Member of Parliament, Kalvakuntla Kavitha who graced the success meet of ‘U Turn’ said actress Samantha is an epitome of modern woman.Kavitha said, “Honestly I haven’t watched the film ‘U Turn’ yet but my two kids have watched it. They gave me very good reviews. I heard this is a wonderful film and it is not easy to convey a social message in a spooky way. This film has succeeded in doing so.”

The Nizamabad MP is in all praise of Samantha and added that she (Samantha) is not scared of doing different films and showing variations.“I have watched Rangasthalam and when one compares that film with ‘U Turn’ there is no match at all.”

Welcoming director Pawan Kumar to the Telugu industry, Kavitha said he has a long way to go and she would also try to convey a message in a spooky way instead of soft and sensitive approach.

After a decent extended first weekend, all eyes were on Shailaja Reddy Alludu’s box office performance on the crucial first Monday. However, the film crashed heavily on Monday. It has collected only 15% of its first Sunday collections, which is catastrophic since only 50% of the investments have been recovered so far.

Sailaja Reddy Alludu has almost closed its business in the overseas markets and the returns are coming only from the domestic markets. The film’s 4th day share in the Telugu states is less than 50 lakhs.

The film’s cumulative 5 days shares are as follows:

Nizam : 3.65 crores

Ceded : 2.19 crores

Uttharandhra : 1.42 crores

Guntur : 1.17 crores

East : 1.35 crores

West : 0.81 crores

Krishna : 0.88 crores

Nellore : 0.51 crores

Total 5-fay AP & TS Collections – Rs 11.98 Cr

Going by the first Monday numbers, Sailaja Reddy Alludu will now need a miracle for the buyers to get into the safe zone. All the buyers are looking at at least 30% losses, as they have acquired the film for nearly Rs 20 crores.

Needless to say that both Chay and his fans will be disappointed with the way things are turning out for Sailaja Reddy Alludu, which had shown a huge promise of becoming a solid hit in its first weekend. On the other hand, even Maruthi, who has been trying hard for that one solid hit which will give him the chance to direct a star hero, may have to wait a bit longer.

Trisha happily posted a picture of her in a dolphin pool playing, cuddling and kising one of them. More than the admiring comments, the picture had seen more startling comments from her fans and followers. Here is why.

Trisha is being trolled for her Dolphin picture as many feel that dolphins need to be in aquarium and not in a pool. Bringing up the UNICEF brand ambassador title she was conferred recently, many others slammed at her that she did not deserve it. They started asking why a captive dolphin is so attractive for her.

The actress later deleted all the troll threads and comments irking them more. Trisha proclaimed that she is an animal lover and now her dolphin fun has invited the wrath of people and ‘hypocrisy’ comments for her.

Other day the teaser of Ram and Dil Rau’s latest outing “Hello Guru Prema Kosame” has taken everyone by a surprise. Especially the way director Trinadha Rao unveiled a hot new avatar of Anupama Parameswaran is the take away for movie lovers.

Apparently, looking at this teaser, each shot and the way romance is interestingly induced into each frame reminds us of another recent film. Yes, you’re right, the film’s teaser looked like a child version of “Geetha Govindam” teaser.

The way Anu doing some early morning chores and hero Ram observing her is more like Rashmika stoking her hair with a towel when Vijay Devarakonda lifts her. Also, the hazy look of the visuals, slow-motion shots and the eye-catching glamour of heroine in both HGPK and GG are the pretty same.

One needs to see if this Geetha Govindam touch is deliberately given owing to the fact that the latter is a stupendous hit at the box office, or it is just a mere coincidence.

In the recent times, films that raised curiosity levels with their first looks and teasers have really done well at box office. One has to see if Ram will break the flop jinx yet again like how he did it with Nenu Sailaja earlier.

I never expected that I have to act with a piglet, says actor Nabha Natesh of Adhugo. In fact Adhugo is the first film which the Karnataka-based actor has signed but it is Nannu Dochukunduvate which is releasing first.

When asked about how Adhugo will be, Nabha said it is going to be interesting, really. ‘I never thought that I would be sharing screen space with a piglet actually (laughing). But it was a different experience on whole. The plot of the story is more about me and my travel where Bunty, the piglet will play a key role. Thanks to Ravi Babu,’ added Nabha.

Nabha is basically a Kannada heroine and her debut Kannada film is with Shivraj Kumar. She says that it was a cool debut indeed. ‘ The theatre and modelling which I was part of in Bangalore have helped me in becoming a better actor I say. I gave auditions to get into films and that’s how my Kannada debut has happened,’ said the actor who plays Siri in Nannu Dochukunduvate.

In Nannu Dochukunduvate, which is directed by RS Naidu, a debutant, Nabha will be playing a naughty girl and in fact, she has more number of dialogues than Sudheer Babu.

She also mentioned that the makers chose her as heroine only because of her energy levels which would match to the role.

Ever since it is announced that Baahubali prequel will be coming up on the small screen, there is a huge buzz around the casting. But this one will not feature Baahubali and Bhallaladeva roles as the whole series revolves around life and times of Sivagami only.

To be directed by Praveen Sattaru and Deva Katta for Netflix, the prequel of Baahubali is based on the novel “Rise of Sivagami” written by Anand Neelakantan, a source revealed. After a lot of screening tests, finally, it looks like the makers have zeroed on a sexy lady for the leading role.

None other than TV serials fame Mrunal Thakur will be playing the role of Sivagami in this web series. She is famous for her role Bulbul in Kumkum Bhagya serial and recently acted in films like Love Sonia and Super30. We hear that the makers feel that Mrunal has all the guts and talents to match the stature of Ramyakrishna in the younger version.

The first season of this web series is likely to have 9 episodes and it will be released in 90 foreign languages at a time. Being made on a whopping budget, it’s the first fantasy genre series that is being produced by Netflix in India.