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Her last day in front of the camera was at Ramoji Rao Film city in Hyderabad on June 25.

After the wrap up of the shoot, the actress presented gifts like watches and gold rings to her assistants and say a good bye to all with tears.

When Balakrishna asked her about the post marriage acting plans, the replied that her fiance strictly asked her to quit films after marriage.

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Nanna and Sega will flag off this season and there are as many as dozen dubbed films that are ready to hit the theatres any time. Karthi’s Naa Peru Siva, Renigunta, Mynaa (Prema Khaidi), Goa, Urumi, Bala Surya, Dhanam, Sishira, Chikku Bukku (Fair and Lovely), Rajani, Ragile Kasi and few more dubbed films from various languages are ready to take on straight Telugu movies.

Our government doesn’t levy high taxes or take necessary measures to cut down on the heavy inflow of dubbed films. Therefore, they are troubling straight films and eating into their business at times. Recent dubbed hit Rangam is one of the reasons for this sudden boom.

Ravi Teja,

According to reports, the actor is going to play the lead role in the the remake of the Bollywood hit ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’. The film is a bilingual and will be simultaneously made in Telugu and Tamil with Ravi in the lead.

Sources reveal that Trisha has been roped in to play the heroine. ‘Bum Chik Bum’ is the title under consideration for the Telugu version and for Tamil the crew is yet to be decided the title.

‘Band Baaja Baaraat’, a romantic comedy set in the backdrop of a wedding, was directed by Maneesh Sharma with Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh in the lead.

Genelia, one of the leading actress in South is shifting her concentration on a new game. It is none other than the risky skating.

Recently she got a very good instructor who boosted her confidence to go ahead and do it. Having no fear of heights, the actress took to sky diving like a fish takes to water.

The actress is very busy in Tamil and Telugu now. Her recent release in Tamil is Uthamaputhiran. Her next release will be Velayudham with Vijay.

Last year after the super hit Hindi film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na with Imran Khan, Genelia was avoiding signing south Indian films especially Tamil films.

Now that her Life Partner with boy friend Ritesh Deshmukh and Govinda has bombed badly, Gene is having a rethinking of her strategy.

All of a sudden, she was more than willing to do her Telugu film Ready remake in Tamil with Dhanush and sending feelers to big directors.

Genelia after a short lived honeymoon with Bollywood is turning her attention to south in a big way.

In Telugu, her Katha with Ram is ready for release while she has signed the biggest movie, Ram Charan Teja’s Orange.

The big question now being asked in Kollywood is whether Asin will also rethink her strategy and come back to Tamil after London Dreams turned out to be a disaster at the box-office?

Vikram starrer Kandhasamy’s original length of 3 hours 12 minutes has been chopped by 22 minutes by producer Kalaipuli S.Thanu.

Some of the Vadivel comedy scenes and a few other scenes have been cut. Now the running time of the film has been reduced to 2 hours and 50 minutes.

The theatre owners who were finding it difficult to screen the film, has now heaved a collective sigh of relief.

The Telugu version of the film also trimmed.

Anushka, the latest sexy siren in the South Indian movie world, is apparently the numero uno around.

After the grand success of Arundhati, and her dare-bare act in Billa, Anushka has strengthened her position as an actress. She is aiming at becoming the No.1 heroine in Tollywood.

Apart from that, Anushka is also looking to establish a good career in the Tamil film industry, which has been offering her big movies.

Currently, Anushka is working with Vijay, the leading commercial hero of Kollywood, in a film titled Vettaikaran.

“I want to do quality movies and establish a place for myself in the industry. I want to balance my career in both the Tamil and the Telugu film industries. I know that the life span of an actress in filmdom is short. I want to be part of successful and good projects during my stay here”, Anushka says.

With Ankitha in the lead, a film titled `Sunami’ is in the making. Say `Tsunami’ what comes to mind is the catastrophe that struck southern India some time ago but according to the film’s writer Ravindra Desai, the film is about the turbulences in the life of a woman.

The film’s audio was released at a recent function at Prasads Labs in the City. K Raghavendra Rao and Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy released audio cassette and audio CDs of the film respectively. MM Chowdary whose film `Indrani’ has just been released, is directing the film.

Balaramakrishna Murthy is presenting the film under V International banner. G Madhukar and Srinivasa Babu are jointly producing the film. The film has music scored by Gorantla Krishna. Directors K Raghavendra Rao, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, R Narayana Murthy and music director Gorantla Krishna, Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy and Ramakrishna Gowd were among those present on the occasion.