Repeating the sentiment of the successful folk song titled ‘Katamarayuda’ in Attarintiki Daredi, another such foot-tapping folk number is reportedly being incorporated in Pawan-Trivikram’s new film.

Pawan has always been fascinated with folklore and it was his idea to use the Katamarayuda song in Attarintiki Daredi. As that song was one of the attention grabbing aspects of AD, Trivikram wanted to have another such song in their new film.

Upon his instructions, music director Anirudh Ravichander has composed a catchy tune and the song is currently being picturized in Hyderabad. It is likely that Pawan renders this song. The unit expects the song would create bigger mass hysteria than Katamarayuda did.

Coming to the film’s title, several names are doing rounds but the most apt and catchy one among the lot is ‘Gokula Krishnudu’. The title looks classy and it can connect instantly with both class and mass audiences.

The shoot is going on at brisk pace with the aim of bringing the film into theatres in August.

With just 10 days to go, the fever of “Baahubali 2” is already gripping Telugu film industry and the whole of India as well. Everyone is eagerly waiting to find out the answers for #WhyKattappaKilledBaahubali and then what will happen to him and others in the end. As the Mahishmati Kingdom is getting ready for the big show, here comes an inside talk.

Already the big fact is that Prabhas’ has played dual roles in Baahubali, both father and son, though they are not seen together. An inside buzz says that Prabhas has also played the role of a grandfather in the movie and that character will be seen in this sequel. They are saying that Mahendra Baahubali will meet his grandpa who was long thought to be dead.

But as Rajamouli has shown that Baahubali’s father, King Vikramadeva, brother of Bijjaladeva, has demised long back, how come this character will come live now? Some however made an interesting point that people who have seen certain scenes of Baahubali 2 have come to a wrong conclusion.

In fact, Sivudu is speaking to his dad Amarendra Baahubali who has put up an worn out look like Devasena in those scenes. They are father and son, but some have mistaken them as father and grandpa. In that case, is Sr Baahubali still alive? Didn’t kattappa killed him?

Remember Vijayendra Prasad’s words, “Kattappa didn’t kill Baahubali, he just stabbed him”. All rumours will be concluded on April 28th anyway.

We have seen actresses venturing into fitness, hospitality, pub, jewellery etc. kind of businesses. Sri Lankan bombshell Jacqueline Fernandez however looks to have got inspiration from Hollywood celebs as she invested in Fast-moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector.

Jacqueline has invested Rs 3.5 crore in Rakyan Beverages, a Mumbai-based firm that sells juices under the brand Raw Pressery. It was started in 2013. Although her stake in this $20M worth firm is small, she will be reaping good profits as she will be promoting the brand as well.

The ‘Kick’ beauty has over 40 million followers on all of her social media pages put together. So, having her as an investor and promoter is a lucrative deal for Rakyan Beverages too.

Ace director Rajamouli who spent more than five years planning, conceiving, shooting and promoting his magnum opus ‘Baahubali’, has finally completed the painstaking yet highly rewarding journey.

On Tuesday, Rajamouli took to twitter to announce that today is his last working day for Baahubali. He added that he was both happy and sad at the same time. “Last working day……hope fully..What a journey..what an experience..I am both smiling with joy and wincing with pain,” tweeted Rajamouli.

The censor formalities of the Telugu version of Baahubali 2 were reportedly finished on Monday. The epic part 2 was given U/A certificate with a runtime of 2 hours and 47 minutes. The makers however didn’t officially announce the news of completing censor process as the Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam versions are yet to be censored.

So, Rajamouli may have to work a little bit more if the censor board objects to something in the film to give the desired certificate.

Mega Producer and Mega strategist Allu Aravind is reportedly upset over the result of Mister. More than the film’s creative aspect, Aravind is said to be miffed over the film’s production cost. Since creative elements and how audience would receive and a film’s result is usually not in anyone’s hands, Aravind is said to be upset over the film’s over budget. Since the film is a cost-failure first, Aravind said to have taken an elaborate class to its producers recently.

Aravind said to had chided producers and cautioned them to correct themselves quickly and suggested to take a safe route. Even producers who started it with as an ambitious project, slowly started realising that it’s becoming over budget as well as not shaping up as per the original script that Vaitla had narrated first.

Unnecessary padding, too many side characters said to had added more to the production cost of the film. Had they were avoided, the film would had been cut down its losses at least. Especially, the overseas is turning out to be a dud.

Well, the damage has been done already. So, rather than sitting on it, it’s better to move on and learn from the mistakes so that they won’t be repeated again. The mistake of Mister is a classic one which every other producer in the industry needs to learn from it.

Prabhas, who is currently busy promoting ‘Baahubali 2’, has said that he would die if try to do another Baahubali kind of film.

When asked if was game for another film having the scale of “Baahubali”, Prabhas reportedly said that he would die if he tries that. He said on several occasions that shooting for Baahubali was a tiring experience, both physically and mentally. He however went through all that pain and risked investing five years of his prime time as he had confidence on Rajamouli’s vision.

‘Making another film like Baahubali is not an easy task and I believe that no one but Rajamouli has the experience and vision to make a bigger film than Baahubali,’ he added.

When asked if he would use the unprecedented popularity that he earned with Baahubali to gain entry in politics, Prabhas replied that he will be a complete misfit in present day politics and that he has no aspirations of becoming a politician.

Sometimes, heroines go as per their demand, and that leads to severe disappointment as well. Same thing is happening with this hot girl whose tempting curves have made their mark on the whole of India’s youths sometime ago as she graced an awards function in a sexy avatar.

We are talking about seductress Disha Patani, who made her Telugu debut with the film Loafer. Guess what, this heroine was unable to zero on her next Telugu projects mainly due to Mahesh Babu and Allu Arjun. As her portfolio is getting managed by a director’s model management company, we hear that Bunny’s Na Peru Surya team approached her. But before that, even Koratala Siva also approached her for Mahesh’s Bharat Anu Nenu project.

As she got approached by two big stars, she has quoted nearly 1 crore price and that is excluding of her five-star stay and other costs. That led Mahesh’s team into thinking and they finally got settled with Kiara Advani likely. Even Allu Arjun is said to be exploring other options as they have kept the cut-off mark at 50 lakhs as heroine’s pay packet.

But with news going everywhere that Disha wants 1 crore, other biggies who are likely to approach her are now said to be taking a back step. Poor girl!!

Senior Telugu filmmaker Suresh Babu has said that the film fraternity may stop media from publishing reviews but none can stop the propagation of people’s opinions on social media.

Tamil actor Vishal has recently appealed media to publish reviews only after the opening weekend. He cited that film’s collections are getting affecting because of early reviews. Superstar Rajinikanth also supported this demand of Vishal. Of course, several filmmakers batted in support of this demand but there are some who didn’t agree with this.

Suresh Babu said that a film’s performance at box office depends only on its merits but not on external factors like reviews. ‘Nobody watches a bad film even if it gets good reviews. Likewise, a good film will surely emerge victorious even it receives negative reviews. We have seen examples where small films like Pelli Choopulu, Ghazi etc. have benefited because of the early positive reviews,’ he said.

“No one has the right to curb media freedom. Even if we manage to stop reviews for a few days, how can we stop the new generation audiences who share everything including their opinions on movies right after watching them on social media?” he questioned.

In a shocking development, most popular news anchor and former editor-in-chief of a popular national news channel, Arnab Goswami has lashed out at his former channel. The anchor said to have received a letter from the media group which asked him not to use the phrase ‘Nation Wants to know’ and threatened to take legal action if it’s used.

In a voice message Arnab confirmed receiving the letter and stated that the six-page legal notice he got from a media group has threatened him with ‘imprisonment’ if he ever use the phrase ‘Nation Wants to Know’. Arnab said that the media group claimed ‘owning’ the phrase.

Stating that he has been watching the ‘nervous antics’ of the media group with ‘amusement’ and ‘horror’ for the last few months, Arnab said he decided to reply them in public. He said, “The threat of imprisonment will not deter me. Bring your moneybags and your lawyers, file the criminal case against me for using the phrase ‘Nation Wants to Know’. Do everything you can, spend all the money you have and arrest me. I’m waiting right now in my studio floor. Come, enforce your threat.”

In emotional appeal, Arnab said that the phrase ‘Nation Wants to Know’ belongs to you (viewers), to him (Arnab) and to all of us, every citizen of this country. Expounding on it further, Arnab said the phrase symbolizes what we do, pick up issues for the people, ask, question and seek accountability where it is due. Arnab added that he has used the phrase with ‘pride’ in his reporting and on debates for the last 20 years. The popular TV anchor, who is all set to launch his own international news channel Republic, said that he is deeply indebted to all of us who have found his journalism worthy of representing public interest. He alleged that ‘every dirty trick’ and ‘every attempt at intimidation’ had been carried out against him and his team by the media group for the last few months. He further alleged that his team members had been ‘harassed’ and even ‘threatened’ with “untoward action”.

This is not all. Arnab has alleged that the media group’s “aim” is to somehow “stall” and “delay” the launch of Republic TV. As per Arnab, the media group is ‘somehow trying and making sure that a group of journalists determined to pursue the truth on behalf of the people are held back’. Arnab said that team Republic is unstoppable.

Arnab has also asked people whether he should ‘stop using’ the phrase because the media group threatened to imprison him.

On concluding note, Arnab said that every Indian has a right to use that phrase. And the phrase comes straight from the heart. Daring the media group, Arnab asked it to ‘bring it on’.