Archive for January, 2010
Publicity posters for Arya 2 Malayalam release
Its quite known by now in the trade circles that Allu Arjun is one of the most popular movie stars in Kerala. He was recently invited to the Asianet Awards in Trivandrum as a guest and to give away the “Youth Icon” award to Prithviraj, the reigning young star in the Malayalam industry. Here are the publicity [...]
Southscope Feb 2010 cover, feat. Allu Arjun & Tamannaah
Hey all! Here is the coverpage of Southscope for Feb 2010 (Click to enlarge). It features Allu Arjun and Tamannaah Bhatia. The cover was photographed by Avinish Gowarikar, styled by Nishchay Polavarapu. Location : Mehboob Studio, Mumbai. I thank both the cover stars for coming forward to being a part of our magazine. This issue is [...]
Boxoffice Showdown : Adhurs v/s Magadheera (Week 2)
In continuation of my last week’s post, here’s the showdown between the two movies in the second week. The movie with the biggest opening week need not necessarily be the highest grossing film. Avatar opened to a modest $77 million opening, which is half of The Dark Knight’s $158 million opening. Yet in the longer [...]
The Political Economy of Telugu News Industry, a report by Padmaja Shaw
Ms Padmaja Shaw is an Associate Professor, Dept of Communications and Journalism at the Osmania University. I have run across a analytical study made by her titled “Political Economy of Telugu News Industry” had caught my eye. It was a lengthy, but a worthy read. The author has made very interesting observations on the ‘business’ [...]
Boxoffice Showdown : Magadheera v/s Adhurs
Firstly, I wish to congratulate V.V Vinayak, NTR Jr on their smashing hit Adhurs. I am happy that the telugu film industry started its new year with two successes – Adhurs and Namo Venkatesa. There were ‘panel discussions’ in telugu news channels if Adhurs would beat Magadheera’s collections. Most ended in a deadlock. Instead of [...]
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