New Delhi: A yogic symbol made popular by Rajinikanth may well be seen by the superstar’s fans as his calling card, but has got a young startup all worked up.

The hand position that the actor-and-would-be politician is known for is often likened to “apana mudra”, a yoga finger and palm posture.And now, Mumbai’s Voxweb, an 18-month-old social networking app, says that it is similar to its logo.

“If another company or brand has a similar logo, it will not matter much. But social media and political parties have quite a few similar traits – they have mass adoption, they are really close to their user base and so on. This creates a conflict,” Voxweb founder Yash Mishra said.

The mudra is seen by Rajinikanth’s legion of followers as his trademark gesture, ever since he raised two fingers and folded two in his 2002 film ‘Baba’. The actor holds the two middle fingers down with his thumb and raises the little and index fingers in a broad vee.

The symbol figured prominently on the stage at a series of meetings addressed by the mega star recently. Fans also carried placards with the hand symbol.Voxweb, Mishra said, has a similar brand logo, but with the thumb left free.

“Social media platforms are being accused of favouring political parties during elections and using their algorithms to promote that kind of content. People are already asking us if we are favouring Rajnikanth’s outfit or if we have any common investors,” Mishra told PTI.

The startup has written to the actor over the issue, but is yet to hear from him. There was no response to messages sent by PTI to the star’s publicity team.Asked what measures he planned to take to save his logo from the Rajini juggernaut, Mishra said his moves would depend on the new political outfit’s reactions.

“We are open to suggestions and would ask them to make some alterations. All that we have to say is there is absolutely no relationship between the company and the party or its ideology,” he said.Rajinikanth had said last month that he would soon launch a political party in Tamil Nadu.

Mumbai Police had arrested a 32 year old man for allegedly harassing and threatening to kidnap former India Cricket captain Sachin Tendulkar’s daughter Sara Tendulkar.

Police arrested the accused Debkumar Maity at Mahishadal in East Midnapore district. Police said Maity had made several phone calls to Sara proposing her.

The accused also made several lewd comments during his phone calls and even went to the extent of threatening to kidnap her if she rejected his proposal of marriage. He made the phone calls to the landline number at Tendulkar’s residence.

The accused mother Kanak Maity said her son has been suffering from mental depression for the last few months. He was also undergoing treatment due to loss of mental balance.

It has been a while since Nandamuri Kalyan Ram was seen in an out and out love story. Now that he is doing one, the makers have come up with a lovely title that justifies the genre and creates a positive buzz for the movie.

We have learnt from our trusted sources that Kalyan Ram’s new film, starring the very gorgeous Tamanna, has been titled, “Na Nuvve” This is a completely unexpected title for a Kalyan Ram-starrer which tells the magnitude of makeover the film can bring for the Nandamuri hero. The title will be officially announced tomorrow at 10.15 AM.

Directed by Jayendra, the romantic drama is being shot by legendary PC Sreeram. Tamanna is romancing Kalyan Ram for the very first time in this film.

Writer-director Trivikram Srinivas is called the ‘wizard of words’ for his ability to pen any kind of dialogues, especially punches, that make a huge impact on audience. The short trailer of his latest film, ‘Agnyaathavaasi’ also has some impactful dialogues, but one particular dialogue has grabbed the attention.

Referring Pawan, when one character says – Veedu malli Cycle ekkuthadantava Varma?, the other replies – Vaadu edhi ekkina parvaledu kaani manalni ekkakunda unte chalu. This dialogue is used in the film referring to the chaos Pawan create riding a Cycle in the office, but this dialogue could have another underlying meaning too, concerning Pawan’s next step in politics.

It is known that Pawan supported TDP (Symbol – Cycle) in 2014 elections. ‘There is huge curiosity among fans, political analysts and common people regarding whether Pawan will support TDP (ride cycle) again, and that curiosity is expressed by the first character. The response comes from the second character, the opposition party (YSRCP – Jagan) who says that its his call to ride the cycle or not, but it would be better for us if he doesn’t come after us,’ – this is the implicit meaning deciphered by fans and analysts from the Cycle dialogue, which looks as a huge punch to YCP Chief Jaganohan Reddy.

Pawan’s fans say that Pawan trounced YSRCP in 2014 by supporting TDP and that Jagan fears that the Jana Sena chief might do the same again by or without supporting TDP. They opine that Trivkram conveyed the prevalent political situation in AP through the Cycle dialogue. What made this dialogue look even more prominent is the camaraderie between Pawan and TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu, which is evident from the latter giving week-long permission for the screening of late night shows of the former’s new film.

Speculations are strong that Trivikram has used his pen to the full effect in Agnyaathavaasi and wrote several political punches, in sync with Pawan’s ideology and current political scenario in AP.

After taking many by surprise with his first-ever mass role Railway Raju, usually soft Sree Vishnu is back to a full-fledged massy role in Needi Naadi Oke Katha.Although Vishnu has moved onto soft roles in Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi and Mental Madhilo in the mean time, he is once again testing his luck in a mass-avatar.

The teaser shows Vishnu in a never-seen-before avatar and this time his unique modulation too adds special tinge to his character. The teaser indicates that Vishnu

The two-minute-odd long teaser revolves totally around Vishnu. While Vishnu was seen suffering from ‘confusion’ in Mental Madhilo, this time he has “Atma Nunyatha” as his problem.How does it ruins his life? How does it affects his equation with his father, family? How it changes his life totally?

Meanwhile, Nara Rohit will be seen in a pivotal role in the film and it has been kept under the wraps in the teaser as director Venu Udugula hasn’t revealed his look. Suresh Bobbili’s music is also sounds different to ears and catches attention. The film is being bankrolled by the makers of Appatlo Okadundevadu, i.e Prashanthi & Krishna Vijay under the banner of Aran Media Works.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao’s granddaughter Supriya, who made her silver screen debut as lead heroine opposite Pawan Kalyan in “Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi” in 1996, is all set to make her comeback after 22 years, and that too in a negative role.

We have already reported some time back that Supriya, hero Sumanth’s sister, will be returning as an actress with Adivi Sesh’s next flick, “Gudachari”. The latest we hear is that she essays a negative role in the thriller.

Actually, after her debut 22 years ago, Supriya moved to pursue higher studies and then took the role of a Director in Annapurna Studios. She’s married (and divorced) to late Charan Reddy, who acted as hero in “Ishtam” movie directed by Vikram K Kumar. She hasn’t shown interest in acting in the last two decades.

It is Sesh, who is a very good friend of Sumanth, who convinced Supriya to take up the challenging role in his film. Impressed by the character, she ultimately decided to make her comeback.

It may be recalled that Sesh has given the crucial negative role to popular TV anchor Anasuya in his last film, ‘Kshanam’, and that character became a major highlight in the film. It needs to be seen what’s in store for Surpriya.