Fretting some of his party men and some detractors, Andhra Pradesh’s opposition leader YS Jagan is still walking roads with a hope to find CM’s chair someday. While this is a political happening, on the other side director Mahi V Raghav is trying to bring Jagan’s father late CM YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s life to the silver screen.

“Yaatra” is a big movie in itself provided with the fact that it is going to showcase YSR’s Paada Yaatra which led to Congress party into ruling in 2004 general elections. Back then, Telugu people who voted to Congress doesn’t know much about his son YS Jagan, but political circles know a lot about him. So what is going to be shown about him on the screen?

Actually, the team of “Yaatra” is said to be struggling to find a hero to play Jagan on the screen. As Mammootty is playing YSR, he’s said to be laying conditions about the hero who will be picked for the role. With him not giving scope to select big names like Surya and other star heroes, now director Mahi is said to have taken a strong call.

There will be not much role of YS Jagan in the film and his character will be almost ignored, say reports, coming from Yaatra unit. That’s a big shocker for sure but Jagan’s millions of fans will be disappointed to see that their favourite leader will not be inside the movie. And the more the film talks about YSR, the more Congress might walk with the honours.

Films of even big Telugu star heroes got postponed with producer unable to clear the finances and settle dues of all the parties involved in the production of the film. And there are some heroes who have given up their pending remuneration for the safe release of their movies. Here is a hero who spent extra from his pocket.

Though general public and other celebs on twitter are able to see only those positive reviews and word of appreciation for “96”, the film’s release became pretty tough. At a time when the producer of this film failed to clear the 4 crores finance, hero Vijay Sethupathi has come forward to clear it off.

Vijay hasn’t just poured money, but he sat at the lab throughout day and night to ensure that the film will be released without any fail. Which hero these days is going to a lab to take care of his film’s release?

Giving a sigh of relief to all these tough moments, the film got acclaim from audiences and critics alike. Featuring Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha Krishnan in the leads, 96 is directed by C Prem Kumar.

Jr NTR who is gearing up for Aravinda Sametha has given interviews to the media and here is what he says.

Penimiti song has gone viral. How mentally are you attached to it?

Shockingly, I shot for the song after my dad passed away. After listening to it, I have seen my mother crying. She and I have become stronger mentally after dad has passed away. The situation our family is, we could relate more to the song. My mother is devastated. Not just we, but every man and woman can relate to the song.

Have you personally changed a lot after Aravinda Sametha?

I changed right at that moment when the story was narrated to me. The characters of the film have changed me a lot. It’s a good change and people around me are happy with it.

When is Rajamouli’s film going on floors?

I don’t have any idea. We are still prepping up for it and hopefully, it has go on floors soon. It will definitely be a pan India project and I am excited about it.

What about other projects?

I don’t have anything on mind currently. The Rajamouli’s is already known and there is one with Vyjayanthi Movies, which is said to be with Atlee, but is not confirmed yet. Nothing else is in cards.

Would you like to be part of webseries?

I definitely would like to be if I am offered. I just want to do it to see how it will be. I haven’t been approached by anyone yet. Let’s see if I get any.

‘Bommarillu’ movie is all about a son not willing to walk in the path crafted by his father and coming out of the cocoon to make the world hear about his own choices. What will it be like if this happens in the real life, that too of a star heroine?

It’s none other than beautiful lady Shruti Haasan who has worked almost all the top stars of Telugu Film Industry in no time including that of Pawan, Mahesh, Charan, NTR and others. While it’s not her father who forced her to become an actress, but here it looks like ‘society’ has forced her to become an actress.

Of late, Shruti kept herself away from the arc lights and is not in a mood to sign any star, no matter how big a film it is. She’s busy writing lyrics for songs, composing music and collaborating with other technicians to release her own album of songs. Who would like to quit their career at the top of the game, if not Shruti? That is reminding many of Bommarillu movie and guess what, the hero in that film is none other than Shruti’s former boyfriend.

Shruti is now collaborating with popular indie-electronic music creator Nucleya and writing-singing a song for his upcoming album. She will be giving some live music performances in London as well, very soon.