Caste based trouble has loomed over Rajnikanth’s Lingaa now after the movie is facing troubles in Court over plagiarism charges. A case was filed in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally police station, as the associations of Bhattraju caste have felt insulted by Superstar Rajnikanth through his latest movie “Lingaa”. 

Apparently the movie features a scene where a ‘Bhattraju’ is scene trying to praise Rajniakanth and demand money from him. But Rajni makes a mockery of the Bhattraju and fools him big time like the way the Bhattraju fools him by singing movie songs as praising-poems. 

Deeply hurt by these acts, people from Bhattraju caste of Kukatpally region in Hyderabad stated that Rajnikanth insulted their self-respect and warned him of dire consequences if he fails to chop that scene from the flick. Probably this case will give more mileage to get some audiences for flopped Lingaa.

Despite giving two sensational speeches during the launch of Janasena and playing a keyhole in the success of TDP-BJP led combine to form government in Andhra Pradesh, it is quite surprising that Pawan Kalyan hasn’t topped the search rankings released by google for 2014. More than that, his own elder brother who faced the wrath of people in elections has stood a place before him. 

As Google released the Most Searched Celebrities 2014 list, Telugu industry felt surprised looking at the top five celebs. Here goes about them. Mahesh, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan occupied the top five slots of Most Searched Celebs rankings when it comes to Telugu film industry. While Mahesh, Bunny and Prabhas justified their positions because of their lover-boy images. 

Race Gurram’s roaring hit and Baahubali’s stunning first looks made Bunny and Prabhas next-gen big stars. And then, Pawan is dropped to fifth place surprising as Chiru occupied fourth slot. With no movie on silver screen from last 5 years, one wonders how Chiru surpassed his own young brother who is going great guns at the moment. Fans are saying that Pawan Kalyan is not much visible in any media, so there are less searches for him. 

And critics say that Chiranjeevi is more in the news due to the negativity developed around him during politics. Later he became talk of town as his speeches at audio functions are garnering attentions, so is his 150th film talk. No reason looks justified about Pawan in 5th position for the kind of image he had, but Google searches are authentic.

Vishnu Manchu is going to pair up with Bengali heroine Tridha Choudhary who shot to fame with 2013’s cult Bengali film Mishawr Rawhoshyo. Tridha will be seen as Vishnu’s love-interest in his upcoming Telugu film, a remake of Tamil hit Arima Nambi. 

Acclaimed director Deva Katta is wielding the megaphone and Vishnu is currently sweating out in Bangkok to shape his body. Vishnu is learning freestyle martial arts for the film. It is buzzed that it’s a two-week training and once it’s wrapped up the Dhee star will join the shoot of the film. 

Meanwhile, Tridha is acting alongside Nikhil’s Surya Vs Surya. Even before her debut, she managed to bag another plum offer to romance Vishnu. Looks like Tridha is blessing as offers are flooded on a silver platter.

Remember ace director Puri Jagannath’s son Akash? He impressed all as a child actor in films like Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Gabbar Singh and Prakash Raj’s Dhoni to name a few. Now he decided to turn hero and the very next moment turned Pokiri running after Andhra Pori. 

His debut film Andhra Pori’s first look is launched and Akash with his mass looks is driving masses crazy. His style as Pokiri with red trousers and banian and covering it with yellow shirt with full sleeves created tremendous impact. Look is complete with glass and wrist band and killer looks towards Andhra Pori who s Ulka Gupta.

Terrorist attack on Peshawar army school in Pakistan couple of days back which killed 130 school kids left everyone in years and moved even the stone hearts. Many paid tributes remembering the kids yesterday. 

Pakistan and New Zealand cricket teams observed two minute silence before the commencement of their 4th one day match at Dubai yesterday. Pak and NZ are playing five matches one day series in Dubai. While observing silence many Pakistani cricketers turned emotional and its opener Ahmed Shehzad broke down virtually becoming uncontrollable. 

Pakistan Cricket Board announced that the match gate money would be donated to the families of the dead and for the construction of the school.

2014 was supposed to be a year of big releases. 1-Nenokkadine, Aagadu, Rabhasa, Lingaa – the year has seen some big releases from big banners. However, the movies that did well were the smaller unnoticed movies which came without much fanfare and picked up steam through word of mouth. It went on to prove that in spite of Tollywood’s liking for the big stars and big releases, there is room for good movies with good stories. We take a look at some runaway hits of the year.

1. Oohalu Gusa Gusalade – Featuring Naga Shouryaand Rashi Khanna, Srinivas Avasarala’s rom-com was stylish, fresh and beautifully shot. It was a throwaway to the older times, when rom-coms were more about scripts and screenplays than about expensive locations and big stars. The movie targeted at adolescents and young crowds, went on to become a family entertainer eventually, bringing acclaim for the lead pair and the smart director. 

2. Run Raja Run – Sujeeth, the debut director of the movie was already a big name in the short film circuit. His first movie with Sharwanand, also proved to be the critically acclaimed actor’s first box office success in a really long time. Run Raja Run, followed on the trend of good script and good screenplay playing the most important role in the movie, as opposed to the presence of a super-star. Debutant heroine Seerat Kapoor also received a lot of praise for her acting. The crisp, edgy thriller offered a dream role to Sharwanand, who had an opportunity to present his comic timing as well.

3. Karthikeya – Karthikeya was the surprise hit of the year, giving the pair of Nikhil Siddharth and Swati, two back-to-back blockbusters, thrusting him into the big leagues, after Swamy Ra Ra’s success earlier. Based on a science versus religion concept, the movie went on to rack 50 days at several centers including at some multiplexes, where no movie had ever made a 50-day run, milestones that showed how impressive the performance of the movie was. 

4. Loukyam – Clashing with a Mahesh Babu and a Mega camp movie is rarely a good idea. Released between Aagadu and Govindudu Andarivadele, the Gopichand starrer was appreciated for its comedy – especially by Brahmanandam and Pruthvi. The movie that did well at the theaters could have had a far better run at the box office, if it were released a few weeks later, considering how the big releases lost their fizz. 

5. Ala Ela – No big stars, no over-the-board promotions didn’t prove to be detrimental to the success of the film, as the Rahul Ravindran – Vennela Kishore starrer comedy thrived on word of mouth to bring in audiences into the hall. In spite of a low key release in few centers, the movie picked up from the second day, thanks to good reviews of the clean comedy that the movie offered. It could also be a new lease of life for AndalaRakshasi hero, Rahul Ravindran, who has couple of releases lined for early next year. 

Two other movies that also did well this year were Balakrishna’s Legend, which surprisingly wasn’t 14 Reels’ chief priority, given the focus on 1: Nenokkadine, and Drushyam, starring Venkatesh, which did well based on a good script (it was a remake of a Malayalam hit) and good acting. Finally Allu Arjun’s Race Gurram bags the top position in 2014 which also the highest collected movie for Stylish star.

In the age of social media, clicking selfies and taking pictures with your gang of pals is the ‘in’ thing. Well, anyone and everyone from top politicians to people on the roads post pictures of beautiful moments captured through careful planning or when they happen suddenly. 

And these young Mumbai police constables are no different. At the Juhu Chowpatty beach with the beautiful muddy afternoon sea as the perfect backdrop for their khaki uniforms, they pose for an onlooker who volunteers to click a picture for them.