KCR Blamed With Obama’s Speech

              If there is one man who has become the talk of the Telugus for the wrong reasons, he is KCR. With the Telangana bomb he has detonated, the result of it has been nothing but hatred and loss to Andhra Pradesh. In the name of sentiment, KCR has been exploiting the weakness of the Telangana people and achieving his political motives.
             While on one hand, the investors and NRIs are already a mile away due to the weak government and the bullying T-seekers, here is another update. The speech of US President Obama who is pepping up the Americans to fight the Bangalore challenge has brought in a disdain to the Telugus.
              They are furious that Hyderabad got hammered due to KCR and all investments and projects have been going to Bangalore. Otherwise, Hyderabad was in a much better league than any other city to make it to the top. Today, not only has the state of Andhra Pradesh become a political joke to other developing states but it has gone to show that how the Telugu people are bowing to the whims and fancies of one greedy political leader and spelling their doom. Shameful but true…

'YSR Family Is Expert In Mining'

         “Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has not entered into mining afresh. Right from the days of his grand father Y S Raja Reddy, his family has been in the mining business. So, it is not correct on the part of the opposition parties to question Jagan’s expertise in mining activity.”
           This was stated by Jagan’s loyalist and suspended Pradesh Congress Committee secretary Ambati Rambabu. He strongly refuted the allegations leveled in Eenadu daily that Jagan had forcibly occupied the lands of farmers to set up the cement factory at Chennayapalem village in Guntur district. “In fact, it is the dream project of local farmers. They had given their lands voluntarily to Jagan’s company. While the value of the land does not exceed Rs 30,000 per acre, Jagan had paid them Rs 3 lakh per acre. They are angry with the reports published in Eenadu daily,” Ambati said.
           He reminded that the Saraswati Power and Industries project was set up during the Chandrababu Naidu regime itself. “It is unfortunate that even leaders like Chiranjeevi and the Communists have fallen into the trap of Naidu and Ramoji Rao,” he said.

‘Saradaga Kasepu’ Cinema Keka Review: Ok For " Saradaga Kasepu "

Film: Saradaga Kasepu

Cast: Allari Naresh, Srinivas Avasarala, Madhurima, Ahuthi Prasad, MS Narayana, Kondavalasa, Jayalalitha, Sana, Krishna Bhagawan, Ramya Sree, Jaya Prakash Reddy etc
Music: Chakry
Camera: Loki
Dialogue: Padala Siva Subrahmanyam
Story: Relangi Narasimha Rao
Direction: Vamsy
Released On: 17th Sep 2010

Allari Naresh, the busiest lead actor is Tollywood, has come up with another film within a gap of few weeks after ‘Subhapradam. This time he emerged in the direction of veteran movie maker Vamsy. And the second lead is Srinivas Avasarala, the actor who turned popular with ‘Asta Chemma’.
Story:               Driver Ranga Babu (Allari Naresh) is the childhood friend of Srinivas (Srinivas Avasarala) who hails from a rich family and returns from USA. Srinivas’s father Gajapathi (Jeeva) and mother (Sana) wish to get their son married to Manimala (Madhurima), the daughter of Raja Rao (Ahuthi) who lives in another city.
             But Srinivas puts a condition that he wants to test the girl and hence prefers to appear in front her in driver’s costume and asks Ranga Babu to act as owner. This results in misinterpretations and misunderstandings and runs like a big comedy of errors at Manimala’s place.
          Finally who marries whom? And how the situations settle down? That forms the story on a whole.
 Performances:
         Allari Naresh brought innumerable laughs as usual. His trade mark pun and fun made the audience stick on to seats. His dialogues are impressive just because of his       delivery.
         Srinivas Avasarala has shown a difference from that of ‘Asta Chemma’. He acted up to the role and perfectly suited to be along with Allari Naresh in screen presence and energy levels.
            Madhurima looks good but the make up could have been better for her especially in songs. Costumes are ok.
             Krishna Bhagawan’s comedy is routine but brings laughs to front benchers. Ahuthi Prasad has got a couple of worthy dialogues to make audience laugh. MS is also ok. Jaya Prakash Reddy has got wasted.
 Analysis:
         There is no big story. There is no great effort to knit the narration with great humor. It just goes like a village bus. It’s natural wit that sparks here and there in dialogues and renditions. As the title sounds ‘it’s just a time pass movie’ and no big blasts can be expected.  

          This time Vamsy concentrated only on lighter moments but not on something sentimental. That’s laudable to an extent. He too didn’t leave showcasing the popular Saree brand Kalamandir in a dialogue as well as in a scene to get some support with costumes.  

           Allari Naresh’s dialogues pulled some good attention just because of his trade mark rendition although the lines are very normal. Here are a few to recall:

Allari Naresh: ‘nenu matladetappudu nee chevulu maatrame pani cheyyali. Kaadani inkemi pani chesinaa…ninnu naa next birthday ki pilavanu”.

(when a man shows thumb as a sign to say ‘done’ in a serious scene)  

Allari Naresh: entamma..manchineelu kaavala…

Music is ok. Chakry seems to be the best bet to make a tailor made customized music that fits in the taste of Vamsy.  The canning of songs has got the mark of Vamsy.

First half goes with average narration while the second half picks up with laughs. This is a movie that can run for some time till the big movies arrive.

Bottom Line: Just ok for time pass as the title.

Is Jagan yatra an anti-party activity?

           As expected, the show-cause notice issued by the Pradesh Congress Committee to Nellore district Congress Committee president Yellasiri Gopal Reddy for giving a call to the party cadres to participate in Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s Odarpu Yatra in the district, has evoked strong reactions from his camp.
       Though Gopal Reddy declared that he had done nothing wrong and would give a strong reply to the PCC notice once he received it, the pungent reaction came from suspended PCC secretary Ambati Rambabu. “First of all PCC secretary has no authority to issue any such show-cause notice to the DCC president. It has to come from the PCC president or disciplinary committee. Secondly, the PCC should explain the reason why it had to issue show cause notice to Gopal Reddy, as he had not committed any harm to the party. The notice would hurt the feelings of thousands of party workers in the district,” he said.
              Ambati demanded that the PCC should clarify whether it was treating Jagan’s Odarpu Yatra as an anti-party activity and how it had affected the party’s interests. “Such notices would send wrong signals to the party cadres. Thousands of party workers are taking part in the Odarpu Yatra. Will the PCC issue notices to all of them?” he asked.

Photo Feature: Let's Pose, Darling!

         Freida Pinto and Dev Patel pose at the Toronto Film Festival, where two of Freida’s films, “You Will Meet A Dark Tall Stranger” and “Miral” are premiering. Does their pose, of her looking at him in a doting fashion and him looking at the camera, remind you of a certain couple called Abhiash, eh?

Some People Wanted Me Not To Recover: Rosaiah

          Chief Minister K Rosaiah seems to be suspecting that some leaders within the Congress and outside strongly desired that he should not recover from viral fever.
                After a gap of nearly two weeks, Rosaiah addressed a full-fledged press conference at Secretariat on Tuesday. Though he appeared very weak and his hands were trembling while handling papers, he was smiling all through the press meet and was at his usual self with witty remarks.
                When a media person enquired about his health, Rosaiah said: “I am trying to become normal.” Then he made the sarcastic remark saying there were alarming reports about his health in a section of media and some leaders were talking about his dwindling health. “The fever is no more and my health parameters are normal. I heard that some people were expressing doubts about my recovery. Perhaps, they desired that I should not recover,” he said.
           The reporters wondered whom he was referring to. Perhaps, he was talking about some leaders who made a beeline to New Delhi and projected an alarming picture about his health, so that they would stand a chance in replacing him!

Central Package To Douse Telangana Stir?

             If Chief Minister K Rosaiah’s statement is any indication, the Centre may settle the Telangana issue by announcing a hefty development and welfare package after the Srikrishna Committee submits its report.
            Addressing the national executive meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICC) representatives on Tuesday, Rosaiah said that the demand for separate Telangana state was not new. “Earlier also there was this demand. There were agitations but ultimately the government of India announced a package and kept the state united. The same thing might happen this time,” he said.
           The chief minister was reacting to the apprehensions expressed by a few industrialists over disturbances to investment climate in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of renewed agitation for Telangana state. They pointed out to the statements of Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao that there would be massive unrest among the people of the region after December 31, when Justice B N Srikrishna Committee submitted its report to the Centre on the contentious Telangana issue. Rosaiah said steps would be taken to ensure that the agitation for a separate Telangana state did not come in the way of development. “You need not entertain any sort of doubts. Our government was always prepared to extend all support to the industry. We stand by industry,” he said.
             He pointed out that his government provided protection to IT/ITES sector in Hyderabad and Visakhaptanam when some of the firms were planning to shift their operations out of the state due to the agitation early this year.
             Rosaiah said the government of India would take a decision in the larger interest of the country after receipt of the report of the Srikrishna Committee, which it constituted to study the problem and look into different angles. “The government of India after listing to various sections and after conducting a through study through Srikrishna Committee will take a decision. Everyone must respect the final decision of the government of India,” he said.