Chennai: This is not the first time actors are slammed for their onscreen portrayal of smoking cigarettes by politicians and self styled patrons of moral policing.It was Thalapathy Vijay’s cigarette clad first look of his recent film Sarkar which drew flakes from former union health minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss who called the gesture of Vijay ‘shameful’.

Dr Anbumani Ramadoss always raises voice for antismoking campaign and takes a dig at Rajini, Vijay and other mass heroes who glorify smoking on screen.Now, it seems it is the turn of his father and PMK party leader Dr S. Ramadoss who has criticised the first look poster of Vishal’s Ayogya which was released recently.In the poster the leggy actor is seen sitting on a police jeep with a beer bottle in his hand.

Dr Ramadoss took to his social media handle and in a series of tweets wrote: “The promo posters of Vishal film Ayogya featuring him with beer bottles should be removed immediately. What’s Vishal trying to imply through this poster? Being the secretary of Nadigar Sangam, I expect some kind of social responsibility from him”.

The politician added sarcastically , “I had earlier written to Vishal in his capacity as Nadigar Sangam secretary to ban smoking scenes from films. Now, I see him going one step ahead and flaunting a beer bottle. What a way to display his social responsibility!!!”

A remake of Tollywood hit Temper which featured Jr NTR in the lead, Ayogya directed by Venkat Mohan has Vishal essaying a ruthless cop with Raashi Khanna playing his romantic pair.

Equations in film industry change on day to day basis depending on the market of the hero. And when a hero is in top form, there will be cars lined up at his house, while no one enters even when gates are empty at a time he delivers only flops.

Then there is this curious case of Pawan Kalyan who is in the top of his form but suddenly altered his course to politics. By the time he wrapped Agnyaathavasi, somehow he took advance from the Mythri Movie Makers for a film. And as that film delayed, he moved to politics.

Though recently Mythri producers revealed that they will be making a film with Pawan after he finishes his general election related work, now that Powerstar has given on official statement that he is not coming back to films, what they will do is the question.

Will they ask Pawan to return their money?

With “Taxiwala” doing good at the box office, Vijay Devarkonda is now happily moving to his next project, whose shooting has already started. While he is busy giving best shots for Dear Comrade, here comes an interesting snippet.

Everyone knows the fact that Taxiwala got delayed for months due to some pending Visual effects work. Back then, many producers and other film industry members used to question hero Vijay’s father Govardhana Rao about the film’s release date and else. During that time, he used to say one particular line, says a source.

“I don’t know when the film will release. But whenever it releases, it will become a blockbuster. That’s completely content driven film” is what his father was used to tell. And now, we have to say that his prediction has come true, as the film is reaping profits for Geetha Arts and gang.

Actually, the Senior Devarakonda is the person who insisted on Vijay to pick up Pelli Choopulu movie when our hero thought that the script lacks no proper strength. And rest is history.

For a good film to succeed at the box office, not just talk and grand release, but also the timing of the release that is very important. Had recent biggie like Aravinda Sametha released in a non-holiday season, it would have become tough to make 80+ crores for sure.

If that is the situation of star heroes, then what is it about other upcoming heroes? Especially with Robo 2.0 releasing on November 29th, the next big date for Telugu films is December 21, where a slew of releases including Varun Tej’s Antariksham, Sharwanand’s Padi Padi Lechenu Manasu, Yaatra and Kannada star Yash’s KGF are hitting marquee that day. But here goes the master threat.

Just with the trailers, both the million dollar Hollywood movies Aquaman and Bumblebee became completely sought after films, and they are hitting cinemas on December 21st. Aquaman deals with the story of a kingdom that lives under the water, featuring Game Of Thrones actor Jason Momoa as that underwater prince, with fantastic visual effects as its core strength. Bumblebee is that comedy car (Autobot) from Transformers series, and now a whole new story is weaved around a small teen girl and this Autobot.

Actually, for Varun Tej and Sharwa, the major trump card is overseas box office, a lot of NRI Telugu audiences are eagerly waiting for a good Telugu movie from a time. As both these films are of different genres and feature good actors, surely they will be money spinners. But with Hollywood coming up with these massive entertainers, how far our guys could face the heat is the question.

That said, we have Shahrukh Khan’s Zero hitting cinemas on the very same day, so the box office is literally tight.

Multi-starrers are the flavor of the season and if reports are anything to go by, we have Natural Star Nani teaming up with another hero for another two-hero film. Though his recent outing DevaDas didn’t impress the audiences, he is keen on doing this multiple hero films.

Director Mohan Krishna Indraganti, who is running high on the success of Sammohanam, is said to be coming up with a breezy entertainer now. Being produced by Dil Raju, this film is likely to have Nikhil other than Nani.

Earlier this film was rumoured to be the multi-starrer featuring Nani and Sharwa, but now it has become a Nani-Nikhil film. Though there is no official confirmation regarding the same, we hear that Dil Raju is excited about this combo. And also with Nani and Indraganti delivering films like Ashta Chamma and Gentleman earlier, naturally there will be high expectations on their third outing.

Cut to other films, Nani’s next film is Jersey which will deal with cricket and love of a middle-class guy belonging to the 90s.

Films like NOTA and Taxiwaala have put Vijay Deverakonda under serious pressure as they released after he became a big star with Geetha Govindam.He committed to do these films prior to Geetha Govindam’s blockbuster success and they came out when his films are riding on very high expectations.

NOTA was an experimental kind of flick that has literally nil commercial elements and entertainment. It was a serious political drama made in Tamil and dubbed into Telugu.It was a blunder to release such film post Geetha Govindam and as expected the film tanked at the box office. And Taxiwaala is a low budget concept thriller that doesn’t require a star like Vijay Deverakonda.

Luckily, Taxiwaala didn’t do any damage to Vijay’s image and has become a box office success too. These are kind of backlogs for Vijay when he is on the rise. Now that these films are out of his way,Vijay can plan his future films according to his current stardom and expectations of fans.

His upcoming film Dear Comrade will take a while to finish. Apparently, there wouldn’t be any other releases for Vijay in 2019 besides Dear Comrade.

Wedding photos of Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are surely breaking the internet as the power couple got married in Italy. Without interruption from any media glare, the couple engaged in an intimate family affair.After the official pictures of their Konkani-Sindhi wedding, the couple has now shared official photos from the Sangeet-Mehendi ceremony which was on November 13.

Located in Italy’s Lake Como, the ceremony took place in Villa del Balbianello and Deepika most certainly looks radiant.While Ranveer and Deepika are donning in their wedding signature Sabyasachi outfits. A beaming Deepika is seen sitting on a couch with her hands in mehendi as a happy Ranveer is seen enjoying himself dancing against the sun.

The couple had arrived in Italy a few days before to start the preparations.The couple got married in a two-wedding ceremony. While the first day on November 14 they tied the knot in a Konkani ceremony, on November 15 they married in a traditional Sindhi ceremony.