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"I love Surya"- Meghna Naidu

Meghna Naidu is busy these days in Tamil. She has a series of films lined up in Kollywood. Initially, she was specializing in playing glamorous second heroines roles but she is now graduating to playing heroines.

"In my new film with Sharat Kumar, I play the role of a news reporter. I have seen and interacted with many news reporters in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. So, playing the role wasn't that complicated. I simply did whatever the director had asked me to do. I'm the heroine in this film," she says.

She had recently starred in a music album that was made as part of the campaign against smoking.

"I intend to concentrate on both films and albums. I got my first big break only through music albums," she continues.

When asked who her favorite actor is, Meghna Naidu doesn't hesitate to reply. "I love Surya's performance in his films. I'd like to work with him sometime," she reveals.

'Aa' sentiment hits this summer

The Telugu industry almost survives on sentiment. Most of the films would begin with a particular sentiment and even our heroes believe this sentiment.

Though there was a comment that the summer releases this year were not that successful, on the other hand 'Aa' sentiment is being worked out well during this season. 'Jagadam and Okkadunnadu' though received a positive response, there were not that great hits.

However, EVV Satyanarayana's 'Attili Sattibabu' achieved a huge commercial success. The full run collections of Kitakitalu were recovered in just one week run of 'Attili Sattibabu'. The next release 'Dhee' though proved a hit film, it was still proved week as far as collections.

The next release Victory Venkatesh's film 'Aadavari Maatalaku Ardhale Verule', which starts with the letter 'Aa' again proved a super success.

Dil Raju's film with Prabhas as hero 'Munna' is also running with a divided talk. Finally, in order to come to a conclusion, the films which started with the latter 'Aa' were running in a good range even now.

Now, MS Raju's film, with Siddhartha as hero, 'Aata' would also become a big hit if the sentiment was true, claim Film Nagar sources.

Priyamani in demand

Priyamani has been around for some time now. However she has not been flooded with offers or recognized properly. However all this has changed with the success of her last film. This has given a big boost to her career and the producers have lined up to cast her in their films.

Priyamani has jacked up her price overnight and she now is charging upwards of 8 lakhs per film. A 100% jump in her remuneration. She is also determined to prove herself as a heroine of caliber and establish herself firmly both in Tollywood and Kollywood.

Mumaith Khan stuns heroine!!!

Mumait Khan has had mixed results in Telugu. 'Evadaithey Naakenthi' was a super hit. Soon after, she was picked up by Lawrence Raghava for 'Don' but she was thrown out of it for mysterious reasons.

She has now shifted her attention to Tamil and is having a pretty good run there.

'Madurai Veeran' is the name of the film that she is eagerly waiting for now. Megasupergood Film's RB Choudary is the producer and it stars his elder son Ramesh in the lead role.

They had picked up Saloni as the heroine. As the name suggests, Saloni is from Mumbai. Like most Bollywood star aspirants, Saloni has no qualms about wearing glamorous costumes or even starring in an item number. Since this is her first film in Tamil, she is more than eager to make a powerful impact on the audience.

So, imagine her surprise when she heard that the producer and director had picked Mumait for a very glamorous item number in the film.

An intense glamour-rivalry will be on in this film.

Sreedevi says no to marriage

Sreedevi is in no hurry to get married any time soon. She is amused by all the talk in the media about her marriage plans. She says that she is currently enjoying her work in Tollywood and wants to work for some more time before settling down in matrimony.

Her sisters are happily married and she is being asked to follow suit. Sreedevi is getting some quite good offers and wants to grab them and maker her mark in the filed before calling it quits.

Visakha Singh game for any roles

Young sensation Visakha Singh is very frank and forthright about her life and work. The model turned actor is raring to go in Tollywood. She has acted in a couple of Bollywood movies but her Telugu film has hit the screen first. She is a graduate in Business Administration and has worked as a model.

Like all imports to Tollywood, she is also singing the right tunes saying she is very impressed with the work and the artists in Tollywood etc. Well everyone says that same nowadays, so we hope she will show something different and unique in her acting. She says that she is game to play any kind of roles as long as they are clean and do not have any trace of vulgarity.

Trisha returns as Chiru's heroine???

It looks as if Trisha is fast becoming an 'old habit' of director Prabhudeva.

For some mysterious reason, the team of 'Shankardada Zindabad' just hasn't been able to make its mind up about the film's heroine. Initially, everybody was bent on bringing Vidhya Balan in as the heroine. She just wouldn't accept the offer because she had old scores to settle with the south Indian film industry and she is very busy with her Bollywood offers.

Then, there was Asin. She was okay until the Hindi version of 'Ghajini' with Aamir Khan happened.

Prabhudeva and Trisha are very good friends. There were rumors that the actress was the one who had recommended him as the director of the Tamil version of 'Pokkiri'. She had already worked as heroine in both the films that Prabhudeva had directed in Telugu.

Now, it seems the director is eager to bring her in as the heroine of 'Shankardada Zindabad'. She was Chiranjeevi's heroine in his previous film 'Stalin' too, so he isn't going to be that pleased about working with her in two consecutive films.

What we don't understand is- why has it become so difficult to find a heroine for a Megastar film???

Abbas gets injured doing a somersault!

One should not attempt to do things that are beyond one's capability. Actor Abbas learnt it the hard way. In his over eagerness, he did a somersault and broke his left hand.

Though it is rare to see Abbas in Tamil films, he makes frequent appearances in Telugu films. He is now the hero of a Telugu film 'Ruthramani' and the shooting is going on in Hyderabad.

In a fight scene, Abbas is supposed to clash with villain Sathyaprakash. Stunt master Prakash planned to use a dupe for a scene where Abbas is to do a somersault. But Abbas turned down the suggestion, even when director Khalil advised using a dupe. He wanted to do the action himself.

As luck would have it, Abbas lost grip and hurt his left hand and it started to bleed. Shooting was stopped. Abbas was taken to the hospital and treated. There are varying reports - one that he has been only slightly hurt and another that he has broken his arm.

But one thing is for sure. That Abbas got hurt when doing a somersault and landed in hospital!

Meera Jasmine Vs Nayantara!!!

Meera Jasmine and Nayantara have lots of things in common.

Both are from Kerala. Both are Christians. Both came to Tamil and became superhits with just one film. Almost simultaneously, both moved to Telugu. But, as of now, Nayantara seems to have an upper hand in Tollywood. Her popularity outshines Meera Jasmine's. Both are naturals when it comes to getting themselves into gossips and all kinds of troubles

But, in spite of all these things and their career rivalry, they are polite to each other.

So, when Nayantara began to build a palatial house in Kerala, Meera Jasmine paid a visit to the construction site. She was so impressed by the work and the plans that she immediately decided to build a house herself too.

Coincidentally, both the houses are being built at a cost of Rs 1.5 Crores!!!

Simran becomes Prakashraj's wife

The former No 1 Simran has lost al the weight that she had gained during pregnancy and looks stunningly beautiful these days. But that hasn't helped change the attitude of the film industry towards her.

She was considered for a role as comedian-turned-hero Vadivelu in his new film but rumors are on that he wasn't that keen on starring with a heroine who also happens to be the mother of a baby!

But it looks as if ad films are a bit kinder to her than films are.

She will soon be starring as Prakashraj's wife in a commercial.

Her Telugu film with Balakrishna, in which she appears as both his heroine and his 80-year-old grandma is a film that she is looking forward to.

Our Word of Advice- She could learn a lesson or two from Ramya Krishnan on how to continue to be popular even after a marriage and kid.

I will continue my career as an artiste too – Mumaith Khan

Mumaith Khan made her debut into the Telugu films through '1-4-3' directed by Puri Jagannath, and continued her career as an item girl in 'Munnabhai MBBS'.

Later she became popular with her song 'Mannela Tintiviraa… Krishna…' in 'Chatrapati' directed by SS Rajamouli.

She shot into fame with her song 'Ippatikinkaa… Naa Vayasu…Ninda Padahaare…' in 'Pokiri', the film directed by Puri Jagannath which rewrote the 75-year-old Telugu film industry's history with extraordinary collections. Very recently she turned an artiste and played a role as 'Maisamma' in 'Yevadaithe Naakenti' of Dr Rajasekhar.

Later, the directors started giving her roles in their films. She is playing different roles in 'Bhukailas' and 'Operation Duryodhana' now.

Speaking on the occasion, she says, 'I entered into the film industry to become an artiste. However, I turned an item girl in order to not to miss any opportunity. My time is very good now and I earned a good name for my role as 'Maisamma'. The opportunities which I got later in other films would also earn me good name as an artiste. I will continue in the film industry as an artiste, and at the same time, I don't ignore opportunities if I was asked to shake my legs in item numbers.'

All eyes on forthcoming films from Nandamuri clan

The Telugu film industry could not forget the late Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao, who remained the No. 1 hero in the past. Heroes like Balakrishna, NT Rama Rao and Kalyanram who were continuing his legacy in the film industry, gave memorable hit films in their career.

However, all of them were deprived of hits for the past some time.

This has become a cause of concern for their fans as well. But the fans of NTR clan are eagerly awaiting the forthcoming films from their favourite stars.

Directed by YVS Choudary on his home banner Bommarillu, Balakrishna's ensuing movie 'Okka Magaadu' is fast progressing in shooting.

Likewise, the Rajamouli-NTR combo which was proved a big hit with 'Simhadri' is coming up with another socio-fantasy flick 'Yamadonga'.

Finally, Nandamuri Kalyanram is pairing up with director Samudra who is producing a film on his own. This would be the remake of a successful Tamil film 'Sivakaasi'.

All these three projects are coming out as mega projects and all the eyes are eagerly looking at them.

TeluguFilm is also wishing that the three films would be the biggest hits.

Ravali gets married

When actresses completely run out of new offers and have reasons to believe that the trend isn't going to change in future either, they usually opt for marriage. Ravali too seems to follow the general pattern.

She had recently got married to a software engineer named Neelakrishnan in Hyderabad.

The actress has made it very clear that she doesn't intend to act in films even if she gets offers to.

Though she is from Andhra Pradesh, she made her debut in Tamil. But after a while, she became immensely popular in Telugu and Kannada too.

About 20 years ago, most actresses usually for married to doctors. The most popular occupation for grooms who get married to actresses these days is software engineering. Laya had got married to one. Jyothirmayi is married to a software engineer.

Will Meena and Rambha get married to software engineers too?

Mumaith irked by Lawrence

Hottest vamp in Tollywood Mumaith Khan is irked by some media reports about her walk out from the film, Don. TV 9 carried a story that she was thrown out of the film because of her unprofessional attitude. But her manager says another story.

"It was reported that she came to the sets very late. In fact, it is director Lawrence who made her to wait for hours. First they told it was song. Then they said she would have to dance for just music bit,"� the manager blames.

Anyhow, such things always happen. The final result is that Mumaith Khan is not doing the item song in Don.

Mumaith in trouble

Mumaith Khan is inviting trouble for herself. And it is she and she alone who is to blame. The item girl who shot to fame with ‘Ippatikinka Naa Vayasu Inka Padhare’ shot into fame and is at present a much in demand actor. She even bagged a couple of full lengths roles in ‘Operation Duryodhana’ and ‘Bhookailas ’.All this seems to have gone to her head.

She is now playing tantrums with producers and directors. Her attitude is making things difficult for the film makers.On the sets of her current film ‘Don’ her attitude was so irritating that the director Lawrence could not hold his patience any longer and literally kicked her out. It is not known if she is out of the film as well.

I am fortunate to be in film industry along with Chiranjeevi – Vishal

Noted producer GK Reddy had produced a film, SP Parasuram, with Chiranjeevi sometime ago. Recently, GK Reddy's second son Vishaal was introduced as hero through 'Prema Chadarangam' and proved himself with his superb performance.

His other films 'Pandem Kodi and Pogaru' were also proved big hits like straight films though they were dubbed into Telugu. Very recently, his film 'Bharani' was also proved a success.

To share the joy of success, Vishaal took out a victory rally. A meet called 'Thank You Hyderabad' was held at Tirupati as part of the victory rally.

Speaking on the occasion, Vishaal says, 'The Telugu audiences made all my films big hits and took me into their lap. I thank the audiences for giving me successive hits. In fact, I feel very fortunate that I am also one among the heroes along with Mega Star Chiranjeevi and Power Star Pawan Kalyan in Telugu film industry. I wish the audiences would continue their love towards me and make all my future films also good hits.'

MMS scandal involving Namitha, Malavika

Just a few days ago, hot pictures and video clippings of supposedly Trisha, published on the internet rocked the city. Now, after nearly a week, some sexy pictures of girls who seem to be Namitha and Malavika are being circulated through MMS on mobile phones. In these pictures, a female look-alike of actress Namitha is shown having sex with a male model. This scene runs on for nearly 2 minutes.

In another MMS, a topless girl who looks similar to Malavika has been shown kissing a man. These videos are now available on some websites as well.

When asked about such videos, Namitha told us that these are all fake images involving a lot of graphic work, and have been done in cheap taste. "I will go to the police if necessary to prevent the broadcast of these fake videos. The culprits behind these videos think that actresses are willing to compromise on anything. This is a wrong assumption. Every actress has self respect and individuality like any common family girl", Namitha said.

As Malavika is currently on her honeymoon in South Africa, her manager Munusamy came forward to give the required explanation about the picture. "Malavika' is a bold lady. She can never get involved in such kind of an ugly activity. A few days ago, some portals published published her marriage reception photos, which was also done in a similar bad taste. She will never appear anywhere in such an abusive posture".

A few months ago, some portals continuously kept publishing some nude pictures of several actresses, including Sneha, Trisha, Swarnamalya, and Reema Sen. But after receiving complaints from these actresses, the cyber crime wing took necessary action to curb the spread of such videos.

Tabu’s new house in Hyd

Tabu has acquired a new house in Hyderabad. The work on the house is complete. When asked whether she was shifting base to Hyderabad she replied in the negative. Tabu says that she will use the house as a holiday getaway. Hyderabad has always held a special place for the actor. Her friendship with actor Nagarjuna still continues to raise speculation.

Tabu is presently doing ramp shows and is enjoying it immensely. She will also walk down the ramp in Madhur Bhandarkar’s new film which is based on fashion. She is also working with Amitabh Bachchan in the film ‘Cheeni Kum’.

Balayya's time off with kids

Nandamuri Balakrishna recently took some time off to be with children.

A group of children presented a dance programme during a function organised by Moser Baer, the second largest manufacturer of DVD and VCDs in the world.

The company recently forayed into entertainment business and decided to launch DVD and VCD collections of Telugu films.

Balakrishna inaugurated the Telugu titles. "We wanted to be in the entertainment business. We are offering DVDs and VCDs of Telugu films at lower prices," claimed the manager of the company, Danunjaya Varma.

Balakrishna praised the company's efforts saying it was good news for film lovers who wanted to build their own collections of Telugu films at home.

Sneha’s Crusade against Dowry

Beware all parents of eligible bachelor sons. Sneha will take you to task if you seek dowry for your son. Sneha has taken up a crusade to end the evil of the dowry system and teach everyone a lesson. She wants to open the eyes of everyone with her fight for a social cause.

Well, all this in reel life. She has agreed to act in a new film titled ‘Varakatnam’ which will be directed by Subbaiah. The film is also being mad simultaneously in Tamil as ABCD.
Source: Bharatwaves

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