Eega pirates get rap on knuckles

Lawful action against pirates has been intensified in the past few weeks. Before the release of Eega and Naan Ee, notices were sent to theatre managements asking them to be awake to the dangers of piracy and reminding them of their responsibility in averting the menace.

On his b'day, Varun looks forward to 3 releases

Though Varun Sandesh has not delivered a single hit since Happy Days, he is definitely a sought-after youngster in Tollywood. A good three releases, one directed by no less a talent than Neelakantha, are going to release in the next few months.

Oka College Story audio on July 26

T Prabhakar says that he has been inspired by the successes many films (read Premisthe, Prema Khaidi, Journey) dubbed from Tamil have met in the recent times. The director of Rendilla Poojari, Kishkindakanda and Batukamma says that Oka College Story is styled after some successful Tamil films.

Bhumika-Jagapathi's April Fool in single schedule

Jagapathi Babu and Bhumika Chawla are playing a lawyer and a journalist, respectively, in April Fool. The movie is described by producer Seema Azaruddin as an absurd comedy-cum-socio fantasy. "The story revolves around five characters. Gulshan Grover is playing the role of a land-grabber. Ranadhir (Happy Days fame) and Srushti are playing the other couple," the director says.

Sensational Kannada film Dandupalya in Telugu

Danduplaya, which released in June, is the most popular Kannada film in the recent times. This crime movie, starring Pooja Gandhi, Makaram Deshpande, Ravi Kale, Sai Ravi, Nisha Kotari, Raghu Mukherjee, would be remade into Hindi. A sequel is in the offing. It is going to be dubbed into Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Bhojpuri.