Young Rebel Star Prabhas’s new film ‘Vaaradhi’ directed by writer turned director Koratala Shiva is currently progressing at rapid pace in Manikonda. The entire unit is working day and night to complete the movie before the scheduled date itself. The director came up with a bounded script and everything is going as planned. Richa Gangopadhyay and Anushka are romancing Prabhas in this commercial entertainer.

From the last week the shooting of the film is commencing at Kokapet and Manikonda areas in a specially erected set. Prabhas is sporting a new lean look for this movie. The film is produced jointly by Pramod Uppalapati and Vamsi Krishna Reddy on UV Creations banner. The movie is slated for summer release.

Meanwhile, Prabhas has completed working for ‘Rebel’, which is shaping up well under the direction of Raghava Lawrence.

Victory Venkatesh’s next film ‘Bodyguard’ is set to release on January 9 in US. The producer of the movie Bellamkonda Suresh is planning to arrange paid premieres of the movie from January 9-11 over there. This is undoubtedly happy news for Venkatesh fans, who are staying in US. The audio released a couple of days ago received thumbs up from music lovers. Thaman has scored fantastic melodious music for this film.

There are huge expectations on this film as Venky is once again doing a powerful role with entertainment in his film. Trisha is paired opposite Venkatesh as heroine of the movie for the third time in her career. The film will have its release on January 12 in India. Saloni has played an important role in this film. Venky is due for a big hit and he is looking very confident over the film’s success. 

Jagapathi Babu-Priyamani starrer ‘Kshetram’ is hitting the screens on December 29. Currently, the graphics work of the film is progressing at rapid pace. Earlier, the makers had planned to release the film on December 16 but due to some unexpected delay in post-production works the movie was pushed to December 29. Priyamani is playing dual roles in this film as a powerful woman and a college belle.

The audio released a month ago received mixed response from the listeners. The story revolves around a family who lives in Rayalaseema region and progresses in Malaysia. Brahmanandam’s comedy is the highlight of the film. Paruchuri Brothers have penned the dialogues of the film. ‘Kick’ Shaam is playing an important role in this film. G Govindra Raju is producing the movie under Sri Balaji Movie Makers banner. T Venugopal is the director of the film.

Ram Charan and Upasana’s marriage reception will be held in Tirupathi, while the marriage will take place in Hyderabad. Chiranjeevi has taken this decision to please his fans and supporters at Tirupathi. As we all know he is the legislator of the town. The news was confirmed by Charan on a micro blogging site yesterday. He also stated that the entire team of ‘Rachaa’ has offered prayers to Lord Balaji yesterday after wrapping up the shooting schedule at Tirupathi. The unit now is currently shooting at an engineering college in Ibrahimpatnam.

The movie is slated for release in the month of March. The movie will be an out and out mass entertainer. The songs and action sequences in this film will create a new trend in Tollywood, says a unit member. Charan is sporting a chiseled body with rugged looks in this film. Mani Sharma has already completed recording songs for this film. As per latest reports, the audio of the film will be launched in January.

Versatile actress Lakshmi Manchu, who is the daughter of collection king Dr Mohan Babu, is going to make her debut in Kollywood in creative director Mani Ratnam’s new film. The actress has agreed to play an important role in this film. However, the exact details on her role are not known and it is heard that she is playing the central character of the film.

The news was posted by Lakshmi on a micro blogging site. She wrote, “Ok..phew.. I just signed a movie w Manirathnam. My first Tamil film. He is the first man who influenced me 2 b in films.Dreams do come true.”

The pretty lass is also playing the role of Sanjay Dutt’s wife in Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Department’.

Lakshmi is turning heroine with her dream project ‘Gundello Godari’ . The film will be produced by herself under Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures banner. The film is touted to be a heroine centric film. Aadi Pinisetty has been finalized as the hero of the film a couple of days ago. The film will be a bi-lingual in Telugu and Tamil languages.

Youth hero Ram, who is riding high on the super success of his last film ‘Kandireega’, is very busy dubbing his lines for his next release ‘Endukante Premanata’. The shooting of the film is complete except for a couple of songs and few scenes. The unit recently returned from France and Switzerland after wrapping up a 35 day long schedule. The unit has filmed a couple of songs and crucial scenes of the film over there.

The first look poster posted by Ram on micro blogging site few days ago received raving response from all quarters of the people. The actor is confident over the film’s success. The film is laced with romance, comedy, family drama and action elements. Karunakaran is directing the film and its produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. Ace writer Kona Venkat palys a negative role in this film.

GV Prakash Kumar is providing soundtrack for this romantic entertainer. The makers are planning to release the film sometime in March. 

Nagarjuna’s upcoming periodic film ‘Rajanna’ release advances by a day. The makers of the film have confirmed that the film will hit the screens on December 22. Earlier, the makers planned for December 23. But as 'Don-2' is releasing on the same day the makers have decided to push their film a day in advance to the actual release date. Nagarjuna is making sure that the film will be released in over 200 screens in Nizam territory alone. The first copy of the film will be readied by December 17. The movie will go for censor scrutiny on December 18 or 19.

The story of the film revolves around a little girl Mallamma played by Baby Annie. Nagarjuna is once again coming with a power-packed performance in this film. Sneha plays the wife of Nagarjuna for the second time in this film. The songs released recently have already become hits among listeners. Vijayendra Prasad is making his debut as director of the film. Keeravani has scored music, while Rajamouli has taken care of the action episodes, songs and climax sequences of the film. 

Natasimham Balakrishna’s latest release ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’ is nearing successful 50 days run. To mark this occasion the makers of the film are planning to arrange a grand 50 days celebrations event at Vijayawada on January 5. The makers are toying with the idea of holding the function in PWD Grounds. However, the makers are giving a second thought on the venue.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Balakrishna, director Bapu, Ilayaraja and the other cast and crew of the film are expected to grace the event. The film released on November 17 worldwide received raving reviews for its high production values and visual effects. The performances of Balayya, Nayantara, ANR and child artists were appreciated by the critics as well.

Recently, ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’ completed special screening in 42 International Film Festival of India (IFFI) held at Goa. Yalamanchili Saibabu has produced the movie under Sri Saibaba Movies banner. Incidentally, Mahesh Babu’s ‘Dookudu’ 50 days function was also held at Vijayawada recently. 

After keeping their relationship under wraps for a long time, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza finally confirmed their relationship and also that they would be getting married next year.

According to the latest news Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza will be tying knot on February 5th next year. Their wedding would span for 4 days 3, 4, 5 and 6. The wedding will take place in Mumbai itself.

“The wedding celebration will last for four days. February 3 is the Mehndi celebration; on 4th, they'll host the sanget ceremony; 5th will be the wedding and 6th is the reception. In fact, they have already booked two suburban five-star hotels for the functions,” said a close friend of the couple to Mumbai Mirror.

The audio release of Victory Venkatesh’s next release ‘Bodyguard’ was held in a grand gala manner yesterday at Hyderabad’s Shilpakala Vedika. Fans from all parts of the state actively participated in the event. Venkatesh, Young Rebel Star Prabhas, movie moghul Ramanaidu, Kollywood star hero Karthi, Rana Daggubati, VV Vinayak, Trisha, Venu Madhav, Thaman, Baba Sehgal, etc graced the event.

The audio CD was launched by director VV Vinayak and he handed over the first copy to Prabhas. Karthi launched the website of the film. The guests attended the event and wished the team good luck and conveyed birthday wishes to Venkatesh.

Venky thanked his fans for their continuous support from the last 25 years and stated that ‘Bodyguard’ is a blend of love, action, romance and sentiment. He also appreciated producer Bellamkonda Suresh and director Gopichand Malineni for their dedication and commitment.