‘Mahanati’ has emerged as one of those super successful films at the box office last year and it has a share of brilliant efforts coming from many people.

While Keerthi Suresh rocked with her acting prowess, director Nag Ashwin did magic with his screenplay and direction. Then we have the likes of Mickey J Meyer bringing life to the scenes with tremendous compositions and lovely music. And there is another chief technician Dani Sanchez-Lopez, who happens to be the cinematographer of the movie .

Needless to say how the visuals of the film are just extraordinary and now this technician has joined Keerthi’s latest film too. After a long gap post Mahanati or Mallu beauty has finally signed a female-centric movie to be directed by newcomer Narendra. Now, this film will have her Mahanati guy Dani aboard to thrill the audiences.

To be shot from February 10th in Hyderabad, the combination of few cinematographers and heroines always stunned the audiences. Hope this will also do.

Nabha Natesh made an impressive debut with Nannu Dochukunduvate in which she got an author backed role. Later she was seen in forgettable Ravibabu’s pig-flick Adhugo.

Although Nabha didn’t find luck with first two outings, she has caught the attention of filmmakers with her cute looks and impressive skills.

She is roped in as one of the female leads in Puri Jagannath’s upcoming film iSmart Shankar with Ram Pothineni.

Nabha who appeared as a conservative girl in Nannu Dochukunduvate and sported nerdy look in Adhugo is now showing the sizzling side of hers.

She looks dashing in this orange tee which will surely guide the filmmakers to not to typecast her in future.

All that Nabha needs is a hit to get busier in Telugu cinema. She is hoping iSmart Shankar to turn the tables for her.

Yatra, the story of late legendary leader YS Rajasekhar Reddy is all set to be unfold on screens this Friday.

As the film awaits the public verdict, its director Mahi V. Raghav wrote a letter appealing to all film lovers and fans of other political leaders.

“Let us not quantify it or make it a race; let it be a celebration to rejoice and cherish his (YSR) journey,” he appealed to each and everyone.

Mahi V. Raghav doesn’t want Yatra to be compared with other biopics (read NTR) and requests it to be judged by its own merits and defects.

He is also open for criticism and is willing to correct his mistakes in his next films if any.

“Both NTR garu and YSR garu are the sons of this soil and proud Telugu legends who left behind a glorious legacy. Let our difference of opinion and disagreements not be a reason for disrespecting them,” Mahi wrote.

After Ravi Teja, it is Ram who is creating a market for his movies in Hindi satellite and digital segment.

Ravi Teja commands nearly Rs 20 Cr business from Hindi dubbing satellite and digital rights.

This is the reason why producers are making movies with Ravi Teja despite his track record is not good at the box-office these days. He will now be facing competition from Ram.

Among the medium range Telugu stars, Ram is also slowly gaining craze in Hindi dubbing market.

His “Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi” was recently dubbed into Hindi as “No.1 Dilwale” and it has created in views on Youtube. The film has become officially the fastest Hindi dubbed movie getting 30 million views.

The Hindi audiences prefer mass movies. Ram being energetic star he may grab Ravi Teja’s market very soon.

Director Vikram Kumar’s last two films 24 and Hello were cost failures as they couldn’t recover the high costs spent on them. However, the director has reportedly asked for high budget again.

Vikram Kumar’s next with Nani is a romantic thriller in which the latter romances five glamorous heroines.

Vikram Kumar is planning to make on a very lavish scale and asked for Rs. 50 crore budget that is pretty high and too risky for Nani’s market.

Nani’s successful films can collect Rs. 40 crore from theatricals and other rights would ensure breakeven status for the makers. But what if the film fails?

Krishnarjuna Yuddham and Devadas couldn’t even go past Rs. 25 crore mark when the word of mouth wasn’t positive.

Given Vikram’s track record and Nani’s recent form Rs. 50 crore is surely a tough ask. They will need to ensure that the film is a blockbuster for the producers to make decent profits on such a huge investment.

Bellamkonda Srinivas prefers to pair up with popular heroines. It was Samantha who played female lead in his debut film ‘Alludu Seenu’.Later he had acted with top actresses like Tamannah, Pooja Hegde and Kajal Aggarwal.

His upcoming release “Sita” also has Kajal playing female lead. Latest buzz is that he wants to sing duets with Samantha again. If the Akkineni kodalu gives her nod, he will be teaming up with her for the second time.

She has been approached for director Ajay Bhupati’s new film. The director shot to fame with “RX 100”.

Although the director made his heroine Payal Rajput to indulge in lip-to-lip kiss scenes and some passionate romantic sequences, this film will not have any such episodes.

Samantha will not do such roles. Bellamkonda is awaiting for her agreement.

Naga Chaitanya has been going through lean phase in his career post Rarandoi Veduka Chuddam.

His last three films were box office failures while Yuddham Sharanam and Savyasachi ended up as huge disasters.

Chaitanya’s market value took a beating with a hat-trick of flops and he is looking to bounce back in the new year.

Chay’s upcoming film is Majili in which he teamed up with his beloved wife Samantha Akkineni.

It is a coming of age love story in which Sam and Chay will be seen as teenagers, youth and middle aged couple.

The film directed by Siva Nirvana has been grabbing eyeballs with Chay and Sam teaming up for the first time since marriage.

Samantha has been lucky charm for Chay as he bagged two super hits in her company. Chay is hoping that their successful combination will work again with Majili.

And then there is Venky Mama with Venkatesh that is going to be launched soon.

Chaitanya cannot ask for a better time for a movie with Venkatesh, who is red hot post the blockbuster success of F2.

Vijay Chilla and Shashi Devireddy established 70mm Entertainments in 2015 and signed up their friend Sudheer Babu for their Maiden venture Bhale Manchi Roju. This Sriram Aditya directed movie was a big HIT.

Their second movie on 70mm, Anando Brahma, under the stewardship of director Mahi V Raghav was a runway HIT.

Can 70mm Entertainments currently riding high on the success of back to back movies repeat this magic again with YATRA?

Coincidently all three movies are released in USA by Nirvana cinemas who are known for their good movie choices. They are one of the most successful overseas distributors. Mahanati was released in overseas by Nirvana.

Will this combination work for 70mm and Nirvana? Will have to wait until February 7th to see the results of US Premier shows.

Young hero Sree Vishnu is well known for picking up different subjects and his upcoming movie offers the same.Titled ‘Thipparaa Meesam’ the first look poster is unveiled. Hero Sree Vishnu sports long and thick beard with mustache. He wears a broken spectacles and appears to be shirtless.

This poster gives a mass and rustic appeal. The title too is quite creatively designed with mustache coming in between the Telugu and English font.

Touted to be an action drama, critically acclaimed director of ‘Asura’ fame, Krishna Vijay L is directing the movie while Suresh Bobbili is composing music.

Nikki Tamboli and Rohini are playing the female leads.

The shooting of ‘Thipparaa Meesam’ has been wrapped up and the post-production works are in progress.

Produced by Rizwan Entertainments banner, the makers are planning for early summer release.

Hyderabad: Telugu television actress Naga Jhansi committed suicide at her house in Hyderabad on Wednesday, police said.Jhansi, 21, was found hanging in her flat in an apartment building in Sri Nagar colony.

According to the police, the actress was alone in the flat. Her brother Durga Prasad alerted the neighbours when she did not respond to door knock. They broke open the door and found her hanging from ceiling fan.

Her body was shifted to government-run Gandhi Hospital for autopsy and a case was registered in Punjagutta police station.

Hailing from Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Jhansi acted in different serials including “Pavitra Bandhan” on MAA TV. She was running a beauty parlour in Ameerpet area for last few months.

According to Jhansi’s relatives, she was in love with a youth, said to be a distant relative. She was reportedly in depression for last few days. They suspect that failure in love could have led to the suicide.

Jhansi’s mobile phone has been seized and police is examining the call data and chat records.

After the poor show of NTR Kathanayakudu (NTR, the actor) at the box office, senior actor and Telugu Desam Party legislator Nandamuri Balakrishna appears to have decided to add more masala to the second part of the film NTR Mahanayakudu, being directed by Krish Jagarlamudi.

Initially, it was announced that the film would be released on February 7, but it has later been postponed to February 15.

Now, the latest talk is that the release could be further delayed, either to last week of February or the first week of March.

Sources in the TDP said Balakrishna was contemplating making certain changes in the script to elevate the TDP so as to gain the political mileage in the coming elections.

According to original script, the film would come to an end with the death of NTR’s wife Nandamuri Basava Tarakam, soon after the August crisis of 1984.

That would be a dull end to the political episode of NTR and it might not make much appeal to the audiences.

Secondly, there are reports that after the poor show of NTR Kathanayakudu, the audiences are keenly awaiting the release of two films: one, Lakshmi’s NTR directed by Ram Gopal Varma and the second, Yatra being made on the historic padayatra of late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy.

If these two films are received well by the audience, there would not be many takers for NTR Mahanayakudu, if the story ends abruptly.

So, Balakrishna and Krish are learnt to have decided to make certain changes in the script of the film by adding some more political drama to the story to make it more interesting.

And if there is a sufficient gap between the other two films and NTR Mahanayakudu, the people would evince interest in the latter, sources said.