"We are just Friends":Ram charn speaks on recent rumours of his marriage with Upasana kamineni

Mega Power Star Ram Charan says Upasana Kamineni is just a friend. But what’s cooking between Ram Charan and Upasana Kamineni?

Recently there were rumors that Ram Charan is marring Upasana Kamineni and the talks between the two families are currently on.

Reacting to the rumors about his marriage with Upasana Kamineni, Ram Charan said, Upasana Kamineni is a good friend of mine. I knew her since quite few years.”

Asked Ram Charan about these rumors Ram Charan marriage with Upasana Kamineni, he said, “I’m absolutely clueless about my wedding with Upasana Kamineni. I don’t know how this popped up”.

The 22 year old Upasana Kamineni is year old Upasana Kamineni is the granddaughter of Dr Prathap C Reddy (Founder Chairman Apollo Hospitals Group) and she’s also the Vice President, Apollo Charity & Editor of B Positive, Lifetime WellnessRx International Limited, Apollo Group of Hospitals.

When Ram Charan was further questioned about his marriage plans, “My wedding will be decided by my elders”, detailed Ram Charan.

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Miss Universe 2010 & 59th Edition of Beauty Contest Goes to Miss Mexico

Miss Universe 2010 was celebrated with much excitement. It was the 59th edition of the beauty pageant which was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Centre in Las Vegas

, Nevada , United States. This special day was organised on August 23rd , 2010 which started in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

It was a wonderful journey for these beauties from different countries who participated in the Miss Universe 2010. There were more than 80 of them who have showed off their svelte figures in jaw dropping swimsuits , exquisite evening gowns and they also had a quick thinking interview , which impressed the panel of celebrity judges .

The Miss Universe 2010 was a spectacular evening which was hosted by rocker Bret Michaels and NBC correspondent Natalie Morales. Its the biggest beauty pageant across the world which is seen by nearly 190 countries and territories. Miss Universe 2010 was the most watched event on all the television sets in every home all over the world.

The beauty pageant was well organised. The first part of the selection was the top 15 semi-finalists who were judged on their swimsuit , evening gown and the first round of interview test. The countries Ireland, Albania, Phillipines, Jamaica, Mexico, Ukraine, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Guatemala and Australia were selected to the Top 10. After the highest tallied score was announced , countries Mexico, Australia, Jamaica,Ukraine and Philippines were selected as the Top 5.

There were special awards like the Miss Photogenic and Miss Congeniality which was won by Fonthip Watcharatrakul, Miss Thailand and Jesinta Campbell, Miss Australia respectively. Miss Thailand had also won the award for the Best National Costume.

After a tight competition, Miss Mexico , Jimena Navarrete, 22, was crowned the Miss Universe 2010.The 23-year-old Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps finished second, and 19-year-old Miss Australia Jesinta Campbell ended as third runners-up. The fourth and the fifth spots went to Miss Ukraine and Miss Phillipines respectively.

Miss Universe 2010 was crowed by last year's winner, Stefania Fernandez who represented the country Venezuela. Last year too, Miss Australia ,Rachael Finch came in as the third runner up.

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MP,Former Actrees Jayaprada met CM Roshaiah

The Lok Sabha member from Rampur and former film actress Jayaprada on Sunday met chief minister K Rosaiah at his residence. On record, Jayaprada told media after the meeting that it was just a courtesy call. "I am visiting the state after a long time and I had not met Rosaiah garu after he became chief minister," she said.

But this meeting assumes importance since there were speculations that Jayaprada, who was expelled from Samajwadi party in February last, has been planning to stage a come back to state politics.

It is not yet clear whether she would like to join the Congress party or get back to TDP where she was made president of the mahila wing and was also sent to Rajya Sabha. Jayaprada had held negotiations with some senior TDP leaders in the recent past to explore the possibility of her home coming. Though the party top leadership may not be opposed to it, there was some resistance from the second rung leadership and even the women activists in the party.

Her possibility of joining Congress party is also not ruled out as her mentor Amar Singh is known to be close to Congress leadership at Centre. Sunday's meeting with the chief minister could be an attempt to gauge the mood inside the party, say some Congress leaders.

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Its Now sadaa's Turn after Trisha

After Trisha, actress Sadaa is the latest one to have taken up the cause of abandoned pets and strays. The actress recently lent her support to People for Animals to drive home the point that pets are being abandoned more often than ever.

Talking to TOI, the actress says, “I’ve always had a liking for animals. But because of my time schedule, I’ve never been able to have a pet. But that doesn’t stop me from helping the strays. In fact, recently, I’d rescued a puppy in Mumbai and helped a church in adopting him. And, when shooting in Sarjapur in Karnataka for a Kannada film, I found a pup abandoned in the deep jungles. It had no food, no company and no shelter.

I got him with me to Mumbai by road and I’m making arrangements for it to get adopted. I’m also nursing a pigeon back to health after it hit itself in a window sill in my apartment.”

She adds, “Earlier, I had no idea about the organisations that helped in rescuing animals. But now, I’m all set to go on a drive to protect them.”

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Fresh Faces in T'town Industry

For filmmakers in Tollywood who don’t have unlimited budgets for their projects, signing up newcomers seems to be the obvious option. One thus sees a plethora of fresh faces in Tollywood these days and trade pundits and producers say that it is a good thing for the industry.

Be it Sneha Geetham, Young India, Thakita Thakita, Chapter-6 or the soon-to-be-started film on Telangana, selecting new talent through “auditions” is the in thing in Tollywood.

Filmmakers say it is easy to make a movie with newcomers as they are, sometimes, even ready to work without remuneration and have no “image” yet. “For a movie to do well, it should either have a big hero or a fresh face. Big heroes have fan bases and fresh faces have the curiosity factor which attracts the crowds. It is possible to experiment without any interference from the actors if they are fresh,” says M Sreedhar Reddy, director of Sneha Geetham which made decent profits. Sreedhar selected six lead actors for this film from 3,000 applicants.

Ditto with director N. Shankar who is making a movie on the Telangana issue. Shankar selected 60 fresh faces after three months of auditions. “It’s not that all movies with fresh faces are hits. But it suits the script that I am working on and these actors don’t carry preconceived images as they are all debutants.”

Apart from selling “freshness” as a USP, filmmakers are using the entire exercise of auditions as a marketing stunt. By tying up with radio stations and TV channels for them, the film gets talked about from its inception.

The trend of fresh faces even has actress Bhumika, who turned producer with Thakita Thakita and Kalyani, who is making Chapter-6, hiring newcomers for their projects.

T’wood filmmakers are also hiring “Telugu” actors, “Many Telugu girls are now willing to act. Hiring a fresh face who is a Telugu saves energy, time and money in dubbing and ex-plaining the scene to them,” adds Sreedhar.

Since stars from Akkinenis, Daggubatis, Allus and Nandamuris charge exorbitant amounts, most producers in the industry who have been fighting for cuts in the remunerations of big stars, also feel that the entry of fresh faces infuses competition. Trade pundits say a family name doesn’t guarantee success.
Actress Sowmya, who debuted with Young India, reasons, “Most freshers act for peanuts or for free. They don’t throw tantrums and are willing to work round the clock. It is easy to mould these freshers. Hiring fresh faces allows them to spend money on the making of the movie rather than on remunerations. Even if the movie bombs at the box office, it is still a soft blow.”

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T-Film stars phone numbers in Ugandan drug Peddlers?

With the names of film stars and children of VIPs whose cellphone numbers featured in the call logs of arrested African drug dealers out in the open, Saturday saw a flurry of denials from several of these celebrities and politicians.

Sources said that the call logs of Nigerian and Ugandan drug peddlers Patrick, Donald and Clement featured phone numbers of film actors Daggubati Rana, Kamna Jethmalani, Trisha, Charmi, Poonam Kaur, Madhushalini, Saira Bhanu, Uppalapati Ravi Srinivas, Bobby alias Nanduri Uday, Raja, his friend Sushant and Nani of the film Ashta Chemma.

Phone numbers of MP Bhuma Nagi Reddy’s daughter Ms Mounika Reddy, Telugu Desam leader, Mr Aravind Goud’s son, Mr Vinod Goud, MP Mr Mohammed Azharuddin’s son, MP Mr Lagadapati Rajagopal’s son, Mr Asrit, MP Mr Harsha Kumar’s son, Mr Sriraj and MP Mr Anjani Kumar Yadav’s son were also found in the call logs of the drug peddlers as well as that of Mr Ravi Teja’s brother Mr Bharat Raju.

Several of these film stars and VIPs said that they had nothing to do with the arrested drug dealers and that they were not involved in the issue.

Photographs of Trisha with several Nigerians are also doing the rounds on the Internet. On her Twitter account, Trisha stated, “News being spread about me is false. My lawyer is speaking with concerned authorities.”

Ms Mounika Reddy, daughter of Bhuma Nagi Reddy said, “I don’t know how my number figured in their mobile phone. I have no connections with them. For a day or two I remember I lost my cellphone and I got it again.”

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