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n the occasion of Akhanda’ pre release event, Icon Star Allu Arjun showered praises on Nandamuri Balakrishna and spoke about the relationship between Nandamuri and Allu families. Allu Arjun said, “I grew up watching Nandamuri Balakrishna garu and megastarChiranjeevi garu movies on the big screen. I like Balakrishna’ way of dialogue delivery. I can say that no actor can match Balakrishna garu’ dialogue delivery. I like

Balakrishna’ energy, passion, and dedication to his work.” Bunny also spoke about Boyapati Srinu and said, “I was supposed to act in Boyapati’s debut film, Bhadra, but I acted in Arya instead of Bhadra. I have seen the rise of Boyapati Srinu garu’ from being an assistant director to a star director. I am very happy to see the journey of Boayapati Srinu garu in the Telugu film Industry.”

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ndhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s government brought an online ticketing bill for transparency and there has been a huge controversy over the prices of movie tickets ever since few days ago Megastar Chiranjeevi has appealed to the Andhra Pradesh government and CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Twitter to reconsider the cap on the price of movie tickets. On 28th November. Natural star

Nani graced the

Skylab pre-release event. It was expected that Nani would speak about the issue at the event. But Middle Class Abbayi fame actor clarified that he won’t. Speaking at the event, Nani said that he would not say anything on the issue and left it to the other members.

Ninnu Kori star added, “I have said what I can, now it is the turn of the others to speak.

Everything is not in our hands.”

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arlier during the media interaction, the producer and distributor Suresh Babu had said, “The producers have the right to release their films independently, be it on OTT or theatre. In the business of the film industry, there are no mistakes or confessions. Everyone here works for money.” He had also claimed that it is not wrong to go for an OTT release when the film gets a good amount during the pandemic

time. He had questioned?: What's wrong if we release it on OTT provided we get a good deal? It is known that his production venture Drushyam 2 which was released on OTT platform, and received the positive response. When Suresh Babu also asked about the industry trolling him for releasing Narappa and Drishyam 2 on OTT, to which he replied, I don’t care for anyone. I won’t lose money fearing what others think”.

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ACHARYA

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ecently the makers of Acharya unveiled Siddha Saga teaser that showed an intense, and solid character of a Naxalite named Siddha. The teaser shows him in an intense avatar, and it was all about Ram Charan’s character. Ram Charan wasrunning through the jungle and attacking naxalites. The teaser also showed fatherson duo of Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan sharing screen space and fearlessly facing

cheetahs. Acharya is a social message oriented movie, written and directed by Koratala Siva, is being produced by Ram Charan and Niranjan Reddy under the Konidela Production Company and Matinee Entertainment banners. Though the movie was initially scheduled for 13th May release.

However, due to Covid-19, the makers postponed it and now it will arrive at the theaters on 4th February 2022.

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andamuri Kalyan Ram is now coming up with an historic movie Bimbisara.

On 29th November the makers of Bimbisara unveiled the teaser. Coming on the teaser, Kalyan Ram is shown as a warrior who can do anything for the protection of his kingdom, and a present day modern youth. We have to wait for the film to know what's the link between the two different characters of Kalyan Ram. The teaser has grand visuals,

technical values, and a rich production design. The movie has Catherine Tresa, Samyuktha Menon , Vennela Kishore, and Srinivasa Reddy in the crucial roles, is being helmed by Vashist and is produced

by Kalyan Ram under his NTR Arts banner whereas the music is by Chirantan Bhatt of Gautamiputra Satakarni fame.

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rabhas and Pooja Hegde starrer periodic romantic movie Radhe Shyam is considered one of the biggies set to release in the next couple of months. The movie helmed by Radha Krishna Kumar has been delayed by over a year since its original scheduled date, but the makers have kept fans excited for the film with regular releases related to this drama. The promotional activities of the movie have already

started and soon the makers are going to release the second song. The sources say that Prabhas recently watched the first copy of the film and he is happy with the final output. The sources say that Radhe Shyam has a special 12 minute episode in sea which is one of the major highlights of Prabhas starrer and the fate of the movie at the box office is dependent on this episode.

12 minute episode that takes place in the sea will give a goosebump to the viewers.

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JANANI REVIEW

ew days ago the makers of RRR release the soul anthem Janani.

Besides composing the soulful melody, MM Keeravani has also crooned this song and he also penned the lyrics. The visuals of the lyrical song are high on emotions and invoke patriotism. The song Janani opens with a heart-whelming note by MM Keeravani- "'RRR' throbs with many pulsepounding moments.

Underlying all those spectacular sequences is one consuming emotion that elevates them. Giving the musical form to the beat of that very heart was one of most fulfilling experiences " The soul song also gives us a glimpse of the sacrifices of the heroes of RRR.

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here is no need to give an introduction to Anchor Ravi. He was one of the strongest contenders of this season and one of the most anticipated finalists, too.

Telugu, which is hosted by King Nagarjuna.

Nagarjuna surprised the viewers over the weekend with Ravi's elimination. On 28th November, anchor Ravi was eliminated from the Bigg Boss house. It is being heard that his fans created a ruckus at Annapurna studio in Hyderabad after hearing the news of his elimination from the show.

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And they demanded to make Ravi’s voting percentage official. Few are saying that Bigg Boss organizers had to eliminate the contestant Ravi only because of his high remuneration. He was the highest paid contestant. Apparently, Ravi was being paid Rs 7 to 8 lakh per week. And In this manner, Ravi’ total remuneration for his 12 weeks stay in Bigg Boss 5 Telugu house is around Rs 1 Cr. Though these are not official figures released by the channel Star Maa.

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be a full-fledged Neel's mark action film.

Now the reports are coming that Megastar Chiranjeevi will be seen playing a cameo in Ram Charan and Prashanth Neel’ film.

for an upcoming project. They have been working on some ideas till now, and now Ram Charan seems to have given green signal to the new storyline which was narrated by Prashanth Neel who is known for helming KGF: Chapter 1 and now coming up with KGF: Chapter 2. The upcoming film of Charan and Prashanth Neel will

Apparently, Prashanth Neel is contemplating the idea of bringing megastar Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan together for the project.

If this news comes true, Ram Charan and Prashanth Neel project's canvas will reach new heights and once again mega fans will get a chance to watch father and son duo together on the screen.

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amantha Ruth Prabhu is all set to play the role of A Tamil bis*xual woman who runs her own detective agency in an upcoming film Arrangements of Love. The movie is helmed by BAFTA-winning director Philip John, and is produced by Guru Films, who previously bankrolled woman centric movie Oh! Baby, also starring Samantha in the lead role. Arrangements of Love is an adaptation of the bestselling 2004 novel of the same name by Timeri N. Murar. According to the latest report, Baahubali and Nene Raju Nene Mantri fame Rana Daggubati was

the one who encouraged the producer to narrate the story of Arrangements of Love to Samantha. The sources say that Sunitha Tati was wondering whether to approach Samantha Ruth Prabhu for the lead role for her upcoming film, Arrangements of Love.

However, it was Rana Daggubati who asked the producer to go for the actress. When Sunitha Tati narrated the story to Samantha Ruth Prabhu, the actress seemed curious about the story and agreed to come on the board.

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Movie Review: Anubhavinchu Raja Director : Srinivas Gavi Reddy Producer : Supriya Yarlagadda, Anand

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Music Director : Gopi Sunder Starring: Raj Tarun, Ajay, Kashish Khan, Posani krishna Murali Release Date: 26th November 2021

Rating: 2.5/5

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Raju (Raj Tarun) hails from Bhimavaram, and he inherits huge money and wealth from his grandfather. He lands in Hyderabad and starts to work as security guard. He comes in contact with software processional Shruti (Kashish Khan) and falls for her. What happens next? What is his village backdrop? To get these answers, one should watch Anubhavinchu Raja on silver screen.

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Raj Tarun Performance Cinematography Screenplay

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Rushed Climax Routine comedy Forced emotions Editing

Performance: Raj Tarun has stolen the

thunder with his natural performance. He proves himself an ace actor. His mouths his dialogues effortlessly and emotes equally well. A bright future sure does await him.

Kashish Khan performs well. Tamil actor Naren as village president is effective.

Nellore Sudrashan is good in comedy role.

Ajay as a jealous village head looks good on the screen. The rest of the star cast of Anubhavinchu Raja deliver what is expected of them.

Technical: Full marks to director Srinivas

Gavi Reddy for telling such a romantic and comedy movie with Raj Tarun and Kashish Khan. The background score and music are of good quality. The cinematography is impressive. Editing is not up to the mark.

The production values are good. The first half of the movie could have been better, as it fails to engage viewers as effectively as the second half does. With more comedy

quotient, Anubhavinchu Raja would have made for a better watch.

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All in all, the movie Anubhavinchu Raja impresses everyone with the story and performance of lead actors. Go for it.

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Slow pace First half

Performance:

Venkatesh Daggubati gives his fantastic performance. In the film, especially during emotional sequences where his eyes are moist with tears, Venkatesh is just excellent. Naresh and Nadia are ok and Sampath Raj who plays the rough cop impresses everyone with his performance.

Satyam Rajesh is quite impressive. The actresses who played Venkatesh are fine.

Rest of the cast of Drushyam 2 justify with their roles. Even though the supporting characters had relevance, Drushyam 2 is all about Venkatesh and rightly so.

Technical:

Movie Review: Drushyam 2 Director : Jeethu Joseph Producer : D. Suresh Babu, Antony Perumbavoor, Rajkumar Sethupathi Music: Anup Rubens Starring: Venkatesh, Meena, Tanikella Bharani, Nadhiya, and others Release Date: 25th November 2021

Rating: 3/5

Venkatesh Daggubati and Meena starrer Drushyam 2 has been released on Amazon Prime. Let’s see the story of Drushyam 2.

Story:

Drushyam 2 begins right where it ended in the first part. It has been six years since Ram Babu(Venkatesh Daggubati,) his wife and their kids were stuck in the case of murdering Varun (Nadia’s son). But, the village where Rambabu lives, doesn’t want to let go of them. And neither do the police.

Varun’ parents who want to know the killer of their son, deploys shadow police officers to get the truth out of Ram Babu and his family.

But, Ram Babu is always prepared. How does Ram Babu manage to escape from the police officers this time forms the rest of the story.

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Story Performance Interval episode

The complexity in the lives of Ram Babu family and the constant fear they live in are shown perfectly well in the initial set of sequences. The story also moves forward Ram Babu, who owned a cable TV service in the first part, is now a theatre owner. His passion for the movies has pushed him to work on a script that he’d produce. The director Jeethu Joseph’s staging and strengths to work on a solid script are the film’s assets. Music and BGM by Anil Johnson are impressive. The production design is amazing. The interval episode and climax twists are handled well.

Analysis: Overall, Drushyam 2 is a fitting sequel to the first part.

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rilankan lady Jacqueline Fernandez is a popular name for the Telugu film Industry as she was seen shaking a leg with Young Rebel star Prabhas in action thriller drama Saaho’ item song Bad boys. Now a picture of Bollywood photograph of Jacqueline Fernandez with a conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar is going viral on internet.

Coming on the pic, Sukesh Chandrasekhar is seen kissing Jacqueline Fernandez on her cheek. The actress looks happy in the photos and is seen smiling as the conman kisses her on her cheek. The reports are

coming that this pic was taken in April-June this year when the conman was out on interim bail. The report also cites ED sources who claim that Sukesh Chandrasekhar had met Jacqueline Fernandez about four times in Chennai and had also arranged a private jet for her for the meetings. Earlier it was also heard that Sukesh Chandrasekhar used to call Jacqueline from the prison and send her flowers and chocolates as gifts. Sukesh Chandrashekhar is a millionaire conman who is the prime accused in a Rs 200 crore extortion case.

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he teaser of Kabir Khan's highlyawaited directorial venture , the sport based drama 83 which has Ranveer Singh in the lead role released recently. 83 chronicles India's win under Kapil Dev's captainship, when the team defeated West Indies in the final to clinch the first-ever World Cup trophy in the year 1983. Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh shared a 59 second clip on his social media that recreated the iconic dismissal of West Indies legend Vivian

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Richards from the match.The teaser starts with a packed Lord's cricket stadium where the crowd is rooting for the Indian team and then shows Madan Lal bowling to Richards.

After the West Indies batsman plays a pull shot, Kapil Dev (Ranveer Singh) runs and takes the catch. Akkineni Nagarjuna's Annapurna Studios and Kamal Haasan's Raajkamal Films International have joined hands with Reliance Entertainment to present the Telugu and Tamil versions of 83.

ajasthan Congress Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha is among fifteen ministers who took oath on recently, he is one of the four newly inducted ministers of state Days after being inducted as a minister in Rajasthan, Rajendra Singh Gudha has shot his mouth off comparing roads to the cheeks of Katrina Kaif. The remark was made by

become the h*t topic of discussion. The minister made the comparison of road with Katrina Kaif’ cheeks after he was told about the bad condition of roads in the district by people gathered to listen to him there.

Rajendra Singh Gudha said, “ roads should be like Katrina Kaif’ cheeks.” In a video which is going viral, Rajendra Singh Gudha

the minister of state for panchayati raj and rural development Rajendra Singh Gudha on recently at a government camp held in a village in Jhunjhunu district, which has

is heard saying in local dialect that roads should be like the cheeks of actress Hema Malini, adding she had become too old.

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ayanthara is a popular name in Indian film Industry and she is also known for playing the female leads in woman centric movies. It is known that she will also be making her Bollywood debut with Atlee's directorial in which Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan is playing the lead role. Now according to the latest buzz in the film industry Nayanthara has bought a new house in Poes Garden, Chennai, where stars like Superstar

Rajinikanth and Dhanush reside. Nayanthara is one of the highest paid actresses of South Indian film Industry. She is receiving high remuneration for her films. Now Nayanthara has owned 4BHK flats in an apartment at Poes Garden, and she will be moving in soon on a special date. The reports are also coming that she is also planning to tie the knot with her boyfriend Vignesh Shivan soon after completing the work for her current films.

RAJAMOULI

APOLOGIZES TO TAMIL MEDIA A fter delivering Baahubali series, now SS Rajamouli is coming up with RRR, which is bringing the two top stars of Tollywood and they are Jr NTR and Ram Charan. Now according to the latest report, SS Rajamouli apologizes to Tamil media. Few days ago, the makers of RRR released the soul anthem Janani which received the positive response from the music lovers. Rajamouli, the film’s producer DVV Danayya and the officials at Lyca Productions, the banner which is presenting RRR’s Tamil version, attended

Janani’ Tamil version Uyire launch event in Chennai. On this occasion Rajamouli apologized to the Tamil film media fraternity for not interacting with them for the last three years.

He also said that as he was unable to converse in Tamil, spoke in English. Rajamouli also revealed that he can understand Tamil but it is hard for him to reciprocate back in Tamil language and he slowly learns the language to step up.

He also thanked the Tamil movie lovers for big support they provided to Baahubali series earlier.

Dhanush wins Best Actor

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ollywood actor Dhanush won the Best Actor award at BRICS Film Festival for his performance in action and revenge drama Asuran. The film Asuran also won three National Awards.

India, China, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa participating in it. The Chinese Director Yan Han was awarded the Special Mention Award for his movie A Little Red Flower at the festival. Based on the Vekkai

BRICS Film Festival was held alongside the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) that came to a close on recently. This is the 1st time that the BRICS Film Festival has been conducted alongside the IFFI. The BRICS festival had films from

novel, Dhanush played a farmer in the film, which was produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu under the banner of under V Creations and directed by Vetrimaaran. The movie Asuran was also remade in Telugu titled Narappa by Venkatesh Daggubati and National award winning actress Priyamani.

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Choreographer Sivasankar

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away T LIFE style he renowned choreographer Sivasankar passed away on 28th November. His demise sent a shock across the South film industries. The National Award-winning choreographer Sivasankar breathed his last at a private hospital in Hyderabad. He had contracted the deadly Covid-19 virus after which he was immediately admitted to a private hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Authorities at AIG Hospitals,

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where the choreographer Sivasankar underwent treatment, have informed the family members that he had tested negative for Coronavirus before his demise.

Sivasankar master is popularly known for his work in the films Suryavamsam, Varalaaru, Poove Unakkaga, Thiruda Thirudi, and Baahubali: The Beginning. As an actor, he acted in few Tamil films like Sarkar, Paradesi and Varalaaru.

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LYRICIST SIRIVENNELA QUIZ Seetharamasastry no more SCOMPETET ON irivennela Seetharamasastry passed away: Telugu lyricist Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, who was admitted to private hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for a lung infection, passed away on 30th November. Born in Anakapalle in 1955, the lyricist left his medical education to enter the film industry and pen songs.

Before entering the film industry, Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry would reportedly pen poems under the name Bharani. He made his debut as a lyricist with Janani

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Janmabhoomi in the year 1984. He rose to fame with the song “Vidhatha Thalapuna” in K Viswanath directorial Sirivennela in 1986.

He has penned songs for movies such as Shrutilayalu, Gaayam, Sindhooram, Nuvve Kavali, Swati Kiranam, Swayamkrushi, Swarna Kamalam, Kshana Kshanam, Okkadu, Varsham and Gamyam among others. His most recent work was for the movies Rajamouli’ RRR, Krish' Konda Polam and Venkatesh' Narappa movies.

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egastar Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan starrer action and romantic drama Acharya is one of the most awaited films of the year. Fans have been eagerly waiting for the release of the movie to watch it on silver screens. The movie is being made at a whopping budget of around Rs 140 crore. Now according to the latest report, Acharya has locked its OTT streaming

partner. Amazon Prime Video has acquired the post theatrical digital streaming rights of the Koratala Siva directorial venture which is bringing the father and son duo together on the screen. Acharya will be made available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video several weeks after its theatrical release.

The shoot of the film is going on at the brisk pace and it is in the last leg of production.

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