Star Wars this Sankranti Hyderabad, Nov 3 (INN): Come Sankranti, and the festive spirit is not complete without a couple big films hitting the screens and this tradition has been coming ever since top banners emerged and the stardom has gained currency.
Sankranti being the harvest festival, the expectation have been high since long. NTR, ANR clash followed by Krishna, Sobhan Babu and Balakrishna vs Chiranjeevi to now Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR and others, the competition became healthier and technical superiority advanced though there are shortcomings in many other departments.
This Sankranti, Nandamuri Balakrishna, the senior in the Tollywood as Chiranjeevi is busy otherwise, is coming up his film Adhinayakudu, directed by Paruchuri Murali and produced ny ML Padma Kumar Chowdary.
The film has political overtures and is described as a entertaining thriller in which the Nandamuri star will be seen three different roles, one of which is that of a elderly person. The get-up was well received and it remains to be seen how it works out in the film.
Saloni and Lakshmi Rai are the heroines in this movie and the shooting is almost complete except for one single song. Kalyani Malik is scoring the music for this film.
While Dookudu is still running and remains to top the charts, Mahesh Babu's Businessman is getting ready and the shooting process is going on at a break-neck speed. Will it or will it not lit up the Sankranti flare is something to be watched.
Bodyguard, which was a roaring success in Malayalam and Hindi, is also lined up for Sankranti. Venkatesh is playing the title role in the film, which was earlier named Ganga, the Bodyguard.
The Venkatesh and Trisha starrer is directed by Gopichand Malineni and produced by Bellamkonda Suresh under Sri Sai Ganesh Productions (P) Ltd. and presented by Multi-dimension Entertainments (P) Ltd.
The audio will be released in December and the film on January 12. SS Thaman scored extraordinary music. 'Bodyguard will be a different film in Venkatesh Babu's career.
This is the second film in Venkatesh Babu combination on our banner. So I believe that this film will also become a big hit,' said Bellamkonda Suresh.
Saloni, Prakash Raj, Kota Srinivas Rao, Aali, Subbaraju and Dharmavarapu Subrahmaniam for the cast.
There are other entries as well but all eyes are on the top three stars and their films.
News Posted: 3 November, 2011
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