Dull Season Worrying Feb Releases!
2020 is off to a flying start with a super hit Sankranti season. Big films like ‘Sarileru Neekevvaru’ and ‘Ala Vaikunthapuramlo’ are have scored big at the box-office which made everyone happy. Despite ‘Disco Raja’ ending up as a failure, January satisfied the audience.
But none of the films releasing in February are exciting the fans. Sharwanand and Samantha’s ‘Jaanu’ is releasing on February 7th but there is absolutely no buzz over the film. The promotions are quite low and so is the curiosity among the audience.
Vijay Devarakonda’s ‘World Famous Lover’ is getting released on 14th February. We all know the kind of craze the ‘Rowdy’ hero has among the youth but his upcoming film is creating no interest whatsoever. As the posters and songs failed to impress the film lovers, the film is arriving with a very low buzz.
‘Bheemshma’ starring Nithiin and Rahmika Mandanna is the only film that is gaining some kind of craze because of its genre and happening cast. The hit songs and lead pair brought some hype to this romantic comedy.
What Happened To Anand Devarakonda?
Crazy hero Vijay Devarakonda’s younger brother Anand Devarakonda made his debut in Tollywood with ‘Dorasaani. Though the film gained some critical applause, the box-office verdict was disappointing. Not losing hope, Anand signed another two films and got them rolling. But there are no updates over these films.
After ‘Dorasaani’, he reportedly accepted a film with new director Vinod under Bhavya Creations banner by Anand Prasad. But there is absolutely no news about the film’s launch. As big hero films are getting started secretly, one might think that the makers silently started this film. But it is impossible to hide the details about Vijay’s brother’s film.
Not only this, there was news that Anand Devarakonda is remaking EVV Satyanarayana’s old flick ‘Thaali’. There are zero updates about this film too. What is ‘Rowdy’s brother doing? While Vijay is coming up with new ways to promote his films, his brother is lagging behind.
‘Fidaa’ Effect On ‘Love Story’!
There is no one better than Sekhar Kammula when it comes to dealing with soft and matured love stories in Tollywood. Films of this kind will be highly appreciated in the overseas market and that is why his last film ‘Fidaa’ collected more than 2 million dollars at the US market despite being a normal love story.
Clearly, the effect of ‘Fidaa’ is on Kammula’s upcoming film ‘Love Story’ starring Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi. Gossip says that the film was bought from a very high rate of 5.5 crores in the overseas which is the highest rate for a Naga Chaitanya’s film.
After a successful Sankranti season, the overseas distributors are willing to pay good rates for interesting projects and with ‘Love Story’ having all the qualities of being a super hit, they went for such high rates as per trade reports. The film is gearing up to hit the screens in April and Sai Pallavi is going to play a very complex yet interesting character in this film.
Photo: A Glimpse Of Most Eligible Bachelor
Akkineni Akhil’s fourth film’s title is official now. GreatAndhra is the first to break the title of the film.
Akhil will be seen as the Most Eligible Bachelor in Bommarillu Baskar’s latest film. It is bankrolled by Bunny Vas and Allu Aravind.
Most Eligible Bachelor will take hia first step on February 8 at 18:18. Title logo highlights the Bachelor part and the Most Eligible words are printed in English.
Top heroine Pooja Hegde is playing the female lead in this one.
Amaravati Leaders’ Delhi Tour Turns Futile!
The written statement by Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai in Lok Sabha declaring that Andhra Pradesh has every right to choose the location of its capital has come as a big disappointment and shock to the farmers of Amaravati, who have been pinning their hopes on the Central intervention in the capital issue.
All these days, Telugu Desam Party leaders have been giving an impression to the farmers of Amaravati that the Centre would definitely intervene in the matter and prevail upon the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government to withdraw his plan to shift the administrative capital to Visakhapatnam.
Apart from the TDP leaders, even former union minister and BJP MP Sujana Chowdary has been telling that the Centre, which had given huge funds for the development of Amaravati, would not remain blind to the unilateral decision of Jagan to shift the capital.
The TDP leaders also sponsored the visit of a few leaders of Amaravati farmers joint action committee to New Delhi on Tuesday to lobby with various central leaders and see that the capital shift plan of Jagan is scuttled.
The JAC leaders met vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu and several MPs to represent their matter. They were also seeking an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah to represent their case.
But even before they could meet the top leaders, the statement from the Centre in the Lok Sabha surfaced much to their shock.
Nityanand Rai clearly told the TDP leaders that the Centre had no role to play in the formation or shifting of the capital.
He said while the previous government notified Amaravati as the capital city, the present government chose three capitals for AP.
“It is for each State to decide its capital within its territory,” the minister replied.
So, the Amaravati farmers have nothing else to do but to come to terms with Jagan’s decision and get the best benefit by accepting the offer made by him.
Pawan @ Pink in Morning, Krish in Evening
Whenever he has political commitments the Janasena president will not be even present on the film sets, but whenever he got time, he will give double call sheets such that two films will be shot on the same day. If reports are to be believed, this is what is happening with Pawan Kalyan right now.
Apparently Pawan is said to have given 3-full-days to his two new films as their shoot is going on in Hyderabad. He is said to be filming for Krish’s movie in the morning at a specially erected set in Aluminium factory. Later in the evening, he shifted to Pink movie remake shoot going on at Annapurna 7 acres. That way he will be completing both the films as the directors and producers of those films chalked out a clear cut schedule plan to manage with Pawan’s availability.
In the olden days, the likes of ANR and Krishna used to shoot for 2-3 films in a day by working in three different shifts. That way Krishna has got almost 16-18 releases in a year for a period of time. Looks like even Pawan got a clue from the seniors to work in double shifts such that he could come up with two films in a quick succession.
Pic Talk: Poonam Kaur Gets Her Tattoo On Chest
Among the southern hotties, Tamil starlet Trisha Krishnan created a rage a decade back when she got inked with a ‘nemo’ tattoo on her left chest. When quizzed about it, the actress stated that few directors have asked her to showcase something interesting or create an interesting element, and hence she got inked there.
Following her lines, many heroines later got inked on the chest, but not to create any interest element, but only out of personal interest. The likes of anchor Anasuya, internet sensation Priya Varrier have all got a tattoo inked on their chest and flaunted it quite sexily. Joining this gang is none other than vanished beauty Poonam Kaur, who has no film offers in hand but moulded herself into an activist.
She got the tattoo ‘Maa’ inked on her chest. If we have to decode the tattoo, it is the Hindi alphabet Maa, which is artistically written like Lord Shiva’s holy snake and the Trishul. Though the actress is quite known for her Sikh-connect and she always talks about it, getting inked with Lord Shiva’s glyphs is bit surprising. “Etched on my heart forever” she says, wishing her mother a Happy Birthday.
Wearing a deep cut top, the actress flaunted the tattoo enough, spreading her glamorous aura around. But we have to see if this will help her get film offers.
Guess what tempts Janhvi to wake up in the morning?
Janhvi Kapoor was recently caught on camera waking up from a snooze to an ice cream being presented to her in bed.The Dhadak actress posted a video on her Instagram story where she is seen napping and to pull her from sleep, she is offered a gelato serving.
Alongside the video, Janhvi captioned, “Some people use alarms, I use ice cream to wake up.”
In the recording, we see Janhvi dozing like a baby until someone states there is a Salted Caramel flavored ice-cream for her.
To this, Janhvi quite instantly wakes up and takes a savor of the delectable sorbet after she queried about the length of her siesta.
Janhvi made her Bollywood debut with Karan Johar’s Dhadak co-starring Ishaan Khatter.
She has several projects in the pipeline including Dostana 2 alongside Kartik Aaryan and debutante Lakshya. Another upcoming film is Roohi Afzana opposite Rajkummar Rao. Other ongoing films are The Kargil Girl and Takht.
Samantha and Shruti as Ravi Varma’s Beauties
Ace photographer Venkat Ram captured Tollywood and Kollywood’s leading actresses in his camera in the avatars of Ravi Varma’s paintings.
Taking some of Raja Ravi Varma’s famous paintings, he made Samantha, Shruti Haasan, Ramya Krishna, Aishwarya Ramesh, and others to don the look of Ravi Varma’s paintings.
This is for Venkat Ram’s annual calendar shoot. For the year 2020, he chose Ravi Varma’s paintings as the theme.
Samantha and Shruti Haasan have got their look perfectly. Surprising to see was 50-year-old Ramya Krishna appearing as Damayanthi and looking very young.
