The film ‘Okka Magaadu has garnered a lot of negative talk. The director failed to live up to the hype created by him. The fans have been left fretting and fuming by the end of the movie. Some people were seen commenting that the real Okka Maggadu is director Posani Krishna Murali. Not for his film ‘Apada Mokkulavaddu’ but for the way he took on Dasari Narayana Rao.
Even after some criticism from some quarters to his comments on TV, Posani did not buckle under pressure. He launched another round more
Chiru’s D-Day tomorrow
The much awaited official announcement of the political party of Chiranjeevi will be made on Sunday. Chiranjeevi has finally decided to meet the press and make a formal announcement about the launch of his political party. The muhurtham for the press meet has been fixed as 2.33 p.m.
Invitations have been sent on behalf of Chiranjeevi to attend a press meet of Chiranjeevi to be held on Sunday afternoon. The entire media including print and electronic will gather in large numbers to cover the media conferenc more
'Okka Mogadu' to Start Shooting
YVS Choudary who is directing this film 'Okka Magadu' on Bommarillu Vari Banner has already taken the muhurat shot of this film earlier on the steps of Annavaram with Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anushka and Nisha Kothari in the lead and Simran with a special role.
The special make up tests for Balakrishna and Simran in US for framing different look on them which has delayed the regular shoot for this film.
The Balakrishna fans are earnestly awaiting for this film as he is being presented in a different look. The more
Who leaked 'Nandi Awards'?
The official press meet for announcing the names of the winners of the Nanadi Awards for the year 2006 was slated for around 5.00 p.m. today. But a private news channel leaked the names and flashed them almost an hour before the press meet.
This angered the media personnel from other channels. They said what was the use of arranging press meet where the names are already 'out'. MS Reddy and other members of the jury were shocked to learn about this.
MS Reddy said that he would enquire into the matter. The panel members took a serious note of the issue. Many members of the panel themselves were not aware of t more
CBN watches Chiru Pressmeet
CBN scheduled a pressmeet at 12:30 PM to inform about his Mee Kosam yatra which completed 116 days. However he finally decided to cancel it after noticing Chiru press meet is at 2:30 PM.
He thought its of no use for him to discuss about Mee Kosam yatra before Chiru’s press meet as media will highlight Chiru’s pressmeet than to his Mee Kosam Yatra. He watched Chiru’s pressmeet from start to end. &nbs more
'Okka Mogadu' songs chopped
Balakrishna's latest film 'Okka Mogadu' is sinking without a trace. But director Y V S Choudhary is not ready to accept it. He says that the film is really very good and the audience everywhere is lapping it up. The reports are also very encouraging, says Choudhary.
In fact, he is likely to hold a success meet soon. But many exhibitors are chopping of some scenes in a bid to shorten the length of the film. The film is about 3 hours and 10 minutes duration.
Even before he set foot on the stage in Dubai, Bollywoood’s “Badshah” Shahrukh Khan’s charm proved too much for a young maiden who fainted while attempting to catch a glimpse of the superstar.
The girl fainted while waiting outside the hotel where the actor just finished addressing a press meet. As soon as the press conference ended, teenagers ran behind the star seeking his autograph knocking a few down in the melee.
Apparently, the crowd that had gathered to greet the actor was kept at an more
Balaiah going to US
It has come to light that hero Balakrishna is accompanying his brother-in-law on his trip to the US. The news has been kept a closely guarded secret. The engagement of Balaiah’s daughter Brahamani and Naidu’s son Lokesh is slated for the 24th of this month.
Naidu, Lokesh, Balakrishna and others will leave for the US on a two week tour. It is learnt that it was Naidu who asked TANA to invite Balakrishna to their meet. Naidu wants to garner maximum mileage for his party during this visit. He feels that B more
Walkout from theatres
Ever seen the audience walking out a good 20 minutes before the climax? Or wait impatiently for the film to end. That too for a big hero’s film? Well, this is the scene at a theater during the first day first show in Hyderabad. The film is YVS Choudhary and Balakrishna’s Okka Magaadu. The climax is very lengthy and predictable. The build up to the climax, Okka Magaadu coming out in the open like Aparichirthudu, made people so bored stiff that they all started trooping out in larger number.
The regular shooting of 'Okka Magaadu', directed and produced by YVS Choudary on the banner of 'Bommarillu Vari' with Balakrishna, Simran, Anushka and Nisha Kothari in the lead would begin from the end of November. Presently the make-up tests are taking place on the lead artistes at North Hollywood in the US. Popular publicity designer gave sketches of the hero's character as narrated by the director. Based on those sketches, some specialist make-up men are giving make-up to Balakrishna and Simran. It may be mentioned here that the formal launch of the film was done at Annavaram. Manisharma is providing tunes for the film. There will be seven songs and six of them were almost okayed. Chandrabose is penning those lyr more
