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Movie Review: ‘Sanam Re’ A Musical Love Story Gone Seriously Wrong

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Sanam Re

Producer: Bhushan Kumar
Director: Divya Khosla Kumar
Star Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Urvashi Routela Bharti Singh & Rishi Kapoor
Music: T-Series

Director Divya Khosla Kumar had earlier come up with a very youthful & entertaining film Yaariyaan in her debut outing. But in her 2nd outing Sanam Re is not so impressive after all.

The plotted scenario of Sanam Re entails the story of Aakash (Pulkit Samrat) who is an ambitious young man but he is always rebuked by his boss. The circumstances takes him back to his small home town amidst snowcapped hills. His dadaji (Rishi Kapoor), a photographer had been a strong influence on him during childhood but now he’s old & Aakash’s parents are all set to sell off the photo studio since there’s no one to take care of it. The young & confused Aakash rediscovers the memories of his childhood love Shruti (Yami Gautam) whom he had dumped for a comfortable city life a few years ago. Circumstances make Aakash & Yami to meet again in the salubrious climate of Canada where they attend a Yoga Camp of a lady Yoga guru (Bharti Singh). The triangle is completed by gorgeous & sexy Mrs Pablo (Urvashi Rautela) who has to be won over by Aakash for professional reasons. The story moves forward and the professional ambitions gradually gets taken over by pure unadulterated love.

No doubt director Divya Khosla Kumar has chosen some fantastic locales in Laddakh, Canada & Himachal Pradesh. But only if she had paid more attention and made the script of Sanam Re a little more plausible & lively to keep the viewers interest intact in the film.
The only plus point of the movie is its T-Series brand of chart bursting & foot tapping music and the slow pace of the film is another big let down. But of course Sameer Arya’s soothing camerawork makes the stunning locales a visual treat for the viewers.

Performance wise Pulkit Samrat has given a good account of himself. Both Yami Gautam & Urvashi Rautela look gorgeous & beautiful on screen and add to the glamour quotient and that’s it. Bharti Singh. just carries forward her small screen comedian image to celluloid silver screen to raise a few laughable moments. Rishi Kapoor is picture perfect in a grandfather’s role.

Tail Piece: Sanam Re is strictly recommended only for die – hard music lovers while others please stay away from this old wine in a new bottle’s extremely boring fare.

Movie Review: ‘Fitoor’ is a poorest adaptation of famed author Charles Dickens novella “Great Expectations”

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Fitoor

Producer: Siddharth Roy Kapur
Director: Abhishek Kapur
Star Cast: Aditya Roy Kapur, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Ajay Devgn, Lara Dutta, Rahul Bhatt, Aditi Rao Hydari, Akshay Oberoi, Delbar Arya et al
Music: Amit Trivedi

Actor turned director Abhishek Kapur’s earlier claim to fame were films like Kai Po Che & Rock On! But the less said about his latest directorial outing Fitoor the better.

The plotted scenario of Fitoor kick starts with the flashback that reflects the childhood of a young Kashmiri boy Noor Nizami and his ‘blink – and – you -miss’ tryst with a random stranger (Ajay Devgn), who turns out to be a certain Mirza Baig eventually. One of the days, when Noor Nizami accompanies his brother – in – law to Begam’s (Tabu) palace for some carpentry work, his young & innocent eyes fall on the eternally beautiful Firdaus Jaan Naqvi. Because, she takes a ‘liking’ for Noor Nizami’s (torn) shoes, he gets hired as their stable’s caretaker. Gradually, the duo start liking each other and each other’s company. One day Noor Nizami comes looking out for Firdaus at her palace when Begum informs him that she has been sent away to London for education. The film then fast forwards to a few years and now a grown up Noor Nizami (Aditya Roy Kapur) leaves his hometown to move to Delhi to build his career as an artist. As luck would have it, Noor Nizami meets Firdaus (Katrina Kaif) at a party and this time round, they try to ‘complete’ their ‘incomplete’ love story. That’s when Firdaus confesses to Noor Nizami that she will soon be getting married to an upcoming Pakistani politician Bilal (Rahul Bhatt). The level of obsession that Noor Nizami has for Firdaus reaches crazy heights.

A cautionary advise to Fitoor’s director Abhishek Kapoor that so much obsession (Fitoor) for directing a film, by hook or crook, can be seriously harmful & damaging both for his health & directorial career respectively.

Performance wise both Aditya Roy Kapur & Katrina Kaif are totally disappointing to say the least as first & foremost they both are totally a mismatched pair sans any on screen chemistry and even a starry on screen presence. Need anything more be said about the duo. Tabu does justice to her Begum’s royal character. In fact she is the only silver lining in the cloud. While Ajay Devgn, Lara Dutta, Rahul Bhatt, Aditi Rao Hydari, Akshay Oberoi, Delbar Arya et al have been totally misused in inane & nonsensical roles.

Tail Piece: Fitoor has already proved to be a total waste of time, money & energy for its entire team. So now a cautionary advise for the audiences too, “Don’t waste your time, money & energy” to watch a lacklustre film like Fitoor.

Former DU lecturer SAR Geelani arrested in sedition case

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New Delhi: Former Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani was arrested on sedition and other charges in connection with an event here in which anti-India slogans were raised, police said.

“Geelani was arrested around 3 AM at the Parliament Street police station under IPC sections 124A (sedition), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 149 (unlawful assembly),” DCP (New Delhi) Jatin Narwal said.

Geelani was called to the police station last night where he was detained and questioned for several hours, and later arrested. After his arrest, he was taken to RML Hospital for a medical examination, he said.

His arrest comes amid the raging row over the arrest of JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar over sedition charges in connection with an event on February 9 against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

At a Press Club event on February 10, in which Geelani was present on the dais along with three other speakers, a group allegedly had shouted slogans hailing Afzal Guru. Taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, the police registered a case against Geelani and other unnamed persons on February 12.

Police had claimed that Geelani was booked as he is presumed to be the “main organiser” of the event.

“Request for booking a hall at the Press Club was done through Geelani’s e-mail and the nature of the event was proposed to be a public meeting, which did not turn out to be so,” a senior official had said.

Following the registration of the FIR, the police questioned for two consecutive days DU professor Ali Javed, a Press Club member, under whose membership number the hall for the event was booked.

In 2001, Geelani was arrested by Delhi Police in connection with the Parliament attack case but acquitted for “need of evidence” by the Delhi High Court in October 2003, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court in August 2005, which at the same time had observed that the needle of suspicion pointed towards him.

(Agencies)

JNU Row: Journalists take to streets to protest assault

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New Delhi: Top editors of national media and hundreds of journalists today hit the streets demanding action against those involved in beating up members of their fraternity in a court complex in police presence and sought Supreme Court’s intervention in protecting freedom of speech.

The journalists, shouting slogans against the Modi Government and Delhi Police, marched from Press Club of India to the Supreme Court and submitted a memorandum to its, Registrar, seeking cancellation of licences of lawyers involved in the assualt.

The protesters also demanded Police Commissioner B S Bassi’s sacking due to alleged inaction by the security personnel at the Patiala House Courts yesterday when journalists, students and teachers of JNU where attacked by people wearing lawyers’ black robes.

A separate delegation of journalists met Home Minister Rajnath Singh demanding his intervention in ensuring “accountability of the Delhi Police who watched silently as the assault happened”.

The memorandum by the journalists was submitted to Supreme Court even as it agreed to hear a petition tomorrow on a plea seeking action against those involved in the violence at Patiala House court complex.

“We demand the intervention of the highest court of the land to take appropriate action against the advocates involved in the assault,” the memorandum said, urging the court to direct the bar council to cancel the licences of the errant advocates.

No arrest has been made even 24 hours after the assault where Delhi BJP MLA OP Sharma was also seen beating up a CPI activist.

The journalists also said the CCTV footage of yesterday’s incident should be called for and police directed to ensure protection to journalists and other media persons.

Yesterday, groups of lawyers had beaten up journalists and JNU students and teachers ahead of the hearing of the sedition case registered against JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with an event at the university last week to protest the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Anti-India slogans were also allegedly raised at the event.

Nadeem Ahmad Kazmi, Secretary General of Press Club of India, said the Supreme Court registrar told them Chief Justice of India T S Thakur will meet a delegation of journalists in a few days.

“We hope that the Supreme Court will surely protect freedom of speech because it is constitutionally mandated to do so,” he said.

Senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan slammed the Delhi Police for remaining “mute spectators” when the assault was going on.

“The manner in which the police allowed the goons to beat up jourmnalists and no action has been taken against them even after 24 hours tells you that the terrain is likely to get more and more hostile for journalism.

“There is not even a video of Kanhaiya Kumar saying anything and he has been booked for sedition and here you have a video recording of an MLA kicking and beating somebody and not even a case has been registered,” he said.

In the memorandum to the Home Minister, the journalists demanded that the perpetrators of the assault be brought to book at the earliest.

“As Union Home Minister, we urge your intervention in the matter on two counts. There should be some accountability of the Delhi Police who watched silently as the assault happened.

“And secondly, as there were CCTV cameras where the incident of assault must have been recorded, we demand that the perpetrators of the assault be brought to book at the earliest,” they said.

In the memorandum, the journalists also criticised Bassi for describing the incident as a “minor scuffle”.

“It is a matter of concern that the Delhi Police Commissioner has dismissed the incident describing it as a scuffle. Such observations will encourage only those elements who already believe that they are above the law of the land,” it said.

In the memorandum to the Supreme Court, the journalists said Delhi Police did nothing even as “brutal assault” was unleashed by lawyers on media persons including, on women scribes, in and outside the court room.

More than a dozen journalists were set upon by lawyers who prevented them in the discharge of their duties. The journalists had gone to cover the hearing of the sedition case against arrested JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar.

(PTI)

BJP wins two seats, Congress won in Karnataka by polls

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Bengaluru: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday won two seats and the ruling Congress one seat in the by-elections held to the state assembly in Karnataka.

The BJP’s Y.A. Narayanaswamy won from the high-profile Hebbal assembly segment of the Bengaluru North parliamentary constituency by 19,149 votes, defeating C.K. Abdul Rahman Sharief of the Congress and Ismail Sharief Nana of the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S).

Narayanaswamy, a two-time lawmaker from the state legislative council, bagged 60,367 votes, while Abdul, the grandson of former union minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief, secured 41,218 votes and Nana 3,666 votes.

Similarly, in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) reserved Devadurga constituency in Raichur district, about 510 km from Bengaluru, the BJP’s K. Shivana Gouda Nayak won by 16,871 votes, defeating A. Rajashekhara Nayak of the Congress and Karemma G. Nayak of the JD-S.

In a family battle, the contestants being relatives, Shivana polled 72,647 votes, while Rajashekhara got 55,776 and Karemma 9,156 votes.

In Bidar in the state’s north, about 690 km from here, Congress nominee Rahim Khan won by 22,721 votes, defeating Prakash Khandre of the BJP and Md Ayaz Khan of the JD-S.

Rahim polled 70,138 votes, Prakash 47,417 and Ayaz 4,421.

Hebbal registered the lowest voting of 45 percent in the bypolls on Saturday, while it was 61 percent in Bidar and 67 percent (the highest) in Devadurga.

The BJP retained Hebbal and wrested Devadurga from the Congress, while the ruling party wrested Bidar from the BJP.

The by-elections were necessitated by the death of lawmakers — R. Jagadish Kumar of the BJP from Hebbal, Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli of the BJP from Bidar, and Venkatesh Naik of the Congress from Devadurga.

(IANS)

Academicians from 400 international universities extend support to JNU

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New Delhi: Over 400 academicians from international varsities, including Columbia, Yale, Harvard and Cambridge, have come out in support of JNU students agitating against a row over an event on the campus.

A joint statement signed by 455 academicians from global universities, said, “JNU stands for a vital imagination of the space of the university – an imagination that embraces critical thinking, democratic dissent, student activism, and the plurality of political beliefs. It is this critical imagination that the current establishment seeks to destroy. And we know that this is not a problem for India alone”.

“Similar attacks on critical dissent and university spaces are being attempted and resisted across the world. An open, tolerant, and democratic society is inextricably linked to critical thought and expression cultivated by universities in India and abroad.

“As teachers, students, and scholars across the world, we are watching with extreme concern the situation unfolding at JNU and refuse to remain silent as our colleagues (students, staff, and faculty) resist the illegal detention and autocratic suspension of students,” said the academicians, some of which are JNU alumni.

JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested last week in connection with a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy registered over holding of the event against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru at the varsity during which anti-India slogans were alleged to have been raised.

His arrest has triggered widespread outrage among students and teachers and drawn severe criticism from non-BJP political parties.

The university teachers have also rallied behind its protesting students and questioned the administration’s decision to allow the police crackdown on the campus even as they appealed to the public not to “brand” the institution as “anti-national”.

Yesterday, violence broke out in the Patiala House court complex when groups of lawyers thrashed journalists and students and teachers of JNU while the political slugfest over the arrest of Kanhaiya snowballed with BJP chief Amit Shah targeting Rahul and Sonia Gandhi on the issue.

(Agencies)

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed denies tweets inciting JNU protesters

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New Delhi: Hafiz Saeed, has released a video saying that he has nothing to do with the JNU protest. According to ANI, he said in a video: “I felt very odd when I heard that the Indian home minister had said that I or my tweet was behind the JNU slogans. This is a fake twitter account. I have not said anything via a tweet.”

Home Minister Rajnath Singh had brought in Hafiz Saeed into the public debate on the ‘anti-India’ JNU protests, suggesting that those speaking in support of the JNU students were on the same side as Saeed.

“The incident at JNU has received support from Hafiz Saeed . This is a truth that the nation needs to understand,” Singh told reporters in Allahabad on Sunday. The home minister’s comments had come days after a tweet, on a fake twitter handle, appeared under a hashtag asking Pakistanis to support the JNU protests.

The opposition reacted sharply to the home minister’s remarks.

The Congress and the Left parties slammed the home minister and asked him to provide proof of what he had claimed. The CPM’s top leader, Sitaram Yechury, accused the government of “scaring us off” and crushing dissent, after protesters attacked the CPM party office.

(Agencies)

Deadly air strikes hit hospitals in northern Syria

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At least 21 people killed in suspected Russian raids on two hospitals and a school in provinces of Aleppo and Idlib.

MSF's destroyed hospital in Idlib [Syria Civil Defence]

MSF’s destroyed hospital in Idlib [Syria Civil Defence]

by Al Jazeera

At least 21 people have been killed and dozens others injured in air strikes and rocket attacks on a school and two hospitals in separate locations in northern Syria, Al Jazeera has learned.

In the deadliest incident, at least 14 people were killed and about 30 injured when air strikes and rocket artillery damaged parts of a hospital in the town of Azaz in Aleppo province, the media office at the rebel-controlled Aleppo local council said on Monday.

In the same raid, a school where refugees were sheltering was also hit. No death toll has been confirmed.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a news conference in Kiev on Monday that a Russian balistic missile hit the school and hospital in Azaz.

The head of the media office, Abu Thaer al-Halabi, told Al Jazeera that a section of a highway that facilitates the main supply line for humanitarian aid to the region was destroyed in the raids.

Halabi also said the strikes were carried out by Russian fighter jets.MSF hospital hit

MSF hospital hit

Meanwhile, air strikes also targeted a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province, killing at least seven people, the charity’s France president said on Monday.

“There were at least seven deaths among the personnel and the patients, and at least eight MSF personnel have disappeared, and we don’t know if they are alive,” Mego Terzian told Reuters, adding that he believed Russia or Syrian government forces were behind the attack.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said nine people, including a child, had been killed in the “presumambly Russian” raids.

A spokesman for the Syria Civil Defence in Idlib confirmed that the hospital was hit but said four people were killed.

“At least four people have been killed while several others have been injured. We expect the death toll to rise. There are doctors and MSF staff missing,” Radi said, without stating his full name.

At least 13 people were reportedly injured in the strikes, as rescue workers were trying to reach several people buried under the rubble.

“Extreme damage has been caused to the hospital. Six floors have been almost reduced to rubble. This hospital is located in an area previously surrounded by restaurants and has no rebel strongholds. It has been functioning for over a year now,” Radi said.

MSF condemned the attack in a report released on Monday.

“This appears to be a deliberate attack on a health structure, and we condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms,” said Massimiliano Rebaudengo, MSF’s head of mission.

“The destruction of the hospital leaves the local population of around 40,000 people without access to medical services in an active zone of conflict,” Massimiliano said.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from the Turkish town of Gaziantep near the Syria border, said:

“This is not the first time a hospital or a health facility has been targeted in Syria.

“What we understand is the facility in Idlib that was hit this morning was serving up to 40,000 people who live in what MSF called an active zone of conflict, so they will be denied health services,” she added.

“The health system in Syria as a whole really has all but collapsed and undoubtedly a very grim situation.”

India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets, win series 2-1

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Vishakapatnam: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bamboozled the Sri Lankan batsmen in a mesmerising opening spell as India clinched the T20 series 2-1 with an authoritative nine-wicket victory in the third and final match, here on Sunday.

After bowling out the visitors for 82 in the series-decider with Ashwin finishing with astonishing figures of 4-1-8-4, the hosts cruised to the target in 13.5 overs. Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane were unbeaten on 46 and 22 respectively, as India finished on 84/1.

Earlier, Ashwin opened the attack for the hosts and took four wickets in a magical three-over opening spell to break the back of the Sri Lankan batting order. The off-spinner was unplayable as he returned his career-best figures in T20 cricket.

Sri Lanka could not even bat full 20 overs and were all out for their lowest total in Twenty20 cricket in 18 overs. Suresh Raina also shone on a helpful ACA-VDCA Stadium pitch by scalping two batsmen and giving away just six runs in his two overs.

Ppting to field, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni handed the new ball to Ashwin and he responded with two wickets in the first over of the match. Ashwin had Niroshan Dickwella (1) stumped when the batsman charged down the track but was completely beaten and the Indian captain had an easy stumping to do.

In the last ball of the over, Ashwin trapped Tillakaratne Dilshan (1) and when he retuned for his second over, he had Dinesh Chandimal caught by Hardik Pandya as the rival skipper tried to cut loose but miscued a shot. The Sri Lankan innings was in complete shambles losing their first three wickets with only 12 on the board.

In his third over, Ashwin got rid of debutant Asela Gun-aratne and soon the Lankans were gasping at 21/5 with left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra taking the fifth wicket.

Such was the dominance of the home bowlers that only six shots to the fence were played in seven overs. It was only in the eighth over that Sri Lanka found sixes through Dasun Shanaka (19), who whacked Yuvraj Singh twice.

SCOREBOARD

Sri Lanka: N. Dickwella st Dhoni b Ashwin 1, T. Dilshan lbw b Ashwin 1, D. Chandimal c Pandya b Ashwin 8, D. Gunaratne c Raina b Ashwin 4, T. Siriwardana b Nehra 4, D. Shanaka b Jadeja 19, S. Prasanna (run out) 9, T. Perera c Jadeja b Raina 12, S. Senanayake c Dhoni b Raina 8, D. Chameera (not out) 9, D. Fernando b Bumrah 1. Extras: (lb2, w3, nb1) 6. Total: (in 18 overs) 82.

FoW: 1-2, 2-3, 3-12, 4-20, 5-21, 6-48, 7-54, 8-72, 9-73.
Bowling: Ashwin 4-1-8-4, Nehra 2-0-17-1 (1w), Bumrah 3-0-10-1, Jadeja 4-1-11-1 (1w), Yuvraj 1-0-15-0 (1nb), Pandya 2-0-13-0 (1w), Raina 2-0-6-2.

India: R. Sharma lbw b Chameera 13, S. Dhawan (not out) 46, A. Rahane (not out) 22. Extras: (lb 3) 3. Total: (for 1 wkt, in 13.5 overs) 84
FoW: 1-29
Bowling: Senanayake 4-0-22-0, Fernando 2-0-7-0, Chameera 2-0-14-1, Prasanna 1-0-3-0, Siriwardana 1-0-9-0, Gunaratne 2.5-0-22-0, Dilshan 1-0-4-0

(IANS)

Southern Films Round Up

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Dulquer Salmaan’s New Heroine Is Shaun Romy

Dulquer Salmaan has got a new heroine in his upcoming movie directed by Rajeev Ravi. Titled Kammatti Paadam the movie is all about the transformation of Kochi from a small town into a metro city. This is a period drama set in the 80s. Shaun Romy was suggested for the role by Rajeev Ravi’s wife Geethu Mohandas who was impressed with her modelling profile. Shaun Romy is excited to be playing Dulquer’s pair in the film and says that he is a very patient & understanding person.

Dinesh Reveals Details About His Character In Kabali

Young actor Dinesh is basking in the glory of unanimous praise being showered on his latest film Visaranai and his performance in the Vetrimaran directed flick.
Dinesh who debuted as the lead actor with director Pa. Ranjith’s Attakathi has bagged a role in Ranjith’s upcoming mega project Kabali with Superstar Rajinikanth in the lead role. Dinesh has just revealed that the name of the character he has played in the film is Jeeva. He further said that he does not know the story of the film and he just acted as per instructions of Ranjith on the shooting spot. Produced by Kalaipuli. S. Thanu, Kabali is expected to hit the screens on 1st May, 2016.

Suriya’s 24 Unlikely To Clash With Vijay’s Theri

Kollywood movie buffs are expecting for a big clash on the Tamil new year day as Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s Their & Suriya’s much anticipated sci – fi flick 24 are expected to release around the same festival period. However trade sources are apprehensive about the same as the 2 biggies releasing on the same day will be detrimental to the stakeholders of both the films. But Now Suriya who has also produced 24 under his 2D Entertainment’s banner has said that such a clash is not possible as it is not possible to release 2 biggies on the same day. He further said that either of the 2 films will only be released on 14th Apr, 2016 and also hoped that it is 24.

Anirudh & Vignesh Sivan Team Up Again After Naanum Rowdy Dhaan

Young music director Anirudh Ravichander who is musically far away from his local audience due to continuous foreign concerts for the past couple of months, is now back with the “Avalukkenna” shingle track which was released on Valentine’s Day as a dedication for lovers. And now it has also been revealed that young director & lyricist Vignesh Sivan and also a good friend of Anirudh has directed this shingle as an album featuring Anirudh. This is the 2nd time teaming up of the duo which tasted huge success with the recent super hit Naanum Rowdy Dhaan. The teaser of the above mentioned album was also released earlier.

Nampally Criminal Court issues summons to Rajamouli

Ace director SS Rajamouli has been issued summons in a land case by the Nampally Criminal Court. One Bhuvaneshwar, a film producer, had moved the court alleging that Rajamouli reneged on a commitment to sell off his land to him. In the event, the maker of Baahubali did not honour his commitment. Upon finding the accusation to be true based on preliminary reports, the Court has issued summons to Rajamouli, asking him to be be present in the Court on 24th Feb, 2016.

Anjali Turns A Crooner

Actress Anjali is going to don the avatar of a crooner for the 1st time in her upcoming horror – drama Chitrangadha. The actress has recently crooned a song along with Sela Swaminathan, son of music composer Selva Ganesh for this film. The film produced by Gangapatnam Sridhar is a bi – lingual in Telugu & Tamil. The Tamil version is titled Yaar Nee. The film is the story of a transgender and is set in USA backdrop. Anjali has shed a few kilos to get into the skin of the character and will be seen sporting a different look. Ashok of Pilla Zamindar fame is directing this film which is likely to hit the screens in the summer of 2016. The teaser of the film released recently has evoked thumping response from movie buffs.

Allu Arjun To Make His Debut As A Crooner

Stylish star Allu Arjun is all charged up to entice his fans in a new avatar in his next outing Sarrainodu. The 32 year old actor is going to croon for an EDM track for the Boyapati Sreenu directorial shortly. Music composer SS Thaman has already completed composing the song at his recording studio in Chennai. The final version is going to be recorded once Allu Arjun wraps up the climax portion of the film. Thaman, who has got the knack of convincing the superstars for a crooning debut, has made fruitful attempt to unleash the crooning talent of Allu Arjun. “The song is definitely the one we have been waiting for. It’s really tough to score tunes for wonderful dancers like Allu Arjun and imagine if he croons that song, then the excitement doubles up. With the actor coming on board, it made Thaman to augment his work.” avers the source.

Samantha Shrugs Off The Rumours

Days after it was rumoured that Samantha had left the Brahmotsavam unit in a lurch by whizzing off to Chennai mid – way during an important schedule, the star actress has clarified that nothing of that sort happened. It was believed by many, following unfounded rumours, that she had accepted a Tamil film opposite Raj Kumar (Devayani’s husband) without consideration to the makers of Brahmotsavam to whom she had given the call sheets. However, when asked whether there is a modicum of truth in the gossip, Samantha shrugged off the rumour saying that she had been shooting for the film at Ramoji Film City. Besides this film, Samantha has A.. Aa.., Janata Garage, Theri (with Vijay) & 24 (Suriya starrer) lined up for release this year.

Shourya To Be Released Overseas By Supreme Movies LLC

Supreme Movies LLC, USA has bagged the overseas screening rights of the most anticipated thriller movie Shourya. It is a romantic thriller film directed by K. Dasaradh & produced by Malkapuram Siva Kumar, under the banner of Suraksh Entertainments. The film stars Manchu Manoj & Regina Cassandra in the lead roles along with Prakash Raj, Shayaji Shinde, Subbaraju, Brahmanandam et al. The film is being directed by K. Dasaradh, who has earlier directed hit movies like Santosham, Mr. Perfect et al and the music is being composed by Veda K. The film is all set to hit the silver screen worldwide on 3rd Mar, 2016.

School Bus Begins At Kochi

Rosshan Andrrews’ next titled School Bus has begun rolling. The movie got underway at Kochi recently. The director himself had announced the movie’s start. School Bus is based on real life incidents and is told from the perspective of 2 children. It is through the eyes of these 2 kids that the adult world is shown. Kunchako Boban too plays a pivotal part in the movie. He plays a police officer. Certain law issues pertaining to the events that unfold is where Kunchako Boban’s role comes in. The movie has been scripted by Bobby – Sanjay.

Yash & Radhika Team Up Again

The rocking star Yash and dream girl in Kannada cinema Radhika Pandit yet another combination for K Manju production is titled as Maanja. This film went on the floors in the absence of Radhika Pandit. Mahesh Rao, the director of this film was looking for a catchy title to suit the masses and fans of Yash. The super success of Mr And Mrs Ramachari with Yash & Radhika is continued in this Maanja. The popular screen pair commenced from Moggina Manasu and later acted in Drama a runaway hit film in Yogaraj Bhat’s direction. One of the senior producers in Lakshmi Art Combines, K Manju is roping in Yash after Raaja Huli. It is commencing shoot soon says K Manju.

Manamanthana Gets U Certificate

It is the return of distinct maker Suresh Heblikar in Kannada cinema front after 15 year’s gap as a director. An environmentalist Suresh Heblikar has picked the concept from Dr Ashok Pai and directed in the banner of Manasa Arts of Ashok Pai.
The regional censor board has sanctioned a clean U certificate for the film recently. The film is heading for release soon. This film is having a right message for the younger generation. Ramesh Bhat in the father’s character has done a unique role. P. Rajan is handling the camera, Prvin D. Rao scores the music, MN Swamy will be handling editing, screenplay lyrics, direction are handled by Suresh Heblikar. He also appears in a psychiatrist role. Kiran Rajaputh, Arpitha, Sangeetha, Suman, Sridhar, Lakshmi Gopinath et el are in the cast of Mana Manthana.

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