Telugu actor Jagapathi Babu on his Twitter timeline, posted a picture of himself clicked at Goa Big Daddy Casino. While the actor said he was enjoying at the casino and asked twitterati to wish him luck, Rahul Ravindran and few others wished him all the luck to earn millions.
There were rumors earlier that Jagapathi Babu lost his assets and properties due to this habit of casinos, but the actor denied all of it saying that he lost money because he trusted some people who he should not have.
Other than mass film Ismart Shankar, there are not many successful movies running at theatres for Telugu film lovers to savour upon. But then, Telugu audiences are the types who even watch average-rated movies for their love towards cinema. And that gives edge even for flop movies.
Despite the fact that other days’ releases like Rakshasudu and Guna 369 got average ratings, the films are not able to pull massive crowds to theatres. This is not because of any other factor, but merely due to the incessant rains that have left no part in Telugu states turning wet. Massive traffic jams and waterlogged roads are actually preventing movie lovers from stepping out of theatres in cities like Hyderabad and Vizag.
As they are witnessing lesser footfalls, surely exhibitors are not able to latch up major box office revenues. With rains hampering revenues, small budgeted films that depend on collections are going to face the music. If there is relief from rains at least from Monday, surely collections will improve. Else, Amazon Prime and Netflix will be benefitted.
Mahanati director Nag Ashwin, NTR Biopics maker Krish and Yaatra director Mahi V Raghav are the ones that come to our mind when we talk about the biopics that have hit Tollywood in the recent times. Like we said already, all the directors who made biopics are sitting idle without locking their next projects.
While Krish and Nag Ashwin are yet to announce their next films, director Mahi V Raghav however got clarity about his next project. He’s getting ready to make a movie called ‘Syndicate’ where loads of action will be the main essence of the movie. The film is said to be revolving around contemporary politics that are happening across the nation.
None other than PVP is going to bankroll this film of Mahi, and it will go on floors very soon. Earlier this director carved movies like Patashala, Anando Brahma and Yaatra, out of which the horror comedy featuring Taapsee has won him huge appreciation.
Mega hero Ram Charan is working with Rajamouli for the second time, where he has also teamed up with Jr NTR for the first time, for #RRR. And their director wants to keep every single detail of this patriotic drama under the wraps, though he revealed the story idea already.
At a time when Rajamouli is trying to safeguard the secrets of #RRR, other day Charan has thrown away a major spoiler, which happens to be his look. Especially his handlebar moustache that has twirls at the ends has taken social media by a storm. News is everywhere that this is how Alluri Seetharamaraju inspired a character in #RRR looks like.
Actually, the mega hero is said to be not expecting Bollywood paparazzi folks to click him, both at the airport and while he was coming out of a cafe with Kiara Advani after attending her birthday dinner. But that sudden surprise by photographers has resulted in Rajamouli getting upset now.
In all likelihood, Rajamouli will not be able to shield the looks of actors because they tend to travel through airports now and then. However, he may restrict the travel of his heroes in case if he wants.
Recently released “Dorasani” movie has seen two newcomers, star kids we must say, introduced to the Telugu film industry. They are Jeevitha-Rajasekhar’s daughter Sivathmika and Vijay Devarakonda’s brother Anand. While the film has fallen flat on its feet, even these two actors also didn’t get any acclaim. So what’s next for them?
While Anand is said to be preparing for two more films, of which one is a love story, we hear that Sivathmika will be stopping it here. No, she’s not quitting acting after just one film, but she will be taking a long break now. Actually, she’s said to be preparing for NEET exam, qualifying which, she will be joining MBBS at a reputed college in Hyderabad. Simultaneously she will be doing MBBS and films, but right now her focus will be on securing admission and finishing 1st year of college.
Reportedly Rajaekhar and Jeevitha have earlier confirmed that they want their children to finish studies and then join films. Because that will give them the scope to have an alternative career in life when films fail. And it looks like the Dorasani girl wants to follow dad’s advise sincerely when it comes to career.
The talk of the town is cinematographer Ratnavelu’s new and brilliant technique being used for Mahesh Babu and Anil Ravipudi’s Sarileru Neekevvaru. Buzz in Tollywood is that Ratnavelu has used a new technique laced with technology for Sarileru and the word has gone out in the market where industry people are curious about this update.
For the CG works, usually, the makers have to wait for the final CG output. And the unit has to shoot keeping the CG work in mind. The actors, cinematographer and director have to visualize the CG output in their respective minds and shoot accordingly. But in a revolutionary change, Ratnavelu had got the CG plates ready before the shoot. With this, it comes in handy as the unit could see how the final output would actually shape up based on these CG plates.
Ratnavelu has done this for Sarileru Neekevvaru and Mahesh is said to be quite happy and excited with this. It is buzzed that Ratnavelu is getting a lot of inquiries on this from industry folks and other producers who want to adapt this to their films. This is indeed a big step forward in filmmaking in Tollywood, all thanks to new technology.
After many twists and turns in Karnataka politics, the former state Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has finally achieved CM chair. This development seemingly gave a humongous boost to Yeddy’s close friend and former minister Gali Janardhan Reddy’s batch.
As long as Congress-JD(S) coalition government was ruling Karnataka, the impact of Gali’s batch was very meagre. But, once Yeddyurappa is back as CM, the mining baron’s team became active in Karnataka. Gali is undoubtedly one of the biggest funders for the party and with BJP coming back to power, the time has come for Gali Janardhan’s batch to show their potential. In the past, mining baron was able to become minister in Yeddy’s cabinet and now, Gali’s close aide B Sriramulu is more likely to become deputy Chief Minister.
Meanwhile, Sriramulu presented his strength with a huge gathering while paying tributes to Bellary Raghava’s statue. Making this event as an occasion, Sriramulu has said: “Many people are saying that I would become deputy CM in this government. But, I never expected any position and I’ll take up any portfolio that is given to me.” This event was attended by Gali Janardhan Reddy brother, Bellary MLA Gali Somasekhara Reddy and many BJP karyakartas. Sriramulu further said that ‘I don’t belong to just one district, because I get love from all parts of the state.’
The former MP also said: “Karnataka will begin to progress in the leadership of Yeddyurappa” and he foretold that BJP MLAs will emerge victorious in all assembly segments, if by-polls are held in 17 constituencies where MLAs have resigned.
The brutal murder of YSR’s brother and YS Jagan’s own Babayi and former Kadapa MP YS Vivekananda Reddy ahead of 2019 polls has become sensational. The murder had created war of words between then ruling TDP and then Opposition YSR Congress Party. It had taken a political turn with both the parties leveling serious allegations against one another.
While Viveka’s murder is still a mystery and unsolved, CM Jagan Mohan Reddy is going to inaugurate Viveka’s statue in Kadapa road near YS Viveka’s house. The statue inauguration will take place on August 8 i.e on his birth anniversary. YS Viveka’s wife Sowbhagya, daughter Suneetha, YS Jagan’s mother YS Vijayammma, sister YS Sharmila and entire YS family is likely to attend the do and thus want to send a strong signal to the people of Kadapa that YS family is one and united.
After Jagan had parted ways with Congress and floated his own political party YCP, YS Viveka had differed with him and remained in Congress. This hasn’t gone down well within YS family as it led to political differences between Babayi Viveka and Abbayi Jagan. Viveka had unsuccessfully contested against Vijayamma and lost to her in 2011 by-election.
In fact, it is believed that differences between the duo popped up when YSR was alive and was CM. YSR was forced to convince his brother and then MP Viveka to step aside for Jagan who subsequently became Kadapa MP. Viveka had then sacrificed his MP post to Jagan and the former was politically ignored. Since then there were reports that terms were not well between the duo. However, Viveka had later took Jagan’s side and joined YCP. But Viveka was said to had got least preference in the party.
In this backdrop, YS Jagan’s visit to Kadapa to visit Babayi’s statue gained a lot of significance in Kadapa politics.
Producer Raj Kandukuri’s son Shiva Kandukuri is debuting with a rom-com and the title of the film is announced. ‘Choosi Choodangaane’ is the title and we know it is extracted from the hit song of ‘Chalo’ movie.
This film has couple of more debuts too. Sesha Sindhu Rao is making her directorial debut. Earlier this lady had worked as an assistant to directors Krish Jagarlamudi and Sukumar.
Telugu girl Varsha Bollamma is also getting introduced as the female lead with this film.
It’s a Gopi Sundar musical and Veda Raman is handling the cinematography.
Raj Kandukuri is producing ‘Choosi Choodangaane’ under Dharmapatha Creations banner and is planning to release in September.
This latest picture of TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy keeping Tirupati Prasadam at Visakha Sarada Peetham Seer Swarupanandendra Swami’s feet has caused an uproar on social media. The photograph was captured during Subba Reddy’s visit to the seer in Rishikesh, Haridwar, on Friday.
While the TTD Chairman was offering Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy Prasadam, Swarupanandendra Swami sitting on his couch and posing for the photograph didn’t go down well with netizens. “Does he think he is bigger than God?,” questioned a furious netizen.
Now a days, Swamijis and religious heads have become quite powerful in the society and on a few occasions, more powerful than the Chief Ministers of the states. In fact, Jagan sat down at Swarupanandendra Swami’s feet during his visit after becoming AP’s CM. Even when KCR personally visited Swarupanandendra, the seer was sitting on his couch instead of standing as a courtesy.
At least 20 people have been killed and another 24 injured in a mass shooting in the US city of El Paso, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has confirmed.
He described it as one of the deadliest days in the state’s history.
The massacre happened at a Walmart store on Saturday near the Cielo Vista Mall, a few miles from the US-Mexico border, the BBC reported.
A 21-year-old man is in custody and is believed to be the sole gunman. Mr Abbott praised the police officers who apprehended him.
The suspect has been named by the US media as Patrick Crusius, a resident of the Dallas area.
CCTV images said to be of the gunman and broadcast on US media show a man in a dark T-shirt wearing ear protectors and brandishing an assault-style rifle.
The first reports of a shooting emerged at about 10 a.m.
Police said the Walmart was “at capacity” with shoppers buying back-to-school supplies at the time of the attack.
Police spokesman Sergeant Robert Gomez said the only suspect was a white male in his 20s. No officers had fired their weapons in apprehending him, he added.
“We have secured Walmart and we have secured Cielo Vista Mall. We don’t feel that there is a threat to the public or that there are any other shooters at this time,” Sgt Gomez said.
El Paso Police Department tweeted that blood donations were “needed urgently”.
A man who was in the shopping centre at the time of the attack recalled the moment that he found out about the shooting.
“There were employees, they were coming in and they would tell me that they heard some gunshots and that people just started bolting straight into the store in order to get to cover. In the meantime I was just trying to stay calm, but I was freaking out internally,” he told a media outlet.
Another witness, Glendon Oakly, said he was in a sporting goods store inside the shopping centre when a child ran inside “telling us there’s an active shooter at Walmart”.
Oakly said no-one took the child’s claim seriously, but just minutes later he heard two gunshots.
“I just thought about getting the kids out of the way,” he said.
So the suspense around who is getting evicted from Bigg Boss season 3 is over. According to the leaks from the show, it is TV9 journalist Jaffer who will walk out in Sunday episode.
The weekend episodes featuring the host Nagarjuna are shot on Saturday itself and will be telecast as two separate episodes.
The news about the eviction gets leaked through the audience present at the studio or through insiders.
Jaffer also got less votes in the first week, but Hema got even lesser votes to get out of the house.
He couldn’t improve his game in the second week and also expressed his wish to go out as soon as possible.
Jaffer has left his mark on journalism with his sensational interviews, but he couldn’t create any impact in the Bigg Boss house.
Although other contestants like Vithika and Punarnavi got less percentage of votes, Jaffer got the least of all.
Eviction of Jaffer may not leave any void in the show except for Baba Bhaskar who has formed a bond a with him.
Hero Sharwanand’s ‘Ranarangam’ has gangster backdrop and he will be seen as a dreaded mafia don.
In whatever still we have seen so far, Sharwa appeared with thick beard and salt & pepper hair. In the latest picture, Sharwa is spotted in all black suit and the seriousness in his face says it all. This is highly impressive.
Written and directed by Sudheer Varma, ‘Ranarangam’ is carrying good expectations with teaser and songs getting tremendous response.
The Pre-Release Event of ‘Ranarangam’ is scheduled today and director Trivikram is the chief guest. At this very event, the trailer will be launched.
Produced by Sithara Entertainments banner, the film is gearing up for release on August 15th.
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