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In this wedding season, the marriage ceremony of Vishnu and Viranica will be one of the grandest functions of the time. Vishnu, eldest son of Dr AM Mohan Babu - Nirmala Devi and Viranica, daughter of YS Sudheekar - Vidya Reddy entered matrimonial bliss on 1st March on Sunday.

With a grand outlook, the Gachibowli Stadium wore a festive look on the wedding day studded with the presence of myriad personalities from the film frat and political people. Chief Minister YSR (Viranica’s uncle), ANR, Dasari Narayana Rao, Balakrishna, Rajinikanth are some of the notable people who graced the function to bless the newly wed couple.

The guests were all praise for the organizers for proper arrangements which subdued any contingent commotions. Vishnu and Viranica’s faces were glittering with happiness all along as they received bouquets and gifts. The young stars of Tollywood Nithin, Prabhas, Kalyan Ram served the role of best man while Priyamani and Mamta Mohandas were seen busy with playing pranks on the bride.

For slick snapshots, talented photographers were hired from out of the country and the entire ceremonial occasion was filmed to be relayed on a lifestyle channel.

AVM Production’s ‘Veedokkade’ starring Surya and Tamanna in the lead cast, is directed by cinematographer-director KV Anand which is a bilingual film made in Telugu and Tamil (titled ‘Ayan’). The film will be the 174th production venture of AVM banner by producers M. Saravanan, MS Guhan, Aruna Guhan and Aparna Guhan.

Both the lead stars Surya and Tamanna are acclaimed artists in Telugu and Tamil. This action packed romantic entertainer is the first time this pair shares screen space under the direction of KV Anand, director of cinematography of Rajinikanth’s ‘Shivaji’.

The crew went aboard to Africa and shot some of the songs including a song ‘Nene Nene’ with lyrics composed by Bhuvana Chandra and tunes by Harris Jayaraj. It was canned with Surya and Tamanna choreographed by Dinesh.

For spectacular visualization, stunt scenes were shot in a small island called Zanzibar in Tanzania under the supervision of stunt director Kanal Kannan. After Surya’s ‘Surya S/O Krishna’ and Tamanna’s ‘Konchem Ishtam Konchem Ishtam’, film goers is in for a treat as they will get to see their favorite stars together on screen.

The annual award presented for outstanding performance in different categories of cinema, Vamsee International Film Awards will be held this year on 15th March in Vishakapatnam.

Similar to the popular Filmfare awards, this prestigious award is equally lauded in the film industry. Prince Mahesh Babu is the hat-trick star this time by winning the Best Actor award for three consecutive years, for ‘Athadu’ (2005), ‘Pokiri’ (2006) and ‘Athidi’ (2007). Apart from these, all these three films have been adjudged as the Best Films. The Best Director awards will also be presented to Trivikram Srinivas, Puri Jagannath and Surender Reddy for these films.

Actress Bhumika has been awarded the Best Actress for the films ‘Jai Chiranjeeva’ (2005), ‘Anasuya’ (2006) and ‘Sathyabhama’(2007).

The new version of ‘Maro Charitra’ starring Varun Sandesh and Anita in the lead was launched on 19th February at producer ‘Dil’ Raju’s office premises. Presented by Sri Venkateswara Creations Pvt Ltd, ‘Dil’ Raju produces the film on Matinee Entertainments banner. The film will be directed by debutant Ravi Yadav, an erstwhile cinematographer in Bollywood.

K. Balachander made ‘Maro Charitra’ in 1979 starring Kamal Haasan and Saritha in the lead cast. The romantic love story had a massive impact on the audience of those times and was later remade in Hindi titled ‘Ek Duje Keliye’.

The newer version will be made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil. First schedule of the shooting will be carried out in the U.S. while the second will be done at Hyderabad and Vizag. Mickey J Mayer of ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’ is once again composing music for Varun Sandesh’s movie. He has completed four of the proposed six songs for the film. The super hit tracks of yesteryear ‘Maro Charitra’, composed by MS Viswanathan for the lyrics penned by Athreya still lingers in the mind of the audiences and it’s a challenging task for the new composer to do justice for the tunes.

Other important cast includes Yami Gautam, Pratap Pothen, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Oorvashi, Naresh, Thalaivasal Vijay, Sandhya Janak, Adarsh.

Actor Vikram exhibited his talents in hit films like ‘Sethu’, ‘Sivaputhrudu’ and ‘Aparchithudu’ which were widely liked by Telugu audience. His association with big time directors Bala and Shankar resulted in stupendous hits. ‘Mazaa’ directed by Rockline Venkatesh promoted him as a commercial hero.

With ‘Mallanna’ directed by Susi Ganesan fast shaping up, expectations are at a high rise among filmgoers and industry people. Made in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously, the film is being produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu on V Creations banner.

Kamal Haasan in his magnum opus ‘Dasavatharam’ did ten different characters and wooed the masses. Competing with the actor, Vikram is said to be appearing with 12 different getups in ‘Mallanna’. Based on the economic difference that prevails in the society, the story is based on the robinhood style of amassing riches from the wealthy and helping the poor.

‘Mallanna’ is in the making for almost two years now and let’s see how far it copes up with the expectation level.

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The happiest guy in Tollywood now could be Varun Sandesh as he is constantly busy acting in films produced by renowned banners and directed by young filmmakers. Following the popular hits, ‘Happy Days’ and ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’, he completed ‘Evaraina Epudaina’ produced by AVM productions.

Now, he’s in the sets of the tentatively titled ‘Bike’ which is a remake of the Tamil hit ‘Polladhavan’ starring Dhanush produced by Anandi Arts banner in Telugu.

Famous star of ‘Chirutha’, Neha Sharma plays his heroine and the film went to the floors earlier. The first shooting schedule has been completed and the second will be starting shortly.

Son of Gunnam Gangaraju, Gunnam Sandeep debuts as a director with this film which is an inspired adaptation of the yesteryear Hollywood movie ‘Bicycle Thieves’ released in 1948.