Pawan's Gym Report Is A Big Secret !!

Well, many people are eagerly waiting for the 'Gym Report' of Powerstar Pawan Kalyan from a long time. If you don't know what it is, then you have to read this story.

The shooting of Pawan's latest movie with Trivikram was expected to start somewhere in the first week of December last year. But that hadn't kick started and there is reason behind this. They say that Trivikram wanted Pawan to hit the gym for some weeks at least before the actual shoot gets started. Because this mega hero is looking slightly fat in his last movie 'Rambabu'. While his fitness in 'Puli' is rocking, his loosened tummy and bulging cheeks are making him look aged in 'Rambabu'. Anyway the shooting of Trivikram's movie started the other day, and everyone is keen on how Pawan is looking after hitting the gym.

Source revealed that Pawan is busy till yesterday spending all the time with weights and exercises. And his latest look will be a big secret until the movie hits screens. Let's hold the excitement then.

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Viswaroopam Movie Review !!

Movie : Viswaroopam
Rating: 3.25/5
Cast : Kamal Haasan, Rahul Bose, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremaiah and others
Directed by : Kamal Haasan
Produced by : Kamal Hassan, Prasad
Banner :
Music : Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Release Date : 2013-01-25

Kamal Haasan's magnum opus Viswaroopam is finally out in theaters after going through various troubles to see light. Although the Telugu version of the movie released, the original version has been banned for fifteen days in Tamilnadu. So we get to see his film earlier than the Tamils.

What is it about?

This film is about Islamic terrorism based in Afghanisthan. Protagonist Vishwanadh aka Taufique aka Kashmiri (Kamal) is a jeehadi trainer and he is on a mission. Jihadi leader Omar (Rahul Bose) has scores to settle with Vishwanadh, who is leading his life as a normal dance school teacher. There is other side to Vishwanadh and that is the main base for this story.

Performances:                                                                                                                                 

Kamal Haasan is as effective as ever. He has done a fabulous job as dance teacher and Jihadi trainer. The variations he shows for various shades of his character and the changes he brings about in his body language are impeccable. Not many actors could pull of this role at ease. Rahul Bose is fine as the baddie. He made his character believable with natural performance. Pooja Kumar is okay as Kamal's loud mouthed wife. Andrea did a tom boyish role and she is okay too. Nasser and others supported the main cast very well.

On the Technical Front:

There is no scope for songs in this action drama with some good thrills. However Kamal sneaked in few songs which were out of place. First song featuring Kamal as dance teacher should be chopped off immediately. It is painful on eyes and ears as well. Background score is good. Cinematography is the major asset to this film. Sanu Verghese captured the locations of the Afghanistan wonderfully well. Editing could have been way better. The film is sloppy at times.

Technically the movie is brilliant and the producers should be commended for spending so many crores of rupees on the movie without any compromise. Kamal Haasan wielded mega phone after a long time. He has been writing stories in the recent past but they were directed by others. Difference is clearly visible as he had immense command over every detail in this film. Any other director may not have done justice to this subject as Kamal did. Despite few shortcomings, Viswaroopam is easily the best among recent Kamal Haasan's movies.

Analysis:        

This film is an action drama based on Islamic terrorism. Kamal Haasan didn't take sides in this film and hence there is so much reality in the portrayal of the story. Most of the times directors take either the army or terrorists side and you can see one side approach in those films.

Kamal Haasan made sure to stick with the reality and that turns out to be a boon for Viswaroopam. It is very different to what we see in the films linked with terrorism. World directors often make films with this concept and there were many great films in this genre. Viswaroopam's story might be weak but it is on par with those international films in the making standards.

We are not exaggerating about the making standards of the movie. Viswaroopam will rank among the top Indian films in terms of production values and technical wizardry. Sometimes you get a feeling like you are watching the dubbed version of a Hollywood film. Kudos to the director and producers and also the cinematographer.

Viswaroopam doesn't have any commercial elements and lacks mass entertainment. However, it has its own merits and has to be watched for its technical brilliance.

Verdict: Viswaroopam - Indian movie with international making standards   

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Manchu Laxmi in wamp character? !!

Ever since, Anushka started the craze on prostitute roles through her Amalapuram Saroja in Vedam film, our heroines are after this sex worker role to show their mettle in acting and for skin show. Recently, Charmi is going to see as prostitute in 'Preme oka maikam' movie and Sriya in 'Pavitra' is doing the similar role.

Now it is turn of Manchi Laxmi who seems like joined this list. Maverick director Maniratnam's forthcoming film Kadali (in Telugu) which has starring of Gautam and Tulasi, Manchu Laxmi is going to be seen in a different role that is close to a prostitute.

Mani ratnam in an interview given to a national newspaper reported that though it's a small role but got its prominence in the story. It is heard that this role has all the features of a prostitute.

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Mahesh breaks Mega heroes record !!

According to trade reports, Mahesh Babu-Venkatesh starrer 'Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu' stood as top grosser in US breaking the previous records of Telugu blockbusters like 'Gabbar Singh' and 'Eega'. Pawan Kalyan's 'Gabbar Singh' has collected $ 1 million in US in 12 days of its release while Rajamouli's 'Eega' took 20 days to reach the mark. The latest reports from overseas say that

'SVSC' has cross the above record in just two days of its release. It has grossed Rs 5,75,34,750 ($ 1.05 million) in just two days and doing exceptionally well at the US box-office. Interestingly, Ram Charan's 'Naayak', which released on Jan 9, though slightly lagging, has grossed Rs 1,85, 83, 700.

Noted trade pundit Taran Adarsh tweeted, "2013 starts with a big bang for Telugu film industry! #SVSC crosses $ 1 million mark on Sat [total: $ 1,043,369 from 68 locations]. SUPERB!" He divulged the business details of Charan's 'Naayak' too. "Telugu film #Naayak USA Tue to Sat total: $ 339,150 from 52 locations." Popular PRO BA Raju tweeted, "SVSC is setting new land marks in US. Touches 1$ Million mark in just 2 days."

This is the new talk of the town as Mahesh Babu has broke the records of both mega heroes- Pawan Kalyan and Ram Charan. It's once again proved that Mahesh Babu's mania is slightly ahead than Pawan.

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Naayak Movie Review !!

Movie : Naayak
Rating: 3.5/5
Cast : Ram Charan, Kajal Agarwal, Amala Paul, Brahmanandam, MS Narayana, Jayaprakash Reddy, Posani
Directed by : VV Vinayak
Produced by : Danayya DVV
Banner : Universal Media
Music : SS Thaman
Release Date : 2013-01-09

Ram Charan who has scored a big hit with Racha last year is back with Naayak, which is also a commercial entertainer with high doses of action and comedy. VV ViNaayak who is known as good commercial director made yet another commercial potboiler.

What is it about?

Charan aka Cherry (Ram Charan) is a guy with cool attitude and doesn't fear anyone. He can tackle any situation with intelligence. However he gets into a problem when CBI suspects him as the main culprit in a serial murders case. There is other side of the story where Siddharth Naayak (Charan) turns into a mass leader at young age. What is the relation between Cherry and Siddharth? What is the reason for serial murders?

Performances:                                                                                                                                   

Ram Charan is very agile and confident in both the characters. However, for obvious reasons the director didn't ask for much variation between both the characters. Hence Charan didn't have to do much as an actor. He has a strong screen presence and he shoulders the film effortlessly.

He is supported by a great star cast where most of them made their presence felt. Jayaprakash Reddy stands out in the comedy department. His serious comedy in a frustrated role is hilarious. Posani Krishna Murali is a surprise package. His comedy with a blank face in the 'Chocolate' scene will have you in splits of laughter. Brahmanandam too made his presence felt, but here the cake is taken by JP. MS Narayana, Venu Madhav and Raghu Babu are alright. They didn't get the best lines like others did.

Rahul Dev, Pradeep Rawath and Ashish Vidhyardhi are alright. Heroines Kajal and Amala Paul have nothing much to do. Kajal got better screen time than Amala. The latter was simply wasted and restricted to a couple of songs. Charmi is fine in the rocking item song.

On the Technical Front:

Songs are already big hit on audio. They are well shot too. Laila O Laila stands out with mind blowing dance moves of Ram Charan. Subhaleka song is a visual treat. Background score is good. Editing is fine. Cinematography is pretty good. Dialogues written by Akula Shiva are witty. His dialogue in comedy scenes worked out very well.

Director ViNaayak made sure that the film has everything to lure the masses and common audience. Critics may cringe a bit about the logical errors and larger than life story, but the much needed entertainment for common audience has been provided. In spite of having an age old revenge story on his hands, ViNaayak's screenplay made it look fresh. He has mixed action with comedy to the hilt.

Analysis:       

We have been repeatedly raving about the comedy in Naayak from many days and our sources proved to be right. Comedy is the main highlight in Naayak. More than anything comedy clicks and how? Comedy scenes have clicked so well that audience will remember only those scenes after they leave the theaters.

They have added repeat value to the film as the comedy is fresh and appealing. Added to that there are Ram Charan's superb dances and songs too. It has fair amount of action for action lovers. It is a complete film which offers something every kind of audience. The movie has been inspired a lot from various hit films, but the director gets the formula correct.

First half of the film is just okay with a decent interval bang. Second half is the heart of the movie where the real story unfolds. However the pace slows down a bit at one point and ViNaayak comes back with a superb comedy scene which gets things back on track. Serious action film turns into a comic entertainer with a simple twist in the tale.

That made the difference for Naayak to become a better commercial film as the comedy clicked right before the super catchy Hey Naayak song. Climax could have been better. The biggest plus points of the movie is it never bores you and runs at a very good pace throughout. It has all the stuff to be a winner in this pongal season. The movie has already opened to superb mouth talk all over.

Verdict: Perfect dish for Pongal audience - Naayak!  

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Nani dual role in 'Janda Pai Kapiraju' !!

Doing a dual role always occupies top place in list of any actor. Right from NTR's 'Ramudu Bheemudu' in 1964 to upcoming Ram Charan-starrer 'Naayak' which is slated for release on Jan 10, the dual role movies have been getting wide attention from audiences.

Now, the latest to join this list is young hero Nani. Nani, who is on a roll, with a spree of hit films Rajamouli's 'Eega', Gautham Menon's 'Yeto Vellipoyindi Mansu', is all set to portray dual role in his upcoming film 'Janda Pai Kapiraju'. Acclaimed director Samuthrakhani, who directed films like 'Sambho Siva Sambho', 'Sangharshana', is wielding the megaphone.

Nani himself confirmed, "I'm fortunate to bag this opportunity to work in 'Janda Pai Kapiraju'. This is going to be a landmark film in my career. Usually, actors who have done 50-60 films would get such roles. I'm very lucky to get this role at early of my career. I play dual role in this film." Amala Paul plays Nani's romantic interest. She plays deglamourized role in the film like all Samuthrakhani's films. But if you are eagerly looking forward to watch Nani's dual role you've to wait till September. Since, it is bilingual (Tamil-Telugu), the makers are shooting separate scenes in different locations for each language. Currently, the first schedule of shooting is progressing at Manikonda, Hyderbad.

Meanwhile, Nani's other film 'Paisa' directed by Krishna Vamsi is nearing completion.

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Twists Of 2012 !!

Many unexpected things have happened in 2012 and that opened new doors for some while closing the chances of some people. On a whole it is really strange as to why all of them happened in the same year.

Raviteja: Our star commercial hero always had one single hit in a calendar year even though his other ventures tumbled at Box Office. But this time, all this four films including Nippu, Daruvu, Devudu Chesina Manushulu and Sarocharu are big flops. They say that he lost his golden streak and Mass Raju should really work on this.

Nitin: With almost 12 flop films after Rajamouli's 'Sye', young hero Nitin was a disappointed jack until he has seen new hopes with 'Ishq'. The film is a trendsetting hit for him and he is on a rage now with three movies in hand. Even Telugu industry felt happy as its very own hero got rid of that flop-hero tag.

Shruti Hasan: The super flop of movies like 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu', '3', 'Oh My Friend' and '7th sense' have labelled her as Iron-Leg girl. But things got overturned for her with Powerstar's 'Gabbar Singh' becoming the mega blockbuster of year. Shruti became a busy actress in both Tollywood and Bollywood. Charan's 'Yevadu' and Raviteja's 'Balupu' are her upcoming films.

Ileana: From a couple of years, Ileana was tasting only flops and in the form of 'Julayi', there came a big relief for her in Tollywood. However, the ravishing beauty felt that she is required only for her body in Telugu films, and tried to show her acting-skills for Bollywood. That's it, she got huge critical acclaim through 'Barfi' and she is a big name in B-town now.

Nayantara: Though she is a proved seductress in Tollywood, her affair with Prabhudeva, exit from film after 'Sri Rama Rajyam' are two big things. Surprisingly, she broke up with him and came back to acting with 'Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum'. Rather acting in movies, Nayan had shown a proper Telugu movie through her life.

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Controversies Of TFI 2012 !!

2012 is the year of controversies for Tollywood and shockingly some of them have turned fruitful for our producers.
 
T-Heat For Rambabu: Power star Pawan Kalyan and director Puri Jagan's combo has created a sensation with 'Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu'. However, various political outfits from T-region have protested against this movie due to some hard hitting dialogues. Attacks took place on Puri and Dil Raju's offices and finally the film got trimmed. However, it is money everywhere as people rushed to theatres to find out what exactly is the problem for these protests.
 
Brahmins Vs Mohan Babu: The film 'Denikaina Ready' has stirred a big fight between Brahmin community and actor Mohan Babu. They alleged that the actor has insulted their community and their women through this movie. Surprisingly this film happens to be first hit for Manchu Vishnu after 'Dhee' movie. All the tussles helped the flick get huge publicity and collections. The issue is still in court.
 
Woman In Brahmanism: This is not a film that is ready to be screened in theatres but its raunchy trailer on YouTube has enraged Brahmin communities in our state. After a lot of protest and political pressures, the film's clips are removed from internet.
 
Lawrence Is Not Rebel: Though Lawrence exaggerated the result of 'Rebel' during audio launch, he failed to deliver the output. The film failed and producers complained against him for crossing the said initial budget. Finally, our dance master has to pay 2.5 crores fine to producers.
 
Yes Teacher: While the movie name is 'Sorry Teacher', many women's organizations have objected about this 'hot' teacher and the case was fought in court. But finally a clearance was given for release, and the makers have cashed on the craze through openings and satellite-rights. 

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Director Playing football with Prabhas !!

S S Rajamouli happens to be a superstar director, but even he tends to draw inspiration from other blockbusters. That happened many a times and here is the latest report about it.

Obviously, S S Rajamouli's 'Sye' is an true inspiration from Amir Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker's 'Lagaan' movie. In that superhit Hindi flick, they play cricket to settle the tax issue, while in 'Sye' they play rugby to settle playground issue. Wide discussions are happening in Film Nagar now that Rajamouli is gearing ahead to draw inspiration from another hindi flick now. It happens to be blockbuster movie 'Chak De' that highlights the need to stay united for Indians. However the central theme of this hair rising flick is Hockey game, while Rajamouli has chosen Foot Ball, say sources.

Most surprising thing is that this 'foot ball film' happens to be the film he is going to make with Prabhas, but not a period flick as in publicity. Maybe it is for this reason Prabhas is heard practising foot ball from a couple of weeks to get the moves and kicks right. Let us wait for some official news.

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Yamudiki Mogudu Movie Review !!

Movie : Yamudiki Mogudu
Rating: 3/5
Cast : Allari Naresh, Richa Panai, Ramya Krishna, Sayaji Shinde and others
Directed by : E Sattibabu
Produced by : Chanti Addala
Banner : Friendly Movies
Music : Koti
Release Date : 2012-12-27

We are not new to films that are set up with Yama Lokam backdrop. Telugu cinema has been churning out good number of 'Yama movies' in the recent past. It is Allari Naresh's turn to test this formula.

What is it about?

Naresh (Allari Naresh) marries Lord Yama (Sayaji Shinde) daughter Yamaja (Richa Panai) in a stage play and she comes after him saying that he is her real husband. When Naresh too falls for her Yama comes from Yama Loka to take back his daughter. Naresh follows him there as he has special powers.

Performances:

Naresh has done well within his limitations. He is at ease in comedy scenes and did his best in emotional situations. Richa Panai is just a glam doll. Sayaji Shinde didn't suit the role of Yama. Master Bharat as Young Yama is good. Krishna Bhagavan is hilarious and Raghu Babu is loud. Ramya Krishna is decent. Tanikella Bharani is topnotch.

On the Technical Front:

Koti's music is not good. Except for Atho Athamma kooturo remix nothing really works. Dialogues are good with fine one liners. Graphics are okay and the art department has done a neat job. Production values are good for a film with medium range star cast.

Director Sattibabu made sure that there is enough comedy in the film to make the film 'paisa vasool entertainer'. He should have written a better screenplay to make it a better film. As of now it is just an average effort from the director.  

Analysis:

First half of the film races ahead with right doses of entertainment. Barring a couple of unwanted comedy scenes, first half is pretty decent with an interesting interval bang. People would expect the second half to be more fun.

However, the film fell short of expectations in the latter half as the director tried to make it a commercial film. Had he stuck to the comedy genre Yamudiki Mogudu might have scored more marks. There is not enough comedy in the second half.

The film drags on and on towards the climax. Joker song is completely unnecessary during the penultimate scene. This is where the film loses steam and ends up as an average fare. Most of Allari Naresh's films did well even with weaker content than this. So this should fare well at the box office too.

Verdict: Mass comedy with a sentimental climax

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T-Town's Biggest Hits on Small Screen !!

Television screenings play a huge role in making the films reach out to a wider section of audience, eventually generating huge revenues based on the TRP Ratings. Which are the top three TRP films on Television? Check this out ...

Magnum opus Magadheera holds the top spot with a TRP rating of 20, sic-fi flick Robo follow it with 19 rating and graphical extravaganza Eega seals the third place with 18 rating. These figures are generated during the first telecast.

The common thing among these films is their good star cast, lavish budgets, extraordinary visual effects, perfect blend of action and emotions along with never seen before episodes. Out of the top three films, two of them were directed by Rajamouli and that shows the impact of his films on film buffs. On the other hand, Rajinikanth emerged second in the list outshining all the Tollywood biggies and it's also a reflection of his popularity among the Telugus. With few big ticket films gearing up for the release in the next two months, let's see if any one of those could pose a threat to these three films.

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Why Charan worried with Item Girls? !!

More than worrying about the total output of the movie or about other departments, this young Mega hero is taken down by item-girls. One will wonder what for an item-girl is so important than rest of the film.

All the time, Mega Powerstar Ramcharan is busy looking for right girls who can match steps with him in his upcoming movies including Nayak, Yevadu and Zanjeer. After checking with three beauties, shooting for a day or two with them, Charan dropped those girls and roped in Charmi finally for 'Yevvaramantey Eluru' song from Naayak. He is said to be doing same exercises for Yevadu and Zanjeer item songs too. Why so much hungama for an item-bomb is a question which Charan needs to answer.

Film lovers say that more than a heroine, an item-girl is the perfect pairing for any hero when it comes to shaking hips and legs to raunchy moves. For this reason, an item-bomb should be both sizzling in glamour and striking in dances. This fact is said to be giving headaches to Charan and hence his extra care for them.

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Real Story Of Hero Nani's Wife !!

2012 has become a great year for Nani with three big things happening in his life. Apparently he got applause with Rajamouli's 'Eega', Gowtham Menon's 'Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu' and got married to his friend Anjana.

Ever since Nani announced about his engagement and marriage to Anjana, there are always stories doing rounds that she is a childhood friend of Nani. Some stated that she was his Facebook friend and after chatting she turned into his love interest. But they all are incorrect and the true story goes this way. She happens to be a regular caller for Nani's radio show 'Non Stop Nani' on Worldspace radio, where he used to work as a Radio Jockey. Afterwards they turned into phone friends and later lovers and finally got married. That is the real story behind Nani's wife guys!

Nani is currently busy with Krishnavamsi's 'Paisa' and Tamil flick 'Janda Pai Kapiraju'. He is aiming to break into that star hero slot in 2013 with these stunning flicks that feature him with unique characterization.

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Superstar Quits Acting !!

Any superstar can rule the roost only for a while and afterward they have to take an exit. This is not because that they cannot act any more but of the fact that they want to lead a stress-free life for a while at least.

This Superstar has won the hearts of Tollywood audiences for many years and kept on blinking on the screen now and then. He is Superstar Krishna, the first one to live upto the title 'Superstar'. However, Krishna has decided not to act in any role from today. He stated that he want to stay away from acting and politics for the rest of his life in order to lead a peaceful life. 'I'm not energetic enough to act anymore, so it will be my retirement from films. Even in politics I don't want to take any role', said Krishna.

Superstar Krishna will always remain in the hearts of Telugu people for his handsome looks and stunning movies including 'Alluri Seetharamaraju', 'Mosagallaku Mosagadu' and 'Gudachari 116'. Apart from many delivered classics, these two stand as epitomes both for his acting and his penchant towards technically brilliant movies.

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Prabhas and Rana as Hero and Villain? !!

They are the two biggest hunks in Telugu film industry. While one is already a star hero, the other one just proved his acting mettle but has to become a successful star hero. What if they have to clash with each other?

Hunk hero Prabhas is trying all possible ways to become the numero-uno hero of Tollywood. Apart from 'Mirchi', he is depending on Rajamouli's movie for this. There is a gossip doing rounds in Film Nagar that another hunk Rana Daggubati is playing villain to Prabhas in Rajamouli's flick. Some say that Rana is doing a key role but not acting as a villain in that period-movie. After watching the superb performance of Rana in 'Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum', Rajamouli has taken a decision to cast him, says another film lover. But our director is yet to say a word about this.

If Prabhas and Rana act in a film, then that is going to be another big talk like 'Seethamma Vaakitlo...' where Mahesh and Venky are sharing screen space. Looks like Tollywood will surely travel towards multi-starrers in the coming times.

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