Rockline Venkatesh - a famous producer from Kannada
film industry - produced a blockbuster called 'Abhi'
in Kannada and it went on to become a blockbuster.
Now he is remaking the same film in Telugu with the
help of Aswini Dutt by casting Kalyan Ram Nandamuri
and Spandana (Bangalore girl) in the lead pair. Mallikharjuna
A - a protégé of Puri Jagan - is directing
this film. Mani Sharma provided the music.
Audio
of Kalyan Ram Nandamuri's second film 'Abhimanyu'
was released in a grand function arranged at a floor
in Annapurna studios today morning. Puri Jagannadh
was invited as the chief guest. The other guests who
made it to the occasion were Nandamuri Rama Krishna,
Allu Arvind, KL Narayana, SV Krishna Reddy, KS Rama
Rao, MS Raju, YVS Chowdary and Arjuna Raju.
Chief
guest Puri Jagan said that Aswini Dutt is creating
the trend of big producers encouraging new directors.
He said that he saw two songs of Abhimanyu and he
is thoroughly impressed.
Allu
Arvind said that the famous Kannada producer Rockline
Venkatesh has been his friend for the past 15 years
and its nice too see him entering Telugu film industry
also as the producer with 'Abhumanyu' film. He also
thanked Rockline Venkatesh in helping the Telugu film
industry by controlling the Telugu VCD piracy market
in Karnataka.
Chandrabose
said that this film has got songs for all the occasions
like hero introduction, love at first sight, teasing,
imagination etc. However, the picturization of all
the songs are dealt very creatively.
Director
Mallikharjun A said that he is very thankful to his
mentor Puri Jagannadh. He also said that he would
be indebted to Aswini Dutt, Rockline Venkatesh, Kalyan
Ram Nandamuri and Saibaba (executive producer) throughout
his life for giving him the opportunity of directing
'Abhimanyu'.
Kalyan
Ram Nandamuri thanked the producer for putting belief
in his ability even before his first film was released.
He felt that working with Mallikharjuna is pretty
easy as he used to act himself while directing the
film, which would help Kalyan Ram to pick up the threads
very fast. He also opined that working with heroine
Spandana was good experience, as she could speak Telugu
language well. Good music of any film augers well
for the movie's success. He thanked Mani Sharma for
providing excellent music. Kalyan Ram opined that
highlight songs of the film are hero introduction
song and teasing song. He finally thanked his parents,
grandfather legend NTR and fans of Nandamuri dynasty.
Puri
Jagan released the cassette and give the first copy
to Arjuna Raju. Suneeta and venu Madhav anchored the
event. Aditya audio released the music. Audiocassettes
would be available in the racks by 27th of October.
This film is all set to release on 12th of November
2003.
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