UAE-based Indian billionaire BR Shetty, who announced in April this year to invest USD150 million (Rs 1,000 crore) on the making of epic Mahabharata, said that he expects to make USD1 billion (approx. 6,700 crore) in revenue from his mega project.

Shetty’s ‘Mahabharata’ is set to be India’s most expensive film with Rs 1,000 crore budget. And, he is planning to rope in world-class technicians to make this film on a mammoth scale. Despite this staggering budget and possible technical finesse, an Indian film raking in USD1 billion looks a distant dream, we can’t rue out the possibility though.

As of now, Dangal is the highest Indian grosser with a worldwide gross of 1800 crore. If Baahubali 2 performs well in China, where it is due for release in July, the Rajamouli directorial can go well past 2000 crore mark. The target of Shetty, which is about 7000 crore, is far higher than even the cumulative of Dangal and Baahubali 2.

Malayalam filmmaker VA Shrikumar Menon will direct ‘Mahabharata’ with Mohanlal essaying the pivotal character of Bheema. To be made as a two-part saga, Mahabharata will have six hours duration, as per the director. Regular filming will commence in May 2018, the first part will release in 2020 and the second will hit screens 100 days later.

To be shot across Au Dhabi, India and Sri Lanka, the film will be primarily made in three languages – Malayalam, English and Hindi, and later dubbed in all regional languages of India.

If the two-part Mahabharata can really collect USD1 billion as per the prediction of Shetty, it will truly be a defining moment for Indian cinema at global level. The film will have to appeal to Western audiences in order to achieve that.

Hero Nani is not just a natural actor, but also a little outspoken guy. And sometimes he throws sharp comments that anyone will not expect.

Coming to rolling ‘A’ jokes, Nani earlier commented at “Supreme” audio launch that he wanted to whistle when he saw ‘hip’ of  Rashi Khanna in a song. Other day too he rolled out another such joke, and here it goes.

During the trailer launch of Marakathamani other day, Nani attended as a chief-guest for his friendship with Aadi Pinisetty. There while giving his guest lecture, Nani asked, why don’t Aadi marries heroine Nikki Galrani.

“Everyone is asking about your (Aadi) marriage, why don’t you marry her (Nikki Galrani), she looks gorgeous know?” (Tanani cheskovachuga babai, bagundi ga), said Nani.

Well, both Aadi and Nikki immediately didn’t understand the joke for sure. Giving such advises during private conversations is fine, but doing that for a joke in front of media is what left everyone clueless. That’s Nani however.

Kalyan Ram Nandamuri, who hasn’t applied grease paint to his face ever since the release of ‘Ism’, is all set to take his new film onto floors.

Our reliable sources have now confirmed that forever gorgeous beauty Kajal Aggarwal has been roped in to romance the Nandamuri hero in this entertainer titled ‘MLA’. It may be recalled that Kajal paired up with Kalyanram in her debut Telugu film, ‘Lakshmi Kalyanam’ (2007).

After almost a decade, the duo is teaming up yet again for the actor’s new film, ‘MLA’. Their on-screen chemistry is something that can be look forward to.

To be directed by debutante Upendra Madhav, a former assistant of Srinu Vytla, MLA is said to be a complete commercial entertainer. The film’s regular shoot is expected to commence very soon.

No matter how hot Adah Sharma may go on screen, she still can’t erase that cute charm that she is naturally blessed with. In an attempt to change that cute image, Adah has been making desperate appearances at award events and parties in risque outfits.

The ‘Heart Attack’ lady has recently made an appearance at a party in this stylish pink gown, needless to she looked gorgeous from head to toe.

Remember the audacious cleavage show of Kajal Aggarwal in similar pink outfit at an event a few months ago. Adah’s act is a little less daring compared to Kajal’s but it still was enough to leave the onlookers gasping for breath.

In this age when the tastes of audiences have changed drastically, senior directors will have to either adapt or hang up their boots. It seems that as veteran director Vamsy has failed to do the former, its probably time for him to do call it a day.

Vamsy has directed several classics such as Sithaara, Maharshi, Ladies Tailor, Anveshana, April 1st Vidudala etc. in his hey days. He is considered one of the cult directors of Tollywood. However, his last few films didn’t do justification to his vision and ended up as failures. Vamsy’s latest film ‘Fashion Designer’, despite having been the sequel of a cult film like ‘Ladies Tailor, turned another disaster.

Fashion Designer evoked some amount of curiosity with its promos and the tag of Ladies Tailor sequel. It however received extremely poor reviews owing to the outdated story and execution. Many opined hat Vamsy’s magic clearly missed in the film. Within its first weekend itself, the film was reportedly taken out of several theatres across the Telugu states.

Fans of this legendary director now feel that its best if he graciously retire rather than damage his reputation with lame flicks.

Recently director Ram Gopal Varma made the short film “Meri Beti SUNNY LEONE Banna Chaahti Hai” where the protagonist, a girl, expresses her desire to parents that she wants to become a porn star.

Forget about how people reacted to the short film, but an interviewer asked what will RGV do if his daughter expresses the same desire. These particular question could be seen in many harsh comments posted on the video uploaded on YouTube. Will RGV really answer the question? Here is what the maverick director has to say.

“Definitely, without thinking about that particular question, I won’t be able to write this. When it is my life, I will take my own decisions and live with it. I do believe in Ayn Rand’s philosophy, ‘I live for my own sake and will never live for another one’s sake’. So, if my daughter makes a decision, I won’t say no to her” said Varma, quite simply.

His answer truly sounds great as it shows how much of a practical person Varma is and how was able to carve those brilliant films during his golden days.

Sometimes the way news get covered in different medias sounds different. Especially this happens with political news as each news channel has an affiliation with one particular political house and presents the news in favour of their affiliate. But that is happening to movies as well now.

Recently a film of director Kunal Kohli who carved movies like Fanaa was started in London. The film features Sandeep Kishan in the lead and it has milky siren Tamanna as a heroine. Navdeep also joined the cast recently to play a vital character. This is what Tollywood knows but Bollywood media has something else to say.

It’s being said that director Kunal Kohli has narrated a lady oriented film to Tamanna where she’s the leading protagonist. And then for the film to have big release in south as well, they roped in actors like Sandeep Kishan and Navdeep for vital roles. This is what Bollywood media is right now writing about the project. Simply put, Tamanna is hero and our heroes are guest actors in the movie.

Frankly speaking, this film is Telugu debut of Kunal Kohli but not a Hindi movie that will be made a bilingual in the end. Probably Tamanna joined the shooting schedule early and started giving appearances along with the director in London at various events. Maybe that led to Bollywood media thinking that way.