Vishnu Manchu gets guitar pick from Bryan Adams
July 20th, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) Southern actor-producer Vishnu Manchu was excited to meet Bryan Adams in the US recently, but his excitement doubled when he received a guitar pick from the ... Read more...
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Amabreesh’s 60th birthday bash, a gala affair
May 30th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 30 (IANS) Power and glamour came together to celebrate Kannada superstar Ambareesh's 60th birthday bash, which was attended by the likes of Rajinikant, Chiranjeevi and state Chief ... Read more...
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South Indian producer Dasari Padma dies
October 28th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 28 (IANS) Well-known south Indian producer Dasari Padma, wife of eminent Telugu filmmaker and former union minister of state Dasari Narayana Rao, died Friday after a brief illness. ... Read more...
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Candlelight marches in Hyderabad to support Hazare
April 8th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 7 (IANS) Various organisations in Andhra Pradesh held candlelight marches in support of social activist Anna Hazare, whose indefinite fast in New Delhi for a stronger anti-corruption ... Read more...
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Pooja Bedi plays Egyptian princess in Telugu movie
January 30th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Actress Pooja Bedi is upbeat about her comeback to Telugu cinema. Nearly two decades after featuring in "Chittemma Mogudu" alongside Mohan Babu, she will now be seen as ... Read more...
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Three students killed as bus overturns in Andhra
January 27th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Three students of an engineering college were killed and 20 others were injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned near Tirupati town in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor ... Read more...
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Anaganaga O Dheerudu: Get Ready To Hear The Sound Of The Movie From This Weekend
December 16th, 2010 - 1:21 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Unlike most Telugu films AOD has music composed by four ace music directors – MM. Keeravani, Salim-Sulaiman, Koti and Mickey J Meyer. Most Telugu films has one music director but K. ... Read more...
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Movie Preview: Rakta Charitra 2
December 2nd, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Director: Ram Gopal Varma Starring: Surya, Vivek Oberoi, Mohan Babu, Shatrughan Sinha, Radhika Apte, Priyamani.Ram Gopal Varma got thumbs up with the first part of Rakta Charitra and now he ... Read more...
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Police Files Case Against Two Telugu Movie Posters
August 21st, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 21, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Two Telugu movies in Andhra Pradesh are facing the wrath of police in the Vijayanagaram district. The police in that region have filed cases against the exhibitors ... Read more...
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Superstar Rajnikanth To Meet Big B
August 14th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 14, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Superstar Rajnikanth will be visiting Mumbai after 15 long years for the music release of his upcoming movie Robot. The Tamil audio was launched in ... Read more...
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Endhiran’s Telugu Version Robo Launches Music In Hyderabad
August 9th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 9, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer Telugu movie Robo has launched its music officially on August 6 at Taj Krishna in Hyderabad. The high budget ... Read more...
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TDP protests baton-charge on its supporters in Maharashtra
July 20th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad/ Dharmabad, July 20 (ANI): Activists of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) protested here on Tuesday over the police baton charge of its supporters in Maharashtra's Dharmabad city.The activists took to the ... Read more...
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TDP supporters protest Maharashtra’s ‘ill treatment’ of leaders
July 20th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) Protests by the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) over the alleged caning of their leaders by Maharashtra police rocked Andhra Pradesh Tuesday.
TDP activists took to the streets ... Read more...
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‘Jummandi Naada’ - old wine in an old bottle (Telugu Movie Review)
July 4th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
By V.S. Rajapur
Film: "Jummandi Naada"; Cast: Manchu Manjo, Tapsi, Mohan Babu, Suman, Brahmandan, M.S. Narayana, Ali and others; Producer: Manch Lakshmi; Director: K.Raghavendra Rao; Music Director: Keervani; Cinemetographer: Gopala Reddy; Rating: ** ... Read more...
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Telugu film industry pays tributes to lyricist Veturi
May 23rd, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 23 (IANS) Telugu film industry Sunday paid rich tributes to legendary lyricist Veturi Sundararama Murthy, who died following cardiac arrest here.
He was 74 and is survived by his wife and ... Read more...
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Priyamani was unsure of working in Rakta Charitra
March 22nd, 2010 - 8:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 22, 2010, (Sampurn Wire):Priyamani, who is set to star in director-screenwriter-producer Ram Gopal Varma's Hindi-Telugu-Tamil film, Rakta Charitra, admits that she was uncertain and afraid of working for the film ... Read more...
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TRS targets Junior NTR’s movie
January 12th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) activists Tuesday attacked two cinema theatres here and destroyed hoardings of Telugu film "Adurs", featuring Junior NTR, even as the film industry appealed ... Read more...
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Telugu film industry may shift to Chennai, warns Rosaiah
December 30th, 2009 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Wednesday said the continuing attacks on film shootings in and around Hyderabad by Telangana supporters may force the Telugu ... Read more...
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Telangana protesters attack set of Mahesh Babu’s film
December 24th, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Continuing their attacks on film shootings, pro-Telangana protestors Thursday targeted actor Mahesh Babu's film at Vikarabad in Ranga Reddy district, police said.
Dozens of protesters barged into ... Read more...
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Telangana tense as students clash with police
December 23rd, 2009 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal town Wednesday as pro-Telangana students clashed with the police and laid siege to the offices of the Congress and Telugu Desam ... Read more...
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ABVP group disrupts film shooting of Chiranjeevi’s nephew
December 23rd, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party's students wing Wednesday, extending support to the separate Telangana state demand, disrupted the shooting of a Telugu film of actor-turned-politician ... Read more...
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Chiranjeevi reaches Tirupati to support ‘united Andhra’
December 18th, 2009 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 18 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician K. Chiranjeevi Friday reached the temple town of Tirupati to participate in the movement against the division of Andhra Pradesh.
A day after changing his stand on ... Read more...
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Actor Mohan Babu fasts for ‘united Andhra’
December 17th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) Veteran Telugu actor-producer Mohan Babu Thursday joined the movement for 'united Andhra' with a symbolic one-day fast at the temple town of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
Babu, who ... Read more...
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Top Telugu stars face ire of pro-Telangana groups (Lead)
December 17th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) The Telugu film industry has landed in a crisis, with pro-Telangana activists stopping the screening of movies of actors opposing the proposed separate statehood to the ... Read more...
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Top Tollywood stars face ire of pro-Telangana groups
December 17th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) The Telugu film industry has landed in a crisis with pro-Telangana activists stopping the screening of movies of actors opposing the proposed separate statehood to the ... Read more...
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War of words between Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu
October 14th, 2009 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Already divided by political affiliations, the Telugu film industry is now witnessing a bitter exchange of words even on the issue of relief to the flood-hit people in ... Read more...
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Ram and Shatrughan come together for ‘Rakta Charitra’
September 26th, 2009 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, Sep 26 (IANS) This is indeed rare. Ram and Shatrughan are coming together - for a film that is "similar to the Mahabharat in tone and spirit". ... Read more...
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Shotgun to play NT Rama Rao in Ramu’s next
September 24th, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra is making news. The director has roped in Shatrughan Sinha to play NT Rama Rao in the movie after announcing that Vivek Oberoi will play the ... Read more...
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Why Naidu, Chiranjeevi couldn’t attend YSR’s burial
September 4th, 2009 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Pulivendula (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 4 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu and actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi could not attend the last rites of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Friday as they were caught ... Read more...
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Manoj Kumar’s ‘Prayanam’ to be dubbed in Tamil!
August 8th, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Remember Manoj Kumar? This cute looking guy is none other than the son of Tollywood's "collection king' Mohan Babu. Manoj made his debut in "Nenu Meeku Telusa' that was later dubbed ... Read more...
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Want to shed your pent-up tears? Go for ‘Raju Maharaju’ (IANS Film Review, Rating:**)
June 20th, 2009 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Aravindan DI
Film: "Raju Maharaju"; Cast: Sharwanand, Mohan Babu, Ramyakrishna, Jayasudha, Tasu Kaushik, M.S. Narayana, Brahanamandam, Nasser, Sunil; Director: Durga Shankar Nath; Rating: **For those who have loads and loads of tears ... Read more...
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Actress accused of visa fraud allowed to travel abroad
July 24th, 2008 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 23 (IANS) South Indian film actress Flora Shiny, accused of being involved in a US visa racket, was Wednesday allowed by the Madras High Court to travel abroad. "Thanks to ... Read more...
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Parents still don’t know why infant died in aircraft
June 20th, 2008 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A Canadian couple of Indian origin are spending a harrowing time here, awaiting the autopsy report of their four-and-a-half-month-old son child who died minutes after landing at ... Read more...
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