After scoring a string of hits by playing middle-class boy’s roles for the last few years, Nani seems to be yearning for mass image of late. Nani tried out a mass role to in a small way with Middle Class Abbayi (MCA) last year. But this time, he took his craving to the next level with Krishnarjuna Yuddham.

Krishnarjuna Yuddham’s entire second half seems to be Nani’s showreel to gain mass image. The second half runs on an action mode throughout and it disappointed the Natural Star’s loyal fans. Due to a low pre-release buzz, Krishnarjuna Yuddham’s openings were quite average and shockingly 60 percent less than MCA.

With the average to poor word of mouth, Krishnarjuna Yuddham has already lost the steam at the box office. Irrespective of the talk, some of Nani’s movies went on to collect huge at the US box office in the past. But same is not the case with Krishnarjuna Yuddham. US buyers have spent a bomb on the movie, considering Nani’s hat-trick USD 1M plus movies in 2017.

With Nani’s unsuccessful attempt to enter the mass zone, he is unknowingly making his weaknesses in terms of his box office potential public. It remains to be seen if Nani will learn from this experience and be more cautious in choosing scripts for his future movies.

The makers of Nandamuri Balakrishna’s ‘NTR’, an epic biopic on legendary actor and Chief Minister of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh NT Rama Rao, are planning to release the movie for Sankranthi next year. Apart from reprising his father, Balakrishna is also co-producing the movie.

Balakrishna is hell-bent on making NTR with high technical standards. Since the film will also be released in Hindi, Balayya and the entire team are keen on casting national award winning Bollywood actress Vidya Balan to play  NT Rama Rao’s wife Basavatarakam in the biopic.

Even though Vidya Balan has agreed to act in the movie in principle, she is yet to sign the agreement or take the advance remuneration. She is said to have imposed certain conditions to NTR’s team. Apparently, Vidya’s managers have expressed their concerns with her, saying that since the movie is based on NTR his wife’s role maybe limited.

Vidya is said to be insisting NTR’s makers on writing it in the agreement that all her scenes will be retained in the film’s theatrical version and that her role must not be chopped off and make it look like a guest character. NTR will mark Vidya’s debut in Tollywood and she is in no mood to take it lightly. After all, she’s known for her female-oriented movies.

Young filmmaker Venu Udugula had impressive everyone with his debut film, an intense social drama titled ‘Needi Naadi Oke Katha’ that released in March. Ever since the film’s release, Venu has been approached by several producers.

We were the first to report that Venu Udugula will work with talented actress Sai Pallavi in his second film. Chukkapalli Prasad and Cherukuri Sudhakar, who are currently producing the Sharwanand-Sai Pallavi’s Padi Padi Leche Manasu, will produce this movie too.

Interestingly, even the Venu Udugula-Sai Pallavi movie will have Sharwanand playing the male lead. Even though Tamil star Karthi was considered for the role for a brief time, the makers have finally zeroed in on Sharwa. This film is said to be based on a real incident that happened in the 90s.

Pawan Kalyan rarely displays his emotions in public. While Pawan gives emotionally charged speeches in his political meetings, his speeches at film events are mostly short, timid and vague.

But all that has changed now. Pawan’s 25 minute long speech at Rangasthalam’s success function last night pleasantly surprised not only his hardcore fans but the entire film industry. Not only did he speak at length about how much he liked Rangasthalam, but he also showed how deeply he loves Charan.

In fact, Charan thought that his Babai will only speak a few lines after he watched the movie recently. But surprising everyone, Pawan told the media that he will talk more at the film’s success meet. And Power Star did not disappoint anyone.

Pawan was all praise for Ram Charan’s wholesome performance in Rangasthalam and his humble behaviour off-screen. He even kissed Charan on his forehead and went on to call him his brother. Needless to say, the Pawan-Charan affection thrilled the fans of both the stars.

Pawan’s fans openly support even an outside hero like Nithiin because he is an ardent fan of Pawan. Now that Pawan’s fans have witnessed the Babai-Abbay bonding, they will naturally be extending their full support to Ram Charan from now on. Charan may even emerge as Pawan’s true heir as the Power Star has quit acting to pursue politics. All in all, we can surely come to the conclusion that a grand merger of Pawan fans and Mega fanshas begun.

Hero turned character artiste cum villain Jagapathi Babu is ruling the roost down South with his towering performances in several big budget movies. Apart from Telugu, Jagapathi Babu is also popular in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada film industries.

And very soon, Jagapathi Babu is going to make his much deserved Bollywood debut in a biggie. It has been exclusively learnt that Jagapathi Babu will be foraying into Hindi Cinema with Salman Khan’s highly anticipated Dabangg 3, the third part in the super hit Dabangg franchise.

Apparently, Jaggu Bhai will be playing villain opposite Sallu Bhai in his debut Bollywood film. Dabangg 3 will be directed by Prabhu Deva who shares a close rapport with Jagapathi Babu. Prabhu Deva recently met Salman and Arbaaz Khan in Mumbai and finalized the formalities.

Dabangg 3 will go on floors from April end. The film is slated for a year end release. Sonakshi Sinha and Arbaaz Khan will reprise their roles from the earlier parts. So finally, the North Indian audiences are going to witness Jaggu Bhai’s villainous acts on the big screen.

One may wonder what is the connection between these two, but #SriReddyLeaks controversy is hitting every big celebrity hard in the film industry. Today media caught Pawan Kalyan in the net and made him respond. And here is another turn that might take place.

During a live debate on TV9, an artist named Sunitha stated that when she went to “Bharat Anu Nenu” shooting, an associate director named Seshu misbehaved with her. She alleged that even though Seshu scolded her badly and Mahesh Babu sitting very near to them, the star didn’t even react to it. Also, Sri Reddy accused on the Facebook page about director Koratala Siva and shared some WhatsApp screenshots with his name visible. And that’s where a headache starts.

Now that Mahesh Babu and Koratala will get ready to promote “Bharat Anu Nenu”, we hear that some media folks are sharpening their tools to corner the star with a shower of questions related to the casting couch. Only a few interviews might help Mahesh and Co dodge the issue while open press meets will give chance to all to ask this question. So how is Bharat Anu Nenu team going to answer them or tackle them?

They say that only some limited promotions with interviews to few channels might help the team evade the questions, but still, there is a moral responsibility to respond on the issue.

Allu Arjun’s fans are keenly awaiting the release of the Stylish Star’s action entertainer ‘Naa Peru Surya Naa Illu India’. The film is scheduled for release on May 4. Bunny will be seen as an angry army soldier’s role for the first time in his career.

Interestingly, Naa Peru Surya’s team is planning not just one but two grand pre-release events. Firstly, a small event will be held in a village named Military Madhavaram on April 22nd. This West Godavari district has produced a lot of Indian Army soldiers till date. Naa Peru Surya’s team, including Allu Arjun, will attend the event and pay tribute to the village’s patriotic spirit.

And then, a grand pre-release event will be organised in Hyderabad on April 29th. The team is planning to hold the event at the Gachibowli Stadium, but that are still waiting for the stadium’s approval as another event is also scheduled on the same day.

Writer Vakkantham Vamsi is turning director with Naa Peru Surya Naa Illu India. Anu Emmanuel will be seen romancing Allu Arjun in the movie. Bollywood composers duo Vishal-Shekhar have scored the music and Lagadapati Sridhar and Bunny Vas are jointly producing the movie.