Ram Gopal Varma is presenting Bhairava Geetha, which is releasing on December 7 and the director was in town to promote the film and here is what he said about his upcoming films. Directed by Siddharth Thatholu, the film has Dhanunjay and Irra Mor in lead roles.

You usually don’t praise anyone. But why were you all in praises for Siddharth?

Siddharth brought the script to an experienced director like me and I will have a certain idea on how the shot or the scene is going to be pictured. But his work has reached above my expectations and so, it is obvious that he will be praised. That is the only reason I appreciated Siddharth during the pre-release function.

You have said so many times that you want to direct biopic of NTR. What happened ?

That topic never went into discussions with Balakrishna and he neither spoke to me about the film. They had their own ideas about the biopic. But I always had one, and it was more about the darker part of NTR’s life and his relationship with Lakshmi Parvathi. That is what I am going to show now in Lakshmi’s NTR. Even after announcing this film too, Balakrishna never spoke to me.

Lakshmi Parvathi asked you to show the script, right? So did you do that?

I asked her to let me to do the film if she believes in me. I told her that I may even change the script later, to which even she had nothing to say. So she has to believe me when I have taken the responsibility of showing the truth.

Are you intentionally releasing the film with NTR biopic?

It wasn’t planned. The film will be over by then and I want to release it. I have no choice (laughs). I am not here to hurt anyone’s feeling I am here to make film and I will be doing it. Nobody can stop me from releasing the film and I am not afraid of anyone.

Natural Star Nani who has had a couple of setbacks in this year with Krishnarjuna Yuddham and Devadas is hoping to bounce back with his Jersey, a sports drama. Nani will be teaming up with Vikram Kumar for his next film.

Vikram Kumar who has made movies like Manam, 24, Ishq and Hello has reportedly come up with another innovative story idea that is instantly liked by Nani.

While Nani is busy in wrapping up his balance work for Jersey, director Vikram Kumar is signing up top technicians for the film.

Anirudh Ravichander who is scoring music for Jersey will be repeated for Nani-Vikram’s film. Ace cinematographer PC Sreeram will be handling the camera.

Mythri Movie Makers is bankrolling the film that is likely to be launched in January. Stay tuned for further details on this interesting project.

Jodhpur: Actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas are now husband and wife as they had their Catholic wedding at the Umaid Bhawan Palace here.

According to people.com, the groom’s father, Paul Kevin Jonas Sr officiated Saturday’s Christian ceremony, where the couple exchanged wedding bands by famed jeweller Chopard.

On Sunday, the bride and groom will continue their epic wedding weekend with a Hindu ceremony.

“It is super important to Priyanka to have an Indian ceremony that honours her heritage and culture, just as it’s important to also have a Western ceremony that honours Nick’s Christian upbringing,” a source told people.com earlier this week.

Priyanka, 36, was a glowing bride in a custom made Ralph Lauren wedding gown, and Jonas, too, wore Ralph Lauren. In fact, so did both families, all of the bridesmaids, and all of the groomsmen who included Priyanka’s brother Siddharth and Nick’s three brothers, Joe, Kevin and Frankie.

Ralph Lauren is an important designer to the couple not only because he is a close friend of the actress but also because she and Nick, 26, both rocked Ralph Lauren Collection at the 2017 Met Gala, which took place one week after their unofficial first date.

Ahead of their big weekend, the couple celebrated Thanksgiving in India together. Days later, they held a puja ceremony at Priyanka’s mother Madhu Chopra’s house in Mumbai to spiritually celebrate the upcoming event.

Weeks beforehand, Priyanka celebrated her bachelorette party in Amsterdam and had a bridal shower in New York City.

The couple first began talking in 2016 via Twitter, and met in person for the first time at a party for the Academy Awards in 2017.

Amidst constant opinions about the dull promotions, the makers of Ram Charan and Boyapati Srinu’s Sankranthi entertainer ‘Vinaya Vidheya Rama’ released the film’s striking first look and the action packed teaser a few weeks back. Charan looked at his massy best in the teaser.

And now, VVR’s team is going to release the film’s first single ‘Thandaane Thandaane’ on the 3rd of December at 4 PM. Interestingly, this song, composed by DSP, will be high on family emotions. VVR’s team unveiled a pleasant poster to announce the song’s release. In the poster, Charan is seen having a fun time, as he’s surrounded by four young women who play his sisters-in-law.

The regular shooting for Vinaya Vidheya Rama is nearing completion, as only a couple of songs are left to be shot. Kiara Advani is the leading lady in RRR and DVV Danayya is producing the film. The film will lock horns at the box office with the Sankranthi biggies like NTR Kathanayakudu, F2 and Rajini’s Petta.

For acting in that small yet impactful role of a widow in Mirchi movie, small time actress Madhavi has shot to immense fame. Since then she is getting some interesting roles in big films and even big heroes are encouraging their directors to bring her for crucial roles.

Madhavi is actually a soft-skills trainer, who works with many colleges, teaching the students, and took up acting as a part-time thing. She has acted in many films, but of late she is said to be little choosy. And finally, a most awaited opportunity knocked her doors.

While she was supposed to play the mother of Jr NTR in Jai Lava Kusa, she was replaced in the last minute. And now, she got a call from another Nandamuri hero, none other than Balayya, for NTR biopic. She will be playing the role of politician Nannapaneni Rajakumari on the silver screen. Hope this will give a much needed spin to Madhavi’s career in Tollywood.

Coming to Nannapaneni, she is the popular Andhra Pradesh politician who entered into politics when NTR announced his political debut. She traveled with Congress and TDP in her lifetime and got a name for herself.

With 2.O giving only simple competition, there is a new sense of energy filled in the hearts of those films that are hitting cinemas on December 7th. Guess what, the game is among themselves now and everyone wants to score big.

In a bid to cash on this date, as other Fridays of December are quite busy, as many as five films are hitting on the screens on 7th. Among all of them, the trailer of Sumanth’s Subramanyapuram has created some interest, though it resembles of earlier thriller hit Karthikeya in some ways. And then, RGV’s Bhairavageetha is made to make news as the maverick director promoted it big time. That said, the hot adult romance in the trailer is catchy for masses.

And we have Bellamkonda Srinivas’ hyped action film Kavacham, which is hitting screens on that day. The presence of big starlet like Kajal is a great attraction for this movie. Also, milky siren Tamanna’s latest love story with Sundeep Kishan, Next Enti, has attracted youths for its visuals.

Along with these films, some other small films like Husharu that is a bit of adult comedy and Subhalekulu which happens to be a matured drama, are competing at the box office this Friday. We have to see who will score as the ‘game is on’.

The Telugu and Hindi versions of Rajinikanth and Shankar’s ‘2.0’ are holding well at box-office. In AP and Telangana, the movie is performing on steady manner.

On its second day, ‘2.0’ has raked in Rs 6.20 Cr from Telugu states. Its cumulative share now stands at Rs 18.76 Cr.

All – India (Hindi)

Thursday – Rs 20.25 Cr
Friday – Rs 18 Cr
TOTAL – Rs 38.25 Cr

The film’s Hindi version too had a good second day as it collected around Rs 18 Cr nett taking its total nett to Rs 38 Cr for two days. The total amount is for all-India.

2.0- AP and TS – Two days Collection

Nizam – 7.42
Ceded – 2.92
UA – 2.46
Guntur – 1.48
Krishna – 1.06
East – 1.44
West – 1.04
Nellr – 0.94

Total 18.76 Cr

Tollywood hasn’t registered single hit film in September and October in spite of big movies like Aravindha Sametha, Devadas, Shailaja Reddy Alludu and NOTA hitting the screens.

November, which is usually considered as a dull month for Telugu cinema box office has done better compared to previous months.

Dubbed film Sarkar turned out to be a decent hit in Telugu. It has become the first ever hit for Tamil superstar Vijay. Political backdrop and Murugadoss factor helped Sarkar to fetch decent openings and the film capitalized on it to go past the breakeven mark.

Vijay Deverakonda’s long delayed horror comedy Taxiwala has become a hit against all odds. Despite the leakages and low buzz, Taxiwala managed to collect more than Rs. 20 crore share, which is almost triple its making costs. The film’s success cannot be compared to Geetha Govindam or Arjun Reddy, but it is a blockbuster nevertheless.

Much awaited high budget visual extravaganza 2.0 opened well in spite of releasing during off season. The film has generated good word of mouth and the buyers are hoping that it would hold well for few weeks to be a successful venture.

Mythri Movie Makers got rude shock in November with two of their movies Savyasachi and Amar Akbar Anthony ending up as disasters. The latter has put a huge dent in Raviteja’s market and has put director Sreenu Vaitla in a terrible spot.

Films like Adhugo, 24 Kisses, Rangu etc. were total washouts.