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US: Aravindha Sametha at All-Time 10th Place
NTR and Trivikram’s “Aravindha Sametha” has finally entered into the list of all-time highest grossing Telugu movies.The film now stands at 10th place in the list of all-time top hits at USA box-office crossing the lifetime gross of “Fidaa”.
The film opened to terrific collections on premier day, but it didn’t maintain the same momentum.It came crashing down in the second week. But luckily, it posted good numbers the the other day to secure 10th position.
This is NTR’s second $2 million movie after “Nannaku Prematho” and for Trivikram this is third $2 million movie after “A Aa”, “Agnyaathavasi”.
1. Baahubali 2 – $20 million
2. Baahubali – $6.99 million
3. Rangasthalam – $3.51 million
4. Bharat Ane Nenu – $3.46 million
5. Srimanthudu – $2.89 million
6. #Mahanati – $2.54 million
7. Geetha Govindam – $2.46 million
8. A Aa – $2.45 million
9. Khaidi No 150 – $2.44 million
10. Aravindha Sametha – 2.08 million
Telugu Fastest Growing Language In US
Washington: Telugu is the fastest growing language in the US, says a study by an American think tank.The number of US residents speaking Telugu rose by 86 per cent between 2010 and 2017, according to an online video by the World Economic Forum.
But Telugu, the fourth most spoken language in India, is still outside the top 20 of the most widely-spoken languages other than English in the US, reports the BBC.The video referred to a study by the US-based Centre for Immigration, which analysed census data to look at the pace at which languages were being spoken in America.
The study on languages spoken in the US used data from the American Community Survey and compared the number of people who said they spoke a language other than English at home in 2010 and 2017, the BBC said.Last year there were more than 400,000 Telugu speakers in the US – nearly double the number in 2010. Out of the top 10 fastest-growing languages in America, seven are from South Asia.
The rise of Telugu was connected to the links forged between Hyderabad and the US engineering and technology industries, Prasad Kunisetty, founder of the Telugu People Foundation, a non-profit organisation in the US, was quoted as saying.
The rapid growth of IT in the mid-1990s led to a huge demand for software engineers, he said.Many were recruited from Hyderabad, which sends students to the US in large numbers.Down the years, Telugu-speaking Americans have continued to hire software engineers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the BBC said.Notable US-based Telugu speakers include the first Indian-American Miss America Nina Davuluri and the current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Of the more than 60 million people that speak a language other than English out of the total population of about 320 million, the vast majority speak Spanish.Out of the most commonly spoken South Asian languages, Hindi is first, followed by Urdu, Gujarati and then Telugu.
Richa To Belly Dance For Shakeela Biopic
Actress Richa Chadha is working on her belly dancing skills for a special promotional song for a biopic on south Indian glamour actress Shakeela.
Richa plays the titular role in the movie, directed by Indrajit Lankesk. She is training under the guidance of Mumbai-based belly dancing instructor Shaina Lebana.
Richa has been taking lessons from Shaina on belly dance for the past three weeks and will be training for some more weeks.
“The song that I’m learning belly dancing for will be a part of the promotions of the film. I have always loved learning newer forms of dance. Belly dancing is not only very attractive and graceful but is also a very tough dance form to learn and adapt,” Richa said in a statement.
This is not the first time Richa has attempted the dance form. She used to take belly dance tutorials three years ago.
Pic: Rajamouli Begins Working on NTR’s Look
Top director S S Rajamouli has silently begun work for his next massive movie “RRR” featuring NTR and Ram Charan in the lead roles.He is completely immersed with the pre-production work and is interacting with all the technicians.
He has also designed special looks and getups for NTR and Ram Charan. Since NTR is now free of all his movie commitments, Rajamouli has begun working on the look of NTR and he is now interacting with NTR’s personal trainer Lloyd Stevens.
Lloyd Stevens trained NTR in achieving six-pack abs for “Aravindha Sametha” and he will now be changing NTR’s body as per Rajamouli’s vision. Buzz is that NTR will look like one of Aamir Khan’s recent getups in the film.
Lloyd Stevens tweeted, “Great to meet up with Legendary Director @ssrajamouli Sir to discuss @tarak9999 next look for @RRRMovie Movie … VERY excited about this one … watch this space.”“RRR” is to be made with whopping budget of Rs 300 cr with NTR and Ram Charan playing two vastly different characters.
Female cast is yet to be finalized. The movie is produced by DVV Danayya.
Jagan Banking On Neither Pawan Nor Kapus
Frantic efforts are underway behind the scenes to eke out some sort of an alliance between YSRCP and the Jana Sena. But the final stumbling block can well prove to be YS Jagan Mohan Reddy himself.
Post-bifurcation, the Kapu community which is the largest in Andhra Pradesh now voted for the TDP thanks to the campaigning by Pawan Kalyan.
It resulted in the 2% vote-share difference between TDP/BJP combine and the YSRCP ultimately elevating Naidu to the post of CM.
One would have thought that given the debacle in 2014, YS Jagan would make all-out efforts to woo the Kapu community. The reality however seem to be completely different.
YS Jagan believes that the Kapus who voted for the TDP in 2014 will sail with Jana Sena now and as such, he does not feel the need to make any special overtures to them.
In fact, he had also ruled out providing reservation to them saying it did not come within the scope of the State government.
Meanwhile, the BCs who are vehemently opposed to reservations for Kapus are delighted with YS Jagan’s announcement and all set to back the YSRCP to the hilt.
The YSRCP drew a blank in the Godavari districts, the stronghold of the Kapus in 2014 and yet, YS Jagan is more than confident that anti-incumbency, the disastrous administration of the TDP and the BCs and other forward castes, notable the Brahmins, Vaishyas and Rajus who sailed with the TDP in 2014 and who are now firmly behind him, are enough to catapult him to the CM’s chair.
Will Jagan stand vindicated in his decision? We shall know in 2019.
Not A Word About Tarak: Balakrishna Disappoints Fans
Nandamuri fans were super excited to know that Balakrishna will be attending the success event of Aravindha Sametha as the Chief Guest.It has been a long time since Balakrishna and NTR shared the stage. Therefore, fans waited for this moment with lot of excitement.
Tarak fans wanted to listen about Tarak’s performance and rise as an actor in Balakrishna’s words.However, Balakrishna chose not speak about Jr. NTR at the success event. In fact he had mentioned Jr. NTR’s name only while talking about Thaman’s music.“Tarak and I usually do larger than life characters. It is not easy to score music for such films,” Balakrishna said.
He didn’t talk anything except that about NTR while he spoke at length about the technicians and even the heroine Pooja Hegde.Balakrishna said he couldn’t watch the film as he was busy with NTR biopic. Balakrishna talked a lot about late Harikrishna though.Despite knowing that fans would wait for him to talk about Jr. NTR, the Gautamiputra Satakarni actor didn’t mention about Young Tiger.
But Tarak has thanked Balakrishna for attending the event and said that he has come to this success celebration in his father’s place.It would have been nice if Balakrishna put his egos aside and made it a memorable event for Tarak and all Nandamuri fans.
Top 5: Fruitful Weekend For Dussera Films
1) Hello Guru Prema Kosame: Ram’s romantic comedy has generated average to decent word of mouth on its first day and enjoyed a pretty good first weekend at the box office.
Festive crowds have lapped up this film laced with good humor and performances.
However, the real test will begin from Monday as the film still needs to go a fair distance to be a safe venture.
2) Aravindha Sametha: As expected, the season’s biggie Aravindha Sametha Veera Raghava did well during the Dussera weekend.
It has done pretty well from Friday through Sunday and is inching towards the breakeven mark.
Bloated box office numbers aside, the film will need steady run for another week or two to be a profitable one for its buyers.
3) Pandem Kodi 2: True blue mass film Pandem Kodi 2 has had a solid first weekend on a whole. It has held well despite competition.
B and C centers audiences have been its main income source.
4) Badhaai Ho: Ayushman Khurana is on a roll. After scoring a super hit with previous film Andhadhun, he has delivered yet another super hit comedy entertainer with Badhaai Ho.
He has scored back to back hits within a span of two weeks!
5) Andhadhun: Sriram Raghavan’s thriller comedy has been holding pretty well across the plexes.
The film is still getting a decent share of shows in Hyderabad multiplexes in spite of numerous new releases.
Manchu Manoj Bids Bye to Films!
Is Manchu Manoj putting a full stop to his acting career? In a sudden surprise, the actor has announced that he is leaving for Tirupathi to stay there for some months.
He would begin his journey from there. It is clear that he has set his eyes on politics. He will not be doing movies now on.
He had many flops in recent times and his career is not growing further. Probably this made him to look for another career.
In a letter shared by Manoj on social media, he said that he is seeking inner peace.
“One has to stop running for a while. To find purpose, today or tomorrow, everyone has to get out of the river to find direction,” he said in a statement.
“Everything I did for my satisfaction and for happiness of people around… And then I stopped running and stayed to think about what really makes me happy and gives me peace… And I found my inner peace in TIRUPATHI… Now I wish to start something from Tirupathi and spread it across the globe… something there which would help the youth. So have decided to shift to Tirupathi for few months.” He announced that he is making temple city of Tirupathi his base henceforth.
However, he asked all not to speculate about his political and movie career.
“Now please don’t draw any conclusions about my film career or political career. My passion for films is never ending… My thirst to do different roles can never die. I am embarking on my new journey, where the destination is the journey,” he further tweeted.
