Siddharth’s career graph is looking downwards. After the sensational hit of Bommarillu, the actor did not even to manage hands on a hit which is atleast half that of Bommarillu. Adding insult to injury there are several controversies off screens. Amidst all these, Siddharth’s latest movie, NH4 is gearing up for release in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously on April 19. Subrahmanyam.B and Suresh.S bagged the rights of the Telugu version releasing it on the banner of Lakshmi Ganapathi films.

A new comer Ashrita Shetty is paired opoosites Sidd and it is going to release on 19th April, 2013. Manimaaran is the director of this movie, while critically acclaimed Vetrimaaran has penned the story and screenplay. The film’s soundtrack and background score were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. Let’s wish this highway story of our lover boy Sidd show new angle inside him in NH4.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday night sacked khadi and gramodyog minister Rajaram Pandey for making a sexist remarks against Bollywood yesteryear stars Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit. He was earlier warned for similar remarks.

Pandey, had earlier landed in the soup for openly praising the beauty of the then Sultanpur district magistrate and her predecessor. This time promised to give a facial to roads in the state and make them smooth like the cheeks of Bollywood actors Hema Malini and Madhuri Dixit. He made his controversial comment while talking to newspersons at his camp office in Pratapgarh on Saturday.

It may be recalled that former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav made a similar remark about making his state’s roads as smooth as Hema Malini’s cheeks many years ago, inviting a riposte from film actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha who said Yadav had made the roads as rough as noted actor Om Puri’s cheeks. However, Yadav had denied the remark later and claimed that it was made by a former prime minister.

After Kamal Haasan, it is Tamil actor Arvind Swami’s turn to make an appearance on reality show “Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi” (NVOK), Tamil version of “Kaun Banega Crorepati”, being hosted by actor Prakash Raj.

“Nice experience being on NVOK. Maybe I spoke a little too much. Played for the charities I support. Thanks star Vijay, Prakash and team,” posted Arvind Swami on his Twitter page. He is known for hits such as “Roja”, “Thalapathi”, “Bombay” and “Kadal”.

Like Kamal Haasan, Arvind too decided to donate his prize money to charity.

Kamal Haasan was seen in the March 23 episode. He won Rs.50 lakh and donated the prize money to Petral Thaan Pillaya, an organisation that supports HIV-affected kids.

This is the second season of NVOK. The first season was hosted by Tamil actor Suriya.