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Ek Niranjan Trailer

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Mahatma New Trailers

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Arya 2 Leakage Details

The wallpapers leaked onto some sites a couple of days ago were actually fake ones. The fake wallpapers had the tagline "My Love is Gone". Actually, the tagline is "Baby, he loves you". The Logo is actually the same as the one used for the first Arya but with a 2 in the front. An official statement from the producer Aditya Babu was given saying that the stills and logo published a few days ago were made by someone else and were not official.

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Ek Niranjan News

The shooting of Prabhas' next Ek Niranjan has finished. It is directed by Puri Jagannath. The film will release next month and the music will be releasing on the 25th of this month (Friday). The music is composed by Mani Sharma. (Courtesy: HaritheHero)

New Baanam Trailer

Rechipo New Trailers

Arya 2 stills and logo

Arya 2 has been creating a lot of buzz ever since it was launched. A few months ago some of the songs from the movie were leaked onto the internet. Now, a couple of stills of the movie with the logo design have been leaked. The film has the tagline "My Love is Gone". The film's music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad and is likely to be released next week. Click here for the leaked stills at IdleBrain.

Bendu Apparao Trailers

Magadheera completes 50 days

Magadheera has completed 50 in 301 centres. It already has record breaking collections of about 60 crores. We will have to see how much it will collect in the long. It has shown the power of Telugu cinema to the world. Congratulations to the Magadheera Team. Here is the full list of centres.

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Ganesh Audio Review

Ganesh...Just Ganesh is an upcoming film starring Ram and Kajal. It is directed by Saravanan (who is debuting in Telugu), and is produced by Sravanthi Ravikishore on the Sravanthi Films banner. The same banner produced last year's super hit Ready also starring Ram. My expectations are high for this album because young and talented music director Mickey J. Meyer composed music for it. Mickey's soundtracks such as Happy Days, Hare Ram and, of course, Kotha Bangaru Lokam were all musical hits. Let's see how this one turned out.

01 - Tanemando
Singers : Javed Ali
Lyrics : Seetarama Sastry
This is a typical Mickey melody. It has elements of "Nijamga Nenena" from Kotha Bangaru Lokam and "Sariga Padani" from Hare Ram. But it is very different from those songs as well. The musical introduction sound more like an interlude as the song starts abruptly (I had to check if the song was playing from the start the first time I heard it!). The interludes are constructed in accordance with the feel of the song and the lyrics are very well written as usual by Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry. Javed Ali has surprisingly good Telugu pronounciation, and has pretty good clarity in his rendition. It is a good soothing song to begin the album.

Rating: 3/5

02 - Lalla Lai
Singers : Krishna Chaitanya, Shweta Pandit
Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry
This is like a song with a folk-like beat and modern orchestration. The beat of the song reminded me a little bit of "Konda Kaaki" from Aparichitudu. It is sung by Shweta Pandit who sung "Nenani Neevani" from Kotha Bangaru Lokam and Krishna Chaitanya who is well known from reality singing shows. The staring of the charanaalu reminded me a little bit of the charaanalu in "Ninne Pelladukuni" from Ready. It is not a bad song either, but somehow it lacks the appeal the Mickey songs usually have. There is not much to say about lyrics, they are simply written for the tune.
Rating: 2.75/5

03 - Yele Yele
Singers : Srimathumitha
Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry
The introduction, though short, is interesting. Srimathumitha's voice is very peculiar, and her voice has been distorted deliberately in some parts for effect. It is a quiet song in all aspects, musically and vocally. They have tried for something new with this song and it is hard to say whether it paid off. It sounds very different, but may not be universally liked. I thought it was something new, and it did get into my head after a while. I will leave this one up to you to judge, but I thought it was pretty good.

Rating: 3/5

04 - Raja Kumari
Singers : Kunal Ganjawala, Srimathumitha
Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry
Just when we have heard something that sounds very different we hear something that is very routine. There is an ample dose of Hindi and English lyrics along with the Telugu. The only parts of the song I liked is the first interlude and the tune of the charaanalu. Otherwise, there is not much to say about this song. The singers were alright, but Kunal Ganjawala's voice was a little bit rough for this song. OK but a little bit routine.

Rating: 2.5/5

05 - Chalo Chalore
Singers : Karthik, Kids Chorus
Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry
This is obviously a song involving kids. The movie is supposed to revolve around kids and is said to targeting the family audiences. This song will be liked by kids especially because of the lyrics. The lyrics in the charanaalu are well written, e.g. "TV channelani Pogola marpinchestha, Video games adela o wrist watch konipistha..." Karthik as usual does a good job. I liked the humming given by the chorus as well, it is quite catchy. Overall, I think this number will be a good one to watch on screen. A good number.

Rating: 3.25/5

06 - Raja Maharaja
Singers : Ranjith
Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry

This seems to be a hero introduction or celebration song. It is the only song in the album that justifies the title Ganesh. It has an interesting introduction for a song that is targetting the masses. It also doesn't have heavy beats that is a characteristic of mass songs. Interesting orchestration, but it may not reach the targeted audience. Ranjith also does a good job. I thought it as a good number.

Rating: 3/5

Last Words:

Overall it is an album that will only appeal to a select proportion of the audience. It has some good melody and doesn't offer much to the mass audience. It is a complete contrast to Ram's earlier film Maska, which was a musical feast for those craving fast dance numbers. Coming to Mickey, I thought it was a bit of a disappoint from his side. This album certainly doesn't measure up to his last release Kotha Bangaru Lokam. It may not help the movie in a big way. Nevertheless, it is a good album and you can listen to it in your free time.

Overall Rating: 2.9/5 (Above Average)

My Pick: Chalo Chalore

More Eenadu Trailers

Here is a promotional video song shot for Eenadu. The music is composed by Sruthi Haasan. There are no songs in the movie.

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Ganesh Trailers

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Rechipo Trailers

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Kurradu Trailer

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Ganesh (Just Ganesh) Audio Released

The soundtrack of Ganesh... Just Ganesh starring Ram and Kajal was released yesterday. Jr NTR attended the event. The film is directed by Saravanan and produced by Sravanthi Ravikishore. The music is composed by the young and talented Mickey J. Meyer. I will posting a audio review of this soon. Stay Tuned...

Here is a short video of the release function.

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Why Josh was released on 05/09/09

I wrote a post earlier arguing that Josh shouldn't have been release just a few hours of the CM's death. But I found out that it was out of Dil Raju's hands at that stage. The prints had already been dispatched overseas and some places in Andhra as well. If they were to wait for a week, high quality pirated copies of the movie would have been leaked into the market even before the release of the movie. Hence, they had no choice but to release it on the 5th. Sorry to Dil Raju and the Josh team for the earlier post.

Mahatma Trailer

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Arya 2 Details

The title is confirmed as Arya 2, there were rumours that it would be called something else. The film stars Allu Arjun as Arya, Kajal, Navdeep and Shraddha Das in other roles. It is directed by Sukumar who directed the original Arya back in 2004. The music is also composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music for the movie will be released in the next couple of weeks and the film is likely to release for Dussera or maybe in October sometime.

Allu Arjun is Varudu

The last few months we have been called the untitled Trivikram/Mahesh Babu flick Varudu. But infact that title has been snatched by Gunasekhar for the movie he is directing with Allu Arjun. The movie is underway now and has music composed by Mani Sharma.

Meanwhile, the Trivikram/Mahesh combo is likely to be titled Kaleja.

Why Josh shouldn't release tomorrow

Isn't it obvious? The CM has died in an accident, and is having his funeral today. Who in their right mind would release a movie just a few hours after the funeral? The government announced 7 days of mourning, can't they even wait that long? The fans might be dying to watch the movie, but they have got to realise that there are more important things in life than their favourite hero's movie (or son's movie) releasing. Please give YSR the respect he deserves.

We will miss you...

May your soul rest in peace. My deepest condolences to the family members of YSR.

Josh Postponed

Josh was meant to release today, but has been postponed due to CM YSR missing. The release date will be announced later. Let's wish that our CM returns safely.

Josh Preview

Finally the much awaited Josh introducing Nagarjuna's son Naga Chaitanya is releasing tomorrow. There are a lot of specialities with this one, Dil Raju, Sandeep Chowta, Radha daughter Kartika etc. You know all of that. The other members of the cast are JD Chakravarty, Prakash Raj, Brahmanandham, and many new faces as well.

I gave the audio review to this a while back. You can read it here. I gave it an overall rating of 2.9/5, which is pretty good by my standards. It also depends on how the songs are picturised on screen.

From the inside info I heard, it has got good talk from the censors. Some of the fans are really confident, one of them even said that he will stop giving pre-release reports if it isn't a hit. But let's see what actually happens.

As far as the release date is concerned it is probably a good time to release, as it has been more than a month since the audio has released. Magadheera is still roaring at the theatres but if Josh is successful it will slow it down a bit.

Here is are videos of a number of celebrities wishing the Josh team all the best.







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If you want live updates they will probably be in the forums here.
Let's wish Josh all the best.

Mallana Trailers

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Baanam Trailers

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