Fancy figures put Producers' under IT scanner

Tollywood has often been famous for its star frenzy and the kind of following the star heroes have. More than the following it is the star wars between fans which has become more of a concern. The latest and hottest issue in this category was the clash due to ‘Dookudu’.

While Mahesh Babu fans were riding high about ‘Dookudu’, Jr NTR fans gave their stand that ‘Oosaravelli’ was higher. In between came fans of Ramcharan Tej who said ‘Magadheera’ beats both. Of course, the prime reason for this has been the bloated figures given by the producers.

Now, it appears that the producers are paying the price. With IT authorities casting an eagle eye and the recent raids on producers of ‘Dookudu’ ‘Businessman’ and Mahesh Babu himself, the buzz is that the producers are intending to cut down on their blowing as that will give them some happiness.

Six More Films To Release In 2011

Year 2011 is coming to an end. Now the balance of 6 films are about to hit the screens.
The year 2011 can be considered a better year than that of previous years as there were good number of successful movies on a whole. In fact, the historical big hit Dookudu also released this year.
With many good hopes Tollywood is stepping into New Year in another 20 days. But there is heavy traffic till then at the theatres.

The six films those are hitting screens in these 20 days are:

Journey (dubbed film)
Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta
Kshetram
Rajanna
Nandeeswarudu
Veedinthe
Prayogam.

While the first 3 are scheduled for Dec 16th release, the rest are being planned in next two weeks. So, we have to see how many will sustain at box office in this heavy traffic.

Income Tax raids Tollywood hero Mahesh Babu’s house

Hyderabad: Income Tax officials on Thursday conducted a raid on Tollywood hero Prince Mahesh Babu’s house in Film Nagar. According to sources, IT slueths have searched and seized certain documents of financial transactions from Mahesh’s house. It is learnt that IT officials have found some descrepencies in the Advanced Tax returns filed by the star which necessiated a raid today.
Mahesh Babu being the highest paid actor in the Tollywood and has huge demand in the industry. His recent blockbuster Dookudu is reportedly grossed the highest collections the history of Tollywood. The film’s 50 days celebrations were held in Vijayawada on grand scale, where the producers of the film announced the new records the film has set in terms of collections.

Soon after this, IT officials have conducted a raid on the office of 14 Reels Entertainment, the production house of Dookudu, in the posh Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad.

Tamil Cinema shows its stamina

Suriya in 7 AM Arivu

Kollywood has emerged as the largest film industry in South India, pushing Tollywood into the second spot. This was revealed in a report released by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
The Tamil film market is ahead with a share of 36 percent of the overall south Indian market. Tamil will see its movie industry grow from Rs 940 crore of revenue to Rs 1,450 crore in four years.
This year, 150 films were released in Tamil.
The Telugu film market is a close second in box office revenue, recording Rs900 crore this year, expected to increase to Rs 1,380 crore by 2015.
Regional cinema’s reach and muscle were evident with big budget blockbuster films like Enthiran (Robot in Telugu version) raking in as much as Rs 200-225 crore in all languages.
Recently, Mahesh Babu’s Dookudu made news in the US for its weekend collections on par with Hollywood films in some areas.
The regional television market too is poised for a healthy growth. The regional television market, which accounts for 30 percent of the overall Indian market, is currently valued at Rs10,630 crore and will grow 17 percent in the next four years to reach Rs 19,810 crore, said the report.
Subscription revenue remains the main source of income for companies, contributing 67 percent of total television revenue in the the region. While all of the entertainment channels are subscription-based, most of the news channels are free-to-air, and hence do not make much revenues at present.

Parvathi replaces Priyamani against Balayya

When Parvathi Melton was reportedly ousted from the project with Mahesh Babu, the red wine beauty went off the radar. Some even said she packed her bags and quit Tollywood. However, she got back and that too with a vengeance. Her item song ‘Poovai poovai…’ in ‘Dookudu’ gave the film a lot of fuel at the box office.

Now, the heat she generated seems to have struck none other than Nandamuri Balakrishna. News is that Balayya’s next project with director Ravi Chavali was to have Priyamani as the leading lady. Apparently, the makers thought her chemistry with Balayya in ‘Mitrudu’ was good. However, after few days it was heard that Priyamani was not taken due to ‘date issues’.

Well, inside sources say the real reason for that is Balayya. Apparently, the Nandamuri star has reportedly gone for Parvathi as he felt that it is time for a new pair to be seen onscreen. As for Parvathi, the pretty girl has reportedly mentioned that this is a wonderful opportunity for her to flaunt her beauty and talent. Let us hope she scores another success with it and silences all her critics

Navel that costs a bomb

As beautiful as it may be, but many wise men and poets have failed to describe the beauty of a woman’s navel in one line. And the producers and directors in Tollywood know the value so they do their best to project a heroine’s navel onscreen and get good benefits out of it at the box office.

Now, an interesting discussion has been happening in filmnagar circles and this is about the costliest navel in Tollywood. Well, it is heard that this belongs only to one girl and she is Samantha. Apparently, Samantha was spotted with her navel pierced in few film related events.

Sources say she has filled her navel with a diamond belly button. Buzz is that the price of the diamond is more than Rs 1 lakh. Grapevine is that someone told Samantha that diamond will work out for her in terms of success and she must wear it on her finger. She put it in her navel and maybe that’s why ‘Dookudu’ became a blockbuster and Samantha has bagged all plum projects.