After a lot of back and forth, finally the makers of Nithiin 24 have zeroed in on to its initial title – Lie. The first look of the film has been unveiled online today on the eve of actor Nithiin’s birthday.

Interestingly, Hanu has roped in actor Arjun as the film’s antagonist opposite Nithiin. It’s learnt that Arjun’s role would be on par with Nithiin’s role and said to be one of the powerful roles he had portaryed in the recent times. It’s said that Arjun’s role would reminisce us of his performances in Gentleman and Oke Okkadu.

Considering that Hanu Raghavapudi’s last film Krishnagaadi Veera Prema Gadha (KVPG) with the same production house 14 Reels Entertainment was both critical acclaim as well as commercial success, expectations on his ongoing film too are good.

The unit has left to the US for a 70-day-long schedule. The film is going to be shot in Vegas, las Angels, Sanfrancisco and chicago of the United States. Meanwhile, the makers have also decided the film’s release date. The film is planned for release on Aug 11, 2017.

Popular for his villain roles in films like Prasthanam and recently Jyothilakshmi, actor Ajay Ghosh has carved out a name for himself. But actually, this actor is quite unhappy with Telugu film industry and media if we have to go by his comments.

Other day after attending the audio launch of the Tamil film “Tappu Tanda”, Ajay lifted Kollywood to the sky both by praising them and also insulting Telugu industry. “Due to my association with the communist party, I always wanted to work in Tamil film industry. In Telugu industry we need to act both in front of the camera and behind it. But here, the industry and Tamilians are great. I want to touch my head to the ground and bow them”, he claimed.

Also, he made bitter remarks on Telugu media for not interviewing him when his Tamil film “Visarnai” was selected by Indian Committee to be sent to Oscars. “These Tamil media people who don’t know me have called on the phone to take my interviews, but no calls from Telugu media had come. Only after I got some publicity, they too invited me for interviews” shared Ajay Ghosh.

Later his remarks turned very distasteful as he compared Telugu and Tamil auto drivers and also the Sambar cooked here and there. “When free, Tamil auto driver annas are seen reading newspapers, but there in our place, our guys are busy chewing pan. The Sambar cooked there leads to diarrhoea, while Sambar cooked in Chennai will be yummy and top notch” Ajay quipped, adding some dramatic satirical body language to his tone.

Well, to impress Tamil audiences or media, one need not insult Telugu autowalas, Telugu sambar or Telugu film industry and media. It’s high time producers and directors act big on these type of actors who never show respect for their mother-tongue but goes running after others.

At the same time, we need to find out what bad experiences promoted Ajay Ghosh to make such bitter comments filled with hatred.

Popular veteran Telugu heroine T Krishna Kumari, who happens to be one of the leading stars in the 60s and 70s of Telugu cinema, was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer couple of weeks ago.

Currently undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital in Bannerghat, Bangalore, she’s said to be in huge need of O-positive blood for treatment and also she’s said to be responding well to chemotherapy.

Born on March 6th, 1933, 84-year-old Krishna Kumari’s elder sister Shavukaru Janaki is also a popular actress who has recently appeared in the movie Babu Bangaram of Venkatesh. After marriage to Indian-express editor Ajay Khaitan in the late 70s, Krishna Kumar has quit acting and settled in Bangalore.

Krishna Kumari acted in 150 Telugu films and about 30 Tamil and Kannada films. Her famous films include Bangaru Papa, Pelli Kanuka, Dr Chakrvarthy, Chilaka Gorinka and Ummadi Kutumbam as well. She acted with almost all the acting legends of Telugu cinema.

Krishnakumari’s husband expired in 2012, while she’s survived by daughter Dipika Maiya (a writer), son-in-law and a grandson. Hope the actress recovers soon from the illness.

Other day there is a disturbing image of Tamil heroine Varalakshmi, daughter of hero Sarath Kumar from his first wife, doing rounds on the internet. In the picture, we could see her gagged and tied to a bed and the hashtag #VaralakshmiKidnapped got viral in no time. Here comes the worst part of it.

While Varalakshmi claimed that she’s not in town but in Delhi, and also safe, she revealed that it is part of her latest movie promotions. Also, the actress claimed innocence about the whole promotional campaign, which sounds so untrue. Publicising some objectionable images like this which look as if the actress is really getting sexually harassed is not a good idea to promote a film, isn’t it?

Recently heroine Regina posted on her social media account about her secret marriage. Later she revealed that it’s regarding publicity of her new film. In the name of publicity, making a mockery of people through these absurd ideas isn’t a worthy one for sure.

And the publicity stunt of Varalakshmi’s film other day is too worst of all. Seems like Tamil films makers are desperately trying to grab the attention of Indian audiences with these stunts. Get some good ideas folks!!

Pawan Kalyan is the name many are looking at when it comes to 2019 elections. For now, there is no clarity of his plans regarding Janasena Party, but many think that he will contest in all seats in the upcoming general election.

Now that Pawan has also given enough signals about his participation in the elections, some big media houses are taking sides. Those media houses that are allies of political parties are trying to tone down Pawan’s presence, but a couple of media houses have rather openly declared their support to the star. They pledged to make him a political game changer in the coming times.

And that led to a rethinking of strategies in other media houses as well. A big media house that always bombs controversial news and throws satires rather sharply is now contemplating to change its guard. In a recent meeting with the Editorial Board, the channel boss is said to have given a go to air positive news on Pawan Kalyan and cut the negative crap about him. Is this not an indication that this channel will also do Janasena Bhajana in the coming times?

As ruling TDP is embarrassed with various situations and opposition YSR Congress or Congress not making any noise, it seems like these media houses want to put Pawan Kalyan first in the vacuum. Will they succeed?

As per the grapevine, director AR Murugudoss is reportedly rewriting the climax of the high-budget Spyder. The director is now planning to strike a balance between both the Telugu and Tamil audiences as the film is releasing in two languages simultaneously

While Mahesh is one of the big stars in Telugu, he’s yet to make it big in Tamil. So, Murugudoss is apparently balancing both his stardom as well as his launch – the fact that he is new to Tamil.

On one hand, Murugudoss has to satisfy the Telugu-speaking fans of Mahesh and on other hand, he has to do justice to the film’s story and characterisation. This is what said to have prompted the director to rewrite the crucial climax portion. This is not first time, the makers have entangled in dilemma. Since the beginning of the film, there has been a lot of dilly dallying – be it on title or first look.

Since director is reworking on the climax, the film which is scheduled for June 23 release is expected to be pushed for July or August release. And naturally, it may not go well with fans of Mahesh as the date has already been announced by Mahesh himself.