Gaddar, All-Party Candidate For Warangal LS?
If the reports from political circles are to be believed, revolutionary singer and Telangana protagonist Gaddar is likely to be the common candidate of all the opposition parties for Warangal Lok Sabha seat, byelections for which are going to be held in October.
According to these reports, the Congress has mooted the proposal for fielding Gaddar, as former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has not evinced much interest from contesting the Warangal LS bypolls.
The proposal was also supported by the Left parties and though the Bharatiya Janata Party might not agree for Gaddar’s candidature, the TDP might discreetly support him since he is the best bet to defeat the Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate.
If TDP supports Gaddar, the BJP, too, might have to succumb to the pressure, say sources.
Interestingly, the TRS has not been able to find a suitable candidate for the by-elections. And if Gaddar contests, it will be in deep trouble as the balladeer has strong popular support.
However, it is not yet known whether Gaddar will agree to this proposal as he does not believe in elections.
Why This Preferential Treatment?
It is public knowledge that despite repeated pleas from the Chandrababu administration, the AP government employees are refusing to shift from Hyderabad to AP, citing one reason or the other.
It is public knowledge that despite repeated pleas from the Chandrababu administration, the AP government employees are refusing to shift from Hyderabad to AP, citing one reason or the other.
Immediately after bifurcation, the state government employees went on a strike and got an increase in their wages on par with their Telangana counterparts. And despite this benefit, they refused to transfer to the new capital region.
So now, the government has announced a bonanza for them. State government employees will get own houses if they relocate immediately to Vijayawada.
The government will pay the initial amount to the builder. What’s more, the employees need not pay the equated monthly installment (EMI) to own the house; all they need to do is to forgo their claim on the housing rent allowance (HRA).
The government will also take care of the interest component as part of the liberalized housing scheme. HUDCO will build about 10,000 houses for the employees without charging a single rupee from them.
The construction cost will be collected in monthly installments and will be deducted from the HRA of the employees. If the monthly installment is more than the HRA of the employees, the difference will be paid by the state government.
Why does the government need to appease the employees by giving such schemes? Is it not the duty of the employees to relocate wherever the administration orders it to? What have they lost in bifurcation more than the common people of Seemandhra? Knowing fully well that AP was facing a financial crisis; they went ahead with their strike for wage increase.
Why is Naidu so keen on appeasing them? If they refuse to relocate, sack them and appoint fresh ones in their place. It’s not the end of the world? What special sacrifices have these employees made for Seemandhra that they merit such preferential treatment?
Chandrababu is also guilty for this situation. Instead of being the first to shift to Andhra, he was busy refurbishing his existing homes in Hyderabad and his cabinet followed suit and continues to operate from Hyderabad. So they cumulatively set a bad example.
Will He Replicate The Model In Chittoor?
Shirpur is a remote village in Maharashtra, prone to extreme conditions of drought. Shirpur has very scanty rainfall and the locals there aided by geologists have come up with a remarkable initiative to preserve the rainwater there.
Thanks to their efforts, the groundwater table in the area has risen from 800 feet to a stunning 60 feet. This is nothing short of a miracle? How was this made possible? What was the effort that went into this? Is it possible to replicate this miracle elsewhere?
Naturally, these are the questions that will invade the mind of any reasonable individual and one hero from Tollywood is actually currently in Shirpur, studying the whole exercise in detail. He is Manchu Vishnu.
“I am involved with something that makes me happy,” said Vishnu in relation to his current avocation.
Vishnu also said that many areas in his native district of Chittoor were facing the same problem as Shirpur. If Vishnu can replicate the Shirpur miracle in his native district, he will earn the blessings of the Telugu people.
Srimanthudu Busy With Promotions
In complete contrast to his earlier phase in the industry, Mahesh has been going all out to promote Srimanthudu. In fact, he has even set a trend of sorts with the way he has been handling the promotion and publicity for the film. Since the team has gone about promoting the film in a planned manner, it helped in making the film a huge hit and now the team is equally planned about the post release publicity.
Though the film has already hit the Rs 80 crore mark including the satellite rights, the team is hopeful of breaching the Rs 100 crore mark.
Naturally, they are planning more and more publicity events and they are going about organizing shows with different combinations for various channels. Apparently, Mahesh too has set aside Saturdays and Sundays for promotions.
This Saturday, Mahesh, Koratala Siva and Jagapathi Babu came together for a show and it was shot in Avasa.
And the team will be shooting for another show tomorrow. In all, Srimanthudu appears to be following a pre-set strategy to the last detail.
Relationship: An Anchor And A Director
She is a very successful anchor and he is a senior Tollywood director and producer. When she was starting off as an anchor on television, this director was instrumental in encouraging her a lot.
She became one of the most successful anchors ever in Telugu and their relationship blossomed. However, she is also extremely close to quite a few politicians and has quite a reputation for these sorts of things.
The director has a comparatively clean image but is also known to have spent quality time with the heroines of his films.
Now, the relationship between them is said to be on the wane, probably because the director is getting on in age.
Maestro Ilayaraja Hospitalized
“He was rushed to Apollo hospitals. It looks like some gastric problem and tests are being conducted. He will be discharged soon,” a source close to the composer told IANS.
Sources at the hospital said he is stable.
Ilayaraja, 72, has composed over 5,000 songs in his career spanning over three decades across multiple languages.
The National-award winning composer has produced some of the evergreen hits in southern cinema and also has memorable Hindi albums to his credit.
Anjali hopes big on Chitrangada!
Despite the super successes of Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu and Geethanjali, Anjali could not get the big break in Telugu. She had pinned all her hopes on her next, Chitrangada directed by Pilla Jamindar fame Ashok.
The movie is yet another horror comedy. The shooting of the movie is totally complete except for a romantic song. Chitrangada is extensively shot in USA and the post production activities are also happening simultaneously.
The movie team claims that even some Hollywood technicians have also worked for their film. Gangapatnam Sridhar is producing the film on his Sri Vignesh Karthik Cinema banner. Selva Ganesh is the music composer.
Rajinikanth’s next about a real life mafia don?
It is known that Superstar Rajinikanth had okayed a script by PA Ranjith for his next film. The preproduction works of the movie are going on and the movie will go on floors very soon. It is now emerging that the movie is based on a real life don based in South Chennai.
Rajinikanth will be playing the role of ‘Kabaleeswaran’ in the movie. This don is said to be famous for his Robinhood like character and commands huge following there. The movie is likely to be titled ‘Kabaali’ in Tamil.
The regular shooting of the movie will begin from the third week of September in Mylapore, Chennai, and will then move to Malaysia. They are planning to shoot the first look of the movie in this month itself.
Mahesh has no money for IPL Team
We have seen big rumours cropping up about Mahesh Babu and his brother-in-law, Jay Galla buying an IPL franchise, Vizag Sixers. These rumours intensified after two IPL teams are banned from the league.
However Mahesh clarified that there are no such plans. “I do not like Cricket. I never watch it. Moreover I do not have money to buy a team. So there is no question of buying an IPL team now or in future”, Mahesh Babu said.
On the other side, BCCI confirmed that two more teams will be added to the prestigious league. They say there is a good chance that Vishakapatnam is likely to get a new team. But it is now confirmed with the explanation that Mahesh is not going to buy that
Gautam Menon changes for Nithin!
Gautam Menon is one flexible director always. He always prefers doing bilingual films and will adapt according to the nativity tastes. We remember the director giving a happy ending to Yem Maaya Chesave when the Tamil version had tragic climax.
And now the actor had did some changes to his next with Nithin, Courier Boy Kalyan. Gautam Menon is the producer of the movie but still actively involved in the script work. Gautam Menon’s former Associate Prem Sai is making his debut with this movie.
Nitiin will be seen as a diehard fan of Power Star Pawan Kalyan in the movie. There are one or two dialogues on Pawan Kalyan which will attract his fans. There are some other changes in the Telugu script too. The movie is all set for a release on September 11th.
Chiranjeevi has no time for Sai Dharam Tej
Our readers are aware that Sai Dharam Tej and the unit of Subrahmanyam for Sale had planned the audio release of the movie on August 22nd as Chiranjeevi Birthday Special. They invited the actor as the Chief Guest of that event.
However now the event is postponed by a day. It is said that Chiranjeevi intimated them that he will be attending a function hosted to his friends in various industries of the South on 22nd and so asked them to postpone the event for 23rd.
So, Subrahmanyam for Sale audio launch event will now take place on 23rd at Shilpa Kala Vedhika. Chiranjeevi will be the Chief Guest. The movie release is planned on September 24th, the release date of Chiranjeevi’s blockbuster film, Tagore.