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It’s official. Naga Chaitanya will be acting in Radha Mohan’s bilingual film titled Gauravam. Few weeks ago, there were reports that Radha Mohan, the director of Aakashamantha and Gaganam, was in talks with Naga Chaitanya for a new film titled Gauravam which is touted to be a family drama. The film will go on floors in January, 2012. And S S Thaman is going to compose the music for the film. More details about the film will be announced soon.

Not many are aware that Siddarth is an accomplished playback singer. Since 2006, in almost every movie of his, he has contributed to at least one song or more. In Bommarillu, he sang Appudo Ippudo. In Aata it was Ninnu Choostontae. In Oye and Baava he sang the title songs. And in his latest film Oh My Friend he has lent his voice to two numbers – “My Daddy’s pockets & Sri Chaitanya Junior College”.

It is heartening to see the manner in which Kollywood is planning to take care of senior artistes. The South Indian Artists’ Association has appealed to chief minister J Jayalalithaa to allot at least one acre in Chennai to build an old age home for senior artists in the industry. Association president R Sarathkumar said, “We expect a positive reply from the state government. We have promised the government to build, operate and maintain the old age home on our own. Many members have agreed to fund the project.” This was mooted after actor Mohan lodged a complaint with the cops on his son wherein he sought action against the latter for deserting him.

Talking about the facilities of the old age home, Sarath Kumar said, “We are offering the pension through the Nadigar Sangam Charitable Trust, which is a sister concern of our association. The old age home will have accommodation for about 300 elderly people. There will be at least two doctors, four nurses on call and separate play area for their entertainment.” Can something similar be expected for our senior artistes too?

Vidya Balan seems to have wrapped herself thoroughly in Silk’s character. To those of you who are not aware, Silk has an Andhra connection. Born Vijayalakshmi in a poor family in Eluru, she ran off from a failed marriage to Chennai and was discovered by Vinu Chakravarthy who renamed her Smitha and cast her in odd roles. But her matinee moment came in the 1979 Tamil film Vaendi Chakkram, where she was cast as the character Silk. The name stuck as did the notorious image of a sex bomb. From then on Silk Smitha went on to star in 450 films in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada. But stability and love eluded her life and Silk Smitha committed suicide in 1996, at a relatively young age.

Nara Rohit’s upcoming film, Solo’s audio launch was unrelieved last night (October 22) at Shilparamam, Hyderabad. Chandrababu Naidu, Sharwanand, Allari Naresh, Nara Rohit, Nisha Aggarwal, Parasuram, Vamshi Krishna Srinivas, Vamshi Paidipally, Ram Jogayya Sastry, Krishna Chaitanya and several other dignitaries were present at the grand event. Nara Rohit’s uncle and TDP Chief, Chandrababu Naidu unveiled the audio CDs and Allari Naresh, Sharwanand launched the film’s trailers.

Dil Raju – Siddharth’s Oh My Friend is gearing up for all 1’s release, i.e. 11-11-11. This is a youthful film targeted at the teenagers and college going youth. Another such film gearing up for release on the day is It’s my Love Story, directed by Madhura Sridhar, who directed Sneha Geetham earlier.

It is a love story between a computer game designer and fashion designer. Aravind Krishna and Nikitha are playing the lead roles in IMLS. Focus would be on Oh My Friend as it has big names to draw the attention of audience. So, it would be a big test for Its my Lovestory to stand against it.

Both the films are of same genres and targeted at the same section of audience. Hence, this would make an interesting clash, even though IMLS will have less scope to get a good opening and have a wide release.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s most awaited film of the year, Sri Rama Rajyam is gearing up for release in a few weeks. Earlier this movie was slated for release on November 10. But the post production work is taking some time as there are heavy graphics involved and hence it will take a while to hit the screens.

The latest reports says that Sri Rama Rajyam release is confirmed on November 17th. The audio of this film was released in the month of august and is catching up with the music lovers and Rama Bhaktas. Sri Rama Rajyam is shaping up under the direction of Bapu and produced by Yalamanchili Saibabu on Sri Saibaba Movies banner.

Venkatesh’s upcoming film Bodyguard is gearing up for its music launch. The film went on floors earlier this year and most part of the film was shot in Hyderabad and recently, two songs were shot near Calgary, Canada. Trisha is playing the lead role in the film and Saloni will be seen in an important role. Gopichand Malineni has directed the film and Bellamkonda Suresh is the producer.

Mahesh Babu’s upcoming film The Business Man will soon begin its shooting in Goa. The film’s climax is going to be shot later this week and with this most part of the talkie will be completed. On the other hand, music director, S S Thaman seems to be elated at the output of the songs he has been composing for the film. Already the film’s title song has been composed and an item song is going to be shot on Shweta Bharadwaj. Now, Thaman has revealed that the film’s audio is going to hit the stands in the first week of December.

Ram and Tamannaah starrer Endhukante Premanta has completed its schedule in Geneva, Switzerland. Sources close to the film unit told us that the entire film’s unit has shifted to Paris, France and they have already begun shooting in Paris. Currently, a song is being shot in Paris. A Karunakaran is directing the film and Sravanthi Ravi Kishore is producing the film. This is the first time that Ram and Tamannaah have teamed up for a film and it’s also the duo’s first film with Karunakaran. Kona Venkat has written the film’s script and he’s playing the villain’s role in the film. GV Prakash is composing the music and I Andrew is the cinematographer.

Ram Charan, who is currently doing Racha under a relatively newcomer Sampath Nandi direction, will get back into experienced hands for his next film. Charan's next film will be directed by VV Vinayak, if the sources are to be believed. Although there has been talk about a film in this combination, it was confirmed only recently.

After playing the love interest of Mahesh Babu in 'Athadu' and 'Sainikudu', Trisha will be playing the role of his sister-in-law in the film 'Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu'.

Lookslike Superstar Mahesh Babu is planning to get rid of the 'Lazy' Actor tag. Yes, It's true!

The last few years have been a nightmare for the fans of this Tollywood prince, as Mahesh has the habit of taking 2-3 years to complete a film. He took a gap of almost 3 years after 'Athidi' to come up with an average entertainer 'Khaleja'.