Actress Sridevi, daughters Jhanvi and Khushi, their cousins Sonam Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor and the rest of the family attended a big fat family wedding in Abu Dhabi, filling social media with pictures, each more stunning than the other.

The groom was Kapoor cousin Akshay Marwah, brother of actor Mohit Marwah and son of Sandeep Marwah, who runs a film studio in Delhi.

Akshay’s mother Reena Kapoor is the sister of Sonam’s father Anil and Sridevi’s husband Boney Kapoor.

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Akshay Marwah, a director, married Aashita Relan on February 27 in a lavish wedding ceremony.

Like most of the times, Sridevi and her daughters Jhanvi, 19, and Khushi, 16, wore Manish Malhotra couture and the designer happily shared pictures of his muses on Instagram.

Mahesh Babu’s wife Namrata denied the buzz about making reentry into film industry as an actress.

Rumors were rife about Namrata planning to re-launch her career as an actor, but she quickly put an end to them by saying that she has no interest in making a comeback onto big screen.

While taking to one of the popular news dailies, Namrata said that someone has spread this silly rumor that has no truth about it. Namrata said that she is enjoying my responsibilities as a mother of two kids.

“I am busy with my family and I look after Mahesh endorsements deals and marketing of his movies. In free time we go to tours and enjoy the holidays. I am busy with my life and therefore there is no scope for reentering film industry,” Namrata cleared the air.

Former Miss India Namrata Shirodkar acted in a couple of big ticket Telugu movies and also in a few Hindi films before getting married to Mahesh.

The much delayed Nandi Film Awards for years 2012 and 2013 were finally announced by the Andhra Pradesh state govt. on Wednesday.

Post the bifurcation of united AP, the two Telugu states have decided to present separate film awards. The residual AP will continue with the Nandi awards and the Telangana govt. is expected to announce separate awards soon.

For now, have a look at the winners. The prominent awards for 2012 and 2013 are mentioned below. The complete list will be updated soon.

Winners of 2012:

Best Film – Eega
Best Director – Rajamouli SS (Eega)
Best Actor – Nani (Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu)
Best Actress – Samantha (Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu)

2nd Best Film – Minugurulu
3rd Best Film – Mithunam

Best Home Viewing Film – Ishq
Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment – Julayi

Best Supporting Actor – Ajay (Ishq)
Best Villain – Sudeep (Eega)

Best Debut Director – Ayodhya Kumar (Minugurulu)
Best Story writer – Ayodhya Kumar (Minugurulu)
Best Screenplay writer –  Rajamouli (Eega)
Best Dialogue writer – Tanikella Bharani (Mithunam)

Best Cinematographer – Senthil Kumar (Eega)
Best Music Director – Keeravani (Eega) & Ilayaraja (Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu)
Best Editor – Kotagivi Venkateswara Rao (Eega)
Best VFX – Eega

2013 Winners:

Best Film – Mirchi
Best Director – Daya Kodavaganti (Alias Janaki)
Best Actor – Prabhas (Mirchi)
Best Actress – Anjali Patil (Naa Bangaru Thalli)

2nd Best Film – Naa Bangaru Thalli
3rd Best Film – Uyyala Jampala

Best Home Viewing Film – SVSC
Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment – Attharintiki Daredi

Best Supporting Actor – Prakash Raj (SVSC)
Best Supporting Actress – Nadiya (AD)
Best Villain – Sampat Raj (Mirchi)

Best Debut Director – Koratala Siva (Mirchi)
Best Story writer – Indraganti Mohanakrishna (Anthakumundu Aatarvatha)
Best Screenplay writer – Merlapaka Gandhi (Venkatadri Express)
Best Dialogue writer – Trivikram Sreenivas (AD)

Best Cinematographer – Muralimohan Reddy (Kamalato Naa Prayanam)
Best Music Director – Devisri Prasad (AD)
Best Editor – Praveen Pudi (Kaalicharan)
Best Art director – AS Prakash (Mirchi)

The ninth season of Indian Idol is currently underway and we have one Telugu guy still competing with the best of the lot for the prestigious title. Paritala Rohit, a Hyderabadi youngster, has reached the Top 8 and is awaiting for the next round.

During an interaction, Rohit gave the complete credit to his parents for honoring his passion and supporting him right from his childhood.

‘When i was a kid, people used to praise my singing talent but hey used to tell i had a female voice. My parents however recognized my talent and trained me under the best classical musicians. I learned music for 16 years to bag the opportunity to showcase my skills on a platform as huge as ‘Indian Idol’,’ shared Rohit.

As a child, Rohit has shined in singing programmes like Bol Baby Bol, Paadutha Theeyaga, Super Singer etc. He made his film debut by singing a song for Chandrahaas movie under MM Keeravani’s supervision. Later, he sang for a few other Telugu movies. For the record, Rohit was one of the chorus singers for ‘Baahubali’ title song.

Rohit’s performance on Indian Idol show was well appreciated by judges Sonu Nigam, Anu Malik and Farah Khan. In fact, he became the first singer of this season to have got the golden mic for the second time.

The young lad is quite active on social media and he frequently posts his singing videos. He has a huge fan following on Facebook and Youtube and his fans believe that he has the skill to win the Indian Idol title of this season.

Sreeram Chandra is the only Telugu person to have win the Indian Idol trophy in 2010. Lets wish Rohit continues his good performances at the show and becomes the second Telugu person to lift the Indian Idol title.

When trade reports concluded that Balakrishna Nandamuri’s latest film ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’ became the first film of the actor to have entered the Rs 50 Cr club, fans went euphoric. Here comes a bigger BO shocker than that.

According to the production house that bankrolled GPS, the official closing business of the historical film is approximately Rs 77 crores. As ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’ will be finishing 50 days of theatrical run tomorrow, makers will officially announce the details of film’s business to media.

Gautamiputra Satakarni is the first Balayya film to have crossed 1 million dollars in the US and also the first film of the senior hero to break into 50 crores club in Telugu states. Including the Satellite, audio, DVD, digital and other rights, the total becomes Rs 77 Cr. We can expect the breakdown of this unbelievable number from the makers tomorrow.

It has to be noted that GPS received tax exemption in the two Telugu states.

Mega family already boasts a number of heroes like Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun, Sai Dharam Tej, Varun Tej, Sirish.. Now, reports are emerging that another young lad from the family is going to join this list in future.

Sai Dharam Tej’s younger brother Vaishnav Tej is the youngster in discussion. He is currently busy with his studies. Buzz is that he will soon enroll into an acting school to hone up the skills required to shine on Telugu cinema screen. He is expected to join films not immediately but in due time.

During an interview, when Sai Dharam was asked about when his younger brother would make his debut, the ‘Winner’ hero said that Vaishnav was concentrating only on studies at present.

Well, the same kind of statements were heard in the case of Varun Tej and Sai before they made their foray into films.

Jhanvi Kapoor may not have set foot in Bollywood yet, but she is already a star in her own right. Sridevi’s elder daughter is a fashionista of sorts and her recent outings at the family wedding in Abu Dhabi are proof of that.

Designer Manish Malhotra shared this stunning picture of Jhanvi, from one of the pre-wedding functions, where she can be seen wearing one of his creations.

The youngster looked resplendent in a lavender-coloured embellished choli which she teamed with a fishtail style lehenga.

Doesn’t Jhanvi look absolutely ravishing in the ensemble? This girl is just as gorgeous as her superstar mother Sridevi.

Finding right heroine for Mahesh Babu has become tough now. As director Koratala Siva showed hands up in this matter, Mahesh Babu’s wife Namrata is said to have stepped in to finalise heroine for her hubby.

The superstar and director Koratala’s idea is to have a fresh looking heroine. Shruti Haasan, Samantha, Rakul (acting in current Murugadoss’s movie), Anushka and Tamannah… all of them have already paired up with Mahesh Babu.

Although Keerthy Suresh was considered initially, they dropped off the idea of approaching her after seeing her recent films. Keerthy seemed very chubby and lost sheen in her face in recently released “Nenu Local”.

Bollywood actresses are quoting huge remuneration to act in South Indian movies. So, there is no option but go for small-ranking actresses or newcomers. Now Namrata will be deciding this.

The kind of hypocritical nature our society shows off on a day to day basis under the mask of moral policing is really absurd. As demand to ban newest condom ads of Sunny Leone are raised once again, let’s have a look at what is happening around.

Ranaragini, a women’s group from Goa, which happens to be a wing of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, has petitioned the Goa State Women’s Commission to ban the condom ads featuring Sunny Leone. At a time when Sunny’s condom ad for Manforce brand is being widely published in front pages of newspapers from the last couple of days, this demand has come to the front.

Looking at the newly released uncut Jasmine Condoms ad, one wonders what is the part in that commercial that seriously worried these agitators. Of course, Sunny is better dressed than a Deepika Padukone in Happy New Year songs or an Alia Bhatt in other films.

Then came the clarity, this Women’s Group is demanding for removal of Sunny Leone’s ad vinyl boards that are stickered on the Road Transport buses in Goa. Well with the state being a hub for tourists from across the globe, maybe the ads serve the purpose, but the agitators claimed that the ad is objectifying women. Oops!!

A glimpse of today’s advertisement in newspapers of the condom brand.

Last time when the elections of Movie Artists Association had happened, there was huge mud slinging and scathing attacks on fellow actors. It’s not less than a TV serial we see every day.

That’s how MAA present body formed two years ago with Rajendra Prasad as President after he won the popular vote under support from Chiranjeevi. Both Rajendra Prasad and his opponent Jayasudha took to TV and paper to throw stones at each other. Some actresses like Hema have made fun of Nagababu, while Lakshmi Manchu bent her support to Jayasudha’s group though she’s elected unanimously by everyone on Manchu Vishnu’s request. That was not any clash of titans, but clash for power.

However, MAA has now decided to not indulge in such power clashes and dirty politics as there is no use of it. With Rajendra Prasad’s term coming to end, we hear that the Body unanimously wants actor Sivaji Raja to take over the reigns as president. He’s currently working as Chief Secretary of the body.

On the other hand, we have to appreciate MAA for giving pensions to financially suffering retired stars and other schemes.

This picture from the Osacrs2017 awards event showing the celebs gazing in shock at something has a shocking story to tell.

We have already reported that a huge error was committed while announcing the biggest award of the evening, the ‘Best Picture’. ‘La La Land’, which already had won 6 awards, was initially announced as the winner but soon the error was corrected and ‘Moonlight’ was announced the real winner.

The real time reaction of the celebs depict how shocking the entire 10-minute proceedings were. Even President Trump made fun of this Oscar fiasco.

In what can be called as a highly privileged moment for Universal Hero Kamal Haasan, the actor was nominated to participate in a culture event hosted by England queen Elizabeth-II, along with delegation on members including Kapil Dev, Manish Malhotra, Suresh Gopi, actor Gurdas Mann and others.

Delegation led by finance minister Arun Jaitley, was there in Buckingham Palace to launch the UK-India Year of Culture-2017. Having got this honorable chance, Kamal thanked Prime Minister Modi for choosing him as one of member and here’s a picture of him shaking hands with Elizabeth-II.

The event was also attended by Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton.

Yesteryear heroine in many Telugu films Jaya Prada had taken decision not to rejoin in Samajwadi Party again. She announced that she will join any other party, if invited, to continue the political career.

Jayaprada was star campaigner to Samajwadi Party headed by Mulayamsingh Yadav and also got MP post. She has been maintaining distance to the party as differences cropped between the party high command and her in the recent years. Her decision not to rejoin the SP came as a big blow to the Samajwadi party as it is scouting to add film glamour in the election campaign in Uttar Pradesh.

While speculations are doing rounds that she has been invited to join BJP but she adopted wait and watch policy in view of the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Jayaprada also got invitation from congress during the election.

Post that unethical and criminalistic attack on heroine Bhavana that sent jitters not just in Malayalam industry but also across the tinsel towns in India, everyone is thinking about how this victimised heroine would take her next step.

Surprisingly Bhavana has returned to the shooting of her next film that has star hero Prithviraj in the lead and stunned all the unit members. Without showcasing even a pinch of the sadness the incident has left on her life, emotionally covering up the scars it created, Bhavana put a brave face. We have to appreciate her for the guts.

At last, she has also put up a Facebook post, summarising her feelings. “Life Has knocked me down a few times, it showed me thing’s I Never wanted to see. I experienced sadness and failures. But one thing for sure, I always get up”, she posted on her Facebook page.

Thanking everyone for their love and prayers, Bhavana has indirectly conveyed that she’s not quitting films or leaving the industry even if some culprits tried to terrorise her.

While the big Sankranthi battle between Megastar Chiranjeevi and Nandamuri Balakrishna fetched enormous amount for both the films – Khaidi No:150 & Gautami Putra Satakarni, Tollywood is reportedly getting ready to witness yet another clash between two leading heroes from these two families. Everyone loves something this and the seniors rocked it early this year.

Here’s other round of similar box-office fight: Jr NTR, who’s on a roll with three back-to-back hits, is now working with filmmaker Bobby and the film is titled ‘Jai Lava Kusa’. Most-likely to see the light on 11th August, the film showcases Tarak in triple role. Considering that second week of August have good number of holidays, producer Kalyan Ram is looking to zero-in on this date.

On other hand, actor Pawan Kalyan’s most awaited upcoming project with Trivikram Srinivas is swiftly undergoing pre-production works now. The story would hit floors in next few weeks. Industry sources tell that the entire shooting part of the project would be wrapped in just one single schedule and makers are ‘very serious’ about the same date – August 11.

If all goes as planned and no one picks up for a fresh date, both the high-budgeted projects will tentatively light screens on same day – which would eventually harm the box-office performance of both films.