Lakshmi Prasanna in touch with her first husband

Manchu lakshmi, who is seen on ETV with her talk show these days, is back in news. It is reported that the married aunty is in touch with her first husband for some reason, which has to be probed a bit, yet. According to reliable sources, from October 2010, Manchu lakshmi’s first husband was trying to contact her desperately for a reason.

After constant pester from messages and phone calls, lakshmi Manchu at last agreed to converse with him on phone. From the past few days, she is said to be in touch with him, while in India and abroad. However, the reason for the meeting on phone is unknown yet and will be disclosed soon. Sources also claim that, almost 10 days ago, Lakshmi Prasanna met the man personally and the two had a discussion on certain issues for almost 1 hour.

It is a fact that Lakshmi Prasanna fell in love with a guy, whose named is withheld presently. She was studying in St. Francis College in Hyderabad, when her love story, elopement and marriage took place with a good looking guy. But for many reasons, her father Dr. Mohan Babu was against the marriage. As usual, he showed his villain instincts and separated the two lovers, after marriage. He somehow threatened the guy to divorce his daughter and set her abroad, on the name of higher education.

After almost 14-16 years (approximately) lakshmi Manchu is now in touch with her first husband. But the actual reason is still to be probed as Manchu lakshmi is acting smartly and keeping this thing as a secret & away from the media.

Kollywood stories pave way to kings and queens

Films like Pazhassi Raja and Imsai Arasan 23am pulakesi were made on the theme of kinds and queens, which was a part of Indian history. Both the films garnered success at the box office. Now, the storylines featuring kings and queens is said to be on hot demand.

Director Mani ratnam is coming up with his ‘Ponnar Shanker’ in Tamil and “ Veerdu” in telugu , which are of the same theme. Tamilnadu CM Karunanidhi has announced that his next film will also include the kings and queens drama in the film, which is basically based on freedom fighters Dheeran Chinnamalai.

The best fact in making these movies is that, one need to shoot the film in India and there is no need to go abroad or hire some abroad technicians. Al the films can be filmed in a studio and a good story can easily be carved. If the marketing and songs work in the film, then the movie will be a sure hit, with no big doubt in the way of collections.

“Shakti” producer has gone mad

Young tiger junior NTR’s “Shakti” is declared a flop, within one week’s of its release. Critics, fans and audiences have given a flop tag to the movie, which made the movie collection dip to the bottom. Junior NTR is till seen bluffing the media, with his usual promotion of declaring a movie a hit. But the fact is that no distributor is happy with the collections and is calling producer aswini Dutt for making such a flop film, with no basic logic in it.

All these criticisms on the film, is said to have made the producer loose his mind. He is said to be playing all sorts of cheap tricks to make the movie a hit. It is a fact that ashwini Dutt ordered the theatre managements, which were screening “Shakti” to put houseful board in order to make the movie much hyped among the public.

This news was leaked out by a 6 screen theatre management, when they failed to gain atleast minimum collections on the Ugadi day, due to ashwini dutt’s cheap tricks. Some have even concluded that aswini dutt has lost his mind and is seen playing cheap tricks.

After the 10 days run of ‘Shakti’ Ashwini dutt is said to be playing to offer grand pries like Tata Nano, for all those who watch the movie and save the ticket as a token for the eligibility into the contest. A lucky draw will be taken on the 100^th day of ‘Shakti’ and a Tata Nano along with certain household goods will be handed over to the lucky winners.

But the fact is that these kind of cheap tricks cannot fool the audiences anymore. And the filmnagar sources are concluding that Ashwini dutt has become mad, to promote these type of contests

New Top 5 movies in Tamil

1. Singam Puli: The film has been doing a good business right from the opening weekend. Jeeva’s stunning double actor as hero and villain and Sai Ramani’s commercial ingredients savoring to the tastes of audiences. With a song deleted in second half for the sake of trimming down the duration, the film has been witnessing more crowds in theaters.


2. Payanam: Director Radha Mohan has stepped out of his comfort zone and has made an action packed drama but more with situational comedies. The film makes you sit in theatres till the last name that rolls in final credits. The film holds special mention for best characterization.


3. Seedan: The film had an average opening but is running with some moderate shows as there aren’t any worthy competitors. Dhanush’s extended cameo is the major highlight. Subramaniam Siva has remade the Malayalam movie ‘Nandanam’ with some slight changes.


4. Yuddham Sei: Filmmaker Mysskin has been always fond of making movies that are centered on harassment and this time he comes up with a shocking theory of ‘Voyeurism’. The film has some commendable performance by Cheran and Jayaprakash.


5. Kaavalan: Vijay’s fans have a special surprise here. Unlike his some of his previous movies, he has chosen to play a romantic role in this movie. A remake of Malayalam movie ‘Bodyguard’, Siddique has made the film with a trenchant style.

Arya and Sameera Reddy in the clutches of their fans

Vettai is the film which has Arya and Sameera Reddy in the lead roles is being directed by Lingusamy. This film is being produced under the banner Tirupathi Pictures. The shooting of this film was taking place in Karaikudi. The first schedule of the shooting was completed one day before the schedule.

So, all of them were to return to Chennai. Plane tickets were booked for Arya and Sameera Reddy from Madurai. Producer Bose and Lingusamy had planned to come by train. But Arya and Sameera Reddy also wanted to accompany them by train. So all of them boarded the train in Karaikudi and were returning to Chennai by Rameswaram Express.

Arya covered his head with a cap while Sameera Reddy covered her head with a veil so that their fans will not recognize them. They thought that if they alight in Egmore there will be disturbances by their fans so they decided to alight in Tambaram. Arya’s car was also waiting for them in Tambaram. When they alighted in Tambaram, the fans recognized them and mobbed them. Luckily the driver and Arya’s friend came to their rescue and saved then from the mobbing crowd. Because of this there was a small commotion in Tambaram Railway Station.

Selvaraghavan gets engaged to Geethanjali

Director Selvaraghavan has finally found true love! The director got engaged to 23-year-old Geethanjali, who is now assisting Selva in Irandam Ulagam with Dhanush and Andrea, at a private function in Chennai today.
Superstar Rajinikanth with wife Latha, daughters Aishwarya and Soundarya, son-in-law Ashwin, Kamal Haasan, Gauthami, Telugu actors Venkatesh, Rana Daggubati, Reema Sen, Abbas, Erum Ali, Mani Ratnam, Suhasini, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Ramji, Alagarperumal, G. Dhananjayan and Ram Kumar attended the event.
Selva had married actress Sonia Aggarwal at a high profile ceremony on 15 December, 2006. After two years, they separated and later got divorced.

Magadheera as Dheera in Malayalam

Megastar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja's 2009 Telugu blockbusterMagadheerais being dubbed in Malayalam as Dheera. A period drama, directed by S.S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind under the banner of Geetha Arts, the film is presented to the Kerala audience by Allu Arjun, one of the most popular non-Malayalee stars in the state. Notably, Ram Charan Teja is Allu Arjun's cousin. Dheera is scheduled to release in Kerala in the first week of May through Pallavi Films in association with Geetha Arts. It has music composed by veteran M.M. Keeravani. Kajal Aggarwal is the heroine, while Sri Hari and Dev Gill play prominent roles.

A.R. Rahman turns producer

Oscar award winning music composer A.R. Rahman is turning producer! A source close to the music wizard said that A.R. Rahman's maiden production venture will be a musical to be produced under his newly launched production company YM Movies.
"Rahman wanted to start producing films for a long time, but his busy schedule has always prevented him from doing so. He has now finally decided to take the plunge. His banner is called YM Movies," the source said, adding that the proposed film will be made in a South Indian language. Rahman remained unavailable for comments.