Despite its mixed reviews and talk in AP, Nani, Samantha starer Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu is doing too good in US. The movie has collected $254,834 gross so far in USA. Given the fact that the film is a love story and no t a commercial en tertainer, the number is a good one and one can safely say it is a hit there. This musical love story directed by Gautham Menon has struck a chord with the Telugu audiences in USA. In its second week too, the film is doing great business and raking in big moolah.

Check the official collections figure of 1st Week in USA

1 Macarthur Marketplace 16 Irving TX – 16106
2 Worldgate 9 Herndon VA  – 14393
3 Serra Milpitas CA – 14224
4 BIG Cinemas Golf Glen Stadium 5 Niles IL – 13891
5 BIG Cinemas Movie City 8 Edison NJ – 12868
6 BIG Cinemas Columbia Park Stadium 12 North Bergen NJ – 12216
7 Movies 16 Warren MI – 11047
8 BIG Cinemas Fremont 7 Fremont CA – 10614
9 Roxy Cinema Renton WA – 7596
10 Park Place 16 Morrisville NC – 6765
11 FunAsia – Bollywood Cinema 6 Houston TX – 6296
12 Ayrsley Grand Cinemas Charlotte NC – 5860
13 Imoviecafe Cambridge MA – 5774
14 Wynnsong 15 Mounds View MN – 5698
15 Cinemark Tinseltown 20 + XD Merriam KS – 5556
16 BIG Cinemas Peachtree 8 Norcross GA – 5495
17 Carmike 10 Midlothian VA – 4825
18 Tempe 6 Tempe AZ – 4471
19 Navrang Theater Roswell GA – 4457
20 Naz8 Artesia Los Angeles CA – 4374
21 BIG Cinemas Towne 3 San Jose CA – 3893
22 Multiplex Cinemas East Windsor NJ – 3776
23 Wehrenberg St. Charles Stadium 18 Cinema St. Charles MO – 3775
24 Carmike 10 Pittsburgh PA – 3759
25 Folsom 14 Folsom CA – 3538
26 The Screens at the Continent Columbus OH – 3393
27 Tinseltown 17 Austin TX – 3291
28 Coventry 8 Pottstown PA – 3225
29 Palace 10 Bloomington IL – 2990
30 Galaxy 14 Cinemas Bloomington IL – 2940
31 Imoviecafe Bloomfield CT – 2914
32 Cinemark 16 + IMAX Woodridge IL – 2799
33 Metropolis 18 Plainfield IN – 2466
34 Atlas Eastgate Cinemas 10 Cleveland OH – 2454
35 Dollar Movies 16 San Antonio TX – 2419
36 Phoenix BIG Cinemas Dos Lagos Stadium 15 Corona CA – 2408
37 Rave Westchester 18 West Chester OH – 2185
38 W. Des Moines Jordan Creek + XD West Des Moines IA – 1995
39 Rave Stonybrook 20 IMAX Louisville KY – 1984
40 Cinema Latino Denver CO – 1980
41 Fivestar Britton 8 Tampa FL – 1977
42 Hickory 8 Antioch TN – 1968
43 CineStarz Mississauga Mississauga Canada – 1884
44 Movies 10 Rochester NY – 1691
45 Cinemark 17 + IMAX Tulsa OK 154146 Imoviecafe Rumford RI – 1499
47 Cinemark Tinseltown 20 + XD Oklahoma City OK – 1329
48 Century Clackamas Town Center + XD Portland OR – 1316
49 Cinema Center 3 Delaware DE – 1307
50 Salt Lake City 16 Salt Lake City UT – 1244
51 Fox Bay Cinemas Milwaukee WI – 1068
52 San Marco Theatre Jacksonville FL – 1020
53 Nova Cinemas Peoria IL – 1014
54 Marcus Eastgate Cinemas Madison WI – 1010
55 California Club 6 Miami FL – 890
56 20 Grand Cinema  Omaha NE – 830
57 Las Vegas Samstown 18 Las Vegas NV – 696
58 Touchstar South Chase 7 Orlando FL – 680
59 Carousel 15 Greensboro NC – 650
60 Madison Square 12 Theaters Huntsville AL – 510

1st Week Total USA Gross $254,834

Stylish Star Allu Arjun is one actor who enjoys immense popularity among all South Indian states. This popularity adds up to the actor’s fan following on facebook. His Facebook fan count has just crossed half a million. Probably a number that no other star in Tollywood has been able to garner. Not just Tollywood, Allu Arjun is popular in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Keep it going Allu Arjun!

We hope that he continues doing such awesome work, leaving us all mesmerized!

It has been a week that Nayak’s audio was launched, but the speech of RamCharan on that day are still creating waves across. In order to end this all, Mega brother Nagababu made an apology to the media for the Charan’s comments addressing media, “na ventrukatho samanam” on behalf of RamCharan. There has been news on Chiru’s family members that there are disputes between Mega brothers. “Ram Charan might be shook up by these kinds of rumors on our family which made him make such comments. Ram Charan being a youngster is not yet aware of handling these kind of situations in the lives of celebrities” reasoned Nagababu in support of Ram Charan. “Charan wouldn’t have said those words” said Nagababu.
 

“Even the recent gossips that assuming the Dasari’s latest comments are meant to Chiranjeevi, were also so untrue. Dasari never mentioned the name Chiranjeevi. Dasari said those words out of frustration” explained this Mega brother.

The latest rumour going around is that the beautiful female actor Charmme Kaur slapped director Harish Shanker for his alleged misbehaviour. As per the sources, she had gone to meet Harish Shanker, the director of the super hit movie Gabbar Singh and of her upcoming movie with Jr NTR, to discuss with him about her role in this movie which also stars Jr NTR. The director was in an intoxicated condition and he misbehaved with her. This made her furious and she slapped him and immediately left the office.

However, dispelling all rumours, she recently clarified that she did not slap anyone. She also posted on her online account that “As per the rumours doing the rounds I didn’t slap anyone,” and dismissed such rumours as rubbish. The girl, who started her career in the industry at 15 years of age, has acted in numerous Telugu
movies.Her most critically acclaimed movie is Anukokunda Oka Roju, though she also tasted success with Mass, where she starred opposite Nagarjuna.She has also done a movie with NTR called Rakhi which became a hit. She has already made her entry into Bollywood in the film Bbuddah… Hoga Terra Baap, where the lead was played by Amitabh Bachchan.

Badshah, which stars Jr NTR, will also feature an item number which will be performed by Meenakshi Dixit. Meenakshi Dixit, who was paired opposite Mahesh Babu in Dookudu, was appreciated by all and she became a big hit. This item song which she will be performing is shot in Bangkok. The producers are actually putting in as much money as possible to ensure that the song is shot well and that it becomes a huge hit. As per the sources, they have already spent around Rs Two crores.

The music for this song has been composed by none other than Thaman, whose music in Dookudu had become very popular and a hot favourite with the youth. Meenakshi said that this is a very dancing number, with a lot of energy and the sequence is quite a racy one, which will set the screen on fire. She has already danced to Thaman’s music in Dookudu. Narrating her experience of shooting this song, she revealed that Jr NTR is a very good and a very graceful dancer. She found it very hard to keep up with him and to match her steps with him. But she has tried her best to make this song a good and a different and unusual item number.

The song has a contemporary feel to it so it will easily become popular. She also added that she wants to be associated with only good item songs in order to strengthen her position in the industry and money is not the only consideration.

Nayak, which is all set for a Sankranti release, is to compete against Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu. However, the veteran Tollywood director, Dasari Narayana Rao has commented that Nayak lacks quality direction and screenplay.

While this is not the first time that Dasari has indirectly expressed his displeasure with the star actor of Nayak Ram Charan, this time he went on to state that the film lacks in quality. He said that these are commercial movies which are lined up for Sankranthi are similar to Rajnikanth’s Baasha. However, when he said commercial movies lined up for Sankranthi, he did not mean Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu as he felt that this movie belonged to a different genre all together. Impliedly, he targeted Ram Charan’s upcoming Nayak.

As it is openly known in the industry about the animosity between Dasari and Ram Charan’s star family,it was obvious that Dasari intended his remarks for Nayak only. However, it is definitely quite unpleasant to see a veteran person mouthing such words for the newcomer and young Ram Charan. It seems that Dasari is stooping low just to express his issues with Ram Charan’s illustrious family. If such is the case,then it is not Ram Charan’s reputation that is at stake but it is Dasari’s reputation that will be affected.

Till four to five years back Chiranjeevi used to enjoy superstardom in Tollywood film industry and on Silver Screen as Mega Star. The moment he entered into politics floating Praja Rajyam Party and then joining hands with Cong, tampering the verdict of people who voted for him only to become Union Tourism Minister, he lost the respect of even his fans.

Many feel he has become the soft target of many and even small and sundry the moment he entered politics. Right from maveric director Ram Gopal Varma to seniors like Mallemala, Katragadda Prasad and now Dasari Narayana Rao along with his cronies like Natti Kumar have been blasting him for degrading values in Tollywood film industry.

Some feel that people may be jealous of Megastar’s meteoric rise and so started criticising him for one or the other reason, most recent being abolishment of VAT on film industry. It is a known fact that Chiranjeevi is the only cabinet minister from Film Industry in Tollywood till now, which is a matter of pride but Dasari Narayana Rao who was once Union Minister seems to be envious of his success.

Some feel however it is Chiranjeevi’s own doing,as he ignored many of his wellwishers and even his own brother Power Star Pawan Kalyan. Many even say that he encroached huge acres of lands and even the blood bank is in lot of scams. Only a thorough inquiry will unravel the mystery surrounding mega star.

Even though it could not bring enough money to the makers, Nandamuri Balakrishna’s devotional flick ‘Sri Ramarajyam’ was been widely accepted by the Telugu audience. Even the Tamil and Malayali versions were appreciated well due to Nayantara’s popularity. It helped the movie get a massive release and good openings.

Producer Saibabu  had now dubbed the movie in Hindi. Very soon the Hindi version would be released.The makers have arranged a special premiere show of the movie in Mumbai for celebrities there on Saturday. Balakrishna and Nayantara are expected to fly there to attend the premiere.

The makers of Mega Power Star Ram Charan’s Nayak have roped in heavy booty babe Charmi for a special item song of the movie. The song will be shot very soon. Charmi was recently seen as item girl in Nagarjuna’s Damarukam. The shooting of Nayak is nearing completion. The makers are targeting to release the movie on January 9th, 2013 as Sankranthi gift.

The audio of the film recently released was greeted to good response. For the first time in his career, Ram Charan is playing dual role in the film. Kajal Agarwal and Amala Paul are the heroines. S S Thaman composes the music and one of the highlights of the audio album is remix version of Chiranjeevi’s super hit song – Subhaleka Rasukunna Eppudo.