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Mahesh Takes Class Over Anchor’s Silly Praising
These are the days where some TV anchors are behaving like those ‘flattery’ agents appointed during the times of kings. None other than Superstar Mahesh is said to have got hurt with such acts of a noted anchor.
While interviewing Mahesh Babu, #BigBoss fame anchor Syamala has praised the star for his colour. Giving a reference to the actor’s agriculture act in Maharshi, where he’s seen ploughing the land with his pants folded below the knees, Syamala stated that Mahesh’s legs are looking quite rosy and attractive. This is a regressive thought for sure because if someone says the same thing about a heroine’s body parts, it would have become a controversy by now.
Though Mahesh got little irked when the question was posed, he answered that with dignity and elan. But later, he’s said to have blasted his team and also the anchor for putting up such silly questions. Apparently, the superstar asked the anchor and her team to prepare an interesting questionnaire than this ‘bhajana’.
Not just Syamala, but many anchors need to think twice about their silly praising when it comes to talking to star heroes and heroines.
AP Minister Kidari To Resign
Andhra Pradesh’s youngest cabinet minister Kidari Sravan, son of Kidari Sarveswara Rao, who was gunned down by Maoists in Visakhapatnam district, was inducted into the state Cabinet six months ago. However, he is neither a member of Legislative Assembly nor Council. On May 10th, he will cease to be minister as he could not get elected either as an MLA or MLC.
According to Article 164(4) of the Constitution, a person can become a minister only if he or she is a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Council. A person cannot continue as a Cabinet minister for more than six months, if he or she is not a member of either of the houses. Since Sravan could not contest for Araku in the last six months as there was no bypoll and since there were no more vacancies to make him an MLC, he will cease to be a minister 13 days before the election results.
According to sources, after Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan was informed about this, he ordered an inquiry into this and found out that he cannot allow Sravan to continue based on the Constitutional provisions. It is learnt that the Governor has also informed the Chief Minister about this. Going by this information, the State Cabinet could take this decision on May 10th when it is meeting.
However, Sravan has created a record of sorts in the history of AP by counting to serve as a minister without being an MLA or MLC. Another person who holds a similar record from united Andhra Pradesh was Nandamuri Harikrishna, son of late Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, who was inducted into Chandrababu’s Cabinet in 1995 but failed to get nominated as an MLC or re-elected as an MLA and had to resign.
Disco Raja Looking For Samantha’s Showdown
Of course, the producer of Disco Raja has announced that the second schedule of the film’s shooting will be kick started post the results of general elections get declared. But this Mass Raja starrer has another interesting lockout, if our sources are to be believed.
Director VI Anand is known for finding some interesting phenomenons for his films and somehow such ideas are getting clashed these days. Last time when he has come up with Okka Kshanam movie, the concept of Parallel Life is lifted from a Korean film, and the same film was remade by Anil Sunkara with another director and stars back then. While the controversy got resolved then, now Raviteja is worried that his film has a similar issue.
According to the grapevine, Samantha’s Oh Baby story is said to be quite similar to that of Raviteja’s Disco Raja as both deal with an old person getting magically transformed into a 20-year-old and dealing some issues. While Oh Baby is an official remake of Korean film Miss Granny, it looks like VI Anand’s film has an inspired crime comedy theme attached to it, says a source.
Reports have that Raviteja wants to wait till Oh Baby release, to find out if there are any major scene clashes, such that he could help VI Anand carve a different film for him. That’s why Disco Raja team wants to wait for Samantha’s showdown and all other proceedings are slowed down for the same.
Pic Talk: Anasuya’s Private Photo Triggers A Storm
TV presenter and actress Anasuya’s way of dressing attracted many controversies earlier but the lady always gave the strong answers back. Ofcourse one cannot really decide or dictate what another person should wear. There were people who always found fault with her dressing and there also were her admirers who supported her in the same context.
After a longtime, the controversy seems to be back with Anasuya’s latest Instagram post. Anasuya posted a picture of herself, ‘appears’ to be wearing just the shirt and nothing on the bottom. Her intention of posting the picture was to reveal how she blessed she is, with her family that keeps her grounded always.
But, her leg show grabbed all the attraction and people started commenting on the picture asking why she needs to put up a picture like that and like we said earlier, there are her fans who came in to support her calling it a ‘natural’ photo. Anasuya always responded on negative comments and we have to see how gets back at them.
Secret Behind Telangana Govt. Support For Maharshi!
Many Tollywood biggies weren’t able get ticket price hike in Telangana although AP government is always in favor of it.
Even the big heads from Telugu Cinema couldn’t get favors from Telangana government in spite of their best efforts.
But Maharshi got the permission to hike ticket prices across Telangana. Why? What is the secret behind it?
It is learnt that director Vamshi Paidipally is the reason behind it. He is a close friend of KTR and has very good relation with KCR and his family.
Therefore, KCR govt. has given permission for ticket hike and also additional shows for Maharshi in its initial days. This is going to give major boost to Maharshi openings.
Dil Raju is predicting at least 25 percent more collections due to the ticket hike and extra shows. Is this the start of new trend in Telangana nor is it exclusive to Maharshi?
Only time will tell.
KCR forced to accept Rahul as PM!
At state-level, TRS chief and Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao is on a mission to wipe out Congress from Telangana by encouraging defection of Congress MLAs and MLCs into TRS.
But at national-level, KCR is forced to support Congress and support Rahul as next Prime Minister, after Lok Sabha results on May 23.
KCR is trying to forge a Federal Front comprising of regional parties and Left parties to prevent Congress and BJP led coalitions from coming to power at the Centre.
But the feedback KCR has been getting from most of the regional parties and Left parties is that any Front without the involvement of Congress cannot come to power at the Centre.
With this, KCR is learnt to have come to the terms and accept the reality.
But KCR cannot accept this publicly because Congress is the main rival of TRS in Telangana.
To avoid this, KCR has come up with a new proposal of having a “Prime Minister from South India”.
If one analyses the KCR’s new proposal thoroughly, it shows how clever KCR is as a politician.
KCR wants to get closer to regional parties of Southern states and also convince regional parties of other states and also Congress and Left parties by floating this proposal.
KCR has now come up with a new theory of projecting Rahul Gandhi as South India leader on the ground that Rahul contested from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat from Southern state of Kerala.
If Rahul wins Wayanad seat and becomes PM, then he can be claimed as PM from South India.
KCR’s logic may sound strange for many but in the case of KCR nothing can be ruled out.
Ram Charan Furious with Insurance Rumors
A set of Megastar Chiranjeevi starrer ‘Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy’ got damaged due to fire accident that happened recently. Luckily, no one was hurt.
But what caused the fire is not revealed. It was assumed that short circuit was the reason. However, some media outlets carried the news that the production unit was behind this accident.
It was rumored that the fire accident was set up to claim insurance money. Police officials also didn’t buy the theory of short circuit failure.
But Ram Charan who is producing the film is fuming with these rumors.
“I am producing the film with more than Rs 200 Cr. Why would I resort to such unethical tricks for one or two crore of rupees,” he reportedly yelled at after the reading the reports.
Since the film is yet to wrap up its entire shooting, he is not happy with these rumors that damage the the movie.
However, grapevine has it that many big producers in Tollywood had resorted to such “fire accidents” in the last schedule of their movies to get insurance money.
“Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy” is a period drama that is being made on large scale.
Directed by Surender Reddy, “Sye Raa” has Amitabh Bachchan, Vijay Sethupathi and Sudeep in the prime roles. Nayanthara and Thamanna are the heroines.
Another heroine will be finalized for a small role shortly.
Blockbuster Hero Signs Up Mega Flop Heroine!
Anu Emanuel, the hot NRI girl bagged biggies in Tollywood in the beginning of her career.She was seen opposite superstars like Pawan Kalyan and Allu Arjun, but luck didn’t work in her favor as Agnyathavasi and Naa Peru Surya ended up as big flops.
Even Shailaja Reddy Alludu couldn’t live up to expectations and Anu was left empty handed for a long time.She has finally bagged a new offer and it is not a small one either. She would be romancing the rising superstar of Tamil Cinema Shiva Karthikeyan in his next.
Shiva Karthikeyan has been delivering big hits consistently and is the fastest growing star in Tamil cinema.Pandiraj is the director for the film bankrolled by Sun Pictures. Aishwarya Rajesh will share screen space with Anu Emmanuel in it.
Let’s see whether Shiva Karthikeyan turns the tables for Anu.
Nani’s Jersey Ends Run in USA
Nani has scored another hit with sports drama “Jersey” that grossed more than million dollars at USA ticket window.
However, it has not provided any moment of celebration in terms of revenue for the distributors.
Though the film has turned out to be second biggest hit for Nani in USA market, trade pundits say it didn’t really perform on the expected lines.
The sports drama directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri won thumping positive reviews and huge ratings. But the film had completed its run in USA with just under 1.3 million dollars.
Nani will be proud of this movie that is genuinely heart-warming movie made with great conviction but it is also worrying factor for him that he is not turning such glowing reviews into big money. He is not bringing audiences to the screens in large numbers.
Now Mahesh Babu’s “Maharshi” will take over the USA box-office.
Can Mahesh Beat Ram Charan To Reclaim His Position?
Mahesh was able to beat both Magadheera and Attarintiki Daredi with Srimanthudu that went onto become the first Non-Baahubali industry hit.
The record was later broken by Chiranjeevi first and then Ram Charan has set a higher benchmark for Non-Baahubali movies with Rangasthalam.
Mahesh got an opportunity to challenge Rangasthalam with Bharat Ane Nenu, but it couldn’t go that far and fell well short of it.
Now Mahesh fans are hoping that Maharshi will beat Rangasthalam’s records and put Mahesh back on the top. Maharshi has the season advantage as it is releasing in peak summer.
Also it is the first biggie from Tollywood in a long time. All Maharshi needs is to open to good word of mouth to set eyes on the Non-Baahubali records.
Nearly Rs. 100 crore is at stake on the film that has fetched superb deals in almost all the territories.
Pooja Hegde’s car caught in drunk driving case?
Bollywood and Southern actress Pooja Hegde who has geared up for the release of her Telugu film, Maharshi opposite Mahesh Babu has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
According to a report in IB Times, Pooja Hegde’s car was apparently seized by Hyderabad Police after her manager was caught in a drink and drive case on May 1.Report further states Pooja was accompanied by her team and manager after Maharshi pre-release event but she was not on the driving seat.
The actress’ car has reportedly been seized by the police and also her manager’s driving license as he was driving the car.However, the actress’ team has denied Pooja’s involvement in any such incident.
A team-member stated that Pooja wasn’t in Hyderabad when the incident allegedly took place.Talking about Maharshi, the film stars Pooja Hegde, Mahesh Babu and Allari Naresh in the lead roles.
The film is written and directed by Vamsi Paidipally and is all set to release on May 9th.
Sivaji’s Son Showing Stars To Producers
Recently, character artist and former MAA President Sivaji Raja has vowed to showcase stars and give a ‘return gift’ to actor Nagababu. And he ridiculed the mega actor with his choice of words after the later contested as Janasena MP from Bhimavaram.
If the reports going on in Film Nagar are anything to go by, his son Vijay is said to be showing those stars and also giving gifts. To whom anyway? Recently a film featuring his son Vijay Raja got launched and the shooting was going on for a long time. Apparently, this young hero is said to be the last one who arrives on the set and first to leave.
His late comings and also erratic plans are actually said to have delayed the movie for almost a year now. And when producer demanded Vijay Raja to turn up on time and wrap the film, the young hero is said to be giving a hint about his influential father.
While these rumours could not be verified for the now, we have to see what will Sivaji Raja say about them.
