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Friday, December 17, 2010

Gautham Menon’s favorite heroine


Samantha did a small role in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya, which impressed its director Gautham Menon so much that he cast her as the female lead in its Telugu version Ye Maye Chesave opposite Naga Chaitanya.

She seems to have turned into Gautham’s favorite actress as he had roped her in for a bilingual. This film, which has not been named yet, will be made in Tamil and Telugu. Samantha is happy with the offer and is raring to prove her mettle as an actress in Kollywood. The shooting of this film is slated to begin next year, sources say.

-Behind woods

Samantha's Baana Kaathadi to be released in Telugu


Alright, here's more news on Badri Venkatesh and his film Baana Kaathadi. The movie, which featured actor Murali's son Atharvaa and Samantha in the lead, is apparently being dubbed in Telugu now
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The movie, titled Kurralloi Kurrrallu, is expected to release in the state of Andhra Pradesh in the first week of January.

Says director Badri, "The movie's audio has already been released and is doing quite well. Samantha is well known in Telugu as the Telugu version of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Ye Mayam Chesave, was a big hit there. So, expectations are high there."

So, were they contemplating any changes in the Telugu version? Says Badri, "We initially thought of changing the climax. But then, we felt that this climax would appeal to the Telugu audiences and have therefore chosen to retain it."

The movie, which marked the debut of Atharvaa, has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

On his next project, Badri discloses, "My next project too will be with Atharvaa. The boy has potential and I would like to use it in my next film as well. We will begin work on the project in the month of May next year."

-Times of India

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Samantha, Sameera and Gowtham Menon team up!

Director Gowtham Menon who gave a great love story like Ye Maya Chesave is coming up with a new bilingual, which is being shot in Tamil and Telugu. The movie stars Samantha, Sameera Reddy, along with Veera.

Gowtham Menon has been shooting for a Tamil movie Nadunisi Naaygal (meaning Midnight Dogs) with Sameera Reddy and Veera. It is expected to be a thriller, the story of which happens mostly during one night! Now that the producer Ashok Vallabhaneni announced a movie with almost the same cast and crew, it has become a talking point if Nadunisi Naaygal has been simultaneously shot in Telugu too!

Gowtham Menon has created a niche for himself and his movies are awaited. Whether this movie is same as Nadunisi Naaygal or not, it will surely create interest in Telugu audience.

Samantha Eyeing a Hat-Trick


Samantha, who bagged two hits this year with Ye Maya Chesave and Brindavanam films, is now eyeing a hit hat-trick with Kurralloy Kurrallu film. This movie is a dubbing version of Tamil flick Baana Kaathadi in which Adharva played the lead role.

Baana Kaathadi didn’t do well in Tamil but
Samantha is hoping for this film to click at Tollywood box office. The dubbing right holders are expecting Samantha’s craze and crowd pulling ability to come good for them. Even Samantha is giving them ample support by attending to the movie related functions and press meets.

Samantha is currently doing Dookudu film with Mahesh Babu under Srinu Vytla’s direction.

Samantha is No1 celebrity in Tollywood @Twitter at responding queries

Day by day more and more Tollywood personalities are joining the Twitter website.

However there are many celebrities who does not reply to their followers while there are others who almost always reply to the important queries put by their followers.

In this context, Samantha is said to be the top among all the celebrities who tries to respond to the comments and queries put by their fans.

But there are some like Lakshmi Prasanna who only respond to their friends but not their fans usually.