TollywoodThe poster shows Pawan Kalyan seated wearing a lawyer’s robes and holding a legal book while the female leads – Anjali, Nivetha, Ananya – are seen standing behind him.Tnm StaffTwitterThe makers of the upcoming Telugu movie Vakeel Saab unveiled a new poster on Monday on the occasion of Women’s Day. The Telugu remake of the 2016 Bollywood thriller drama Pink, will have actor-politician Pawan Kalyan reprising Amitabh Bachchan’s role from the original. The new poster features Pawan Kalyan with Anjali, Nivetha Thomas and Ananya Nagalla, the three female leads from the movie. The makers of the movie took to Twitter to release the new poster and wish fans on Women’s Day. “Here’s wishing all the women out there a #HappyWomensDay from team #VakeelSaab #VakeelSaabOnApril9th Power Star @PawanKalyan #SriramVenu @shrutihaasan @i_nivethathomas @yoursanjali @AnanyaNagalla (sic),” the tweet posted by production house Sri Venkateswara Creations read. Here's wishing...
- 3/9/2021
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
TollywoodThe actor had signed up to play the female lead but had later opted out of the project.Digital NativeDigital NativeThe third instalment of the horror-comedy Raju Gari Gadhi, directed by Ohmkar and starring Ashwin Babu and Avika Gor, hit the screens last week. Though the film received mixed reviews, it has done decent business at the box-office. For the third instalment, the makers had initially roped in Tamannaah to play the female lead. But after attending the muhurat, the actor didn’t continue with the project. While different reasons are being put forth for her opting out of the project, Tamannaah never disclosed the reason. Later, the makers roped in Avika Gor as the female lead of the film. This being so, during the promos of the film, the makers reportedly kept saying said that Tamannaah was supposed to be a part of the star cast but had walked out.
- 10/22/2019
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
TollywoodThe actor reportedly walked out after having differences of opinion with the film's director.Digital NativeReports are that Tammannah has walked out of Raju Gari Gadhi 3 and that Kajal Aggarwal has been roped in as a replacement. Different reasons have been attributed to Tammannah’s ouster from the film. While one section says that it is due to call sheet issues, the other version is that she had differences of opinion with the film’s director Omkar. Apparently, Tammannah isn’t too happy with Omkar’s brother Ashwin given prominence in the franchise. Incidentally, Ashwin played a pivotal role in both Raju Gari Gadhi and Raju Gari Gadhi 2. Raju Gari Gadhi, the first of the franchise, was released in 2015. It was a horror comedy directed by Omkar. Ashwin Babu and Dhanya Balakrishna played in the lead roles in it. The film was bankrolled by Varahi Chalana Chitram, Ak Entertainments Pvt.
- 7/5/2019
- by Priyankar
- The News Minute
KollywoodDirected by 'Yatra' fame Mahi Raghav, 'Anando Brahma' was a film that was appreciated for its unique concept and featured Taapsee Pannu in the lead.Digital NativeActor Tamannaah, who was seen last in Prabhudeva starrer Devi 2 and currently awaits the release of her Hindi film Khamoshi, has begun shooting for her upcoming Tamil horror-comedy which is being directed by Rohin Venkatesan of Adhe Kangal fame. Tipped to be a heroine-centric horror flick, the film won’t feature a love interest for Tamannaah. The latest update is that the film is the official remake of Telugu comedy Anando Brahma, which featured Taapsee Pannu in the lead alongside popular comedians ‘Tagubothu’ Ramesh, Srinivasa Reddy, Vennela Kishore and Shakalaka Shankar among others. Directed by Yatra fame Mahi Raghav, Anando Brahma was a film that was appreciated for its unique concept as it was centered on four characters with...
- 6/5/2019
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
TollywoodDirected by Ohmkar, 'Raju Gari Gadhi 2' had hit the marquee in 2017.Digital NativeThe first installment of the horror comedy Raju Gari Gadhi was released in the year 2015. The film, directed by Ohmkar, had Ashwin Babu and Dhanya Balakrishna in the lead roles with Chethan Cheenu, Posani Krishna Murali, Dhanraj, Rajiv Kanakala and Vidyullekha Raman in supporting roles. Following its success at the box office, the director went on to wield the megaphone for Raju Gari Gadhi 2, which hit the marquee in 2017. This film was again directed by Ohmkar with Prasad V Potluri bankrolling it under the banners Pvp Cinema, Matinee Entertainments & Oak Entertainments. While the story has been written jointly by Ohmkar and Ranjith Sankar, Ohmkar had written the screenplay and Abburi Ravi had penned the dialogues. Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni in the lead role, the film has Samantha Akkineni playing the ghost. The star cast also includes Seerat Kapoor,...
- 3/10/2019
- by Priyankar
- The News Minute
EntertainmentFrom Kasturi Siva Rao in the silent cinema days to recent entrants like Vennela Kishore and Priyadarshi, a list of Tollywood’s popular entertainers.CV AravindComedy has been an integral part of Indian cinema right from the time the first talkie hit the screens and comedians have always been in great demand in south Indian cinema as well. Comedy of course is a serious business and unless one really has the talent and flair for it success could well prove elusive. Tollywood has had a long tryst with comedy and a name like Kasturi Siva Rao was popular among the audiences even during the silent cinema days. The early 50s witnessed the emergence of the talented comedian Relangi Venkata Ramaiah who in tandem with another funster Ramana Reddy earned name and fame by portraying comic roles. They were also referred as the Laurel and Hardy of Telugu cinema with the...
- 9/23/2018
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
TollywoodAt a time when filmmakers are experimenting with biopics and superhero subjects, it’s amazing to see such an easy-breezy film.Karthik KeramaluTelugu cinema seems to have made a promise to make at least one family film a year. By family films, I purely mean the largeness of the cast where members of a well-to-do family sing-and-dance, resolve their differences, shed tears as part of a nostalgic tribute and so on. Also, you can take your seniors and juniors along with you to the theatre and not have to hide your smile in the darkness of the hall (as is the case of adult comedies). 2016 had Brahmotsavam, 2017 had Sathamanam Bhavati and this year there's Ammammagarillu. I remember reading somewhere that we – as children – go to our maternal grandparents’ house to indulge in fun and frolic during summer holidays as our familial setting is such that we live with our paternal grandparents for most of our childhood (and well into adulthood, too, many a time!). Santhosh (Naga Shourya) might be considered an emotional fool in today’s times. He wants to bring together his egotistic uncle (Rao Ramesh), gold-loving aunt (Hema), unsmiling workaholic uncle (Sivaji Raja) and another money-minded uncle (Ravi Prakash) to cheer his grand mom (Sumithra) up. The film treads along familiar lines – it is set in a small town, the hero’s aunts and uncles live in different cities, the hero has a crush on his first cousin – and packs in enough sentiments to make you sit without looking at the exit for two and a half hours. At a time when filmmakers are experimenting with biopics and superhero subjects, it’s kind of amazing to see such an easy-breezy film occupy the big screens. I have said this before and I’m saying it again – Rao Ramesh is a delight to watch. Whether he’s repeating his Brahmotsavam avatar (as a person who wants to earn name and fame without anybody’s emotional support) or monkey-dancing to “Kevvu Keka”, he uncreases the proceedings with his mirthful acting. There’s a quaint scene that stayed with me long after the film ended. Peketi Baburao (Rao Ramesh) calls out to his daughter from the gate – he shouts, “Amma, Amma” in an endearing tone and his mother appears first, but he continues to shout, “Amma, Amma” till his daughter (Shamili as Seetha) arrives. The mother, at this point, reluctantly retraces her steps and fades into a corner. This scene plays out a couple of times until Baburao realises his fallacy. It’s a brilliant setup that ends in the typical mother-son hug. The producers would have surely clapped with tears of joy when listening to this situation during the narration. Though Shamili isn’t reduced to a prop, it’s appalling to see what she’s offered. In fact, Shakalaka Shankar has more memorable dialogues and things to do in the movie than the leading lady. After her character’s playful introduction (at two different ages), she turns into a caricature. Sundar Surya, the writer-director, probably didn’t know what to do with her. He also gives too much importance to dialogues. Whenever a character begins to thank Santhosh for making her/him recognise the true worth of relationships, there’s a sermon about how they lost those sepia-drenched memories to the drudgery of adult life. Has the director ever heard of “show, don't tell”? The over usage of dialogues also crushes the film’s capacity to soar beyond the village-based movie template. Several attempts have been made to retell the magic of Krishna Vamsi’s classics: Ninne Pelladatha and Murari. But Ammammagarillu looks like one of those half-hearted efforts. The quality of Vamsi’s love story in Murari or the geniality in Ninne Pelladatha is untouchable. Why, even the same director couldn’t recreate that warmth in Mogudu and Govindudu Andarivadele!
- 5/25/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
TollywoodThe cop thriller will bring the actor and director back together after a gap of nearly two and half decades.Digital NativeDigital NativeThe motion poster and title of Nagarjuna’s upcoming film are out and going viral as anticipated. Though the film’s director Ram Gopal Varma said that he would release the poster only later following the untimely demise of Sridevi, an actor whom he had always idolised, he released it within a couple of days. Ram Gopal Varma had tweeted: “After all the negativity around Sridevi, I am truly wanting some positivity and releasing the title, first look poster and release date of my most ambitious film with @iamnagarjuna.” After all the negativity around Sridevi,I am truly wanting some positivity and releasing the title,first look poster and release date of my most ambitious film with @iamnagarjuna #NAGRGV4 is now #OFFICERhttps://t.co/AKe5VgUFKc — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) February 27, 2018 The film’s hero Nagarjuna replied to Rgv’s tweet saying he felt the same and posted a line from a famous song from the movie Murali Krishna: Anukunamani jaragavu anni, anukoledhani aagavu konni, indicating that unexpected things do happen in life. I know what you mean @RGVzoomin remembering a line from a famous song ‘ఆనుకునంమని జరగవు అన్ని అనుకోలేదని ఆగవు కొన్ని ‘ https://t.co/gbLK24BeKD — Nagarjuna Akkineni (@iamnagarjuna) February 27, 2018 It may be mentioned here that the initial plan was to unveil the first look and title of the film on Sunday but with news about Sridevi’s death breaking in the wee hours of the day, Rgv and team decided to postpone it by a couple of days. Incidentally, Rgv is an ardent Sridevi fan and had directed her in two films – Kshana Kshanam (1991) and Govinda Govinda (1994) while Nag had shared screen space with the gorgeous actor in the latter film and in Aakhari Poratam (1988). Titled Officer, the cop thriller will bring back Nag and Rgv together after a gap of nearly two and half decades. Interestingly, the last film they had worked together was Govinda Govinda with Sridevi playing the female lead. Officer is slated for release on May 25 worldwide. Pairing up with Nag in Officer is Myra Sareen. The film is bankrolled by Sudeer Chandra and Ram Gopal Varma under the banner R Company. Nagarjuna plays a cop, an encounter specialist to be precise, in the film. With the motion poster creating a lot of expectations, fans now wait eagerly for the teaser and trailer to be out. Nag’s last release Raju Gari Gadhi 2 was a good hit and expectations on his film with Rgv are high. Putting up an impressive performance as Rudra, Nagarjuna shared screen space with Samantha in the movie. The film was directed by Ohmkar and produced by Pvp. The star cast also included Seerat Kapoor, Ashwin Babu, Rao Ramesh, Vennela Kishore, Praveen, Nandu, Shakalaka Shankar, Naresh and Avinash. (Content provided by Digital Native)...
- 2/28/2018
- by Editor
- The News Minute
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