Shalini Pandey shot fame with Arjun Reddy in which Vijay Devarakonda played the lead role. The movie has been declared as a cult classic and Shalini Pandey’s subtle performance has been widely lauded.

The latest update says that the young actress has been approached to play an interesting role in the most happening biopic of legendary actress Savitri which has been titled Mahanati.

The film’s director Nag Ashwin has been completely impressed with the performance of Shalini Pandey and he signed her for an interesting role. Keerthy Suresh, Samantha, Prakashraj and Dulquer Salman will be seen playing the lead roles in Mahanati.

Ashwini Dutt’s Vyjayanthi Movies is bankrolling this prestigious project which completed half of its shoot. Shalini Pandey will join the sets from October and the movie has been aimed for release during the first half of next year.

The theatrical trailer of ‘Jai Lava Kusa’ was the focus of much media attention on this Sunday and what’s even more interesting is NTR’s speech at the pre-release event.

The emotionally charged Tarak thanked entire crew & cast of the film and briefed how he had to sign the film. ‘When I heard the script from Bobby and told it to two of my closest acquaintances in a week, they were totally in love with it & very confident about it. I will reveal their names only after the success of the film.

He further turned to his father Harikrishna Nandamuri saying ‘Nanna.., e janma ki abhimanulatho ne undi pothanu’ (Father, I will stay back with fans in this life) and that aroused massive response from his fans in the auditorium.

The Big Boss host exuded confidence on the film and dedicated the film to all the brother in the world. Finally, on fans demand, he delivered Raavana dialogue on stage.

With music by Devi Sri Prasad and camera by Chota K Naidu, the film which has NTR in triple role was bankrolled by Kalyan Ram under NTR Arts banner. Raashi Khanna & Nivetha Thomas are the leading ladies of the film.

Magadheera is sure a special film in the career of Ramcharan and is the biggest hit in the actor’s career. Charan too reminds about the film during public meetings and the biggest surprise here is that the story of Magadheera was not penned for Ramcharan.

SS Rajamouli directed the movie and his father V Vijayendra Prasad penned the story. The news has been revealed by the legendary writer Vijayendra Prasad during the pre-release event of his next directorial Srivalli for which Charan attended as chief guest.

“After the super success of Simhadri, Rajamouli was asked about directing Chiranjeevi and he always wanted to. One fine day, we got a call from Megastar Chiranjeevi garu and we were left extremely delighted and touched with his gesture. It was after a week; we narrated the 100 men fight episode from Magadheera to Megastar. Due to some unexpected reasons, it did not materialize but he loved the episode. Rajamouli wanted the episode to do it with Megastar and we kept it aside” said V Vijayendra Prasad.

“It was later we got an opportunity to work with Ramcharan and we used the episode of Magadheera for Charan. Everyone knows that the rest is history. We started our journey with Ramcharan from Magadheera and he has been carrying the legacy of the legendary actor Megastar Chiranjeevi: revealed the writer of Baahubali.

Sensational Puri Jagannadh who is known for wrapping up back to back films in his career worked with Chakri for most of his films. Chakri composed tunes for Puri Jagannadh and with the sudden demise of Chakri, Puri switched to other composers.

He worked with Anup Rubens for Heart Attack and Paisa Vasool along with Sunil Kashyap for Loafer and Jyothi Lakshmi. Puri seems to be unable to find the perfect replacement for Chakri.

The ace director is all set to work with veteran music composer Sandeep Chowta for his next film, which will feature his son Akash Puri in the lead role. Sandeep Chowta composed music for Super and Bujjigadu among Puri’s films and this is the third time the duo is working together.

The regular shoot of this romantic entertainer will start from October and will be produced by Puri Jagannadh himself.

After the success of Baahubali, Prabhas’ new film ‘Saaho’ is enjoying unprecedented attention of national media. Each and every new update about the film is raising curiosity and expectations on the film.

It is known that Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor is playing the leading lady of Prabhas in Saaho. As per the fresh buzz, she will be seen essaying dual role in the film. Both the characters are important for the narrative. While one character is boisterous, feisty and adventurous, which performs action stunts, the other is a timid and shy one.

Interestingly, Shraddha has acted in a number of Bollywood films till date but she hasn’t yet played a dual role in any film. There is no official confirmation on her playing double role in Saaho, but it will surely be hell lot of fun to see her essaying two diverse roles in same film.

Right from the teasers itself it was pretty much conveyed that Jai character is going to be the backbone of NTR’s ‘Jai Lava Kusa’, and the just released trailer has strengthened that belief.

The trailer of JLK has been unveiled and it has started trending. NTR’s rustic baritone introduces the trailer and reveals the plot in one line – this is the story of three brothers but they are not Rama-Lakshmana-Bharatha but Raavana Rama-Lakshmana.

Moving into the trailer, Jai is a bank manager and Kusa is a thief, and there is a healthy bond between them. There are episodes when Kusa acts as Jai and probably steals money from bank. Situation gets complicate when Jai enters the scene. He somehow seems to have rivalry with his two brothers. There is also a shot which shows the three brothers as stage actors.

The intense dialogues mouthed by NTR as Jai and his terrific dialogue delivery make this ordinarily looking trailer very special. How the director incorporates the stage actors link into main story and why Jai hates his two brothers are the exciting plot points. The last shot showcasing Jai’s evil laugh compensates for the limitations of the trailer.

‘Arjun Reddy’, with the amount of critical and commercial success it had received, became a hot cake to be remade in other languages. Superstar Rajinikanth’s aides have beaten tough competition from other bidders to acquire the remake rights.

Rajini’s son-in-law and noted Tamil actor-filmmaker Dhanush has earlier bought the Tamil remake rights of Arjun Reddy for fancy price. Now, the Kannada remake rights have been snapped by producer Rockline Venkatesh, who had earlier produced Rajini’s ‘Lingaa’. The Kannada remake is expected to go on floors in the first half of 2018.

Meanwhile, Arjun Reddy’s glorious run at box office continues. The bold film has amassed around 25 Cr worldwide share.

Bollywood beauty Kangana Ranaut is back into news for her controversial comments about her past. She has been slammed by some of the celebrities however Kangana doesn’t seems to have been bothered about the comments.

The actress is busy promoting her next film Simran which is said to be a woman centric film. The actress raised the heat during her promtions. Showing off her cleavage, Kangana Ranaut turned the other side flaunting her tattoo on her neck.

Her pink printed gown along with the flowers made her look elegant. Directed by Hansal Mehta, Simran is a drama which revolves around Kangana Ranaut.

The movie has been aimed for release on September 15th and Kangana Ranaut pinned all her hopes on the film. The makers of Simran are not much happy with the way Kangana Ranaut has been landing into controversies as they feel that these will have an impact on the film’s collections.