Alphonse Puthren, the Malayalam director who shot fame with Premam seems to have been quite disappointed with the implementation of GST on cinema. He questioned if cinema and gambling are equal.

He said if making a film is as simple as rolling the dice or shuffling a set of cards. Alphonse Puthren revealed that several filmmakers have been investing huge efforts and money on cinema and with the implementation of GST, they have been left in vain.

Alphonse Puthren mentioned celebrities Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth and requested them to talk to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this issue and save film industry. Alphonse Puthren compared Kamal and Rajinikanth as the most respected film personalities and their efforts could save Indian cinema.

We have to wait and see how Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan will react on this.

Daggubati Purandeswari is more of a diplomat than just a politician. She rarely speaks. But when she does it garners a lot of significance. The former Union Minister in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet and present BJP leader and daughter of NTR Purandeswari has broken her silence on ongoing controversy concerned to her legendary father NTR.

As RGV’s Lakshmi’s NTR is in news for all wrong reasons and stirring a debate in political, film fraternities, Chinnamma aka Purandeswari has opened up and said, “If anyone making a film on legendary NTR garu, it has to be made comprehensively. It is not fair to make a film on such a big personality based on a one person’s point-of-view or perspective.”

Chinnamma appealed to RGV to consider the views of all family members of NTR before making a film on an iconic leader, actor. While TDP leaders are fuming over RGV and alleging that YSRCP is funding the film (Lakshmi’s NTR), Purandeswari’s latest comments have indicated that entire NTR’s family members are on same boat cutting across political parties.

Senior Telugu film actor Kaikala Satyanarayana, who is hailed as one of the most talented and versatile actors to have ever worked in Telugu cinema, has made some sensational comments against the current functioning of the industry.

In a recent interview, the senior actor said that earlier artists and technicians used to make films with passion and give prime importance to art. “Nowadays, industry people are making movies only for ‘money’. Never have we imagined that the budgets and remunerations will go so soaring, everyone is working only to amass money and in the process, they have forgot what a potential ‘art’ cinema is,” he said.

The veteran actor said that he wasn’t targeting anyone and that he was disclosing only his personal opinion. He also said that senior artists and filmmakers, who had contributed so much for the industry to flourish, were being neglected by the younger generation.

Shifting his attention to politics, Satyanarayana said that he was one of the founding members of TDP and that Sr NTR considered him as his own brother. He rued that the party has now allegedly forgotten him.

Samantha got married to Chaitu last night in Goa in the presence of limited guests and family members. Chaitu and Samantha have been extremely happy in the wedding pictures.

At the marriage, she turned emotional right after Chaitu tied knot and the candid moment has been captured on the cameras. Samantha could not control her emotions and started crying during her wedding. The guests have been touched with her emotional side and her friends cheered her up.

Here is the interesting glimpse of Samantha Akkineni from Raju Gari Gadhi 2. Clad in white and white and sporting a cane in hand, Samantha sizzled as Panthulamma. Since never-before, Sam donned this kinda role on silver screen, this look of her is naturally seeking so much attention.

The film coming in the popular franchise of Raju Gari Gadhi features ‘King’ Nagarjuna in a unique role of a mentalist. Directed by Ohmkar, the horror-comedy is made with extensive VFX. Producer PVP and Matinee Entertainment banner seems to have splurged on this film. The film is slated for October 13 release. Since this is going to be first film after Samantha’s wedding with Naga Chaitanya, expectations are way too high. In addition to it, the film’s teaser and trailer have already garnered good curiosity.