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caught in the controversy of an alleged fall from a staircase at
her home, Aarti Agarwal recovered from the trauma and managed to
get good reviews for her performance in her last film 'Andala
Ramudu'. Now, after a long time the actress is going to pair
with Rajasekhar who is on a high these days after his runaway
success of 'Eavadaithe Nakenti'. The film, titled 'Gorintaku',
is a remake of Kannada hit 'Annatangi' and is to be directed by
V R Pratap. Mega Super Good Films is producing the film. Meera
Jasmine plays sister to Rajasekhar in this film. The shooting
for the film would commence on July 5.
A crowded engagement ceremony
Hundreds of people gathered outside the
residence of Balakrishna to have a glmpse of the stars visiting
the place on the occasion of Balakrishna’s elder daughter
Brahmini’s engagement to TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu’s son
Lokesh on Sunday. The marriage is going to take place at 8.34
a.m. on August 26. The engagement ceremony was attended by
members of the Nandamuri family, Harikrishna, NTR, Kalyan Ram
and Taraka Ratna and others from Tollywood, Akkineni Nageswara
Rao, Gummadi, D Ramanaidu, Nagarjuna, Amala, Venkatesh, Mohan
Babu, Krishnam Raju, Raghavendra Rao, K L Narayana, Allu Aravind,
D V S Raju, Y V S Chowdary, Devi Vara Prasad, Konda Krishnam
Raju and B Gopal. Chiranjeevi is said to have called Balakrishna
expressing his inability to attend the function as he was held
up with the shooting of his film 'Shankar Dada Jindabad' in
Australia.
Kaikala Satyanarayana is back
Gopichand's upcoming Lakshayam's audio was
released recently at a glittering function in Hyderabad.
Interestinly, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jamuna, who danced to
the old number 'Niluvave Valu Kanula Dana...’ in 'Illarikam', as
the film has its remix version, attended the function. Jagapathi
Babu, who doesn’t mind making speacial appearances, is donning
the role of Gopichand’s elder brother in the flick. Srivas, who
entered the film industry as a camera assitant to Raghavendra
Rao's 'Annamayya', is making his debut as a director with the
film. Directors K Raghavendra Rao, Surender Reddy, Seenu Vytla
and V V Vinayak, and producers D Rama Naidu, Nallamalupu Bujji,
Bellamkonda Suresh and Pokuri Babu Rao, actress Mamta Mohandas
and actors Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav and
lyricist Chandra Bose were present on the occasion.
Balachander's blessings
Uday Kiran, the actor who shot to fame with
Teja’s 'Chitram', has not been heard of these days in Tollywood.
The actor, who returns to Tollywood after Balachander's 'Abaddam',
says though the film didn’t do well it was a learning experience
working with a big director of Balachander's stature. He is
making a comeback with Lagadapati Sridhar’s 'Viyyalavari Kayyalu',
being directed by E Sattibabu. The film has Srihari and Shayaji
Shinde sharing footage. Neha Julka is the heroine. "This film is
aimed at all kinds of audience. I am doing a hairstylist role
and for the first time, deviating from doing the lover boy next
door kind of roles with this film," says Uday Kiran, who is
celebrated his 26 birthday on June 26. While accepting that he
was insecure about his career during the two-year gap, he says
he is concentrating on quality rather than quantity. But for the
time being, the actor says marriage is not on the cards. He is
doing a Tamil film and two more projects are coming up in
Telugu.
Anushka is leading lady
Anushka, the 'Super' girl has become the most
sought after one after her performance in Rajamouli’s 'Vikramarkudu'.
Now all her projects are with big stars. Her latest film, 'Lakshyam',
the Gopichand-starrer is releasing in the first week of July. "I
play a college girl in the film. The character I am playing has
similarities to my real life. It is a good mix of glamour and
performance," says the actress, appreciating director Srivas for
moulding her character. Her other projects are Balakrishna’s 'Okka
Magadu', Nagarjuna's 'Don', 'Arundhati' and another upcoming
film with Jagapathi Babu to be directed by Dasarath. Anushka who
maintains her physique with her regular Yoga says that She is
more comfortable working with Nagarjuna than anyone else.
P Haribabu
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