Venkatesh Namo Venkatesa Movie Review | Sreenu Vytla Namo Venkatesa Movie Review - Telugu Cinema Reviews

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Film: Namo Venkatesa Rating: 3.5/5 Cast: Venkatesh, Trisha, Brahmannadam, Dharmavarapu, Kasi Viswanath, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Mukesh Rishi, Subbba Raju, Surya, Prithvi, Master Bharat, Surekha Vani, Telangana Sakunthala etc Banners: 14 Reels Entertainment, Suresh Productions Music: Devisri Prasad Cinematography: Prasad Murella Editing: M R Varma Story, screenplay, direction: Srinu Vytla Producers: Achanta Ram, Achanta Gopichand, Sunkara Anil Release date: 14th Jan 2010 Victory Venkatesh has paired up with Srinu Vaitla this time and the expectations obviously went high. With the title also catchy, this was a promising flick, how good is it, let us see Story: Venkatramana (Venkatesh) is a ventriloquist by profession and his only problem is marriage. He goes to European Telugu Association celebrations as a performer and encounters some interesting people there. He is waiting for his dream girl to come. She comes in the form of Pooja (Trisha) but then, her uncle Paris Prasad (Brahmanandam) who is a manipulative kind of person creates a drama just for fun and convinces Venkatramana that Pooja is in love with him. Meanwhile, Pooja’s marriage gets fixed with Bhadrappa (Subbaraju), the hardcore factionist and what happens from there forms the rest of the story. Performances: Venkatesh It was a Venky show all the way and he has shouldered it responsibly. However, the looks of age are showing on him and even his reflexes lack that emotion. Overall, he did a good job. Trisha Unlike in ‘King’ where she looked healthy and bright, Trisha looks quite dull and shrunk. Also, her character doesn’t have much to perform except be there on the screen and for the songs. So, not much hard work from her. Brahmanandam His character was developed well and Brahmi did justice to it in a good way. Some scenes emit a lot of hilarious moments and others could have been developed better. He scored good in this one. Others Mukesh Rishi was regular, so were Jayaprakash Reddy, Kota, Subbaraju and others. Ali was not upto the mark, M S Narayana was good as usual, Dharmavarapu and Kasi Viswanath generated few laughs, the others like Surekha Vani and Master Bharat were there for brand value but more could be extracted from their end.  The ladies also had the same effect in terms of performance and contribution. Highlights: Venkatesh dancing for songs Allu Arjun’s ‘Mr Perfect’ and ‘Ringa Ringa’ brought laughs in theaters Vehicle chasing is a visual treat Dog chasing is a mass entertainer Disappointments: Music Lack of sufficient rib tickling dialogues and situations Analysis: The movie is a storehouse of entire Srinu Vaitla battalion again. The standard cast and crew he maintained for his previous films is seen in this entertainer as well. The concept is just an old wine in new bottle but the shape of bottle could be more interesting. The laughing riot is not worked to the level of his earlier entertainers. Brahmanandam is used well but the dose of script is a bit weak. Master Bharat who is a standard comedy star in Srinu Vaitla’s films is also not fully utilized. First half of the movie is entertaining but the interval bang conveys something very interesting is waiting in second half. Even the interval liner is ‘Get Ready for Real Game’. But the game is very well in predictable limits. The movie stands out to be a wonderful entertainer for the audiences those didn’t watch ‘Dhee’ and  ‘Ready’. But in comparison ‘Namo Venkatesa’ of Vaitla scores little less. Music could be better to bring better mileage for the film. On a whole it’s a family entertainer for this Sankranthi season. Bottom Line: Can be watched with families

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KCR family in collection business

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Minister for Backward Class Welfare Mukesh Kumar Goud on Tuesday went hammer and tongs against Telangana Rasthra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao for giving a call to stall the release of Jr NTR’s latest film “Adhurs.” Speaking to reporters, Mukhesh alleged that KCR was behaving like Raj Thackerey of Maharashtra, threatening all sections, in the name of Telangana. “He and his family members are virtually blackmailing every section of industry. His nephew Harish Rao is threatening the industrial sector and his daughter Kavitha is blackmailing film industry. This makes one wonder whether there would be any security to settlers if the Telangana state is formed,” he said. He announced that he would take out a peace rally with a lakh people to protect the interests of Telugu film industry. “We will ensure that all security is provided to the film industry in Telangana,” he said.

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Life Threat To Y S Jagan

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State Government has been informed by Intelligence department about life threat to YS Jagan.Also mentioned about the Z category security comprising of 11 members to be provided to him on this context.Already YS Jagan has been provided Y category and  after review meeting on VVIP security ,he will be provided 11 more members of Z category for his security.

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3 Idiots grosses 315 crores in 19 days

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Amir Khan starrer comedy-drama 3 Idiots has grossed over Rs 315 crore ($70 million) globally in 19 days since its release, a statement by Reliance BIG Entertainment,the film's distributor, said Tuesday.Based on Chetan Bhagat's bestseller Five Point Someone, the film has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Rajkumar Hirani.

"3 Idiots has opened new vistas for the Indian film industry. The huge response across continents reinforces our belief that a well-made, well-exploited film can still create magic in the darkened auditorium. We are proud to be associated with Vinod, Aamir, Raju and the talented team of 3 idiots," said Amit Khanna, chairman, Reliance BIG Entertainment.

Added Chopra: "I am thrilled and humbled that so many people all over the world have loved this film. It proves true Rancho's (the protagonist in the movie) mantra - chase excellence and success will follow."

Aamir echoed the sentiment, saying: "As a member of the team I am so happy with the kind of success that the film is achieving. Thanks to Raju (Hirani), for making the film so well, to Vinod for doing such a great job as a producer and to Reliance BIG Pictures for the kind of release they gave the film."

According to the statement, more that 60 million people have so far watched the film in theatres since its release Dec 25. Its box office collections have exceeded the over Rs.260 crore earned by another Aamir starrer, Ghajini, considered Hindi cinema's highest grosser till date.

3 Idiots is also being touted as the highest grossing Indian film ever to release in the US, Middle East, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, Kenya and Fiji.

The film has retained its position in the top 10 film at the British Box Office and is also Aamir's biggest grosser so far and highest box office grosser of 2009. The screen count in the US for 3 Idiots has increased by 25 percent by the third week.

Indian multiplexes added on an average 14 to 21 new shows in the second week of the movie compared to its first week with 150 additional shows.

The paid previews of the movie also garnered over Rs.9 crore worldwide, above those of the paid preview collections of Ghajini that were Rs.7 crore globally.

The film also stars R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles. 

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'Namo Venkatesa' Censor Report 'SUPERB'

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Finally, the festival season is arriving and so is the film season as well. With so many lined up in the kitty, the excitement is high. Top among them is ‘Namo Venkatesa’ and with Venkatesh, Trisha leading and Srinu Vytla wielding the megaphone, the expectations are high as well. The film has gone through the censor scanners and inside sources have revealed that the board is impressed with the film. They are heard saying that the film has been made in a wonderful manner and its clean entertainment will strike a chord with the audience. The film is hitting the screens on the 14th of this month and the key highlight is the presence of super comedian Brahmanandam in a full length role. With the censor report coming out in flying colors, the chances are that the film would be repeating the same at the box office as well.

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Allu Sirish Becomes Tollywood’s Ram Gopal Varma

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Though there are many who hate Ram Gopal Varma, they love to read his blogs. For the in depth analysis and the hardcore practicality he shows in it. Now, another lad seems to be getting into the league of Ramu when it comes to blogging and he is none other than the smart Allu Sirish. Ever since he set foot into business, he has been making waves. This time, it was his blog and the focus on e-media. Sirish said that due to the over publicity and commercial thinking of the news channels, they have dug their own grave. Apparently, the wrong culture of sensationalizing the smallest things has aggravated the situation in our state and led to bandhs and violence. Due to this, corporates are running helter skelter, business establishments are not functioning properly. So, Sirish has cautioned that the channels will soon run without ads in the future due to the fall in business. For the fear and tension they have created, the

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Can She Play ‘Rani Rudrama Devi’?

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While the ravishing beauty Rambha is being hailed for her fleshy sex appeal, here is something that has come across as a shocker. Well, Rambha is being seen in the outfit of a queen and many are saying that this is her new get up as Rani Rudrama Devi for an untitled venture. This has raised questions whether Rambha is competing with Vijayashanti and Gunasekhar? On the other hand, some are asking who Gunasekhar has roped in for the role. Well, here Rambha is holding a sword with an armor covering her beautiful body. Many say that they don’t want to see this metallic Rambha. They want to see Rambha in minis and midis. After the thunder thigh beauty created a tsunami few years back, it is getting hard for them to see her in this hard role. Hope Rambha is reading this and makes the necessary changes.

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Can Anyone Buy Vijayashanti @ Rs. 30 Cr

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The life of politician turned actress Vijayashanti is rather interesting. What seemed to be an elegant image of hers as the ruling queen of Tollywood turned out to be a sham with her newfound political image. Anyways, here is something interesting about her on the web that has become a topic of discussion. The famous Wikipedia site which is the storehouse of information about celebrities and noted individuals has got a link for Vijayashanti as well. Now, below her name and title, there is also a row which says net worth – 6 million US$ which roughly comes to Rs 30 crores. Many are wondering if this is paid to Vijayashanti will she become theirs? Some of them are talking political and say if Congress pays that amount will she join Congress? She is not an industrialist who owns a company to show net worth but then it looks like Vijayashanti has got a price. Some are asking if she does have a price, is she really worth Rs 30 crores?

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Adurs is Freemake of Singh is King!

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There is a strong rumour that NTR's Adurs is a freemake (Story Inspired from) of Singh is King. The only difference is that NTR is doing a double role where as Akshay plays a single role in Singh is King. One NTR is a Mafia Don and the second NTR is an innocent villager who comes to town to meet the other NTR. But the rumours cant be believed completely because there are also rumours that NTR plays a role of a police officer in this movie.


Keeping the rumours aside the story is packed with complete entertainment and the strong buzz is that the movie is going to be a complete paisa vasool.

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Radhika’s Daughter to Debut in Films

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Radhika And Sarath Kumar’s daughter Varalakshmi is interested in acting films. Now the stage is set for her as heroine in a Tamil film. The director who is introducing her in to film industry is none other than the director Bala (Sivaputrudu and Nenu Devudni fame). It is also learnt that initially she was supposed to do a film with Simbu but due to some reason Radhika rejected that film. Later Bala impressed Radhika and Sarath Kumar with his story narration for which they gave him an instant green signal to proceed. Another buzz is that two popular Telugu heroes are going to act in this flick. The details of it will be revealed soon as the film is getting ready for its launch in February.

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Ileana and Allu Arjun linked by a Director.

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Slender sexy ileana and Stylish Star Allu Arjun may not have acted together in any movie. But both of them have one thing in common and have their roots linked to a single director.

Yes he is Teja, the stubborn and selfish Director who rose sky high with ‘Chitram’, ‘Jayam’ and few other hits is now in deep of the Earth’s core with no movies and no hits. It was known news to Cinejosh visitors that, Teja openly rejected Allu Arjun for the hero role of ‘Jayam’ which was done by Nitin later.

The same was repeated for ileana, when Teja accepted her for the heroine role in ‘Dhairyam’ which was later done by Raima Sen. Unfortunately both of them, who were rejected by Teja are in peak of their careers with super duper hits while Teja is breaking his head for directing a hit

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Pawan Kalyan heroine @ 25,000 / day!

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devayani, the heroine who first gave a breakthrough for Pawan Kalyan with ‘Suswagatham’ is now a no demand actress. Years rolled out, Pawan Kalyan has become the top hero in Tollywood while homely actress devayani has become best fit for nothing.

devayani tried her luck in all South Indian languages but luck never turned her way and Kollywood news now is saying that, devayani is requesting the small screen producers for role in daily TV serials with a minimum pay of 25000 bucks / day. That’s the fate of hot actresses who once shined on big screen go out of focus once their age starts running above 25+.

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Adurs Movie Review | Jr NTR Adurs Movie Review | VV Vinaya Adurs Movie Review - Telugu Cinema Reviews

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Film: Adhurs Rating: 3/5 Cast: Jr NTR, Nayantara, Sheela, MS Narayana, Brahmanandam, Tanikella Bhrani, RajYA Lakshmi, Raghu Babu etc Editing: Goutam Raj Fights: Ram Laxman Story: Kona Venkat Music:  Devi Sri Prasad Lyricst: Chandra Bose Producers: Vamsi Mohan and Kodali Nani Screenplay, Direction: VV Vinayak Released On: 13th Jan 2010 The movie ‘Adhurs’ has been in current affairs due to the Telangana agitators and that resulted in huge openings for the movie. It became Herculean task for many fans to get tickets at box office price across the state. Theatres were gushed with film lovers since dawn on ‘Bhogi’ day. Let us see how far the movie stood up to the expectations. Story: It’s a story that runs on no suspense but humor. Like in many old movies, the twin brothers get separated at the time of birth. A Brahmin lady loses her child just a few minutes after his birth. The news first comes to the notice of an old woman in the family and she secretly replaces the dead-infant with a healthy baby from adjacent mother who delivers twins. The adjacent mother leaves the hospital with single child assuming the other one died. Thus one boy grows up in Brahmin family as Chari (Jr NTR) and another grows up at his mother as Narsimha (Jr NTR). While Chari is orthodox in speech, act and thought..Narasimha is rugged in every way. How these two brothers unite forms the climax. Chandrakala (Nayantara) pairs up with Chari and another cosmo-girl (Sheela) becomes the love interest of Narasimha. Performances: Jr NTR lives up to the expectations in everything. He brought many laughs in theaters with his Brahmin character and hilarious characterization. Narasimha part is quite routine. His dances took away the breath of audiences. Especially his steps in ‘pilla na valla kaadu’ received once-mores in theatres. But the costumes part is very weak. Why did he put on jackets in every scene? That’s not understood. Nayantara is slim and sleek while Sheela looted young hearts with glowing skin and sensuous garments. Nothing more is left for heroines than this to discuss. Brahmanandam is ok as Bhattu but more is expected from him in last 30 minutes as well. The film would have brought better feel with that. Raghu Babu is good and MS Narayana is better. Tanikella Bharani aptly grooved in Brahmin’s role. Highlights: Kondavalasa (in Amitabh Bachchan get up) as hero in Chakkera Takkuva (Cheeni Kum remake) brought laughs ‘Maa Baava Kallallo Aanandam Choodali’ dialogue of Ananth also brought hilarious attention The change of lyrics from ‘Where is that Panche Kattu, where is that pilaka juttu, where is that niluvu bottu…Chaari’ to ‘where is that panche kattu, where is that paatha bike, where is that old look…Chaari..’ is not good but should be accepted due to Censor reasons. VV Vinayak appears in a single frame in the song ‘Sambho Siva Sambho…’and that resulted in loud whistles and shouts in theatres NTR’s dances stood on the top Brahmanandam’s comedy as lover to Nayanatara impresses. Bad guy Mahesh Manjrekar also tried to make people laugh to some extent in the role of big Don. All songs are good visual treats Disappointments: Sayaji Shinde’s character is half baked. Audiences didn’t understand if he were a positive or negative character. On a whole, the characterization graph is not complete. Climax is trash with senseless weapon theme. No one understood the logic and possibility of such a weapon that appears from air!!! Analysis: Observing the uncertainty of the release of this film in Hyderabad (due to Telangana agitators), I moved to coastal Andhra and reserved my ticket to watch as it’s my profession. But I found something interesting here. A few Osmania students have come here from Hyderabad with same uncertainty and met me in theatre. I understood, movie lovers know no boundaries and no politics can put iron curtains among the lovers of art. Well, coming into the analysis part, it’s a ‘King’ kind of narration but action dominated comedy. Audiences got vexed up watching sentiment and violence in this type of story line, but prefer it when blended with loads of comedy. Although attempts are made with the characters like Bhattu (Brahmanandam) and Atma (MS Narayana), the dose isn’t sufficient. The requirement is certainly more. First half brings an average feel while the second half breezes little better with more comedians. But the climax is predictable and abrupt. That is very well within the expected limits of common audiences. What marred the movie from attaining greater heights is only the weapon-episode and climax part. On a whole, it’s a treat for movie lovers as NTR appeared on screen after a very long gap. Bottom Line: Watch it for NTR’s dances and his hilarious Brahminic performance.

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Nag kissing Mamatha for ANR!!

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Handsome hero of Tollywood nagarjuna is busy with final touchups of “Kedi” which is due to release in next month. Pairing nagarjuna in this “Kedi” is Mamatha Mohandas who normally work with full commitment. As per the news, there is a hot song that is picturized on nagarjuna and Mamatha which involves good number of kisses shared. This song is also known to be a remix of ANR’s all time hit “Mu..Mu..Muddante Cheda.” So, nagarjuna has once again turned violently romantic kissing Mamatha for ANR’s song.

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I Do Anything For Diya - Surya

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Singer Mano's 'Hot Business' In Guntur

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The noted singer Mano has been enthralling the Telugu audience and recently diversified by becoming a music director as well. While these are his film related activities, here is something that Mano has been making news for and it is not film related. It is heard that Mano has been doing excellent business and that is Real estate in the town of Guntur. Sources say that this has been continuing since quite a while and now with the Samaikya Andhra – Telangana fight going on, the prices have been hyped and Mano is minting money. The buzz is that Mano has made quite a lot of money during the last few weeks due to the ongoing political chaos. And those who have been buying stuff from Mano feel good that they get to know this talented film personality. That’s Mano and his Guntur story folks.

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Rajashekhar to do business with Kalyani.

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Angry man of Tollywood, Rajashekhar is a bit away from movies after disastrous “Satyameva Jayathe.” Director Suryakiran who is busy with final touches of Chapter 6 is known to be now directing a movie for Rajashekhar and that too a socio-fantasy thriller. Sources say that, this movie will be produced as a joint venture of Jeevitha Rajashekhar and kalyani. Wait for few more days to get the complete news about this venture. After “Seshsu”, this will be the second movie that both of them are working together.

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She Orders - I Follow - Krishna Vamsi

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People Always Focus On My Waist - Ileana

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'Meat Eating Brahmins' In Kamal Haasan’s 500 BC

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Kamal Haasan is one man whose films always spark one controversy or the other. Sometimes, it has to do with his atheist ideology and sometimes, it has to do with his steamy lip lock sequences. Right now, his new venture ‘500 BC’ is getting its own form of attention, for the wrong reasons.

As the title suggests, the film is said to be on the backdrop of 500 BC and it is heard that there are scenes depicting Brahmins who would be eating meat. While no confirmations are received on this, those who heard this say that if this is true then

controversies are sure to arise.

For now, Kamal is busy with his short term commercial comedy venture with noted director K S Ravi Kumar. The script work is said to be on for ‘500 BC’ and if this Brahmin episode is true, then it would be an irony since Kamal happens to be from a staunch Brahmin family.

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Ramoji Rao’s ‘Research Team’ Escaped?

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Ramoji Rao’s Eenadu is known for publishing big articles pertaining to every aspect happening in political arena. His research group is so capable that it can hire a helicopter and take pictures of Idupulapaya and publish a grand report in News Daily and also roll on ETV. But where is that ‘Research Team’ now? Why cannot they publish facts relating to state, districts and expenditure incurred on each area since decades. Vundavalli Arun Kumar has a detailed report of it. Ramoji can take that from him and publish as well!!! If not, when Vundavalli can do, why cannot Ramoji’s ‘Research Team’? It is clear that it is the result of Ramoji Rao’s fear on T-activists. Hence he prefers silence to showing his strength in journalism.

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Nagarjuna's Sleepless Night

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Usually, it is Nagarjuna who is famous for giving sleepless nights to many girls and ladies but this time, the star himself had to go through a sleepless night and that too for an entirely different reason. Here are the details of this interesting incident. It is heard that a few weeks back, Nag sold one of his lands and this fetched him many crores (we can’t reveal the figure which might shock all). The buyers delayed the payment by few hours and in the end, they gave him full amount in big boxes (no banker’s cheques but only cash) and that too in the evening. With no other choice, Nag had reportedly spent the night with the huge pile of cash in his home and was said to be quite tensed. It was not until the next morning that the money was sent to the appropriate places. This is said to have happened about six months back

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Anushka's Problem with Tamil Heroes

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2009 turned out to be a BIG year for Anushka! Her film Arundhati in which she portrayed two vital characters Arundhati and Jejamma, separated by a time period of 3 generations, became Tollywood's Top 3rd Grosser. She proved her versatility in this film. In Billa, she did the extremely glamourous role like Nayanthara did in its Tamil version. It was also a big hit. Her latest release in Tamil, Vettaikkaran opposite Vijay turned out to be a huge success! Though her character in Vettaikkaran did not challenge her acting prowess, she titillated the audience by appearing glamourously in skimpy wet clothes in song sequences.

You all know that Anushka is one of the tallest heroines in South Indian Cinema. Could you believe if I say her height factor poses problem to the heroes who are pairing her? A leading Tamil evening daily wrote in its gossip column recently that Surya is wearing special shoes with increased height (colloquially they said ‘stool like shoe’) to match the height of Anushka for the film ‘Singam’ (What a pity! Previously he was changing his getups for films. Now he is changing shoes!).

Except some heroes like Arya, Jeevan, Sibiraj, Satyaraj, etc, most of  the Tamil heroes’ average height is between 5’6” and 5’8” only. They may sure be scared of pairing such tall heroines like Anushka & Namitha but their tantalizing beauty persuades a strong desire in the minds of our heroes. Latest Technology is always there to help them. Recently in ‘Paa’ Amitabh Bachchan acted as a 12-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect(progeria-like syndrome) that causes accelerated aging. Hollywood’s Christien Tinsley made this possible with his prosthetic make up. Surya himself acted as a 10-year-old boy in his latest flick ‘Aadhavan’. Even Pandiarajan, who is the shortest hero, paired with several tall heroines with the aid of camera tricks. Anushka is fortunate to get a grand opening for her re-entry in Tamil. As long as producers are ready to meet her demands, she will have no objection to pair with any hero. So, Tamil heroes! Get ready! Nothing can forbid you pairing Anushka!

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