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Director's search for Blue Bird
T. Prabhakar, director of successful film Bathukamma on Telangana tradition, said that he took a lot of pains to show the worn-out method of Yetam (manual arrangement of lifting of water from well using bullocks for irrigation) and Palapitta (Indian roller) in his film. "With electrification, the farmers forgot Yetam. When I tried to show this in a scene (for 10 seconds), I had fetch some parts like hook (Bokkena) all the way from Karimnagar. For Blue Bird, I tried for seven days. I lost hopes. Finally, a person in our village Mulugu caught it after three days of waiting. This bird-shot also lasts for just a few seconds. But, we spent our mind for ten days."

DJ program for collegers tomorrow
A DJ program – Jannat - is organized tomorrow (June 21) at The Celebrations, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, between – 12.noon and 6. pm. Upcoming playback singers and music directors will also be attending the event. DJ Sunny is set to sizzle the gathering of college students nonstop for six hours.

Chanti Addala held over cheque-bounce
The Hyderabad police today took producer Chanti Addala into custody followed a non-bailable warrant against him by a Nellore court. The court issued the NBW after looking into a petition by film financier Suresh that the concerned producer gave him a cheque, which bounced. The producer earlier made films – Adavi Ramudu, Oka Oorilo and Allari Ramudu.

19 June 2008

Allu Arjun mobbed in Vizag
Allu Arjun this morning reached Vizag to take part in the 50 days function of his latest film Parugu scheduled in the evening. He straight reached the beach road and garlanded the statue of his grandfather late Allu Ramalingaiah. Hundreds of mega fans and general public thronged the junction and surged towards the actor to shake hands with him and for autographs. With much difficulty, he gave a slip from the venue amidst heavy jostle.

Chiru can't do an NTR
APCC President D. Srinivas today stated that actor Chiranjeevi is not at all a threat to the Congress party. "When NTR formed TDP in 1982, there was no alternative to the Congress, and now it's not the case. Chiranjeevi's political entry is going to adversely work against the TDP only," he said.

Directors who watched Ready
Directors Dasarath, Kuchipudi Venkat and RP Patnaik watched the 9.15 AM opening show of Seenu Vytla's film Ready at Prasad Multiplex, Hyderabad. Gemini Kiran, ML Kumar Chowdary and Varun Sandesh (a Happy Days hero) were among the spectators. During the intermission, they were seen weighing the pros and cons of the film's performance. Mallidi Satyanarayana Reddy, producer of Vytla's previous film Dhee, was heard telling his men to watch the second half and tell their opinion. "I already watched it. It's completely our story (Dhee) in second half," saying so, he left. Some of the audiences cheered Vytla with their positive feedback.

18 June 2008

Kajal hurt, 4 stitches in head
Actress Kajal got injured at a stunt sequence of her latest Tamil film (Modhi Vilayadu) at AVM Studios, Chennai, today. Reports say, Kajal and her hero (Vinay) were to wield swords against each other. Suddenly, the sharp-edged weapon hit her in the head an inch above the forehead. The bleeding heroine was rushed to a nearly hospital, where she received four sutures on the gash. The docs advised her rest for a couple of weeks. However, the heroine is likely to resume the shoot in a couple of days. Her film with Ramcharan is also progressing at brisk pace in Telugu. Anyways, tomorrow (June 19th) is her birthday. Idlebrain wishes her a very happy birthday and speedy recovery.

Ravi Teja, Siddarth films launched
Ravi Teja's flick with Puri Jagan titled Neninte and an untitled movie of Siddarth in the direction of a debutante Anand were today launched on Universal Media banner. DVV Danayya is the producer. However, the puja
Vijaya Shanti panic over Nayudamma
Vijaya Shanti’s Nayudamma’s release got delayed by a day of many centers. d unit of tis film recently
arranged a success meet of Sashikala theater of Moosapet. Speaking on d occasion, Vijaya Shanti said
tat there was conspiracy by politicians of major political party to stall d release of Nayudamma, as
they are afraid tat Vijaya Shanti would gain more mileage with tat film.

Bharat buys overseas rights of Kamal film
Bharat Creations d prime Distributor of Tamil Cinemas has acquired d rights of Kamal's most awaited
movie "Vetayadu Velayadu" which was releasing next week under d direction of Gautham Menon. Jyothika
has played a very important role of tis movie. Previously Bharat Creations has released d best of best
Tamil movies like Chandramuki, Anniyan, Mazaa, Sivakasi, Gajani to name a few. If anybody was
interested to screen d movie, then contact Balaram @ 678-358-3114 or Mohan @ 303-332-6852.

15th August 2006

Agarwal sisters of bay area
Beautiful n talented Aarti Agarwal will be of Milpitas Swagath Restaurant (68 S Abel St, Milpitas,
95035) on Mon Aug 14th fr 7:30 PM onwards. Come meet n greet a successful Tollywood actress Aarti
after a speedy recovery fr a devastating injury. Swagath Restaurant, Bay Area Telugu Association
(BATA) n Great India Films felicitate Aarti n Aditi Agarwal on d same day.

Dasari n Bellamkonda to produce Srihari films
Dasari, Bellamkonda n C Kalyan would be producing a film each with Sri Hari of d future. tis news was
revealed today at d birthday function of Sri Hari. this was Dasari who introduced Srihari into films.

Miss Andhra contest
Gravity Creative Media was going to conduct Miss Andhra Pradesh 2006 contest. d regional selection
will take place of d six major cities namely Nizamabad, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam,
Tirupati n Hyderabad. Final 24 contestants will be trained n groomed by Gravity Fashion School. d
grand finale will stake place of Hyderabad with various people fr tollywood, advertisement n corporate
industry being d main invitees. All contestants can call up 9290417172 n 9849382497 4 details.

12th August 2006

Himachal Pradesh backdrop 4 Desa Muduru
Puri Jagan’s latest film Desa Muduru with Allu Arjun was having d background of Himachal Pradesh.
Initially they wanted to have Nepal backdrop, but realized tat Himachal Pradesh was more visually
pleasing compared to Nepal. Hansika Motwani was playing female lead. Chakri composes music. Shooting
of d film was currently under progress. Puri Jagan was planning to release d film on 22nd of December.

Ram Gopal Varma shows interest of Photo
It was Ram Gopal Varma who introduced Siva Nageswara Rao as director with Money. When Siva Nageswara
Rao met Ram Gopal Varma yesterday at d audio launch of Shiva 2006, Varma shown keep interest of d film
n asked Siva Nageswara Rao to arrange a preview of Photo once d first copy was ready. Incidentally
Siva Nageswara Rao was making his debut as producer with Photo.