It was a Tollywood party allright, and the filmi folks were there in large numbers. After all, it was Rana who threw a bash and his friends and well wishers from the industry were present to celebrate with him on Wednesday night. From Ravi Teja and Venkatesh to the young brigade led by Ram Charan, Allu Arjun and Naga Chaitanya, the list was star-studded. The ladies were there as well, dressed to kill. Sindhura Gadde’s white outfit gets the thumbs up but her silver shoes were acomplete let down. Richa’s purple number was good but she failed to score in the footwear department. Nag Chaitanya kept it simple in trousers and shirt while Allu Arjun and Ram Charan went casual, ditto RaNa. Now a word on Venkatesh. Those paint splattered jeans, shirt over the tee and bandana would have looked tacky on someone else, but Venkatesh manages to pull off the look! With Sachin Tendulkar scoring 200 ODI runs, T-Town had another reason to party. Now, that truly was double dhamaka.
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 Magadhereera 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 anexperience 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 createdIndia’s first PC game, in association with FX Labs