It was the 118th birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and not many know that it was Chacha Nehru who had started the children's film festival way back in the '50s.Hyderabad has been a venue for the festival for the past seven festivals and this…

He may not have acted in any children's film till date, but he is a matinee star. This was proven beyond doubt at the Children's Film Fest, as the children cheered from the moment he entered Lalita Kala Thoranam.Clippings of his films were shown…

Telugu filmmakers are not really known for experimentation. But in the last few years many new filmmakers are making conscious efforts to introduce a new kind of cinema to the Telugu audience who have been traveling a lot.Since Hyderabad is the venue for the…

Come November 3, the cast and unit of Lakshyam will be at Shilpakalavedika to celebrate the golden jubilee of the film.A huge function is being organized and various top Telugu film personalities are expected to attend the function.Gopichand and Anushka played the lead…

The Junior Chamber International India (JCI) has given the list of comic awards for the year 2006-07.The best comedy actor award was conferred on Rajendra Prasad, while the top honour among the female category went to Ramaprabha. The best director award goes to Dhee,…

He is known as the 'young rebel star' among his fans. Having entered the Tollywood with Eeshwar, Prabhas hit big time with Varsham. Then came some big films like Chatrapati.Of course, he had his share of debacles with films like Chakram and Pournami. Despite…

Ramyakrishnan was born in a traditional Tamil Brahmin family on September 15, 1970. At that time, nobody would have expected that she would become a big film star, who plays heroine in 11 Kannada, 11 Malayalam, 7 Hindi and 143 Telugu films and earn national…

It is well aware that noted industrialist, Kala Bandhu, Union minister T Subbarami Reddy is announcing prestigious TSR awards every year. In the same process he had announced TSR awards for the year 2007 recently.Addressing the media, Awards Committee chairman and Gnanpeeth Awardee, Dr…

The one and only lady music director of the Telugu film industry, MM Srilekha made her debut into movies at a very tender and school-going age of 12 years.She was introduced by Darsaka Ratna, Dr Dasari Narayana Rao, through 'Nannagaru'. Later she had scored…

Noted playwright, film scriptwriter, numerologist and astrologer Bhamidipati Radhakrishna passed away at 11.45 am on Tuesday, i.e., September 4. He is 78. Surprisingly, he noted down the date of his death in his diary '€” 'I will ring the bell on September 4'.It was…