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.

South Indian Superstar Rajnikanth had to face continuous underwhelming grossers right from the start of this decade. Kaala, Kabali ended up disasters but did make good numbers.2.0 did collect big but it did not make profits for distributors and Petta fell short in Tamil Nadu, due to Thala Ajith’s Viswasam, which became a big blockbuster.

Still, as the movie showed Vintage Rajni again, movie became a successful grosser but the distributor share in comparison to Viswasam is said to be less.Fans of both actors on social media and even the BO trackers, fighting about the collections. Rajni never had to see such a state after Baasha as Kamal took a different direction in filmmaking and Rajni increased his fame to newer heights.

As he wants to see that his next film will be a hit and profit gainer at the box office, he decided to reduce his remuneration and help, the producers, Lyca Productions to control the budget, it seems.Murgadoss will be directing Rajni and the movie is said to be a political drama, with a title, Narakkali!

SP Balasubramanyam, legendary singer of Indian Cinema, decided to vent out his anguish about certain things and he said that heroines are trying to attract producers by wearing revealing clothes.For this comment, Naga Babu reacted immediately and called him, indirectly, Orthodox Fool. He said that such people are as bad as terrorists.

Anasuya and Reshmi, the anchors of Jabardasth show, thanked Naga babu, for support and said that people shouldn’t see the dress but person behind those layers.Now, contrasting to them, Jayasudha commented, “In films, even I wore mini-skirts, skimpy clothes and Jayamalini did show a lot more but all that in films. Outside, we conducted ourselves better.

I wore sarees to events and Balu garu meant the same. He did not ask heroines to not wear what they like but asked them to keep the respect of the event. Few actresses trying to ape foreign culture so much that they say they are wearing designer clothes but don’t really cover themselves as they should!”

Well, the actresses are saying that elders should change with the time and trend!