TOLLYWOOD DECEMBER 2015 VOL 3 ISSUE 2
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DEAL AMONG PAWAN,
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umber of film makers tries to avoid clash at the box office so that can save their revenues and fetch the money as much as possible. Earlier makers of ‘Rudhramadevi’ and ‘Srimanthudu’ postponed their release and gave ways to Baahubali. Again ‘Cheekati Rajyam’ and ‘Sankarabharanam’ got postponed for Akkineni Akhil starrer ‘Akhil:The Power of Jua’. Now in forthcoming summer, three top
BUNNY stars of Tollywood Power Star Pawan Kalyan, Superstar Mahesh Babu and Stylish Star Allu Arjun are ready to arrive in same month April by their forthcoming much awaited movies “Sardaar Gabbar Singh”, “Brahmotsavam” and “Sarainodu” respectively. If these movies will clash at the box office then it will try to eat the revenues of others. According to the sources, Mahesh Babu spoke with Pawan over the release of “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” and as a result of it, he said that his movie will release in March. Like this ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ will hit the theatres in March, Brahmotsavam will occupy April month whereas Allu Arjun is planning to release Sarainodu by the end of April. Finally the deal has been finalized among these three stars.
MANJIMA REJECTS
NAGA CHAITANYA'S
KISS IN SSS
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he released trailer of romantic and family entertainer movie “Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo” starring Naga Chaitanya and Manjima Mohan garnered lot of appreciations from movie lovers and now again the movie has become the talk of discussion for another reason. It is a bilingual movie which is being shot in both Telugu and Tamil, for its Telugu version Naga Chaitanya is playing the lead role whereas in Tamil version, makers roped Simbu to play the lead role. Actress Manjima Mohan is romancing with both actors Chaitu and Simbhu, making her presence in both versions. Everyone was expecting that there will be kissing scenes in this forthcoming movie ‘Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo’ like previous movie Ye Maya Chesave, but according to the reliable sources, Manjima Mohan has rejected to do kissing scenes with Naga Chaitanya. Gautham Vasudev Menon is wielding this megaphone and it is produced under the banner of Photon Kathaas.
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Maruthi turns Venkatesh into Raja Ratnam
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ecently it was reported that Victory Venkatesh is going to team up with “Bhale Bhale Magadivoy” fame director Maruthi. Earlier makers considered the title “Radha” but later they changed it to “Radha Krishna”, now once again makers changed the title of the movie and it is titled as “Raja Ratnam”. Maurthi is well known for experiments on title. Actress Nayantara has been roped to play the female lead role and it is the third when she is going
to romance with Venkatesh after ‘Lakshmi’ and ‘Tulasi’. The movie will be launched on 16th December and shoot will be continued till completion without any break. It is going to be produced on Sitara Creations. After a long gap of one year, Venkatesh is going to make his presence in movie, he was last seen in superhit movie “Gopala Gopala”. It is a family entertainer movie and very soon makers are planning to announce remaining casts and crews.
Chiranjeevi chased by drunken
youths
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here are number of stars in the film industry that never lose their patience and always try to delight their fans and audiences, Megastar Chiranjeevi is one of them. Recently he was followed by few drunken youths but did not lose his control. Chiranjeevi visited to Taj Krishna Hotel in Banjala Hills and while coming back to home, he found that a car is following to his car and few youngsters, who were in drunken condition in the car, trying to irritate him by shouting and hooting. Chiranjeevi did not try to stop them when he was in the car, he found that the youths followed him till Chiru's Blood Bank in Jubilee Hills, after this they changed their way and disappeared. Chiraneejvi asked few people to find out the details of drunken youths because he wants to counsel their parents.
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Mahesh taking on
RAJINIKANTH
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uperstar Mahesh Babu, the Prince of Tollywood has number of die heart fans not only in Tollywood but also in Kollywood. His recently released movie “Srimanthudu” has done decent collection in Kollywood also and increased the number of fans. The superstar of Kollywood, Rajinikanth who is popular for his work in Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood, has fans at international levels. If the war will be between two superstars then it becomes the talk of town and attracts numbers of audiences and celebrities. Very soon audiences are going to become the witness of star wars. After delivering blockbuster movie “Srimanthudu “ Mahesh Babu is busy in his forthcoming family entertainer movie “Brahmotsavam” which is scheduled to hit the theaters in April. He is romancing with three hot beauties Kajal, Pranitha and Samantha, directed by Srikanth Addala. Superstar Rajinikanth who was last seen in “Lingaa”, turned out dud at the box office, is playing the role of mafia don in his forthcoming movie “Kabali”, actress Radhika Apte and Dhaniskhaa are playing the role of wife and daughter of Rajini respectively in movie under the direction of Pa Ranjith. According to the sources, both Brahmotsavam and Kabali are releasing in April months. Movie lovers and their fans are eagerly waiting to watch the star war at the box office.
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Prabhas next movie confirmed!
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ebel star Prabhas who is getting ready to join the set of upcoming historic war saga “Baahubali 2” under the direction of ace film maker S.S. Rajamouli from December, next he will be seen in the directorial venture of short film maker Sujith who made his debut as director with ‘Run Raja Run’. Pramod Uppalapati who is the cousin of Prabahs and has produced hit movies like Mirchi and Run Raja Run, will co produce the movie. It will go on the floor when Prabhas will become free from his prior commitments and wrap the shoot of “Baahubali:The Conclusion”. According to the sources, it is out and out action entertainer movie, Prabhas will be seen in the role of powerful cop. Sujith who proved his calibre as director for the movie ‘Run Raja Run’ will show his enthusiasm to direct Baahubali star Prabhas. Who will play the female lead role is not revealed by makers.
MAHESH BUYS RS 25 Cr FLAT IN MUMBAI? ecently Super star Mahesh Babu visited
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to Mumbai along his loving wife Namrata to attend a family function and they decided to invest on a premium flat in posh area of Mumbai. According to the sources, he is going to spend Rs 25 Crores on the luxurious flat, currently flat construction is ready and finishing work is going on. Mahesh Babu and Namrata roped top interior decorator for the designing of the flat. Earlier Namrata announced that Mahesh Babu is perfect in Hindi, when he will get impressive script and director, he will test his luck in Bollywood Film industry. The latest move to invest in flat in Mumbai indicates that he is planning to act in Bollywood movies very Soon. Currently he is busy in his forthcoming family entertainer movie “Brahmotsavam” under the direction of Srikanth Addala.
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Nora Fatehi
OOPIRI
TO SHAKE LEGS IN
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kkineni Nagarjuna and Kollywood actor Karthi starrer forthcoming romantic and family entertainer bilingual movie “Oopiri” is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of Vamsi Paidipally. The latest addition of the movie is Moroccan actress Nora Fatehi who will shake her legs on item number. Already she has proved her dancing skills on item songs in recently released blockbuster movies “Temper” and “Baahubali”. Actor Karthi who is playing the role of caretaker of King Nagarjuna will shake legs with Nora whereas King Nagarjuna will not take part in item song. According to the sources, it is a high energy item number and the song is composed by National award winning composer Gopi Sunder. Milky beauty Tamannah Bhatia is playing the female lead role whereas gorgeous actress Anushka will play the role of cameo and will be seen as ex girlfriend of Nagarjuna. PVP Cinema is producing the movie and makers are planning to release the movie on 5th February 2016.
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il o n
A k h
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kkineni Akhil, who has delivered fantasy movie “Akhil:The Power of Jua” has turned out dud at the box office, is very happy and excited. Now he has started to talk about adopting love. Akhil is making his presence in PETA India ad, the aim of this ads is to promote the adoption of animals. He is appealing to his fans through ‘People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India campaign’ to open the door for homeless dogs and cats. According to PETA release, in the print visual of Campaign, Akhil is shown with rescued dog Browney with the caption,’ Adopt Love. Adopt a Dog From a Shelter or the Street’. He tweeted,” Have you ever adopted love ? Try it !!! It's a life changing experience! #PETA #adoptlove”. Akhil said that he brought up in the house where animals are friends and treated as equal. But in few house, he has seen that they are very cruel to the living being. They don’t deserve to be abused. They deserve to be friends with us.
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Kumari 21 F to be remade in Tamil, Hindi? D
irector Sukumar’s production venture “Kumari 21 F” starring Raj Tarun and Heebah Patel is receiving overwhelming responses by the audiences at the box office. Sukumar’s content, Palnati Surya Pratap’s direction, performance of Raj Tarun, glamour of Heebah and music of Devi Sri Prasad are the main assets of the movie. According to the sources, number of producers in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi are racing to get the remake rights of the movie in their respective languages. The movie is made with the budget of Rs 15 Crores and it has earned Rs 14.5 Crores till now. The top production houses from Mumbai and Chennai are quoting amazing prices to acquire the remake rights. Kumari has collected Rs 1.25 Crores at the US box office in the first weekend and has become the highest grosser for Raj Tarun.
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ot beauty of Bollywood film industry, whose one glimpse has ability to increase the heart beat of youngsters, expressed her desire to act in Tollywood. She says that a language is not barrier for any actor. Currently she is busy in the promotion of her forthcoming two movies “Tamasha” and “Bajirao Mastani”, she praised Telugu movie and said that earlier few film makers have tried to approach her but she did not sign the movie because of her prior commitments. She said that in future she could take up any project. When some asked to her that who is her favourite star, Mastani revealed that Mahesh Babu is her first choice and she likes him and his performance skills very much. She added that now numbers of Telugu movies are remade in Hindi and languages are not barrier to enter in Tollywood, she is not worried about language. Earlier it was rumoured that she was considering to play the role of love interest of Rebel star Prabhas under the direction of Sujith after Baahubali 2. Prabhas also revealed several time that he would want to pair up with Deepika and she is her favourite actress.
Mahesh or Prabhas to romance Deepika
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FIGHTS WITH MAHESH S uperstar Mahesh Babu is getting ready to compete with Rebel star Prabhas. It is not going to be happen in the terms of movie
release competition but this is for IIFA Award competition. Recently IIFA announce five movies in the best Telugu cinema 2015 category in which one is Prabhas starrer historic and war movie “Baahubali” which has turned out highest grosser movie of Tollywood and then Prince Mahesh Babu starrer second highest grosser family entertainer movie “Srimanthudu”, then next two movies are young actor Nani’s movie “Bhale Bhale Magadivoy” and “Yevade Subrahmanyam” whereas the fifth movie is “Paathshala”. The winner will not be finalized by Jury members, it is based on the vote which
PRABHAS
is polled on IIFA website and depends on the SMS which will be send by the audiences to special numbers. In the race of TRP, Baahubali fetched 21.84 whereas Srimanthudu got 21.24 points and in this way, Prabhas has beaten Mahesh Babu. Now once again both Mahesh and Prabhas are ready to fight at International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) Utsavam which is going to be held on 4th, 5th and 6th December at Gachibowli Indoor stadium, Hyderabad. Both movies Baahubali and Srimanthudu are nominated for the category of Best Movie whereas Prabhas and Mahesh are nominated for the category of best actor for their respective movies ‘Baahubhali’ and ‘Srimanthudu’.
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Beauty queen's
ollywood has import number of Bollywood babes, there are number of actresses who are not able to speak Telugu but surviving in Telugu film industry. They have proved that language is not barrier in success, Rakul Preet Singh is one of them. Currently she has number of Telugu movies in her bags and surviving in film industry. According to her, now she can understand and able to speak good Telugu, she picked it up on the sets, she made effort to learn the Telugu language. The sexy diva who participated in the Femina Miss India pageant in which she was placed fifth, won five pageant titles, including 'Miss India People’s Choice has decided that she will dub for her part in her forthcoming movie “Nannaku Prematho” under the direction of Sukumar in which Young Tiger Jr. NTR is playing the female lead role . Now it will be first time when Telugu audiences will hear the voice of their favourite actress Rakul in ‘Nannaku Prematho’ which is set to hit the theaters on 8th January on the occasion on Pongal.
VOICE FOR JR. NTR'S
NANNAKU PREMATHO
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RAJAMOULI WARNS TO BAAHUBALI TEAM
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ce director Rajamouli is getting ready to start the shoot of forthcoming historic war saga “Baahubali 2” from next month December, he has already allotted 190 days
BALAKRISHNA’S
100TH MOVIE LAUNCHES DATE
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andamuri Balakrishna who is currently busy in his forthcoming 99th movie “Dictator” under the direction of Sriwass, is set to hit the theatres on 14th January 2016 on the eve of Sankrathi. According to the latest update, the prestigious project of Balakrishna’s 100 movie gets a start date. Ace director Boyapati Srinu is going to helm this megaphone and currently he is busy in the preparation of script, the movie will go on the floor on 10th June 2016 on the occasion of Balakrishna’s birthday. Currently Boyapati Srinu is busy in his directorial venture “Sarainodu” starring Allu Arjun and Rakul Preet Singh which is scheduled to hit the theatres in Summer 2016. Makers are considering the title of the movie “God Father”. The official confirmation is awaited. Who will play the female lead role is not yet decided. The movie will be produced by Sai Korrepati under Varahi Chalana Chitram Banner. If everything will go accordingly, then crazy project will be released in second half of 2017.
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for the shoot schedule. According to the latest update, Rajamouli has given strict warning to his entire team to not use mobile phones on the set and not to reveal anything about "Baahubali:The Conclusion". Earlier during the making of Baahubali, 12 minutes video was leaked and went viral on social media. He is now taking extra precautions to avoid the leakage of scenes from the movie. Already movie has completed 40 percent of the shoot and starring Prabhas, Rana, Anushka, Tamannah and Ramya Krishna. Currently Rebel star Prabhas and Rana are working on their physics and increasing their weight whereas actress Anushka is busy in shedding off her weight.
WHY
PAWAN’S SARDAAR T
roped flop babes?
he movie lovers and Pawan’s fan are eagerly waiting to watch his favourite star Power Star Pawan Kalyan on the silver Screen, currently shoot of his forthcoming movie “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” is progressing at brisk pace in Gujarat under the direction of Bobby . Actress Kajal Aggarwal who is playing the female lead role and she has joined the set. The latest addition of the movie is ‘Bujjigadu’ actress Sanjjanna who will be seen in traditional and royal look, one more sizzling actress Raai
Laxmi has shaked her legs with Pawan Kalyan on the tune of ‘Toba Toba’ and she will essay the role of Village Belle. These two actresses Sanjjanna and Raai Laxmi are making their full length crucial roles in the movie. Now no one is able to understand that why Pawan Kalyan who is one of the producer of the movie roped flop glamour actresses in ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ even though he can rope various top actresses in the movie.
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What happened to
Ravi Teja's
Bengal Tiger?
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Allu Ayyan
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ecently Stylish star Allu Arjun has shared his family photograph including wife Sneha and son Ayyan which is going viral and created lot of buzz. On every occasion, All Arjun delights his fans by posting pictures of his son. The child in the arm of parent are bundle of joy and when he gazed into their eyes, smiles, craws and calls mama or daddy, the hearts of parents flutter. In the case of star kids, their fans always want to get one glimpse of them. Earlier the place of Sneha was in Allu Arjun's arm but after delivering Allu Ayyan, her place is taken by her loving kid. Bunny does not leave any occasion to delight his fans by posting the picture of Allu Ayyan, earlier on several occasions like Krishnastami, Holi, Diwali, Christmas and Doctors day, he posted several picture of Ayaan. Whenever Bunny gets the time, he takes care of his son and enjoys that moment.
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ass Maharaja Ravi Teja’s starrer forthcoming action and romantic flick “Bengal Tiger” under the direction of Sampath Nandi is set to hit the theatres on 10th December. Ravi Teja who was last seen in “Kick 2”, directed by Surender Reddy has turned out commercially flop at the box office, he needs hit movie and has lot of expectation with “Bengal Tiger”, but makers and Ravi Teja are not showing interest in its promotional activities. Everybody knows that success of the movie depends on its promotional activities and market strategies but what happened to Bengal Tiger? According to the inside talk, Ravi Teja is not happy with the output of the movie and Bengal Tiger may disappoint him again. There is nothing special in the story which can attract the audiences, the entire story is predictable. The first half of the movie is average whereas second half is dragged and not related to its first part. The comedy of Posani Krishna Murali in the role of Brahmin is also not great. What is the reason that Ravi Teja is not participating in its promotional activities, why is he silent? Two actresses Tamannah Bhatia and Raashi Khanna are playing the lead role and it is produced by K.K. Radha Mohan under the banner Sri Satya Sai Art. Bheems is scoring the music first time of Ravi Teja’s movie.
WILL AKHIL TEAM UP WITH KRISH?
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kkineni Akhil who disappointed the movie lovers and Akkineni fans by his recently released action and romantic flick “Akhil:The Power of Jua” is planning to entertain the audiences by his next forthcoming content driven flick. According to the sources, King Nagarjuna and Akhil are eyeing creative and talented film maker Krish, who is enjoying the success of his recently released directorial venture “Kanche” starring Varun Tej and Pragya Jaiswal. Krish is one of the director who took the risk of delivering this type of unique content of the movie in very low budget which is appreciable. Nagarjuna liked the movie “Kanche” and also praised the work of Krish. Recently he asked him to arrange impressive romantic script for Akhil. According to the sources, Krish has a script which is suitable for the Akhil, but he did not yet narrate the story, if Akkinenis will be impressed then movie will go on the floor very soon. Few more top directors like Deva Katta, Puri Jagannadh and Sreenu Vaitla are also ready to join the race to impress King Nag for the upcoming next movie of Akhil.
MANCHU VISHNU'S
SARADA
SIX PACK
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he makers of forthcoming movie “Sarada” has released its first look poster which is giving shocks to movie lovers and fans. Actor Vishnu Manchu who was last seen in power packed action avatar in “Dynamite” will be seen shirtless showing his bare chest and flaunting six pack abs. The forthcoming movie is based on comedy, romance and action backdrop. Adda fame director Karthik is being helm this megaphone. Jadoogadu fame actress Sonarika Bhadoria is playing the female lead role. The makers have completed the shoot of two schedules and currently movie is progressing at brisk pace. Palli Keshav Rao and D.Kumar are jointly producing the movie and Anoop Rubens is scoring the sound track.
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PAWAN’S
appreciations for
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ower Star Pawan Kalyan whose facial expressions, dancing style, body languages, comedy timing and actions are different from other actors, that is the reason he has got separate set of fans. In 2008, sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad gave music for the movie “Jalsa” starring Pawan Kalyan and Ileana D’Cruz, which was musical hit. Again DSP roped for Pawan’s high voltage action entertainer movie “Gabbar Singh” and fans went crazy. In 2013, once again both Pawan and DSP joined hand for movie “Attarintiki Daaredhi “which turned out commercially hit. Director Sukumar’s production venture “Kumari 21 F” starring Raj Tarun and Heebah Patel has hit the theaters on 20th November, is doing wonders at the box office and enthralling the audiences. The music of the movie is scored by Devi Sri Prasad and he did not take remuneration for his work but played important role in the success of the movie. It is known that DSP is working for action and romantic saga “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” and Pawan Kalyan is very impressed with the work of DSP, according to the sources, DSP scored a rocky item number for Pawan Kalyan and after listening the tune, he appreciated him and sent a big appreciation text message to him. Pawan promised DSP to dance for this romantic number and make it hit. DSP is also scoring the music for upcoming movie “Nannaku Prematho” starring Jr.NTR and Rakul Preet Singh under the direction of Sukumar.
SHWETHA
to shake legs with
Gopichand in Soukhyam
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ot actress Shwetha Bharadwaj who shaked the legs on the item song ‘We Love Bad Boys....” in blockbuster Mahesh Babu’s movie “Businessman” and stole the show of movie, has been roped for upcoming movie “Soukhyam” under the direction of AS.Ravikumar Chowdhary in which actor Gopichand and sexy Siren Regina Cassandra are playing the lead role. She will shake her legs for a saucy item number with Gopichand. Talented music composer Anup Rubens is composing the sound track. Makers are planning to shoot the item number very soon, currently movie is progressing at brisk pace in Hyderabad and makers have completed the shoot of talkies parts. They are planning to launch the audio release function on 13th December in Ongole in a very grand manner. Anand Prasad is producing the movie under the banner of Bhavya Creations.
RAJINIKANTH'S MAKE-UP TEST FOR
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uperstar Rajinikanth who is in Malaysia and busy in the shoot of his forthcoming much awaited movie “Kabali” will undergo a special makeup test for the sequel of blockbuster movie “Enthiran“ next month. He is planning to take a small break and will come to city in the first week of December. International make-up artist Sean Foot, who has worked as make up artist for “I” and “Avatar” has been roped as make up artist for Rajinikanth. S. Shankar is going to helm this megaphone, sizzling actress Amy Jackson will play the female lead role whereas Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger is being considered for the role of the buddies. The music will be scored by Oscar award winner A R Rahman and Visual work will be handled by Srinivas Mohan, earlier who has worked for Rajamouli’s Baahubali. The movie will go on the floor next year
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Trivikram to direct
Chiranjeevi's
150th movie
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egastar Chiranjeevi wants to come back on the silver screen by his 150th movie, according to the latest update, Trivikram Srinivas has been finalized to direct the prestigious project of Chiranjeevi. Earlier Chiru was in talk of remake of Vijay’s Kaththi and the latest being Vedalam remake. Earlier Ram Charan also announced a movie under the direction of Puri Jagannadh but it has been put aside later because of some issues in the script. According to the reliable sources, Ram Charan requested Trivikram to pen an impressive story line for megastar Chiranjeevi which will be produced by Ram Charan himself under his home banner. It looks like that Magastar wants to lock the story as soon as possible because from a long time movie lovers and mega fans are eagerly waiting to know about Chiru’s come back movie. If everything will go accordingly, the movie will go on the floor in March or April. Currently Trivikram is busy in his forthcoming movie “A...Aa” starring Nithin and Samantha which is scheduled to hit the theatres on the occasion of Valentine day.
Mahesh’s
next with Murugadoss
or Puri?
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uperstar Mahesh Babu who is busy in his forthcoming family entertainer movie “Brahmotsavam” under the direction of Srikanth Addala” has number of projects in his bag. Recently he has given nod for upcoming trilingual prestigious project of AR Murugadoss, for which he is going to get Rs 25 Crores as remuneration. Currently Murugadoss is busy in his forthcoming Bollywood movie “Akira” starring Sonakshi Sinha and Konkona Sen Sharma. Mahesh Babu is also in the talk of speed director Puri Jagannadh for his directorial venture “Enemy”. Puri is also getting ready to launch new face Ishaan, the son of producer CR Manohar in upcoming movie “Rouge” which is bilingual movie and will be made in Telugu and Kannada. Now after the completion of Brahmotsavam, what will be Mahesh's forthcoming movie, he will join the set of Puri Jagannad or A R Murugadoss.
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elhi beauty and actress Raashi Khanna who started her filmi career in Tollywood by the movie “Oohalu Gusa Gusalade” in 2014, purchased a flat and become the proud owner of her dream home. From one and half year, she was searching house and finally she got her dream home in Hyderabad, she is planning to perform a housewarming ceremony which will be followed by lavish party and will invite her close friends like Regina Cassandra, Rakul Preet Singh, Sundeep Kishan, Sai Dharam Tej and others. Now she will be permanently shifting in Hyderabad. Earlier she started her career from Bollywood not now completely dedicated to Tollywood. Her parents, who are living in Delhi, will also stay along her in Hyderabad. Currently she is waiting for the release of her forthcoming movie “Bengal Tiger” starring Ravi Teja and Tamannah under the direction of Sampath Nandi which is scheduled to hit the theaters on 10th December. Let’s hope that her new home not only brings happiness but also success.
RAASHI
to host
grand party
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ctress Anjali is waiting for the release of her forthcoming movie “Shankarabharanam” starring Nikhil Siddharth and Nanditha Das, directed by Uday Nandanavanam. She is playing the role of cameo but according to her, it is more than cameo and will be seen in the role of supporter of Phoolan Devi. She said that when Kona Venkat approached her for the role, he said to her that she would play the role of gangster but later he extended her cameo role by adding one song. Makers have released the song through its teasers which has received good responses. It is foot tapping, high energy song in which she
hold pistol like typical Bihar gangster. Her expression, walking style and body language have received lot of appreciations. It is remake of Bollywood movie ‘Phas Gaya Re Obama’ and based on the backdrop of Bihar. The movie is scheduled to hit the theatres on 4th December in a very grand manner.
Anjali
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ctress Kajal Aggarwal has announced that she is ready for item song, earlier when number of makers contacted to her for item number, she rejected the offer but after watching Tamannah Bhatia and Shruthi Hassan who are at top level and shaking legs for item number, she changed her mind and given green signal to makers. According to the sources, few makers are already in the contact for her and want to rope as item number. Currently she is romancing with Superstar Mahesh Babu in forthcoming movie “Brahmotsavam” under the direction of Srikanth Addala, it is third time when she is sharing the screen space with Mahesh Babu. She is also romancing with Power Star Pawan Kalyan in forthcoming most awaited movie “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” under the direction of Bobby.
kajal READY FOR
ITEM NUMBER
Aisha Sharma roped in Rogue, Majnu
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odel and actress Aisha Sharma who has been face of Lakme, apart from several other brands, the sister of Neha Sharma, who acted alongside in Megahero Ram Charan starrer “Chiruta”, was earlier roped for “Shivam”, but she walked away from the project at the eleventh hour, has been roped for upcoming movie “Rogue” and “Premam Remake”. Rogue is the directorial venture of
second lead role whereas Amayra Dastur is the first leading lady. The forthcoming movie “Majnu” remake of Malayalam superhit movie “Premam”, Aisha will play the role of third lead actress. Already makers have roped two hot beauties Anupama Parameshwaran and Shruti Haasan. In compare of these actresses, she will get less screen space and will romance with Naga Chaitanya. Karthikeya fame director
talented film maker Puri Jagannadh in which he is introducing new face Ishan, son of producer CR Manohar. Currently movie is progressing at brisk pace in Bangkok. Aisha will play the
Chandoo Mondeeti is going to helm this megaphone and the movie will be produced by S. Radha Krishna. She will join the set of movie in February.
SANJANA roped in PAWAN’S p
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ctress Sanjana who has shared the screen space with Baahubali star Prabhas and Trisha Krishnan in “Bujjigadu” has been roped for upcoming much awaited action and romantic saga “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” under the direction of K.S. Ravindra in which Power Star Pawan Kalyan and gorgeous actress Kajal Aggarwal are playing the lead role. She is playing important role in the movie. Currently movie is progressing at brisk pace in Vadodara, Gujarat. Sanjana is the latest addition of Sardaar Gabbar Singh. She is very happy and excited, she said that it is like a dream come true to work with Pawan Kalyan. Recently makers met and narrated her role, immediate she gave her green signal. She will be seen in traditional attire and will play the role of princess. The movie is jointly produced by Pawan Kalyan and Sharat Marar whereas sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad is scoring the music
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Akhil’s plan to flaunt six abs
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oung and upcoming actor Akhil Akkineni has received lot of appreciations for his terrific performance, dance moves and death daring stunts in his recently released movie “Akhil:The Power of Jua”, but the movie tuned out commercially flop at the box office because of weak story line. According to the latest update, he is planning for his next forthcoming movie, both father and son duo Akkineni Nagarjuna and Akhil are taking special care for the script. Akhil is planning to flaunt his six abs in his second movie and he has started to work on it and trying to gain good physics. Earlier King Nagarjuna appeared in six pack in “Damarukham” under the direction of Srinivasa Reddy. Now it is the turn of Akkineni Prince Akhil. Nagarjuna asked film makers to come up with impressive romantic script for Akhil. This time instead of action movie, Akhil is preferring romantic saga.
Jr. NTR
to lend his vocal for Nannaku Prematho
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here is good news for movie lovers and Nandamuri fans, young Tiger Jr. NTR is getting ready to lend his vocal for his forthcoming action and romantic entertainer movie “Nannaku Prematho” under the direction of Sukumar. According to the latest update, Jr. NTR will croon a song and the music composer Devi Sri Prasad who is scoring the music for this upcoming movie has started to work on song, recently both met and discussed on the song. It is not the first time when Jr. NTR is going to croon the song, earlier he has lent his vocal for various songs like Olammi Tikkareginda for the movie “Yamodonga”, 123 Nenoka Kantri from movie “Kantri” and Chary song from “Adhura”. Actress Rakul Preet Singh is playing the female lead role and BVSN is producing the movie. The movie is near the completion and is scheduled to hit the theatres on 8th January 2016 on the eve of Pongal.
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Prabhas fans anger with S
Gautham Menon over Baahubali
.S. Rajamouli’s directorial venture Baahubali which was released on 10th July in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam version, has grossed over Rs 600 Crores worldwide and turned into highest grosser Telugu movie. The international version of Baabubali, edited by Vincent Tabaillion, was screened in the festival circuits which have received positive responses. Several celebrities and politician took the twitter and showered their love and
Nani's two movies
NOMINATED FOR IIFA 2015
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nternational Indian Film Academy Awards-IIFA Utsavam is going to be held on 4th, 5th and 6th December at Gachibowli Indoor stadium,
affections toward the movie. Almost all the critics have praised Baahubali. But only one of the director who is none other than Gautham Menon does not like Baahubali. According to him, he does not like fantasy movie and in compare of Baahubali he found best “Game Of Thrones”. His statement raised the anger of Prabhas’s fans and movie lovers, few of them are targeting Gautham Menon on social networking sites. Hyderabad. Allu Sirish is going to host this event of Telugu category. Number of Tollywood movies like S.S. Rajamouli’s magnum opus “Baahubali”, Prince Mahesh Babu’s starrer “Srimanthudu” are nominated for IIFA Utsavam. The award committee has nominated five movies in the category of “Best Film” in which Baahubali and Srimanthudu are already nominated and there are three other movies in which two movies belongs to young actor Nani. The movie “Patashaala” is not a commercially hit movie but it nominated in the list of Best movie. Nani starrer 'Bhale Bhale Magadivoyi' and ‘Yevade Subramanyam’ has also joined the race and getting ready to compete with biggest stars of Tollywood. There is no confirmation about the winners because it depends on votes. The winners will not be finalized by Jury members, it is based on the vote polled on the IIFA website and also SMS which will be send by audiences to special number.
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Kumari 21 F story copied or inspired?
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number of movie makers have got the tag of copy cat in Tollywood film industry. Earlier when S.S. Rajamouli released the posters of Baahubali, netigens said that posters are copied from American comedydrama, Simon Birch, Akhil’s movie poster was copied from "Dragon Ball" posters, Kanche trailer copied from "Dear John" movie. Now it is the turn of recently released romantic entertains movie “Kumari 21F”, which has hit the theatres on 20th November and receiving overwhelming responses. Audiences are very happy and excited after watching the movie. According to them, the content of the movie is unique which is grabbing the attention of audiences. Netizens has find out that Sukumar who penned the story of Kumari 21 F, copied it from French movie “Lila Says”, released in 2004 and the climax of the movie in which Raj Tarun punished his three losers friends is copied from Argentine Crime Thriller movie “The Secret In Their Eyes” which was released in 2009. Earlier the released first look poster of Kumari 21 F was also found copied from the cover page of a Russian album "Femme ... Femmes!" Théatre National de Chaillot poster,
in which pink lips of woman were showcased. Sukumar who is popular for his original and creative work might have to answer whether he copied or inspired the storyline of Kumari 21 F in forthcoming success meets and press meets.
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Anushka IN RUDRAKSHA? T
alented and creative film maker Krishna
Vamshi who is popular for classical movie is now getting ready to scare the audiences like his boss sensational film maker Ram Gopal Varma by horror and thriller movie “Rudraksha”. Krishna Vasmhi’s last movie “Govindudu Andarivadele” starring Ram Charan and Kajal was average at the box office and now he needs a hit movie. Actress Anushka is top actress of Tollywood film industry and this year she has delivered two historic superhit movies “Baahubali” and “Rudhramadevi”. Vamshi Krishna wants to rope gorgeous beauty Anushka for the movie and according to the latest report, the movie will have five actors and it is a woman centric horror flick. The makers are planning to reveal the detail of cast and crews very soon after the finalization of everything.
Shruthi Hassan
turns Golden leg
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olden beauty of South Indian film industry Shruthi Hassan, who is known for her work in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies, is on ninth cloud. The reason behind it whichever movie she is starring it turns to a blockbuster. She has once again got the title of golden leg for Tollywood, Bollywood and Kollywood. In her filmi carrer, she has seen up and down several times but never disappointed. This year her family entertainer movie “Srimanthudu” in which she shared the screen space with Mahesh Babu has collected more than Rs 200 Crores and stood at the second position of highest grosser of Tollywood movie after Baahubali. Her recently released Tamil movie “Vedhalam” starring Ajith Kumar has turned out blockbuster and running successfully at the box office. In Bollywood she delivered “Gabbar is Back” in which Akshay Kumar played the lead role under the direction of Krish. All the three movies have collected more than Rs 100
Crores in all three industries in 2015. Recently she has been roped for upcoming remake of Malayalam hit movie “Premam” and Kollywood movie “Thani Oruvan”.
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Ram Charan to Perform at IIFA UTSAVAM
SHRUTHI WANTS TO BECOME
MOTHER
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ega Hero Ram Charan has come back to Hyderabad with his loving wife Upasna after spending one month vacation in USA. After coming back, he has started to concentrate on his work, currently he has three upcoming projects in his hands which are in preproduction stage. According to the latest update, Ram Charan is going to perform first time at International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) Utsavam Utsavam, a grand south Indian film awards event, which is going to be first time in Hyderabad. The gala event is going to be held on 4th, 5th and 6th December at Gachibowli Indoor stadium, Hyderabad. Allu Sirish is going to host the Telugu segment of awards. Numbers of stars from Tollywood are going to perform in this event, Ram Charan is one among them. He is going to perform live in front of number of audiences first time in his career. The choreographer and the entertainment director the program tweeted,” Rehearsing with Ram Charan! So talented and such a genuine soul. An act to look out for at @ IIFAUtsavam!!!"
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olden
beauty
of
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Indian
film industry Shruthi Hassan who is enjoying the success of her recently released Superhit Tollywood movie “Srimanthudu” and Kollywood movie “Vedalam” expressed her desire that she needs to get married immediately and become mother. According to her, she wants to enjoy motherhood as soon as possible after marriage. She expressed her shocking desire on a talk show with actress Khusboo. She also said she is not in affair of anyone and does not have enough time to romance with anyone because she has number of movies in her bag and most of time she spent in travelling. Currently she is busy in her forthcoming action and romantic Kollywood movie “Vadi Vasal “under the direction of Magizh Thirumeni in which actor Arya is playing the lead role.
Pawan meets
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Anushka
to team up Rana again
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ne of the leading actress of South Indian Film industry Anushka Shetty who delivered two superhit movies “Baahubali” and “Rudhramadevi” and has become the first choice of film makers. According to the latest update, Kollywood director Bala is planning to rope actress Anushka for upcoming untitled multistarrer movie in which Rana Daggubati, Arvind Swami and Nani are playing prominent roles. Anushka will play the female lead role in the movie. From a long time Bala was busy in the search of talented and well known face for his forthcoming movie. Currently Anushka has number of movies in her bag, she is yet to confirm her availability for the role. Currently she is getting ready to join the set of her forthcoming historic movie “Baabubali 2” under the direction of S.S. Rajamouli in December.
wo different stars from different fields, actor and Politician Power star Pawan Kalyan met Cricket legend Kapil Dev in Gujarat, shaked hands and exchanged their views. Currently Pawan Kalyan is busy in his forthcoming much awaited action and romantic movie “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” in Vadodara Gujarat under the direction of K.S. Ravindra. The team is residing in a star hotel and incidentally Kapil Dev was also staying in the same star hotel. Pawan met Kapil Dev there and spend quality time with him. It was Kapil who recognized Pawan first and asked for his photo. Kapil Dev said to him that he has watched his few movies and is very happy to see him. Pawan Kalyna’s close friend Sharrat Marar clicked this picture which is going viral on the internet. The movie “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” starring Kajal Aggarwal, Raai Laxmi, Sharad Khelkar and Kabir Duhan Singh. The shoot will be continued till 9th December in Gujarat. The movie is jointly produced by Pawan Kalyan and Sharat Marar whereas Devi Sri Prasad is composing the music.
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AFTER PAWAN,
Chiranjeevi
WENT DEVOTIONAL
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TV and Bhakti TV are conducting Koti Deepotsavam event at Hyderabad and it will continue for fifteen days. Megastar Chiranjeevi who enthralled the movie lovers and mega fans with his electrifying cameo in recently released movie “BruceLee” starring Ram Charan and Rakul Preet Singh has proved his mania once again. Everyone is eagerly waiting to know about his forthcoming prestigious 150th movie. Now he became devotional. Chiru and his wife Surekha participated in Koti Deepotsavam function, it is a devotional event. Recently Megastar and politician Chiranjeevi stolen time from his busy schedule and visited to NTR stadium, carried the palanquin with Goddess along NTV Chairman Narendranath Choudhary. Both Chiru and Surekha attended the holy Deepotsavam on sixth day and spent wonderful devotional time in the chanting of Lord Shiva. Last year his younger brother Power star Pawan Kalyan was the special guest for Koti Deepotsavam, presently he is in Gujarat and busy in the shoot of his forthcoming much awaited movie “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” under the direction of Bobby.
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ALLU ARJUN
TURNED GOLDEN LEG
for BBM, Kumari 21F
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he recently released two small budget movies “Bhale Bhale Magadivoy” starring Nani and Lavanya Tripathi under the direction of Maruthi, “Kumari 21 F” starring Raj Tarun and Heebah Patel directed by Palnati Surya Pratap has turned out hit at the box office. Everybody knows that Stylish Star Allu Arjun graced the audio launch function of both “Bhale Bhale Magadivoy” and “Kumari 21 F” as Chief Guest. Kumari 21 F has hit the theatres on 20th November and receiving lot of appreciations at the box office and on its first day movie has declared hit. Allu Arjun has turned out golden leg for both the movies, the budget of BBM was 9 Crores and the movie has collected 23 Crores at the Worldwide box office. Currently Allu Arjun is busy in the shoot of his forthcoming movie “Sarainodu” under the direction of Boyapati Srinu which is set to hit the theatres in April.
SUDEEP
steps into the shoes
of Pawan
RANA’S FIRST AWARD
FOR BAAHUBALI
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he hot Chunk of Tollywood Rana Daggubati who entertained the audiences by his terrific performance as Bhallaladeva in India’s biggest motion blockbuster movie Baahubali, will be awarded at the Asiavision Movie Awards 2016. He will get the award in the category of Performer Of The Year –Telugu, the award function is going to be held on 2nd December in Dubai. This confirmation is given by Rana himself on social networking sites, he tweeted,” Happy to be at #AsiaVisionAwards for #Bahubali in Dubai on Dec 2nd. Look forward. Getting an award for #Bahubali at #AsiaVisionMovieAwards 2016 on 2nd December in Dubai. Happiness !! #bhallaladeva #AsiaVisionMovieAwards”.
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ollywood superhit movie “OMG-Oh My God” is based on Australian movie, The Man Who Sued God. The movie starring Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal, in which Akshay Kumar reprised the role of Lord Krishna and Paresh as devotee under the direction of Umesh Shukla, but the movie was banned in the UAE for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Later the movie remade in Telugu as “Gopala Gopala” in which Power Star Pawan Kalyan played the role of Krishna whereas Victory Venkatesh as devotee. According to latest update, the movie will be remade in Kannada in which Upendra and Kiccha Sudeep are going to play the lead role. Sudeep will play the role essayed by Pawan Kalyan, Upendra will play Venkatesh’s role. Three productions houses Kichcha Creations, Jayashreedevi Productions and N Kumar Productions will team up for this prestigious project which will be directed by Nanda Kishore. Sudeep is hit for remake of Pawan’s movie. Earlier he acted in hit movie “Ranna” which is remake of Pawan’s Attharintiki Daaredi.
Currently Rana is getting ready to join the set of second installment “Baahubali 2” from December under the direction of SS Rajamouli.
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Rajamouli to beat Avatar A
ce film maker Rajamouli has recently announced in an interview that he is planning to make the series of Baahubali up to 6 parts but did not reveal anything regarding it. He said that when he is not revealing anything about “Baahubali 3” then how people are expecting that he would reveal the secret of remaining parts. He said that Baahubali 3 will not be linked with its presequels 'Baahubali 1 and 2' and he will rope new star cast. Rajamouli never compromised with quality work of the movie and he has his top level technician team. He is trying to give the feel of Hollywood venture to the audiences by his creative works. But no one can match the technology work of ‘Avatar’, to deliver this type of awesome technology work Rajamouli needs to hire Hollywood maker. But he has a chance to beat James Cameron’s directorial venture ‘Avatar’ by Baahubali. James Cameron is planning to have three more sequels to the existing movie, which will be continued up to third part and concluded in fourth part. Currently Rajamouli is planning only for Baahubali 3 which will go on the floor after the completion of Baahubali 2. If Rajamouli will make series of Baahubali like Harry Potter then he can beat Avatar in this way.
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Nayan
holidaying with
Vignesh P
retty actress Nayantara who was last seen in Kollywood movie “Naanum Rowdydhaan” is enjoying her holidays with Kollywood director Vignesh, reportedly her boyfriend. The movie was directed by Vignesh, during the shoot of the movie, both Nayan and Vignesh falls in love on the set. Earlier the name of Nayantara was linked with number of actors like Prabhudeva and Shimbu but presently she is in the love of Vignesh and both are enjoying together in a beach resort. According to latest buzz, next year they will try to tie knot. Currently Nayantara is busy in the shoot of her forthcoming Supernatural horror flick “Kashmora” under the direction of Gokul.
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exy Siren Trisha Krishnan is getting ready to entertain the audiences by her glamorous avatar in her forthcoming horror comedy movie “Nayaki” under the direction of Govi Goverdhan, in this movie she is appearing in dual avatar. In one role she will be seen in traditional attire whereas in other role, she will steal the show by her ultra modern look. Trisha who is famous for challenging role, will don in bikini in second role. It is a woman centric movie in which actor Ganesh Venkatraman is playing the lead role. It is a bilingual movie which is being made in Telugu as “Nayaki” and in Tamil as “Nayagi”. Giridhar Mamidipally who was the former manager of Trisha is producing the movie under Giridhar Production House.
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BAAHUBALI
PRABHAS R
Mahesh presents SRIMANTHUDU CYCLE
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uperstar Mahesh Babu’s latest offering
Srimanthudu has completed the run of 100 days and on this occasion, makers announced the cycle winner name through lucky draw. This cycle was used in the movie by Mahesh Babu and it has grabbed several eyeballs, the cost of this costly cycle is Rs. 3.5 Lakhs. Makers decided to raise fund for charity by using this cycle and conducted a contest. G. Nagender Reddy from Karimnagar was picked up by Mahesh Babu through random lucky draw. Recently he presented the cycle to the winner on the set of Brahmotsavam. All the donors will get Srimanthudu T shirt signed by Mahesh Babu. Currently he is busy in the shoot of forthcoming family entertainer movie “Brahmotsavam” under the direction of Srikanth Addala and romancing with three actresses Kajal, Pranitha and Samantha.
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IN DHOOM 4
ebel star Prabhas who has won the heart of his fans and movie lovers by his wonderful performance in India’s biggest motion movie “Baahubali”, has become the first choice of movie makers. Earlier he tried to test his luck in Bollywood movie “Action Jackson” starring Ajay Devg’n and appeared in the role of cameo but did not get recognition. After the release of Baahubali, now Bollywood makers are ready to cash the craze of Prabhas. Recently Prabhas endorsed Mahindra & Mahindra's SUV model, TUV 300 and overtaken its closest rival Ford Ecosport, Mahindra TUV 300. According to the latest update, Bollywood Giant Film Maker Yash Raj Films contacted to Prabhas for the forthcoming movie “Dhoom 4” and they are planning to rope him at any cost because everybody knows that the name of Prabhas is enough to drag the audiences at theatres. Currently he is getting ready to join the set of S.S. Rajamouli’s directorial venture “Baahuali 2” in December. After John Abraham, Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan, now it is the turn of Tollywood heartthrob Prabhas to enthral the audiences by Dhoom 4.
NARA ROHITH, NAGA SHOURYA
TURNS SIBLINGS
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ega hero Ram Charan’s latest offering
“BruceLee” has turned out commercially flop at the box office. Now Ram Charan needs a hit movie to rise his filmi career. Very Soon, he will start to work on remake of Kollywood hit movie “Thani Oruvan”, he is taking special care for the movie and tried to rope Aravind Swamy who played the role of villain in its original, but Arvind Swami is giving shock to makers by his remuneration. To play the role of Villain, he is asking Rs 3 Crores. Already makers have decided to make the movie in low budget, so they are going to another opt for villain. Ram Charan has given suggestion to Allu Arvind to contact with Sudeep, Madhavan or actor Neil Nitin Mukesh to play the role of buddies. The movie will be directed by Surender Reddy and jointly produced by NV Prasad and DVV Danayya
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ctor Naga Rohith and Naga Shourya are going to share the screen space for upcoming movie “Jo Achyutananda” under the direction of actor director Srinivas Avasarala. It is a romantic and comedy family entertainer movie and will go on the floor in February next year. Earlier makers finalized Nara Rohith to play the lead role but now they also roped Naga Shourya, he will also play the role of central character. Nara Rohith and Naga Shourya will get equal screen space and play the role of siblings. Currently both are busy in their prior commitments and did not allot the dates. The movie will revolve around three characters Achyuta Ramarao, Ananda Vardhana Rao and Jyothi. The makers are planning to wrap the shoot in two schedules in very short time span of 50 days. The movie is produced by Sai Korrapati of Varahi production house. Currently Srinivas Avasarala is busy in forthcoming movie “A..Aa” under the direction of Trivikram Srinivas.
Aravind remuneration for THANI ORUVAN REMAKE
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JR NTR
in Vedalam remake? Y
oung Tiger Jr. NTR who is busy in the shoot of his forthcoming action, romantic and family entertainer movie “Nannaku Prematho” under the direction of Sukumar and the movie is near the completion, is showing interest in Vedalam remake. Earlier Jr. NTR was interested in remake of Vijay’s “Kaththi” but it did not work out, now he has changed his mind set and planning to act in remake of recently released Kollywood movie “Vedhalam” starring Ajith and Shruthi Hassan. The movie has earned Rs 40 Crores within first week. Jr. NTR watched the movie in special show, he is very impressed with story line and the work of director Siva. He also liked the sentimental relationship between brother and sister which is highlighted in the movie. He is planning to act in Vedalam remake after the completion of Nannaku Prematho which is progressing in Spain now.
PRABHAS' S CRAZE
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ebel star Prabhas has number of die heart fans not only in Tollywood but also at International level. He also showed his power in automobile industry. After delivering India’s biggest motion movie ”Baahubali”, he singed his first endorsement Mahindra & Mahindra's SUV model, TUV 300 is now continuing to be at the top position in the automobile industry. Mahindra & Mahindra's SUV model, TUV 300 has overtaken its closest rival Ford Ecosport, Mahindra TUV 300 and stood at top place. The popularity of Prabhas is enough is to attract the attention and his fans also cooperated in its promotions. Mahindra & Mahindra signed Prabhas to cash his craze and became successful in reaching its goal.
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ANASUYA shocking remuneration
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nchor Anasuya who is the part of forthcoming comedy and family entertainer movie “Soggade Chinni Nayana” in which King Nagarjuna, Lavanya Tripathi and Ramya Krishnan are playing the lead role under the direction of debutante Kalyan Krishna, giving shocks to everyone by her amazed remuneration. She has allotted 10 days to the movie makers and charged Rs 4 Lakhs per day. According to it, she will get Rs 40 Lakhs as remuneration for the movie. She is also shaking legs with King Nag. Brahmanandam, Hamsa Nandini, Anasuya, Vennela Kishore and Chalapathi Rao are playing important roles in the movie. Nagarjuna and Ram Mohan P are jointly producing the movie under the banner of Annapuma Studios banner whereas Anup Rubens is scoring the music. It is slated to hit the theatres on 15th January on the eve of Pongal.
BALAYYA’S
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buzz
andamuri Balakrishna who is appearing in mass avatar on silver screen is a very fun loving person in real life. He is well known for angry man avatar and entertained the audiences by his power packed action avatar. Now he enthralled everyone in a very unique way. Recently he did a rocking ramp walk with the models which has become the topic of discussion and creating lot of buzz on social networking sites. Recently he was invited
as chief guest at the opening ceremony of a beauty Salon and took part in a fashion show after opening ceremony. Balakrishna wished the salon owner for the success. A number of celebrities like Raj Tharun, D Suresh Babu and others graced this event.
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ass Maharaja Ravi Teja starrer forthcoming action and romantic saga “Bengal Tiger” under the direction of Sampath Nandi is gearing up for grand release on 10th December. The film makers are using the hot and sexy diva Tamannah Bhatia for its promotional activities. This tigress is roaring and attracting the audiences by her glamorous avatar. Recently makers have released the hot promotional stills of the movie, in one still she flaunted her hot and sexy body in wet brown colour outfit exposes her sexy curves and naval. Already she has created lot of buzz in social Media by her transparent designer gown which she wore during the press conference of IIFA Utsavam, now it is the turn of Bengal Tiger to cash the craze of this sizzling actress. Ravi Teja was last seen in the movie “Kick 2” which has turned out commercially flop at the box office and now makers are trying to cash the craze of hot Tigress Tamannah as a part of promotion for Bengal Tiger.
KORATALA SIVA
puts Jr.NTR aside for Bunny
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arlier it was reported that after wrapping the shoot of upcoming movie “Nannaku Prematho”, Jr.NTR will be next seen in the directorial venture of Koratala Siva which will be produced by Mythri Movie Makers, the movie is tentatively titled as “Janatha Garage” and was launched on the eve of Dussehra. Now according to the latest update, the movie is going to be shelved. The reason behind this drastic change is not yet known but sources say that the movie might not go on the sets. Koratala Siva is now getting ready to team up with Allu Arjun for untitled project which is going to be launched in February. The official confirmation is awaited from Mythri Movie Makers. Koratala Siva is famous for shelving projects after official announcement and Muhurtam. Earlier before the shoot of Srimanthudu, the project of Ram Charan, Bandla Ganesh and Trivikram was officially launched after the shoot of few days, makers halted the shoot and put aside. Currently Allu Arjun is busy in upcoming movie “Sarainodu” starring Rakul Preet Singh, directed by Boyapati Srinu which is scheduled to hit the theaters in April.