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! 

Of course, Brahmanandam dancing to the tunes of star heroes’ songs on silver screen is not a new thing. Many a times he picks up some hit numbers and shakes his legs. But fact is that he can’t dance like a Ram Charan in ‘Dillaku Dillaku’ song from ‘Racha’ movie. Then how did he manage to do that in ‘Aagadu’?

In ‘Aagadu’, Brahmanandam dances to a medley of hit songs including Dillaku Dillaku from Racha, Nachore Nachore from Yamadonga and Cinema choopista maava from Racegurram. Not just dancing, he actual mimics those trademark steps with ease. And it is the turn of audiences to go jaw dropping. Especially the first ‘Racha’ step of Ram Charan is awesome.

Don’t get shocked, as this happens to be an excellent work of visual effects teams who carefully managed to attach Brahmi’s head to the real dancer. There is neither any jerky head movement nor any mismatch of movement such that you’ll not identify the actual. That’s the secret folks! 

If things go in favour of hero Gopichand, he may strike the right chord of the audiences. His new movie ‘Loukyam’ is slated for release on September 26. There is no big opposition for this movie on that day. Obviously, the movie may enjoy the dream run at the box office until ‘Govindhudu Andarivadele’ gets released on October 1. The censor formalities of ‘Loukyam’ have been completed recently and the movie received U/A certificate from the members of the board.

Rakul Preeth Singh has romanced with Gopichand in this romantic and action entertainer. Anup Rubens has composed the music of the movie. Srivaas directed the movie on Bhavya Creations.

‘Dikkulu Choodaku Ramayya’ is an upcoming film that is tempting cine lovers from a long time. Much awaited trailer of this film is out now, filling a breath of fresh air and romance in the atmosphere. Check this out.

It’s about the love story of a teenager played by Naga Shaurya (Oohalu Gusa Gusalade fame) and Sana Maqbool. Both these look fresh, vivacious and like energetic lovers. Twist in the tale is that a 40 year old young-man, played by Ajay, will also be trying to impress this girl. Shock is that, Ajay is none other than father of Naga Shaurya. Former heroine Indraja is playing Ajay’s wife, in this fresh and modern romantic comedy.

This fresh and modern love story is being directed by SS Rajamouli’s former associate Trikoti. Eega fame producer Sai Korrapati’s production values and melodious composer Keeravani’s music are added asset for the flick, if we have to go by the trailer. 

Right from the beginning, Aagadu dialogues are packing a punch. Though they are good in rhyme, meaning and relevance, somehow certain dialogues looked over the board but still Mahesh’s terrific uttering, timing and modulation-style clicked them big time. Writers Upendra Madhav and Anil Ravipudi are the two able creators who penned such ‘grandhikam’ laced Rayalaseema style dialogues for Mahesh Babu in Aaagadu.

Also Sreenu Vytla too penned many dialogues, as he is an expert at punch-dialogues. However, all these dialogues couldn’t be understood if one doesn’t hail from pure Telugu background, as some words dug deep into some formal language written in classic literature.

To avoid cutting-out or leaving-in any dialogue from the movie without having proper understanding of it, it is heard that Censor officials took help of a Telugu lecturer. Because some dialogues sounded like ‘boothu’ for Censor board but producers defended them as good words spoken in Rayalaseema area. To clarify the issue, a Telugu lecture has helped, and finally passed all dialogues with just fewer cuts.

As speculated widely, the Hyderabad Metro project is all set to hang in balance with reports that the state government of Telangana is not pleased with many of the political remarks which were made against Telangana state in the letter wriiten by L&T Metro Rail managing director V.B. Gadgil. It is a known fact that this letter has been leaked to media on Wednesday.

Sources say that Chief Minister KCR has reportedly directed the officials to make a strong protest against Gadgil’s remarks against Telangana state formation. KCR is also very much upset how the letter mentioned Hyderabad losing its significance without AP and also reportedly asked them to pursue this issue with the top management of L&T, seeking strict action against Gadgil for his unwanted political overtones.

KCR feels that Mr Gadgil’s remarks against Telangana state and Hyderabad city were totally uncalled for which had nothing related to the Metro project. There are even rumours that KCR himself countered Gadgil on Wednesday when they had a meeting!

Nandamur Balakrishna ‘Legend’ bike, now it is time for Ram Charan’s bike to be sold. The bike, which was specially designed for ‘Govindudu Andarivadele’, costs around Rs 30 lakhs. The buzz… is that Bandla Ganesh, the producer of the film is planning to auction the bike post the release.

A Harley Davidson bike which was used by Balayya in ‘Legend, was auctioned and the proceeds of the sale went to Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute. It remains to be seen where does the auction money of Charan’s bike will go?

Govindudu Andarivadele, which is directed by Krishna Vamsi, also stars Kajal Aggarwal and the family drama is likely to hit the screens on October 1. Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music for the first time for Charan’s film.

For any movie, star heroine Tamanna is one actress who never misses the chance to attend pre-release promotions and release day interviews is not seen anywhere when it comes to ‘Aagadu’. After looking at the movie today, many will feel that all those rumors in existence hold true about her absence.

Gossip mills have always maintained that milky beauty is unhappy with the way her character ‘Sweet Shop Saroja’ was shaped in ‘Aagadu’. Initially Sreenu Vytla was heard promising a role like Shruti Haasan’s Bhagyalakshmi in Gabbar Singh. But it turned up like a damp squib as her character is no where part of story, but just inserted for ‘glamour’ sake.

Though time and again, Sreenu Vaitla quashed these rumors as baseless, Aagadu proved that Tamanna’s worry is true as her character got no big attention. We have to see if she attends any post-release promotions at least, explaining her absence. 

News that was reported on leading daily about star heroine Deepika Padukone and her cleavage show created sensation.Deepika found fault with her picture taken from an awkward angle which appeared in a leading news daily.

She posted the screenshot of the photo which was captioned with OMG : Deepika Padukone’s cleavage show. The actress retaliated furiously on social media tweeting, “YES!I am a Woman.I have breasts AND a cleavage! You got a problem!!??’ Deepika Padukone found immediate support from different persons in Twitter.

Today Deepika posted a long clarification regarding the issue and she took dig at media for being irresponsible Deepika’s Statement:

My Point of View…

There is only ONE sign that a woman wants to have sex and that is that she says “YES”. The reason I write the above line is because we all know that in India we are so desperately trying to make a change in the way sections of our society think in order to move towards a happier world devoid of inequality,rape,fear and pain. I am not naive about my own profession; it is one that requires lots of demanding things of me.

A character may demand that I be clothed from head to toe or be completely naked, and it will be my choice as an actor whether or not I take either. Understand that this is a ROLE and not REAL, and it is my job to portray whatever character I choose to play convincingly. What my concern is and I am stating it clearly so it is not misconstrued or confused with Shahrukh’s 8-pack or any other woman’s or man’s anatomy. I have spoken out against an ideology that such regressive tactics are still being employed to draw a reader’s attention at a time when we are striving for women’s equality and empowerment.

In a time where women should be applauded for making headway in a male-dominated society,we blur the lines between REEL and REAL life and dilute all our efforts by making a one-year old back sliding piece of news a headline. Digging out an old article and headlining it “OMG: Deepika’s Cleavage Show!” to attract readers is using the power of influence to proliferate recessive thought. 
When an actresses inner wear decides to do a “peek-a-boo”,she most definitely did not step out with the intention to do so.So instead of zooming in,circling it and pointing arrows at it,why don’t we give her some ‘respect’ and let it go instead of making it ‘headlines’!?

Are we not human?Yes we marvel,envy and drool over a male actors 8pack abs in a film,but do we zoom in on the mans ‘crotch’ when he makes a public appearance and make that ‘cheap headlines’??!! I have no issue celebrating my body and I have never shied away from anything on-screen to portray a character. In fact my next character portrayed is a bar dancer (sorry Farah for the spoiler!) who titillates men as a means to support her livelihood. My issue is you propagating the objectification of a REAL person,and not a character being played. Sure,dissect my characters if you wish-if it is of so much interest then discuss the character’s cup size and leg length if it is relevant to making the role convincing.

All I am asking for is respect as a woman off-screen. It is not about breasts,penises,or any other body part being reported.It is a matter of context and how out-of-context the reportage is just to sell a headline. And more so during a time in dire need of an attitude shift towards women. For me this topic ends here.Everyone is entitled to an opinion.I have little interest to take this further as it might get more attention than it deserves and might be further misconstrued and twisted to sell more undeserved headlines.

Having said that,please may we show love,dignity and respect to each other. Live well, laugh often and love much.

Deepika Padukone

The concept of online buying and e-commerce holds good for many articles and household items. But can you imagine a film ticket being sold online and that too at black price? Well, that has happened in our land and the reason for that is the much talked about movie ‘Aagadu’.

Reports reveal that some unidentified members have put up ‘Aagadu’ tickets for sale in the Quikr and OLX sites. However, they had great demands because one was asking Rs 1000 for three tickets while another was asking Rs 450 for a single ticket whose actual price is Rs 45. This came as a surprise to many.

While some of them didn’t venture to contact the sellers as they were not sure of its credibility, it is heard that few others have contacted them. While we don’t know if the sellers made money out of it but if the concept works then there is no doubt that we would start seeing other film tickets also like this. Black marketing going the online way folks!

New Zealand star cricketer Chris Cairns, who earned a good name with his performance both as a bowler and batsman in international cricketer, is now in a pathetic condition.Chris Cairns is facing match fixing allegations and he was in deep financial troubles.

In order to meet the daily expenses and provide for his family Chris is reportedly doing a cleaner job and cleaning the bus shelters. He reportedly cleaning bus shelters and driving trucks for a mere 17-dollar-an-hour wage.Cairns was a destructive batsman who could hit sixes straight down the ground and in his earlier days was an intelligent fast-medium bowler.He was described by Shane Warne, the Australian leg spinner, as the best all-rounder in the world.

Cairns finished his Test career with a batting average of 33.53 and a bowling average of 29.40. In 2000, he was named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. He played 215 one-day internationals, scoring 4,950 runs and taking 201 wickets. In December 2013, Cairns was the subject of allegations in an ICC investigation into match-fixing.

Superstar Mahesh Babu’s Aagadu took off to a smashing start at the box office on the Day 1 but was pulled back immediately. The premiere shows in Overseas are off to a flying start with almost all the states of USA screening multiple shows and there is no exaggeration to say their is an unprecedented demand for the tickets. The movie had already crossed the US Premiere record set by Attarintiki Daredi 

Back home, the makers have almost screened the film in almost every center which boosts to have a size-able population. Even remote areas like Andaman & Nicobar Islands do have the movie screening. The movie screenings of benefit shows have started across the state from the midnight of Thursday and early morning of Fridays. The ticket prices have gone up to as much as 2000 per ticket.

However as the talk emerged from the Benefit shows, the occupancies dropped in areas like Guntur, Krishna and Ceeded. Most of the single screen theaters have blocked the tickets for black ticketing and this will be a problem with the talk of the film not so good. Most Multiplexes are sold out for the weekend and should rake a moolah in the first three days. The movie was screened in more than 1450 theaters across the World. Experts have predicted a new record on the release day surpassing Attarintiki Daredi’s earlier record but even Top 2 looks difficult right now.

Super hit combination of stylish hero Allu Arjun and magical writer Trivikram, which delivered Julayi, is all set to kick-start their next very soon. More than their joining of hands again, it is the star-cast of this flick that is creating sensation.

Latest reports from very close sources indicate that the Julayi combination is all set to roll their movie from September 22, which is coming Monday.  Also the finalized cast includes Samantha and Adah Sharma as heroines, while Kannada Superstar Upendra will be playing crucial role in the movie. We’ve to get clarity whether Jagapathi Babu is also enacting a role in the movie or he is replaced by Uppi. Also married beauty Sneha will be seen in yet another interesting role in the movie as a character artist.

Earlier the names of Upendra and Arjun are considered for a key role, but both are dropped out due to date availability issues. But now the Kannada superstar has given nod to adjust dates for Bunny it seems. Official announcement about this flick is going to be out tomorrow.