As compared to films produced in Bollywoodian & Hollywoodian Cinema arena, South Indian Cinema is rapidly & regularly progressing by churning out its own brand of gems of milestone movies in all the 4 languages namely Kannada, Malyalam, Telugu & Tamil. In an exclusive Nasheman.In, Shaheen Raaj will present a sneak preview of the productional happenings of Southern Cinema every fortnight. Time to stay tuned in.
Anjali All Set To Regain Lost Ground
Anjali is now all set to regain her lost ground with firm determination after sorting out all her domestic issues. Incidentally speaking right from her debut Tamil movie ‘Kattradhu Thamizh’ Anjali had alreedy proved that she is an actress of immense talent & potential and her later films like ‘Angadi Theru’, ‘Thoonga Nagaram’, ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’ ‘Mankaatha’ & ‘Kalakalappu’ stand testimony to the fact. When she was just beginning to challenge the top Kollywood heroines she got bogged down by her domestic issues and went into a self imposed hibernation. And now Anjali has sorted out her personal life and all her domestic issues and is back doing the lead roles in ‘Appa Takkar’ with Jayam Ravi & ‘Mapla Singam’ with her lucky co-star Vemal. She has also signed the path breaking director Karthik Subburaj’s ‘Iraivi’ which has Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha & S. J. Surya and is playing the title role in ‘Geethanjali 2’ the sequel to her telugu hit ‘Geethanjali.
Simran Makes A Grand Comback In Kollywood
Simran makes a grand comback In Kollywood. In fact Simran is not just making a comeback in Kollywood, but in the neighbouring Sandalwood too. The actress will soon be seen playing a police officer in a Kannada film, titled ‘Alone’. It is not the regular role. As she always liked the action genre and is happy that she has bagged one such film in ‘Alone’. Simran will shoot for the movie later this month. Simran’s last Kannada movie was a Shivaraj Kumar starrer ‘Simhada Mari’ in 1997. Whereas in Tamil, she is a part of ‘Karaioram’ & ‘Trisha Illana Nayanthara’.
Poonam Bajwa Offers A Deniel
Of late Poonam Bajwa has offered a clarifying denial regarding reports stating that Jiiva is backing her filmy career. No doubt that ever since Poonam Bajwa had acted with Jiiva in 2 films namely in ‘Kacheri Aarambam’ & ‘Thenavattu’, there was a buzz that the actor was recommending the actress to all his directors & producers. In fact Poonam, who is now back in Kollywood after a break, denies this strongly statng that, “Jiiva is my good friend. But this doesn’t mean that he recommends me to bag new offers. I wonder how this rumor is alive in after a lapse of so many years. The actress, who was recently seen shaking a leg with Vishal in ‘Aambala’, is now also part of a couple of other projects in Tamil, including Jayam Ravi starrer ‘Romeo Juliet’.
Prashanth’s Latest Heroine Is From Australia
Prashanth’s latest heroine Amenda hails from Australia. Yes! Amenda happens to be a hotshot model from Australia. She will be the heroine of Prashanth in the actor’s comeback vehicle ‘Saahasam’, written & produced by his father and veteran actor Thiyagarajan. Amenda, who was trained at an acting institute in London, is thrilled about making her debut in Kollywood. She plans to commit more Tamil movies after the release of Saahasam. While Prashanth on his part stated that ‘Saahasam’ has brought out the full talent in him. Its songs will be canned in Japan & Korea. Plans are on to release the audio this month. Arunraj Varma is directing the film.
Nagarjuna Has A Change Of mind
Nagarjuna, of late, has had a change of mind. Incidentally speaking Nagarjuna had recently denied reports that he is going to act in the remake of Kannada super hit film ‘Mythri’, which stars Puneeth Rajkumar & Mohanlal in the leads. But all of a sudden he seems to have changed his mind. The latest buzz in filmnagar is that Nagarjuna loved the film after watching it recently and has given his nod to act in the remake. More details are awaited about this project.
The Shooting Of ‘Baahubali 2’ To Commence From Aug 2015
The shooting of ‘Baahubali 2’ is all planned to commence from Aug, 2015. Incidentally speaking the shooting of the 1st part of ‘Baahubali’ was wrapped up recently and the post production work is in full swing currently. This film is expected to be released very soon and not only Telugu & Tamil audiences, even Bollywood fans are eagerly waiting to watch the film. Now Rana Daggubati has confirmed that the shooting of ‘Baahubali 2’ will start in Aug, 2015. Prabhas will complete his project with Sujeeth meanwhile. Rana Daggubati is currently working for the Tamil version of ‘Bangalore Days’.
Pawan Kalyan Is All Geared Up To Fight Against Government
Pawan Kalyan is now all geared up to fight against the Government. Earlier on Pawan Kalyan had met farmers in the capital region of Andhra Pradesh and said that the Government should not acquire land from farmers who are not willing to give it. Recently there were reports that the Andhra Pradesh Government is going to impose land acquisition act against farmers, Pawan Kalyan took to his twitter handle and wrote, “According to media reports, Andhra Pradesh Government is going to impose land acquisition act on farmers who are not willing to give their lands for capital construction and they even informed High court about it. If it is their decision, I am ready to fight against the Government on the behalf of the farmers”.
‘Baa Naale Baa’ Is Now Ready
Catching on the old fear in the villages a horror subject ‘Baa Naale Baa’ has completed the shooting silently. For fear of ghost the doors outside the houses were written ‘Come Tomorrow’ – meaning ‘Baa Naale Baala’. The presumption is that ghosts reading it would go away. A superstitious belief. 1st time director & producer T K Urs has developed a story of grudge of a village chieftain on this to safeguard his property. It bounces back on him resulting in repentance. Sri Yogeshwari Arts Creations has roped in AT Ravish for music & Dhanush for cinematography. While Srinidi Sangeetha Urs has penned the dialogues, Raju & Jaggu are the choreographers, Sriman has written lyrics, Mass Madha & Style King Williams handled the stunts.
The Cult Film ‘Shiva’ To Be Released Again
The cult film ‘Shiva’ to be re-released. A film that redefined Telugu cinema, ‘Shiva’, is going to be released again. The digitally remastered version of the film will be released on 15th May, 2015 and it has been officially confirmed. The quality of the sound and the other technical aspects is enhanced now. Ram Gopal Varma & Nagarjuna had announced that they will re-release the film at the 25 years celebrations of the movie a few months back. The film will be released under Annapurna Studios banner in a good number of theatres.
‘Honeybee’ Sequel Coming Soon
Incidentally speaking the sequel of the hit movie ‘Honeybee’ which was the directorial debut of Lal Jr, is scheduled to take off. The scripting has been completed and the original cast of Asif Ali, Baburaj, Sreentah Bhasi, Lal, Bhavana et al will reprise their roles in the upcoming movie too. It is also said that certain popular actors of M’Town will play a part in special appearances in the movie. Jean Paul aka Lal Jr. also has another movie lined up. It is a Mammootty starrer titled ‘Driving License’.
Pearle Maaney To Enact The Role Of A Bride in ‘Loham’
Pearle Maaney to enact the role of a bride in ‘Loham’. And contrary to the reports that Pearle Maaney is doing an item dance in the movie ‘Loham’, the actress has posted a picture of her in a bridal get up, with Mohanlal. She had earlier stated that she won’t be updating the picture since it would give away the characterization. However, she has done so, probably with fake news about her “item dance” spreading. She plays a cameo in the movie and does have a dance number, which will have Mohanlal and & Andrea Jeremiah too in it.
Ram Gopal Varma & Dr. Shivraj Kumar Join Hands
Stalwart director Ram Gopal Varma is directing Dr Shivaraj Kumar of 100 plus films in the film ‘Killing Veerappan’. The film on ‘Killing Veerappan’ in rumour mill for quite some time is the finally happening as Ramgopal Varma is ready with the perfect script. As he has more information on Veerappan a very dangerous fugitive. The person who killed Veerappan according to Varma is a great personality. This film on ‘Killing Veerappan’ explains what others have not told in the narration. Veerappan was most cruel compared to other criminals. The killer of ‘Veerappan’ in this film is Dr Shivaraj Kumar. It is Dr Shivaraj Kumar’s father icon of Karnataka Dr Rajkumar kidnapped by fugitive Veerappan and kept in dense forest for 108 days. Such kidnapping & struggle of Dr Rajkumar resulted badly in his health condition.
