Sporting a naughty smile and flaunting innocence, actor Samantha Prabhu is quite mesmerizing off the screen. The actor gets peppy with Y Krishna Jyothi to reveal her \'love\' dreams, crushes and lot more...

The \'Jessi\' of Ye Maya Chesave may be a \'chara

It is really a difficult task to make a hit out of every movie one ever makes but so far Rajmouli\'s record has been outstanding in this particular area. After Magadheera when everyone was expecting another blockbuster with a mainstream hero, Rajmouli delivers a surprise with hi

A little levity, self-awareness, and long-overdue back stories make the latest Twilight instalment not only watchable but actually enjoyable.

The date is set. Once Bella (Kristen Stewart) graduates, Edward (Robert Pattinson) will turn her into a vampire... if she marries

There has been an increasing interest and amazing work being brought to the listeners in the genre of country music and Carrie Underwood is one of the current favourites. Though the recent album play on doesn\'t boast to be ground breaking there is a quality to Carrie\'s vocals

In John Grisham\'s classic legal thriller \"The Firm,\" published in 1991, ambitious young lawyer Mitch McDeere signs on with a prestigious law firm only to find himself caught in a world of deception and danger. In \"The Associate\" (his 22d book), Grisham entertainingly return

Anushka may have excelled and wowed the critics by playing a larger-than-life role (Arundhati) and slice-of-life one (Vedam) with panache, but she better be warned about the cackling enchantress Kajal Agarwal, who is waiting in the wings to occupy the top slot.

The Magadh

An ardent movie-buff, city-based Ranjith Belluri steps into the shoes of director only to give shape to his ideas on a canvas named \'cinema\'

Like many, creativity drove him to films. A Hyderabadi and a product of Shadan Engineering College, 24 years old

Banjara Hills: Now that the wedding season is around, everyone is looking for some trendy, designer collections to go with the occasions. Keeping those \'high fashion\' admirers in mind, a designer fair was launched at hotel Taj Krishna on Tuesday.

Launching the fa

Kachiguda: Actor Nikhil of Happy Days-fame turned heads on Tuesday when he walked the ramp with models for 9X brand designer wear. Never been into endorsing, Nikhil said his maiden attempt as ambassador for 9X was really sportive. Company representatives Tarun Kapoor and

The upcoming talent Vega Tamotia is over the moon. He first straight Telugu movie Happy Happigaa is all set to hit the screens soon. Hyderabad Journal catches up with the chirpy girl

Vega Tamotia, the Saroja actress, is all set to win our hearts with her f

Once in a while there comes a movie which jolts us up, makes us sit and think. Udaan is one of the forerunners of such contenders in cinema; it\'s being touted as the best cinema of the decade is not an exaggeration at all, it\'s mere stating of a fact. An extremely heart- warmi

A Walk To Remember, The Note Book, Nights In Rodanthe, Dear John and now The Last Song; Sparks has now had nine number one books on the NY Times\' list with 50 million books in print and four movies.

Nicholas Sparks\'s new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a

Overlong yet awesome. What else did you expect from a Christopher Nolan flick?

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a very special kind of thief: he steals from your mind. A billionaire industrialist (Ken Watanabe) hires Cobb to do just the opposite, planting the seed of an id

Tired of synthetic sounds and western inspired chart busters? Peepli live might be the right choice for you. With the illustrious band Indian Ocean on the helm, along with Ram Sampat and Nageen Tanveer, Peepli live brings to you raw, earthy music that smells of nativity.

With Komaram Puli all set to hit the screens in a couple of weeks, its debutante heroine Nikisha Patel is keeping her fingers crossed.  The actress signed on the dotted line to act opposite Pawan Kalyan nearly three years ago, but she is seeing the release of her first movi

Mamta Mohandas, who made ripples with her hit numbers apart from some noteworthy roles in Tollywood, is not all that content.  Nagarjuan\'s blue-eyed girl thinks she has got poor judgment when it comes to selecting movies.  Though she never repented having acted in the

Actor Samantha Prabhu, who was well-liked for her role Jessi in Ye Maya Chesave, launched the success collection of Aashadam sales at Kukatpally Kalaniketan on Saturday.

Dazzled in peach colored fusion wear, as she stepped out of the diamond silver Skoda Laura, h

RJ Shekhar Basha is pretty desperate to bite the dust. The winner of Best RJ Award consecutively thrice by the India Radio Forum feels it\'s high time to find mighty opponents to give in. He pours out his heart in a freewheeling chat with Hyderabad Journal.

It is worth a watch, to be honest, though Super Good movies\' \'Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu\' has nothing new to offer other than its serene rustic settings and the rural game kabaddi.

The run-of-the-mill flick revolves around a group of friends who are obsessed with kabaddi.

Komaram Puli offers us yet another musical treat. The numbers are real catchy. The profusion of fascinating sounds works in brilliant sync. Amma thale starts of as Swetha Mohan\'s show as she skillfully traverses through seemingly tongue-twisting lyrics by Chandrabose. Naresh Iy

Manoj Night Shyamalan has always been fascinated by playing with genre conventions. His famed love of twist endings is really an obsession with tweaking his audience\'s expectations, and his best film, Unbreakable, is a superhero movie that comments on the superhero genre. It wa

The wait is over. \"The Lost Symbol,\" the follow-up to Dan Brown\'s 2003 mega-seller, \"The Da Vinci Code,\" is here -- and you don\'t have to be a Freemason to enjoy it.

Like \"Angels and Demons,\" published in 2000, and \"The Da Vinci Code,\" \"The Lost Symbol\" solves

Priyamani may not have made a mark with her roles in Raavan, but her hopes on Tollywood films have always been high. More so, on her patron Jagapathi Babu. After having been cast opposite the Telugu hero for four films in less than two years, the actress was hoping for a meaty r

Bollywood has Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu, where the former has repeatedly teased the latter. The Kapoor girl has reportedly called Bipasha, \'kaali billi.\' Trisha Krishnan seems to be getting into Kareena\'s shoes down South. And Genelia D\'Souza is her favorite object of

No sooner did K Rosaiah unveil the music of Komaram Puli than Prince Mahesh Babu tweeted that the songs were rocking. Though many attribute his instant twitter to the fondness he has for Pawan Kalyan, the reason why he was pro-active about appreciating the AR Rehman musical coul

In a role reversal of sorts, badminton sensation Saina Nehwal made heads turn as she sashayed the ramp in heavy bridal outfits. \"I\'m a girl now, hope you liked it,\" Saina giggled as she was chewing the fat with Hyderabad Journal

Quite nervous and uncomf

The music itself has given us an idea as to what can be expected from the movie. The songs brought back the nostalgia of good old Telugu music, while the movie itself brings back the nostalgia of countless Telugu movies that have come from the acclaimed director K Raghavendra Ra

A remote maximum-security mental asylum... An escaped inmate... A hurricane... A derelict lighthouse... Mind control experiments... You could be forgiven for thinking these might be the rather fruity ingredients from a vintage horror movie instead of the latest Martin Scorsese f

What can you expect from an album titled \'Troubadour\'? - A lyrical and musical perfection with the meter adding to the intricacy of the soulful songs. K\'naan Warsame is here to stay folks! He once again establishes the power of honest, straightforward music and of its immense

Sebastian Faulks proves his talent in Engelby, without doubt. The story is narrated by narrated by Mike Engleby. The protagonist is telling his story beginning in the 1970s with his second year at an ancient university.

Engleby has already lived a difficult life, bullied

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan may be still hot favorite of many a movie buffs, but Hyderabadi moviemaker Mani Shankar gives a \'zero\' for her performance in the much-hyped Raavan

A 100 for Junior Bachchan, 50 for Vikram and a perfect \'zero\' for Aishwarya

Model-actress Celina Jaitley says other metros should take a cue from Hyderabad in maintaining themselves while disclosing her desire to act in Telugu films

\"Wear your attitude since it makes you,\" model, actress and Femina Miss India Universe 2001 Celin

Keeravani never ceases to surprise the people with his capacity to raise up to the challenge regardless of what kind of music the movie demands. Be it Vedam with its songs suiting the flavour of the movie, being Rock based, sensitive and fresh or the much appealed Magadheera, Ke

What happens when you start taking audiences\' feelings into consideration and start throwing stuff at them thinking they would take it regardless? The answer comes in the form of the movie Pappu. The clichéd approach right from the assumption that a guy\'s being fat means that

\"Edge of Darkness\" breaks no new ground. We can see most of the narrative unfold well ahead of time. Likewise, we can get a pretty good handle on all of the characters ahead of time as well: Like Ray Winstone as Jedburgh, a mystery man, a ‘consultant in security\' whom we le

Stieg Larsson, a Swedish journalist, could not live to see his Millennium Trilogy becoming a runaway hit across the world. But his three works have been received well by people across borders. The first in the series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo presents the ugly picture of

\"Wear your attitude since it makes you,\" model, actress and Femina Miss India Universe 2001 Celina Jaitley tosses in a suggestion for the Gen-N models, her blue eyes and infectious smile spilling over enough of it. Decked up prettily in a bridal outfit designed by Neeta Lulla,

HICC, Madhapur: World No 3 badminton player Saina Nehwal swept the fashionistas at the grand finale of Hyderabad Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2010, on Friday.

The sportstar grabbed eyeballs by sashaying down the ramp in pink and red colored heavy embroidered ghaghra.

Sira, a 30-minute experimental movie, based on the anguish of a poet over global terrorism, bagged international acclaim

Those visuals are eerie, bizarre and striking, just like Salvador Dali\'s abstract, surrealistic and symbolic paintings. There are all

Bollywood director Mani Shankar on Wednesday inaugurated the Hyderabad Fashion Week 2010 at Novotel.

The unique fashion show is likely to bring maverick international and national brand designer labels to Hyderabad.

\"The concept is to address the fashion requirem

Album: I Hate Love Stories

I Hate Love Stories has a lot of expectations placed on its shoulders what with Imraan and Sonam as the lead pair and it being a production from Karan Johar. But not to be left behind are the ones placed on the music director duo Vishal-S

Film: Ravan/Villain
Cast: Vikram, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya RAi BAchchan, Prithvi Raj, Karthik, Govinda, Prabhu and Priyamani
Director: Mani Ratnam
Music: A.R.Rahman
Cinematography: V.Manikandan, Santosh Sivan

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Film: Karate Kid
Director: Harald Zwart
Cast: Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson
Producers: Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith

\"Kung Fu lies everything.  How we put on the jacket. How we take off the jacket. Everything is Ku

The second schedule of shooting of Venkatesh\'s upcoming film Nagamalli will start from June 14 at Rama Naidu Studios, according to sources.

The flick, sequel to Chandramukhi, had its first schedule at Korukonda near Vijayanagaram. Unfortunately, the whole set was destroy

This seems to be the season of music. With more and more young talents taking the melody path, music industry seems to be in an all time high. Inspired by legendary music makers of our country as well as abroad, several youngsters are coming out with excellent albums. And when w

Mahesh Babu\'s latest film - tentatively titled as \'Khaleja\' - is nearing completion and is likely to hit the screens on August 9, Mahesh Babu\'s birthday.

Anushka is starring opposite Mahesh Babu in the film which is being shot at Jejuri, a spiritual place some 40 kilo

Naga Chaitanya\'s new movie will be launched on June 7th. Tamanna is playing opposite Naga Chaitanay in the film to be produced by Geetha Arts. The movie is directed by Sukumar of \'Arya\' fame. According to sources, the story of the film revolves around a college backdrop and i