Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is arguably one of the most prominent Indian actresses in Bollywood and one of the first to represent the country at the global platform.

In addition to have given captivating performances on screen, she has also been a regular red carpet celebrity at the Cannes Film Festivals, for which, she has an untiring fan base to this day.Be that as it may, one aspect of her life which fans have always been wanting more from is moments of her personal life.

For years, fans have wanted Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to have a presence on  social media to connect with her daily life in addition to her life on-screen and finally the Ae Dil Hai Mushkil actress gave in and made her Instagram debut.

“I didn’t want to join any kind of social media for the longest time because I felt it was a last race. Everyone was getting into it like it was some barometer of popularity and everyone wants to put everything out. It’s a constant energy drain.

At the same time, I’ve had so many well-wishers worldwide saying that they enjoyed the connect so they would be creating these sites. And, I think I just finally gave in, just to Instagram, because it’s easy and I’m just beginning and it’s going to be extremely slow. Hopefully steady, so let’s see,” Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Ever since then, she has posted pictures of herself, moments from the 71st Cannes Film Festival,  which she was attending recently and photos with her daughter Aaradhya.

However, now, the actress has posted a picture of her Lower KG days and we had a hard time spotting her.

Ram Charan is not very much active on social media, while his wife Upasana is very much active on Instagram. Upasana often enthralls mega fans with her pictures on her Insta account which had pics like the top trio NTR-Charan and Mahesh in one frame, or Tarak’s birthday celebrated by Charan and so on.

Hours back Upasana posted yet another picture of Ram Charan enjoying a calm and pleasant moment in the morning before a long hectic shooting day of RC12. Charan must be having his morning coffee in the tranquil mode, a beautiful click!

Even as the overseas rights of NTR-Trivikram’s Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava is yet to be closed, rumour mongers are busy spreading malicious propaganda on the film it seems. It is rumoured that the the film’s overseas theatrical rights along with two other films belonging to the same production house was sold for a meagre Rs 15.3 Crore. Now, this is raising several suspicions on the reports surrounding such rumours. Even anyone with basic knowledge on overseas trade would quash it as baseless since the overseas rights of NTR-Trivikram film alone would be more or less on par with it.

It is suspected that a conspiracy being chalked out to kill the overseas rights of Tarak-Trivikram’s film. Consider the below a few points that counter the rumours on Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava.

Although Trivikram Srinivas’ last outing Agnyaathavaasi was a disaster at the Box Office, the star director still enjoys good sway over the US and Overseas market. Given that his films in the past (including A..Aa) broke several records in the US and elsewhere in the overseas arena, still there is a huge craze for Trivikram’s film irrespective of the performance of his last film.

In fact, Trivikram’s collaboration with NTR who is on a success spree is a hot film for trade. Also considering that NTR’s immediate next would be a mega multi-starrer to be directed by Rajamouli which would take at least another 1.5 years to release, overseas buyers are said to be ready to stretch their budgets to bag NTR-Trivikram film.

On the other hand, the makers of NTR-Trivikram have two other good films – Maruthi-Naga Chaitanya film and Sharwanand-Sudheer Varma film – in the kitty. Maruthi’s Bhale Bhale Magadivoy had got success in the US and Overseas. Sharwa and Sudheer Varma too have decent following in the abroad. So, the makers are estimating that the overseas rights of the three films combine including NTR-Trivikram’s ASVR would be pegged not less than Rs 20 Crore to Rs 25 Crore. This is contrary to rumours that the overseas rights for all three films together was closed at meagre Rs 15 Crore.

For instance, consider Mahesh Babu who is the overseas king. Even after his Brahmotsavam and Spyder bombed, Mahesh and Koratala Siva’s Bharat Ane Nenu’s overseas rights have fetched a whopping Rs 18.2 Crore from the trade. Same is with Sukumar, notwithstanding the result of his One-Nenokkadine, the overseas business for Nannaku Prematho has earned good monies.

So, nonetheless NTR-Trivikram’s film alone would cost a chunk of the deal whereas the other two films – Chaitu and Sharwa – would get not less than 6-7 Crore for the whole overseas’ theatrical rights.

By and large, just one disaster of Trivikram can’t take away his huge market in overseas and especially when he is collaborating with a big star like NTR. Looks like, the final deal value would put a stop to all those ‘cheap’ propaganda surrounding Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava.

Ever since the striking first look of NTR from Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava is out, the look has become talking point for its classy title and massy first look. No doubt, the chiseled body of NTR with his six pack abs certainly taken fans by storm, but the critics have their own doubts over the look and title being different.

As we dug deeper into it, it is learnt that NTR was behind the look. NTR said to have enamoured by this stunning look of himself and wanted Trivikram and producer Radha Krishna to unveil this as the first look on the eve of his birthday. Since it’s NTR’s request and that too for his birthday, no one could say no.

Apparently, Tarak voted for this title and the makers have readily agreed for it. In fact, NTR has been taking special care on his 28th film. Be it the change of music director (Anirudh Ravichander) or replacement of heroine (Anu Emmanuel), several changes in the film’s crew were rumoured to be taken at the behest of NTR.

Even regarding the script, Tarak has taken ample time before finalizing the final draft. All these indicate that NTR is very conscious about the film and is leaving no leaf unturned to make his first film with Trivikram a remarkable one. Let’s hope so.

We have seen how the film crosses its boundaries from theaters to satellite to books to apps to merchandise to sarees and toys with “Bahubali”. Bahubali has become a phenomenal subject beyond a film.

Now the phenomenon seems to be happening only for Mahanati/ Nadigaiyar Tilagam after Bahubali. A popular facebook has introduced a playful app called “What is your role in Mahanati?”. This app is being circulated in a frenzy way with thousands of shares on social media. Interesting part is it is running both in Telugu and Tamil.

Well, the next in line for this film can be merchandise with 3D imaging toys of Keerthy Suresh as Mahanati and eventually the sarees with Mahanati pictures on them. Well, it is already stated that a book is also being planned to record every minute detail of the making of Mahanati.

It proved once again that people around own a super hit film once in a blue moon in such away that they breathe it, talk it and think it. This is Mahanati season now.

Yesterday was yet another forgettable day for Bollywood actress and Kings XI Punjab co-owner Preity Zinta. Her team exited even before reaching the playoffs in the ongoing IPL, after a defeat in the hands of Chennai Super Kings last night.

Kings XI Punjab was one of the prime contenders to secure a berth in the playoffs along with Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. In a deciding match, even Mumbai Indians lost it’s playoffs chances by losing to Delhi Daredevils.

But what provided unlimited entertainment to netizens across the country since last night is a video clip in which Preity was heard saying feebly, “I am just very happy that Mumbai is not going to the finals..Really happy.” Needless to say, the video went viral on social media and Preity has been trolled heavily ever since.

This morning, Preity had a Twitter chat with her followers. When a fan asked her if she really said what was being alleged, the actress further surprised everyone by saying, “Yes cuz that meant we have a Chance at the play offs ! Don’t know why people are saying Finals ! That’s so silly & I dont mind Mumbai or another IPL team except when they are playing or completing against us ! It’s natural in sport..specially during the knockout out stages..” Well, looks like Preity’s got nerves of steel.

Ever since director Kalyan Krishna has locked Raviteja for “Nela Ticket”, there is a buzz that the supposed film “Bangarraju” is getting made this way. But after watching the trailer of Mass Raja starrer, there came a clarity that Bangarraju is a different subject and this one is different.

During his recent interaction with media, Kalyan Krishna told that he will be working on Nagarjuna’s movie script once this film is released. True to that, his team is said to have started working on Bangarraju script such that the director will give another new narration to Nagarjuna to impress him. There starts the real deal, however.

In the recent times, films with unique content are scoring with audiences and a simple village drama might not work big time. Though Soggade Chinni Nayana worked out well, that happens only once in a decade. But now, if Nagarjuna and Kalyan want to immortalise the Bangarraju character, they should come up with strong script, characters and narrative too.

After watching some of the village dramas like Rangasthalam in the recent times, even Nagarjuna is looking forward to content-rich films. So that’s a daunting task for Kalyan Krishna ahead to carve a classic in the disguise of a masala entertainer.