Both Shankar and Rajamouli two highly talented directors in South India as their films speak much louder than their actions. Shankar is always known for his social-message oriented films while Rajamouli’s films embrace show of heroism. Both these directors pay huge attention to detail and take months of time to conceive movies. 

Even their films need enormous budgets and star-cast, sometimes though they rely on their content by casting lesser-famed stars. And yet, there is one major difference the kind of style they are having. Sheer difference between Shankar and Rajamouli is this- Rajmouli makes known and regular things more effective with his screenplay, while Shankar displays enormous screenplay skills to make unknown and fantasy elements reach audiences effectively.

If we take a note at all of Rajamouli’s blockbusters like Vikramarkudu, Magadheera, Eega and Maryada Ramanna, the storyline somewhat looks pretty known but the presentation is hair rising. However Shankar’s movies like Oke Okkadu, Aparichitudu and Robo have unique concepts that deal with new elements we never heard of.

More than anything else, Shankar is a fan of Rajamouli and vice-versa. Shankar’s ‘I’ is set for Pongal release on Jan 14th, while Rajamouli’s magnum opus ‘Baahubali’ will release coming April.

When people across the world are celebrating New Year, ace badminton player Jawala Gutta is grief struck. Jwala Gutta’s grand father, renowned freedom fighter Gutta Subrahmanyam passed away on December 30th. 102 year old Subrahmanyam breathed his last on Dec 30th. 

According to his last wish, family members donated his eyes and body to Medical College for research purposes. Subrahmanyam was Gandhian to the core and on his request, Jwala Gutta’s father Vardha spend some time in the ashram. 

Gutta’s father fell in love with a Chinese girl in the Ashram and married her. So Jwala has a mixed parentage, with father a Telugu person and mother a Chinese. Jwala Gutta’s grand father’s remembrance function would be held on Saturday.

Aamir Khan/Raj Kumar Hirani’s latest offing PK is minting money at Box Office like never before in the history of Indian Cinema. Setting cash registers ringing at the ticket windows, the satirical film has grossed Rs 516 Crore (including music and video rights) so far. According to trade analysts, the movie is very close to India’s highest grosser Dhoom 3 (Rs 542 Crore). 

Since PK is just two week old and still has a lot of scope, it is almost certain that it’s going to beat Dhoom 3 record. Box office estimates that PK’s present earnings in India is pegged at Rs 278 Crore and International Collections is at Rs 122 Crore. , bringing the overall collections to Rs 400 Crore. Including music and video rights, the movie said to have grossed Rs 516 Crore ($82 million). This is not all. 

Now trade pundits are betting high on PK stating that Aamir’s PK would touch the $100 million milestone i.e., staggering Rs 630 Crore. This would be the first Indian film in 21st century expected to stagger across the line. Thanks to spree of controversies engulfed the film right from its first look to post-release controversies. PK’s records are not just confined to India. 

PK is expected to cross the $9M mark by the end of its third weekend in theaters in North America, making it the highest-grossing foreign language film in North America in 2014 where Hindi speakers are less thean 1% of population. PK has grossed more in North America than in both the UK and UAE combinedm, apparently the continent has never seen box office sales this strong for a Bollywood movie.

The business of Indian cinema has seen an exponential growth in the last few decades and it is known that Bollywood has been leading from the front. But though the Hindi cinema has got a vast presence across globe, it has not been able to make inroads into the southern box office in the required manner. But the Mumbai cine circuit was quick to realize a formula and they began implementing it.

In the last few years, Tamil movies market has grown internationally and even Tamil audience has also grown across the globe. The south cinema on a whole is very strong and for a long time, Hindi movies were not entertained. 

So, in order to gain foothold in south they began praising superstar Rajnikanth in their movies and even came up with Lungi dance song. And then came films like ‘Chennai Express’ ‘Two States’ ‘The Dirty Picture’ linking Tamil Nadu to the Hindi audience. The secret behind this Tamil flavor in Hindi movies is to embrace southern audience and gain viewership. 

In a way, this has worked very effectively because the Tamil audience is now coming forward to watch Hindi movies like never before. On the other side, even the north audience are getting a sneak peek on how the culture and lifestyle of the south people is.

All of you are aware that the film ‘Gopala Gopala’ is the remake of the Bollywood hit ‘Oh My God’. In the original, there is a scene wherein Paresh Rawal questions the logic behind offering hair to god. He also states how would you feel when you open your office and you find lots of hairs around and how annoying it would be. 

Paresh adds that this hair offering is not devotion but business. Now, this scene has come into discussion here. Some of the cine seniors are wondering if that similar question comes in ‘Gopala Gopala’ then will victory Venkatesh (reprising the role of Paresh Rawal) pose these questions to our most favored deity Lord Venkateswara. 

Already, the recent release ‘PK’ got into a lot of hungama for questioning few things on the belief system. For ‘Gopala Gopala’ also, will the same reaction happen? Of course, in ‘PK’ god is not shown and it has criticized the belief system in Godmen. 

But in ‘Oh My God’, a slight criticism of God is also there and then God comes to justify. We have to see how balanced and intelligently they will execute it. If the makers shape it just like the original then controversies might happen.

Many celebrities choose different places in world to celebrate their New year eve and Superstar Mahesh babu chose Dubai as always. Mahesh babu family flew to Dubai and here is the star wife Namrata and prince Goutham posing for a picture in Dubai deserts.

The word darkness might send you into a tizzy of trouble and problems but here we are talking in a rather literal way. Yes, in what can be called as the first time in the history of Tollywood, a film has been made which runs entirely in night backdrop. We are talking about the movie ‘Surya vs Surya’ which has the vibrant hero Nikhil Siddhartha in the lead. 

According to inside reports, the entire movie has been shot in darkness and since some parts of the shooting had to be done during the day, the shooting floors at Annapurna Studios were taken for hire and they were covered with clothes so that sunlight and illumination doesn’t arrive. 

Every measure was taken to ensure that the viewer gets a night feeling while watching the film. Even some outdoor scenes were canned in midnight and the makers ensured the entire movie is made in darkness.

The shooting is in the closing stages and this marks the debut of cinematographer Karthik Ghattamaneni as the director. The film also has the talented actor Tanikella Bharani essaying an important role. But whether the movie is a thriller, comedy or horror is suspense for now.

After a lot of speculation and rumours the main lead in Vijayendra Prasad’s new sci-fi movie, the director has chosen a fresh face. Making his debut in the industry V Raghavendra Raju is playing the main lead. After completing his acting course in vizag from Satyanand institute, Raghavendra Raju has been chosen by the director after giving an audition. 

Director has a total different view of the screenplay taking the story to the next level giving the movie and audience a Hollywood feel. It is well known that vijayendra Prasad garu has given stories for blockbuster movies like Samarasimha reddy, Simhadri, Chatrapathi, Vikramarkudu, Yamadonga and also for trend setting movies like Magadheera, Eega, Baahubali and made an epic periodic movie Rajanna. 

This movie is getting done is three languages Tamil, Telugu and Kannada and the makers are confident as it can make a mark of one of its own kind with a stimulating story line. The story has impressed Sukumar, the well known director is producing the movie in association with RESHMA’s arts Rajkumar. So, gear up for a scientific thriller soon.

If all goes according to plan, Allu Arjun’s next movie will have a March release. Allu Arjun is playing the role of a wedding planner in the movie directed by Trivikram Srinivas. Already major portion of shooting is wrapped up and even efforts are under way to wrap up dubbing work simultaneously. Allu Arjun is dubbing for the scenes which were shot so far. Arjun is eyeing an image makeover with this film. 

He underwent hard training for new style of fight sequences and hired a popular gymnast to learn flips, somersaults and other gymnastic skills in order to make the stunts done by him look realistic. He also lost 10 Kgs of weight to sport a lean look for which he took special diet and workouts in gym. The yet-to-be-titled movie has Samantha, Adah Sharma and Nithya Menen as female leads. 

Since this is the second film of Allu Arjun and Trivikram after the stupendous success of Julayi, expectations are bound to be high. K. Radhakrishna who produced Julayi is also producing this film and Allu Aravind is co-producing the film. Music by Devi Sri Prasad, the makers are planning to dub the film in Tamil and Malayalam.

A director is called the captain of the ship. However, it is a norm in the industry to praise the film’s hero to the skies if it becomes a blockbuster and go ballistic about the director if the film flops. Well, if the director does make a bad film, he deserves to be written off till he proves himself again. But when the hero of a film decides to step into the director’s shoes and ‘directs’ the director, the end result is often disastrous. 

Apart from the film ending up being a flop, the director has to face the brunt of this for a long, long time. Despite knowing the inside story, the producers too conveniently stay off directors who are put through such trauma. There are many such examples in the industry as was the case with Bommarillu Bhaskar who wasn’t touched even with a barge pole after Ongole Gitta. 

Veerabhadram landed in a similar situation after Bhai and many others if one were to list out names. A recently released film is one classic example of this filmi tradition. Once the film released, many wondered as to how the director could come up with such a bad second half, especially after making a decent first half. 

Well, apparently, the director had a totally different story for the second half. But the hero, his close associate and the writer insisted that he goes along with the track they suggest as the director’s original story needed more production days. Half way through the film, the director was forced to tow their line and he had to give in having no option. Now, the result is for all to see. Not only has the story gone for a toss, the film too has ended up being a box-office dud.