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Except 'Allari', director Ravi Babu has so
far had no big film that he can boast of. His last film,
'Party', bombed at the BO. Now the director has come up with
another film which has Bhoomika in the lead. She plays a TV
channel reporter in the flick. The film, however, has lover boy
Abbas donning an important role. Malayali girl Nikita is going
to appear as the second lead. The film, which will commence a
regular schedule of shooting from June 15, will be wrapped up by
August. Ravi Babu and Suresh Babu are together producing the
film.
Politics and Tollywood
Writer-turned-director Posani Krishna
Murali’s 'Operation Duryodhana' is caught in the web of
controversy. Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS), which is striving
for a separate state of Telangana, strongly opposed certain
scenes in the film stating that they are hurting the Telangana
sentiment. And the result is widespread protests by student
organisations who ransacked some theatres and burnt posters of
the film. In an interview to a Telugu TV channel, Posani Krishna
Murali said, "I didn't make the film to intentionally hurt
Telangana people. I am extremely sorry if I had hurt the
Telangana people." The director even agreed to delete a few
scenes which are said to have hurt them. The film has Srikanth,
item girl Mumaith Khan and Kalyani in important roles.
Venkatesh is ever so busy
Venkatesh’s 'Adavari Matalaku Arthale Verule'
is running successfully and the actor is now busy with the
shooting schedules of his upcoming film tentatively titled 'Tulasi'.
The film's shooting has been long overdue for several reasons.
Being directed by Boyapati Seenu who made a mark with his debut
film 'Bhadra', it has Nayantara playing the female lead once
again after 'Lakshmi'. 'Tulasi', which revolves around child
sentiment, has music by Devi Sri Prasad.
Gopichand in new avatar
Gopichand has earned the name as a mass hero,
and with his last release, 'Okkadunnadu', he made an attempt to
come out of the image trap. Now he is gearing up for his next
film, 'Lakshyam'. The film is going to be produced by Bujji (the
producer of 'Lakshmi') and directed by Sri Vasu, a debutant. "I
play a happy and jovial guy in the film. I liked the way the
director narrated the script. I didn’t want to do routine mass
films and this fits the bill," says the actor. Anushka plays
heroine in the film.
Dubai Seenu released at last
Raviteja's 'Vikramarkudu' was a big hit and
his next film, 'Khatarnak', proved to be a disaster at the BO.
His next film 'Dubai Seenu', whose release was in dilemma in
view of the release of Rajinikant’s 'Shivaji', was released at
last on June 7. Directed by Seenu Vaitla who surprised one and
all with his recent hit film, 'Dhee', the film has Nayantara
playing the female lead. Shot in Europe and Dubai, the film has
music scored by Mani Sharma. Bhagawan and Danayya produced the
film under the Universal Media banner.
P Haribabu
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