tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12506516444044269962024-02-21T08:30:37.444-08:00NetandhraAll things Andhra - Telugu Movies TV News Entertainment Actors Actresses Music Songs Politics Anything under the Telugu Sun!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250651644404426996.post-52824335753751789552008-02-24T02:38:00.000-08:002008-02-24T02:47:52.813-08:00Meet my friend Mr.Shekar.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UP-XmxDY35Due08oRB6gswwpi5IsFao4jL0i1ZA4NJtUMCKzuVZW3sjQTJ3aJIYGNO7q-ukRzBlu4isE5jw49hez9AzuVRZoEEG_qKpfx6Ux77cXlyXRnl2_EtPx13OwPKnCha_uIXOo/s1600-h/sekhar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UP-XmxDY35Due08oRB6gswwpi5IsFao4jL0i1ZA4NJtUMCKzuVZW3sjQTJ3aJIYGNO7q-ukRzBlu4isE5jw49hez9AzuVRZoEEG_qKpfx6Ux77cXlyXRnl2_EtPx13OwPKnCha_uIXOo/s320/sekhar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170495753026060850" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is a picture of Mr. SOma Sekhar at MMTS Railway STation.Probably Secunderabad?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250651644404426996.post-83226673409901175782007-11-27T21:22:00.000-08:002007-11-27T21:25:14.342-08:00List of Toll Free NumbersAirlines<br />Indian Airlines - 1800 180 1407<br />Jet Airways - 1800 22 5522<br />SpiceJet - 1800 180 3333<br />Air India -- 1800 22 7722<br />KingFisher - 1800 180 0101<br /><br /><br /><br />Banks<br />ABN AMRO - 1800 11 2224<br />Canara Bank - 1800 44 6000<br />Citibank - 1800 44 2265<br />Corporatin Bank - 1800 443 555<br />Development Credit Bank - 1800 22 5769<br />HDFC Bank - 1800 227 227<br />ICICI Bank - 1800 333 499<br />ICICI Bank NRI - 1800 22 4848<br />IDBI Bank - 1800 11 6999<br />Indian Bank - 1800 425 1400<br />ING Vysya - 1800 44 9900<br />Kotak Mahindra Bank - 1800 22 6022<br />Lord Krishna Bank - 1800 11 2300<br />Punjab National Bank - 1800 122 222<br />State Bank of India - 1800 44 1955<br />Syndicate Bank - 1800 44 6655<br />Automobiles<br />Mahindra Scorpio - 1800 22 6006<br />Maruti - 1800 111 515<br />Tata Motors - 1800 22 5552<br />Windshield Experts - 1800 11 3636<br /><br /><br />Computers/IT<br />Adrenalin - 1800 444 445<br />AMD - 1800 425 6664<br />Apple Computers - 1800 444 683<br />Canon - 1800 333 366<br />Cisco Systems - 1800 221 777<br />Compaq - HP - 1800 444 999<br />Data One Broadband - 1800 424 1800<br />Dell - 1800 444 026<br />Epson - 1800 44 0011<br />eSys - 3970 0011<br />Genesis Tally Academy - 1800 444 888<br />HCL - 1800 180 8080<br />IBM - 1800 443 333<br />Lexmark - 1800 22 4477<br />Marshal's Point - 1800 33 4488<br />Microsoft - 1800 111 100<br />Microsoft Virus Update - 1901 333 334<br />Seagate - 1800 180 1104<br />Symantec - 1800 44 5533<br />TVS Electronics - 1800 444 566<br />WeP Peripherals - 1800 44 6446<br />Wipro - 1800 333 312<br />xerox - 1800 180 1225<br />Zenith - 1800 222 004<br /><br /><br />Indian Railway General Enquiry 131<br />Indian Railway Central Enquiry 131<br />Indian Railway Reservation 131<br />Indian Railway Railway Reservation Enquiry 1345,1335,1330<br />Indian Railway Centralised Railway Enquiry 1330/1/2/3/4/ 5/6/7/8/9<br /><br /><br /><br />Couriers/Packers & Movers<br />ABT Courier - 1800 44 8585<br />AFL Wizz - 1800 22 9696<br />Agarwal Packers & Movers - 1800 11 4321<br />Associated Packers P Ltd - 1800 21 4560<br />DHL - 1800 111 345<br />FedEx - 1800 22 6161<br />Goel Packers & Movers - 1800 11 3456<br />UPS - 1800 22 7171<br /><br />Home Appliances<br />Aiwa/Sony - 1800 11 1188<br />Anchor Switches - 1800 22 7979<br />Blue Star - 1800 22 2200<br />Bose Audio - 1800 11 2673<br />Bru Coffee Vending Machines - 1800 44 7171<br />Daikin Air Conditioners - 1800 444 222<br />DishTV - 1800 12 3474<br />Faber Chimneys - 1800 21 4595<br />Godrej - 1800 22 5511<br />Grundfos Pumps - 1800 33 4555<br />LG - 1901 180 9999<br />Philips - 1800 22 4422<br />Samsung - 1800 113 444<br />Sanyo - 1800 11 0101<br />Voltas - 1800 33 4546<br />WorldSpace Satellite Radio - 1800 44 5432<br /><br /><br />Investments/ Finance<br />CAMS - 1800 44 2267<br />Chola Mutual Fund - 1800 22 2300<br />Easy IPO's - 3030 5757<br />Fidelity Investments - 1800 180 8000<br />Franklin Templeton Fund - 1800 425 4255<br />J M Morgan Stanley - 1800 22 0004<br />Kotak Mutual Fund - 1800 222 626<br />LIC Housing Finance - 1800 44 0005<br />SBI Mutual Fund - 1800 22 3040<br />Sharekhan - 1800 22 7500<br />Tata Mutual Fund - 1800 22 0101<br /><br />Travel<br />Club Mahindra Holidays - 1800 33 4539<br />Cox & Kings - 1800 22 1235<br />God TV Tours - 1800 442 777<br />Kerala Tourism - 1800 444 747<br />Kumarakom Lake Resort - 1800 44 5030<br />Raj Travels & Tours - 1800 22 9900<br />Sita Tours - 1800 111 911<br />SOTC Tours - 1800 22 3344<br /><br /><br />Healthcare<br />Best on Health - 1800 11 8899<br />Dr Batras - 1800 11 6767<br />GlaxoSmithKline - 1800 22 8797<br />Johnson & Johnson - 1800 22 8111<br />Kaya Skin Clinic - 1800 22 5292<br />LifeCell - 1800 44 5323<br />Manmar Technologies - 1800 33 4420<br />Pfizer - 1800 442 442<br />Roche Accu-Chek - 1800 11 45 46<br />Rudraksha - 1800 21 4708<br />Varilux Lenses - 1800 44 8383<br />VLCC - 1800 33 1262<br /><br /><br />Insurance<br />AMP Sanmar - 1800 44 2200<br />Aviva - 1800 33 2244<br />Bajaj Allianz - 1800 22 5858<br />Chola MS General Insurance - 1800 44 5544<br />HDFC Standard Life - 1800 227 227<br />LIC - 1800 33 4433<br />Max New York Life - 1800 33 5577<br />Royal Sundaram - 1800 33 8899<br />SBI Life Insurance - 1800 22 9090<br /><br /><br />Hotel Reservations<br />GRT Grand - 1800 44 5500<br />InterContinental Hotels Group - 1800 111 000<br />Marriott - 1800 22 0044<br />Sarovar Park Plaza - 1800 111 222<br />Taj Holidays - 1800 111 825<br /><br />Teleshoppin<br />Asian Sky Shop - 1800 22 1800<br />Jaipan Teleshoppe - 1800 11 5225<br />Tele Brands - 1800 11 8000<br />VMI Teleshopping - 1800 447 777<br />WWS Teleshopping - 1800 220 777<br />Others Domino's Pizza - 1800 111 123<br /><br /><br />Cell Phones<br />BenQ - 1800 22 08 08<br />Bird CellPhones - 1800 11 7700<br />Motorola MotoAssist - 1800 11 1211<br />Nokia - 3030 3838Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250651644404426996.post-54164291259305800342007-11-19T04:57:00.001-08:002007-11-19T04:59:24.082-08:00Inspiring True Story of a Theatre Owner -From Idle Brain!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50R3wXYuQGEusAsEkOIbGj0Weg2BfxmlxhbusBBFOS_D3DRoY3pA9q2gyUxuYiJcidCWfQfCZ0uSpCfjmo4HU4OTesFVnJkPiZwI5hEVZ0EzM7KquqrfVQiLzqFgOU2UJBi7EQ2fHWNam/s1600-h/sandhya70mm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50R3wXYuQGEusAsEkOIbGj0Weg2BfxmlxhbusBBFOS_D3DRoY3pA9q2gyUxuYiJcidCWfQfCZ0uSpCfjmo4HU4OTesFVnJkPiZwI5hEVZ0EzM7KquqrfVQiLzqFgOU2UJBi7EQ2fHWNam/s320/sandhya70mm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134535049346913778" /></a><br />Sandhya 70 MM A/C is one of the best theatres at Andhra Pradesh and is located at RTC X roads, Chikkadapalli Hyderabad. Sandhya 70MM A/C is the first theatre built in that complex and was founded and inaugurated by M Chandraiah in 1980. Hindi movie 'Shaalimar' is the first movie that was screened at this theatre and sholay was the second movie at this theatre. <br /><br />Founder M Chandraiah <br />Leased by Avula Sundara Rao <br />Manager Ramesh <br /><br /><br />This theatre has a prestigious Dolby Digital Surround Ex sound system installed and had excellent sound effects. This theatre has a Xenon lab projection and it is unique of its kind. Sandhya 70MM A/C theatre capacity was reduced to 1323 from 1489 to facilitate more comfort to the patrons and introduced luxurious couple seats during its recent renovation. <br /><br />Seating Capacity of theatre Class wise: Class No of seats Ticket price Gross per show <br />Balcony 523 35 18305 <br />Dress Circle 325 30 9750 <br />First Class 210 25 5250 <br />Lower Class 265 10 2650 <br />Total 1323 - Total Gross: Rs 35955/- <br /><br /><br />Idlebrain correspondent had a talk with Mr Ramesh manager of the theatre for getting more information about various movies run/collections at Sandhya 70MM A/C. <br /><br />IB team also had a chat with M Chandraiah, proprietor of Sandhya theatre. Chandraiah is a well known person in the AP film Exhibitor council and also known as a film distributor and producer. He distributed Mahesh Babu's Arjun and Naani for the Nizam area and also producer for a Tamil dubbed movie Rojapoolu. He owns 8 theatres in Andhra Pradesh and all theatres are well managed. <br /><br />Below is the list of theatres <br /><br />Sandhya 70 MM A/C - RTC X Roads<br />Sandhya 35 MM A/C - RTC X Roads<br />Sivashakthi - Kapra<br />Shiva parvathi - Kukatpalli<br />Hitech Theatre - Madhapur<br />Shivam - Dilsukhnagar<br />Ganesh - Dilsukhnagar<br />Sandhya - Cuddapah <br /><br />Apart from the above theatres he also maintains Sridevi theatre at Chilakalaguda. <br /><br />Talking to the Idlebrain, Chandraiah said that he is a devotee of Lord Shiva and he started his career at the age of 7, as a child labor at Granite mines due to demise of his parents at early age. At the age of 17, with the help of friends and relatives he bought a lorry for 500 rupees and entered into transport business, slowly he became very famous and with in no time he became owner of a big transport company and manages a fleet of 20 Lorries and hundred of workers. He also ventured into real estate business and got big success in that area too. In 1976, he bought the 6000 Sq yard of land from Marvadi's at Chikkadapalli X roads at the rate of 102 Rs/Sq yard and constructed Sandhya theatre. For the first five years he could not able to generate any revenue out of the theatres, but later point of time he succeeded in the exhibition field also. Then he constructed many theatres in Hyderabad and became a reckon in the exhibitors circle. <br /><br />Chandraiah said that these days theatre management is very difficult due to the less number of films released and more number of theatres. He also opined that slab system removal is good for the middle class people and more and more people can watch the movie at theatre, on the other hand he also said that moviegoer does not care about the ticket prices, if the movie is good. He said he lost 4 crore due to the construction of two theatres at Dilsukhnagar (Due to the excessive number of theatres at DSNR area) and also incurred loss of 6 crore for distributing two movies at Nizam area and for producing a movie. He also opined that Y.S Rajasekhar Reddy led government rendered lot of help to Telugu film industry by removing the slab system and also by brining the anti piracy bill. <br /><br />Idlebrain also met Avula Sundara rao, who leased the Sandhya theatres and he maintains theatres for the past 20 years. Sandhya 70MM A/C is lucky mascot for Pawan Kalyan and all Pawan Kalyan movies had record breaking collections at Sandhya group of theatres. Pawan Kalyans Khushi collected a grand share of Rs 1 crore at Sandhya 70MM A/C for its 160 days run. Incidentally this is the second highest share in any single theatre in Andhra Pradesh after Nuvve Kavali at Odeon 70MM A/C. Khushi was lifted from Sandhya 70MM A/C when it was running with decent share, due to the prior commitment for Chiranjeevi's Daddy movie. Pawan Kalyan's Toliprema is another big hit movie at Sandhya 70MM A/C and it ran for record breaking 227 days. Pawan Kalyan Toliprema theatrical rights for Nizam area bought by Giri and Raju of Sri Venkateswara Film Distributors for 62 lakhs. For its 227 days run, Toliprema collected an amazing share of 63 lakhs at Sandhya 70 MM A/C alone. Toliprema was also lifted from Sandhya 70MM A/C with good running share due to prior commitment for another Chiranjeevi movie. <br /><br />Chiranjeevi movie Master had a great run at Sandhya 70MM A/C and it ran with worth houseful for 75 days and DCR fulls for 100 days. This is the only 100 day's houseful movie at Hyderabad followed by Nuvvekavali (99 days full at Odeon 70MM A/C). Chiranjeevi's Gharana Mogudu also had silver jubilee run at Sandhya 70MM A/C. <br /><br />Nagarjuna hit movie Shivamani had a 32 lakh share at Sandhya 70MM A/C for 100 days and NTR block buster movie Simhadri had a 30 lakhs share for 100 days. Mahesh babu's recent 100 days movie Arjun had a 30 lakh share. <br /><br />Old classical movie Devadasu was re-released during 1984 and had a successful 100 days as noon shows. Kanyasulkam and Keelugurram also ran for 100 days as noon shows at Sandhya 70MM A/C. <br /><br />Below is the list of Silver Jubilee movies at Sandhya 70MM A/C. <br /><br />1. Toliprema -227 days<br />2. Gharana Mogudu - 183 days<br />3. Bobbili brahmanna - 175 days<br />4. Mundadugu - 175 days<br />5. Hanuman Junction - 175 days <br /><br />Below is the list of 100 days movies <br /><br />1. Alluda mazakaa(150 days)<br />2. Sivaiah<br />3. Sivamani<br />4. Master<br />5. Thoti kodallu<br />6. Daddy<br />7. Osey Ramulamma<br />8. Simhadri<br />9. Bhaktha Siriyal<br />10. 20 va sathabdam<br />11. Maharaju<br />12. Illali Korikalu<br />13. Sahasa veerudu Saagara Kanya<br />14. Premaku Veelayera<br />15. Khushi(160 days)<br />16. Chattaniki Kallulevu<br />17. Paruvu Pratistha<br />18. Athaku yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu<br />19. Brahma PutruduUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250651644404426996.post-60058042950905152362007-11-19T04:54:00.001-08:002007-11-19T04:54:57.003-08:00Theatres in Hyderabad SecunderabadThought you might find this useful<br />Amaravati 70 Mm R B Road<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23242588 <br />Aradhana Theatre Tarnaka,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 27018011 <br />Deepak Cinema Narayanguda,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23221087 <br />Geetha Theatre Chanda Nagar,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23033370 <br />Hi-Tech Films 8-3-943/3 Nagarjuna Colony, Ameerpet,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23732616 <br />Radhika Theatre Pl No 1 Srinivasa Nagar Ecil Post Kapra,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 27121078 <br />Satyam Theatre 7-1-208/2 Ameerpet,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23730315 <br />Shaam Cinema Lakdikapul,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23233357 <br />Shanti Theatre 3-5-1090/23 Narayanguda,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23223580 <br />Skyline Theatre 3-6-64 Gandhi Medical College,<br />Basheer Bagh,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23222633 <br />Vimal 70mm A/C Balanagar,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 23773314 <br />Konark Theatre 6-12 Dilsukh Nagar,<br />Hyderabad - Secunderabad,<br />Andhra Pradesh, India 24065595Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250651644404426996.post-46424919565141345672007-11-19T04:43:00.001-08:002007-11-19T04:44:50.443-08:00This article with due Credit to SiraSri sirasri@gmail.com)TEA Party is the new buzz word in America now. It's not trivial but 'T' stands for Telugu Desam Party, 'E' stands for Eenadu and 'A' for Andhra Jyothy. It's the opinion of multitudes that these three stand together all the while and the latter two write big about the first one. American Adhrites discuss about the three with the buzz word 'TEA' party. <br /><br />"The communal abhorrence has started with the chauvinistic and self centered TEA. If there wasn't any impression of that sort among people about these three, things would have been different. The TEA is encouraging caste groupism in Andhra and among American Andhrites", says Venu, software professional who says that he has been receiving caste relating bigotry mails very often. <br /><br />"If E and A have thrown cold water on YSR by playing the role of opposition party, Ring Road proposal was taken through the lands of Murali Mohan and Ramoji Rao. If Ring Road issue is made bad; Margadarsi was shown as fraud finance business group. If Gowru Venkata Reddy is shown bad in News Papers, Murali Mohan's properties were screwed. If Rajayya is shown as land mafia leader, Ramoji was projected as 'kabzaadaar' of land who added that to his Film City. Aren't these the examples of caste politics between two strong communities? But, mainly to say, mistake lies on the side of News Papers 'E' and 'A'. They are not playing their role as News Papers but acting as opposition parties. That's the reason for this cacophony", says an advocate. <br /><br />"It is certain that 2009 assembly elections will raise huge uproar and attention from all corners. Will TDP take back its power? Will Congress retain its rule for another 5 years? Or any third party will emerge? All these are uncertain and too early to discuss. Many assumed that Chandrababu would sustain in 2004. But he lost incredibly. No one knows what happens. But what would be the plight of 'E' and 'A' if alternative News Papers see light those speak the voice of Congress? Why to spill hatred towards community by going biased on their own people? It would be good if 'E' and 'A' change their modus operandi", says Samyukta Devi, a business women. <br /><br />"What Congress is doing is bad. It would have started its own News Papers to fight with 'E' and 'A'. Can they do that? It is not right to pull the legs of Margadarsi and Film City as Congress is being projected bad in News Papers", opines Kaasim, a taxi driver. <br /><br />That's the voice of people about the TEA. The consequences and developments have to be witnessed only with time. <br /><br />(SiraSri can be reached at sirasri@gmail.com))Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1250651644404426996.post-65011747609662403782007-11-15T20:47:00.001-08:002007-11-15T20:57:52.542-08:00Welcome to NetAndhraWelcome to Netandhra.This is a blog for all thats from Andhra.<br />Telugu Biddalu, the popular, and the not so popular.The famous and no so famous,and not to forget the infamous.The much loved Andhra Poliics,Telugu Movies and Music.Andhra Recipes ,you name it and i shall post it .<br /><br />During the course of my blogging i do not have any intention of hurting the sentiments of any Community or person alive or dead.This is an effort at providing enterainment and i expect comments to be in the same line of fairplay.NO comments will be moderated,except under the severest conditions.<br /><br />I hope you will all have fun and frolic on my blog.<br /><br />Enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0