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Top 5 Telugu Box office this week
1) Maharshi: Maharshi has taken the Telugu box office by storm. The film has posted superb collections in its first weekend irrespective of the word of mouth. However, it should hold well from Monday to recover the high costs.
Maharshi had a dream start in Nizam, but the collections in US have been steady on the lower side.
Team Maharshi is believing that the film will continue to dominate the box office for few more days and eventually enter all time top 5 grossing movies of Tollywood.
2) Avengers: Endgame: Avengers has slowed down after setting the box office on fire. It is still holding well across plexes and A centers during weekends.
It’s nett collection in India has surpassed Rs. 300 crore, a phenomenal feat.
3) Student of the Year 2: Pre release buzz around Student of the year 2 helped to generate good revenues in its first weekend.
But the word of mouth is largely negative, which is likely to take a toll on its collections in the coming days.
4) Jersey: Hit film Jersey is still doing well in A centers. It is drawing good attendance across multiplexes although the show counts have been reduced to bare minimum.
5) Key: Key had a low key release in Telugu states amid Maharshi mania and has failed to get a a half-decent start.
KCR meeting with Stalin not fruitful?
The much-hyped meeting between Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M K Stalin is understood to have failed to yield any results.
While TRS sources said the meeting which lasted over an hour and a half went on well in a cordial manner, a curt statement from the DMK simply said: “Party president MK Stalin had a courtesy meeting with Telangana CM K Chandrasekar Rao at his residence.”
According to sources in Chennai, the DMK chief did not evince much interest in the proposal made by KCR for formation of a federal front with all regional parties to form the next government at the Centre.
Stalin reportedly told KCR categorically that his party would not be in a position to come out of the Congress alliance. Moreover, it was DMK which proposed the name of Rahul Gandhi for the Prime Minister post.
Interestingly, DMK chief tried to persuade the Telangana chief minister to join the Congress alliance and help Rahul Gandhi to become the Prime Minister. This has not gone down well with KCR, it is learnt.
However, the TRS chief proposed that let all the regional parties form a federal front and extend support to the government formation from outside, irrespective of who will form the government.
He reminded that many other parties like TRS had fought against the Congress in the elections.
Stalin, however, said his party was firm on its anti-BJP stand and so, there is no question of any front that supported the BJP. He will join hands with other parties only if the coalition comprises the Congress.
ABCD Release Trailer: Fairly Entertaining
Allu Sirish’s upcoming Friday release ABCD (American Born Confused Desi) seems to struck a chord with the netizens.
The film’s teaser and trailer were smash hits on YouTube. Recently launched trailer has clocked nearly 5 Million views and the song Mella Mella Mellaga sung by Sid Sriram is already popular with the music lovers.
As the film is gearing up for release on 17th of this month, the makers have launched another trailer, which is in fact a better cut than the previous one. This is a fairly entertaining trailer that raises hopes on the film.
ABCD is a remake of Malayalam film by the same name. Sanjeev Reddy is making debut as the director with ABCD produced by Madhura Sridhar and Yash Rangineni.
Ruksar Dhillon is the female lead and child actor Bharath plays a key role as the hero’s sidekick.
ABCD is about a rich NRI guy forced to live life as a commoner in India. There is also a political touch to the plot that adds seriousness to the fun filled premise.
Confident of victory, Jagan shifts base to AP!
YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is pretty confident that his party is going to come to power in Andhra Pradesh and he will be the next chief minister after May 23, when the results will be declared.
It was evident from the way the YSRC chief decided to shift his residence and office – lock, stock and barrel from Lotus Pond in Hyderabad to his new office-cum-residential complex at Tadepalli in Guntur district, which is now part of Amaravati.
Jagan has already constructed a huge residence-cum-official complex in three acres of land at Tadepalli, for which he had performed gruhapravesham on February 27.
The shifting of YSRC central office at Lotus Pond to Tadepalli has already commenced. On Monday, the party staff started moving all the furniture, computers and other party material to Tadepalli.
“It will be completed in two or three days. After that, the YSRC ceases to operate from Hyderabad,” a party leader said.
Jagan himself will move to the new residence on May 22, a day before the announcement of results. He will monitor the party activities from there hereafter. His mother Vijayalakshmi, sister Sharmila and wife Bharati will, however, stay back in Hyderabad for some time.
“If he becomes the chief minister of the state, he would get it converted into the official residence,” he said.
Jagan called for a meeting of all the party candidates who contested the assembly and Lok Sabha elections and counting agents at Tadepalli on May 16 to discuss the arrangements for counting.
“Training will be given to all the counting agents of the party on the precautions to be taken during the counting of votes recorded by EVMs and also the VVPAT machines,” the party leader said.
Internet’s New Sensation: Yellow Saree Lady In A Polling Booth
It takes just a few hours for someone to become famous on the internet. Many people have become an overnight internet sensation and now one more new face is on board. After Priya Varrier and RCB girl, netizens are now swooning over a lady election officer.
Her pictures at a polling booth went viral in no time. The lady was seen in a yellow saree and all social media platforms are filled with her photos. People also tried to find her name and personal information and yes, they succeeded in doing so.
Her name is Reena Dwivedi and she was on duty for the elections. The pictures which went viral are from Lucknow and Reena also hails from the same city. The images are said to be captured by photojournalist Tushar Roy.
In one of her viral images, Reena can be seen carrying EVM machine near Nagram in Lucknow since she is on duty. She was also inspecting the arrangement for elections. Later, Reena reacted to the whole incident saying, “I was doing my duty. When I reached the polling booth with my team, someone took my pictures and they have since gone viral. Now, many people come and ask me for selfies.” However, she also confessed that this popularity is bringing her both positive and negative impact.
Producer B.Venkatarami Reddy Is No More
Tollywood’s renowned and senior producer B.Venkatarami Reddy(75) passed away today and the news left the film industry in great misery. Venkatarami Reddy is the younger son of veteran producer B.Nagi Reddy who owned the prestigious Vijaya Productions.
Venkatarami Reddy made many interesting movies like Bhairava Dweepan, Brundavanam, Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddham. The funeral will take place tomorrow in Chennai and many famous personalities have been paying their condolences towards Venkatarami’s untimely death.
It is reported that the late producer was suffering from health issues from past few months and he breathed his last at 1 PM in Chennai today. He survived with his wife, son, and daughter. Apart from many hit films in Telugu, he also made films with young Tamil actors like Ajith, Dhanush, Vishal and Vijay.
Pic Talk: Lovely Girl’s Bikini Act
No matter how beautiful you are and how talented actress you are, sometimes opportunities will not knock doors that easily. If you have any doubts, definitely this Varanasi girl Shanvi Srivastava is the example to look at. And here comes a dose of super hotness from her.
After debuting in Tollywood with ‘Lovely’ movie way back in 2012 and never get the needed break here. Years after her debut, we have to say that she is spicing up the social media scenario with her hot pictures. Here comes Shanvi, slipping into a bikini and raising more mercury this summer.
Currently doing those Kannada films, Shanvi is busy in sandalwood while her glamour treat is teasing the whole of all the tinsel towns down South. And this bikini act might win her more accolades from fans, but we have to see what filmmakers will say.
For The First Time, CS Meets Chandrababu
It is well known that there were differences and clashes between AP CM Chandrababu Naidu and Chief Secretary LV Subramanyam. While Naidu had expressed displeasure over LV Subramanyam and over his functionary, the meeting of Naidu and LV Subramanyam had gained a lot of political significance. LV Subramanyam has met Naidu today morning at 7.40 AM.
Chief Secretary LV Subramanyam told Chandrababu Naidu that the permission from the Election Commission is due to hold the Cabinet meeting. CS told Naidu that EC’s decision on Cabinet Meet and Agenda would come by today.
Naidu wants to call for a cabinet meeting on May 14th evening over the burning issues like Cyclone Fani, Drought, Drinking Water issues. Along with the CS, the secretaries of concerned departments would participate in the cabinet meeting.
It can be noted that on 10th May, AP Chief Electoral Officer Dwivedi has sent a notice on Cabinet Meet’s Agenda to the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora. After receiving the note, EC replied that it will respond in two days.
After Fani, Odisha demands special category status
From last 5 years, bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is fighting with centre to gain the special category status to have a speedy development and race like rest of the states in the nation. And demand for ‘special status’ already exists in states like Bihar, Uttarakhand, Odisha and some states of North India.
But, the kind of damage done by Cyclone Fani in the recent past has made Odisha CM to press for the special status demand again. The CM of state Naveen Patnaik sought an assistance from centre in view of continuous cyclone storms every year- Phailin, HudHud, Thitli and Fani now. The chief of BJD appeals centre to consider plight of Odisha, as these cyclones have heavily damaged state.
According to him, the relief assistance offered by centre is of very little use and those funds are not fully sufficient to bring state back into normalcy. In the end, it is state govt financing relief work every time and it is burning a big hole to state’s budget. Eventually, the state cannot focus on delivering government schemes promised to the people.
PM’s Modi announced 1000 Cr for relief work of Cyclone Fani, but these funds are insufficient for restoration work, according to Patnaik who also said he would reach out to world bank for further financial aid.
Highlighting that an insurance firm estimated the loss by Cyclone Fani could be at Rs 3500 Cr, Odisha CM demanded centre to announce the special category status tag to their state. With an existing and intense demand from AP already, it remains to be seen how this request will be taken up by the centre. If Naveen Patnaik becomes part of the new government in Delhi, if would further make chances of AP special status demand meagre.
Dear PM, Anjaiah is not a Dalit!
Over the past few days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been on a spree of giving interviews to the national media. In one such interview with a mainstream newspaper, Modi answered a question about bringing down the dignity of the PM’s position and respect quoting the example of former CM of Andhra Pradesh T. Anjaiah. In the interview to the newspaper while attacking the Congress, Modi said if we speak of respect for the post, then it’s the same for everyone.
“It is true for (former PM Manmohan Singh) whose government’s order, was torn in public (by Rahul Gandhi). If you are speaking of respect for the post, then what about former Andhra CM Anjaiah-ji, a Dalit, who was humiliated in Hyderabad airport (by former PM Rajiv Gandhi). So anyone complaining now has to see the whole thing in perspective,” he said. However, his false statements have not gone down well with the family members of Anjaiah.
The Prime Minister, at various occasions, has been calling Anjaiah a Dalit while he is actually an OC. His real name is Talla Ramakrishna Reddy and his grandson has told mediapersons that his family will soon write to the Prime Minister’s Office over unnecessarily usage of Anjaiah’s name and misquoting his caste for BJP’s political gimmicks. He also opined that a Prime Minister being misinformed about a CM and using the incident at Begumpet airport for his political mileage is unfortunate.
Netizens have been fuming over such blatant misquoting of facts by the PM, ever since he made those statements. Looks like Modi needs a serious fact-checker at the PMO!
KCR announces candidates for MLC bypolls
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao named former Minister P. Mahender Reddy, TRS join secretary Pochampally Srinivas Reddy and other leader T Chinnappa Reddy as TRS candidate for the by-polls to three MLC seats along with handing over B-forms to the candidates. The last day to submit the nominations is tomorrow
While Mahender Reddy, who served as a transport minister in the earlier term will contest from Ranga Reddy, Srinivas Reddy and Chinnappa Reddy will contest from Warangal and Nalgonda, respectively. While Mahender Reddy lost to Congress candidate Rohit Reddy recently Srinivas Reddy has been in-charge of KTR’s election campaign in the state. Meanwhile, Chinnappa Reddy had defected from the TDP and joined the TRS.
The Election Commission issued the notification for by-poll to three MLC seats which fell vacant when three sitting MLC has resigned. The three MLC posts had fallen vacant after Patnam Narendra Reddy, Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy and Konda Murali resigned to contest in the Assembly elections as MLAs. Polling for these seats will be held on May 31st and the country of votes will be done on June 3rd along with the announcement of the results.
