Taking up his film saga as one story and political journey as another part, Nandamuri Balakrishna is coming up with ‘Kathanayakudu’ and ‘Mahanayakudu’ that deal with the biopic of legendary NT Rama Rao. And here comes Ram Gopal Varma at it, giving announcements about his version of NTR biopic.

After cooling down for a while, and the fumes razed by ‘Officer’ failure forgotten, Ram Gopal Varma is back saying that he will be making a film on the life and times of NTR. He says that while Balayya’s film stops before Lakshmi Paravathi entered NTR’s life, while his film will start from there. Looks like the struggling maverick director locked a logic now.

In a statement, he revealed that ‘Lakshmi’s NTR’ will be launched on the eve of Vijayadashami next week and a press meet will be held on October 19th to reveal more details about the project. Also, Varma added that by end of January 2019, the film will be released. We know that NTR Kathanayakudu is hitting cinemas on January 9th, while Mahanayakudu is releasing on 24th. In a way, Varma is likely to target the release of the second part of Balayya’s NTR.

Well, we have seen so many such announcements coming from Ram Gopal Varma in the recent times, but none stood by their feet. Let’s see what happens now.

Whenever a good film comes out, ace director SS Rajamouli takes to his micro-blogging site to give his review. And his mini-reviews are quite popular among netizens too though these days he is giving reviews even for not-so-interesting films.

But if it is Tarak’s movie, definitely Rajamouli won’t stop reviewing it. Here is what he has to say about Jr NTR latest film “Aravinda Sametha” that has hit screens other day.

“Taking the aftermath of a war as a plot point & starting the film with that is a daring step by Trivikram garu. And it worked superbly. Tarak’s performance in that scene will be remembered for a long time. JB garu is terrifying” said Rajamouli, congratulating the whole team.

That coming from Rajamouli is a huge victory for Trivikram and Co for sure because the film has certain moments that only appeal to a particular section of the audience. But with Jakkanna’s certificate, surely many will be rushing to theatres in case if they haven’t watched the film yet.

Meanwhile, Tarak’s fans are asking Rajamouli to reveal when #RRR will be going on floors. Both Tarak and Charan are avoiding questions on #RRR from a while and collectively saying that Rajamouli should talk about it.

For senior heroes who struggle to find a heroine, and for young heroes who can’t get dates of other in-form star heroines, Kajal Aggarwal is the only option. They don’t mind shelling more than a crore to get this diva aboard.

But not all heroes will jump in joy if the producer and director want Kajal on board. We hear that hero Nani refused the idea of getting paired with Kajal for his upcoming film to be directed by Chandrasekhar Yeleti. He is said to have felt that Kajal looks too older than him on one side, and then the script actually demands someone who looks young and refreshing.

As Mythri Movie Makers are the producers of this film and as they have dates of Kajal (which they got for Raviteja’s Theri remake, which is almost shelved/delayed), they evinced the idea of pairing Kajal with Nani. Though the production house hasn’t said anything of this, sources close to Kajal denied the rumour that the actress is refused by the natural star.

Anyway, right now Kajal has films with the likes of Sharwanand, Bellamkonda Srinivas lined up.

In a move that came as a complete shocker and also an eye-opener to the film fraternity, Superstar Akshay Kumar has decided to cancel the shooting of his upcoming film “Housefull 4”.

Other day three different women have accused director-producer Sajid Khan of sexual harassment, while he’s preparing from the shooting of Housefull 4 that will resume today. And then we have actor Nana Patekar playing a crucial role in this film and he is also facing sexual harassment case from heroine Tanushree Dutta.

Informing about the cancellation of the shoot, Akshay said, “I’ve just landed back in the country last night and reading all the news has been very disturbing. I’ve requested the producers of Housefull 4 to cancel the shoot until further investigation.”.

Adding more about #MeToo movement, he said, “This is something that requires stringent action. I will not work with any proven offenders and all those who have been subjugated to harassment should be heard and given the justice they deserve”.

Reacting on the same, director-producer Sajid Khan tweeted, “In the wake of the allegations against me & the pressure being put on my family, my producer n the stars of my film Houseful4, I must take the moral responsibility of stepping down from my directorial post, till the time I can allay the allegations and prove the truth.. I request my friends in the media to kindly not pass judgment till the truth is out”.

Housefull 4 has popular Telugu heroines like Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda and Pooja Hegde in the leads alongside Akshay Kumar and Ritesh Deshmukh.