Mega Powerstar Ram Charan is one man who dares to cancel a film even though it’s shooting is mid-way. Earlier he has cancelled ‘Merupu’ half way, which got ‘Bangaram’ director wielding megaphone. And then Koratala Siva’s movie was stalled recently after Muhurat shot was committed. Charan says, ‘we have rushed filming of those flicks even without setting up concrete story’, revealing the reason behind stalling of those movies.

‘Koratala Siva’s movie didn’t even had a solid story when we laid foundation stone. Producer Bandla Ganesh pressurized us to start film, but I felt like disjoint story and screenplay will hamper the total output and hence cancelled it’, said Charan, while interacting with media. What about his future movies? Has he committed any with either Sreenu Vytla or Boypati Sreenu. ‘I’ve heard three stories from Boyapati Seenu but nothing really evinced me any interest. Sreenu Vytla is yet to narrate a new story’, he says, revealing what is happening with his future projects. Also the young megastar hinted that he might star in a bilingual that will be directed by acclaimed Gowtham Menon. Any Bollywood plans? Charan isn’t free for the now to focus on Bollywood again.

Narendra Modi’s visit to United States has it all- interaction with creme de la creme of political fraternity to US resident Indians to Hollywood stars. Especially, Modi’s meeting with Wolverine star Hugh Jackman raised many eye brows as the duo embraced one another, held their hands together and shared a grin. America’s Central Park was the venue and of course, Modi stole the show over Jackman. Modi turned out to be a Rock Star for over 60,000 youngsters present at the do. That’s NaMo for you folks!

Despite staring in almost a dozen flicks, glamorous diva Taapsee Pannu failed to click big time in Tollywood. Though her scintillating oomph factor and ravishing curves have won many hearts, continuous flops have won iron leg tag too. Finally she move to Bollywood as nothing big is happening here.

Known for her slender figure and slim looks, Taapsee’s glamour is having a long lasting effect on cine lovers. But after shifting her Mumbai, it seems this Delhi siren lost control over her weight. Noticing rampantly increased flab over her curves, onlookers got shocked after gazing at her the other day at GQ Awards party the other day. Even Taapsee’s face got bloated a little due maybe due to excessive sleep or sleep deprivation. What say Taapsee? Is this new avatar just due to lack of work or for any onscreen character?

According to highly reliable sources, wedding bells are ringing at the house of petite actress Ileana D’Cruz. The Barfi actress, who will be turning 28 on coming November 1, has apparently decided to get married to her Australian boyfriend-photographer Andrew Kneebone in the next few months.

Buzz is that Ileana is now planning to wrap up her present commitments and not in a mood to “accept” new projects as she reportedly tying the knot with Andrew soon. When a top production house approached Ileana to rope her in, she gently turned down the offer and spilled the beans about her proposed “marriage”.

Now, the marriage news of Goan beauty is spreading like fire in Bollywood, Tollywood. Ileana made her acting debut with Telugu film Devadasu. She shared screen space with the likes of Pawan Kalyan (Jalsa), Mahesh Babu (Pokiri), Jr NTR (Rakhi, Shakti), Ravi Teja (Khatarnak, Kick). Her last Telugu film was Ravi Teja-starrer Devudu Chesina Manusulu as she later shifted her base to Bollywood.

Yesteryear heroine and buxom beauty Raasi has delivered a baby girl in Chennai recently. Both newborn and mother are said to be healthy and doing well. With the arrival of baby girl, the family is in jubilation and of the feeling that their house’s “Maha Lakshmi” was born. Not many know that Raasi got married to a film director SS Nivas.

Acted in both Tamil and Telugu films, Raasi is known for her films like Pawan’s Gokulamlo Seetha and Jagapathi-starrer Subhakankshalu. During the end of her career, Raasi has sizzled in films like Mahesh Babu-starrer Nijam and Ravi Teja’s Venky. Raasi finally settled with her husband in Chennai and staying there. Time will tell whether Jr Raasi will carry off her mother’s acting legacy.

Producer Bandla Ganesh lived up to all expectations by getting ‘Govindudu Andarivadele’ releasing on October 1st despite all odds. But this ‘blockbuster’ personality is said to be little scaring while distributing his movie, though some say that he is literally ‘daring’. Check this out.

Apparently claiming that Ram Charan’s latest movie is going to be an industry hit for sure, Bandla Ganesh promised moon for mega fans. At the same time, wounds inflicted by movies like Sikander, Rabhasa and Aagadu have forced distributors to demand for an agreement from producers that only 20% of loss will be tolerated by distributors. Assessing the situation and the content of his film, Ganesh has decided to release the movie on its own in Nizam area and in Krishna district.

Some say that Ganesh feared if distributors will eat away profits in case the movie makes scantily enough. Others feel that he is confident of Govindu making huge fortune and wants enjoy every single rupee profit himself. Scare or Dare? Only time will tell.

Co-incidentally, 8th ventures of many big stars of tollywood got flopped results at the ticket windows. Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Johnny’, Mahesh Babu’s ‘Nijam’, NTR’s ‘Andhrawala’, Prabhas’ ‘Yogi’, Allu Arjun’s ‘Varudu’ and Naga Chaitanya’s ‘Auto Nagar Surya’ were bombed at the box office. And now this is the turn of Mega Power Star Ram charan to get his 8th movie ‘Govindhudu Andarivadele’ released on October 1. Showing the above instances, some of the anti fans of Ram charan have already kick started bad propaganda on ‘GAV’. However, mega fans have two interesting retorts to the above sentiments. And they are as follows.

* Milky beauty Tamannah is gauged to be an iron leg for big heroes movies as she gave flops and averages to the heroes Pawan Kalyan( CGR), ‘Mahesh Babu( Aagadu), NTR( Oosaravelli), Allu Arjun( Badrinadh), Prabhas( Rebel) etc. However, Ram charan broke the jinx with ‘Rachcha’s blockbuster result which had Tamannah as the lady lead.

* Unlike above heroes Ram charan will be ruling tollywood as a number one hero for more than two decades and so 8th film flop sentiment rule does not applicable to the young number one heroes.

Speculations in tinsel town were rife that Megastar Chiranjeevi and Power Star Pawan Kalyan are likely to share the dais. As we know, both of them graced the launch of Mega Prince Varun Tej’s debut film ‘Mukunda’. However, there was no affectionate conversation between them except formal greetings. Buzz is that ‘Mukunda’s audio launch is being planned on October 4 and Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan will be attending to this glittering event. Yet there is no confirmation from the makers on this gossip. Even if the news is proved right, it will be interesting to see that whether mega brothers communicate with each other or not.

‘Mukunda’ has Pooja Hegde as the lead actress, who romances with Varun Tej. Touted as a family, romantic and action entertainer, the movie has got its music done by Micky J Meyer. Srikanth Addala wielded the megaphone. Tagore Madhu and Nallamalupu are the producers of the movie.

Completing the censor formalities yesterday, Ramcharan’s new movie ‘Govindudu andari vaadele’ is all set to hit the screens in next two days. While producer Bandla Ganesh Babu and director Krishna Vamsi are damn confident on hitting the BO, Ramcharan Fans are eagerly waiting for the updates about movie. Here comes exclusive news that GAV is a lengthy film with run time of 158 minutes.

Still there is no confirmation on whether Krishna Vamsi included the sixth song which was still to be shot before going for censor certification. Anyways, there is a magnificent star cast and wonderful technical crew to give GAV a safe result. Family entertainers is always a safe genre and hope Mega Fans will feel proud to see Ramcharan acting in such a film.

Kajal Agarwal may not be as busy as her fans would want her to be, but she says she has no qualms in demanding what she deserves. “I calculate my remuneration depending on the market and also on the amount I used to charge in the past. I haven’t taken it to the extreme for sure,” says she.

“Charging Rs 1 to 1.5 crore is quite common. In fact, what we charge is one-third the amount that Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor charge. We take a lot of risk to play our part. We have to wear the costumes given to us. We can’t say no even if we feel they are itsy-bitsy. We also pay our taxes sincerely. So, where does the problem arise?

Also, we charge as per the rates in the south Indian film industry. It’s not that we get what we demand. More often than not, the remuneration is fixed by the producers. They don’t pay us more than what they want and gently tell us not to charge less. So, I feel all those concerned about our remuneration are simply wasting their time,” says Kajal who will soon be seen opposite Ram Charan in Govindudu Andari Vaadele. 

Strange as it might sound, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar on Saturday announced appointment of yesteryear superstar Ghattamaneni Krishna as the government’s ambassador for the proposed film city. KCR said the government would appoint Krishna, father of young superstar Mahesh Babu, as the member of Film City Board.

“We will make use of Krishna’s experience for developing the film city which will be coming up in about 4,000 acres. The State Government will construct an incredible and fabulous Film City on the international standards”, he noted. Speaking on the occasion, Krishna said the new film city should be named after KCR. He also lauded the CM for taking good decisions for Telangana development and welfare.  

Now that kona venkat is delivering only hits and super hits with his writing abilities along with his close team member Gopi Mohan, there are sudden talks on he might soon debut as a director too. In fact, Kona was planning to take the director’s hat from last few years and he even approached Pawan Kalyan with a line. From then on, he is maintaining close relations with Power Star waiting for the final nod. Looks like Pawan is also excited but it could be a matter of time Kona directed Pawan.

Meanwhile, industry well wishers are prompting Kona to try a medium budget project something like ‘Geethanjali’ which he co-produced. With plenty of contacts in industry and ability to write entertaining scripts became a cake walk; this is the right time for Kona to get himself promoted by one step.

Super hot TV enchantress Anasuya, who becomes femme fatale with her dazzling looks and histrionics in the most popular TV game show ‘Jabardasth’, is all set to create two big sensations. She is doing the host of super hit TV game show ‘MAA Mahalakshmi’. On the wake of Navarathri celebrations, she will be seen wearing Rs.4 crores worth jewellery for the special episode of the show and which is said to be the first of its kind among South TV anchors.

Not that Anasuya‘s sensation, that ends as a host of TV game shows. She will soon be the getting readied to enthrall the audiences on celluloid. Inside buzz is that Anasuya will do the protagonist of a female oriented movie which is produced by a big producer. More details are awaited on this project.

Comedy King Allari naresh is setting his weapons readied to invade the tollywood’s box office later this year with his new movie ‘Brother of Bommali’. The movie is being made as a laugh riot, like many super hit films of Allari naresh. However, the first look poster, that has been unveiled by the makers recently, has generated great curiosity among the movie buffs. This pic is showcased seven pics of Allari naresh falling for the lady lead, Karthika Nair. Is Allari naresh appearing seven roles? Or just is it a black magic as per the genre of the movie? Or is it a funny song in the movie? One thing is clear. The movie is not going to be a routine commercial potboiler. Seems like Allari naresh decided to hit the bulls eye with his flick with an innovative concept.

Karthika Nair, who will be seen as the female lead, is doing dual roles with an action character in them. As per the story, Allari naresh is rescued by her many times whenever he gets into troubles. Monal Gazzar is doing other lady lead’s role in the movie. Sekhar Chandra scored the music of the movie. B Chinni has directed the movie. Ammiraju has produced the movie.

In spite of Mahesh Babu’s commercial stamina fell into a question mark with commercially weak result of ‘Aagadu’ and ‘1 Nenokkadine,’ there is no dearth in producers hiking his market value and remuneration. Although Mahesh is currently committed to a movie of Koratala Siva for the production house of Mythri Movies, there are many producers like DVV Danayya, Aswini Dutt waiting for his call sheets. As Mahesh is a hero who allots his diary pages based on the strength in script and ability of a production company, he isn’t accepting the projects in a hurry.

If latest speculations are to be believed, DVV Danayya has offered a magical and extraneous remuneration figure to trap Mahesh Babu for a film in next year. Although this fee hike is unexpected, the situation has also put Mahesh in a dilemma. Once Koratala Siva movie progresses, a final decision from Mahesh can be expected and a clarity on this remuenration figure will also be available in market.

This is not the first time, but once again the Union minister Venkaiah Naidu reiterated Megastar chiranjeevi  the third eye of tollywood when NTR and ANR are considered to be two eyes of tollywood. chiranjeevi and Venkaiah Naidu graced T Subbarami Reddy’s 71st birthday celebrations yesterday. Apart from showering praises on T Subbarami Reddy’s services in various fields, Venkaiah praised chiranjeevi‘s contribution to tollywood. A couple of years ago, Venkaiah Naidu attended as one of the chief guests of ‘Indra’ 175 days function and said chiranjeevi as the third eye of the function.

Speaking about Subbarami Reddy, chiranjeevi said, ” Although Subbarami Reddy garu organizes many functions, never ever had he tried celebrate his birthday functions. He, Venkaiah garu and I have Nellore city’s connection, as my mother hails from Nellore. Whenever I feel dull and get bored, I remember the name of Subbarami Reddy as he is very active always”.  chiranjeevi also added, ” Have I get an opportunity, I want to do Ph.D and research on Subbarami Reddy garu.”

Leading production house 14 Reels International who scored a 45-crore hit with “Legend’, could return to Nandamuri star, for another blockbuster, since their latest release with Mahesh is toterring at the box office.

They made “Legend” while riding high on the success of “Dhookudu” but now they need Balayaa to give them a much-needed hit to overcome their losses. “They were truly impressed Balakrishna ‘s professional and disciplined working style as he enabled them to finish Legend in time and save lot of money in the making and also minted crores post-release, so he is the best bet for them” says a industry source. We have to see, whether they will return to Adhinaykudu star or not. 

So far, the Tollywood industry has been the green pasture for many aspiring actresses and villains from different parts of India. In the last few decades, some of the top most heroines in Tollywood have been from different parts outside Andhra Pradesh. Now, it is heard that another section of people are showing interest.

They are the cricketers. Recently, news came that Sreesanth is doing a film in Telugu but we are not speaking about that. Reports reveal many boys who are playing and have played cricket in Ranji Trophies and other leagues are eyeing Tollywood. They are doing something or the other to enter Tollywood.

The reason being, their main target is to get into the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL). Though the IPL is the biggest league, in the last few years CCL has earned a brand and demand. The film stars are playing like professionals and the magnitude is high. Even a series of matches are taking place in foreign venues. Above all, there is good money. So, these hardcore players want to earn and quench their passion. Since IPL is farfetched, they are targeting CCL. The requirement is, an individual must be an actor so they are trying hard to get cinema offers and do at least a small role so that they can become eligible. 

If distributors reports are to be believed, then superstar Mahesh Babu has marginally surpassed Rabhasa collections even though, both the big films are declared flops.

“The fist day collections and more number of theatres helped “aagadu to stay ahead” says a distributor. However, even Aagadu can’t run for longer as crowds are thinning near theatre counters, barring some city theatres, so for now, Mahesh stays ahead of his arch rival.

Even otherwise, Mahesh had two 50-plus crore blockbusters, while NTR had just one 50-crore hit in Badshah, so Mahesh is ahead.