Can Telugu Film Industry recover???

With strikes and hartals, both from the workers inside and the forces outside, Telugu Film Industry is halting its work very often these days. Apart from this, somersaulting of Big-budgeted and big heroes movies at the Box Office is also on a rise. Can Telugu Film Industry recover from all these blows, is the question now! All this work halting from insiders is directly related to increasing daily wages and remunerations of the 24 crafts people involved in movie making. However, with no good profits in producers pockets, their expectations are watered always. For this, a decent hit is needed at the Box Office. High profile flicks like 'Parama Veera Chakra' and 'Shakti' tumbled in their initial weeks to create deficit at the starting of 2011. To worsen this bad situation, Pawan Kalyan's 'Teen Maar' is losing collections at B&C centres despite of positive talk. Prabhas' 'Mr.Perfect' also looks dull at some parts and all those ingredients in it are not able to predict a steady performance of it. With no money minting flicks in the scenario, the exhibitors and distributors are getting pushed into worst situations. Looks like Telugu Industry is placing itself into a no-recovery situation with no good flicks. It's time for Telugu directors and writers, to tighten their shoe strings for giving a ray of hope in this dampening situation. Hope at least anyone among '100% Love', 'Nenu Naa Rakhsasi' or 'Badrinath' bails TFI out of the crisis.

Sexy Tollywood Exports For Kollywood

Films and storylines keep shuttling between Tollywood and Kollywood, that is common. Eventually, it developed to the shuttling of heroines. But these days, it is more of an export as most of the heroines who go to one cine circuit stay there for a long time. Two of such exports from Tollywood are currently creating chaos in Tamil Nadu.

They are the duo of Tamannah, Hansika. Apparently, both have been creating quite a mania and our sources from Tamil Nadu reveal how the hot hoardings of Tammu and Hansi are giving sleepless nights to the Tamil Thambis. On the other hand, their movies are also scoring big success with the mass audience.

While they are in the top league, it is noticed that even Taapsee has begun to create waves. After Tamannah and Hansika left Tollywood, it is long since they have returned. While the Kollywood folks are enjoying the sexy exports from Tollywood, the Telugu folks are hoping for some hot Sambar beauties to burn the Telugu screens, let us see when that will happen.

Tollywood In Biggest Losses Ever

This might be a hard fact to digest but then it is the truth. The situation of the Tollywood circuit is going from bad to worse. Well, the industry is facing the biggest losses ever with almost every cinema going to the docks. The impact is high when big budget flicks with big stars tend to flunk at the hands of the audience.

One of the promising movies ‘Teen Maar’ also got good take off and a response from A centers but it is heard that the collections are affected at B, C centers. Usually, it is only the masses who form the repeat audience. In the bargain, it is the distributors, exhibitors etc who are the worst affected.

They can’t pay theatre rents when they don’t get their money and they end up investing in films. Inside talk is that usually it is the canteen owners, cycle stand owners who decide the fate of a film in the theatre. If crowds are not in, they reportedly pressurize the theatre owners to remove the film since their collections are down.

Perhaps it is time for the Tollywood folks to do some revamping of their fundamentals and concepts.  

Bikini waves rejoice T-Fans

After enthralling the fans for quite a few years, this petite beauty is attempting that big thing on Telugu silver screen. After making fans chill out with her hot moves in 'Teen Maar', sexy beauty Trisha is all set to fire the big-screen again. News of Trisha's supposed biking scene in producer Bellamkonda Suresh's upcoming flick 'Bodyguard' with family hero Venkatesh is doing rounds in Film Nagar. As per reports, lured with an extra remuneration of 25 lakhs other than her regular one crore, Trisha accepted to sport a two piece extravaganza. Though she has done many such bikini shoots during her modeling days, this is her first one in Telugu movies. Trisha-Fans are waiting for that big day to celebrate their joy with their heroine's hot looks. However, critics opined that Trisha may look unattractive in bikini, as her body has more oomph but no good curves.

Tollywood Suffers Huge Losses Due To That!!

The bad time of Tollywood has been continuing since few years. As if the flop of big films is not enough, here is another teething problem causing big trouble. We are talking about the strike which has struck the Telugu cinema in less than a span of six months and not one scene has been canned since the past ten days leading to huge losses.

Big films are getting affected due to that and notable among them are Mahesh Babu’s ‘Dhookudu’ NTR-Boyapati Srinu’s untitled film, Nani’s ‘Pilla Zamindar’ Ram-Hansika’s ‘Kandireega’ and Nikhil’s ‘Veedu Theda’. Even ‘Badrinath’ is reportedly stopped at dubbing stages. Apparently, the producers council came up with few initiatives in December 2010 to cut costs and this included slashing perks and remunerations for actors.

Now, the Andhra Pradesh Film Employees Federation has been on strike demanding hike in salaries. Few rounds of talks have taken place between the council and federation and a solution was arrived but still the strike has not stopped, as per sources. While 17 associations have agreed, it is heard that few other associations such as lightmen, production boys, technicians, costume unions are not accepting which is causing trouble. Lack of unity among the union leaders is said to be the problem.

Buzz is that producers like Ravi Kishore, M L Kumar Chowdary, Dil Raju etc are having tough losses due to this. The most affected are the daily wage workers and though talks are on, there seems to be a long way for this to end.

Sandalwood Spitting On Tollywood

Becoming a role model is one thing and becoming an example for a lesson is another thing. Right now, the state of Tollywood seems to be in the latter category. Well, the Telugu film industry which boasts of being the second largest after Bollywood and the number one to come up with maximum films has now become a laughing stock for other cine circuits.

Recently, few articles have begun to make rounds in the Kannada media houses. The Sandalwood folks are spitting on Tollywood for the quality of films being generated despite overflowing budgets and best infrastructure. Examples of movies like ‘Varudu’ ‘Komaram Puli’ ‘Shakti’ ‘Khaleja’ were taken to support their talk.

Now, the buzz is that seniors in Sandalwood are asking all their film fraternity members to have a look at Tollywood and learn a good lesson. One of the noted producers of Kannada cinema reportedly said “There is only quantity and no quality in Telugu cinema. It is all show and decoration on outside but everything is hollow inside.”

It is time Tollywood makes amends…

Young couple's secret affair!

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It might be shocking to hear that south Indian lover boy Siddharth is recently divorced. Apparently few in industry circles knew this as he refrained from announcing the same in public. Ever since Sid's alleged love affair with Shruti Hassan has gone deranged in media both of them remained tight lipped on this subject. Love birds often find difficult to stay distant from each other. So, Shruti and Siddharth were spotted yesterday in a five star hotel in Kerala. Both of them checked in with a plan to spend their time intimately till 17th of this month. After repeated encounters with media in parties, lunch and dinner meetings at Mumbai hot spots, the young couple has chosen Kerala as a safe place. It is more than a year that Sid is dating Shruti successfully and both were together every time. Purposefully they are not in a position to confess on their secret relationship. One might wonder on, is there any problem with Kamal Hassan?

Shameful Comedian eyeing on Busts!

After indulging into disgusting acts while speaking at a youth festival earlier, drunkard comedian Krishna Bhagawan is striking all wrong chords now. The most lucrative form of getting people's attention is by doing negative things and the comedian seems following it. With no good movies in hand, Krishna Bhagawan has become a slave of extensive alcohol drinking. After a couple of peg’s intake, this shameful comedian is behaving shamelessly as per reports. The other day, Krishna Bhagawan and his writer friends are all present at a famous club in Jubilee Hills to cheer up Deccan Chargers IPL match. Many onlookers noticed Krishna Bhagawan and felt uncomfortable when he is looking only at the busts of ladies at the party. A part goer stated that Krishna Bhagawan is only looking at that particular area constantly, without even shaking his head. The absurd acts look like insulting both women and the highly respected culture of Telugu people. Days are not far for this comedian to get banned from TFI, it appears.

Chilly Director's silly satires!

When he made a dud film with good content, Film Nagar applauded him for his talent before 'Shock'ing him with no next movie. When he scored a hit with Telugu Chilly 'Mirapakai', Film Nagar is at the receiving end to experience his shocking satires. We are talking about budding director Harish Shankar and here it goes. According to latest buzz, Harish Shankar's head strong attitude and satirical dialogues on big-wigs of Telugu Cinema are irking a lot of people. His attitude went to a peak after signing 'Gabbar Singh' with Powerstar Pawan Kalyan. Harish's ways of addressing big producers, yesteryear star-directors and distributors saying that they are all waste, has become talk of the town. Harish is in the dreams that 'Mirapakai' is a big hit in the industry, and that is the reason behind these extras, say trade circles. Looks like, Harish should reform himself to stay ground else his days will be numbered.

Should Telugu Heroes unveil Image-Mask?

Big Heroes have been testing the patience of audience with their huge budgeted flicks made with sick content. Mahesh Babu's 'Khaleja', Ram Charan's 'Orange', Pawan Kalyan's 'Puli' and Jr NTR's 'Shakti' are the best examples of this 'torture' art. Again and again, our makers are coming up with same dud flicks that tumble at the BO. The main culprit behind these money wasting blunders is said to be the mass-image of our Star heroes. The time has surely come for Star Telugu heroes to come out of their 'image' mask to deliver good hits at the Box Office. Veiled with that mass image 'musugu', our top heroes are becoming buffoons with their each advancing day for the kind of flicks they make. When it comes to a Star-Hero's movie, directors are adding unwanted sick comedy and sensational fights to enthrall the star’s fans. In the name of that 'image', these extra terrestrial elements are spoiling the originality and genuineness of the content. 'Khaleja' and 'Puli' are the best examples in the recent past, while 'Teen Maar' is the best one today. While the hindi original 'Love Aaj Kal' portrays the expressions and emotions of love at peak levels, its Telugu remake was altered with senseless fights. For targeting whole sections of B & C centres, the films should be completely commercial with all heroic elements. If they go on changing genuine subjects into melodramatic content for the sake of fans, audience will keep on rejecting them. Star heroes should change their mindset to make good films unveiling their image-mask, such that the facet of Telugu Industry will change to reach new levels.

Boy-Hero's maturity in discussion!

Suddenly, Telugu audiences were shocked when this child actor became a hero at a tender age. Despite of his repeated attacks as a hero, the young boy looks like a kid and same is his maturity. Widely discussed guy in Tollywood now is none other than young hero Tanish. With only two hits to his tender career, Tanish is now beating his head to make his place stable in Telugu Industry. When we look closely, Tanish's hit films 'Nachavule' and 'Ride' are the only ones where he played a youth role of his age. Afterwards, all his flicks project him as a highly matured hero despite his childish looks and gestures. These over matured roles in 'Mounaraagam', 'Em Pillo Em Pillodo' and 'Manchivadu' are the examples of how awkward he looks. Industry experts are saying that Tanish has no maturity to select the roles that suit him best. What looks obvious is the forced exit of this boy-hero, if he doesn't tighten his shoestrings.

Serial Killings shock 'Film Nagar'

Dreaded murders and miserable killings are some acceptable content on silver screen, but not in real life. From a couple of months, the whole of Film Nagar is shocked with the 'serial killings' which are making other senior actors to shiver. These cold blooded murders are committed by the 'God of Death' without any mercy. Rather than shining luck on the films that are releasing in Tollywood, the God has been showing the power of bad luck on the pillars of Telugu Cinema. Starting from January this year, the 'god of death' is making a noted icon to quit from the tinsel world, every month. It started with the shocking demise of director EVV Satyanarayana in Jan, followed by prolific writer Mullapudi Venkataramana in Feb, veteran and versatile actor Nutan Prasad in March and yesteryear heroine Sujatha in April. Before anyone could recover the jolt, villian Ramireddy became a pawn in the hands of cruel God the other day. Film Nagar veterans and industry members who are recovering from ill-health are all on a sleepless nights because of these 'Serial Killings'. Let us pray God to stop these dreaded murders!

Villain Rami Reddy's shocking pic: Exclusive

Popular villain Rami Reddy died this morning due to cancer. It is learnt that he had been suffering from kidney related ailments from quite sometime. Rami Reddy acted in more than 250 films as a villain and character actor. With typical Telangana dialect, he created a separate mark for himself in the industry. He had also acted in Bollywood and other South Indian languages. His film career began in 1990 as a villain in 'Ankusam' directed by Kodi Ramakrishna. His dialogue 'spot pedatha' in the film became so popular that it is being used even today. Rami Reddy was last seen in the film industry during the time of MAA elections few months ago. He looked pale and ungainly then, which shocked the Film Industry people. It was then, the Industry people got to knew that he was suffering from serious ailments. Fulltollywood.com expresses deep condolences to his family members. May his soul rest in peace!

DSP's double game with Hot Babes

Devi Sri Prasad aka DSP is the one man who enjoys an iconic status in Telugu industry not only as a talented music director, but also as a Playboy. With some heart touching and foot tapping numbers in '100% Love' and 'Mr.Perfect', Devi is back on track and same are his girl friends. Relationship with curvaceous sex-bomb Charmi went to a stage, where Devi tried to produce a flick with himself as hero and Charmi as heroine. Everything may never go in the way we like and Charmi vaporized the desires of DSP by going her own way to revive her career. However, the affair seems to be still on and the couple is caught spending cozy nights here and there. But, DSP himself revealed that he is spending private time with another closest friend 'Colors Swathi'. The closeness went to a level that the Colors papa is now rendering her voice to sing songs for him. Insiders are saying that DSP is enjoying the company of these two babes without revealing about each other to anyone of them. Industry sources felt that 'Double Games' are such a dangerous ones and it might wreck Devi's career if he's not out of them quickly.

Young Hero's 'Business-in-America'

Much business is not happening for this young guy on film front, but the business of his personal life became an instant hit. Tumbling frequently at the BO is making NRI hero Varun Sandesh look for new ways to do business. According to grapevine, Varun Sandesh has invested huge amounts of money in petrol and retail business in USA. The whole of his remunerations may not account to a lump sum to convert into an investment. As per insiders, the money he is investing belongs to sexy beauty Shraddha Das, who is wandering here and there along with Varun Sandesh. Though the affair is strongly protested by Varun's father in phase one, the background and money behind Shraddha Das made his mind to reconsider the earlier decision. Other than the seductive angle of Shraddha Das, the affair also had the 'Business' angle of Varun Sandesh it appears.

Foreign Girls spicing up Tollywood

When creative director Sukumar made a foreign girl 'Erina' shaking her booty for the foot tapping number 'Ringa Ringa', Tollywood went crazy. With that roused popularity for white-skin, many girls from countries like Russia, Croatia and Czech are invading TFI now. Many model co-ordinators and Junior Artist Suppliers are depending largely on these foreign girls for their bread and butter. More than all these on-screen move, foreign girls are stripping off to max at some late night parties of noted Telugu producers. These girls are assigned the work of entertaining the guests with their luscious moves and mercury raising acts. Folks who have attended such parties expressed that the kick they get with these girls is something that cannot be extracted and expected from local girls. It is found that the girls are earning three times of the money they can make at their native countries. We think, you have understood by now about the 'acts' of these white skinned sirens.

Mruthyu Devatha's Evil Eye On Tollywood!!

January- EVV Satyanarayana
February- Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, Mikkilineni
March- Nutan Prasad
April- Sujatha
Next Who???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whether luck will shine on box office of Tollywood or not, bad luck has always been smiling on the Telugu cine circuit. As if the staggering economy of the industry is not enough, the year 2011 has not taken off on a good note for the cine folks as they seem to be cast by an evil shadow of death and despair.

Apparently, the evil eye of ‘Mruthyu Devatha’ (The Grim Reaper) seems to have fallen on Tollywood. In January, it was the demise of EVV Satyanarayana at an early age, this was followed by the tragic passing away of the iconic Mullapudi Venkatramana and the veteran Mikkilineni in the month of February. Again, March saw the death of Nutan Prasad and before anyone could recover from the pain, April has arrived with the demise of actress Sujatha.

With this, fears are rising among the cine circuit as to who else will be visited by the ‘Mruthyu Devatha’ and how many more stars will fall from the list. Sad but true…

Kalyan Ram's Mafia scares Top Directors

Quite usual trend in Telugu Film Industry is to sell fruits in the name of an ancient tree. 'Chettu Peru Cheppi Kaayalu Ammadam' is its quick translation in Telugu. Nandamuri Kalyan Ram falls as a better example for that saying. Regardless of his repeated attempts like 'Mohammad Gajini', Kalyan Ram is not able to score a hit except 'Athanokkade'. Always trying to say something with 'Maa Nanna and Maa Taata' stories, this Nandamuri hero is unable to identify the fact that content is the key to success. After deciding in his mind to score a hit desperately, Kalyan Ram is said to be meeting top directors of the industry to direct a flick for him. While those directors are trying to avoid Kalyan Ram, this flop hero is taking the help of his father and his associates to setup meetings with them. Scared by this 'Mafia' of Kalyan Ram, top directors are planning to meet Jr NTR to avoid disturbances from his brother.

Directors testing audience's patience!

These are days where audiences are expecting creative intelligence to make a flick create records at the BO. To fulfill their desires, film makers are coming up with unique content to mint money. While some are clicking, others are evaporating in the air in the first week of their release. Trends changed with the advent of young and energetic hero Ram Charan's 'Magadheera'. Director Rajamouli etched the best out of Ram Charan for a superb content with his creative vision and artistic taste. After seeing the grand success of 'Magadheera', many directors took the same way to score an equivalent hit. First to come is veteran director Raghavendra Rao Son, Prakash's 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu'. Touted to be a fantasy flick, no part of the movie enchanted the audience despite of the big tags like Disney, Siddharth, Shruti Hassan attached with it. The flick tested the patience of audience before joining the group of below average grosser. Then, there comes this 'Shakti', directed by Meher Ramesh that has Jr NTR in the lead. Though the movie starts on a powerful note with interesting 'Shakti Peetam' concept, the plot lacks depth alongside pale narration. The high openings received by 'Shakti' cannot pull the entire investment of producer Ashwini Dutt back is the bottom line for this flick. Now, Allu Arjun's flick 'Badrinath' under the direction of VV Vinayak is coming to test the serenity of movie-lovers. When will our directors show their originality rather than torturing audience with their copy-cat ideas, is a million dollar question that is to be answered. Source: Gulte

'Piracy' Rocket @ Popular Film Lab

Piracy ghost has its wings sprawled across the Telugu Film Industry, pushing many producers into unrecoverable losses. Earlier, piracy of newly released to movies is said to be done overseas after which a copy is sent to India via internet. Now, this ghost has its gang operating in the heart of Film Nagar, as per reports. This Film-Studio has all the latest facilitates from production to post-production and plays a major role in Telugu Cinema Industry's productions. A rumor is doing rounds in Film Nagar that a 'piracy rocket' is on a spree at the Film Printing Lab of this studio. Prior to a film's release, its pirated version is getting recorded on the hard-disk of a HD camera when the first copy of it is getting printed. Recently released RGV's 'Dongala Muta' and Charmi's 'Mangala' are the victims of this 'ghost' in the heart of Tinsel town. It is also heard that many big-wigs are involved in this racket, which earns crores of rupees when a new movie is released.