Mahesh Babu is regarded as director’s hero. He never interferes in the work of director once he okays the script.He also makes sure to be very flexible with his call sheets and give hundred percent on the sets. He is not known for being late of cancelling the shoot at the last minute like a few other big stars.

But according to the latest buzz from industry circles, Mahesh has changed a lot lately as he is coming to the sets very late.Of late, Mahesh has got busy with other business plans and ideas besides his brand endorsements.

After venturing into exhibition business with AMB Cinemas, Mahesh is in plans to produce web series for popular streaming With so much on hand, Mahesh couldn’t be as punctual as he used to be on the sets. Hence, Maharshi shoot has been getting delayed further.

The film is unlikely to make it on April 25 as announced. It may get postponed to May according to the latest buzz.The delays are adding to the already overspent budget of Maharshi.

“It will never ever register that Sridevi is not there”. Anupam Kher puts the sentiment of fans, family members and fraternity friends in just the right words a year after the demise of the enigmatic actress, who lived the cinematic dream for 50 years.

A regular Sunday morning turned one full of disbelief as Sridevi’s fans the world over woke up to the news of her abrupt death in Dubai in a hotel’s bathtub on the night of February 24. Only a day or two earlier, social media enthusiasts were lapping up her impeccable fashion taste at a family wedding she was attending. At 54, she was gone in a jiffy.

“It is something lots and lots of fans of her, including me, will live in denial of because it was so sudden, so shocking and so abrupt. Yet, the reality is one year now,” Anupam told IANS from New York.

Sridevi’s tryst with the arclights began at a tender age of four with a devotional film “Thunaivan”. There was no stopping her from experimenting with genres, languages, looks and characters, leading her to become one of the most formidable actresses of the 1980s and 1990s in Bollywood.

She slipped into myriad roles – whether the double role in “ChaalBaaz”, as a woman with retrograde amnesia in “Sadma”, a shape-shifting woman in “Nagina”, a goofy crime journalist in “Mr. India”, the warm mother act in “English Vinglish” or the fierce and revengeful mom in “Mom” – as effortlessly as she won hearts with expressive eyes, comic timing and her fluid dancing skills.

The sea of fans during her last journey in Mumbai was proof of the love she garnered over the years.

“I have never seen so much adulation for any actress in my entire career. According to me, she was one of the finest actresses, even internationally, that I have ever worked with or seen,” said Anupam, who described her as “unassuming, real and humane”, apart from having a great sense of humour in real life.

Anil Kapoor, Sridevi’s brother-in-law and co-star of several films, including the iconic “Mr. India”, says there’s a certain emptiness that the family always feels whenever there is any occasion in the house or a get-together.

“Her presence is irreplaceable,” Anil told IANS, and added: “With time, we get over people and their presence… and then there are some personalities whose presence, enigma, beauty, and body of work, everything is memorable. She is that personality.”

Satish Kaushik, who has acted with and even directed Sridevi, told IANS: “It was not only a personal loss, but also a huge professional loss because it is hard to find an actor who is so dedicated and disciplined. I really wanted to make a film and cast her, but that wish remains unfulfilled.”

Sridevi let career take a backseat after she married producer Boney Kapoor, and focussed on being a mother to daughters Janhvi and Khushi, before facing the cameras again with “English Vinglish”. Her comeback was a rare success for a female actor in Indian cinema.

The film’s director, Gauri Shinde, recounted Sridevi’s “mad laughter and her pure childlike innocence” on an emotional note.

“The most special memory of her is of having the honour to have directed the most magnificent actress on earth… to have held her hand, to have hugged her and felt the warmth that is so special,” Shinde told IANS.

Actor Adil Hussain, who played Sridevi’s husband in the film, said she was often the centre of attraction in a room because of her presence and beauty, but Sridevi would make herself almost non-existent so that she could absorb the world silently.

“Doing that for an actress of her stature is tough. But it’s something she managed. She was a true actress who loved her art… She was a simple, humble, quiet individual who was a brilliant actress that the nation loved.”

Five years after her “English Vinglish”, Sridevi gave a power-packed performance with Ravi Udyawar’s “Mom”.

Udyawar, who is glad about having explored a different side of the actress in a revenge drama, wanted to do a comedy film with her.

“We were starting a new chapter to explore the actress in her that the world didn’t see before. But things got over and finished even before we imagined.”

Directed by Omar Lulu, Oru Adaar Love aka Lovers Day (Telugu) has received negative reviews and most of the audience were left disappointed. The film was released on Valentine’s Day and the wink-girl Priya Prakash Varrier, Noorin Sherif, and Roshan Abdul Rahoof were seen in the lead roles.

Priya Varrier’s overnight fame with the wink scene from the song Manikya Mlaraya Poovi has outshined others in the film. Noorin Sherif, who played alongside Roshan in the film, was hardly noticed because of Priya’s nation-wide popularity.

Noorin, in one of her recent interactions, said that she is not happy with the outcome and she was ignored after Priya Varrier’s wink viral video. She said that she is grateful to the director Omar for giving the opportunity, but after the wink went viral, film-makers have modified the storyline, leaving her to the corner. She also stated that she was upset to see her role in losing its importance.

In fact, when the question was asked if she is ready to collaborate with the wink girl, she said, ‘No comments’. After the bad reviews poured all over the internet, the director has once again shot the climax and replaced the old one with the new 10 minute shot.

For any film, there will be certain scenes that twist the hearts of audiences for the emotional pinch they create. One such scene in #NTRMahayanakudu belongs to NTR’s daughter Bhuvaneswari, who happens to be wife Nara Chandrababu Naidu, who has become Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after NTR.

When the TDP contested the elections for the first time in 1984, Chandrababu, the son in law of NTR, was in Congress party only. He contested on Congress ticket and lost the election to Medasani Venkatarama Naidu who was in the race wearing the TDP flag. Weaving a scene around this, director Krish tried to showcase how Nara Bhuvaneswari would have felt when her husband lost the election, though her father swept the power in Andhra Pradesh.

This particular scene has a deeper thought as family members also feel sad for ‘Bhu’, as she is fondly called, when her husband lost the election. Though her character on the screen says that she is happy with people’s verdict, that pain in her eyes gets connected to everyone. Of course, every wife feels that her husband should succeed, isn’t it?

One hero who works hard and fast no matter what is the result of his previous film is none other than Bellamkonda Srinivas. We have to admire his producers who want to back him irrespective of the commercial outcomes. Here comes an interesting snippet about his next.

Popular Tamil film ‘Ratsasan’ that released recently was on the radar of many star heroes but finally, Bellamkonda grabbed the chance to star in the Telugu remake of it. And now, everyone is looking forward to the leading lady who will be reprising the role of Amala Paul.

Earlier it came out that Tholiprema diva Raashi Khanna will join forces with Bellamkonda to come up with a sizzling output. But latest update is that as Raashi has opted to join Naga Chaitanya’s Venky Mama, now the makers of Bellamkonda’s movie have opted for Anupama Parameswaran. Because they don’t want any dates clashes of Raashi to slow down the shoot.

With a beautiful heroine aboard, we have to see if this thriller is going to be that first big blockbuster coming from this young hero.