Nandamuri Balakrishna has joined the sets of Manchu Manoj’s new film ‘Uu Kodathara Ulikki Padathara’ today. He is essaying a pivotal role in the film. Currently, the shooting of the film is progressing at Antarvedi Temple, Narsapuram. It is reported that Balayya will take part in the shoot for four days. Panchi Bora of ‘Aakasame Haddu’ fame is paired opposite Balayya.

Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna is producing the movie under Manchu Entertainment Banner. So far, the movie has completed 40% of shooting in and around Hyderabad. The major part of the film will be shot in a specially erected set at Manikonda. The makers have spent Rs 6 crore on this set.

Deeksha Seth is romancing Manoj in this action entertainer. Sekhar Raja is the director and Bobo Sashi is scoring music for the film. The film is a bi-lingual in Telugu and Tamil languages. Brahmanandam, Sunil, Prabhu and Sai Kumar are the other cast. The movie is expected to release in April, 2012.

The makers of Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s new film ‘Gabbar Singh’ are in the second thought about replacing the female lead of the film. According to our reliable sources, the makers have approached Richa Gangopadhyay for the heroine role. Recently, she acted in the Tamil version of ‘Dabangg’ titled ‘Osthi’ as leading lady opposite Simbu. The movie is due for release on November 23.

Our sources claim that it is due to the poor track record of Shruti Hassan that has made the makers to think twice on continuing her as female lead. Shruti Hassan has tried her luck in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. She fails to secure a hit till date. Her latest film ‘Oh My Friend’ opposite Siddharth is heading towards a disaster. ‘Gabbar Singh’ has completed its first schedule in Hyderabad and the unit is set to leave Pollachi for a 40-day long schedule.

An official announcement on this news will be out anytime from now. Stay tuned for more updates.

The war for records between Mega fans and Mahesh Babu fans has taken an ugly turn now. Allu Sirish, the producer of Tollywood’s highest grosser ‘Magadheera’ has openly challenged ‘Dookudu’ producers and prince fans to come up with the collections of their movie. He stated that he will come up with area by area, town by town DCR (Daily Collections Report) break up and challenged them to bring the same for their movie.

Sirish openly challenged an over-enthusiastic fan of Mahesh Babu to bring their producers to the media for discussion if they are daring enough to do so. On the other side, Mega fans are irritated by the fake records of Prince fans and threw an open challenge to them at Vijayawada. The producer of ‘Dookudu’ though tried hard to project the film bigger than ‘Magadheera’ and started consoling Mahesh fans by giving a similar statement on a social networking site.

Though, the mega fans kept their cool but the irritating statements from the makers as well as the fans made them to challenge openly. We have to wait and see what will happen next.

Looks like, the shooting of ‘Rebel’ starring Prabhas won’t go to the sets this time as ego clashes have erupted between producers, hero and director of the film. The reason behind this is due to replacing Tamannah for Anushka as lead actress of the film. Earlier, there were reports that director Raghava Lawrence had a tiff with the ‘Arundathi’ star which further made her to opt out of the project.

This irked the producers and they’ve asked Lawrence to sort out the issue with Anushka and the director as expected said NO. Now, the producers are not ready to continue the project and approached producer Bellamkonda Suresh to takeover this movie. But, Bellamkonda said that he is currently busy with ‘Bodyguard’ and cannot tell anything till Sankranthi.

On the other side, Prabhas and Tamannah started shooting for their other commitments. Prabhas new film ‘Vaaradhi’ will commence its regular shooting from December. That means ‘Rebel’ is going to be delayed further and will not release for summer, 2012.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s mythological film ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’ is all set to have a grand release tomorrow (November 17).The prints for the overseas market are already on their way and we have learnt that the overseas premiers will start on time. ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’ is releasing through RR Movie Makers in Nizam territory in about 140 screens. The movie is being showed in 50 centers in Hyderabad alone, which is a record for any mythological film till date.

The producer of the film has requested the fans, distributors and exhibitors not to screen any premiere or benefit shows till tomorrow morning 10: 30 am. That means the movie is going to have its first show in Hyderabad’s Prasadz multiplex at 10:45 am. The movie is releasing amidst huge hype as Balayya is donning Lord Rama role for the first time in his career. The fans of the actor have decorated the theaters like marriage function halls with mango leaves, flowers, flexes and cut-outs of Balayya allover.

Let’s wish the movie lives up to the hype and becomes a money spinner.

According to our sources, Victory Venkatesh, who is due for a big hit, has agreed to work with director Meher Ramesh. A leading actress is set to romance Venky in this action entertainer. Paruchuri Prasad is likely to produce the film. Recently, Ramesh met Venkatesh and narrated the story line and received an immediate nod from the ‘Bodyguard’ star.

Couple of months ago, it was rumored that Meher Ramesh is going to direct Ravi Teja in his next film. Things are not in favor for Ramesh as his last movie ‘Shakti’ bombed at the box-office miserably. We have to wait and see whether the director can bounce back with a super hit this time or not.

An official announcement on the project will be out soon.

Heroine Genelia, who made her acting debut with ‘Boys’ in Tollywood, is all set to marry her boy friend and actor Ritiesh Deshmukh. The wedding is going to be held on February 4 at a swanky hotel in Mumbai. The event is strictly going to be a private affair with only relatives from both the families and close friends attending it.

Genelia and Ritiesh are in relationship from the last 9 years. They kept on denying the news of their marriage when questioned several times by the media. Now, looks like everything went on smooth and the elders too gave their green signal. The wedding will take place in both Hindu and Catholic traditions.

At first, the parents of Ritiesh were reluctant on his marriage news and following the actor’s firm attitude they don’t have any option but to give a green signal for their marriage.

Genelia acted in films like ‘Bommarillu’, ’Ready’, ’Orange’ in Telugu. 

The re-recording of Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s most sought film ’Panjaa’ has begun today. With this the film’s shooting will be completed. The film has completed the editing and dubbing formalities a couple of days ago. The makers are very confident over the success of the movie. The preparations of the audio launch are at full swing.

According to our sources, Pawan Kalyan is essaying the role of a Don in the movie. This role will be very powerful like his role in ‘Badri’. The action episodes of the film are said to be the highlight of the film. Director Vishnuvardhan is making his debut in Tollywood with this film. The audio of the film will hit the stands on November 19 and the movie is expected to release on December 9.

The makers are planning to release the third trailer of the film in the audio launch. Stay tune for more details.

Our readers are aware of the news that Ram Charan is going to be engaged on December 1 at 11:55 am to his childhood love Upasana Kamineni at a farmhouse in Moinabad.  The preparations of the event are on at the venue. The marriage is slated for March, 2012.

On the other side, Charan is very busy shooting for his forthcoming film ‘Rachaa’ under the direction of Sampath Nandi. The production house is currently shooting a song on Ram Charan and Tamannah in China. Charan is planning to take a break from shooting for 10 days after his engagement. The actor is keen to complete the shooting of the film by November end as he wants to spend some time with his family members post engagement.

Recently, Charan has signed a film tentatively titled ‘Vaade’ to be produced by Dil Raju and directed by Vamsi Paidipally. It is learnt that the makers are working on the script for this film. 

Handsome hero Siddharth’s new release ’Oh My Friend’ has set the box-office ringing with its tremendous collections in Nizam territory. The film released on 11.11.11 with divide talk has so far collected Rs 3 crore in that area for first week. Shruti Haasan, Navadeep and Hansika played important roles in the film. Debutant Venu Sriram has showcased the importance of friendship in a convincing manner.

The movie is a romantic entertainer and has appealed to all quarters of the people. The film has a wonderful music scored by Malayalam music director Rahul Raj. The songs on screen are certainly a visual treat to the audience. The background score provided by Mani Sharma is at his best. On the other side, the movie collections are steady in places like Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam and Rajahmundry.

Producer Dil Raju has thanked the audience for giving his banner another hit in the form of ‘Oh My Friend’. He also said that he predicted the success of the film on the day the director narrated the script to him.