Tollywood Film News & Gossips

'Three' to hit screen in July

Re-recording is nearing completion for 'Three' directed by Sekhar Suri, presented by P Kanakalakshmi and produced by Phaniraj and GS Babu on the banner of Raj (India) Entertainments with Rishi, Rajiv Kanakala, Santichandra in the lead.

Urvasi Sarma of Bollywood is being introduced as heroine to the Telugu film industry.

Producers say, 'Presently re-recording is almost in the finishing stage. We are making efforts to release the film during this month. We are confident that the Telugu audiences would taste a new kind of film through our film.'

Director Sekhar Suri says, 'It is just a psychological thriller. You just can't predict that the movie runs in a particular way. Each scene would be different and is interesting on its own. The film starts with 13 characters but we titled it as 'Three'. It has to be watched on the screen. Vijay Kurakula's background music would remain an added attraction for the flick.'

Rajinikanth unplugged in 'Kathanayakudu' audio launch

Super Star Rajinikanth revealed the secret of his young looks on screen at the audio launch of 'Kathanayakadu' in Chennai on Monday.

Stills and Videos from the Function

Rajinikanth said that after 40 years, one must try to avoid all the 'white' things in food such as sugar, salt, rice, milk and curd. 'With these, one must always have positive thinking and good words. "If everything is positive, one would not look old at all', he remarked.

Rajinikanth announced on the occasion that he would donate Rs15 lakh to the workers of his movies whenever his films are released.

Apparently referring to big films that he is working in, Rajinikanth said," When I was supposed to lift mountains, I feared to lift even a crowbar. But KB guided me and advised me well'.

''Kathanayakadu' is produced by Pushpa Kandasamy for Kavithalaya and Vijayakumar for Seven Arts and directed by P Vasu. A remake of the Malayalam hit 'Katha Parayumbol', the movie features Rajinikanth, Jagapathy Babu, Nayantara, Meena among others. G V Prakash has scored the music.

Thanking his mentor K Balachander for shaping up his career, Rajinikanth credited director P Vasu, who took care of different departments in a meticulous way in the film.

The audio was released by K Balachander and the first CD was received by A R Rahman.

An innovative approach was meted out during the audio launch. Since the movie dwells on friendship, top personalities appropriately handed over the film's CD to their respective best friends giving an insight to who their respective best friends were. Rajinikanth gave the CD to his best friend Murali, Balachander to Bharathiraja, P. Vasu to Leo Christopher, Prakash Kumar to P Vijay (director of Krieedam) and Jagapathi Babu, to his good friend actor Arjun.

G V Prakash Kumar said that he admired Rajinikanth since his childhood and composed songs as a Rajini fan.

Balachander, thanking Rajinikanth for doing the film, said, "He is not just my protégé but also a man with noble principles. I will not claim that I discovered Rajinikanth. I just polished the diamond, which is shinning brighter today".

The event witnessed the presence of Latha Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Dhanush, Dhanush, Soundarya Rajinikanth among others on the occasion.

Family of dead fan gets money from Jr.NTR

Jr. NTR has given Rs.1 lakh to the parents of his die hard fan, who had died in a mishap, S.Prasad was trying to get a few tickets for the Jr. NTR's film 'Kantri' on the first day of the movie's release when the accident that resulted in his death occurred.

The sad event occurred at Tadipatri village in Ananthapoor district.

The family of S.Prasad also received Rs.1 lakh from the chief of Vaishnavi Arts, Mr. Vallabhaneni Vamshi Mohan, who is the producer of 'Kranti'. He produces the movie with Vinayak and is presented b Kodali Nani.

The fans club of NTR also gave 1 lakh to the family of S.Prasad.

Lawrence goes for 6 heroines and 6 villans

Lawrence the choreographer turned actor and director is still hopeful of making it big, though his latest films Don as director and Pardu as hero bombed at the box-office. Now the acrobatic dancer has decided to do a Tamil film, which will be directed by Sakthi Chidambaram.

The director feels Lawrence is not only an excellent dancer but also his action scenes too are well choreographed. In his latest film Lawrence will have to fight six villains, and dance with six heroines! Lawrence is also planning to do some never before dance in Rajathi Raja

At last, lady luck smiles at Navneet

Navneet Kaur has become a busy bee these days well. She's flooded with offers from Tollywood lately. Sources inform us that she has six projects lined up. Among them, Jabilamma was launched recently. She is playing the title role in the film opposite Rajiv Kanakala. Navneet and Rajiv play the role of wife and husband, respectively, in the film, directed by Suresh. "The film deals with the emotions and attitude of modern-day couple.

While the husband thinks money can do wonders in his life, the wife is just the opposite. The story revolves around these two people. It's quite interesting and gripping,” she says. Well, after an average career, she’s hoping to make a mark in the industry with these new projects. Navneet, we are sure you will go places!