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Taapsee Stays Away From Alcohol& Fairness Creams
The debate of whether celebrities should endorse ‘fairness’ products has been going on for years but hardly any celeb has taken a firm stance on not endorsing the products which claim to make people ‘fair’.
Curly beauty Taapsee Pannu is reported to have become one of the very few celebs to reject a fairness cream brand endorsement besides turning down the offer to promote an alcohol brand.
With the newly found stardom in Bollywood, Taapsee is being approached by advertisers to endorse their products. While she has given her nod to endorse a few products, she has rejected to be the face of a fairness cream brand and an alcohol brand, say reports. She reportedly refused to compromise on her principles despite being offered lucrative sums to endorse the aforementioned brands.
On work front, Taapsee hasn’t yet signed a Telugu film post the success of ‘Anando Brahma”.
Revanth’s 1st Victory! TRS Leader Joins Congress
Senior Telangana politician and TRS party leader Potla Nageswara Rao has announced to join the Congress party on November 8. He accused the TRS party chief and CM KCR of draconian leadership, and alleged that KCR is the only CM in the country who doesn’t come to Secretariat. He added that he decided to join Congress since he couldn’t tolerate KCR’s leadership.
Potla said that Revanth Reddy (who recently jumped from TDP into Congress) encouraged him to come out of TRS’ clutches. Buzz is that he has been lured into Congress by promising him a key position in Khammam district.
Potla defected from TDP into TRS in 2015, and now joined Congress.
PSV Garuda Vega Movie Review
Garuda Vega is one film that has grabbed the interest of film buffs with intriguing promos. It is not a regular masala potboiler. It is a slick action film that has engaging thrills and chase sequences. First half of the film is superb, but second half lacks to live up to it.
Story :
Sekhar (Rajasekhar) is a NIA officer who deals with high profile criminal cases. His wife (Pooja) is unhappy with his duty mindedness and files for a divorce. While Sekhar is working to save his marriage, he comes across a murder case that unfolds into a larger scheme of things. Sekhar is now after a multibillion scam in which many politicians and higher officers are involved. How he nabs the criminals with the help of a hacker (Adith) forms rest of the story.
Performances:
The character is tailor made for Rajasekhar who has played similar characters in many films in the past. He did pretty well as the sincere officer who is dealing with troubled marriage. The character is written in such a way that it suits his age and Rajasekhar did pretty well in carrying the film with his sincere performance. Pooja Kumar’s character is annoying and sticks out as a sore thumb in this engaging thriller. Adith Arun is aptly cast. Nasser is fine as Rajasekhar’s higher official. Posani Krishna Murali and Pruthvi characters are used for comic relief. Actors who played Rajasekhar’s associates did well.
Technicalities:
Director Praveen Sattaru never sticks to one genre. He likes to switch between genres and his attempt at action is commendable. He brings the quality of a slick Hollywood actioner with his narrative. His handling of the film in first half is top class. He should have stick with the narrative rather going for commercial elements in the second half though.
There are only two songs and Sunny Leone’s song is targeted at the masses. Background score by Sricharan is topnotch. Cinematography and action choreographers did a splendid job in making it an engaging ride. Production values are commendable. Editing in the second half should have been better. The film drags a lot in the middle portions of second half.
Thumbs Up:
- First half
- Action scenes
Thumbs Down:
- Second half drags
- Poor attempt at comedy
Analysis:
Garuda Vega opens on a very high note with an edge of the seat bike chase. The scene sets high standards for the rest of the film and there are ample scenes where the director strives to offer top class action entertainment. The scene where Rajasekhar and his crew nabs the gang that are smuggling ‘Nakshatra Tabellu’ and the car chase on the busy Hyderabad roads keep the adrenaline flowing.
Entire sequence of events that Rajasekhar and his team find about a bomb attack and the terrific interval episode will leave the viewers awestruck. Despite the boring family episodes, first half of the film will thrill the audience with pulsating action episodes. First half of the film is racy with some nail biting stuff. Director and the action directors along with other technical crew deserve a pat for making such an exciting first half.
It is pretty hard for anyone to maintain the same tempo until the end and as expected Sattaru struggles with the second half. The film suddenly loses steam after the core theme of the film is explained. With action taking the backseat and director inclining towards commercial elements to fill the void, Garuda Vega turns into a regular action film dealing with a huge scam. We expect the film to get back on track during the climax episodes, but it ends as if the director has run out of ideas.
Climax part is very clumsily written and executed leaving a lot to be desired. In spite of a very ordinary second half, Garuda Vega is still worth watching for its extraordinary first half. This could have been a game changer for everyone involved had Praveen Sattaru didn’t lose grip over the proceedings in the second half. Commercial success of the film depends on how the masses and family audience embrace it.
Verdict: Thrilling Action Saga
Nag Wishes To Prove Them Wrong
The decision of Akkineni Nagarjuna to team up with Ram Gopal Varma, at this phase in his career, has shocked many. Admitting the same, Nag exuded confidence in Varma proving all of them wrong.
Nagarjuna recollected that several people, including his well-wishers and friends, were shocked when he agreed to do RGV’s, a newcomer then, “Shiva” back in 1988. The film however became a blockbuster, a trendsetter and a cult film, thus proving all those doubters wrong.
The “Oopiri” actor added that now, in 2017, when he once again agreed to do a RGV film, a lot of people felt happy, and a lot more were shocked. He hopes that the maverick filmmaker will once again live up to his trust.
The new film will be a cop drama with RGV-mark intense action. It will be launched in Annapurna studios on November 20. RGV himself is bankrolling the film. More details regarding cast and crew will be announced shortly.
Why Media Defeating Nagarjuna??
Other day Nagarjuna tweeted, ‘Super excited to start RGV’s cop drama with his intense stylised action on nov20/wanted to announce it myself but the media beat me to it’, indicating that media went ahead of him. But this is not the first time.
Earlier when there was the date of Samantha-Chay wedding doing rounds in media, Nagarjuna said the same thing. Also, he felt that ‘Hello’ first look was leaked in a similar fashion and again media is the one he spoke about for the leakage. But why would media defeat Nagarjuna all the time?
If we could look at things from another side, it is people close to Nagarjuna who are giving all these hints and leaks, and only media is airing them. Back then, a girlfriend of Hello poster designer shared the look on her social media page and that’s how it got into the public. Chay-Sam marriage date was revealed by Chay himself on a TV interview, which made it viral.
This November 20th RGV movie thing, Varma himself shared it on his Facebook page. These are the reasons for media having upper hand over Nagarjuna, but not anything else. Anyway, Nag’s sweet appreciation for media this way is also delighting media folks too!!
Pch!! Bunny’s Heroine Looking Under Skirt
That could be funny or dirty, but when it comes to friends, they do anything for the sake of invoking laughs and show how crazy people they are. Same thing happened with Allu Arjun’s “Varudu” heroine Bhanusree Mehra now.
Currently strolling down in Fifth Avenue of New York on a professional photo shoot assignment, this actress is also busy having a gala time with her friends. Whether they slip into bikinis and dance to DJ’s loud beats at Miami beach or it is a just simply walk in Uptown Manhattan, Bhanu Sree is oozing loads of hotness.
If we could trace that hotness to the past, a couple of months Bhanu Sree did a naughty act with her makeup artist and friend Rabia Grewal. In one of the candid shots, she’s seen trying to peep inside the skirt of her good friend. This is too naughty for a girl to do and film industry folks are simply going shocked over that act.
Cut to films, Bhanu Sree has a couple of Tamil and Kannada movies in hand, including upcoming Simba. Meanwhile, she’s busy with photo shoots for fashion brands and magazines.
Director Opens Up About Dispute With Hero
Young director Praveen Sattaru, whose latest film, “Garuda Vega” hit screens this Friday, opened up about the dispute he had with hero Sundeep Kishan. The issue happened during the making of “Routine Love Story”, Praveen’s second directorial, in which Sundeep played lead role.
Recalling the happenings in an interview, Praveen Sattaru said, ‘Sundeep and his friends invested some amount in the film. We had a disagreement over budget during the production stage, and then I took care of investment as well by returning his money.’
‘We had shot a portion of “Routine Love Story” in Uttarakhand. During outdoor shootings, it is natural to see expenses going higher than planned amount. We had to cough up Rs 15 lakhs more than what we had planned to wrap up the shoot in, and Sundeep got worried that budget was going overboard. When he didn’t listen even after I tried to convince him, I returned his money, and put money from my ow pocket,’ the ‘Garuda Vega’ director narrated.
He added that he maintains healthy relation with Sundeep now.
Breaking: WhatsApp Crashed, Restored Partially
WhatsApp, the world’s most popular social networking App crashed on Friday, making its over a billion users go berserk. It however has been restored after a while.
It was a global crash as Whatsapp users from several countries took to alternative social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to report their concern. Users were unable to either send or receive messages for nearly an hour, before the app was restored partially. The problem still persists in some countries, and the company is working on to resolve it as soon as it can.
There is no official statement from the company yet regarding what caused the crash.
Pic Talk : Kajal’s Stunning Pose in France
Here is the stunning pose of Kajal Aggarwal who is having a great time in France. She is presently shooting in France for the Tamil remake of Bollywood superhit Queen (2013) which had Kangana Ranaut in the original.
While Kajal is stepping into Kangana’s shoes in the Tamil version, Tamannah Bhatia is replacing her in the Telugu version. Manjima Mohan and Parul Yadav are seen in the Malayalam and Kannada remakes respectively.
Neelakanta is directing the Telugu Queen. Manu Kumaran, son of acclaimed Malayalam director KP Kumaran, is producing the film in all four South Indian languages under his home banner Mediente Films.
Balakrishnudu Gets Date!
Nara Rohit’s Balakrishnudu is gearing up for release this month. The makers have locked the release date as November 24 and the film’s audio is expected to be launched on Nov 10.
Since the film features Rohit with six-pack body which is a first of its kind for the actor, Balakrishnudu is eagerly looking film of Rohit.
The film is also crucial for talented actress Regina Cassandra who will be seen as Rohit’s love interest. Samantha’s manager Mahendra has turned producer for the film who is producing along with Vamsi, Vinod.
NTR’s ‘Nandamuri House’ For Sale!
A house in which Sr NTR lived for almost three decades, is now up for sale. Fans of the actor are reportedly hurt seeing the ‘For Sale’ board outside the house, which has a rich legacy.
Going into history, after establishing himself as a star, NTR bought a house at T Nagar in Chennai in 1953. He renovated it as per his requirements, and also set up an office inside the house. He named the residence, ‘Nandamuri House’. NTR had lived in this house for more than two and a half decades, until 1980 precisely, delivering several blockbusters and eventually becoming an iconic personality in the country.
When the Telugu film industry shifted its base to Hyderabad, he also left Chennai, and the house. After NTR’s death, there were demands to turn the house into a museum, but no such thing happened. With no one taking care of this house having a very rich legacy, it has got dilapidated over the years. The 8000 sq.ft. house, has now been put on sale by Nandamuri family members.
