Mahesh Babu’s ‘Business Man’ in Dubbing

Super Star Mahesh Babu’s much a waited movie ‘Business Man’ is currently at dubbing stage at Sabdalaya Studios, Hyderabad. Puri Jagannadh is directing ‘ Business Man’ produced by Dr.Venkat on RR Movie Makers and music by SS Thaman.

It seems that Mahesh Babu has completed considerable part of the movie dubbing. It seems that director Puri Jagannadh is very particular about dubbing as it has lot of punch dialogues and that Mahesh might take some time to finish his dubbing part. There are huge expectations on this film. Business Man is set to have a grand release on January 11. The audio of the film is likely to release on December 22.

Kajal Agarwal is the female lead in this mass entertainer. This is the second time that Mahesh Babu and Puri Jagannadh are coming together after blockbuster ‘Pokiri’. Can this pair repeat the Pokiri magic? Only time has to tell.

Prabhas Vaaradhi Movie Shooting At KOkapet City Outskirts

Prabhas Vaaradhi Movie Shooting At KOkapet City Outskirts

Young Rebel Star Prabhas is working on a new film with Koratala Shiva that has tentatively been titled ‘Vaaradhi’. The shooting of this movie is going on at a good pace at Kokapet in the outskirts of Hyderabad.Prabhas is said to be sporting a new look for this movie.

The movie will be a complete commercial entertainer and Anushka will be romancing Prabhas along with Richa Gangopadhyay.

Pramod Uppalapati and Vamsi Krishna Reddy are jointly producing this movie on U.V.Creations banner. Koratala Shiva is making his debut as a director with this movie. He has penned dialogues for many successful films in the past.

Rahul Gandhi has come out in full-throated support of foreign direct investment in retail

Rahul Gandhi has come out in full-throated support of foreign direct investment in retail. Turning the government’s FDI setback into a poll weapon, Rahul on Friday asserted the Centre would implement the suspended policy. He slammed the opposition for sabotaging a move that would give farmers a higher return on their produce.

Rahul dubbed the anti-FDI position of Congess’s rivals – ranging from SP, BSP to BJP – as a betrayal of farmers, while pitching FDI in retail as a panacea to farmers of this region, known as the ‘potato belt’ of UP. Potato prices have hit rock bottom here.

On his way to Kannauj, Rahul visited potato fields where he saw the produce rotting and “pigs gorging on them”. At Ismailpur, he stopped at a roadside dhaba and asked a gathering of locals if they knew about FDI.

The stridency contrasted with the way UPA agreed to suspend the decision to appease rebellious allies and the opposition after they refused to allow Parliament to function.

Coming a couple of days after the PM’s assertion that the policy would be rolled out by March, Rahul’s pitch (reminiscent of his backing the nuclear deal) should rally the party and clear the way for entry of foreign multi-brand retail giants.

Surprising all, Rahul told election gatherings across Farrukhabad and Kannauj that FDI would solve the puzzle of a kilogram of potato fetching Rs 2 or less to the farmer and a packet of potato chips costing Rs 10.

“A packet of chips is made from just half a potato,” he added, virtually turning the opposition to FDI into a conspiracy against farmers.

Though a bold pitch, the advocacy for retail is not free of the risk of alienating Vaishyas: the traditional traders who are a factor in UP towns and who have increasingly been assertive in the political arena as well. The fallout among this constituency was one of the reasons why the Congress leadership persuaded the Prime Minister to put the decision on hold.

On Friday, no doubts assailed Rahul as he launched an aggressive defence of FDI. He said foreign investment would bring in cold chains and processing units while establishing a direct contact between buyers and farmers, cutting out middlemen. In Kannauj, he went a step further to add “that opposition notwithstanding, UPA will bring FDI in retail.”

Times View

Rahul Gandhi deserves our congratulations for the political courage he has shown in speaking up for FDI in retail in the midst of a poll campaign in UP. Clearly, like this newspaper, he is convinced that the move would be genuinely beneficial for many more people than it would do harm. Unfortunately, his party and the government it presides over have not shown the same courage of conviction and chose to back off in the face of opposition. The government might protest that it is unfairly being accused of policy paralysis, but it could have let its deeds do the talking by sticking to a decision it had taken in the country’s interests.

Sex racket busted in Hyderabad; one woman arrested

Hyderabad: Police claimed to have busted a sex racket with the arrest of a woman during a raid at a brothel, operating from an apartment in Masabtank area here.

Two women, including an Uzbekistan national, were rescued from the brothel during the raid, police said.

Based on a a tip-off, the sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force (West Zone) raided the apartment and nabbed one Asha Singh and rescued the Uzbekistan national and another woman hailing from Delhi, Task Force Deputy Commissioner of Police C H Ramchander said.

“Due to financial problems, Asha had decided to make quick money by allegedly indulging in the bussiness of prostitution and was used to bring sex workers for one week to Hyderabad on commission basis from Mumbai,” the DCP said. Further investigations are on, he said.

Yuva Samrat Naga Chaitanya’s Tamil Movie Details

Yuva Samrat Naga Chaitanya’s Tamil Movie Details

Yuva Samrat Naga Chaitanya is all set to make his Tamil Debut soon with the Radha Mohan flick ‘Gouravam’. The movie is going to be produced by Annapurna Studios and it will be a bilingual film. Reports say that Nagarjuna would be playing a guest role in the movie.

Thaman is said to be the music director. Chaitanya is currently busy with ‘Autonagar Surya’, which is being filmed under the direction of Deva Katta. Nagarjuna expressed happiness about the script of Autonagar Surya and said that the movie would be a nice entertainer.

Interestingly, when questioned about the recent disappointments of Bejawada and Dhada, Nagarjuna was very candid about them and he said that they would be a nice learning experience for Chaitanya. He also expressed his unhappiness about the directors of those films.

Today BJP to introduce Telangana Bill in Rajya Sabha

The Bharatiya Janata Party will move Telangana private bill in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

With Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari giving permission to discuss the Bill, BJP member Prakash Javedkar would introduce the Telangana Bill. The Rajya Sabha is likely to take up discussion on the Telangana private bill for two hours on Friday afternoon at 2 pm.

Meanwhile, former TRS MP b Vinod Kumar held discussions with Nationalist Congress Party, Communist Party of India, Janata Dal (United) and Bahujan Samaj Party seeking their support for the Bill. The TRS is also consulting all national-level leaders, who are in favour of smaller states formation.

Some ministers from the Telangana region are also heading to New Delhi to mount pressure on the high command to take an early decision on bifurcation of state issue. The Ministers want the high command to take a decision on creation of Telangana state before the completion of winter session of Parliament.

The introduction of Telangana private bill in Rajya Sabha might trigger the Congress party to spell out its stand on the statehood issue.

Andhrapradesh

Gali Janardhan Reddy’s remand extended till Dec 29

Hyderabad: The CBI Special Court on Thursday extended the judicial remand of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, his brother-in-law BV Srinivas Reddy and former IAS officer VD Rajagopal, the key accused in the illegal mining case of the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), till December 29.

While Gali Janardhan Reddy and Srinivas Reddy were arrested on September 5, Rajagopal was arrested on November 14 by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the OMC illegal mining case registered on Dec 7, 2009.

Suspended IAS officer Y Srilakshmi and OMC Director B Rajasekhar have also been arrested in the case. Except Srilakshmi, who has been granted bail, all other accused are lodged in the Chanchalguda Central Prison.

The court on Thursday extended the custody after conducting the proceedings through video-conference from the Chanchalguda Central Prison. It was the sixth time that the prison officials produced the accused through video linkage.

CM Kiran Kumar aims to make AP a model State

Hyderabad: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has asked the District Collectors to maintain transparency in the implementation of government schemes in the State.

Addressing the two-day Collectors Conference which began here on Wednesday at the Jubilee Hall, the Chief Minister asked the district collectors to ensure that all the government schemes were implemented in a transparent manner, with no element of corruption.

He also asked the collectors to identify and rectify the lapses in the developmental and welfare programmes.

Lauding the services of District Collectors, the Chief Minister said that Andhra Pradesh has been striving hard to become the number one State in the country in the implementation of welfare programmes and the target could be achieved without the active participation of the District Collectors.

He asked them to formulate new schemes for the welfare of the people and assured that they would be approved by the government, depending upon their viability.

Kiran Kumar Reddy said that the government would tackle the drought situation with efficient planning and coordination with various departments.

He asked the district collectors to boost the confidence of farmers, especially in the drought-hit areas.

The Chief Minister also touched upon various issues concerned with the State. He admitted that the impact of general strike was still being felt in the State, especially in the power sector.

However, he hoped that the situation would improve soon. Regarding the Rs 1-a-kg rice scheme, he found fault with the media for checking the quality of rice through a magnifying glass.

Kiran Kumar Reddy announced that the government would complete 49 irrigation projects in the next three years. He was referring to the projects pending under the Jala Yagnam programme.

He also announced that the government would issue notification for the recruitment to 1.16 lakh posts by this month-end.

The Chief Minister said that the government has cleared the arrears of Rs 5261 crore towards the scholarship of nearly 27 lakh students in the State.

He said that the government will also set up 3,000 agro-centres in the State at a cost of Rs 2,500 crore.

He also emphasised on the need to improve the infrastructural facilities in the government hospitals. He said the government aims to increase the Arogyasri component in the government hospital from 27 per cent to 40 per cent.
Cabinet ministers, Chief Secretary Pankaj Dwivedi and other senior officials attended the programme.