Chiranjeevi launches 'Praja Rajyam ',Chiranjeevi moves EC for registration of his party

Tirupati (PTI): In true cinematic style, Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi launched his party 'Praja Rajyam' before a mammoth crowd of his fans and supporters pledging to work for social justice as its main agenda and to root out corruption.

He made the much-awaited announcement in this temple town in filmy style after a long speech and a short dialogue session with the assembled gathering. Soon after he announced the name a short song and sequence came on the giant screen behind him on the dais which the few lakh audience lapped it up enormously.

The 53-year-old matinee idol and son of a police constable outlined his party's vision in various sectors and also unveiled the party flag -- green and white with the sun in the middle - amidst rapturous applause from the huge gathering.

In his more than hour-long speech, the megastar, however, skirted thorny issues like Telangana statehood demand, naxalism and categorisation of Scheduled Castes, saying a "collective decision" would be taken on these matters after "scientific evaluation".

"On these sensitive issues, I cannot take an immediate decision. We will take inputs from intellectuals and come to a collective decision", Chiranjeevi told the gathering at the sprawling 120-acre Avilala Tank.

Chiranjeevi, a Padma Bhushan awardee, has acted in 148 films. Former President A P J Abdul Kalam had inspired him to take a plunge into politics and vowed to bring about positive change in politics.

Earlier, excited over their matinee idol's political debut, Chiranjeevi's fans went out of control at the site of the public meeting leading police to lathicharge on them. Thousands of Chiranjeevi fans, who poured in from all over Andhra Pradesh to listen to their star revealing the name and agenda of his party, swamped into the chamber which was alloted for physically challenged people. Chiranjeevi said his party would work for the empowerment of poor and weaker sections of the society. Touching upon a string of socio-economic issues, he said Praja Rajyam would accord top priority for agricultural development and welfare of farmers, primary health, education, labour welfare, opportunities for youth and women. The actor, who was the sole speaker at the more than two-hour-long meeting, also promised to come up with a clear-cut policy on regulation of liquor trade. "Fighting corruption, particularly the political corruption, will be one of our main agenda," Chiranjeevi said. "Change and Social Justice" appeared to be the mantra of mega star as he unveiled his political vision before the gathering. "Today, we are sounding the bugle for a major battle against the social ills. There are no leaders in the battle but only servants. I am your servant. We will win this battle. No one can stop us," Chiranjeevi said with a dramatic flourish.

On the raging demand for separate Telangana state, Chiranjeevi appeared to tread a cautious path. Attributing the backwardness in Telangana region to the failure of the successive governments, he said, "if the division becomes inevitable, we will co-operate and assist the process. Let us respect the sentiments of the region which has suffered neglect in all sectors."

Chiranjeevi, who hails from the backward 'Kapu' community, said his party would also work for "additional reservations" for the economically backward among the forward castes. Invoking Kalam's pet concept of PURA (Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas), he said Praja Rajyam would strive for realising the dream of "Gram Swaraj." Referring to the controversy over Special Economic Zones, he said his party would oppose acquisition of farm lands for SEZs.

"While we are for industrialisation, we will not allow fertile lands to be taken over in the name of development. We will also oppose selling away of government lands," Chiranjeevi said.

Chiranjeevi moves EC for registration of his party

Soon after launching his new party "Praja Rajyam", Telugu film actor Chiranjeevi moved the Election Commission on Tuesday for its registration.

EC sources said representatives of the megastar submitted an application to the commission for registration of the party. Earlier, the cine star announced the name of his political party at a mammoth public rally in the temple town of Tirupati.

Invoking former President A P J Abdul Kalam's advice, the 53-year old matinee idol last week made a grand entry into politics, a move that is expected to alter political equations in Andhra Pradesh ahead of next year's assembly elections.

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Saroja Cleared with 'U' certificate!

Venkat Prabhu's Saroja, which is set to hit the halls by August 30, has been censored and given a clean U certificate.

The unit feels happy to get U certificate, as most of its members were said to be expecting A or U/A certification, as the film has some violence and intimate romantic scenes. The censor board has given a clean U after cutting down a few romantic and violent scenes.

It may be recalled that the action packed Sathyam, starring Vishal and Nayanthara, got a straight U/A because of the sensuous portrayal of romance between the lead pair. Venkat's Saroja too is an action entertainer and hence it was expected that the film too would get U/A certificate.

It is also believed that Dhaam Dhoom, in which Jayam Ravi plays the lead role, will also get a 'U' certificate. Dhaam Dhoom too is an action packed movie and some sensual scenes involving Ravi and Kangana Ranavath.

Kamal's To Direct 'Marmayogi'

Actor Kamal Hassan is preparing for his next big budget multi-lingual venture, "Marmayogi" (mysterious saint) after his latest flick "Dasavatharam," The film, to be directed by the actor himself, will be produced by Rajkamal Movies in association with Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd.
As with many of his films, speculation is ripe in Kollywood (Tamil film industry) about the story line of the new project and the film unit is tightlipped.

While one theory is that it is a children's film where the actor dons the role of a guide, another predicts that the movie is a remake of the Val Kilmer-starrer "The Saint", where the Hollywood star donned multiple roles.

The actor is known for his penchant for multiple roles, as he did in "Michael Madana Kama Rajan" and "Dasavatharam".

It is also speculated that it will be competition for the multi-crore Rajni-starrer "Robot".

Kamal Hassan has already donned the role of director in his critically-acclaimed "Hey Ram," a plot intertwining pre and post-Independence India, "Virumaandi" and "Mumbai Express." With the actor sporting a thick beard and film stills showing him with long, untidy hair and wearing classic battle robes, rumour has it that `Marmayogi' could be a remake of Mel Gibson's "Braveheart".

Yet to go public on his project, all Kamal Hassan had to say was that he would make the official cut soon, and the aim was to "make a quality offering to the people."

Mamata gives alternative proposal to end Singur impasse

Singur, Aug 24 Launching the Trinamool Congress' dharna demanding return of 400 acres of land acquired for Tata Motors car project, party chief Mamata Banerjee today said the Singur impasse could be peacefully resolved by utilising an alternate low-lying land instead of the present plant site.
"There is a 500 acre low-lying land near the project site where the ancillary units can come up and the government can decide on it. If the government agrees, we will show it to them," Banerjee told a huge gathering near the Tata Motors plant here.

The Trinamool-run panchayat bodies would be informed about this land and they would be involved in the process, she said, rejecting West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's proposal yesterday that the government was ready with a package and wanted talks on it.

"That is an old proposition. That will not solve the problem," the TC chief told PTI when asked.

The proposed land was lying with CPI(M)-backed promoters, she claimed.

However, if the land was not used for the vendor park, the party-controlled panchayat would not allow construction of multi-storey buildings there, she warned.

Mamata repeatedly appealed to party workers to peacefully conduct the dharna and said her party did not want the Tatas to leave, but to restrict its small car factory at Singur to 600 acre.

She said that in their letter to her the Tatas had stated that they required 600 acre for the small car project. "Please don't change your stand every day

Will BMW race ahead of Mercedes in India?

Not too long ago, Peter Kronschnabl was ensconced in Munich, Germany, working as a general manager with luxury car maker BMW.

Entrusted with market development in the Asia-Pacific, Africa and central and east Europe, his job was to evaluate markets where BMW had the potential to set up its own subsidiary. He had already done Poland and Hungary when India began to beep on his radar. And that changed his life.

At first, it was like any other project report -- a desk analysis in June 2004 followed by two weeks of field analysis in September that involved meeting industrialists, consultants, potential buyers and long stretches of road travel.

At the end of it, Kronschnabl submitted a very optimistic opinion of India. "I gathered that everybody in India was on the move. The people were eager to achieve and open-minded. I could feel the drive of the country," he says.

In the normal course, he would be done by that stage and head to his post in Munich. But the BMW bosses decided to add a twist to the plot and asked Kronschnabl to make good his own report.

"A project like that. . . India is BMW's most strategic project globally. . . You do the entire groundwork and entry. . . you can prove in reality that the strategy was right."

He proved that so quickly that he surprised himself. Unmarried, Kronschnabl moved to India in August 2006 as country head and president and ignited operations in January of next year.