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Chiranjeevi (Cherry), who worked as executive producer for 'Chatrapati' and 'Vikramarkudu' is presently busy as producer for films called 'Okkadunnadu' and 'Yamadonga' produced on the banner of Clap Entertainments. He is planning his next film with Creative Director Krishnavamsi, who gave a hit like 'Rakhee' recently. The name of the film was registered as 'Legend' (It's Not Celebrity) with the AP Film Chamber. Cherry says, 'I am now busy with 'Yamadonga' shooting with NTR in the lead. We will start 'Legend' after the present film on hand. There was a lot of curiosity among the industry circles over the film and its subject as the title was taken up from a controversy that erupted in the film industry and which has become a hot topic recently.
Legend satellite rights for whopping price
Bala Krishna’s film Legend has turned out to be a blockbuster with a successful run at the box-office. The satellite rights of the movie Legend are sold at a whopping 6 crores as per the buzz. Legend is one of the highest collected Bala Krishna’s film that has joined 30 crores club. Radhika Apte and Sonal Chauhan played the female leads and Jagapathi Babu played negative lead role. Boyapati Srinu has directed the commercial mass entertainer and Anil Sunkara, Ram Achanta and Gopichand Achanta produced the film under 14 Reels Entertainment and Vaarahi Chalana Chitram banners with music by Devi Sri Prasad.
Legend join 50 crores club
Bala Krishna’s movie Legend which has earned good response has turned out to be biggest blockbuster in the actor’s career. According to producers of the film 14 Reels Entertainment banner, Legend has collected a share of whopping 50 crores plus. The unit members have recently held the success tour and success meet. Bala Krishna paired up with Radhika Apte and Sonal Chauhan while Jagapathi Babu played antagonist. Boyapati Srinu directed Legend is produced by 14 Reels Entertainments with a budget of Rs. 35cr. Devi Sri Prasad composed tunes and cinematography is by Ram Prasad.The film has got A certification from the censor board.
Legendry Singers Honored
In a grand and opulent style the four top playback singers of this nation Dr.P.B.Srinivas, P.Susheela, S.Janaki and Dr.S.P.Balasubramaniam were felicitated by producer of Kannada film 'Ganga Cauvery' R.V.Venkatappa at the audio release of the film at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall in Bangalore on Thursday evening. At the memorable and meaningful evening two top lyricists Geethapriya and C.V.Shivashanker were also felicitated. A huge Lord Venkateshwara statue, two garlands, shawl and fruit basket were presented to all the dignitaries in the midst of flower petals. Producer Venkatappa's son Akshay is playing the lead with Mahi and Mallika Kapoor as heroines. KFCC President Tallam Nanjunda Shetty, Vice President Sa.Ra.Govindu and bureaucrat of the government of Karnataka K.V.R.Tagore presided over the function. It was a touching felicitation function and the first audio release of a film made by S.P.Balasubramaniam in Kannada. Symbolizing Ganga and Cauvery rivers a set was erected by art director Hosmane Murthy at the audio release function. Addressing on this occasion noted playback singer Dr.SPB said,' The love and affection what he got from Karnataka has not come for him from any other part of the country. Dr.PB Srinivas, S.Janaki and P.Susheela and me are all non Kannadigas yet the people of Karnataka showed immense love for the talent. They simply loved our songs. This is admirable said SP Balasubramaniam. I have learnt so many things in my profession from PBSji, Janakiamma and Susheelamma. Among them the humbleness is most important'. At this unique event he called upon the terrorists to give up pistol and hold musical instruments for serene and harmonious life.
The legend - N.T.Rama Rao remembered
The NTR ghat at Necklace Road, Hyederabadwas visited by the family members of the late actor who can also be called as a true messiah of the masses on his birthday. At the break of the dawn itself Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao's off springs and grand children came to pay their homage to the actor, director, producer and politician who was called by his fans as "Vishwa Vikhyatha Nata Sarvabhouma" which means the Emperor of Acting. The great actor's sons Jayakrishna and Nandamuri Balakrishna, grandsons NTR and Kalyanram and daughter Bhuvaneshwari after coming to the ghat placed wreaths and garlands at the Samadhi and observed silence for sometime. The late legendary actor was also the person responsible for forming the political outfit Telugu Desam Party and he also served three terms as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. The patriarch of the Telugu Cinema is a true revolutionary if his work for the well being of the people of Andhra Pradesh and the various welfare activities he undertook as the chief minister are considered. Among his most noted achievements as the chief minister, ones that should be highlighted are the educational reforms he introduced which resulted in the changing of the entire state's education syllabus for the schools, common state entrance examinations for all the branches of higher education, started a medical university in Vijaywada and improved the advanced medical capabilities of the capital city Hyderabad. He made sure no communal riots took place and controlled the poser of Naxals to a great extent when he was the commander in chief of the state He strongly fought and became successful in giving women equal inheritance rights by amending the Hindu inheritance laws. The loved leader also introduced the first social net program in India with Rs2 per Kg of rice scheme for the poor. Devender Gowd, Roja and Errannaidu of the TDP also visited the NTR ghat to show their respect to the founder of the party. In a remote place called Jayanti Puram in Krishna district, the late actor's disciple, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and husband of his daughter Bhuvaneshwari remembered and paid his respect to his mentor by putting a flower garland around NTR's statue. The actor's fans and party workers organized a road show up to Jaggaiapet too as a respect to the person who contributed so much to the cinema and politics in Andhra Pradesh. A blood donation camp was also conducted by the party at the NTR Trust Bhavan. NBK as NTR's son Nandamuri Balakrishna is known said that if there are rebirths, he wished to be born as NTR's son again and again. He accompanied by NTR Jr and Kalyanaram later on went to Bashvatarakam Cancer Hospital to inaugurate a blood donation camp. Due to his beautiful portrayal of Hindu deities several times on screen in various mythological films, he became the face that instantly came to the mind of the people of Andhra Pradesh whenever the names of Lord Krishna and Sri Rama is mentioned. But no one will argue that it was due to all his sincere concern and selfless service for the poor and the needy he attained a status of a living god and not by any publicity and image building gimmicks.
Chakrapani the legend turned hundred
This is a chronicle of a master story teller who was instrumental in creating such big hits and trend setters for years together. Even now at various occasions those mammoth creations remembered and compared with present day huge technical entertainers. Born in a village of Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh in the year of 1908, 5th August, 'Chakrapani' alias Alur Venkata Subbha Rao rose to the heights of challenging strong Hindi film world in terms of production that involved heavy budgets and technical aspects of films produced under the banner of Vijaya-Vauhini. His extraordinary ability in weaving a story by just knowing four or five lines (knot) of any story and integrating necessary items such as dialogue, songs and fight sequences. He mastered himself with Hindi through a freedom fighter Prajanandan Sharma who inspired him to write in Hindi with a pen-name 'Chakrapani'. While he had to attend medical treatment at Vellore, AVS Rao met a patient and learned Bengali and later utilized to translate Sharath Chandra's novels in to Telugu and credited with introducing the great Bengali to Telugu readers. Later he entered into flourishing Telugu cinema world with P Pullaiah's Dharma Patni. During the tenure he met Nagi Reddy and BNK Reddy a combination that extended up to 30 years since 1945 to 1975. At first together with Nagi Reddy he founded a children's magazine Chandamama, and other two Andhra Jyothi and Vijaya Chitra, among them Chandamama expanded into other ten Indian languages, in subsequent years. The hit movies of Vijaya-Vauhini productions not alone remain as the ever-green hits which are on top, in the list of favourites, for Telugu people but also dubbed and remaked into other languages including Tamil and Hindi. Patala Bhairavi, Maya Bazar, Gundamma Katha, Missamma, Shavukaru and Appu Chesi Pappu Kudu, are some those hits. It is high time not only for the film industry to pay honor for the legend but also every film lovers of land to appreciate any work that sequel Chakrapani's contribution.