Buyers of Pawan Kalyan’s Katamarayudu who were hoping for the film to perform decently at least over the second weekend, didn’t get a respite as senior hero Venkatesh’s ‘Guru’ occupied the center stage at box office.

After raking in good numbers over the first weekend, Katamaaryudu saw huge dip on week days barring the Ugadi holiday. The film is anyway heading towards losses but buyers hoped that it will amass a pocketful of crores on its second Saturday and Sunday.

However, this week’s release ‘Guru’, which opened to decent word of mouth, trounced Katamarayudu and reportedly became the first preference of movie lovers during this weekend. The sports drama has reportedly performed better than its performance on the first two days and outshined Katamarayudu in the process.

With the unexpected domination from Guru, Katamarayudu may end up collecting a few cores less than what was predicted earlier. Buyers may lose to the tune of Rs 25 Cr on this Pawan – Shruti starrer.

Another talented actress has joined the bandwagon of actresses who have started opening up about the casting couch experiences of theirs.

Noted Malayalam actress Parvathy, who predominantly acts in Malayalam and Tamil film industries, has revealed that she was asked to provide sexual flavors by some directors and actors in lieu of movie offers. ‘Some people even gave me free advice saying this is very common in film industry and I should go with the flow,’ she said in a recent interview.

Parvathy, who was seen in Dhanush’s ‘Mariyan’, Kamal Haasan’s ‘Uttama Villain’, ‘Bangalore Days’ and other films, revealed that she couldn’t do many films as she never surrendered to such sexual demands for the sake of grabbing films. She added that she faced casting couch nowhere but in Malayalam film industry.

In a proud moment for Telugus, both the winner and second runner-up of Indian Idol season 9 have been bagged by the Telugu singers. Singer Revanth won the Indian Idol Grand Final. Of the three finalists in the popular singing reality show, LN Revanth has beaten Rohit PVNS and Khuda Baksh to win the title – Indian Idol 9. Another Telugu singer among the three finalists, Rohit PVNS, stood as the second runner-up.

The last time, a Telugu singer won the title was Sreeram Chandra in 2010. He won Indian Idol 5.

The three judges for the Indian Idol 9 Grand Final were Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam and Farah Khan who had a tough task given the talent displayed by the three finalists.

Khuda Baksh was the first contestant to perform in the Grand Final who rapped to Anu Malik’s astonishment, and performed to a Punjabi song as well as Kaala Chashma.  He’s followed by LN Revanth who sung ‘De Di’ from Airlift, ‘Ude Dil Befikre’ from Befikre and ‘Janam Janam’ from Dilwale. Revanth shook his legs with Raveena Tandon to Ishq Ladaye. Rohit PVNS has sung ‘Aayat’ from Bajirao Mastani and he also sang ‘Sooraj Dooba Hai’ from Roy.

Revanth has sang for a handful of films. However, he shot to famous with Baahubali: The Beginning. He sang for ‘Manohari’ song from the film.

Here’s the rare pic of Jr NTR hanging out with his buddies Rana Daggubati and Akhil Akkineni. The trio bonded in the aftermath party of IIFA Utsavam 2017. And this pic of the three partying hard is going viral on social platforms.

While NTR is awarded the Best Actor for his performance in Janatha Garage, Rana turned one of the hosts for the event. It can be noted that Akhil has performed live at the do.

Director Boyapati Srinu is blessed with baby boy on Sunday. His wife Vilekha gave birth to a baby boy. Both mother and newborn are healthy. With this, celebrations erupted in Boyapati’s family. The couple has two children Harshith and Joshitha. Interestingly, Boyapati is also April born. He was born on April 25. This has further fueled the jubilations.

After his last film Sarrainodu turned out to be industry hit, director Boyapati Srinu worked long on his next in the pre-production before going onto the floors. Sticking to his commitment, Srinu teamed up with young hero Bellamkonda Sreenivas and the untitled film is going on at brisk pace. The film has been in headlines for its grand budget and lavish making. Boyapati has recruited the best cast for the film. While Rakul Preet has been cast opposite Sreenivas, Shruti Haasan is being considered for a special song in the movie.

Presently, Boyapati is canning a hero introduction fight in the outskirts of Hyderabad in the hot temperatures. The news has come as a blessing for the family. Belonging to Pedakakani of Guntur district, it’s a joint family. All brothers and sisters of Boyapati stay together in same house and that’s what he is proud of.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has evolved into box office behemoth in the past couple pf years. Together with Aamir Khan, he has pushed the global superstar Shah Rukh Khan far behind in the BO race.

With the last two releases of the actor – Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Sultan turning out to be huge money spinners, the actor’s new release ‘Tubelight’ has become the hottest cake in market now. The film’s theatrical rights were already sold for a record price of Rs 130Cr+ and now, as per media reports, the Salman starrer has struck an unbelievable deal.

Reportedly, the audio rights of Tubelight were sold to Sony for Rs 20 crore. This is the biggest deal for the music of any film till date. And, what makes this deal even more lucrative is that the album doesn’t have 5-6 songs as regular films do but only 3 songs. Rs 20 crore for 3 songs is a phenomenal deal which none but Salman Khan’s stardom could have pulled off.

‘Tubelight’ is being directed by Kabir Khan, who has earlier directed the superstar in BO juggernauts such as Ek Tha Tiger and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The film is slated to hit screens for Ramzan this year, on 23rd June.