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Udaya Bhanu has been in the industry for quite some time (over a decade) and has been a very successful anchor. Though she had been in the limelight for quite some time she is still the same old vibrant Udaya Bhanu with loads of energy and it is a fact that the TRP ratings go high whenever Udaya Bhanu is seen on the screen.

Udaya Bhanu was different from her colleagues for the image she has acquired over the years. Though she had done some ‘girlish’ roles, she is more known for her ‘rough and tough’ image especially because of the programs like ‘Saahasam Cheyyara Dhimbaka’ which she hosted. But that is not all of Udaya Bhanu. She has got a hidden side of her character - a pretty emotional side.

Off late, Bhanu has been hosting a program called ‘Rela Rela’ which focusses on showcasing the rural and traditional culture of Andhra. In one of the episodes, there was a dance and song performance by few participants about the problems faced by the rural folklore and it was reported that Udaya Bhanu broke into tears on seeing this performance. “It was so heart touching that I could not control my emotions”, said Udaya Bhanu

The Government of Andhra Pradesh announced the winners of the prestigious Nandi Awards for 2007. These awards will be presented to the winners in the last of week of February, the venue and the exact date yet to be decided.

The winners are as follows:

Best movie: Mee Sreyobhilashi

Best Actor: Venkatesh (for AMAV)

Best Actress: Charmi (for Mantra)

Best Director: Krishna Vamsi (for Chandamama)

Best Guest Role: Jagapathi Babu

Best Character role: Aahuthi Prasad

Best Music Director: Mikki J. Mayor

Best Singer: Karthik (for Happydays)

Special Jury Award: Ram Charan Teja

Allu Ramalingaiah Award: Uttej

Venu Thottempudi who made his debut into Tollywood with the film ‘Swayamvaram’, had a few successes in the initial stages of his career but could not deliver any hits in the later stages. Off late, he never even had a decent entry at the box office and all his films turned out to be disasters. This tallest hero of Tollywood has now taken some time before venturing into another project to analyze what is going wrong with his films.

The ‘tall hero’ as now decided to team up with the ‘Real hero’ to taste the success. Wondering who this real hero is? It is none other than the Kannad Superstar Upendra who has a decent following in the Telugu film industry. Off late, Upendra also lost his charm and had many flops in the Kannad Industry. So these two guys who are facing a slump in their career decided to team up and work together and it is learnt from reliable sources that Upendra has come up with a novel story and is very confident that this movie would give a break to their career.

Do you remember the hot beauty Neha Sharma with sexy looks who made her debut into the Telugu Film industry with the movie ‘Chirutha’ in which she was paired opposite Charan Tej. Though the movie was a huge success, Neha was no where seen in the industry. It is not because she was not offered any movie, but because she was very picky about her projects. A few days back it was reported that she is being roped in for VV Vinayak’s next project and will be paired against Jr. NTR. However, this did not finalize and Vinayak chose a different girl.

Finally Neha has signed a film in which she will act opposite Varun Sandesh (HappyDays fame). Varun Sandesh is acting in a film being directed by Sandeep Gunnam which is a remake of a Tamil film called Polladhavan and which is being produced by Gemini Kiran. The search for the heroine of this movie ended at Neha Sharma it has been officially announced that Neha Sharma has signed this movie.

Manchu Vishuvardhan Babu was married a few months back and also celebrated his birthday two  months back. Being newly wed, he took a considerably long break from the movies and is currently shooting for a film named ‘Saleem’.

This movie is being shot in certain locations in Thailand and this being an action film, certain fight sequences are being shot in Thailand. Both Vishnu and Manoj are known to be reluctant to use dupes in the action stunts and in this line, Vishnu had decided to perform a stunt where in he needs to jump from a car onto a moving bike.

Unfortunately things went wrong and the entire stunt setup ended up as a major accident. It is said that Vishnu was too lucky to have escaped from a major accident with very minor injuries. However, the other stunt masters who participated in this stunt are very badly injured and some of them are in a ‘critical’ state. Hope all the stunt masters recover soon!

Akkineni Nageswara Rao has risen to great heights in the Telugu Film Industry and is next only to the legend Late. Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao in his impact on the audience of Tollywood. This 84 year old is one of the very few living legends of Telugu Cinema. Being a film actor his life was always under scrutiny and people know a lot about ANR. But this is just limited to the professional life of ANR and very little is known about his personal life and the toil he underwent to attain the demigod status he enjoyed and is enjoying.

MAA TV, a popular Telugu television channel has decided to telecast a serial based on the lifestory of ANR. The channel had been telecasting a series of programs for the past few years, where in ANR talked about his experiences with other actors and the shooting experiences of all his movies. These episodes combined with a bit of his personal life will make the gist of the serial that is being planned. MAA TV has said that they have conducted enough research on the life history of ANR and would release this serial on a big scale.

* ANR’s family and Chiranjeevi have shares in MAA TV

Sheela made her debut in the Telugu film industry with ‘Sitakoka Chiluka’ and did a couple of films after that which also failed like her first movie. Fortunately, she was casted in Allu Arjun’s Parugu movie which showed the real beauty of Sheela to the Telugus. She also received many critical acclaims for excellent performance in this movie and is now recognized as a beautiful lady and a talented actress. She is now playing the second lead in Ram’s ‘Maska’ and Ram, as a actor had something different to say - not her beauty nor her performance.

Ram talking about Sheela said that she is one of the most committed and hardworking person he had ever come across. He went on saying that she is the most professional actress he had ever worked with and also added that she is a very quick learner. Not just himself, but the entire crew of Maska was in praise for this lady’s ‘character’, said Ram.

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Laya is one of the very few Telugu actresses in the Telugu film Industry, which is primarily dominated by ladies from the Bollywood or Koliwood. Even Laya was not very successful compared to her counterparts, but had a decent career. Two years back she married an NRI and left to the United States. She was away from the media in these two years and very few people know that she gave birth to a baby (a girl named Sloka).

Now Laya is planning to come back into the glamor field. This time it is not through movies but the Television field. It was reported that she signed with the Eenadu Television network to host a singing competition. However, this is not just any other singing competition. This competition is named ‘Black’ and what makes it different from any other television shows in the country is the fact that, all the competitors will be visually impaired. The choice of Laya for this program has a reason. Laya  played the role of a visually impaired girl in a film named ‘Preminchu’ which was critically acclaimed.

So, lets wish Laya all the best in her new career path.

Even before Nagarjuna’s king released, his fans are eager to know about the next film from Nagarjuna. YuvaSamrat’s latest flick will be released on the 24th of December. Even Nagarjuna started thinking about his next project and according to reliable sources Nagarjuna’s next film will be under the direction of Sekhar Kammula.

Surprisingly, it is not Sekhar who approached Nag but it is the other way round. Nagarjuna was impressed by the films of Sekhar, especially HappyDays and asked Sekhar to come up with a story that would suit him. Another reason is that Nagarjuna has decided to take some time in the next year to expand the Annapurna Studios and to promote his son’s first film. So he chose Sekhar, who shoots films at a leisurely pace.

Sekhar was to start the remake of ‘Happy Days’ in Hind, again with a set of debutantes. But now that he got an opportunity to work with Nagarjuna, it is learnt that he might suspend the ‘remake’project and start off with Nag’s film.

Who is the most popular south Indian actress?

The probable answers would be Trisha, Nayanatara or Genelia. But Google says its the other way round. Google has released its 2008 year end Zeitgeist list which gives the trends of the millions of searches through out the year. In the Indian Zeitgeist, there was a category for the most searched celebrity on mobiles and surprisingly Namitha was found in the ninth place in this list, none of her more successful coutner parts like Trisha and Nayanatara making it into the top ten. The only other actress in the top ten in Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif.

Namitha said she was too excited and elated to see these results. When she was told about these results she couldn’t believe until she went through the results for herself. She said, “I’m thrilled and very happy”