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If things go as planned, 'John Apparao 40 Plus' is likely to see the light of the day on March 20. The film is being made by Kuchipudi Venkat and has Krishna Bhagwan debuting as a hero along with Simran, who is on her second stint. Similarly, 'Aatadista', is another film starring Nitin and Kajal Agarwal that is lined up for release on the same day. Being made by C Kalyan, it is being directed by Ravikumar Choudhary. It being a Holi weekend right after the completion of Inter Board exams, the makers are hopeful that their films would do well, if they get the crowd in the very first weekend.
Bedha Paar Karde Bhagwan Amarnath
Director Tarun Wadhwa has made yet another movie on a social cause. The title goes as, Bedha Paar Karde Bhagwan Amarnath and the story is of a farmer facing hardship in raising his big family and also has an immense faith in God. He faces misery like his crops fail and certain groups pressurize him to grow drugs in his fields. After some divine intervention, the farmer's life starts improving and all his problems are solved. The villain in the movie is a businessman of printing fake currency notes. The film is based on the plight of farmers in rural India and is very realistic and contemporary. It has been produced by Prahladbhai Patel of Ahmedabad and the movie stars Sameep Kang, Gaurav Gehi and Vidisha.
Abnormal activities in Kalki Bhagwan Ashram
here’s a Live discussion show going on in Telugu news channel Tv9 in which Vijay Kumar Naidu alias Kalki Bhagavan and Amma Bhagawan are being targeted. He was born Vijay Kumar in Arcot district, Tamil Nadu, and at various times has also used names such as Mukteshwar, Sri Kalki Bhagavan, and Sri Bhagavan. Bhagavan and Amma (not to confused with Mata Amritanandamayi) claim to be two divine beings, or Avatars. They reside at Golden City, near Chennai, in India. Their stated mission is to bring all of humanity into the Golden Age. They claim that they will fully enlighten 64,000 people in the world. These people in a highly enlightened state of communion would transform the rest of the humanity by 2012. According to them, this state of enlightenment is offered to seekers through a process known as deeksha. Deeksha is a transfer of divine energy that is said to be so powerful it has the ability to break through the concepts and conditioning of our mind According to Narayana who used to be a devotee of Amma Bhagavan, For the Darshan of Amma’s padam the devotees should pay 5000 Rupees and for Special Darshan 25,000 Rupees, They took 60,000 Rupees from each devotee for Homam. And for Foreigners they have 21 days package. And each devotee should pay entry fees. With the name of Amma Pooja the Kalki trust collected 240 Crores. Kalki trust is running 9 businesses, one of them is Real Estate which is running by Bhagvan’s son he earned nearly 3,000 crores with the company.
Krishna Bhagawan to play hero
Krishna Bhagawan came to the film industry some 16 years ago to become a hero. However, he could not get any kind of chances for some years. Somehow, he managed to play a negative role as 'Gopi' in 'April 1 Vidudala' under the direction of Vamsy and produced by Sravanthi Ravikishore. But he was unable to break the jinx despite making screen presence in a hit film, as luck failed to reach him. Later, Krishna Bhagawan kept the artiste in him a side and tested his hand as writer. In order to prove the maxim 'Search for the thing at the place where you lost it exactly', again Krishna Bhagawan appeared in another film by Vamsy called 'Avunu, Valliddaru Ishtapaddaru' as a comedian. From then onwards he started enthralling the audiences with his mark comedy and earned a separate identify as a fantastic comedian. After a long wait, Krishna Bhagawan had got a chance to turn hero in a film to be directed by Kuchipudi Venkat of 'Modati Cinema'-fame, in which Navadeep and Poonam Bajwa played the lead pair. The latest flick of Kuchipudi Venkat with Krishna Bhagawan as hero would go to sets very soon and it would be produced by some NRIs.
Krishna Bhagawan to play hero in 'John Appa Rao 40 Plus'
Several comedians right from Kasturi Siva Rao till Ali and Venumadhav played heroes and the trend would continue in future also. Now it is the turn of Krishna Bhagawan to play hero in 'John Appa Rao 40 Plus'. Venkat Kuchipudi of 'Modati Cinema' (with Navadeep and Poonam Bajwa in the lead)-fame would direct the film. Mandira Bedi of Xtra Innnings-fame in Cricket Live programme telecast was selected as heroine for the film. She shook legs with Simbu in a Tamil film, which was later dubbed into Telugu as 'Manmadha'. However, this film would be her debut appearance in a straight Telugu film. Some NRI producers are producing the movie.
Ashok Amritraj signs Dale Bhagwagar Media Group
Hollywood producer Ashok Amritraj has signed celebrity publicist Dale Bhagwagar's PR agency Dale Bhagwagar Media Group (DBMG) for his media works, and promotions of his company Hyde Park Entertainment along with its film projects. As Chairman and CEO of Hyde Park Entertainment, Ashok Amritraj produced the box-office hits 'Bringing Down The House' (starring Steve Martin and Academy Award-nominee Queen Latifah), 'Premonition' (starring Sandra Bullock and Julian McMahon) and other smashes such as 'Shopgirl' , 'Dreamer', 'Moonlight Mile' and 'Raising Helen'. Hyde Park Entertainment has a first look deal with 20th Century Fox and a second look deal with The Walt Disney Studios. Regarded as one of the most successful producers in Hollywood today, Ashok Amritraj, during his 25-year career has produced or executive produced over 90 films with a worldwide gross in excess of $1 billion; having worked with every major Studio in Hollywood. Other stars who have worked with Amritraj include Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Angelina Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Dustin Hoffman, Antonio Banderas, Kate Hudson and Kurt Russell. "It would be a pleasure for anyone from Bollywood to be associated with Ashok Amritraj," says Dale Bhagwagar, and adds, "On an average, Mr Amritraj produces 3-4 international films every year. Bollywood can easily call him 'our man in Hollywood'. He's not only the biggest Indian producer abroad, but one of the top fifteen filmmakers in the United States of America. Above all, he is one of the most admirable and inspiring persons I've met." Dale's PR agency has already begun work on two of Amritraj's projects. The first one is called 'The Other End of the Line' and stars Jesse Metcalfe (of 'Desperate Housewives' fame), Shriya Saran (of 'Sivaji' fame), Anupam Kher, Sara Foster and Larry Miller. It is directed by James 'Jimmy' Dodson (of 'Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil' fame). A cross-cultural romantic comedy, it will be released by MGM in association with Adlabs. The other film is 'Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li' (directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak of 'Romeo Must Die' fame). Based on the extremely popular video game, this one would be released by 20th Century Fox. After these, going into production this year is 'The Persuaders' , based on the hit British TV series. Dale Bhagwagar Media Group and its division Right Publicity, which completed a decade in PR last month, has been associated with the imaging of Hrithik Roshan, Shilpa Shetty, Shamita Shetty, Mashhoor Amrohi , Sameera Reddy, Shiney Ahuja, Sherlyn Chopra, Esha Deol, Bhairavi Goswami, Upen Patel, Arbaaz Khan, Nadeem-Shravan, Nandana Sen, Manoj Bajpai, Chunky Panday, Shekhar Suman, Anaida, Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhas and Daler Mehndi. It has also handled the imaging for Miss World's Priyanka Chopra and Diana Hayden and Miss India's Pooja Batra and Nikita Anand. The agency has been instrumental in publicizing films of acclaimed filmmakers such as Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, Vikram Bhatt, Kaizad Gustad, Ayesha Shroff, Akbar Khan, David Dhawan, Kundan Shah, Reema Kagti, N.Chandra, Vinta Nanda, Raman Kumar, Manoj Agarwal, Viveck Vaswani, Jatin Kumar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Padam Kumar, Hriday Shetty and Sanjay Gupta. DBMG has even handled the media works of leading corporates like Tips Industries Limited, Nimbus Creative Corporation Limited, Ultra Group, Kamaal Amrohi Pictures , In House Productions and Tata Infomedia Limited. Earlier on, Dale's firm has been instrumental with quite a few other projects with international associations. It was launched along with an Indian Navy event on the decommissioned historical aircraft-carrier INS Vikrant which was instrumental in giving India an edge over Pakistan in the 1971 war. One of the agency's current clients Shilpa Shetty is now a household name and an icon in UK. It has also handled the works of Bollywood Group of Companies (USA) and Indo American Society , and is tipped to be joining the PR team of Uru Patel's international film 'Hanuman'. DBMG is now looking forward to expand its network abroad. After strategically placing media reps in Delhi, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Indore, it has now appointed media reps in London, Colorado and New York. As a leading celebrity publicist and spokesperson, Dale Bhagwagar has been quoted in every prominent newspaper and television channel in India and also in various media abroad including Sky News, BBC World, BBC Radio, CNN, Channel 4, Voice of America, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Times, Guardian, The Independent, The Mail, Daily Mail, Mirror, Daily Star, The People and Marie Claire; all these being publications of the UK and USA. He has also been quoted in the The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Gulf News (Dubai), Dawn and Jung (Pakistan), VN Express (Vietnam), International Herald Tribune (France) and Pravda (Russia) amongst many others. Inspite of all this, Dale does not visualize a complete transition for DBMG to international projects. "I will never leave my roots. Mumbai is my headquarters and will remain so. If I have my way, I'd like to keep a 60-40 mix. Sixty percent of Bollywood projects, and forty percent of international work. I might do foreign projects but I will never stop handling the branding for Indian films and Bollywood actors. I eat, sleep, walk, talk Bollywood. I'm proud to be working with the best and I'll never leave this for anything in the world," says the publicist.