Dasari faces another ‘Son-stroke’

Dasari faced one more ‘son-stroke’ with the movie ‘Adi Vishnu’, starred by his son Arun Kumar. It ended as a two week show. Even the glamour of Sneha could not help the movie. Dr. Dasari claimed that 3 lakh audio cassettes were sold in just one week. The movie was with 150 theaters. Dasari made a very big mistake by choosing Bharath Parepalli, a b-grade director, to direct the movie. Dasari must have requested a leading director to direct his son, rather than taking a less known and less capable director.

Now, he is concentrating more his upcoming flick ‘Mestri’, in which he himself palys the lead role. The film circles are of an opinion that it will give another blow to Dasar. Nowadays, who after all is interested to watch Dasari as hero.

Babu Mohan’s son: The first Dalit hero in Tollywood

Though dalits form almost 20% of the state population, there is not even a single hero from the dalit community. Uday Babu, the son of Babu Mohan, is set to full fill the deficit with his debut as hero. Perhaps, he is the first dalit hero.

Earlier, Kalyan Rao, a naxalite leader from dalit community, tried to promote his son as hero. But, he could not succeed and his attempts became highly controversial in his party. Now, Babu Mohan is trying to promote his son as hero.

Interestingly, Babh Mohan hails from Coastal region and has settled in Hyderabad as an artist. He was elected twice as MLA from Rajampet, Medak. His movie is also based on the story of Sammakka Saarakka, the local deities worshipped by the people of Northern Telangana region. Let us hope that Babu Mohan will not face any ‘son -stroke’, in his attempt as his colleagues. May Sammakka and Sarakka bless Babu Mohan and Bala Babu Mohan (i.e., Uday Babu).

Srija about her dad

Before hitting headlines by marrying Sirish Bharadwaj, the name Srija, the younger daughter of Chiranjeevi was known to very few people. But, with her marriage, she became a symbol of the aspirations and tastes of youth. In an interview, given to a leading news paper, Srija told following things about her father:

• Among his movies, ‘Daddy’ is my favorite movie, in which he plays the role of a father and the story is similar to my personal life.
• During my childhood, he was always very busy with his films. He used to return home late in the night.
• I used to attend various functions with him.
• He never discussed with us about movies. He did not want me to become an actor and wanted me to lead a normal life as a house wife.

‘Sitara’: a Telugu channel by Asianet Television Network

Sitara Channel, a Telugu channel promoted by Asianet Television Network, was commenced on 9^th October, i.e., on the day of Vijaya Dasami. Asianet Television Network has entered Telugu TV market with this channel.

The corporation was started 18 years ago in Kerala and now, it runs three channels in Malayalam: Assianet(GEC), Asianet News (24 hrs news channel), and Asianet Plus and two channels in Kannada: Suvarna (GEC) and Suvarna News. Interestingly, the corporation is planning to launch a 24 hours news channel in Telugu, soon.

An IT case against ‘Aishwarya Rai’

A case has been filed by an Income Tax commissioner, against Aishwarya Rai for allegedly making a false claim that she was a NRI, while submitting her tax returns in 1995, in order to avoid the payment of tax, on her income of £50,000(Rs 26 lakh), the amount she was paid as a part of the award of ‘Miss