Bejawada - A quick view

Bejawada is an upcoming Telugu film directed by Vivek Krishna and produced by Ram Gopal Varma under the banner Shreya Productions. The film features Naga Chaitanya and Amala Paul in the lead roles.

Ram Gopal Varma announced that he was set to direct a Telugu film titled Bejawada Rowdilu in a press note in September 2010, which would revolve around the rowdy wars of Vijayawada also known as bejawada. The title started a controversy from vijayawada locales who felt that title wrongly defamed their city, so Varma in August 2011 announced that the film would simply be known as Bejawada.

The film was officially launched on May 12, 2011 with Ram Gopal Varma's protege, Vivek Krishna, announced as the director. The team held a photo shoot and filmed for two days in Vijayawada with Preetika Rao, before removing her from the project with the producer citing that she looked older than the lead actor, Naga Chaitanya. She was subsequently replaced by Amala Paul.

The movie is set to hit the screens on November 26th instead of November 24th.

Dhada - First looks

Dhada is an upcoming Telugu-language Romantic-Action film directed by Ajay Bhuyan and produced by D. Siva Prasad Reddy. The film features Naga Chaitanya and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. Production works began in July 2010, while the filming continued with schedules in India, Thailand, Milan, Europe. with the title Dhada only being announced in April 2011. The film features music by Devi Sri Prasad, cinematography by Gnana Shekar V.S of Vedam fame, editing by Dharmendra.K of Prasthanam fame and is expected to release by August 12th 2011.

Cast

Naga Chaitanya

Kajal Aggarwal

Sriram

Samiksha

Brahmanandam

Rahul Dev

Mukesh Rishi

Kelly Dorji

Production

Reports emerged in December 2009 that director Ajay Bhuyan would direct a film starring Naga Chaitanya in the lead role. The film soon began production works with Kajal Aggarwal being signed on in a leading role, with the producers announcing a release date of July 2010. The producers approached Arjun and Kamalinee Mukherjee to appear as the brother and the sister-in-law of Naga Chaitanya, although talks were unsuccessful. Subsequently Srikanth and Anita Hassanandani were selected for the roles, but Anita opted out before her schedule began and was then replaced by Samiksha.

The film began shooting in May 2010 after delays. The film was completed in four schedules, with the climax being shot in Bangkok, Thailand.

Soundtrack

 The soundtrackwere composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music was released on July 25, 2011 at Shilpa Kala Vedika, Hyderabad.The soundtrack consists of seven tracks. It was released by Aditya Music. Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Dr D Ramanaidu attended the function as chief guests.