Since today morning, there had been several news reports that mega cousins Sai Dharam Tej and Niharika Konidela would be tying the knot and the duo’s parents had given their nod for their marriage. However, when we contacted, the reliable sources have outrightly condemned them as false reports.

A source close to Sai Dharam Tej told, “Sai treats Niharika as his sister and never had any such feelings towards her. He is really upset with such false news. Both the families are also disappointed with the rumours.”

Sai Dharam Tej happens to be Niharika’s Bava (cousin) yet the latter said to feel him like her brother. Both the families said to have expressed shock over the sudden rise of these rumours.

While Sai is busy with his films in Telugu, Niharika is working with a straight Tamil film and focusing on her Kollywood debut.

Kalatapasvi K. Vishwanath is one of the legendary directors of Telugu cinema. He has been conferred with the prestigeous Dadasaheb Phalke Award recently. Most of Vishwananth’s films are classics and they are regarded as study material for upcoming filmmakers. Vishwanath films brought great respect to Telugu films.. they have won appreciation from the filmmakers of other film industries also.

Vishwanath was felicitated by a group of Telugu people recently for achieving Dadasaheb Phalke award. While speaking on the occasion, Vishwanath said that “People have given me enough love and respect. I don’t have any plans of directinga movie again.. as I don’t have enough curiosity or patience to do that. I should retire respectfully now”. But he said that he will continue to act in films.

Vishwanath’s films ‘Sankarabharanam’.. ‘Sagara Sangamam’.. ‘Swathi Muthyam’.. ‘Swayam Krushi’.. ‘Sirivennela’ etc are regarded as classics of Telugu cinema. Vishwanath’s last film ‘Shubhapradam’ is a decent film even though it is not in the standard of Vishwanath’s regular films. Whatever be the case, we can say that it is a wise-decision from the legendary filmmaker to retire from diection.

Super Star Mahesh Babu is presently working on ‘Spyder’ directed by crazy director AR Murugadoss. ‘Spyder’ team is presently shooting final schedule in Hyderabad. This schedule started in the last week and Murugadoss will wrap up the entire shoot with this. Latest buzz says that Mahesh gave strict instructions to Muruga on completing the shoot.

It is known that Mahesh has been working on Murugadoss film for very long and the shoot has been delayed by several months than the initial plans. Mahesh has to join the regular shoot of his next film with Koratala Siva as they waiting for him from several months, Mahesh reportedly set a target to Muruga to complete the film by May 20. He gave deadline of two weeks and told him that he will not extend his call sheets for the film anymore.

On the other hand, filmmakers are planning to release ‘Spyder’ on August 11 as per the buzz. There is a buzz further says that ‘Spyder’ teaser will be released on May 31 on the occasion of Mahesh father Krishna’s birthday.

However big a blockbuster a film is, it is obvious to see a dip in collections as the film moves from first week to second week. Baahubali 2, India’s biggest blockbuster, however proving to be a rarest of the rare exception.

After collecting Rs 1000 crore worldwide gross in less than 10 days, the epic film directed by SS Rajamouli has started off its second week days run on a super-consistent note. As per trade reports, the film’s collections on second Monday are on par with the collections of last week days, which means there is negligible drop in footfalls compared to first week.

Although the biggest USP of the film, the mystery behind Kattappa killing Baahubali is now known to almost everyone in the country, it has not stopped the viewers from thronging to theatres again and again to witness the film’s visual brilliance and unparalleled grandeur.

Another aspect that helped the film to have consistent run is the no-effect of piracy. Even though the film’s pirated prints are available on internet, people are refraining themselves from watching the distorted version of this epic film in small screens. Everyone seems to have hell bent on experiencing the masterpiece on big screens only in order to get maximum goosebumps. Lack of good films in theatres and summer holidays could be termed as other reasons for the film’s domineering show at box office.

Going at this rate, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Baahubali 2 rakes in 1500 crore or even more in its full run.

Akkineni scion Akhil had a selfie moment with Megastar Chiranjeevi. The young hero recently attended ‘Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu’ game show as a contestant and had a pleasant moment with the Megastar.

Akhil posted the above pic and posted the message that Chiranjeevi had contributed for Blue Cross. “Can’t explain in words how much fun I had at #MEKwithMegastar he made me feel so comfortable. Thank you for the donation to blue cross ! pic.twitter.com/PPJHvtm5Wi,” Akhil tweeted.

Akhil is working with ‘Manam’ director Vikram Kumar. Anup Rubens is composing music of the film. ‘Junnu’ is being contemplated for the movie’s title. Akhil is expected to score a big hit with this film to build his career as a star hero.

Relations are many times short lived in glamour industry. Media continuously keeps a tab on each of the film celebrities and their marital status. One couple which has been in news every now and then is director Krishna Vamsi and his wife Ramya Krishna. While KV stays in Hyderabad directing projects and spending his own time on creative works, Ramya Krishna is residing in Chennai from long acting in TV serials, movies along with their only son.

Obviously, this gave ample scope for media and on lookers to doubt on their marriage relation. But when we ask either of them on same, they have perfect clarity on what’s happening with their lives and happy with it.

‘Acting is my profession and I want to continue with it as long as possible. So, I stay in Chennai. My husband is a director and he stays in Hyderabad because his work lies there. Fact is he understands my goals, supports me and I respect him for the freedom and trust he had on me. Both of us are matured human beings. We keep in touch on phone and share our work. When time permits, he drops in Chennai or I go to Hyderabad and also plan vacations accordingly,’ said Ramya Krishna.

Allu Arjun’s upcoming action entertainer, Duvvada Jagannadham, is one of the most eagerly awaited movies of this summer season. The film’s promotional posters and the Stylish Star’s two distinctly terrific looks created a huge buzz among fans and trade circles.

This evening, DJ’s team released a romantic poster featuring Bunny and Pooja Hegde and announced that the film’s audio album will be unveiled soon. However, the date of audio album’s release is still under the wraps. DSP has scored the film’s soundtrack.

Harish Shankar is directing this high budget entertainer and Dil Raju is producing it. DJ will hit the screens on June 23rd.

Basking in the success of Baahubali 2 at Box office, Prabhas is off to a foreign vacation to take break from work. The moment he is back he will join the sets of much hyped project Sahoo.

Popular belief is that if Prabhas scores another Bahubalian hit with Sahoo as well, then his No 1 position in Telugu Industry will get cemented. But more than Prabhas and these numbers, it will be director Sujith who will become a God. In case you are wondering here is the logic.

Most of the times, heroes who scored terrific hits through Rajamouli have ended up being part of disasters for the next couple of times. After Magadheera, Ram Charan took years to score a hit. Sunil didn’t had any respite post Maryada Ramanna Success. It took huge gap for NTR to score a hit after Yama Donga. Check how many films it took for Nani to take a hit after his Eega act won applause. Considering all these happenings, sentimental people do say that Prabhas should be careful now as Baaubali is the baap of all blockbusters.

Shouldn’t we call Sujith as a God if he could break this Rajamouli’s Sentiment for a Star Hero and delivers a stupendous hit for Prabhas? If we keep sentiment out of the scene, generalised statement will be, ‘Rajamouli is upping the heroic image of a any hero and other directors are failing to meet the range set by him. That’s leading to flops’. Wait for Saaho guys!!

Pooja became the heartthrob of Telugu film lovers with ‘Mukunda’ and ‘Oka Laila Kosam’. Despite both the films failed, her charismatic beauty was noticed and she was considered for a couple of biggies. Fate however had other plans for her. As she was selected to romance Hrithik Roshan in ‘Mohenjo Daro’. Pooja said adieu to a flourishing career in Tollywood in the hope of Bollywood glory.

Post the disastrous result of Mohenjo Daro, Pooja however had to come back to Tollywood. Luckily, she was offered yet another crazy project, Bunny’s DJ to make a perfect comeback. Her sensational sex appeal in the film’s teaser prompted several Telugu filmmakers to consider her for Telugu biggies. However, it seems that Pooja may once again leave Tollywood as this time she has received a call from a towering filmmaker named Karan Johar.

Reportedly, Pooja has recently flown to Mumbai and gave a screen test for Johar’s ‘Student of the Year 2’. If she gets finalized, her carer will surely beam in bollywood as happened in the case of any of the actors worked with Johar. Will Pooja once again risk a potential career in Tollywood? Or will she take a leaf out of Shruti Haasan’s book and balance both Telugu and Hindi films? Only time will tell.