Want to shed your pent-up tears? Go for ‘Raju Maharaju’ (IANS Film Review, Rating:**)

October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Item girl Rakhi Sawant's mother Jaya Friday became the first to be evicted from the "Bigg Boss" house. And her exit from the reality show was as dramatic as her entry.

September 12th, 2009 Film: "Ruslaan"; Cast: Rajveer Sharma, Megha Chatterjee, Smita Jaykar, S.M. Zaheer, Shahbaaz Khan, Ganesh Yadav, Asrani; Director: Mohan Sharma; Rating: * The audience can't really be blamed if they make up their minds weeks before the release of the film based on its promos.

September 12th, 2009 Film: "I Can't Think Straight"; Cast: Starring Lisa Ray, Sheetal Seth; Director: Shamim Sarif; Rating: * 1/2 It's a pity that films about alternate sexuality have to come wrapped in diverting and or glamourised packaging. Hence Deepa Mehta's much-applauded "Fire" was not so much about lesbianism as about two neglected daughters-in-law in a crowded Delhi home finding comfort in each other's arms.

September 5th, 2009 Film: "Three: Love Lies Betrayal"; Cast: Ashish Choudhry, Nausheen Ali Sardar, Akshay Kapoor; Director: Vishal Pandya; Rating: ** The Scottish locales shot with tender care by cinematographer Pravin Bhatt in "Three..." are in one word breathtaking. In two words breathtaking and eloquent.

August 20th, 2009 Shooting of ‘Srimati Kalyanam’ directed by Sival and produced by Bhanukiran under the banner of Super Growing Movie Creations with Vadde Naveen as hero, and Sangeeta as heroine was completed recently. Director says, "There was a very good response to the title of our film.

August 18th, 2009 Producer Soundarya Jagadish is set to start with two Kannada films in the coming weeks. His first film; Masth Maja Maadi, which was a big hit, is now getting a sequel, Mast Majaa Maadi II.

August 16th, 2009 Film: "Life Partner"; Cast: Govinda, Tusshar Kapoor, Prachi Desai, Fardeen Khan, Genelia D'Souza; Director: Rumi Jaffrey; Rating: ** Some of the writing invested into this not-bad comic look at the roller-coaster called marriage is surprisingly sharp. For example, there's this Gujarati family lorded over by a tycoon (Darshan Jariwala) in Cape Town who remains rigidly rooted to conventions that ended 50 years ago.

July 25th, 2009 Film: "Perfect Mismatch"; Cast: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Anubhav Anand, Nandana Sen; Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad; Rating: *1/2 "Perfect Mismatch" ought to be called one of the most misguiding film titles in a long time. The entire plotline seems like a big scam.

July 11th, 2009 Film: "Short Kut - The Con Is On"; Director: Neeraj Vora; Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi, Amrita Rao; Rating: * "Short Kut" was not a bad film to begin with. It was probably a terrific idea for a comedy of misguided zeal - a hammy actor, Arshad Warsi, stealing a struggling scriptwriter Akshaye Khanna's great plot and becoming a superstar.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Think of Arshad Warsi and a smile comes to one's face instantly courtesy his immaculate comic timing. The actor is once again is set to entertain audiences along with Akshaye Khanna in Short Kut - The Con Is On that releases Friday.

June 6th, 2009 Film: "Maruti Mera Dosst"; Cast: Chandrachur Singh, Ritika Shrivastava, Erik A. Nanda, Sushmita Mukherji, Murli Sharma, Vindoo Dara Singh and Shahbaaz Khan; Director: Manikya Raju; Rating: ** Chandrachur Singh would have to wait for a while before he could actually term a movie as a 'comeback film'.

May 30th, 2009 The audio of ‘Raju-Maharaju’ with Mohanbabu as the main lead, Sharwanand as hero, Survin Chawla and Tashu Kaushik as heroines was launched at a glittering function recently. Directed by Durga Shankarnath, the film is being produced by Pathikonda Kumaraswamy on the banner of Kumaraswamy Productions.

May 3rd, 2009 Canning of last song is in progress for ‘Raju-Maharaju’ with Dr Mohanbabu, Ramyakrishna in the lead roles, Sarvanand, Survin Chawla and Tashu Kaushik as the young pairs at Ramoji Film City. Directed by P Bhanushankar and produced by Kumaraswamy Pathikonda on the banner of Sri Kumaraswamy Productions had completed the talkie part recently.

May 3rd, 2009 Mohanbabu, Sarvanand, Ramyakrishna, Survin Chawla and Tashu Kaushik are playing the lead in ‘Raju Maharaju’ directed by Bhanushankar and produced by Kumaraswamy Pathikonda. Producer says, ‘We have already completed the talkie part shooting and are presently canning a song on Sarwanand and Survin Chawla at Kulu.

May 3rd, 2009 Directed by P Bhanushankar and produced by Kumaraswamy Pathikonda on the banner of Sri Kumaraswamy Productions, ‘Raju-Maharaju’ with Dr Mohanbabu and Ramyakrishna in the lead roles, Sarwanand, Surwin Chawla and Tasu Kaushik as the hero and heroines, is presently busy in post-production works. Producer says, ‘We have recently completed the dubbing activity and are planning to start re-recording in the next couple of days.