Telugu films news in April 20

Vedam on 20 May
Krish who shot to fame with Gamyam has completed his second project Vedam. Vedam is the first multistarrter in the modern times of Telugu cinema and it revolves around five main characters out of which three are donned by Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu and Anushka. MM Keeravani composes music. Gnana Sekhar handles cinematography. Prasad Devineni and Shobu Yarlagadda are jointly producing this movie on Arka Mediaworks banner. Vedam is all set to release on 20 May.

Puli in June 1st week?
As per the sources of idlebrain.com, the release date of Puli might fall in the first week of June. The music of Puli will be released by Sony BMG in the first week of May. There are concerns by fans of Chiranjeevi about possible clash of Pawan Kalyan’s Puli and Allu Arjun’s Vedam. It is learnt that there will be a safe gap of 3 weeks between these two releases.

DSP music to Naga Chaitanya
Naga Chaitanya is going to act in a film to be produced by Allu Arvind on Geeta Arts banner. This film will be directed by Sukumar (Arya fame). Devi Sri Prasad who composed music for all Sukumar’s moves in the past will score music for this movie as well. This film will go to floors on 19 May.

Prasthanam trimmed
Deva Katta’s Prasthanam is running with good mouth-talk. After getting the negative feedback about songs becoming obstacles to the consistent tone of the movie, the director has decided to chop off four songs on the movie which brought down the runtime by 20 minutes. The film is being more appreciated after removing the songs.

K Viswanath’s film title
K Viswanath is currently directing a film with Allari Naresh and Manjari Fadnis in the main leads. Sumadhuram is one title that was leaked to the media. However, it is learnt that Jhummandi Naadam, Subhodayam and Madhuram Madhuram are the titles under consideration. This movie is being shot in Vijayanagaram at present. Hari Gopala Krishna Murthy and Sheela Neela Tilak are jointly producing this movie.

'SIMHA' AUDIO SUCCESS MEET

Yuvaratna Nandamuri Balakrishna is gearing up to arrive with his new venture ‘Simha’ and it has been creating enough roars even before it is coming. Recently, the audio release of the film took place and it has got a massive response from the masses. 


So now, the team of ‘Simha’ has decided to have its audio success meet and this will be happening at Rock Garden in Hyderabad. The date has been fixed as the 16th of this month and the chief guests for that would be Chandrababu Naidu and Dasari Narayana Rao.


The film is gearing up to hit the screens on the 30th of this month and the success of the audio is a good signal to the film. Chakri from his end is quite relieved as he was under tremendous pressure working for a big gun like Balayya.

Award for Sehwag, once again

Virender Sehwag was named ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’ for the second time in a row on Wednesday.

He fought off England captain Andrew Strauss and Sri Lankan Tillekaratne Dilshan for the award. Apart from Sehwag, England’s Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Graham Onions, Stuart Broad and Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke were the ‘Five Cricketers of the Year’ chosen by the magazine.

Sehwag averaged 70, with a strike-rate of 108.9, in Tests played last year. In ODIs, Sehwag had a strike-rate of 136.5 while averaging 45.

SURENDAR REDDY TO DIRECT UNDER RAM

Surendar Reddy is all set to direct the Telugu movie “Oosaravalli”. It will be produced by none other than Ram under his home banner Sravanthi Movies. The movie was recently launched and thus has become official. 

According to sources, Ram was extremely impressed with Surendar’s work. He was happy with the way Surendar had treated the characterization of the hero. Even the treatment of the script seems to have impressed Ram. 


Surendar has already delivered a hit with “Kick” which had Ravi Teja as the hero. Hence the expectations from this movie are high and the efforts to make it a hit are also high. The music will be composed by Chakri.

''GHARSHANA'' TO BE REMADE IN HINDI“

“Gharshana” was one of the most popular movies in Telugu. Made by Gautam Menon, it starred Venkatesh in the lead and Asin as the heroine. It was a remake of the Tamil super hit “Kakka Kakka” which had Suriya and Jothika in the lead. 


Now the movie is going to be remade in Hindi. This version will have John Abraham playing the lead role of the encounter cop. Gautam decided not to direct this version and hence it will be directed by Nishikanth Kamath and produced by Vipul Shah. Meanwhile sources claim that Asin will repeat her role in this version as well.


Now Asin achieved tremendous popularity when she repeated her role in “Ghajini”. Will she achieve the same popularity by repeating her role in “Gharshana”, we have to wait and see.

Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 and Net Framework now in India

In line with the global launch, Microsoft today announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and.Net Framework 4 in India and that Silverlight 4 technology will be released to the web later in the week.

"Together, these technologies simplify the entire development process, enabling developers to build new platforms and build high-quality applications", S Somasegar, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corportion said delivering the keynote address at the TechED 2010, a technology conclave which commenced here on Monday.

"Visual 2010 is going to help developers to accelerate design, develop and deploy", he said.

Microsoft's top 50 partners have also made available products and solutions based on its latest wave of developer technologies, he said.

The Visual Studio 2010 and.Net Framework 4 ensures enhancements for every developer. For the first time, developers have integrated access to SharePoint functionality into the visual studio integrated development environment, he said.

Somasegar said with .NET Framework four client profile, the runtime has been decreased by over 80 percent.

Silverlight four offers powerful media and business applications capabilities that enable developers to deliver compelling application experiences on the web.

P Vasu remaking 'Aaptha Rakshaka' in Telugu‎

BANGALORE: Kannada Movie icon Vishnuvardhan's posthumous release "Aaptha Rakshaka" is doing so well at the box office that director P. Vasu has decided to remake it in Telugu.

The news is that the Telugu version of "Aaptha Rakshaka" will be remade with Venkatesh in the lead. Being produced by Bellamkonda Suresh, the film will go on floors April 28.

Confirming the news in a conversation with IANS, Vasu said that the success of "Aaptha Rakshaka" has prompted many producers to buy its remake rights.

"Bellamkonda Suresh approached me first and the deal was settled. We have already finalised top heroine Anushka to play the lead in the film," said Vasu who is busy with the pre-production work of the Telugu version.

"Aaptha Rakshaka", Vishnuvardhan's 200th film, is in its sixth week and has grossed over Rs.30 crore in the state. It is yet to be screened abroad and other state capitals which may fetch more revenues for producer Krishna Prajwal.

"Aaptha Rakshaka" was scripted and directed by Vasu, who had earlier directed its prequel "Aaptha Mithra". Starring Vishnuvardhan and Soundarya, it was a big hit. Later

Vasu remade it in Tamil as "Chandramukhi" with superstar Rajnikant and Jyothika in the lead roles. The film ran for 800 days in Chennai.

Incidentally, "Aaptha Rakshaka" was also shown to Tamil Superstar Rajnikant and "Chandramukhi" producer Sivaji Prabhu. Since Rajnikant is busy completing his most awaited film "Endhiran", he turned down the offer.

"Rajni sir liked the film very much. He also said that he was feeling that his friend Vishnuvardhan was still alive and talking to him. Rajni sir also told me many a time that he had felt that he was watching one of his own films," said Vasu.

Vasu, however, says he can do the Tamil remake of "Aaptha Rakshaka" after the release of the Telugu version.