'Nachavule' Collections Going Up

After a long time, the prestigious Usha Kiron Movies banner has been seeing some smiles amongst its staff members. Apparently, it has been quite a while since they managed to score a hit and now their latest offering 'Nachchavule' seems to have opened the doors of a new hope and beginning.

Reports are coming in that the opening collections showed 80% occupancy across all centers and now the graph seems to be going up. This has been directed by Ravi Babu of 'Anasuya' fame and it has two new faces Tanish and Madhavilatha in the lead roles. This is a romantic entertainer but with a more mature message to the audience.

The film drew a lot of curiosity with its promo posters as there were no faces except monkeys, dogs, squirrels. Ravi Babu has created a new trend of sorts with his distinct style of promos and he was sensible enough to give a neat message to many of the teens who are a lot more confused these days on relationships. Good going folks!!!

Ram Gopal Varma's Movie On Vijaywada Politics

If the Rayalaseema factions are the hottest cakes for the film folk then they might soon be adding another name to it. Slated to be a hot oven for caste politics and groups, Vijayawada has often got the tag of being the hub for major political activity and even murders. No one can forget the murder of Vangaveeti Mohanaranga few years ago duo to these group hatreds.

Now, one man who is known to sleep with controversy all times is all set to take up a project on Vijayawada politics. He is none other than the genius film maker Ramgopal Varma. Apparently, Ramu has enough landmines in his pocket since he is said to be making films on Paritala Ravi with 'Rakta Charitra' followed by another one on Mumbai terror attacks.

It is now being said that Ramu is keen on coming out with a flick on Vijayawada politics and given the fact that he has spent quite sometime in that town it is without doubt that he has full feel of the political heat out there. The mystery is whether he would want to do a flick on Vangaveeti Ranga or the current situations that is to be found out.

Priyamani in love with Prithviraj

Priyamani who is now the most sought after heroine in Tollywood and Kollywood has fallen in love. If the rumours of South Indian Film Industry are to be believed, Priyamani who is a malayali girl has fallen in love and is dating Malayalam star Prithviraj. Priyamani and Prithvi are acting together in two movies. It is also being said that this hot pair is being regulary seen in the restaurants and pubs of Chennai.

Priyamani who started her career in homely character and girl next door characters is now doing complete glamour roles. She is all set to do complete skin show in her next movies like Drona and Balakrishna film.

All the best Priyamani for ur career as well as as love……

Sekhar Kammula to introduce Rana

Anand, Godavari and Happy Days director Sekhar Kammula is now getting ready to direct another film with Rana as hero. After planning the re-make of Happy Days in Hindi and also a movie with Nagarjuna, he finally decided to direct a film with Rana as hero.



Rana will be introduced to telugu film industry with this movie. Rana who will be dbuting as hero in this new movie is the grand son of Ramanaidu, son of Suresh and nephew of Venkatesh. Rana was waiting for a correct launch pad for his entry into Tollywood and he finally got it in the form of Sekhar Kammula.

This Sekhar Kammula-Rana new film will be produced by AVM production house. This movie will be officially launched in January 2009. AVM is also producing another movie in telugu with Varun Sandesh as hero.

All the best Rana and Sekhar Kammula….

Srikanth Addala to direct Chiranjeevi

Srikanth Addala who directed the recent commercial hit movie Kotha Bangaru Lokam is all set to direct Megastar Chiranjeevi in his ad films and documentaries for his Prajarajyam Party. Srikanth Addala is going to make ad films and small documentaries on Chiranjeevi and his newly launched Praja Rajyam party.

Srikanth recently met Chiranjeevi and explained his ideas on these ad films and also his thoughts about modern day society. It is also being said that Srianth is being paid handsomely by Chiru to make these films.

King edited by 10 minutes

Nagarjuna’s latest release King was released on 25th December to tremendous openings. Though the movie opened to big openings, the reviews on first day said that the movie was lenghty. So the makers of King decided to trim the movie by 10min.



D Siva Prasad who is the producer of King, director Sreenu Vytla and Nagarjuna decided to trim the movie by 10 min inorder to reduce the lenght of movie play time. The trimmed or edited movie will be played in all the screens from today.

King has Trisha in the lead role, Mamtha Mohan Das in negative role and many comedians and villans to support hero Nagarjuna. Priyamani, Anushka, Charmee, Genelia, Sneha Ullal and Kamna Jatmalani appear in a song and sizzle the audience.

Komaram Puli next shedule from 3rd January

Pawan Kalyan next movie Komaram Puli is going to start its next shedule from 3rd January. This shedule will continue till 15th February during which the entire talkie part will be completed. The songs of Komaram Puli will be shot in March and the movie will be released in May 2009.

Pawan Kalyan is doing the lead role while new girl Nikhisha is doing the female lead role. Manoj Bajpai, Charan Raj, Nasser, Saranya and Ali play other important roles. Music is by AR Rehman, camera is by Binod Pradhan and direction is by SJ Surya. Singanamala Ramesh is producing Komaram Puli.

Balakrishna - Priyamani film release in April 2009

Natasimham Nandamuri Balakrishna and Priyamani yet to be named film is getting ready to be released in April 2009. Krishna Prasad who is the producer of the film is making all the necessary arrangements to release the movie for summer 2009.



The third schedule of this yet to be named film is going on in Rajamundry while the first and second shedules took place in Ramoji Film City and Malaysia respectively. Mahadev is directing this Balakrishna and Priyamani starrer.

Dasari's Satires On Chiranjeevi

The film industry is one place where the best of relationships can go haywire in a jiffy and one example for that is the equation between the veteran Dasari Narayana Rao and megastar Chiranjeevi. It is said that they used to share a guru-sishya relationship at one point of time but things went soar with the passing of time.

Now, Dasari seems to be keen on pulling Chiru down at every given point and his fumes became stronger after Chiru has become the key opponent for the Congress party. Using the film medium as a tool, Dasari is said to be coming up with a film that might just be taking a dig at Chiru.

The film has been titled as 'Mestri' (maybe from Chiru's 'Mutha Mestri') and Dasari has already got Mohan Babu, Chiru's arch rival in it. Reports are coming in that Dasari has prepared a special satirical menu aimed at Chiru in the film and the shooting has been going on briskly. Let us see how Chiru would react to this one.

Ghajini Review

Movie Review: Ghajini
Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan, Pradeep Rawat, Khalid Siddiqui and others;
Director: A.R. Murugadoss;
Rating: ****

Ghajini is an suspense thriller from A.R.Murugadoss who has made popular films of this genre. Ghajini being a remake of a Tamil film. The tamil version of film had Surya and Asin in the lead.

Ghajini is, indubitably, Aamir Khan’s most awaited project till date and he has done a great job in promoting the movie till now. The movie has Aamir Khan in the lead role and Asin plays his love interest.

The story of ‘Ghajini’ is a revenge saga, one ingredient that has been the staple diet of Hindi films in Bollywood since time immemorial. It is, apparently, a powerful film. It has the power to sweep you off your feet from the word ‘go’. It has a riveting story, which has been told with flourish by director A.R. Murugadoss.

The director has succeeded to keep up the suspense throughout the film. The narration goes back and forth several times, before the protagonist looses his memory and after. The script written by the director himself helps to keep up the suspense intact. Good action, and good songs by A.R Rahman and the background score is really noteworthy.

Aamir Khan has done a wonderful job. Be it the bold, energetic business magnate or the wild chaser Aamir has stolen the show. Asin seems full of energy. The two seem to make a real good pair.

Ghajini is a must watch for an Aamir Khan fan and a fulltu paisa vasool movie for a Bollyowod buff.

'King' Review: Wholesome Entertainer

Film: King
Rating: 3.25/5
Banner: Kamakshi Kala Movies
Cast: Nagarjuna, Trisha, Mamta Mohandas, Srihari, Brahmanandam, Jayaprakash Reddy, Arjan Bajwa, Sayaji Shinde, Krishna Bhagawan, Geetha, Dharmavarapu, Chandramohan etc
Music: Devisri Prasad
Story: Kona Venkat, Gopi Mohan
Art: AS Prakash
Editing: MR Varma
Cinematography: Prasad Moorella
Screenplay,Direction: Srinu Vaitla
Producer: Sivaprasad Reddy
Release date: 25th Dec 2008

The last big movie of the year 2008 arrived today. The expectations have been big on this film for several reasons. The most vital factor that boosted up expectations is the direction by Srinu Vaitla who made big hit 'Ready' this year. Let us see how far the film reached expectations.

Story:
King alias Chandra Pratap Varma (Nag) is the son of Raja Varma (Sobhan Babu). He becomes the heir of a large estate fatre the death of his father, where his uncles and aunts also live with him along with mother (Geeta). King faces a peril in the form of Swapna (Mamata Mohandas). That stands up to be a suspense element in the narration. Who is Swapna and why she becomes a danger point for King? What happens to King?

On the other hand Sravani (Trisha), an aspiring singer catches the eye of a guy whose name is Bottu Seenu (Nag), a goonda. What's the link between Bottu Seenu and King? That forms another layer in the film.

And last but not least, Sravani falls in love with a software engineer Sridhar (Nagarjuna). Is there any link between Sridhar, Bottu Seenu and King other than the similarities in looks? That's another layer all together.

'Gnan anna' aka Gnaneshwar (Srihari) portrayed the role of Sravani's brother.

Rest to be watched on screen to unleash this knot.

Performances:
Nagarjuna's magnitude is seen fully on silver screen. His grace pulled the attention of entire audiences. It sounds a wonder to know he is 50 now. There are no signs of that age on his face or body and he is looking 20 years younger to what actually the time claims. His performance in three different shades is hilarious and entertaining. He left his starry airs aside and performed up to the role as demanded (like getting bruises from Brahmanandam). That should inspire many younger heroes as well. And coming to dances, he has performed in his trade mark style.

Trisha is with full of elegance and the credit should be given to costume designer and cinematographer. She hasn't exposed anything big but touched the senses of audiences.

Mamata Mohandas looked voluptuous and witch-like as per the demand of the role. She once again proved her mettle as complete artiste with own voice for dubbing.

And coming to the most publicized eight-heroine song, except Genelia everybody looked hot (Anushka), romantic (Trisha), lovely (Priyamani), refined (Kamna), sexy (Mamata Mohandas), spicy (Sneha Ullal) and chubby (Charmy). The costumes used for Genelia are inferior when compared to others in that song. That made the difference.

Brahmanandam once again tickled the audiences with his role as music director Jaya Surya. He has been the vital factor in Srinu Vaitla's films since 'Dhee'.

Master Bharat also brought laughs with his role but that is not in the length of his role in 'Ready'. He justified in a small role in this film.

Jayaprakash Reddy also made his presence well with his Rayalseema style of dialogues. Sayaji Shinde and Krishna Bhagawan also portrayed in their trade mark style on negative side.

Sri Hari deserves very good mention in this flick. He worked really well as supporting artiste. He portrayed action and comedy in right doses. His hilarious role will be remembered as Painter Gnaneshwar for sure.

Coming to technical aspects, cinematography by Moorella Prasad is fantastic. The costume designer also deserves great mention. And the story writers Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan once again grooved in their names for the characters of Sayaji Shinde and Krishna Bhagawan, like they did with their earlier films.

All in all, this Srinu Vaitla's show although inspired from different films (Chandramukhi, Chandralekha, Shankaradada Zindabad etc….), stands to be unique and a wholesome family entertainer.

Analysis:
The movie takes different twists and turns but no where strains the audiences. A laugh is promised at every 10 minutes on an average. Although the length of the movie seems to be long in second half, audiences don't get bored. Even the songs made the audiences sit in theaters by the blend of their right music and interesting choreography as well as costumes.

First half runs with ample humor while second half too does the same with added comedy.

Many films start rolling on mind's screen while watching this flick and that should be understood as parody-like inspiration by the director.


Interesting Comedy Tracks:
Srihari's painting episodes
Brahmanandam-Trisha casting couch
TV Show with Brahmanandam
Nagarjuna's Chandralekha and Chandramukhi parody

Best Scenes:
Bullet scene (although inspired from Hollywood flick 'Wanted')
Action sequences

It's a wholesome entertainer from Srinu Vaitla but here is one suggestion for him. He should change the style by not incorporating similar elements like that of his 'Ready' and 'Dhee'. There is risk as people may get bored watching similar comedy tracks again and again. The movie undoubtedly appeals for masses and entertains families.

Nag’s fans damage ‘King’ cutouts

Nagarjuna fans damaged Nag’s cutouts. Two groups of Nag’s fans clashed in Rajahmundry on the occasion of the film King’s release. One group of Nag’s fans damaged the cutouts. Is this clash something to do with Nag’s political affiliation?

Intelligence Report: Mass Terrorist Attacks On Hyderabad

Even before the nation has settled to the gruesome shock of the Mumbai terror attacks on 26/11 news has been arriving of further attacks and that too of high magnitudes in other cities. The prime target according to the latest intelligence reports is that the city of Hyderabad is in the hit list and attacks are being planned here.

The target date for this is said to be sometime during the coming week given the Christmas time and the holidays that would see most of the people having a good time with their families. The same alert has also been given to states like Assam and West Bengal and it is heard that these terrorists are sneaking into the country this time from the Bangladesh border.

While all this is happening, not many measures are being noticed anywhere in the city and it is about time folks gear up to the situation instead of waiting for an NSG or RAF to arrive. Please be alert when you go out to malls and movies and if you notice anything suspicious, report it to the authorities immediately.

Releasing Today: 'King' And 'Ghazini'

The year 2008 is concluding with two big films in Tollywood and Bollywood. While 'King, the most awaited film is releasing in Tollywood, the most awaited Ghazini of Ameer Khan is also releasing on the same day.


The film 'King' made on Kamakshi banner with Siva Prasad Reddy as producer and Srinu Vaitla as director is releasing tomorrow (24th of Dec) in hundreds of centers across the state. The film stars Nagarjuna and the most attractive part that has been in publicity is the grooving in of 8 heroines beside Nagarjuna to rock in a dance.

On the other hand the Ameer Khan starred Ghazini with Asin as heroine is releasing tomorrow. The original flick was Momento, from which the Tamil Ghazini was made with Surya as hero and Murugudoss as director. Although the Hindi version is also taken from that flick, it is said that a good part of it is changed in climax. We have to see how it works. Allu Aravind is the producer of this flick.

Asin with Salman Khan's painting of Ghajini at INOX

Actor Asin unveils a painting of Ghajini co-star Aamir Khan in Mumbai on Tuesday, December 23, 2008. The painting is actor Salman Khan's artwork.

Uday Kiran Makes Fun Of Heroes

He is known as the 'Ultimate Star' of the Telugu industry and though the title is fully charged up, the hero in person has been busy spending time trying to figure out why none of his movies are able to shine at the box office. He is none other than the strain faced Uday Kiran known for his repetitive body language.

Recently, he was giving an interview to a local TV channel when he mentioned that there are around 40 heroes and there is practically not a single film with each. He also added that not even one guarantee for a hero in a year. This comes as true with Prince Mahesh Babu taking eternity to commence his next venture.

Uday's angst was due to the question that was put to him on the arrival of the new heroes each and every day. With this, the once heartthrob who was quite famous let out his steam in this way. For now, Uday is one among those who has been waiting for the right kind of break from the past few years ever since he made his comeback.

Bhargavi's Murder: Praveen's 3rd Wife Bhargavi?

Praveen alias Bujji, the orchestra singer cum Flutist, who killed Bhargavi and committed suicide first married the daughter of an ex DSP Dolly. Later he divorced from her and married Swapna, the second heroine in Jr NTR's 'Subbu'. He separated from her and then married Bhargavi in the presence of some friends. Bujji met Bhargavi in Ongole as a dancer and fallen in her crush. Bhargavi also considered him as her best half. Things have been moving well until the success of 'Asta Chamma'.

Bujji developed inferiority complex with her success and went into depression. As his first two relations with women were failures, he thought to make his 3rd relation with Bhargavi an everlasting one. But Bhargavi's success appeared like an enemy for him and hence committed murder. Leaving no chance for anyone to question his act, he too committed suicide. The parents of both Bhargavi in Guntur and Bujji in Nellore are drowned in huge grief and shocked. They are talking to media with loud weep. The parents of both sides are condemning the marriage news.

They say that they were never married as per their knowledge. Bhargavi's mother said that her daughter called her for last time in the early morning at 6 AM stating that's he got ready for the shooting. Her death news has come to light through media at around 11 AM.

Bhargavi's Murder: Suicide Note Found

The suicide note of Praveen alias Bujji was found adjacent to the dead bodies. The man who died along with Bhargavi was Praveen alias Bujji, an orchestra singer from Nellore. He has been continuing a love-in relation with Bhargavi and also claimed her as his wife in suicide note.

But the parents of Bhargavi are condemning that. They say that Bhargavi is still spinster.

And Praveen mentioned in his suicide note that he is killing Bhargavi as he is upset with her career growth. He said that Bhargavi kept him far ever since the success of Asta Chamma.

He also mentioned that the parents of Bhargavi have been trying to sideline him looking at the success of their daughter. Praveen killed Bhargavi by making wounds on her wrists and chest. Later he committed suicide consuming poison. The dead bodies are removed from the apartment only this afternoon in the supervision of police.

Asta Chamma Heroine: Suicide Or Murder?

The new angle in the story of Bhargavi's death is getting unleashed. It is said that she didn't die along with her husband but with another man. The last call in her mobile is from Madhu and that was at 10:30 PM. There were scratches on her chest and as per sources there are signs of murder on her. It is said that the man who spent time with her last night has killed her and also committed suicide. This new angle is still in investigation. The producers and directors those have called her in the morning didn't get any answer from her and thus the news has come to light.

Cricketer Dhoni Found With Sexy Telugu Actress

Cricketer Dhoni is in crush with curvy sexy starlet Lakshmi Rai, who is known for Telugus with the film 'Kanchanamala Cable'. Her wet photos from that movie are still hot on internet. Now she is seen moving with Dhoni and having pleasant midnight diners as well. Both were found in Chennai having warm dinner in a restaurant.

It seems that Rai has been in crush for Dhoni from many years and she met him recently during her 27th birthday in a hotel where she too stayed in another room.

But when asked both Lakshmi Rai and Dhoni have denied any romantic line between them. Dhoni simply said that there are many women who are flocking around him. And Rai said that Dhoni is just one of many good cricketers. But who knows the secret behind warm dinners?

Puri's New Film Title 'Meenaachchi'

The successful film maker Puri Jagannadh may have come out with some of the best and finest commercial entertainers but his track record has been marred by only one black spot. Puri has not been able to resurrect the dwindling career of his brother Sairam Shankar in all his past efforts.

In fact, it has been a long while that Sairam's movie 'Vaade Kaavali' has been on the anvil but there is no news about it. So now, it is being said that Puri has pulled up his sleeves to push his brother to limelight and he has come up with a story exclusively. Reports say that Puri is looking at 'Meenaachchi' as the title of this movie.

Inside sources say that the story of the film is really impressive and this will be produced by Adithya Ram who does not compromise on his budgets. With so many plusses in this, it is about time Sairam comes up with an award winning performance to erect his career. Good luck for that Sai!!!

Radha's daughter opposite Naga Chaitanya?

Nagarjuna's son Naga Chaitanya, whose maternal grandfather is D. Ramanaidu, was introduced to Nagarjuna's fans at the audio launch of Nagarjuna's King.

His untitled film is being produced by Dil Raju and directed by debutante Vasu Varma. The music for this film is being composed by Sandeep Chowta. But it was on November 23 at this grand gala function that this scion of the Akkineni and Rama Naidu family was formally introduced. The unit finished the first shooting schedule in and around Hyderabad and is travelling to Agra for the second schedule.

Though Shakthi Kapoor's daughter was approached first, she was not signed as the main heroine. Now yesteryear heroine Radha's daughter may be the lucky one to debut opposite Naga Chaitanya in his maiden film.

Radha was a hotshot heroine in her hey days, acting with some of the top heroes including Krishna, Sobhan Babu, Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna.

Wonder: Human Being Born As PIG?

It would be an evidence for the theists those believe in reincarnation and Karma doctrine. A tiny pig is seen in the temple as an ardent devotee.

This is the news from Siddantham, West Godavari District. A tiny pig is circumambulating around the dhwaja sthambam of various temples. Although the temple protectors tried to kick out this pig initially, they have got awe struck looking at the peculiar behavior of it. The pig is taking bath in Godavari and coming inside various temples around the bank of the river. It is making revolutions around dhwaja sthambam and also putting its head inside the vermilion (kumkum) as a token of bhakthi. No one knows how it learned all this. The age of this pig is not that big to conclude that it learnt looking at devotees around. And the owner of the pig says that it was missed from his herd a day ago and noticed only through media. The pig owner also said that there are no temples around where he lives and also sure that the pig has got never exposed to temple atmosphere. While people are surrounding the pig believing it as Lord Varaha, the Jana Vignana Vedika people are saying that the pig might have got trained.

Theists believe that the pig hasn't lost its samskara of previous birth when it was human being; they also say that the karma has made that human being to take birth as pig.

Pawan to lead PR ‘yuva rajyam’

When everyone is crying that Praja Rajyam is fast becoming ‘vruddula rajyam’ with entry of veteran politicians, Pawan Kalyan is poised to infuse youth and vigor to the party by heading its youth wing, named PRP Yuva Rajyam, the party sources informed.

Swathi's painful separation from Nani by Mom

This might sound more like a film but no folks this is something that has happened in real life and just like the way it happens in movies. Apparently, the bright and bubbly Swathi who has become the most sought after starlet after her spate of successes has become thick friends with her 'Ashta Chemma' co-star Nani.

Though life has been hunky dory with their friendship, there is news that it is Swati's mum who is not too happy seeing them together. So in order to keep the wall between them, she is said to be compelling her daughter to travel between Hyderabad and Chennai on various assignments or parties.

Incidentally, even Nani is almost on the same schedule since he has been busy with the shooting of his Tamil film. So those who know both have been suggesting that they might as well spend a bit in Chennai than grab attention by hanging around in our homely Hyderabad. Only time will tell what is going to happen next.

Gossip: Nithin seduced by Priyamani

It must be said that stylish star Nithin is one guy who has been born with a silver spoon of luck. Despite the fact that he has not been able to deliver a single hit in the recent past, he is still managing to pair up with some of the best in the business and that too for some prestigious banners.

Now, the hottest buzz making rounds in the tinsel town is the news of his forthcoming venture 'Drona'. Apparently, the bikini act of the leading lady Priyamani is the highlight of this and not stopping at that, here seems to be an icing on the cake. There is news that this buxom beauty has also gone ahead with a steamy and seductive number which has soared the temperatures of the surroundings.

Amidst all this, the man who has been fortunate enough to get a truly memorable and personal experience is our very own stylish star. Those who have known him are fully envious of him and those who do not are praying that even they get lucky like Nithin when it comes to hanging around with hot bodied women.

Ashok Chavan to be Maharashtra CM; Rane fumes

NEW DELHI: Amid an open rebellion in Congress party over the issue of Maharashtra's chief ministership, Pranab Mukherjee on Friday announced that Ashok Chavan would be the chief minister.

"Ashok Chavan has been unanimously elected the leader of Maharashtra Legislative Party," Mukherjee told reporters.

Meanwhile, senior leader Narayan Rane voiced his resentment over the delay in the announcement of the chief minister.

Rane reportedly announced his withdrawal from the CM's race stating Ashok Chavan's "incompetence to be regarded as his rival".

"Ashok Chavan can't be my competitor. He can barely handle his own ministry. He can't do justice to the post of chief minister," Rane said.

The angry revenue minister said, “Now, I don’t want any post from Congress party.“

When asked about rebellion by Rane, Congress spokesman played safe and refused to comment on his statement.

He said he is yet to hear the statement of Rane and will verify facts accordingly.

Congress spokesman also made it clear that "every partyman has to obey the line of discipline".

Industry Ashok Chavan, when asked to comment on Rane's rebellion, refused to say anything. He said right now his party's priority should be to ensure the security of the people of Maharashtra.

Chavan said he is waiting for the formal announcement by Congress high command on chief ministership.

US cuts 533,000 jobs, unemployment at 15-year high

WASHINGTON: The US economy lost a stunning 533,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate jumped to a 15-year high of 6.7 percent, the Labor Department said on Friday.

The monthly report on non-farm payrolls, seen as one of the best indicators of economic momentum, highlighted the severe retrenchment by companies in the face of a struggling economy and tight credit.

The number of job losses was much higher than the 325,000 expected by private forecasters.

The report also included a sharp upward revision in the number of job losses in the prior two months: October saw a loss of 403,000 jobs (up from an earlier estimate of 240,00) and September job losses were revised up to 320,000 from 284,000.

"There is no sugar-coating this data," analysts at Briefing.com. "It is bad news that will weigh heavily on consumer sentiment and will serve to increase concerns about the depth and length of the current slowdown."

Sophia Koropeckyj at Economy.com said that the losses "were broad-based across both service-producing and goods-producing industries" and the worst single-month decline since 1974.

"The economy is in recession, and the severity will far surpass the depths of the last two recessions."

The jobless rate, based on a separate survey of households, was the highest since October 1993 but slightly better than the consensus estimate of economists of 6.8 percent.

The Labor Department noted that since the official onset of recession in December 2007, some 2.7 million jobs have been lost, and the unemployment rate rose by 1.7 percentage points.

In November, the report showed a loss of 85,000 jobs in manufacturing, bringing the total in the sector to 604,000 over the past 12 months, despite a return of 27,000 aerospace workers from strike.

Employment in the retail sector fell by 91,000, and the leisure and hospitality sector shed 76,000 jobs.

The troubled financial sector shed 32,000 jobs in month, bringing the 12-month total losses to 142,000.

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the panel recognized as the official arbiter of business cycles, said this week the US entered recession in December 2007.

Although a recession is generally defined as two consecutive quarters of declining activity, the panel has its own criteria for determining a downturn, including data on employment, income and industrial output. AFP

'Black Day' Tensions In Hyderabad

f the dates of festivals are often remembered for the joyous and happy moments, here is one date that will always be remembered for the darkest hours that the country of India has seen. It is the 6th and 7th of December that saw the Babri masjid demolition and the eventual riots that led to the loss of several hundreds of lives.

Since then on each year these two days have become quite crucial and tense since there is news that retaliation moves are being planned in a big manner on these particular times. Now, the Black Day is approaching again and yet again the residents of the city are having a tough time braving it out against the fears.

As it is, the attacks in Mumbai and the recent incident of Viquar Ahmed escaping have thrown to light of what would have been a terrible aftermath of the terror strikes. Already, an SMS advising all to stay away from malls or theatres or any crowded places is making rounds in Hyderabad. Let us hope the 'Black Day' passes off peacefully.

Nagarjuna to dance with 10 heroines in King

Nagarjuna who is considered as the Manmathudu of telugu film industry is all set to prove the same thing on screen also. He is getting ready to dance with 10 heroines in his next film King. Director Sreenu Vytla who is directing King is planning a special song for Nagarjuna which will have 10 heroines in it.

Along with Trisha, Mamtha Mohan Das and Madhushalini who play the lead roles in the movie, Charmee, Parvathi Melton, Sneha, Sneha Ullal, Priyamani, Anushka and Kamna Jatmali are going to dance with Nagarjuna in King movie.

Guys!!! get ready for a eyes feast and all the best Nagarjuna……

Komaram Puli audio rights sold for 2.5 crores

Pawan Kalyan has proved his stamina in telugu film indstry for yet another time. The audio of his latest movie Komaram Puli aka Puli is being brought by Sony BMG for a huge amount of 2.5 crores. This amount is the highest till now in Tollywood which is being spent on audio rights.

The entire film industry is re-marking this as a very daring move by Sony BMG because already the economic condition in the entire World is down and also most of the audio songs in recent times are being pirated or being downloaded from internet. In such conditions the audio sales of Tollywood movies have drastically gone down and also there is no further scope of improvement.

But Sony BMG has its own reasons to spend such huge amounts on audio rights. The company says that it was only Pawan Kalyan Jalsa which made highest audio sales in recent times. It also created record sales collections in Telugu Cinema Industry. More over Komaram Puli has Rawan Kalyan - SJ Surya - AR Rehman combination which is going to be a sure success.

Lets wait and see it Sony BMG will be right or teulgu cinema trade circles will be right…..

Ileana injured on the sets of Paruchuri Murali film

Tollywood top actress Ileana was injured on the sets of Paruchuri Murali film. She sprained her leg while shooing for a song. Ileana was immediately rushed to Apollo hospital where the doctors treated her and advised one week rest. Ileana immediately left to Mumbai to take rest.

Ileana was shooting in Hyderabad for Paruchuri Murali film when this mishap happened. This incident took place on 2nd December. Ileana is right now doing four telugu movies including this film. Other films are Ntr-Vinayak Film, Saleem with Vishnu and Kick with Ravi Teja.

Get well soon Ileana…….

Sasirekha Parinayam music launch

Krishna Vamsi latest film Sasirekha Parinayam had its music launch yesterday in Sabdalaya Studios, Hyderabad. Sirivennela Seetarama Sastri released the audio cassette and handed over the first copy to Anant Sreeram. Hero Tarun released the audio cd and handed over the first copy to Krishna Vamsi.

Sasirekha Parinayam has Tarun and Genelia in the lead roles. Krishna Vamsi is directing this film which will be released either in the last week of December or in the first week of January. Music will be available in the market from 5th December.

Ravi Teja Neninthe release on 18th December

DVV Danayya who is the producer of Ravi Teja, Siya starrer Neninthe is all set to release his movie on 18th December. This was confirmed by the producer himself in the wake of rumours making rounds that the movie might be delayed because of Puri Jagannath and Neninthe team being held up in Bangkok for few days.

Neninthe which has Ravi Teja and new girl Siya in the lead roles is being directed by Puri Jagannath. Music of Neninthe will be launched by Aditya Music directly into the market without any audio release function. The audio will be released into the market on 7th December.

Ravi Teja is playing the role of a struggling assistant director in telugu film industry and Siya is playing the role of troop dancer in Neninthe. The movie itself is targeting few important issues of Telugu Film Industry.

Nagarjuna King satellite rights sold for 4.8 crores

Nagarjuna, Trisha starrer King is making news even before its release. Before it was audio launch function and now it is satellite rights. According to our reporter Bannu, King satellite rights were bought by Gemini TV for a huge amount of 4.8 crores.

It is being said that Gemini TV outbid Maa TV by a huge amount inorder to bag the satellite rights of King. Though Maa TV is co-owned by hero Nagarjuna himself, Maa TV couldn’t get the satellite rights because Gemini TV was ready to pay 4.8crores for the movie.

Lets wait see how Gemini TV will collect the money from sponsorers by selling them the ad space. At last it will be the viewers who will be tourtured because they will be seeing more of Ads than the movie.

Lets wait and see…..

Prabhu Deva lost his son to cancer

Star, dancer master, and director Prabhu Deva's son passed away early this morning. Called Vishal at home, he was named Basavaraj, and had been suffering from cancer for a long time. Deva and his family had been fighting the disease with him, knowing Vishal would be taken away from them any day. When he died this morning, Prabhu Deva said that Prabhu Deva though he knew it would happen, he had hoped they would have more time with Vishal. Recently, he had even taken his son abroad on the Villu shoot to make him happy and fill him with memories.

He has directed films like Pournami, Nuvvastanantae Nenodantana in Telugu and Pokiri in Tamil.

Film personalities including Ajith, Vijay, Prakashraj, Sreeman, director SA Chandrasekharan, cinematographer Raviverman, directors Tharun Gopi, Arun Pandian among others thronged to Prabhu Deva's house.

Vishal will be buried at Besant Nagar crematorium.

Housewives' Disgust On 'Chimpiri Juttu Heroine'

'Happy Days' heroine Sonia has been facing a stick of sorts from the housewife section. Apparently, the ladies who rule the houses have been coming up with different opinions on Sonia ever since they saw her in the film and here are some of those.

The focus is more on her hair and while some say that the first look of Sonia motivates them to get a can of coconut oil and get her hair into order, there are those ladies who feel that perhaps her hair is shaped genetically like that.

So the mystery factor is though Sonia does not have a shapely figure nor the kind of complexion that south Indians would die for, she is still having an enigma of sorts that has been capturing the attention wherever she goes. At the end of the day, how the audience takes her forms the rule for the film industry. She is a magnet, that's what everyone says.

Software Threat: Managers Not Calling? Then Doubt

There was a time when any employee would simply feel annoyed looking at the number of his manager flashing on the mobile phone. But now things seem to have changed and taken the reverse position so if an employee is not hearing from his manager then things tend to get quite scary for him.

All this is the courtesy of the economic recession and the current market condition and one is not hearing from his manager then it could well mean that a pink slip is waiting for you at the HR department. So this has come as a boon for all those managers who have been taking curses from their teams.

There are tales of those who have been contacting their managers on a regular basis to 'keep in touch' and this has come as a surprise to the tough team leaders. All in all, these are the games of survival that are currently happening in the corporate sector so more interesting incidents are in the pipeline.

Top opposition leaders including TDP chief Naidu arrested

HYDERABAD: (PTI) Top leaders and scores of workers of all major opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh were arrested today when they tried to march towards the Raj Bhavan to stage a protest demanding immediate reduction in prices of petroleum products.

The arrested included Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu, All India Forward Block leader C Biswas, Telangana Rashtra Samiti President K Chandrasekhar Rao, CPM state secretary B V Raghavulu, CPI state secretary K Narayana and Rajya Sabha member M V Mysura Reddy (TDP).

They were taken away to the Banjara Hills police station. All opposition parties had planned a 'Chalo Raj Bhavan' programme as part of a nation-wide protest demanding immediate reduction in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG.

Thousands of opposition workers gathered near the Khairatabad Railway Station junction to march towards the Raj Bhavan, located less than a kilometer away.

Police were also deployed in massive strength to thwart the opposition's programme.

As protesters began their march, police began arresting them at different places en route.

Naidu and other leaders were arrested and whisked away to the police station when they were about to reach Raj Bhavan to meet the Governor.

Producer Buys Asin Shoes For Two Lakhs

The hot Malayalam beauty Asin seems to be the new age Cinderella as she has been getting whatever she wants from a long time. And true to her good time, she has literally been asking for the moon much to the pain of the producers who are currently fielding her in their movies.

One such person who recently got stung was Vipul Shah of Bollywood and he happens to be the producer of the film 'London Dreams' starring Asin. Apparently, the pretty starlet was said to be fussing with the footwear given to her for a scene and said that those were not comfortable. With no choice, they had to go to the nearest store.

Asin took her time and picked up a pair of shoes and when the producer asked for the bill, it was a whopping 3000 euros (approximately 2 lakhs). Asin said nothing about it and poor Vipul had nothing much to say about it too. Talk about putting up with starry airs and tantrums folks!!!

Hindi 'Yevadi Gola Vadidhe' Next Week

Slated to be one of the biggest hits and a cult movie of sorts, the movie 'Evadi Gola Vaadidhi' that was the one and only hit of hero Aryan Rajesh amidst a horde of stars in it remained as a trend setter. The film was directed by the veteran EVV Satyanarayana while the producer was the entrepreneurial Lagadapati Sridhar.

Now, the same movie has been remade into Hindi and it is all set to hit the screens this Friday. The film has been titled 'Khallballi' and there is a significance to this film. The hot and sexy siren Sada will be making her debut in Bollywood with this movie and she is pairing up with the budding star Nikhil Dwivedi.

The expectations are high on this one given the number of stars involved in the project and basically the plot itself. It remains to be seen if the director has been able to place the movie correctly with the pace and the momentum of the comedy. Anyhow, there can only be one EVV so let us wish the very best of success to the Hindi version.

ETV Prabhakar Is Now Local TV Prabhakar

He was once the most integral part of the ETV empire and there came a time when eight out of the ten serials that came had him doing the lead roles. You got it right; we are talking about the noted TV artiste Prabhakar who got to be known as ETV Prabhakar given his strong presence and performance.

However, difference of opinions arose and Prabhakar moved out of the Ramoji camp which also led to severe sparks between Ramoji Rao and his own son Suman. Meanwhile, there is now news that Prabhakar has joined a new network and he is now being known as the Local TV Prabhakar.

He is now appearing in a show called 'Jagadam' on Local TV which is more of a reality competition show. Those who have heard this are passing on lighter vein that Prabhakar has done 'Jagadam' at the Ramoji camp and has now seen in 'Jagadam' of Local TV.