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amantha Ruth Prabhu parted ways with her ex-husband, Naga Chaitanya, due to irreconcilable differences. The actress received support from a few celebrities and her fans. Samantha also received the support from Tamil actress and ex contestant of controversial reality show Bigg Boss Tamil Vanitha Vijaykumar. Vanitha Vijaykumar shared an advice for Samantha and asked her to keep going and live the life. Her post read, “ Samantha there is no society babe,

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The life is too precious to be worrying about.

Everything happens for a reason, keep going, more strength to you." Rakul Preet Singh and Celebrity stylist Neeraja Kona are also supporting Samantha. Apart from a few celebrities, Samantha's fans expressed their solidarity by sending thoughtful messages to the actress.

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AA elections took place on 10th October. Manchu Vishnu and Prakash Raj contested for the president post. Manchu Vishnu, son of senior actor Mohan Babu, bagged 380 votes while Prakash Raj, who was branded as non-local by some supporters of the rival panel, secured 274 votes. Manchu Vishnu won his election

concluded Maa elections and he took the charge as the Maa president. Manchu Vishnu took to his twitter and shared a pic of him from MAA office and said: I have recently assumed the office of the President of MAA! Need all your wishes and send me positivity as much as you can. Manchu Vishnu has promised Maa building and many other

anchu Vishnu, the son of Mohan Babu, took over the reins of Movie Artistes Association (MAA) recently. He took charge as president from outgoing president Naresh at MAA office.

On 14th October, father and son- Mohan Babu and Manchu Vishnu met Nandamuri Balakrishna at Lion star residence. Soon after the meeting, Mohan Babu spoke to the media to share his

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Babu said, “Nandamuri Balakrishna is a great human being and he knows good manners.

Balayya has a big heart and supported my son Manchu Vishnu. Though I had campaigned against Lokesh, his sonin-law, Balayya supported my son without keeping that in his mind.” Mohan Babu added that when he asked Balayya to support Vishnu in the MAA election issue, he said yes without any hesitation. Balakrishna is a great person.

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CHIRANJEEVI M egastar Chiranjeevi Konidela has started the shoot of upcoming film Godfather, under the direction of Mohan Raja, which is remake of Malayalam drama Lucifer in which Mohanlal played the lead role. The title and pre-look of the film Godfather was released birthday recently, which features him in a retro avatar. If ongoing buzz in the media and the film

industry are to be believed, Hollywood pop sensation Britney Spears will croon a song for Megastar Chiranjeevi in upcoming big budget action drama Godfather. Apparently, the makers of Godfather are planning to bring Britney Spears on board to croon a song for Chiranjeevi film. Let’s wait for the official announcement regarding it by the makers of Godfather.

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BHEEMLA NAYAK P ower Star Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati are currently working together for an upcoming film Bheemla Nayak, which is Telugu remake of the Malayalam film Ayyappanum Koshiyum.

The much hyped action drama is scheduled to arrive in theatres in January 2022 during Sankranti. Recently the makers of this much hyped drama revealed this through a behind the scenes video that shows the two lead actors on sets. Now according to the latest report, the shoot of Bheemla Nayak

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he popular Telugu choreographer Sekhar Master is turning presenter for the upcoming romantic movie Dharmapuri. The first look poster of Dharmapuri has been unveiled recently. Dharmapuri is the first Telugu film set in Dharmapuri, Jagityal district in Telangana. Gagaan Vihari and Aparna Devi are playing the lead roles.

Coming on the first look poster, the lead pair- Gagaan Vihari and Aparna Devi are seen as the lovers. The rural aesthetics of Telangana are seen in the background. The upcoming drama is set in the backdrop of 90s Dharmapuri.

The sensitive topics like Dora culture and oppression that were prevalent in those times will be showcased in this upcoming drama. The movie is directed by Viswajagath and produced

by Bhaskar Yadav Dasari.

is progressing at the brisk pace under the direction of Saagar K Chandra and it is on the verge of completion. The makers are currently canning a high-voltage action sequence for Bheemla Nayak interval bang at Ramoji Film City. The sources revealed that Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati are taking part in this action packed schedule.

Apparently, the fight scene of the Interval episode is said to be one of the major highlights in the movie.

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uri Jagannadh’ son Aakash Puri is currently working for an upcoming film Chor Bazaar. Gehna Sippy is on the board to play the female lead role and she is playing the role of Simran.

Recently on the occasion of Gehna Sippy’ birthday, the makers of Chor Bazaar released the birthday poster. Titled Chor Bazaar, the upcoming drama is touted as a mass masala entertainer and marks Aakash Puri’ film after romantic movie Mehbooba. Earlier during the media interaction, Puri Jagannadh revealed that Aakash Puri is going to play the character of Bachchan Saab in this film, which is directed by B Jeevan Reddy who earlier directed 2019 biographical film, George Reddy. Apart from the lead pair, the film also has Subba Raju and yesteryear actor Archana in a prominent role. It is produced by VS Raju through IV Productions, and it has the music by Suresh Bobbili.

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15 DAYS TO CHIRANJEEVI LIFE style M egastar Chiranjeevi is currently working for his upcoming Telugu film Godfather, which is remake of Malayalam movie Lucifer.

We have already reported that superstar Salman Khan has been approached for a role in Chiranjeevi starrer Godfather. Now the latest report reveals whether the Radhe actor has actually accepted the offer and gave his nod to play the cameo. The reports are also coming that Salman Khan has

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allotted 15 days for Chiranjeevi starrer much hyped movie Godfather. Currently he is busy in the shoot of Tiger 3 and after wrapping up his part, Salman Khan will join the sets of Chiru film, which is being helmed by Mohan Raja and is bankrolled by Ram Charan and NV Prasad. Lady Superstar Nayanthara is on the board to play the female lead and the young actor Sayta Dev will play the crucial role.

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co-producers on the film under the banner of Bhadrakali Pictures. Now according to the latest report, Pan Indian star Prabhas has hiked his remuneration. The sources say Prabhas has been charging Rs 100 Cr as remuneration for all the projects that he signed in. But for his film Spirit with Sandeep Reddy Vanga, he has quoted Rs 150 Cr as remuneration, and the makers have agreed to pay the amount that Prabhas has quoted.

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he stage is set for Nandamuri Balakrishna’ celebrity talk show, Unstoppable on OTT platform Aha. The talk show promo is being shot currently under the direction of Prashanth Varma. Balayya Babu will be seen interviewing the Manchu family on the first episode of this talk show.

Mohan Babu, Manchu Vishnu, Manchu Manoj and Manchu Lakshmi are going to appear the guests. Now the reports are

oung Rebel star Prabhas recently announced a new film titled Spirit that will be co-produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga who is known for helming Arjun Reddy and Kabir Singh. Spirit will be released in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Japanese, Chinese and Korean languages. Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and his brother Pranay Reddy Vanga are also

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coming that Allu Aravind is also planning to invite Megastar Chiranjeevi as the special guest on the same talk show which is hosted

by Balakrishna. The sources say that mega producer Allu Arvind is in the talks with Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan to come up as the guest. If everything goes accordingly, Mega heroes Ram Charan and Chiranjeevi will be seen together with Balakrishna on the small screen.

B RTHDAYS EXCLUS VE Movie Review: Maha Samudram Director : Ajay Bhupathi Producer : Ramabrahmam Sunkara Production Company: AK Entertainment Music Director : Chaitan Bharadwaj Starring: Sharwanand, Siddharth, Aditi

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Rating: 3/5

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Sharwanand, Siddharth, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Anu Emmanuel starrer action drama Maha Samudram helmed by Ajay Bhupathi, has finally arrived at the theaters. Let’s see the story of Maha Samduram.

Story:

Arjun (Sharwanand) and Vijay (Siddharth) are good friends who dream of a better future. Vijay doesn’t want to get into any fights until he gets selected for SI whereas Arjun wants to run his own business. Arjun loves Smitha (Anu Emmanuel) a law student, whereas Vijay loves Maha (Aditi Rao Hydari), a dance teacher. Later Vijay gets into a fight with Dhanunjay (Rama Chandra Raju) and Chunchu mama (Jagapathi Babu) Vijay to leave the city. On the otherside, Chunchu mama drags Arjun into drug dealing. What happens next, form the rest of the story of Maha Samudram.

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Sharwanand Siddharth Performance Cinematography First half

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Interval fight

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Predictable Story Routine second half

Performance:

Sharwanand in the role of an aggressive guy is superb. His body language is fantastic. He looks good in the emotional scenes, and also shines in the action episodes. Siddharth suits the characters perfectly. He is vulnerable as a lover. Aditi Rao Hydari is the main

female lead, and she does a good job. Anu Emmanuel gets limited screen space in compare of Aditi. Ramachandra Raju, in the role of kingpin of the local, illegal smuggling ring delivers his fantastic performance. Rao Ramesh as Gooni Babji who's often belittled for his disability and a small time smuggler is fine. Jagapathi Babu in the role of Chanchu Mama is ok.

Rest of the cast of Maha Samudram justify with their roles.

Technical:

Ajay Bhupathi narrated the story with certain twists and turns. He

introduced very concept in a very interesting way. The cinematography work is fantastic and it elevated the mood of the movie. All the songs have meaning full lyrics and Background score is good and it has taken the movie to the next level. Editing of Maha Samudram is good. The action sequences are choreographed well.

Analysis: Overall Maha Samduram is an entertaining Crime thriller movie and it marks the return of Siddharth to Telugu cinema.

Tej has proved that he has ability to carry the success responsibility of the movie by his terrific performance. He has done good job and pull off his character as a struggling engineering graduate who rediscovers his confidence and goes on to become an IFS officer is impressive. Rakul Preet as the village belle Obulamma looks cute on the screen. She is seen in de glam avatar in half sarees. Ravi Prakash, Sai Chand, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Hema, Mahesh Vitta and others perform accordingly.

Technical:

Movie Review: Konda Polam Director : Krish Producer : Saibabu Jagarlamudi, Rajeev Reddy

Production Company: First Frame Entertainments Music: M. M. Keeravanit Starring: Panja Vaisshnav Tej, Rakul Preet Singh, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Nassar Release Date: 8th October 2021

Rating: 3/5

Konda Polam movie Review: Konda Polam is a Telugu adventurous drama which is directed by Krish, which has hit the theaters

today on 8th October. Vaisshnav Tej who made his acting debut with romantic movie Uppena, is playing the lead role and the film has Rakul Preet Singh as the leading lady.

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Kataru Ravindra Yadav (Vaisshnav Tej) is a village guy, who hails from a poor family. His father (Sai Chand) educates him by herding goats. Even after the completion of the education, he fails to get a job in Hyderabad and returns to his village. Ravindra, his father, his childhood friend Obulamma (Rakul Preet), with other villagers go into the Nallamala Forest to do Konda Polam for their cattle. This changes

his life and he opts for the Civil services and he is selected as IFS officer.

Plus Points: • • • • •

Direction Performance Pre-interval fight BGM Cinematographyt

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Screenplay Unnecessary commercial ingredients First half slow pace

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The story of Konda Polam is interesting and impressive. The Cinematographer Gnana Sekhar VS has done superb job. He explores the picturesque and virgin locales of Vikarabad Forest and Anantagiri Hills is a superb way.

The background by MM Keeravani is the main assets. BGM are also too blend with the situations. The placement of couple of love songs featuring Vaishnav Tej and Rakul Preet, looks like speed breaker.

The production value of Konda Polam are superb and they did not compromise with the quality of the movie. Coming on the work of Krish, Konda Polam is loaded with many scenes that has heartwarming emotions that showcase the plight of the villagers.

The scenes where Ravindra attacks the tree smugglers and rescues a lamb from the tiger are handled quite well.

Analysis: Krish does a good job of setting up the world of Konda Polam. Go and watch it.

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ecently Pragya Jaiswal tested positive for coronavirus. This news was confirmed

by Pragya Jaiswal herself as shared a post on microblogging page and said that she had mild symptoms and that there is nothing to really worry about it. Incidentally, Pragya Jaiswal got the virus even earlier, recovered and is also fully vaccinated. In the month of

May this year, she shared the pictures of herself getting the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. She will be seen playing the female lead in Telugu action drama Akhanda, which is touted as a high-octane action entertainer and marks the third collaboration for the director Boyapati Srinu and Balakrishna after the blockbuster movies Simha and Legend.

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IN RELATIONSHIP OF THIS

MYSTERY MAN R akul Preet Singh celebrated her birthday on 10th October. Now according to the latest report, Rakul Preet Singh is in the relationship of mystery man and he is none other than actor and producer Jackky Bhagnani. While her fans and friends took to social media to wish her, one post has stood out to most of her fans. Jackky Bhagnani took to Instagram to pen a love-filled note

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he former MTV India VJ and occasional model and television presenter Sophie Choudry may not be seen on the big screen too often but she definitely has a massive fan following on social media sites, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The bombshell is popular for sharing her photographs about her glamorous events and fashion shows which also gives her followers a sneak

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peek into her personal life. She is one of the active user of the social media sites and is popular for sharing h*t and b*ld pics on Insta to entertain her fans. This time once again Sophie Choudry took her Instagram to share a bikini pic of her. Sophie Choudry captioned the pic, “A place where there is No news, No shoes”. Coming on the pic, she is seen flaunting her look in two piece bikini on a beach.

for De De Pyaar De fame actress Rakul Preet Singh, confirming that they are dating.

Though her fans are shocked but they are congratulating them for their relationship.

Coming on the pic, the love birds Rakul Preet Singh and Jackky Bhagnani were seen holding hands and gazing into each others’ eyes.

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PASSES AWAY V eteran Tamil actor Srikanth passed away. Srikanth died at the age of 82 in Chennai on 12th October. Kollywood Superstar Rajinikanth, who had worked with the actor Srikanth in a few movies paid tribute to the late actor on Twitter recently, "I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend Srikanth. May his soul rest in peace.”

Rajinikanth and Srikanth have worked together in the films Bhairavi and Sadhurangam. Srikanth made his acting debut with the film Vennira Aadai with J

Jayalalithaa, which was released in 1965.

In a career spanning over four decades, he acted in number of blockbuster films. He is known for acting in super hit movie Thanga Pathakkam. He also played the anti-hero in Bhairavi, Rajinikanth starrer first film as a hero. He has also worked with number of top stars like late Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. He carved out a niche for himself with a unique and muffled dialogue delivery. His attitude and slang helped him sustain in the industry.

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ew days ago, Vamsi Paidipally made an official announcement regarding his upcoming project in which Thalapathy Vijay will play the lead role and the movie will be bankrolled by Dil Raju. If ongoing buzz in the media and the film industry are to be believed, Vamsi Paidipally is planning to bring national award winning actress Keerthy Suresh on the board to romance

with Thalapathy Vijay in this film. If Keerthy Suresh gives her nod, the upcoming film will mark her third collaboration with Vijay.

Mahanati girl is all set to score a hat trick with Vijay. The regular shooting of Thalapathy 66 is expected to start in the month of December, and the official cast and crew will be announced very soon.

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aayon is an upcoming Tamil film that has created a lot of buzz in the media. Recenly the makers of Maayon launched the teaser of the film that looks mysterious. Satyraj’s son, Sibi

teaser of the film, that raises a lot of curiosity.

The teaser has an audio description for visually challenged people so that they can enjoy it. The audio description for the teaser has been given by Elango. The sources

Satyaraj is playing the main lead in this film which is directed by N Kishore. He is playing a solid role in the mystery thriller.

'Karuppan' fame Tanya Ravichandran is on the board to play the female lead.

While the story of the film Maayon is based on a mystery of a large number of temples, the makers have released the

say that the movie revolves around a group of archaeologists and a 5000 years old mysterious temple. Apart from the lead pair, Sibi Satyaraj and Tanya Ravichandran, the film Maayon also has SA Chandrashekar, Bagavathi Perumal, KS Ravikumar, Radha Ravi, Hareesh Peradi and Arash Shah in the supporting roles.

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he Movie theatres in Andhra Pradesh will be allowed to function with 100 per cent occupancy from 14th October, the AP government has announced in fresh guidelines as a part of the phased ease of restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic.

AP government, headed by CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, has permitted the cinema halls/theaters to operate with 100 per cent capacity. For some time now, the filmmakers from Telugu film Industry are urging the state government to allow theatres to work

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with 100 per cent occupancy. Finally AP government have issued the permission, the Telangana state government has been allowing 100 per cent seating since June.

A new govt order has been issued in this regard. The move by AP govt has been welcomed by many and comes as a relief to cinema halls. The number of coronavirus cases has also seen a decline in the past weeks. The latest decision by AP govt on 100 per cent occupancy will help the filmmakers to enter into profit zones.

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F COMPETET ON ew days ago, Naga Babu made some scathing comments against Vishnu Manchu. Naga Babu said that Manchu Vishnu doesn’t have the characteristics that Prakash Raj has. Prakash is aware of the bigger picture of MAA. He is articulate and knowledgeable enough to fight with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Soon after the election results, Naga Babu took to Twitter and declared that he is resigning from MAA. Recently during the media interaction, Naga Babu said that he quit the Movie

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Artistes’ Association (MAA) as he did not like regionalism and religionism in MAA. All the winning members of the Prakash Raj panel have tendered resignation to their posts and not for MAA membership. Naga Babu also alleged that irregularities took place in just concluded elections. When Naga Babu was asked about floating a new association, he revealed that he has no plans to float a new association for Telugu actors. He concluded it by saying, “But we have courage and stamina to form a new body.”

ecently there was a strong buzz in the film industry that Samantha and Naga Chaitanya are planning for divorce. Finally on 2nd October it has been confirmed.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu took to her

space. The statement reads: 'To all our well wishers. After much deliberation and thought Naga Chaitanya and I have decided to part ways as husband and wife to pursue our own paths . We are fortunate to have a

Instagram to make her divorce with Naga Chaitanya official. A statement was also released where the couple has stated that they have parted ways as wife and husband. The statement also read that their friendship will continue forever. The couple have requested the fans, media, and others to respect their separation and give them

friendship of over a decade that was the very core of our relationship which we believe will always hold the special bond between us. We request our fans , well wishers and the media to support us during this difficult time and also give us the privacy we need to move on.”

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