You may call Megastar Chiranjeevi and the likes as demi-gods, but that is on the silver screen. Now for the next couple of weeks, it’s theatre managers who are have become demi-gods for many Telugu audiences. And here’s why.

The moment Baahubali: The Conclusion tickets are opened online, immediately all the bookings are getting over. It is not even taking minutes for the shows to get sold out. A known fact is that every single screen or multiplex holds some 40% tickets to be sold at counters and half of these tickets will be allotted basing on recommendations.

Now that Baahubali 2 is coming, managers of some noted theatres in Hyderabad are every day getting up to a horde of phone calls from offices of ministers, MLAs and even IPS officers, say reports.  At the same time, some big businessmen, some film personalities are all exerting pressure on these managers to give them tickets.

No doubt, for the next couple of weeks all these managers will be more than a Minister or an MLA who could favour for the people calling them up. In a sense, they became demi-gods. Should we attribute this to the power of cinema?

Rajamouli’s epic 2015 film ‘Baahubali’ had several breathtaking scenes and erecting of Bhallaladeva’s statue is one of them. If you were amazed at that scene, you will be bowled over when you witness the statue of Baahubali being erected in part 2.

As per reports, Baahubali 2 features a scene where the statue of Amarendra Baahubali will be erected. The shot in the trailer where people’s faces are seen with wonder and awe is during this scene only. Movie lovers will also have similar astonishment when they witness this particular scene in theatres.

Makers are currently in the process of upping the expectations by unveiling visually arresting promos.

When in work, generally heroes don’t entertain any other activities that the skin of the character won’t take a miss from their thinking. But for hero Ram Charan, it seems like he wants to focus on both shooting and meeting at the same.

From a time Charan is shooting for his latest movie under Sukumar’s direction at some lush green locations in West Godavari district region. Wearing that rugged look, he’s been seen dancing under the hot sun and also canning for other scenes. While he’s shooting for the film from 7.30 am to afternoon, post lunch Ram Charan is getting busy meeting his fans.

Every day we hear that fans are turning out in huge groups at the shooting spots and they are also bringing some packed gifts for the actor. Obliging their requests, Charan is not just meeting them, but also posing with them and giving them some return gifts as well.

Other day when a lady sought Charan’s help for her child who was affected with a Kidney related ailment, our hero directed his team to take the child to Apollo for treatment. Also, he gave the lady some money for other expenditure.

And once it is dawn, he’s said to be retiring to some spiritual sessions. And after sunrise next day, the whole scene is repeating for Ram Charan again.

Sometimes the over-enthusiasm of fans pushes their favorite celebs into panic situations and one such scene was recently witnessed by hot Bollywood actress Esha Gupta.

Esha has recently taken part in a fashion programme in Dubai. When the actress was going to washroom, a male fan reportedly followed her on the pretext of taking a selfie with her. Although she tried to convince him that the time and place were inappropriate, he entered the ladies’ washroom right behind her.

The ‘Raaz 3’ actress was so terrified that she had to call the security to get the male fan out of the washroom. She however didn’t press any charges against him as he pleaded her that he came inside only for a selfie and that he had no malicious intentions.

A debate over whether celebs should endorse fairness products or not is going on over several years.

This issue has recently seen a new high in Bollywood after actor Abhay Deol publicly ridiculed some of the top actors including SRK and Deepika Padukone for endorsing fairness products and thus supporting the madness for fair-skin.

In her latest interaction with media, ageless diva Shriya Saran has admitted that she was not proud of the fairness products that she had endorsed over the past decade. The Gautamiputra Satakarni actress opined that actors should rethink about endorsing beauty products.

Checkout the Prabhas’ title look from his up next film Sahoo. The makers have unveiled an interesting pre-look of Sahoo and that is going to take everyone by storm.

According to a statement, Prabhas is essaying a never-seen-before role. Billed to be a high-tech action drama laced with romance and high-octane action scenes.

Sujeeth who made a splashy debut with Run Raja Run is going to direct Prabhas in his second directorial being produced by Vamsi, Pramod on UV Creations. The film made with a whopping Rs 150 Crore is being made in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi simultaneously.

While Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy is going to compose the music, Amitabh Bhattacharya is penning the lyrics. Reputed Peter Heins is going to provide the action choreography while Sabu Cyril, of Robot and Baahubali fame, is the production designer.

Neil Nitin Mukesh will be seen as a baddie and the film is going to have two female leads. The film’s teaser is all set to be released along with Baahubali: The Conclusion as a mark of tribute to Prabhas.

After a class hit Dhruva, Ram Charan has taken a complete mass route. Sporting bushy beard and village getup, Charan wowed in the pre-look and working stills of ongoing Sukumar’s film. The latest buzz is that two interesting titles are in discussion stage for the film.

Chitti Babu and Repalle are the names that are strongly doing the rounds in tinsel town. As one can guess it correctly, while the name of Charan’s character is Chitti Babu, the film is all about a village called Repalle and has a great significance in the story, makers are also toying with the idea of calling the film as Repalle. However, more chances are for Chitti Babu that could easily connect to both mass and class audiences.

Currently, the film’s shoot is going on vigorously near Rajahmundry. Special sets have been erected and on an average Charan is working for 9 long hours. Charan is paired up with Samantha in this romantic family drama. The film is all set for release on September 27 on the eve of Dasara.

Baahubali and its characters are most famous today. Needless to explain how ferocious and fearless the role of Devasena is heard to be in Baahubali 2.

Few working stills of a gigantic film like Baahubali are always interesting and the real side of them often brings smiles on audience faces. Here is one such picture of real Anushka coming out of her Devasena character with finger biting funny gesture.

Sonali Bendre, who is quite familiar to Telugu audiences with films such Manmadhudu, Indra, was recently in Hyderabad to deliver a talk at the FICCI ladies of Hyderabad. Reminiscing her association with Telugu language and Telugu people and Tollywood, Sonali said she learnt ‘enough’ Telugu to utter the lines on her screen. She, however, said that Telugu people are sweet, polite and gentle.

Speaking at the conference, Sonali Bendre, who wears many hats in life as mother, author, reader and former actress, said how she keep the ‘author’ in her separate from the ‘actress’ in her. “I always had issues with how actresses are seen, you know like they are just these pretty faces who move their hips well. There were never any attempts to understand us beyond that. So I wanted to keep that away from this side of me -the writer side, which was very important to me. The actress persona, or the ‘glamour’ as they call it, is a very different side to me. I am glad I had my looks but that’s not all that I am,” said Sonali.

She also revealed her humble background. Recalling her childhood, Sonali shared where she started,”The first plane ride I took was for a shoot. My father was in a government job and we would move to a new city in every two years. I did make new friends but books were my constant companion. So my worldview has been shaped by the books I read.”

On parting note, the Manmadhudu actress says that her biggest dream for the longest time is to ‘own a library’. This is certainly the other side of Sonali.