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JD Chakravarthy J to marry RGV heroine

D Chakravathy is a talented actor and artist in the South Indian Film industry. He started his career as villain and later he played the role of protagonist characters and even he turned as director and made few movies. According to the latest update, he is not interested in married life but he gives the respect and lot to his mother and for the love of his mother, he has decided to marry. He is 46 years old and the interesting news are spreading around him about his wedding bell. During his early days of career, he was linked with several of his co stars including Rangeela actress Urmila Matondkar who got married recently. On several occasions, he also confessed about his love for actress Maheshwari. According to the sources, JD Chakravarthy is getting ready to get married with controversial film maker Ram Gopal Varma’s directorial venture ‘Savithri’ actress Anukruti Govind Sharma.

Naga Chaitanya in Punjabi A

ctor Naga Chaitanya is getting ready

REMAKE?

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to entertain the audiences by his two forthcoming movies ‘Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo’ and ‘Premam’, which are scheduled to hit the theaters in August and September month respectively. According to the latest update, Naga Chaitanya is planning to remake in Punjabi super hit movie ‘Jatt and Juliet’ which was released in 2012 and actor Diljit Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa played the lead role. It is a romantic comedy entertainer movie and turned out blockbuster. Its sequel ‘Jatt and Juliet 2’, was also released in 2013. Recently Naga Chaitanya watched both Punjabi movies ‘Jatt and Juliet’ and ‘Jatt and Juliet 2’. He expressed his interest to act in the remake of Jatt and Juliet. It is heard that director Krishna is going to helm this remake and it will be produced by Suresh Babu under his production house Suresh Productions.

Three Roshan in Nirmala Convent

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Director sexually

abused

ing Nagarjuna’s production venture “Nirmala Convent”, is gearing up for grand release very soon. In this upcoming youthful entertainer movie, the audiences will get to watch three Roshan. Actor Roshan, the son of actor Srikanth is playing the lead role. Next the music is composed by Saluri Roshan, who is the son of senior music director Koti whereas the third Roshan is none other than Roshan Kanakala, the son of top anchor Suma Kanakala and Rajeev Kanakala, who is playing important role in Nirmala Convent. The movie is based on school backdrop and fresh teenagers. Actress Shreya Sharma who acted as child artist in ‘Dookudu’ and ‘Robot’ is playing the lead role whereas Nagarjuna is making his screen presence in the role of cameo. The movie is helmed by G.Naga Koteshwara Rao.

NAYANTARA S

izzling actress Nayantara is coming back to Tollywood with Victory Venkatesh starrer upcoming romantic and comedy entertainer movie “Babu Bangaram”, which is scheduled to hit the theaters on 12th August in a very grand manner. It is being directed by Maruthi.

Venkatesh will be seen in the role of ACP Krishna.

After “Tulasi” and “Lakshmi”, it is the third time which Nayantara teamed up with Venkatesh. It is heard that she is showing stars to the makers as she is not interested to warp the shoot of the movie. According to the inside sources, Nayantara wrapped the shoot of two schedules without any problem but later she refused to attend the shoot and as a result of it, the

release of the movie postponed several times.

But the exact reason behind the postponement of the movie is the trouble between director and actress. Director was giving some sexual harassment to Nayantara during the shoot, so Nayantara was seen to leave the shoot spot with rage many times but she never took this issue to next level. Later after the involvement of Venkatesh and production house, she started to show stars to director.

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Pragya out of Manchu Manoj’s movie

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ctress Pragya Jaiswal who has delighted the audiences by her acting skills with her previous offering “Kanche” staring Varun Tej, directed by Krish, had agreed to play the female lead role in the upcoming untitled movie under the direction of T Satya in which Manchu Manoj is playing the lead role. The makers felt that she and Manoj make a fresh pair. According to the latest update, now Pragya is now out of the project and the reason behind is unknown, although she was happy with the script. On the other side, she is busy in the shoot of upcoming devotional drama “Om Namo Venkatesaya” starring Nararguna, which is progressing at brisk pace in Annapurna Studio under the direction of K Raghavendra Rao.

SURIYA TO PLAY BOXER IN

Pa Ranjith’s next

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ollywood star Suriya who is basking on the glory of successful movie “24”, is busy in the shoot of upcoming action drama “S3”, Singam Series, under the direction of Hari.

Recently Suriya joined hands with Pa Ranjith for his upcoming project, who is very excited with the response of his recently released directorial venture “Kabali” starring Rajinikanth, Radhika Apte and Dhanishka. According to the latest update, Suriya will be seen in the role of boxer in this upcoming drama, directed by Pa Ranjith. Suriya who is popular for accepting experimental movies, will start the preparation for his role very soon. It is also expected that Pa Ranjith will direct his next magnum opus with Suriya’s brother Karthi after wrapping the movie with Suriya.

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uperstar Mahesh Babu was last seen in the family entertainer movie “Brahmotsavam”, directed by Srikanth Addala, which has turned out commercially flop at the box office. Earlier he teamed up with Koratala Siva for the social message oriented movie “Srimanthudu” and now both are going to team up once again. The reason behind it is none other than Namrata, the wife of Superstar Mahesh Babu. Earlier she participated in the promotional activity of Srimanthudu also and as a result of it, the movie was turned out second highest grosser of Tollywood and stood at the second place after Baahubali. Earlier Koratala Siva was supposed to work with Mega actor Ram Charan for the upcoming project, which was going to be bankrolled by DVV Danayya and Mahesh was supposed to team up Puri Jagganadh for the Jana Gana Mana after wrapping the shoot of AR Murugadoss’s directorial venture. Ram Charan decided to work with Sukumar after the completion of “Dhruva”. Then Namrata came into the picture and it is said to have turned tables overnight and ensured that Koratala would direct Mahesh Babu’s next project.

According to Namrata, it would be better if Mahesh Babu team up with Koratala Siva than the unreliable Puri Jagganadh and it is heard that the same producer DVV Danayya will produce Mahesh’s next.

NAMRATA’S MIND BEHIND

MAHESH & KORATALA

MOVIE

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eautiful singer Sunitha who is also a dubbing artist for many actresses, spoke about her affairs on the social media.

Recently during media interaction, she said that her husband tortured her and now she is living separately but they did not ended their marriage yet. According to her, her husband is not ready to give divorce to her but she wants it and her husband Kiran, has cheated her regarding various matters. She added that her husband is an irresponsible person and he never cared about the family and kids. She tied knot at the age of 19 years and currently have two children. She is living with 17 years old son, 14 years old daughter, mom, dad and grandma. She also does not want to get married again. When she was asked about her alleged link ups with politicians and other film directors, she said that she became soft target by the politician’s rivals.

Singer Sunitha

speaks up on

divorce and affairs

Pakistan to ban

Sunny Leone's

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he most awaited drama of Bollywood Badshah Shahrukh Khan starrer “Raees” is set to hit the theaters in January 2017. The Indo-Canadian Porn actress Sunny Leone is doing an item number. The makers want to cash the craze of Shahrukh and Sunny together. Movie lovers are very excited to watch the crazy combo on silver screen. Both shook legs on a faster version of the '80s classic 'Laila O Laila' in the sequence. According to the latest update, the Pakistan Censor Board is set to ban the song that feature Sunny Leone. The reason behind it is yet unknown.

The official confirmation is awaited. Pakistani VJ turned actress Mahira Khan is playing the female lead role. According to the makers, Raees has Pakistan connection, the actress is

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from Pakistan and the actor is also a Muslim businessman. It is directed by Rahul Dholakia and jointly produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani. The makers wanted to add more Tadka so they brought Sunny Leone into the picture.

Allu Arjun STARTS Night club

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n film industry, there are number of actors who are venturing different types of businesses, now stylish star Allu Arjun is set to float a night club in Hyderabad. According to the latest report, Bunny has joined hands with popular hospitality brand M Kitchen and other brewing company HyLife, to launch a luxurious party hotspot, that will also have micro brewery and now coming up with ‘800 Jubliee’ night club which is located at Jubliee Hills Rd No. 36 .

On the work side, Recently Allu Arjun delivered mass masala entertainer blockbuster drama “Sarrainodu”, directed by Boyapati Srinu and now getting ready to join the set of upcoming untitled project under the direction of Harish Shankar and it will be produced by noted producer Dil Raju.

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A GOOD NEWS ON NAGARJUNA B’DAY

kkineni Akhil who started his filmy career as lead actor with action entertainer drama

“Akhil”, was tuned out commercially flop at the box office and till date, he did not announce his next upcoming project. Now there is a good news for Akkineni’s fan. According to the latest update, the official announcement about the second project of Akhil will be made on 29th August on the occasion of King Nagarjuna’s birthday.

Nag is very happy with the script which is narrated by Hanu Raghavapudi and he is going to direct Akhil’s upcoming project. It is heard that Nagarjuna and Allu Aravind will jointly bankroll this flick under the banner of Annapurna Studio and Geetha Arts. It is romantic love story and will be made on lavish budget.

KABALI HAS DIFFERENT

CLIMAX IN

MALAYSIA

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uperstar Rajinikanth starrer ‘Kabali’ has released on 22nd July Worldwide in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam version. It was also released in Malay, the official language of Malaysia. Kabali is set in the Tamil community in Malaysia. According to the latest report, the climax part of the Kabali in India and in Malay version is different. The reason behind it is the censor board issue in Malaysia. According to the sources, the climax was changed because the Censor Board in Malaysia would not allow their police to be show encouraging an extra judicial killing as in Indian version the Malaysian police are shown giving a gun to one of Kabali’s men to shoot him dead. Now the different climax has become the talk of

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discussion. The screenshot of the ending in the Malaysian version of Kabali is going viral on social media.The Indian version ends with the screen fading to black after a gunshot, leaving it to the imagination of the viewer to decide whether Kabali is dead or some one saved him as it ends with note, Is Kabali dead?. The Malaysian version, however, ends with the line, “Finally, Kabali surrendered to the police”.

AKSHA IN SHARWANAND'S MOVIE

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amil movie ‘Mudhavalvan’, titled as 'Oke Okkadu' in Telugu is one of the biggest hit movie in the career of director Shankar. It was released in 1999 and now according to the latest update, the sequel of Oke Okkadu is on the card. Bollywood film maker Deepak Mukut is planning to bankroll this upcoming sequel with the association of Eros International.

Vijayendra Prasad, the father of creative and talented film maker SS Rajamouli, who provided the story for Rebel star Prabhas starrer Baahubali and Salman Khan starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan is preparing the story for its sequel. Who will play the lead role and who will helm this megaphone, will be revealed after the finalization of story. It is not yet clear whether Shankar will direct this upcoming drama or not. Currently he is busy in the shoot of his upcoming directorial venture ‘2.0’ starring Rajinikanth, Amy Jackson and Akshay Kumar.

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BIG B IN KABALI REMAKE?

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uperstar Rajinikanth’s starrer ‘Kabali’ has turned out blockbuster at the box office.

Although it received negative talk on its release day but still Kabali craze is at the peak. It was

screened over 12,000 screens across India and as well as in US, UK and Malaysia on 22nd July.

Pa Ranjith’s directorial venture “Kabali” was released in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages. According to the latest update, it is now going to be remade in Hindi and the name of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan is being considered to play the lead role. The official confirmation is yet to be made. The Kabali is made according to the taste of Tamil audiences as it is set in the Tamil community in Malaysia.

According to the few Hindi audiences, Kabali has Tamil flavour. Now the makers have decided to rope Big B to bring in his stylish antics and deep baritone for Rajini’s role as Kabaliswaran.

Earlier both Rajinikanth and Big B have worked together for several movies like 'Andha Kanoon', 'Geraftaar' and 'Hum', and his many Hindi movie were also remade in Tamil with Rajinikanth.

VENKATESH & RAVI TEJA

FIGHT FOR

SULTAN REMAKE

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ollywood Tiger Salman Khan starrer recently released sport drama “Sultan” is running successfully and doing superb collections at the box office. It is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and released under the banner of Yash Raj Film. Actress Anushka played the female lead role whereas Randeep Hooda and Amit Sadh played the important role. According to the latest update, Victory Venkatesh is showing interest to remake Sultan in Telugu and planning to purchase the Telugu rights of the movie and on the other side, Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja has also expressed his desire to act in this remake and also planning to produce the movie with the help of Tollywood producers who are very close to him. Sources say, as it is a sport drama that needs the standard body, will not be suitable for Ravi Teja whereas Venkatesh will be fit for this role. Currently Venky is busy in his upcoming movie “Babu Bangaram” under the direction of Maruthi and next he will be seen in sport drama, the remake of ‘Saala Khadoos’.

NAGA BABU’S

REQUEST TO

MEGA FANS

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he entire Mega family is busy in making the proper arrangements for the celebration of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s birthday which falls on 22nd August. Currently Chiranjeevi is busy in his upcoming 150th Project under the direction of VV Vinayak and Pawan Kalyan is getting ready to join the set of upcoming project, going to be directed by Dolly. Ram Charan is busy in the shoot of Dhruva which is scheduled to hit the theaters on the occasion of Dussehra.

On the other side, Naga Babu who is popular for his straightforwardness towards the fans, interacted with Mega fans and requested to not spent their money for Chiru’s birthday Celebrations and also discussed about the events which are going to be held on the occasion of Chiranjeevi’s upcoming birthday.

He also advised the fans to spend their money for their own family not for Mega family related events.

BEGGAR'S MOTHER BECOMES MAHESH'S MOTHER

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ctress

Dheepa

Ramanujam,

who

delighted the audiences by her wonderful performance in recently released block buster movie ‘Bichagadu’, has been roped for the upcoming untitled movie of superstar Mahesh Babu. Dheepa was seen in the role actor Vijay Anthony's mother who turned beggar for his mother’s health and now once again Dheepa is going to play the role of mother in this upcoming movie and will make her screen presence in the role of Mahesh Babu's mother under the direction of creative and talented film maker AR Murugadoss. It is a bilingual movie and being made in Tamil and Telugu. The regular shoot will commence from 6th August in Chennai. Actress Rakul Preet Singh has been roped to play the love interest of Mahesh. SJ Suryah will be seen in the role of antagonist whereas Nadhiya is playing crucial negative role.

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Nani’s

next with Mani Ratnam?

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egastar Chiranjeevi starrer upcoming 150th project is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of VV Vinayak. Recently the makers have started the second schedule of the movie and busy in canning few crucial scenes in Hyderabad involving farmers and their struggles in which Chiranjeevi is participating.

It is official remake of Tamil hit movie “Kaththi” starring Vijay. From long time the makers are busy in the hunt of actress and villain for this upcoming action entertainer drama. According to the latest update, Bollywood actor Vivek Oberai has been approached to play the role of antagonist. The official confirmation is awaited.

Earlier the makers wanted to rope Jagapathi Babu but as he is busy in his prior commitments, did not sign the movie and politely said no to the makers. On the other side, the makers are considering the name of gorgeous actress Kajal Aggarwal to play the female lead role.

Ram Charan is producing the movie under the banner of Konidela Productions with the association of Lyca Productions and the music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad.

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umber of top actors dream to team up with ace director Mani Ratnam, natural star Nani is one of them. Although he got the opportunity to give voice over for Dalquer Salman for the hit movie ‘Ok Bangaram’ but did not get chance directly to act in his movies. He is big fan of Mani Ratnam and on several occasions, he expressed his desire to work under his direction.

Earlier after wrapping the dubbing work of Ok Bangaram, he was in the talk of Mani Ratnam’s directorial venture as a lead actor but due to unknown reasons, the project was kept aside.

Recently actress Saiyami Kher who is also part of Mani Ratnam's project revealed that the upcoming revenge drama is going on the floor by the end of this year and she is in the talk of Mani Ratnam. Saiyami Kher is not playing the lead role, she will be seen in the brief role.

Bollywood villain for

CHIRANJEEVI?

PAWAN KALYAN AS VILLAGER?

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ower Star Pawan Kalyan has given opportunity to Dolly to direct his upcoming untitled project. Earlier S J Suryah was supposed to direct the movie but as he was busy in his upcoming movies, was not able to spend time for Pawan Kalyan’s upcoming project. So Pawan Kalyan and producer Sharath Marrar decided to replace him with Dolly. Earlier Pawan Kalyan has worked with Dolly for the hit movie “Gopala Gopala”. It is the second time when both are teaming up again. And the upcoming flick is based on village backdrop. It is heard the Pawan will be seen in simple villager avatar. Actress Shruthi Hassan will play the love interest of Pawan. Currently Dolly is busy in the pre-production work and Anup Rubens will render the tune. The makers are planning to release the movie early first half of 2017.

NAGARJUNA CROONS FOR

NIRMALA CONVENT

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ing Nagarjuna who has delighted the audiences by his acting skills, is now

getting ready to win the heart of music lovers with his singing skill. Recently he revealed that he crooned a love song titled “Kotha Kotha Bhasha, Kotha Prema Bhasha” for his upcoming production venture ‘Nirmala Convent’. The music is scored by Roshan Salur and he is very impressed with Nag. He said that Nag was at the best rendering the love song.

According to King Nagarjuna, he got hooked to this beautiful love song sung by Master AR Ameen the son of double Oscar award winner music composer AR Rahman and he decided to croon the song in his own voice. The movie is directed by G.Naga Koteshwara Rao produced

by Akkineni Nagarjuna under Annapurna Studios with Nimmagada Prasad. Actor Srikanth’s son Roshan and actress Shreya Sharma are playing the lead role whereas Nagarjuna will be seen in the role of cameo.

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JR NTR

GUEST ROLE IN ISM? Y

oung Tiger Jr.NTR is busy in the shoot of

Chiranjeevi b’day GIFT DHRUVA SONG

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ega actor Ram Charan starrer upcoming action entertainer drama “Dhruva” is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of ‘Kick’ fame Surender Reddy, it is official remake

of Tamil hit movie “Thani Oruvan”. Charan is playing the role of powerful cop and actress Rakul Preet Singh is playing the female lead role. According to the latest update, the first song of Dhruva will be unveiled on 2nd August on the occasion of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s birthday. The movie has only 3 songs, the story revolves around a cop who fights a scientist carrying out illegal practices for his personal benefit. Actor Aravind Swami is playing the role of antagonist and Navdeep is playing the crucial role. Allu Arvind is producing the movie under the banner of Geetha Arts and Hiphop Tamizha is scoring the music. The first look of Dhruva will be released on 15th August on the eve of Independence day and the audio is expected on 2nd September on the occasion of Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s birthday.

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upcoming movie “Janatha Garage”, being directed by Koratala Siva, which is scheduled to hit the theaters on 2nd September. Kalyan Ram and Jr.NTR are bonding well. Kalyan Ram is the actor who has potential to become a branded star but unfortunately luck and success did not favour him much but he never stopped him from trying and currently busy in his upcoming drama “ISM” and playing the role of Journalist Balakrishna. According to the sources Jr.NTR has been roped in upcoming movie “ISM” and will make his screen presence in guest role. Now audiences will get to watch the both brothers together. It is being directed

by Puri Jagannadh. Actor Jagapathi Babu is playing the crucial role and Former Miss India Aditi Arya will be seen in female lead role. It is being produced by Kalyan Ram himself under the banner of NTR Arts and Anoop Rubens is scoring the tune. It is slated to hit the theaters on 29th September on the occasion of Dussehra.

TAMANNAH demands 42 Lakh

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ilky beauty Tamannah Bhatia who has delighted the audiences by her wonderful performance with historic and war drama “Baahubali”, is waiting for the release of upcoming trilingual horror thriller flick “Abhinetri” starring Prabhu Deva and Sonu Sood. Next she will be seen in the much awaited action entertainer drama “Janatha Garage” starring Young Tiger Jr.NTR, Samantha, Nithya Menon, Mohanlal and Unni Mukundan. It is being directed by Koratala Siva. Tamannah will be seen in item song and according to the inside sources, the makers are planning to wrap the entire song shoot in one night as they don’t want to waste the time and wrapped the entire shoot of the movie according to the scheduled date. Tamannah has demanded Rs 42 Lakhs for this one night item song shoot. The makers are shocked with her demand but as she is one of the most demanded actresses, makers are ready to pay her hefty price as remuneration.

The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 2nd September.

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Mouryani ROPED IN ALLARI NARESH’S

NEXT

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ctress Pranitha Subhas who was last seen in superstar Mahesh Babu starrer recently released family entertainer movie “Brahmotsavam”, directed by Srikanth Addala, is busy in her upcoming Tamil movie ‘Ennaku Vaitha Adimaigal’ under the direction of Mahendran, in which actor Jai is paying the lead role. Pranitha is going to play the role of IT Company’s employee. The makers are planning to shot the movie in the various scenic locations of Chennai, Pondicherry and Kodikanal. Pranitha is very excited and according to her, she is going to play the very different role in this upcoming saga and it will have all the commercial elements like action, dance, romance and comedy, that is one of the reason she chose this project.

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ctress Akshara Hassan, the daughter of versatile actor Kamal Hassan and sister of Shruthi Hassan, made her Hindi debut ‘Shamitabh’ starring Amitabh Bachchan and Dhanush, but unfortunately the movie tuned out flop at the box office . Till date she did not sign any other movie and currently working as assistant director for her father’s upcoming movie ‘Sabash Naidu’ in which Shruthi Hassan is playing the lead role. According to the latest update, she has been roped for the upcoming movie of Thala Ajith’s 57 under the direction of Siva of Souryam and Vedalam fame. She will play the crucial role whereas sizzling actress Kajal Aggarwal will play the female lead role .Tyagarajan is bankrolling this upcoming project. If everything will go accordingly, it will be Akshara’s first Tamil debut. Now she got the second chance to prove her talent at the box office.

Chaitu to ro m a nc e

Rakul in Kalyanam R

ecently Akkineni Naga Chaitanya teamed up with ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ fame Kalyan Krishna for the upcoming romantic and family entertainer movie, which will be launched very soon. The movie has been titled as ‘Kalyanam’.

Earlier makers wanted to rope gorgeous actress Samantha but she has stopped to sign the movie and planning to tie knot with Naga Chatianya. So she has opted out of the project. It is heard that most wanted actress, Rakul Preet Singh has been roped to play the love interest of Chaitu for ‘Kalyanam’. The upcoming drama will be produced by King Nagarjuna under the banner of Annanpurna Studios.

Nikhil Kumar Is Debuting As Hero With A 75 Crore

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Big Budgeted Film 'Jaguar'

ikhil Kumar who is Grandson of Former Prime Minister Deve Gouda and Son of former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D Kumara Swamy who also produced several superhit films in Kannada, is debuting as hero with a 75 crore big budgeted film 'Jaguar'. Smt Anita Kumara Swamy is producing thius film under Chennambika Films banner. First Look and Teaser of 'Jaguar' is releasing on July 31st, 11:00 am at Park Hyat, Hyderabad in the presence of several tollywood celebrities. ijayendra Prasad who recently gave story for worldwide blockbusters 'Baahubali and 'Bhajrangi Bhaijaan' has provided story for 'Jaguar'. Mahadev who was a disciple of super successful director S.S Rajamouli is directing this film. Mahadev also providing screenplay and dialogues for this film.S.S Thaman who recently completed his 50th film is composing music for this film.Manoj Paramahamsa who is known for his work in big films like 'Race Gurram','Bruce Lee' is providing cinematography for this film. Action sequences in this film will match Hollywood standards. Along with Bulgarian action director Kaloyan, Ravi Varma, Ram-Lakshman, Selva who has composed fights for many Superhit films composed the action part engagingly.

Especially the chase and a fight which was shot in Bulgaria spending a bomb will be a major highlight in this film. For all songs, Lyrics has been given by star lyricist Rama Jogayya Sastry who penned Lyrics for films like 'Srimanthudu','Janatha Garage'. Narayana Reddy who worked for many super-hit films

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is working as Art Director for this film. With top talented technicians and high technical values, H D Kumara Swamy is making this film without any compromise to impress Telugu audience.

'Jaguar' will. Complete it's shooting part with last schedule in Annapurna Studios 7 acres where lavish sets are being erected for this film.

Makers are confident that 'Jaguar' will stand as a Sensationl Hit for the year 2016. long with lead pair Nikhil Kumar and Deepthi, Prime Star Jagapathi Babu will be seen in a very different role. Ramya Krishna will be seen in a crucial role. Others like Brahmanandam, Raghu Babu, Sampath, Aditya Menon, Supreet, Ravi Kaale will be seen in other important roles.

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ctress Heebah Patel who grabbed the attention of youngsters by her hot and bold performance with the recently released youthful entertainer movie “Kumari 21 F”, will be seen in upcoming

turns

Belly

Dancer

movie ‘Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada’. Currently it is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of VI Anand and actor Nikhil Siddhartha is playing the lead role. Heebah Patel will be seen in the role of Belly dancer and it is heard that recently she underwent for the training of belly dance.

Now audiences will get to watch her curved body with belly moves. Another actress Swetha Nanditha is playing the second female lead role.

PV Rao is bankrolling this upcoming flick and the music is scored by Sekhar Chandra.

NO VULGARITY IN

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alented director Puri Jagannadh who is popular for introducing vulgar scenes in his directorial venture, revealed that his upcoming magnum opus ‘ISM’ is neat action and romantic entertainer movie and there is no vulgarity in this saga. The sources close to Puri also revealed that before starting the movie, both Puri Jagannadh and Nandamuri Kalyan Ram decided that there will not be any vulgar scene in the movie. Currently it is progressing

at brisk pace and Kalyan Ram is playing the role of journalist Balakrishna and Former Miss World Aditi Arya is playing the female lead role.

Versatile actor Jagapathi Babu is also part of the movie. It is being produced by Kalyan Ram under the banner of NTR Arts and the music is scored by Anoop Rubens. It is set to hit the theaters on 29th September.

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Rajashekar in Die hard remake

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ctor Rajasekhar who has impressed the audiences by his hit movies in past, has finally signed a remake in which he will be seen to play the lead role. Earlier he was in the talk of Teja’s upcoming directorial venture ‘Aham’ but the movie has been shelved due to personal differences. It is heard that he has been roped for the upcoming untitled movie under the direction of Praveen Sattaru. It is remake of Hollywood blockbuster movie ‘Die Hard’. Actor Rajasekhar will portray the role of Bruce Willis and will make her screen presence in the role of powerful cop. After a small gap, Rajasekhar is coming back to delight the audiences by this remake. He has already given green signal to the makers.

RAVITEJA HAPPY WITH

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ass Maharaja Ravi Teja was last seen in action entertainer drama “Bengal Tiger”, which was average at the box office and till now he did not start any new upcoming project. Although he was in the talk of several top directors. According to the latest update, he has given green signal to the script of Vakkantham Vamsi who has provided the script of his movies ‘Kick’ and ‘Kick 2’. Vakkantham Vamsi, is a popular writer who started his journey as a news presenter and later worked as a TV anchor, artist, actor, screen writer and dialogue writer before he came to be known as a star writer for Ravi Teja's Kick movie. The upcoming drama is commercial entertainer which will go on the floor by the end of this year. On the other side, Ravi Teja is in talk of director Sampath Nandi, Ramesh Varma and Vikram Siri but who will direct the movie is not yet decided. He is planning to start the two movies this year at any cost.

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SUNDEEP KISHAN & REGINA’S

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ecently actor Sundeep Kishan paired up with sizzling actress Regina Cassandra for the upcoming movie, under the direction of Lokesh Kanagaraj. It is heard that the makers have wrapped the entire shoot of the movie and currently it is in post production stage. It is a bilingual movie which will be released in Tamil and Telugu. Earlier both Sundeep and Regina have worked together for the two movies ‘Routine Love Story’ and ‘Ra Ra Krishnayya’ and it is the third time, when they teamed up again. According to the latest update the movie has been titled as ‘Nagaram’. It is a comic thriller movie with social elements. Ashwani Kumar Sehdev is bankrolling this upcoming project.

The rights of its dubbed Telugu version has been acquired by Producer Chakri Chigurupati for a fancy price.

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uperstar Mahesh Babu celebrated the birthday of his loving daughter Ghattamaneni Sitara, in Hyderabad with family members which falls on 20th July. She has turned four on 20th July and Mahesh Babu spent some quality time with family to make her birthday memorable. Mahesh is popular for not making his public appearance and whenever he gets times, used to spent it with family. Namrata, the wife of Mahesh Babu and mother of Sitara, shared the picture of birthday through Instagram and wrote,” A perfect round off to her birthday making a wish n blowing candles with her father dearest ". The picture clearly features that Mahesh Babu is trying to

hide his look for the upcoming movie, directed

by AR Murugadoss. He is growing moustaches and beard for his upcoming untitled drama.

On the other side, on the occasion of Sitara birthday, Andhra Hospitals conducted free medical health workshop for school children in his adopted village Burripalem and Mahesh thanked the team through twitter.

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Balayya for NKR, MGR

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arlier Nandamuri Kalyanram delivered hit action entertainer drama “Pataas” which is now being remade in Tamil and titled as ‘Motta Siva Ketta Siva’, in which multitalented personality of Kollywood, Raghava Lawrence is playing the lead role. In Pataas, the makers used the remix hit song ‘Arey O Samba’ from the movie ‘Rowdy Inspector’ starring Nandamuri Balakrishna now Raghava is also planning same for his remake. It is heard that he is going to use the hit song of Tamil actor MGR’s movie song to delight the Tamil audiences. It is the first time when Raghava is playing the role of police officer. Actress Nikki Galrani is playing the female lead role. RB Choudary is bankrolling this flick whereas the music is scored by Amresh Ganesh, the son of yesteryear actor Jayachitra.

CASE BOOKED AGAINST

BOYAPATI & BABU

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he criminal case against film director Boyapati Srinu and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister has been booked in Rajamundry three town Police station. GV Sreeraj, the son of Former Amalapuram MP GV Harsha Kumar blamed that Boyapati Srinu and CM Niadu are responsible for the stampede at Pushkarams that resulted the death of 29 people. According to the reports of GV Sreeja, the reason behind the stampede is the filming of ‘Short Film’ on CM Naidu by Boyapati Srinu. He said that Chandrababu Naidu tried to use Pushkarams to increase his popularity. He added that Boyapati acted as TDP agent and Chandra Babu Naidu misused his politic power. Stampede killing of 29 people could have been avoided if Chandra Babu Naidu would not go for shoot. According to PCC Chief, Naidu could have been at the bathing ghat for much lesser time but for shoot he took holy dip and performed subsequent rituals that took three hours. Stampede happened due to film shoot.

Suresh

roped in Janatha Garage

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ctor Suresh, one of the popular actor of 90s, is making his comeback in the Tollywood as character artist with the upcoming most awaited action and romantic entertainer movie “Janatha Garage”, which is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of ‘Mirchi’ and ‘Srimanthudu’ fame Koratala Siva. The movie is near the completion of the shoot and scheduled to hit the theaters on 2nd September. Suresh will play the crucial role in this upcoming flick. The movie starring Young Tiger Jr.NTR, Samantha, Nithya Menon, Mohanalal and Unni Mukundan. Jr. NTR will be seen in dual shade, as IIT Student and Mechanic. Mohanlal is playing the role of NTR’s uncle. Mythri Movie makers are bankrolling the movie whereas sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad is rendering the tune.

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ctor Vijay Antony and Satna Titus starrer Telugu dubbed movie “Bichagadu” was released on 13th May and earned 20 Crores in 50 Days. Everyone is shocked as the movie was released with least expectations and turned out superhit at the box office. It is the dubbed version of Tamil movie ‘Puchaikaran’. Satna Titus played the female lead role in this action thriller drama. It is directed by Sasi and produced by Chadalavada Padmavathi whereas the music is composed by Vijay Antony himself. According to the latest update, noted producer has acquired the Kannada remake rights of Bichagadu and planning to rope top star to play the lead role. The pre-production work has been already started. It is heard that name of Kannada star Sudeep is being considered for its remake. If everything will go accordingly then very soon Sudeep will be seen in this remake . Currently he is busy in his upcoming bilingual movie “Kotigobba 2”, being made in Kannada and Tamil simultaneously and it is an action thriller written and directed by K.S Ravikumar.

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fter delivering biggest disaster ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ Power Star Pawan Kalyan is going to start his next upcoming untitled project under the direction of ‘Gopala Gopala’ fame Dolly. Currently the script work is going on and Pawan is planning to make family entertainer movie. According to the latest update, Pawan and Dolly have approached Victory Venkatesh to play the guest role in this upcoming drama.

Earlier Pawan played the role of Cameo in Gopala Gopala whereas Venkatesh played the lead role and now the director wants reverse combination. The combo of Venky and Pawan has been successful in past and Dolly wants to repeat the magic once again. Currently Venkatesh is busy in his upcoming comedy entertainer movie “Babu Bangaram”, directed

by Maruthi in which Nayantara is playing the lead role. It is set to hit the theaters on 12th August.

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irector Sampath Nandi wants to rope Milky beauty Tamannah Bhatia for his upcoming directorial venture. Recently Sampath Nandi joined hands with handsome actor Gopichand for the upcoming untitled movie in which two actresses Hanshika and Catherine Tresa, are going to play the female lead role. Sampath has Tamannah Sentiments as he has worked with her for two movies ‘Rachcha’ starring Mega actor Ram Charan and ‘Bengal Tiger’ starring

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Venkatesh cameo in Pawan’s next?

Sampath Nandi wants Tamannah

Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja, both turned out decent hit at the box office and now once again, he wants Tamannah for his next flick either as item number or in the role of cameo. Recently he approached Tamannah and it is heard that she has given green signal to her. On the other side, Tamannah is waiting for the release of her woman centric movie “Abhinetri” and busy in the shoot of historic and war drama “Baahubali 2” under the direction of SS Rajamouli.

Unni Mukundan in Anushka’s Bhagmati

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outh Indian actor Unni Mukundan who is busy in his upcoming Telugu movie ‘Janatha Garage’ starring Young Tiger Jr.NTR, Samantha, Nithya Menon and Mohanlal,

woman centric movie “Bhagmati”. This confirmation is given by Unni Mukundan himself as he revealed that he is going to play the lead role in this upcoming techno thriller movie. It is

directed by Koratala Siva, will be next seen in Baahubali actress Anushka Shetty’s upcoming

being directed by Ashok of Pilla Jamindar fame and UV Creations is bankrolling this big budget movie. Another Malayalam star Jayaram is also part of Bhagmati and he will make his screen presence in different look as clean shaven head, thick moustache and bearded avatar, and actor Aadhi Pinisetty will also be seen in the role of antagonist. Recently Anushka revealed that is not a periodic drama but a modern day thriller movie. It is heard that Bollywood actress Tabu will play the role of Anushka’s mother. It is expected that Bhagmati will hit the theaters on the occasion of Sankranthi 2017.

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arthikeya, the son of creative and

talented film maker SS Rajamouli, is a multi talented personality. Recently he started a new eatery named ‘Circuit’ near Whitefields, Kondapur and now he has become the part of reality game ‘Team Delta T’. Most of the game lovers may have heard about the game ‘Pokemon Go’ game, It is a free to play locationbased augmented reality mobile game developed by Niantic for iOS and Android devices. Now another game ‘Team Delta T’ is going to be launched. Empower Labs, a Hyderabad based augmented reality gaming company, is planning to launch it next month and Karthikeya has worked with the team. It is said to be the First AR Smartphone game coming from India.

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orgeous actress Kajal Aggarwal who scored flop hat tricks with Power Star Pawan Kalyan starrer ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’, Superstar Mahesh Babu starrer ‘Brahmotsavam’ and Bollywood movie ‘Do Lafzon Ki Kahani’ staring Randeep Hooda, is still managing to stay in lime light. According to the latest update, she was approached for upcoming 150th project of Megastar Chiranjeevi, to play the female lead role but her remuneration gave shock to the makers. The actresses who were close to Mega actor and producer Ram Charan, was approached for this project, Kajal Aggarwal was one of them. It is heard that she asked Rs 2.5 Crores for this upcoming ‘Kaththi’ remake, the makers did not finalize yet to her. It is being directed by VV Vinayak and Ram Charan is bankrolling this upcoming action and romantic entertainer drama with the association of Lyca Productions. The music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad and it is scheduled to hit the theaters on the occasion of Pongal 2017.

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ational award winner director Krish, came back to Hyderabad recently after wrapping the shoot of war episode of his upcoming directorial venture “Gautamiputra Satakarni”, the 100th project of Nanadamuri Balakrishna, in Georgia. Now he has taken a short break from his busy shoot schedule for making the arrangements of his wedding with Ramya Velaga, who works in care hospital in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. The wedding is scheduled on 8th August in Hyderabad and number of Tollywood celebrities are going to grace this wedding. Krish who got engaged last month, is busy in shopping and he is taking personal care for the designing of wedding cards and the list of invitees who are going to attend his wedding.

He did not reveal bout his wedding destination,

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it seems that it is secret. It is heard that the next schedule of Gautamiputra Satakarni will be started after the wedding of Krish.

ALLU ARJUN, SNEHA

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tylish Star Allu Arjun tied knot with Sneha on 6th March 2011 in Hyderabad and both are considered as most popular couple of Tollywood. The couple welcomed their first child together, Allu Ayaan in 2014.

Now the news that Sneha is expecting her second child after Allu Ayyan is creating lot of buzz. Finally Allu Arjun revealed that Sneha is pregnant again as he shared the a picture that covers Allu Arjun, Sneha and Allu Ayaan. Bunny holds Allu Ayaan as he is kissing the abdomen of to be mother Sneha. Bunny tweeted,” Happy to share that my family is growing a little bigger.

Another baby arriving soon !” Recently Sneha was spotted with Allu Arjun with baby bump as she wore loose Kurta but she did not try to hide her baby bump. On the work Side, after delivering blockbuster movie ‘Sarrainodu’, Allu Arjun did not announce about his upcoming project. It is heard that he will join the set of Harish Shankar’s directorial venture very soon.

PRAKASH RAJ IN

SHARWANAND’S NEXT

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ersatile actor Prakash Raj has been roped for the upcoming youthful entertainer movie “Sathamanam Bhavathi” , under the direction of Satish Vegeshna, who worked as a screen writer for many hit movies like Gabbar Singh. Actor Sharwanand is playing the lead role. Earlier makers wanted to rope Sai Dharam Tej but he rejected the offer and later the makers contacted young upcoming actor Raj Tarun but he also walked out from the project and finally makers roped Sharwanand.

Prakash Raj will play the crucial role. Actress Anupama Parameswaran is going to share the screen space with Sharwa. Dil Raju is bankrolling this upcoming project under the banner of Sri Venkateshwara Creations and the regular shoot will be started from August.

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hild actor Anand Vardhan is going to make his debut with the upcoming movie ‘Aakashavani’. Recently he teamed up director Prasanna for this upcoming drama which is based on village-urban love story. Another actor Adith Arun of Katha Fame is also the part of this entertainer flick. Earlier as child artist, Anand Vardhan made his screen presence in ‘Priyaragalu’ starring Jagapathi Babu and Soundarya, and he has acted number of top stars in 1990. He was also seen in Bollywood hit movie “Surya Vansam” starring Amitabh Bachchan. His popular movies are Manasantha Nuvve, Priyaragalu, Egire Pavurama and Preminchukundham Ra etc.`

Child actor Anand

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oung Tiger Jr.NTR and Koratala Siva teamed up for the upcoming project “Janatha Garage” which is progressing at brisk pace and near the completion of the shoot.

It is set to hit the theaters on 2nd September.

Sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad is scoring the music. Actresses Samantha and Nithya Menon are sharing the screen space with Tarak. A wonderful song is crooned by the famous Contemporary Indian Folk Singer Raghu Dixit for this upcoming movie. It is not the first time when Devi Sri Prasad is introducing any pop and talented singer to Telugu Film industry, earlier Baba Sehgal has also crooned songs for Telugu movies.

Raghu Dixit has worked with Devi Sri for Chal Chale Chalo in S/O Sathyamurthy, Jago Re Jago in Srimanthudu and Don’t Stop in Nannaku Prematho, and now the combo of DSP and Raghu Dixit are coming up for Janatha Garage. Raghu Dixit has recorded thumbing number for the movie and very happy as he teamed up with DSP once again.

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ecently Young Tiger Jr.NTR joined hands with writer and director Vakkantham Vamsi for the upcoming action entertainer drama and he is designing special character for Tarak . It is heard that once again NTR is going to play the role

AS COP IN HIS NEXT

of cop and will be seen more arrogant. His character will be similar to Daya role in ‘Temper’.

Currently he is busy in wrapping the shoot of upcoming movie “Janatha Garage”, which is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of Koratala Siva.

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ctresses love to flaunt their tattoos whenever they get an opportunity, but the tattoo of sizzling actress Samantha is creating lot of buzz in media and film circle.

From long time the love birds, Samantha and Naga Chaitanya are making news headlines and now their love story is taking a new twists. Naga Chaitanya and Samantha teamed up, first time for the movie ‘Ye Maaya Chesave’ and later they shared the screen space for the movie ‘Manam’ and ‘Autonagar Surya’. It seems their love story started during the shoot of Ye Maaya Chesave as she inked the tattoo on her nape, the tattoo has three letters ‘You’, which is grabbing the attentions of audiences till date.

It is heard that this tattoo was inked when she was in the love of Naga Chaitanya. She has been also spotted wearing a locket of letter N and everyone is speculating that N means Naga Chaitanya. On several occasion, she was asked about the name of her mystery man but she never revealed the name of her prince charming.

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ecently the Police Officers Association in Hyderabad raised the objection on the title of upcoming movie “Mental Police” and demanded to change the title of the movie.

Some of them filed petition with the High court to stay the release of the movie ‘Mental Police’. According to the association, the makers insulted the police department as the title Mental Police making a mockery of the police department. Actor Srikanth is playing the lead role and in released teaser, he was seen wearing the garlands of Chappals and sitting on the road. Similar objection was also raised by the member of censor board and finally the makers decided to chop the word of police and now the movie is titled as ‘Mental’.

Actress Aksha is playing the female lead role.

It is directed by Karanam P Babji and produced

by AVV Durga Prasad.

MENTAL POLICE IS NOW

MENTAL

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egendary film maker Mani Ratnam is busy in the shoot of upcoming directorial venture “Kaatru Veliyidai” in which Karthi and Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari are playing the lead role. According to the latest update, Karthi underwent for Pilot training as he is playing the role of pilot in this upcoming drama. It is heard that Aditi Rao is busy in learning Tamil and improving her dictation and dialogue delivery.

Recently she revealed that film maker Mani Ratnam is helping her in learning the language as he wants Aditi to speak Tamil effortlessly.

Mani Ratnam is teaching her accent and intonation.

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riter Chinni Prakash made sensational comments on mega Star Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan, which is giving shock to everyone. Chinni Prakash has provide the story for various shit movies like Chiranjeevi starrer Indra, Allu Arjun starrer Badrinath and Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Narasimha Naidu etc. He revealed few interesting fact about Chiranjeevi’s 150th project. According to him.

He was supposed to write the story for the movie which was planned with Chiru and VV Vinayak but Chiranjeevi was not impressed and he opted remake of Tamil hit movie “Kaththi”. According to Chinni Krishna, Chiru’s 150 movie is Xerox of Tamil hit movie. There is nothing special to talk about the competition of Balakrishna’s 100th and Chiranjeevi’s 150th movie on the occasion of Pongal 2017. He added that earlier he was planning to offer the story line for the upcoming project of Mega actor Ram Charan but Chiru finalized Puri Jagganadh over him who has delivered only one hit movie ‘Pokiri’ in his career.

akdee girl Shweta Basu Prasad, who was dragged into controversy in 2014, when she was arrested for allegedly being part of a prostitution racket in Hyderabad, slowly moved to the Mumbai and is busy in Anurag Kashyap’s production house, Phantom Films. According to the latest update, she has found her love as she is dating a film maker Rohit Mittal since February this year. It is heard that Anuragh Kashyap offered her a job and she met Rohit Mittal who is an aspiring film maker. Recently he directed a short movie ‘Autohead’. Now Shwetha is one again in the new headlines for her love life. Her romantic pictures with Rohit Mittal are going viral on social media and creating sensation.

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JANATHA GARAGE APPLE BEAUTY SONG

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fter delivering revenge drama “Nannaku Prematho”, Young Tiger Jr.NTR joined hands with ‘Mirchi’ and ‘Srimanthudu’ fame Koratala Siva for the upcoming movie “Janatha Garage” which is set to hit the theaters on 2nd September. It is being produced by Mythri Movie Makers. NTR is sharing the screen space with two actresses Samantha and Nithya Menon.

Before the audio launch event , one of of the track from the play list of music album of Janatha Garage, has been leaked on the internet which is going viral. The lyrics of the song is ‘Apple beauty’. Devi Sri Prasad scored the music of the movie. It is not the first time when any movie is facing such type of the problem. The leakage trouble is haunting Janatha Garage. Recently the dance move of Jr.NTR was leaked on social media and received lot of applause and now the Apple Beauty song is going viral on You Tube and Social media. It is going to be a big trouble for the makers of Janatha Garage.

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enu Desai, the ex-wife of Power Star Pawan Kalyan, who used to delight the movie lovers and fans of Power Star Pawan Kaylan by sharing the pictures of her family on social networking sites, posted picture of herself with son Akira Nandan and daughter Aadhya, which are going viral on internet. Currently they are enjoying in Maldives. Akira was spotted in lungi avatar at the pool side. Now after watching Akira’s new getup, Pawan’s fans are very excited as he is growing up and crossed the shoulders of his mother Renu.

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AADI PINISETTY

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ctor Aadi Pinisetty who has impressed with the audiences by his wonderful performance as he played the role of antagonist in recently released mass masala movie “Sarrainodu” starring Stylish star Allu Arjun, Rakul Preet Singh and Catherine Tresa, has become the first choice of top film makers. Recently he was approached to play the role of antagonist for the upcoming untitled movie under the direction of Dongata fame Vamsi Krishna in which young actor Raj Tarun is playing the lead role, but Aadi has rejected the offer. It is heard that makers were offering huge amount as remuneration but he did not sign the movie and politely said no to the makers. Recently Aadi signed upcoming woman centric movie “Bhagmati” which is being directed by Pilla Zamindar fame Ashok in which Baahubali actress Anushka is playing the lead role.

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ll eyes are waiting for the arrival of Victory

Venkaesh starrer upcoming movie “Babu Bangaram” which is scheduled to hit the theaters on 12th August. The movie is near the completion of the shoot and post production work has been already started. Maruthi is being helm this megaphone. Actress Nayantara is playing the female lead role whereas Sonam Bajwa will be seen shaking legs on item song. According to the latest update, Venkatesh is not going to get remuneration for acting in this comedy entertainer movie. Instead of remuneration, he has taken the distribution rights of Babu Bangaram for Nizam territory.

The makers have closed the pre-release business of the movie and it has already done the business of Rs 30 Crores. The movie is jointly produced by Naga Vamsy and Radha Krishna whereas the music is scored by Ghibran.

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SHRIYA SARAN

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ctress Shriya Saran is busy in the shoot of her upcoming Tamil movie “Anbanavan

Asarathavan Adangathavan” under the direction of Adhik Ravichandran.

She is playing the female lead role and recently she shared picture of herself dressed as a bride on social networking site Instagram and tagged the message as ‘1980 Bride in 2016’.

After watching her picture in bride costumes, he fans that that it is her real life picture but unfortunately, it was the part of her upcoming movie AAA. Actor Simbu is playing the lead role and it is heard that he will play three different characters and makers are keeping secret the name of other two actresses. Earlier her role was offered to actress Trisha but she rejected it. The story demands the woman who born in 1980 and becomes the Bride in the year 2016.

It is said to be an out an out youth entertainer with commercial elements.

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ctor and director Srinivas Avasarala is going to play the lead role in the Telugu remake of Bollywood movie ‘Hunterrr’. He will be seen playing the character of sex addict.

Srinivas Avasarala is not worried about such type of hot and erotic scenes. According to him, he has performed intimate scenes live on the stage several times in his acting school. The makers are considering the name of Regina Cassandra to play the female lead role and she

is almost finalized. It is heard that Ragina is very excited to reprise the role of Radhika Apte.

The official confirmation is awaited. Abhishek Pictures has bought the remake right of “Hunterrr”. Naveen Medaram who has worked for number of Hollywood flicks like ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Iron Man 2’ as VFX artist is getting ready to helm this Telugu remake. The movie will go on the floor after the finalization of remaining cast and crews.