'Vettai' starring Madhavan, Arya, Amala Paul and Sameera Reddy was an average grosser in Kollywood. Directed by Lingusamy and produced by UTV motion pictures, the movie is now being made into Telugu. 'Tadakha' is the Telugu title of the movie and it stars Suni...
Allari Naresh is a known face in Tamil Nadu. He acted alongside director Sasikumar in the movie 'Porali'. He then shot to fame in Andhra Pradesh with the remake of 'Tamizh Padam'. Now, he is back with a movie titled 'Action'.
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
The Nagarjuna-Nayantara starrer 'Greeku Veerudu' is all set for a release on April 19. The movie will also be released in Tamil simultaneously and is titled 'Love Story'. The comedy track is provided by Brahmanandam and his love interest will be played by Nila...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
Mahesh Babu is a huge star in Andhra Pradesh. But, his fan base does not end there, it extends well into Tamil Nadu too. All his movies are dubbed into Tamil and all of them do really well at the box office. His superhit 'Dookudu' has also been dubbed into Tam...
At one time, Telugu film industry stars were together, in acting, socialising or praising each other. But by the time, the current generation of stars came into the forefront, Tollywood became divided into 'film families'. The members of this family didn't act...
These are the highlights from the audio release event of Jr NTR's 'Badshah' that is directed by Srinu Vaitla and has music by SS Thaman. The event, emceed by Suma, starts with a bharatnatyam dance performance, Tollywood dance numbers, and releases of songs fro...
A die-hard fan of Jr NTR was killed in the stampede during the rush to get inside the venue of the audio launch of the star's new film 'Badshah'. The actor, when he came to know of the incident on Sunday, got emotional during the event, and expressed his sympa...
The audio release function of Jr NTR's 'Badshah' was hurried up after the news of the death of a fan in an accident. So director SS Rajamouli hands over the music CDs to all the VIPs present who then pose for a photo-op.
The death of a Jr NTR fan casts its shadow on the audio release function of 'Badshah'. Speaking after Jr NTR and director Srinu Vaitla, producer Bandla Ganesh also expresses his grief.
At the audio release event of Jr NTR's 'Badhshah', director Srinu Vaitla also cuts his speech short to express his grief over the death of a Jr NTR fan from Warangal. He also announces that producer Bandla Ganesh will give Rs 5 lakhs to the family of the dead ...
At the audio launch of 'Badshah', Jr NTR gets very, very emotional. With his voice choked and tears nearly spilling over from his eyes, Jr NTR says he is deeply distressed over the death of a fan from Warangal, Ram Babu, and requests that the audio release fun...
Tamil star Simbu has sung a song in 'Badshah'. The song 'Diamond Girl' came to him courtesy via music director SS Thaman. Simbu himself comes on stage to release the song, and later sings a few lines from the song.
During the audio release event of Jr NTR's 'Badshah', main female lead Kajal Aggarwal who was not present at the event, speaks over the internet. Kajal thanks everyone from the cast and says that she had a nice time during the shooting of the movie.
Producers KS Rama Rao and director Pydipalli Vamsi release the third song of Jr NTR's 'Badshah'. KS Rama Rao recalled his association with producer Bandla Ganesh, who as a junior artiste has started work with him. Pydipalli Vamsi calls SS Thaman, a man with a ...
The second song of the Jr NTR's 'Badshah' was released using a mobile phone, the first time such a release has happened through a phone at an audio release event.
In the audio release event of Jr NTR's 'Badshah', producer Dil Raju releases the first song. And the by the looks of it, this song will sure go on to become a hit.
At the start of the audio release event of Jr NTR's 'Badshah', a bharatanatyam dance entrances with its choreography and music. It has not been every time that the audio release event of a major Telugu film includes a Bharatanatyam dance.
A fan was killed in the stampede during the rush to enter the venue of the audio launch of Jr NTR's 'Badshah' at Nanakramguda studios. Raju hailed from Warangal, and died due to suffocation when more than expected crowd reached the venue. Jr NTR grew emotional...
This is the complete and exclusive footage of the audio release event of Jr NTR's 'Badshah'. The event, held to a packed open air venue, starts with an enrapturing and perfectly choreographed Bharathanatyam dance. This is followed by Telugu dance numbers. Anch...
The Nagarjuna-Nayantara starrer 'Greeku Veerudu' is all set for a release. The shooting is completed and minor post-production work remains. The music has been scored by Thaman and most of the songs already are huge chartbusters.
SS Rajamouli had given us some of the best Indian locations seen in Telugu movies. Just as 'Magadheera' was shot at stunning locations in Gujarat, Rajamouli is again going west, to the desert state of Rajasthan to scout locations for his new movie with Prabhas...
Tollywood movies are getting bigger, and bigger. A few years back, a budget of Rs 40 crores raised eyebrows. Now a Rs 50 crore budget is also ok for a top Tollywood movie. But director SS Rajamouli's new movie with Prabhas, 'Bahubali', is all set to be made wi...
Expect a Telugu film industry veteran like Dasari Naryana Rao to do some plain speaking. Specially with regard to what is currently one of Tollywood's worst guarded secret - the phenomenon of 'success' meets and of declaring a movie that hardly runs for two we...
For a long time after 'Robo', there weren't any Tamil movies dubbed into Telugu that did really well in Andhra Pradesh. That had come as a relief to Tollywood that was worried about the spate of Tamil movies edging out Telugu movies. But now Surya and Rajinika...
Sivakarthikeyan starrer 'Manam Kothi Paravai' is all set to be remade in Telugu. However, the scriptwriters tweaked the storyline a bit when rewriting it and the director/producer wanted an actress of good caliber to portray the new meaty role. Varalakshmi, af...
Nandamuri Kalyan Ram has always plodded a path different from other Nandamuri stars. Kalyan has now turned producer with 'Om', touted as Telugu's, and also India's, first 3D action film. The movie is directed by Sunil Reddy and has roped in technicians from Ho...
Trisha will next be seen in an action-packed movie - 'Ramba, Urvashi, Menaka'. According to Trisha, this Telugu flick is expected to have a meaty role for her. She has also said that the movie is not a period film and that the title can be misleading.
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
The Telugu-remake of 'Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppidi' - Love Failure - makes big money at the box office. Starring Siddarth and Amala Paul in the lead, the movie has been directed by Balaji Mohan. The debutant director is apparently on cloud nine.
Starring Allari Naresh, 'Sudigadu' has impressed the audience and is raking in a lot of moolah. An adaptation of the movie 'Tamizh Padam', the movie is a spoof of all commercial movies.
'Bodyguard', the Telugu remake of the Malayalam movie of the same name, failed to garner much attention at the box office. However, Venkatesh's performance was much appreciated and his image as the 'family star' was established strongly.
Tollywood had a decent run this year at the box office. Of the 164 movies that were released this year, only 97 were original Telugu movies. The remaining were all either dubbed or remade from Tamil, Malayalam and English movies. The successful innings began w...
Anushka Shetty, one of the most sought after actresses in South Indian cinema, has just signed on to play the lead role in the upcoming Telugu movie 'Rani Rudrama Devi'. This historical film will narrate the story of Rani Rudrama Devi, one of the most prominen...
In the finale of the audio release function of Ram Charan Teja's 'Nayak', the entire Mega family, film's heroines, veteran artists, producers led by Nayak's producer DVV Danayya arrived on the stage for the official release of the film's CD. Pawan Kalyan relea...
In the seventh part of the grand audio release function of Ram Charan Teja's 'Nayak', the latest trailer of the movie is released. This is followed by Mega star Chiranjeevi speaking live from Delhi.
In the sixth part of the grand audio release function of Ram Charan Teja's 'Nayak', an AV introduces director VV Vinayak's work. The two heroines Kajal Agarwal and Amala Paul arrive on the stage. Compere of the show Suma puts director VV Vinayak into some conf...
In the fifth part of the grand audio release function of Ram Charan Teja's 'Nayak', Allu Arvind and heroine Amala Paul come to the stage to release the AV for 'Kattalanti Pilla' song from the movie. Even as Allu Arvind gets ready to speak, the crowds demand Po...
In the fourth part of the grand audio release function of Ram Charan Teja's 'Nayak', producer Danayya DVV releases the AV of the first song from the movie. It is followed by the release of second, third and fourth songs from the movie, the last one being the r...
In the third part of the grand audio release function of Ram Charan Teja's 'Nayak', dancers perform to a medley of hit songs from the movies of Allu Arjun and Power Star Pawan Kalyan. The family of Chiranjeevi, wife Surekha and daughter, arrive for the functio...
In the second part of the grand audio release function of Ram Charan Teja's 'Nayak', the performance of 'Malli Malli Rani Roju' from Chiranjeevi's hit film 'Raakshasudu' is followed by a bubble dance by two Ukrainian dancers. This is followed by dances to a me...
In the first part of the grand audio release function of Ram Charan Teja's 'Nayak', after the welcome speech by host Suma, a group from Channel 9 perform to the hit song 'Malli Malli Rani Roju' from Chiranjeevi's hit film 'Rraakshasudu'.
'Nayak' of Ram Charan Teja is going to be one of the biggest releases of 2013. The film's audio was released at a glittering function. This is the complete end-to-end video of the audio release function. Watch Ram Charan Teja, his wife Upasana Kamineni and in-...
Vishal Reddy may be a star in Tamil movies from where he started, but he does have a fan following among Telugu audiences. His new film where he plays a double role, 'Vetadu Vetadu' releases on December 21. Vishal talks about the movie, his role and his co-sta...
Not very long back, one could pick and choose among the following for building up the villain of a filmy love story, that ogre who kept two lovers apart, from uniting forever and ever: caste, community, religion, social standing, factional and family feuds, an...
From a mass hero to a class hero. Jr NTR is finding a mass following in the overseas market too, a trend that started with 'Adurs' and 'Brindavanam'. The overseas rights of his movie 'Badshah' has been sold to an NRI for a record Rs 4.5 crore even when the mov...
Telugu film audiences are facing a drought of big budget movies this year-end. After Nagarjuna's 'Damarukam', there is no big Telugu movie slated to be released till the end of 2012. Ravi Teja's 'Sir Osthara' is slated for the December release, but that seems ...
A woman who sweet-talked a young polytechnic girl with the lure of promising a break into the cinema industry was caught by the girl, who became suspicious after she dropped in at her hostel a few days later. The girl Madhavi claims that Radhamma told her room...
Music maestro Ilayaraja. The very name has a magic in it. He continues his musical journey for the third decade running. By a strange stroke of coincidence, two Telugu movies for which Ilayaraja has scored music for are going to hit the screens. In particular ...
After 'Robo' and 'Rangam', there has been no dubbed Tamil movie that has enticed Telugu cinema audiences. At once the fans were completely taken over by the invasion from Kollywood. But, now the scene has changed. Even Suriya's 'Brothers' failed to impress.
A slew of small budget films are ready to hit the screen in the months leading to end of 2012. These movies are 'Genius', 'Routine Love Story', 'Bus-stop' and 'Gundello Godari'. With a star cast that does not have much star power, these movies are are but shot...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
This is the highlights from the audio launch of 'Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum'. This is RaNa Daggubati's new film, and has some explosive dialogues by RaNa. Watch Rana deliver some of these dialogues at the start, and talk about how, after five films he realised,...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
Hero Srikanth had done what his peers have been doing on-and-off. The actor has now sung a song for his new movie 'Lucky'. And at the press meet for the release of the film's songs, everyone including director Sai Karthik, say they were surprised by Srikanth's...
With four hits, Samantha is at the top of the Tollywood ladder. But then she disappeared for at least four months, leading to a lot of speculation of her 'sickness', as she calls it. Now for the first time Samantha speaks to the media, on her new films, acting...
At least 20 big films are set for release over the last three months of the year 2012. 'Damarukam', 'Siva Thandavam', 'Rebel', 'Surya', 'Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu', 'Autonagar Surya' and 'Seethamma Vakitlo Srimalle Chettu' are some of the big movies that wil...
Sekhar Kammula's 'Life Is Beautiful' released today. This is a fun-filled youth-oriented movie, and its publicity has been very effective. Here is a reaction from movie-goers right at the start of first day first show. Many Nagarjuna fans also turned up since ...
As director of 'Rebel', Lawrence Raghavendra is hopeful it will match the expectations that come with an action film starring Prabhas, and directed by him. The audio release of this movie is on September 14.
Nitin was one of the few Tollywood heroes to carve out a six-pack. The idea was to emerge as high-voltage action hero. But now he has changed tracks. Nitin is now hooked on to the idea of making a romantic entertainer.
They are brothers and stars too. And now they stand face-to-face, competing at the box office. Karthi's 'Alex Pandian' and older brother Suriya's 'Brothers' release within a gap of just one day. Suriya's movie releases on October 11, while Karthi's releases th...
After a gap of two years, Tollywood's glamour queen Anushka is back. She was last seen with Nagarjuna in 'Ragada'. Now she is back from Chennai with 'Damarukam'. Her decision to stay away from Tollywood has given rise to a lot of gossip and rumours.
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
Power star Pawan Kalyan is becoming known as the lucky mascot for producers of films starring other actors. Talk in Tollywood now is that if PK graces the audio function of a film, the film too turns out to be a hit. For example the audio functions of Nitin's...
Scientists in Japan have created a robot that resembles the one created by Rajinikanth in his movie 'Robo'. This Chitti is real life, and has all the facial characteristics of its creator, Japanese scientist Ishirguru. And he has named this robot at Gemmanoid ...
Trisha Krishnan has shifted her base back to Chennai. She has no films on hand in Telugu cinema. She even rejected a film with Ravi Taj. Her last film was 'Dammu' that didn't do well. So like Anushka Shetty, is she gone for good? And the interesting thing that...
Kajal Agarwal's latest statement is that when it comes to movies, she doesn't consider language a barrier. But she has shifted base to Bollywood. Has Kajal changed her mind? Is she still in demand for films in the South?
'Sudigadu' starring Allari Naresh and Monal Gujjar is releasing this Friday. The unique trailer of this movie that has spoofed top stars, movies and sequences from all hit movies has caught attention of everyone. But can this movie match the hype of this star,...
Ram Charan Teja, who is shooting for remake of Hindi film 'Zanjeer', is actively seeking to buy a residence in Mumbai. Cherry wants to make his mark in Bollywood too with 'Zanjeer'.
A few years back, Tamil films dubbed into Telugu were a rage, at times even garnering more box office traction that original straight Telugu films. But tables have turned. Telugu films dubbed in Tamil and other languages are a rage. So top Tamil stars have cha...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
Stylish star Allu Arjun is at his frank and smashing best in this interview about his role, storyline, music, music director Devi Sree Prasad, director Trivikram and message from 'Julayi'.
On his birthday, here is a special story on the resurgence and charisma of Mahesh Babu. He tasted success early, but two hits in a row and his stature and success seems unsurmountable.
Hero Gopichand's new film whose shooting started in January is yet to see any progress, after the previous director left the movie due to differences. The new director is Gopichand's favourite Sri Vaas, who gave him his first hit 'Lakshyam'.
Hero Gopichand's new film whose shooting started in January is yet to see any progress, after the previous director left the movie due to differences. The new director is his favourite Sri Vaas who gave him his first hit 'Lakshyam'.
Songs full of masti, splendid locations, even more splendid dance moves- that is about the songs and dances of Balakrishna's new movie 'Srimannarayana'. This is the video of highlights of audio release function. In particular you will like the songs 'Makhna' a...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
Hero Manchu Manoj meets DGP Dinesh Reddy requesting police help in curbing piracy of films. Manoj also announced a mobile phone number to his fans and others on which they can report any attempts of video piracy, or of people watching pirated versions of his m...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
This is a special programme that highlights the contribution of a major personality from the film industry. The Telugu film industry has many veterans whose singing, acting, dancing, and others skills like mimicry, dialogues, songs and other aspects of a hero ...
Release of Allu Arjun's 'Julayi' has been put off. 'Devudu Chesina Manushulu' starring Ravi Teja has also been out. Want to know the reason. Apparently 'Tollywood's producers and directors have gone back to a new formula. It is a new 'time table' for releasing...
Dara Singh, the actor who became a household name due to the role of 'Hanuman' he played in the tv serial 'Ramayan', died at a Mumbai hospital after brief illness. Dara Singh was a world famous wrestler and took up acting after he retired from active wrestling...
He is Telugu cinema's versatile actor in negative roles, character roles and comedy too. He started out as a theatre artist and made his debut 'Pranam Khareedu'. On his birthday, Tv9 pays a tribute to this beloved actor- Kota Srinivas Rao.
The entire unit of 'Eega' watched the film in Hyderabad's Brahmaramba theatre. Director SS Rajamouli, actors Nani and Sudeep and producer D Suresh Babu watched the movie. Rajamouli got emotional when asked about the response to the movie. The film also release...
Producer Natti Kumar is being accused by actor Dhanush's father Kasthuri Raja of issuing a cheque of Rs 3.5 cr, for the Telugu rights of '3', that later bounced.