of his bosses. At times, the situation spirals out of control, but Nagarjuna as Major Raveendra keeps his composure and chalks an elaborate rescue mission. On the other hand, Prakash Raj dazzles in his role. He’s the personification of a helpless civil servant who cannot stand the fact that they are running out of time. Both Nagarjuna and Prakash Raj are on the same side of the fence who are determined to make sure that the rescue mission is a success. Poonam Kaur, Harshavardhan and all the actors who act as the terrorists do a commendable job. Over 90% of the film is shot in the hijacked plane and the commando base in the airport terminal. Despite the sense of claustrophobia, the film touches upon several themes like why the government delays taking important decisions, how the media sensationalizes issues and most importantly how complete strangers come together irrespective of their cultural backgrounds during such incidents. It’s here that the film transcends from just being a well written film to an engrossing drama which brings back memory of infamous incidents of the 1999 Kandahar hijack and perhaps even the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai which continue to haunt us. Another important aspect to observe is how cleverly Radha Mohan manages to add humour in such an intense drama. The scenes featuring Prithvi & his fan onboard the plane and Brahmanandam & the guy named Ranganth (in the film) are hilarious to say the least.

Technical Departments : Cinematography by K V Guhan is another reason why this film is an edge of the seat thriller. There’s a sense of urgency in most of the scenes and the hand-held camera movements add more drama. The film has been shot on a Red camera which explains the lighting patterns seen in the film – there’s hardly any sunlight since most of the film is shot indoors. Background score is very good and dialogues by Anuradha go well with the mood of the characters. Editing by Marthand K Venkatesh is crisp making the film a gripping watch. Radha Mohan sticks to the seriousness of the theme for the entire length of the film and there’s hardly a dull moment in the film. A top notch cast and crew who has put in their best of efforts also helps Radha Mohan’s endeavour to make a taut thriller. Kudos to him for such a superb effort. Bottom-Line: At a running time of 1 hour 58 minutes without any songs, romance and the usual fare of masala quotient, Gaganam is quite an achievement, especially in terms of writing and screenplay. Such films are rare and perhaps the onus is upon us to encourage and applaud people who do the so called ‘different’ films. Quite frankly, every now and then, a film like Gaganam is necessary to make us realize that cinema isn’t always about escapism or a dream factory churning out candyfloss films. Two big thumbs up for the film…go watch it. Even if you are an ardent follower of commercial cinema, you never know when you might become a convert and embrace newer genres. And Gaganam is you best bet this month! Final Verdict: Edge of the seat thriller. Go watch it! Source: 123telugu.com

Nag's sincerity receives applause!

That is the true character of a true artist. Beating away all the odds about the sprouted differences between nagarjuna and Dil Raju, our handsome Manmadhudu is to offer a special publicity stunt for his next release ‘Gaganam’ that is to hit he screens on February 11 both in Telugu and Tamil lands. Nag is so confident about this experimental hijack flick in the direction of Radha Mohan that he has decided to watch the premiers of movie in four different cities of Andhra Pradesh viz. Hyderabad, Vizag, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry one day before the release that is on 10th of the month. nagarjuna would take a special flight to go round these four cities interacting with audience and Fans on each of these premier shows.  While Dil Raju postponed ‘Gaganam’ plenty of times for personal reasons irritating the Hero but it was our own Nag showing his sincerity towards the project this way receiving applause from all the inner circles in field.

Naga Chaitanya is a Dangerous Guy!

Entering the top league is these days not a real big hurdle for our heroes. Catching the crafty directors like Vinayak or Rajamouli or Boyapati and then rendering a big hit for that season landed few of our young heroes directly into the top league. Actual problem begins there as audience start to expect too much from their hero and the faltering begins.  Here comes one guy naga chaitanya who is more of the under dog in young race but his immaculate planning is surprising the folks in cine circuit. He has a thorough blue print of not alone entering the top league but he made the ground work of how to remain there for a long time. Take it from lover boy character in ‘I Love You’ with Tamanna and Sukumar getting ready for release; Chaitu has planned the action hero role in Ajay Bhuyan’s film to be continued by Varma’s trade mark characterization in ‘Bezawada Rowdeelu.’ Not to end here naga chaitanya has one more family drama with Rama Naidu, mass masala film with ‘Don Seenu’ fame Malineni Gopichand and recently the talk about Nandini Reddy satisfying him with the soft love story also joined his do list.  When youngsters like Ramcharan, Rana, Ram and others are struggling; here is the cool and calm going naga chaitanya on serial projects with diverse characterizations and busy schedules till next two years. Although, it is to be seen how many of these projects come out from the pipeline but cine pundits are calling this cool chap a ‘Dangerous Guy’ who believes more in actions than words. Great going Chaitu!

Is Anushka still in surgery?

Voluptuous yoga baby anushka is no where seen these days after the show of ‘Ragada.’ As Priyamani gave a tough competition in the flick beating anushka’s oomph, audience too felt the same receiving Priyamani more than anushka. To still aggravate the troubles, her best partner Nagarjuna openly commented about Sweety Shetty loosing her sexy structure, mainly the most interesting part of her waist and the necessity of an immediate attention is also highlighted. Now, sources with in Film Nagar started to gossip that Anushak is undergoing a shorter version of Liposuction and that is the reason why she isn’t making her attendance felt anywhere in the filmy circles. When Bollywood directors are going fida over anushka’s hip oomph, this isn’t fair cutting the flab from those limelight hogging sensuous areas.

ANR gets Padma Vibhushan

Dr A Nageshwara Rao and Palle Rama Rao were conferred with the Padma Vibhushan while Dr K Anji Reddy, Dr Gunapati VenkataKrishna Reddy  were named as recipients of the Padma Bhushan and VangipurapuVenkata Sai Laxman or Very Very Special Laxman and shooter Gagan Narang from Andhra Pradesh were among the eminent personalities named for the Padma Shri awards on Tuesday. Their names were approved by the President of India for the conferment of Padma Awards-2010. This year the President approved 128 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 12 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise 13 Padma Vibhushan, 31 Padma Bhushan and 84 Padma Shri Awards. There are 31 ladies among the awardees. Apart from the above named, film actress Tabassum Hashmi Khan or Tabu as she is more popularly known was also named as the recipient of the Padma Shri, but she was counted as a resident of Maharashtra. Also figuring in the list of Padma Shri awardees were Gajam Govardhana, Prof  EA Siddiq, Narayan Singh Bhati, Prof PullellaSrirama Chandrudu and Prof KoneruRamakrishna Rao. Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year and are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April.

Chaitu ready to accept Tarak!

The deadly combination of legendary NTR and ANR is a memorable one for filmy lovers. Although they acted in good number of multi-starrer movies long back, Tollywood lost the glory of multi starrers with advent of new generation heroes who are severely affected by ego problems blaming it on the failure of story and script writers. All of the sudden craze for ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ and ‘Ramudu Bheemudu’ remakes has begun in the industry. One more surprising element is that youngster naga chaitanya has voluntarily come forward showing his interest to act in the remake of ‘Gundamma Katha’ portraying his grandfather ANR’s role. It is only the formal acceptance of Junior NTR required for the moment to get the move on sets and Chaitu is convinced that Tarak will agree the project very soon. Combination of Akkineni and Nandamuri will be a delight for Fans of both the groups and let us keep our fingers crossed to see when this project set will get on the sets. A point to remind here is that, both Nagarjuna and Balakrishna have thought of ‘Gundamma Katha’ remake but the idea was lapsed due to non availability of an artist like Surya Kantham.

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