Flop King

Okappudu (or even now) Mohan Babu was/is called as Collection King. But does any one of you remember when was the last time he had a HIT ? The last hit or atleast an average movie from him was Collector garu way back in 1997. He stopped acting in outside banners and only acts in movies produced by himself. His banner Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures produced a series of flops like Rayudu, Yamajatakudu, Postman, Adhipathi (Even Nagarujuna couldn’t save this movie), Rayalaseema Ramanna Chowdary, Tappu Chesi Pappu Koodu, Shiva Shankar, Political Rowdy (not necessarily in the same order). He then introduced his sons Vishnu and Manoj to TFI and produced Vishnu, Suryam, Sree and Raju Bhai.

Can you imagine how much money he would have lost making these miserable movies ?? Any guesses on how he is still able to churn out more miserable movies one after another ??. He must be getting his money through his colleges in Tirupati and his commercial properties elsewhere but where is he heading towards?? As I mentioned in my earlier posts, Dabbuntey Herolu ayipovacha ? Does his sons have to be Hero’s ?

Whenever I watch him in a press meet, I always hear from him “Kathane nammukuntaanu”. But look at the movies he had produced or acted. He never ever gave a chance to new and young talent. A glance at his movies in the last 10 years, tells me that Cinemallo avakasam raani vallandharu MB chuttu vunnaru. Real worth vunna vallu ayana deggara ku vellaraaa ?? Leka he won’t let them come near him aa annadhi manaku teliyadu.

He is working real hard to establish his sons as heroes in this industry. But when Dhee was stuck for more than a year, he never tried even to push it. And when it finally released, it gave Vishnu the much needed HIT. Deenini batti emi artham avutondhi antey, Mohan Babu had lost his judgement over the movies.

What I really don’t understand is why is he still trying to romance with Charmi at this age ?? MB has an impeccable style in dialogue delivery. He is aptly called as Dialogue King. Why don’t he experiment in his roles which I am sure would get elevated with his dialogue delivery ?? Is his role in Yama Donga his first step towards this ?? Let wait and see…

Putra Ratnalu !!!

We all know that A.M.Ratnam came up the hard way in life from being Vijaya Shanti’s makeup man to one of the biggest producers in South India. Literally, Kinda nundi paiki vachaadu. He made films with Chiranjeevi and Rajnikanth and gave break to many people.

Have a look at the HIT films he produced-
1. Karthavyam
2. Peddarikam
3. Gentleman
4. Premikudu
5. Bharateeyudu
6. Jeans
7. Sneham Kosam
8. Oke Okkadu
9. Narasimha
10. Kushi

11. Run

12. Boys

13. Gilli (Okkadu in Tamil)

14. 7/G Brindavan Colony

Ratnam’s elder son Jyothi Krishna directed Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu with Tarun, Trisha and Shriya. It had music by none other than A.R. Rahman. There were 2 songs which were beautifully composed by ARR and also were well shot. Except for that, the whole movie was a piece of crap. A.M. Ratnam lost around 8 crores on this movie. I appreciate his guts to invest so much money on Tarun.

Then he introduced his younger son Ravi Krishna through the bi-lingual 7G Brindavan Colony (7G Rainbow Colony in Tamil). This was a master piece aesthetically shot by Selva Raghavan (Known as Sri Raghav for Telugu Audience). Then he launched Jadoo (KD in Tamil) with his younger son as hero and directed by his elder son. This film had Ileana and Tamanna as the heroines. This was a colossal failure in Tamil though it got good appreciation for Tamanna. The telugu version Jadoo is still lying in the cans and yet to see the light. Reportedly, this movie also put a dent of around 6 crores for A.M. Ratnam.

All these losses had a huge impact on A.M.Ratnam which made his Vikram starrer Bheema delay. It has been in the making for the last year and half. Ippudu dubbing avutondhi. Thondarloney re-recording finsh chesi September lo release cheddam anukuntunnaru. Can you imagine a film of a Superstar like Vikram with a producer like A.M. Ratnam getting delayed so much due to financial difficulties ??

Jeevitam lo sampadinchindhi anta rendu cinemallo iddaru putra ratnalu valla pogottukunnadu A.M.Ratnam. This reminds me of Venky's dialogue in Nuvvu Naaku Nachav "Podigina Guddu Pilla ayinappudu Kodiki, Edigina Koduku Prayojakudu ayinappudu Thandriki ........"

Don Mein Kaam Karna Mushkil hi Nahin.......

Lawrence is directing Nagarjuna again in Don after Mass. It was supposed to start in November. Kaani Lawrence was busy in completing his bi-lingual Muni which fared not that bad when it got released.

Nag grew his mustache and kept waiting for Lawrence which is very rare in TFI where a star waits for a director. First heroin ga Ileana ni anukunnaru. She couldn’t provide the dates as the movie was pushed back several times. Then Trisha came in. Kaani dates kept on changing and even she opted out due to lack of dates. Then Mamata Mohan Das was signed. She was removed with the same speed she was taken in. God knows what went wrong (I will talk in detail later about the projects Mamata Mohan Das was removed before being finalized for Yama Donga).

Then it was Rahul Dev’s turn to be out of the project. Again the reason is lack of dates as the movie got delayed due to Lawrence.Now its reported that another villain who is making his debut in NBK’s Okka Magadu is playing that role.

After all this, I personally feel that Don Mein Kaam Karna Mushkil hi Nahin.......

Tera Venuka Chitraalu

This is a very complex story, but I will try to put it as simple as I can.

As I already mentioned in my earlier post, M.S. Raju prepared a story for Allu Arjun which was named as "Veera”. After the script was completely developed, bunny dropped out for obvious reasons. Then Harish Shankar, who directed Ravi Teja starrer “Shock” for RGV narrated a story for M.S. Raju who immensely liked it and wanted to start shooting with Siddharth who was riding high on the success of “Bommarillu”. This movie was named as “Aata”.

But just a day before the film’s official launch, due to some unknown behind the screen politics, Harish Shankar was replaced with “Manasantha Nuvve” fame V.N.Aditya. The movie was then officially launched as “Aata” with a tagline “To win the hearts”.

On the Muhurath day, it was also released to the press and public that the story is provided by Harish Shankar and veteran actress Sharada was supposed to play a key role in the movie. A significant portion of the movie was also supposed to take place in Australia. (If you want to check on this, do a simple google on “Aata Movie Launch”)

Kaani, Harish Shankar didn’t give his story for M.S. Raju when he was removed from the director’s seat. So, keeping the same title “Aata”, the movie was completed with Veera’s story and the tagline was removed. And now as everyone sees, Aata is nothing but a rehashed version of Gudumba Shankar.

Deenini batti naaku artham ayyindhi enti antey, Tera meeda Bomma padey mundara, tera venuko ennenni chitralooo ……

Nee Dhairyaaniki Lal Salaam Comrade !!!

This guy really have some guts. I am talking about our erra cinema super hero R.Narayana Murthy. He is remaking his 1994 hit Yerra Sainyam in hindhi as Yeh Dharthi Hamaaara.

Narayana Murthy always made films one after another irrespective of its fate at the box office. Asalu dabbu ekkadi nundi vastondhi ani ???? Anni cinemalu flop ayinaa malli cinema teesey anta backing vunnappudu why doesn’t he undertake a village and develop it rather than being limited to preaching. Ippudu Telugu loney choosey dikku ledu antey hindhi meeda paddadu. God Save Those souls !!!

The brave part is he is releasing it on August 10th the same day as Shah Rukh Khan’s Chak De India.

Kanisam poster la dabbulu anna vastaaya ani ????

Vaarasulu Vastunnaru Jagrattha !!

1. Ram Charan Teja – Son of our Megastar. He needs no other introduction than this. He is debuting this September through ‘Chiruta’ directed by none other than the current hot shot director Puri Jagannadh. ‘Chiruta’ is coined from Chiru Tanayudu. Chiru Tanayudu = Chiruta. Some creativity haa ?

2. Chaitanya – Son of Nagarjuna. His film will start rolling some time in November. This film is produced by ‘Dil’ Raju and directed by debutant Vasu.

3. Sumanth Aswin – Son of M.S. Raju. He is mostly likely to act in M.S.Raju’s next production tentatively titled as ‘Vaana’. This is a remake of this year’s Kannada blockbuster ‘Mungaru Male’. Reportedly, this film has collected the highest amount so far in Kannada film history.

4. Rama Naidu (RaNa) – You guessed it right. He is the grandson of Rama Naidu (son of Suresh Babu). He will be debuting sometime early next year.

5. Allu Sireesh – Son of Allu Aravind and younger brother of Allu Arjun. I already talked about him in my earlier post.

6. Apart from these, it is also heard that son of Rajendra Prasad is trying to debut sometime later this year. Ramoji Film City which has been lying low for a while now is trying to come back into film production through this film.

Kalyan Ram is going to be a father very soon. Inko Nandamuri Nata Varasudu Vastunnadu anna maata. Hatha Vidhiiii !!!!

Time Maarindhi !!!!

Time anni saarlu oke laaga vundadu. Idhi andhariki telisina satyamey. The latest example for this is Dasari Narayan Rao. He being an union minister, is earning lots of money (everyone knows how). Being a very loyal filmi person, he started investing the money back in Telugu Film Industry (TFI). Siri Media ani oka company start chesaru binami names tho. Modatlo konna anni movies flops aey. The list goes on like this –

1. Jai Chiranjeeva

2. Super

3. Style (It’s a semi-hit, but none could make maoney because of over budget)

4. Oka V Chitram (also produced by the same company)

5. Political Rowdy

6. Game

7. Sree

8. Boss

9. Manasu Palikey Mouna Ragam

10. Vallabha

11. Sainikudu

Kaani the man with the golden hand, Puri Jagannadh changed the fate of this company. It started with Desamuduru. Then Aadivaram Aadavallaki Selavu followed by Dhee and Dubai Seenu.

Looks like finally Siri Media ki Siri Vachindhi !!!

Telivayina Bunny

Aata was initially offered to Allu Arjun and Bunny might have jumped to work with M.S. Raju. At that time it was named as Veera.

After the script came to a shape, Bunny dropped from the project and I wondered for almost 8 months whether Bunny was crazy to do this. But now its clear to everyone why he had done that. I can only imagine Bunny saying,

“What do you think, I’m required to do a Gudumba Shankar once again?”

Mahesh Manjrekar to direct in Telugu

Mahesh Manjrekar is going to direct a Telugu Film very soon for RGV. I wonder what might be the reason for him to turn to regional movies and especially TELUGU movies.

I have seen almost all his directorial ventures, and personally feel that other than VAASTAV non had been even worth a watch. Ippudu ikkada telugu lo teestaadu antaa !!!!! Opinions apart, the movie is going to star Raja and the heroine is yet to be finalized.

Avasaramaa Manaku Idhi ????