Radio Brisvaani
Southern superstar Venkatesh has begun shooting for the upcoming Telugu revenge thriller “Naarappa”, a remake of Dhanush-starrer Tamil blockbuster “Asuran”. The film went on the floors on Jan 22 in Anantpur.
“Naarappa” will see Venkatesh play a character across two decades. In the present-day portions, he plays a much-older version of the character, with grownup kids. In flashback, he essays the younger version of his character.
While Venkatesh will reprise Dhanush’s role from the original, Priyamani will slip into the shoes of Manju Warrier’s character from “Asuran”. Mani Sharma has been roped in to compose music.
Last seen on screen in “Venky Mama”, Venkatesh is rumoured to be shedding weight to play the young version of his own character.
Based on the popular Tamil novel “Vekkai”, the Tamil original was a blockbuster on release last year, with over Rs 100 crore in gross earnings.
Directed by Vetrimaaran, the film is the violent revenge story of a father, who avenges the ruthless murder of his elder son. The film features Dhanush in dual roles, playing his character over two generations.
The film is bankrolled by Suresh Productions and V Creations.
Rajinikanth sets record with Darbar
Superstar Rajinikanth has finally achieved the distinction of setting a record never achieved by any South Indian film star. Recently his movie Darbar has finally notched up a solid Rs 100-crore box office collection. This has made Rajinikanth the only South Indian hero to have five Rs 100-crore movies.
His earlier movies to enter the Rs 100-crore club were Enthiran (Robot), Kabali, 2.0 and Petta (Peta in Telugu), besides Darbar.
Pawan to rope in Bollywood actor for his next
Actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan is staging a silver screen come back with two movies simultaneously. Though Pawan has already started shooting for Pink’s Telugu remake, his much-awaited film under Krish’s direction and AM Rathnam production is likely to be launched shortly.
Now, the makers are looking for a popular Bollywood actor to play the main antagonist in the movie. However, the name of the actor has not been revealed yet. Pawan is said to be romancing two heroines in this as-yet-untitled film.
Amala Paul to play Parveen Babi in web series
Popular actress Amala Paul, who has acted in some big movies in Telugu and Tamil, is all set to start her innings in Hindi entertainment. The news is that she is doing so on a digital platform. She is going to play the role of the seventies Bollywood star Parveen Babi in a web series produced by Bollywood’s famous names Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt under their banner Vishesh Films.
It is known that Mahesh Bhatt had a relationship with the actress who started suffering from mental illness even when she had reached the top of her career.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt had announced recently that he would be presenting a story that dealt with his relationship with the actress who suffered from schizophrenia. It seems he is all set to feature Amala to play the role in the series.
More scenes to be added to Sarileru Neekevvaru
Sarileru Neekevvaru has become a box office hit as the makers are earning some big money on a daily basis. Now, the film has become the biggest hit in Mahesh Babu’s career.
Recently the makers of the movie announced that some more scenes in the film will be added soon. Anil Ravipudi said that the film is seeing a repeat audience at the theaters after a long time.
Fans delighted over Mahesh Babu selecting Thaman
With the news circulating that Thaman will be scoring music for the new film of Mahesh Babu, which will be directed by Vamsi Paidipally, the fans are enthused and very happy.
Thaman is said to be in outstanding form as he has given back-to-back hits. Now that he is joining hands with Mahesh, there is excitement all around. The fans were earlier quite upset with Mahesh repeating DSP for a long time. They are very happy now that a new kind of music will roll out of Thaman this time around. The project is likely to go on floors during the late Indian summer of 2020.
