Allu Arjun’s North America tour didn’t turn out to be a fruitful one as it neither helped DJ collections a wee bit nor has won a good PR for the wannabe Megastar.

In fact reports about Allu Arjun’s starry tantrums at the NATS event are all over the media showcasing him in bad light.A few from the organizing team and the attendees of NATS 2017 say that Allu Arjun acted really weird while passing through crowded areas.

The actor reportedly tried to hide his face and has avoided eye contact with fans/guests as he walked through the lobby. He has allegedly asked his team to ‘cover’ him whenever there is some crowd around.

He neither bothered to wave his hand nor smiled at the fans that were waiting to catch a glimpse of him.Close observers say that Allu Arjun might have been scared of facing the heat from Pawan Kalyan fans.He should have been anticipating humiliation from the crowd to shout Powerstar slogans at him, they felt.

Any star would prefer to acknowledge the awaiting fans and crowd when he visits such a huge event. However, Allu Arjun hasn’t spent time at the event and also didn’t click any photographs with his fans.

He has disappointed many kids that were hoping for a photograph with him, said a source. Also there are allegations about him irking the organizers by not coming to the event on time.

People that have witnessed his tantrums are singing praises of other mega heroes like Ram Charan and Pawan Kalyan who were courteous during their America visit.Oh DJ, what have you done?

Sivaji Raja, senior character artist and current president of MAA (Movie Artistes’ Association), came under rant from senior actress Tulasi. Without mincing words, she slammed him saying he is a joker, clown.

She took to Twitter to rant against Sivaji Raja. Tulasi who acted as lead actress in many films is more famous for her role as child artiste in K Vishwanath’s evergreen classic “Shankarabharanam”. She is now playing mother roles.

Tulasi recently launched ‘”Shankarabharanam” awards and presented the awards in Hyderabad in a big event.

She invited big stars like NTR Jr to grace the ceremony but none of them turned up. Tulasi is now blaming that Sivaji Raja influenced actors not to attend her event.

Tulasi accused Sivaji Raja of using his power as MAA President in wrong way.”Santosham Suresh and he have stopped celebrities attending our Sankharabharanam awards”, she tweeted.

First half of 2017 has given mixed results for Telugu cinema industry. Baahubali 2 emerged as the all time blockbuster by shattering records all over India and America.

Shatamanam Bhavati is the biggest hit in terms of Return on investment basis and Khaidi No. 150 has set Non-Baahubali record by collecting over Rs. 100 crore share from Telugu language alone.

Nenu Local and Rarandoi Veduka Chuddam turned out to be super hits by giving good returns to their buyers and films like Ghazi, Guru and Kittu Unnadu Jagratha are among the handful of hit films that Tollywood has produced in this year thus far.

Duvvada Jagannadham that was recently released is hovering around the average mark at the moment. It is still running on shares but achieving hit status looks unlikely.

Andhhagadu, Ami Thumi and Keshava movies are among the average grossing films that did well in select centers.

Om Namo Venkatesaya, Mister, Winner, Katamarayudu, Cheliya, Rogue, Babu Baga Busy, Fashion Designer and a few other notable films ended up as huge failures.

All Time Blockbuster
Bahubali – The Conclusion – 265 crore (75 crore)

Blockbuster
Shatamanam Bhavati

Super Hit
Khaidi No 150
Nenu Local
Rarandoi Veduka Chuddam

Hit
GPSK
Ghazi
Guru
Kitttu Unnadu Jagratha

Average
Keshava
Andhaagadu
Ami Tumi

Flops
Radha
Singham 3
Om Namo Venkatesaya
Winner
Dwaraka
Gunturodu
Katama Rayudu
Rogue
Cheliyaa
Mister
Babu Baga Busy
Fashion Designer

A day after news went wide about the biopic film on legendary actor-cum-politico NTR, with Balakrishna as lead and Ram Gopal Varma as its director, AP IT Minister and Balakrishna’s son-in-law Nara Lokesh has offered his comment on it, while speaking to media this afternoon. And he also made an interesting revelation about director of the film.

The young politician of AP said that he and Balakrishna had brainstorming discussion and reached a conclusion about this biopic in Portugal recently, where the actor is busy filming for Puri Jagannath’s ‘Paisa Vasool’. ‘I think Mamayya garu (Balakrishna) will be able to do complete justice for NTR role and he can pull it off quite effortlessly,’ said the national in-charge of Telugu Desham party.

Nara Lokesh, who was asked about the project being directed by RGV, exuded confidence in the project irrespective of who the filmmaker is. ‘We have not yet finalized on the director, but I’m very sure that it will be a sure shot hit with any filmmaker at helm.’

Although several filmmakers of Tollywood are in the race to make a biopic on Sr NTR, Ram Gopal Varma had been projected by media after the filmmaker released a video clip on NTR with his vocals glorifying the legacy of legendary Telugu person. Now that Lokesh unleashed that fact that RGV is not yet finalized, fans and audiences are waiting to listen about it from officially.

Young hero Akhil and his Vadina are jointly endorsing one shopping-mall brand in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. On the eve of the inauguration of the new branch of this shopping mall, both have attended the event to cut the ribbon.

Apparently, when extended his hand to cut the ribbon at the event, a newly etched tattoo on his right hand caught the attention of many. He got an arrow carved, whose head is pointing towards an infinity symbol. Is this a permanent tattoo or something made for his new film under Vikram K Kumar’s direction? That’s something Akhil has to reveal.

On the other hand, Akkineni stars are becoming the big tattoo bearers of Tollywood already. Long back Nagarjuna got an ‘Om’ symbol etched on his bicep. Then we have Samantha having the letters ‘you’ as a tattoo on the back of her neck, while her waist features a ‘rose’ image tattoo. Then both Naga Chaitanya and Sam got an arrow tattoo etched on the side of the wrist, whose Latin meaning is ‘forward’.

Of course, tattoos are a craze not just among film celebs but in urbane youths too. In olden days people used to look them down as ‘pachha bottu’, a thing of illiterates. But trends have changed now.

Pawan Kalyan may not have scored a hit after Attharintiki Daredi (2013) but this has never reflected on the business of his films. In fact, his films have been steadily raising the bar of Telugu films’ pre-release business.

After creating several non-Baahubali records with ‘Sardaar’, Pawan’s upcoming film in the direction of Trivikarm is setting up non-Baahubali 2 records with its humongous pre-release business. Rights of all areas are being sold for phenomenal prices.

As per the latest reports, The Ceded rights of #PK25 have been sold for a non-Baahubali 2 record sum of Rs 16 crore. There is no need to give an example of Pawan’s fan following among mass audiences, and Ceded being a mass area, producer of #PK25 has made the most out of Ceded area rights.

Pawan’s stardom coupled with Trivikram’s brand value is giving confidence for buyers to bet huge on this film despite there is no clarity on the film’s release date (an off-season release, most likely).

A few years ago, reports emerged that Mega producer Allu Aravind was planning a huge project in the combo of Pawan Kalyan and AR Murugadoss. The project hasn’t materialized for some reasons, but fresh reports are now coming out that Murugadoss may direct Ram Charan.

Lyca Productions, which is bankrolling Superstar Rajinikanth’s ‘2.0’, is reportedly planning to enter the Telugu film industry with a biggie. It is heard that they have zeroed in Ram Charan as he commands huge market in the Telugu states and has potential market in Tamil Nadu too if the project is directed by a star Tamil director. Who else can be a better option than AR Murugadoss to make Telugu-Tamil bilinguals.

The maverick filmmaker is currently directing Mahesh Babu in ‘Spyder’. After this, he will direct Tami star hero Vijay. So, a project with Ram Charan and Lyca may shape up after Vijay’s film. The discussions are in very nascent stage and it is too early to talk about Charan-ARM combo, which can create a storm in Telugu and Tamil film industries if materialized.

Meanwhile, Charan is yet to take a call on his next film. Koratala Siva is a potential contender as Charan is reportedly planning to go back to commercial genre after Sukumar’s film.

Fidaa is a feel good entertainer starring Mega Prince Varun Tej who did versatile films such as Mukunda and Kanche earlier and this movie is produced by successful producer Dil Raju. Fidaa will be presented by Smt. Anitha under the banner Sri Venkateshwara Creations.

Sai Pallavi of Premam fame will be seen as the female lead in this film. The trailer which released recently has got tremendous response. The single composed by newcomer Shakti Kanth has been well received by the audience.

The makers are planning for an audio launch on July 10th and the film will have a worldwide release on 21st of July. Fidaa is currently completing post production formalities.

Harshith is the Co-Producer for this film and Dil Raju along with Shirish are jointly producing this Romantic Drama. This film is directed by Shekhar Kammula.

Ileana D’Cruz, who claims to be an accidental actress, has in a recent interview opened up about how she got her first film, ‘Devadasu and why she had to fled from the country during that film’s promotions.

“I started modelling at 15, and because of the few ads I did, I fortunately got a Telugu movie offer.  I was 15 then and I signed the film just because the director told me that the film will be shot in America over 45 days. Actually, I was thinking in my head that I was getting a Free trip to America,” Ileana revealed how she accidentally landed in film industry.

“I remember telling my director that I couldn’t act but he had conviction in me. At that time, I could speak neither Telugu nor Hindi. I used to communicate on sets in only English. During promotions of Devadasu, when they asked me to interact with media, I had a panic attack and I fled the country. I pleaded my director to leave me alone for a few weeks. After all that, I didn’t expect people to like me but they did,” she confessed.

“After the film’s release, I was taken to a theatre (Devadasu film) to see the audiences’ response. I expected people to throw chappals at me, and I was surprised as people accepted and liked me. Even before that film was released, I had signed another film and before that released, I had signed another.. and it became a process. I never planned my career,” added the Goan beauty who went on to become a top actress in South in no time.

For the first time ever since the death of his beloved brother Bharath, hero Raviteja has come in front of media cameras to clarify some stuff. But that too turned another irritating interaction for the happening hero with some media folks repeatedly irritating him.

“Some people have written and published that we’re not interested in Bharat and got his final rites performed by a Jr artist. That’s quite wrong. Please don’t resort to such irresponsible and insensible reporting. My uncle (dad’s brother) and younger brother took care of the cremation. Me, my dad and mom haven’t turned up there because we don’t want to see the blood-soaked face of Bharat. That’s it”, said Ravi Teja.

But media people went on asking him why he’s posing in a smiling manner in a selfie clicked on the sets of “Raja The Great” shooting next day. “I’ve attended the shoot next day because it’s tough for a producer to set combination dates, and huge money will be wasted if shoot didn’t happen. It’s not that I’m not feeling sad for the loss of my brother”, he added.

As some media folks repeatedly kept asking (and saying) what’s wrong in reporting what they have seen clearly at the cremation site, Ravi Teja requested everyone with folded hands to not spread false words about their family. In a jiffy, he has left the place, as media’s questions started turning more irritating.