Bollywood Offers

Priyamani says that she is still trying to get good offers from Bollywood and while speaking about this, she said,” I am currently acting in Telugu and Kannada films. I will also be acting in two more Telugu films and talks are going on with regard to this."

The films 'Vishnuvardhana' and 'Lakshmi' in Kannada that has Priyamani as the female lead role are getting delayed. She stated that the films are not delayed because of her and The shooting of these films will commence soon.

She mentioned of her acting skills that were noticed by an audience worldwide in Maniratnam's Raavan despite of the film's fate at the box office and mentioned that the Hindi audience enjoyed her acting.

Having said that she also mentioned about her role opposite Suriya in Ram Gopal Varma’s Raktha Charithra II that did not reach the audience as expected.

"Many are asking me about not continuing to act in more Hindi films. Though I am acting in South Indian languages, I am making efforts to get offers in Hindi. I am just waiting for good roles.” she added.

Nandamuri babe

Tollywood grapevine is abuzz that Priyamani is all set to romance NTR Jr. again. She has been penciled into do the female lead second to Shruti Hassan in Boyapati.

Priyamani earlier paired up with NTR Jr. in Yamadonga which went out to become a big hit. Later Priyamani acted opposite Balakrishna and Kalyan Ram and was nicknamed as Nandamuri heroine by the media.

Of late Priyamani was in the news for her tacky liplocks with actor Sumanth in 'Raaj'. It is to be noted here that 'Raaj' also has sleazy scenes that aroused the audience as the protagonist makes out with both of his lead ladies with the other one being the sexy Vimala Raman.

Priyamani is now struggling to bag big budget films and After Ragada, the NTR Jr. movie will be another biggie in her kitty.

Make Hay when the Sun shines

The Tamil remakes of two big budget Telugu films are all set to hit screens by the end of this month. One is the Nagarjuna-Anushka-Priyamani starrer Ragada and the other is Khaleja, starring Mahesh Babu and Anushka.

The Tamil and Malayalam producer of the films, Bhadrakali Prasad Rao, says, "While Ragada has been titled Vambu in Tamil, Khaleja will release as Bathra. The Tamil audio of both the films were launched recently in Chennai. Music of Vambu (by Thaman) and Bhatra (by Mani Sharma) will definitely strike a chord with the Tamil audience."

It is to be noted that both these films dubbed into Tamil as Anushka, the new sensation in Kollywood playing the lead and the producers are only trying to cash in their revenue Making Hay when the Sun shines . .

Sakshi Again . .

Sakshi Sivanand, who was seen in movies like Vedam, Vanjinathan and Manasthan, will now be turning a item girl for song in Tamil.

Aadhi Bhagavan, directed by Ameer Sultan, which stars Jeyam Ravi and Neetu Chnadra in the lead will see a sizzling item song which will be performed by Sakshi.

Director Ameer who like Mysskin, gives importance to item song in his movie. A song for the film composed by Yuvan Shanakr Raja, which was sung by Shreya Goshal and Sharib Sabri is said to be Yuvan's toughest composition so far.

Sources say that Yuvan who usually completes his songs within a couple of days, had taken more than a week to finish, after he had made seven to eight versions of it. Another song is said to be a club number, which will feature Hindi lyrics, while singer Mohit Chauhan has crooned to the number.

The movie which was shot mostly in Bangkok, will be produced by DMK politician J. Anbazhagan, while cinematography is by R. B. Gurudev and K. Devaraj and editing is done by Ram Sudharsan.

Neetu Chandra plays the role of a modern NRI. The role was initially offered to Mamata Mohandas and Priyamani.