Audience: Makers please Wake up and Promote Film Jyo Achyutananda

The recently released romantic entertainer 'Jyo Achuthananda' has received full positive reviews. Is that enough for the success of the film?

Noted producer Sai Korrpati of Vaarahi Productions, who has produced 'Jyo..' must have learnt a harsh truth from the result of his earlier production venture 'Manamantha'. The film starring Mohanlal was met with overwhelming reviews but the box office performance was extremely poor. Even the overseas audiences, who generally encourage content based films, didn't turn up at the theatres screening 'Manamantha'.

Of course, the cast of Manamantha was not notable to Telugu people but that can't be termed a sole reason for the film's poor performance. In that case, 'Bichagadu' wouldn't have become such a gigantic hit. Lack of post-release promotions played a big spoilsport for 'Manamantha'. Makers just got relaxed as the film received positive reviews, instead if they had promoted it, the film would have become one of the acclaimed commercial hits.

Movie lovers, who have already seen 'Jyo Achuthananda' are now appealing to the makers on social media to promote the film and not to let it become another 'Manamantha'. 

Priyanka Faces Backlash

Priyanka Yoshikawa, who was born to an Indian father and a Japanese mother, has predictably faced severe backlash from a reserved section of Japanese people after she won the Miss Japan title. They opine that Miss Japan should not be 'half' Japanese.

"People are asking me about my 'purity'. Yes, I'm half Indian, my dad is an Indian and I'm proud of it, I'm proud that I have Indian in me. But that does not mean I'm not Japanese," said the beauty pageant winner, who will contest for the Miss World crown as a contestant from Japan this December.

The 22-year-old Priyanka Yoshikawa, who was born and bred in Tokyo, vowed to continue the fight against racial discrimination in Japan. Before Yoshikawa, Ariana Miyamoto also faced similar backlash after she had become the first black woman to win 'Miss Japan' title.



On the other hand, people from India are sending congratulatory messages to Priyanka after she clinched the crown. Priyanka said that she was overwhelmed by the love shown by Indians. 

Ravi Teja to team up with Race Gurram Writer!

Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja wasted almost a year time to sign his next film even though his last movie Bengal Tiger was an above average grosser. All these days, he listened to various scripts. He gave nod for few directors, but shelved them since he wasn't convinced with scripts. Chakri's Robinhood is one amongst them.

Recently, there were reports that, Ravi Teja will next work with his close friend director Bobby with whom he previously associated for Power. Nonetheless, this movie wouldn't take off immediately, as Ravi Teja will soon team up with Race Gurram writer Vikram Siri.

Billed to be a mass action entertainer, Vallabhaneni Vamsi will present the film, while Nallamalupu Bujji will produce it. Vakkantham Vamsi has provided story, whereas Vikram Siri is penning screenplay and dialogues for the film along with Deepak Raj. 

This yet to be titled movie marks Vikram's directorial debut will be launched soon. Buzz is that, the film is centered around a larger than life policeman played by Ravi Teja. More details about the movie are awaited. 

Rashmi: Movie don't Run on Glamour

Whatever the image she has created for herself through her hot avatars in the super hit TV show Jabardasth, Rashmi took it to the next level with her ultra sensuous and glamourous treats on the silver screen with Guntur Talkies and several other semi erotic thrillers.

Rashmi now has her own fan base and all the films she is acting in rely heavily on her sensuous skin shows. Rashmi, however, seems to be not bothered about the hot image she has acquired through films and vows to offer her titillate her fans as long as she has the glamour in her.

But Rashmi is upset with several low budget filmmakers who are unethically exploiting her sexy image by showing her obscene photographs on their films' posters and trailers.

Rashmi says that there's a thin line of difference between sensuality and vulgarity and that certain filmmakers often cross this line. The buxom beauty further said that films don't run just on glamour and that only strong content makes them successful. 

From Pelli Choopulu to Beside Mahesh!

Years of dreams and hardwork often translate into unbelievable success and fame overnight in film industry. Pelli Choopulu's comedian Priyadarshi, who caused a laugh riot with his typical dialogue delivery, is going through the same phase of success.

The humongous success of Pelli Choopulu has now landed Priyadarshi aka Koushik a cool opportunity to act alongside none other than Superstar Mahesh Babu in AR Murugadoss' project.

Apparently, Priyadarshi will be playing a comic role once again in this most-awaited action entertainer. This yet-untitled film is being shot in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously and it is yet unknown whether Priyadarshi will be seen even in the Tamil version.

The young actor also has Rana's Ghazi ready for release apart from a couple of other projects in noted banners. Pelli Choopulu is surely changing the lives of all those associated with it.

Prudhvi is injured

In Tollywood, actor & comedian Prudhvi Raj (popularly known as 30years Industry) is in huge demand for the content he is able to produce on screen and his style of comedy is attracting lot of applause from cinephiles.

But the actor, who was involved in a controversy over mimicking Balakrisha in one of his previous films, has reportedly been hospitalized in Hyderabad yesterday.

Going by Prudhvi's post on Facebook, the actor was injured while shooting for an upcoming Telugu film featuring Sai Dharam Tej. 'Injured At A Ropeshot Fighting Sequence In Sai Dharam Tej's Shoot. I'm Fine Now. Thanks For The Prayers,' posted the 30 years Industry man.

The people working on sets described the injury as minor one and he'd join back the shoot soon. Being directed by Gopichand Malineni, the film has Rakul Preet Singh alongside Sai Dharam Tej. 

We wish the star comedian Prudhvi Raj a speedy recovery! 

HC Verdict, Made Film Makers to worry?

Piracy is the biggest problem entire film industry worrying about. Although cyber crime is making efforts to block as many as pirated sites, they couldn't fully stop films being leaked online. Interestingly, the Bombay high court has said that watching pirated films online is not a crime.

The HC has asked Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to drop the line "viewing, downloading, exhibiting or duplicating' a particular film is a penal offence" from the 'error message' and directed them to display a more generic message on URLS to be blocked for violation of copyright.

The High Court had recently directed ISPs to block several URLs on an appeal by producers of the film Dishoom against piracy. The court also asked ISPs to place an 'error message' on the blocked sites as a measure to guarantee authentic e-commerce sites are not affected.

Earlier, netizens shocked when ISPs announced that those who watch an illicit copy of a film are punishable. Now, the court offered them much relief. But, this verdict would worry filmmakers, since netizens would happily watch pirated versions. 

At Last Miss India Earth's Dream is Coming True

Telugu beauty queen Sobhita Dhulipala, who made her acting debut in Bollywood with Raman Raghav 2.0 around a month ago, is finally set to make her debut in Tollywood very soon, according to the reports.

The Tenali-born supermodel has reportedly been roped in by the makers of Adivi Sesh's upcoming spy thriller Goodachari, which will be directed by debutants Rahul Pakala and Shashi Kiran.

With this, Sobhita's long pending dream of acting in her mother tongue will finally be coming true. Sobhita won the Miss India Earth 2013 and represented India at Miss Earth 2013 Philippines, where she was awarded Miss Photogenic, Miss Eco Beauty, Miss Talent titles. 

Initially, the makers signed up Pelli Choopulu actress Ritu Varma for the leading lady's role, but she backed out in the last minute to act alongside Nikhil in his next project. 

Premam Director's Next With Distributor of Sardar Gabbar Singh

Young filmmaker Chandoo Mondeti made a successful debut with Nikhil's Karthikeya. Chandoo later grabbed a cool opportunity to direct Naga Chaitanya in the most awaited remake, Premam, which will release in October.

Soon after the release of Premam, Chandoo will join hands with popular digital content provider and overseas distribution house iDream Media, which is foraying into film production.

Speaking about the project, Chandoo said that he has been a close associate of Vasudeva Reddy and Rajkumar Akella of iDream Media since a long time and expressed his happiness over directing their debut project. Chandoo further said that more details about the cast and crew will be revealed soon.

Apart from ruling the YouTube scene over these years, iDream Media has also distributed several recent high profile Telugu films like Victory Venkatesh's Drushyam, Gopichand's Loukyam, Ram's Nenu Sailaja Pawan Kalyan's Sardar Gabbar Singh in overseas. 

Producers are cashing on Rashmi's flop movie?

Telugu filmmakers are not leaving even Rashmi's flop Tamil films as they're now busy in dubbing them into Telugu. After five long years, Rashmi Gautam's 2011 Tamil film Kandaen, which received poor to mixed reviews there, is now being released in Telugu. Starring Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, the romantic caper is dubbed as "Balapam Patti Bhama Odilo" with tagline 'A Aa E Ee'.

Since the film released five years ago, one can understand when it was filmed and how young, lean Rashmi would be then. Critics had then dubbed the film as an old-schoolish romance and it now needs to be seen how far it's relevant. If all goes well as per the plan, the film will release on Sep 9.

Considering that Rashmi's films have good value in trade and her films are drawing crowds irrespective of the talk, producers are after her old films to dub them. Even Rashmi's Guntur Talkies that got bad talk had done fairly well at the Box Office. And so her last film Antham that managed to get profits for producers, buyers though the film was highly criticised.

Sonam: There should be one on PT Usha

It's a trend of biographical films in Bollywood. Praveen Sattaru is making the life of India Badminton Coach and the man behind Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu winning medals at Olympics- Pullela Gopichand. It is yet not known whether Praveen will include Sindhu's portions or not. In fact, it is better to make another film on PV Sindhu.

Interestingly, when debate is happening about biopics of PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, who have earned medals at the Rio Olympics, Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor proclaimed that, the inspirational story of PT Usha should be brought on the big screen first.

Sonam had already acted in one biopic 'Neerja' which was a runaway hit. The actress has no qualms in doing real life stories of other legends. "I think before making a biopic on them - PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, there should be one on PT Usha. I think it will be an interesting one," Sonam told reporters at a recent event.

It may be mentioned here that, PT Usha was an Indian track and field athlete. She is regarded as one of the greatest athletes India has ever produced and is often called the "queen of Indian track and field".

In fact, biopics will inspire youth to do something for the country. Moreover, it's like exhibiting gratitude towards the legends. 

Vikram weds Srinidhi

Filmmaker Vikram K Kumar, known for films like Manam, Ishq and 24, has only made around four films but he has been the face of new age cinema across South India. 

It was earlier made it to the headlines that the 24 maker was engaged to a sound engineer Srinidhi on July 24. Now news has that Vikram will get married to her on 4th September.

Good after the success of Suriya starrer 24, Vikram was flooded with many offers, even from Bollywood. But the director chose Allu Arjun to direct his next. Currently, the pre-production work of the yet-to-be titled film is going at a quick pace.

Fans Please wake up, Stars have Friendly gesture!

The murder of 24-year-old Vinod Royal, a die-hard fan of Pawan Kalyan, allegedly by a fan of a rival hero Akshay, has not just vitiated the atmosphere between the fans of two star heroes but in a way it also heated up the atmosphere in Telugu film industry. 

But what fans of the star heroes have to notice is that all the star heroes absolutely share very good bond off-screen and often exchange friendly banters whenever they run into each other at social, filmy events. Pawan Kalyan and Jr NTR are no different who have good camaraderie. After visiting Vinod's family and condoling them, none other than Pawan himself openly stated that he hasn't have any clashes with any hero. This has to be taken into consideration.

Not long ago, we have witnessed violence between fans of Pawan Kalyan and Prabhas and finally the issue was brought under control only after cops intervened. And so the issue of Pawan's fans and Allu Arjun's fans who went onto rebuke opposite stars. Even the frequent interruption of Pawan's fans at public functions has been drawing lot of flak from many heroes (including mega family) and other big wigs of film fraternity who is expecting Pawan to give a clear message to all his fans as they'd only listen to him but no other.

Even the trolls and anti-trolls against stars and rivals on social platforms like Twitter, Facebook would come down if the respective stars clear the air in time without maintaining stoic silence until the things go haywire and lead to tragedy. The onus lies on the stars to send a clear message to their fans not to enter into verbal wars.

However, the killing of Vinod Royal is very unfortunate and has to be condoled by all cutting across the fan groups of stars and it should be dealt legally and has to be ensured that convicts be punished and justice is prevailed. Incidents like this should not have happened. And it's high-time, all the fans groups have to come together with the proper intervention of the star heroes and see to it that such incidents won't repeat in future.

RAvi Babu: Audio events doesn't bring audience to theaters

These days, it is hard to find a film which releases without a lavish audio release function. When it comes to films of big stars, audio functions are organized as prestigious as festivals. Audio functions are considered as important as any other major aspect of filmmaking.

Here is one Tollywood director who feels audio functions stupid and boring. We are talking about Ravi Babu, who makes unconventional films. He cited the example of pop stars saying that they don't conduct huge audio functions or launch events before releasing any of their singles. The release date is notified to people via internet and still they get millions of downloads says Ravi Babu.

'They don't conduct lavish audio launch events spending money of producers to promote their albums. Making people sitting for three hours and praising each and every one is very boring. Movie going people are not that stupid. They follow movie related information on a regular base and they know what they want to see. Too much publicity with audio events doesn't bring audiences to theatres,' feels Ravi Babu.

He feels not too much publicity but publicity with unconventional posters and promos attracts audience. True to his words, Ravi Babu's next film has a "piglet" in lead role. 

Thiru is Expensive,Still Flooded with Offers!

Celebrated DOP and cinematographer Thiru, who has worked for some landmark films over the years, has worked for a Telugu film for the first time with ‘Janatha Garage’. Thiru’s quality of work is top notch and the visuals that have come out so far have already given hints about what to expect in the movie.

This talented DOP is now being flooded with offers from top Telugu filmmakers. Thiru is a very expensive technician to work with and this has stopped our filmmakers from approaching him until now. But with the quality of his work now being visible to all, Tollywood makers are looking to utilise his services.

N Shankar want to shoot in US, Sunil doesn't want to experiment?

Director N Shankar might have been away from the media glare from longtime now. The director of Jai Bolo Telangana was in news last time when he had claimed he would be teaming up with Kamal Haasan. However, it didn't materialise and Shankar had been away from limelight.

The latest is that Shankar is back in headlines after long hiatus. He has beaten the star producers of film fraternity and bagged the Telugu remake rights of Malayalam super hit Two Countries. The film was one of the most successful Malayalam films and hence there's a great buzz on its Telugu remake especially after films like Drushyam worked well.

Shankar is going to remake the film in Telugu with Sunil as the star. Apparently, Shankar himself going to direct and produce the film. Like its original, Shankar is planning to shoot the total film in US. The firm's muhurat is expected to take place soon. Looks like, Sunil doesn't want to experiment much and wanting to go with a safe bet. 

Bhagmati Director Blessed with Triplet

Director G Ashok is so elated as he is promoted to new level in personal life today. Ashok has turned father as his wife delivered beautiful babies. What's more interesting is that he was blessed with a triplet on Tuesday and Ashok was naturally on cloud nine. It's said that Ashok's wife gave birth to two baby girls and a baby boy. Doctors have stated that all the babies and the mother are healthy. 

Ashok started his career as a child artiste before turning as a choreographer. He even worked as dance assistant and choreographed for over 300 songs and worked under famous dance masters like Raju Sundaram, Lawrence. However, Ashok found his calling for direction and turned into filmmaker.

Ashok made his debut as a director in 2010 with Aakasa Ramanna. However, it's Nani-starrer Pilla Zamindar with which he shot to fame. While his film with Aadi and Nisha Aggarwal, Sukumarudu, failed miserably, Ashok is now filming a high-budgeted female oriented film Bhagmati with Anushka Shetty in the lead. It's coincidental that he turned father and blessed with triplet during the making of Bhagmati.

Needless to say that congratulations are pouring in for Ashok. 

Big Test for Mogali Rekulu Sagar?

As Mogali Rekulu fame Sagar is testing his luck on silver screen with forthcoming film Siddhartha, the film's recently released teaser has come as a surprise for many who couldn't believe Sagar to go extra mile in action sequences. The teaser over one-minute saw Sagar flexing his muscles as he's set on high-octane action scenes. In addition to it, Mani Sharma's background score seems to have worked.

Though the film's story has been kept under the wraps, the teaser however slightly gives us a peep into the film and Sagar's role. The premise of the film has been revealed. Sagar wants to forget his memories, wounds but his past seems to be haunting him like a shadow. What's his past? What's haunting him and why? How would he overcome is what Siddhartha is all about.

Sagar is romancing with Sakshi Chowdary in the film directed by KV Dayanand. Thanks to Prawin Pudi's editing, the teaser is crisp and the production values seem to be decent. Dasari Kiran, who is producing controversial Vangaveeti with Ram Gopal Varma, is bankrolling the film and the film is cranked by noted cameraman S Gopal Reddy.

However, the big test is for Sagar as it needs to be seen whether he would prove himself as commercial hero since he's trying more action.

Excellent Work By Rajamouli's Son Karthikeya in Khaidi no 150

Ace director SS Rajamouli's son Karthikeya is part of megastar Chiranjeevi's 150th film Khaidi No 150. Karthikeya and his team has been working on 'Making Videos' for the film.

As we all know, Karthikeya has his own firm to shoot 'making videos' and they are part of all Rajamouli films. However, working for Chiranjeevi's comeback film is definitely a biggest opportunity for them.

In fact, any content related to Khaidi No 150 will be a feast for mega fans. Thus, presenting each making video in entertaining way is tough task for Karthikeya and his team.

They were appreciated for their brilliant work in 'Baahubali: The Beginning' making videos. Each teaser of the Rajamouli directed film had its own significance. The innovative thought of introducing each character in the film with different teasers was indeed a great idea and the team continued astonishing spectators every time.

Likewise, Karthikeya and team is putting all efforts to please mega fans. They already released a teaser today, on the occasion of megastar's birthday. The teaser introduced major technicians like- cameraman Ratnavelu, art director Thota Tharani, producer Ram Charan and director VV Vinayak.

It is expected that, we will get to see making videos on regular basis. Ram Charan did right thing by employing Karthikeya to work on working videos! 

Tough Job For Praveen to Add Sindhu's Vistorious Moments?

Director Praveen Sattaru is making veteran badminton player and India coach Pullela Gopichand's biographical film with the latter's double game partner, close pal and actor Sudheer Babu portraying the sportsman's role.

Praveen Sattaru has already completed preparing script and he has got acceptance from Gopichand Malineni who is the man behind PV Sindhu winning silver medal at Rio Olympics. It will be interesting to see, whether Praveen will add Sindhu's victorious moments in the film or not.

India is a country where cricket dominates all the sports, including our national game hockey. In fact, Gopichand who won All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 has brought glamour to badminton by making champions. 

Gopichand has trained players like PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal to become champions. While Saina won bronze medal in London Olympics in 2012, Sindhu is first Indian player to win silver in badminton.

As said by Sindhu and her parents, Gopichand's training and motivation are the prime reason for Sindhu reaching the heights in career.

The biopic will focus on Gopichand's personal career and also the period of training young players. If Praveen Sattaru adds PV Sindhu's portions, then the movie will go to next level. In fact, if rightly made, the movie has scope to reach nationwide. 

Gopichand and Sudheer Babu both are known faces in south and north. Sudheer Babu stunned Bollywood spectators with his stunning stunts in Bollywood debut movie Baaghi. 

The film, to be made in Hindi and Telugu, will be produced by Abhisek Nama. It is expected to be shot in Hyderabad, Lucknow, Bengaluru and Birmingham. The movie will be launched in November this year.