A month ago we have seen the first part of legendary NTR’s biopic Kathanayakudu and now we’re seeing YSR’s paadayatra story ‘Yaatra’ on the silver screen. And these two films have some uncanny resemblances when it comes to trying to project their heroes as larger than gods.

When NTR Kathanayakudu has hit cinemas, many felt unhappy with the narrative because the film has shown the actor-politician as a super successful man throughout his life. They remarked that the film would have been better had they shown the dark side, flaws and lows of NTR. And now Yatra also suffers the same.

Showcasing that YS Rajasekhar Reddy is one leader who has done everything right and who has never looked back, even Yatra slipped into similar propaganda based flick rather something that shows the truth and true sides that are unknown to the audiences.

The success of Mahanati could be attributed to the way the makers showcased the negative aspects of legendary Savitri, and a similar thing would have worked well for NTR and Yatra too.

In less than a day since its release the song Chandamame from actor Kalyan Ram’s upcoming film 118 has become the talk of the town. The fun romantic number that sees visuals of the actor with the film’s female lead Shalini Pandey is going viral.

In fact, within no time, the video even started trending on Facebook with everyone raving about the refreshing music Shekhar Chandra and the wonderful rendition by Yazin Nizar.

Meanwhile, the lyric video of the song was released earlier today on popular demand with appreciation coming in for the peppy lyrics written by Ramanjaneyulu .

Also starring Nivetha Thomas, the film is directed by KV Guhan.

Not too long ago Vachinde song featuring Sai Pallavi has set a record for a South Indian video on YouTube.It surpassed Dhanush’s making video of Kolaveri Di to become the most viewed South Indian video on the popular video sharing platform.

Vachinde took only a year to break the record of Kolaveri Di, but it couldn’t be there on the top for many days.Vachinde has been replaced by Rowdy Baby video song from Maari 2 now. The song featuring Sai Pallavi and Dhanush has been on fire since the time it was uploaded.

Sai Pallavi’s graceful dance moves are arguably the highlight of Rowdy Baby choreographed by Prabhu Deva. Even Dhanush has been outclassed by Sai Pallavi’s dances in it.The credit of the song’s success should be largely attributed to Sai Pallavi, who is popular across South India.

Rowdy Baby emerged the most viewed South Indian video in under two months with 184 Million views. It is all set to become the first South Indian video to cross 200 Million views shortly.

Sexy and svelte Shradda Das is a winner when it comes to doing hot photo shoots.She is so camera friendly and has no qualms over flaunting her assets which makes her a delight for the photographers.

Shraddha may have failed to make it big on the silver screen, but she has never hit a wrong note when it comes to photo shoots.Shraddha gets everything right from her makeup, hairdo to the costume in this retro avatar.

Yes, you’ve nailed it Shraddha!

For reasons better known to everyone, Superstar Mahesh is likely to become a political target as many think that the way ‘digital campaigns’ are being led these days want to make use of him.

Reportedly after IT officials publicized the way his bank accounts are seized due to some GST issue, which is though in Court, it’s being said that Mahesh’s proximity to his brother in law Jayadeva Galla, a TDP MP, is the real cause of this incident. As the BJP and its friends want to take every single chance to malign TDP and its supporting bigwigs, some rumours have come out that they want to pull Mahesh into this defaming job.

Understanding this, we hear that Mahesh advised his digital team to be very careful until elections get over. He neither wants to make any political comments or any comments even with a slightest political reference, nor he wants to attend programs related to any biggies who are politically affiliated to some party or the other.

While Mahesh’s father Krishna was in Congress party earlier, his uncle in YSRC then and TDP now, and his brother in law in TDP, Mahesh always refrained himself from politics.

While YSR’s paadayatra film ‘Yatra’ opened to mixed reactions from all quarters, one cannot stop praising these two characters inside the movie. They are superbly etched, written by the director, while the actors also brilliantly portrayed them.

It’s the roles of Congress leaders like KVP Rama Chandra Rao and V Hanumantha Rao, which provided comic relief and also realistic touch to Yatra. Ace actor Rao Ramesh stunned in the role of KVP and showcases how he used to be omnipresent (actually physically present) in every single move of YS Rajasekhar Reddy. Rao Ramesh excelled in this character with minimum dialogues and maximum expressions as he portrayed a stunner.

And there comes V Hanumantha Rao, whose name is not even used in the film but the mimics and antics put by actor Thotapalli Madhu (former writer) have thrown a comic surprise. While the character hasn’t thrown big light into politics done by this Congress leader, but it has shown how he used to feel jealous of YSR’s rise.

These two characters are surely driving masses crazy in theatres.

In recent times, the way Dil Raju’s films and his predictions are faring, are surely surprising everyone. After scoring super success with F2, he is now saying that Maharshi is going to be a stunner. But here is the real surprise from him.

Generally, big heroes complete the dubbing work of their films just 15 days prior to the release. And also the dubbing related to other artists will also start just 15 days ahead of it. So we could say that only 1 month before the release of a big film, the dubbing part of post-production actually commences.

But Dil Raju has surprised many as he held the dubbing pooja of “Maharshi” couple of days ago at Prasad Labs. With the film set for April 25th release, the dubbing work has started almost 3 months in advance we have to say. One wonders why Raju started this work so early.

Many say that Raju is pretty confident of Maharshi and he wants to wrap all the works of this movie very early and then focus huge on promotions. Or he wants to move to his other productions like 96 remake and hence this hurry.

Yatra, the keenly awaited film showcasing former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s historical Padayatra, released yesterday. While the film received average reviews from critics, YSR fans and YSRCP cadres have patronized it big time.

On day one, Yatra registered average collections at the box office in both the Telugu speaking states. The film’s day 1 total share is Rs.2.26 crores, and it needs to perform exceedingly well over the weekend.

Below are Yatra’s areawise AP and Telangana day 1 share:

Nizam – 0.62 Cr

Ceded – 0.42 Cr

Nellore – 0.17 Cr

Guntur – 0.46 Cr

Krishna – 0.19 Cr

West – 0.16 Cr

East – 0.10 Cr

Uttarandhra – 0.14 Cr

Day 1 Total AP & TS Share – Rs. 2.26 Cr.

After working with Kollywood star Ajith for back to back movies like Veeram, Vedhalam, Vivegam and Viswasam, director Siva is planning to switch gears and try a film in Telugu. According to our reports, the filmmaker is likely begin groundwork soon.

The director’s association with Telugu industry goes a long way back. He collaborated with star heroes like Gopichand for Souryam and Ravi Teja for Daruvu. While Souryam became a super hit, Daruvu ended up as a disaster at the box-office. Later, he did not make an attempt to work in Tollywood as he became highly busy with Ajith films in Tamil.

To the insiders in TFI, Siva has reportedly made it clear that he would make his next directorial venture in Telugu and working on a suitable subject. The sources add that he is looking for a star actor in Telugu. If he can convince a star actor in Telugu, it is going to quite easy for the director to make it a bilingual considering his previous track record there.

Siva was successful by delivering a commercial hits and he also was praised for showing Ajith in salt and pepper look. His first collaboration with Ajith, Veeram, was later remade into Telugu with Powerstar Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Haasan as Katamarayudu. Let us wait and see which actor in Telugu will get convinced with Siva’s script.