Make way for 'Angane Thudangi'

'Angane Thudangi' is a rom-com that is directed under the captaincy of Nandini Reddy and produced under the Sri Ranjith Movies banner. The movie is the dubbed version of Telugu super hit 'Ala Modalaindi' and stars Nani and Nithya Menen essaying lead roles.

The film sees Gautham, played by Nani, who is in love with Simran, played by Kriti Kharbanda, and then he is injured in the head by Nithya, played by Nithya Menen. He is then hospitalized and things take a twist as Simran falls in love with the doctor treating Gautham and they even get married!

At the wedding, Gautham meets Nithya who was in love with the doctor, and later Gautham falls for her truly. What follows next and how he confesses his love to Nithya forms the rest of the story in 'Angane Thudangi'.

Although there was a mad rush in Malayalam for the remake rights of this film, the makers are confident and want to release the dubbed version. Nani has been on a promotional spree for this film, and Nithya Menen has carved a niche for herself among Malayalam movie fans already.

It will hit the screens all over Kerala on July 28.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/68791.html

"Makaramanju" on July 1st.

It has been quite a while since the film MakaraManju directed by Lenin Rajendran has been clicked in IFFK, before normal releasing and now the time has come for it public release.
The film is hitting the screens on July 1st and this marks the debut of the noted cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan as the hero. He is pairing up with the talented Karthika, who get alot appraisal through her latest tamil film KO.

The film is about celebrated painter Raja Ravi Varma's life at a certain stage in his life. Nithya Menon, Mallika Kapoor, Shamna Kasim, Vishnupriya, Bala,Jagathy Sreekumar, Saiju Kurup also includes the cast.
The film was met with critical acclaim. It was one of the five Malayalam films to be screened at the International Film Festival of India. It won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Malayalam Film at the International Film Festival of Kerala. Makaramanju Special shows screened on June 28th evening at Sree and was full with VIPs and MLAs.

Veppam release confirmed

Gautham Menon’s production venture Veppam is slated for June 24th release. The film has been directed by his assistant Anjana and stars Nani, Karthik Kumar, Nithya Menon and Bindhu Madhavi.

Veppam has been in the making for a long time and its release was postponed on several occasions in the past due to various reasons. Finally, it is going to see the light of the day with all issues sorted out.

On June 24th, Veppam is all set to hit the screens, say credible sources in Kollywood.

Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jun-11-02/veppam-gautham-menon-14-06-11.html

'180' becomes 'Nootrenbadhu'

Adhering to an order by the government of Tamil Nadu that films with Tamil titles alone will be eligible for tax benefits, Siddarth-starrer romantic entertainer '180' has been rechristened as 'Nootrendbadhu'.

Directed by popular ad filmmaker Jayendra, the triangle love story has Priya Anand and Nithya Menon as heroines. "The change has come into effect since Friday. Newly released ads and promos of the film feature the new title," circles close to the unit say.

'Nootrenbadhu', produced by Sathyam Cinemas and Agal Films will be released on June 25. "It will be a refreshing romantic flick with dialogues by ace writers Subha adding more flavour," they say.

The film will be simultaneously released in Telugu too, however with the title '180'. It will mark the comeback of Siddarth in Kollywood, who was last seen in Mani Ratnam's 'Ayudha Ezhuthu' seven years ago.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/67581.html

‘Veppam’ of Naani to be dubbed as ‘Sega’

Naani and Nitya Menon paired up for a Telugu film ‘Ala Modalayindi’ directed by Nandini Reddy and produced by KL Damodar Prasad on the banner of Sri Rajith Films and the film was running with houseful crowds.

Even before this film, the combination of the hero and heroine was proved a hit pair in a Tamil film ‘Veppam’ directed by Anjana Ali Khan and produced by maverick director Gautham Menon.

The success of ‘Ala Modalayindi’ prompted the producers to dub the film into Telugu and efforts are being made to complete all the post- production works as early as possible.

As per information the Telugu version of the film was titled ‘Sega’ and Naani is playing the role of a slum boy.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/63694.html

Ala Modalaindi goes to Tamil

The Tamil remake rights of Telugu hero Nani's runaway success Ala Modalaindi, directed by Nandini Reddy, have been sold!

A leading Tamil film producer has bagged the remake rights for a whopping sum of close to Rs. 50 lakhs, sources said. For a film made on a budget of just Rs. 3 crores, it is a huge amount for remake rights, experts say.

Interestingly, Nani is making his Tamil debut with Anjali Alikhan’s forthcoming Veppam; it is yet to be seen if the makers retain him in the Tamil version of Ala Modalaindi.

Source: http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/id/Ala_Modalaindi_goes_to_Tamil_46725.html

Three hits of Tollywood

Though the year 2010 ended on a bitter note with huge losses for Tollywood, January 2011 brought some respite in the form of three films that worked at the box office. If our sources in film industry are to be believed, 'Mirapakaya' of Raviteja is doing good business even after two weeks after its release.

'Golconda High School' starring Sumanth evoked good response from multiplex audience and ditto with Nani's 'Ala Modalaindi'.

'Ala Modalaindi' a slapstick comedy with hero playing 'Gay' shade charecter, released without much publicity is running housefull in several theatres and many a places, theatres have been increased for this movie as the collections are encouraging.The word of mouth publicity for this film is strong and young audience are thronging to theatres.

As per the latest report, 'Mirapakaya' collected Rs 25.4 crore in two weeks. So, January this year proved lucky for the industry with already three decent hits. Hope more blockbusters will follow this year.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/63475.html

Ala Modalaindi Trailers

Nithya Menon has sung two songs in this movie, this one^^ is one of them :)