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Pragya Jaiswal
roped in Nag's next
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ctress Pragya Jaiswal who delighted the audiences by her wonderful performances with the movie “Kanche” starring Mega actor Varun Tej, has been approached for the upcoming saga “Om Namo Venkatesa” under the direction of Raghavendra Rao in which
but now because of hot weather, he changed the plan and now regular shoot will commence from June. After Annamayya, Sri Ramadasu and Shirdi Sai, it is the fourth time when Nagarjuna and Raghavendra Rao are teaming
King Nagarjuna is going to play the lead role. Nagarjuna at the age of 56 is looking very smart and handsome, and now going to share the screen space with Pragya Jaiswal. The movie is all about the Lord and his devotee, Hathiram Baba. Earlier Nagarjuna decided to start the regular shoot of the movie from May
up for this devotional movie. Currently entire team is busy in the scouting of location in Kerala and Karnataka. The music will be scored by Keeravani and he has already recorded two songs. A.Mahesh Reddy is going to bankroll the project under the banner of AMR Sai Krupa Entertainments banner.
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T-Govt to build new residences for MLAs worth Rs 1 Cr
Janasena is now
registered party in AP
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ower Star Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party has been registered by the Election Commission Andhra Pradesh. The notification will be issued by the authority very soon. Pawan applied for the registration of his Jana Sena Party to State election Commission on 10th December 2014 and finally Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission registered actor tuned politician party as an authorized political party without a reserved symbol. Pawan launched his party before 2014 Assembly elections. Earlier when Pawan applied to EC for his Jana Sena Party
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ecently Telangana government announced the salary hike for MLAs from Rs 1.25 Lakh to Rs 2.75 Lakh and now planning to build swanky new houses for its legislators in their constituency headquarters. The cost of each two stories building will be Rs 1 Crore and the total cost of the project will be Rs 120 Crores. The ground floor will have an office and meeting hall. The first floor will have the residence with three bedrooms spread over 4,000 sft. It will also have hall, dining room and kitchen with bathrooms. Some MLAs have already started to make demands whatever they want at their new official residence. Few of them are eager to know vaastu structure. According to few MLAs, the budget of Rs 1 Crores is not enough to meet their demands. The Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is also building a new office for himself in the city at a cost of Rs 30 Crores. If everything will go accordingly, the Telangana legislators may well ring in 2017 in their new residence cum offices which will be completed in nine months.
recognition then EC asked the public whether they have any objection or not. D Krishna from Gajjanapadu village of Prattipadu Mandal in East Godavari made objection. But later after discussion, Election Commission found no merit in the complaint to stop the registration and announced that registration process is completed. But if the party will contest in the local elections, it will be given priority over independents in choosing the symbol. Recently Pawan has announced that he would contest in 2019 elections. The party is already registered in Telangana last year.
Criminal case filed on N
Director Teja
Venkatesh with
Angry Birds for Babu Bangaram
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ictory Venkatesh is busy in the shoot of his upcoming movie “Babu Bangaram” which is being directed by Maruthi. Actress Nayantara is playing the female lead role. Currently movie is progressing at brisk pace and near the completion of the shoot. Recently a picture is going viral on the social networking site in which Venkatesh has given pose with Angry Birds. As a part of promotional activities makers arranged the cartoon dolls of Angry Birds on the set of Babu Bangaram. Venkatesh and other cast of the movie gave their poses with these cartoon dolls and these pictures are posted by Maruthi on twitter and he tweeted, “Angry birds came to my Set nw..." S.Nagavamshi is producing the movie on Sitara Entertainments banner whereas the music is scored by Ghibran. The movie is set to hit the theaters on 1st July.
oted film maker Teja is once again in controversies as a criminal case has been filed in Banjara Hills Police Station on Teja and his close associated Vaddera Satyam and Kaiser gang by one Timber Dealer RV Krishna Rao. The cop has booked the case under section 506 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). According to the report, Teja asked Veddera Satyam and Kaiser gang to demand Krishna Rao to wrap up the building dispute. The case is pending in the high court and Teja wants to settle the case out of court whereas RV Krishna Rao is not interested. According to Krishna Rao, he had threats to his life from the director Teja, Vaddrea Satyam and Khaisar Gang members. He also added that a person whose name Vikki stopped him on Banjara Hills road no 12 and he informed him that he was sent by Satyam and Khaisar gang members to settle down the matter.
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KCR reviews irrigation project works
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elangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that his government would give the first priority to complete all the pending irrigation projects in Telangana and urged irrigation experts to complete all the irrigation projects as soon as possible especially in Mahabubnagar. KCR reviewed the progress on the project work and interacted with Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao and officials at camp office. KCR said that for the completion of these projects they would require Rs 18,000 Crores that would help in irrigating 24 lakh acres of land in Telangana. He added that he has promised to provide water for 10 lakh acres of land in every district and he would do it at any cost. He also asked officials to complete the work of Narlapur pump house, Karivena, Vattem and Uddandapur reservoirs taken up under Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Project within two years. KCR also gave instruction to increase the capacity of Antaram reservoir to 15 TMC ft. Harish Rao has given assurance to speed up the project work and take steps to complete the work within the stipulated time.
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he political parties always ready to make wild allegations, from which some may be true whereas few allegation helps them to come in media limelight. TDP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy has fought may bitter battles. According to AP CM Naidu, his life is open book and a corrupt politician has no rights to comment on the declaration of his assets that are owned by him and his family members. He made this comment for Jagan Mohan Reddy. Earlier Chandrababu Naidu released the book which was based on YSR’s Corruption and was titled as ‘Raja of Corruption’. Naidu handed over this book to the National parties meeting in Delhi. Now Jagan is also planning the same thing and come up with the book on Naidu’s corruption which will highlights land deals in Amaravathi, Polavaram and others.
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BOOK ON
AP CM NAIDU'S
CORRUPTION BY JAGAN?
WHY RAJAMOULI
AND RGV SILENT ON
ALLU ARJUN’S
SARRAINODU? S
Lady Fan from Japan
ON NTR’S
Janatha Garage set
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here is no doubt that audiences are crazy and impressed with the style of young Tiger Jr. NTR. Currently NTR is busy in the shoot of his upcoming movie “Janatha Garage” under the direction of ‘Mirchi’ and ‘Srimanthudu’ fame Koratala Siva. Recently a fan Ms. Naan from Japan visited to the set of Janatha Garage to meet Tarak and got the autograph. She spent quality time on the set and interacted with the cast and crew of the movie. NTR maintain good fan base in Japan also. After Superstar Rajinikanth, NTR is the next actor who has good fan base in Japan. Tarak’s number of movies like Ashok, Brundavanam, Temper and Nannaku Prematho were released in Japan and received decent responses. Currently ‘Janatha Garage’ is progressing at brisk pace and Jr.NTR is romancing with two actresses Samantha and Nithya Menon. The makers are planning to release the movie on 12th August in a very grand manner.
S Rajamouli, the director of highest grosser of Tollywood movie “Baahubali” who knows well, how to impress the audiences and has ability to fetch the money at the box office, is also popular for posting the mini review after the release of movie. Earlier he posted number of mini reviews for both hit and flop movies But T-town is shocked as he maintained silences over recently released movie Sarrainodu starring Stylish Star Allu Arjun, Rakul Preet Singh and Catherine Tresa. The movie was released on 22nd April but Rajamouli did not post a single tweet. The movie is receiving mixed response from its release day. On the other side controversial film maker Ram Gopal Varma who is popular for controversial tweet for recently released movies, also maintained silence after the release of Sarrainodu. Currently Rajamouli is busy in the music sitting of ‘Baahubali 2” with Keeravani whereas RGV is busy in the Hindi version of his upcoming directorial venture “Killing Veerapan”.
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No Sakshi Excellence Award
for
Baahubali ?
S
High Court stays the release
of Srikanth's Mental Police Th e Hyderabad High Court stayed the release of upcoming drama “Mental Police” in which actor Srikanth is playing the lead role. Recently, the Telangana Police officers Association conducted a press meet to warn Telugu filmmakers who are degrading the police department by using titles and scenes which are objectionable as it hurts the honour of police. The Police Officer Association filed a petition in the high court seeking the direction and court issued stay orders for the release of Mental Police. The court has sent legal notice to the producer and actor Srikanth to change the title. Earlier Association forced producer Dil Raju to change the title of Vijay starrer movie “Theri” which was titled as Policeodu in Telugu but later Dil Raju changed the title to Police.
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akshi Excellence Awards ceremony was held at JRC Convention Center recently but everyone was shocked because the highest grosser of Tollywood movie “Baahubali” was kept aside and the most popular film award won by Superstar Mahesh Babu starrer “Srimanthudu”. Recently Baahubali has won two National awards in the categories of Best Film and Best Visual effects. SS Rajamouli also received Padma Shri award for the contribution in film making by Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. Baahubali which has earned more than Rs 600 Cr at the world wide box office, has crushed various pre-existing records and earned number of National and International awards is ignored by Sakshi. Gunsekhar who directed and produced ‘Rudhramdevi’ won the Most Popular director award.
Recently makers of Mental Police released the trailer in which Srikanth was seen sitting on the road with the garland of chappals. Actress Aksha is playing the female lead role. The movie is directed by Karanam Babji and Produced by AVV Durga Prasad on Anagani films banner.
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uperstar Mahesh Babu, who has turned 40 and currently he is father of two kids Gautham and Sitara, and popular for family entertainer movie has beaten the record of other Tollywood actor as he has been elected as most desirable man. He never entertained the audiences by his shirtless avatar nor does much experiment with his look. His recently released movie “Srimanthudu” which carried social message and based on the adaption of village was turned out second highest grosser of Tollywood and stood at second place after Baahubali. Currently he is busy in his upcoming movie “Brahmotsavam” and after wrapping the shoot of Brahmotsavam, Mahesh Babu will join the set of Murugadoss's upcoming project. Mahesh Babu occupied 1st place whereas Jr.NTR, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, Rana stood on 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place respectively in the survey of most desirable man.
Mahesh, the most
desirable Man
of 2015
TDP MLA Bonda Uma
turns producer N
ow days, number of Politician are testing their luck in film industry. TDP MLA Bonda Uma, from Vijayawada is getting ready to enter in Tollywood as he is planning to turn producer. According to the latest update, he will produce upcoming untitled movie which is going to be helmed by Kodi Rama Krishna’s assistant K.T. Kamalnath. Actor Arun Adith and Yamini will play the lead roles. The movie has been formally launched in Hyderabad recently. The regular shoot will commence in Kakinada very soon. The script is penned by Daripineni Padmanabha Rao. Pravachanams fame Chaganti Koteshwara Rao, is making his debut with this upcoming saga.
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fter Sarrainodu, now the team of upcoming science Fiction movie “2.0”, the sequel of Robo, is planning to head Bolivia. Currently 2.0 is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of Shankar and recently maker have wrapped the shoot in New Delhi. According to the latest update, the makers are planning to shot the two songs and few crucial scenes in the scenic locations of Bolivia. Actress Amy Jackson is playing the lead role. Akshay Kumar will be seen in role of antagonist. The movie is produced by Subaskaran Allirajah under the banner of
RAJINIKANTH 2.0 TEAM TO HEAD BOLIVIA of Lyca Production and the music is scored by Oscar award winner AR Rahman.
SUNIL’S NEXT SANTOSHAM SAGAM BALAM? C
omedian turned actor Sunil has joined the set of his upcoming untitled drama under the direction of Kranthi Madhav who impressed the audiences by his movies Onamaalu, Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju. The makers are considering the title of the movie ‘Santosham Sagam Balam’ and it is touted to be action, romantic and comedy drama. Malayalam actress Miya Goerge is going to play the love interest of Sunil. Recently Sunil has given nod for his another upcoming project ‘Eedu Gold Ehe’ and he will work simultaneously for these two movies. Parachuri Kireeti is bankrolling the project and the music will be scored by Ghibran
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MAHESH, RAKUL WON SAKSHI S EXCELLENCE uperstar Mahesh Babu, the Prince of Tollywood has been awarded for most popular hero award as Sakshi Excellence Awards ceremony was held yesterday at JRC Convection Center. Mahesh Babu thanked Sakshi group for bestowing the honour for the two consecutive years. Journalist Rajdeep Sardesi graced this award ceremony as chief guest along Sakshi Media Group chairperson YS Bharati ,Sakshi Editorial Director Ramachandra Murthy. The award was given in several categories in which Mahesh Babu was selected for most popular actor whereas Rakul Preet Singh was awarded for most popular actress. Mahesh Babu starrer social message oriented movie “Srimanthudu� won the award in the category of Most popular Cinema. Noted director K Vishwanath was felicitated with the lifetime achievement award. The winners were selected on public opinion and also by the special jury. The winners are:
AWARDS
Life Time Achievement Award : Director K Viswanath Most Popular Hero : Mahesh Babu Most Popular Heroine : Rakul Preet Singh Most Popular Director: Gunasekhar Most Popular Cinema : Srimanthudu Jury Special Best Film: Kanche Most Popular Lyricist: Sirivennala Sitarama Sastry Most Popular Singer Male: Karunya Most Popular Singer Female: Satya Yamini
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BALAYYA'S SATAKARNI fan made teaser goes viral
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andamuri Balakrishna’s starrer upcoming historic 100th project ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’ has become the talk of T-town. National award Winner Krish has got the opportunity to wield this megaphone and he is confident to present the movie in a very grand manner. It seems Gautamiputra Satakarni fever is bigger than Baahubali. Few die heard fan of Balayya has released the teaser of this upcoming drama that features Balakrishna as warrior emperor and its graphical work is superb. Overall the teaser is worth watching and it is going viral. The released fan made teaser is throwing a big challenge to the makers to make the movie best and come up with better teaser. The upcoming historic drama is the story of India's greatest warrior emperor and it is produced under the banner First Frame Entertainment banner whereas the music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad.
NEW STRATEGY
FOR PRABHAS A
fter delivering blockbuster movie “Baahubali”, Rebel Star Prabhas has achieved stardom and got recognition at National level. Earlier Prabhas tried to test his luck in Bollywood with the movie “Action Jackson” and made his presence in the role of cameo but was not recognized by the audiences. Now after delivering Baahubali, he is getting number of Bollywood offers but currently he is focusing on the second installment of Baahubali. According to the latest update, Prabhas is planning to adopt a different release strategy for his upcoming all the movies, he and his team are targeting to release his all the movies in three languages Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. He does not want to lose his craze that he built up over past two years and by this unique strategy, his hard work will not go waste.
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WHAT SARRAINODU D
TEAM DID IN BOLIVIA?
uring the shoot of Sarrainodu, the entire team crated lot of buzz when they started the travelling for nearly 2 days and finally reached their destination Bolivia, a salt flat named Salar De Uyuni. But audiences did not get any surprise on the screen. They shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolavia on lead pair but it looks like that it is achieved through graphics and the location has resemblance with few shots of Samantha and Bellamkonda Srinivas' 'Neeli Neeli' song from "Alludu Seenu". In Neeli Neeli song, the makers used graphics whereas Sarrainodu’s Telusa Telusa song was shot in the real location but both looks same. The movie Sarrainodu starring Stylish Star Allu Arjun, Rakul Preet Singh, Catherine Tresa and Aadhi. The movie is directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced by Allu Aravind under the banner of Geetha Arts.
FIREACCIDENT ON D
uring the shoot of Sardaar Gabbar Singh, the team of the movie erected a beautiful set of Ratanpur and spent whooping amount but recently a fire accident occurred on the set of Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s movie. After the release of the movie, film unit started dismantling the set. Few workers were doing wielding related work and suddenly the fire engulf throughout the set. After informing the fire department, the firemen controlled the fire. Finally the movie Sardaar Gabbar Singh starring Pawan Kalyan and Kajal Aggarwal directed by KS Ravindra alias Bobby has hit the theaters on 8th April
SGS SET
and turned out commercially flop at the box office.
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Rajinikanth Kabali
targeting 600 Cr S
Its second chance
FOR
RAKUL PREET S izzling actress Rakul Preet Singh is facing the ire of Mega fans as her recently released movie “Sarrainodu” starring Stylish star Allu Arjun is receiving negative response. According to mega fans, Rakul is unlucky for Mega actors because her movie ‘BruceLee’ with Ram Charan was also turned out flop at the box office. In Sarrainodu, she appeared in the role of village belle and the movie was directed by Boyapati Srinu who tried to present Allu Arjun in Oora mass avatar but became flop. Now once again Rakul is going to work with Boyapati Srinu for her upcoming untitled project in which Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas is going to play the lead role. Bellakonda Sai Srinivas who has delivered back to back flop movies like Alludu Seenu and Speedunnodu, is
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uperstar Rajinikanth starrer upcoming gangster drama “Kabali” is gearing up for grand release very soon. Currently Rajinikanth and other artists are busy in the dubbing work of the movie. It is directed by Pa Ranjith. Rajinikanth is playing the role of Chennai based Malaysian don. Actress Radhika Apte is playing the role of Rajini’s wife whereas Dhanishka will be seen in the role of gangster and daughter of Rajinikanth. According to the latest update, makers are planning to release the movie on occasion of Ramadan which falls on 8th July 2016. Last year Baahubali was released on 10th July and Bajrangi Bhaijaan was released on the eve of Ramadan on 17th July. Both the movie earned more than Rs 600 Cr at the Worldwide box office and Kabali is also targeting to earn Rs 600 Cr. Currently makers are working on the market strategy to promote the movie, it is heard that they have roped many online marketing agencies to promote Kabali.
going to romance with Rakul for this upcoming action and romantic drama. Abhishek Nama is bankrolling the project under Abhishek Pictures banner and the music is scored by sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad. It is the second chance for Rakul Preet Singh to prove herself under the direction of Boyapati Srinu.
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ower star Pawan Kalyan who is popular for sending mangoes to his friends and well wisher, is not able to do it this year because of poor harvest. Every year he used to send mangoes to his friends. After delivering Sardaar Gabbar Singh, he is now getting ready to join the set of his upcoming movie under the direction of SJ Surya. On the other side, he is also planning to focus on his political Janasena Party. According to the sources, Pawan Kalyan said that every year he sent the mangoes to his friends but this year, the production deteriorated due to disease and only few people will receive the mangoes from his farm house. Recently Bollywood critic Rajeev Masand visited to Pawan’s farm house then Pawan revealed that because of hectic schedule of his movie, he was unable to spend time on his farm house. Whenever Pawan gets the time, he used to spend on his farm house as he likes to be farmer and it helps him stay connected with land.
Sad news for
PAWAN’S
MANGO LOVERS
YAMINI MALHOTRA
ROPED IN
CHUTTALABBAYI M
odel turned actress Yamini Malhotra has been roped for the upcoming romantic entertainer drama “Chuttalabbayi” in which actor Aadi is playing the lead role. Yamini will play important role in this upcoming movie whereas actress Namitha Pramod is playing the female lead role. According to the makers, the role of Yamini Malhotra will be highlighted in the movie. It is being directed by Veerabhadram and from long time he was searching new face and finally he roped Yamini. The movie is produced by Venkat Talari and the music is scored by SS Thaman.
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Naga Chaitanya
turns Cop A
ctor Naga Chaitnaya starrer upcoming
B
ollywood movie “Bajirao Mastani” starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priynaka Chopra, was a visual wonder. Although the movie received few negative remarks but received lot of applause for its visuals. According to the latest update, the VFX company which worked for Bajirao Mastani has been roped for the upcoming most prestigious 100th movie of Nandamuri Balakrishna which is tentatively titled as Gautamiputra Satakarni. The movie is going to be directed by National award winner director Krish. Currently it is in pre-production stage and makers are planning to deliver the quality based output and not ready to compromise at any cost. Finally the VFX technical team is working with Krish and he is confident that he will become successful to deliver better output. It is an historic drama in which Balayya will play the role of King Gautamiputra Satakarni, the ruler of Amaravathi. The makers are planning to release the movie on the occasion of Sankranthi 2017.
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romantic entertainer drama “Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo” is near the completion of the shoot. Currently makers are canning climax of the movie in Chennai. It is being directed by Gautham Menon. It is a bilingual movie and also being made in Telugu and Tamil, in its Tamil version actor Simbu is playing the lead role. Actress Manjima Mohan is playing the female lead role in both Telugu and Tamil version. A leaked picture of Simbu is going viral on the internet which is highlighting the role of Naga Chaitanya. Recently Simbu posted a selfie in which he is seen as Police officer. Simbhu is playing the role of Chaitu in its Tamil version and according to it, Chaitu will also don in Khakhi uniform and will make his screen presence in the role of cop. The makers are planning to release the movie either in last week of May or first week of June.
Bajirao Mastani VFX team for
Balayya’s 100th
Balayya dedicates GPS to
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andamuri Balakrishna starrer upcoming 100th movie “Gautamiputra Satakarni” has been launched yesterday in a very stylish manner and launch event was attended by big personalities of film industry and politics. Telangana Chief Minister KCR graced this gala event as chief guest. Balakrishna said that he preserved to follow in his father’s foot step and happy with the script. He added, he is dedicating his upcoming historic movie to his fans and mother of India. Dasari Narayana Rao also said," It is matter of Pride for the Telugu people that Balakrishna is going to act in the movie which is based on first Telugu emperor and it is the story of King who conquered 33 Kingdoms." The movie is going to be directed by National award winner Krish and the music will be scored by Devi Sri Prasad.
Telugu people
Hrithik in Suriya’ 24
A
Hindi remake?
ctor Suriya starrer science fiction thriller drama “24” is gearing up for grand release very soon. The released posters have increased the curiosity of the audiences to watch the movie on the silver screen. It is directed by Vikram Kumar and produced by Suriya under the banner of Studio Green with the association of Eros International. Two actresses Samantha and Nithya Menon are playing the female lead role. According to the latest update, Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and his father Rakesh Roshan are keen to remake the movie in Hindi. If everything will go accordingly then very soon Hrithik will reprise the role of Suriya in its Hindi remake and delight Bollywood audiences. Recently Suriya also revealed about it in the interview. He said that few other Bollywood film makers are showing interest to grab the Hindi remake rights. Earlier Suriya’s starrer Ghajini was also remade in Hindi and turned out blockbuster.
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Rana
GETS READY FOR
BAAHUBALI 2
BATTLE T ollywood hot Chunk Rana Daggubati is getting ready to join the set of his upcoming historic and war drama “Baahubali 2” under the direction of creative film maker SS Rajamouli. In its first installment “Baahubali:The Beginning”, he received lot of appreciations for his terrific performance in the role of Bhallaladeva. According to the latest update, he will join the set in mid of May and currently busy in his makeover. Currently Rana is in Mumbai and undergoing terrific transformation under the supervision of expert Kunal Gir. He posted the picture on the wall of twitter and tweeted,” Built at Steel!! @KunalGir #Bhallaladeva getting ready for battle. @BaahubaliMovie #Baahubali”.. He is putting on his weight for the movie. Rajamouli has declared one month holiday for the entire cast and crews of Baahubali. The movie starring Rebel Star Prabhas, Rana, Anushka, Tamannah and Ramya Krishna. Rajamouli is planning to wrap the entire shoot by the end of October and the
movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 14th April 2017 in a very grand manner.
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Konidela Production
Company Launched
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he Konidela Production Company has been formally announced by mega actor Ram Charan and he has released the logo of the movie on social networking site. Ram Charan is going to test his luck in the production field and getting ready to produce Mega star Chiranjeevi’s comeback 150th movie which has been titled as‘Kathilantodu’, the remake of Kollyood hit movie “Kaththi” starring Vijay.
Chiranjeevi is devotee of Anjaneya Swamy and his idol is incorporated into the logo of production company. In future, Ram Charan will produce the movies of other mega actors under his banner. Chiru’s movie is going to be directed by VV Vinayak and sensation music composer Devi Sri Prasad will render the tune. Who will play the female lead role is not yet decide
KAJAL wants to turn action
diva
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izzling actress Kajal Aggarwal has played variety of roles in her filmy career. Recently she revealed that he has played the role of cop, naughty girl, balanced woman, blind girl and two times she delighted the audiences in the role of princess but she did not get the chance to play her dream role. According to her, she wants to become the part of action movies and also wants to perform action sequences. She also wants to do lot of comedy but not wants to become the part of it, she wants the comedy to revolve around her. On the work side, she is waiting for the release of family entertainer drama “Brahmotsavam� starring Mahesh Babu, Samantha, Kajal and Pranitha, directed by Srikanth Addala which is set to hit the theaters as summer treat.
MAY DAY WISHES
to our
GREAT LEADERS Gorantla Satyam Executive Editor tollywood magazine & tollywood.net
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oted
producer
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distributor
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Johar who bought the Hindi remake rights of ‘Oopiri’ is getting ready to entertain the Bollywood audiences. According to the latest update, Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Varun Dhawan are going to essay the role of King Nagarjuna and Karthi’s role respectively. It is heard that makers are considering the name of actress Kriti Sanon to play the role of Tamannah. If everything will go accordingly then very soon she will play the love interest of Varun Dhawan. Kirti Sanon became popular with Superstar Mahesh Babu’s movie ‘1-Nenokkadine’, later she acted in Bollywood movie ‘Heropanti’ and ‘Dilwale’. Oopri, directed by Vamsi Paidipally is running successfully and doing decent collections at the box office.
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arlier it was reported that Baahubali actress Anushka is making her screen presence in woman centric historic movie ‘Bhagmathi’, the wife of Muslim sultan Quli Qutub Shah. Earlier noted producer Dil Raju was going to produce this big budget drama but later he dropped the ideas due to unknown reason. According to the latest update, UV Creations has taken the responsibility of fund and getting ready to produce Bhagmathi. Pilla Zamindhar fame Ashok is going to wield this megaphone. According to Ashok, once everything is finalized then he will commence the preproduction work. Currently Anushka is busy in her forthcoming movies “Baahubali 2” under the direction of Rajamouli and Suriya starrer “S3”.
UV CREATIONS
PRODUCES
ANUSHKA'S BHAGMATHI
2 CR HOUSE SET FOR
NTR'S JANATHA GARAGE
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scenes in this Manduva house. The center of this house will be open to sky and surrounded by number of rooms which will build in square shape. The shooting will take place in this lavish house set in May. Recently makers have erected garage set where 15 to 20 vintage Cars were placed to give the atmosphere of mechanic garage and
spent Rs 3 Crores. Two actresses Samantha and Nithya Menon are playing the female lead role. The movie is directed by Koratala Siva and produced by Mythri Movie Makers.
he makers of upcoming entertainer drama “Janatha Garage” are not compromising with the quality of the movie and spending huge amount to make the movie grand. Currently a lavish house set named Manduva is being erected and makers are spending Rs 2 Crores for this house set. Art Director AS Prakash is busy in the erection of set and he is confident that the house will give feel of realistic house and makers are planning to shot several crucial
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Balayya’s 100th gets 3 Cr offer for overseas rights T he most prestigious project of Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 100th ‘Gauthamiputra Satakarni’, has been launched by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao recently and the major attraction of this event were the
speech of KCR and presence of Megastar Chiranjeevi. It is historic saga in which Balayya will make his screen presence in the role warrior king. According to the latest update, Absolute Telugu Cinemas, one of the leading distribution house, who bought Kanche overseas rights for decent price, is offering Rs 3 Crore to acquire the Overseas rights of Balakrishna’s Gauthamiputra Satakarni which is the highest ever price in Balakrishna’s career. Balayya is pinning lot of hopes as he did not cross half million marks in overseas. His hit movies like Legend and Simha were also turned out average in Overseas. The movie is going to be directed by National award winner Krish and jointly produced by Rajiv Reddy and Sai Babu whereas DSP will render the tune.
AKHIL REVEALS
about his queen A
KHALISI
kkineni Akhil revealed the secret of his life as he posted the picture of queen of his life on the social networking site and don’t get surprised, she is not any girl but a pet who is his queen of life and the name of his pet is Khalisi. He tweeted,” My cutie !!! Just love her ..... her name is khalisi she is the queen of my life :)” Everybody is aware of that his mother Amala Akkineni is the co founder of the Blue Cross of Hyderabad, a non government organisation which works towards the welfare of animals and preservation of animal rights in India. On the work side, Akhil is getting ready to work with 'Oopiri' director Vamsi Paidipally
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for the upcoming movie as Nagarjuna is very impressed with the work of Vamsi and has given the responsibility of his son to him. Currently Vamsi is busy in the script work.
POWER STAR'S K
GRATITUDE TO NTR & SUDEEP
annada star Sudeep and Young Tiger Jr. NTR ended up working for the same movie and actress Kajal Aggarwal was also the part of this upcoming drama. These three stars worked for Power Star Puneet Raj kumar’s Kannada movie ‘Chakravyuha’ directed by M. Saravanan. Tarak and Kajal Aggarwal crooned the song. The energetic number ‘Geleya Geleya’ went viral in Tollwood also which was crooned by NTR. Eega fame Sudeep has lent his voice for Power Star Puneeth Rajkumar for this upcoming drama Chakravyuha. Puneeth is very excited and he has decided to offer credit for both stars NTR and Sudeep in film titles. Actress Rachita Ram is playing the female lead role and it is gearing up for grand release by the end of this month.
Sonarika's love for
white Tiger
R
ecently, Jadoogadu fame Sizzling actress Sonarika Bhadoria visited to National Wildlife Sanctuary and was spotted with white lion. She was in yellow colour sleeveless dress and was busy in pampering the lion. She posted the picture and tweeted, Isn't she gorgeous! oh! And i fell in love with her name! Say hello to vanilla!, Oh! And vanilla loves back rubs!” Currently she is enjoying the success of her recently released movie “Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam” starring Raj Tarun, Manchu Vishnu, Heebah Patel, directed by G. Nageswara Reddy. After delivering two hit movies, now Sonarika is busy in her upcoming romantic and comedy movie “Sarada” which is being directed by G.Karthik Reddy in which Vishnu Manchu is playing the lead role.
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S/O of Kattappa grabs Kshanam remake rights T
he recently release crime thriller entertainer drama “Kshanam” starring Adivi Sesh, Adah Sharma and Anasuya, has turned out commercially hit at the box office as it is made on the budget of Rs 1.10 Crore and makers spent Rs 1.40 Cr on its promotional activities. Finally the movie earned more than 5 Crores. According to the latest update, Sibiraj, the son of Sathyaraj who impressed the audiences in the role of Kattappa with historic and war drama “Baahubali”, has bought the Tamil remake rights. He is also going to reprise the character of Adivi Sesh in this remake. Currently Sibbiraj is busy in his Kollywood horror flick ‘Jackson Durai” which is set to hit the theaters very soon. Recently Sajid Nadiawala has acquired the Hindi remake rights and it is heard that Bollywood actor Salman Khan is going to play the lead role. Now it is all set to remade Hindi, Tamil and Kannada.
Kshanam director’s
next with Rana R
avikanth Perepu, the director of recently released movie “Kshanam” is planning for his next upcoming directorial venture and recently he revealed that Bahaubali actor Rana Daggubati who has received lot of applause for his wonderful performance for the role of Bhallaladeva, is showing interest to team up with him and asked him to come up with impressive script. Currently Ravikanth is working on the love story for Rana Daggubati and scripting is in process. Raviknath also said that Adivi Sesh will not work in his next upcoming magnum opus and he is also interested to work with bigger stars. If everything will go accordingly then very soon Rana will work with Kshanam
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director. Currently Rana is busy in his upcoming movie “Baahubali 2” under the direction of SS Rajamouli and will join the set in June and also busy in the shoot of bilingual movie ‘Ghazi’ which is being directed by Sankalp Reddy.
B
ollywood actor Sudhanshu Pandey has been roped for upcoming much hyped Science Fiction movie ‘2.0’ the sequel of Robot which is progressing at brisk pace in Chennai and being directed by Shankar. He will play the role of antagonist and will make his screen presence in the role of son of Professor Bora (Danny Denzongpa) who was died in its first part. Sudhanshu will be seen as scientist like his father. Very soon he will join the set. Actor Akshay Kumar is playing the role of main Villain and he will be seen as creature villain whereas Sudhanshu Pandey will be human villain and will lock horns with Superstar Rajinikanth. The movie is being made on the budget of Rs 350 Crores. Actress Amy Jackson is playing the female lead role. The upcoming drama is produced by Subaskaran Allirajah under the banner of Lyca Production whereas the music is composed by Oscar award winner AR Rahman.
Sudhanshu Pandey
to play
BADDIE IN 2.0
3 Km Traffic Jam
for
Nagarjuna
K
ing Nagarjuna who is at the best of his career as he is basking on the glory of back to back hit movies Manam, Soggade Chinni Nayana and Oopiri and proved his stamina at the box office. Recently he was spotted at Pandur village near Kakinada city. He was warm welcomed by the villagers and received overwhelmed responses by them, It is heard that there was around 3 Km traffic jam and they wants to get one glimpse of their favourite star Nagarjuna. Nag was busy in the interaction with people so the shoot of his movie 'Nirmala Convent' had been cancelled on those locations. His fans were waiting for more than 3 hours to get the chance for welcoming their favourite star Nagarjuna.
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Darling turned A
as Prabhas
Baahubali
fter delivering India’s highest grosser of Tollywood movie “Baahubali:The Beginning”, Rebel Star Prabhas has got recognition at National level. Baahubali was released in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi version. Now number of movie makers are coming forward and dubbing the Prabhas’s movie to delight the audiences. In the same manner, Bhadrakali movies, which is known for the distribution of dubbing movies is going to release Prabhas starrer movie ‘Darling’ in Tamil version which has been titled as ‘Prabhas Baahubali’. Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal are playing the lead role. The movie is directed by Karunakaran. The makers have already launched the audio in a very grand manner yesterday in Chennai. The music is composed by GV Prakash Kumar and the makers are very excited and happy for the release of the movie in Tamil but did not announce the release date of this dubbed version of Prabhas Baahubali.
Srinu Vaitla kicks out Kona Venkat E
arlier Kona Venkat blamed Srinu Vaitla for the failure of Mega actor Ram Charan and
Rakul Preet Singh starrer “BruceLee” which was turned out commercially flop at the box office. Later Kona showed over confidence for Nikhil starrer Shankarabharanam as he provided the story line but it was also bombed at the box office. Kona lost the credibility after number of flop movies. Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan played very important role in the success of Srinu Vaitla but now Vaitla kicked out Kona Venkat and currently working with Gopi Mohan for the upcoming directorial venture ‘Mister’ in which Varun Tej, Lavanya Tripathi and Heebah Patel are playing the lead role. The regular shoot of the movie will commence from 15th May in Spain. It will be jointly produced by Tagore Madhu and Nallamalupu Bujji whereas the music will be scored by Mickey J Meyer.
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Pawan to start
TV channel
R
ecently actor and Jana Sena Party President Pawan Kalyan revealed that he did not have money to pay salaries to his workers and his financial status is very week. His recently released movie ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ has already declared as commercially flop at the box office and Pawan was also one of the producer of this action and romantic drama. Now he is planning to launch his own media house and ready to invest huge amount. If ongoing buzz in media circle is to be believed then Pawan is going to launch either a TV Channel or a news paper to promote his party’s agenda before the 2019 elections. It is heard that first he will start YouTube Channel and later he will plan for TV Channel. He has already announced that he and his party will take part in Politics by contesting the next elections in both Telugu states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Nagarjuna’'s property over
10K Cr T
here is an interesting news about the property of King Nagarjuna, it is heard that Nagarjuna owns more than 10,000 Crores of property. Recently MAA Channel was sold which added more profit to Nag’s treasure. Nagarjuna is the age of 56, looking very dashing and smart and delivering back to back hit movies. Currently the topic of Nagarjuna’s property has become the topic of discussion. It is also heard that he is going to join hands with MS Dhoni for a new business which will add additional profits. Currently he is focusing in business along with movies. This year, he has delivered two hit movies Soggade Chinni Nayana and Oopiri. He is now focusing on career of Naga Chaitanya and Akhil as he wants to establish them in Tollywood film industry.
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KABALI’S RECORD
IN INDONESIA
S
uperstar Rajinikanth starrer forthcoming gangster drama “Kabali” is gearing up for grand release very soon. The movie is directed by Pa Ranjith and the makers have wrapped the entire shoot and dubbing work has been already started. The most part of the movie was shot in Malaysia. Its pre release business of Kabali is giving shocks to everyone. Makers are planning to release the audio of the movie in the third week of May and the movie is scheduled to hit the theaters in the first week of June. The first announcement related to Kabali theatrical release about Kabali has been made in Indonesia. Malik Streams Corporation Sdn Bhd are film distributors based in Malaysia who recently presented Vijay starrer Theri in
Malaysia, has acquired the distribution rights of Kabali too and announced this on their Facebook page that Superstar Rajinikanth's 159th movie Kabali will be released in as many as 300 screens in Indonesia which is the highest number for any Indian movie.
ILEANA TO BECOME QUEEN OF BALAYYA?
A
ccording to the latest update, Ileana D’Cruze is being considered for the upcoming most awaited drama “Gauthamiputra Satakarni”, the prestigious 100th project of Nandamuri Balakrishna. The upcoming historic war drama is being directed by Krish. He is trying to rope Ileana to play the role of queen Nayanika, the daughter of Maharathi Tranakayiro Kalalaya to make the movie bigger. Nayanika was the wife of Gauthamiputra Satakarni as per history. Krish wants to highlight the VFX of the movie and he approached the top technician team of Bollywood movie Bajirao Mastani. It is heard that Ileana is also interested to become the part of Balayya’s project. Earlier makers were in the talk of Nayantara and Kajal Aggarwal but nothing is yet confirmed. On the other side, Hema Malini has been confirmed to play the role of Rajamatha Gauthami. The movie is produced by First Frame Entertainment and the music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad.
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GUTKHA KING
SACHIN
IN RGV'S NEXT A
ctor, Producer and Businessman Sachin Joshi who is commonly known as Gutkha King is going to team up with sensational film maker Ram Gopal Varma. Recently Sachin Joshi was in news as he abused Bandla Ganesh through social networking site twitter and said that he cheated him for Crores. RGV’s last two horror flicks Ice Cream 1 and 2 have been failed at the box office and now he is getting ready with another horror flick. Sachin Joshi who was last seen in Nee Jathaga Nenundali and remake of Aashique 2, has been roped for the upcoming bilingual romantic horror flick which will be directed by RGV. The movie will be made in Telugu and Hindi.
NTR'S EX MANAGER
KRISHNA TURNS PRODUCER
K
rishna, the previous helper of film maker Puri Jagannadh, who look after the production and personal matters of Puri and after leaving Puri Camp, Krishna went to Young Tiger Jr.NTR and started to handle his professional career for many years, is getting ready to test his luck in the field of production.
He is going to produce the untitled movie in which Sai Dharam Tej is going to play the lead role and it will be directed by BVS Ravi Krishna. The movie will go on the floor very soon. ‘Krishnagadi Veera Prema Gaadha’ fame actress Mehreen Pirzada has been roped to play the love interest of Sai Dharam Tej.
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Pawan in Panche Kattu on A..Aa set P ower Star Pawan Kalyan who is now relieved after delivering his action and romantic drama “Sardaar Gabbar Singh”, visited to the set of upcoming romantic saga “A..Aa”, directed by creative and talented film maker Trivikram Srinivas, in which Nithin and Samantha are playing the lead role. Pawan was spotted in Telugu attire and was seen in Panche Kattu. Pawan Kalayn and Trivikram Srinivas are best friend and very close to each other. Both shares good rapport. Nithin posted the picture of Pawan at the set of A..Aa on the wall of twitter and tweeted,” POWERFUL guest on our sets last nite!!was very nervous excited n happy to perform in front of him.” Actor and Producer Nithin is a very big fan of Pawan and
BALAKRISHNA KISSES
the presence of Pawan at the set made them happy. Actress Samantha is playing the female lead role. The makers are planning to launch the audio release event by the end of April whereas the movie will hit the theaters on 20th May.
rom past couple of months, Nandamuri Balakrishna is in wrong news as his vulgar comments during the audio launch of Nara Rohith starrer ‘Savithri” created lot of sensations and recently he was caught smoking cigarette puff at public place in Chennai during a star studded cricket match. Now once again he is in news head line and this time, he kissed sizzling actress Trisha Krishnan during the audio launch event of upcoming horror comedy movie ‘Nayaki’ in which Balayya was invited as Chief guest which took place in Hyderabad last night. Earlier both Trisha and Balayya have shared the screen space for the movie ‘Lion’ and both are good friends. During the audio launch, Balayya sang the song “Pilla ni kallakunna kaatukemo supere” from the movie Lion. He wished the entire film unit for the success of Nayaki. The movie is directed by Govi. It is horror comedy movie in which Trisha is appearing in three shades. Ganesh Venkataraman is playing the
lead role. The movie is produced by Giridhar and Padmaja Mamidipally under the banner of their Giridhar Productions and the music is scored by Raghu Kunche.
TRISHA F
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RS 150 CR OFFER FOR HINDI VERSION OF BAAHUBALI 2
S
S Rajamouli’s directorial venture ‘Baahubali:The Beginning” has crushed various pre-existing records at the box office and has earned more than Rs 650 Crores at the
Ramya Krishna locks horns with
Nara Rohith Y
oung actor Nara Rohit has very busy and hectic schedule as he has number of movies in his hands. His most of them are progressing and few are in pre-production and few are in post production stage. According to the latest update, recently he has signed upcoming untitled movie under the direction of debutant Pavan Mallela. Actress Ramya Krishna who has delighted the audiences by her powerful performance in the role of Sivagami with historic and war drama 'Baahubali', has been roped to play the important role. It is heard that she will be seen in negative shade. The movie will revolve around Nara Rohith and Ramya Krishna. Currently Nara Rohith is busy in weight reduction program and will be seen in slim look in this upcoming saga. The regular shoot of the movie will be started from August.
Worldwide Box office. The movie has already won two National awards in the category of Best film and Best Visual effects. Earlier noted producer and distributor Karan Johar acquired the distribution rights of Baahubali for its Hindi version and the movie earned nearly Rs 100 Crores. According to the sources, Yash Raj Films has given bumper offer to Arka Media as they offered fancy price of Rs 150 crores to get its worldwide distribution rights including the rights of its Hindi version along satellite rights. It is heard that Arka Media are planning to sell the rights of Hindi version of Baahubali 2 to Yash Raj Films. The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 14th April 2017. Recently Rajamouli has announced one month holiday for the entire cast and crews of Baahubali 2. The movie starring Rebel Star Prabhas, Tamannah Bhatia, Rana Dagubati and Anushka.
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VARUN TEJ’S
SPAIN MISTER HEADS TO
R
ecently Varun Tej joined hands with Srinu Vaitla for the upcoming drama which has been titled as Mister. The makers have announced that movie will go on the floor in May and the first schedule of this flick will be started from 15th May. The entire team will head to Spain for the period of one month to shoot the crucial scene in the beautiful locations of Spain. The makers have already roped two actresses Lavanya Tripathi and Heebah Patel to romance with Varun Tej. It is touted to be emotional drama and will be jointly produced by Tagore Madhu and Nallamalapu Bujji. Mickey J Meyer will compose songs whereas Manisharma is likely to provide background score.
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SRIKANTH’S SON
Roshan to remake
PELLI SANDADI? A
ctor Srikanth’s son Roshan is making his debut with the upcoming movie ‘Nirmala Convent’ which is produced by King Nagarjuna under the banner of Annapurna Studio and the music is scored by Oscar award winner A R Rahman. The movie is making good buzz and a song has been crooned by Ameen, the son of AR Rahman and recently Kailash Kher also lent his vocal for the song. According to the latest update, Roshan is getting ready to act in the remake of his father’s iconic movie Pelli Sandadi, directed by talented director Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao and was released in 1996. The official confirmation is awaited. Who will direct the movie is not yet decided.
Ravi Teja
with Sriwass?
D
irector Sriwass who directed Nandamuri Balakrishna starrer action drama “Dictator” is getting ready to join hands with Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja for the upcoming project. The movie will be produced by Tagore Madhu. Currently everything is in talk stage and after finalization of casts and crews, makers will announce it officially. Currently Ravi Teja is getting ready to join the set of his upcoming untitled movie, the remake of Tamil hit movie Kanithan, which will be directed TN Santhosh and it will go on the floor in couple of months. Santhosh also denied rumour about the project likely to be dropped.
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NO REMUNERATION FOR
VARUN TEJ
M
ega actor Varun Tej who received lot of applause for his movie “Kanche” which was based on the Second World War, directed by Krish, did not take remuneration for the movie Kanche. The director Krish has won the National award for the movie Kanche. According to Varun Tej, he was trying to grow up with an actor and remuneration was not important for him. Very few people is aware of it that Varun did not take remuneration for Kanche. He says that he is giving more importance to the story line and after delivering Puri Jagannadh directorial venture “Loafar” he has heard more than 25 scripts and are in the contact of past producers who wants to recast him in their upcoming projects. Very soon Varun will team up again with Krish and next Malineni Gopichand’s upcoming directorial venture.
PURI NOT TO PRODUCE
P
MOVIES
uri Jagannadh has decided not to produce any movie under his banner as he has wasted the money for his enjoyment and is in financial trouble, has decide that only he will direct the movie and will work with other producers for remuneration. Recently he has joined hands with Pataas fame Nandamuri Kalyanram for the upcoming project and the movie will be produced by Kalyanram himself. Currently he is in news as he filed the case against the three distributors Sudheer, Abhishek and Mutyala of his directorial venture “Loafer” who threatened him and his family member as they asked to compensate the losses that incurred after Loafer flop. He has now finally taken the decision to stop to produce the movie and currently he is busy in his upcoming directorial venture “Rogue” in which Ishan and Mannara are playing the lead role.
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SUNIL TO FLAUNT
SIX-PACK
abs again C
omedian turned actor Sunil is busy in his upcoming romantic and comedy entertainer saga “Jakanna” which is being directed by Vamsi Krishna Akella. According to the latest update, Sunil is getting ready to enthral the audiences by his shirtless avatar and will flaunt his six abs again. The makers are planning to shoot this scene very soon and according to them, it will be highlighted in the movie. It is not the first time when Sunil will flaunt his six abs, earlier in ‘Poolarangadu’ he showed his six pack and surprised everyone. Now he has become the newest member of ‘Six pack club’ in the T-town. Prema Katha Chitram fame producer Sudharshan Reddy is bankrolling this upcoming project.
BALAYYA CAUGHT
HAVING
CIGARETTE PUFF F
rom couple of months Nandamuri Balakrishna is making news, recently his vulgar comments during the audio launch event of Nara Rohit starrer “Savithri” created lot of sensation and now he was caught by the media person while smoking on the public place. To participate in the Cricket match which was conducted by Nandigar Sangam to raise the fund for the construction of Nandigar Sangam building, Balakrishna visited to Chennai. Number of Telugu and Tamil stars like Rajendra Prasad, Nani, Allari Naresh, Rana, Nagarjuna, Shivaraj Kumar, Sundeep and Venkatesh also participated in this Cricket match. A media house published the picture of Balakrishna in which he is having a cigarette puff in a very relaxing way in stadium. On the work side, currently Balakrishna is getting ready to join the set of his upcoming 100th movie Gautamipurta Shatakarni which will be directed by Krish.
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KUMARI 21 F
GOES TO KANNADA C
reative and talented director Sukumar’s recently released production venture
‘Kumari 21 F’ which has turned out hit and received lot of applause by the youngsters, is getting ready to entertain the Kannada audiences. Young actor Raj Tarun and Heebah Patel played the lead role. Heebah attracted the audiences by her bold performance and cute look. According to the latest update, director Sriman who has worked for the last 10 years with Annapurna Studios is planning to remake the movie. The cast and crews of the upcoming remake is not yet finalized and very soon they will announce the detail of its remake officially.
DSP SPEAKS
ON HIS ACTING DEBUT
D
uring the audio launch event of Young Tiger Jr.NTR starrer Nannaku Prematho, Sukmar announced that very soon he would team up with DSP for his acting debut and the movie would be produced by noted producer Dil Raju. But there is no buzz regarding Devi’s acting debut. Now DSP came up and revealed that the movie would go on the floor this year and most probably in the last quarter and the reason behind the delay is, the two most prestigious upcoming projects as he has been roped to score the music for Megastar Chiranjeevi’s 150th comeback movie Katthilantodu, the remake of Tamil hit movie Kaththi and Nandamuri Balakrishna’s starrer 100th movie Gautamiputra Satakarni. When DSP will become from his prior commitments then he will think about his acting debut till that his fans will have to wait.
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p
D
utch model turned actress Farah Karimii is going to make her Tollywood debut and has been roped for the upcoming action and romantic entertainer drama “Dhruva”, the remake of Tamil hit movie Thani Oruvan in which mega actor Ram Charan is playing the lead role. Arvind Swami is making his screen presence in the role of antagonist and will lock horns with Ram Charan. According to the latest update, Farah Karimii will play the love interest of Arvind Swami and in its original version, this role was played by Mugdha Godse. Makers are planning to shoot her part for this upcoming drama in
Farah Karimaee roped in Charan’s
Dhruva
Bangkok, Thailand along Arvind Swami. Sizzling actress Rakul Preet Singh is playing the female lead role. The movie is being directed by Kick fame Surender Reddy and produced under the banner of Geetha Arts whereas Hip Hop Tamizhan is rendering the tunes.