Who is the real 'Vedhava'?

Former Minister and APSRTC chairman M Satyanarayana Rao, who thinks he can get away by making silly remarks against Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, has found a thorn in his flesh in the form of Gone Prakash Rao, his predecessor in the RTC.

Prakash Rao, known for his acerbic tongue, has been consistently targeting MSR, ever since the latter described the Chief Minister as the hurdle to separate Telangana. Prakash Rao wondered whether there were any records for these “silly old fellows” (read MSR and Venkatswamy) participating in the Telangana movement, braving lathi blows and going to jails.

That has made MSR angry. In the first place, he is not happy for taking over the RTC chair from Prakash Rao. And now, this man is making all sorts of comments against him. “Let that “vedhava” (stupid fellow) know the history. We had fought for Telangana and suffered lathi blows. What do these people know?” MSR asked angrily.

On the whole, the Telangana issue has been exposing the “vedhavas” in the Telangana Congress!!

Ramoji Rao's Land Business In Gujarat!

This is the historical point to underline by Telugus. After winning in elections Narendra Modi talked to Ramoji for more than 20 minutes just to thank him for the support given by his News Channel –'ETV-Gujarathi'. Modi was rightly glorified by ETV and that added a lot for his charisma, Modi believed firmly. Ramoji Rao seems to be keeping the CMs of various states in his grip wherever he is present with his ETV. He is not just confining his 'king maker activities' for Andhra Pradesh but spreading to other states as well.

Inside sources say that Ramoji Rao is in the process of buying a few thousands of acres of land in other states as well to spread his empire. Well, he may set up Film City or start his Eenadu News Paper in other languages as well. Ramoji has 'links' with BJP groups and he has got good relations with Venkayya Naidu and others. It is said that Ramoji wishes to have big lands in Gujarat, Karnataka and other states whichever are possible.

Let us see how far Modi will be helpful for Ramoji now.

Jagan: Sakshi is coming up against biased media

The media market in Andhra Pradesh is heating up with Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, 35, an entrepreneur with extensive interests in mining, power generation, construction, cement, all set for a major newspaper launch as early as February.

Y. S. Jagan Mohan ReddyReddy, who is the son of Andhra Pradesh chief ministerY.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, will be launching a Telugu daily, ‘Sakshi’ (which means witness), followed by a 24x7 television news channel, which, according to some media reports, will be branded Indira TV.

Sakshi will enter a crowded field of eight Telugu daily newspapers, including market leader Eenadu, as well as Andhra Jyothy, Vaartha, Andhra Prabha, Andhra Bhoomi, Vishalandhra, Prajasakthi and Surya.

In a rare chat, Reddy talked about why there is the need for a ninth Telugu newspaper and perceptions that Sakshi will be a vehicle for the ruling Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh. Edited excerpts:

What is the need for one more Telugu daily?
Most of the Telugu media, especially the newspapers, have become completely biased and one-sided and I think the readers are deprived of a credible and objective newspaper. There is a large vacuum, which we plan to fill with wholesome reporting. Editorial content is going to be reader-centric and original.

As a business proposition, media appears promising with high potential and scope for attractive returns.

Given the background of the promoters, is this going to be a pro-Congress daily?
Sakshi is coming up against biased media. We cannot afford to be one-sided.

We see a reader and not a Congress or other party reader. We firmly believe in the saying that ‘facts are sacred and comment is free.’

But, papers such as Eenadu and Andhra Jyothy are already well entrenched.

We have aggressive strategies to take on the existing, well-established newspapers. Obviously, I cannot reveal the exact strategies. But, broadly we will take on competition by offering the reader a completely different newspaper in terms of both print quality and clarity of news.

When is the launch date?
We are planning to launch the newspaper close to February-end.

How much investment is going into this venture?
I cannot give you an exact figure at this point of time as we expect investments to increase until the date of launch.

How will Sakshi be different?
Sakshi is going to be the first Telugu daily with all the pages in multi-colour, and the first Telugu daily to be designed by a well-known international designer. (US-based Mario Garcia, who also designed Mint).

I can only say that the Telugu reader is going to have a refreshing and pleasant experience.

How many editions will the newspaper have?
We will come out from 19 centres within Andra Pradesh and four editions from metros, such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. We are launching all editions at one go.

What would be the cover price?
Please wait and see.

YSR tells the world that PJR is his friend

Everyone in Hyderabad or for that matter even in New Delhi knows that Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy and former Congress Legislature Party leader P Janardhan Reddy are not at good terms. They had been at virtual war for quite some time. But when PJR died on Friday, Rajasekhar Reddy wanted to send a strong message to the people and PJR's strong following that he (YSR) was a good friend of the deceased leader.

But simple condolence message will not work. So Rajasekhar Reddy, first, announced that PJR would get official funeral. Later, he came up with the announcement that there will be a general holiday in Greater Hyderabad municipal limits on Saturday when the funeral will take place.

Rajasekhar Reddy came out with these two measures to ensure that the large fan following of PJR do not become angry. This is exactly what had happened. When Energy Minister Muhammad Ali Shabber went to the hospital, he was received by a hostile crowd. They shouted slogans against Shabber for the simple reason that he is the incharge minister of Hyderabad district.

But when Rajasekhar Reddy went to the hospital, there was no slogan shouting. Everyone welcomed the Chief Minister. PJR and Shabber had been at good terms. The problem was between Rajasekhar Reddy and PJR. But timely announcement by Rajasekhar Reddy had calmed down the anger of PJR's group.

Hero Raja turns Film Distributor.

Hero Raja is doing the film Mr Medhavi with director Neelakanta. Genelia is the heroine. Raja is confident about the success of the film and bagged the overseas distribution rights of the film. Raja purchased overseas rights and DVD rights by paying fancy amount to the producer.

The music of the film was released recently in Hyderabad

Let NBK speak says Purandeshwari

Purandeshwari central minister who is on a district visit having asked about NBK political entry, NBK happens to be her brother, she said that let him say openly what are his plans. Interesting thing to note is, while she along with her husband was talking to media, same time NBK called them and spoke to them. She denied to speak anything on Dasari Narayana Rao statement during Audio Release of Okka Magadu.

Vishal - in Sathyam Telugu?

Vishal is the hero who hails from Andhra Pradesh but more reputed on Kollywood screens is now slowly getting into the note of Telugu audiences also. He is likely to do Tamil movie 'Sathyam' in which he would be playing role of a powerful police officer, if everything goes well even that movie would be dubbed in Telugu which would be an action packed flick.

'Keeka' - by Teja

According to film nagar sources, Director Teja is going to make a movie titled 'Keeka' under his own banner and suresh production jointly are producing this movie. New stars would be playing in this movie. During first week of January 2008 songs of this movie would be recorded. Stay tuned for more details.

Sachin Tendulkar gets court notice

Bhopal, Nov. 18: Sachin Tendulkar has been asked by an Indore court to reply to a charge of insulting the national flag during the Indian team’s tour to the West Indies for the World Cup tournament. The additional sessions court judge Mohammad Shamim asked Tendulkar to file a reply before December 15. The court, however, exempted the cricketer from appearing in person.

Earlier this year, newspapers and television channels showed Tendulkar cutting a tri-colour cake during the cricket team’s stay in Jamaica. The court notice follows a petition filed by Uma Bharati’s Bhartiya Janashakti Party (BJS) leader Rajesh Bidekar. Mr Bidekar had contended before the court that cutting the tri-colour cake by the cricketer was an insult to the national pride, his lawyer Rajesh Sharma said. Meanwhile, Youth Congress activists and others in Indore also Saturday took to the streets in protest and set Tendulkar’s posters on fire. Convenor of Tiranga Abhiyan, an NGO, Ravi Atrolia has also demanded an unconditional apology from Tendulkar for allegedly disrespecting the national flag and warned of legal action if he failed to tender an apology.

Not my best, but one of the important says GANGULY

Bangalore, Dec 9 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly doesn't rate his maiden double century as his best, but says it is important in the context of the India-Pakistan cricket series.

"It was not my best innings. But surely it was an important innings in the context of the series. In my career, I have always stood up when required. India-Pakistan series is always different and it is satisfying that I had my first double hundred," Ganguly told Neo Sports after scoring 239 on the second day of the third and final Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here.

Ganguly carried on serenely from his overnight score of 125, and his 200 came off 324 balls. It was the 99th Test match for the 35-year-old left-hander.

"I wanted to play my game. I had decided on shot selection and went about it my way."

Ganguly also justified his captain Anil Kumble's decision to bat first. "It was good that we won the toss and elected to bat. The pitch is keeping low and it will get worse from hereon."

Ganguly's double hundred has come at a time, when he is in the twilight of his career, that too in the year he is making a comeback.

He said he was now able to concentrate on his batting because he was no longer the captain. "For 11 years I have gone through the grind of grounds, airports, hotels and after all that the eight-month break from international cricket helped me to work on my batting.

"The break didn't help me much as a player but it obviously strengthened me mentally and focus on the game."

"I have no pressure on me, now that I am no longer the captain, and I can concentrate on my game," he said.

Screen Buzz: Another 'Copy-Case' On MS Raju

MS Raju has faced a copy-allegation when he made the film Aata. That was proved to be the copy-cat from 'Gudumba Shankar'. Veera Shankar, the owner of the original story made big hue and cry on MS Raju for that. The issue was settled somehow.

Now the new allegation is about the music for the film 'Vaana'. Nookarapu Surya Prakasha Rao bought the remake rights of Kannada hit 'Mumngaru Mele', and MS Raju is making the film in Telugu by keeping Suryaprakasha Rao as his partner. The film is a debut for MS Raju as director. Recently the music of 'Vaana' was released and a few tunes were directly picked up from Kannada music director Mano Murthy who gave tunes for Mungaru Mele. There is no acknowledgement for Mano Murthy on the cassette as well.

Kamalakar gave music for the film 'Vaana'. Now the proposal from Mano Murthy's side is to add his name in title cards of the film under 'Music Director'. Will MS Raju takes it serious or will he ignore it has to be seen.

Hyderabad Film Festivals' from 3-10 January

Hyderabad is going to be the host for International Film Festivals between 3rd and 10 th Jan 2008. 150 films from 35 countries are going to be screened in this film festival. The films are going to be screened on all the screens of Prasad's Multiplex, Amaravathi theatre and Lalitha Kolathoranam.

The films are classified into 15 categories. It is also said that there will be competition for short and documentary films to encourage the new generation. The film festivals are going to be held by Hyderabad Film Club in association with Telugu Film Directors Association. Paruchuri Brothers, CC Reddy, C Kalyan, Sagar and many are taking various responsibilities to make this festival a grand success.

The general public is also invited to watch the films and procure entertainment and education.

Y S Jagan as Youth Congress president

Will Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, son of Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, take over as the president of Andhra Pradesh Yough Congress?

Well, Khammam Zilla parishad chairperson G Vijayalaxmi wishes so. She asked Jaganmohan Reddy to join politics and take over as the Youth Congress president, so that he could give a new direction to the youth of the State.

Mrs Vijayalaxmi said that the energetic leaders like Jagan should not be away to the politics and he should join politics to extend his services to the poor. "I felt the above as a mother and I hope Jagan may honour my appeal", she said and she added that she noticed various programmes organised by him for the welfare of the poor in Kadapa and other districts.

Behind The Scene: SRR's SS a flop show!!

The so-called "Sarvajana Sammelanam" conducted by senior lawyer and former advocate general S Ramachandra Rao has turned out to be a damp squib.

After the December 9 meeting at Nizam College, where the response from the people was very poor, the leaders on the dais are nowhere to be seen. There is no follow-up action from the organisers, even as Ramachandra Rao's attempt to get in touch with the other leaders for future course of action proved futile. A few lakhs of rupees were mobilised from various funding agencies to organise the show and Ramachandra Rao is under pressure to account for that money. The Bahujan Samaj Party representative, who attended the public meeting, apparently realised that it was a flop show and went out of contact for SRR. Though SRR announced that he would convert his "Sammelan" into a political party, there are virtually no takers for him.

By the way, why weren't there any crowds at the public meeting? Ramachandra Rao, initially, was in touch with Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi leader Manda Krishna Madiga to plan the meeting. Krishna Madiga has made all the arrangements to mobilise crowds to the meeting, since his single call is enough for his cadres to do the job. Subsequently, he came to know that Ramachandra Rao was playing similar trick with Mala Mahanadu leader Karem Sivaji. Immediately, he withdrew from the scene and kept himself away from the meeting. With Krishna Madiga staying away, the crowds did not turn up!

Purandareswari: ‘YSR, not Naidu, is NTR successor’

Guntur: Upping the ante, Union minister of state for human resource development Daggubati Purandareswari has questioned the authority of N Chandrababu Naidu in claiming successorship of TDP founder-president N T Rama Rao.

Sticking to her theory that “Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is the true successor of NTR,” she said the chief minister’s propoor policies like the Rs 2-a-kg rice scheme, free power for ryots, etc, are very much in tune with NTR’s welfare vision.

“The chief minister is implementing the programmes to help the poor just like my father has envisioned,” she said while talking to reporters here on Monday. Training her guns on the TDP president, she said Naidu has not only usurped power from NTR but has also dumped the policies of NTR. Purandareswari said the TDP leaders should conduct an introspection before reacting to her statements.

On former minister Kodela Sivaprasada Rao’s charge that she is praising the CM to safeguard her position in the Congress, Pur a n - dareswari said she is not running after power or posts like TDP leaders do. “I really do not understand as to why the TDP leaders are worrying so much on the successorship of NTR. They should first introspect as to where and why they have failed to continue the policies of NTR,” she said.

Saying that the TDP owes an apology to the public for discontinuing the policies of NTR, she said Naidu never thought of the poor and distressed people when he was in power for nine years.

“It is no wonder Naidu is chanting pro-farmer policies as it is his biggest skill to change colours to suit the situation. He will do anything to reclaim power. But people are no fools to believe him,” Purandareswari lashed out.

In Vijayawada, Congress legislator Devineni Nehru defended Purandareswari saying that YSR is the real successor to NTR.

Buzz: Is CBN Telling Morals But Not Following?

Former chief minister and Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu has now gone ahead with accusation that Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy had been encouraging people of a particular community. He did not name the caste but dropped enough indications that Rajasekhar Reddy was clearly favoring leaders hailing from the Reddy community. The same Chandrababu Naidu pulled up senior TD leaders when they alleged that Reddys were dominating the Congress government and cornering plum posts. Now he has come out with the same allegation.

But what Chandrababu Naidu has failed to realize is that in his own Telugu Desam Party, Kammas and other upper castes are dominating the show and backward classes and weaker sections are a neglected lot in the TDP. All the plum posts are held by Kammas or upper castes including Reddys. Backward classes are not given their due share despite Chandrababu Naidu shouting from the house top that BCs were being given a raw deal by the Congress. Ok for argument sake let's agree that the Congress has neglected the BC welfare. But what about the Telugu Desam?

"Is Chandrababu telling morals but not follwing"? a Congress leader.

The Telugu Desam too had neglected the BCs when it comes to allocation of important party positions. If it is Reddy Raj in the Congress, it is Kamma Raj in the Telugu Desam.

Spotlight: Famous Cine Wonder Of 2007

The film 'Sivaji' unleashed a famous wonder this year. Rajni Kanth, the dark looking south Indian star was shown bright like a European in that film. There were several gossips on that aspect. Some said Rajni had undergone chemical peeling treatment to look fairer for that song. Some others said that was the magic of make up artistes. But the fact is that it was only a graphics job done in Chennai. The details are not furnished by many. Here is the complete information.

If you have watched Sivaji, you would have observed the fair complexion of Rajinikanth in the song 'Ok Bandi Sunlight'.

For the first time grafting technology has been used for an Indian film which was made possible by a Chennai based company Indian Arts who had worked in Shankar's earlier films. One of the dancers, Jacky, was chosen by Shankar and Rajini's skin tone was matched with hers. The six and a half minute song was shot in Spain.

Each shot of Rajni's in the song was once again shot with Jacky and was sent to Indian Arts. Since the lighting varies in indoor and outdoor, to match the skin tone, expressions, and lip and body movements of the two was a challenging task. A total of 6700 frames were been for post production. Rajinikanth himself was amazed after watching the song.

Is that not a wonder on Indian screen that was done for the first time?

Click here to watch the gallery of the pictures of Rajni and Jacky

Popular Politician of the Year-2007

He has been a notable personality in Rajahmundry from the past 30 years but not known for the rest of the state. He was in Congress and has been known as an interpreter and translator for Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi when they used to come to Rajahmundry. He never earned big and never made any sort of news in the past 30 years. But he turned a news maker all of a sudden this year by attacking Ramoji Rao's Margadarsi. His name goes along with that firm now. He is Undavalli Arun Kumar, the MP of Rajahmundry who turned popular this year. He exposed his invincible arguing capabilities, timely response for tricky questions and boldness in putting strife with media baron Ramoji Rao.

He turned a newsmaker this year and attracted each and every media channel, tabloids, news papers and websites. There were many magazines those were sold out in market in big way with his photograph on cover page. He also started a magazine by himself this year called 'Ee Vaaram'. He is now an MP and Editor of 'Ee Vaaram' too.

Every politician will be a news maker somehow or other. But breaking the silence and attracting the media and public all of a sudden is something to be underlined- and that too for quite a long time. So, Undavalli Arun Kumar can be called the popular politician of the year 2007.

'Modi is Dhoni of Team BJP'

NEW DELHI(PTI): The 'Dhoni' of Congress Rahul Gandhi may not have been able to make the party victorious in Gujarat but that does not stop BJP to equate its mascot Narendra Modi to the youthful captain of the Indian cricket team.

As soon as Gujarat Assembly polls threw up a remarkable victory for the party, BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad said it was a win of the 'Team BJP' led by Modi.

"Team BJP fought the elections with vigour and Modi has emerged as the Man of the Match. He has become the Dhoni of the party," Prasad told reporters here, apparently likening the BJP's victory to the spectacular win in the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup three months back.

Rahul was described by the Congress as their 'Dhoni' when he was appointed AICC General Secretary in September. His appointment coincided with the World Cup victory and Congress lost no time in seeking to cash in on it.

The 37-year-old Congress heir apparent was subsequently fielded by the party in Gujarat with the hope that he would manage them wrest power in the state from Modi-led BJP.

The charisma of 57-year-old former RSS pracharak , however, proved too much for the 'Dhoni' of Congress.

Narendra Modi win: Champagne flows in US

Seldom has a state assembly election in India generated as much interest among the Indian Americans as the Gujarat polls have this time.

As results started pouring in, Indian Americans across the country remained glued to television sets and computers for live election results from Gujarat.

And as the verdict became clear, BJP supporters were seen opening champagne bottles to celebrate yet another victory for Narendra Modi.

''This will set the trend for national politics. Our next goal is Delhi,'' said Chandra Kant Patel, a former president of the Overseas Friends of the BJP.

A large number of community members had gathered at the Tampa residence of Dinesh Gandhi, president of the Tampa Bay Gujarat Samaj.

And no sooner had the BJP taken a substantial lead over the Congress, that champagne flowed. ''This is our way of celebrating. I am sure Modi will take Gujarat to a new level of development,'' Gandhi said.

In the Indian-American-dominated neighborhoods of Jersey City and Oak Tree Road in New Jersey and Jackson Height in New York, a number of restaurants remained opened till beyond midnight allowing patrons to watch live election results on television screens, a service usually brought on only for cricket matches.

''There was a lot of excitement among the people. So we decided to keep the restaurant open so that people can watch the election results live. It is all business for us,'' said the manager of the Dosa Hut in Jersey City.

Dr Rajesh Dave, who comes from Maninagar in Ahmadabad, the constituency of Narendra Modi, too celebrated the victory with champagne. ''We have to, this is a victory for the development of Gujarat,'' he said.

Jyoti Ben, who runs a convenience store and a motel, said: ''After so many decades, it is Modi who brought Gujarat to the limelight. It is the victory of nationalism and development clubbed together.''

A strong Modi-supporter Harish Arora, who comes from the Tarapur village near Anand and has been staying in the US for the past 18 years said Modi had touched the lives of the people of the state. ''He is very popular among the NRIs,'' he said.

Many of the Modi-supporters and members of pro-Hindutva groups in the US had gone to Gujarat to campaign for the BJP this time, while a group of NRIs had launched a pro-Modi campaign from the US by sending mass emails, booking full-page advertisements in newspapers and making mass telephone calls to their friends and relatives in Gujarat.

''Now it is time for victory celebrations. These will be held all over the country. We will announce the details soon,'' Chandrakant Patel said as he sat with a group of friends late Saturday night local time discussing the BJP victory in Gujarat.

Chandrababu Pulling Lokesh Into TDP

Former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu is silently preparing his only son N Lokesh for "arangetram" in politics. All this has been going on behind the four walls of Chandrababu Naidu's residence. Lokesh has also been visiting NTR Bhavan but secretly.

When Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy is grooming his son YS Jaganmohan Reddy, will his bete noire Chandrababu Naidu lag behind in selecting his political heir in Andhra Pradesh? The race has begun. Rajasekhar Reddy is doing it openly, because Jaganmohan Reddy has already settled in life and is planning to launch his own newspaper. But this is not the case with Lokesh. He is yet to "complete" his studies. Though he is the rich son of a rich father, Lokesh has not made a mark in life, except marrying the daughter of his uncle, film actor N Balakrishna.

Jaganmohan Reddy definitely has the edge over Lokesh. And this is the reason why Chandrababu Naidu does not want to announce in the open that Lokesh will join politics. Nevertheless, Lokesh is being trained by Chandrababu Naidu on how to take over the reins of the Telugu Desam and rule over the State.

Moreover, Jagan is more mature than Lokesh. Though Lokesh wants to be independent, Chandrababu Naidu still considers him as a "child" who needs parental support to come up in life.

This is the tale of two fathers and two sons, who want to make it big in the political horizon of the State.

'Surya' On 'Kamma-Reddy' Flavor in Communism

Perhaps never in the past did the Communists in the State face so much disgrace as they got now. Hitherto, they only know how to attack the people in power and project themselves as paragons of virtues.

The report that appeared in "Surya" daily has come in as a rude blow to their bloated ego. The report pointed out how both the Communist parties – CPI and CPI-M – have been hitherto headed only by Kamma leaders and occassionally by Reddys; and that no leader from Backward Classes was given any prominent posts in these parties. It also went on exposing how these Kamma leaders got benefitted from the government personally and compromised on the principles on which the parties are supposed to function.

The reaction of B V Raghavulu and K Narayana reminded one of a Telugu adage: "Gummadi Kaayala Donga Ante Bhujaalu Tadumukunnatlu." They tried to play down the report as fictitious and a counter-attack by the ruling party, but ignore the fundamental question, as to whether the report was factual or not. However, it triggered a lot of debate within these two parties – the BC leaders were happy that at least one newspaper could bring out the real facts, which nobody could dare to speak out all these days.

Inquiries revealed that the report got planted by none other than Chief Minsiter Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy and his advisor K V P Ramachandra Rao. While they were discussing during a lunch meeting about the attempts of BC groups to form a third front and the Communist parties' plan to support them, it struck to the Chief Minister that the CPI and CPI-M had no BC leaders so far. Then, they wanted this idea to be explored further and plant it in a newspaper. Since KVP is the man behind Surya, he took up the task and saw to it that the report was published in detail. That's the story behind the story!!

When Uma sought the support of YSR

Former minister and Telugu Desam legislator A Uma Madhava Reddy had been in a major problem for quite long time. But she chose to approach Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy for help and not her own political boss and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

According to inside sources, Uma had some financial problem with an influential person. She made several efforts to get back the money and settle the issue. After all the efforts failed to deliver the goods, she had a brain wave; to approach Rajasekhar Reddy for help.

In just two days Rajasekhar Reddy is said to have settled Uma's problem. And pray tell why did she approach the chief minister and not the Telugu Desam supremo. The answer is quite obvious. Chandrababu Naidu is an elusive politician who does not extend a helping hand quite often. So she thought it would be an exercise in futility to seek the help of Chandrababu Naidu. Rajasekhar Reddy, on the other hand, is known for his helping nature. And he thoughtful action paid off.

Dasari buys channel rights from Balaiah!

After being in that Coal portfolio for the last three years, Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao appears to have learnt the dirty tricks of changing colours. Till the other day, he was running after Megastar Chiranjeevi, hoping to cash in on the Kapu factor. He challenged before Madam Sonia Gandhi that he would rope Chiranjeevi into the Congress party. Now that Chiranjeevi ignored him completely and is making plans to launch his own party, Dasari has lost his face in the Congress. That is the reason why, he is now playing these dirty tricks with Balakrishna. For which, he is provoking his "chelaas" Mohan Babu (an arch rival of Chiranjeevi brothers) and Narayanamurthy, a fake revolutionary actor.

There is yet another twist to Dasari's sudden shifting of loyalties. It is learnt Balakrishna is helping Dasari in reviving his Telugu daily "Udayam" and establishing yet another entertainment channel "D-TV" (Read Dasari TV). So far, Dasari has bought television rights for all Balaiah's films and the latest one being "Okka Magadu." Perhaps, Balaiah also has a stake in this channel. No wonder, in the coming years, D-channel telecasts Balaiah's films on a daily basis, just as Maa TV is doing with Akkineni Nagarjuna films!!

dasari indirect comments on chiru

Dasari Narayana Rao - though is experienced personality in both politics and in film industry sometimes goes out of his way when he is talking in public. When he sees public before him, he thinks to be a good spokesperson or intelligent person, he praises event for which he is called for and he doesn't control himself over there, then he attacks somebody with his statements. He tries to make it a news finally results in non sense speech. Most of the people take him to be a loose tongued man and doesn't give much importance to his speech, thats what has happened today, though he tried to comment on a particular party and person with caste politics, if public would have taken it serious then things would have been different today. Public has judged Dasari tactics of speech which will have a political motto behind. He stated that N T R is an individual as well a great force with which he formed government in just 9 months, he immediately said he is not here for publicity but speaking of history. How can he refer an opposition party leader and praise him when he is representing Congress Party. As an invitee he should have finished his job and left the dais, he made it a political stunt, there were many other topics which he could have referred to. A Congress leader commented that with his speech he forgot about protocol, feelings of Congressmen. A T D P sympathizer stated that Dasari is a great time server, no one can guess the logic behind praising Balakrishna, he never does it until he has some advantage edge