It's time where films are releasing with maximum number of prints and theaters worldwide with an intention to collect huge revenues. Mahesh Babu's Pokiri collected Rs.48 Crore and Ram Charan's Magadheera has crossed Rs.80 Crore mark at the box office. Both these films are said to be a landmark films in Telugu film industry.

Powerstar Pawan Kalyan gives a new definition for a hit film. "Instead of looking at the collections, look how long the film will be remembered by the audiences, the film should touch the hearts of audiences. I don't care how much my film collects but it should touch the hearts of audiences," says Pawan Kalyan.

RTA officials to take action against Jr.NTR

Jr.NTR interest towards fancy numbers has landed him in trouble. A Skoda car with Registration Number AP 01G 9999 owned by Jr.NTR was registered from Adilabad district and he has provided wrong residential proof. He has shown his address as in Rickshaw Colony 5-3-527 to RTA authorities of Adilabad to get that number. He got his vehicle registered on 17th March 2007. This controversy has come to limelight after two years of its registration.

The RTA officials came to know the fact when Mr Ravinder approached them with fake address proof to get the number AP01R 0001, with same address which Jr.NTR had provided two years back.

However, RTA officials said that though the number is provided, the vehicle of NTR is not yet registered. They asserted that necessary action will be taken on NTR, if the address proof provided by NTR is wrong.

Movie Review : London Dreams (2009)

London Dreams: Salman – Ajay rock!

Rating: 3 out of 5*

Starring: Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Asin and Om Puri

Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah

Arjun (Ajay) and Manu (Salman) are childhood buddies living in a Punjab village. Arjun passionately loves music and dreams of becoming a musical sensation like Michael Jackson and perform at London’s Wembley Stadium but his family hates music as it was the reason for his grand father’s death. But as after his father’s death, Arjun’s uncle (Om Puri) brings him along with him to London, he runs away to pursue his dream. Mannu grows up in the village turning out to be a good for nothing bloke who makes money by playing his band at marriage ceremonies. Meanwhile Arjun chases his dream and forms a band with two Pakistani brothers (VJ’s Aditya and Ranvijay) and Priya (Asin). When he realizes he is getting attracted to Priya he decides to hide his feelings and focus on music and only reveal to them when he fulfills his dream. He gets Mannu to London to join his band. But that he realizes turns out to be his biggest mistake. The naturally talented Mannu scores over Arjun in every department unintentionally and goes on to become a bigger sensation that a dedicated and hardworking Arjun. Jealousy starts creeping in for Arjun but the final nail in the coffin comes when he sees even Priya falling in love with Mannu. What sinister plan Arjun throws on an unsuspecting Mannu to destroy his musical career and what it all leads to forms the rest of the film.

Vipul Amrutlal Shah has delivered his technically best product till date with London Dreams. But apart from the technique its high on emotions as well. Vipul gives apt time for character development for each of his main protagonists. Devoid of unnecessary melodrama he captures the emotional moments with aplomb. Sejal Shah’s camerawork is of international standards. The night scenes are superbly lit.

Amongst the flaws, the climax is overstretched and the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s music not really up to the mark, especially the climax concert numbers. The song that comes after everything is over is too slow and a rousing number would have made for an apt grand finale.

Ajay is excellent in his part and one can see the best villain awards coming his way at the awards for this year. Salman seems to be enjoying himself and is extremely likeable. Though Asin is most of the time relegated to the background she puts up a nice act. Her chemistry with Salman works. Popular VJs Aditya and Ranvijay of Roadies fame make a good debut. Om Puri in a small part impresses as usual.

This film was originally planned over a decade back to be made by Rajkumar Santoshi with SRK and Aamir. Well, it may not star them now but makes for an excellent musical journey worth an experience in the big cinema hall.

Jr NTR got Fancy Nmuber

As per the sourc Adilabad RTA office Jr NTR got the fancy number "9999" for his car by paying 50,000 Rupees.Now his new car number is "AP 01 R 9999".

Jr NTR has purchased a Skoda Super Car in 2007 for that car he wanted to have the fancy number ’9999’, so he got registered his car by paying life tax Rs 2,07,610 from Adilabad district RTA office.Based on this they allotted this number.

Ravi Teja to debut in Kollywood

As all most all Tamil heroes are concentrating on bilinguals and releasing Tamil and Telugu versions simultaneously, which by and large to increase their market. Now, its the time for Tollywood heroes to follow the similar strategy.

Crazy star Ravi Teja is all set do a bilingual next year. Samuthirakani, director of Ravi Teja's upcoming film Sambho Siva Sambho, got impressed with the working style of Ravi Teja and is preparing the ground work to direct him in future for a straight Tamil film.

Ravi Teja's upcoming film Sambho Siva Sambho is progressing at brisk space. The film is directed by Samuthirakani. Priyamani plays the female lead. The film also stars Allari Naresh and Siva Balaji. The film is remake of Tamil hit film Nadodigal. Bellamkonda Suresh is producing the film on Sri Sai Ganesh Productions banner.

Soundarya Rajinikanth (younger daughter of super star Rajinikanth), who is currently in making the much-awaited animation film Sultan: The Warrior, will be hosting an annual awards ceremony called as South Indian Film Awards (SIFA) in association with ace tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi to honour South Indian artistes.

SIFA will be an annual international event where awards will be presented in various categories in all four South Indian languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

"The South Indian film industry is not only an exciting prospect but has amazingly talented artistes and technicians who have been achieving a lot without making much noise. While it is important to retain achievers in their respective fields, it is also of paramount importance to spot and identify new talents in those fields," said Soundarya.

"Keeping this in mind, I have decided to give away awards for excellence every year in various fields in the film industry. I'll do it in association with tennis champion Mahesh Bhupathi. I'm very happy to have aligned with Mahesh Bhupathi," she added.

Why Nagarjuna Silent After YSR Death?

Nagarjuna had been regularly in news till the death of YSR. He graced many film occasions and also appeared in various Ads pertaining to government. But now he is completely silent. He supported the candidature of Jagan to become CM like Super Star Krishna, Jeevitha Rajasekhar and others expressed publicly. But later he has been in oblivion.

He is apparently keeping himself far from Congress and that shows his connection was only with YSR and none other. Had he been a favorite of Congress, he would have continued his journey with the party supporting it. But he is not doing that.

On the other hand, no one knows why he is away from film events too. He was absent in Starnite meetings as well as Southscope Style Awards event.

Ek Niranjan Movie Review

Movie : Ek Niranjan
Rating: 3.5/5
Cast : Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut, Sonu Sood, Brahmaji, Brahmanandam, Ali, Sunil, Venu Madhav, Posani Krishna Murali and others
Directed by : Puri Jagannadh
Produced by : Aditya Ram
Banner : Aditya Ram Movies
Music : Mani Sharma
Release Date : 2009-10-29

Prabhas starrer Ek Niranjan is another commercial entertainer.

Story:

Chotu(Prabhas) leads the life of an Orphan. He is in search of his parents all through his life. He also helps the police in catching the criminals. Sameera(Kangana Ranaut) teaches guitar to the kids. Chotu meets Sameera and both of them fall in love. On one fateful day Chotu comes across Jhony Bhai(Sonu Sood) who is a gangster and crosses swords with him. How he resolves his problem with Jhony Bhai's gang and Does he finds his parents or not forms the rest of the story.

Performances:

Prabhas: He comes up with an energetic performance. He excels in fights and dances. But, his characterization and dialogue delivery lacked freshness.

Kangana Ranaut: She is Okay. Adds glamour to the film.

Sonu Sood steals the show all through the film. His Characterization is good and dialogues written to him are excellent. Brahmanandam and Ali comedy track was not executed well. Posani Krishna Murali as politician is adequate. Bramhaji is Okay.

Plus Points:
Prabhas
Sonu Sood's Characterization
Dialogues
Music
First Half

Minus Points:
Second Half
Brahmanandam-Ali comedy track

Technical Depatments:

Music of the film is good. Cinematography is of top notch. Action sequences were shot well. Dialogues written by Puri are excellent. Direction is good especially for the first half of the film. Editing could have been better. Screenplay is just Okay.

Analysis:

The film stars on a promising note but fails to carry the tempo till the end. The first half of the film is good and entertaining. But, the second half falls a bit. Except for some good fights and well picturised songs there was nothing to offer in the second half.

Verdict: It's enjoyable. Time-pass fare!

'Ek Niranjan' Black Tickets @ Rs 400

Finally, the time has come for the film ‘Ek Niranjan’ to take the litmus test. It is hitting the screens today and the expectations are quite high on this one. The audio is already a hit and the makers have focused on releasing it in maximum theatres on par with the magnum opus ’Magadheera’.

News has been arriving that tickets are already being sold out on black and the prices have touched Rs 400 at main theatres as per latest reports. Young rebel star Prabhas is teaming up with Puri Jagannadh for this one and the Bollywood sizzler Kangana Ranaut is the leading lady.

It is also being said that the black market is blooming with ‘Ek Niranjan’ across the state and many are trying to make the most of the hype. Let us hope that the film reaches the expectations of the audience and turns out to be a success so that the black ticket buyers get their money’s worth.