Can you imagine King Nagarjuna Turning Grandpa! It is impossible as Tollywood Manmadhudu is still mesmerizing movie lovers with his charming looks. Even young heroes are turning envious of Nag’s fashion statements.

However he is turning grand pa in his upcoming film under the direction of Kalyan. The film is titled Soggade Chinni Naayana and is produced by Ram Mohan, who produced Uyyala Jampala, along with Annapurna Studios.

Nagarjuna will be seen in dual role and yesteryear heroine Ramyakrishna too will be seen opposite him as grand mother. In another role he is seen in stylish looks and hunt for heroine is underway for this role. 

Apparently the trailer of latest Telugu movie ‘Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya’ turned heads for its fresh and contemporary content. It happens to be a romantic comedy directed by a new comer, who has near 20 years experience films. Shocking isn’t it? That’s called fate.

Trikoti happens to be a senior of director Rajamouli when our star-director is working as an assistant of director Kranthi Kumar long back. At that time, Trikoti was supposed to direct Tamil superstar Vijay in a big movie but the movie got halted midway during per-postproduction. Later he tried his luck, and started new projects 5 times and ended up with no-starts and no-rolling. ‘If Rajamouli is not there, then I wouldn’t enjoy a stature today.

He gave me employment, life and a valuable producer now’, said Trikoti, recalling that Rajamouli has taken him as an associate from his first flick onwards. ‘Trikoti is my right hand and helped me a lot. He is my senior and quite passionate for movies. From last 20 years he is relentlessly putting efforts to become a director, and I wish he would be star director’, said Rajamouli. All this was revealed during the audio launch of the film ‘Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya’ the other day.

Adah Sharma didnot have much to show off her sexy angle in Puri’s ‘Heart Attack’, but the girl is going hot for events out there.

Here is Adah Sharma flaunting her hip curves and sexy back in a designer wear at a recent awards event of South Indian cinema. Looks like Adah needs just a single role to prove her hot angle!

After the likes of Ram Gopal Varma, Krishna Vamsi, Puri Jagannadh, Ajay Bhuyan, and Krish Jagarlamudi, director Neelakanta is the latest to join the legion of Telugu directors who are entering Bollywood. Going by reports, Neelakanta is all set to make his Bollywood debut.

The national-award winning filmmaker is in talks with Bollywood production houses for the Hindi remake of Maaya. Leading producer Mahesh Bhatt was impressed with Neelakanta and want him to direct the film in Hindi as well under Vishesh Films banner. Although the meeting was happened sometime back, Neelakanta finally now made his mind to do the film in Hindi.

Tipped to be Tollywood’s first film on Extrasensory Perception (ESP), the movie starring Harshavardhan Rane and Avanthika, had an average run at Box Office. Buzz is that Mahesh Bhatt would be roping in Emraan Hashmi for the lead role. If all goes well, Neelakanta will direct “serial kisser” Emraan. It goes without saying that Hindi Maaya will have all that Masala.

“Nenu okkadini okavaipu…ee lokam okavaipu…” it is the dialogue in Mahesh Babu’s Takkari Donga.Now one man is making the lines true with his words and behavior and he is none other than RGV.When the entire world is congratulating Mahesh Babu’s Aagadu team and a heated discussion is going around about the fate of the film on the other side, RGV has a different opinion about the film.

The other day he created controversy by comparing the film with Maghadheera. Now Varma advised the makers of the movie to send it for the consideration of Special Oscar Award in the categories of dialogues and dialogue modulation He tweeted “The dialogue and dialogue modulations of “Aagadu” should be sent to Oscars on a special award…They will truly stand out in world cinema” ‘’The subjective derivation of Srinu vaitla and Mahesh babu reminds me of a spiritualistic intercourse of leonordo caprio nd Martin scorcese’’  

“I can’t believe Kona venket can write such gems of dialogues. ..by the way i missed the titles ..did Kona write?”  ’My request to Mahesh babu’s fans is to please tell him to do fantastic roles because he is a fantaaaaaaastic actor’’ He tweeted further ‘’In ” Aagadu” prakash raj missed out on his careers best performance. I truly feel sorry for him’’ Wonder how mahesh fans will receive this.

Mahesh Babu Aagadu released yesterday with loads of expectations. Superstar Mahesh Babu’s ‘Aagadu’ has managed to collect 9.74 crores across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana regions on day 1. Nevertheless, the movie failed to reach the expectations due to lack of estimated entertainment.

The movie failed to break Day 1 record of Pawan starrer Attarintiki Daredi due to mixed talk.While the Pawan Kalyan starrer movie raked Rs 10.75 Crore on first day in AP and Nizam, Aagadu stood next to it by collecting Rs 9.74 Crore This film has become the highest grosser for day 1 in Mahesh Babu’s career and all time second best of TFI on Day 1.With entry of Aagadu NTR Badshah moved to third place.

According to tollywood Day 1 highest grosser Pawan Attarintiki Daredi continuing in Top and followed by Aaagdu and Badshah.

Here is Top 10 day one shares list:

1. Attarintiki Daaredi- Rs 10.75 Crores

2. Aagadu- Rs 9.74 Crores

3. Baadshah- Rs 9.25 Crores

4. Rabhasa- Rs 8.85 Crores

5. Ramayya Vastavayya- Rs 8.7 Crores

6 Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu- Rs 8.68 Crores

7. Yevadu- Rs 8.65 Crores

8. Naayak- Rs 8.55 Crores

9. 1 Nenokkadine Rs 8.4 Crores

10. Gabbar Singh- 8.15 Crores

Last Thursday, Sridevi is in Hyderabad to take part in the filming of KRR’s Soundaryalahari and this episode will be telecasted very soon. And who shared the hot seat along with Sridevi? It’s none other than her hardcore fan, also KRR’s fan, director Ram Gopal Varma. We heard that there are four interesting things that revolve around Sridevi and revealed by Sridevi which could stun us.

1) KRR’s trademark flower and fruit hitting at navel of heroines is one popular question on the show. What did Sridevi asked about it?

2) Sri stated in show that Raghavendra Rao is responsible for her marriage to Boney Kapoor in a way. Oh, how?

3) Ramu’s open admiration and devotion for Sridevi’s beauty is a known thing. So, what conversation they would have shared?

4) When Sri was acting as a child artist, Darsakendrudu used to work as associate director for those flicks. Did he felt that kid would be such a sexy starlet one day?

Not just one or two, but senior actress and former heroine Sridevi has done almost 24 flicks under ‘Darsakendrudu’ K Raghavendra Rao’s direction. As they seem to share such a wonderful bonding, many are expecting Sridevi to unwrap her heart of ‘Soundaryalahari’ talk show. Let’s look forward for the episode.

Films and stardom. These two are not consistent in any heroine’s career as the span of success lasts only for few years. A bunch of starlets who ruled the roost previously will now wait for some work to happen. But few ladies plan their second careers most effectively like this Mumbai girl Tamanna Bhatia.

Already milky siren is witnessing a steep decline in the kind of offers she is getting. Bollywood dreams got shattered as two of her big-ticket flicks bombed in a row. Even Tollywood is not much keen to zero on Tamanna as many directors feel that she lost sheen and turned monotonous. Even the recent release ‘Aagadu’ hasn’t casted magic and pushed her to the edge. If at all she has to retract from films, then Milky has chose an alternate profession of becoming a jewellery designer. 

Recently while walking for saree-brand Joh Rivaaz, for whom Tamanna is a brand ambassador, our slender beauty flaunted an intricate jewellery set. She claimed that it was her own personal design and felt proud showcasing it for the first time to public. Perhaps, she is quick to chalk that exit-plan in case of downfall. 

An ace director and his trusted-writer were caught in inebriated condition by Jubilee Hills police on Friday night. While the writer was driving the car, the director was sitting in the seat next to driver’s seat.

As part of the regular checkup against drunk and drive in the weekends, police got hold of the duo. After examining, cops confirmed that the BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) was higher than the normal level. Their car was seized and they were asked to leave in another vehicle. The writer, who was driving the vehicle, was asked to attend before the court on Monday. This is not the first time that the writer was caught in drunk and drive. Earlier he was caught alongside a star hero and a comedian. The director is known for being in news for wrong reasons. He recently courted a controversy and he is facing several cases due to his “offensive” comments. He is also said to be in debts. 

The alleged rift between director Sreenu Vaitla and director Ram Gopal Varma seems to have widened. After Vaitla attacks Varma in Aagadu, RGV took to Twitter and snapped back at Vaitla by jibing the film. The duo have hit rough weather sometime back and that is the reason behind whole series of happenings.

It all started when one of the songs in Varma’s KSD Appalaraju (Lucktho Siva Cinema Theesei…) has the lines “Namo Venkatesa Anna Sreenu Vaitla Ki Panga Namame Migile Chivariki”. Sreenu took it seriously and this led Sreenu to take potshots at Varma in Dookudu, Baadshah. Now it got intensified and Vaitla openly named Ram Gopal Varma in his latest release Aagadu. Buzz is that Varma is not going to leave it here and he is now planning to hit out at Vaitla in his next. Hope both the directors sit and resolve the issues and bury the hatchet. 

It appears that almost every other thing related to the latest release ‘Aagadu’ has got a record in itself. The latest we hear is about the script of the film. Wondering how? Here are the details. It is heard that the makers of the film 14 Reels Entertainment had paid about Rs 80 lakhs for the script writers of the film ‘1-Nenokkadine’.

And now, for ‘Aagadu’ it is heard that the banner has spent a whopping Rs 85 lakhs on the script writers including their sittings and other discussions. Reports say a total of 8 to 9 writers were on the job. Moreover, since director Sreenu Vaitla parted ways with his regular writers Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan, he brought in a new team.

All in all, this sure has become an expensive affair for the 14 Reels banner and in this process, they have also registered a record by spending the highest for writers in Tollywood. As it is, the banner is known for spending a lot on locations, stars and other things but the list now comprises of the script department as well.

Bang Bang is the latest sensation in Bollywood for its star cast Hrithik Roshan and sexy Katrina kaif. With released teasers garnering huge craze, Bang bang is altogether a blockbuster ahead.

The teasers show Hrithik’s dance moves and hot Katrina’s, but the film is an action thriller and here is something related to its action blast. Sexy Katrina Kaif has done few dashing water stunts with a seabob. Even in tough action scenes of wet stunts, she is hot!! 

The hype and hoopla got revealed. Finally, Superstar Mahesh Babu’s ‘Aagadu’ is in theatres opening to average talk in B & C centers, slightly above average talk in A centres. What are the records and figures this sensational movie is going to register anyway? Does that hype surrounding it have enough fuel from the content to give it a long run at box office? Let us see how the predictions are.

Undoubtedly ‘Aagadu’ is far below expectations from the ‘Dookudu’ combo as they have depended on tried and test plot, only by highlighting Mahesh’s dialogues and body language. Also the flavor of Dookudu is quite visible and many scenes are drawing references to our hero’s other movies. On a whole, mixed talk on day one might contribute to around 9-9.5 crores share collections in AP and Telangana, and that won’t break any existing First Day records. In USA, it is too early to predict the collections graph but premiere-shows have run packed as Mahesh’s stamina helped Aagadu mint around 1 Crore from them.

Looking at the way trade is unfolding, probably Aagadu might end up in and around 45+ crore club, if no other movie gives a tight run or knock it down in coming weeks. Anyway, these figures will not suffice the hunger of fans, who are waiting for a blockbuster Industry Hit. Collecting 70+ crore is impossible with this above-average talk even if it is Mahesh, which implies that ‘mega’ target is missed by miles.

Ever since the news about Shruti Haasan’s item number alongside Mahesh Babu in Aagadu got broke, there had been a lot of buzz. Shruti too raved about the sizzling song and told everyone she comes across that the song was “important” and “people would know why I chose it only after the movie release”. But all that has gone down the drain after the release of Aagadu.

The song didn’t stand out as claimed by Shruti and it poured cold water on the hopes of her fans. And no, there is no “importance” to the song as said by her. Of course, Mahesh has stolen the show and Shruti’s efforts have gone wasted. It seems, Shruti has made a wrong choice. It’s time for top heroine Shruti to rethink twice before making such decisions. 

Hrithik Roshan enjoys tremendous fan following. While females die for his looks and macho physique, men envy his physique and dream of having one for themselves. Many try to get a glimpse of him or shake hands with him. 

Now for all Hrithik’s fans, here is the golden opportunity to star alongside Hrithik. Mountain Dew is inviting aspirants to star with Hrithik. Mountain Dew which is popular for its tagline ‘Darr Ke Aage Jeet hai’ is giving chance for fans to rub shoulders with Hrithik Roshan. 

Hrithik Roshan speaking at the press conference said everyone has a hero inside and one doesn’t need any superpower to become one. To get the golden opportunity, one should participate in the Mountain Dew’s #HeroesWanted campaign.

To participate, buy a Mountain Dew PET 600ml, 1ltr or 1.25ltr bottle and SMS the unique code printed on the back of the label to 09510101010.  10 shortlisted winners can then bring 2 of their friends to form a team of three to compete in the next round of the challenge.

Then they will be subjected to unique elimination round where each participant compete with everyone. The gang of 3 will get the golden opportunity to star with Hrithik Roshan. 

Fans of superstars like to boost about box office collections for the films of respective stars and even few journalists follow it, but do really movie lovers care for collections figures or do they watch a film on the basis of content? If viewers don’t follow collections, why do producers and stars reel out figures in the first week of release as highest fist day opening collections or topper in weekend collections and finally announce industry record. (probably they don’t the exact meaning of industry hit).

“Heavy crowds on the first few days mostly comprises of fans and masses but regular audience and family audience step out only, if they are sure of content and confident that it would be paisaa vasool. As they have to spend Rs. 1000 for a outing and they rely on mouth-publicity from a friend or colleague and don’t go by tom toming of record breaking collections advertised by producers. Without family audience a film can’t be be a blockbuster, so it better to churn good content than fooling a viewer with fudged up figures. Some small films, even without over the top publicity are drawing viewers with their entertaining content” says a distributor. It seems that, he has a point?

The film industry is considered to be quite materialistic and once work is done, everyone goes their separate ways. But it is the presence of those few good men which gives a meaning and value to the circuit. Here is one such example of how a big star showed his gratitude towards the directors.

He is the Kollywood star Vijay and news from Chennai is that he has gone ahead and donated a whopping Rs 25 lakhs to the Directors’ welfare fund. The idea is to use this money to support directors who are struggling. Vijay reportedly stated he owes a large part of his success to many directors.

So, this is his way of thanking them. The other interesting part is that Vijay had reportedly laid down a condition that at any cost this topic must not be leaked. However, someone got a whiff and the news came out. This gesture is being hailed by everyone in Kollywood and they say that this is the first time in the Tamil cinema history that such a thing happened.

It sounded like music to the ears of many mega fans when megastar Chiranjeevi announced he is making a comeback. But it has also come with a good share of suspense and mystery. As of now, nobody knows who is going to direct the prestigious 150th film of Chiru and many names have been making rounds.

The list comprises of V V Vinayak, Sreenu Vaitla, Boyapati Srinu and even Krishna Vamsi. While that is one side, here is another interesting update. It is heard that the mega camp is searching for scripts that is somewhat similar to the concept of ‘Manam’ as in family. Today, the mega family is huge with loads of actors.

While ‘Manam’ had the legendary ANR as the driving force, buzz is that Chiru’s 150th film will also focus on the megastar being the central nucleus and advocating strong values of bonding and relations. What remains to be seen is who can come up with the right kind of script that can match the hype. 

Everyone wish to live in world’s happiest place bereft of all pressures, tensions and problems. For those international organisation Gallup-Healthways conducted a survey and found out Global Well Being Index for the year 2013. 

The survey was conducted in more than 135 countries and Panama topped the list becoming the World’s happiest country. USA the most preferred destination came 14th while conflict ridden Afghanistan and Syria got he lowest scores. 

Following factors like fiancial status and others with contribute to social well being,love life, relationships, purpose, goals, physical health are considered while finding out global well being index. 

Following are the ranks of various countries. 

Happiest Countries

Countries         % Votes
Panama:             61 
Costa Rica:         44
Denmark:            40
Austria:               39
Brazil:                 39
El Salvador:        37
Uruguay:            37
Sweden:             36
Canada:             34
Guatemala:        34

Least ranked countries

Countries                                    % Votes

Syria:                                             1 
Afghanistan:                                  1
Haiti:                                              3          
Democratic Republic of Congo:    5
Chad:                                             5
Madagascar:                                  6
Uganda:                                         6
Benin:                                             6
Croatia:                                          7
Georgia:                                         7 

Finally there is some ‘real’ news coming from the horse mouth itself as producer Bandla Ganesh confirms that all the ‘differences’ are resolved. Probably we have to admire his tactical issue solving skills and abilities as a producer to get back everything on track as things just went haywire.

Known as ‘blockbuster’ Ganesh, this producer might have got shock of his life after he returned from London wrapping the shoot of a song related to ‘Govindudu Andarivadele’. Supposedly the latest schedule of NTR and Puri Jagan’s ‘Neno Rakam’ should kick-start by September 12, but our hero applied pressure on brake pedal. As shooting got halted, there were various rumors coming out including permanently shelving this project and rolling out Sukumar’s movie.

However Ganesh is quick enough to dive into action and swing an ‘olive branch’ between the hero and director to restore peace back in its place. Coming to terms on their ‘creative’ differences and other major decisions, both NTR and Jagan are now heading to start the shoot probably from September 22. Time for Ganesh to release an official press note about the restart anyway!