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It is known news that the talented movie maker Karunakaran is all set to commence his new venture titled ‘Darling’. This has got the young rebel star Prabhas in the lead and buzz is that the saucy seductress Kajal Agarwal will be the leading lady for this one.
A 35-day schedule of Adityaram Movies’ Ek Niranjan, directed by Puri Jagan and starring Prabhas and Kangana Ranaut in the lead roles, was held in Bangkok. The climax sequence and a few other scenes were filmed. The shooting is currently in progress in Hyderabad. Except for two songs and some key scenes that are pending, the shooting of the film is complete.
Ek Niranjan is scheduled for a worldwide release on October 29th. The supporting cast includes Sonu Sood, Mukul Dev, Makrand Deshpande, Brahmanandam, Ali, Suneel, Venumadhav, Brahmaji, Tanikella Bharani, Sangeetha, Posani Krishna Murali, Satyaprakash and Sravan.
The music is by Mani Sharma, cinematography by Shyam K. Naidu, art by Channa, editing by MR Verma and action by Stun Shiva.
Young rebel star Prabhas is one of the fast upcoming actor in Tollywood. Though his last flick “Billa” did not do as expected his future seems bright. He is currently shooting for the flick “Ek Niranjan”.
It is known news that the young rebel star Prabhas has teamed up with the crazy success director Puri Jagannadh and is currently busy with the shooting of their new movie ‘Ek Niranjan’.
Prabhas and Sanjana worked in Bujjigadu, and are now looking forward to working together again. It is believed that the two became very good friends during the film's shoot and have been keeping in touch ever since.
Beauty Kajal Agarwal is on the verge of signing another crazy project. She has been almost finalized as the heroine in Prabhas-Karunkaran combo flick 'Darling'. Kajal Agarwal is being rated the hottest heroine in Tollywood and is surely the front-runner in the top heroine race. 'Darling' is being produced by 'Chatrapathi' BVSN Prasad. This project hits the floors once Prabhas completes 'Ek Niranjan' shooting.
Reigning hero Prabhas’s stylish flick Billa, Telugu remake of super hit Bollywood film Don, was released on April 2 and is all set to complete 50 days!
The new debutant in Tollywood is the slender beauty Kangana Ranaut who is called as Bollywood bombshell and she is starring with young rebel star Prabhas. This flick has been titled ‘Ek Niranjan’ and it is directed by Puri Jagannadh. The hot discussion about this movie in film city is that producer Aditya Ram paid a huge price of 1 crore for signing Kangana in his movie.
This has become a sensation across the tinsel town as normal price for the debutants is around 5 to 10 lakhs in Tollywood industry.
Kangana is now becoming a famous name in Bollywood and people are thinking why she was over priced. Let us wait and see what Kangana delivers to that price.
Triple platinum disc function of Prabhas’s latest film Billa was held at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad on the night of 12 May. This function was attended by Krishnam Raju, VV Vinayak, Doraswamy Raju, Prabhas, Anushka, D Narendra, LVR, Lahari, Sunil, Subbaraju and Meher Ramesh.
No wonder then, Tollywood heartthrob Prabhas was literally sweating it out when Hyderabad Times caught up with him in between shots of his new film. Considering that the mercury is soaring, isn’t it reason enough for him to take a break? “First the media blames us stars for not doing more films. But when we are shooting you want us to take a break. Not fair!” he laughingly puts it.
Impressed by the initial response from audiences to the latest Prabas starrer Billa (Telugu remake of super hit Bollywood film Don), 'rebel star' U.V. Krishnam Raju is getting ready to hold success meetings at various theatres.
Director Puri Jagannath has finally confirmed the title of his ongoing Prabhas starrer to be Ek Niranjan. Marking the Telugu debut of Bollywood beauty Kangna Ranaut, this big budget film is produced by Adithya Ramunder his recently-launched Adithya Ram Movies banner. The film recently started rolling at Lahari Park in Hyderabad.
That seems to be the question which has been playing in many minds and also of those who are close to the young rebel star Prabhas and the noted movie director Puri Jagannadh.
The curly-haired beauty Kangna Ranaut, who is currently in Hyderabad shooting for her debut Telugu film directed by Puri Jagannath with Prabhas in the lead role, is rumoured to feature in a nude scene in the film! "Kangna's role requires her to do a nude scene and she has agreed to do it. She has been paid a whopping amount for the role," a source revealed.
Prabhas’s latest film Billa is on it’s way to satisfy all the buyers of the movie. It collected a share of approximately 15.05 crores in 21 days. It is doing adequately well despite of stiff competitions from elections and IPL. The collections have improved today as the election mania subdued in AP. Varsham was the highest grosser for Prabhas in Guntur territory with a share of 1.4 crores in the total run. Billa equaled it in just 3 weeks. This film is also doing well in Chennai and Karnataka. Here is the table of Billa's AP collections -
| S. No | Territory | Share |
| 1 | Nizam | 6.5 crores (including fixed hires) |
| 2 | Ceded | 2.47 crores |
| 3 | Nellore | 70 lacs |
| 4 | Guntur | 1.4 crores |
| 5 | Krishna | 99 lacs |
| 6 | West Godavari | 99 lacs |
| 7 | East Godavari | 80 lacs |
| 8 | Vizag | 1.2 crores |
| - | Total (only in AP) | 15.05 crores (approx) |
In the wake of good reports coming in for Billa, Prabhas tells media that the entire credit goes to direct Maher Ramesh for the slick handling of the script. He had words of praise for Anuskha, Namitha and said all of them had to undergo a strict diet and they stuck by it through out their stay in Malaysia. At the moment Prabhas is busy with Ek Niranjan being directed by Puri Jagannath. After this he will be doing Dasarath’s film that will be produced by Dil Raju and Karunakaran’s Prabhas gives movie to be produced by Bhogavalli Prasad.
The remake of the yesteryear Rajini starrer Billa, with Ajith in the lead, went on to become a huge hit. Following its astounding success, the film was remade in Telugu. Prabhas, Anushka and Namitha played the roles essayed by Ajith, Nayanthara and Namitha in Tamil.
Music director Mani Sharma should hang his face with shame for the quality of work he is producing. Big budget Film after big budget film he has given flop music. One does not remember when Mani Sharma gave hummable music in a film.
Billa surprised everybody by collecting a share of 11 crores (approximate) in 10 days. In Nizam it collected 5.1 crores including fixed hires. In all other areas, the share amount is mentioned in the table below. Trade pundits are telling that Billa collected this kind of shares though the mouth talk is divided because Billa is the only option for movie lovers if they want lavish production values and big stars. Incidentally, Billa is going to be biggest grosser in the career of Prabhas in the total run. Prabhas’s previous film Bujjigadu collected a total share of 1.7 crores in full run in Ceded and Billa collected a share of 1.72 crores in 10 days only. In a city like Nellore, Billa is still running housefuls in two theaters. The total expected share of Billa is Nizam is 9 crores, as per the director Meher Ramesh. Billa is expected to collect a share of 1 crore in Nellore in total run. It is going to collect 1.4 crores in Krishna area. With Rs. 80/- per ticket, Billa is going to be the highest grosser in INOX, Vijayawada. In a place like Kadapa, Chatrapati collected a share of 18 lacs in total run and Billa collected a share of 14 lacs in the first week itself. They are expecting 25 lacs in total run. Billa is also successfully reaching the crowds in B and C centers.| S. No | Territory | Share |
| 1 | Nizam | 5.1 crores (including fixed hires) |
| 2 | Ceded | 1.73 crores |
| 3 | Nellore | 48.5 lacs |
| 4 | Guntur | 99 lacs |
| 5 | Krishna | 69 lacs |
| 6 | West Godavari | 69 lacs |
| 7 | East Godavari | 60 lacs |
| 8 | Vizag | 75 lacs |
| - | Total (only in AP) | 11.05 crores (approx) |
The stylish Billa is supposed to have incurred a cost of over 26 crores. The vernacular magazines go on to publish that the collections so far are little over 18 crores in the first week. Touted as all style, no substance film, analysts feel that moviegoers have been treated to the subject in hindi, tamil all over again and the same matter has evoked little interest. Despite the lukewarm response, for Anushka it is a plus, a bonus after Arundathi's release as she has had a new make over, appearing as the latest diva in demand, her bikini act notwithstanding. Her most awaited film is Varudu which has just completed four days of shoot. Anushka will resume work for it from 20th onwards.
Since there were no big budget films in the offing, one expected Prabhas's film Billa to do well and become a runaway hit. But contrary to expectations the movie is doing just well. Though there is not much comedy in the film, Rebel star Krishnaman Raju is making up for it. People are heard screaming when he comes up on screen with funny costumes and flimsy dialogues. Someonelse like Prakash Raj It would have added credibility to the story and ensured it as a complete entertainer.
Billa seemed to be in the news ever since Ajith featured in the Tamil remake of the super hit Rajnikanth starrer of the 1980s. And when Telugu's cinema's young Prabhas donned the role, there was excitement even though it was a total remake of Ajith's Billa.
It was with great hype that the film ‘Billa’ was expected and this is the first of the biggies for this summer. This was being deemed as the Telugu version of a James Bond flick when it comes to style and presentation. How does a thief become a don and try to save the world is the essence. Let us see how that happens.
Story
Set in Malaysia, ACP Krishnamurthy (Krishnamraju) is keen on catching the one and only Billa (Prabhas), the international criminal. Billa keeps escaping each time the cops try to catch him and he is flanked by his gang of girlfriend Lisa (Namitha), henchmen Ranjith (Supreeth) and Vijay (Subbaraju). In their gang joins Maya (Anushka) who is the sister of Vijay and she comes to kill Billa since he has killed Vijay during an incident. Meanwhile, Krishnamurthy finally manages to corner Billa and in the shootout, Billa dies in his hands. In order to know the major deal that Billa has with Rashid Khan (Kelly), Krishnamurthy looks for an idea and he finds Ranga. Ranga (Prabhas) is a petty thief who lives at Vizag and makes his earnings to take care of the two kids. He dreams of having big cars and men following him, he resembles Billa exactly. Krishnamurthy manages to convince Ranga to take up the place of Billa and takes him to Malaysia. Their plan is partly successful but in between, Krishnamurthy gets killed and this lands Ranga in trouble. How does he manage to come out of all that forms the rest of the story.
Performances
Prabhas has come up with a very impressive performance and his act as Ranga was more impressive than Billa. However, he suited the role of a stylish don. Anushka gave every penny’s worth with her bikini act and the glamour show. Namitha competed equally with Anushka and showed her voluptuous sex appeal. Supreeth looked evil enough, Rehman was stylish but he could have been more intense with his performance, Krishnamraju was not upto the mark and perhaps he is a miscast to this role. Ali came and went without any comedy, Jayasudha was barely visible. Hansika was sweet in the song.
Technical aspects
The film was made more relying on the presentation than the narrative aspect. Dialogues were dull, the script was written without much masala, screenplay could not elevate the movie. Music was just average and there were only two songs that were worth taking home, cinematography was good in parts. Editing was sharp but sometimes it kind of created too short a sequence taking away the feel. Art department came with good settings while the stunt scenes were also impressive, costumes were perfect to each character.
Director’s portrayal
Meher Ramesh has come up with a storyline that is familiar but then it appeared that he was unable to handle the slick approach. Though his earlier venture ‘Kantri’ had those impact points, it was missing in Billa. The film could have taken off on a high voltage opening and instead it came across as a rather disconnected and stale start and Ramesh has to take the responsibility for it. However, few instances showed his brilliance but then he could have been a lot better given the budget and the infrastructure he was given. It came across as a rather amateurish presence in few places.
Critic’s view
The film could have been a super hit if only the script was handled very well and the dialogues were written with more passion and fire. The first fifteen minutes of the movie was hardly anything and it takes a while for the actual momentum to pick up. To be honest, the real story begins only in the second half and the plot gets life after the arrival of Ranga. Even the bikini act and action sequence of Anushka was not that sensuous but her beautiful presence kind of made up for it. The film was made with a high budget and the money could have been used in a very efficient manner to create a proper blockbuster. But that is not happening with ‘Billa’ and it will be an above average visual treat at the box office.
Verdict
It is stylish, visually rich. Not much in content and depth though.
Cast: Prabhas, Anushka, Namitha, Rehman, Krishnamraju, Supreeth, Kelly
Dorjee, Hansika Motwani, Subbaraju, Ali, Jayasudha etc
CREDITS:
Banner: Gopikrishna Movies pvt ltd
Music: Mani Sharma
Cinematography: Soundararajan
Director: Meher Ramesh
Producer: Narendra, Prabodh
Release date: 03/04/2009
Rating: 3/5Story
Billa (Prabhas) is a don operating from Malaysia. Krishna Murthy (Krishnam Raju) is a cop who is on the trail of Billa. Billa dies in an encounter with cops. Krishna Murthy keeps it as a secret and brings Billa’s lookalike Ranga – a petty thief onto the scene. The rest of the story is all about how Ranga completes the job for Krishna Murthy.
Artists Performance
Prabhas: Prabhas is extremely stylish with well toned and highly muscular body in the role of the don. The blazers suited him really well. His second role as Ranga entertains us with the dialogue delivery he popularized with Bujjigadu film. His steps in Bommari Bommali song are good.
Others: Anushka is good with slim figure and she is extremely glamorous in revealing dresses. She has no significant role to play in this film. Hansika Motwani did a special role and she is good. Namitha entered in to Telugu film industry again with Billa. She is sexy and dubbed her own voice in Telugu. Krishnam Raju is adequate as the cop. Supreet is stylish. Kelly Dorji’s role is an extension of the one he donned in Nagarjuna’s Don. Rehman is competent in a vital role. Ali did a short, yet significant role. Jayasudha did a small, but nice role.
Technical departments
Story - screenplay - direction: Billa’s story is based on Don film penned by Javed Akhtar. Screenplay of the film is adequate in the first half and is little disappointing in the second half. Director concentrated more on the styling in the first half. Direction of the film is adequate. Though it is a 30 year old story, the director should have done modifications to it to make it more logical and convincing. The twists towards climax lack logic. The kids thread should have been extended into second half. It has tremendous potential with nice sentimental value. The following scenes are good in the film –
1. The scene of Billa escaping by using Hansika.
The young rebel star Prabhas is one man who has got it all in him to make it big as a superstar, so now, true to his image, the new movie ‘Billa’ is all set to hit the screens and many say that this could be the turning point of his career.
