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Prince of Tollywood Mahesh Babu’s most awaited film in combination with Trivikram Srinivas, has arrived on the floors on 25th March. The regular shooting began at Annapurna Studios. Presented by S.Satya Rammurthy, it is the second production of Singanamala Ramesh on Kanakarathna Movies banner.

Mahesh Babu in a talk said “Followed by a hit like ‘Athadu’ in our combination, Trivikram has narrated this storyline to me. The theme has inspired me a lot and we are passionately working on this movie. It is designed with multiple elements on very high standards to amuse the viewers and fans.”

Anushka who made to the top recently with ‘Arundhati’ and much talked about film ‘Billa’ plays the lead lady. Incidentally she has replaced Parvathi Melton from this role. First time working with Mahesh, she is very happy about the film in the direction of Trivikram.

Aiming to create a sensational hit in combination of Mahesh and Trivikram, producer Singanamala Ramesh has decided not to compromise in making.

The first schedule began on 25th March and will continue till the end of June, during which half of the movie will be completed. A special village is built at Gandipet with an expense of two crores for this shooting schedule. Similarly an expensive Rajasthan Temple set is also being constructed.

Shaping up as the most expensive movie in the history of Telugu Cinema, the unit will tour Namibia in South Africa in July, Rajasthan in August for shooting and the locales of Italy in September to film the songs. It is planned to complete post-production works in October and November and get ready for release by December.

Mani Sharma has rendered many chart busters like ‘Rajakumarudu’, ‘Murari’, ‘Okkadu’, ‘Athadu’ and ‘Pokiri’ for Mahesh Babu. He is set to score yet another musical hit for this film.

The supporting stars in this film include Prakashraj, Brahmanandam, Sunil, Venu Madhav, Ali, Nazar, MS Narayana, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, Tanikella Bharani, Shafi, Sudha, Sriranjani.

Photography is by Sunil Patel, Art direction is by Ananda Sai, fights designer is Vijayan, Stills by Das. Jasthi Hemambar and Ravi kiran are the associate directors.

Ugadi the Telugu New year marks the beginning of Spring season and also a second season for film industry in AndhraPradesh, followed by Sankranthi. Here is a short account on the most anticipated films queued up for release on this Telugu New Year day (Chaitra Neethana Virodhi Nama Samvathsaram)

‘Aakashamantha’ starring Trisha and Prakashraj, based on the theme of 20 years of endearing relationship between a father and his daughter, is ‘Dil’Raju’s produce, in the direction of Radha Mohan.

‘Manorama’ stars Charmme in the lead, directed by Eeshwar Reddy for Zee Motion Pictures. Touted as a romantic thriller, it is a heroine centric film promising fresh and distinct kind of entertainment.

‘Ananda Thandavam’ starring Thamanna in the lead, is the Telugu version of the Tamil film produced by Aascar Ravichandran in the direction of Gandhi Krishna. The story is an adaptation from a novel, which is heroine centric, and carries a message for those craving to settle outside their homeland.

Sriram and Prithviraj as two sincere police officers ‘Police Police’ is all about their ideologies and approach in dealing with various situations in their profession. The movie is also said to include some real life incidents. Directed by Manmohan it is produced by Chandu.

‘Samrajyam’ starring Srihari in the lead is a love story commingled with factionism. Unlike most of the faction based story this story votes for love over hatred. Muthyala Anjaneyulu is producing it in the direction of Veeru Dwait.

‘Budhimanthudu’ starring Upendra in a variety of looks with five heroines, is dubbing version of ‘Buddhivantha’ made in Kannada, which in turn is a remake of ‘Naan Avanillai’ (Tamil). This biggest hit of 2008 directed by Ramnath, is being brought for Telugu audience by P.Hanumanth Reddy and H. Lakshmikanth Reddy.

This year it seems to be like a big time for Lady Stars, as the big heroes have missed on it keeping themselves busy with upcoming general election campaigns.