Goan beauty Ileana celebrates her 23rd birthday

Ileana D’ Cruz, the current No. 1 heroine of Tollywood is turning 23 today. Born in Mumbai and brought up in Goa, this ravishing beauty was a model before she became an actress and today she has five films in her kitty charging more than a crore per film. Currently she is shooting simultaneously for ‘Saleem’ with Vishnu Manchu and Nitin’s untitled film. So far Ileana did seven films in Telugu, of which ‘Devadasu’ (her debut film) with hero Ram and ‘Pokiri’ with Prince Mahesh Babu are the block busters while ‘Rakhi’ with NTR and ‘Jalsa’ with Pawan Kalyan are the decent grossers. Today, Ileana is celebrating her 23rd birthday with her family members and friends at her hometown Goa.

Audio launch of Ekkadunnavamma O Premika

The audio launch of ‘Ekkadunnavamma O Premika’ under Geetha Cine Creations banner was held at Prasad Labs. Directed by Sri Choudappa, the film is jointly produced by Kamineni Venkateswara Rao and Muppalaneni Ratnakar. Eeswar Chandra and Hasini are the lead pair and Krishna plays the prominent role. The audio CD was unveiled by Murali Mohan and presented the first copy toTelugu Desam leader Raavi Bhaskara Rao while audio cassette was released by Chalasani Venkateswara Rao and given to Ravi Kumar.
Murali Mohan while giving his best wishes to the entire team of the film opined that director Sri Choudappa will grow as big as his guru Dasari Narayana Rao.
Others cast include: Gautham Raju, M S Narayana, Vizag Prasad, Telangana Sakuntala, Srinivas Reddy, Gundu Sundaram, Junior Relangi and others.
Crew:

Choreography : Samuel and Ashok Reddy;

Music Director: Vandematharam Srinivas and Raj Kiran;

Co-producer: Mandava Vijay Kumar;

Story, dialogues and direction: Sri Choudappa.

Heroines get Rs 10 lakhs for showroom openings

In Andhra Pradesh, it has become a tradition to invite film artistes for opening showrooms or to unveil new brands. Many business-men say that their sales soar when glam dolls grace the opening ceremony of their shops.

The Tollywood heroines charge handsomely for attending these opening ceremonies. What the heroines charge depends upon their popularity and fan following.

Nayanatara and Sriya Saran are in top demand and charge Rs 10 Lakhs. Trisha, Ileana, Bhumika and Charmi are in the Rs 6 to 9 lakhs range. Hansika, Anushka, Tamanna and Mamata Mohandas charge between Rs 3 to 5 Lakhs. Navneet Kaur and Poonam Kaur get just Rs 1 lakh.

In addition to the remuneration, these actresses get handsome gifts of the products they launch.

Blade Babji movie review

Cast:Allari Naresh, Sayali Bhagat, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Venu Madhav, Srinivasa Reddy,
Music: Koti
Dialogues: Vegnesa Satish
Cinematography: A Raja
Editing: Nanadamuri Hari
Producer: Muthyala Satya Kumar
Story :Screenplay - direction: Devi Prasad
Rating :3/5
The Film

This is a full length comedy where ordinary people attempt impossible things and get caught in a web of their own errors.

The Synopsis

Blade Babji (Naresh) is a slum dweller and a professional pick-pocket. A realtor has an eye on the slum land and to save the slum folk from the clutches of the land shark, Babji takes up the challenge of getting Rs 4Crores.


Blade Babji cinema review

Babji, along with his gang, resort to a bank robbery in Visakhapatnam and the money is hidden at a place where a house is being constructed. A situation arises whereby Babji and his gang could not come back to get the money for some time.

When Babji and gang finally come back to retrieve the stolen money, they find a full-fledged police station there. With a typical criminal trick Babji becomes part of police at the new police station, where the money looted from the bank is hidden.

From then on, a flurry of comic pitfalls is in place, as Babji and gang try to get back the loot.


Blade Babji cinema review

The Performance

The role of Blade Babji suits Naresh to a T and he gives a good performance. Sayali Bhagat is passable. All the comedians have got good roles and they succeed in giving laughs.

The Techniques

Devi Prasad did a somewhat satisfactory job with story, screenplay, dialogues and direction to get useful comedy incidents and situations, though the song sequences appear to hinder the narration.

This is a low-budget film and the average fare is evident in all technical departments including production values.

The Verdict

Blade Babji is a full length time-pass film with enough comic antics.

Hero movie review

Cast:
Nitin, Bhavana, Brahmanandam, Nagababu, Kovai Sarala, Ramya Krishna and others
Rating :2.5/5
Dialogues: Nivas
Lyrics: Anant Sri Ram, Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar
Choreography: Nobel, Prem Rakshit
Fights: Kanal Kannan
Art: Anand Sai
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: C Ram Prasad
Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh
Producer: Manyam Ramesh
Director: GV Sudhakar Naidu

The Film

This is one more film, where its makers think that a few songs, dances and fights should be composed first and the gaps to be filled with some scenes so that the film’s duration clocks 120 minutes.

The Synopsis

Radhakrishna (Nitin) is just an aimless young fellow wasting his time here and there. His father Nagendra Naidu (Naga Babu) is a police officer who wants his son to join the police force. Radhakrishna’s mother (Kovai Sarala) wants him to be a film star.


hero cinima review

Suddenly, Radhakrishna is shown undergoing training in a police academy. He meets Krishna Veni (Bhavana) who is also being trained at the academy. After a couple of love-scenes and songs later a TV channel claims that Krishna Veni is a naxalite.
The rest of the story deals with unraveling the so-called secret of Krishna Veni being a naxalite.

The Performance

Nitin and Bhavane look like fish out of water, particularly if that water is called a story. Nagababu and Ramyakrishna have just gone through their motions. Kovai Sarala plays a weird role, perhaps attempting to look comic and ends up on a queer note. Even Brahmanandam is seen giving an insipid performance.

The Techniques

GV Sudhakar Naidu should surely revert back to his bit-role acting in films rather than directing them.


hero cinima review

This film clearly shows that GV does not know the fundamentals of story telling, screenplay writing and direction. The contrived incidents are an assault on the minds of the audience.
Manisarma gave good music and Ramprasad handled the camera well, but of what use, when the film does not have a story to tell? Kannan is there because he has job to do.

The Verdict

The best place for the cans of this film to be in…is not in theatres, but the nearest trash can, because even the front benchers, for whom the film appears to have been made, should also be spared from a traumatic viewing experience.
Please forget that the film Hero by GV was ever made. It is such a colossal waste of valuable film and financial resources, in addition to invaluable time.