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amantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya were one of the most beautiful couples of Telugu film Industry.

But on 2nd October, they announced their divorce by sharing statements on their social media sites. It is a known fact that the speculations have emerged on social media when Samantha changed her display name on Instagram and Twitter to S shedding surname 'Akkineni'. No one knows what happened in the Akkineni family. Now

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according to the latest report, Samantha has deleted all the photographs of her ex husband Naga Chaitanya from social media account. Born into an ordinary family in Chennai, she has gained much recognition through movies in Telugu and Tamil film Industries. The actress did not want to give up the glam world even after the wedding.

She has been doing photoshoots and glamorous roles over and over.

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PVRRR: For first time,

a brand changed their name for RRR S S Rajamouli is known for his unique plan for the promotional activities. Currently he is busy in upcoming much awaited directorial venture RRR which is brining mega power star Ram Charan and young tiger Jr NTR together on the screen. Makers of RRR have partnered with PVR cinemas, which will now be referred to as 'PVRRR' for the next few months. Ahead of the movie

makers are gearing up for the promotional campaigns and big announcements. RRR has tied up with PVR cinemas. Unveiling it with a video of the mutiplex's new name board, they wrote, "For the first time ever in the world, a brand changed their name for the film, For RRR, it will be referred as PVRRR for next few months across India in 850+ screens and 170+ properties in 70+

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ollywood superstar Rajinikanth had gone to Kauvery hospital in Chennai in the last week of October for a routine checkup, where he later had to be admitted.

Though the actor’ well-wishers assured fans and media that there was no cause for concern, sources confirmed that Rajinikanth underwent an MRI scan that revealed a

burst blood vessel, which was revealed in an MRI scan. He was diagnosed with infarction, the condition caused by obstruction of blood supply to an organ or region of tissue, typically by a thrombus or embolus.

Rajinikanth’ relative, Y Gee Mahendran, visited at the hospital and shared the actor’ health update with the media.

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umanth is currently busy in his upcoming family drama Malli Modalaindi which is helmed by TG Keerthy and bankrolled under the banner of Red Cinemas. The film has Naina Ganguly as the leading lady. Now the makers of Malli Modalaindi launched the trailer, which is receiving positive response by the movie lovers. Telugu Superstar Mahesh Babu took to his Twitter and said about Malli Modalaindi trailer: It looks like a

refreshing take on life and relationships! The story of the film revolves around the love story between a divorced man (Sumanth) and a young woman Pavitra (Naina Ganguly). The story takes a turn when the divorced man finds a beautiful woman and falls in love with her. This relationship changes the life of the man. The trailer gives glimpses of the marital relationship between Sumanth and Varshini Sounderajan.

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ollywood producer and distributor Karan Johar showered praises on icon star Allu Arjun after he sent best wishes and congratulated Sooryavanshi team at Varudu Kaavalenu's promotional event.

Karan Johar who is the producer of Sooryavanshi, tweeted, "An absolute superstar through and through, thank you Allu Arjun for your love!!." Few days ago Allu Arjun attended the pre release event of upcoming Telugu

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t is known that Mega Power Star Ram Charan has teamed up with the creative and talented film maker Shankar for an upcoming film, which is backed by noted producer Dil Raju.

Mega fans are eager to know much about this upcoming project. If ongoing buzz in the media and the film industry are to be believed, Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi has been brought on the board to play the role of antagonist in Ram Charan and Shankar film RC15.

Not only this, Bollywood actress Esha Gupta is also the part of RC15.

The sources say that Malayalam star, Suresh Gopi and Hindi actress, Eesha Gupta has been roped in Ram Charan RC15 to play key roles. Kabir Singh and Bharat Ane Nenu fame Kiara Advani has been also roped in to play the female lead and she is playing the love interest of Ram Charan in Shankar’ magnum opus.

movie Varudu Kaavalenu starring Naga Shaurya and Ritu Varma.” On this occasion Sarrainodu fame star said, "I really wish from the whole of South India, all the best to the entire team of Sooryavanshi. I wish you get people back to theatres/cinema halls and everybody gets back to the cinema and watch this entertainment." Finally Karan Johar responded and thanked Bunny.

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he young actor Nikhil Siddharth has managed to create a niche for himself in the film Industry with sheer determination and hard work. He has been giving good performances and is respected among other celebrities. Last year he tied the knot with his fiancé Pallavi amid the coronavirus lockdown.

The wedding event was a private affair which was attended by only family members and close friends.

Nikhil Siddharth took to his Twitter and spoke about his four kids. The actor took to his Twitter and wrote: Working on 4 Movies Simultaneously... Never did this before. Always worked only 1 at a time till now, but this is like 4 kids who are all my favorites but don't know whom to give max priority to. Giving my best and praying that all 4 of them get the best release and Success.” Nikhil is currently working for 4 movies and saying that this like four kids. He will be seen playing the lead roles in 18 Pages, Karthikeya 2.

Apart from these two movies, he also has two films in his kitty. One of them is with Sudheer Varma with whom he already worked on Swamy Rara.

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ree Leela made her debut as a lead actress with the recently released youthful romantic movie Pelli SandaD in which she shared the screen space with Roshan, the son of Srikanth. The movie became fail to impress the movie lovers.

But it is Sree Leela’ acting and dancing skills and charisma that swooned the audience effortlessly. This leaves her the only positive element of her debut film. If ongoing buzz in the media and the film industry are to be

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believed, Sree Leela will be seen playing the female lead in upcoming untitled film of Young Tiger Jr NTR, which will be helmed

by Koratala Siva. Earlier there was a strong buzz in the film industry that either Pooja Hegde or Kiara Advani would play the female lead but now the reports are coming that Pelli SandaD girl Sree Leela might grab the golden opportunity to share the screen space with Jr NTR. The official confirmation regarding her inclusion is awaited.

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news has become the h*t topic of discussion on the social media. Finally Manchu Manoj responded on the news of his second wedding in his own style by sharing a post on Twitter. Bindaas actor Manchu Manoj wrote on the wall of Twitter: please invite me too … where is the wedding and who is that Bujji pilla Thella pilla ?! me istam ra anthaaa me istam. Finally by sharing this post, he busted the rumor on his second wedding.

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f ongoing buzz in the media and the film industry are to be believed, Akira Nandan, the son of Jana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan and Renu Desai is all set to act in a Telugu film. Akira Nandan will be seen sharing the screen space with his father Pawan Kalyan in Hari Hara Veera Mallu, which is being directed by Krish who is known for helming Kanche, Gauthamiputra Satakarni and

ntroduced to Telugu cinema as the younger son of Mohan Babu, Manchu Manoj managed to strike the right chord with the mass audience with superhit films. However, success seems to have distanced from the actor with his last four films ending up as debacles. After Okkadu Migiladu in 2017, the Manchu Manoj took a long break from the movies. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, Manchu Manoj is all set to tie the knot second time with a foreign girl. This

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Konda Polam. According to the sources, the makers of Hari Hara Veera Mallu roped Akira Nandan and he will be seen playing a warrior role. According to Krish, Akira Nandan will be perfect for the role as he is well trained in martial arts. Nidhhi Agerwal is on the board to play the female lead role and this is the first time, she is romancing Pawan Kalyan.

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Movie Review: Romantic Director : Anil Paduri Producer : Puri Jagannadh,

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Cinematography: Naresh Rana Music Director : Sunil Kashyap Starring: Akash Puri, Ramya Krishnan, Ketika Sharma

Release Date: 29th October 2021 Rating: 2.75/5

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Akash Puri and Ketika Sharma starrer Romantic helmed by Anil Paduri, has hit the theaters today. Let’s see the story of Romantic.

Story:

Vasco De Gama Alberto (Akash Puri) is a young guy who is a criminal and wants to earn the money. He and his childhood friend Annie join Goa’s notorious drug mafia lord Rodrigues’ gang. He falls for Monica (Ketika Sharma). Soon Vasco D Gama kills Rodrigues and proclaims himself as the new mafia king of Goa. He kills an SI so ACP Ramya Gowarikar (Ramya Krishna) transferred to Goa from Mumbai to nab Vasco. What happens next? Will Ramya nab Vaso? What will happen to Vasco and Monica’s relationship? To get these answers, one should watch Romantic on screen.

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Performance: Akash Puri in the role of Vasco De Gama has delivered his fantastic performance. His facial expressions, way of dialogue delivery are impressive. He is in superb form, especially the ease and energy levels. Ketika Sharma as Monica performs well. Ramya Krishna as a sincere cop is one of the major highlight of Romantic. Her act

especially the climax, is engaging. In the end, the way Vasco De Gama and Monica realize their love for each other has a lot of feel. Puri Jagnnadh and Ram Pothineni cameos are highlighted. Rest of the cast of Romantic perform accordingly.

cinematographer. The songs are good.

Sunil Kashyap sets the mood up for the film with his background music . Editing is fine.

Action sequences are well choreographed and the art department does a good job.

Production values are lavish.

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The storyline of Romantic is interesting. Dialogues are in Puri Jagannadh’ style. Cinematography by Naresh Rana is alright and is pleasing to eyes. The picturesque Goa beaches and the rustic places are captured well by the

The cinematography, dialogues, direction and actors’ performance form the magic. You can watch Romantic this weekend.

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Performance:

Naga Shaurya has given his fantastic performance. He looks handsome and is good in emotional scenes.

His acting skills are commendable. His character brings a lot of depth to the film. Ritu Varma gives her career best performance and looks good in the role of Bhumi. She looks cute in cotton sarees. Nadiya in the role of possessive mother is ok. Vennela Kishore and Sapatagirl tries to impress with their comedy. Himaja , Praveen, Murali Sharma do their part well. Rest of the cast of Varudu Kaavalenu justify with their roles.

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Movie Review: Varudu Kaavalenu Director : Lakshmi Sowjanya Producer : Suryadevara Naga Vamsi Music: Vishal Chandrashekhar Starring: Naga Shaurya, Ritu Varma Release Date: 29th October 2021 Rating: 3/5

Naga Shaurya and Ritu Varma starrer Varudu Kaavalenu, helmed by Lakshmi Sowjanya has hit the theaters today. Let’s see the story of Varudu Kaavalenu.

Story: Bhumi ( Ritu Varma) runs Dharani

Echo friendly business and Akash ( Naga Shaurya) is an architect by profession. Akash falls for Bhumi but she is not interested in

getting married and she rejects his love.

Bhumi has a reason for this which she does not want to reveal to Akash. What is the reason behind the rejection? What happens next?form rest of the story.

The Cinematography is colorful and has a realistic texture to it. And it is very good. Music by Vishal Chandrashekhar is also good. Background music makes an impact. Dialogues written are an asset of Vishal Chandrashekhar. Editing is fine.

Production values are good. Coming on the work of director Lakshmi Sowjanya , she did a decent job. She handles the love angle in a decent and interesting manner.

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Varudu Kaavalenu is a good family entertainer drama which is filled with sensible romance.

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isha Patani and bikinis are a match made in heaven. She is the bombshell of Indian film Industry and the beautiful actress is also well known face for Telugu people as she made her debut in Telugu film Industry with the movie Loafer in which she romanced mega prince Varun Tej. She is an active user of social media sites and she is enjoying huge fan base. While Disha Patani is the proud owner of many pink and black bikinis, but this time she picked a white bikini for her beach

outing. The picture which is shared by Bharat girl on Instagram is clicked in the Maldives.

She is seen lying on the beach. She is one of the actress who never fails to impress her fans with her photographs and her latest post on her Insta account is from a beachside slayed as a water baby. She gives inspiration in the fashion whether it is a bikini or a gown.

Patani knows well how to tease her fans and how to rock a beachwear.

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ecently during the media interaction, Esha Gupta revealed that she was verbally abused on the sets of a film by the director. She recalled that the team of the film faced a great deal of miscommunication between the assistant director and the director team.

The actress recalled being late on the set owing to an outfit issue. She said, “ The director just said something in Hindi and I looked at him, and he is like, 'You

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are late.' I replied, the delay was caused because of the outfit. I have been here before all of you, I was here before the shoot time. The outfit had an issue because it was a change, it's not my fault. And he abused me again. It was enough for me.

The first abuse, I was still okay. I admitted to being understanding for the first time. But the second time, I said, “Don't ever talk to me like that or disrespect me.' I literally said to him that, I walked out from there."

ubbra Sait is a popular name in Hindi film Industry. She was first seen in Kick and Bajrangi Bhaijaan fame Salman Khan starrer Ready but she came in limelight with Sacred Games. Recently during the media interaction, the actress opened up on her doing intimate scenes in the web series.

Kubbra essayed the role of trans woman

“The seventh time, when I did it, I was broke. I was highly emotional also. And he walked up to me and he said, ‘Thank you.

I’ll see you outside?’ That’s when it hit me that the scene was over.” She added that the scene was shot seven times because director Anurag Kashyap required views from seven distinct viewpoints. After the

named Kukoo in the web show. Kubbra revealed how emotionally charged the s*x scene was and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap shot it seven times from different angles.

shoot she stayed on the floor, weeping. She was just crying and crying and crying. Then Nawazuddin Siddiqui said, ‘You should go outside because my scene is still left.”

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RAJINIKANTH RECEIVES DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD

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ollywood superstar Rajinikanth is honored with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Rajinikanth received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award from the Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu, during the 67th National film awards and Dadasaheb Phalke Awards 2019 held in New Delhi. He dedicated the honor to his mentor and late film director K Balanchander. Rajini was bestowed with the Indian cinema's highest honor for an artiste, for the year 2019. Darbar

and Petta fame Rajinikanth, born as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad on 12th December, 1950, to Ramoji Rao and Jijabai, worked as a bus conductor in Karnataka before embarking on his film journey. During his school days, he was so interested in acting that he took part in the plays and then signed up for an acting course at Madras Film Institute. He will be seen playing the lead role in family and action drama Annaatthe.

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ajinikanth is playing the role of Kaalaiyan and Keerthy Suresh is playing his sister. The trailer of Annaatthe show: NameKalaiayyan, PlaceSoorakottai. Rajinikanth is the president of all the neighboring village. For his sister if a speck of dirt- a small hitch, a ghost, a demon, a scoundrel, a rouge, a useless or a nonsense comes near her, he gets an OTP and appears. Rajinikanth asks

Keerthy Suresh - Is my face creating some fear? She replies: You are like a baby.

Keerthy leaves the house after the wedding.

Jagapathi Babu is playing the role of a villain and Kaalaiyan seeks revenge. The trailer has action, emotion, sentiment, comedy and Rajinikanth’ swag and style. Helmed by Siruthai Siva, Rajinikanth starrer Annaatthe is produced by Sun Pictures and it has lady superstar Nayanthara as the leading lady.

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he Tamil movie Koozhangal, directed by filmmaker Vinothraj PS, has been selected as India’s official entry to the Oscars. The film Koozhangal is produced by Vignesh Shivan and

congratulations to the entire team. more power to you." Not only Samantha, Vicky Kaushal also congratulated Vignesh Shivan and Nayanthara as their film Koozhangal made it its official entry to Oscars 2022.

lady Superstar Nayanthara. Samantha Ruth Prabhu took to her microblogging page to share a sweet congratulatory message for Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan as their film Koozhangal made it to India's official entry to Oscars 2022.

Samanth Ruth Prabhu wrote, "Big congratulations, this is such mad news,

Vicky Kaushal shared the poster and wrote, "Congratulations Vignesh Sivan, Nayanthara and Team Koozhangal! Go for glory!!!"

Vignesh Shivan and Nayanthara together produced the film under their banner Rowdy Pictures and it was directed by PS Vinothraj. The movie starred Chellapandi and Karuththadaiyaan.

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annada film star Puneeth Rajkumar breathed his last at 2:30 PM on 29th October , 2021, according to Bengaluru’s Vikram hospital, where the actor was admitted after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 46. Puneeth was brought to Vikram Hospital with a diagnosis of heart attack with ECG done by a family doctor. At the time of arrival to the emergency, he was nonresponsive and was in cardiac a

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systole. He was declared dead at 2.30 pm on 29th Oct. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has mourned the untimely death of Puneeth Rajkumar. “Anguished by the untimely demise of Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar. After starting his career as a child artiste, he made a mark as a phenomenal actor, playback singer, TV presenter, and producer. Indeed, he was a man of many talents.”

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ekhar Kammuyal is a popular director, screenwriter, and producer of Telugu film industry. A Master of Fine Arts holder from Howard University, Sekhar made his directorial debut with the film Dollar Dreams, which won him the National Film Award for Best First film of a director. The film maker Sekhar Kammula demonstrated his humanitarian side by assisting a farmer K Lakshmaiah whose house was burnt, and

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his 6 lakh rupees in cash which he kept in the almirah was also burnt. The sources revealed that the farmer K Lakshmaiah is from Nelamarri in Suryapeta district’s Munagala mandal.

When Sekhar Kammula heard this news, he came forward for the help of the farmer. He promised the farmer more assistance and he also credited Rs 1 lakh into the farmer's bank account immediately.

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abyasachi Mukherjee recently launched a series of Royal Bengal mangalsutra recently. However, the way the collection

is seen wearing a black bra, a bindi, and wearing two mangalsutras and hugging a shirtless man. As soon as the photograph

was displayed irked some netizens and few of them thought that the poster was for an intimate wear. The caption is, “A Royal Bengal Mangalsutra 1.2 and ‘the Bengal Tiger Icon collection of necklaces, earrings, and signet rings in 18k gold with VVS diamonds, black onyx and black enamel.’

Coming on the poster, a plus-size model

was shared, Sabyasachi Mukherjee was trolled massively on social media, not for the collection but for the way it was showcased.

One of the netizen tvisharoar said: I thought sabyasachi started selling garments .

Another twitteruser said: Kamasutra without mangalsutra.

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