Two Legends of Tollywood are acting in a film called Devastanam

K Viswanath Garu and SP Balasubramaniam Garu, the two legendary personalities of the telugu film industry (tollywood) are now coming together with a telugu movie called Devastanam (Temple), on the silver screen.

Writer Janardhan Maharshi directing this movie. K Vishwanath,  SP Balasubramaniam and Aamani are doing lead roles in this film. Sarve Janah Sukhino Bhavanthu Films and Gurudeva Productions jointly presenting it, Nandi Sri is the Producer and Swara Veenapani is composing music for Devastanam. Shooting  of this movie is at final stage and the audio will release on December 16th, this year.


Looks like a social subject which requires for today's generation. Looking forward to its release! 

Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa – Audio Review by Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala

Much awaited movie of the year Panjaa is all set to hit the screens on 9th December 2011. Its music is already out in the market and creating sensation (I heard the album for almost 100 times as of now). Pawan has teamed up with Yuvan Shankar Raja this time to entertain his fans with his trademark type of music album (as always) as a token advance prior to the movie release.

Let us see how Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala has rated this music album...

Tatkal Passport in 3 days with 3 Passport Seva Kendras in Hyderabad now

One of the other best initiative from the Government of India is that it has set up three (3) Passport Seva Kendras in Hyderabad itself and in total 77 PSKs across the country! Please read the below article from The New Indian Express, it's an official announcement!

HYDERABAD: To discourage mediators’ involvement and provide timely services in a transparent manner, the Regional Passport Office here has set up Passport Seva Kendras in the twin cities and at Vijayawada, Tirupati and Nizamabad.

Speaking to mediamen here on Tuesday, regional passport officer K Srikar Reddy said the Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) would function shortly. The state capital will have three kendras, one each at Ameerpet, Tolichowki and Begumpet. These will be functioning from November 25.

“Applicants need not stand in long queues and wait endlessly in front of the Regional Passport Office in Secunderabad to submit applications. They can visit passport office’s website and book a slot.

After being assigned the application number, the applicants can approach the nearest PSK and submit their bona-fidess. We will issue normal passport in 30 days and Tatkal passport in three days,’’ he said.

Reddy said the passport department launched 77 PSKs across the country in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in private-public partnership mode. TCS will assist the passport department through outsourcing in issuing passports in a jiffy. The department will get police enquiry details online. “As many as 2,000 passports a day will be issued to applicants through the PSKs in the twin cities. The new initiative will help us in preventing private agents’ involvement.’’

The RPO said that they would set up one passport centre at each district headquarters to deliver passport-related services in a timely, transparent, more accessible and reliable manner and in a comfortable environment through streamlined processes and committed, trained and motivated work force.

With fake passport cases being reported in the twin cities, he said, they identified as many as 100 applicants and sent their documents to the Election Commission for verification. As of now, they received the report that 10 of the applicants submitted fake proofs and they asked the city police for necessary action against them.

For more details and to apply for a passport online, one can visit http://www.ap.nic.in/passport

Hyderabad | Posted on Nov 23, 2011 at 09:17am IST

Source: Express News Service , The New Indian Express
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Online Applications for changes in Voter ID Card (or) Election Commision of India ID Card

This is - http://www.ceoandhra.nic.in/ceonew/home.aspx - very useful link!

One can update / modify their personal details (himself / herself) on their existing Voter ID Card (if they want to make any changes / rectify the mistakes made by either Election Commission of India or by someone from their household), directly from the above link. This is a very good initiative and also useful for many (as 99% of the details in the Voter ID Card are not correct - either because of the person who provides such information or because of the person who saves that information or the one who updates that information into the computer database.

Below are the snapshots of the web pages for filling this online application (for change of details):

Now as shown in the picture above select Form- 8 (Correct your Card) Option from the E-Registration Menu Item. A new window / tab will open as shown in the below picture, which is the actual application form - here we need to fill the correct details and attach a passport size photo graph (preferably - 376 x 413 - size - rectangular photo - you can use ms paint to do this), soft copy right from your computer system. 

Not only modifying and applying the changed details online, but one can also check the status of such application from the below shown page:

Once the Application is duly filled and after saving it by pressing the above shown two buttons "Translate" (which will translate the language from English to Telugu in additional boxes) and "Save" (which will register the application and generates an application number - please find it on the right top corner of the filled application, just above the photography - to track the status). 

Print / Save a PDF Copy of such completely filled application form, which will help you in tracking the status from the below page.  

Not only correcting or changing the details on existing Voter ID Card, but one can also apply or register for a new Voter ID Card from this site sitting in front of a computer with an internet connection.

For More Information on Election Commission of India, feel responsible and please visit the site: http://www.ceoandhra.nic.in/ceonew/home.aspx

Pawan Kalyan's Honest Speech at Panjaa Audio Launch

Watch this Video - Excellent Speech by Pawan Kalyan, expressing all his emotions and feelings! As per my understanding with this video, there is a certain split / difference between Pawan and Chiru.....Its the time for Mega Family to stop continuing the same mistake, at least now!

Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa Audio Release will be a big party for Mega Fans

Pawan Kalyan’s PANJAA music will be out in less than a day now and already its fever has gripped everyone! Passes to fans for audio launch function are given liberally and everyone who submitted a video for ‘Panjaa Mania‘ contest, got a fan pass. Panjaa music CD has 6 tracks and music is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Lyrics are by Chandrabose and Ramajogaiah Sastry. Aditya music are releasing Panjaa audio CDs and cassettes on Sunday (20th november) morning in all music stores.

Pawan Kalyan, Brahmanandam, Hemachandra sang a comedy song ‘Paparayudu‘ and Yuvan himself sang the title song.

Panjaa Track list (as on music CD) : 


1. Panjaa | Vocal: Yuvan | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry 
2. Ela Ela | Vocals: Haricharan & Shweta Pandit | Lyrics: Chandrabose
3. Veyira Cheyyi Veyira | Vocals: Saloni | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry
4. Kshanam Kshanam | Vocal: Shweta Pandit | Lyrics: Chandrabose
5. Anukoneledhugaa Kalakaanekaadhugaa | Vocals: Belly Raj & Priya Himesh | Lyrics: Chandrabose
6. Paparayudu | Vocals: Hemachandra & Sathyan | Featuring Voices of Pawan Kalyan and Brahmanandam | Lyrics: Ramajogaiah Sastry

As per the sources, all the mega heroes would be present at Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa audio launch. Megastar Chiranjeevi and Allu Arjun will grace this event along with Pawan and Nagababu. Ram Charan may not attend this event as he is busy in China shooting for Racha movie.


Pawan Kalyan’s previous films audio launches were done in a grand way but Megastar was missing in that. He attended Jalsa audio launch and he will be present at Panjaa audio release too. The audio function will be conducted on November 19. This will be telecasted live in all the news channels.


Panjaa is carrying high expectations and a lot is expected from Yuvan Shankar Raja, the music director of this film. Director Vishnu Vardhan is known for extracting good work from Yuvan and the music director himself said that Panjaa is going to be a treat for his fans. 

Liked the English in this interview about Panjaa...

It was a celebration time for Pawan Kalyan's fans after the first look of Panjaa was released. The look of the Telugu actor was so infectious that sporting beard suddenly looked chic. 

Talking about the massive response for the first look, Nagesh Muntha one of the producers says, “He was inundated with calls from remote villages wishing nothing but the best for Panjaa.” At the risk of sounding pompous he claims, “The movie isn’t your regular four-song-three-fight-one-item number fare. In most movies the characters are sheltered into narrative like passenger strapped to the car seat belt. With predetermined ups and downs the audiences go for a ride, but in Panjaa the characters are well etched out into the narrative.”

He continues, “While Ali, Brahmanandam, Jhansi along with Pawan Kalyan drums up comedy, the drama and action are synced well into the story. There are no forced attempts, the blocks fit together very well and at every turn the story is revealing. The director kept a safe distance from unwanted buildups, over-the-top dialogues and exaggerated heroism for this film.”

Nagesh Muntha further adds, “The action sequence of the film were not something laid out in advance - this had something to do with the contemporary aesthetics of the film, be it be the the hand-to-hand combat or the high octane gun fight sequences. I think the audiences are done to death with Sumo’s tossing in the air action sequences.”

On a parting note Nagesh says, "Be it Sarah Jane Dias, Jackie Shroff, Atul Kulkarni, Tanikella Bharani or the amalgam of finest artists, Panjaa will be remembered as a gangster classic for a long time to come and will set the benchmarks for its technical brilliance."

Are Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu, going hand in hand?

For those who missed my last post, below is an interesting article about "how Pawan is following Mahesh":-

When Mahesh's Dookudu was first hit the screens, there was no much hype (from the makers) other than the usual expectations that will be there for the Super Star's Movie and the story-line was also not so predictable - pre-release (other than few assumptions such as - the movie will have enough comedy coupled with mass elements, because of the King Maker - Seenu Vytla and their title selection). Though the timing was absolutely a jackpot for Dookudu makers to release it, they did not spent much on the publicity and promotion activities (pre-release) rather concentrated on the content and post release promotion work. 

Similarly, Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa is arriving (on 9th December) with a little hype (as of now) and an unclear prediction on the story line (with some expectations on the comedy side due to the presence of Brahmi & Ali). Makers of Panjaa also have not spent too much on pre-release promotional activities (other than two little powerful teasers and have planned a grand audio release function on 19th November 2011 at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium). 


Having at least 2 weeks gap after Naga Chaitanya's Bezawada and Nara Rohit's Solo releases (both the movies releasing on 24th November 2011), the time slot for Panjaa's release is definitely very much apt for the highest crowd puller of the industry, Power Star - Pawan Kalyan. 

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Is Pawan Kayan (with Panjaa) following Mahesh Babu (Dookudu)?

Mahesh Babu is all set to recreate the magic in combination with Puri Jagannadh (The Business Man), just look at the below picture. He also have another set of movies such as Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, a Movie with Sukumar, and another movie under the direction of Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi (Krish) in his hands. 

Same is the case with Pawan Kalyan, who is currently shooting for his Gubbar Singh has another 2 movies in his hand (a Movie with Trivikram, and a Movie under the production  house of either DVV Dannayya or Dil Raju)!

Its already proven that Mahesh Babu's Dookudu has become one of the biggest hits of the industry and the team have also celebrated its 50 days function in a grand way at Vijayawada. 

Lets see how the strategy was, for Mahesh Babu's Dookudu.

UbiSlate 7 - a 7 inch Touch Screen Tablet (Indian Made) - Features & Specifications

I hope already most you must have already heard about the world's cheapest touch screen tablet - Aakash! - a sensation in the world of digital gadgets. And now, the long awaited Aakash tablet has been launched by the Telecom and Education Minister, Kapil Sibbal. He quotes "The rich have access to the digital world, the poor and ordinary have been excluded. Aakash will end that digital divide." Aakash is unquestionably a great initiative for the internet penetration in the country including the rural areas. It is definitely a boon for the students across the length and breadth of the country. 

This is the official platform where you can book Aakash tablet for yourself in an easy and hassle free manner. So wait no more. Fill in the form and book your Ubislate now (As per my understanding these bookings are exclusively for Students).

Real Records or Marketing Ploys: TOI Article about...

Hyderabad Times gets you the real story behind the ‘record-breaking’ success of many films Suresh Kavirayani Success meets just three days after a film releases, claims of record-breaking overseas collections and announcements of unbelievable box office openings seem to be the new publicity stunts in T-Town. Irrespective of the film’s fate at the BO, producers are going on record, making tall claims. And amidst all the media blitzkrieg, it is hard to figure out which film is doing well and which one is being hyped. In the recent past, “Badrinath” announced that it collected 16 crore in three days, while “Oosaravelli” producer BVSN Prasad stated that his film collected 56 crore in the first week itself. Superstar Mahesh posted on a social networking site that “Dookudu” is officially the highest grosser so far in the Telugu film industry (reports say that the film grossed a whopping 83.15 crore). Are all this claims true or are they just publicity gimmicks?

Indian Ipad - Touch Screen Tablet - at just Rs.3000

A sibling of the world's cheapest tablet computer -- the Aakash, launched in India last month -- promises a cheaper, worry-free and therefore travel-friendly alternative for mobile computing. The tablet's "proudly made in India" and the base version (meant for students) was launched on October 5. It was christened the Aakash tablet, after the Hindi word for sky.

London-based DataWind, a leading provider of wireless web access, will make a commercial variant of the Aakash available in India by the end of November. The varient will have a less romantic shelf name of UbiSlate 7. 

UbiSlate 7 costs US$60, or a maximum retail price of Rs 2,999, including all taxes and a 12-month warranty. 

Got Bored with the Routine Busy Life in City?

Are you a Student - dying to travel distances everyday, carrying a huge burden at your back - to your School or College? (or) Are you fed-up with your boss and the office work (if you are an employee) - don't tell me that you are a software engineer, surely you must be irritated at you work place (working for more than 10 hours a day - under  uncontrollable pressures). Then you are missing a lot in your life! 

I would say life is not just a journey, its a journey of joy! So my dear friends, why don't we try to do some treasure hunt (not really treasure) for better options to enjoy our lives to the fullest, if not every day (every minute, every second) - at least on a weekend (or) at least once in a month (or) at least once in a quarter you should have an outdoor trips with your friends / colleagues / families. Believe me this will boast your energy and surely help you in relaxing from all the useless tensions in your life.

Out of my past experiences, one such wonderful location is an eight hour trip to Papikondalu from Rajahmundry on the River Godavari by Boat (this can be extended up to Bhadrachalam, which will be a much more excited trip). Yes! I had this great fun just twice in my life and I will do this again and again...

Travelling being my passion, I used to go for long drives to Sagar and Srisailam by bikes very regularly (say once in a quarter). But for the first time when we planned this trip to Papikondalu, I thrilled travelling to Rajahmundry with my Graduation friends by Train (for an already planned and reserved Papikondalu Trip through APTDC). But when I tried doing the same next time, APTDC could not provide required tickets for the trip (due to the short notice). For those people who want to book tickets for boat seats (or a complete boat) just before a week's time with a limited budget, then there is a way... 

Birth Day Wishes to Padma Shri Kamal Hassan - The Greatest Hero of Indian Cinema

Actor Kamal Hassan has turned 57 on November 7, 2011 (today). The multi-faceted star has been in the film industry for over 50 years and has delivered some remarkable performances in both Bollywood and Tollywood movies.

Kamal Hassan is currently involved in his home production, Viswaroopam. Considered to be one of the leading method actors in Indian cinema, Kamal Hassan has won several film awards, including four National awards and numerous industry awards. He is known for having starred in the largest number of films that were Oscar entries from India.

In 1990, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema. Kamal Hassan is also a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Sathyabama University. In 2009, he became one of very few Indian actors to have completed 50 years in cinema.

More about the legendary Kamal Hassan:

Sanghi Temple on a Sunday Evening

Yesterday (Sunday) evening, again we had an outdoor weekend – not too far from my parents’ place but away from the city! It’s Sanghi Temple, a beautiful place to spend with your family (or) friends – at least for a couple of hours!

We (I, my wife, my sister-in-law and her husband) have planned for it at around 2 PM, while having our lunch (at my parents’ place - which is just about 15 KMs away from Sanghi). Followed by lunch we had a nice chat session of about two hours and then decided to drive towards Sanghi Temple! It was about 5PM when we actually started from our place and by the time we reached Sanghi, it was 5:30 PM - we never missed the last scene of sunset! Ya, but obviously missed the light – this resulted in poor output on our ordinary digital camera (However we managed to capture few beautiful pictures around).

I should thank God, coz temple authorities haven’t stopped us from capturing few pictures of the temple and ourselves, so we could! We had just spent about an hour there and returned back by 6:30 PM. Roads there were neat and good (of course that was an outs cut to the city), I should especially talk about the Jawaharlal Nehru Outer Ring Road which bisects our route – was simply amazing. One will definitely get the feel of driving on a foreign locale there! 

Mogudu Movie Review - by Chaitanya Kumar Vummethala

Q: When was the last time you had a great time for the first time, in your life? 

Ans: Definitely not while watching Mogudu! 

There are two reasons for this question and answer, 1 being the dialogue in the movie Mogudu, and the other being the great hopes I had on the movie (from KV) and always thought that this would become the best movie based on the family relations and especially about the portrayal of Mogudu character (as the title sounds). Lets see how did Krishna Vamsi with his team failed / passed in portraying the subject.

ABN Andhra Jyothi Interview with NBK and PKM - Clarification on NBK's comments on RCT on Balayya's own words

ABN Andhra Jyothi Interview with NBK (Nandamuri Bala Krishna) and PKM (Posani Krishna Murali) - Super Entertainment - Watch this video for lot of fun!!!

ICICI PRUDENTIAL ULIP POLICY SURRENDER PROCESS AND SURRENDER VALUE WILL BE

Hi Friends,

Yesterday evening at around 8:55 PM IST, I have sent an email to lifeline@iciciprulife.com, requesting for the process of surrendering my ICICI Prudential ULIP Policy and to find the estimated surrender value of the same. 

Below is the prompt (I have received this email response at 6:35 AM this morning) and most informative response from the Manager - Customer Service at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. It should be really appreciable and so, I thought of sharing this information with all of you by posting the entire email chain (copied below) on my blogspot, hope this will be useful for some of you.

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Second Official Teaser of Power Star Pawan Kalyan's Panjaa in HD

Ee Teaser Choosthuntey, Ram Charan Tej - Rachcha Release Kakundaney Rachcha Rachcha Jarigetattundhi! Jr. NTR Dhammu Choopinchey Lopey Dhummu Lechipoyetattundhi! Balayya Babu Ramudilaa Vachi Puli Panjaani Addukuntaado leka Puli Panjaatho Kalisi Swaari Chesthaadoo Vechi Choodaka Tappadu... Aithey, Babaayillidharoo Abbaayilaki Chance Ichchettu leru, Okari Panjaa, Marokari Sri Rama Rajyam - Vipareethamaina Hype tho Release Avvabothunnayi! 

Malli Sankranthiki Koodaa - Pedda Babai Chinnabbayiki, Chinna Baabai Peddabbayiki Competition Iyyadaaniki, Adhinaayakudu, Gabbar Singhullaa Siddhamavuthunnaaru.

Time for Baabais!

What is Chandrababu Naidu (in short CBN)?

What do we REALLY know about our former chief minister NARA CHANDRABABU NAIDU ?

Today being AP's formation day, thought of sharing something unique about the state (CBN - The CEO of Andhra Pradesh).

Upcoming Graduates, Graduates, IT Professionals, Govt & Private Sector Employees everyone should know about the great leader who is the real person behind today's ANDHRA PRADESH (IN EACH N EVERY SECTOR)!! 

"In the entire 400 years history of Hyderabad, ever since Mohd. Quli Qutab Shahi built the landmark Charminar in 1591, Chandra Babu Naidu since then, is the only personality to bring techno-fame to Hyderabad by establishing the HITEC City which has put our city (Hyderabad) among the most sought after investor destination of India - a feat quite remarkable of politician in today's pathetic batch of politicians of India.

No wonder this model Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh was cited as one of the top 50 stars of Asia by the Business week Magazine and his efforts in promoting Information Technology in Hyderabad has been commended by several international magazines, including Time. The counrty's youngest Chief Minister, at 48, son of a farmer from Naravarapally District, an M.A. and Ph.D in Economics, Mr. Naidu is already a global name. In fact no other state is being marketed to investors the way A.P. is Multimedia presentations, information on CD-ROMs, personal interaction with Industrialists, and industry associations have become a part of Naidu's weekly schedule. Naidu's biggest coup is the decision of Microsoft to come to Hyderabad, thanks to the presentation he made to Bill Gates. Thereafter it has been very easy to convince other computer majors like IBM and Oracle. For all that Mr. Naidu has been done for the Hyderabad leap towards Information Technology, we at Reach-out Hyderabad along with all our site visitors, do acknowledge his vision and hereby given him a standing ovation while declaring him as our choicest Maiden business Personality of the month." -