For his grey-shaded performance in his super hit film “RX100”, young hero Karthikeya Reddy won immense attention and fame too. And now, he’s busy with movies like Hippy and others in his kitty. But here comes a twist.

Apparently, director Vikram K Kumar of Manam fame is looking forward to a handsome looking villain for his next featuring Nani in the lead. And when they knocked the doors of young hero Karthikeya, we hear that the response they got is epic.

With excitement and thrill, Karthikey is said to have got agreed to do the role, but currently, the whole details regarding this are kept under the wraps. Actually, the makers want to keep this as a surprise until the trailer of the film hits the marquee.

However, we have to see how far the RX100 guy will match to that of Nani in terms of performance to make sure that he stands out as a villain.

Having scored a blockbuster with ‘F2’ Mega Prince Varun Tej is quite relieved. In no time he went on to launch his next ‘Valmiki’ under the direction of Harish Shankar.

The regular shooting of the film is likely to commence from March and so Varun flew to the United States. The Mega hero is getting trained in boxing in Los Angeles but not sure whether it is for ‘Valmiki’ or any of his future projects.

In ‘Valmiki’ Varun is said to be essaying the role of a gangster and his role may not require a proper physique. There are unconfirmed reports that’s Varun will simultaneously work for one more project and this would be directed by Saagar K Chandra.

Keeping these rumours aside, Varun had worked a lot before ‘Tholiprema’ and is focusing on to attain a toned body. He surprise us with six pack abs which he did not do so far in front of the screen.

Mega brother Nagababu has become the fodder for critics after he started attacking Nandamuri Balakrishna for the latter’s absurd comments. Though one section of the audiences liked mega brother’s attack on Balayya, few felt that he is intentionally targeting the Nandamuri star to malign the chances of NTR movie at box office.

Though that attack sounded bit personal, now Nagababu is proving that he is not just limited to attacking Balayya. Wherever there is some issue or something that he feels unjust, he is responding on it through his YouTube channel. Taking strongly on YS Jagan’s biryani remarks, crushing down SP Balu’s male chavunist attitude and reacting on ABN’s special programs on Nara Lokesh, the mega brother proved that he is literally at everything.

No doubt, by taking on every single person in the society from all forms of life, Nagababu is simply rising his credibility level pretty high. There should be someone with huge face value to question things that the common man would not be able to ask and Nagababu is doing that in a gentleman’s way.

However, his questioning should not be limited to just general elections as they are approaching fast. If he continues to do this even after the election, then his credibility will soar higher. Or if he comes up into Janasena party and stands as epitome as genuineness, then that will be another case.

Whatever it may be, you may love or hate Nagababu, but right now you can’t ignore his funny satires on politicians, actors, and situations.

In a rarest of rarity, Superstar Mahesh Babu’s fans will get a chance to see the wax statue of the actor that will be unveiled at Madame Tussauds, London. And they need not go anywhere to see this other than Mahesh’s very own AMB Cinemas. Here comes the snippet.

We hear that the wax statue of Mahesh was readied at Singapore and currently discussions are going on about the city in which the statue should be kept. While many Bollywood stars got their statues installed at Madame Tussauds, London, recently Prabhas wax statue was unveiled at Bangkok branch of this popular museum.

Anyway, the statue will be flown to Hyderabad from Singapore and it will be erected at AMB Cinemas for a day or two, reveals sources. Later the statue is most likely to be taken to London for an exhibition.

With Mahesh’s statue coming to Hyderabad, fans are already getting ready to make a beeline to AMB Cinemas, to get a glimpse of it.

Back in 1998 when the film Tholiprema released, not just Pawan Kalyan but also the film’s heroine Keerthi Reddy became quite popular. And then she went on to star in half a dozen other films in various languages.

But after 2004 Mahesh Babu starrer Arjun, where she played his sister, the actress is out of the scene all of a sudden. And now in 2019, she was spotted at a fashion event other day in Hyderabad by shutterbugs. Carrying that grace and style as usual, Keerthi looked like a perfect lady waiting for her comeback into Telugu films.

Actually, in 2004 she got married to Akkineni’s grandson, hero Sumanth and later the couple divorced. Later she remarried and settled in Bangalore (and the USA for a short time), and had two sons as well. Whether Keerthi is not looking for a comeback or not, she happens to be in Hyderabad regularly with all of her relatives here.

That’s Tholiprema diva for you folks!

It’s been more than 3 weeks and there’s no stopping Uri: The Surgical Strike at the box office. This latest Bollywood action thriller based on Indian Army’s valiant surgical strike on Pakistani terror camps in 2016 is minting money at the ticket windows.

And here’s an unthinkable feat pulled off by Uri. On Saturday and Sunday, Uri collected Rs 6.53 crore and Rs 8.71 crore respectively and surpassed Baahubali 2’s third weekend collection of Rs 6.35 crore and Rs 7.80 crore. The fact that no other Bollywood biggie could beat Baahubali’s record so far speaks volumes about Uri’s stupendous performance.

Until Monday, Uri collected Rs 189.76 crore domestic nett. The film is having a good run at the box offices across India, and will enter the Rs 200 crore club by this weekend. This Vicky Kaushal starrer has been directed by Aditya Dhar and produced by Ronnie Screwvala.

‘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.