Elated with the super success of Baahubali 2, director giant Rajamouli has made some stunning comments, including that of fake theatres list of Magadheera 100 days and also Sridevi’s starry demands to take up Sivagami’s role. That led to huge discussions in film circles and also has upset some people.

Taking to Rajamouli’s comments, Sridevi stated, “I didn’t expect a guy of Rajamouli’s stature to speak that way. Being a producer’s wife, I don’t make such irrelevant demands. And also if I troubled my producers that way, I wouldn’t have today done 300 films”. When quizzed about these comments, finally Rajamouli chose to respond to a Bollywood media house.

“What I’ve told and What Sridevi ji responded on them is in public domain now. People can decide who’s right and who is wrong, there is no worry about it. But I regret today that I should not have spoken such stuff in the first place on record and in an interview. It’s my mistake” said Rajamouli, hinting that he should have avoided Sridevi’s topic.

On a concluding note, he praised Sridevi for bringing good name to South Indians in Bollywood and wished her all the best for Mom movie. Earlier Sridevi also wished Rajamouli in a similar manner saying that no matter what he said about her, he’s a great director.

Many cinema lovers often see Uday Kiran’s biggest minus ever he has done to his career is his much-hyped engagement with Megastar Chiranjeevi’s daughter Sushmita and subsequently calling it off. They blame Megastar for the downfall of Uday’s career post this happening. But what has Uday Kiran’s own sister Sridevi, who stays in Muscat, Oman along with her family, has to say about this?

Three years post the suicide of Uday, it looks like Sridevi will speak about the past. Giving a clean certificate to Chiranjeevi, she says, “Even before Sushmita got engaged to Uday, Chiranjeevi garu is a solid support system for Uday Kiran. When my brother is going through a bitter breakup (with a lady journalist and anchor), it’s Chiranjeevi garu who gave him solace and guided him through tough times. He gave my brother emotional and mental support when he’s crying a lot”.

“Probably to give more of such solace to Uday, Chiranjeevi garu proposed the marriage and we all are very happy with it. We went to Chiranjeevi garu’s house and the hospitality is amazing. I spoke to him over phone couple of times and he’s really great. But Uday felt that the likes-dislikes of him and Sushmita are not matching. He felt that they are not compatible with each other. It is his decision to call off the wedding, not Chiranjeevi garu’s decision”, she added. Later Uday Kiran’s family is not in touch with Chiranjeevi’s family.

Though directly not accusing anyone, Sridevi stated that Uday Kiran is not happy in marital life though he always lied that he’s happy. “I met Uday Kiran and Vishita during the marriage and later went to Muscat. Whenever I called, Uday used to say he’s happy but never Vishita is at home to speak to me. I doubt now, something went wrong there. After Uday’s death, she’s not in touch with us till date and that explains, there is something to suspect”, asserted Sridevi.

Well, Uday Kiran is one young sensation who rose to heights despite having no solid support from the film industry. Probably he should have been alive!!

Shruti Haasan, the super-busy actress, who is always vocal about many issues, talks to us in a freewheeling interview on how she has no qualms with her body, how she wants to be connected artistically with her audience, her appa’s stint in Bigg Boss and much more.

You seemed to have no qualms with your dare-bare attitude when it comes to photo shoots and magazine covers…

Google any other actress in Bollywood, they all have done the same thing. If my body looks a little more spectacular, I can’t help it! (laughs) I am proud of my body. Some days it is perfect; some other days it’s not.  To me, sensuality is another aspect of the human personality. I am not secretive, not frustrated or imbalanced. I believe in owning my body and not going by other people’s perception of it.

The last few years have been very kind to Naga Chaitanya’s career. He is now looking excitedly at the release of his next Telugu film, Yuddham Sharanam, which true to its title, is an action film. “It’s not just an action film, but a very youth-centric thriller,” says Naga Chaitanya, adding, “I play a college dropout who makes drones.”

Chaitanya, who started his career in 2009 with Josh, feels that Yuddham Sharanam is his most youth-oriented film to date. “It was designed that way. We worked on several drafts of the script until we felt it sounded right for youngsters. When the script initially came to me, I  liked it immediately. But I felt we needed to work more on it,” says Chaitanya, whose father, Nagarjuna, has always been of great help in choosing his scripts.

Not this time, though. Chaitanya reveals, “This script was recommended to me by my uncle Venkatesh. A lot of other opinions that matter were also taken into consideration.”

The actor has been going through a very favourable phase in his career. “My last few films have been successful. And I’ve come to understand what suits me and what doesn’t suit me after some initial setbacks. I believe failures are very important in any person’s growth. I’ve learnt what not to do from them,” he says.

Chaitanya shares that he wants to venture into Tamil cinema. “I’d like to explore that area with my next film, though no Hindi cinema for now,” he states. The actor also feels that Baahubali has opened up doors for Telugu cinema. “We are looked at with renewed interest. It’s time for Telugu cinema to make its presence felt,” he says.

Shekhar Kammula tried for star heroes for ‘Fidaa’ before going to Varun Tej for playing the hero who happens to be an NRI. The efforts he put in for ‘Fidaa’ is something which makes the film ​his Baahubali says the director.

The story was there with him since long but he kept on adding changes to the story and Shekhar Kammula thinks writing a love story isn’t that easy. He should live up to the status because it is someone’s hard-earned money and fame which is going to be at stake.

The director sounded confident and claims that the audiences hadn’t seen a film like this. The love story between an NRI and a local Telangana girl is something fresh and would cater to the tastes of the audiences who are looking for a refreshing movie. This movie is very critical for the director who had a series of flops and coming with ‘Fidaa’ after a gap.

Eternal beauty Kareena Kapoor Khan, who has recently given birth to her first child, is slowly getting back to her diva avatar, for which she was eponymous.

At a recent event, she has astounded one and all with her resplendent style statement. Wearing a dusty gold and black off-shouldered gown, Kareena has raised the mercury levels with her and faultless style and oomph. She looked a hot diva in a stylish gown that has a sensual plunge to leave viewers awestruck.

Flaunting those immaculate post-maternity curves with such case is something only Kareena can pull off.

A catchy title has the ability to create buzz on a film right from the title announcement. Given that buzz and promotions are the most crucial in the success of movies these days, filmmakers are opting for catchy titles, irrespective of whether they convey the film’s theme or not.

Allu Arjun’s DJ is the latest film which was highly benefited with its catchy title. Positive vibes stared for this film right from the day the title was announced. People preferred to call the film DJ over Duvvada Jagannatham.

Let us have a look at some more upcoming movies that have jumped into this ‘Short Titles’ bandwagon.

Dil Raju, who produced DJ, is now bankrolling Nani’s new film, which incidentally has a short title, ‘MCA’. Although the original meaning is ‘Middle Class Abbayi’, makes preferred the short title, MCA. Sai Pallavi is the film’s leading lady.

Taking a long gap after the failure of ‘Ism’, Kalyanram Nandamuri has commenced the shooting of his new film, which is titled ‘MLA’. ‘Manchi Lakshanalunna Abbayi’ has been shortened to make it catchy.

Nithin, whose last film had a short title, ‘A..Aa’, will once again have a peculiar and short title, LIE for his upcoming film. As per the makers, ‘LIE’ stands for ‘Love Intelligence, Enmity’.

Dhanush’s Tamil hit ‘VIP’ was dubbed in Telugu as ‘Raghuvaran B.Tech’. But, for the sequel, he has retained ‘VIP 2’ title for Telugu version too.

‘DJ Duvvada Jagannadham’ has made nearly 66 crores ‘share’ from the box office till date through its Telugu version. And then, the film did an amazing 76 crores pre-release business and when the print-publicity costs included it should collect around 80 crores ‘share’ to make all the distributors safe.

Going by the current trends, DJ will have some trouble in the third week. Even if we exclude the upcoming Malayalam version, the film should collect 76 crores share here itself. Is it really possible for the movie to cover 10 crore ‘share’ more? Two latest releases are surely going to trouble Jagannadha Sastry going by the initial public talk.

Nani’s Ninnu Kori is getting a good response from multiplex crowds and A-centre audiences, while Sridevi’s crime thriller Mom is also getting similar attention in A-centres. All these days DJ Duvvada Jagannadham has no opponent at the box office and that’s the reason it reaped the benefits despite getting the negative talk. But now that these two films becoming an option for filmgoers, definitely that effect will be there on DJ’s trade, say experts.

Despite some repeated controversies surrounding the movie, it looks like the craze of the film is slowly going down. Now that two new releases are trying to make their presence felt, their success will pose threat to DJ’s balance vasool from the box