John Apparao 40 Plus shooting progress

The shooting of the talkie part of John Apparao 40 plus being directed by Kuchipudi Venkat with Krishna Bhagwan and Simran in the lead is likely to be completed by October 24. The film's unit will then go to Hungary to shoot for two songs and will return to do a song at a special set erected for the song. The audio of the film will be released in the last week of November while the film would be released as Sankranti gift.

Don hit screens on December to 20

Don directed by Raghavendra Lawrence and produced by M L Choudhary under the banner of Sri Kirti Creations with Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead will hit the theatres on December 20, 2007. The film is about mafia clashes between two groups, one from Mumbai and the other from Hyderabad. Lawrence is scoring music for this film. Anushka is the female lead in this movie. This is the second movie in the combination of Nagarjuna and Lawrence after the superhit film Mass.

Podarillu to hit screens on October 26

Shooting of the film Podarillu directed by R. Srinivasa Rao on the banner of Venki Academy with Sivabalaji and Neha Pendse was completed. Post production works of the film were also completed recently. The first copy of the film is ready. The movie will be releasing on October 26, 2007. The film focuses on family traditions and values and revolves around a boy who smartly solves the problems which arise in his hitherto happy family. Naresh, Giri Babu, Poornima and others are in the cast. R. Srinivasa Rao has previously worked with director K. Vijayabhaskar from the time of Nuvve Kaavali.

Naa Manasukemayindi shoots in Bangkok

The unit of the film Naa Manasukemayindhi being directed by Sriram on the banner Satyasai Arts with Paramesh and Sindhu Tolani in the lead is back from Bangkok after canning two songs on the lead pair. This is the debut film for the hero Paramesh. R.P. Patnaik scored music of the film. Suddala Ashok Teja provided the lyrics. Choreography is by Nixon. The editing and dubbing part of the film are already complete and the re-recording is scheduled for the month ending. Audio fo the film would be released in the first week of November and the film is likely to be released in the last week of November.

Allu Arjun-Dil Raju film shooting progress

Shooting of the film being directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar and produced by Dil Raju on the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations with Allu Arjun and Priyamani in the lead is progressing at a brisk pace. Presently shooting of the climax is underway at Kodaikanal. The film would be released in January of 2008. This is the second film in the combination of Dil Raju and Allu Arjun after the superhit film Arya. This is also the second film in the combination of Dil Raju and Bhaskar after superhit film Bommarillu.

Okka Magaadu shoots at Golconda Fort

Shooting of the film Okka Magaadu directed and produced by Y.V.S. Choudary on the banner of Bommarillu with Yuvaratna Nandamuri Balakrishna, Simran, Anushka, and Nisha Kothari in the lead is progressing well. Presently shooting is progressing at Golconda Fort and the fights are being shot under the direction of fight master Kanal Kannan. Post-production works are also going on at the labs at the same time. Manisharma scored music for the flick. Camera is handled by Aravind, story, screenplay, direction and produced by Y.V.S. Choudary and Yalamanchili Gita is the presenter of the film.

Nava Vasantham shooting progress

Shooting of the film Nava Vasantham directed by Shahjahan, presented by R.B. Choudary and produced by N.V. Prasad and Paras Jain on the banner of Mega Super Good Films with Tarun, Akash, Rohit and Sunil as heroes and Priyamani and Ankitha as heroines is progressing well. Presently, canning of the songs is underway. S.A. Rajkumar is scoring music for this movie. The producers are making efforts to release the audio of the film after Dasara and the film as Diwali gift.

Sneha

Actual Name:Suhasini
Nick Name:
Date of birth:July 8, 1976
Place of birth:Mumbai
Education:Plus two in Physchology
Debut Film:Toli Valapu
Awards:

BiographySneha's actual name is Suhasini. She was born on July 8, 1976 in Mumbai. Her father's name is Siva and mother's name is Padmavathy. She has two brothers and a sister. Sneha is a Telugu girl. Her grandparents were from Andhra, but they moved to Mumbai where she was born. Sneha is trained in Bharatanatyam. Her father moved to Sharjah. There Sneha was doing plus two in psychology. Her father was working in the Cricket Stadium at that time, and at one of the cricket matches, a Malayalam producer saw her and proposed an offer for a film, which she agreed to do eventually. When the photos of the same were published on the cover pages of magazines, a Tamil producer offered her a Tamil film, and Sneha found myself acting in Tamil next. Then Sneha had signed up for Gopichandi's maiden film, Tolivalapu.
Her next films were Priyamaina Neeku and Hanuman Junction both of which were hit movies. Later she acted in the hit movies like Venky and Sankranti. She acted in the Raghavendar Rao's Sri Ramadasu opposite Nagarjuna. Her latest movie is Madhumasam opposite Sumanth.
Sneha constructed a marriage hall at a place called Panruti in Tamil Nadu. She plans to conduct some free marriages each year. Sneha is an active social activist in participating pledging eyes for donation, donating blood, etc.

Filmography
Maghamasam (2007)
Maharadhi (2006)
Manasu Palike Mouna Raagam (2006)
Sri Ramadasu (2006)
Emandoi Sreevaru (2006)
Paandu (2005)
Radha-Gopalam (2005)
Sankranthi (2005)
Venky (2004)
Hanuman Junction (2002)
Priyamaina Neeku (2001)
Tolivalapu

Genelia D'Souza

Full Name:Genelia D'Souza
Nick Name:Jeenu ,Harini
Date of birth:August 5, 1987
Place of birth:England
Education:Graduate
Debut Film:Boys
Awards:best actress
Biography
Genelia was born on August 5, 1987 in England. Her full name is Genelia D'Souza. She is also known to people close to her as Harini. Her parents originally hail from Goa and later moved to England. She got her first break in the movie 'Boys' directed by Shankar. Genelia has so far acted in over a dozen Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies.
She acted in movies like Satyam, Masti, Samba, Sye, Happy, Bommarillu, and Dhee. Bommarillu is the biggest hit in Genelia's career starring Siddharth Narayan in the lead.

Filmography
Boys (2003)
Satyam (2003)
Samba (2004)
Sye (2005)
Subash Chandra Bose (2005)
Na Alludu (2005)
Happy (2006)
Raam (2006)
Bommarillu (2006)
Dhee (2007)

Bhoomika Chawla

Full Name:Bhoomika Chawla
Nick Name:
Date of birth:August 21, 1978
Place of birth:Delhi
Education:
Debut Film:Yuvakudu
Awards:She got the 'Best Actress Award' for the film Kushi

Biography
Bhoomika Chawla was born on August 21, 1978. She has completed her schooling in delhi. Her father and Elder brother are in Defence Service. She moved to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career with ad films and Hindi music video albums.
Her first film Yuvakudu in Telugu was released in the year 2000. Her second film Khushi with Pavan Kalyan was a super hit in Telugu. She got the 'Best Actress Award' for the film Kushi. She also acted in the super hit movies Okkadu with Mahesh Babu and Simhadri with Jr. NTR. One of the best performances of her can be seen in the movie Missamma. She has debut in Hindi films from Tere Naam in 2003 opposite Salman Khan.

Filmography
Nuvvu Nenu Prema (2007)
Mayabazaar (2006)
Jai Chiranjeeva (2005)
Naa Autograph (2004)
Samba (2004)
Simhadri (2003)
Missamma (2003)
Okkadu (2003)
Khushi (2001)
Yuvakudu (2000)

Anushka

Actual Name:
Sweety Shetty
Nick Name:
Anushka
Date of birth:
1981
Place of birth:
Education:
BCA
Debut Film:
Super
Awards:

BiographyAnushka original name is Sweety Shetty. She was born in 1981. She did Bachelors or Computer Applications (BCA) . Anushka did her schooling and college in Bangalore. She worked as a yoga instructer. Puri Jagannadh happened to see Anushka through another director E Nivas (Shool fame) and she got selected for Super.
She then acted in the movies Mahanandi and Asthram which did not do well at the box office. Her first success came with the movie Vikramarkudu opposite Raviteja directed by S.S. Rajamouli. Her next movie is Balakrishna starrer Okka Magadu, which is directed by Y.V.S. Chowdhary.
Filmography
Okka Magadu (2007)(filming)
Rendu (2007)
Stalin (2006) (Guest Appearance)
Vikramarkudu (2006)
Asthram (2006)
Mahanandi (2005)
Super (2005)

Priyamani

Actual Name:
Priyamani
Nick Name:
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Palakkad, Kerala
Education:
12th Standard
Debut Film:
Pellaina Kothalo
Awards:

BiographyPriyamani was born in Palakkad to Vasudeva Mani and Latha Mani. She has done modeling for Kancheepuram silks, Erode silks and Lakshmi silks. After her 12 th standard , Tamil director Bharathiraja introduced her into film industry. Priyamani did her debut in Bharathiraja’s 'Kangalal kaithi sei'.
She made her Telugu debut with 'Pellaina Kothalo' with Jagapati Babu. She is the heroine of the Jr. NTR's next project 'Yama Donga' directed by S.S. Rajamouli. She is also acting the movie 'Toss' starring Raja, Upendra and Kamna Jetmalani.
Filmography
Yamadonga (2007)
Toss (2007)
Pellaina Kothalo (2006)

Hansika Motwani

Actual Name:
Hansika Motwani
Nick Name:
Date of birth:
August 9, 1991
Place of birth:
Mumbai
Education:
Debut Film:
Desamuduru
Awards:
BiographyHansika Motwani was born in Mumbai a city in India on August 9, 1991 and she started her career as a child artist. A Daughter of a business and her mother is a dermatologist though her parents were seperated in the year 2004.
She entered the film industry in the movie Yahoo where she acted as a child artist with Juhi Chawla and Govinda. Later on she came in the Hyundai Santro advert with Shahrukh khan and later was bagged with many offers.
Her next biggest offer was from Rakesh Roshan for acting in the movie Koi mil gaya with Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta. Alongwith acting in the movies she has also acted in many television adverts with big companies like Samsung, Pepsi and Bournvita. Her debut was in the movie Puri Jagannath's Desamuduru opposite Allu Arjun.
Filmography
Desamuduru (2007)

Asin

Actual Name:
Asin
Nick Name:
Date of birth:
October 26, 1985
Place of birth:
Kerala
Education:
B.A. (English Literature)
Debut Film:
Amma Nann O Tamil Ammayi
Awards:

BiographyAsin was born on October 26, 1985. Her father's name is Joseph Thotumkal and mother Dr. Seline. She has completed her B.A. English Literature at St. Teresa's College, Kochi. Before entering into films, she was a part-time model and businesswoman. She started modeling at the age of 14 and is trained in Bharatnatyam and folk dance. She began her career acting in minor roles as a supporting artist in the Malayalam cinema industry. Her debut Film is 'Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka' in Malayalam. While also attending an acting studio, to follow her dream to act. After her debut in the Malayalam film industry, she acted in Telugu language.
She did a number of movies in Telugu including 'Amma Nana O Tamila Ammai' (2003) for which she received the Filmfare Best Actress award, 'Sivamani 98480 22338' (2003), 'Lakshmi Narasimha' (2004), 'Gharshana' (2004), 'Chakram' (2005) etc.
Asin won the hearts of the Tamil audience with her captivating performance in the super hit movie 'Ghajini' (2005). After seeing her superb performance in Ghajini, Aamir Khan, super star in Bollywood, has invited her to act the female lead in its Hindi version.
Filmography
Annavaram (2006)
Majaa(2005)
Ghajini (2005)
Chakram (2005)
Gharshana (2004)
Lakshmi Narasimha (2004)
Shivamani 9848022338 (2003)
Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi(2003)

Trisha

Actual Name:
Trisha Krishnan
Nick Name:
Trisha
Date of birth:
May 4, 1983
Place of birth:
Palakkad, Kerala
Education:
Debut Film:
Jodi
Awards:
She received best actress 2004 for her acting in Varsham and best actress 2006 for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana.

BiographyTrisha was born on 4th May, 1983 in Palakkad, Kerala. Trisha's full name is Trisha Krishnan. Her father's name is Krishnan and mother's name is Uma Krishnan. She got her early education from Church Park School and pursued her higher education in Ethiraj College, Chennai. Later, she modeled and won Miss Salem in 1999, Miss Chennai in 1999 and Miss India Miss Beautiful Smile in 2001. She studied in the same school as former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha.
Trisha first made her debut in films when she was offered a small cameo in the film Jodi. Her first movie as heroine was Priyadarshan's Leysa Leysa. In 2005, she starred alongside Siddharth Narayan in the telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. It is directed by Prabhu Deva, was successful at the box office. She received best actress 2004 for her acting in Varsham and best actress 2006 for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana.
Filmography
Don (2007)(filming)
Bheema (2007)(filming)
Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule (2007)
Sainikudu (2006)
Stalin (2006)
Something Something (2006)
Pournami (2006)
Bangaram (2006)
Aaru (2005)
Allari Bullodu (2005)
Athadu (2005)
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005)
Varsham (2004)
Jodi (1999)

Nayanthara

Actual Name:
Diana Kurien
Nick Name:
Nayanthara
Date of birth:
November 18, 1984
Place of birth:
Tiruvalla, Kerala
Education:
Debut Film:
Chandramukhi
Awards:

BiographyNayanthara was born on November 18, 1984 in Kerala. Her real name is Diana Kurien and she was raised in a Tiruvalla based Christian family. She completed her B.A. Literature and was planning on becoming a Charted Accountant. Nayanthara made her debut in movies with the Malayalam movie 'Manassinakkare', directed by Sathyan Anthikad opposite Jayaram (2003).
Her first Tamil movie was'Ayya' (2005) opposite famous actor Sarat Kumar. Her second movie 'Chandramukhi' opposite superstar Rajnikanth made her instantly famous. The movie was a huge hit and Nayanthara soon became a household name in Tamil Nadu. She acted in Telugu movies 'Lakshmi' against Victory Venkatesh, 'Boss' against Nagarjuna, and 'Yogi' with Prabhas.

Filmography
Shivaji-the boss (2007)(filming)
Yogi (2007)
E (2007)
Boss (2006)
Lakshmi (2006)
Ghajini (2005)
Chandramukhi (2005)

Raviteja

Actual Name:
Raviteja
Nick Name:
Date of birth:
26 January 1968
Place of birth:
Debut Film:
Sindooram
Education:
Graduation
Awards:

BiographyRaviteja was born on January 26, 1968. He spent most of his life in North India. His father was a pharmacist. His mother was an engineer in Tata Industries. Later on he moved to Vijayawada along with his family and joined Siddhartha Degree College.
At the beginning of his film career, he worked as an assistant director for several films. He worked as an assistant director with Krishna Vamsi for Ninne Pelladatha movie, Mahesh Bhatt for Criminal and other directors as well. His ex-room mate Y.V.S Chowdary helped him to get some offers from Bollywood as a script writer.
Krishna Vamsi identified Ravi Teja's acting skills and gave him the lead role in Sindhooram.Later he did some small roles in various films. He got his big break with Puri Jagannadh's Itlu Sravani Subramanyam and later Idiot in 2002. He also starred in Krishna Vamsi's Khadgam in 2002. In 2003, he played the lead role in Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi directed by Puri Jagannath. In 2004, he acted in hit movie Venky directed by Srinu Vaitla. In 2005, he played the lead role in Dil Raju's Bhadra. In 2006 he acted in S.S. Rajamouli's Vikramarkudu. His latest film was Khatarnak opposie Ileana directed by Amma Rajasekhar. His forthcoming film is Dubai Sinu directed by Srinu Vaitla with Nayanatara as the female lead. J.D. Chakravarti is also acting in a special role in this film.

Filmography
Veedu: Chala Hot Guru (2007) (announced)
Dubai Seenu (2007)(filming)
Khatarnak Dasu(2006)
Vikramarkudu(2006)
Shock (2006)
Bhageeradha (2005)
Bhadra (2005)
Chanti (2004)
Naa Autograph (2004)
Venky (2004)
Veede (2003)
Dongodu (2003)
Oka Raju Oka Rani (2003)
Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003)
Ee Abbai Chala Manchodu (2003)
Khadgam (2002)
Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru (2002)
Idiot (2002)
Budget Padmanabham (2001)
Itlu Sravani Subramanyam Subramanyam (2001)
Annayya (2000)
Tirumala Tirupathi Venkatesha (2000)
Sindooram (1998)

Young Rebelstar Prabhas

Actual Name:
Uppalapati Prabhas Raju
Nick Name:
Young Rebelstar
Date of birth:
23 October
Place of birth:
Debut Film:
Eshwar
Education:
Awards:

BiographyYoung Rebelstar Prabhas is the nephew of hero Krishnam Raju who was a ex-minister in BJP government. Prabhas's first movie is Eeshwar directed by Jayanth C. Paranje. His second movie is Raghavendra directed by Suresh Krishna. He gained stardom with M.S. Raju's film Varsham opposite Trisha Krishnan in 2004. After the success of Varsham, Adavi Ramudu and Chakram did not live up to the expectations of Prabhas's fans. However in September 2005, he made a comeback with the blockbuster Chatrapati opposite actress Shriya. Chatrapathi was followed by unsuccessful films such as Pournami and Yogi. His latest movie is Dil Raju's Munna opposite Ileana.

Filmography
Munna (2007)
Yogi (2007)
Pournami (2006)
Chatrapati (2005)
Chakram (2005)
Adavi Ramudu (2004)
Varsham (2004)
Raghavendra (2003)
Eeshwar (2002)

Stylish Star Allu Arjun

Actual Name:
Allu Arjun
Nick Name:
Stlyish Star, Bunny
Date of birth:
8 April, 1983
Place of birth:
Debut Film:
Gangothri (as hero)
Education:
Awards:

BiographyStylish Star Allu Arjun was born on April 8, 1983. He is the nephew of Megastar Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan. He is the son of Ace producer Allu Aravind and grandson of the late comedian Padmashree Allu Ramalingaiah. His nickname is bunny.
He was first noticed when he made a special appearance in Megastar Chiranjeevi's film Daddy. His first film as hero was Gangotri directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. This film was K. Raghavender Rao's 100th film. His second film Arya was a 2004 blockbuster.
In 2007, Desamuduru directed by Puri Jagannath with Hansika Motwani as female lead proved to be a big hit at box office. It is the biggest hit in 2007 so far and also biggest hit in Allu Arjun's career.

Filmography
Desamuduru (2007)
Happy (2006)
Bunny (2005)
Arya (2004)
Gangothri (2003)

Junior NTR

Actual Name:
Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao (Junior)
Nick Name:
Youngstar
Date of birth:
20 May, 1983
Place of birth:
Hyderabad
Debut Film:
Ninnu Choodalani (as hero)
Education:
Awards:

BiographyNandamuri Taraka Ramarao (Junior) was born on May 20, 1983. He is the grandson of the Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao. He was born and brought up in Hyderabad. His parents are Harikrishna Nandamuri and Shalini.
He began his career as a child actor and dancer. He debut film was Ninnu Choodalani in 2001. He went on to gain fame with Student No. 1 directed by S.S. Rajamouli and Aadi directed by V.V. Vinayak went on to become a superhit. In July 2003 Simhadri went on to become super duper hit breaking records.
His most recent film was Rakhi, which has proved a success at the box office. The film was directed by Krishna Vamsi with Ileana D'Cruz and Charmi as heroines.

Filmography
Yamadonga (2007) (filming)
Rakhi (2006)
Ashok (2006)
Narasimhudu (2005)
Naa Alludu (2005)
Samba (2004)
Andhrawala (2004)
Simhadri (2003)
Aadi (2002)
Ninnu Choodalani (2001)