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Hyderabad, Mar 18 (ANI): The Telugu film industry will observe a shutdown on Friday to pressurize the Andhra Pradesh Government to immediately tackle the menace of piracy.

According to Tollywood sources, film shootings, film releases, screening and all other film-related activities will remain suspended on Friday

Ravichand has asked the state government to issue an ordinance to prevent video piracy.

“In one year the Telugu film industry does a business of over 500 crores But around 200 crore business loss is incurred by us due to piracy. This is a problem with both small and big budget films. Thus we want to avoid piracy. If the Piracy Act is enforced then we can control this menace. That is why I am protesting,” said Ravichand.

He further said that the state government must act on the piracy issue before the upcoming season from April to June, which traditionally sees the release of more films.

“I want this Act to be implemented by the government at the earliest because the April-May-June season is approaching. I want to save the films being released in the season from piracy. That is why we are staging the shutdown and protest. We have received fifty per cent conformation from the government on this issue. All the high profile people are supporting me and raising this issue in the Chamber,” he added.

Actor turned politician Chiranjeevi, producers D Rama Naidu and D Suresh Babu, actors Allu Arjun, Nagarjuna, Bhoomika Chawla, Naga Chaitnaya, Movie Artistes Association (MAA) president M Murali Mohan, representatives of Cine Writers’ Association, and others visited the hunger-strike camp and voiced their opinions on piracy issue.

Chiranjeevi said Tollywood should learn from the film industry of Tamil Nadu, which has come up with stringent provisions to tackle piracy.

He also demanded that the matter come up for discussion in the Assembly.

Film piracy, including illegally released video CDs and DVDs, has become a contentious issue now.

Audiences pounce upon pirated DVDs and CDs because of their minimal prices and easy availability, while filmmakers lose their rightful share of earnings and royalties.(ANI)

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Best Director:  Katherine Bigelow becomes first woman to win best director trophy at the Oscars for her film “The Hurt Locker”.

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock won her first Academy award for her role of a feisty foster mother, who changes the life of a troubled African-American teenager in ‘The Blind Side’, based on a true story.

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges won the best actor Oscar for “Crazy Heart”.

Best Foreign Language Film: “The Secret in their eyes” (Argentinean film) bagged Oscar for the best foreign language film.

Best Film Editing: “The Hurt Locker” also bagged award for film editing.

Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”, a movie about the systematic slaughter of dolphins in Japan bagged the award in this category.

Best visual Effects: Oscar for best visual effects went to “Avatar”.

Best original Score: Oscar went to Michael Giacchino for “Up” in this category.

Best Cinematography: Mauro Fiore is the winner of best cinematography’ for “Avatar” .

Best Sound Mixing: Ray Beckett and Ottosson bagged the golden statuette for “The Hurt Locker”

Best Sound Editing: “The Hurt Locker” won award for the best editing.

Best Costume Design: Oscar for Best Costume Design went to Sandy Powell for “The Young Victoria”. This is her third Oscar earlier ones were  for ‘Aviator’ and ‘Shakespeare in Love’.

Best Art Direction: Oscar for best art direction went to “Avatar”.

Best Supporting actress: Mo’Nique won the best supporting actress Oscar for the role in “Precious”.

Best Adapted Screenplay : “Precious” bagged the Oscar for best adapted screenplay. Precious is based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire.

Best Makeup: Oscar for Best Makeup went to “Star Trek”.

Best Short Film: Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson bagged the Oscar for ‘The New Tenants’ (Live Action)

Best short Documentry Film: Award in this category went to “Music by Prudence”.

Best Animated Short Film: Oscar went to “Logorama” in this category.

Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal for “The Hurt Locker”.

Best Original Song: Oscar went to to Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett for “The Weary Kind” (Theme from Crazy Heart).

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Varudu Songs Free Download (See End of Post), Allu Arjun’s Arya 2 released on yesterday but Arya 2 not got the good response from the audience like as Arya Movie.

Allu Arjun’s new film ‘Varudu’ has almost completed its shooting. No sooner releasing Arya 2, Varudu is gearing up for a release. Recently it has completed shooting except some action scenes and two songs

Allu Arjun’s Varudu is directed by Gunasekhar is getting ready to release in the Summer 2010. The special attraction in the movie is Tamil actor Arya, He’s doing a negative role. This is Arya’s first time ever negative role in a movie. Other than Arya, The comedy king of Tollywood Brahmanandam, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Ashish Vidyarthi and Sayaji Shinde playing supporting roles. Themovie has been produced by D.V.V. Danaiya.

Varudu is a drama based movie in which Allu Arjun’s performance and Tamil hero Arya’s role in negative shade will be highlight for this movie.

In this movie director introducing a new heroine through this flick. For about a 100 families have acted in this movie.

Varudu Songs download link :- Varudu Download

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BalaKrishna’s upcoming film Simha’s audio is scheduled for a launch in the first week of March. The shooting part of the film is almost completed except three songs. Two songs are planned to shot abroad while one song will be canned in a set at Hyderabad.

Bala Krishna will be seen romancing three heroines in the film, Nayanatara, Namitha and Sneha Ullal. Boyapati Srinu is directing the film and Parachuri Kireeti is producing it. ‘United Movies’ banner is presenting this film. Chakri is scoring the music for the film.

The movie is scheduled for a release on 9th April.

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Prince Mahesh babu and Srinu Vytla’s combination project will be going to floors in the month of April. The film-makers are said to be considering actress Genelia to pair opposite Mahesh. The movie will have another popular heroine sharing the screen with Mahesh.

According to film nagar souces, the movie is considered as big-budget flick. The movie will be made based on action, sentiment and comedy.   This will be produced by Achanta Ram, Achanta Gopichand and Sunkara Anil under the banner ‘14 reels Entertainment’.

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Kollywood and tollywood industries are at buzz about Superstar Rajnikanth’s blockbuster film chandramukhi’s sequel. Chandramukhi was directed by P.Vasu who first directed the movie in Kannada version titled ‘Aptha Mithra’. Recently Vasu has directed ‘Aaptha Rakshaka’ a sequel to ‘Aptha Mithra’

Recently, this movie was specially screened for super star Rajini Kanth in Chennai. Chandra Mukhi’s producer Ramkumar and actor Prabhu were also present for the screening. It is said that if Rajini gives his nod to the sequel the movie will be remade.

If every thing goes well, the movie will start right after Rajini’s ‘Robo’ completes.

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Allari Naresh, the second son of EVV Satyanarayana, and the popular comedy hero of Tollywood is marrying ex-heroine Gajala. Both acted together in ‘Rambabu Gadi Pellam’ long ago. The film is hitting the screens next week, after a long hibernation in boxes for about 5 years.

They were spotted together at a Night Club in Hyderabad on Valentine’s Day. Sources say that their relationship is accepted by their parents and soon Naresh is tying knot for Gajala.

Yes, it’s nota gossip but official, say sources. The auspicious date is yet to be confirmed. Gajala turned popular with the film ‘Student No:1’, acting beside Jr NTR.

Source from greatandhra.com

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Sekhar Kammula’s current project ‘Leader’ is releasing on 19^th February. Sekhar is now planning his next project ‘Happy days’ in hindi version. It is known that the telugu version of the Happy days is a block-buster hit.

The film-makers made few changes in the script according to the preferences of bollywood audiences. The cast for the film are already selected through ‘Talent Hunt’ by the film-makers.

Aamir khan’s ‘3-idiots’, made on college backdrop became a block-buster hit recently in bollywood and it seems that this is one of the factors that made Sekhar Kammula to take up this project.

Hope Sekhar Kammula makes his mark in bollywood too!

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Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s much awaited film ‘Puli’ is finally slated for a release on April 28^thworld wide. S.J.Surya is directing the film and Singamala Ramesh is producing it. Kanakaratna Movies banner is presenting the film. Sensational music director, A.R.Rahman is composing the music.

The shooting part of the film is almost completed except a couple of songs. These 2 songs will be shot in Hyderabad and shooting part will be completed by March 2nd week.  Nikesha Patel is playing the female lead and Shriya saran will also make her presence in the film with an item number.

Manoj Bajpayee, Saranya, Bhanuchander are playing the key roles in the film.

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Allu Arjun’s forthcoming film ‘Varudu’ under the direction of Guna Sekhar has completed its shooting except for a song. The remaining song is planned to picturize in the first week of March.
On the event, director Guna Sekharsaid, “The movie is made with high technical values and has come out well. Allu Arjun’s character is quite distinct from his earlier films and will surely turn out as a best film in his career.”
D v v danayya was producing the movie under the banner of Universal media. Music is composed by Manisharma, Photography by R D Rajasekhar, Fights by Siva, Editing is by Anthony and Art by Ashok
Other cast of the film includes Suhasini, Arya, Naresh, Brahmanandam, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sayaji shinde,Sangeetham Srinivasarao, Brahmaji

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