Archive for the ‘Tollywood’ Category

Prabhu Deva confirms his marriage with Nayantara

Prabhu Deva confirms his marriage with Nayantara Prabhu Deva has finally cleared the buzz on air about his affair with Nayantara. After being in the news for about two years, choreographer-actor has declared that they will be getting married soon. Prabhu Deva says that Nayantara has transformed his life completely. The choreographer also adds that [...]

Kollywood packs up

Kollywood packs up What do you get when you mix the charisma of actor Rajnikanth with the distribution muscle of media baron Kalanithi Maran? The answer is a juggernaut called ‘Endhiran’, which everyone else in Kollywood wants to steer clear of. Such is the impact of the pre-release hype around the big-budget project that most [...]

Swarnalatha’s final rites today

Swarnalatha’s final rites today The death of vocalist Swarnalatha on Sunday sent shockwaves in the music industry where she had many friends. Legendary music composer M S Viswanathan, who gave the then 14-year old Swarnalatha a break in films, described her as a very talented singer. She is believed to have approached him first, when [...]

‘Komaram Puli’ film title revised

‘Komaram Puli’ film title revised Under pressure from Telangana activists, producers of the Telugu film ‘Komaram Puli’, starring Pavan Kalyan, announced that they would retract the word ‘Komaram’ from the title. Even as some 600 prints of the film hit 1,200 screens on Friday, producer Singanamala Ramesh and executive producer C. Kalyan announced their decision [...]

Chiranjeevi on comeback trail

Chiranjeevi on comeback trail Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy may be hogging the limelight with his Odarpu Yatra but there is one gentleman who is quietly trying to make a forceful comeback in films, and state politics — actor-politician Chiranjeevi. On Thursday, Chiranjeevi announced his ‘Praja Chaitanya Yatra’ through Telangana to highlight various issues. Yesterday, [...]

Venu Nagavally passes away

Venu Nagavally passes away Actor, director and scenarist Venu Nagavally,61, passed away in the early hours of Thursday, at a private hospital in Thiruvanathapuram. He was suffering from a liver disease for the past few years. His body was brought to his residence at Kowdiar at 8 am in the morning. The funeral ceremony will [...]

Puli vs Pink Panthers

Puli vs Pink Panthers Pre-release glitches continue to haunt the much-awaited Pawan Kalyan-starrer flick, Komaram Puli, with pro-Telangana students threatening to disrupt the screening of the movie which releases on Friday, opposing the actor’s change of stand on a separate Telangana. Pawan Kalyan headed the Yuva Rajyam, the youth wing of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), [...]

Tollywood remembers YSR

Tollywood remembers YSR Actor and Congress leader Srihari distribute clothes to film workers in Film Nagar on Thursday marking late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. Actor couple Rajasekhar and Jeevitha distributed 5 kg rice to poor families in film nagar. Film Workers Union organized Annadana programme in Nanakramguda. As many as 1,000 people were served [...]

Bengali actor and director Dilip Roy dies of cancer

Bengali actor and director Dilip Roy dies of cancer Popular Bengali actor-turned-director Dilip Roy died at a private hospital in Kolkatta on Thursday. He was suffering form cancer for long time. The 79-year-old star, who is known for his characters in films like Hanshulibaker Upokatha and Khudita Pashan, was a bachelor and is survived by [...]

Gayam 2 – Movie Review

Gayam 2 – Movie Review Director Praveen Sri reportedly narrated an action subject and it impressed Jagapathi Babu so much as it was prepared as a sequel to his career-best action film Gayam. With no second thought he agreed to do the flick. Praveen Sri is a protégé of Ram Gopal Varma. Of course, the [...]