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Nirmalamma is no more
Veteran actress Nirmalamma (89) expired today morning. Her real name is Rajamani. She hails from Machilipatnam. She entered into FILM INDUSTRY at the age of 16 in 1950 with Garuda Garvabhangam film. She acted as one of the maids to the princess. Since then she acted over 1000 films. Her last film was Premaku Ahwanam. She became the standard bamma in Telugu FILMS during 80’s and 90’s. Her bamma role in Gang Leader was noticed a lot.

Bala Krishna is Mitrudu
Bala Krishna’s latest film in the direction of Mahadev is titled as Mitrudu. Priyamani plays female lead. Mahadev – a protégé of SS Rajamouli – makes his debut as director with this film. S Krishna Prasad produces it. This film has the backdrop of Malaysia and Rajahmundry. Mitrudu will be released for this summer.

Realizing that his project with Mahesh Babu will only takes place next year, director Gautham Menon is looking for other heroes to star in his next. Buzz is that he is more interested in Allu Arjun. Also both the star and the director recently met and had a discussion, nothing has officially been finalized. But source say, a project in their combination is in the pipeline.

Currently, Allu Arjun is finishing off Sukumar directed Arya –2 and then will move on to Gunashekar’s film.

Leading overseas distributor Tolly 2 Holly has entered into film production. Its maiden movie is currently under progress. Starring Ajay and newcomer Madhurima, it is directed by debutant S.S.Murthy who assisted ace-director Chandrashekar Yeleti.

“We distributed blockbusters like Jalsa, Dhee, Ready, Dubai Seenu, Krishna, Pellaina Kottalo and Andala Ramudu in overseas market. We like to repeat the same success magic in movie business too. Our maiden film will have all the elements that appeal to our Telugu audiences with more emphasis on romance, entertainment and sentiment,” says Sudhakar Chaganti who co-produces it with Ganesh Indukuri.

Manisharma is providing the music while Kamalakar handles the camera. It is slated for April release.

This will be the first film for Ajay as hero. He is quite busy as leading actor these days.

All set for the grand launch of hero Srikanth’s 100th movie. Ace director Krishnavamsi is directing this special movie for Srikanth.Bangalore based businessmen are producing it and the launch is planned on February 7th.

After long time, Srikanth will be romancing with two heroines in this movie. Parachuri Brothers are penning the script. Currently Krishnavamsi is giving final touches to the script.

Anushka starrer Arundhati has emerged the real winner among all the new releases. And the movie is all set to create records. According to trade pundits, Arundhati will be the highest grocer among films that had ‘heroine’s in the lead. Rough estimate is that the movie might end up collecting Rs 26 Crores (share). As of now, the collections indicate that it will be one of the top three highest grocers of all time. This is unprecedented for a heroine movie.

Estimated Collections

Anushka is red hot now. She might charge now more than Ileana for her new films. She will also be the new icon for heroine-oriented roles. Remember what success of Mantra did to Charmee’s career. Like wise, Anushka will be the brand for such roles.

USA release this weekend

With craze surrounding and demand, producer Shyam Prasad Reddy has increased number of prints and is releasing with another 75 prints in Andhra Pradesh. In USA, the movie is hitting this Friday. It remains to be seen will it create same hysteria abroad?

Megastar Chiranjeevi’s entire family has plunged into politics – directly or indirectly. Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan Teja supports his father’s political cause by lending a voice for the party’s song. Yes, Ram Charan Teja turns singer but not for a movie. He sang a song for Praja Rajyam. As part of publicity, Chiranjeevi floated Prajarajyam Party is coming up with several songs and videos and other publicity material. For one of the party song, Ram Charan has lent his voice.


Manisharma, the top music composer who gave several musical blockbuster to megastar, has composed the song. It was recorded on Saturday (Jan 24, 2008). The footage of Ram Charan singing to the tune of Manisharma was released to the media.