Watch Nagarjuna Venkatesh Dance Hungama at Chaitanya Samantha Wedding
Trade: Superb 1st Week for Mahanubhavudu
Thanks to the Dasara holidays and decent word of mouth, Sharwanand’s ‘Mahanubhavudu’ performed very well in the first week at worldwide box office.
According to trusted trade reports, the film raked in a distributor share of Rs 17.25 Cr with a worldwide gross of approx 32 Cr. All the distributors are in profit zone. This is a huge feat considering that the film was released in contention with two biggies – SPYder and Jai Lava Kusa.
Area-wise distributor share:
Nizam – 4,32,00,000
Ceded – 1,95,00,000
Nellore – 40,00,000
Guntur – 1,40,00,000
Krishna – 1,18,00,000
West – 80,00,000
East – 1,35,00,000
Uttharandhra – 2,15,00,000
Total 1st week AP & TS Share – 13.55 Cr (Gross – 23 Cr)
Karnataka – 1,25,00,000
Rest of India – 50,00,000
Overseas – 1,95,00,000
Total 1st week Worldwide Share – 17.25 Cr (Gross – 32 Cr)
The film is going strong at box office in its second week too.
Trade: JLK had 3rd Biggest Week 2
NTR’s “Jai Lava Kusa” has managed to find an audience for itself despite mixed word of mouth and new releases. By the end of its two weeks of run, Jai Lava Kusa’s total earnings at worldwide box office stand at approx Rs 129 Cr with a distributor share of 73 Cr.
In the Telugu states, the film raked in Rs 9.40 Cr share in the 2nd week, which is the 3rd highest week two of 2017 behind Baahubali 2 (42.25 Cr) and Khaidi No.150 (13 Cr). The two weeks total total share reached to 55.3 Cr with a gross of 92.5 Cr.
Area-wise break-up of share:
Nizam – 15,65,00,000
Ceded – 11,25,00,000
Nellore – 2,45,00,000
Guntur – 5,87,00,000
Krishna – 4,47,00,000
West – 3,55,00,000
East – 5,34,00,000
Uttharandhra – 6,74,00,000
Total 2 weeks AP & TG Share – 55.32 Cr (Gross – 92.5 Cr)
Karnataka – 7,80,00,000
Tamilnadu – 1,10,00,000
Rest of India – 1,20,00,000
USA – 5,50,00,000
Rest of world – 2,10,00,000
Total 2 weeks Worldwide Share – 73 Cr (Gross – 129 Cr)
Trade analysts predict the film to collect 80 Cr worldwide share in its full run, and finish at All Time Top 6 in Telugu film industry as the film has got one more week of easy run, thanks to the absence of notable performers except Mahanubhavudu.
Happiest Father in T-Town right now
King Nagarjuna is sure a happy man ever since his elder son Chaitu’s wedding has been locked. The actor has been quite relaxed as Chaitu and Samantha planned their wedding which took place last night in Goa.
Nag has been quite active on twitter and he has been surprising his fans with the pictures from the event. Right from the morning, the actor posted various pictures from the wedding and the Mehendi celebrations.
The pictures proved that Nag is the happiest father right now. The actor has been spotted partying hard with his relatives and the close friends who attended the wedding. Victory Venkatesh too had some gala time with the young gang.
On the whole, Chaitu and Samantha’s wedding united Akkinenis and the Daggubatis on one platform. Even veteran producer Suresh Babu has been spotted shaking leg with Samantha.
‘God & Sex are Threatening 3-letter Words’
Noted Indian Author Shobhaa De, who is known for making uninhibited and unabashed statements on sensitive issues, said that both ‘God’ and ‘Sex’ are the most exploited and threatening 3-letter words in India.
Addressing audience at the sixth edition of the Khushwant Singh literary festival recently, Shobhaa De said that the rest of the world was fooled about how Indians perceive sex. “They think Indians enjoy sex like people from every other part of the world, but they are wrong. Both the 3-letter words – Sex and God are used in India for threatening people and achieving violent goals,” she said.
She added that although Indian films have started portraying all aspects of women’s sexual desire and audience started embracing what they see onscreen, they were still afraid to talk about ‘Sex’ openly.
Shruti Haasan Not Signing Any Films?
Shruti Haasan was once the busiest heroine in the country. Occupied with films in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil, the actress left many interesting offers as she could not allot her dates.
The actress has been completely away from films from the past few months and she has been badly criticised for her last outing Pawan Kalyan’s Katamrayudu as she looked completely out of shape. Shruti Haasan took her time and she is back fit. The actress recently revealed that she hasn’t signed any Kannada movies.
The actress has no film other than Kamal Haasan’s Sabash Naidu in her kitty. There are strong talks that Shruti Haasan is not interesting in signing movies and is in plans to relocate to London where she found her love in the form of Micheal Corsale.
Shruti Haasan’s sudden exit from films like Sanghamitra too made her land in controversies. We have to wait and see if Shruti Haasan turns up for films or prefers to settle in London.
Will Foul Mouthing Of Kodanda Help KCR?
The tone and tenor of Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s attack on Telangana Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram has triggered a big debate in the social media circles.KCR has not only addressed Kodandaram in first person calling him “vaadu” and “veedu”, but also used a very foul language like “Langa,” “dikkumalinodu,” “tokkala yatra” and “bandi kinda kukka..” etc, which was highly unbecoming of a person of the chief minister’s stature.
People of Telangana enjoyed when KCR used aggressive words like “drokulu,” dopidi gallu,” “sannasulu”, “daddammalu,” etc.. against Andhra rulers, but he is now in a responsible position. People watch every movement of him and every word of him and that might even boomerang on him.
This was the opinion of many people after KCR’s press conference on Friday. While there is no doubt that KCR played a major role in achieving Telangana statehood through political means, but he cannot undermine the role of others who contributed to the movement through social organisations.It was just a joint effort. But KCR is trying to project as if he was the only person who had brought Telangana and all others are subservient to him, which is not correct.
People might differ with Kodandaram, but nobody can question his integrity and commitment to Telangana. Assuming that he had joined with the Congress party as KCR has alleged, one wonders what is wrong in it. Does KCR think all Telanganites should support only him and his party?
So far, Kodandaram has not disclosed his political leanings. He even declared that he does not want to enter electoral politics, but will fight on people’s issues on behalf of JAC. If people think what he says is correct, they will follow him. If they are happy with the KCR government, they will definitely vote for him. But he cannot suppress the voice of dissent.Does he mean all those who don’t vote for the TRS are Telangana betrayers?
