TOLLYWOOD JANUARY 2016 VOL 3 ISSUE 3
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t is our happy birth day wishes to our BA RAJU (on january7) who is king in media field, who supports young journalists. He is a star PRO in cinemafield and he also successfully runs Superhit Cine Weekly Magazine and he also gives respect and support to everyone in this field and at the same we are wishing B. JAYA (on january 11) a very happy birthday who is director of this Superhit Cine Weely Magazine Satyam Gorantla Excutive-Editor Tollywood Magazine Tollywood.NET
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Balayya's babe
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ot beauty Sonal Chauchan who delighted fans by her bikini avatar in Nandamuri Balakrishna’s movie “Legend” is getting ready to entertain the audiences by repeating the feat in forthcoming action and romantic saga “Dictator” directed by Sriwass. Earlier in the movie “Pandaga Chesko” she appeared in bikini. She has received lot of appreciations in red colour bikini which she wore first time in Hindi movie “3G”. In Bollywood, numbers of actress have appeared in bikinis but in South, it is rare. Sonal Chauchan is very happy with
the tag of bikini beauty and repeating again and again in forthcoming movies. In Dictator Balakrishna is appearing in dual avatar, Sonal has taken the responsibility of glamour part whereas Anjali will be seen as conservative girl. The movie is gearing up for grand release on 14th January 2016 on the eve of Pongal.
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Mani Sharma to score background for Mahesh’s Brahmotsavam
Uttej's daughter
Chetna
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ow numbers of Telugu actors’s daughters are testing their luck as actress in film industry. Recently Nagababu’s daughter Niharika Konidela signed movie “Oka Manasu” and actor Rajasekhar's daughter's elder daughter Sivani is getting to ready to make her Telugu debut very soon. Now it is the turn of comedian-writer Uttej's daughter Chetna, she has been roped for upcoming project “SHE” directed by new comer Ramesh Mahendra. She
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uperstar Mahesh Babu shares good rapports with veteran music composer Mani Sharma. Now Mani Sharma has been roped for upcoming family entertainer movie “Brahmotsavam” starring Mahesh Babu under the direction of Srikanth Addala. When numbers of top film makers are approaching sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad and Thaman, Mahesh Babu gave chance to Mani Sharma for his prestigious project to score the background music whereas Mickey J Meyer will score the songs. Earlier Mahesh Babu also recommended the name of Mani Sharma for the movie ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ and Mickey J Meyer composed the music of SVSC and now composing for Brahmotsavam. Movie lovers and fans of Mahesh Babu are very happy and hope that the addition of Mani Sharma will bring the advantages for the movie.
will play the lead role in movie. It is a romantic comedy movie based on the horror backdrop. Tamil hero Mahat Raghavendra is playing lead role whereas another actress Sweha Menon has taken the responsibility of horror part. Recently makers have launched the movie at Annapurna forest. Chetna said that it is her first movie as lead actress. Earlier she has worked as child artist in various movies.
Mumaith Khan’s item number
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izzling actress Mumaith Khan who scorched silver screen with her energetic item number, has been roped for upcoming much awaited movie of Nanaduri Balakrishna’s 99th movie “Dictator” under the direction of Sriwass. She will shake legs with Balayya on item number. According to the sources, Balakrishna is eagerly waiting to cast her in item song. Earlier the names of top actresses like Shraddha Das, Ileana and Nayantara were making round but none of them got the opportunity to become the part of forthcoming action and entertainer movie, finally the role fall in the bag of Mumaith Khan. The music of the movie is scored by Thaman. Two actresses Anjali and Sonal Chauchan are playing the female lead roles. The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 14th January 2016 on the eve of Sankranthi.
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ovie lovers and fans of Young Tiger are
eagerly waiting to know about the audio launch and release of forthcoming revenge drama “Nannaku Prematho”. The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 13th January on the eve of Pongal, film unit are doing hard work to complete it and release the movie on time. Its look like someone hacked Jr. NTR’s twitter account yesterday night and given shock to movie lovers by mid night tweets. Yesterday Young Tiger was in for huge shock when they came to know a tweet which splashed at mid night on his account. According to it, he tweeted,” Fans have been asking the dates of Nannaku Prematho audio and movie release. I wish I knew when it is! I have no clue what is happening." The news goes viral on the internet and on several websites. After posting, tweet was deleted again but damage was already
Jr. NTR's shocking midnight tweets
done. Finally Jr. NTR came with clarification and tweeted,” My team woke me up with the shock of my life. Guess my account has been compromised. Trying to find out what actually happened. Will get back once things are resolved and back into my control regarding my Twitter handle."
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Raghava Lawrence to team up Akhil?
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kkineni Akhil is busy in the search of impressive script for his forthcoming second project. Earlier King Nagarjuna was considering the names of V.V. Vinayak and Puri Jagannad to direct the movie of Akhil. According to the latest update, now Nagaruna is eyeing on choreographer turned director Raghava Lawrence. Basking in the success of Kanchana 2-Ganga, Raghava Lawrence is said to be in talks with King Nagarjuna’s son Akkineni Akhi. Nag and Lawarence shares good rapport and earlier Raghava has directed Nagarjuna’s movie “Mass” and “Don”. Currently everything is in talk stage, nothing has been finalized yet. Nagarjuna is also trying to approach Rajamouli and Trivikram Srinivas but both are busy in their forthcoming projects. Perhaps, that is the reason, Nagarjuna is keen on Tamil directors.
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uperstar Mahesh Babu and AR Murugadoss’s upcoming big budget untitled multilingual movie has become the topic of discussion. According to the latest update, the movie will have Mumbai backdrop and recently Murugadoss and Cinematographer Santosh Sivan visited to Mumbai for the scouting the location where they are planning to shoot the crucial scenes of the movie. The name of two actresses Shraddha Kapoor or Parineeti Chopra are making round to play the female lead role. The movie will be made in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. In Telugu version Mahesh Babu, Tamil Version actor Vijay whereas in Hindi Version Khiladi Akshay Kumar will play the lead role.
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BACKDROP OF MAHESHMURUGADOSS FINALIZED
Chiru rejected
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veryone is aware of it that earlier Puri Jagannadh wanted to join hands with Mega Star Chiranjeevi for his most prestigious comeback 150th movie and came up with the script of ‘Auto Jani’, however Chiranjeevi rejected the script and announced that he was not happy with the second half of the script. According to the sources, Puri Janannadh made few changes and narrated the script to Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja. He is very impressed and has given green signal to Puri. The official confirmation is awaited. Currently Puri Jagannadh is busy in his forthcoming movie “Rogue” starring Ishan and Pooja Jhaveri.
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.S. Rajamouli’s directorial venture “Baahubali” has earned more than 650 Crores. During the shoot of the movie, it was reported that the total budget of the movie for its two parts was 250 Crores. Makers neither
OF BAAHUBALI?
accepted nor denied and left spaces for the rumours. Recently Rajamouli revealed that the budget of graphics of Baahubali was Rs 22 Crores. The movie was shot for 400 days over a period of 2 years and the production cost would not be more than 15 Crores. Before starting the shoot Rajamouli said that budget of the movie is around 20 Cores including costumes designing and music. Prabhas took 20 Crores as remuneration and the remuneration of other casts like Anushka, Tamannah, Rana, Ramya Krishna will be less than 10 Crores. Add 10 crores for pre and pre production work, 2 crores for promotional activities, and nearly 5 crores for sound designer, stunt choreographer, make ups and other technical work. According to that, the final budget of the movie cannot be exceed Rs 110 Crores.
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Prabhas delays Anushka's marriage for 2 years A
ctress Anushka Shetty is getting ready to join the set of her forthcoming movie “Baahubali 2” under the direction of S.S.Rajamouli from January, currently movie is progressing at brisk pace at Ramoji Film City. Rumours are rife that Rebel star has been stopping the marriage of Anushka for more than two years. In past they have shared the screen space for various hit movies like
Rajamouli’s serious warning to
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alented film maker S.S. Rajamouli has started the shoot of his forthcoming historic big budget movie “Baahubali 2” from 16th December and currently movie is progressing at brisk pace at Ramoji Film City. Revel star Prabhas and Ramya Krishnan have already joined the set. Recently Rajamouli assembled the entire cast and crew of the movie and given strict warning to not carry any mobile phone. He added that he does not want leakage of
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“Mirchi”, “Billa” and “Baahubali:The Beginning”. They are also getting ready to team up for upcoming movie “Bhagmati”. If both will work together for historic movie “Baahubali 2” and “Bhagmati”, then definitely it will take more than 2 years and without completion of their prior commitment they cannot plan for marriage. Prabhas is not stopping Anushka’s marriage but as per schedule of the movies, she has to wait for two years for the completion of shoot.
single stills from the shooting spot. Last time, few scenes of war sequences from the movie “Baahubali” leaked from the set and went viral before the release of the movie and this time does not want it again. Rajamouli wants to keep everything under wrap and his intention is give sudden surprise to audiences when the movie releases.
Nithya to romance
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izzling actress Nithya Menon who was last seen in recently released historic movie “Rudhramadevi”, has been roped for upcoming movie “Okka Ammayi Thappa” under the direction of Tadinada Rajasimha in which actor Sundeep Kishan is playing the lead role. She will play the love interest of Sundeep. Anji Reddy is going to produce this romantic entertainer movie. Movie lovers believe that Nithya Mohan has delivered good movies to audiences like Allu Arjun’s S/O Sathyamurthy and Nithin’s Ishq and expected that it will also be hit. Currently she is busy in her Kollywood project “24” starring Suriya and Samantha under the direction of Vikram Kumar.
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TANYA HOPE TO ROMANCE NARA ROHIT
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iss India Contestant and Miss Kolkata 2015 Tanya Hope has been roped for upcoming movie “Appatlo Okadundevadu” the direction of Sagar K Chandra in which actor Nara Rohit and Sree Vishnu are playing the lead role. She will play the role of love interest of Nara Rohit in this forthcoming romantic thriller movie. She is portraying the character of village belle who
Sai Dharam Tej to shake legs on Chiru’s tune
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n Tollywood, number of movie makers have used the remix version of hit songs from Megastar Chiranjeevi’s movies in their forthcoming movies and now Mega Hero Sai Dharam Tej is getting ready to shake his legs on the tune of Chiranjeevi’s song in his upcoming romantic movie “Supreme” , directed by "Pataas" fame director Anil Ravipudi in which he is romancing with hot beauty Raashi Khanna. Sai Dharam Tej will dance on the tune of remix version of ‘Andam hindoolam’ from Chiru’s movie ‘Yamudiki Mogudu’. According to the latest update, he is also learning horse riding for the song. Currently movie is progressing at brisk pace in Rajasthan and it is produced by noted producer and distributor Dil Raju.
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is very strong, her role is very challenging in the movie and she will be seen in saris or half saries and going to use bindi first time. She has joined the set and the movie is progressing at brisk pace. It is jointly produced by Hari and Sunny Raju on Vashishta movies and the music is scored by Sai Karthik. She is also playing the role of cameo in forthcoming romantic flick “Nenu Sailaja” in which actor Ram and Keerthi Suresh are playing the lead role.
ANR'S DHOTI,
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kkineni Nagarjuna is going to delight his fans and movie lovers by using the watch of his father Akkineni Nageswara Rao which he had bought in 1959, in his forthcoming family entertainer movie “Soggade Chinni Nayana”, directed by Kalyan Krishna, is set to hit the theaters on 15th January on the occasion of Sankranthi. He will also be seen in the dhoti (Pancha) which was used by his father ANR is several old movies. Already maker shave released the stills and visuals of Nag in traditional attire Pancha Dhoti which has received good responses. The character of Bangarraju which is played by King Nag is also inspired by his father ANR and Nag is satisfied to play this character. The movie is dedicated to his father and Nagarjuna will appear in dual avatar as father and son. Two actresses Ramya Krishna and Lavanya Tripathi are playing the female lead role and the movie is produced under the banner of Annapura Studios.
Lyca troubles
CHIRANJEEVI’S KATHTHI
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ecently mega hero Ram Charan announced the comeback movie of his father and Megastar Chiranjeevi’s 150th movie Telugu remake of Tamil blockbuster movie “Kaththi” starring Vijay, which will be directed by noted film maker V.V. Vinayak and produced by Ram Charan himself under the banner of Konidela Productions. Now Lyca Production who produced the original Tamil version of Kaththi is creating trouble for the Chiranjeevi
and Ram Charan, they are showing interest to co-produce its Telugu version also. According to the sources, Lyca production put a condition that they will involve in co production of movie or will not allow to remake it, Chiru and Cheery have become agree for this condition. The movie will go on the floor next year 2016. Lyca production is popular for producing big budget movies, currently they are going to produce Shankar and Rajinikanth’s upcoming much anticipated big budget movie “Robo 2.0” on the budget of Rs 350 Crores.
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JR. NTR REVEALS HAIR W
style secrets
hen the makers of forthcoming action and romantic saga “Nannaku Prematho” released the first look poster of the movie that featured the stylish look of Young Tiger Jr.NTR, attracted several eyeball and his hair styles become the topic of discussion. In his recently released movie “Temper”, he flaunted his six abs and delighted the audiences and now his new hair style and beard are the main highlights. Recently he revealed the secret of his hair style and said that his film unit has done lot of research for his new looks in Britain, what the youngsters are following and at last makers finalized this new trendy hair style. Actress Rakul Preet Singh is playing the female lead role. The movie starring Heebah Patel, Madhubala, Jagapathy Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Rajiv Kanakala and Avasarala Srinivas. The movie is directed by Sukumar and the music is scored by sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad. It is slated to hit the theaters on 13th January on the eve of Pongal.
SAI KORRAPATI
OFFERS 10 LAKHS GOLD CHAIN
TO LORD NARASIMHA
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ai Korrapati, one of the noted producer and distributor, who has produced number of hit movies like Eega, Andala Rakshasi, Legend, Oohalu Gusagusalade and Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya is a big devotee of Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy. Recently he visited Yadagiri Gutta temple and offered a gold chain, worth of Rs 10 Lakhs. The weight of gold chain was around 380 grams. He made his visit along his family to the famous hill shrine of Lord Narasimha. After performing pooja, he donated the chain to god. Sai Korrapati is one of the popular producer who is popular for experimental movies.
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BALAYYA DUPE LESS STUNT IN DICTATOR
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andamuri Balakrishna is not ready to leave any stone to make his forthcoming much awaited movie “Dictator” block buster as there is going to be very tough competition at the box office, young Tiger Jr. NTR’s movie “Nannaku Prematho” and Nagarjuna’s movie “Soggade Chinni Nayana” are slated to hit the theaters on the occasion of Pongal with Dictator.
KAMNA TO ROMANCE ALLARI NARESH
Balayya is going to perform high octane action sequences without any dupe. The action sequence is the part of Climax which is said to be major highlights of this upcoming action and romantic entertainer movie. According to the sources, Balakrishna will fight with more than 150 fighters under the supervision of action choreographer Ravi Varma. At the age of 55 years, Balayya is going to perform high voltage action sequences without any dupe which is not an easy task. Earlier makers asked to Balayya to use dupes but he rejected the offer and said that he will perform his own stunts. and Kamna matched with their requirements. Ramabrahmam Chalasani will produce the movie under the banner of Gopi Arts.
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umbai based model and actress Kamna who has made her presences in several commercial ads, is getting ready to make her Telugu debut very soon. She has been roped for upcoming romantic and comedy untitled movie under the direction of ‘Siddhu from Srikakulam’ fame director Eshwar Reddy in which comedy king Allari Naresh is going to play the lead role. Recently makers called Kamna for audition and after look test they zeroed on this sizzling actress. The makers have completed the pre production work and getting ready to start the regular shoot of the movie. According to the sources, makers were in the hunt of glamorous actress
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Rana
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VIVEK OBERAI
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VILLAIN
ollywood actors are in the demand to play the role of Villain in Tollywood. Recently Shankar has roped Khiladi Akshay Kumar to play the role of villain in high budget moviee ” Robo 2.0” starring Superstar Rajinkanth, Amy Jackson and Neil Nithin Mukesh. Now it is the turn of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberai. He has been roped for the most prestigious project 150th movie of Megastar Chiranjeevi to play the role of antagonist. Earlier Vivek has made his Telugu debut “Raktha Charitra and now he will step into the shoes of Neil Nithin Mukesh in this remake of Kaththi. He will lock horn with Chiru. V.V. Vinayak is going to helm this megaphone and it will be produced by Ram Charan under the banner of Surekha Entertainments banner, while the movie will be presented by Tagore Madhu. Makers are going to launch the movie in January 2016. Currently Vinayak is busy in making few changes in the scripts. Who will play the female lead role is not yet decided. Very soon makers are planning to reveal all the details of this forthcoming saga.
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ollywood hot chunk Rana Daagubati has added one more achievement in his list. Rana is active in Kollywood, Tollywood as well as in Bollywood and maintains huge fan base across the globe. Now apart from filmi achievement, he added one more achievement as he occupied the place in the list of top 50 Sexiest Asian Men for 2015. He was voted by a poll which is conducted by UK based Eastern Eye newspaper in its 12th Edition. The top position is secured by Zayan Malik whereas 2nd position is clinched by Greek god of Bollywood Hrithik Roshan awhereas Pakistani actor Ali Zafar stood at third place. Bhallaladeva has secured 29th place among the top celebrities in India. Now his forthcoming historic movie “Baahubali 2” has started the shoot at Ramoji Film City and he will join the set in January.
Sunny Leone
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he Indo-Canadian porn actress Sunny Leone whose one glimpse has ability to increase the heart beat of youngsters, clinched the top position in the Google’s most Searched Indian Celebrities of 2015. Last year in 2014, she was also on the top position. She has beaten the record of Late president APJ Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. Amounting to approximately 3 billion searches in a day, Google has released the list the top searched celebrities for 2015 and once again seductive actress Sunny Leone has beaten the likes of other celebrities like Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif. Sunny thanked to them through twitter. She tweeted, Omg!! Thank you so much India! I love you all!Didn't think I would be #1 again in Google searches!Good night yall!�
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Jr. NTR
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VIJAYENDRA PRASAD
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fter penning the script of two block buster and highly grosser movies “Baahubali” and “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” Vijayendra Prasad, the father of talented and creative director S.S. Rajamouli, has been in demand. Recently Karnataka Ex-Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy asked to Vijayendra Prasad to come up with impressive script for the debut venture of his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy. Recently makers have launched the movie and it is titled as “Jagur”. A. Mahadvev who is close associate of Vijayendra Prasad is going to helm this megaphone. S.S. Thaman has been roped as music director. The movie will be produced by HD Kumaraswamy under the banner of Chennambika Films. Makers are planning to start the regular shoot of the movie very soon.
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here is a good news for movie lovers and fans of Jr.NTR, he has been approached for upcoming Kannada movie “Chakravyuha “ in which he will lend his vocal for a song. The producer of upcoming romantic entertainer movie NK Lohith approached to him as a singer in which actor Puneeth Rajkumar will play the lead role. According to the sources, Jr. NTR and Lohith both are good friends and shares good rapport. Recently Lohith met with NTR and expressed his desire. If everything will go accordingly, then very soon Jr.NTR will croon a catchy song for the movie. Recently he also crooned one song for his forthcoming revenge drama “Nannaku Prematho”. Currently he is busy in the shoot of the movie in Spain under the direction of Sukumar in which actress Rakul Preet Singh is playing the lead role and the movie is near the completion. Makers are putting their effort to release it on the eve of Pongal.
Ram Charan’s suggestions to Varun Tej
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ega hero Ram Charan has seen up and down in his filmi career several times. His recently released movie “BruceLee” has turned out commercially flop at the box office and he disappointed mega fans. Not only a big but also like a senior, he gave his valuable suggestions to mega actor Varun Tej. Ram Charan suggested to Varun to go slowly and added that his movie “Magadheera” had given star image to him but to maintain the image is a very difficult task and it needed hard work. So do small movies and go slowly to get the star image. His uncle Power Star Pawan Kalyan also did same thing initially. Cherry is taking special care of his younger brother Varun Tej and giving his full support to reach out to more people.
Mahesh, Gautham
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ery soon Superstar Mahesh Babu is planning for yearend break and will head to Swiss Alps. But this time he will not only enjoy vacation with family but also learn something. Recently he has signed up for ski lessons at ski resort in the Swiss Alps along his son Gautham. Both father and son duo are planning to become perfect at skiing and very excited about this adventure. It will be first snow vacation of Mahesh with his family. According to the latest buzz, very soon Mahesh and Namrata along their kids Gautham and Sitara are planning to fly Swiss Alps. After getting the training of Skiing at Swiss Alps, Mahesh will fly to Dubai along his family for shopping which is favourite shopping destination of Namrata. Gautham is interested in movies and he has acted in Mahesh’s movie “1-Nenokkadine” as child artist and appeared in the childhood role of Mahesh. According to the sources, Sitara will also make her debut with "Brahmotsavam".
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he forthcoming action and romantic big budget movie “Nannaku Prematho” starring Yong Tiger Jr.NTR and Rakul Preet Singh, has become the topic of discussion because of its huge star cast. Now makers have roped actress Madhoobala who is best remembered for Maniratnam’s Roja, Sangeeth Sivan's Yodha and Shankar's Gentleman. Currently movie is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of Sukumar and near the completion. Madhoo was spotted at the shooting spot in Spain along the film unit and will play important role. Earlier the presence of Madhoobala was not revealed by makers, it seems they wanted to under wrap her presence to give surprise for fans. It is an out and out mass entertainer revenge drama in which Jr.NTR will play the character of Interpol officer Abhiram. The audio rights of the movie have been sold for whooping price and makers are planning to launch the audio of the movie by the end of December. Rajendra Prasad and Jagapathi Babu are playing key roles and music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad. BVSN Prasad is producing the movie under SVCC banner. It is set to hit theaters on 13th January 2016 on the eve of Sankranthi.
MADHOOBALA IN JR. NTR’S
NANNAKU PREMATHO
Heebah Patel
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Fans
here are number of actresses in film industry who faced lot of troubles because of their fans. To invite any actress for inauguration of shop, mall or showrooms is a very common tradition, recently actress Heebha Patel who is enjoying the success of her recently released movie “Kumari 21 F”, was invited for the inauguration of shop. She visited to Kakinada for ribbon cutting but harassed by fans as few fans tried to touch her inappropriately. She shouted and was escorted out safely by Police. It did not happen first time with any actress. Earlier Samantha faced the same situation and her waist was squeezed by one fan when she was invited for the opening of shopping mall in Tirupathi and she slapped that fan. Earlier sizzling actress Anushka and Kajal Aggarwal also faced same experiences in Tamil Nadu.
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ham Bholenath fame actress Pooja Jhaveri has been roped for upcoming romantic entertainer movie “Rogue” under the direction of talented film maker Puri Jagannadh in which actor Ishaan is playing the lead role. Pooja will play the love interest of Ishaan. Earlier makers were considering the name of Amyra Dastur to play the lead role but things did not materialize because Amyra is busy in her upcoming projects and not able to allot dates to makers. Finally the role fall in the bag of Pooja Jhaveri. It is a bilingual movie which will be made in Kannada and Telugu. The movie is going to be produced by CR Manohar who earlier produced ‘Mahatma’. Already makers have started the shoot from the last week of November and completed one schedule in Bangkok.
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Chitti
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f ongoing buzz in the film circle and media is to be believed, the sizzling actress Amy Jackson will be seen to play the role of female robot in the forthcoming much awaited big budget movie “Enthiran 2” the sequel of ‘Enthiran’ under the direction of Shankar. According to the latest report, she has been team up to play the character of Chitti which role was played by Rajinikanth in its part first. Shankar to planning to rope noted Bollywood actor to play the role of main villain, already he has finalized Kaththi Villain Neil Nitin Mukesh to play the role of antagonist. Shankar is also going to rope Bollywood actress to play the love interest of Rajinikanth. It is a big budget movie and makers are going to invest 250300 crores to make it grander.
Disha Patani desire to shake leg with Bunny L
oafer beauty Disha Patani expressed her desire that she wants to share the screen space with stylish star Allu Arjun to shake leg with him, she said that she is big fan of him and eagerly waiting to get opportunity to team up with Bunny as item number and she will not mind to team up with him only in a song. She praised the macho look of Allu Arjun and his dancing style. Currently she is enjoying the success of her recently released movie “Loafer� directed by Puri Jagannadh in which Mega hero Varun Tej played the lead role. Recently she has signed two movie but did not reveal information regarding their forthcoming projects.
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ou are always interacting with people regularly, for the solutions of public problems. And following brother foot steps ,former Minister Daasyam Pranay Bhaskar(late), to waged relentless running forward to developing Warangal West constituency Orugallu yuvakisoram, vaddepalli Monagadu Sri Daasyam Vinay Bhaskar (legislators , Warangal West) garu Wishing you a Very Happy New Year and Pongal
Satyam Gorantla Hyderabad
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izzling actress Hamsha Nandni has been roped for upcoming movie “Chuttalabbayi” under the direction of 'Solo' fame director Parasuram in which Allu Sirish is playing the lead role. She will shake her legs on special number and will play pivotal role. It is the first time when she will work with Allu Sirish and very excited to become the part of this project. She is not ready to reveal her character and said that she will be a never seen character which will be highlighted in the movie. She has been also approached for family entertainer movie “Soggade Chinni Nayana” starring King Nagarjuna, Lavanya Tripathi and Ramya Krishna, in this movie she will be seen to shake legs for a peppy number with Nagarjuna under the direction Kalyan Krishna. It is the second time when Hamsa is working with Nag after ‘Bhai’.
HAMSA NANDINI to shake legs
WITH ALLU SIRISH, NAG
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ower Star Pawan Kalyan is a multitalented personality of Tollywood and has command in various fields of the movie. He is doing hard work and not ready to leave any stone to make his movie blockbuster. He joined hand with Eros International for his forthcoming action and romantic entertainer movie "Sardaar Gabbar Singh" which has taken the responsibility of invest huge amount. The movie is jointly produced by Sharrath Marrar and Pawan Kalyan under the banner of North Star Entertainments and Pawan Kalyan Creative Works. He roped KS Ravindra to provide direction only whereas the story and screenplay of the movie is provided by him, he is the person who is finalizing the location for the shoot of the movie. He is also going to croon a song and deciding action sequences. The movie will have four high voltage sequences in which two of them, has been shot under the supervision of fight masters Ram-Laxman which has executed well. Makers are going to start the shoot of next schedule of the movie from the first week of January in Hyderabad. Currently they are busy in the erection of big street set. They are going to release a trailer on the occasion of New Year whereas movie is scheduled to hit the theaters in summer.
Pawan fingering in
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Maniratnam
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ahesh Babu’s latest offering “Srimanthudu” has created lot of buzz and inspired number of people to adopt the village. Now it is the turn of Maniratnam and his wife Suhasini. Chennai and various coastal areas of Tamil Nadu faced natural disaster rain flood which has battered industrial and business hubs leading to losses and number of people have become homeless. Maniratnam and Suhasini are providing his full support to the flood victims of Kottoorpuram village of Chennai and providing daily needs to the people but now they are planning to adopt it and want to take the whole responsibility of the village to recover and develop it. He has decided to adopt the village with the intention to develop it, which is appreciable.
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SUDHEER BABU becomes
Brand Ambassador
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for Halls
ctor Sudheer Babu, brother in law of Mahesh Babu has become the Brand Ambassador of popular mentholated cough drop, Halls. Very soon he will be seen in the ad of cough drop of Menthol flavour. Recently he has wrapped the shoot of ad for Halls Lemon Honey Flavor. For this commercial ad, he teamed up with one of the leading DOPs, Ayanaka Bose, who has already worked for several Bollywood hit movies like Salman Khan starrer Kick and Hrithik Roshan starrer Kites. He tweeted, Happy to be associated with #Halls for their new product "honey lemon flavour" wishing them all the very best.” Already Mahesh Babu is a King of endorsement and now Sudheer Babu has also joined the list of ad world. Currently Sudheer Babu is waiting for the release of Telugu crime comedy movie ‘Bhale Manchi Roju’ which is scheduled to hit the theaters on the occasion of Christmas. He is also making his Bollywood debut with “Baaghi” in which Tiger Shroff is playing the lead role and Sudheer will be seen in negative avatar.
offer?
arlier it was reported the Young Tiger Jr. NTR is showing interest in the remake of Kollywood movie “Vedalam” starring Ajith Kumar and Shruthi Hassan directed by Siva but now according to the latest update, Jr. NTR has rejected the offer to play the lead role in its Telugu remake, despite the makers offered huge amount Rs 20 Crores as remuneration because according to Jr. NTR, the movie has over doses of sentiments. Vedalam has turned out blockbuster and based on the sister sentiments. In its original version Shruthi Hassan played the love interest of Ajith whereas Lakshmi Menon portrayed the character of Ajith’s sister. Earlier Jr. NTR was very impressed but now he rejected the offer. Currently he is busy in the completion of forthcoming movie “Nannaku Prematho” under the direction of Sukumar which is scheduled to hit the theaters on 13th January on the eve of Pongal.
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Shankar shows door to Arnold Schwarzenegger
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uperstar Rajinikanth starrer forthcoming Sci-fi movie “Robo 2” has become the topic of discussion because of its huge budget and star cast. Earlier Shankar was keen to rope Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to play the role of antagonist but he asked huge remuneration Rs 100 Crores to become the part of movie. During to US trip, Shankar and Rajinikanth met with Arnold and tried to convenience him. He asked to make few changes in the script and raised several issues. Arnold also insisted Shankar to rope Hollywood writers and threatened to walk out from the project if makers will not fulfill his demands. Both Rajini and Shankar tried to convenience him but became fail. Now Shankar is planning to rope Bollywood actor to play the role of buddies in the movie. Actress Amy Jackson will play the female lead role.
Jr. NTR rejected, Mahesh accepted?
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he leading actress for the forthcoming movies of two top stars Young Tiger Jr. NTR’s starrer movie under the direction of Koratala Siva which is tentatively titled as “Jantha Garage” and Superstar Mahesh Babu starrer untitled movie, directed by ace film maker A R Murugadoss, has become the topic of discussion. Earlier it was reported that makers of 'Jantha Garage' were planning to rope Bollywood beauty Shraddha Kapoor to romance with Jr. NTR but she demanded Rs 3.5 Crores as remuneration and Jr. NTR suggested to makers not to rope her. On the other side, makers of Mahesh Babu are eyeing on Shraddha Kapoor to rope her for multilingual movie. It is heard that they are ready to pay demanded remuneration which is asked by her and Shraddha is planning to allot the date. The movie will be launched on 12th April with a formal pooja.
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UV Creations A
pick Naga Shourya
ctor Naga Shourya is on signing spree. Recently he has been roped for upcoming untitled entertainer movie and it will be produced by noted banner UV Creations, which has earlier produced hit movies like ‘Run Raja Run’ and ‘Mirchi’. It is an out and out entertainer movie. Makers did not reveal much about the movie and planning to launch the movie officially by the end of this year. His forthcoming romantic entertainer movie ‘Kalyana Vaibhogame’ is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of Nandini Reddy. He is also romancing with Mega actress Niharika Konidela in ‘Oka Manasu’ under the direction of Ramaraju
60 Lakh set for Sushanth, Brahmanandam
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aga Sushanth who received lot of applause for his wonderful performance with movie “Adda” is getting ready to entertain the audiences by his forthcoming movie “Aatadukundam Raa” under the direction of G.Nageswara Reddy. Currently movie is progressing at brisk pace in Hyderabad and actress Sonam Preet Bajwa who has acted in Punjabi and Tamil movies, is playing love interest of Sushanth. Recently makers have erected a huge time machine set of worth Rs 60 Lakhs and going to shoot comedy scenes on Sushanth and Brahmanandam. It is an action entertainer movie with family emotions. The movie is based on the father and son sentiments. Sushanth is confident and said
that it is good family entertainer movie and the story is penned by Sreedhar Seepana. Anup Rubens is scoring the sound tracks. Makers are planning to wrap the movie after the shoot of song and going to release it in January. The movie is jointly produced by Naga Susheela and Chintalapudi Srinivasa Rao.
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Niharika
turns threat to top actress
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ega heroine Niharika Konidela who is making her Telugu debut ‘Oka Manasu’ is creating lot of buzz in the Telugu Film industry. She is now becoming threat for various leading actresses and snatching their roles. Recently she has turned out a threat to one of the top actress Samantha. According to the latest news, Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone starrer Bollywood movie “Piku” is getting ready to remake in Hindi, in which Victory Venkatesh is going to play the role of Big B. Earlier makers finalized Samantha to reprise the role of Deepika but now she has been replaced by Niharika. There is no official confirmation regarding it. If everything will go accordingly, then very soon Niharika will make her next debut with Venkatesh which is going to be directed by Vijay Bhaskar and produced by Suresh Babu under the banner of Suresh Production.
Mahesh to work with Jackie Chan?
T
alented director Puri Jagannadh is planning to team up with Prince Mahesh Babu for his forthcoming directorial venture and going to involve Hollywood actor Jackie Chan. Puri said that currently he is working on the script for Superstar Mahesh and after the completion, he will narrate the story line to Prince in which International star will join Mahesh. He wants to make a big movie with him. After getting the green signal from Mahesh Babu he will announce the details of cast and crews. According to the sources, Puri Jagannadh has good relation with Arundhati villain Sonu Sood
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who is sharing the screen space with Jackie Chan for the movie “Kung Fu Yoga”, he wants to contact with Jackie through Sonu Sood and planning to rope him in his forthcoming project in which Mahesh Babu will play the lead role. Currently Mahesh Babu is busy in shoot of “Brahmotsavam” and after wrapping the movie, he will join the set of AR Murugadoss. After the completion of these two projects, Mahesh Babu may be team up with Puri Jagannadh.
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Shruthi to perform stunts G
olden beauty of South Indian film industry Shruthi Hassan who is popular for her glamour and wonderful performance, is getting ready to entertain the audiences by death daring stunts. Currently she is busy in the shoot of forthcoming action and romantic entertainer movie “Singham 3� starring Suriya and Anushka. The movie is progressing at brisk pace, Shruthi is playing the role of cop who will assist Suriya in his project. Earlier Suriya entertained the audiences with his stunts by the role of Police Officer in Singham and Singham 2. The forthcoming saga 'Singham 3' is the sequel of its prequels. Shruthi Hassan is going to perform her own stunts which will be devilish and stunning. Anushka will join the set in January and will play the role of love interest of Arya. The movie is directed by Hari Gopalakrishnan and produced by 2D Entertainment. The makers are planning to release the movie in April 2016.
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WHY AMALA IS PREFERRING
CAMEO?
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mala Akkineni who is preferring to play the role of cameos in movie recently revealed that she has no plan to play the full fledged roles and happy in cameos. She said that she is considering to do cameos because it is very important for her as being in education for cinema and she is in the touch of film industry. She is getting minimum two calls in a year to the role of cameos from the noted film makers. To play the full fledge role, she has to spend more time out of her family and relocate to another city for shoot. She can manage it only for few days like 10 or 15 days, so to play the role of cameo is good for her. She was last seen in Bollywood movie “Hamari Adhuri Kahani” directed by Mohit Suri. Now
she is getting ready to act with multilatented personality Kamal Hassan for upcoming movie under the direction of TK Rajeev Kumar and the shoot is going to be started in US in February.
MAHESH RANKS
1ST AMONG TOLLYWOOD STARS
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he Forbes India has announced the list of top 100 celebrities for the year 2015 by the end of this year. They have mentioned number of Bollywood celebrities but only few Tollywood celebrities that is raising the temper of Tollywood fans. Actress Anushka who has delivered Baabahuli and Rudhramadevi, is neither selected for the nomination of IIFA Utsavam nor in the celebrity list of Forbes. Power Star Pawan Kalyan has number of fans at International level and recently his fans celebrated ‘Pawanism Day’ is not listed in Forbes. Superstar Mahesh Babu is at the top of Tollywood celebrity and listed in top 50. He secured Celebrity rank of 36 with the earning
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of Rs 51.5 Crores. According to Money wise Mahesh secured 12 and fame wise clinched the rank 78.
WHAT HAPPENED TO
RAVI TEJA'S SPECIAL 26 REMAKE?
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ass Maharaja Ravi Teja is enjoying the success of his recently released action and family entertainer movie “Bengal Tiger”, directed by Sampath Nandi. Recently, it was reported that he is going to play the lead role in upcoming Telugu remake of Bollywood hit movie “Special 26” starring Akshay Kumar but he is not aware of it that when the movie will go on the floor. According to him, there has been no development. He added that makers approached him to play the lead role and he was also interested to become the part of remake as his character in the movie is very impressive but there is no any update on this upcoming project. He added that this kind of movie, he likes a lot which is a combination of thrill with comedy, it is the perfect combination that pulls the audiences at theaters. The movie “Special 26” is a robbery story and based on the real life gang which posed as income tax officers and looted a jewellery shop.
APPLE HONOURS S/O SATYAMURTHY MUSIC
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orld's renowned MNC Apple honoured
Tollywood movie “S/O Sathyamurthy” , directed by Trivikram Srinivas by selecting it as the album of the year 2015 in Telugu. Apple that provides quality music with I-tunes has selected “S/O Sathyamurthy” as the best Telugu music album and declared it winner as best performer award. Allu Arjun, Samantha and Nithya Menon played the lead role. The movie was released on 9th April 2015 and produced by S.Radha Krishna. Every year Apple announced best music albums by the end of year and this time they finalized “S/O Sathyamurthy” on the basis of Sales, people’s choice and quality, and ranked it as best album of the year on Itunes. The music of the movie is scored by Devi Sri Prasad. It is not only a great honour for Devi Sri Prasad but also for its stunning cast and crews.
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Forbes Revealed Prabhas and Rajamouli
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fter delivering Indian’s biggest motion picture “Baahubali” S.S. Rajamouli and Rebel star Prabhas, have become the national icons and the name of these two stars have been included in the Forbes India
2015 Celebrity 100 list. According to celebrity ranking, the ace director Rajamouli secured 72th rank with the earning of Rs 26 Crores, on the other side Tollywood heartthrob Prabhas secured 77th position with the earning of Rs 24 Crores in the year 2015. According to moneywise, Rajamouli clinched 30th rank whereas fame-wise his rank is 84. On the other side Prabhas’s money-wise rank is 33 and fame wise rank is 88. Rajamouli earned the money by directing and screenplay of recently released historic and war saga “Baahubali” whereas Prabhas earned the money as remuneration for Baahubali and by signing the endorsement deal with Mahindra and Mahindra which was around Rs 15 Crores.
Remuneration?
Pawan’s Sardaar
teaser on
New Year
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ower Star Pawan Kayan starrer forthcoming family and entertainer movie “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” under the direction of Bobby is progressing at brisk pace at Gujarat. According to the latest buzz, makers are going to release the teaser of the movie on 1st January on the occasion of New Year. Earlier makers released the teaser of the movie on the occasion of Pawan Kalyan’s birthday and the major highlights of the teaser were the background music and cowboy walk of Pawan Kalyan along his rider. This time once again sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad will elevate the tempo of the teaser with foot tapping background. Actress Kajal Aggarwal is playing the lead role and recently makers have roped two more beauties Raai Laxmi and Sanjjanna. The movie is slated to hit the theaters in summer 2016.
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MAHESH
to play a V
Y
esteryear leading actress Raasi is coming back on the big screen after a long gap. She has acted in more than 80 movies as lead actress and now getting ready to entertain the audiences with her forthcoming comeback movie “Kalyana Vaibhogame”, directed by 'Alaa Modalaindi' fame Nandini Reddy. Actor Naga Shourya and 'Yevade Subramanyam' fame actress Malavika Nair are playing the female lead role. Raasi will portray the role of Malavika Nair’s mother in this forthcoming romantic and entertainer movie. According to Raasi, she is acting in this movie only for Nandini Reddy because long back she asked to her to act in movie but she rejected the offer because her daughter was just 3 months old and now after five months, she again contacted to her and narrated her character, she agreed to do it. She said that earlier she has played the lead role in various family oriented movies and lead actress also got importance but now days, the lead actress is just a part of movie and not getting any importance.
SECRET AGENT?
ikram Kumar is planning to team up with Superstar Mahesh Babu for next forthcoming directorial untitled venture. Vikram Kumar became popular after delivering “Ishq” and received lot of applause after the stupendous successes of ‘Manam”. Number of Tollywood stars like Allu Arjun, Naga Chaitanya and Nithiin are showing their interest to work with him. Currently Vikram Kumar is busy in his forthcoming movie “24” starring Suriya in which he is making his screen presence in triple role as brothers and son. Earlier he wanted to rope Mahesh Babu for sci-fi thriller ‘24’ but he did not accept the offer. Currently he is busy in the final touch of script for Mahesh Babu and it will be bilingual movie, which will be made in Tamil and Telugu. In this forthcoming spy thriller movie Mahesh Babu will play the role of secret agent. The movie will go on the floor when Mahesh Babu will wrap the shoot of “Brahmotsavam” and AR Murugadoss’s project.
Raasi
returns to
Tollywood
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PAWAN KALYAN
DONATES 2 CRS TO FLOOD VICTIMS
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ana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan announced
ISHA TALWAR TO ROMANCE NARA ROHITH
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ctress Isha Talwar who was last seen in Telugu movie “Gundejaari Gallanthayyinde” and “Maine Pyaar Kiya” has been roped for upcoming romantic and family entertainer movie “Raja Cheyyivesthe” in which Nara Rohith is playing the lead role. Debutant director Pradeep is going to helm this megaphone. Isha will play the role of love interest of Nara Rohith in this romantic movie. The movie will go on the floor in January. According to director Pradeep, they auditioned several girls for this role but finalized Isha because she was the girl who can justify with this role. Pradeep has seen her several Malayalam movies and said that no any Malayalam maker has presented her in a way movie till now as they are going to present her. They have done number of look and trail tests. Makers are confident that onscreen chemistry between Nara Rohith and isha Talwar will be highlighted in the movie.
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to donate whopping amount Rs 2 Crores to Chief Minister Relief fund for the flood victims. Now once again, he has proved that he is very kind heart person by donating huge amount for the flood victims. Controversial film maker Ram Gopal Varma praised him on twitter and tweeted, "Extremely happy to hear that P K donated 2 cr to chennai victims..I salute this extraordinary gesture..This is what is the Power of a Star”. Recently Pawan faced lot of critic responses for not responding on Chennai flood and for not donating any amount for their welfare, finally after reaching Hyderabad, he responded and contributed Rs 2 Crores to CM relief fund. Pawan Kalyan is on the top in the list of donation which is made by Tollywood stars.
SONARIKA
to romance
MANCHU VISHNU AGAIN I
Tanya Hope in Ram’s
NENU SAILAJA
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anya Hope, one of the contestants at Miss India 2015 beauty pageant, is set to make her Telugu debut and she will be seen in the forthcoming romantic and family entertainer
t seems Sonarika Bhadoria has become the lucky charm for actor Manchu Vishnu, she has been roped for upcoming untitled movie under the direction of G Nageswara Reddy in which she will play the role of love interest of Manchu Vishnu. Already Sonarika is romancing with Manchu Vishnu for upcoming movie “Sarada”, directed by Karthik Reddy. Earlier G Nageswara Reddy was considering the name of Amyra Dastur to play the lead role but he was also impressed with Sonarika for her wonderful performance with Bellamkonda Srinivas in the remake of Tamil super hit ‘Sundarapandian’ and her chemistry with Manchu Vishnu in “Sarada” and decided to repeat this combo again. The movie will go on the floor very soon.
flick “Nenu Sailaja” starring Ram and Keerthi Kishore, directed by Kishore Tirumala. Tanya will play the role of cameo. Makers roped Tanya Hope to add additional spice in the movie and she has taken the responsibility of glamour department in the movie. Tanya Hope, who won the title of Miss Kolkata 2015 beauty pageant, participated in Miss India competition but did not get chance to make her presence in the list of top five finalists, now she is trying her luck in Tollywood. According to the sources, she is going to appear in two piece bikini. Earlier makers kept under wrap the screen presence of this hot beauty Tanya in this upcoming saga. The movie is produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and Devi Sri Prasad has scored the sound track. The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 1st January on the occasion of New Year.
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AKSHA PRAISES
BALAKRISHNA A
ksha Pardasany is one of the actress
who has been roped for an upcoming action and romantic entertainer flick “Dictator” and she will be one of the leading actress in which Nandamuri Balakrishna is playing the lead role and will entertain the audiences in dual avatar under the direction of Sriwass. The Mumbai beauty Aksha will play the role of Delhi based girl who is very strong minded and very helpful in nature who always comes forward for the help of friends. She said even though her role id pivotal but her character in the movie is very strong and impressive. She is very excited that she got the opportunity to share the screen space with Balayya, she praised to him and said that he is the person who made comfortable to her on the set, he is a big star and down to earth. She learnt a lot on the set and he is very supportive in nature. She also refuted the rumours that Nayantara is going to play the role of cameo, she said that she has not been approached for any role. Two actresses Anjali and Sonal Chauchan are playing the female lead roles. The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 14th January 2016 on the occasion of Sankranthi.
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RAJ TARUN
KEEN ON
WINNING STREAK A
fter scoring hat tricks with ‘Uyyala Jumpala’, ‘Cinema Choopistha Maava’ and ‘Kumari 21 F’, upcoming and young actor Raj Tarun is gearing up for his fourth release ‘Seethamma Andalu Ramayya Sitralu’, is set to hit the theaters in January. Srinivas Gaavi Reddy is being helm this megaphone. Earlier Srinivas Gaavi has worked with Raj Tarun for his first Telugu debut ‘Uyyala Jumpala’ and for this movie, he worked as assistant director. During the shoot of movie, Srinivas narrated the script to Raj Tarun and Raj promised to work with him in future. Raj Tarun is very happy and excited, according to him, his character in the movie is written to keep him in mind and perfectly matched with his body language. Actress Artana is playing the female lead role and the movie is produced by Poornima S Babu.
PURI ASKED PAWAN
to control R
FANS
ecently Puri Jagannadh said in a interview that during the audio launch of his directorial venture “Loafer”, fans of Power star Pawan Kalyan created lot of troubles. Prabhas was invited as chief guest and during his speech, fans kept on shouting ‘Powerstar.... Powerstar...’. Puri Jagannadah was miffed with the behaviour of Pawan’s fan. He said that he irritated with the slogans of Pawan Kalyan and added that the time has come when Pawan Kalyan has to come forward and control them as they are spoiling the environment of the event. Puri said that Pawan Kalyan should post something on social networking sites either on Face book or on Twitter to stop his fan for this type of stupid activities that they are doing in public events. Earlier during the birthday bash party of Megastar Chiranjeevi, Pawan’s fans did same thing and faced the fire of Nagababu. The activities of Pawan’s fans are receiving lot of critic responses. Puri also added that only his few die-hard fans are bringing ‘bad name’ to Pawan, he also praised the nature of Pawan Kalyan.
MAHESH REVEALS HIS
FAVOURITE ACTOR S
uperstar Mahesh Babu, Prince of Tollywood, who has number of die heart fans, loves one actor very much, he is none other than Bollywood actor Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan. Mahesh Babu is on the 1st position among all the Tollywood celebrities but clinched 36th celebrity rank of Forbes India Celebrity 100 list which is released by Forbes by the end of this year 2015 whereas Aamir Khan secured 5th celebrity rank of Forbes. Recently Forbes asked Mahesh that who is your favourite actor, without taking second thought, he replied that he is Aamir Khan. He added that he likes his performances and way of selection of stories for the movies which is totally different from others. Mahesh Babu is not only popular in Tollywood but also a well known face for Bollywood audiences. Currently he is busy in the shoot of forthcoming movie “Brahmotsavam” under the direction of Srikanth Addala.
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RAVI TEJA-DIL RAJU ‘YEVADO OKADU’ R
IN TROUBLE
ecently Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja joined hands with producer and distributor Dil Raju for the upcoming movie “Yevado Okadu” and it was launched few days back also. According to the latest update, Ravi Teja was not impressed with the second half of the script and he asked director Venu Sree Ram to make few changes and come up with final script. So makers have decided to postpone the movie and now the regular shoot of the movie will start from February. Makers are considering the name of actress Pragya Jaiswal to play the female lead role. Anupama Parameswaran will play pivotal role in the movie. After delivering “Kick 2” Ravi Teja is taking extra care for selection of script and not ready to compromise with its quality. His latest offering “Bengal Tiger” is receiving decent responses and doing good collections at the box office.
AKSHAY KUMAR ROPED IN B ollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been roped for upcoming Sci-fi movie “Robo 2.0” the sequel of Robo under the direction of talented and creative director Shankar in which Superstar Rajinikanth is playing the lead role. Akshay will play key role in this forthcoming movie and makers have already started shoot from yesterday, in a press statement makers of this big budget movie, announced about the presence of Akshay Kumar in movie but did not reveal about his role. According to the sources, Baby actor has expressed his desire to portray the character of antagonist in past, would be playing role of villain. Amy Jackson will play the role of female robo and lover interest of Chitti. Oscar award winner music composer AR Rahman has been roped to compose the music. “Baahubali” fame Srinivas Mohan will take care of the visual effects work and Robo 2.0 will be shot in 3D. The movie is going to be produced by Lyca Productions.
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RAJINIKANTH’S
ROBO 2.0
s t u c nah
n
Tama
n w do ation
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ilky beauty Tamannah Bhatia was last seen in mass entertainer movie “Bengal Tiger” starring Ravi Teja” turned out to be a moderate success. Recently her Kollywood movie “Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga” has also turned out commercially flop at the box office. According to the latest update, she has been roped for upcoming Tamil movie “Dharma Durai” under the direction of 'Thenmerku Paruvakattru' fame director Seenu Ramasamy in which Vijay Sethupathi is playing the lead role. The movie
she has cut down her remuneration. Earlier she asked Rs 1.5 Crores which she was offered for “Baahubali” but after hearing the script, she cut down her remuneration into half. The movie will by produced by RK Suresh of Studio 9 Productions and the music will be scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The movie will go on the floor very soon. Currently Tamannah has two
will have three actresses. Actress Tamannah Bhatia is very impressed with her character and
multistarrer movies “Oopiri” and “Baahubali 2” in her bag.