Nandini Rai, the weakest contestant among the nominated contestants of the week was evicted out of Bigg Boss season 2.Nandini’s eviction isn’t a surprise given her confused game and two-faced behavior in the house.

She entered the house in the second week, but didn’t have a clue about how to play the game in spite of stepping in late.Bhanu and Tejaswi making blunders extended Nandini’s stay in the house if not she would have been out earlier itself.

So with Nandini’s eviction there are still thirteen contestants left in the house including reentrants Shyamala and Nutan.Meanwhile, the show’s host Nani gets trolled again on social media for cornering Kaushal regarding a petty issue.

Nani made a very big scene for an overlooked matter and cornered Kaushal. Fans of Kaushal trolled Nani for not addressing bigger issues and targeting Kaushal for a petty matter.

Clearly the script writers and the director of the show are in a hurry to defame Kaushal, who is currently having remarkable fan following compared to other housemates.They don’t want the show to be one-sided and therefore highlighting Kaushal’s weaknesses to bring his craze down.

But they should have waited until Kaushal really makes a big mistake than targeting him for nothing. This only made Nani look biased and boosted Kaushal’s following further.

Actress Samantha Akkineni recently visited Tirupati temple along with popular Tamil video jockey Ramya and seemed to have climbed the hill on foot.

Ramya took to Twitter to share a picture with Samantha, and wrote that they scaled the entire hill in a matter of 2.5 hours.

Ramya, who is a fitness freak herself, was all praise for Samantha and called her ‘super fit’.

The actress was surrounded by hundreds of fans during her visit, according to a Tamil daily. She spoke to the media and said that it was heartening to get the blessings of the Lord.

It is said that Samantha has become a regular visitor to Tirupati temple, and often visits to seek blessings.

As the Trump administration continues to tighten screws on the H-1B visa programme, United States Consul General in Mumbai, Edgard Kagan, says his country encourages and welcomes “qualified Indians”.

US President Donald Trump is “very committed” to relations with India, he told PTI.

“The US continues to be as welcoming as it has always been to qualified Indian travellers,” Kagan said, adding a record number of Indians flying to the US last year proves that people in India are aware that his country welcomes them.

“We strongly encourage and welcome Indians to study in the US. We believe that Indians studying in the US and our students studying in India are part of the glue that holds our relationship together,” he told PTI.

Indians who are in the US continue to have great opportunities there. The country is aware that Indians there want to be treated well.

“If you look at the facts, you will see that the US continues to be just as welcoming as it has always been,” he said.

Responding to another question, he said the US president is “very committed” to relations with India.

“If you look carefully you can see that from the very beginning of his administration, his time in office, the president and his team have emphasised the need to expand and strengthen the already good relations with India,” he said.

“I think part of this is making sure we continue to grow trade in a way that is fair and balanced on both sides, part of it is making sure that both the countries continue to support investment,” he said.

“We welcome and are thrilled with the amount of Indian investments that are coming to the US,” he added.

Kagan said the US wants to get the right policy framework favouring investments in both the countries and make sure that ties between people of the US and India remain strong.

“The president understands all that Indian-Americans have done in the United States. He also is very proud of what the Americans have done in India and I think we want to find ways to highlight that and expand it,” he said.

Asked about the US withdrawing from the Paris pact on climate change, Kagan said his country is deeply committed to protecting the environment in the US and in the world.

“We recognise that there always are trade-offs and difficult decisions to be made, but we believe the way in which we go forward is by building popular support for the idea that we all have a shared stake in our world,” he said.

The US had last year announced its decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change and renegotiate the deal that was agreed upon by over 190 countries.

On the areas in which the US and India could further strengthen ties, Kagan said, “Having more travel, having more people know each other, expanding study, expanding partnerships in educational institutions, partnerships between businesses.”

He underlined the need for getting the right regulatory framework, encouraging investments and capital flow to those who can use it, making sure venture capital is supported, and that entrepreneurs and technology innovators can get access to support for their companies through loans and on a market basis.

“Making sure we continue to expand the collaborations between our educational and academic institutions and also look at ways to expand our business ties because those have been incredibly important in both the countries,” Kagan added.

Adivi Sesh starrer Goodachari has lived up to the promise it has shown with its promos. The film has received rave reviews from all the noted critics and also generated superb word of mouth.Goodachari collections picked up by Friday evening everywhere and has totally dominated the Saturday box office in spite of other new releases.

Chi La Sow produced by Nagarjuna and co. opened on a decent note in cities, but is not anywhere close to Goodachari numbers.Brand Babu branded as Maruthi’s film failed to get noticed amid Goodachari and Chi La Sow. These films will need a strong Sunday to recover the costs, as per trade sources.Last week’s release Saakshyam is heading for a disaster. The collections crashed down after first weekend and it is all downhill from that point. Bellamkonda Srinivas has once again letdown the buyers that are betting big on him.

Niharika’s Happy Wedding also is a total washout.July was a very disappointing month for film trade as none of the films except RX 100 clicked at the box office.

Star producer Dil Raju is betting all his chips on Srinivasa Kalyanam to be a mammoth blockbuster. He is so confident on the success of Srinivasa Kalyanam to an extent that he didn’t bother about the failure of his previous film Lover. He has totally ignored Lover both prior and post release without even making an attempt to push the film through promotions.

Dil Raju confidently states that Srinivasa Kalyanam is going to be a classic like Bommarillu from his production house. As Dil Raju beams with confidence, rumor mills say that he has ghost-directed most part of the film with the help of cinematographer. Dil Raju has the habit of making corrections to his films at the editing table. His decision is final on the final cut of most of his films.

But for Srinivasa Kalyanam, Dil Raju has been there on the sets all the time and called the shots, according to the grapevine. Director Vegesna Satish has been a mere spectator on the sets as Dil Raju discussed shots and framings with the cinematographer it seems. Wonder why Satish needed someone supervising his direction after delivering a blockbuster with his previous film.