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All Star Kids Eagerly Looking At Dorasani
Sivathmika Rajasekhar and Anand Devarakonda, who comes with a background, are all set to test their luck with “Dorasani”, which got certified U/A other day and hitting cinemas on July 12th. Here is why many star kids are looking at this film’s result eagerly.
In recent times, many star kids including that Konidela Niharika and Allu Sirish are struggling to prove their mettle. And they are followed by the likes of Aadi Saikumar, Sumanth Ashwin and Bellamkonda Srinivas too. Despite the fact that existing young star kids are finding it hard, newcomers like Sivajiraja’s son, late Srihari’s son and late Ahuti Prasad’s son are making inroads into movies as actors.
All these star kids have struggled to pick up right subjects for debut and routine masala formula didn’t work for them. And now that Rajasekhar’s daughter and Vijay Devarakonda’s brother picked a period film, many are wondering if these two could rewrite history and score well like a Mahesh, Allu Arjun, Ram Charan on debut as they are the kids of superstars and went on to become much bigger stars.
After Vijay Devarakonda’s emotional speech at Dorasani pre-release event, the film got a bit of attention and we have to see how it fares at the box office on release day.
Unfair! Saaho Being Compared to Spyder
From the moment the video song Psycho Saiyaan from ‘Saaho’ released, there is this section of cinema lovers which started comparing it to another song from Mahesh Babu’s recent disaster Spyder. And that led to comparison and comment that Prabhas is delivering a Mahesh’s Spyder eventually.
Well, the tune and lyrics of Psycho Saiyaan are a bit of Bollywood-ish for sure but that doesn’t mean we can put down the song completely. A section of netizens, however, opined that this song is reminding them of Haali Haali song from Spyder which has lots of energy but the Tamil flavor in tune and lyrics made it unliked by Telugu audiences.
Some went on commenting that Prabhas got huge Bollywood feels for Saaho in order to impress his newfound Hindi market, like how Mahesh tried to impress Tamilnadu folks with Spyder movie. However, this assumption will not be true if we look at the bigger picture.
Of course, Mahesh’s Sypder is full of Tamil scent in scenes and drama too, but Saaho is something that had Hollywood like chases and a bit of universal emotion where a hero becomes everything to shield a girl. So, it’s unfair to compare Saaho with Sypder, at least until the film releases.
Konidela Niharika Gave Up On Acting Offers?
Mega daughter Konidela Niharika is not having a smooth sail as expected and this is where it gets proved that the concept of ‘nepotism’ doesn’t hold well in Telugu industry. After coming up with three films, it looks like the 25 years old actress got tired of proving to the world already.
With none of her three films including Oka Manasu, Happy Wedding and Suryakantham failing to impress at the box office, it looks like Niharika has taken a strong decision now. She has to either start up as a glamorous actress, like a Samantha or Kajal and then rise to the top. But that’s not possible for the background she has, as their fanbase might go berserk like it happened in the case of Krishna and Mohan Babu’s daughters earlier.
Reports are coming that Niharika is not in a mood to listen to new scripts now and is not entertaining any directors to narrate her a story. Rather she is interesting to producer web series on her own banner ‘Pink Elephant Pictures’ and might soon produce a movie on that banner with one of her mega brother or cousin as a hero.
We have to see how far this is true, as Niharika is yet to respond on these rumours.
Rajamouli Lies, Gets Exposed at TANA
Top director S S Rajamouli’s double standards have been exposed. Rajamouli was seen participating in TANA 2019 in Washington DC and he was spotted overseeing some cultural events there.
Photographs of Rajamouli being present with his brother M M Keeravani and actively participating in TANA Convention are now widely being circulated.
Although he refused to come on to the stage when TANA organizers requested, he was very much present at the same venue, which is quite contrary what he has tried to tell the world through a tweet.
On July 4th, Rajamouli tweeted, “Friends, I have come to Washington on a personal work. Not for TANA convention. I might not even attend peddanna’s musical show. I do not want people to expect me at the convention and get disappointed. Hence the clarification.”
He clearly mentioned that people should not expect him at the convention. The photographs tell different picture.
Those who know Rajamouli well say that he doesn’t want to be treated as a guy who works for his community, he wants the image of liberal and modern guy.
This is the reason why he had posted this message on Twitter though he was very much present at the convention.
If he really went to Washington DC only to wish his brother Keeravani on his birthday, he should have completely avoided going to convention and should have stayed at a hotel.
He also was consultant for TDP government’s Amaravathi project but again he tried hard to be not to seen as a person who works for his community associations and its political outfit.
His duplicity has now been exposed by these photographs and his tweet.
Evaru Pre-Look: Sesh Becomes A Corrupted Cop
The Pre-Look of Sesh Adivi’s ‘Evaru’ is out and the ‘Goodachari’ actor is seen as Vikram Vasudev, a Corrupted Cop.
Regina Cassandra & Naveen Chandra will be seen in pivotal roles and Venkat Ramji is making his directorial debut with this thriller.
Speaking about the film, Sesh said, “We have completed the shooting part and post-production works are under progress.
Our team is working hard to give the the best output. Telugu audience can witness a quality thriller in the theatres from August 23rd.
The first look poster of this film will be out on July 11th. Pearl V Potluri, Param V Potluri & Kavin Anne are producing ‘Evaru’ under PVP Cinemas banner.
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H-1B Holders May Not Have to Wait For Green Card
Washington: The US House of Representative will vote on Tuesday on a legislation that seeks to lift the country-cap on issuing green cards.
Being supported by more than 310 lawmakers from both the Republican and the Democratic Party, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act is all set to sail through the 435-member House of Representative.
Buoyed by the fact of 203 Democrats and 108 Republicans co-sponsoring the bill, the proponents of the legislation are using a fast-track process which requires 290 votes to pass a bill without hearing and amendments.
Lifting the per-country cap on Green Card would mainly benefit high-tech professionals on H-1B work visas from countries like India, for whom the wait for Green Card is more than a decade. Some of the recent studies have said the waiting period for Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas is more than 70 years.
The Library of Congress on Tuesday said the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, also known as HR 1044, is the most viewed bill in the week beginning July 7.
According to independent Congressional Research Service (CRS), this bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from seven percent of the total number of such visas available that year to 15 percent and eliminates the seven percent cap for employment-based immigrant visas.
It also removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China.
The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY 2020-22 by reserving a percentage of EB-2 (workers with advanced degrees or exceptional ability), EB-3 (skilled and other workers), and EB-5 (investors) visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of such visas.
Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85 percent shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country, CRS said.
The bill, however, has to be passed by the Senate, wherein the Republicans enjoy a majority, before it can be signed into law by the US president.
A similar bill being supported by a bipartisan group of senators including Senator Kamala Harris is slated to come up for consideration soon. Both the identical bills in the Senate and the House were introduced on February 7 this year.
In the House it was introduced by Congressman Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat who represents portions of Northern California’s Silicon Valley, and Republican Ken Buck from Colorado, while in the Senate it was introduced by Harris, and Mike Lee from Utah.
In a news report, Breitbart on Tuesday described it as a giveaway legislation to 300,000 Indian H-1B visa workers.
This will incentivize more low wage Indian graduates to take US jobs from middle class American graduates, it said and urged Republican lawmakers supporting the bill to withdraw their co-sponsorship.
Democrats, Breitbart alleged, have kept the legislation secret the bill has had no hearing or committee votes and it is being backed by the immigration lawyer who helped Democratic Sen Chuck Schumer write the disastrous Gang of Eight amnesty in 2013.
Joining Breitbart, the Center For Immigration Studies said the bill would reward the employers who literally replaced American workers with hundreds of thousands of low cost and less skilled contract workers who entered on temporary visas (mainly H-1Bs), often working in the tech sector.
These employers are mainly Big Tech and foreign outsourcing companies.
Under current rules, citizens of India are getting about 25 percent of all the professional employment green cards each year. If this bill becomes law citizens of India will get more than 90 percent of the professional employment green cards, according to USCIS, for at least the next 10 years.
“Green cards would be unavailable to applicants from all other parts of the world (and many other occupations) for at least a decade, alleged the Centre for Immigration Studies.
It argued that a bill with such sweeping implications for US workers should not be passed without a hearing and without opportunity for members to offer amendments.
Adopting a different green card selection system that chooses the most highly educated and skilled workers would eliminate the need for a per- country cap system, and would not reward the exploitative employers who thrive on the existing system, it said.
Congressman Paul Gosar said this is another gift for big-tech companies at the expense of American workers and students.
We should not allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to pass the bill without following the rules, he said, adding the bill has not had a hearing or markup.
Watch: Rakul as ‘U’ and ‘A’ certificate girl in ‘M2’
King Nagarjuna has shown us that he is a 50 year old play boy and complimenting him comes Rakul Preet Singh as Avantika.
The introduction video is unveiled by the makers and it has Rakul in traditional avatar in the beginning and eventually she turns into a dangerous lady.
Nag’s mother played by Lakshmi hails Rakul’s beauty but the former doesn’t know that the latter has another angle.
“Ippati Daka ‘U’ certificate Prayathninchanu… Ippudu ‘A’ certificate chupista” says Rakul and the rest is up to our imagination.
In the last shot, comedian Vennela Kishore who spots Rakul smoking, says such a dangerous babes.
All in all the introduction of Rakul is superb and it is entertaining too in a way.
‘Manmadhudu 2’ is written and directed by Rahul Ravindran, the teaser got a good response with Nagarjuna’s smashing look.
The film is set for release on August 9th.
Dil Raju Scared with Boyapati’s Budget?
Dil Raju has plans to produce a film with Nandamuri Balakrishna from longtime. Balakrishna has a grudge with Dil Raju as the top producer earlier refused to take up some of his movies for distribution.
Dil Raju has already made peace with Balakrishna long time ago and is working on a movie with the senior star.
It is learned that recently Boyapati Sreenu approached Dil Raju to produce his next film.
Although Dil Raju has shown interest in this combination of Boyapati and Balakrishna, he was terrified after hearing the budget.
Boyapati reportedly quoted Rs 70 Cr as the budget. Knowing market of Balakrishna’s movies, the senior producer told him bluntly that it would not work out with this budget.
Dil Raju also walked out of the project of “Bharateeyudu 2” when director Shankar quoted unreasonable budget for the movie and Kamal Haasan demanded Rs 35 Cr remuneration.
Similarly, he put Boyapati’s movie on hold, say the sources.
If ‘Vinaya Vidheya Rama’ director changes the script or slashes the budget this film would go to the sets or Dil Raju may produce Anil Ravipudi and Balakrishna’s movie or Vinayak – Balakrishna movie next year.
Balakrishna will soon start working for K S Ravikumar’s movie. The film has already been launched officially.
Post the flop of “Vinaya Vidheya Rama”, Boyapati has planned to work with a young star but his well-wishers warned him against it.
No end to Naidu’s ‘Undavalli house’ politics!
There seems to be no end to the politics revolving around TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s “Undavalli residence” on the banks of Krishna river.
It’s more than a month now since YSRCP government took over reins in AP but hardly a day passes without taking up Naidu’s Undavalli residence issue either by ruling YSRCP leaders or Oppostion TDP leaders.
Officials and people in AP are getting bored of this issue.
This issue is giving an impression to the world that there is no other important issue or problem in AP except Naidu’s Undavalli residence.
If CM YS Jagan feels that it’s an illegal construction, he should demolish it immediately like he did in the case of Praja Vedika.
If Naidu feels that it’s a government property he should immediately vacate the building as he is no longer CM to occupy the CM’s official residence.
Instead of doing this, both YSRCP and TDP leaders are spending days and weeks only to level allegations and counter allegations on Naidu’s residence.
People are fed up with “Undavalli house politics’ in AP for the past one month and want the issue to be closed once and for all.
Amala Opens Up on Filming for Nude Scene in Aame
Aame, starring Amala Paul, whose teaser released recently saw the actress doing something that few other mainstream heroines dare to do.
The trailer to her upcoming film saw the actor going nude to project the plight of a rape victim in the film.
The actor, who had once considered quitting cinema, before the offer landed her way, in a recent interview with The Hindu, revealed more about filming the controversial and gritty scene.
In a conversation with the publication, the 27-year-old actor revealed that director Rathna Kumar had discussed wearing a special costume in the nude scene, but Paul had dismissed the idea, instead asking Kumar not to worry.
However, on the day of the shoot, Amala was extremely tensed according to her revelation to The Hindu.
The actor said, “It is only when I reached that point, I was feeling stressed. I was anxious to know about what is happening on the sets, who were all going to be there, and if there was security.”
She further revealed to the publication that there were only 15 people on the sets and she would not have had done the shoot if she did not trust the crew.
The young actor also revealed that she had almost quit cinema before Aame happened.
“I was telling my manager that I wanted to quit the industry because the synopsis I was receiving from filmmakers all felt like a lie. Yes, they were heroine-centric… but the concepts were simple. Like a rape victim, her struggling against the odds and gaining revenge, or a wife who supports her husband endlessly, or a sacrificial mother. I had no interest to be a part of these lies,” she further revealed.
