Last evening, a grand success meet of Natural Star Nani’s latest release ‘Ninnu Kori’ was held in Vijayawada. Speaking at the function, film’s screenplay writer and co-producer Kona Venkat has made an interesting revelation about how Nani drank a full bottle of liquor to bring authenticity to a particular scene.

‘Ninnu Kori’ has plenty of emotional scenes but if asked to pick one, many would pick the scene where Nani gets drunk and talks about girls’ choices in front of Aadi and Nivetha Thomas. Nani’s realistic performance in this scene has been praised unilaterally.

Talking about this particular scene, ‘To bring naturality to that scene, Nani drank a full bottle. We were a bit worried but he made the scene look so realistic that it became a highlight of the film. Then I understood why he is accredited with ‘Natural Star’ title,’ said Kona.

Kona Venkat’s revelation made out of sheer excitement and also to praise Nani’s commitment and acting prowess, has now become a hot topic with movie buffs discussing the actor’s drinking habits. ‘How can someone drink a full bottle without being a pro in drinking?’ is the doubt raised by many on social media.

Sunny Leone’s films may not be working at box office but there is no shortage of producers who are willing to invest on her films. Taking this as advantage, a Telugu filmmaker is now reportedly holding talks with potential Bollywood filmmakers to remake a Telugu film.

Sekhar Suri, who directed the sleeper hit of 2005, ‘A Film by Aravind’, has divulged his efforts of having been in discussions to remake his mystery thriller in Hindi with Sunny Leone in lead role. The original Telugu film had Mona Chopra aka Sherlyn Chopra playing a sensual lead character.

Suri is of the opinion that no one except Sunny can do justice to the Hindi remake and hence he has been trying to meet her and pitch the remake idea. If Sunny comes on board, the project will surely get huge attention. The film has an intriguing concept and Sunny’s inimitable oomph will be another advantage.

The Telugu version of the much-awaited TV reality show, Bigg Boss, was finally launched on Sunday in a blistering manner. People in the Telugu states were glued to their TV sets in order not to miss the first ever TV stint of NTR and also to find out what this much publicized ‘Bigg Boss’ is all about. As much as NTR entertained with his energetic performance and screen presence, the ‘unpopular’ and ‘unexciting’ contestants disappointed viewers big time.

Bigg Boss Telugu features 14 participants ranging from faded actors to controversial singers, television anchors to film critics. Actors Archana, Mumaith Khan, Sameer, Prince, Sampoornesh Babu, Siva Balaji, Aadarsh Balakrishna and Dhanraj, singer Madhu Priya, Jyothi and Kalpana, film critic Mahesh Kathi, television artist Hari Teja and anchor Kathi Karthika are the 14 contestants selected to stay in the Bigg Boss house for 70 days.

After a stylish entry and stunning dance performance of NTR to his popular song ‘Don’t Stop’ from ‘Nannaku Premato’, viewers were eagerly waiting to see who the contestants were.

With NTR introducing each ‘unexciting’ participant, the interest of viewers continued to deplete. ‘Of the 14 selected contestants, just 3 or 4 names are worthy of paying attention to,’ was the summary of response on social media.

Their performance in the fist episode also looked quite artificial and unconvincing, and they looked quite unprepared for ‘Bigg Boss’ kind of reality show.

The first show may manage to get good TRPs thanks to NTR and the curiosity but how long these contestants hold the interest of viewers is highly doubtful.

Senior Telugu actor Chalapathi Rao has recently created a ruckus in Tollywood with his derogatory comments against women. He had said that women were good only for bed. The actor has now once again made a regressive comment against women in an interview.

Commenting on the dressing of present day women, he said that women must dress decently or shouldn’t complain when men tease them. He blamed the dressing of women for instigating men towards commenting or teasing them.

When the interviewer asked, why men tease and assault women in sarees if improper dressing is the reason of teasing, Rao said that people have freedom of expression in this democratic country, and women have to move on keeping their heads down.

He crossed the limits of shamelessness when he said that girls are given half sarees after entering into puberty in order to cover their chest. To the disgust of the female interviewer, he made gestures with his hands while making these comments.

After completing Trivikram’s film, Pawan Kalyan will reportedly do a film for Mythri Movie Makers, who are currently bankrolling Ram Charan’s “Rangasthalam 1985”. As per latest reports, Pawan has recently met the producers and placed a few conditions.

Since Pawan is planning to shift his complete attention to his political campaign as soon as he can, he has reportedly asked producers to commence the film’s shooting by November at any cost, wrap it up in three months and release it for Summer 2018. The producers have reportedly assured him to plan accordingly.

Director Santosh Srinivas is currently busy with the pre-production work. Rakul Preet Singh is likely to play the leading lady. Buzz is that Pawan has been paid a record Rs 40 crore remuneration, and he has to allot just 40 days of call sheets. The film is said to be an action entertainer with an underlying social message.

Buzz is that Pawan will not sign anymore films after this project, at least until the completion of next Assembly elections.

Prime accused in the molestation and assault on a popular heroine, star hero Dileep is already counting bars. We have to see if his newest bail petition will get accepted or quashed in the high court as police are completely against it as he could tamper evidence if outside.

Latest updates coming from this case are that police are on the search for a Memory Card that was collected from another accused Pulsar Suni. It is being said that a lawyer of Dileep has collected this Memory Card and he will also be arrested in this case. But the main target is to find that MMS clip of the actress, only then the case would get stronger and stable in the court.

Though police have cracked open a mobile phone of Dileep, the clip was yet to be found, say reports coming from Malayalam media. While another personal number of the star hero is also cracked, that establishes only call timings and presence of the accused nearby the scene of the offense. However, it is the MMS clip that could build this as a stronger case and it has to be unearthed at any cost.

In the mean time, some celebrities who are going head to speak the name of this actress publicly are facing legal troubles though some Malayali media houses are using her name openly. We have to see what happens.

When director Sriram Adittya announced Shamantakamani, there was quite a great deal of anticipation owing to the interesting cast he brought together.

Well, after the film’s release last Friday, it seems the chemistry between Sundeep Kishan, Nara Rohit, Sudheer Babu and Aadi, has left everyone quite amazed, and the anticipations have surely been met! But what makes this film likable is that it doesn’t leave the rest of the characters astray and even Rajendra Prasad and Indraja leave you with a great impression.

In fact, this film is a lot about the characters as it is about the story. Every character is so well etched that it leaves you wanting to know more about them. But what’s the icing on the cake is that every actor owns their role to such perfection that it is quite difficult to imagine anyone else in the roles.

We often see stories of underdogs in a thriller milieu. But this film stands apart because the director has dealt with it very cleverly by adding in the perfect dose of comedy and thrill to it.

In fact, director Sriram really needs to be applauded for choosing to work on a complicated story, and making it simple and easy to understand for a cine goer.

The best thing about this film is that it gives you an escape from routine cinema and makes you excited. It’s fun, engaging and most importantly refreshing. It’s definitely worth the watch.

From last couple of weeks, whole of Tamilnadu film fraternity is requesting the governments to take back their new initiatives that lead to increasing of ticket prices. However multiplexes have gone ahead after a week and continued ticket-hike as GST commands them to do so. Though there no big protests of Telugu theatres owners in this case, here also almost all the theatres hiked prices.

What’s so stunning is that, ever since ticket rates are hiked, there is a steep downfall in the footfalls in multiplex theatres in Chennai. We hear that only 30 percent seat occupancy occurred in many multiplexes and that indicates people are also protesting the idea of increased ticket rates. But the trend is alarmingly different in Telugu states.

No matter what, what’s the price of ticket or how much it is hiked, there is no such downfall of movie-goers in multiplex theatres of cities like Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Vizag, says a trade observer. Seems like people in telugu states are giving utmost to entertainment rather worrying about the over-the-board payment they have to make.

In a word we could say that AP theatres are getting houseful if the film gets fantastic talk but Chennai theatres are doubtful that people would come in flocks even for a super hit. Are Telugu people not taking ticket-hike seriously? Or Tamil people taking it too seriously?

Apparently for the supposed 151st film, Megastar Chiranjeevi and his director Surender Reddy are leaving no stone unturned to make this magnum opus bigger than the biggest. Tentatively titled “Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy”, the film deals with the story of a freedom fighter (mostly a rebel during British times) of the same name.

Most recently we have seen some politicians giving warning to Chiranjeevi to not use the ‘Reddy’ tag for his film as a title. It’s heard that with Chiranjeevi hailing from Kapu community and playing a big role in the fight for Backward status for Kapu caste, Reddy community is urging him to not use a caste based tag for the title. Though Uyyalawada family are happy with the title, it seems like Chiranjeevi is in two minds now.

Moreover, the title will not find appeal in other languages as the makers are planning a pan-Indian release for the film. For that reason, Chiranjeevi and Co have now turned to another title and it happens to be “Mahaveera”. This title will find a universal appeal like Baahubali and producer Ram Charan is planning to register that on Konidela Productions banner.

Currently, the film’s pre-production work is going on at a brisk pace as the makers are planning for August 15th launch of the movie. While rumours suggested many names for the leading lady, we hear that Nayantara is the chosen one, but it’s not official yet.