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Roja joins Congress?

Veteran South Indian actress and Telugu Desam Party Mahila president Roja visited Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy at his camp office in Hyderabad on Sunday and presented him with a bouquet. This is being rumoured to be a symbol of switching her loyalties to the Congress.

Former TTD Chairman B. Karunakara Reddy accompanied Roja during the 20-minute meeting which came less than a fortnight after she stoutly denied the Chief Minister’s remark that she had expressed willingness to join the Congress.

The actress said that she was yet to take a decision on joining the Congress, but indicated it was only a matter of time when she said, "I have no objection to work under a leader (Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy) who cares about his followers and will not leave them when they are in distress."

The actress claimed that she had met the Chief Minister to compliment him for bringing the NTPC-BHEL joint venture to Chittoor district and also dismissed reports that she had decided to quit the TDP as she was not given a prominent post. Roja had been keeping herself away from the TDP party affairs for some time now and her brothers were said to have convinced her to join the Congress.

I didn’t know Imtiaz made me an offer: Mamta

Rumours abound that Charmee has replaced Mamta Mohandas in a Malayalam film with Dileep in the lead role,

after Mamta was diagnosed with
swine flu. “It’s true that I had to back out of the film because I’ve not been well,”
says Mamta, adding, “but I don’t have swine flu. I had a lump on my chest and had to have surgery,” she says.

Mamta is now on post-surgery medication, and won’t be shooting until mid-September. “I was keen to work in a Malayalam film. But my doctor has warned me against travelling because it could expose me to infection,” she explains.

There were also reports that Mamta was citing her illness as an excuse to avoid doing films in the south while she plans her Bollywood entry. “It’s all false. I’ll start shooting for a Telugu film with Nagarjuna sometime in September,” she clarifies.

She also has a list of directors she’d love to work with. “My list includes Priyadarshan, Vishal Bhardwaj, Karan Johar and Imtiaz Ali, among others. It is a long wish-list,” she says.

So is it true that Imtiaz, who was completely taken with her portfolio, has offered her a film? “I’ve no clue how my portfolio reached him and know nothing about him making me an offer,” Mamta says. However, she’s not ruling out B-town. “In fact, I’m starting a Bollywood film next year, but I don’t want to disclose the details,” she says.

Bollywood’s not a bad place for southern heroines, she adds. “It’s a means of reaching out to a wider audience. We have the talent for it,” she says.

Director Anwar Rasheed injured in attack

A five-member gang who attacked director Anwar Rasheed and his mother Jari Rasheed, is in police custody. The incident happened last night at his family house in Kalluvathukkal.

Both the injured have been admitted at a private hospital here. The goons attacked him as he questioned them for playing cards and having liquor at the premises of his house. Anwar?s mother was attacked when she intervened in the incident.

Anwar had directed films like Rajamanikyam, Annan Thampi etc.