Deepika Padukone need not have a special introduction for Indian audience. She is one of the leading and finest actress Indian cinema has. The actress prefers to spend time with her family whenever she finds time.

One of her fan pointed through twitter about a letter Deepika Padukone’s father Prakash Padukone to Deepika and her sister Anisha. What’s interesting is that the letter is now a part of school children in their textbooks. A short introduction of Prakash Padukone too has been included before the letter followed by a glossary and questions about the letter.

Deepika Padukone earlier turned emotional when she read it out during the 61st Filmfare awards. The actress is currently busy shooting for Padmavati in the direction of Sanjay Leela Bhansali which has been announced for November release this year.

Here’s the inspiring letter, from her father, that Deepika Padukone read at the 61st Filmfare Awards:

Dear Deepika & Anisha,

As you stand on the threshold of life’s journey, I want to share with you some lessons that life has taught me. Decades ago, as a little boy growing up in Bangalore, I started my tryst with badminton. In those days, there were no stadiums and courts where sports people could train. Our badminton court was the wedding hall of the Canara Union Bank near our house, and it was there that I learned everything about the game. Every day, we would wait to see if there was a function in the hall, and if there was none, we would rush there after school to play to our hearts’ content. Looking back, I realise that the most important thing about my childhood and adolescent years was my refusal to complain about a lot in life. I was thankful for the few hours a week we had the opportunity to hit the shuttle back and forth. In fact, the foundation on which I based my career and my life was the refusal to whinge or whine about anything. And that is what I want to tell you my children, that there is no substitute for perseverance, hardwork, determination and passion for what you choose to do. If you love what you do, nothing else matters — neither awards nor compensation, not even the gratification of seeing your face in newspapers or television. When I won the All England Championship, the prize money in badminton became significant — £3,000 — a huge amount in those days. But that did not distract me from the sheer joy of having been instrumental in putting India on the global map of this game. Deepika, at eighteen, when you told us that you wanted to shift to Mumbai for a career in modeling, we felt you were too young and too inexperienced to be alone in a big city and in an industry we knew nothing about. In the end, we decided to let you follow your heart and thought it would be cruel to not give our child the opportunity to go after a dream that she lived and breathed for. If you succeeded, it would make us proud, but even if you didn’t, you would not have any regrets that you did not try. Deepika, I have learned that you can’t always win in life, that everything you want might not come your way. That events don’t always turn out as you want them to. To win some, you have to lose some. You have to learn to take life’s ups and downs in your stride. The amount of effort that I put in my game never varied from the first day till my retirement. Even during my toughest times, I focused on what I had, instead of dwelling on what I did not. I had the ability to make the best of the worst circumstances and remain steadfast to my goal. Remember how I constantly tell you both about the importance of making your way up in the world without waiting for your parents to pull strings? I believe it is best for children to work hard to make their dreams come true and to not have things handed to them on a platter. When you are home visiting us, Deepika, you make your own bed, clear the table after meals, and sleep on the floor if there are guests at home. If you occasionally wonder why we refuse to treat you like a star, it is because you are our daughter first and a film star later. The cameras that follow you everywhere and the arc lights will eventually fade and what will remain is the real world. Strive to generate positivity around you even though you are too new and too small a player to effect a big change. You are in an industry where there’s always going to be big money, but I believe that it is important to try to be the best in whatever you do regardless of the money. The things that really matter in life are relationships, honesty, respect for your parents and elders. Material success is important, not fundamental to happiness and peace of mind. I can’t tell you enough about the rejuvenating power of prayers and a little faith. Spare a few minutes of your day to close your eyes and meditate, to think about God and you will see how much faith in His power will strengthen you. In the end, when your career is behind you, what remains is family, the friends that you have made. Live a life that is healthy and one that will allow you to live with your own conscience. Everything else is transient. And remember, no matter what, we are always going to be there for you.

Lovingly,
Pappa

Akkineni’s handsome young lad Akhil took a massive break and he finally signed his second in the direction of Vikram Kumar after a disastrous debut like Akhil.

There have been lot of rumours about the film’s title but the makers are yet to confirm the title officially. Junnu and Ekkada Ekkada Undo Taraka have been rumoured to be the titles of the film.

Now Annapurna Studios registered an interesting title Rangula Raatnam with the Film Chamber. Ever since the title has been registered, there are talks that Nag registered Rangula Raatnam for Akhil’s second film.

There are talks that the film has an interesting plot and is about a 21-year old guy who knows about his death. The story forms interesting elements that he does before he dies.

The film started rolling five months ago however the makers managed to keep things under wraps. The first look and the title are expected to be announced soon. Kalyani Priyadarshan is the heroine and Nagarjuna Akkineni is the producer. The film has been slated for December 22nd release during Christmas this year.

Versatile actor Jagapathi Babu has done over 100 films in his career which impressed the family audience big time. It was Legend which was a game changer for the actor and it was after Legend, the actor started signing interesting films.

Occupied with many films, Jagapathi Babu revealed that he is not in a mood to relax and is in hunt for roles that elevate him as an actor. His next big film Jaya Janaki Nayaka is gearing up for release and he is busy promoting the film.

During his interview, Jaggu Bhai said “I have been getting offers from the languages across the country. I am soon going to do a Bollywood film and the details about the flick will be announced by me officially. Big B Amitabh Bachchan is my inspiration. I am doing an interesting role in Akhil’s next movie directed by Vikram Kumar. The role will be remembered for a long time”.

Jaya Janaki Nayaka has been helmed by Boyapati Sreenu and is said to be an emotional family entertainer. Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas and Rakul Preet Singh are the lead actors. Jagapathi Babu and Sarath Kumar essayed other prominent roles.

Here is the nice picture of Sreeja tying Rakhi to her doting brother Ram Charan. Charan apparently took break from the shoot of Rangasthalam to celebrate Rakhi with her sister Sreeja. Apparently, Charan gifted a surprise gift to Sreeja for tying the Rakhi. Charan shares close bond with his sisters. And it is once again evident with this. However, looks like, Susmitha isn’t available.

Hosting a TV show that will showcase her sweet talk, Swathi Reddy later turned into an acting and did some sensible, interesting films in her career. Of late, she’s struggling to bag some big offers while her weight-loss programme is also keeping producers wait for her. She will be seen soon in the movie London Babulu.

Cut to Swathi’s tryst with the film industry, there are always rumours about this young lady’s love stories with co-stars. She has been linked with Nikhil after she did a couple of films like Swamy Ra Ra and Karthikeya with him. Speaking on a TV show, Nikhil was asked about his relationship with Swathi if those rumours are true. He stated that she is one among his close friends and her parents are in search of a grrom now and she will get married soon. Nikhil even confessed that Swathi would get a guy better than him.

This is not the first time, Swathi has been linked with her co-star. It happened in the past as well with Nani when she did Ashta Chemma. Back then Nani trashed it as a rumour and he himself was dating his now-wife at that time. Later when Swathi moved to Tamil, when she worked on films like Ananthapuram 1980 she was even linked to hero Jai. But he too condemned it and currently, this talented hero is dating Telugu girl Anjali.

In a way, all the heroes who are in rumoured news about rumours with Swathi have condemned their affair of any sort with her. It’s really a sort of wonder, isn’t it?

Super talented actress Rakul Preet Singh has been busy promoting her next outing Jaya Janaki Nayaka which has been directed by Boyapati Sreenu. During a recent interview, Rakul has been asked the best dancer among her co-stars NTR, Allu Arjun and Ramcharan.

Without any hesitation, Rakul replied saying that Tarak is the best dancer and he doesn’t even rehearse before for the song. After the choreographer shows the dance move, Tarak gets ready for the take. She even revealed that Allu Arjun and Ramcharan takes time to prepare and rehearse for the dance moves.

Tarak’s fans have been left in delight with the statement made by Rakul. This is not the first time, Tarak’s grasping skills have been hailed, it has been revealed by many actors and technicians earlier.

Young actresses believe that learning language can make the expressions better and the shoot easier. Many actresses who have been imported from North have been busy learning Telugu and Tamil languages after they have been assigned enough work.

Young actress Rashi Khanna is quite occupied with Telugu movies and she sounds proficient in Telugu now. With two big films in Tamil named Imaikkaa Nodigal and Shaitan Ka Bachcha, the actress is busy learning Tamil now.

Rashi Khanna hired a tutor and is brushing up her Tamil skills. The actress said that it is better to learn the language to deliver decent on screen. To get the right diction, Rashi Khanna allotted time for her tutor to get fit into the assigned roles. The actress is also keen on dubbing herself for her upcoming Tamil movies. Though Rashi Khanna can speak fluently in Telugu, she hasn’t lent her voice for any Telugu movie.

She is currently busy with the shoot of NTR’s Jai Lava Kusa along with Varun Tej’s next romantic outing in the direction of Venky Atluri.

Counting 30+ crore share and more, Dil Raju is laughing all the way to bank as his “Fidaa” is celebrating its moments at theatres. When in need of a desperate hit, both Sekhar Kammula and Varun Tej breathed a fresh layer of Oxygen after delivering some duds in the recent past.

This ‘brand’ Sekhar Kammula has a big speciality, however, not just debutant Sai Pallavi, but it is majorly the Telangana accent Telugu language she speaks in the movie. When was the last time you saw a Telangana accent in a film clicking so well all through the Telugu regions? Recent movies like Pellichoopulu have only urban Hyderabadi lingo being spoken, while films with full Telangana slang like Pittagoda have flopped. But Fidaa has done the unthinkable.

Way back in 1997, Dasari Narayana Rao carved out “Osey Ramulamma” which happens to be the story of a deprived lady who picks a gun and turns rebel. With Vijayashanti being the leading lady and the film totally set in Telangana Naxal war backdrop, it became a cult hit. Women in Andhra and Rayalaseema stormed to theatres to make it a blockbuster. And now, after 20 years, only “Fidaa” is witnessing such response.

What’s so surprising is that both the directors who made Telangana accent and lingo, along with the culture, click big time in a film hail from West Godavari district, a prominent region in Andhra. So they proved, films and the languages that will be speaking inside will have no boundaries and barriers. Once again, let’s remember, “Films are a universal medium”.