What is Happening 2008?

2008 has opened with a bang with four big Sankranti releases: and Okka Magadu, Krishna, Pourudu and Vaana. Only Krishna has bagged hit talk out of these four. Okka Magadu is close to becoming a disaster while Pourudu and Vaana can be termed as average.

Late January also had some releases with some well known actors. Swagatham starring Jagapathi Babu, Bhoomika and Anushka has released to mixed talk. The final outcome of this film will soon be known. Another release late January was Mr Medhavi, starring Raja and Genelia and directed by national award-winning director Nelakanta. This film got good reviews but is only targeted at the families and classes.

Coming to February, the first to release was Krishnarjuna, starring Vishnu and Nagarjuna. It was released with a lot of hype but could not live up to expectations. The latest to release were Sundarakanda and Vishaka Express. Ontari starring Gopichand and Bhavana is lined up to release on Valentines Day.

The next big release is expected to be the Pawan Kalyan starrer Jalsa. It also stars Ileana as the main heroine. It is directed by Trivikram Srinivas who earlier directed super hit films Nuvve.. Nuvve .. and Athadu. The expectations are huge for this film, and they have increased even more due to the recent leakage of three songs in the audio composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

Other releases expected this year are:

Allu Arjun/Bhaskar/Dil Raju film- likely to be titled Premikudu likely to release in April
Ready- Directed by Srinu Vaitla starring Ram (Devadadu fame) and Genelia, likely to release in April
Bujjigadu - Made in Chennai- Directed by Puri Jagannath, starring Prabhas, Trisha and Mohan Babu likely to release in May
Kantri- Directed by Meher Ramesh, starring NTR and Hansika. May Release.
Pandurangadu- Directed by K.Ragavendra Rao starring Balakrishna, Tabu and Sneha. Summer Release

Later in the year:

Chiranjeevi film- Director yet to be confirmed but likely to be called Adhi Nayakudu
Chintakaya Ravi- directed by Yogi and starring Venkatesh.

Stay tuned for more updates.