Veteran producer Dil Raju recently completed 25 films in his career as a producer and most of the films ended up as blockbusters. 2017 has been exceptional for the top producer as the films Shatamanam Bhavathi, Nenu Local and Fidaa left him in huge profits.
Now the top producer distributed Anando Brahma, which released last Friday and is racing ahead with exceptional word of mouth and packed houses. Dil Raju is said to have distributed the movie for Nizam and Vizag areas. The makers with the help of UV Creations released the film in other territories.
Dil Raju is monitoring the distribution of the movie and his suggestions for the makers helped them a lot. Made on strict budget, Anando Brahma is expected to collect a share close to Rs 4 crores in its first week which is exceptional.
All those who are associated with Anando Brahma are expected to end up getting hefty profits. The makers are yet to close the satellite deal which is expected to fetch them decent price. On the whole, Dil Raju’s Midas touch is helping many small films.
Telangana Chief Minister KCR has yet again proved his oratory skills as he recited famous poems from Vemana Satakam and Bhaskara Satakam while describing the qualities of Venkaiah Naidu who went onto become India’s Vice President.
KCR has cited the poems such “Anagananaga Raga Mathi Sayilluchunundu” and “Chaduvadi Entha Kalgina…Rasagnatha Inchuka Chalakunna” to mention Venkaiah’s skills and his nature. KCR was all praise for Venkaiah and his speeches and stated that how he honed his speaking skills with great distinct and close observation.
KCR has recalled his first meeting with Venkaiah Naidu in 80s where Naidu had then just released from jail for protesting against Emergency imposed by then Indira government. Throughout his speech, KCR said how ‘humble’ and down-to-earth Venkaiah Naidu has been and said it is proud moment for the Telugu-speaking people to see their person in one of the top posts in country.
Responding to KCR’s padyams, Venkaiah said in his style, “KCR had promised me to arrange finest lunch. But after listening to his poems and the sweetness in his language, it gave me a feeling of tasting the best food with varied dishes.”
With his timely speech and reciting chaste Telugu poems, KCR has yet again proved his public speaking skill.
Megastar Chiranjeevi, who has been staying away from active politics, looks to have suddenly woken up ahead of his birthday, and realized that he still is a politician. He was earlier criticized for forgetting the people of Tirupati, who made him an MLA by electing him in 2009 Assembly election, after merging his party with the Congress and becoming a Central Minister. Now, after all these years, coinciding his birthday on August 22, Chiru suddenly and equally surprisingly showed his concern for Tirupati.
The other day, Chiru, who is a sitting Rajya Sabha MP of Congress party, shot a letter to the Andhra Pradesh government, and raised the issue of displacement of Sanitary workers living at a colony in Tirupati. He demanded the AP government to return the land taken from the poor families at Scavenger colony in Tirupati.
The local municipal authorities recently shifted the families from the colony and handed over the land to a private firm. Taking serious note of the issue, the film actor turned politician demanded Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to come to the rescue of the workers who have been dwelling in the colony for the last 50 years.
It may be noted that Chiru didn’t speak a word on Nandyal by-poll even though the Congress party was contesting the election. For that matter, he has rarely indulged in a political activity ever since his comeback to films. So, what could be the reason for this sudden political move ahead of his birthday?
Superstar Mahesh Babu’s little princess Sitara is already a star on social media. Earlier, the videos of this cute girl dancing to her dad’s hit songs from Aagadu and Srimanthudu have gone viral.
Ghattamaneni fans and movie lovers alike loved Sitara’s cute expressions and adorable moves in those videos. It seems that the amateur star kid (at dance) has now decided to become a professional dancer.
Namrata has officially declared that Sitara has joined a noted dance academy in Hyderabad, ‘Natya Veda’. She also posted a couple of pictures of Sitara performing puja to Nataraja statue. Namrata revealed that it was Sitara’s first day at dance academy.
Fans wonder how adorable Sitara’s dancing videos will going to be after she becomes a pro.
Rana Daggubati’s “Nene Raju Nene Mantri” has emerged as be the Super Hit that the macho actor has been yearning for. The political drama collected 35 crore at the worldwide box office in just 10 days after its release.
Below is the break-up of distributor share:
Nizam – 7,40,00,000
Ceded – 2,40,00,000
Nellore – 52,00,000
Guntur – 1,40,00,000
Krishna – 1,38,00,000
West – 90,00,000
East – 1,63,00,000
Uttharandhra – 2,58,00,000
Total 10 days AP & TS Share – 18.21 Cr
Karnataka – 1,55,00,000
Rest of India – 50,00,000
Overseas – 2,05,00,000
Total 10 days Worldwide Share – 22.31 Cr (Gross is 35 Cr)
The film has already been declared a super hit by trade pundits, and it is still raking in significant revenues in good number of theatres across the Telugu states.
After disastrous ‘Akhil’ in VV Vinayak direction, Akkineni Akhil took long break to sign in for Vikram Kumar’s directional and here is it’s first look poster finally, titled ‘Hello’. Vikram Kumar is known for his interesting film making in his earlier movies Manam, 24 and Ishq.
Now, Nagarjuna and Akhil seem to be confident on this movie and the new poster features Akhil doing a handstand on a roof terrace. Let’s wait for the teaser to see if the director wishes to reveal anything about Hello!
Young actor Nara Rohit owes a massive hit to Tollywood. His recent movies made no impact at the ticket window and the actor has been preparing for his next film Kathalo Rajakumari which has been waiting for a comfortable release date. And August 25th is the date for the release of the film.
Like we said earlier, Tollywood is gearing up to repeat another August 11th on 25th, where three films Nene Raju Nene Mantri, Jaya Janaki Nayaka and LIE clashed with each other, with LIE being the most hyped movie. After the release, though LIE is not a bad movie, it lost to the gamble and mass audiences started rolling the red carpet for other two films.
Cut to 25th August scenario, along with Kathalo Rajakumari, there are films like Arjun Reddy, VIP 2 and Vivekam in the race. While Arjun Reddy has huge hype among all these movies, VIP 2 is the most awaited one in mass centers owing to Raghuvaran B.Tech’s success. Estimating the outcome and the need for avoiding an unwanted clash, now Kathalo Rajakumari walked out of the race.
Another reason is that Nara Rohith is right now not in India to promote the film as he’s currently in Norway shooting for his next movie Balakrishnudu, where he will be flaunting his six-pack abs for the first time.For that reason as well, makers decided to opt for a postponement. The makers revealed that Kathalo Rajakumari will hit screens during September and an official release date will be announced soon. That’s a wise decision perhaps!!
Coming to Kathalo Rajakumari, while Nara Rohit is the hero, Naga Shourya played a crucial role in the films and Namitha Pramod essayed the female lead.
Call it a publicity gimmick or just failing to find a balance between confidence and overconfidence, a young hero crossed the limits yet again when it comes to dealing criticism and promoting his movie.
The man in the discussion is none other than Vijay Sai Deverakonda of Pelli Choopulu fame and at “Arjun Reddy” pre-release event last night, he showed many colors of attitude that made even the audiences at the venue quite uncomfortable. Claiming that Arjun Reddy’s trailer that is 3 minutes long and was watched by everyone multiple times and they felt a longing for more scenes in it, Vijay started feeling bad about the criticism he faced for his speech at trailer-launch event.
“Few people from media and social sites complained that I’m over confident and I’m exaggerating. They called that I’m arrogant. I would like to apologize to f*cking nobody. If I don’t have a confidence on my film, who will have it?” asked Vijay Deverakonda. Back then he stated that he will bet all his money on Arjun Reddy and confirmed that it is going to become a sure shot blockbuster. With many cinema folks, including media and netizens finding fault with such statements by calling it as overconfident speech, Vijay now gave an ultimatum that his attitude won’t change.
Adding a piece of advice to students, he stressed, “If anybody in society says to be humble and bend your head down, f*ck that. F*ck humility. Be confident and showcase your attitude. I’m just an actor and you’re real engineers, showcase that“.
Well, when someone is talking at a public diaspora, where there are hundreds of students, isn’t it a good manner to not use words like f*ck? Showcasing attitude and confidence means, one need not be less-humble and show no humility. Even the likes of Abdul Kalam and PV Sindhu will have a stunning confidence that helped them excel in their careers, but will they use such foul language to showcase it? Their achievements will speak, not words.
At the same venue, Vijay also took a jibe at Censor Board for not allowing the word “Ma**r C**d” to be featured in the movie. “That dialogue got popular from the teaser and that’s the choice of words we use when our girlfriend or sister gets commented by someone. Though we requested the Board, they gave us ‘A’ certificate but they didn’t allow us to use it and muted it. They can stop my voice in theatres, but not yours (students), so you have to dub for me for that word” he said. Shouting the line “Em Matladutunnav Ra..” he made students shout “Ma**r C**d”, and one wonders what message he’s really giving through such vulgar acts.
Needless to say, extremely talented actors who enact versatile characters on silver screen never show such arrogance at public events and they are remembered for their humble nature. While the character of Arjun Reddy inside the film needs some anger management classes, it looks like real-life guy who played it is in need of some attitude management lessons, in case if he wants to make it big in Film Industry.
Megastar Chiranjeevi is all set for his birthday tomorrow (August 22nd) and a massive event has been planned in which the title of his 151st movie will be unveiled. Based on the life of freedom fighter Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy, the filmmakers wanted to lock ‘Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy’ as the title, they felt that the title will not appeal to the audience from other languages.
While many other names like “Reddenna”, “Na Desam” and “aaaa” are heard for this film, finally the makers are said to have finalized a title that will have a universal appeal. Reports are saying that “Sye Raa” is the title of Megastar’s prestigious 151st film that will be directed by Surender Reddy. On Chiranjeevi’s birthday, this title will be announced officially and likely to have its motion poster also revealed.
Reports have that Chiranjeevi has zeroed on three titles till now for this movie and the designers have worked on the three titles for him to pick the best in the end. Today afternoon we hear that Ram Charan and Surender Reddy got a clarity from Chiranjeevi that it is going to be ‘Sye Raa’ for this movie.
Ace director SS Rajamouli will unfold the motion poster of the film tomorrow at 11.30 which will witness a list of all the top Tollywood celebrities attending. The complete list of the cast, the crew that has been finalized will also get announced during the event.
Megastar Chiranjeevi will be away from the event and Ramcharan is personally monitoring the happenings of the motion poster launch. Surendar Reddy will direct Sye Raa and Konidela Production Company will produce this big budget mass entertainer.
Curly beauty Taapsee Pannu, who has been boasting of doing performance oriented films in Bollywood, looks to have gone all glam for the sequel of Judwaa (1997), a Hindi remake of Nagarjuna’s iconic film, ‘Hello Brother’.
The trailer of Judwaa 2 was unveiled today, and it looks quite ordinary. Despite the ever-energetic and charming Varun Dhawan impressed in twin roles, the lame jokes and over the top fights give a very ordinary impression.
The most striking aspect of the trailer is the lip-locks and bikinis sported by film’s two leading ladies – Sri Lankan bombshell Jacqueline Fernandez and Taapsee. While the former has done such steamy and bold acts on screen several times, it is the first time for Taapsee. The trailer itself showcased more than one kiss, one can’t imagine how many such kisses are there between Varun and Taapsee in the entire film. She is also seen slipping in skimpy bikinis and gyrating on beaches.
Since the film is a complete commercial entertainer, heroines going all out in glamour department is understandable, but it came as a surprise to see Taapsee in such bold avatar.
At a time when Taapsee-starrer Anando Brahma is going strong at box office, this trailer featuring Taapsee’s sexy version has come as a pleasant surprise.
After disastrous ‘Akhil’ in VV Vinayak direction, Akkineni Akhil took long break to sign in for Vikram Kumar’s directional and here is it’s first look poster finally, titled ‘Hello’. Vikram Kumar is known for his interesting film making in his earlier movies Manam, 24 and Ishq.
Now, Nagarjuna and Akhil seem to be confident on this movie and the new poster features Akhil doing a handstand on a roof terrace. Let’s wait for the teaser to see if the director wishes to reveal anything about Hello!
Megastar Chiranjeevi is all set for his next movie Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy which has been launched officially recently.
On the occasion of Megastar’s birthday, the motion poster of the movie will be released by none other than the top director SS Rajamouli at 11.30 AM in Sandhya Convention Centre, Gachibowli. The sketches of all the lead actors will be revealed during the event which will be graced by many top Tollywood celebrities.
The entire list of the cast and crew will be announced tomorrow informed sources and several pan Indian actors are said to be roped in for Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy. Charan is personally inviting the guests and is looking over all the formalities of the event.
Despite of the several rumours, the makers have been tight lipped about the cast and crew. Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy will be made on a massive budget and will be shot in all the Indian languages. Megastar’s home banner Konidela Production Company will bankroll the movie which will be helmed by Surendar Reddy.
Gorgeous actress Kajal Agarwal wrapped up 50 films in her career and is still counting. She has been busy with many interesting projects and is completely focussed on her next upcoming movies Vivegam and Mersal.
The actress is said to have been charing Rs 1.5 crores for Tamil movies and she is eagerly waiting for the results of these films to take a call on her remuneration. Kajal is in plans to hike her fee if these films fetch positive results. Ajith is the lead actor in Vivegam while Kajal romanced Vijay in Mersal.
While things are completely different with Tollywood as the actress is paid less than a crore for her films. She is said to have taken Rs 80 lakhs for her next Telugu movie MLA which features Kalyanram in the lead role. Her recent Telugu outing Nene Raju Nene Mantri has been declared as a hit and she is in plans to sign more interesting films in Tollywood this year.
Kajal has been last paid huge remuneration for Sardar Gabbar Singh which bombed at the box-office.
Ahead of the scheduled by-poll in Nandyal on August 23, ruling TDP is confident of prevailing over Opposition YSRC party as it has the support of 4 of the 5 big families in the region.
For the last 50 years or so, only five families – Bhuma, S P Y Reddy, Gangula Pratap Reddy, Md Farooq and Silpa families have been holding all the cards in Kurnool district politics. For the upcoming Nandyal by-poll, except the Silpa family, all the remaining four influential families are supporting TDP.
Silpa Mohan Reddy, who lost the 2014 Assembly elections contesting in Nandyal constituency on TDP ticket, has joined YSRC party just ahead of the by-poll and is contesting against TDP this time.
The ruling TDP however is confident of pulling off a victory since its candidate belongs to Bhuma family, and also because they have the support of the remaining three big families.
