Veteran director and former Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao suffered a huge loss today. His wife Dasari Padma (65), who was a low-profile producer, expired today morning around 4:00 am following prolonged illness. She was admitted in Somajiguda’s Yashoda Hospital on October 25^th and she was in critical condition. She is survived by two sons and a daughter. Her younger son Dasari Arun Kumar is also an actor. 

Padma produced several hit films like Megha Sandesam, Sivaranjani, Majnu, Osei Ramulamma, Kondaveeti Simhasanam, Kante Koothurne Kanu, etc. Several celebrities from Tollywood are rushing to the hospital to pay their last respects to her. Later, her body will be shifted to Dasari’s residence, where funeral will take place.

Power Star Pawan Kalyan is all set to join the team of ‘Gabbar Singh’ in Pollachi for a very long schedule where most of the scenes involving him will be shot from October 31 onwards. The first schedule of the film was completed without Power Star and the second schedule of the film will start from October 28 at Pollachi.

The film will shift its shooting to Rajasthan after completing the Pollachi’s schedule. Our sources claim that Pawan Kalyan looks stunning yet again in this film. Recently, the actor has completed shooting for his next release ‘Panjaa’.

‘Gabbar Singh’ is the official remake of Salman Khan’s blockbuster hit ‘Dabangg’.

If the news is to be believed then Team India Skipper MS Dhoni is going to feature in actor Prakash Raj’s film ‘Dhoni’. It is learnt that Prakash Raj has approached Dhoni for a guest appearance in the film and got a nod from the cricketer. The film is being produced and directed by Prakash Raj under Duet Movies banner.

The story of the film revolves around a father who wants his son to top the class but his son dreams of becoming a star cricketer like his idol ‘Dhoni’. The rest of the story is all about how the boy convinces his father to convert his dream to reality. Recently, the film completed its first schedule and is going to start a fresh schedule soon.

Star choreographer Prabhu Deva is also doing a special song in this film. Prakash Raj is planning to release the film for summer, 2012.

Padmabhushan Chiranjeevi’s son and actor Ram Charan is going to marry his long time girlfriend Upasana Kamineni soon. Chiranjeevi and his wife Surekha went to greet Governor ESL Narasimhan and his wife yesterday, on the occasion of Diwali. It is also learnt that the couple invited Governor for the engagement of their son which is going to be held at Domakonda Fort, Nizamabad on December 1.

When questioned about this development, Chiranjeevi himself announced the engagement date to the media. He also told that the engagement is going to be a private affair and only relatives and close friends of both the families will attend the event. He asked the people of Andhra Pradesh to shower blessings on the young couple. However, the marriage will take place in Hyderabad that too in the month of February, 2012.

Charan went to Dharmashala for a short trek today and will be back on Sunday. His next film 'Rachaa' is expected to release on Pongal.

Young Tiger NTR’s upcoming film ‘Dammu’ will start a fresh schedule today on huge sets at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad. This schedule will commence till November 6. Kajal Aggarwal is playing female lead in this film, while Karthika Nair is acting as second fiddle. ‘Simha’ fame Boyapati Srinu is the director of the film.

According to our sources, the makers are planning to release the movie on April 5. NTR’s last summer release was ‘Narasimhudu’. The movie failed to deliver and went on to become one of the biggest disasters of the decade. Coming to ‘Dammu’, the makers are pretty confident over the movie success. It is learnt that the second hour of the film offers high voltage action sequences and powerful dialogues. Stay tuned for more.

The expectations from King of Andhra Pawan Kalyan’s latest film 'Panjaa' are quite high. The look of Pawan Kalyan in the movie has appreciated among the trade circles. The official teaser of the movie that was released recently garnered a positive response from the audience. The producers are putting all their efforts into promoting the movie and increasing its hype. Currently, the post production works of the movie are progressing at brisk pace.

Now the latest buzz is the audio of ‘Panjaa’ is going to be released on November 13 in a grand gala event at Hyderabad.  The makers are also planning to release the movie on December 9. Bollywood star Jackie Shroff and comedian Ali are playing key roles in this film. Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music for this action entertainer. Thala Ajith has lent his voice for Pawan Kalyan’s character in the film’s Tamil version. Stay tuned for more updates.

The shooting of Sunil’s latest film ‘Poolarangadu’ is going on at rapid pace in Ramoji Film city, Hyderabad. The director of the film is canning important scenes of the film on the lead pair Sunil and Isha Chawla. The unit are working day and night to ensure that the film hits the screens on Pongal 2012.

Speaking at a press meet producer of the film Atchi Reddy said, "The movie offers lot of entertainment for the audience. The story of the film revolves around a guy who falls in love with a girl at first sight and travels all the way to Warangal to impress her. Sunil’s role in this film evokes laughs from all sections of the people and his dressing in the movie to impress the girl is hilarious".

Veerabhadram Chowdary is the director, while Anup Rubens is scoring music for this film.

We all know that creative director Mani Ratnam shows no compromise attitude on his films quality. But there is another angle in him which is rarely seen by the industry people. Here is what exactly the story is! Recently, ‘Ye Maaya Chesave’ beauty Samantha had gone through a photo shoot and screen test for Mani Ratnam’s new film which will launch Tamil actor Karthik’s son Gautam as hero.

After seeing the photos, director Mani Ratnam has told the cinematographer Rajiv Menon that Samantha will not suit for the heroine’s role in his film. Shocked by his feedback, it is heard that Samantha is deeply hurt and hugely disappointed. She has no clue on what ground Mani Ratnam has rejected her and this is furhther causing her more grief, claims our source.

It is also learnt that Mani Ratnam is going to conduct auditions for fresh faces for this film soon.

The versatile actor Prakash Raj’s new film ‘Dhoni’ has recently completed its first schedule. It is heard that Prakash Raj is very happy with the outcome of the movie so far. The movie is a bilingual and will be released simultaneously in both Telugu and Tamil. The film’s last schedule was shot in Pondicherry.

Prakash Raj is also producing the movie under Duet Movies banner. He will be making a debut as director in Tollywood with this movie. The story of the film revolves around a young boy who wants to become a cricketer like his favourite cricketer ‘Dhoni’. The scenes between father and son will give you the feel of ‘Bommarillu’ claims our source.

Maestro Ilaiyaraaja is scoring music for this film. The film has Prakash Raj, Radhika Apte, Dr Brahmanandam, Nassar, Akash, etc in the key roles.

Nandamuri Bala Krishna’s current film tentatively titled ‘Adhinayakudu's’ cast and crew is all set to leave for Malayasia to film a couple of songs on the lead pair. Balayya, as he fondly called by his fans is donning three varied powerful characters in this movie for the first time in his career.

Senior actress Jayasudha and Nadia are playing important roles in this movie. ML Padma Kumar Chowdary is producing the movie under Sri Keerthi Creations banner. Paruchuri Murali is the director of the film. The first look stills of Balayya’s old character in this film were released and they received a postive response.

The story of the film revolves around a man who always thinks of people and their needs first. The movie offers lot of action and especially the fans of Balayya will like it says the producer.

Balayya next release 'Sri Rama Rajyam' will hit the screens on November 17.