Will Rana Score Big With NNR Than DMD?

Whenever a celebrity kid is making his foray, the expectations are large and the hype is more than normal. Right now, that is the case with Daggubati Rana. Though he made his debut with a sober political thriller like ‘Leader’, many in the cine circuit say his current films are the real litmus test for this towering hunk.

Apparently, Rana made his debut in Bollywood with the latest release ‘Dum Maro Dum’ and reports are arriving positive on his looks and screen presence. In the home ground, the curiosity is more on his new movie ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’ considering the fact that it is directed by a pure masala entertainer Puri Jagannadh.

As such, the trailers of ‘NNR’ show Rana gave an energetic performance and some found his screen chemistry with Ileana to be a highlight. But in the Bollywood debut, there were other established stars like Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu etc. Here, it is going to be whole and sole Rana show so the focus will be more on how he will shoulder the film. This should be interesting.

Ileana Admits Rana's Love

Generally heroines condemn any love gossips between them and heroes. They say 'we are just friends', but move very closely and cozily with each other. But Ileana seems to be an exception from that lot.

She said earlier that Shakti would be a super flop, without any hesitation. The result is seen. Now she is saying that Rana has a special connection with her and her mother and hence helping them a lot.

She said that Rana supporting her family a lot by investing in boutique business that she started recently. Ileana thus confirmed the financial aid talk that is in spread all these days. She concluded stating that she is indebted to Rana for ever.

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?

Ileana's water on Jr NTR's Love-Life!

Jr NTR, the big name among the youngest bunch of Star Telugu heroes is no more an eligible bachelor in the Tinsel town. After his engagement to Lakshmi Pranathi, the young tiger is smitten by her love and is feeling pleasures of love-life. Now, the cake-walk has been disturbed it appears. While the status of 'Shakti' is known to everyone, Junior and his batch are giving a color that the movie is doing very well at B & C Centres. Producer Ashwini Dutt is giving advertisement in daily newspapers, thanking Telugu audience for making 'Shakti' a big hit. However, hip beauty Ileana, the heroine of the flick, stated that the movie was a dud and she cannot recommend it to her fans. After traveling here and there, the news finally reached the ears of Lakshmi Pranathi, fiancée of Jr NTR. The young girl burst into tears and quizzed Jr NTR to tell the exact status of the flick. Though our young tiger managed her carefully, the entire episode has disturbed him. As per reports, Junior is angry with Ileana for throwing water on his budding love-life and looking for right time to take vengeance.

Ileana's 'Double' Game With Rana!!!

The sexy starlet Ileana has always been adored for her hips and beautiful looks but now the time has come to have a different side of her. Sources reveal that Ileana is all set to show a two-face in her upcoming movie ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’ wherein she is pairing up with Daggubati Rana.

Buzz is that Ileana would be seen in two roles which are completely opposite to each other in the film. Inside talk is that one will get to see the performer inside Ileana and the versatility she possesses. This is directed by Puri Jagannadh and the story is about a professional killer (Rana) and his lady love (Ileana).

The release date is set for April 29th and as much as Ileana’s admirers want to see the glamour side of her, this will be a new taste for them from this sexy hip beauty. Getting a double dose from her would be an added bonus for her fans.

Ileana Likely To Be Banned!!

The day 'Shakti' released, NTV came up with a program and the essence of it was the film failed to reach the expectations of the audience. This enraged Aswini Dutt who proposed that the channel must be banned. Meaning, they must not be invited to any film press meets, not giving any interviews, trailers.

Whether that is possible or not, it is heard that Aswinit Dutt is adamant on banning Ileana, the leading lady of the film ‘Shakti’.

Recently, in an interview given to an English newspaper, Ileana reportedly said she was disappointed with ‘Shakti’ and criticised that she was narrated one story and the story turned out to be something else on the screen.

She went few steps ahead and said that she can’t ask her fans to watch the film that she doesn’t like and added that’s why she didn’t take part in the promotion activity.

On the same day, Aswini Dutt came up with grand advertisements thanking the Telugu audience for their support, showing collections that ‘Shakti’ will create new records.

But through her statements, Ileana literally conveyed that all those statements were lies and declared the film to be a super flop. After hearing this from the film‘s heroine, who will dare to watch the film?

Taking one crore rupees as remuneration, apart from dancing four steps in audio release function, Ileana did not even participate in the promo activities and instead she did negative publicity. This is reportedly giving Aswini Dutt the ground to ban Ileana and it is heard that even the other big producers are supporting this move.

Director satisfies Ileana in new angle

Blooming Ileana is very much regarded as a glamour doll in film industry. She got few opportunities to prove the acting talent unlike other heroines. Most often Ileana knuckled down on sexy assets and high oomph getting the nickname of Hip beauty. Producers and directors enjoyed her etching the characters only on this hot angle.

Director Puri Jagannath gave a rare difference by making her portray wonderful character in ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’.  It is reliably learnt that Ileana will be essaying a dual role in the film and is confident about her acting prowess. The two characters in the film are as different as chalk and cheese. “I have done a performance oriented role after long gap. Although story can’t be divulged, it is based on offering a strong statement to society. Instead of succumbing to problems that we face, one should try to overcome them. Suicide is not the end solution to a problem,” says Ileana. Puri appears to have well satisfied Ileana in this new angle

Ileana Insults NTR And Rana!!!

Having worked with NTR in ‘Rakhi’ and ‘Shakti’ and pairing up with Rana for the first time in ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’, the latest discussion making rounds is that Ileana has insulted both of them terribly. That too, while taking part in the promotion event of ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’.

Apparently, Ileana was asked who her favorite hero is and she replied ‘Ravi Teja’. Not stopping at that, she added “He is my all time favorite hero”. By saying this, she has insulted all the heroes that she worked with. Ileana has paired up with Ravi Teja in the super flop film ‘Khatarnak’ followed by the super hit ‘Kick’. The only two heroes to repeat Ileana are Ravi Teja and NTR.

In that situation, by declaring Ravi Teja as her all-time favorite hero, Ileana has hurt the egos of all the other heroes. However, since she has lifted the spirits of Ravi Teja in the sky with this statement, the chances of her getting a third project with Ravi Teja looks sure.

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Rana- Ileana Romance in Venice

Hyderabad: "I fell in love with the floating city (City of Romance) the moment I landed in the scenic city of Italy", Actor Rana Daggubati says.

“Almost everyone will want to visit Venice for a number of good reasons now. Wait and watch Nenu Naa Rakshashi (NNR) and you will know why I am saying this. Ace director Puri Jagannadh and Cinematographer Amol Rathod have captured the beauty of the city in breathtaking manner,” Rana adds.

What made Venice more interesting and well-known around the world is the fact that it is surrounded on all sides by water, the beautiful actress Ileana, who co-stars with Rana Daggubati in the latest flick Nenu Naa Rakshashi, says “I’m sure the fun facts in Venice are more than enough to make you want to go to the “Queen of Adriatic”, Venice”.

Nenu Naa Rakshashi was shot amidst wood pilings on the submerged islands in the Northern end of the Adriatic Sea 400-foot bridges and 170 boat canals that connect the city to make it easily accessible to the local populace.

“Once you are caught in the island of endless streets, foot bridges that can leave you confused, you would have no other choice but to keep on walking - which is actually a good thing! There’s no better way to explore Venice than getting lost and be surprised in what it has to offer at your every turn.” Actor Rana Daggubati said.

A challenging romantic affair set in the beautiful city of Venice sure to catch the eyes of cinemagoers. “The traditional and symbolic boats used in the film are a perfect setting to narrate the story of Nenu Naa Rakshashi. Evolving and perfected through time, Gondolas as they are known are designed to be easily operated by a highly-skilled oarsmen Puri Jagannadh says”.

Nenu Naa Rashashi is romantic love story between a professional killer and a Rakshashi. The romantic couple wades through the tough challenges that life throws. The movie offers an interesting insight about dealing with tough situation like suicide. The background setting of the movie conveys a strong message “Suicide is not a permanent solution to a temporary problem”.

Ileana gives death blow to Shakti

So far the amplitude of Shakti’s disaster is uncalculated. As heroine of the film Ileana turned against the director Meher Ramesh, devastation is to be further increased. Movie is released on April 1st and miserable run is still continuing with decreasing crowds at all theatres. The total collapse of 'Shakti' made Ileana to open her mouth. Confusing story with no head and no tail is to be blamed on Meher Ramesh. According to Ileana, when she is not satisfied with the final outcome of film, how could she promote it asking the audience to go and watch the film? That is why, slender beauty stayed away from publicity sprint of 'Shakti'. "I wasn't positive about 'Shakti', so I didn’t speak much about it in any event. I'm not a hypocrite to smile and tell people to watch the movie, when I myself not convinced," says Ileana. Meher Ramesh's first characterization narration to Ileana is completely different from what he portrayed in the film. Addition of too many other things spoiled it and Ileana is unhappy with this. "Before signing on the dotted lines, story of Shakti was different. During the shooting everything changed. Differences between narrated ones and final shaped up ones are clearly seen on the screen," said Ileana giving the death blow to 'Shakti'.

Rana's Lady Avoids Eye Contact With Ileana

Cat fights and cold wars are common in any cine circuit and as such, it is not very high in Tollywood. However, it is heard that something like that seems to be on between the two top league heroines- Richa Gangopadhyay and Ileana. Well, here are few details about this riff- raff.

Richa came all the way from Mumbai to be part of ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’ audio release function on a special invite, as per sources. However, those who were present at the function revealed that she didn’t even greet Ileana properly. This began to bring in many questions as to why there has to be a scuffle between her and Ileana.

A cine member who takes active part in film activities revealed “Richa has this special ‘thing’ with Rana and she wanted Rana to fall in her trap. But even before her spell could work, Ileana entered the scene and Rana drifted in her direction. Now, Richa is feeling a bit miffed about that.” Wonder what Rana has to say to this…

Ileana’s confession creates ripples

Ileana admitted that her recent release, Shakti, was big disaster and she didn’t see the movie yet. In an interview to Times of India, the top actress made some sensational comments that the film’s script was changed during the film’s shooting itself. “When I signed on the dotted line, the story was very different. Later during the filming everything changed. What I was narrated was different from what shaped up," she said to the newspaper.

She seems to be clearly miffed with the movie. Because she thought this film would give another boost to her career as flops are filing up. It is nice to see a big actress like Ileana admitting the facts openly but it remains to how would producer Aswini Dutt react to it, as he still claims the film’ s running well. 

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!

Ileana irritates another Producer now

Right from the release of Jr NTR's 'Shakti', hip beauty Ileana is making rounds in the bad books of Tollywood by not helping in film's publicity. After a statutory warning from the Producer’s council, the beauty is taking mega-phone to give a boost to the film's collections. Apparently, the fate of 'Shakti' is already sealed by the Telugu audience at the Box Office and the damage is already done to producer Ashwini Dutt. At this point, Ileana's 'dabba' about the content of the film and the on-screen chemistry between her and Jr NTR are turning big jokes. However, Ileana is doing all this publicity at the cost of her new movie's producer. As per reports, Nallamalapu Srinivas(Bujji), producer of Ileana and Rana's upcoming flick 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi' is irritated with this behavior of this curvaceous beauty. During the press meets of NNR, Ileana is talking about her previous flick, shocking both media and NNR team. Maybe, this Goa girl would have helped Jr NTR's flick to bag huge openings, if she had shouted a couple of weeks back. Bad luck Ileana!

'Nenu Na Rakshasi' Music Review: It's Ok!

Daggubati Rana is all set to arrive with his second film ‘Nenu Naa Rakshasi’ and this time he has teamed up with the sizzling hot Ileana and crazy director Puri Jagannadh. The audio release happened grandly and interestingly, this marks the debut of lyricists as the music directors. They are the duo of Vishwa and Rahman while Anoop Rubens has also contributed. Let us see how the songs are..

Melli Malli Merupula
This is an intense song and takes off on a charging note. The musical mix is balanced as it has a good proportion of electric guitar, drums. The music has been complemented very well with the energetic voice of Shankar Mahadevan. He has dominated the song with his high pitch and the pace of the song is quite consistent. Rahman has penned the lyrics and he has used simple words to express the intensity of finding a loved one.
       
Padithinammo
The track takes a total inspiration from Michael Jackson’s hit song and the difference is that the musical trio has kept the tone on a softer note with smooth beats. The regular instruments such as an electric guitar, drums are used but then they have instilled good pace and brought some nativity with their instruments. Vishwa has rendered his voice and he has also written the lyrics. This can be considered as a tribute to MJ in our own way. The idea of falling in love and the feeling has been expressed genuinely which is likeable.
       
Meenaachi
This is a raunchy mass number and one can see the flavor of the Tamil song ‘Lajjavati…’ and the music directors have created a melodious tune with folk instruments. They are not too loud but has a soft tone. The key appeal to this song is the vocals rendered by the trio of Geetha Madhuri, Vishwa, Rahul Nambiar and they have given high levels of energy and enough masala which will strike a chord with the masses. Vishwa penned the lyrics with some naughty lines and has given a poetic touch in this teasing number.
        
Papam PunyamThis is a mass number but has been arranged on a western beat. A very peppy song, the opening is interesting with guitar and the musical team has given a refreshing tune which is creative. This is a duet which has been rendered by the voices of Bhargavi Pillai and Hemachandra. Both have given proper adrenalin to the track and Rahman has given a cocktail of Hindi lines as well as rap lyrics. With a slight cowboy flavor, the song is very nice to listen to. This will click with the youngsters.
        
Padithinammo (Remix)
Just like the original track, even this song is almost similar except that the backdrop beats have been changed. The musical trio has added some rap lines to it and increased the base of the background beat. The drums and the remix elements are consistent and Vishwa has given an involved contribution to it. He is also the lyricist and this is a peppy song which will appeal to the youth audience. 
        
Nenu Na Rakshasi (Theme)
This is a highlight track and which opens in a very impressive manner. There is a western beat to it and one can recall the title track of the Hollywood flick ‘The Hitman’ in a slight tinge. However, the musical team has added a good vocal and clubbed it with intense violin and synthesizing beats. Though the pace is slow, it has enough depth and works well as a background score. This can be used as a nice instrumental mobile caller tune.

Overall, the album has got variety in the tracks but not in the composition. Given the genre of the film, perhaps a romantic melody would have made the album complete. On the bright side, the musical team has attempted to get in some fresh feel but the focus was more on nativity and mass numbers and not on soothing tracks. This will work with the masses well and to those who love fast beat songs.

Ileana's Link-Up With Playboy Hero

Affairs and link-ups are a common stint in the cine circuit but then things seem to be a bit different in the case of Ileana. Apparently, the Goan beauty is already the talk of Bollywood circuit as she is pairing up with Ranbir Kapoor, the young superstar who has been hitting headlines due to his ‘playboy’ image.

Apparently, Ileana is making her debut with the film ‘Barfee’ and it is heard that she will be the leading lady while Priyanka Chopra is the second woman. However, it is heard that Priyanka has been making few lighter vein comments on Ranbir’s Casanova image which is concerning the hero as he feels that it will make Ileana uncomfortable.

Already, Ranbir has been linked to Katrina Kaif, Nargis Fakhri and with Priyanka’s statements, he fears that he might be linked up with Ileana as well. A source from Bollywood reveals that Ranbir was upset about Priyanka’s statements and it is heard that he told her not to indulge in any more loose talk. Let us see how Ileana’s entry into Bollywood will change things now…

Is 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi' Puri's life story?

Off late, talented and compassionate director Puri Jagannath is rewriting the history he has created with all pessimistic sorts of thoughts. The statement 'Suicide is the permanent solution to a temporary problem' is giving scope for such negative thinking about Puri. The question that Puri is advising to commit suicide triggers our mind immediately when we read that caption of his latest flick 'Nenu, Naa Rakshasi'. However, the trailers show that hero RaNa advises his lady companion Ileana not to commit suicide. Industry sources say that the story is some what inspired from the real incidents of Puri's life. Earlier there was news in Film Nagar that Puri's best friend and sexy item bomb Mumaith Khan tried to commit suicide and survived because of Puri's quick acts in taking her to hospital. Maybe, Puri might have promised something to keep Mumaith alive and that forms the crux of the story, is a strong rumor now. Only when the film gets released all this air will be cleared off.

Sexy Heroine saves Rana

Ever since Rajinikanth's new film 'Rana' is announced, there are loads of speculations on the heroines front. Leading babes in market Vidya Balan, Ileana was considered for the second heroine role after finalization of Deepika Padukone for top seed. Initially, seductive Vidya Balan was zeroed upon but it fell right now into Anushka's lap. Currently, Anushka and Deepika Padukone are into the project which makes Rana to get a start without waiting for accomplishment of the remaining list of heroines. Insiders say Rajini needs a total of seven heroines for the flick but entering of Anushka in the team might kick start the shooting saving time for 'Rana'. As the work proceeds on, director KS Ravi Kumar would look for other alternatives including Hema Malini as replacement to Rekha.

Macho Hero behind Ileana's extras

Already the news is out that Ileana is not at all co-operating with 'Shakti' movie's team for promotion. The issue went up to a complaint in Producer’s council and a notice was said to be served to this hip-beauty. Here is an interesting reason behind her non-cooperation acts. Apparently, the makers of Jr NTR's 'Shakti' went into a tiff with Producer Suresh Babu for the alleged leak of 'Shakti' story by a publicist of Rana. The whole unit including Jr NTR and director Meher Ramesh went gaga over Ramanaidu and co., is known news. However, macho hero Rana is now said to be advising his close pal Ileana not to oblige with 'Shakti' team, as he wants revenge on people who spoke tough with his father.  The rapport between Rana and Ileana has grown up outsized during the making of their 'Nenu Naa Rakshasi'. But, industry people are asking how far the sexy beauty can do such things with the support of this budding hero. Well, the answer must be left to Ileana only!