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SRIDEVI:

From Child Star to RNI NO: APENG/2013/53571

Superstar

INSIDE Pooja Hegde

turns Brahmin

Ameesha Patel rocks bikini look

Kajal Aggarwal now becomes an aunty

Krish’s

next Aham Brahmasmi with Star hero

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Nikhil:

I’ve already got married thrice

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irrak Party, a campus rom-com, the Telugu remake of the Kannada blockbuster Kirik Party, in which Nikhil Siddharth is playing the lead role, is scheduled to hit the theaters during Summer. The film, set in the engineering college backdrop, is helmed by debutant director Sharan Koppishetty and bankrolled by AK Entertainments. The young and energetic actor is basking in the back-to-back success of his films at the box office. His fantasy-thriller Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada was a big hit and he continued his success streak with crime thriller Keshava. The actor attended an interview recently and opened up about his wedding.

Recently it was heard that, Nikhil would enter wedlock with Tejaswini, the daughter of businessman Anjaneyulu Yadav. Later it came out that his marriage was called off as the 'jatakalu' (horoscopes) of Nikhil and the girl did not match. Agitated by these rumors, Nikhil chuckled at the question on his wedding saying “Thanks to media, I’ve already got married thrice”. The actor further said, “I don't want to get married right now, I am doing well in my career and have a slew of good films in my kitty.” He also assured that he wouldn’t marry in secret but would have a grand wedding with everyone invited when the time comes.

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ooja Hegde who grabbed several eyeballs as she made her screen presence in bikini avatar in Stylish Star Allu Arjun starrer Duvvada Jagannadham aka DJ, is currently romancing with Bellamkond Sai Sreenivas in upcoming film Sakshyam in the direction of Sriwass. Apart from the lead pair, the film has R. Sarathkumar and Meena in supporting role. Mukunda and Mohenjo Daro actress Pooja Hegde does not shy away from challenging roles. Be it playing a girl next door in Oka Laila Kosam or a glam diva in Duvvada Jagannadham, the actress can pull off any role with great elan.

According to the latest update, Pooja will be seen playing Brahmin girl in Sakshyam. The film features Pooja as a middle class Brahmin girl from a traditional and conservative family. The makers are confident that she will do full justice to it.

Her outfits in the movie are also going to be the highlight of the film. Neeta Lulla is designing her costumes in the movie. On the otherside, Pooja Hegde is also starring against Superstar Mahesh Babu in Vamsi Paidipally's direction and also pairing up with Young Tiger Jr.NTR in Trivikram Srinivas's directorial venture .

Bharat Ane Nenu

in reshoot mode! ‘

Reshoots’ is a dirty word in entertainment industry, often used as an indicator of a disastrous film production. But the truth of the matter is, reshoots can be a good thing. In reality, though, almost all movies undergo a period of reshoots. The reaction from test audiences often helps movie makers to spot little ways of improving a movie. The director can improve the movie with addition and deletion of the scenes. For the most part, these reshoots aren’t noticed upon the release of a movie because they blend in well with the rest of the film, and sometimes a new shot can dramatically improve a movie. This time Koratala Siva is going to reshoot because his hero asked for changes.

According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, Superstar Mahesh Babu watched the total first cut of his upcoming political drama Bharat Ane Nenu without dubbing and soundtracks done. Spyder star felt that there is need of trimming in the second half of the film and also some addition. So he asked Srimanthudu and Mirchi director to reshoot certain scenes. It is also heard that Mahesh is very happy as the political confrontations scenes and action sequences have come out very well. The actor is said to have expressed his concerns with the romantic track involving MS Dhoni fame actress Kiara Advani.

Now Koratala Siva is said to have rewritten those scenes.

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ass Maharaja Ravi Teja came up with Raja The Great after a gap but finally entertained the audiences. The actor who was last seen in Touch Chesi Chudu, is currently busy in his next upcoming movie Nela Ticket, which is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Kalyan Krishna. Ravi Teja is one of the energetic actor who is popular for his mass avatar.

He always tries to impress his fans and movie lovers by his stunts. According to

the latest update, Ravi Teja has injured himself while performing a stunt on a sports bike. In rehearsals, he has completed monowheeling stunt on a sports bike successfully but while taking the shot, he lost control and injured himself. On the same film sets, the new heroine, Malavika Sharma also got injured before. After wrapping up the shoot of Nela Ticket, Ravi Teja will join the sets of Srinu Vaitla’s film, which is tentatively titled ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’.

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f there’s a director whose scripts are tailormade to suit the stars, it’s KS Ravikumar. Behind some of the biggest blockbusters including Narasimha, Muthu, Bhamane Sathya Bhamane, Sneham Kosam, Yagnam, Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham, Dasavatharam, his ability to weave an actor’s persona into the script has ensured him a strong footing in the film industry across Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. But the creative and talented director failed to score a hit with Nithiin, Tanish and even Nandamuri Balakrishna.

Recently Jai Simha director KS Ravikumar attended an interview. He started off the interview, by lighting up a cigarette and asked the interviewer to continue while he smokes. He also revealed his love story.

He said, “I was in the relationship with a popular TV host but she left me for another guy and married happily.” He further added, "She was a prostitute and I realized it only after falling in love with her. She used me only for money and I can tell her name, if you can play it. ” Now, everyone is to know the name of the TV host. KS RaviKumar also welcomed Jana Sena President and

actor Power Star Pawan Kalyan's decision to enter into politics. According to him, Balayya is the only actor who can compete with Superstar Rajnikanth in charm onscreen.

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inally Victory Venkatesh got his lady love. It is known news that Venkatesh is going to play the lead role in Teja’s upcoming directorial venture. Earlier the makers wanted to rope Cheliyaa/Kaatru Veliyidai actress Aditi Rao Hydari to play the female lead role in this upcoming to be launched movie but the actress said no to the makers. Currently Aditi Rao is basking in the glory of her recently released movie 'Padmaavat' starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, directed

by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, where she played the role of Meherunnisa. Now according to

Shriya Saran in Venkatesh and Teja’s film

KS RAVIKUMAR:

She was a Prostitute

SHOCKING COINCIDENCE

BETWEEN SRIDEVI AND MONA’S DEATH! V eteran Bollywood actor and Padma Shri awardee Sridevi, who had an illustrious career spanning over four decades, passed away on 24th February.

She was 54. Sridevi, died late in the night reportedly due to cardiac arrest in Dubai.

Here is a shocking coincidence involving the death of Sridevi and Boney Kapoor's first wife, Mona Kapoor, whom he divorced to marry Sridevi. It isn’t a secret that the first female superstar of Bollywood- Sridevi had an affair with Boney Kapoor and she also got pregnant before marriage. She was accused of being a ‘home-breaker’. Sridevi was the best friend of Mona Kapoor . She was staying at Mona and Boney Kapoor’s house and used to consider Boney as her brother . It was then that the affair started and she was soon pregnant with Boney’s child. When Mona Kapoor came to know

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the latest update, Gautamiputra Satakarni fame Shriya Saran has been roped in this upcoming tentatively titled film Aata Naada Veta Naada, which will be jointly produced by Anil Sunkara and Suresh Babu. The regular shoot will be commenced very soon. It must be noted that Venkatesh Daagubati and Shriya Saran have previously acted in few films like ‘Subhash Chandra Bose’, ‘Tulasi’, and ‘Gopala Gopala’. On the otherside, currently Teja is busy in NTR biopic in which Nandamuri Balakrishna is playing the lead role.

about it, she was devastated! In 1996, Sridevi and Boney Kapoor tied the knot in temple. Boney left his first wife, Mona and kids, Arjun and Anshula. Mona Kapoor died of Cancer in March 2012, just two months before the release of her son, Arjun Kapoor's debut film, 'Ishaqzaade'. In the same way,

Sridevi also died just four months before the release of her elder daughter, Jhanvi Kapoor's debut film, Dhadak, directed by Shashank Khaitan ,which is scheduled to hit the theaters in July. Now, she will not be able to see her loving daughter Jhanvi on big screen.

JAI LAVA KUSA

Singer Neha Bhasin trolled for

her see through dress

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ot diva Ameesha Patel who made her Telugu debut with Badri in 2000, starring Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Renu Desai, shared ‘bold’ picture on social media and her followers, who like and share her pictures and posts all the time, start slut shaming her. The 42 years old actress posted a few pictures of her in a bikini, taking a dip in the pool. She got slut shamed and trolled but the level of

from back in the day to fetch some limelight and then, probably some work. Naani and Narasimhudu actress hasn’t deleted the posts, despite them being insensitive to another level and vulgar as well. Coming on the pic, the actress looked like a seductress in black swimwear. In Bollywood, Ameesha Patel is popular for Kaho Naa … Pyaar Hai (2000) with Hrithik Roshan. She later played the beautiful Pakistani in Gadar – Ek Prem Katha (2001) with Sunny Deol.

On the otherside, currently she is busy

comments were the crassest ever. Her few fans accused her of uploading her pictures

in her upcoming movies- Desi Magic and Bhaiyyaji Superhitt.

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he beautiful voice of Bollywood and Tollywood singer Neha Bhasin has always entertained us with her soulful songs, but apart from her songs she looks stunning. She entered our lives with India’s first girl pop band Viva and slowly she managed to make a niche for herself in the industry. From Kuch Khaas Hai to Dhunki to Assalam Ishkum – she’s the voice behind a lot of the music lover’s favourite chartbusters and has also contributed a great deal in the music scene down South. Neha Bhasin has also crooned for several Telugu movies like1 Nenokkadine, Dada, etc. Her soulful voice

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annada heroine, Shraddha Srinath, who is popular for ‘Operation Alamelamma’ and ‘Vikram Vedha’ has been roped in to play female lead in an upcoming project of Akkineni Nagarjuna and Natural Star Nani. Shraddha will be seen playing the love interest of Nagarjuna. The sources say that beautiful and talented actress Shraddha Srinath has given green signal to the makers. Shraddha is well known face for Telugu audience as she played cameo in Mani Ratnam’s Cheliyaa starring Karthi and Aditi Rao Hydari. She also played the female lead in U Turn, which is now being made in Telugu in which Nag’s daughter-inlaw Samantha Akkineni, the wife of Naga Chaitanya, will reprise her role. Currently the makers are in the hunt of another actress to be paired opposite Nani in this film, which will be helmed by Sriram Adittya. Nag-Nani multistarrer is Shraddha's fourth Telugu film after three small films - Hey Krishna Mukunda Murari, Ninnu Vadili Nenu Polenule and an untitled film starring, Aadi Sai Kumar.

Ameesha Patel

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nni Mukundan who has been the part of few hit Telugu movies including young Tiger Jr.NTR’s Janatha Garage and was last seen in Baahubali & Arundhati fame Anushka Shetty starrer recently released woman centric movie Bhaagamathie, is playing the lead role in Kannan Thamarakulam's Chanakya Thantram. The actor will be seen in multiple get-ups. The sources say that

of Swing Zara from Young tiger Jr.NTR’s Jai Lava Kusa, won all out hearts. Baahubali fame Tamannah Bhatia shook the legs on this special number. Neha Bhasin is on a victory march for her songs, the singer also faces some roadblocks on her way and so did Neha recently. It so happened that when the hot singer shared a video of her stage performance on Instagram where she sang a Punjabi folk song Laung Gawacha, though she received some appreciations for her voice but her see-through dress got her some nasty comments.

Shraddha Srinath

to romance Nagarjuna

Chanakya Thantram is a thriller packed with action. But, there is a strong romantic thread too. Recently the actor shared a picture of a character named Karishma from his upcoming film Chanakya Thanthram, on his social networking page. He is essaying the character of Karishma and his transformation is mind-blowing. Draped in a saree, Unni Mukundan looks absolutely recognisable

Bhaagamathie hero turns transgender

in the look and is jaw-dropping. The picture is going viral on social media now. Unni Mukundan wrote of the wall of facebook, “Here’s My Better Half, Karishma. The journey towards her was pretty damn painful, but Now that I have met her, I admit, the pain was worth it!! Bless Me and Bless Her.” The makers have also released a short video on YouTube, showing the actor's makeover. Apart from Unni Mukundan, the film also starring Sshivada and Shruthi Ramachandran in important roles, which is being produced by Muhammed Faizal.

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anche actor Varun Tej who has delivered back to back two superhit movies – Fidaa and Tholi Prema, is going to play the role of astronaut in his next upcoming drama. In Sekhar Kammula’s Fidaa, Varun Tej shared the screen space with Premam beauty Sai Pallavi, the movie was hit at the box office later he played the love interest of Raashi Khanna in Tholi Prema, which is running successfully at the box office. Varun Tej’s next project is going to be helmed by Ghazi fame Sankalp Reddy. Do you know Budget of this film?

According to the latest update, the space

thriller drama of Varun and Sankalp Reddy is going to be made on the whooping budget of Rs 40 Cr. The makers have roped Varun Tej after seeing the magnitude of Fidaa and Tholi Prema success. The upcoming untitled project will be produced by Y Rajeev Reddy and co-produced and presented by Krish Jagarlamudi of Kangana Ranaut's 'Manikarnika' fame. Recently during the media interaction, Y. Rajeev Reddy opens up about the ambitious project and said, “ We plan to send Varun and Sankalp Reddy to Kazakhstan for month-long training in zero gravity conditions in early March.

WHOOPING BUDGET OF Varun & Sankalp Reddy’s film

Allu Arjun Krish’s next

Nobody wrote about

to host Bigg Boss Telugu season 2?

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f ongoing buzz in media and film Industry is to be believed, Stylish Star Allu Arjun is going to host the controversial reality show Bigg Boss Telugu Season 2. Following the news report that Young Tiger Jr NTR has been busy with the projects of Trivikram Srinivas and then after with Baahubali film maker SS Rajamouli’s multistarrer, the organizers of the show have approached Bunny with the belief that due to his popularity he can entertain the show. It is also heard that the makers had even approached Allu Arjun for the first season, but he had turned it down then. However, none of these reports are confirmed as neither Tarak, Bunny nor the channel has announced any such news on their social media. Even the Hindi edition of ‘Bigg Boss’ saw Arshad Warsi, Shilpa Shetty and Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan play hosts before Salman Khan settled into the role. It remains to be seen who will be the host of ‘Bigg Boss’ Telugu season 2, which will be aired in July.

On the otherside, currently Allu Arjun is busy in upcoming movie Naa Peru Surya, directed by Vakkantham Vamsi and jointly produced by Sirisha and Sridhar Lagadapati under the Ramalakshmi Cine Creations banner. Anu Emmanuel is playing the female lead.

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with Star hero

fter delivering successful movie Gautamiputra Satakarni starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Shriya Saran and Hema Malini, director Krish started his next directorial venture “Manikarnika” , based on the life of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi , in which Bollywood beauty Kangana Ranaut is playing the female lead. Currently the movie is progressing at brisk pace. Even before wrapping up his ongoing Bollywood project, Krish has started the pre-production work of his next upcoming directorial venture, which will be jointly bankrolled by Saibabu Jagarlamudi and Rajeev Reddy. According to the latest update, the makers have locked a classy and traditional title ‘Aham Brahmasmi’ for this film. Krish is planning to rope a star hero to play the lead role. Very soon the makers will announce the detail of its cast and crew. It was also heard that Mega hero Varun Tej's upcoming film with Ghazi fame director Sankalp Reddy is titled as 'Aham Brahmasmi'. But finally it has officially confirmed that Krish registered the same title for his next directorial venture. If everything will go accordingly, the movie will go on the floor from August 2018.

Pradeep Machiraju’s

Charity

nchor Pradeep Machiraju who is the Superstar of Small Screen, was caught in a drunk and drive at Banjara Hills road no 45 conducted by Hyderabad police on 31st December on the occasion of New Year. He was found driving in an inebriated condition and the police seized his BMW car. Pradeep is popular for his show Konchem Touch Lo Unte Chepta and Dhee Jodi. He has also been the part of few Telugu movies including 100% Love, Julayi, Attarintiki Daredi, Ramayya Vasthavayya and Bham Bolenath. Jabardasth actor, Getup Srinu opened up about this issue in his latest interview. Srinu expressed his pain in the way Pradeep Machiraju was haunted by the media. He said that number of web Channels uploaded nasty things about Pradeep Machiraju. Nowadays, everybody is drinking alcohol but media highlighted this issue because Pradeep is popular but no one wrote about Pradeep’s charity work. Srinu further said, Pradeep donates a part of his income to the needy people.

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KEERTHY SURESH’S

strange habit turns headache for film makers

t's no secret that most film actors are 100 % dedicated to their roles. Often, that dedication extends into not just becoming the character on the inside, but also in becoming the character on the outside. They spends hours upon hours in the makeup chair to get their character to the perfect look. The actors arrive on set much earlier than their peers and allow makeup artists to transform them into fantastical creatures, aliens, burn victims, and other things that don't resemble their natural selves. Keerthy Suresh, the daughter of Malayalam producer Suresh Kumar and Malayalam actress Menaka, who was last seen in Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram Srinivas’s action and romantic drama Agnyaathavaasi is currently busy, in the shoot of Mahanati and a couple of other Tamil films. There is no doubt that Keerthy is one of the talented and work

minded actress but now her one stage habit turns headache for the film makers. The sources say that though the actress used to come on the sets before the scheduled time but she takes much time for finishing her make up. She arrives to the sets before 9 am but steps out from her makeup room only after 11. She spends lot of time on her make up for getting a simple look and has not changed her ways in spite of complaints from the film makers. Mahanati- a biopic of legendary actress Savitri, being helmed

by Nag Ashwim. Apart from Keerthy the film has other stars – Samantha Akkineni, Dulquer Salmaan, Mohan Babu, Shalini Pandey, Krish, Prakash Raju, Malvika Nair, Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam. It has also come out that Baahubali and Bhaagamathie fame Anushka Shetty will be seen playing Bhanumati in this upcoming trilingual film.

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THREE NANDAMURI ACTORS in Pavan’s film?

andamuri Kalyan Ram is all set to test waters in the fantasy genre. The Ism actor has picked ‘Prema Ishq Kadhal’ and ‘Savitri’ director Pavan Sadineni for his next film to be mounted on a lavish scale under NTR Arts banner. The sources say, “ It is going to be a path breaking film which will have a touch of fantasy as well as the commercial ingredients usually present in Kalyan Ram’s films. The team has been working on the script for a year and the final draft will be ready by March. The movie will go on the floors this Summer, either in May or June. According to the latest buzz, the story based on some divine logics revolves around two contrasting qualities- Good and Greed. It is also heard that Young Tiger Jr.NTR and Hari Krishna will also be seen in Cameo roles in this upcoming drama. The makers are planning to bring these three Nandamuri stars on the board. The official confirmation is awaited regarding it. On the other-side, currently Kalyan Ram is busy in his ongoing projects- Naa Nuvve, being helmed by Jayendra Panchapakesan, and MLA, directed by Upendra Madhav. Both movies are in the last leg of their shoot and the makers are planning to release these films this Summer.

RANGASTHALAM not a Love Story,

It’s a Murder Mystery

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am Charan’s much awaited movie ‘Rangasthalam’ is gearing up for its grand release on 30th March. In the movie directed by Sukumar, Ram Charan will be seen playing the role of a deaf sound engineer named Chitti whereas Samantha Akkineni is the female lead in the movie. If ongoing buzz in media and film Industry is to be believed, Rangasthalam is not a love story , although the movie will have romantic thread between Ram Charan and Samantha but the sources say that the actual plot of this upcoming drama is surrounded a murder mystery. Ram Charan as a deaf person will

be seen in the search of his brother’s killer. A deaf person searching for the dreaded gang that kills his elder brother brings an exciting angle to this period love story set in 1980s.

Cherry and Aadhi Pinisetty are playing the brothers in this village based drama. The sources close to the film unit say that the first half of the film will have romance between lead pair and bromance between Charan & Aadhi Pinisetty whereas the second half is loaded with high voltage action sequences.

The film is being bankrolled by Mythri Movie makers and it has the music by Devi Sri Prasad.

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Allu Sirish

fires on

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llu Sirish, the son of Mega producer Allu Aravind and the brother of Stylish Star Allu Arjun, made his Malayalam debut with ‘1971: Beyond Borders‘, written and directed by Major Ravi, in which Malayalam Superstar Mohanlal played the lead role.

The war drama was released on 7th April 2017. During the shoot of 1971: Beyond Borders’, the makers also planned to release the dubbed version in Telugu along with the

original but later they dropped the idea.

The movie was also bombed in Malayalam.

Senior producer NV Prasad was supposed to release the film in Telugu, but unfortunately it did not happen. Now according to the latest buzz in the film Industry, NV Prasad has reportedly given off the distribution rights of the film for a very low price. When Allu Sirish came to know about this deal, he made a call to NV Prasad and talked him

very rudely because he did not inform the actor about this deal and the release plan of Telugu version of 1971:Beyond Border. As per the agreement, whoever releases this war drama in Telugu should pay Rs 15 Lakh to Allu Sirish but NV Prasad forgot about it. So the actor lost his cool and talked to NV Prasad in a rude manner. Although he eventually got paid for the Telugu version but his rude talk with a senior producer has

become a hot topic of discussion in Telugu Film Industry. Apart from Mohanlal and Allu Sirish, the film has others stars Arunoday Singh, Renji Panicker, Devan, Asha Sarath, Manikuttan and others in supporting roles.

Mohanlal made his screen presence in dual role- Colonel Mahadevan and Major Sahadevan whereas Allu Sirish played the role of Lieutenant Chinmay.

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riyanka Chopra is one of those few people who made a name for themselves very early in their lives.

She became Miss World at the age of 17 and later she tested her luck in Film Industry and delivered several successful movies.

She has also shared the screen space with Ram Charan in bilingual Telugu and Hindi movie ‘Zanjeer’ in 2013. She has also established her name internationally and is known for her work in the show, The Quantico. Currently she is busy in her upcoming Hollywood projects. But even after achieving so much and having a fan base that is spread across the world, a few Congress leaders in Assam want her to be removed as the brand ambassador of the state. The reason?

They feel her photos on the New Year calendar printed by Assam Tourism shows her "inappropriately dressed". Recently the Congress legislators, including Nandita Das and Rupjyoti Kurmi raised objections during the ongoing session of the Assam legislative assembly to a photograph of Priyanka Chopra in 'minimal clothes' as featured in a calendar of the Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) and demanded that she be removed as the brand ambassador of Assam tourism. They felt, that her revealing clothes will bring defame to the culture of Assam state. Congress leader and Assam’s Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia said that it would have been better if brand ambassador wore traditional Assamese dress instead of a "frock”.This isn’t the first time that Priyanka has come under attack for her dress sense. Last year, she was also trolled for sporting a tricolour scarf on the occasion of India’s 70th Independence Day.

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kkineni Naga Chaitanya and Rakul Preet Singh are going to team up once again! Earlier both have acted together for a successful romantic and family entertainer movie ‘Rarandoi Veduka Chudham. According to the latest update, Chaitu and Rakul have been approached to play the lead roles in an upcoming movie, to be helmed by Sowjanya, a former assistant to Krishna Vamsi. The

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project will take off soon and will mark the debut of Sowjanya. Billed to be a romcom, the regular shoot will commence either in late May or early June. The sources say that Rakul is impressed with the storyline pitched by Sowjanya and instantly agreed to be on board. The film is different from the duo’s previous films.

It’s a vibrant, yet colourful love story with tremendous appeal for the youth.

Currently Spyder actress is committed to work in two-three Tamil films, she will be signing the dotted line after finalising her call sheets. S Radha Krishna, who is currently bankrolling Chay’s upcoming film tentatively titled Sailaja Reddy Alludu, will bankroll the film under his Sithara Entertainments banner.

PRIY A PRAKASH V ARRIER BEATS FACEBOOK FOUNDER

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ouTube has now removed Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘God Sex and Truth’ (GST) starring American adult star Mia Malkova.

The Script writer P Jaya Kumar accused RGV of plagiarising his work. According to him, RGV had also sexually harassed him and many others. Recently during the media interaction, Jaya Kumar said, “GST is the content from a book cum script I wrote. I sent it to Ram Gopal Varma for an opinion or a review and when I saw the trailer of God, Sex and Truth I was shocked because GST is a

RGV’s

GST

removed from

YouTube

blind carbon copy of my work right from the first word Mia Malkova uttered till the end of it.”P Jaya Kumar filed his complaint on 26th January 2018 and Youtube representative have responded today saying that RGV's GST is removed. It has now emerged that 'God, Sex and Truth' was shot in Hyderabad city, not in a European city as Ram Gopal Varma has been claiming. According to a women activist, she has proofs that RGV has filmed the movie in a five star hotel in Hyderabad. Filming adult movies is not legal in India.

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he 18 years old Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier has become an internet sensation after a clip from the newly-released song Manikya Malaraya Poovi from her debut Malayalam film ‘Oru Adaar Love’ went viral on social media because of Varrier's cute articulations and wink. Now the Internet sensation has created a record as she has crossed about 4.5 Million followers on Instagram which is more than the Facebook Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, whose company also owns the photosharing app- Instagram! Currently Mark Zuckerberg has 4 Million followers on

the platform. With just 91 posts, the young actress Varrier has gained quite a stardom in such small time span. Priya Prakash Varrier is a B.Com. student and interestingly, her Instagram handle has the precious blue tick mark meaning, it has been verified. The actress is winning million hearts not just in India but in countries as far as Egypt and Pakistan.

Varrier is climbing the followers chart on social media. Stars of Malayalam cinema, Trisha Krishnan has just 1.5 million followers and heartthrob Dulquer Salmaan has 1.9 million. Meanwhile, the song Manikya Malaraya Poovi has garnered over 37 million views on YouTube and the netizens across the globe are crushing over the young girl’s priceless expressions and winks.

SRINU VAITLA’S WIFE

Rupa selling

Cow milk B ecoming a successful Tollywood film maker or actor is not an easy feat. It requires hard work, skills, and often a little bit of luck to get success in TFI. Akkineni Nagarjuna is not only a King in the film industry but also in the business ownership when compared to others. He is one of the few film personalities who ventured into the restaurant business. The Mega family also have production houses.

Megastar Chiranjeevi also owns a couple of businesses. Chiru in association with Nagarjuna, Sachin Tendulkar, Nimmagadda Prasad and Allu Arvind ventured into the

Arjun has also started a club in association with an international brewing company M. Kitchen.It seems Tollywood director Srinu Vaitla, who is going through a slump now after an illustrious 15 years of career, is seeking another way of income. He has not delivered any hit movie in the past three to

sports business. Collection King Mohan Babu has an educational institute named as Sri Vidya Nikethan Educational Institutions.

Jagapathi Babu has a talent management company called Click Cine Cart. Young actor Navdeep has an event management company called Raw Production House. Allu

four years. It has come out that his wife Rupa Vaitla has recently started a new business. She has come up with 'Vedik', a brand that sells cow milk. The sources close to Vaitla family say that the Cow milk business, is running successfully and couple are earning Lakhs it per month.

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eautiful and talented actress Kajal Aggarwal who has delivered a series of hit movies last year- Khaidi No 150, Nene Raja Nene Mantri, Vivegam and Mersal has now become an aunty. Her sister Nisha Valecha has delivered a baby boy recently.

Kajal took to twitter to share a pic where she is seen kissing the baby. She tweeted, “The force awakens (at all hours of the night).

Meet our new little jedi Ishaan Valecha @

AggNisha @_karanvalecha_ so much love.”

The new born kid has been named Ishaan Valecha. Nisha has also acted in a couple of films like Solo, Yemaindi Ee Vela etc. She tied the knot with a Mumbai based businessman Karan Valecha in 2013. Currently Kajal is basking in the glory of her recently released movie ‘Awe’, directed by Prasanth Varma, produced by Natural Star Nani. The sources say that Kajal Agarwal has pocketed Rs 50 lakh for her five-day work in ‘Awe’.

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t is known news that Baahubali Star Prabhas is currently busy in his upcoming action and romantic entertainer Saaho. Run Raja Run fame director Sujeeth Reddy has brought big names from the world of action choreography for this film. Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor is on the board to play the love interest of Prabhas. If ongoing buzz in media and film Industry is to be believed, British Bombshell Amy Jackson will also be the part of this action thriller. The sources say that Amy will be seen playing a cameo.

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hat is the next film of Akhil Akkineni?

Akhil, the younger son of King Nagarjuna, made his debut with Akhil:The Power of Jua, helmed by VV Vinayak, which was disaster at the box office. Later he made his come back with action and romantic entertainer ‘Hello’ which was also turned out commercially flop at the box office. The movie also marked the debut of popular filmmaker, Priyadarshan's daughter, Kalyani. After the

Will this be a special number or something else? We will have to wait for details to unfold. Apart from the lead pair, the film has other stars including Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mandira Bedi, Arun Vijay, Jackie Shroff, Lal, Aditya Srivastava, Mahesh Manjrekar, Tinnu Anand, and Narendra Jha in crucial role.

On the other-side, currently Amy Jackson is waiting for the release of her upcoming Scifi drama 2.0, directed by Shankar, produced

by Lyca Production starring Superstar Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar.

release of Hello, Akhil revealed that he is all set for finalizing a film and zeroed in on two scripts for the same. He is in a dilemma over his next project. Even after four months post completion of Hello, Akhil is yet to announce his third film. Akhil is tight lipped about the project details. The sources say that Akkineni Akhil is going to make a formal announcement about his third project on 8th April on the occasion of his 23rd birthday. It was speculated that Koratala Siva and Sukumar are the forerunners to helm Akhil’s next film.

Later, the names for Ram Gopal Varma, Puri Jagannadh and Venky Atluri of Tholi Prema fame also cropped up. But nothing has been finalized till now. We have to wait and see if this brand new date will come with a clear announcement about Akhil’s third project.

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n the occasion of Republic day, Superstar Mahesh Babu and Stylish Star Allu Arjun came up with the first oath (Bharat Ane Nenu) and a song ( from Naa Peru Surya) respectively and on the otherside, the first look poster of Srikanth’s film operation 2019 was also released that went viral on Internet.

The first look picture featured Srikanth sitting in a chair and there were a lot of mikes in front of him and the Assembly was seen in

the background. According to the latest update, young Tollywood actor, Manchu Manoj will be seen in a special cameo in Srikanth’s movie ‘Operation 2019’. The sources close to the film unit say that the actor will be seen essaying a cop’s role in this upcoming saga. Helmed by B Uddav, the project is being bankrolled by Alivelu.

It is said to be a political satire and is expected to be released just ahead of the impending 2019 elections. Srikanth will be seen essaying the role of a politician. The film has 'Beware of Public' as its tagline, and it has shades of the actor’s immensely popular movie, ‘Operation Duryodhana.’

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t is known news that Pelli Choopulu and Arjun Reddy fame Vijay Deverakonda is currently busy in his next upcoming film Taxiwala, which is being bankrolled by UV Pictures and GA 2(Geetha Arts). Rahul Sanktrityan is making his directorial debut with this upcoming horror thriller drama.

It is a low budget movie which is being made of around Rs 3 Crores. The sources say that Vijay Deverakonda has got Rs 30 Lakhs as remuneration for Taxiwala which is very less if we consider his present market. The craze of Vijay is so high that the entire investment has been recovered just by selling satellite and

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digital rights even before the release of the film. According to the latest update, Vijay Deverakonda is testing his luck as a distributor with this film and he has acquired the overseas distribution rights of Taxiwala for Rs. 80 lakh. It is a very good deal considering Pelli Choopulu and Arjun Reddy both grossed over Million Dollars in USA. Let’s wait and see how much profit he earns through distribution.

Vijay will be seen playing the role of cab driver and the entire shoot of the film has been already wrapped up and currently it is in post production stage. Taxiwala is arriving at the theaters on 18th May.

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he sudden death of legendary actress Sridevi, has left the country shocked and grieving. Sridevi passed away on 24th February in Dubai due to accidental drowning. She was 54. She went to Dubai to attend the wedding of actor Mohit Marwah, a nephew of the Kapoor family. ridevi was born in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu on 13th August, 1963. She started acting at the age of 4 in 1969 film Thunaivan.

Malayalam film Poompatta won her a Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist in 1971.

She also shared the screen space with late actress-politician Jayalalithaa in three films, including Adi Parashakti.

976's Moondru Mudichu, opposite Kollywood Superstar Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, was Sridevi's first lead role.

Her best-known Bollywood collaborations with them are Chaal Baaz with Rajini and Sadma with Kamal Haasan. Solva Saavan (1978) was her launching pad in Hindi. The year was 1983 when Himmatwala starring Jitendra, hit the screens. Sridevi, the Thunder Thighs girl, became an overnight sensation.

By the time Nagina, Karma and Jaanbaaz came out, Sridevi was unquestionably the number 1 actor in India. In Bollywood she is popular for Chandni, Lamhe, Chaalbaaz, Mr India, English Vinglish.

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he Hawa Hawaai girl of Indian cinema, was an icon in true sense. Those who grew up in the ‘80s and ‘90s would remember her charm and onscreen influence. It was more than just style. She was the first female superstar of the Hindi films in the true sense. hings had become tough for Sridevi as the lead actor after Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja debacle. It was the highest-budget Indian film at that time, which was turned out commercially flop at the box office. fter marrying producer Boney Kapoor, Sridevi took a break from the film Industry- her last film before the hiatus was Meri Biwi Ka Jawaab Nahin starring Akshay Kumar, which was filmed in 1994 but released in 2004. he made her come back in 2012 with English Vinglish. She won hearts with her nuanced performance of a person living with a deep complex. Vijay starrer Puli marked her return to Tamil Cinema after two decades. She was last seen in Boney Kapoor’s production venture MOM in 2017.

She will be seen in a special appearance in Shah Rukh Khan's starrer Zero, which is scheduled to release in December. It’s unfortunate she couldn’t see the debut of her elder daughter Jhanvi in Dhadak this year. ridevi received the Padma Shri and won several Filmfare awards.

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