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Priyamani Item Song in Kalavar King

Priyamani is now the hottest star in Tollywood after her bewitching performance in the Jagapathi Babu starrer film Pravarakhyudu. Priyamani has a huge fan following and she has also endeared herself to producers and directors with her bare all and dare all attitude. She did a bikini show in Drona

Now Priyamani is all set to wow he fans with a hot and sizzling item number. The item number will be in the Nikhil and Swetha Basu starrer film Kalaver King The film is getting ready for release later this month.

A-Certificate Films Ruling Tollywood

Out of 125 films released and handful turned out to be hits. Magadheera became the biggest grosser in the history of Telugu cinema bettering the Rs 60 crore mark set by Mahesh Babu’s Pokkiri in 2005. Ram Charan was easily the star of the year Kajal Agarwal became the most promising actress in Tollywood. Anushka made a fantastic comeback with Arundhanthi as she carried the entire film on her shoulders. The incredible success of the film made her hot not only in Andhra but also in Tamil as all top stars wanted to be cast opposite her.

Gone were the days when the Tollywood boasted of the sugar coated family entertainers. Now, the industry is busy racing towards violence and bloodshed territory.

Bolder and wilder than ever, all the big Tollywood movies in 2009 had a generous amount of blood and gore, earning them an A certificate. The Telugu film industry has created a record of sorts by releasing 30 A certified movies in 2009. And surprisingly, all of them were box office successes.

Some of the A-Listers in 2009: Arundhati, Magadheera, Billa, Aanjaneyulu, Drona, Sankham, Rechipo, Ek Niranjan, Kurradu, Amaravati, Siddham and Kasko. The A-films producers claim that a wind of change gripped Tollywood. Shyam Prasad Reddy, producer of Arundhati, which raked up sensation among the audience with its violent subject, said that violence was an emotion and if the story demanded it, there was nothing wrong in incorporating it with a judicious dose. “The audiences want stories with a different treatment. Arundhati would have been a futile attempt sans violence,” he maintained. “I went ahead with taking A certificate rather than deletion of violent scenes.”

The A certification has become a crowd puller of sorts, observed some of the film criticis. The Censor Board members too agreed that the A certificate has become an added advantage. The young audiences expect to see bolder content now. Moreover, the filmmakers put up graphic hoardings to publicize the films even before they send it for certification. So, by then the film generates a buzz and an A certificate adds to it.

Puri jagannath to Direct Srikanth

Golden Lion Films Banner is set to present the next film of Srikanth which will be his 101 film being directed by Puri Jagannath.

The same banner had earlier produced the 100th film of Srikanth in the direction of Krishnavamsi, but the film bombed at the box office. Mr. & Mrs. Srikanth - is the title under observation for this forthcoming movie. It is expected to start its shooting in the New Year. The remaining particulars are awaited. The unit members said that Srikanth is coming up with new attire and he is likely to tone down his body, cutting down his weight for the film, which is touted to be a romantic entertainer true to its proposed title.

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Salman khan marriage with Punjabi girl

According to a Bollywood source Salman will marry a beautiful Punjabi kudi, who is not an actress. It is said that it takes Salman some time to recover from this heartbreak. Meanwhile, what’s brewing between Ranbir and Katrina we don’t know, but a source says that it’s Salman’s bad karma coming back to him.

The source told us this story about how years and years ago, when Ranbir was still known as Rishi Kapoor’s son, Sallu had roughed him up at a nightclub for commenting about Aishwarya. And it’s the same bad karma that’s caused Ranbir to steal Kat away from him.

Sachin Tendulkar likes Big B in Paa

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has received lots of compliments for his performance in Paa and the latest to join the bandwagon is Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar.

"Sachin Tendulkar called to personally compliment me on Paa," the 68-year-old posted on his blog.

"I was waiting for him to finish his cricket matches with Sri Lanka and then invite him over to see the film at a private screening. But he beat me to it and went to a theatre and saw the film," Amitabh added.

Paa that released Dec 4 saw Amitabh playing Auro, a 12-year-old child suffering from progeria, a disease that accelerates ageing. The film was directed by R. Balakrishnan and also starred Vidya Balan and Abhishek Bachchan.(IANS)

Films to watch in 2010

Here’s what we suggest you bring out the popcorn for…

KARTHIK CALLING KARTHIK

Farhan Akhtar’s next film is a story of a lovable loser whose chance meeting with his namesake changes his life forever. Karthik Calling Karthik has a star-studded credit list which includes Deepika Padukone, Javed Akhtar and Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy. Considering Farhan acts in the movies he either directs or produces, it seems like he is bent on wanting to typecast himself as the underdog. Weird but true!

MY NAME IS KHAN

Bollywood’s biology lessons continue with My Name Is Khan. With 9/11 as the backdrop, the movie follows Rizwan Khan (SRK) who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome. This is an autistic disease that makes the victim devoid of empathy. This, of course will give rise to many comical situations, just like Paa did. The film brings together the electrifying pair of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol back on the silver screen. Add Karan Johar to the mix and you have a surefire hit. But come on, what is the film industry going to explore next, the common cold?

RAAJNEETI

Amodern-day political rendition of the Mahabharata, Raajneeti boasts of an A-list star cast - Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Bajpai and Katrina Kaif. The movie will use the dilemmas the characters in the book went through, and draw parallels with it in reel life. Katrina Kaif is reportedly playing the role of Sonia Gandhi in the movie. After all both of them are quite similar: accent - check; powerful woman - check; foreign descent - check; relationship with Salman Khan - no one really knows.

KITES

Kites follows the story of Hrithik Roshan, a salsa dancer who falls in love with his student. Language barriers don’t matter here, love conquers almost all. But ’something’ happens and it’s up to another student Kangna Ranaut to save the day. Maybe Sussanne walks into the movie or some other terrifying event occurs, we don’t know yet. But we hope the movie does better than Hrithik’s personal life.

RAAVANA
Amodern day rendition of the mythological text, Raavana will get Aishwariya and Abhishek on the silver screen together for the first time after getting hitched. The movie has been plagued with problems - floods, elephants stomping around the set, maybe a higher power is sending a message through all of this. We won’t say anything, let the boxoffice decide.

ACTION REPLAY
In Action Replay, a man ages backwards… Hmm, let’s see where have we heard this story before? A clear rip-off of the Hollywood hit, Benjamin Button, the film will feature Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai. Director Vipul Shah is back with Akshay Kumar and hopes his dream run will continue.

TEEN PATTI
As much as producer Ambika Hinduja denies it, Teen Patti’s plot seems like a rip-off of the Hollywood blockbuster 21. The film features three ace actors, Ben Kingsley (supposedly not doing a cameo), Big B and Madhavan. With the help of a unique algorithm, Amitabh who plays a mathematical genius leads a team of college students to make a lot of money. Does Amitabh hold the algorithm for the movie’s success or will this be just another failed spin-off?

GUZAARISH
The film that is loosely based on Whose Life is it Anyway? has Hrithik playing a paraplegic radio jockey. The film seems like a cry-till-your-tearbuds-dry-out movie - it explores the dilemma of euthanasia. Hrithik who believes in challenging himself till the cows come home, reportedly, spent hours in the wheelchair when not required to shoot, to get into the head of the character. Hrithik and Aishwarya reunite after Dhoom 2, and with Sanjay Leela Bhansali directing, it becomes one of the most awaited films in 2010, never mind Saawariya.

HOUSEFUL
Akshay Kumar has a slew of releases lined up next year and Houseful, the laugh-riot is one of them. The story follows Akshay who is very unlucky in life and is trying to find true love. The women helping him achieve this goal are Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta and Jiah Khan. In real life, however, we think it’s the other way around. Akshay will end up teaching Deepika more than two expressions, Lara how to sign movies and Jiah Khan how not to be dropped from the one-odd film she has signed.

NO PROBLEM
Anees Bazmee has three mega comedy films lined up next year. One of them is No Problem which has quite a star cast - Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Sushmita Sen, Kangna Ranaut, Paresh Rawal and Sunil Shetty. The film is a love story of impossible proportions. Another impossible proposition is Kangna actually makes people laugh after making them weep all these years.

WELL DONE ABBA
Shyam Benegal has been travelling the world with his latest film, Well Done Abba. The satirical movie sees Boman Irani play two roles. Fitting two Bomans in one shot is a feat in itself and a testament to Benegal’s directorial skills. The movie follows the journey of Armaan Ali, a driver from Mumbai, who is out to find his daughter’s (Minissha Lamba) beau. Minissha, who has been alternating between commercial and semi-art house cinema, is reportedly playing a strong role in the film.

ROAD, MOVIE
Indian cinema has been through many fascinating twists and turns but none quite as romantic as touring cinemas. Essentially this means that the owner of one mounts the film projector on the back of a truck and the projectionist travels the length and breadth of a state with the truck, stops wherever there is a pilgrimage or a mela and projects the films he is carrying onto a white curtain which is then viewed by the locals sitting on both sides of the screen. Dev Benegal has made Road, Movie about one such projectionist (Satish Kaushik) and the young owner (Abhay Deol) and the adventures they have as they show their movies. The film has been very well received on the festival circuit.

ANJAANA ANJAANI
After playing twelve characters in What’s Your Raashee?, we’re sure Priyanka Chopra has become a stranger to herself, especially after the film tanked. Siddharth Anand ,director of Hum Tum and Salaam Namaste, tries a romcom with Anjaana Anjaani. Starring Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka, the film shows two strangers who fall in love and the journey they take together.

AISHA
Abhay Deol’s love for Delhi continues with his Bollywood release, Aisha where he plays another spoilt, rich Delhi brat. His character is modelled on Mr Knightly from Jane Austen’s novel, Emma. The movie is a romantic comedy that explores horrible mismatches. It also has a strong female role that has been bagged by Sonam Kapoor. Whether Sonam is strong enough for the film after two failed films (read: Saawariya and Delhi-6) is another matter.

KHELENGE HUM JEE JAAN SE
Ashutosh Gowariker is no stranger to large canvasses (think Lagaan, Swades, Jodhaa Akbar) so it’s no surprise that he is now filming another humongous project, Khelenge Hum Jee Jaan Se, which revolves around the Chittagong Uprising in the pre Independence days. After What’s Your Raashee?, this is another film adapted from a book, Do and Die by Manini Chatterjee. Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone lead the star cast and Nitin Chandrakant Desai leads the crew. Hopefully Ashutosh’s version of history will not be challenged, the way

KNOCK OUT
Inspired’ from the Hollywood masterpiece Phone Booth, Mani Shankar will look to re-create the magic in Bollywood. A man is trapped inside a phone booth, not because the door is stuck, but an assassin has a sniper rifle trained on him. Kangna plays the role of a journalist, Irrfan plays a cop and Sanjay Dutt the assassin.

1-800-LOVE
When you have a tag line that says, ‘From the makers of Ghajini and Jaane Tu…’ you know you’re in for a commercial roller-coaster. Abbas Tyrewala dons the director’s hat for 1-800-LOVE again and the music score is Rahman’s handiwork. A telephone call connects two people - one who wants to die, the other who is searching for meaning in life. They meet, fall in love, yada yada… If you are watching the movie and you get bored of John Abraham’s three expression repertoire, close your eyes and maybe the music will do the trick for you.

TEES MAAR KHAN
Tees Maar Khan has gotten more publicity that it ever dreamed of just because Shah Rukh Khan is not playing a role in Farah Khan’s film. But it does seem like SRK has rubbed off on the new lead actor, Akshay Kumar. Kumar plays a ’stylish’ (metrosexual) conman in the film. He will be joined by Akshaye Khanna, but the female lead has not yet been confirmed.

I HATE LUV STORYS
A true-blue rom-com, I Hate Luv Storys brings together the very glamourous Sonam Kapoor and the man with the melting eyes, Imran Khan. Described as a love story not meant to happen but which does happen, it is the story of a man who does not believe in love and a girl who does. They meet on a film set; a milieu the director Punit Malhotra is very familiar with, having cut his teeth on Karan Johar’s sets as an assistant director; and sparks fly.

HOOK YA CROOK
Finally, Bollywood gets a movie that shows hope in combining two things that Indians love best - cinema and cricket. Viraj Pradhan (John Abraham) dreams of being a cricketer but is a repeat offender who gets thrown into a maximum security prison. The jail is a haven for cricket players, but Viraj wants much more, he wants to be part of the men in blue. The film has reportedly roped in Indian cricketers for the movie but going by the ads on TV, the word ’acting talent’ isn’t part of the Indian cricket team’s vocabulary.

WHAT WE SAW LAST TIME


3 IDIOTS


Raju Hirani took a break from the Munnabhaiseries to make 3 Idiots, an adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone, except that the film had, thankfully, little to do with the book. Some films just come together in absolutely the right proportion whether it is humour, drama, romance or any other element. This is one of those films in which spontaneity gels with hard work, music and songs take the film forward and the director’s touch is in every scene and yet never evident.

KAMINEY

Vishal Bhardwaj explored the dark side in all of us in his wonderfully crafted Kaminey, in the process answering the oft-asked ’after Omkara, what?’ question. Dhan te nan became the new anthem and Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra became Vishal’s conduit for excellence.

ROCKET SINGH

Shimit Amin, on the other hand, looked for inherent goodness in his quaint Rocket Singh - Salesman of the Year. After decades of heroes who, in one form or the other, beat up the bad guy, it was refreshing to see a hero awaken the conscience in the villain, winning with his integrity intact.

LOVE AAJ KAL

Imtiaz Ali’s follow-up film to Jab We Met may not have been as big a success but it has firmly established him as the director who knows about love and longing as well as one who can twist a mean tune from his music director. His next film, reportedly with Ranbir Kapoor, is much-awaited.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

When Dev Patel and Freida Pinto jived to Jai Ho as the end credits rolled, the entire nation sang in chorus. Danny Boyle not only created cinematic history with his firstrate adaptation of the book Q and A, with Slumdog Millionaire he gave everyone of us a reason to hope and dream. The Oscars AR Rahman, Resul Pookutty and Gulzar brought home were the icing on the cake.

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Kalyani to produce a movie with Rajasekhar

Heroine Kalyani is planning to do a movie with hero Rajasekhar under their own Midas touch production banner with her husband direction.Kalyani says that film will launch after Sankranthi. This film is a socio fantasy movie and Rajasekhar is going to appear in a different role from his previous movies. Kalyani entered as a heroine with SESHU movie opposite to Hero Rajasekhar. Now that heroine turned as a producer and doing movie with that hero. Kalyani’s maiden production ‘Chapter 6’ in the direction of her of husband, Surya Kiran is almost complete and ready to hit the screens.

Bunny and Ram Charan's New Year in Brazil

Ram Charan Tej and Allu Arjun have whizzed off to Brazil. Tollywood young and sensational hero Ram Charan Tej and Allu Arjun are celebrated the New Year in Brazil. To bid farewell to a year they will sure be savouring for long time to come, the twosome decided to spend fun time in the South American country.The country is a prime tourist attraction known for its nightlife in Rio de Janerio and the historical city of Belo Horizonte.