Superstar Rajnikanth’s daughter Aishwaryaa Dhanush’s Bharatnatyam performance at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the eve of International Women’s Day has received severe criticism from Indian dancers’ community.

Several acclaimed dancers and dance aficionados have taken to social media to vent their anger, calling Aishwaryaa’s performance “pathetic”. They opined that despite lacking expertise, she was given the opportunity to perform on the international dais only because she was Rajni’s daughter.

Acclaimed dancer Anita Ratnam, who is trained in Bharatanatyam, shared a snippet of Aishwaryaa’s dance performance on Facebook and wrote: “This is what bharatanatyam becomes… A caricature and a farce!”.

The video went viral in no time and Aishwaryaa’s performance received flak from dance community. Another dancer reportedly told media, “Her postures and footwork are terrible. She has performed worse than a beginner in Bharatnatyam.

Aishwaryaa, who is a trained dancer in Bharatanatyam, is also the UN Goodwill Ambassador for Women to promote gender equality in India. She has not yet responded to these allegations.

Director Trivikram Srinivas has reportedly planning to rope in Nani for a film. While Trivikram is not going to direct it, the star writer-director will be producing the film. It’s learnt that the movie will have Avasarala Srinivas as director. Nani, who is currently working for Ninnu Kori, has two other commitments. It has to be seen when this film will take off. Will Nani take this up on priority and do this after Ninnu Kori or will he first finish his other commitments and later begin this has to be seen.

Meanwhile, Trivikram has started his maiden production venture with Nithiin as hero. The film to be directed by Krishna Chaitanya has been formally launched but it’s yet to roll onto floors.

In the past many directors who turned into producers have burnt their hands and have put them in neck-deep troubles. So, it needs to be seen how Trivikram will sail through this.

Meanwhile, Nani is back in form. After his Majnu failed to meet expectations, he managed to overcome with Nenu Local.

Former Bollywood actress and Big Boss contestant Veena Malik has divorced her husband and ended her 3-yr-old marriage. Veena, who hails from Pakistan, had filed for ‘khula’ (divorce) application at a family court in Labore in January and the court has granted her divorce with her husband Asad Khattak. The court had summoned Khattak but he neither appeared nor filed a reply. So, the court ruled in favour of Veena. She will have to return 25 per cent of ‘haq mehr’ (dowery money) to husband.

33-year-old actress Veena got married to Asad in December 2013 in Dubai and the couple is blessed with two children Abram (2) and Amal (1). According to reports, Veena and Khattak had been living separately for the last three months. Veena reportedly wanted to join films again but Khattak had been insisting she look after their two children.

Veena Malik is well known in India for TV show Bigg Boss and her controversies. She also signed couple of Telugu films and did a film “Nagna Satyam” but that didn’t see the light of the day.

After Nitya Menon’s stunning appearance on Telugu screen, we have some lovely talents coming here from God’s Own Country. And these Kerala beauties have now become favourites of old Telugu fathers. Do you wonder why?

Generally, Telugu heroines (heroines acting in Tollywood) love to have single names for the silver screen. Like we have Anushka, Nayantara, Ileana, Samantha, Kajal, Tamanna and Shruti now. Some of them are using their surname on silver screen sometimes, but mostly these hotties are known with single names only.

Check the names of these Mallu hotties and most of them carry their father’s name as surnames. Like we have Anupama Parameshwaran, Keerthi Suresh, Anu Emanuel, Nivedha Thomas already here and some hotties like Namitha Pramod and Nikhila Vimal getting ready to debut here. At tea time talks it’s revealed that many fathers are feeling that it would be really good if their daughters also carry their name as the second name rather the surname or without appearing with a surname. Needless to say, many fathers feel proud that their daughters are bringing huge fame to them as well.

What about heroes folks? Rather getting called as Ultra star and the Ultimate star does these guys need to introduce us their fathers as well? It’s up to them.

In general, actresses are well versed with the art of exposing the striking features in their body. Netherlands model turned Indian actress Farah Karimaee looks to be a master in this aspect.

The hot actress has been flooding her Instagram page with some alluring pictures on a daily basis. In the above selfies, unbuttoning her shirt, she is strategically exposing those bulging assets and her shapely figure. No wonder the count of Farah’s followers is rapidly increasing.

Farah needs no introduction to Telugu audiences, she has played crucial roles in Ram Charan’s ‘Dhruva’ and Balakrishna’s GPSK.

Raghava Lawrence is a known name in Kollywood and Tollywood. He evolution from starting his career as Choreographer to emerging as director-cum-actor has got him good number of fans down south. But, the Kanchana star is now facing severe criticism for from the fans of Superstar Rajinikanth.

As the actor’s latest film Motta Siva Ketta Siva has named him as ‘Makkal Superstar’ (Makkal Thalapathy in Tamil) on title cards, the fan base of Rajini is going ballistic at Lawrence. Amidst growing flak from the Superstar Rajinikanth fans, who consider him as their Demi-God, Lawrence was quick to make an attempt to pacify things.

The actor has reportedly dismissed the tag that named him ‘Makkal Superstar’ and said he was not even aware of that title. As per his claims, it is Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva director Sai Ramani who gave him that title. The film is an official remake of super Telugu movie Pataas.

Responding to the ongoing issue, Lawrence took to Facebook and clarified, ‘it’s Rajinikanth who introduced me to this film industry. I am a huge fan of him and forever remain a fan. I have chosen my own title for my name and it will be my mother.’ He also added, ‘I will henceforth be called Kanmani Raghava Lawrence in my forthcoming movie. Nothing can bring me more happiness than my mother’s name.’

So, it now remains to be seen how the Superstar will respond the actor’s reaction.

Power Star Pawan Kalyan is presently busy with his upcoming film ‘Katama Rayudu’.  While Pawan is busy in Italy, his close friend & star director Trivikram Srinivas is busy overseeing the work of a huge set for Pawan’s next film in Ramoji Film City.  It is known that regular shoot of Pawan – Trivikram movie is going to commence from May.  So, Trivikram is presently looking after the pre-production works of their film.

The set of a palatial mansion said to have designed by art director Ravinder.. and the budget for this set is 5 crore.  It is the third time Ravinder is building a huge set for Pawan – Trvikram combo.  He has built huge mansion sets in the past for ‘Jalsa’ and ‘Attarintiki Daaredi’ also.  The set work said to have completed  already.  On a lighter note.. it’s going to be a hattrick set for Ravinder.

The set has become a hot topic in TFI already, as investing 5 crore on a set is a rare thing. It is said to be one of the costliet sets ever built in Tollywood. Film makers said to have invested huge on the set as the house has great significance in the film.  On the other hand, Pawan fans are eagerly waiting for this film as this movie is going to be hattrick film for Pawan – Trivikram combo.

Succeeding in one ‘wood’ is a difficult task for a director.  Very few directors can succeed in three ‘woods’.. i.e., Kollywood, Tollywood & Bollywood like Murugadoss. As Muruga chooses universal points and connects them to all sections of audience he became a crazy director.  It is known that Muruga is directing our Super Star Mahesh Babu in his upcoming film.  When Muruga directs a most sought after star like Mahesh, the project automatically becomes crazy.

There has been several discussions about the titles.. first look.. teaser.. trailer dates in the media regarding this film. Forget about all these things for a while. Because there is an interesting update regarding the climax of this film.  Murugadoss said to have planned the climax on a roller coaster !  The film unit planned to shoot the climax in the Wonder La resort in Hyderabad.. But they found it difficult to shoot entire climax on the roller coaster as the speed of the roller coaster is a slightly high. So the film unit said to have created a roller coaster set for the climax portion. Original roller coaster scenes will be interpolated with the scenes shot in the set.

Isn’t it interesting to see our Super Star fighting the villain on the fast moving roller coaster ? That is the reason why Mahesh – Murugadoss movie is a crazy project.  Whatever be the case.. we have to appreciate Muruga for his brilliant climax idea.

Keerthy Suresh is in much demand after the success of “Nenu Local”. Although she tasted success with her debut movie “Nenu Sailaja”, she has gained popularity this year. So, she is now being offered many big movies with tempting remuneration.

Producer Bellamkonda Suresh is said to have offered her huge remuneration to star opposite his son Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas.

Suresh always ropes in top actresses by paying them more amount than their normal asking price. He paid Rs 1.75 Cr to Samantha when she was taking Rs 1 Cr per movie to act opposite his son in his debut movie “Alludu Seenu”.

Rakul Preet Singh was also paid huge amount and she now is acting opposite Bellamkonda Srinivas in the direction of Boyapati Srinu.

After wrapping up Boyapati’s movie, Bellamkonda Srinivas will be launching another big movie. For this Keerthy Suresh was approached by Suresh.

Keerthy who has signed Pawan Kalyan – Trivikram’s movie and Naga Ashwin’s “Mahanati” has no dates to adjust. So, she didn’t accept the offer.

Then Bellamkonda Suresh is said to have quoted tempting remuneration that she cannot easily say no. Now she may adjust her dates, say a source. Bellamkonda Suresh sure does know how to get the dates of top actresses.

Kollywood star hero Dhanush is fearing media, literally. The actor who’s on a low phase ever since singer Suchitra made allegations is also facing a a paternity row which is in court.

The flak he is getting on social media over Suchileaks, his lawyer today asked Madras High Court for in-camera proceedings and court agreed as well.

The paternity case has been adjourned to March 20th. The alleged couple are asking maintenance from the actor and are seeking a DNA test too. It is learnt that Dhanush wants to have the case quashed.

In any case he is at unease and unable to face media.

The immediate next day after announcing his new project with Nandamuri Balakrishna, crazy director Puri Jagannath surprised the film fraternity and fans by giving a casting call for new actors for #NBK101.

His casting call for as many as 12 new actors made fans wonder if he was making a film with a star like Balayya or with newcomers. Speculations made rounds that Balayya was unaware of this casting call decision and that he later gave his piece of mind to Puri.

The fresh we hear is that Puri has decided to drop his initial idea and go with the established actors from the plenty of talent that we have in southern film industry.

People who have responded to the casting call, will be interviewed and the selected ones will be provided movie offers through ‘Puri Connects’. Actress Charmi has reportedly been assigned this responsibility.

The film’s muhurat was held the other day. Puri confidently said that he would pen so many punch dialogues that the producer may have to release a dialogue CD after the film’s release. September 29 is the tentative release date.

Actors Ram Charan and Arvind Swami, last seen together on screen in the 2016 Telugu actioner “Dhruva”, are likely to reunite for ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s next yet-untitled bilingual outing.

Ram Charan had told IANS that he is in talks with Mani Ratnam for a project.

“Talks are on for this project. It’s too early to comment,” Charan had said.

But a source close to the “Magadheera” actor has now confirmed that the yet-untitled project will roll soon.

“It’s going to be an action-based script. Arvind Swami might play an important role. Soon after the release of aKaatru Veliyidai’, pre-production work on this project will begin,” the source said.

The source added that the principal shooting of the project will begin from August.

Ratnam currently awaits the release of Tamil drama “Kaatru Veliyidai”, while Ram Charan is set to commence work on a yet-untitled rural-based Telugu drama with director Sukumar.

Who is advising Akhil? His career is already in mess. So is his personal life. Still, he is making wrong choices about his career if reports are to be believed.

Reports say Akhil’s next film will be launched on April 1st as the muhurtham is auspicious on that day. April 1st? Yes! Akhil has been waiting for the last one and half years to start off his next movie and of all the auspicious muhurthams, Fools Day is chosen for the launch.

If he truly launches his second movie on that day, social media would troll him like anything. He is already under severe criticism over his wrong choices. Nagarjuna, who is considered most shrewd actor in Tollywood, is not giving any tips to his son or what?

Before the release of his maiden movie, entire industry declared that he would be the next big thing. But the movie’s miserable flop and his bad judgements have put him in embarrassing position. Akhil recently broke up with Shriya Bhupal after flashy engagement event a month before.

Telangana handlooms brand ambassador and heroine Samantha made a surprise visit to the residences of hand-loom weavers in Dubbaka in Siddipet districts. She interacted with the weavers community and gave a patient hearing to the weaver’s problems facing.

It was first time after her appointment as brand ambassador, Samantha is visiting the residences of weavers community. She assured that she will get orders for the sale of the products made by the weavers and help for marketing of them in the state also.

She as brand ambassador will strive to promote the hand-looms produced in Telangana and other states also. Interestingly, Samantha paid her first visit in CM KCR’s native Siddipet district. She is soon planning to visit Siricilla from where IT and Industry Minister KT Rama Rao was elected MLA. KTR had nominated Samantha as brand ambassador recently.