Rajini Dare Stunt Act for ‘Rana’

“Yes, he will be performing his own stunts for the period drama Rana”, said director KS Ravi Kumar. The Superstar, who is currently recuperating at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital, is keen on doing the stunts on his own rather than using a body double thus ending rumours that action sequences will be altered or done completely by a body double.

“Rajinikanth, who fell ill during the first schedule of Rana is keenly monitoring the progress of Rana”, said Ravi Kumar. In the meantime speculations regarding Rana’s script alteration are also brushed aside by Ravi Kumar by suggesting that Rana’s script is completely untouched and it would remain as Rajini wrote it.

The director is also not in a rush to start filming Rana. He wants Thalaivar to take all the rest he needs, before coming to sets completely fit. The shooting which is stopped temporarily will resume in September as opposed to June end, said Ravi. Right now for the maker the superstar’s health is paramount.

Rana with an estimated budget of over Rs 150 crores will see Rajini essaying three different roles.

Rajinikath gets Rs 24 crore for Rana

For the fans all over the world, prayers are that Super Star should return safe and soon from Singapore. Meanwhile there are reports that a whopping amount that the superstar has charged for his highly awaited film, Ranaa where Rajini is playing a triple role. Buzz is that Rajinikath has been paid Rs 24 crore as a first instalment.


A source says, Rajini Sir is still India's highest paid actor. Besides the reported 24 cr that he has already received, the family will also have a stake in the IPR because Rajini's second daughter Soundarya is a partner in the project.


Meanwhile, the star is undergoing treatment in Singapore and will soon resumethe shooting of ‘Rana’. He fell sick during the mahurat of the movie. His son-in-law Dhanush has dismissed the rumors that Rana might be shelved or it may even be Rajinikanth’s last film.


“The superstar is fine. He will be out of hospital in a week or in 10 days. And, he will start shooting for Rana,” Dhanush clarified in a statement to media persons

Ranjikanth gets 24 cr for Rana!

Rajinikanth fans, the world over, are immersed in prayer. Ever since the Tamil superstar and one of Asia's most famous actors landed himself in a Singapore hospital with a kidney ailment, the South industry is deeply concerned.

Rubbishing rumours of a kidney transplant, the superstar's son-in-law and this year's National Award winning actor Dhanush told media persons that, "The superstar is fine. He will be out of hospital in a week or in 10 days. And, he will start shooting for Rana."

Ironically on one side, Rajini's health is of prime concern. And on the other side, the trade is talking about how Rajinikanth has reportedly been paid 24 crores as just his first installment on Rana. A source says, "Rajini Sir is still India's highest paid actor. Besides the reported 24 cr that he has already received, the family will also have a stake in the IPR because Rajini's second daughter Soundarya is a partner in the project."

Meanwhile, Dhanush who is Rajini's elder son-in-law (married to the superstar's daughter Aishwarya) has in recent times become the official spokesperson for the family. Many in Chennai see him as the "son" of the superstar. He is the one to whom the film industry and Rajini's fans have been turning to for the latest updates on the ailing star's health.

Source: TOI

Last Movie for Rajinikanth!

South India’s craziest Super Star rajinikanth is presently healing his ailments in Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. While there are plenty of doubts on his health condition and performance of kidneys, here comes his son-in-law Dhanush speaking openly to media yesterday. Dhanush and his ‘Aadukalam’ team met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha on their winning of National awards.

Coming out from Jaya’s residence Dhanush said, ‘Condition of rajinikanth is stable. He will recover soon and speak to all his Fans. Hopefully this film ‘Rana’ will be his last movie. He will announce the decision with in next few days. There is no question of shelving ‘Rana’ because this is Rajini’s dream project.’ Well, let us wait for a declaration from rajinikanth.

Heroes going mad over Milk Beauty

Milk Beauty Tamanna is surely on fire in her reentry. Her exceptional performance and scintillating skin show in 100% Love won her 100% marks from the audience. Tamanna’s hot exposure in Badrinath is already setting the temperatures high. Badrinath makers too are depending more on Tamanna’s assets to grab audience attention. Tamanna was not so successful in her first innings in Tollywood. Now she has grown sexier and also bold enough to flaunt her curves. Tamanna has not only impressed Andhra audience but also our heroes with her makeover. That is the reason why she is being cast in most expected films opposite most sought after young stars. After Badrinath Tamanna will be seen in NTR’s film Oosaravelli. She is also paired up with Ram Charan in Racha. Other young heroes Ram, Rana and Nitin too are trying their best to get Tamanna in their films say filmy sources. But Tamanna is being too choosy with her assignments as she doesn’t want to repeat the same mistakes that she did early in her career.

Rajinikanth's Rana in danger

Superstar Rajinikanth's upcoming movie 'Rana' is in big trouble says Kollywood rumor mills. As Rajini is suffering from ill health for the past ten days, 'Rana' shoot didn't start as per the schedule. It can be recalled that Rajini fell ill on the launching day of 'Rana' and was rushed to the hospital. He was discharged within couple of days but fell ill again and is being treated in hospital since then. The latest we hear is Rajini has been referred to specialists in US and he would be leaving to America soon. 'Rana' schedules were disturbed by this and as there are more than hundred crore rupees running on it, makers are worrying a lot about Rajini's health. "What if he seriously falls ill during mid way of the shoot?" is their biggest worry. Knowing about his health condition better than any, even Rajini might think twice about doing this film. 'Rana' requires so much physical stress and strain and Rajinikanth is right now not fully fit for it.

Comedian Vadivelu Vs Rajinikanth :TV9

'Boothu Puranalu' in Puri's bedroom!

Old Telugu novels and Korea movie DVDs are said to be the most popular items in ace Tollywood director Puri Jagannath's personal wardrobe in his bedroom. However, the master film maker is striking all those wrong chords, with his boundless creativity. With a negative talk spreading at a rage about his latest flick 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi', the director too become prey for sharp criticism. The dose of boothu comedy is gradually increasing in Puri's flicks is the point of critics now. Like from a family film to xxx film, puri's dose of vulgarity and adultery is increasing in his films with those separate comedy tracks. 'Ek Niranjan' and 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi' are the best example for this adult comedy, which makes family audiences a bit apprehensive. While film nagar is talking about this 'boothu puranam', insiders are saying that Puri's wife started 'boothu panchangam' at this ace director after watching NNR with her friends and relatives!

Rana blames script writers

Even though 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi' is declared a dud, young hero Rana has confidence of making it big in Tollywood as an actor. He would become a promising artist only if necessary lessons are learnt from the past failures. Being three movies old, Rana has long way to go to prove as an actor like his uncle Venkatesh. Indeed Rana is not only learning but also encouraging directors to come up with multi-starrer projects. He is waiting for a good script to share the screen with his uncle Venkatesh. "For last few years Telugu writers stopped coming up with good scripts," Rana blames it on failure of others. In fact there are better script writers in film industry but the vent to reach the right person is making it difficult for their growth. Rana feels that 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi' is one such film not made on regular format but the basic essence of romantic thriller is intact. Contrarily audience gave a different verdict.

VIDEO:Superstar Rajinikanth hospitalized :TV9

Rajini on his triple role :NDTV

Rajinikanth RANA Movie Opening

RANA First look

Access Card Security for Rana Shooting

Finally the construction of the huge sets which are being erected at AVM Studios got completed. Now the shooting of Rana is all set take place in these sets and director KS Ravi Kumar is going to shoot a duet on the lead pair Rajini and Deepika Padukone. Reliable sources say that Rana is going to be launched on May 1st and a duet song is going to be canned in the set erected at Royal Hall.

The muhurat is almost confirmed on May 1st which is followed by a regular shoot. It is known that except the cast and crew of unit none of them were allowed at location of the shoot and the team members of Rana got issued Access Card to enter the shooting location on the VIII floor of the Studios. Probably for the first time in the history of Indian cinema, the Access cards are being issued to the cast and crew for the shooting. Off course whatever Rajini does it always represents his own style!

Ileana has been confirmed as a heroine for one of the role played by Rajini while Tabu is going to play opposite elder Rana. Sonu Sood plays the baddie in the film is going clash with Rajini. A.R. Rahman scored the music for the period-type extravaganza and he already completed few songs.

Rana's popularity helps Dum Maaro Dum

Young heratrob Rana Daggubati has turned out to be a crowd puller for much awaited film 'Dum Maaro Dum',  that was screened in 46 theatres in and around Hyderabad. The presence of Rana in the film has down wonders in the south, as everyone wanted to knew how he performed in his first Bollywood film. "We screened on three screens in IMAX and we had a fantastic collection. DMD was the most awaited film. Rana's popularity coupled with the famous title of the movie was a crowd puller. In fact even our weekday was close to 80 percent which is quite exciting," said T. Srikanth, GM Operations, Prasad Media Corporation Ltd, in a statement. The thriller amassed Rs 6.2 crore in India on its opening day. Overall, DMD has collected Rs 16.5 crore for the first three days. Dum Maaro Dum was made with a moderate budget of Rs 20 crores which is a profitable film for everyone - right from producer, distributors to exhibitors. Great going Rana and DMD team!

Producer buys Son and Sexy Heroine's B-Film!

The film created shivers in Indian Film Industry for the kind of cast it had and for the content it deals with. Other than bringing craze to a Telugu hero, it has scored a success. We are talking about macho hero Rana and his 'Dum Maaro Dum'. After receiving critical acclaims with good opening collections, big stars like Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Deepika Padukone's efforts turned fruitful. Rana, son of producer Suresh Babu won accolades for his suave looks, despite of ill remarks from critics. Romance between Rana and Bipasha is also raising heat in the T-town, as the couple looks like perfect playmates. To make his son popular and to cash on his son's romance with Bips, ace producer Suresh Babu bought the Telugu dubbing rights of this Bollywood-Film, as per reports. Except for publicity costs, Suresh Babu need not spend a single rupee as film printing and theatres are his in-house tools. Let us see how Telugu audience receives both the flick and Rana.

Crores riding on Rana's back!

Daggubati Rana has the sturdy job in hand to stand on par with the excellence of babai Venkatesh and father Suresh Babu. In coming two weeks, Rana has got crores of money riding on his back with two films 'Dum Maaro Dum' and 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi' slated for release. He is on a double cross with these flicks as both stand on equal importance for his future career. The Goa based 'Dum Maaro Dum' is to strike screens on 22nd of this month while 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi' is on 29th. If earlier happens to be his Bollywood debut latter helps him to secure a position in Tollywood. The young actor is spending sleepless nights promoting the two and hardly is he left with any time? He is touring the North India these days to publicize 'Dum Maaro Dum'. Soon after its release, he will fly back to South to boost the advertisement with Ileana. Feeling the nervousness Rana says,"I'm having a lot of fun, but it's tough at times as I am required to be in two places all at once.These are nervous times for sure. But I don't mind it one bit". Let us see, how he gets out from these tough times?

Puri Jagan's 'Swami Droham'!!!

We are not talking about Tollywood’s ace director Puri Jagan's guru in his directorial skills. Those who know Puri from a close angle might know the fact about whom Puri cares a lot. This sensational director created and dedicated a special song for that person in one of his flick too. Michael Jackson, the King Of Pop is considered by Puri as his biggest Guru. Both, MJ's music and his life history are said to be a great inspiration for our stupendous film maker. The director came with a special song to commemorate the death of MJ in his 'Ek Niranjan'. Apparently, most of the tunes of the Puri's upcoming flick 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi' resemble the masters created by Michael Jackson. Fans of MJ are furious over these copy-cat acts of music directors Rehman and Viswaa before going at large on Puri for obeying all this. Though the music directors are admitting that the chorus in songs is a direct lift from MJ's popular numbers, MJ Fans have stated that Puri is doing 'Swami Droham'. What's your say Puri?

Rana's Movie DUM MARO DUM Film Promotion

Suicide Stampede annoys '100% Love'

Ultimately Sukumar-Naga Chaitanya's upcoming flick '100% Love' is the most talked creative caper of this summer film fest. However, rather than enjoying those sweet comments about the film, the makers are quite annoyed with the 'Suicide-Stampede'. Another perfectionist in the Tinsel town, Puri Jagannadh is shaking Tollywood now, with the trailers of his upcoming flick 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi'. The concept of 'Suicide', the presence of macho-man Rana as a serial killer and sexy hour-glass beauty Ileana as a 'failed lover' in NNR's promotional material are shocking the audience. As per trade sources, if NNR rocks the BO with its different concept, the collections of '100% Love' will also get affected. Though Sukumar's flicks look like 'Slow Poison', Puri films are mostly 'instant winners'. Puri has also the history of shaking Tollywood with his suicide oriented film 'Itlu Sravani Subbrahmanyam'. One has to wait till the release of these two flicks to find out the real winner!