TOLLYWOOD JULY 2016 VOL 3 ISSUE 9
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in Prabhas's next
Amy Jackson & Neil Nithin
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fter wrapping the shoot of upcoming historic and war drama “Baahubali”, Rebel star Prabhas will join the set of his forthcoming action and romantic entertainer saga under the direction of ‘Run Raja Run’ fame Sujith, in which he will make his screen presence in the role of cop and don in Khakhi uniform. According to the latest update, the movie will go on the floor in October and British beauty Amy Jackson has been roped to play the love interest of Prabhas. Earlier Amy has worked with Ram Charan in super hit movie “Yevadu” and now she is going to make her next Telugu debut with Prabhas. Neil Nithin Mukesh will be seen in the role of antagonist. Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh and Amy Jackson are familiar faces to all the audiences. The movie will be produced under the banner of UV Creations and earlier Prabhas has worked with UV Creations for the blockbuster movie Mirchi.
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Ram to turn blind man
Charan & Sukku’s
next in rural
BACKDROP
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ctor Ram is going to play a very challenging role for his upcoming entertainer drama. Recently he has been roped for upcoming movie under the direction of Anil Ravipudi and he will make his screen presence in the role of blind man. This confirmation is given by Ram and Anil Ravipudi himself on social networking site. Ram Pothani tweeted, Happy to announce that My 15th film with @anilravipudi is going to be a super special one! Blind yet commercial.. ;) “ and Anil tweeted,” Protagonist will be blind in my next film. Trying something different sticking to commercial elements., Producer and other crew details will be announced shortly.” Both Ram and Anil are very excited and it is expected that upcoming drama will be action entertainer. Currently Anil is enjoying the success of his recently released directorial venture ‘Supreme’ which has earned the shares of Rs 25 Crores.
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ega actor Ram Charan is busy in his
upcoming action and romantic entertainer movie “Dhruva”, the remake of Tamil hit movie ‘Thani Oruvan’, being directed by Kick fame Surender Reddy. Actress Rakul Preet Singh is playing the female lead role and it is scheduled to hit the theaters on the occasion of Dussehra. Recently Ram Charan teamed up with creative and talented film maker Sukumar for the upcoming movie and it is heard that it will be scientific thriller saga and Charan will be seen in the role of doctor. The movie is based on the rural backdrop but it is not a complete rural backdrop, the major portion of the movie will be shot in the village. It is the first time when Sukumar’s directorial venture will be based on rural backdrop. This time he will entertained the audiences with the real nature in the rich green locations.
Nara Rohit
in Balayya’s GPS?
NTR charges 18 Cr for
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ctor Nandamuri Balakrishna’s starrer most prestigious 100th project ‘Gautamiputra Satakarani’ is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of National award winner director Krish. It is being made on very lavish budget and recently makers have spent Rs 8 Cr for the shoot of war episode in Morocco. If ongoing buzz in media and film circle is to be believed, actor Nara Rohit has been roped for this upcoming historic and war drama and he will make his screen presence in the role of Balayya’s son. The official confirmation is yet to be made. Recently actress Sriya Saran has been approached to play the role of Balayya’s wife and mother of two kids. Bollwyood stars Kabir Bedi and Hema Malini are playing important role. Rajeev Reddy is bankrolling this upcoming project whereas sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad is rendering the tune. The movie is set to hit the theaters on the occasion of Sankranthi 2017.
Janatha Garage?
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fter delivering successful movie ‘Nannaku Prematho’, Young Tiger Jr. NTR joined hands with Koratala Siva for the upcoming project ‘Janatha Garage’. Koratala Siva who has delivered two hit movies ‘Mirchi’ and ‘Srimanthudu’, has come in the list of top directors and again planning to score hit with Janatha Garage. Currently the movie is progressing at brisk pace and near the completion. The makers and distributors are confident that Janatha Garage will bring huge profits for them. According to the sources, NTR is going to get hefty cheque of Rs 18 Crores for Janatha Garage. It is heard that he did not quote his remuneration but made an agreement to get a considerable share in the profit. If everything will go accordingly, he will get Rs 18 Crore as remuneration. Two actresses Samantha and Nithya Menon are playing the female lead roles and it is produced by Mythri Movie makers whereas the music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad. It is scheduled to hit the theaters on 12th August.
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KTR meets Dattatreya
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elangana IT Minister K Tarakarama Rao met Union Minister for Labour Bandaru Dattatreya in Hyderabad recently and asked help in developing IT sector in the State Telangana. Later KTR addressed the media and said that Union Minster assured him that Central Government would extend their help to make Hyderabad a global city and according to him Union Minister also promised that they will provide their support to develop Secundrabad Railway Station and the MMTS project, and WI Fi Service will also be enabled in the entire area of Hyderabad very soon. According to KTR, Hyderabad will be developed as an investment destination in various sectors.
RAM CHARAN
FOLLOWS PAWAN
for Dhruva
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ega actor Ram Charan is preparing himself to play the role of IPS Officer for the upcoming action and romantic entertainer drama “Dhruva”, the remake of Kollywood hit movie ‘Thani Oruvan’, which is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of Surender Reddy. Actress Rakul Preet Singh is playing the female lead role whereas Aravind Swami will be seen in the role of antagonist. Recently Ram Charan underwent fitness regime and Japanese martial art training. Earlier Power Star Pawan Kalyan enthralled the audiences with martial arts especially Aikido skills which was composed by Pawan himself in his directorial venture ‘Johnny’. Although the movie was turned out flop but his martial art act received lot of applause. Now Ram Charan has planned the same and hired an Aikido experienced trainer to become perfect in the Japanese martial art form. According to the makers of Dhruva, Aikido will be well suited to the character of Ram Charan who is going to don in Khakhi uniform.
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CHAITU TO
ROMANCE
SHRUTHI
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ctor Naga Chaitanya starrer upcoming romantic and family entertainer drama “Premam� is progressing at brisk pace. Recently makers have wrapped the shoot at Andhra University in Vizag and Hyderabad, now the team is planning to fly Norway. The makers are going to shot the romantic song on Naga Chaitanya and Shruthi Hassan in the scenic locations of Norway in this schedule. Chandu Mondeti of Karthikeya fame is being helm
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this megaphone. Chaitu is making his screen presence in three looks, teenager, college boy and a middle aged man, and romancing with three actresses Shruthi Hassan, Anupama Parameshwaran and Madonna Sebastine. Nag Vamsi is bankrolling the upcoming movie under the banner of Sitara Entertainment whereas the music is scored by Rajesh Murugesan and Gopisunder. The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 12th August.
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Pavani Gangireddy as Bhoodevi in Nag's next A ctress Pavani Gangireddy has been roped for the upcoming devotional drama “Om Namo Venkatesh” under the direction of K Raghavendra Rao in which King Nagarjuna is playing the lead role and will be seen in the role of Hathi Ram baba. The movie is based on the devotee of Lord Venkateshwara. The audiences will get to watch two wives of Balaji’s Sreedevi and Bhoodevi. The role of Sridevi will be played by Vimala Raman whereas Pavani will be seen in the role of BhooDevi. TV actor Saurabh Raj Jain is playing the role of Lord Venkateswara. Baahubali actress Anuhska Shetty is making her screen presence as monk and will be seen in the de-glam avatar. The regular shoot of the movie will be started very soon. The music is scored by MM Keeravani and the musical sitting of the movie has been already started.
Janatha Garage,
Action filled Emotional ride
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oung Tiger Jr.NTR starrer upcoming most awaited big budget action entertainer drama “Janatha Garage” is progressing at brisk pace in Hyderabad and according to the sources, the movie will have number of emotional scenes that will fill the tears in the audience’s eye. The talkies portion of the movie is near the completion and pre-release business is going on full swing. The Malayalam Superstar Mohanlal is playing the important
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role and is making screen presence in the role of Tarak’s uncle. The scenes between Mohanlal and NTR will have emotional ride in the second half and it is said to be major highlights of the movie. Koratala Siva’s engrossing and calculative screenplay will also be highlighted. It is heard the second half of Janatha Garage will be action filled emotional ride. Koratala Siva who is basking on the glory of two successful movie ‘Mirchi’ and ‘Srimanthudu’ is being helm this megaphone. Two actresses Samantha and Nithya Menon are playing the female lead role. Mythri Movie Makers are producing the movie whereas Devi Sri Prasad is rendering the tune. The audio launch event will take place on 25th July but makers did not finalize the venue . The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 12th August 2016.
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Writers
KATHILANTODU
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he shoot of the upcoming most awaited drama, the 150th project of Megastar
Chiranjeevi’s Kathilantodu is going to be started from tomorrow on 23rd June. It is remake of Tamil hit movie ‘Kaththi’ starring Vijay and VV Vinayak is being helm this megaphone. Chiranjeevi will be seen in dual role, as thief and an activist who will fight for farmers. Currently makers are in the hunt of actress to play the love interest of Megastar. The movie will be produced by Ram Charan under the banner of Konidela Productions Company with the association of Lyca productions. Devi Sri Prasad has been roped to score the music. According to the sources, three senior writers are working on the script of Kathilantodu. Paruchuri Brothers are taking care of major part of script and Sai Madhav Burra is penning emotional dialogues whereas Akula Siva is handing the comedy section.
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ctor Naga Chaitanya and gorgeous actress Samantha’s love affair has become the hot topic of discussion. From couple of days, a small video of Naga Chaitanya and Samantha, is going viral on the social media in which both love birds were seen enjoying at the balcony of an apartment. According to the latest update, Samantha who used to stay in Park Hyatt whenever she visited to Hyderabad for the shoot of the movie, has been shifted to a hotel in Gachibowli, very close to Naga Chaitanya’s house but according to few people, she has
CHAITU AND SAMANTHA LIVING TOGETHER?
KATTAPPA REVEALS INFO ABOUT BAAHUBALI 2
been shifted in Chaitu’s flat in Gachibowli and someone took the video when both came out for the smoke. It is also heard that recently Naga Chaitanya’s mother met Samantha in Chennai and spent some time with her.Recently Samantha openly said that she was in the love of someone but did not reveal the detail about her Prince Charming but the sources claims that he is none other than Akkineni Naga Chaitanya.
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ero, villain and character artist, Sathyaraj played variety of roles and received name and fame by making his screen presence in the role of Kattappa in the SS Rajamouli’s directorial venture Baahubali which has won number of records and become the talk of town for its cinematic excellence. Currently he is busy in his upcoming ghost based thriller movie ‘Dora’ in which he will be seen in the role of ghost. He revealed few interesting facts about the second part of Baahubali. ‘Baahubali:The Conclusion”. He said that Baahubali 2 would be bigger and crucial, and audiences would get to watch more graphics, the war sequences would also be bigger and the major highlights of the movie. Currently Rajamouli is busy in the shoot of climax war sequences in which Rebel star Prabhas and number of artists are participating. Actress Anuhska will get more screen space and will delight the audiences by her sword fighting. Sathyaraj will join the
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set by the ends of this month, the shoot will be continued till November and later the makers will start the VFX and post production work. It is scheduled to hit the theaters on 14th April 2016 in various languages.
BAAHUBALI’S WRITER
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amil movie ‘Mudhavalvan’, titled as 'Oke Okkadu' in Telugu is one of the biggest hit movie in the career of director Shankar. It was released in 1999 and now according to the latest update, the sequel of Oke Okkadu is on the card. Bollywood film maker Deepak Mukut is planning to bankroll this upcoming sequel with the association of Eros International. Vijayendra Prasad, the father of creative and talented film maker SS Rajamouli, who provided the story for Rebel star Prabhas starrer Baahubali and Salman Khan starrer Bajrangi Bhaijaan is preparing the story for its sequel. Who will play the lead role and who will helm this megaphone, will be revealed after the finalization of story. It is not yet clear whether Shankar will direct this upcoming drama or not. Currently he is busy in the shoot of his upcoming directorial venture ‘2.0’ starring Rajinikanth, Amy Jackson and Akshay Kumar.
WORKING FOR MUDHAVALVAN
SEQUEL
SAMANTHA PLANS TO BUY FLAT
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orgeous actress Samantha who is basking on the glory of successful movies Vijay starrer ‘Theri’, Surya starrer ‘24’ and Nithin starrer ‘A..Aa’, is planning to buy an apartment in Hyderabad. Samantha is one of the most sought actresses of South Indian film Industry. Whenever she comes to Hyderabad for the shoot of her movies, she used to stay in hotels and now she is bored of staying in hotels. So she planned to buy a big and well furnished apartment in Hyderabad. It is heard that she is contacting with her close friends and property dealers. She has already started to look out for apartment in the posh localities in the city. On the work side, currently she is busy in her
upcoming movie ‘Janatha Garage’ starring Young Tiger Jr. NTR under the direction of Koratala Siva and recently she also signed one untitled movie with Naga Chaitanya.
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ALLU ARJUN ON ‘S’ SENTIMENTS
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he Telugu film industry is dominated by sentiments, and most of top actors and actresses in Tollywood are superstitious and specifically. If the movie is hit, the makers call it success mantra. Currently Stylish Star Allu Arjun is on sentiments of S. According to him, the letter ‘S’ for the title of his movies are very lucky for him. Earlier his two movies ‘S/O Sathyamurthy’ and ‘Sarrainodu’ have turned out hit at the box office. On the first day, his mass masala drama ‘Sarrainodu’ directed by Boyapati Srinu, received mixed responses but later it turned out blockbuster and earned more than Rs 125 Cr from its Telugu and Malayalam version. Now he is planning to have the next title of his upcoming movie with the letter S. It is heard that he is planning to team up with Kollywood fame director Linguswami for the upcoming project, it will be bilingual movie and he will make his screen presence in dual shades.
SHRIYA SARAN'S
REMUNERATION FOR R
GPS
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ecently actress Shriya Saran has been roped for the upcoming big budget movie ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’, being directed by National award winner Krish. Nandamuri Balakrishna is playing the lead role and will be seen as warrior Satakarni. Shriya Saran will play the female lead role, make her screen presence in the role Vasishta Devi and the mother of two kids. She has acted with number of top stars in South Indian film Industry like King Nagarjuna, Megastar Chiranjeevi, Superstar Mahesh Babu and Power Star Pawan Kalayn. She is coming in the category of top actresses but according to the latest update, Shriya Saran is going to get only Rs 35 Lakh as remuneration. Recently makers have spend Rs 8 Crores on the shoot of war episode in Morocco and now planning to head Georgia for shoot of next war sequences. The movie is being made on mammoth budget. Rajiv Reddy is bankrolling the project under the banner of First Frame Entertainment and the music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad.
MAHESH FIGHTS WITH
BAAHUBALI
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uperstar Mahesh Babu and film maker A R Murugadoss have team up for the upcoming untitled movie which will carry the social message. It is a big budget movie, and going to be made on the lavish budget of Rs 100 Cr. Actress Parineeti Chopra will share the screen space with Mahesh. It will go on the floor next month in July and according to the latest update, the makers are planning to release the movie on 28th April 2017. On the other side, SS Rajamouli is busy in the shoot of climax part of ‘Baahubali 2’ starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka and Tamannah Bhatia, which is gearing up for grand release on 14th April 2017. If both Baahubali and Mahesh’s movie will be released on their scheduled date, there will be very tough competition at the box office. Earlier Mahesh’s Srimanthudu and Rajamouli’s Baahubali were supposed to release with the gap of one week but later the makers of Srimanthudu postponed its release and as a result of this both Srimanthudu and Baahubali turned out blockbuster. Now once again both Mahesh’s movie and Rajamouli’s magnum opus are arriving in the same month and it will create some excitement for movie lovers.
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Rajamouli
wanted to become
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Nagarjuna cameo
IN NIRMALA
CONVENT
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ing Nagarjuna who is basking on the glory
of two successful movies ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ and ‘Oopiri’ is busy in his upcoming movie ‘Nirmala Convent’, in which actor Srikanth’s son Roshan is playing the lead role and romancing with actress Shriya Sharma. Nagarjuna is not playing the lead role, he will be seen in the role of cameo and will make his screen presence in the role of TV host in this upcoming youthful entertainer drama. The makers have wrapped the major portion of the shoot and released the trailer which received decent responses by the audiences. The music is scored by A R Rahman and a song ‘Kotha Kotha Bhasa’ was crooned by Rahman’s son Ameen. Debutante director GNK Rao is being helm this megaphone and it is produced by Nagarjuna under the banner of Annapurna Studios.
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actor
reative and talented film director SS Rajamouli attended the promotional event of SS Kanchi’s directional project ‘Show Time’ starring Ranadhir and Ruksaar Mir along his family member Keeravani, Valli and Rama Rajamouli. He said that during his teenage, he dreamt of becoming an actor and for fulfilling his dream he offered prayer in his village also. When he said about his dream to Kanchi, he advised him to test luck in Hyderabad and finally he entered in Film industry. He wished his brother and the entire team of Showtime for the success. ow there is no need of any introduction for Rajamouli as his directorial venture Baahubali has turned out biggest grosser of Tollywood and his movie is travelling from one country to another country and delighting the audiences at International level. Currently he is busy in the shoot of its second installment ‘Baahubali 2’ which is slated to hit the theaters on 14th April 2017.
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SAMANTHA
CAUGHT SMOKING
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ecently gorgeous actress Samantha revealed that she is going to tie knot very soon but she did not reveal the name of her boy friend. According to the latest report, both Samantha and Naga Chaitanya will be getting married very soon and recently Naga Chaitanya’s mother also met Samantha and she was very impressed. During the release of A..Aa, both Sam and Chaitu were spotted watching ‘A..Aa’ together. Now a new video is going viral on the social media that features Samantha and Naga Chaitanya, they are standing on the balcony of apartment and Samantha is seen smoking in the video. Everyone is shocked after watching this avatar of Samantha.Finally she has got the chance to romance with Naga Chaitanya in the reel life as she has been roped for the upcoming untitled movie under the direction of Kalyan Krishna who has delivered Soggade Chinni Nayana. Earlier both Samantha and Naga Chaitanya have worked together for the movie ‘Yem Maya Chesave’, ‘Manam’ and ‘Autonagar Surya’.
REGINA
TURNS GHOST
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izzling actress Regina Cassandra is getting ready to scare the audiences by her upcoming horror flick as she has been roped for the upcoming Tamil romantic comedy
horror movie ‘Nenjam Marappathillai’ under the direction of Selvaraghavan. She will be seen in the role of ghost and will give Goosebumps to the audiences. Actor and film maker S J Suryah is playing the lead role. The music will be scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and the gap of eight years, once again Selvaraghavan and Yuvan Shankar Raja are teaming up for this upcoming saga. Actress Nandita Swatha is playing the female lead role and it is produced by Ondraga Entertainment, the makers are planning to release the movie in August. According to the sources, the character of Regina is designed in such a way that audiences will empathise with her character but at the same fear it too. Her look will be one of the major highlight of the movie. It is also heard that S J Suryah’s role will amaze the audiences.
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ANUSHKA
DISAPPOINTS KRISH G
orgeous actress
French audiences
IN AWE OF BAAHUBALI PRABHAS
Anushka Shetty has
worked with National award winner director for the movie ‘Vedam’ and received lot of applause for her character Saroja. She and Krish are very good friends and shares good rapports. Recently when Krish tried to rope her for his upcoming directorial venture ‘Gautamiputa Satakarani’ starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, she rejected the offer but on the other side, she accepted the offer of King Nagarjuna starrer upcoming devotional movie ‘Om Namo Venkatesha’, directed by K Raghavendra Rao, in which she is going to make her screen presence in de-glam avatar as monk. It is heard that Krish is very disappointed with the decision of Anushka as she said no to him but yes to Nagarjuna. Now finally actress Shriya Saran has been finalized to play the female lead role. Currently Anushka is busy in her upcoming historic drama ‘Baahubali’ under the direction of SS Rajamouli which is progressing at brisk pace and currently makers are canning climax part of the movie.
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S Rajamouli’s directorial venture ‘Baahubali:The Beginning’ which was released last year and turned out highest grosser of Tollywood, is running successfully in foreign countries and delighting the audiences. After Japan, China, Germany and Brussels, recently it was released in France and it is heard that everyone was shocked after watching the performance of Rebel Star Prabhas . The film auditorium was filled with 1400 audiences and after completion of the movie, everyone has given standing ovation to the makers. The movie has been applauded for its splendid direction, excellent performances and for
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the outstanding VFX work. The audiences have gone crazy over the film, especially over Prabhas’s performance. The movie starring Rebel star Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka , Tamannah Bhatia and Ramya Krishna.
SAPTAGIRI TURNS CHINESE
warrior
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omedian Saptagiri is one of the popular comedian who is going on in rocket speed on the growth path. He is not only active in Tollywood but also getting offers from Kollywood. Currently he is busy in his upcoming movie ‘Jakkanna’ under the direction of Vamshi Krishna Akella who made the horror movie ‘Raksha’. Comedian turned actor Sunil is playing the lead role and romancing with actress Mannara Chopra. Saptagiri will be seen in different character as Chinese warrior in this upcoming drama. He was last seen in Express Raja which was turned out hit and now Film Pundits are saying that Saptagiri has become lucky star for the movies. Saptagiri is also busy in trilingual movie ‘Abhinetri’ starring Milky beauty Tamannah Bhatia, Prabhudeva and Sonu Sood. He is also making fun on the set of Abhinetri and recently he took few photographs with Prabhudeva and posted on social media.
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Pranitha
TURNS
IT EMPLOYEE A
ctress Pranitha Subhas who was last seen in superstar Mahesh Babu starrer recently released family entertainer movie “Brahmotsavam”, directed by Srikanth Addala, is busy in her upcoming Tamil movie ‘Ennaku Vaitha Adimaigal’ under the direction of Mahendran, in which actor Jai is paying the lead role. Pranitha is going to play the role of IT Company’s employee. The makers are planning to shot the movie in the various scenic locations of Chennai, Pondicherry and Kodikanal. Pranitha is very excited and according to her, she is going to play the very different role in this upcoming saga and it will have all the commercial elements like action, dance, romance and comedy, that is one of the reason she chose this project.
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TRISHA TO SIZZLE IN
Bikini for Mohini
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ot diva Trisha Krishnan who has become the first choice of Horror film makers, is currently busy in her upcoming woman centric horror thriller movie ‘Mohini’. Currently movie is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of Madhesh in London. It is produced by Prince Pictures who had earlier associated with Suriya’s Singam 2 whereas the music is composed by Vivek and Mervin, of Vadacurry fame. The VFX team which has worked for Happy Potter has been roped for this upcoming saga. The maker are planning to cash her oomph factor of Trisha to attract the audiences to the theaters. According to the sources, Trisha is making her screen presence in a sultry look with bikini. There is a kidnap scene in the movie in which she will sizzle in bikini and flaunt her curvy body in bikini avatar. The movie is based on supernatural incidents and she will be applying prosthetic and special makeup for her character.
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NO ITEM SONG BY
KAJAL
IN DHRUVA
rom couple of days, there is rumour that sizzling actress Kajal Agagrwal is going to shake her legs on an item song for the upcoming action and romantic entertainer drama “Dhruva” starring mega actor Ram Charan under the direction of Surender Reddy. The sources close to Kajal Aggarwal refuted the rumour and said that she was neither approached for Dhruva nor she was going to act in the movie. Both Ram Charan and Kajal Agagwral are good friends and earlier they have worked together for movies ‘Magadheera’, ‘Nayak’, ‘Govindudu Andarivadele’ and ‘Yevadu’. According to Kajal, earlier she was asked by the makers to play the female lead role but she did not sign the movie and finally makers roped Rakul Preet Singh to play the love interest of Ram Charan. Currently Kajal is busy in her upcoming two Tamil movie, one with actor Ajith and the next with Vikram. Recently she also signed Teja’s upcoming directorial venture starring Rana Daggubati.
BOYFRIEND
ROMANTIC POSE WITH
ILEANA'S
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ctress Ileana is back in Hyderabad and busy in the promotional events. She never said that she was in love but she has given a romantic pose with her alleged boyfriend, Australian Photographer, Andrew Kneebone and posted the picture on instagram. The hot pose has given surprised to everyone which is given by Ileana, reveals that they are true love birds. On the work side, currently she is busy in the promotion of upcoming Bollywood movie “Rustom�, directed by Tinu Suresh Desai in which actor Akshay Kumar is playing the lead role. The movie is set to hit the theaters on 12th August 2016.
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ctress Nithya Menon who is enjoying stardom in South Indian Film Industry, revealed about her break up story. According to her, in her teenage days, she was in the relationship with a Man. Nithya is popular for her straight forwardness and recently in an interview she revealed few details about her love life during the college days in Kerala. She said that she fell deeply in the love of her college mate and was in the relationship with him for a while. But very soon she realized that he was not her Mr. Right and she could not share all her life with that man and finally decided to terminate her relation with him. After that she never fell in the love of any man and she has never been linked to any co-star. On the work side, currently she is busy in her upcoming Telugu movie ‘Janatha Garage’ starring Young Tiger Jr.NTR and Samantha under the direction of Koratala Siva
Nithya Menon's break up story
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S Rajmouli has started the shoot of climax part of his upcoming directorial venture “Baahubali:The Conclusion”, which is progressing at brisk pace in Hyderabad. The movie starring Rebel star Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anuhska and Tamannah Bhatia. The makers are planning to wrap the war sequence of the movie by the end of August. Later Rajamouli will start the shoot of sword fighting sequence of Anuhska and Prabhas in the month of September. According to the latest update, Rajamouli is facing lot of trouble and according to him, Anushka is still overweight and he asked her to reduce her weight. Recently Anushka signed one more devotional movie “Om Namo Venkatesh” starring King Nagarjuna in which she will make her screen presence with her chubby cheeks. It is creating problem for Rajamouli and he wants to wrap the entire shoot by the end of October. Later he will start the post production work and VFX work for Baahubali 2. It is scheduled to hit the theaters on 14th April 2017 Worldwide.
ANUSHKA
CREATES PROBLEM FOR
RAJAMOULI
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Raane Vachadayya Aa Ramayya for Mokshagana F rom long time, Nandamuri fans are eagerly waiting to watch Nandamuri Mokshagna on silver screen and now wait has over. According to the latest update, Mokshagana is going to make his debut and title of the movie has been confirmed as ‘Raane Vachadayya Aa Ramayya’. Noted producer Sai Korrapati is going to bankroll this upcoming prestigious project but who will direct the movie is not yet decided. The producer had registered the title in the film chamber sometime back. It is heard that Balakrishna has also given green signal. Currently Mokshagana is undergoing training for the action and dance as he wants to prepare himself for his debut. On the other side, Balakrishna is busy in his upcoming 100th project ‘Gautamiputra Satakarani’ under the direction of national award winner Krish and Mokshagana is working as assistant director for the movie. Sai Korrapati is busy in his production venture ‘Manamatha’ starring Mohanlal and Gauthami, and ‘Achyutananda starring Nara Rohit and Naga Shourya.
TRS MLA HARSH REMARK ON
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uperstar Mahesh Babu starrer recently released family entertainer drama “Brahmotsavam”, directed by Srikanth Addala, has turned out disaster at the box office and on its opening day it received negative remarks from everywhere. Mahesh Babu took the blame of poor show and now he is getting ready to join the set of his upcoming untitled movie under the direction of A R Murugadoss. Now TRS MLA Rasamayi Balakishan made a hark remark on Mahesh’s movie Brahmotsavam at a film related event. He said that movies were not big or small, it should have good content and ability to run at the box office. He added that he had very busy professional life but after hearing the good talk about Brahmotsavam, he took the ticket by standing in queue and watched the movie. The two movie Brahmotsavam and Telugu dubbed movie Bichagadu were released around the same time, Bichagadu became the first choice of audiences whereas Brahmotsavam turned out disaster and became Bichadau (Begger). The Telugu right of Bichagadu was sold out for Rs 40 Lakh and it has earned around Rs 13 Crores from both Telugu states. Rather praising Bichagadu, he insulted Mahesh Babu and his movie Brahmotsavam, and now Mahesh fans are very upset with MLA’s comments.
KRISH READY TO N
FLYGEORGIA
SJ Surya
ational award winner Krish is busy in his upcoming directorial venture ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’ starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and recently makers have wrapped the first shoot schedule in Morocco. Now Krish is planning to fly Georgia for the shoot of the movie in the beautiful locals of the peach state. According to him, Georgia is the ideal place for the shoot of war episode of historic and war drama, so he decided to head Georgia. It is not the first time when Krish is going to shot the movie in Georgia, earlier his magnum opus ‘Kanche’ starring Varun Tej was shot in Georgia. The other reason behind to shot Gautamiputra Satakarani in Georgia is rainfall. The meteorological department predicted high rainfall in Hyderabad this monsoon and Krish does not want to delay the shoot so he decided to shot the war sequence in the vast vacant land in Georgia. Actress Shriya Saran is playing the female lead role, Bollywood star Kabir Bedi and Hema Malani are playing important roles. It is slated to hit the theaters on the occasion of Sankranthi 2017 Worldwide.
out from
Traffic Police
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J Suryah who was going to direct the upcoming untitled movie starring Power Star Pawan Kalyan, has walked out from the project. It is heard that Suryah who received lot of appreciation as an actor for Tamil movie ‘Iraivi’, is receiving number of offers from Tamil and Telugu film makers as an actor. He asked Pawan Kalyan to adjust the shooting dates of the upcoming project which is producing by Sharath Marrar under the Northstar Banner. The movie was launched in April and it was supposed to go on the sets on 2nd June but he did not have enough time to kick start the project
and asked Pawan that he needed some more time. Pawan realized that Suryah may take at least couple of months more, he discussed with Sharath Marrar, decided to relieve Suryah from the project and roped Gopala Gopala director Dolly to direct the movie.
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Black Magic
on Brahmanandam
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oted Comedian Brahmanandam entered in the Guinness World Records for acting in 754 Telugu movies in 20 years in 2007. He has acted with number of top stars more than once because they think of him as lucky but now he is struggling to get the offers in Film Industry. Brahmanandam is of the opinion that Bad Vaastu is the reason for his bad phase. Earlier he was residing in Journalist Colony of Jubilee hills and recently he shifted to his new house in Manikonda. He supervised the construction of the house and according to him, the Vaastu is perfect. But things have gone from bad to worse after the shifting from old house to new. Now he is planning to vacant this new house and re-shift in his old house. It is heard that his few friends are advising him to met black magic experts. According to his friends, someone has done black magic on him and his son Gautham, that is the reason they are struggling in their career.
SAI DHARAM TEJ’S
T
LOVE STORIES
he young and energetic mega actor Sai Dharam Tej attended the audio
launch event of upcoming movie ‘Saahasam Swaasaga Saagipo’ starring Naga Chaitanya and Manjima Mohan, directed by Gautham Menon recently. During his speech, he spoke about his three interesting love stories. He said that he watched Gautham Menon’s Surya S/o Krishnan movie and decided to love a girl who is well educated. In America, he saw a girl and fall in her love, he decided to propose her but later he came to know that already she was engaged with another boy. Next after watching ‘Em Maya Chesave’, he proposed another girl but she rejected his love and asked him to concentrate on his career. Later he watched ‘Eto Vellipoyindi Manasu’, and proposed another girl but unfortunately she also rejected him. After hearing the three love stories of Sai Dharam Tej, all were seen laughing.
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Mamta Kulkarni
accused in drug racket
T
he Thane Police have named Former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni as an accused in the Rs. 2,000 Cr ephedrine racket that was busted earlier this year. According to the police, few more people from Bollywood are being investigated for their connection with Mamta Kulkarni and her husband Vicky Goswami. Paramveer Singh from Thane Police said that according to the new evidences, Mamta Kulkarni and her husband are also an accused and they will send a request to Interpol for red corner notice against Mamta Kulkarni through CBI. They are also verifying their bank accounts and investigation is going on. Last year in April, Thane Police had seized total of 18.5 tonne of Ephedrine and 2.5 tonne of acetic anhydride. In this operation, ten accused have been already arrested.
SHARWANAND REJECTED
GENTLEMAN T
he young and energetic actor Sharwanand who is basking on the glory of successful movies like ‘Run Raja Run’, ‘Malli Malli Idhi Raani Roju’ and ‘Express Raja’, was the first choice of recently released movie ‘Gentleman’. Earlier Mohan Krishna Indraganti narrated the script to Sharwanand but he rejected the offer as he had doubts on the villain character and he did not sign the movie, finally the makers approached natural star Nani, who is popular for experimental movies and he accepted the offer. The movie was released on 17th June and received positive responses by the audiences from everywhere.
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Puri lighting cigarettes for
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Kalyan Ram & Jagapathi
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ctor Nandamuri Kalyanram is busy in his upcoming movie under the direction of talented film maker Puri Jagannadh. Puri shared a picture in which he is lighting the cigarettes for Kalyanram and Jagapathi Babu on social networking sites. Kalyanram is playing the role of journalist whereas Jagapathi Babu will be seen in the role of antagonist. Earlier both Puri and Jagapathi Babu have worked together for the movie ‘Bachi’ which was disaster at the box office. After a long time, once again both Puri and Jagapathi are teaming up for this upcoming drama, which is tentatively titled as Remix. Actress Aditi Arya is playing the female lead role. It is touted to be mass entertainer drama which will carry the social message. It is produced by Kalyan Ram himself under the banner of NTR Arts.
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Chiranjeevi Vs Balakrishna Vs Nagarjuna
M
egastar Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Akkineni Nagarjuna and Victory Venkatesh are the four pillars of South Indian Film industry. Balakrishna and Nagarjuna are busy in making movies as Balayya is currently busy in his upcoming 100th movie ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’ under the direction of National award winner Krish whereas Nagarjuna is getting ready to join the set of forthcoming devotional drama ‘Om Namo Venkatesha’, directed by K Raghavendra Rao. On the other side, Chiranjeevi is making his comeback with upcoming 150th movie,
tentatively titled as ‘Kathilantodu’, directed by VV Vinayak and produced by Ram Charan with the association of Lyca Production. These three upcoming movies are arriving at the theaters on the occasion of Sankranthi 2017 and compete with each other. Venkatesh is waiting for the release of his upcoming romantic and comedy entertainer drama ‘Babu Bangaram’, gearing up for grand release in July. Next he will be seen in the role of cameo under the direction of Boyapati Srinu starring Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas.
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MAHESH, ANUSHKA
BAG FILMFARE AWARDS
T
he Britannia 63rd Filmfare Awards ceremony was held on 18th June 2016 at Hyderabad International Convention Center. The award ceremony was hosted by Chinmayee and Rahul Ravindram. Number of celebrities like Pranitha, Amulya, Catherine Tresa, Rakul
AADI
IN BOYAPATI’S
Preet Singh and Amy Jackson performed and entertained the audiences. Superstar Mahesh Babu won the Best actor award for his wonderful performance in ‘Srimanthudu’. It is the fifth time when he won this prestigious award. Mahesh Babu did not attend the award ceremony and the award was received by the maker of Srimanthudu on behalf of him. On the other side, gorgeous actress Anushka Shetty won Best actress award for historic drama ‘Rudhramadevi’ which is directed and produced by Gunasekhar. Stylish star Allu arjun received the Best supporting actor award for the his role in Rudhramadevi.
NEXT?
B
oyapati Srinu is getting ready to start his upcoming next directorial venture in which Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas is going to play the lead role. Currently he is busy in the preproduction work and it is touted to an action entertainer drama. Actress Rakul Preet Singh has been roped to play the female lead role
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whereas Victory Venkatesh and one more top star will play the role of cameo. The regular shoot of the movie is going to be started from 15th August. According to the latest update, Aadi Pinishetty has been approached to play the role of villain. The official confirmation is awaited. It is a bug budget movie and Boyapati is planning to rope his own technical team to make quality based movie. Recently he appeared in the role of antagonist in mass masala entertainer drama “Sarrainodu” starring Stylish star Allu Arjun. Sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad will score the music.
NAVDEEP’S ROLE IN
DHRUVA REVEALED
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ecently it was reported that young actor Navdeep has been roped to play the important role for the upcoming action and romantic entertainer drama “Dhruva”, the remake of Tamil hit movie ‘Thani Oruvan’. The role of Navdeep has been revealed and he is going to play the role of cop and will don in Khakhi uniform. He will portray the role, which Tamil actor Ganesh Venkataraman played in its original version. Currently the movie is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of Kick fame Surender Reddy. Mega actor Ram Charan is playing the lead role and sharing the screen space with gorgeous actress Rakul Preet Singh. Actor Aravind Swami is will be seen in the role of antagonist. Allu Aravind is bankrolling this upcoming project under the banner of Geetha Arts whereas Hip Hop Thamiza is rendering the rune.
DSP MUSIC
FOR ALLU ARJUN
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tylish star Allu Arjun who is enjoying the success of his recently released action entertainer drama “Sarrainodu”, is getting ready to join the set of his upcoming untitled movie under the direction of Kollywood film maker Linguswami in which he will make his
screen presence in dual shades. According to the sources, sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad has been roped to score the music. Now he will compose the tunes for Stylish star. Recently he signed the project and now team is busy in the hunt of actress to play the love interest of Allu Arjun. The movie will go on the floor very soon and currently the technical team selection process is going on.
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Charan & Trisha’s
Drink and
Fun party A
ctress Trisha Krishna who is popular for throwing parties is once again in the news headline. She is one of the top actresses who is getting attention in Tollywood as well as in Kollywood. It is heard that she has bait of having fun and she never leaves any chance to enjoy the parties. According to the sources, Ram
Charan and Trisha shares good rapport and mutual bonding. Recently both shared drinks and enjoyed the party along other friends. The picture in which both Ram Charan and Trisha spotted , enjoying drink party is going viral on social media and creating lot of sensation. On the work side, currently Ram Charan is busy in his upcoming movie ‘Dhruva’ under the direction of Surender Reddy whereas Trisha is busy in her horror thriller drama ‘Mohini’ which is progressing in London and she is going to delight the audiences by her hot bikini avatar.
ROBBERY AT
VIJAYASHANTI'S HOUSE
T
he robbery at popular actress turned politician Vijayashanti’s house has made into the headlines. Actress and Former Parliament Member Vijayashanti got a huge shock as a thief operation took place in her residence at MLA Colony in Banjara Hills. She filed police complaint on the missing diamond ring and gold jewellery at Banjara Police station. It is expected that insiders have stolen the jewellery. Vijayashanthi and her brother suspect that workers done robbery at their house. The police has registered the case and currently the investigation is going on.
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MAHESH'S MOVIE
FIVE PRODUCERS FOR A
fter delivering commercially flop movie ‘Brahmotsavam’, Superstar Mahesh Babu is gearing up to join the set of his upcoming untitled movie under the direction of creative and talented film maker A R Murugadoss. It is a bilingual big budget project and makers have roped Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra to play the female lead role. It is heard that she has started to learn Telugu. The movie is going to be made on the budget on Rs 100 Crores and it is heard that five producers are joining hands to produce this upcoming drama which will carry the social message as the movie is based on the loopholes of Legal system. It is going to be coproduced by 'Tagore' Madhu's Leo Productions, Murugadoss’ own production house, Reliance Entertainments, Fox star Studios and Mahesh Babu’s MB. Now top five production houses have joined hands to produce this quality based saga.
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PAWAN KALYAN TURNS
KADAPA KING
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he upcoming drama of Power Star Pawan Kalyan with Dolly has become the talk of discussion. Earlier the number of titles like Husharu, Khushi, Senapati etc were making rounds and now according to the latest buzz, the film maker have registered the title ‘Kadapa King’ in film chamber. The official confirmation is yet to be made. The movie is based on the faction backdrop and it is produced by Sharath Marrar whereas the story is penned by Aakula Siva. Actress Shruthi Hassan has been roped to play the love interest of Pawan and Tollywood actor Ajay is playing the role of antagonist. The music will be scored by Anup Rubens.
LAWRENCE ROPED IN
CHIRU’S 150TH? T he actor, director, singer, music composer and choreographer Raghava Lawrence is the multi talented personality of South Indian film industry. According to the latest update, Lawrence has been roped for the upcoming most awaited come back movie of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s 150th ‘Kathilantodu’. He has appointed as dance master for Chiranjeevi and he will choreograph the dance move of Chiru. Earlier Lawrence has composed amazing dance movement for Chiranjeevi’s movie Indra in which Chiru shook the legs on the song of Dayi Dayi Damma. He has also done choreography for various movies like Hitler, Andarivadu and Tagore etc. The upcoming drama Kathilantodu is directed by VV Vinayak and produced by Ram Charan under the banner
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of Konidela Productions with the association of Lyca Production. The music will be scored by sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad.
RAJASEKHAR turns villain
FOR GOPICHAND A
ctor Jagapathi Babu has become one of the busiest personality of south Indian film industry as currently he has 17 movies in
his kitty. He inspired number of senior actors to turn buddies. Now senior actor Rajasekhar, is also planning to join the villain league. It is heard that Rajasekhar has been approached for the upcoming movie under the direction of Sriwas in which Tollywood handsome actor Gopichand will play the lead role. Earlier the combo of Sriwas and Gopichand has delivered ‘Loukyam’ and ‘Lakshyam’. Rajasekhar will play the role of antagonist and will lock horn with Gopichand. According to the sources, his role is very powerful and will be the major attraction of the movie. Earlier Rajasekhar has appeared in negative shades in various movies like Aahuti and Talambralu. The upcoming drama will be produced on the director’s banner Vedashwa creations, who produced Balakrishna starrer Dictator in past.
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NAGA SHOURYA LIKES ANUSHKA
NOT NIHARIKA T
he sizzling chemistry between Naga Shourya and Niharika Konidela is highlighted in romantic and family entertainer drama “Oka Manasu”, directed by Rama Raju. From log time, there is a rumour that Naga Shourya and Niharika fell in love during the shoot of the movie. According to Naga Shourya, the rumour is baseless and there is no truth in it. He said that he was glad to be linked to a new heroine and there is nothing new for him, because earlier his name was linked with Raashi Khanna and later Sonarika Bhadoria and now Niharika. He added that he repeatedly informed media people that he likes Anushka Shetty so much but no one is linking his name with Anushka.
RAM CHARAN’S M
DHRUVA
FIRST LOOK COPIED
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ega actor Ram Charan is busy in his upcoming action and romantic entertainer drama “Dhruva”, the remake of Tamil hit movie “Thani oruvan”. Currently, the movie is progressing at the brisk pace under the direction of ‘Kick’ fame Surender Reddy and Ram Charan is sharing the screen space with Rakul Preet Singh whereas Aravind Swami is playing the role of Villain. It is produced by Allu Aravind under the banner of Geetha Art Banner. Recently makers have released the first look poster of the movie that features Ram Charan’s face from side with the mathematical formula. The poster received superb responses by the movie lovers and Mega fans but now netizens have found that makers have copied the first look poster of Dhruva from the Hollywood movie “The Man Who Knew Infinity “, directed by Matthew Brown. Already the upcoming drama is remake of Kollywood movie Thani Oruvan and now makers copied the first look poster that disappointed the audiences.
NIHARIKA WANTS
Chiranjeevi
M
egastar Chiranjeevi who has stolen the heart of audiences by his wonderful performance and dance moves, is coming back on the silver screen once again with most highly anticipated 150th movie ‘Kathilantodu’, directed by VV Vinayak. Earlier number of mega actors like Ram Charan, Stylish star Allu Arjun and Sai Dharam Tej have expressed their desire to act in Chiranjeevi’s come back movie and now one more name has been added in the list. Recently Mega Princess Niharika Konidela, the niece of Chiru, revealed her wish to act in Kathilantodu. She is ready to act for small role. Now we have to wait and watch whether Chiranjeevi will fulfil her desire or not.
REDDYS HURT WITH
TRIVIKRAM'S A..AA
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he Reddy community has reportedly hurt with the dialogues and characters of recently released Trivikram Srinivas’s directorial venture “A..Aa” starring Nithin and Samantha. The Telangana based Reddy Jana Sangham had lodged complaint two days after the release of the movie and sent the representation to Telangana Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy in this regard and stated that Jabardasth comedian Shakalaka Shankar portrayed the character of thief named Prathap Reddy and his father as Bal Reddy, a thief in Banjara Hills. He appealed to the censor board for the recertification and the censor Board re-certified the movie, issued the order to the makers of A..Aa to mute the names of Prathap Reddy and Bal Reddy from the movie and remove the dialogues and names with Reddy references. On the other side, actor Nithin who is playing the lead role, also belongs to Reddy Community. Finally Trivikram has withdrawn the dialogues and names of characters that allegedly hurt sentiments of the Reddy Community.
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VARUN TEJ TO ROMANCE
SAI PALLAVI M
ega actor Varun Tej has earned name and fame within short time span as he has has good choice of selection of story-line and film maker Sekhar Kammula who is popular for making clean family entertainer drama, which has ability to delight all genre of the audiences, have joined hands together for the upcoming untitled project. Noted producer Dil Raju is going to bankroll it. Actress Sai Pallavi, who has stolen the heart of youngsters by her wonderful performance as she portrayed the role of Malar in ‘Premam’ has been roped in this upcoming romantic drama to play the love interest of Varun Tej. The movie is all about the love story of NRI from USA who falls in the love of Telangana based girl. The regular shoot of the movie will be started from 25th July and makers are planning to wrap the Telangana scenes of the movie by the end of August. Later the entire team will head to USA in October and the total shoot will be wrapped in this schedule. The makers are planning to release this upcoming drama in December.
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ach tattoo tells a story and the growing craze of getting inked many celebrities, who are supposed to look a certain way to match their on screen characters are coming forward to express themselves through their tattoos. Tattoos are getting more and more popular in B-town and T-town. Number of actresses in Tollywood like Trisha Krishnan, Charmee, Shruthi Hassan inked tattoos according to their tastes and now one more actress has joined the list. She is none other than curly haired beauty Tapsee Pannu who is flaunting her new tattoo on her back. It is heard that it is part of her upcoming project ‘Tum Ho Toh Lagta Hai’ and she will make her presence in the song composed by Amaal Mallik and crooned by Shaan. She is very excited about her project. On the other side, she is waiting for the release of upcoming bilingual movie “Ghazi” starring Rana Daggubati, directed by Sankalp Reddy. The makers have wrapped the entire shoot and Tapsee has completed the dubbing work.
Tapsee gets
Tattoo
on her back