Veteran Telugu actor Rajasekhar’s daughter Shivani is likely to make her acting debut with upcoming Tamil film “Kumki 2”.

“The makers are in talks with her and are most likely to sign her. She has even given a screen test. It’s just a matter of a few more days and an official announcement can be expected,” a source from the film’s unit told IANS.

Shivani is trained in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi, as well as musical instruments such as keyboard, guitar and veena. She has also learnt singing and kick-boxing, the source added.

The project is a sequel to the 2012 Tamil blockbuster “Kumki”. Prabhu Solomon will return to direct it.

It’s not quite sure yet if Vikram Prabhu, who played the lead in the first part, will be part of the sequel as well.

“Kumki” explored the relationship between a mahout and his elephant.

“The sequel will roll from July, because that’s when the monsoon will start. It will be predominantly shot in the forests on the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala,” the source added.

Mumbai: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has called the police, fire fighters and the medics “real heroes” and added that romancing or fighting in films is no heroism.

“The Real Heroes. ‘9/11’ Firefighters entered Twin Towers knowing eminent death. Now Grenfell Tower where again the braves have entered. Singing songs, romancing or fighting in films is no heroism. The real heroes are the fire fighters, police and the medics. I was no hero! Sorry!” Rishi tweeted on Wednesday night.

The 64-year-old actor’s tweet came after a major fire took place and consumed a 24-storey apartment complex in west London housing hundreds on Wednesday.

Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at Grenfell Tower, an apartment block located in the neighbourhood of Kensington, shortly after Tuesday midnight, reports Efe news.

Some 200 firefighters and 40 fire trucks were deployed to the scene and emergency workers were battling to get the fire under control.

On the work front, Rishi will soon be seen sharing screen space with megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the upcoming film “102 Not Out”.

The film features Amitabh as a 102-year-old and Rishi as his 75-year-old son.

“102 Not Out” is based on writer-director Saumya Joshi’s successful Gujarati play by the same name. The film is a sweet story between a father and a son and the duo will also speak a few lines in Gujarati in the film!

Amitabh and Rishi, who will be seen sharing screen space after two decades, have previously worked in films like “Amar Akbar Anthony”, “Naseeb” and “Kabhi Kabhie”.

Malayalam beauty Amala Paul, who has recently divorced her husband, Tamil filmmaker AL Vijay has talked about going for love marriage when she decides to tie knot for the second time.

Amala has been very bold right from the beginning of her career. Be it choosing unconventional Malayalam films to start her career or opting for marriage when she was at the peak of her game, she has always been a fearless lady. Unfortunately, her wedding didn’t last for long, and in one of her earlier interviews, she regretted her decision of marrying at such young age.

When the ‘Nayak’ beauty was in her recent interview asked about if she would marry for the second time, she felt uneasiness to answer the query. She however recollected her composure and said that she was not a sanyasi to stay away from marriage life just because she had failed once. ‘I will surely marry again and it will be a love marriage. I will tell it to the whole world when I am ready,” Amala reportedly said.

The gorgeous lady was recently slut-shamed for posing in a sensual dress, very short pants and a transparent top, for a photo shoot. She however didn’t bother to respond.

‘Pelli Choopulu’, the surprising Telugu blockbuster of 2016, was initially struggling to have a release. Senior producer-cum-distributor Suresh Babu then watched the film, realized its potential and helped it have a decent release, and the rest is history.

This year, Suresh Babu is backing yet another small film, ‘Kaadhali’. This love triangle is slated for a wide release this Friday, on June 16, thanks to Suresh Babu’s command on theatres in the Telugu states. He wouldn’t show interest in films unless he is confident of their success. Time has proved that his conviction and judgement have rarely failed him. So, can Kaadhali repeat the magic of Pelli Choopulu and become a surprise money spinner? The film’s fate will anyway be revealed in a day.

Despite being a small film with new faces, “Kaadhali” has grabbed audiences attention after the film’s audio album was recently unveiled by TS IT Minister KTR and Ram Charan. Samantha and Rana Daggubati have also done their bit to promote this small film on social media.

Produced and directed by debutante Pattabhi, Kaadhali has Harish Kalyan, Sai Ronak and Pooja Doshi playing the film’s lead actors.

Shruti Haasan, who was the busiest top actress in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi film industries two years ago, now stands with no film (except the shelved Sabash Naidu) in her repertoire. Her last hope, the recently release Hindi film ‘Behen Hogi Teri’, has also bombed at box office.

Shruti has pinned very high hopes on ‘Behen Hogi Teri’, she even promoted the film enthusiastically. Released last Friday, the romantic comedy however failed to succeed at box office, thus shattering the last remained hope of Shruti.

Before this film, Shruti had two releases this year – Suriya’s S3 and Pawan Kalyan’s Katamarayudu, both films were flops. Last year, she had two releases – Hindi film ‘Rocky Handsome’ and Naga Chaitanya’s ‘Premam’. While the first one became a disaster, the second one didn’t help her career despite it was a hit.

To summarize Shruti’s career in last two years, she has nothing to boast of except ‘Srimanthudu’. On the other hand, the likes of Rakul Preet Singh, Raashi Khanna and a few other promising young actresses have evolved the in-demand actresses in this period.

Shruti has recently walked out of ‘Sanagamithra’ and has only her father’s indefinitely-shelved ‘Sabash Naidu’ in pipeline. Her fans wonder how she has forced herself into this film-less position.