The iconic scene where Kattappa seemingly kills Baahubali hogged the central stage not just in the first part but it was a crucial scene in the trailer of ‘Baahubali 2’ as well. In fact, ‘Why Kattappa Killed Baahubali’ is one of the pivotal crowd pulling factors for Baahubali 2 besides the outstanding visuals and elevation scenes. So, how much effort exactly went into carving out that scene?

During a chat with the film’s Award-winning Art Director, Sabu Cyril, he revealed what went into the making of that iconic scene. He revealed that the location where the scene was filmed was the result of painstaking labour because the originally chosen location became unsuitable.

“The scene where Katappa kills Baahubali was originally supposed to be filmed in the Chambal valley in the North. But, just one month before we go for the shoot, we found that the entire barren land had become green as a result of rains. We had to find an alternate location and it was then we chose a quarry near Hyderabad. We however had to convert it into the kind of zone we wanted. It took 45 days of painstaking labour to construct the set,” Cyril recollected.

“The quarry area had to be filled with 100 truckloads of mud and we had to literally construct roads. To give it the look we wanted, we even transported trees from Rajasthan and made around 30 replicas of those trees in fiberglass, to be fixed on the set. Every rock in that scene was of 60 ft height and all of them had to be painted with a reddish tinge for the effect we wanted in the shots. Over 200 people worked night and day in my department alone,” he added.

The effort of the team surely paid high reward as the scene became one of the most unforgettable ones in the history of Indian cinema.

The introduction song of Pawan Kalyan in Katamarayudu has a big canvas featuring as many as 300 dancers, 100 Sardarjis, 100 pehelwans. This is not all. The elaborately shot song also features school kids and old people who are very close to Pawan’s heart. Apparently, Pawan had a great time while shooting for school kids and old people.

Pawan, who is a true nature lover and a farmer by himself, is seen holding farmer’s plough in the song. The song was shot over six days and it’s shot at a village called Anjapur in the outskirts of Hyderabad. Since Kalyan is a great nature lover, the song is filmed amidst nature and trees.

The entire span of the song was so huge that cinematographer Prasad Murella (also worked for Attarintiki Daredi) had to use drone cameras to get the aerial footage.

Pawan made sure that he wore Khadi and in the entire song and most part of the film (except romantic songs shot in Italy), Pawan would be seen wearing Khadi. In Italy, two songs were shot on Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Haasan. While one was shot in the vicinity of a castle, the other was shot in hills with streams flowing in the backdrop.

Italy locations are going to be picturesque and the romantic songs shot over there are eye candy. Cinematographer Prasad assures that Katamarayudu is going to be a visual treat.

Dazzling beauty Adah Sharma, who is known for her radiant looks and cute image, stunned everyone with her bold appearance at Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards (NFBA) 2017 event.

Wearing a long lemon yellow gown, Adah flaunted her cleavage without any inhibition in front of elated shutterbugs. The deep cut V-neck gown has probably revealed more than what Adah might have intended to flaunt. She never made this bold appearance at any public event.

With the only film in her kitty, ‘Commando 2’ not doing any good for her career, Adah seems to have decided to use the ultimate weapon of sending a bold message to filmmakers.

Sharwanand’s Radha had been in news that it’d be slugging it out with Pawan Kalyan’s most awaited Katamarayudu. After making a lot of noise, finally, the makers of Radha have decided to defer the film’s release.

The film, which was planned for March 29 release for Ugadi, has been postponed and according to sources close to producer BVSN Prasad, the film now is slated for May 2nd week release. While the reasons for the postponement are not known, tentatively, the film is aiming for May 12 release. This is expected to be a huge advantage for Pawan’s Katamarayudu that will have a solo release for Ugadi festival.

Of late, Sharwanand is on a success spree. His last film Shatamanam Bhavati too turned out to be a money spinner at the Box Office. Naturally, there’s good buzz on his next Radha. Sharwa is donning a Khaki in the film and the film’s first look and teaser have already drawn good response.

BVSN Prasad, who is going through a lean phase, is expecting to make a comeback with Radha. Prasad’s last film Intlo Dayyam Nakem Bhayyam bitten the dust at the BO in no time. The Allari Naresh’s film failed to meet the expectations. Prasad is now pinning hopes on Sharwa.

Mumbai: Jayasudha, who lost her husband of 30 years on March 14, is ‘heartbroken’ and ‘devastated’ and has requested privacy.

A day after the sudden death of Nitin Kapoor, Mohan Babu who is close friends with Jayasudha and her now deceased husband, took to Twitter to share her message requesting privacy.

He wrote:  Spoke to my sister Jayasudha. Heartbroken. She is devastated. Some media networks are giving out false news. She has requested privacy now.

He further added: I join her in requesting the media to respect her privacy. Praying God to give her & her sons strength. Dear Nitin, RIP my friend.

Kapoor was found dead in his Mumbai office under mysterious circumstances on March 14. The 58-year-old producer was reportedly battling with ‘severe depression’ for the past one-and-a-half-years and was under psychiatric treatment.

The cause of death is still unknown but reports, however, suggest that he poisoned himself and breathed his last at around 2 pm on Tuesday.

Producer of films like ‘Hands Up’ and ‘Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hai’, Nitin Kapoor is survived by wife Jayasudha and two sons- Nihar and Shreayan.

Although Akhil Akkineni is having turbulence in personal life, the young actor of Akkineni family is enjoying good following on social media.

He has not tasted success yet on professional front. His second film is taking forever time to hit the floors.

Despite being at a low point in personal and professional life, the star has got fans that believe in his popularity and stardom.

On twitter, he has now exactly one million followers. Hence he thanked the fans saying he is not treating them as followers but believers.

While industry folks are sceptical of his talent, his followers are lending him support. He tweeted, “Thank you so much to all my believers ! Not my followers but my believers. For encouraging me and supporting no matter what. 1 million, wow!”

The engagement of Akhil Akkineni and Shriya Bhupal was recently called off. After this, he went in hibernation for sometime but he has now become active on social media and regularly tweeting.

He will also be launching his second film tentatively titled “Junnu” next month.

On the eve of his film ‘Baahubali 2’ trailer launch, Prabhas has delivered a short and sweet speech during the press meet.

Talking about Rajamouli, Prabhas said that he has always admired and complimented the director on his all-round ability and that he also suggested Rajamouli do handle romance more effectively.

‘He shot one particular romantic scene in Baahubali in such a way that now I can confidently say Rajamouli has no weakness at all. I complemented him for about 100 times for canning that particular shot so aesthetically,’ an elated Prabhas said.

Going by the trailer, Prabhas and Anushka look to have shared some scintillating chemistry.

‘After watching the trailer of Baahubali 2, i forgot the five years of hardships I went though for this epic film,’ Prabhas said. He thanked Rajamouli for making him a part of his magnum opus and also the whole unit members for owning the film and working relentlessly for better output.

There is an underlying rivalry exists between Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali2’ and Shankar’s ‘2.0’ to take the crown of the biggest blockbuster of 2017. Now, an interesting similarity between the two films was figured by some enthusiastic movie buffs on social media.

Baahubali 2 trailer was released today and it boasts of stunning visuals and several goosebumps giving shots. Of all, the last shot showing the intense duel between Baahubali and Bhallala Deva stood out in the trailer.

Well, this shot is an almost replica of the first look poster of Shankar’s ‘2.0’ where Rajini and Akshay were filling the shoes of Prabhas and Rana respectively. Isn’t this amazing?

Mumbai: Actress-turned-producer Anushka Sharma says she never faced any nepotism though she comes from a non-film background and that in Bollywood people always encourage talents.

Asked if she was also a victim of nepotism in Bollywood while talking to media on Wednesday evening with the star cast of her forthcoming film “Phillauri”, Anushka said: “First of all, every actor has her own journey in Bollywood. Moreover, if you are good at your work, people will show interest to collaborate with you, irrespective of your background.”

“I have huge respect for Aditya Chopra who launched me. Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopra and all of us were not from the film industry! So being an outsider, I never faced nepotism,” the “NH10” actress added.

Earlier this month, National Award winning actress Kangana Ranaut called filmmaker Karan Johar a ‘flag-bearer of nepotism’, which later turned into a full-blown controversy with the two celebrities making statements against each other.

The actress is all set to release her second film as producer “Phillauri” on March 24 under her home production Clean Slate Films. Besides her the film also stars Diljit Dosanjh, Suraj Sharma and Mehreen Pirzada.

The trailer of Baahubali: The Conclusion released on Thursday and no one can stop raving about it.

Prabhas, who was present at the launch of the trailer in Hyderabad this morning, revealed that the rigorous training and demands of filming the action was made worthwhile by the grand first glimpse.

“After watching the trailer, I forgot all the hardships we underwent in making this movie. We are all so content and proud,” Prabhas said.

He also assured movie-goers that part two will be as good as part one – 2015’s Baahubali: The Beginning – was.

“I am 100 percent sure that the second part will live up to all the expectations people have on this movie,” he said.

In Baahubali: The Conclusion, Prabhas stars in dual roles – both as Mahendra Baahubali and his father Amarendra Baahubali.

Senior Tamil hero Sharatkumar, who is making his comeback to Telugu cinema with Sairam Shankar’s ‘Nenorakam’, revealed that Megastar Chiranjeevi refused to give him a chance in Khaidi No.150.

Before making big in Tamil cinema, Sharatkumar started his career with a Telugu film in 1986. He played villain roles and supporting characters in many direct Telugu films including playing the elder brother of Chiru in ‘Gang Leader’.

‘Due to my good acquaintance with Chiranjeevi, I asked him to give me a role, even if it is small in his 150th film. He however rejected my proposal saying that my image is too big to play small roles. In fact, when I was dong villain roles at the start of my career, he was the very first one to tell me that I would become a star hero,’ divulged Sharatkumar.

He was last seen in a direct Telugu film in Allu Arjun’s ‘Bunny’. His new Telugu film ‘Nenorakam’ starring Sairam Shankar will hit screens on March 17.

The trailer of the most awaited movie of the year, possibly the movie of the century, ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’ has been creating havoc on social media ever since it was unveiled this morning.

The official trailer has been released in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam languages. The Telugu version has crossed 7.6M views and 320K likes whereas the Hindi trailer has amassed 3.6M views and 137K+ likes in less than 7 hours. Including the counts of Tamil and Malayalam trailers, the total number stands at 12M+ views and 500K+ likes, this is unprecedented. Not a single record is left as far as social media is concerned. Going at this rate, 20M+ views and 1M likes look easy by the end of the day.

This record would look even more gigantic when it was compared with the earlier record holder, Kabali teaser with 5M views in 24 hours. If that was a record, what would one call 12M views in 7 hours, the ‘Father of Records’!!

The Telugu trailer has already set the record for most liked trailer in South India. The number of views and likes is increasing at rapid pace and expect many more records to tumble by the end of the day.

All the national as well as vernacular media houses and many celebs have lauded the trailer and Rajamouli’s epic vision. The grandeur in visuals, emotions, elevation scenes, background music.. the 2 minutes and 25 seconds trailer is packed with everything that a film buff could die for to watch on silver screen.

April 28 has now become the most awaited date of the year.