Everyone wants Raghu

November 18th, 2009 Actress Hari Priya is being hounded by criticism for lack of professionalism. The director, Raghu Ram, criticized the actress for her behaviour while working in the movie, Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu.

November 16th, 2009 Aithalakadi has gone from being the title of a song in a Kannada movie, Gaja to the title of a separate film altogether. Starring Bullet Prakash and Rangayana Raghu, it is a comedy film which stars about 75 artistes.

November 12th, 2009 Director Ravichandran is very busy with his forthcoming film, Hoo and hopes to release it on 14th January, 2010. Starring Ravichandran opposite Meera Jasmine and Namitha, the film’s remaining cast includes Prakash Raj, Sadhu Kokila, Rangayana Raghu among others.

September 19th, 2009 Film: "Rajini"; Cast: Upendra, Arati Chabria, Mukul Dev, Rangayana Raghu, Sadhu Kokila, Ramesh Bhat and Doddanna; Director: Thriller Manju; Music: Hamsalekha; Rating:*** Upendra has been acting in a number of remakes and "Rajini" too is a remake of Telugu film "Krishna", which starred Ravi Teja and Trisha. But it is a well-made film nevertheless.

September 12th, 2009 Film: "Prem Kahani"; Director: R. Chandru; Cast: Ajay, Sheela, Rangayana Raghu, Sudha Belawadi, Mohan Juneja, Shobha Raghavendra; Music: Ilayaraja; Rating: **1/2 R.

September 5th, 2009 Debut director Raghuraj’s Tamil film, Boss has almost finished dubbing and the graphics work of the movie is also progressing well. The film stars Darshan, Rangayana Raghu and Bullet Prakash, Navya Nair and Rekha; and is in its editing stage.

August 24th, 2009 An item song was shot on Mumbai model Mousami Udeshi and some junior artistes and starts with Hindi words like ‘Jeena hai, marnaa hai, mastime rehana hai, hastehi jaana hai…’ and continues with Telugu lyric… ‘Aagedi kaadu kaalam, poyedi ee deham’ for ‘Coffee Bar’; directed and produced by Gita Krishna, with Sashank and Biyanka Desai in the lead. The film is simultaneously being made in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.

July 23rd, 2009 After entering the Guinness Book of world records for being the shortest actor to play full length lead role in Vinayan’s Albutha Dweep, actor Ajaykumar aka Undapakru is all set to be seen yet again in a Malayalam film titled Little Luther. Reji Mathew will direct this flick.

June 28th, 2009 Film: "Preethse Preethse"; Cast: Yogish, Udaya Tara, Pragna, Rangayana Raghu, Jai Jagadish, Ramesh Bhat, Sangeetha, P.N. Sathya; Producer: Krishnaiah, Mohan; Screenplay-Direction: Maadesh; Camera: Venus Murthy; Music: Anoop Sileen; Rating: *1/2 "Preethse Preethse" was a hugely expected film because of its hero Yogish who had acted in three super hit films earlier.

June 14th, 2009 Film: "Olave Jeevana Lekkachara"; Cast: Sreenagara Kitty, Radhika Pandit, Rangayana Raghu, Daisy Bopanna, Neenaasam Aswath; Producer: K. Manju, Mark Balaji; Story-Screenplay-Dialogues-Direction: Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar; Camera; Krishna Kumar Music: Mano Murthy; Rating: *** Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar is a director whose films are not formula specific, but yet have elements that engage and enlighten the audience.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Can you tell them apart? Can they tell themselves apart? MTVs new game show featuring identical twins promises to answer all these questions and more. Titled "Airtel MTV Connected", the show will have 10 sets of identical twins who will be tested to find out how "connected" they are.

May 30th, 2009 Film: "Abhimani"; Director: Praveen Engineer; Cast: Raahul, Nidhi Subbaiah, Srinath, Tara, Sharath Babu and Rangayana Raghu; Music: Dharma Teja; Rating: * "Abhimani" made news before its release because the protagonist of the film achieves a lot in life as he is inspired by legendary Kannada actor Rajkumar. Director Praveen Engineer had claimed that the graphics work in the climax, where two of Rajkumar's film scenes are shown, will be a major highlight.

May 3rd, 2009 Ramu Enterprises Rajani starring Upendra and Arthi Chabria in the lead role shot its climax sequence in a grand style. Mumbai actor Mukul Dev, 1000 extras, 50 lorries, 25 Scorpio vehicles, 100 Tata Sumo were utilized for the stunning action scene.

May 3rd, 2009 Suhasini’s re-entry in Sandalwood seems to be a great one. After pairing alongside Vishnuvardhan for the film Master, the actress is now been paired opposite Anant Nag in the flick Eradaneya Hendathi.

May 3rd, 2009 Apart from Junglee, Ambari and Venkata in Sankata, none of the Kannada flicks have done well at the box office this year. But this equation could soon change with four big releases hitting the theatres on 10th of April.