Hollywood Make up for Balayya in Okka Magadu

Nandamuri Balakrishna and director YVS Chowdhary are leaving for America in two days. In USA, they will be finalizing the getup for their ambitious film, Okka Magadu. Grapevine has it that Hollywood makeup artiste Michael R. Jones is roped in for the film. He might be preparing a special makeup and getup for Balakrishna for this film, sources informed Telugucinema.com. Michael earlier worked for Kamal Haasan’s Bharateeyudu.NBK is leaving for abroad this week and once he comes back, the film will commence its regular shoot from next month.

Balayya and YVS chowdary Okka mogadu starts on 19 NOV

After delivering many duds in a row, Balakrishna's next film is Maharadi - on which fans have banked good expectations. But, Balayya's movie which is the spotlight is the highly awaited Okka Magadu. Incidentally, the title was a songs from the movie Seethayya, and had Simran shaking her hips in the song. There are two heroines in the movie. Anushka Shetty is one of them. The trade buzz is that, Ileana who considers YVS Chowdary as her mentor is being cast as one of the heroines. Since, there is a date crunch - the makers have not confirmed if she is doing the movie. The movie which is slated for release in summer 2007, would go to floors from the 19th of this month.

3 Songs recorded for Okka Magadu

The pre-production work of YVS's magnum opus,Okka Magadu, is in full swing. Music director Manisharma has already recorded three songs. Chandrabose has penned the lyrics for all these three songs. According to our sources,the tunes have come out extraordinary and are said to be completely different to Balayya’s earlier films.

As balayya went on tour to usa for okka magadu makeup when he returns back the schedulde of the movie will start


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Heroines of Okka Magadu

YVS Chowdary is well known for his knack of selecting heroines whose magnetic appeal can draw in the masses. His discovery Ileana is today, the most sought after heroine in Telugu film industry. After the announcement of his new project Okka Magadu (with the combination of Bala Krishna and YVS Chowdary), everyone is curious about the identity of his heroine. Here is YVS Chowdary answering the question on everyone’s lips.

The title of the film Okka Magadu (the one and only) was inspired by the Okka Magadu compositions created by MM Keeravani and me for the film Seetayya .If you observe the Okka Magadu song, you will notice that it is about a young girl fantasizing all the heroic qualities that she is seeking in one person. Keeravani coined the title ‘Okka Magadu’ using my description of ‘Oka Magadu’ for the song. This composition was done in Tirumala during the music sittings of Seetayya.

I felt the title suited the powerful story and subsequently announced the projects Devdadasu and Okka Magadu as Seetayya was nearing completion. The character of Simran in Okka Magadu narrates the qualities she would like to have in her dream man. I have shown NTR in historical, mythological, folk and social dimensions in that song.

I approached Bala Krishna with the subject of Okka Magadu. He agreed after hearing the bare outline of the story. That was unusual because generally the heroes agree only after a detailed narration and script is given to them. It was a pleasant surprise that he agreed without any fuss.

The next task was to cast the right heroine. I am a little choosy about this because often by the time the film is complete the heroine would already have been written about and overexposed, therefore the newness is gone. I like to keep an aura of mystery around them so that there is curiosity. Here is list of Okka Magadu heroines and the reasons why I selected them.

Nisha Kothari: She is the discovery of Ram Gopal Varma and is playing one of the heroines in Okka Magadu. Incidentally this is her first Telugu film. She is a terrific combination of innocence and sensuousness, the face has the first quality and the body has the latter. Nisha has two songs with Bala Krishna in this film.

Anushka: She is one of the top three heroines of Telugu cinema today with a fabulous figure and a beautiful face. She created waves with her filmVikramarkudu. Anushka has two songs with Bala Krishna. Nisha and Anushka jointly have one song with Bala Krishna.

Simran: Simran who performed the Okka Magadu song in Seetayya will do a special heroine role in Okka Magadu. She got married some months ago. Now we will re-intorduce her as a performance-oriented heroine in Okka Magadu just the way Kajol did in the film Fanaa. I am very sure that Simran is going to bag the best actress award with her role in Okka Magadu. I am happy to announce that Simran who paired up with Bala Krishna in 1999 and 2001 to deliver the industry hits Samarasimha Reddy and Narasimha Naidu respectively is acting in Okka Magadu too.