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Sensational Geetha Govindam Crosses Rs. 30 Cr in 5 Days
Geetha Govindam has surpassed the expectations of the trade and its makers in its first weekend to collect over Rs. 30 crore share in just five days.After taking a sensational start on Independence Day with nearly Rs. 10 crore share it continued to shock everyone with stunning figures in its first weekend.
The film has collected Rs. 25 crore plus in India and its overall share including overseas is over Rs. 30 crore, which is stupendous by any yardstick.It is likely to become the biggest ever hit in medium range movies. It has opened on a solid note on its first Monday despite rains in Telugu states.
Here is the breakup of Geetha Govindam’s first weekend (5 days) collections
Nizam: 8.65 Cr
Ceded: 3.35 Cr
Vizag: 2.20 Cr
Guntur: 1.80 Cr
East: 1.86 Cr
West: 1.50 Cr
Krishna: 1.72 Cr
Nellore: 0.68 Cr
Karnataka: 2.30 Cr
Tamilnadu: 0.70 Cr
Rest of India: 0.50 Cr
USA: 5.95 Cr
Australia: 0.50 Cr
Rest of World: 0.50 Cr
Total Share: 31.21 Cr
No Buzz for Kona Venkat’s Latest
With ‘Geetha Govindam’ creating a rampage at the box-office, everyone is talking about Vijay Deverakonda and his movie only. The film is unlikely to end its run any time soon.When a universally accepted movie is running successfully in theaters, focus will not be shifted on to small movies that feature non-stars.
No wonder then that no one is concerned about discussing Kona Venkat produced “Neevevaro” starring Aadhi Pinishetty, Tapsee and Ritikha Singh, on social media. Added to this, the promotions for the movie in mainstream media are also weak.Writer-turned-producer Kona Venkat has developed a business formula wherein he brings the story idea and convinces the stars and makes other producers put in money.
He gets share in profits without any investment of money and his banner’s name also gets added to the film.He applied this formula successfully for films like “Geetanjali” and Nani’s “Ninnu Kori”. He has done the same for “Neevevaro”.Kona Venkat hoped that the names of Tapsee who is now popular in Bollwood and Aadhi Pinishetty who got huge name for “Rangasthalam” would bring enough craze. But it has failed to generate buzz around it.
Ex Minister and 4-Time MLA joins Pawan
Former Civil Supplies Minister and four-time MLA Gopala Krishna has met Pawan Kalyan and joined his political outfit Janasena. Gopala Krishna is the ex MLA of Kakinada city. He was former member of TDP who later joined YSRCP. He subsequently quit YCP and now joined Janasena for greener pastures.
Pawan has inducted Gopala Krishna into the party’s top political body PAC (Political Affairs Committee). Gopala Krishna has even attended the meeting of the PAC on Saturday that discussed on the formations of several political committees at district-level, constituency-level, Mandal-level and Panchayat-level. The PAC on Saturday has decided to host a meeting with the IT professionals of Janasena in Hyderabad that is likely to be held in September. The plan is to take inputs and services of the IT professionals to intensify their political propaganda.
Meanwhile, the PAC has also discussed on the party’s election manifesto for Andhra Pradesh. Although the main points of the manifesto was already released, the PAC decided to release a more detailed and in-depth manifesto. Earlier, the manifesto stated free LPG cylinders to housewives, Rs 2500 to Rs 3500 bank deposits to family in replacement of ration and 33 percent reservation to women in Legislative Assembly and Parliament. It further stated to increase 5 percent reservation to BCs, reservations to Kapus and inclusion of them into 9th schedule and a possible solution to SC categorisation.
YS Jagan makes donation to Kerala Floods
Andhra Pradesh opposition leader and YSR Congress Party Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday announced a financial assistance of Rs 1 Crore for the flood-hit Kerala state, on behalf of his party. The party will send the money to Kerala Chief Minister’s relief fund.
YS Jagan, on Saturday, took to Twitter saying: “The devastation caused by the #KeralaFloods is gut-wrenching. My thoughts & prayers are with the people of Kerala in these testing times. Urge the Central govt to provide all possible assistance to support relief & rehabilitation measures for people affected by this calamity.”
In wake of devastating floods and massive rainfall, the Telugu state governments also have come forward and contributed to our neighboring state. Apart from states and centre, the gulf countries like Gulf and Qatar also declared relief aids and asked to make contributions to Kerala. Hundreds of people have lost their life & thousands are stranding various parts of state.
‘Chiranjeevi Is 100 Times More Powerful Than Pawan’
Ever since Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan started attacking the TDP, several TDP leaders too have been retorting with fitting counters. TDP’s Vijayawada MP Kesineni Nani is one such TDP leader who was one of Pawan’s targets. In a recent interview, Nani made several scathing comments against Pawan.
Nani said that Pawan is a weak person and that his brother Chiranjeevi is more powerful than Pawan. “I have observed both Pawan and Chiranjeevi very closely. Chiranjeevi is 100 times stronger than Pawan. Chiranjeevi is a sensitive person and one cannot question his integrity. Also, Chiru has more craze than Pawan,” said Nani.
Nani further said that Janasena will not win even a single seat in the 2019 general elections. “I have seen Praja Rajyam party from close quarters. Chiranjeevi, Pawan, Allu Arjun and Nagababu strived hard for PRP, but could only manage 18 seats in 2009. Pawan is very immature. Like Chiranjeevi, Pawan will also lose his own seat,” he said.
Nani also revealed that Chandrababu never wanted to distance himself from Pawan. “It was a do or die situation for TDP in 2014. That’s why we aligned with Pawan Kalyan. Chandrababu resolved all the issues raised by Pawan. But Pawan took a u-turn and started attacking Babu and Lokesh. Did Pawan join hands with the BJP?,” Nani questioned.
Why Rashmika has an edge over Sai Pallavi?
After Fidaa beauty Sai Pallavi, it is actress Rashmika Mandanna who’s winning the hearts of Telugu film audiences. With two back to back hits, Chalo and Geetha Govindham, Rashmika is a star heroine in the making. Her impressive acting skills and gorgeous looks in both the movies have fetched her tremendous response and earned massive fans in the industry.
Unlike Sai Pallavi, Rashmika Mandanna is not very choosy about female lead roles with high importance. Rather, she is very much open to all type of characters-both glamourous & deglamourous- and wanted to establish herself as the star heroine. Also, to act with star heroes, one should hold ‘no restrictions’ board and Rashmika is doing it.
Although Sai Pallavi enjoys huge craze among Telugu audiences, the directors & producers are little hesitated to approach her considering that she will draw the line to some characters. With almost similar craze and ready for any role, Rashmika is now in huge demand in Tollywood. She is now the most-prefereable for medium budget films and wanted to catapult into movies of star heroes.
Liking the transition in Tollywood: Lavanya Tripathi
Actress Lavanya Tripathi said the Telugu film industry is currently in a good phase and she is liking the transition witnessing it.Lavanya has two films in hand and both of them are completely different from each other. They are Nikhil’s ‘Mudra’ and Varun Tej’s ‘Antariksham 9000 KMPH.’Speaking exclusively to GreatAndhra, Lavanya said, 2018 has been so far so good for me as she’s part of different genres.
Though not a fan of remakes, Lavanya said she liked the script of ‘Mudra’ as ample of changes were made to suit the taste of Telugu audience.“My role has equal importance with the protagonist and is very much connected. It’s a thriller, I’m doing it for the first time,” added Lavanya. Working with Nikhil is an absolute good experience, she quipped.When asked about her forthcoming ‘Antariksham’ Lavanya replied that it is great working with an amazing team who are determined to bring a space genre for the audience but she did not disclose her role or the details.
“Varun is obsessed with his work and it’s nice to be working with him for the second time,” stated the Dehradun beauty. Lavanya further said Telugu is her second home and at the same time, she is ready to explore the opportunities in different languages.
Sundeep Kishan Losing the Game?
Young actor Sundeep Kishan has attempted many genres and worked with different film-makers, but success has been eluding him.Earlier he used to come up with an average movie at least, but now he is totally being forgotten as all his recent movies were duds.
Adding salt to injury, his woes are continuing further as some of his movies are being completely shelved.Bollywood film-maker Kunal Kohli had directed a romantic drama with Sundeep Kishan and Tamannah in Telugu and Tamil, but the movie has no buyers.With no hope on the movie, Kunal Kohli has moved on and he has recently announced Bollywood movie “Ram Yug”.
Sundeep Kishan is trying his luck in Kollywood where he gets to play simple youngster roles that don’t give him star status.Actresses like Rakul and Regina who had worked with him went to become big stars but he has not yet tasted a major blockbuster other than small hit ‘Venkatadri Express’.
The competition is stiff among small heroes. So, it will be tough for him to get a good position.
Allu Arjun’s Film Announcement Next Week
Allu Arjun will be making his next film with director Vikram Kumar of “Manam” fame. After lot of discussion with his father Allu Aravind, Allu Arjun has finally decided to take Vikram Kumar’s movie to the sets first.An official announcement in this regard will be made in media in the coming days.
Allu Arjun will also be launching a bilingual film along with this. Two months after Vikram Kumar’s movie starts rolling, the bilingual film will be launched.The Manam director had quoted a huge budget at the beginning, but he has now changed the script and the budget has also come down drastically.
Allu Arjun and Allu Aravind are now confident that the new modified script narrated by Vikram Kumar would do wonders at the box-office.Buzz is that Bunny will be playing dual role in the movie.
What Did You Study In The US Lokesh Garu?
The latest bone of contention in Andhra Pradesh is about the raising of Rs 2000 crore by issuing Amaravathi bonds by AP Capital Regional Development Authority.Well, the issue was made to facilitate the building of the state capital according to Chandra Babu government.Raising the point, Dhone MLA Buggana Rajendranath Reddy pointed out that while AP IT minister Lokesh’s excitement was for all to see, the honorable minister must realise that there is a difference between a ‘grant’ and a ‘bond’.
He was commenting following a tweet by Lokesh expressing his happiness over the AP government raising Rs 2000 crore by issuing bonds.Reddy pointed out that while the Centre had given Rs 1500 crore as a ‘grant’ to the state of Andhra Pradesh, the state government had raised money through ‘bonds’.The Dhone MLA wondered if Lokesh actually understood the difference between a grant and a bond.
Reddy clarified that while a bond was more or less a loan which has to be returned with interest, a grant given by the Centre was money received without any such strings attached.Buggana further questioned as to how Lokesh who was educated in a foreign university failed to understand this vital point.
He asked as to who Lokesh was trying to fool by making such inane statements.
How is Mehreen Bagging So Many Offers?
Tollywood pundits are wondering as to how Mehreen is bagging so many offers despite not showing any great acting skills in the movies she has done so far in Tollywood. Neither is she an exceptional beauty.She doesn’t have craze among the youth either. Then how is she getting such lucrative chances?
Actress who have better acting talents than her and more popular are still struggling to get chances, but she has become a favourite for young actors to pair up with.She has been signing movies with small and middle-range actors like Nani, Ravi Teja, Sai Dharam Tej, Sundeep Kishan, Gopichand, Bellamkonda Srinivas and Sharwanand.She will also be seen opposite the new heartthrob of Tollywood Vijay Deverakonda in ‘NOTA’.
Now she will be seen opposite Sudheer Babu in a new movie and she is also doing ‘F2’ with Varun Tej. Clearly, luck is on her side.Her last three movies ‘Pantham’, ‘Care of Surya’ and ‘Jawaan’ were utter flops. Still, she has got four movies in her kitty.
What is the secret behind her success?
Vijay Deverakonda Creates Market in Tamilnadu
From Rajinikanth to Dhanush, all leading stars of Tamil film industry have good market in Telugu land and their films run with packed screens.If a Rajinikanth’s film becomes hit, Rs 40 Cr share comes from Telugu land. Stars like Suriya, Karthi and Vishal have about Rs 20 – Rs 25 Cr (that is if their films become hits) market.
However, no Telugu star has such craze in Tamilnadu except Mahesh Babu. Only Mahesh Babu’s movies regularly are getting dubbed into Tamilandu and fetching some decent collections.The only massive blockbuster from Telugu in Tamilnadu is Rajamouli’s trend-setting “Baahubali” movies.Among Tollywood stars, now Vijay Deverakonda is gaining popularity in Tamilnadu after Mahesh Babu.
His “Geetha Govindam” took bumper openings in Chennai, Coimbatore and other cities. Interestingly, it also playing in small centers like Karur with extra screens. Now that he has got good following, his producer Gnanavel Raja would be happy.Vijay Deverakonda is debuting in Kollywood with Gnanavel Raja produced ‘NOTA’ that is aiming for December release.
Behind The Scene: That Was Atalji
Politics is the ultimate high-stakes game and no one can be trusted: brother, son, daughter, wife, husband or son-in-law.In the BJP, there were two primary stalwarts and long-standing friends and there was a huge power struggle between them: Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani.Naturally, these two gentlemen had their own groups of supporters and the ultimate prize they vied for was the Prime Ministership.
Ultimately, Vajpayee did beat Advani to it and the latter had to settle for second best position of Home Minister. But Advani himself recalled an amazing aspect of Vajpayee during the period when the NDA was in power then.Whenever someone approached Vajpayee with a problem relating to the government or the Party, his invariable reply would be: “Advaniji se baath hui, tho phir kar lo ek baar, phir hum tay karenge.” (Did you speak with Advaniji? Please talk to him and I’ll then make a decision.)This showed the immense respect Vajpayee gave Advani and the trust he had in the latter despite both of them being rivals.
It also showed that Vajpayee was a man without any insecurity. He never believed in hitting below the belt. That was why, he was so well-respected, loved and admired by even the Opposition.In today’s politics, can we imagine Modi or a Chandrababu or someone responding in the manner that Vajpayee did? There never was and never will be another like Atalji!
Bigg Boss 2: Sunaina Evicted After Ten Weeks
As expected Deepthi Sunaina got evicted from Bigg Boss season 2 while Pooja, Roll Rida, Geetha Madhuri and Shyamala have been saved from eliminations.Nuthan Naidu who made a reentry with the help of audience poll had hurt his shoulder during a task and left the house midway. There is no update about Nutan’s status in the show.Deepthi Sunaina is a popular face on Instagram with her dubsmashes and dance videos. Her popularity on Instagram helped her to find a place in the Bigg Boss season 2.
She is the youngest contestant of all, but couldn’t make much impression in the house. She stayed behind Tanish to be saved from nominations, which was a reason for her extended stay in the house.While serious players like Babu Gogineni and Tejaswi were evicted, Sunaina was able to be in the house in spite of her poor play. Viewers however made sure to show her the door when she was into nominations.Bigg Boss season 2 is entering into eleventh week now and there are still ten contestants left in the house.
Who is going to be evicted in the coming week?
