Fresh Face(9) - Nikisha Patel

Fortune strikes us rarely and would there be any best for debutant to foray into tinsel town than acting opposite Power Star Pawan and at the same time dancing for the tunes of AR Rahman. Nikisha Patel is one such luckiest damsel who is making a dream debut with “Komaram Puli” directed by SJ Surya.

Well, Nikisha is UK based model born to Gujarati Mom and Kenyan Dad. She is crowned Miss Wales in 2006. She being very keen on acting in movies was there in Mumbai waiting to get a chance in Bollywood. But as luck would have she was selected in an audition conducted by SJ Surya.

This ardent fan of Madhuri Dixit is good at hip-hop dance and is also familiar with Kathak. She personally loves romantic films.

Like any other new comer she declares her role in Puli as vivacious and bubbly. Of course naturally she is in praise for her friendly co-star Pawan Kalyan. Let’s hope she makes it big and could fulfill her dream of acting in Bollywood cinema sooner. Here’s a Very good luck to lady Puli…

By the way, wait for Puli is over and is all set for September 10th release all over the world

Fresh Face(8) - Praneetha

Praneetha... This new girl making her debut in Tinsel town has already hooked in the attention of many hearts. She is making her foray into Tollywood with ‘Em Pillo…Em Pillado’ releasing this weekend.

Praneetha hails from Kannada film industry. She acted in Porki opposite Darshan. Porki is remake of our own block-buster Pokiri. Praneetha has won many accolades in Sandalwood with that film and is right now acting in few more Kannada films that are yet to be released. This hot beauty is also acting opposite young heartthrob Siddard in a Telugu film ‘Baava’, in which Rajendra Prasad is playing a prominent role.

While Praneetha has bowled many with her charming looks, she was also famous for her tantrums as she is very firm in acting only beside big heroes.

Ask her about dream co-star, Praneetha names Jr NTR…Hope she corrects her way’s in Tollywood and Let’s wish Praneetha very good luck and may her wish be fulfilled soon!

Fresh Face(7) - Tapasee Pannu

“Can you name the director who can show the heroine more beautifully on screen?”Ask this question to any guy who just knows ABCD of Telugu cinema…the answer is unanimous; it’s K Raghavendra Rao gaaru

And here’s the fresh face of this week…Tapasee pannu who is called fondly Tapsi by her friends…She is making her dream debut with the movie “Jummandi Naadam” directed by KRR garu after a gap, where she is cast opposite dimple boy Manchu Manoj.

This Delhi based Engineer had an eye on the creative field right from the childhood. She took part in Pantaloons Miss India 2008 competition while she was in 3^rd year of her Computer Science Engineering. She managed to win the laurels ‘Pantaloon’s Miss fresh face’ and ‘Miss Beautiful Skin’.

This modeling bug made her quit the job in Infosys. She worked for several ads like World Gold Council, CocaCola etc. And now finally entered our tinsel town.

Tapsee unlike other debutants made her presence very much felt in tollywood circles thanks to her presence in various promotion events planned for the movie. And incidentally she could grab roles in 3 movies each opposite Vishnu, Prabhas and Raviteja before her debut release. She is all set for her release in Tamil too with movie ‘Aadukalam’ opposite Dhanush.

Wow…Very Good start Tapsee…Here’s all the best…for your career.

For starters,Jummandi Naadam is produced by Mohan Babu’s daughter Lakshmi Prasanna.It was her first as producer.MM Keeravani’s music is so melodious and is already a chartbuster.

Fresh Faces of Vedam

Vedam which is considered as true multi-starrer of today has Allu Arjun, Anushka and Manchu Manoj as the leads. While these three stars are hogging much of the limelight, there are few more budding stars sharing space with them.

Here is brief of two new fresh faces of Vedam…!!!

First among them is Lekha Washington .Lekha hails from Tamilnadu .This multifaceted beauty is qualified film maker from NID, Ahmedabad. She was the VJ in SS Music. She also held her first solo exhibition of her sculptures at the age of 18. She anchored the first IPL on Sony…and subsequently hosted Canadian 20-20 on international television!! Lekha already made her mark in Tamil movies and she looks forward to make big in Telugu too. She plays the love interest of Manoj in the movie.

Secondly we have Deeksha Seth. Deeksha was the proud winner of the sub-title, Miss Fresh face and she was also among the top ten semi-finalists during the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 Pageant. She has that sharp features with stunning looks and she already grabbed the attention with Vedam’s song promo “Prapancham naa venokostuntey…” where she sizzles beside the pool along with Allu Arjun…Forgot to say she already grabbed her second with Raviteja in his latest movie Mirapakai

Good Luck for gorgeous ones…!!

Interesting right ...Credit goes to the magnificent director Krishh who has left no stone unturned while choosing the cast for his Vedam. Here’s the sincere wish that Vedam meets the expectations and truly stand beside Gamyam…

Fresh Face(5) - Ruby Parihar

This week we had another fresh face entering into this filmy world of “clap,action,cut”.

She is Ruby Parihar.This Delhi based girl is making her debut through ‘Prasthanam’ which is scheduled for April 16^th Release.She is acting opposite young actor Sarwanand in the movie.

Ruby has just completed Fashion designing course in Delhi. Acting was never her dream. She stepped into this colorful land very unexpectedly. Moreover she being completely alien to south Indian movies, it was a huge surprise for her to make her debut through a Telugu film. Hmm..So strange is destiny, while many youngsters are striving for a chance, opportunity by itself knocked her door.

She is acting as a medico in Prasthanam. Movie is directed by Deva Katta, who earlier directed Vennela. Incidentally Vennala movie was the debut movie of tall girl Parvathi Melton.

Ruby seems to have already fallen in love with this glamour world and she is now eagerly waiting for her debut movie to really do well. By the way she already signed a kannada movie.

In a day or two, we all can decide whether she is really Ruby or just an ordinary stone..!!

Fresh Face(4) - Anitha

NRI girl Anitha is entering the tinsel town this Thursday through the remake of legendary ‘MaroCharithra’.She is cast opposite Varun Sandesh in the movie.

Anitha is born to American father and Telugu mother.She has done the course in Journalism.Might be her mother tongue influenced her to act in a Telugu movie.

As we all know,that in the original version these roles are played by versatile genius KamalHasan sir and highly talented Saritha.Playing such a role in her debut is a great challenge to this fresher.She is confident about her performance and offcourse the movie too.Sradda das is playing the role of other heroine,which was played by Madhavi in the old version

By the way,this charming beauty is also a Bharatha Natyam Dancer.She also learnt Karnatic music.She loves the experience of acting in this movie and is looking forward for a bright career.

Lets Wish her and the Marocharithra team the grand success..!!

Fresh Face(3) - Shruthi

This week we are having one more Bombay import into our tinsel town..Shruti is her sweet name.
Shruthi is going to see her first telugu release Tajmahal this week.This beauty who has a decent looks of girl next door,holds a Mass communication degree in Jai hind College.

Shruthi also has a simultaneous bollywood release Love Sex and Dokha.This movie is produced by Ekta Kapoor and is already in news for all wrong reasons of having extremely bold scenes.

Talking about her Telugu debut “Tajmahal”,it is Actor Sivaji’s own venture.Sivaji who scored some decent hits like missamma few years back was now in completely bad form.So he ventured into production with Tajmahal which is incidentally a super hit movie in Kannada.

Sivaji plays a Engineering student and it is one side love for him in the movie.The story is bit in similar lines of “Nee Sneham” .Yet again movie banks on some great climax,So let’s see how the movie fares.History says kannada blockbuster never won in Tollywood.But Sivaji’s sincere effort might bring luck for Shruti..
Also Tajmahal has Item song “Maayadari Maisamma” picturized on Aarti agarwal

Let us wish this charming lady wins more offers in coming days..Good Luck to the couple Shruti and Sivaji.

Fresh Face(2) - Samantha

This week,Fresh face is Samantha.She is making her debut with movie ‘Ye maaya chesaave’.Movie is directed by maverick director Goutham menon and Music composed by Oscar award winner AR Rahman.Movie is getting released this weekend.

She looks really gorgeous, Doesn't she?.She is playing a role of christian girl in the film.Same role is played by Trisha in the Tamil version which is going to be released simultaneously.Seems that she has got a author backed role which actually requires a big actress.

Though Samantha belongs to tamilnadu,Her father is a telugu.But this cute girl claims that she could not speak telugu,Clever indeed as she could not make it big if she speaks the language fluently(pity of tollywood)!!

Samantha already acted in couple of tamil films,but they are yet to be released. She also bagged the role in Dil Raju’s Brindavanam opposite NTR .So she had two promising movies in her kitty and if luck would have it,she might be next hot property in tinsel town.Good luck Samantha!

Fresh Face(1) - Richa Gangopadhyay

Every single day, we do see many youngsters trying their luck in tinsel town .While some might shine and leave their mark ,there are many who could not .Apart from the talent, It’s luck that plays a major role in this glamour world.This Column is to have a glance of fresh faces.Are you ready..friends

This week ,Let me start with “Richa Gangopadhyay”,who is going to greet us through latest movie Leader.Before starting this article,I just thought she is like any other model entering the Tollywood.But I was completely wrong.Here are some details that might excite you too.

She was crowned Nationwide Miss India USA 2007 .Miss India USA is longest running Indian eventoutside India.She also represented USA in 17^th Annual Miss India Worldwide Pageant in South Africa.She studied in Michigan university and was topper in the course Dietetics and Nutrition.Her interest’s include dance,music,movies and teaching children about health and nutrition.

Her debut movie Leader lead by the tallest lad Rana is directed by promising director Sekhar Kammula.Sekhar kammula is always being appreciated for casting fresh faces and also bringing out best from them.His find Kamilini was liked more by mature audience. Then we have Tamanna of Happydays..who is now the most happiest lady in kollywood(tamil).

His Latest find Richa also looks very promising.She is now seen in all the promotional events of Leader.This Valentines day, she might have stolen many hearts and sooner she might rob the sleeps for many ,if everything is in place.

Seems that this Bengali beauty is keen on making big on Tollywood.Based on her active participation in the Leader promotion and track record of Sekhar,She would definitely achieve it soon ..Good Luck Richa from the bottom of my heart..;)