Magadheera on Blu-Ray Discs : First time in India



Geetha Arts, one of the leading production houses since 1972, has not only produced mega blockbusters in Indian languages but also pioneered many innovations. This time around, Geetha Arts has joined hands with Balaji Video, the largest home video company, to woo the audiences with a new offering � The all-time blockbuster Magadheera on Blu-Ray. It includes a bonus disc with additional material. While the DVDs will hit the stands on the 3rd week of March, the Blu-Ray will be available 2 weeks after that. The Blu-Ray discs will be made available outside India for overseas viewers. Incidentally, this is the first time a Telugu movie�s Blu-Ray disc is being released in the Indian market. Blu-Ray disc is the latest storage format which redefines home-viewing besides giving an experience on par with cinemas in picture quality and sound. A generation ahead of DVDs.

- Master (1997) was the first Telugu film to be released on an audio CD, beside the first Telugu film to be released in DTS.

- Johnny (2003) was the first Telugu film to have movie merchandising. Also the first film in Telugu to have in-film placement and co-branded advertising. It was also the first Telugu film to use sync-sound while filming.

- Jalsa (2008) was the first Telugu film to have a mobile game based on it. Also, the first Telugu film using standees in theaters as a publicity tool.

- On its home production Ghajini, starring Aamir Khan Geetha Arts also created India�s first PC game, in association with FX Labs.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Allu Arjun new stunts in Badrinath


Allu Arjun’s new film ‘Badrinath’ under VV Vinayak’s direction will be launched in the month of May. The movie is produced by his father Allu Aravind under Geeta Arts banner. Vinayak and Arjun are aiming to introduce different types of stunts in this flick. Therefore Arjun decided to get trained in Bangkok for the action sequences to be held there. He is planning to do so after the release of his latest film ‘Varudu’ that is to be released on March 26th. On other hand, sincere efforts are being made to rope in the Bollywood star Nana Patekar for a pivotal role in ‘Badrinath’.

On technical side, MM Keeravani is the music composer of the film. He is working for Vinayak for the first time. And among Arjun’s films, he is again working for ‘Badrinath’ after his debut film ‘Gangotri’. Cinematographer Ravi Varman, known for his magnificent camera work in ‘Aparichitudu’, ‘Raghavan’ and ‘Dasavataram’ is going to handle this project now and the visual effects will be done by Kamal Kannan as he has proved his mettle in ‘Magadheera’.

Ram Charan's Orange in Australia

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After the block buster Magadheera Ram Charan Teja is doing romantic entertainer ‘Orange’ along with Genelia and Shazahn Padamsee as female leads.The flick is being directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar and produced by K Naga Babu under Anjana Productions banner has completed its first schedule at Mumbai.

The next schedule is a huge one to be held at Australia. The shooting will begin from 1st week of March in Sydney, followed by Melbourne.

According to producer Naga Babu, ‘Orange’ is a working title and the actual title would be announced soon. With music by Harris Jayraj, cinematography is Kiran Reddy, stunts are choreographed by Peter Hynes, art by Anand Sai, dialogues by Thota Prasad and editing by Marthand K Venkatesh.

Monday, March 1, 2010