Top producer Dil Raju is keen to remake several Telugu blockbuster films in Hindi. He is joining hands with Boney Kapoor for the remake of F2 in Hindi. In a similar way, Dil Raju and Boney Kapoor are in plans to remake Bollywood blockbuster Pink in Telugu. Dil Raju is keen on roping in Balakrishna for the lead role and the talks are in initial stages. As per the update, Dil Raju already registered the title ‘Lawyer Saab’.
The film was recently made in Tamil as Nerkonda Paarvai which is releasing this Thursday. Dil Raju and Boney Kapoor watched the film in a special screening and loved the film. Dil Raju now decided to bring the film to Telugu with minor changes. An official announcement about this film will be made once the lead actor and director will get finalized.
Top producer Dil Raju worked with all the leading and top young actors of Telugu cinema. Among the veterans, Raju worked with Venkatesh for F2 and with Nagarjuna for Gaganam. He is yet to work with Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna among the veterans. Dil Raju met Megastar Chiranjeevi recently with a proposal of working for a film. Megastar stepped out with a positive nod. Chiranjeevi is currently busy with Koratala Siva’s film which happens to be his 152nd project.
If things fall in place, Dil Raju will produce the 153rd film of Megastar Chiranjeevi. He is currently in the hunt for the right script that will suit Megastar Chiranjeevi. Dil Raju earlier several times expressed his wish of working with Pawan Kalyan. With Pawan turning busy in politics, Raju decided to work with Megastar now and Tollywood is eagerly waiting to witness about the script that Dil Raju chooses for Megastar.
Production in films is undoubtedly one of the most challenging crafts because it involves real-time predictions and understanding the pulse of the audience consistently. The trends change quite quickly these days and understanding which sort of film clicks with the audience is quite a daunting task. One such producer who has an inspiring production journey is dynamic producer Dil Raju who established his banner Sri Venkateshwara Creations exactly twenty years ago with Shankar’s political flick Oke OKkadu.
Oke Okkadu was a thumping success in Tollywood with Arjun and Raghuvaran’s performances and A.R.Rahman’s music. Sri Venkateshwara Creations has taken the Nizam rights of the flick. But Dil Raju has faced many challenges after producing Mani Ratnam’s Amrutha in Telugu version which couldn’t do well at the Box Office. His biggest breakthrough was producing Dil starring Nithiin in the lead role. The film was a smashing hit and brought a star status for the young hero.
However, Dil Raju slowly started establishing his production house which produces movies having family values, youthful flavours and high production standards. Bommarillu- starring Siddarth and Genelia D’Souza in the lead roles became the biggest hit in the year 2006 taking Dil Raju to the top producer status in Tollywood.
Sri Venkateshwara Creations has the credit of making sensible movies consistently which are feel-good, ideal for family viewing and choosing impressive storylines. Their release this year F2- Fun and Frustration starring Venkatesh and Varun Tej in lead roles was a great hit as well. Now, the production house has also acquired the rights of Tamil blockbuster 96 to make it in Telugu.
Telugu360 wishes the production house and their leader Dil Raju heartful congratulations for reaching this milestone!
Mega producer Allu Aravind and versatile filmmaker Dil Raju are sure the top producers of Telugu cinema. They earlier joined hands and produced films like Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham. They are currently distributing films across the Telugu states jointly on G3 banner. Allu Aravind and Dil Raju are joining hands to produce the Telugu blockbuster film Jersey in Bollywood.
Geetha Arts, Sri Venkateswara Creations in association with Sithara Entertainments will bankroll the film. Gautam Tinnanuri who directed the original will direct the project and the lead actor will be finalized soon. Names like Shahid Kapoor and Varun Dhawan are considered. A big announcement about the project is expected soon.
Ace filmmaker Dil Raju has the habit of presenting content oriented films. He has now decided to associate with Keerthi Suresh’s upcoming sports comedy which is yet to have a title. The film features Jagapathi Babu and Adhi Pinisetty in prominent roles.
Dil Raju is very impressed with the storyline and has watched the glimpses that have shot so far. He liked the genre and loved the way it has been by debutante Naresh Kukkunoor. So, he has immediately promised the makers that he will present the film on his Sri Venkateswara Creations. The shooting formalities are nearing completion and the film is slated for release in August.
Dil Raju’s association will definitely result in good buzz on this low budget film. Devi Sri Prasad is scoring the soundtrack for the film.
Top producer Dil Raju who keeps himself busy with a bunch of projects also picks up interesting films and distributes them across Telugu states. Last year, he released Puri Jagannadh’s Mehbooba which bombed at the box-office. Puri Jagannadh who has been struggling for success is ready with his next film Ismart Shankar that featured Ram, Nabha Natesh, Nidhhi Agerwal in the lead roles.
The film is announced for July 18th release and the theatrical business is yet to be closed. Puri and his team approached Dil Raju to release the film but the ace producer straightaway rejected the offer. He said that he has a bunch of films already and asked Puri to search for other options. Though the streaming and other rights of Ismart Shankar fetched good money, the makers are yet to close the theatrical rights.
Dil Raju is said to have promised Puri to release Ismart Shankar for Nizam and Vizag territories if he finds no buyer across the territories. He will not offer any advance and will distribute the film in Nizam and Vizag. The trailer of Ismart Shankar which is out recently received a lot of criticism for the loud content. Puri Jagannadh himself produced Ismart Shankar.
Dil Raju is one of the most successful Tollywood producers and he has a bunch of projects lined up in Telugu. The ace producer has been keen on making his debut in Bollywood and he wanted to make a strong impact. Though he planned to make his debut with Shankar and Kamal Haasan starrer Indian 2, the talented filmmaker walked out of the project calculating the heavy stake involved.
Dil Raju is now making his debut in Bollywood with F2 remake and he will co-produce the project along with Boney Kapoor. Anees Bazmee will direct the film and Arjun Kapoor is expected to reprise the role of Varun Tej in the film. Dil Raju who was extremely impressed with Nani’s Jersey will co-produce the film in Hindi along with Karan Johar. Dil Raju who distributed the film for Nizam and Vizag regions expressed his interest to remake the film in Hindi after the release.
Dil Raju without stopping here is all set to remake Ram Charan’s Yevadu in Bollywood. Milap Zaveri and Nikkhil Advani watched the film recently and approached Dil Raju to remake the film. Dil Raju along with Nikkhil Advani will produce the project in Hindi while Milap Zaveri will direct the project. The lead actor is yet to be finalized. On the whole, Dil Raju is slowly turning busy in Bollywood and establish himself as a renowned producer in the country’s biggest platform of cinema.
Top producer Dil Raju who co-produced Superstar Mahesh Babu’s Maharshi is all set to produce one more film with Superstar. Along with a bunch of small budget films, Dil Raju is keen on making movies with stars. With all the top actors occupied, Raju was keen on locking Prabhas for his next project. Despite of a couple of attempts, he could not meet him recently. Close sources informed that Raju is all set with an interesting script that suits Prabhas.
The details about the director are kept under wraps and Raju is confident of impressing Prabhas with the script. The duo earlier worked for Munna and Mr Perfect. Dil Raju is expected to meet Prabhas at the earliest and discuss about the project. Prabhas is already done with Saaho and he is in plans to wrap up his next film directed by Radha Krishna Kumar by the end of this year. Hence Raju is in plans to lock Prabhas for his next production and make an official announcement at the earliest.
Top producer and distributor Dil Raju is making wise decisions after a series of flops. He shares a close bonding with Vamshi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati who owns UV Creations. The top producer acquired the theatrical rights of Saaho for Nizam and Vizag territories. He is said to have offered a record price of Rs 45 crores for the theatrical rights.
Saaho is made on a massive budget and is releasing on August 15th in all the Indian languages. Prabhas, Shraddha Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and Neil Nitin Mukesh are the lead actors. Sujeeth directed the movie and UV Creations are the producers. The theatrical business of Saaho is almost done and the makers closed all the other deals recently.
Popular producer Dil Raju is riding high with the success of Maharshi. He paid his visit to Tirumala Venkateswara Swamy temple and offered special prayers early today. Speaking to the media outside the temple, Dil Raju made a sensational announcement that he is all set to introduce VV Vinayak as an actor. Dil Raju was extremely impressed with the script and he asked Vinayak to listen.
Vinayak too loved the script and gave his nod. N Narasimha Rao will direct the film and Sri Venkateswara Creations will produce the film. More details about the project will be announced soon. VV Vinayak is currently on a break and he hasn’t announced his next directorial.
The whole movie unit of Maharshi is extremely confident on the product and the recently released trailer generated the much-needed buzz. The last single ‘Idhe Kadha Nee Katha’ is hard hitting and it added extra mileage for the project. Maharshi completed censor formalities last evening and the runtime was locked to be 178 minutes. Superstar fans are left worried about the excessive runtime of Maharshi.
The film’s producer Dil Raju watched the final cut couple of weeks ago and he expressed his complete confidence in the film. He wanted to go ahead without a single cut. Dil Raju even expressed with his close friends and distributors that the runtime of Maharshi is not a barrier for the film as it delivers some outstanding emotional content throughout the second half. The last 45 minutes will move the audience carried the pre-release reports.
With no biggies in May, Maharshi has a golden opportunity to spin out some unexpected box-office numbers. Let’s wait and see if Maharshi makes wonders at the Tollywood box-office. The film directed by Vamshi Paidipally releases on May 9th.
Superstar Mahesh Babu’s next big budget outing Maharshi is slated for May 9th release across the globe. Vamshi Paidipally is the director and he is personally monitoring the post-production work which is in final stages. The film’s producer Dil Raju and Vamshi are busy locking the final draft. All those episodes with lag are chopped to get a crisp product and Vamshi initially took care of the final draft. Dil Raju recently joined him. As per the update, the final runtime of Maharshi is said to be 2 hours and 50 minutes. Raju and Vamshi are trying hard to get the final version to 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Vamshi and his team got two impressive trailers ready for release during the pre-release event that is scheduled on May 1st. Along with chopping off episodes on the editing table, Vamshi and Raju are getting the best trailer ready which will be finalized before this weekend. With songs getting lukewarm response, the team of Maharshi are focused on the trailer. They are confident that the film gets enough buzz after the trailer will be out. Pooja Hegde is the heroine and Dil Raju, PVP, Ashwini Dutt are the producers.
Natural Star Nani’s recent outing Jersey is winning the hearts of the Tollywood audience. This emotional sports drama is raking massive revenues and received critical acclaim for the poetic narration of Gowtam Tinnanuri. Top producer Dil Raju who distributed the film across Nizam and Vizag territories felicitated the entire unit of Jersey last night in Hyderabad.
The latest update is that Dil Raju is keen on taking Jersey to Bollywood. Dil Raju is in plans to co-produce the film along with Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar. A special screening will be held for Karan Johar after which things will be finalized. On the other side, Tamil top production house Lyca Productions is in talks to acquire the Tamil remake rights of Jersey. The film’s producer Vamsi is rushed with several lucrative offers for the remake rights of this sports drama.
Prabhas starrer Mr Perfect was one of the biggest hits in the actor’s career and the film went on to be remade in all the Indian languages. Dasaradh is the director and Dil Raju bankrolled the film. Novel writer Mummadi Syamala Devi was left in shock after she watched the film as the entire film has been copied from her 2010 novel ‘Naa Manasu Korindi Ninne’. Despite of several attempts, Dil Raju and Dasaradh never responded and they rejected giving an appointment for Syamala Devi. She then initiated legal action against the team of Mr Perfect. The City Civil Court revealed their decision now that Mr Perfect is a complete copy of ‘Naa Manasu Korindi Ninne’.
The court asked the Hyderabad police to take necessary action on Dil Raju and his team. Speaking about this, Mummadi Syamala Devi said that she had no plans of taking any legal actions initially but when the team did not respond, she wanted the team to be punished for stealing her work. Dil Raju’s Sri Venkateswara Creations posed that they penned the entire script and Dasaradh created several fake documents with the Tollywood Writers Association which are confirmed fake by the court. After years, Mummadi Syamala Devi feels that she got justice. She even said that she wishes credit for the story along with some decent compensation.
Natural Star Nani’s recent outing Jersey is having a dream run at the Tollywood box-office. Critics lauded the film like anything calling it one of the best films Tollywood audience ever witnessed. Nani’s outstanding performance along with director Gowtam Tinnanuri’s work is widely appreciated from all the corners. Popular producer Dil Raju distributed the film across Nizam and Vizag territories.
Dil Raju was quite thrilled with the film’s content. He will felicitate the entire team of Jersey tomorrow evening in a grand event in Hyderabad. He also invited several biggies and his close friend from Tollywood for the grand bash. Jersey is the life story of 36-year-old cricketer Arjun. Shraddha Srinath is the heroine and Anirudh Ravichander composed the music. Jersey is bankrolled by Sithara Entertainments.
Superstar Mahesh Babu’s landmark film Maharshi is just three weeks away for a grand release worldwide. Unfortunately, the makers have failed to come up with a strong promotional campaign due to which the buzz on the film is quite underwhelming. Fans of Mahesh are utterly disappointed with the poor strategies by team Maharshi. So far, it is director Vamshi Paidipally who is handling all the publicity related to the film.
As Vamshi Paidipally’s promotions didn’t generate the expected buzz on the film, producer Dil Raju has decided to take over the charge after he received many complaints from overseas trade circles and distributors in India. Dil Raju is now looking to go all out with his plans in the next two weeks to build up hype on this crazy film. Till now, the teasers and songs received a lukewarm response from the audience. So, all eyes are on the trailer which will decide the fate of Maharshi openings. Dil Raju is planning an aggressive promotional campaign in all news channels and media portals to increase the buzz.
Maharshi has wrapped up its shoot and the pre-production work is also nearing completion. The film is slated for release on May 9th.
Stylish Star Allu Arjun is on a break and is said to have prepared a strong lineup of films during this break. He signed his next project in the direction of Trivikram Srinivas which will roll next month. Along with this, Bunny gave his nod for Sukumar and the project will roll soon. Now the top actor gave his nod for one more project and it will be directed by young and talented Venu Sriram.
Venu Sriram earlier directed films like Oh My Friend and MCA. After working on the script for over a year, Venu Sriram narrated it to Bunny and got his immediate nod. Bunny is in plans to complete the project in jet speed after Trivikram’s film as the complete script is ready.
Top producer Dil Raju will bankroll this prestigious project. With Sukumar yet to complete the script work, Bunny felt that he can complete Venu Sriram’s film before starting Sukumar’s project. Allu Arjun is even in talks with talented filmmakers AR Murugadoss and Vikram Kumar for his next. On the whole, Allu Arjun is ready with a solid lineup of films and will wrap them back to back.
Tamil starlet Megha Akash tested her luck in Tollywood with Nithin’s Lie and Chal Mohan Ranga. Unfortunately, both films ended as box office flops which impacted her offers in Telugu. Meanwhile, she got busy with a handful of Tamil films.
Now, she has bagged a plump offer in ace producer Dil Raju’s next film which will have young and talented hero Raj Tarun in the lead role. To be directed by Krishna Reddy, who worked as assistant director for many films in Dil Raju’s banner, the untitled project is going to be launched on Ugadhi. After considering several heroines, they have zeroed in on Megha Akash as Raj Tarun’s romantic interest.
Mickey J Meyer will compose the tunes for the film. Raj Tarun and Megha Akash will be hoping to bag the much needed success with this successful banner.
Talented director Vamshi Paidipally is known for his class touch in his films. He is shooting for Mahesh Babu’s Maharshi which is releasing this May. Vamshi is known to direct films on a slow pace and he takes ample time to carve out the flick. Vamshi took two years for the script and pre-production work, but could not plan perfect schedules and complete shoot on time. Along with lavish production values, Vamshi spent almost eight months on the sets but he is yet to wrap up the principle shoot of Maharshi.
Dil Raju who is facing the heat from Superstar’s fans imposed a strict deadline to complete the shoot by the first week of April so that Maharshi gets ample time to complete the post-production formalities. The film did a solid pre-release business and digital, satellite deals too are picked up for record prices. Mahesh wants no last-minute changes for the film’s release. Maharshi is carrying massive buzz and got a perfect release date during summer (May 9th).
With pressure mounting from all the corners, Vamshi Paidipally is now working on a fast pace to complete the shoot as per the deadline. Couple of songs along with a portion of talkie part is yet to be completed. Pooja Hegde and Allari Naresh will be seen in other pivotal roles in Maharshi. Dil Raju, PVP and Ashwini Dutt are the producers.
