Megastar’s family always will be the first in extending helping hand whenever a disaster strikes.Chiranjeevi and Charan donated Rs. 25 lakh each to Kerala CM’s relief fund while Upasana Konidela donated Rs. 10 lakh worth medicines.Chiranjeevi’s mother Anjana Devi donated Rs. 1 lakh for the relief of flood victims.

The floods in Kerala have claimed many lives and also destroyed houses and other public facilities across the state.Many Telugu cinema celebrities are leading by example by donating big amounts for the flood victims.

Allu Arjun who has a great fan following in Kerala state has donated Rs. 25 lakh after he came to know about the news.Many other celebs from T town have come forward to help the flood victims with their donations.

The trailer of ‘U Turn’ received praise for its intriguing plot and interesting suspense elements. It also showcased Samantha in different manner.For this, she got compliments. However, majority of netizens pointed out that her dubbing is not perfect.

Samantha who used to get her voice dubbed by Chinmayee has now started dubbing herself. In “Rangasthalam”, another dubbing artiste did lend her voice for Samantha.The actress who has now become kodalu of Akkineni family wants to use her own voice in Telugu henceforth.But she didn’t get the lines properly in the trailer. She spoke as if she is telling them forcibly. There is no natural accent. Samantha took note of criticism for her dubbing and has agreed to dub it perfectly for the movie.

She reportedly hired a person to teach her to mouth the Telugu dialogues and get the diction right.

The controversial Tollywood actress Sri Reddy was the biggest news grabber till the moment she abused Tollywood actor who turned politician Pawan Kalyan with vulgar words involving his mother. Later, Sri Reddy was sidelined from mainstream but she continued to make allegations on both Tollywood and Kollywood industry celebrities.

In a fresh round of attack, Sri Reddy took a crude dig at Pawan Kalyan by posting a photo of the actor where he wore a saree and tagged it as ‘PK ki baga istamaina get up..’ (PK’s favorite get up). Earlier this month, Sri Reddy invited wrath of Pawan fans by posting an incendiary photo of the Jana Sena founder along with six women who are involved in his personal and professional life. She added a comment to it – ‘Teluginti aadabiddallaraa…ithanu manaku avasaramaa?’ (Telugu women, do we need this person?)

She has been continuously targeting the actor with harsh comments and in the latest one, she crossed the limits with an intolerable post- certainly giving the fans an implication that she’s attacking Pawan with an hidden agenda and acting as a secret agent of the political firm in AP.By calling Andhra Pradesh opposition leader YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as ‘Anna’, Sri Reddy clearly hinted that she’s Jagan supporter.

Thanks to the blockbuster success of Geetha Govindam, Vijay Deverakonda is now next only to Nani among the mid range heroes. However, Vijay’s ever growing stardom is causing fresh troubles for his directors.

Vijay had signed Geetha Govindam and his upcoming experimental thriller ‘Taxiwaala’ even before he rose to stardom with Arjun Reddy. Director Parasuram had to tweak Geetha Govindam’s script a lot to suit Vijay’s newfound stardom.

Same with Taxiwaala’s director who has been reportedly reshooting the film and making a lot of changes according to Vijay’s star image although the principal shooting was completed long back.

And after Geetha Govindam’s success, the pressure is on Dear Comrade’s director to satisfy Vijay’s fans at the cost of his script. The same trend is expected to continue with all the movies Vijay is going to sign in future.

It’s unbelievable as ‘Geetha Govindam’ has collected a gross of Rs 37.45 crore in the first three days worldwide at the box office. These are quite stunning numbers which are on par with a big hero’s film.

‘Geetha Govindam’ has become the first film in Vijay Deverakonda’s career to collect Rs 10 crore from Nizam region and it might collect even more.

In overseas, the film is inching towards a million mark and Sunday might report packed houses.

Here are the (Gross) collections areas wise:

Nizam – Rs 10.40 crore

Ceded – Rs 4 crore

Vizag – Rs 3.12 crore

Krishna – Rs 2.10 crore

East Godavari – Rs 2.08 crore

West Godavari – Rs 1.90 crore

Guntur – Rs 1.90 crore

Nellore – Rs 0.90 crore

Total from AP & TS gross – Rs 26.40 crore

Overseas – Rs 5.65 crore

Karnataka – Rs 2.50 crore

Tamil Nadu – Rs 1.79 crore

Rest of India – Rs 1.11 crore

Grand Total(Gross) – Rs 37.45 crore

The first photo of Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas at what is supposedly their roka ceremony in Mumbai has been released by fan clubs. Priyanka and Nick are dressed in traditional Indian outfits – she in a chartreuse outfit, he in a white kurta pajama.

The roka was reportedly attended by Priyanka’s cousin Parineeti Chopra, who flew back to Mumbai from a shooting schedule, and other family and friends.Nick’s parents, Denise and Kevin Jonas, are in Mumbai for the festivities – it’s not clear who else is included in the ladkewale.

The roka will likely be followed by a party this evening – the guest list is expected to include Ranveer Singh, Karan Johar and other celebrities.All morning, the Chopra home in Mumbai has been the scene of frenzied activity with a priest pictured arriving as well as caterers.Parineeti Chopra, who accompanied Priyanka and Nick to Goa some months ago, was photographed at Mumbai airport earlier.

Last night, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas were pictured at dinner in a Mumbai hotel. Her mother and brother, Madhu and Siddharth Chopra, were with them.Nick and his parents flew into Mumbai on Thursday night and were received at the airport by Priyanka.Priyanka Chopra, 36, and Nick Jonas, 25, reportedly got engaged in London on her birthday last month. Nick is said to have proposed with a diamond ring from Tiffany.

With Pawan Kalyan changing his track and getting into politics, it is prince Mahesh who has now become the ‘pedda anna’ of sorts in the Telugu film industry.More or less, all other actors are younger in age to him and Mahesh too seems to have come out to do his bit for the industry.

Of course, one wonders if he is simply following the latest trend of watching all films, big or small, but he is nevertheless taking to social media and writing his opinion on all the films he is watching.In the past too, Mahesh would tweet if he liked a particular film or anything particular in a film. However, of late, he has made it his job to watch and mention the film in his social media interaction.

However, considering that Mahesh usually keeps to himself and does not praise easily, his new persona is indeed a surprise to all. More so, if a person like him has something nice to say about a small film, then it helps big time.

There was a time when megastar Chiranjeevi would do the same. He would watch films, call the unit, give them bouquets and appreciate their work during media interaction.Now, Mahesh too has taken upon himself to watch and then talk about films being made in Tollywood, which is a welcome move.