Monday, June 30, 2008
Rehman for Nag son's debut
AR Rehman is likely to score music for the debut film of Nagarjuna's son Nagachaitanya, which will have its muhurt on September 20th, coinciding with the Birthday of ANR. Sameer Reddy handles the camera. Vasu Varma debuts as director. In case of any change in music director's option, the next probable will be Devi Sri Prasa
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Aussies wrap up series, WI go down fighting
Bridgetown (Barbados): Australia were made to fight all the way to the end, but they completed an 87-run victory in the third and final Test against West Indies on Monday.
West Indies, chasing 475 for victory, were dismissed for 387 in their second innings about 25 minutes before the tea break on the fifth and final day of the Test at Kensington Oval.
Brett Lee formalised the result, when he had Daren Powell touch a short, rising ball to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.
Australia win the three-Test series 2-0, after they also won the opening Test at Sabina Park in the Jamaica capital of Kingston by 95 runs. The second Test at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in the Antigua village of North Sound was drawn. The Aussies have already retained the Frank Worrell Trophy - symbol of Test supremacy between the two sides.
The match was over as a genuine contest once Beau Casson and Stuart Clark swung the match Australia's way with two vital wickets before lunch. Casson removed Dwayne Bravo for 69, and Clark got Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 50, as West Indies reached 316 for five in their second innings at the interval.
For just over 90 minutes, Australia had been kept at bay by Chanderpaul and Bravo, after West Indies continued from their bedtime total of 235 for three.
The day started shakily for the Aussies, when Chanderpaul edged the first delivery from Clark through the slip cordon for a boundary. Unfortunately for the Aussies, Chanderpaul and Bravo took this as a sign, and knuckled down to play circumspectly, and a few milestones fell by the way during this period.
First, Bravo stabbed a delivery from Casson into the square cover region for a single to reach his 50. Then Chanderpaul reached 8,000 Test runs, when he glanced a delivery from Brett Lee to deep fine leg for a single.
West Indies, chasing 475 for victory, were dismissed for 387 in their second innings about 25 minutes before the tea break on the fifth and final day of the Test at Kensington Oval.
Brett Lee formalised the result, when he had Daren Powell touch a short, rising ball to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.
Australia win the three-Test series 2-0, after they also won the opening Test at Sabina Park in the Jamaica capital of Kingston by 95 runs. The second Test at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in the Antigua village of North Sound was drawn. The Aussies have already retained the Frank Worrell Trophy - symbol of Test supremacy between the two sides.
The match was over as a genuine contest once Beau Casson and Stuart Clark swung the match Australia's way with two vital wickets before lunch. Casson removed Dwayne Bravo for 69, and Clark got Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 50, as West Indies reached 316 for five in their second innings at the interval.
For just over 90 minutes, Australia had been kept at bay by Chanderpaul and Bravo, after West Indies continued from their bedtime total of 235 for three.
The day started shakily for the Aussies, when Chanderpaul edged the first delivery from Clark through the slip cordon for a boundary. Unfortunately for the Aussies, Chanderpaul and Bravo took this as a sign, and knuckled down to play circumspectly, and a few milestones fell by the way during this period.
First, Bravo stabbed a delivery from Casson into the square cover region for a single to reach his 50. Then Chanderpaul reached 8,000 Test runs, when he glanced a delivery from Brett Lee to deep fine leg for a single.
Chanderpaul then tugged a full toss from Casson to mid-on for a single in the following over to reach his 50. The Aussie bowlers would also suffer some punishment along the way, and an intriguing battle surfaced between Casson and Bravo which saw the young left-arm wrist spinner being carted three times over long-off for sixes.
But Australia captain Ricky Ponting persevered with Casson and he was rewarded when Bravo was caught at silly point playing defensively forward to a delivery of no great merit to end a fourth-wicket stand of 122.
Ponting then claimed the second new ball after 83.1 overs, and Clark struck with the second delivery, when he had Chanderpaul adjudged lbw about 15 minutes before lunch.
What transpired after lunch was of academic interest only, although the West Indies tail-enders made Australia work hard all the way.
Jerome Taylor joined Denesh Ramdin and they put on 42 for the sixth wicket, but Clark removed the West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman, and there no comeback for the home team as they lost their last five wickets for 42 runs from 73 balls.
Clark was the pick of the Aussies bowlers with three wickets for 58 runs from 24 overs, Test newcomer Casson snared three for 86 from 25 overs, and Brett Lee took two for 109 from 25.4 overs.
But Australia captain Ricky Ponting persevered with Casson and he was rewarded when Bravo was caught at silly point playing defensively forward to a delivery of no great merit to end a fourth-wicket stand of 122.
Ponting then claimed the second new ball after 83.1 overs, and Clark struck with the second delivery, when he had Chanderpaul adjudged lbw about 15 minutes before lunch.
What transpired after lunch was of academic interest only, although the West Indies tail-enders made Australia work hard all the way.
Jerome Taylor joined Denesh Ramdin and they put on 42 for the sixth wicket, but Clark removed the West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman, and there no comeback for the home team as they lost their last five wickets for 42 runs from 73 balls.
Clark was the pick of the Aussies bowlers with three wickets for 58 runs from 24 overs, Test newcomer Casson snared three for 86 from 25 overs, and Brett Lee took two for 109 from 25.4 overs.
Monday, June 16, 2008
pawan's puli shoot delayed
Pawan Kalyan's new film Puli was scheduled to begin its regular shooting in a few days but now the schedule has gone haywire. The film’s director S J Surya injured during a shooting for his Tamil movie in which he acts. While shooting for an action sequence on Saturday (June 14th) he met with accident and sustained injuries. He was immediately admitted in a hospital and the doctors advised him to take at least 15 days bed rest. That means he can’t come for the shooting of Pawan Kalyan’s Puli.
As per the original plan, Surya has to shoot a huge action sequence on Pawan Kalyan and some 400 junior artistes. Now, the shoot is postponed to next month.
Pawan Kalyan plays dual role in it and one of the roles is a Police Commissioner. Hansika is playing the main heroine.
As per the original plan, Surya has to shoot a huge action sequence on Pawan Kalyan and some 400 junior artistes. Now, the shoot is postponed to next month.
Pawan Kalyan plays dual role in it and one of the roles is a Police Commissioner. Hansika is playing the main heroine.
Bachchans in Hyderabad
Amitabh put me in lock-up: RGV
Ram Gopal Varma said he is feeling proud to be here with this film. “I was born and brought up here at this Punjagutta circle. Now I am here with a big hit. Just opposite this theatre, I was locked up in the Punjagutta Police Station for one day. The charge was that I was renting ‘pirated’ video cassettes of Amitabh starrer Aakhri Raasta.. I was running video library then. It is a proud moment for me now directing a big hit starring Amitabh. Power is achieving what you desired or dreamt of,” Ram Gopal Varma said.
‘Sarkar Raj is ground breaking film’
Amitabh praised RGV for reaching to what he is today by making films that he believes in. “He made a humble beginning and went on to make ground breaking films. Sarkar Raj is belongs to a genre that was considered to be ‘non-commercial’. Ram Gopal Varma proved that these kind of films too work at box-office,” Big B praised.
“We are often criticized for making escapist movies with song and romance. Although now West is accepting our diversity and started understanding our films, there are also filmmakers like RGV who are making realistic movies sans songs and romance. Sarkar Raj doesn’t have them, yet it broke the records. We are more than happy that the film is extremely doing well in UK, USA and other overseas where such films never had good run,” Amitabh added.
The prank that I played..: Abhishek
Abhishek Bachchan agreed that he plays pranks on the sets. Reacting to a query, he informed that the big prank that he did on the sets of Sarkar Raj was that he made believe them that he could act. “I put up a serious face all the time and duped them that I could act,” he said jokingly.
Aishwarya Rai on her hubby and father-in-law
When asked to compare her hubby and her father-in-law, Aishwarya said: “It is a tough to compare them. I had worked with them before marriage and they are great actors to work with. Off screen too, they are great human beings. It’s pleasure working with Amitabh. Abishekh and I had blast working together and hope to do more films all of us together. "
Ram Gopal Varma said he is feeling proud to be here with this film. “I was born and brought up here at this Punjagutta circle. Now I am here with a big hit. Just opposite this theatre, I was locked up in the Punjagutta Police Station for one day. The charge was that I was renting ‘pirated’ video cassettes of Amitabh starrer Aakhri Raasta.. I was running video library then. It is a proud moment for me now directing a big hit starring Amitabh. Power is achieving what you desired or dreamt of,” Ram Gopal Varma said.
‘Sarkar Raj is ground breaking film’
Amitabh praised RGV for reaching to what he is today by making films that he believes in. “He made a humble beginning and went on to make ground breaking films. Sarkar Raj is belongs to a genre that was considered to be ‘non-commercial’. Ram Gopal Varma proved that these kind of films too work at box-office,” Big B praised.
“We are often criticized for making escapist movies with song and romance. Although now West is accepting our diversity and started understanding our films, there are also filmmakers like RGV who are making realistic movies sans songs and romance. Sarkar Raj doesn’t have them, yet it broke the records. We are more than happy that the film is extremely doing well in UK, USA and other overseas where such films never had good run,” Amitabh added.
The prank that I played..: Abhishek
Abhishek Bachchan agreed that he plays pranks on the sets. Reacting to a query, he informed that the big prank that he did on the sets of Sarkar Raj was that he made believe them that he could act. “I put up a serious face all the time and duped them that I could act,” he said jokingly.
Aishwarya Rai on her hubby and father-in-law
When asked to compare her hubby and her father-in-law, Aishwarya said: “It is a tough to compare them. I had worked with them before marriage and they are great actors to work with. Off screen too, they are great human beings. It’s pleasure working with Amitabh. Abishekh and I had blast working together and hope to do more films all of us together. "
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hansika opposite Pawan Kalyan in ‘Puli’
he girl with chubby cheeks, Hansika Motwani, made her debut into the Telugu film industry through ‘Desamuduru’ opposite Allu Arjun. After taking considerable gap, she played the female lead in ‘Kantri’ with NTR as hero. Now, according to sources in Film Nagar, she got a lifetime opportunity to play heroine to Power Star Pawan Kalyan in ‘Puli’. It is worth mentioning here that ‘Puli’ directed by SJ Surya and produced by Singanamala Ramesh on the banner of Kanakaratna Creations, is likely to start rolling from June 20.
The director and producer tried to rope in Priyanka Chopra or Kareena Kapoor in the female lead. However, they expressed their inability saying that they were busy with their Bollywood films. Finally, the opportunity knocked the doors of Hansika. The film will have music from AR Rehman while camera will be held by Vinod.
The director and producer tried to rope in Priyanka Chopra or Kareena Kapoor in the female lead. However, they expressed their inability saying that they were busy with their Bollywood films. Finally, the opportunity knocked the doors of Hansika. The film will have music from AR Rehman while camera will be held by Vinod.
India crush Pakistan by huge 140-run margin
Dhaka: Praveen Kumar ran through the top-order as Paksitan, chasing a near-impossible 331 for a win, surrendered virtually without a fight to be dismissed for 190 in the tri-series contest at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium here, handing India a huge 140-run win.
Praveen returned figure of 4-53 as the top four batsmen fell to him, and Pakistan were virtually out of the contest by the end of the fifth over when they batted.
Pakistan lost three wickets with next to nothing on the scoreboard, and were never in the game after that.
Praveen Kumar removed Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohd Yousuf in rapid succession, and then Kamran Akmal also fell to him after using the long handle for a while.
Once Misbah-ul-Haq also departed, edging Ishant Sharma to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the match was effectively over, as the slower bowlers led by Piyush Chawla (4-40) then wrapped up the rest of the batting.
Skipper Shoaib Malik scored a half-century, but was never convincing.
Earlier, Virender Sehwag (89) and Gautam Gambhir (62) put up 155 runs for the opening wicket as India finished at 330-8.
Yuvraj Singh also contributed 55 while Dhoni and Suresh Raina chipped in to add to the total, as the Paksitanis came up with one of their worst bowling performances in the recent years.
Umar Gul picked up three wickets but went for 61 runs, while the rest of the bowling ranged between the unimaginative and the pathetic.
Praveen returned figure of 4-53 as the top four batsmen fell to him, and Pakistan were virtually out of the contest by the end of the fifth over when they batted.
Pakistan lost three wickets with next to nothing on the scoreboard, and were never in the game after that.
Praveen Kumar removed Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohd Yousuf in rapid succession, and then Kamran Akmal also fell to him after using the long handle for a while.
Once Misbah-ul-Haq also departed, edging Ishant Sharma to skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the match was effectively over, as the slower bowlers led by Piyush Chawla (4-40) then wrapped up the rest of the batting.
Skipper Shoaib Malik scored a half-century, but was never convincing.
Earlier, Virender Sehwag (89) and Gautam Gambhir (62) put up 155 runs for the opening wicket as India finished at 330-8.
Yuvraj Singh also contributed 55 while Dhoni and Suresh Raina chipped in to add to the total, as the Paksitanis came up with one of their worst bowling performances in the recent years.
Umar Gul picked up three wickets but went for 61 runs, while the rest of the bowling ranged between the unimaginative and the pathetic.
Some attacking batting by the Indians, combined with some pathetic bowling and equally ridiculous captaincy by Malik saw India rattle up a potentially match-winning 330-8 in their tri-series game after Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat.
The only man not to get going was Yusuf Pathan, who made his One-day International debut.
The Pakistani bowlers completely lost their poise as the Indians went after them from the beginning of the innings. The fielding side was completely demoralised as the bowlers bowled all over -- short, wide and overpitched.
The lowest ebb came after left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz was ordered out of the attack by the umpires after he bowled two beamers.
Malik, in his wisdom, threw the ball to strike bowler Sohail Tanvir, ensuring that the IPL hero gets to bowl only 9.4 of his 10-over quota. Ultimately, it was left to Younis Khan to bowl the last over.
This was India's first game of the series, while Pakistan had already registered a 70-run win over hosts Bangladesh on Sunday.
The only man not to get going was Yusuf Pathan, who made his One-day International debut.
The Pakistani bowlers completely lost their poise as the Indians went after them from the beginning of the innings. The fielding side was completely demoralised as the bowlers bowled all over -- short, wide and overpitched.
The lowest ebb came after left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz was ordered out of the attack by the umpires after he bowled two beamers.
Malik, in his wisdom, threw the ball to strike bowler Sohail Tanvir, ensuring that the IPL hero gets to bowl only 9.4 of his 10-over quota. Ultimately, it was left to Younis Khan to bowl the last over.
This was India's first game of the series, while Pakistan had already registered a 70-run win over hosts Bangladesh on Sunday.
Friday, June 6, 2008
First display of Chintakayala Ravi
Film buffs and poster lovers who love to have the first look at Victory Venkatesh in and as Chintakayala Ravi should go to Ramanaidu Studios. Atop the studio ambience at the steep bend to the top floor, a giant poster in red is displayed with Venky solo. This is the first poster displayed so far, giving the earliest look for studio employees and some industry people. The posters and designs are yet to hit the general public. Interestingly, for almost all of Venky's films, home banner or outside banner, the publicity starts from here.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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