Legendary actress Savitri’s biopic Mahanati in Nag Ashwin direction, produced by Swapna Cinema, Vyjayanthi Movies is presently shooting the epic Maya Bazar portions at a specially erected set in RFC, Hyderabad. Magnum opus Maya Bazar is a special project in Savitri’s illustrative career wherein she played beautiful Sasirekha with elan.

‘Till date we find many inspirations of Maya Bazar in Indian cinema. Finally, we came to the epic moment of shooting Maya Bazar scenes for Mahanati. Our art director Shivam and art consultant senior Thota Tharani built an overwhelmingly impressive Maya Bazar set in RFC replicating the old one.

Telugu cinema all time greatest director Singeetam Srinivas Rao who worked as Assistant Director for Maya Bazar film graced our shooting spot. He bubbled with energy, sat with us and walked around appreciating the team. He was in complete with the set, delivered an inspirational speech.

Sensational Krish was also present on sets playing the character of director KV Reddy garu while Tharun Bhascker reprised Singeetam’s younger character. When Mohan Babu as Ghatotkacha SV Ranga Rao walked into the set, it was a goose bump moment for all of us.

Keerthy Suresh is putting up a flawless performance exactly resembling Savitri. Her flashes of smile and facial features will be a celebration for Telugu audience. We can’t wait for audience to watch Mahanati on big screen,’ said a source from production.

SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali : The Conclusion continues to dominate the Bollywood. Although several star-studded films (including Salman Khan’s Eid release Tubelight and SRK’s Raees) have been released, none of them could actually go close to the startling figure of Baahubali 2 (Rs 41 Crore).

Ajay Devgn and Rohit Shetty’s latest offering Golmaal Again has managed to get the second position by grossing Rs 30.14 Crore on its day one. This is second film of Ajay and Rohit to surpass Rs 30 Crore-mark. Earlier Singham Returns has raked in Rs 32.09 Cr Net Gross.

Trade analysts predict that the cast-team combo plus Golmaal franchise plus hype plus holiday translated into earth-shattering Day 1 for the film.

Below are the top 5 openers of 2017 in India.

Top 5 openers – 2017:

1. Baahubali 2  –  Rs 41 cr
2. Golmaal Again – Rs  30.14 cr
3. Tubelight    –    Rs  21.15 cr
4.  Raees       –      Rs 20.42 cr
5.  Judwaa2   –       Rs 16.10 cr

Young hero Ram pinned all his hopes on his next movie Vunnadi Okkate Zindagi which is carved by Kishore Tirumala. Anupama Parameshwaran and Lavanya Tripathi are the female leads in the movie which is all set for a release on October 27th across the globe. Here goes a revelation about the film.

If the film’s director Kishore Tirumala’s words are anything to go by, Anupama’s character is the major highlight of the movie. And that brings to the discussion, why hero Ram has chosen yet another story that puts a heroine in the central point.

It was Keerthy Suresh who has been widely applauded for the film Nenu Sailaja which ended up as a massive blockbuster. Despite Ram’s honest efforts, he didn’t have the needed attention. Is Ram really not bothered about the female leads garnering attention and grabbing the name?

Some say that as Ram is in need of big hit he’s picking these female-centric scripts which do work at box office big time. Others say that Ram is basically a feminist and gives huge respect to women, because of which he likes these stories.

We have to wait and see how Ram makes an impact in Vunnadi Okkate Zindagi.

After two disasters like Kick-2 and Bengal Tiger, Mass Maharaj Ravi Teja is back with yet another entertainer ‘Raja-The Great’, released on 18th October. But, a scene in film is turning out to be an embarrassment for a common man in Vishakapatnam’s Anandapuram village.

Reportedly, A man named Gopi has been continuously receiving congratulatory messages and calls, for the success of ‘Raja The Great’. Going into the details, his contact number ’80******22′ is widely circulated among netizens after hero’s mother (in film) tells this random number to antagonist. So, assuming that it is Ravi Teja’s number, fans began to uninterruptedly call on this number to praise and wish him.

Annoyed with frequent phone calls, Gopi switched off his mobile and informed his friends about the episode that he’s faced. Ravi Teja and Mehrene starrer is running well in theaters and it is minting good mulah at box-office, all thanks to the long Diwali weekend.

Megastar Chiranjeevi’s ambitious period drama “Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy” which was launched amidst much fanfare in the month of August is facing initial hurdles. The film’s regular shoot has not yet commenced.

It was to begin on October 20, but now the makers have pushed the date to December. The reason cited is the change of key technicians in the crew.

Cinematographer Ravi Varman has already opted out from the film and Rathnavelu will be handling the camera now.

There was a talk that even A R Rahman has expressed his unwillingness to continue for this project, but Ram Charan went to Chennai and convinced him to stay back. He reportedly cleared all confusion about Thaman.

With fans and others congratulating Rahman for the background score done by Thaman, he is said to have felt bad. Now Ram Charan is said to have given word that Thaman will not interfere in the project.

These minor issues are being sorted out. So, the team is planning to get complete clarity before commencing the regular shoot. Taking all these into account, the team is now gearing up to commence shoot in December.

Actress Disha Patani has replaced Shruti Haasan as the lead in upcoming Tamil historic drama “Sangamithra”.

Disha took to Twitter on Saturday to share her excitement over the project.”Really very excited for ‘Sangamithra’. Can’t wait to start shooting for this wonderful film,” Disha tweeted.

Shruti earlier opted out of “Sangamithra” due to “unavoidable circumstances”.To be helmed by Sundar C. and produced by Sri Thenandal Films, the film will also be released in Telugu and Hindi.

The film, which will also star Jayam Ravi and Arya, will have music by A.R. Rahman.”Sangamithra” will start shooting in December.

Victory Venkatesh is one of the most prominent actors of Telugu cinema. As years passed, the actor stepped away from regular commercial films and is keen on essaying roles that suit his age.

The actor after a long gap signed his next film in the direction of Teja and the movie is said to be an action entertainer. Venky will be seen essaying the role of a professor and the regular shoot will commence from November. The film will have many other crucial roles and the actors are being finalized currently.

A young actor will have a crucial role assigned and Teja is currently busy finalizing an actor for the role. He has been keen on roping in either Akkineni hero Sumanth or Nara Rohit for the pivotal role.

Both Sumanth and Nara Rohit are busy with their upcoming films and we have to wait and seen whom Teja will finalize for the interesting role. Venky is currently preparing himself for this untitled project.

Mass maharaja Ravi Teja, who has made his comeback to silver screen after almost two years, is quite jubilant with the success of ‘Raja The Great’. The actor is enjoying the success by partying with friends and also spending joyous time with his family members.

Here is a latest click of the actor with his family members. In the lovely pic, we can see Ravi Teja flanked by his daughter Mokshadha, son Mahadhan, and his wife Kalyani and mother. The smile on their faces tell a very happy tale. The success of ‘Raja The Great’ brings joy for them all not just because it was Ravi Teja’s comeback film but it was Mahadhan’s debut film too.

RTG is reportedly running to packed houses all over the Telugu states.

Well-known stunt director Ravi Varma has supervised the introduction scenes of Pawan Kalyan in his landmark film – PK 25 – directed by Trivikram Srinivas. Pawan’s intro scenes were recently wrapped up in a quick schedule in Bengaluru. The introduction scene said to have shaped well.

Apparently, Trivikram specially wanted Ravi Varma to direct the action scenes of Pawan’s intro in order to meet high expectations of fans. For beginners, the untitled film has already set a new precedent in terms of pre-release biz and shocked trade as huge money is at stake. While Pawan will be seen as a software engineer, Keerthy Suresh and Anu Emanuel are playing his romantic interests in this action entertainer laced with family elements.

Tentatively titled as Agnatavaasi, PSPK 25 is slated for Jan 10, 2018 release.

Ravi Varma has worked for several notable films in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam. Few of his popular films include SRK’s Raees, Sooraj Pancholi-starrer and Salman Khan production Hero. Ravi Varma has worked for Telugu films Sarrainodu, Dhruva and Trivikram Srinivas’ A..Aa.

Not every film that performs exceptionally well in domestic market works in Overseas and vice-versa. The latest example for this is Ravi Teja’s ‘Raja The Great’.

Producer Dil Raju and team has already started celebrating the success of the film showcasing the film’s exemplary performance in the Telugu states and neighboring territories. But, what people are ignoring is the film’s weak show in US, where the film could so far pool just $200K even after registering Ravi Teja’s career highest gross from premieres. The average word of mouth has played spoilsport for the film’s prospects in overseas and led the film to take nosedive on the second day itself.

In local market however, the film is gaining from strength to strength. The release strategy especially, more than the content, helped the film at box office. The film was released on non-holiday, but decent collections were ensured since it was the opening day. The film made merry on the second day, which was Deepavali holiday. By putting up impressive show on the third day, Friday, and also indicating an exceptional Saturday and Sunday in store, Raja The Great is predicted to post humongous first weekend total.

The film has so far collected 13 Cr share from the Telugu states and 16 Cr overall. A 23-24 Cr first weekend looks well possible. The film reportedly needs to collect 32 Cr worldwide share to be called a safe venture.