Apparently this talk of ‘black money’ always clouds around some big ventures in film industry. And some say that, few people intentionally pour money to get a film of their choice. Back then, when the movie “Rakta Charitra” came up, similar rumours were heard.

It was said during Rakta Charitra times that director-producer Ram Gopal Varma has got huge financial funding to make this film. Then when Rakta Charitra 2 released, showcasing that even the character of Surya (who played the rumoured Maddelacheruvu Suri) is a heroic one, there were doubts that the slain factionist might have funded the film.

And now, with Varma announcing that he is making “Lakshmi’s NTR”, there is a buzz as usual that he’s getting some black money as a funding. But one wonders who will be the benefactors if they fund to make this film? There are two theroies then. Either Lakshmi Parvathi should fund it for her own benefits, or some detractors of Chandrababu Naidu should provide the unseen financial support to make sure that the AP CM gets tarnished inside the film.

Sources close to Ram Gopal Varma however condemned all these rumours saying that they are genuinely making a biopic on NTR focusing on the period where he’s with Lakshmi Parvathi.

Shooting of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s latest movie “Sye Raa” is going on in Georgia where director Surender Reddy and his team are filming the massive climax war sequence. And here is an interesting snippet coming all the way.

Things are different if Megastar is shooting in Hyderabad at the specially erected sets of Sye Raa in Kokapet area. There will be huge security deployed, not even some fans are allowed to go inside and forget about getting a selfie with the matinee idol. But it looks like Georgia has something to offer.

Many mega fans who are working and living in Europe are said to be reaching Georgia now to hang out at Sye Raa sets. Especially the ones from Belgium and Germany are said to be flying there and to their biggest happiness, actually, Megastar Chiru is meeting and posing with them.

While Chiru might have objected to photographs in Hyderabad fearing that his look might get leaked, but back in Georgia, he’s not against the proposal. We’re seeing so many fans with million dollar smiles for that mega picture.

Ram Pothineni feels that his fans are used to his lover boy image and the mass roles he did earlier to it. The actor is trial of trying his luck with films in different genres and said that he is looking forward for such project that would excite the actor in him. During the promotions of his upcoming film Hello Guru Premakosame, the actor spoke more about the film.

When asked to justify the title, the actor said, “Whatever I do or go through, in this film, it is only to earn the love of the girl. It is a beautiful love story to which all of us can connect to. I have loved it and hope even the audience would like to. Trinadha Rao has directed the film very well and is different from the other film he has directed till now.”

Anupama and Ram have previously paired for Unnadi Okate Zindagi and they looked good on screen. When asked about how working with her again was, Ram said that Anupama was a hardworking person. He also said, “Seeing me as Abhiraam in the previous film and the transformation I went through for this film, she was shocked. We always had fun on sets.”

Asked about what his upcoming films are, the actor said that nothing is fixed yet and that he is still in the talks with few directors.

From a time we have already revealed that director Sukumar is doing extensive research to come up with a sensational story for Superstar Mahesh. Though there are rumours here and now that the project is getting delayed, a buzz revealed that the Rangasthalam director is carving a never before kind of story.

As the film Rangasthalam got super successful, director Sukumar is said to be researching more on vintage backdrops and old stories. In that process, he’s said to have found a story of a Telangana warrior who has fought against the Nizam in the 1900s. As vintage films are the flavour of the season, with the likes of Megastar’s Sye Raa, Prabhas-RK film and others turning up seem like Sukku is bitten by that bug again.

Mahesh is said to have liked the story and he asked Sukumar to develop the complete sketch of his character, a source said. It will be interesting to see Mahesh uttering Telangana dialect now in case if this story materialises into a film. That said, is the star hero taken over by Arjun Reddy influence is something we have to see.

Currently enjoying his short vacation in Germany with wife and kids, Mahesh will be soon coming back to India to wrap “Maharshi” being directed by Vamsi Paidipally.

Why did Sri Reddy lose credibility after creating such a huge movement against sexual harassment in Tollywood?Because she went back on her statements several times, she indulged many frivolous acts, and backtracked on the allegations she made. She never was consistent in her stance.

Sri Reddy has proved her perky character again. Sometime ago, she made allegations against actor and director Raghava Lawrence that she “used” her promising a role but never gave her the chance. She taunted him with several Facebook posts for days.

Sri Reddy now claims that she met Raghava Lawrence at home and she is impressed with his great work.

She reportedly got a role in Lawrence’s next film. So, all is well between them now. All that allegations and accusations have gone in thin air!

She posted: “Good news for all of my frds that I met Lawrence garu @his home,he recieved me in a very nice way..saw many of the kids over there,they are really happy wt him..they prayed for me..I gave an audition, he took me into his next film,he promised me and confirmed a good role,got an advance too..i am sharing this amount to srikakulam people who suffered by cyclone.”

Vaani Kapoor is not a well known face down South, but she has done a movie called Aaha Kalyanam with Nani.

The disastrous performance of the film didn’t let Vaani to make a mark in South cinema industry. However, she got her due in Bollywood with movies like Shuddh Desi Romance and Befikre.

Vaani has gone from fab to fit for Befikre that has set temperatures soaring. Her sexy body and sizzling dance moves in Nashe si Chadh Gayi song from Befikre made it one of the most popular songs on YouTube.

Vaani loves to be fit and hits the gym regularly. She also motivates her followers by posting sexy pictures of her gym routine.

2018 has been a bad year for Nani as far as movies concerned as his two releases “Krishnarjuna Yuddham” and “Devadas” have flopped.His maiden TV stint was successful though. Despite controversies, Nani proved his mettle as host of “Bigg Boss 2”.

Now he has moved on to his next film titled “Jersey”, and with this he is planning to reverse the fortunes and come back on the path of success.In this movie, he plays the role of a cricketer. He underwent training to look like a professional cricketer.

The film was launched. Shraddha Srinath of Kannada “U Turn” is debuting as heroine opposite Nani in this film.Nani has also agreed to do two more films next year. One will be in the direction of Chandrasekhar Yeleti.

Dil Raju bought the Nizam rights of Aravinda Sametha for around Rs 17 crore and the films should break even. That is not his main problem.

Since this is a prestigious project for NTR and Trivikram, the collections have to cross the Rs 20 crore mark at least, especially considering that the recent release Geeta Govindam managed to collect around Rs 23 crore.

In fact, the share was declared as Rs 21 crore because of pressure from the mega-camp and neither the 50 days gross revenues nor share of Geeta Govindam was officially released.

On Tuesday, Aravinda hardly collected Rs 80 lakh in Nizam. In a bid to shore up the revenues, around 200 tickets are being cut per show in main theatres and added to the daily collection reports (DCR) of the film.

Fans are purchasing these tickets where possible and otherwise, the revenue is just being added to the DCR. This way, there will be no complaint of fake revenues either.

Ultimately, the pressure of creating milestones for heroes is leading to all kinds of unhealthy practices.