Inteviews & Articals

Tamannaah denies reports that she has hiked her remuneration to Rs.One Crore.

Talking about it, she said, “We should not take them seriously. There is no truth in it. I haven`t signed any new film other than the existing commitments. And I haven`t quoted the figure that you have mentioned.”

“The day I sign a new film and quote such a price, you guys will know,” she added.

On her Bollywood entry, she said that she is yet to sign a movie though offers are coming on her way. “I am lucky to get such opportunities but right now, I am pretty busy with my movies here. I will enter Bollywood once I am prepared,” she replied.

When asked about what she feels about her tag, `Queen of Wet Songs`, she smiled and said, “It was a wonderful experience doing the song, `Vaana Vaana Velluvaye`, that was originally performed by Chiranjeevi gaaru and Vijayashanti gaaru.”

Does she have any star in her mind she wants to act with? “There are many stars I have not yet paired up with. I am not dying to act with any star in particular. When time comes everything falls in place,” Tamannaah responded.

The gorgeously beautiful Tamannaah is also an incredibly practical actress. When asked recently about the prominence of a heroine in our films, she said ” A heroine always takes the third place in order of importance. First place goes to hero and second place goes to Villain. Heroine comes after that. Very rarely, Heroines get equal weight with the hero. Thats fine as long as the movie is successful”.

So no women centric characters then? “Women centric roles are fine and they sound very exciting. But they are extremely risky and they are very tough to pull off. It may be fine once in a while, but otherwise, regular cinema is the thing that works”, she said.

Tamannaah won applause for her performance in the Ram Charan starrrer ‘Racha’ recently. She will be starting work on Power Star Pawan’s ‘Cameraman Ganga tho Rambabu’ and she will also be seen in ‘Rebel’ with Prabhas very soon.

Shruti Haasan and Ileana were spotted at Tamannaah`s recent birthday bash in Mumbai.

Tamannaah invited just 25 of her close friends to a private party and unlike some of the other leading actresses, it was nice to see these three lovely young ladies putting aside their professional rivalries and having a blast.

Sisters Shruti Haasan and Akshara Haasan made many heads turn, it was observed. A genuine friendship seemed to have blossomed between the leading ladies Tamannah and Ileana. Tamannaah, speaking to the media, about the event said: “Ileana and Shruti are good friends and we often catch up at my place in Mumbai. It was a great feeling to have Ileana at my party. Akshara is always sweet.”

Dhanush sang the hit `Kolaveri di` song and made her birthday bash special. Tamannaah said that Dhanush made her day. Her friends were overwhelmed to watch Dhanush`s `Kolaveri di` performance live at a private party while it was creating huge waves across the South and overseas.

Tamannaah has always been the pretty and homely girl-next-door, who most guys would like to introduce to their family.

But in Telugu, the stills from her recent release 100 % Love and the about to be released Badrinath are creating waves as Tammu has never looked so hot and glamourous.

She laughs and justifies her sexing-up a bit: “I think every woman is incomplete without her sensuous side. There are different ways of showing and portraying it-like Madhubala did it with her smile or Madhuri with her eyes. I would always do something within my comfort level and keeping in mind, my pluses.”

Adds Tammu:  ”I am very happy that 100 % Love is a hit. We were all aware, that we were making a good film and the audiences would appreciate it but that magnitude it attained was a pleasant surprise, as all the reviews were unanimously positive”.

On why she is not signing a single Tamil film, she is quick to reply: “My Venghai is ready for release. I miss Chennai so much as I have been in Hyderabad for the last few months and right now I have three films on floors. I hope a nice script comes to me from Tamil and I will be back”.

Why has Tamannaah dropped off the radar in Kollywood town of late? Though rumour mongers may attribute diverse reasons for her disappearance from the Tamil scene, the actress opens up in an exclusive chat.

“Where could I have gone? My next Tamil flick Vengai, with Dhanush is ready for release and Hari sir has given me a beautiful role in the movie. I play a simple-looking college girl from a small town. It’s a typical mass entertainer”.

The Sirutthai girl says her call sheet diary is full for the entire year with Tollywood movies. “It is just that I got busy with Telugu films. I am happy with my recent film, 100% Love with Naga Chaitanya, which was a simple love story with lots of interesting and cute twists. My next film, Badrinath with Allu Arjun is complete and will soon hit the cinema halls”, she adds.

Looking at the sizzling promo stills, one wonders whether Tamannah was game for a skin show in T’town. “Oh no,” she denies any such notion and continues, “The movie is set against a temple backdrop and Allu Arjun plays an Indian Samurai. It is just a song sequence where I wear glam outfits.”

According to sources, the movie has set new records at the box-office in Kerala. ‘Bunny’ as Allu Arjun’s friends call him, enjoys a big market in God’s own country.

The Malayalam dubbing rights are said to have been sold for a record Rs. 1.10 crore and the movie is being released in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam simultaneously.

Is she dubbing her own voice like she did for 100% Love? “Dubbing my voice in Telugu or Tamil is a time- consuming process since I take a long time to master the language spoken in each film. So, when there’s a lineup of movies, I can’t do justice to each one.”

Even before its commencement, Rachcha, her next flick with Ram Charan Teja, has generated a lot of buzz in tinsel town.

Grapevine has it that Tamannaah is going to expose her svelte bod to the hilt by sporting a bikini in Rachcha.

Industry pundits add that Ram Charan will be flaunting an 8-pack physique. Add Tamannaah’s oomph factor and it will be entertainment unlimited. The pretty girl laughs it off as a ‘pure unadulterated rumour’.

“I guess the producers who approach me for a film know very well that I have a couple of pre-conditions in the contract itself and that I will never sport a bikini or act in an explicit kissing scene. This will probably clear yet another baseless rumour that I will be doing a lip-lock with Jr NTR in my upcoming film Ooseravalli,” asserts the ravishing girl.

There is another film which Tammu has signed with Ram as the hero, it’s called Mana Love Story. As of now, Tamannaah is going great guns in T’town!

Milky white beauty Tamannaah who enthralled the audience with her action and beauty in ’100 % Love’ recently clarified that she will never do a lip-lock scenes. Reacting to the rumors on Tamannaah reportedly charging Rs 1.25 crore to do a lip-lock scene,  she said,  she is not comfortable doing a lip lock scene.

“The first line in my contract will say, ‘I will never wear a bikini or do a lip-lock scene in the film’. No matter how much money is offered to me, I will never do things I am not comfortable. I don’t know who are these irresponsible people who write such stuff about me in a few websites” Tamannaah said.

The beauty queen is now a rage in Telugu thanks to the sensual potrayal of  her by director Sukumar. Her Telugu ammayi looks and her naval show in the movie floored the young audience.

Tamannaah currently has ‘Oosaravelli’ with NTR and a movie with Ramcharan apart from Ram-Karunakaran film in her kitty. Her ‘Badrinath’ is up for release and a movie with Dhanush is also gearing up for release in Tamil.

In an interview to a leading correspondent, she said that she did two movies back to back with Geeta Arts of Allu Aravind because she had signed this contract years ago after her ‘Happy Days’.

“I signed two movie contract with Geeta Arts immediately after Happy Days movie. According to the agreement, I would do a film with them at some point in the future depending on the availability of my dates.I was supposed to do ‘Arya2′ but my dates were not free then. So, I did ’100% Love’ and ‘Badrinath’ with them” she reveals.