Balakrishna Sriramarajyam Songs Free Download

Cast : BalaKrishna,Nayanatara 

Music : Ilayaraja 

Director : Bapu 
  

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01.Jagadadhanda Karaka
Singers : S.P.Balasubramanyam,Shreya Goshal 
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02.Evadunnadu
Singers : S.P.Balasubramanyam
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03.Sitharama Charitham
Singers : Anitha,Keerthana
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04.Sri Rama Lera
Singers : Shreya Goshal,Ramu
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05.Devulle Mechina
Singers : Chitra ,Shreya Goshal 
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06.Gali Ningi Neeru
Singers : S.P.Balasubramanyam 
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07.Ramayanamu Sri Rama
Singers : Chitra,Shreya Goshal 
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08.Dhandakam
Singers : Surabhi  Shravani ,Keerthana
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09.Sita Simantham
Singers : Shreya Goshal
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10.Rama Rama Ane
Singers : Swetha,Anitha 
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11.Kalaya Nijama
Singers : Tippu
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12.Idhi Pattabi
Singers : Shwetha
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13.Sapthashwarathamarudam
Singers : S.P.Balasubramanyam
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14.Shanku Chakrala
Singers : Shwetha 
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15.Mangalamu Ramunaku
Singers : Anitha ,Keerthana 
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16.Devulle Mechinadi
Singers : Chitra ,Shreya Goshal
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Nobody can catch his 'Shadow'

pawan kalyan and his though provoking films have become a religion called Pawanism for Fans. Now, his latest filmShadow aka Kaali (tentative title) in direction of Vishnuvardhan is getting ready for release by this year end. With a perfectly weaved script suitable only for pawan kalyan, director is not leaving any loose ends. No body can even touch the Shadow of pawan kalyans new records that are to be created with the movie. This will be his Vishwa Roopam, said a film source close to Shadow unit. On the other hand, above is one of the stills from Power Star in the film where his different get up and variety of costumes with a rugged style will make audience go crazy. Just keep tuned to this space for more updates.

Jagan Comments about CBI Enquiry -- 'I am helpless, alone and young'

Hyderabad: Facing the heat over the probe into his alleged illegal wealth, Jaganmohan Reddy hit out at the Congress and said that his father’s legacy is being tarnished and that the Centre has unleashed a witch hunt against him.

Speaking to a news channel on Monday, Jagan - dubbed as India’s richest MP- said that he is helpless, alone and young and is being targeted for resigning from the party. “I was shown I-T notices after the death of my father,” rued Jagan.

Jagan is the son of Congress stalwart and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, late YS Rajashekhara Reddy who died in a helicopter crash in September 2009.

Taking on the Congress, Jagan said that his father’s reputation is being deliberately tarnished. He said, “This is what you do to a man who was with you for 30 years? You are attacking a dead man, this is witch hunting.”

When asked what message he would like to give to Sonia Gandhi, Jagan only said, “God is watching.”

On the future course of action, the Kadap MP, who had launched YSR Congress after he fell out with the grand old party, said, “We are not averse to supporting any party other than BJP. We have no issues with anybody else; let it be Sonia, Sharad Pawar or Mamata Banerjee.”

He also alleged that the Centre is doing injustice to Andhra Pradesh by not allocating powerful ministries to MPs from the state. “Why should we not get agriculture ministry when God so blesses us with numbers? Why should we not get railways when God so blesses us with the numbers?”

“These people have mentally made up their mind that somebody who has left Congress can’t come to power,” he added.

With regards to the allegations that he had influenced key policy decisions during his father’s tenure as the chief minister, Jagan said, “Get one single bite from any IAS officer that Jagan called up and told them to do something. You should ask the likes of Ahmed Patel (Sonia’s political secretary) about how many times they called up the CM to influence some decisions here.”

Last week the Andhra Pradesh High Court had ordered a full-fledged Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Jagan’s alleged illegal wealth raising the possibility of his arrest and seizure of his assets.

The federal agency will book a criminal case and take up investigations under the Indian Penal Code, Prevention of Corruption Act and Prevention of Money Laundering Act as directed by the court.

The CBI, which questioned as many as 25 companies who made massive investments in Jagan's businesses allegedly in return for the benefits they received from his father Rajasekhara Reddy, is expected to get a free hand in probing all aspects of the financial misdeeds

During the by-polls to the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat in May this year, Jagan had declared assets of Rs 365 crore. In the 2009 elections, he was worth Rs 77 crore.

Textiles Minister P Shankar Rao, on whose letter last year the court took up the hearing, claims that Jagan was worth Rs.11 lakh prior to 2004 but now has assets were worth Rs 43,000 crore.

YSR, as Jagan's father was known, became chief minister in 2004 and remained in power till his death in a helicopter crash in 2009.

The court ordered probe after it was prima facie convinced that many companies invested "corrupt money" in the firms owned by Jagan as part of quid pro quo arrangement for the largesse and benefits received by the investors from the government.

The court in its order observed that the investors received benefits in various forms like special economic zones, irrigation contracts, relaxation/permission for real estate ventures and mines.

Noting that the companies floated by Jagan showed phenomenal growth, the division bench said the face value of the shares of some companies were escalated by as much as 35 times.

The companies, which received massive investments including those routed through tax haven countries, include Jagati Publications that published the Telugu daily Sakshi and Indira Television that runs the Sakshi television channel

Ramcharan engagement on Pawan Kalyan’s Birthday

There was a row of controversies fired up in media about the internal family wars in Mega family, especially in between chiranjeevi and his admirable brothers Pawan Kalyan, Naga Babu. Truth is media had no evidences or a single clue to prove their authenticity yet gossips were spread so fast tacitly damaging the family connections. On the other hand, Mega Fans and general public who are aware of the importance which chiranjeevi gives for his family haven’t trusted the silly rumors.

Now, here is internal news coming out that chiranjeevi is imperatively planning to fix the engagement date of Ramcharan with Upasana Kamineni to fall on Pawan Kalyan’s Birthday that is September 2. Observably, it might be lacking in conviction but Chiru wanted to make sure shouting from top of roof that their family is still the one and same and Ramcharan, Pawan Kalyan are equal for him. Sentimental speculations some time doesn’t require logical calculations. An official announcement on this regards may come out in less than a week.

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Puri-Chiru Film Based On A Super Hit Novel

With each passing day, the talk is getting stronger that megastar Chiranjeevi’s 150th film is very likely to happen. Added to this, the buzz is that it will be Puri Jagannadh who would be handling this prestigious venture. Now, here is one more update which is adding fuel to the fire.

It is heard that the story of Puri-Chiru movie will be adapted from a novel which became famous in 90s. Many are speaking about it but they are not sure which novel that is. It is heard that during that time, many from different languages wanted to make it into a film but that didn’t happen due to certain reasons.

Now Puri wants to do it and he has reportedly consulted with the writer of the novel and is shaping up a script accordingly. Despite several efforts, the name of the writer is not being revealed and it is kept in tight wraps.

Buzz is that after doing this film, Chiru need not do any other film. That’s the impact of this story and even there is a period backdrop mixed with spirituality, politics, practicality, science. This should be interesting.

Ramcharan's Racha on location photos LEAKED - First Look

14th, August 2011

That is Megastar :: Chiranjeevi Strategy succeeded in Tirupathi

Chiranjeevi's strategy succeeded in tirupathi PRP president Megastar succeeded in solving the Taxi Drivers problem in Tirumala By the strategy of megastar chiru TTD accepted all the demands of Taxi Drivers. We already known that from past four days Taxi drivers did strike in Tirumala. Police lath charged on drivers It becomes violent Chiru rushes to the spot and say that he will definetly help for the drivers and he discussed with TTD authorities and informs about it to CM TTD agreed to all the demands of Taxi Drivers

That Is Megastar Chiru JAI CHIRANJEEVA

Dhookudu Producers to take action against Santhosam Magazine

Meena confirmed for Ram Charan's Mother-in-Law role

Earlier also the rumor spread in the media that Yester year actress Menna will play the role of mother-in-law for Mega Power Star Ram Charan, later she denied that. But now it seems that she confirmed for that role.

Mega power star Ram Charan is going act in a film under the direction of VV Vinayak soon. The film will be produced by D.V.V.Danayya on Universal media banner. Samantha has been roped for the female lead role in the film.

After marriage Meena stayed away from films, but now she wants to starts her second innings in Tollywood. As per the sources the film producer D.V.V.Danayya consulted Meena to do the role of mother-in-law for Ram Charan in the film. She feels happy for consulting her it seems and she agreed to act in the film. So if everything goes well she is going to play the mother role to Samantha and mother-in-law for Charan.

Arya, Allu Arjun, Anushka in Selva's next?

Well, that is the latest buzz in Kollywood! After completing Mayakkam Enna, which has Dhanush and Richa in the lead roles, Selvaraghavan is likely to start working on a bilingual with Arya, Allu Arjun and Anushka Shetty. Confirming the news, actress Anushka said to a leading daily, "I have signed up to do Selvaraghavan’s next project a bilingual and will also be doing a film with Karthi."

In Mayakkam Enna, Dhanush will play the role of a doctor for the first time. UTV Motion Pictures has acquired the release rights of this film produced by Dhanush's father Kasthuri Raja; Ramji (of Raam fame) handles the camera. Kola Bhaskar is the editor and G.V. Prakash is the music director.

It is Rs. 30 Crore Black Money with Mammooty and Mohan Lal!

Three weeks ago the IT officials raided the residences of Malayalam stars Mammooty and Mohan Lal and found a good chunk of indiscriminating documents that showed wealth accumulated disproportionate to their known sources of income.

Recently the IT officials disclosed, due to pressure from various quarters, the total value of the seized wealth of these two superstars and it amounted to the tune of Rs. 30 Crore. Apart from this the officials have been assessing the value of other items like Tusks, antics and paintings that were seized at the residences of Mohan Lal. Both have heavily invested in Real Estate and other big businesses in their friends and relatives names.

Following the raids at these stars places other stars of south India also fear IT raids at their places and they are making their moves to their best to avoid any untoward incident like that.

President Rejects Mercy Plea of Rajiv Gandhi Killers

President Pratibha Patil has rejected the mercy petition of three men sentenced to death for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, an official said Thursday. "The president rejected the mercy petition last week," a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson told. The petitioners were Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, all linked to the 'LTTE'. The three along with an Indian woman, Nalini, were sentenced to death in 1999 for the assassination of Gandhi in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991. The Supreme Court had confirmed the death sentences of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan but commuted Nalini's sentence to life imprisonment. Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan were charged with criminal conspiracy and execution of the suicide attack that killed Gandhi. Soon after the confirmation of their sentence, they petitioned the president.

The Person Who creates 'Ihatebalayya.com' and 'ihatechiru.com' was same

Undoubtedly, the biggest and the powerful rival gangs of Tollywood are none other than the fans associations of Mega Star and Nandamuri clan. Like the never meeting ends of a rail track, the clashes between them have fodder for many till yesterday. Check out the story now!

With top Nandamuri hero Balakrishna winning the Nandi award, all the black clouds on both side have vanished it looks. Apparently, toppers of the Mega team, Chiru and Pawan Kalyan have done their favors for Balakrishna and now it is the turn of fans. Rather than fighting among themselves, the fans of these two clans have decided to fight against evil collectively. The evil for them is none other than the creators of ‘ihatebalayya.com’ and ‘ihatechiru.com’ who have thrown mud against these top stars for their fun. After zeroing on a guy named Attili Rajender Reddy for creating an anti website against Balakrishna, investigations revealed that he is the one who created that hatred website against Chiru long back. Now, the fans are coming together to make the authorities against that Australian citizenship holding Telugu guy. This is definitely a positive note in Tollywood for the admirers of both the stars. 

Chiranjeevi to handle 108 emergency services

Andhra Pradesh government is planning to handover the maintenance and responsibility of 108 Emergency Response Service to K.Chiranjeevi from next month.
1-0-8 Emergency Response Service is a 24X7 emergency service for medical, police and fire emergencies. The service is available for the entire state of Andhra Pradesh.
108 Emergency Response Services has also signed MOU with over 6800 hospitals which provide initial stabilization free of cost for the first 24 hours.
Going by the record of Chiranjeevi’s experience of more than ten years in maintaining charitable trust, eye and blood banks succesfully, CM N.Kiran Kumar Reddy is planning to handover this responsibility to chiranjeevi and his CCT.
This is planned to happen after Chiranjeevi and his prajarajyam associates join congress party officially on 20th of this month in delhi.

GVK foundation, which was running this 108 emergecy service after Satyam group, was averse to bearing even five per cent cost and insisted on government bearing 100 per cent cost of the ambulance services.
Also they were not ready to take responsibility of Rs.42 crores loan raised by Satyam company from Axis Bank in medchal.
Chiranjeevi has discussed this issue with Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad recently.
Even PCC chief Botsa Satyanaranaya supported Chiranjeevi’s name for this service.
Chiru is planning to meet Sonia Gandhi personally during early september and get her approval before taking charge of 108 emergency services in state.

There is no urgent for Cherry Marriage : Chiru

Mani Ratnam to direct Rana Daggubati

Rana Dagguabti is presently busy with his Bollywood forthcoming film Department, which is being directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The shooting of this movie is taking place at Mumbai; the movie also stars Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt in the lead roles.

Latest news is that Mani Ratnam will be seen directing Rana Daggubati soon.  Complete details of the movie will be revealed soon. Rana recently completed shooting of his Telugu Film Naa Ishtam with stars Genelia as his costar in the direction of Prakash Tholeti. Paruchuri Kireeti is producing Naa Ishtam under the banner of United Movies.

NTR Fans Angry On Mahesh Babu

It is known news that star fans tend to feel bad when their hero’s film flops and also when the rival star’s film becomes a hit. Maybe that’s the definition of a true fan. Right now, NTR fans are reportedly feeling sad. The reason for that is the dialogue from Mahesh Babu’s upcoming film ‘Dookudu’ which has become popular overnight.
One nudge to a Mahesh Babu fan would result in the dialogue “Bhayaaniki Meaning Teliyani Blood Ra Naadhi”. Usually, dialogues about blood and ‘Vamsam’ come from Nandamuri heroes. And Mahesh has never uttered a dialogue like this before.
A dialogue meant for NTR has gone for Mahesh Babu. But it is the style in which Mahesh said the dialogue which created a rocking impact. With that, while it is not sure whether NTR is feeling or not but it is heard that his fans are feeling very much.

Vikramarkudu to rock in bollywood

Crazy hero Raviteja’s hit movie Vikramarkudu , is being remade in Hindi. Akshay kumar is playing the title role for which prabhu deva directing the movie. And sonakshi sinha playing akshay’s love interest.This movie created waves in tollywood with the raviteja’s action and this was remade in Tamil too as siruthai in which karthi and tamannah romanced. And now, Vikramarkudu all set to sizzle bollywood too.This movie has been titled as Rowdy Rathore. And shooting has began recently. Sanjay leela bhansali is producing the movie. Earlier Prabhu deva remade pokiri in to hindi with salman khan.

Kandireega Telugu Movie Review – Ram movie

Kandireega Review

Movie Name : Kandireega
Banner : Sri Sai Ganesh Productions
Cast : Ram, Hansika, Nisha Agarwal, Aksha, Sonu Sood, Srinivasa Reddy, Jayaprakash Reddy, Ahuti Prasad, M S Narayana, Pragathi, Raghu Babu, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Hema, Ajay, Chandra Mohan, Brahmanandam and others
Music Director : Thaman S
Producer : Bellamkonda Suresh
Director : Santosh Srinivasan

Tollydownload Rating 3 out of 5

Story :
Ram (Srinu) is a Funny Guy,Once he Come to City to Completehis Graduation on that time he saw Hansika (Shruthi) and fell in love at First sight, After that he knows that Sonu Sood (Bhavani) try to Marry Hansika how ever it happen. Ram get a Challenge from Sonu Sood to Prove that Hansika also Love him, Ram trying hard for that in the Mea Time Ram Face a New trouble Called Aksha ( Sandhya) who loves Ram at her first sight and ask her Father to merry him, Aksha father is also a Don In tat city, So how ram face the Struggles, Who is going to Mrry ram is the rest of The Story.

Analysis :
Kandireega is Looks like a Routine Love Story with same old Formula, hero Fol the Villians with Tricks and Playes. We Watch so Many Movies like This (Dhee, Ready and Brundavanam etc)
The first alf goes Nice with comedy and Entertainment, in the First half ram doing Fight after fight to Show his Heroism.
After that we Get some Comedy. Director able to enterain audiance with some Comedy scenes and songs.
Heroines are also looks like the Crowd Pullars.

Performances :
Ram did Well in Mass Touched character. Director Did Well for His Characterization.
Hansika did Well but some Scenes Ram Looks younger than Hansika.
Aksha Did Well.
Sonu Sood Excell in his performence.
Jaya prakash reddy Did well.
Brahmanandam gives his Top range Performence.

Tehnicalities :
Dialouges are To Good in Some Comedy Scenes and better in the conversations between Ram and Sonu Sood.
Thaman once Again give Awesome Music.
cinematography by Andrew is Good.
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Editing was Good.
Production Values are also Good.

Plus Points :
Ram Energitic performence.
Sonu Sood Action.
Comedy

Minus Points :
Some Scenes
All  Songs
Hansika Lks Older than Ram in Some Scenes

Christian organization condemns Nayan's conversion

We all know that Nayantara is no more Diana Mariam Kurian! The actress, who often surprises us with her bold moves, has converted to Hinduism at a temple in Chennai on Sunday. She has also adopted her screen name Nayantara officially! But now, some Christian organization has raised its voice against this act. Members of this organization claim that the Bible does not permit a Christian to change his/ her religion.

Meanwhile, sources say that Prabhu and Nayan might tie the knot in a quiet ceremony in Chennai by the end of this month, and this is the reason for her conversion. There are other reports that the couple may tie the knot in Mumbai to keep the paparazzi away. Prabhu Deva is currently busy with two projects: Vedi in Tamil and Rowdy Rathore in Hindi.

Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu’s film from 2011 end

One of the biggest multi-starrer flicks of Tollywood in the current period Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (SVSC) with Victory Venkatesh and Prince Mahesh Babu in the leads will move onto the floors by the end of 2011.

Srikanth Addala will wield the megaphone for this big budget film while Dil Raju will produce the movie on Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. Venkatesh informs that the project has been confirmed and he is happy to share the screen space with Mahesh . The announcement of this project is expected shortly.

Meanwhile Venky is currently busy with the film Ganga- The Bodyguard which is slated for Dussera release while Mahesh Babu is wrapping up his Dookudu that is likely to release in the end of August.

Rajini and Deepika’s duet song is ready

It was a few days ago we have come across that Rahman has completed scoring three songs and also completed recording one song of Rana.

Everybody who had a chance of listening to this song has come out with praises on ARR and they fell in love with the track. Director KS Ravikumar after hearing to this song is very much eager to start the shoot of this song. Deepika Padukone is known for her dance moves and if it blends with Rajini's screen presence it will make one energetic combination. The song is sure to turn as chartbuster once it is aired.

The team is working on a brisk pace to complete the pending tasks before the film starts its rolling.

This multi-crore and multilingual film project is being produced by Eros International in association with Soundarya Ashwin's Ocher Studios.

Rana shoot is going to start from September and the call sheets of all the stars and supporting casts have taken by K S Ravikumar.

Nagachaitanya's Dhada Movie Review

Banner: Sri Kamakshi Enterprises
Cast: Naga Chaitanya, Kajal Agarwal, Sri Ram, Sameeksha, Rahul Dev, Kelly, Brahmanandam, Mukesh Rishi, Ali, Venu Madhav and others
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematographer: Gnana Sekhar
Editor: Dharmendra Kakarala
Story, screenplay, direction: Ajay Bhuyan
Producer: D Sivaprasad Reddy
Release date: 11/08/2011

Tollydownload Rating 2.1 out of 5

Having scored two back to back hits, Naga Chaitanya is aiming for a hat trick and this time he has paired up with Kajal Agarwal in the lead. Let us see how good the film is

Story
Set on the backdrop of US, Vishwas (Naga Chaitanya) is a fearless guy who just passes out of college. He has an elder brother Rajeev (Sri Ram) and sister-in-law Preethi (Sameeksha).

Vishwas’s life takes a turn when he chances upon Priya (Kajal) and it is love at first sight for him. Meanwhile, two dons (Rahul Dev, Kelly Dorjee) run international prostitution rings and keep selling girls. A chance incident gets Vishwas to tangle with the bad guys.

From then on, they are out to kill him. On the other hand, Priya’s marriage gets settled with another person. How does Vishwas handle both the problems? Is he successful? What has Rajeev got to do with the incidents? All this forms the rest of the story.

Performances
Naga Chaitanya looked classy in few scenes. But then, he should have thought twice before choosing a storyline like this. The roughness required for this role is not emerged from him. He might have got training for modulation.

Kajal Agarwal was not upto the mark. Basically, it was her styling, look and the weak etching of her character which makes her look very stale. Though she did try to infuse life into the character, it was useless.

Sriram is a talented performer. He is handsome, looks elegant and is expressive with his emotions in right proportions. But his character is confusing. His chemistry with Sameeksha is nice and both look good onscreen.

Rahul Dev was regular. Though his histrionics were not extreme, he makes his presence felt.

Kelly Dorjee had the routine- one helicopter scene, one killing, one fight. He did his bit mechanically.

Brahmanandam’s comedy was dumb. Ali was not required. Sameeksha still has that seductive appeal, she can get more opportunities. Mukesh Rishi was not at all used properly. Satya Krishna was standard. Tanikella was brief. Venu Madhav, M S Narayana, Uttej came and went.

Highlights

• Two songs
• Cinematography
• Production and technical values

Disappointments

• Botched up screenplay
• Empty storyline
• Zero emotional quotient
• Spineless dialogues
• Director’s inability to use Kajal’s glamour

Analysis
Rahul Dev keeps saying in the film ‘Neekoka Kadha Cheptaanu..’. That way, he comes up with 3-4 aimless stories. That’s exactly the feeling one gets while watching the film as well.

Director Ajay should realize that style alone doesn’t work, it should have substance to give the real result at the box office. He must also work on doing some study while creating characters.

Sending a big don’s own brother into the streets to search for someone is silly. International girls racket runs in highly organized structures. If Ajay is looking for a Hollywood feel then he should give depth for characterization as well.

In this film, the whole villain thing looks hollow in the film. There is no conviction in any of the scenes and it looks like a torn jeans trouser with dozens of patches in it. If it was not for the presentation, the film would have been intolerable to watch.

At the box office, the film will have decent openings due to the pre-release publicity, star-power and songs but chances of success are remote.

Bottomline: Poor execution

HC asks CBI to file case against those who invested in Jagan companies

Andhra Pradesh High Court today directed CBI to register a case against all the investors who invested in the companies promoted by former Congress leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to find out whether those investments were made in order to get favours from the state government.

Based on a petition filed by P. Shankar Rao, state Textile Minister,and Yerram Naidu of Telugu Desam Party, the court ordered a full-fledged inquiry into the allegations of investments made into Jagathi media owned by Jagan.

The bench headed by Chief justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru said the phenomenal growth recorded by Jagathi publications owned by Jagan Reddy and others, which were directly under the control of the son of former chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, needs to be looked into in view of their 'abnormal' performance.

The bench also said CBI with its corporate wing is very well equipped to find out the 'irregularities' committed by them.

The bench said the CBI inquiry should cover not only the purpose stated in the writ petitions but also others who have a direct or indirect participation in the 'irregularities'.

The High Court also directed CBI to inquire into the alleged irregularities of Emaar properties in land dealings in the city.