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'Avengers: Infinity War'

INSIDE Myra Sareen

to play Lakshmi Parvathi

Riya Sen

sizzles in two piece bikini

Pawan Kalyan

rejects CM chair

Rajamouli's

Vision 2020

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Akhil's

V Sentiment

is the Talk of Town!

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kkineni Akhil, the younger son of King Nagarjuna, made his debut as a hero with Akhil:The Power of Jua, unfortunately the movie was turned out commercially flop at the box office. But he received lot of applause for his awesome dance moves.

Later he teamed up with Vikram Kumar of Manam and 24 fame for Hello in which he shared the screen space with Kalyani Priyadasrhan. Akhil was highly appreciated for his performance and the film became a profitable venture for the producers. It seems

that the actor is picking up his directors as per V sentiments. The initial of the names of directors with whom Akhil teamed up so far is 'V'. That's something common among all the three filmmakers (VV Vinayak, Vikram Kumar, Venky Atluri). It is known news that he has joined hands with Venky Atluri who is basking in the glory of his previous offering Tholi Prema starring Varun Tej and Raashi Khanna. Akhil’s film with Venky Atluri will be produced by BVSN Prasad. The film is likely to go on floors later this year.

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akshmi's NTR- a biopic on legendary Telugu actor-turned-politician Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) was announced

by Controversial filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma some time back but there is no clarity on this project right now. It is heard that the producer of this upcoming biopic has been changed and the makers have also finalized the actress who will play Lakshmi Parvathi in this upcoming drama. Ram Gopal Varma has introduced many new faces with his films and recently he brought a new girl Myra Sareen for his film ‘Officer’ in which Akkineni Nagarjuna is playing the lead role.

The sources close to RGV reveal that Varma has finalized Myra Sareen to play the role of Lakshmi Parvathi in Lakshmi’s NTR. The director is confident that Myra will pull off the role. The first look poster of Lakshmi's NTR has been already released last year that went viral. Varma has decided that instead of making the biopic from the perspective of NTR, he will narrate it from the standpoint of his wife Lakshmi Parvathi.

Rana joins ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ B

aahubali and Ghazi fame Rana Daggbati has lent his voice to the character of Thanos for the Telugu version of Hollywood film Avengers: Infinity War. The movie is jointly directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, and produced by Kevin Feige. The movie starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth . The film is releasing in India in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on 27th April. Nene Raju Nene Mantri star Rana Said, “I’ve grown up reading Marvel Comics and Marvel movies with their intricately woven storylines. It is fascinating to see how Marvel has created characters and stories that resonate so well with audiences across the globe, making movies at a scale that one had never before imagined.”He further said, “Characters such as Iron Man and Captain America have been my favourites. So, dubbing for Avengers: Infinity War is such a thrill. Lending my vice to Thanos, a villian so poweful that some of the biggest superhearoes have a tough time dealing with him is an exciting experience.”

On the otherside, currently the actor is busy in his upcoming film ‘Haathi Mere Sathi’.

Directed by Prabhu Solomon, Haathi Mere Saathi is a bilingual in Telugu and Hindi, and will be dubbed into Tamil as well. The film will be shot majorly in interiors of forests.

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amantha and Naga Chaitanya, they are not just adorable but one of the most popular couple down south. After their wedding, #ChaySam gave preference to work for a couple of weeks. Samantha participated in the promotional activities of her Raju Gari gadhi 2 in which King Nagarjuna played the lead role. Later they went to London for Honeymoon. Now once again Akkineni Couple are in USA for their second honeymoon. They are chilling

out in Miami beach and also taking part in music concerts. Samantha shared few pics on her Instagram. In one pic, Samantha is seen wearing a Beatles jacket and chilling out at Ultra Music Festival which took place in Miami. After coming back from USA, Naga Chaitanya will join the sets of his next upcoming film in the direction of Maruthi.

Samantha has already wrapped up the shoot of Mahanati, the biopic on legendary actress Savitri.

Samantha and Chaitu

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t is known news that young actor Nithiin is now coming up to entertain the audience with his landmark film Chal Mohan Ranga, which is helmed by Krishna Chaitanya of Rowdy Fellow fame and jointly produced

by Trivikram Srinivas, Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Nithiin’s home production Sresth Movies by his father Sudhakar Reddy. Lie actress Megha Akash is playing the female lead. The makers of Chal Mohan Ranga organized the pre release event on 25th March in Hyderabad. Jana Sena President and actor Power Star Pawan Kalyan made his fans merry gracing the event as a chief guest. But Trivikram Srinivas who was supposed to attend pre-release function of his A..Aa actor Nithin’s latest flick Chal Mohan Ranga, skipped the event for unknown reasons.

It is known news that Trivikram Srinivas who is known as one of the talented and creative film maker in Telugu Film Industry, teamed up with Pawan Kalyan third time for Agnyaathavaasi, which ended up as disaster at the box office. The director was blamed for the disaster result. Post release of Agnyaathavaasi, Trivikram Srinivas avoided media and even stopped coming out for any movie related events. The sources say that he is not fully prepared to face public for now since he is unable to overcome the grief.

WHY TRIVIKRAM SKIPPED

Chal Mohan Ranga Pre-release event?

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rabhas Raju Uppalapati, aka Prabhas, became a household name after the phenomenal worldwide success of SS Rajamouli's 'Baahubali' franchise. Number of top film makers want to make a film with him. Recently the talented and creative film maker Sukumar expressed his desire to helm a megaphone for Prabhas. During the media interaction, the film maker said, "I am planning to make a movie with Prabhas, Stylish Star Allu Arjun and a multistarrer in future. Hopefully, I will be able to achieve all these goals in coming days."

Born in 1979, the 6”2 actor Prabhas has turned into a force to reckon with, thanks to SS Rajamouli's Baahubali. Prabhas made his debut in 2002 with Eeshwar but Varsham made him a 'darling' to his fans and earned him a huge following. Another film which cemented his place in Tollywood as an action hero was SS Rajamouli's Chatrapathi in 2005. Prabhas is known for his swag and that's what his fans got in Yogi, Munna and Bujjigadu. The biggest turning point in actor’s career, much before Baahubali happened to him, was Koratala Siva's directorial venture Mirchi which

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released in 2013. The film maker Sukumar is known for giving softer makeovers and different looks to actors. It would be very interesting to see Prabhas in a Sukumar film, isn't it?

Saranya to play YS Vijayamma In

YSR Biopic 'Yatra'

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aranya Ponvannan, one of the popular South Indian actress who has been the part of several hit movies like Manam, Raghuvaran B Tech, Brahmotsavam, has been approached to play the important role in the upcoming biopic ‘Yatra’. Recently Mahi V Raghava of Anando Brahma fame, announced that he is going to make a biopic on late Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekhar Reddy. Saranya will be seen essaying Y S Rajasekhar Reddy's wife Y S Vijayamma on the screen. She has made her mark as the Amma of Kollywood, predominantly playing mother roles with élan. The sources close to the makers say that Saranya looks similar to Y S Vijayamma and she is the perfect choice for playing YSR’s wife. Earlier the makers wanted to rope Radhika Sharath Kumar but the things did not materialize and later they finalized Saranya. Malayalam Megastar Mammootty is playing Y S Rajasekhar Reddy in the film, which will be produced by 70 MM entertainments banner. On the other-side, currently Saranya is busy in her upcoming

Tamil film CoCo and Malayalam film Oru Kuprasidha Payyan which are in different production stage.

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Prabhas

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engali beauty Riya Sen, the daughter of Munmun Sen, who has been missing for a long time from the big screen, is back once again. The hottie shared her bold pic on Instagram which are too hot to handle! She is 37. Her pic has proved that age is just a number. The actress seems to be aging backwards, as she is at her fittest best. The Jhankaar Beats actress has been posting several pictures of photoshoots

and more on her Instagram page. One amongst them that caught our attention immediately was this black swimsuit where Riya is seen flaunting her svelte frame.

Riya Sen is popular for the web-series, Alt Balaji’s erotic-horror franchise Ragini MMS 2.0 which featured Karishma Sharma, Siddharth Gupta, Nishant Malkani in lead roles. Riya Sen was seen in Bollywood movies like, ‘Style’, ‘Apna Sapna Money Money’ and ‘Paying Guest’ among others.

Riya Sen

sizzles IN TWO PIECE BIKINI

Disco Raja

ass Maharaja Ravi Teja made his strong comeback in Telugu film Industry after a short break with Raja The Great, which was decent hit at the box office and later he was seen in Touch Chesi Chudu, which was just average. Currently the actor is on signing spree. He is busy in upcoming film ‘Nela Ticket’. The massy family entertainer is being helmed by Kalyan Krishna Kurasala, who is popular for delivering Soggade Chinni Nayana with Akkineni Nagarjuna and Rarandoyi Veduka Chuddam with Naga Chaitanya. Malvika Sharma is playing the female lead in the film, being produced by Ram Talluri under SRT Entertainments banner. The 75% of the film shoot has been already wrapped up. The Bengal Tiger actor has also started his next movie Amar Akbar Antony in the direction of Srinu Vaitla. According to the latest buzz, Kick star has also agreed to act in the direction of VI Anand who is popular for Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada, and Okka Kshanam. The sources say that the movie is said to be Disco Raja. It will be produced by Nela Ticket producer too. The regular shoot is expected to commence from

June and the makers are planning to release it early next year.

Arjun Reddy’s

live-in relation with a ghost

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he fans are eagerly waiting for the next film of young and energetic hero Vijay Devarakonda who has achieved wonderful

craze with 'Arjun Reddy', directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. Currently he is busy in upcoming horror thriller ‘ Taxiwala’, in which he will be seen in different avatar.

There is a good buzz on his new film in the film industry as Vijay is enjoying superb craze among the youth. According to the latest update, in Taxiwala, Vijay will be seen living with a ghost in his taxi cab. Malavika Nair and Priyanka Jawalkar are playing the female leads in the film, directed by Rahul Sankrityayan and produced under UV Creations and Geetha Arts2 banner.

Recently during the media interaction, the producer said, the story will reach all sections of the audience and Vijay’s performance and dialogue diction will surprise everyone.

Pawan Kalyan rejects CM chair

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uperstar Mahesh Babu’s upcoming political drama ‘Bharat Ane Nenu’ is gearing up for grand release in May. The team is very confident on the content and the performance of Mahesh. Now one interesting update came from the writer of this movie. Srihari Nanu who is the writer of BAN revealed, after watching Pawan forming Janasena in 2014, he wrote a subject keeping Pawan Kalyan in mind and how it will be if Pawan becomes Chief Minister for the state. Srihari said that he narrated the storyline of BAN to Pawan but he did not agree to play the role of Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He liked the subject but said that it would send wrong

signals to people that he is floating party for the sake of power. So he rejected the offer. Koratala Siva who wrote stories by himself for all 3 movies earlier, now bought the story from Srihari Nanu for his 4th movie BAN in which Mahesh is essaying the role of CM and Bollywood beauty Kiara Advani is essaying Mahesh PA. Earlier during an interview, Puri Jagannadh also revealed that Idiot, Amma Naanna O Tamil Ammayi and Pokiri were all written for Pawan but he rejected.

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tylish Star Allu Arjun’s Naa Peru Surya Naa Illu India is scheduled to hit the theaters on 4th May and the entire team is gearing up to meet this deadline. Earlier the movie was to release on 27th April but later the makers postponed the release to avoid the clash with Superstar Rajinkanth Kaala and Mahesh Babu’s Bharat Ane Nenu. It is known news that Naa Peru Surya will also be released in Malayalam and the teaser of its Malayalam version has been already released. The latest buzz about the film is that its Tamil version will be released simultaneously. Titled En Per Surya En Naadu India, the film will hit the marquee on 4th May. Bunny will be dubbing for the Tamil version. Incidentally, the star was born and brought up in Chennai, which makes him

proficient in Tamil. Directed by ace writer Vakkantham Vamsi, Bunny will be seen essaying soldier. Apart from the lead pair, the film has others stars like Arjun Sarja, R Sarathkumar and Thakur Anoop Singh in pivotal roles. It is being bankrolled by Sirisha Lagadapati, Sridhar Lagadapati, Bunny Vasu, Sushil Choudhary and K Nagendra Babu under the banner Ramalakshmi Cine Creations. Vishal-Shekhar are rendering the tune. It seems that the actor is paving way for himself to come up with a proper bilingual in the near future. Mahesh Babu did the same before ‘Spyder’, directed by AR Murugadoss but unfortunately the movie was dud at the box office. Kollywood is a much bigger market compared to Mollywood. Now Bunny has to prove his star Power in Kollywood.

Anushka Manchanda

flaunts her

sexy figure

nushka Manchanda, who is one of the hottest singers in the entertainment industry, shared her bold pic on Instagram which grabbed several eyeballs. She captioned it, “Balancing my posts, if you know what I mean..Check my previous post for a cartoon video with more sexy human stuff..then come back here and write to me about it.” Coming on the pic, Anushka is seen in two piece bikini.

She came to prominence as a member of the Indipop girl group ‘Viva’ and since then, she has been crooning for many popular numbers in Tamil, Telugu as well as Bollywood movies She has lent her voice for several Telugu songs for hit movies like Athidi, Super, Kick, Rowdy Fellows and others. Anushka is very much active on social media and has a huge fan-following. She is one of India's wildest celebrities.

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win him a spot in Tamil filmdom?

Nandita Swetha Mehreen Pirzada

to romance

to romance

Raj Tarun Naga Shaurya

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WILL ALLU ARJUN STAR POWER

t is known news that young actor Raj Tarun delivered superhit movie ‘Kumari 21 F’ , directed by Palnati Surya Pratap, in which he shared the screen space with Heebah Patel. Now once again, both the actor and director have joined hands for an upcoming breezy entertainer, which is in pre-production stage. Ram Talluri who is currently busy in his production venture Nela Ticket starring Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja, is bankrolling this upcoming flick.

The project will go on the floors in the month of April.

According to the latest update, the makers are planning to bring Nandita Swetha on the board to play the female lead. The talk has been already initiated but nothing is yet finalized. If everything will go accordingly, she will be seen sharing the screen space with Raj Tarun. Nandita Swetha is a well known face for Telugu audiences as she has acted in Telugu movie Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada, in which Nikhil Siddharth played the lead role. Currently she is busy in her upcoming Tamil projects Idam Porul Yaeval and Nenjam Marappathillai, which are in post production stage.

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oung actor Naga Shaurya who is basking in the glory of his previous offering Chalo, is very excited and will be seen in his upcoming film ‘Nartanashala’, which has been launched in Amaravati on the occasion of Ugadi. According to the latest update, the regular shoot will commence from 12th April. Currently the movie is in pre production stage. It will be directed by debutant Srinivas Chakravarthy, a protégé of Krishna Vamsi, and will be bankrolled by Shaurya’s home banner IRA Creations. According to the latest update, Punjabi Kudi Mehreen Kaur Pirzada has been approached to play the female lead. The sources say that the talk has been initiated but she did not sign the project yet. It is heard that Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha fame actress has quoted nearly 90 Lakh and an amount of 20,000 for daily expenses, including her assistants and outfits. If everything will go accordingly, Mehreen will be seen sharing the screen space with Naga Shaurya in this upcoming drama.

Real test for

Tollywood and Prabhas

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ndian blockbuster Baahubali 2: The Conclusion starring Young Rebel star Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannah Bhatia, Abushka Shetty and Ramya Krishna, is set to be released in China in the coming months. The historic and war drama, directed by SS Rajamouli, is to be released by EStars Media, which previously handled 'Baahubali: The Beginning,' in China. Baahubali 2 has now cleared the censorship process, but does not yet have a settled release date. Bollywood films like Aamir Khan’s Dangal and Secret Superstar have performed well at the Chinese box

office boosting the total lifetime collection of the films. The latest one to join the squad of Bollywood blockbuster films in China is Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Baahubali 2 earned Rs 1600 Cr at the Worldwide box office and Aamir Khan’s Dangal stands at Rs. 2012 Cr including revenue from China’s release. Baahubali: The Beginning that was released on 22nd June in China in record number of theaters, opened to decent openings in the first weekend but it didn't draw any audience further and ended up as a loser for the distributor. The first installment of Baahubali had earned $123 million total

at the Chinese box office. In the domestic market, Baahubali 2 has surpassed Aamir Film and created a record. Now the real test is going to be started for Baahubali 2.

Let’s wait and see whether Baahubali 2 , The Pride of Telugu Film Industry, will come India’s No. 1 film.

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andamuri Balakrishna who was last seen in hit movie Jai Simha, is all set to commence the shoot of his next upcoming film, the biopic of his father and legendary actor Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, the later Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh, in the direction of Teja who is basking in the glory of his previous offering Nene Raju Nene Mantri starring Rana Daggubati and Kajal Aggarwal. The film has been titled as ‘NTR’. According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, Balayya is keen on remaking Kannada blockbuster film Mufti, which was released in 2017. Mufti, neo-noir action crime thriller film directed by Narthan, and produced

by Jayanna Combines, in which Shiva Rajkumar played the lead role. The film is all about the story of a police Officer, played by Sriimurali, who tracks down and confronts an underworld boss, played by Shiva Rajkumar. Earlier Shiva Rajkumar and Balayya Babu have shared the screen space in Krish’s directorial venture Gautamiputra Satakarni. Balakrishna is expected to watch Mufti after NTR’s launch to decide on remaking the film in Telugu.

Recently Balayya was seen essaying the role of gangster in Puri Jagannadh’s Paisa Vassol. If everything will go accordingly, once again he will be seen essaying the role of gangster.

VARUN TEJ’S two shades in

Sagar Chandra film

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arun Tej who is basking in the glory of his previous offering Fidaa and Tholi Prema, has joined hands with Sagar Chandra for his next upcoming project.

Sagar Chandra, who has made socially thought-provoking films like Ayyare and Appatlo Okadundevaadu, recently narrated a script to Varun Tej and the actor who is impressed with the narration has given nod. The upcoming entertainer will be bankrolled by Ram Achanta and Gopi Achanta under 14 Reels Plus banner. According to a source, the film is deemed to be an action-packed love story.

The sources say that Varan Tej’s character will have two shades in the film- as an action hero and a lover boy. As the movie also has an intense flashback sequence, Kanche actor Varun will be going for a rugged makeover for it. The regular shoot is expected to commence from August. On the otherside, Varun Tej will be next seen in Ghazi fame Sankalp Reddy’s upcoming directorial venture, in which he is essaying astronaut. The director is currently giving final touches to the script and the team is also in the process of finalizing the rest of the cast and crew

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Amy Jackson GIVES OVERDOSE OF B

hotness

ritish Bombshell Amy Jackson who has given sleepless nights to youngsters, has posted another bikini photograph on her Instagram and captioned it ,”Overdue.”

Coming on the pic, she is seen in red swimsuit and reveals the sexy backside of her body. The pic is taken in Morocco. She looks stunning and proves that she truly is a beauty queen. The Villain actress Amy Jackson is beyond any doubt one of the most talented and popular ladies in Southern cinema today. In just a few years, the hot

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arlier it was heard that Bubbly actress Raashi Khanna who has appeared in several commercially hit movies like Supreme, Jai Lava Kusa and Tholi Prema, was in the relationship with Naga Shaurya but later she refuted the rumours. In the past couple of months, speculations spread thick and fast that the bubbly beauty was in a relationship with ace Indian bowler, Jasprit Bumrah. Earlier Raashi also said, she likes cricket a lot and doesn’t miss any match of Indian cricket team. Raashi also confessed that she watches cricket matches only to see Jasprit Bumrah's bowling. Even on Twitter, Raashi was also seen praising Bumrah for his bowling. But recently when Raashi Khanna was asked about the same in a chat show, she had a straightforward answer, “I don't know who he is.” She further said, “I know that Bumrah is an Indian cricketer, that's it. There is nothing beyond that. I don't know him personally and I have even never met him yet. There is no truth in it. “ On the workside, Raashi will be next seen in Shaitan Ka Bachcha, Imaikkaa Nodigal, Adanga Maru and Srinivasa Kalyanam.

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t is known news that Nara Rohit is going to essay the role of speech impaired person in his upcoming film ‘Shabdham’, in the direction of PB Manjunath of ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ fame. ‘Silence is his weapon’ is the caption. The movie has been already launched in Amaravati on the occasion of Ugadi. It is produced by Atluri Narayana Rao under the banner of Sri Vaishnavi.

According to the latest buzz in the film industry, the makers are planning to bring

Nivetha Thomas on the board to play the female lead. The talk has been initiated and if everything will go accordingly, Nivetha will be seen playing the love interest of Nara Rohit. Surprisingly, the 22 years old actress Nivetha, after appearing in two much talked about movies last year - Ninnu Kori starring Natural Star Nani and Jai Lava Kusa starring Young Tiger Jr.NTR, has not signed any Telugu movie

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diva has carved a niche for herself thanks to her charming personality, and sincere performances. On the work front, Amy will be next seen in Shankar’s 2.0 in which Superstar Rajinkanth is playing the lead role whereas Akshay Kumar will be seen in the role of antagonist. As far as The Villain is concerned, it is one of the biggest Kannada movies of recent times, directed by Prem. In it, she will be seen sharing the screen space with superstar Sudeep and the legendary Shiva Rajkumar.

Rajamouli’s

Vision 2020

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t is known news that SS Rajamouli, who took the Indian cinema to greater heights with his Baahubali starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamannah Bhatia, is all set to direct the two biggest stars in the Telugu film industry – Ram Charan Teja and Jr NTR. It is heard that the upcoming multistarrer will be made on the lavish budget of Rs 100 Cr. Now the release date of this upcoming untitled film has also been fixed. As per our sources, this multi-starrer will only be released in early

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f ongoing buzz in media and film Industry is to be believed, Bollywood beauty Vidya Balan has been approached to play the role of NTR’ wife Basavatarakam, in the upcoming biopic of Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, the late Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, in the direction of Teja. Nandamuri Balakrishna is essaying the role of his father and legendary actor NT Rama Rao. The sources say that Vidya Balan has shown an interest to play Basavatharakam’s role but

Top actress

to play

NTR’s wife?

it is not yet confirmed. It is heard that the makers have met her once and explained the character. She has expressed few doubts and the makers are addressing those. If Vidya Balan gives the green signal for this film, it will be her debut down South.

2020. Recently Rajamouli completed the test/Photo shoot on both the stars- Cherry and Tarak. The regular shoot is expected from this September. The sources say that Rajamouli needs a year to complete the production and another six months to finish the post-production work. Considering all aspects, the makers are planning to release the film in 2020. According to the latest buzz, the big launch of this movie will be held this summer.

ALLU ARJUN’S SON

turns

Rangasthalam’s

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t is known news that Ram Charan plays the role of Chitti Babu in village drama Rangasthalam, directed by Sukumar. And now, one of the cutest mega fans is doing a Chittibabu act and he is none other than Stylish Star Allu Arjun's son Allu Ayaan.

Dressed in lungi and a towel around his neck Ayaan looks like his favourite mama Charan. Recently Bunny shared the pic of his son as Chitti Babu on Instagram and captioned it, “Rangamma mangamma em pillodu! Hard Core Charan Mama Fan . Chewing my head everyday to play #rangasthalam songs . Yenta sakka gunaav Bey .” On the otherside, Allu Arjun is busy in the shoot of his upcoming film Naa Peru

Surya. Anu Emmanuel is playing the female lead. Directed by Vakkantham Vamsi and produced by Sirisha and Sridhar Lagadapati under the Ramalakshmi Cine Creations banner.

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evansh, the son of Nara Lokesh and Brahmani, celebrated his third birthday recently in a very grand manner. The kid's grandfather Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu and Lokesh's uncle Nandamuri Balakrishna threw a grand party and invited lot of celebrities.

Though Superstar Mahesh Babu and Mega hero Ram Charan weren't able to make it to the celebrations, but their respective wives Namrata and Upasana were in attendance with their kids. Mega daughterin-law, Upasana, who is active on social

media shared two pics from the event. And one of the photos has turned out favourite of the fans of both the Telugu stars-Ram Charan and Mahesh Babu. Coming on the pic, Upasana is seen along with Mahesh Babu and Namrata’s daughter Sitara. She also captioned the picture - "With my bestie Sitara." On the workside, Mahesh Babu will be seen in Political drama Bharat Ane Nenu, directed by Srimanthudu fame Koratala Siva.

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Bhumika Chawla TO TURN

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GHOST

humika Chawla, who made her come back in Telugu Film Industry with Natural Star Nani and Sai Pallavi starrer MCA aka Middle Class Abbayi, is said to be playing a crucial role in the bilingual remake of 2016 film U Turn. Samantha is playing the female lead in this remake, which is being helmed

by Pawan Kumar. The yet-to-be-titled film is being shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu. The shooting is progressing at a brisk pace and the makers are planning

to wrap up the entire shoot of the film by May. Apart from Samantha, the film has Aadhi playing the role of a cop and Rahul Ravindran essaying Samantha's boyfriend.

According to the latest update, Bhumika will be seen essaying the role of ghost. In the original version, Radhika Chetan has played the role of a ghost. The film will have cinematography by Yuddham Sharanamfame Niketh Bommi.

Malvika Sharma

TO ROMANCE WITH

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esteryear actress Lissy who will be next seen in Nithiin and Megha Akash's film, directed by Chaitanya Krishna, is flooding with offer. But the actress is very choosy about her roles. According to the latest update, she has signed another Telugu project, the remake of Bollywood hit movie 2 States in which Adivi Sesh and Dr Rajasekhar’s daughter Shivani are playing the lead role. Recently it was reported that Bhagyashree is making a comeback in

Tollywood after two decades with the Telugu remake of 2 States. In its original Hindi version, Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt played the lead role. Bhagyashree will be reprising Revathy's role from the original movie. Rajat Kapoor - known for starring and directing critically acclaimed movies such as Ankhon Dekhi will also be seen playing important role. It is heard that he will play Swaminathan, father of Shivani and Bhagyashree’s husband. The movie will be directed by debutant Venkat Reddy. 2 States was adapted for the big screen from Chetan Bhagat's 2009 novel of the same name.

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alvika Sharma is making her Telugu debut with Nela Ticket in which Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja is playing the lead role.

Recently on the occasion of Ugadi, the makers released the first look poster of the film that features Mass Maharaja in a massy pose with a tea glass in one hand and giving a pose with another hand. Now according to the latest update, Malvika Sharma has already signed another flick. She has been

roped in an upcoming film which will be helmed by Praveen Sattaru of PSV Garuda fame and bankrolled by Anand Prasad of Bhavya Creations. Ram Pothineni is playing the lead role. Recently Praveen Sattaru met Ram and narrated the script. The actor who is very impressed with the narration, has given the nod. Currently he is busy in a film helmed by Trinadha Rao Nakkina and after wrapping up the shoot of this film, he will join the sets of Praveen.

Venkatesh and NagaMama-Alludu Chaitanya Again to play

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enkatesh Daggubati and Akkineni Naga Chaitanya have worked together in romantic entertainer Premam, directed by Chandoo Mondeti of Karthikeya fame, which was hit at the box office. Venky made his screen presence as DCP K. Ramachandra and played the role of Chaitu’s uncle. Now there is a good news for Akkineni and Daggubati fans. Once again both the stars will be seen sharing the screen space in

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an upcoming film, which will be helmed

by Sardaar Gabbar Singh and Jai Lava Kusa’s helmer KS Ravindra alias Bobby.

The sources close to the film unit reveal that both Venky and Chaitu are playing full length Mama- Alludu in this film. The movie will go on the floors in August. On the otherside, Venkatesh will be seen in Aata Naade Veta Naade in the direction of Teja whereas Chay is busy in his upcoming projects Savyasachi and Sailaja Reddy Alludu.

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Gorantla Satyam Film journalist