Puri Connects is a Talent Management agency floated by Puri Jagannadh and Charmee. The agency provides new talent and actors to the movie industry. Though it was launched a year ago, the agency has not become popular.

Now that Puri Jagannadh has got chance to direct a top star Nandamuri Balakrishna, he is pushing agency to do the casting process.

Generally, top heroines or popular faces are used for top star movies but Puri has now given casting call for two heroines (female lead) and villain character as well as for other roles. Casting call is given for small movies.

But Puri is planning to introduce two heroines with his agency for Balakrishna’s 101st movie. The movie will have three heroines. Main heroine will be a top actress, for other two female leads he has given casting call.

Charmee has been handling the “Puri Connects” agency. Will Balakrishna accept Puri’s strategy?

Young hero Nithiin, who claims to be a huge fan of Powerstar Pawan Kalyan, has shared this lovely photo where he is seen posing with the Katamarayudu family.

In this pic, alongside Nithin, all the four screen brothers of Pawan in Katamarayudu and comedian Ali can be seen. It was a perfect fan moment for Nithiin presumably on the sets of Katamarayudu.

It is known that Nithiin has joined hands with Asian films to distribute Katamarayudu in Nizam.

Priyanka Chopra won a million hearts back home in India and abroad as she slayed in white at the 89th Academy Awards red carpet.

Post the ceremony, the diva went on to party like a queen at an Oscars after party by changing into a contrasting black figure-hugging gown with a dangerously plunging neckline.

Dressed to kill in a shimmery black outfit that highlighted her petite frame to the hilt, PC certainly owned the party scene like a pro.

The diva also shared a picture of hers savouring a burger post the Oscar appearance.

From a boy next door character in Yevade Subramanyam, Pellichoopulu to a commercial flavored hero role in Dwaraka, there is a big transition in Vijay Devarakonda.

However, the young hero explains that he’s enjoying the process of exploring all sort of scripts and Dwaraka is a new learning experience working under a bookworm director MSR.

“I heard Dwaraka, Pellichoopulu and Arjun Reddy scripts at a time. But Pellichoopulu went into production mode early and later rest of two happened. My role in Dwaraka is completely contrasting to that of soft, urban Prashanth in Pellichoopulu.

It’s a different setup of how a youngster becomes thief for survival and followed by some uncontrolled incidents make him a Godman. This is a complete commercial format,” Vijay says.

“India is a spiritual country and we find Babas in every local town or village. So, Dwaraka connects well with our audience sensitivity. Most importantly, the film needed a budget and huge star cast.

At the same time, this is character driven and not hero centric. There are five to six crucial characters which make Dwaraka riveting,” Vijay adds.

Although Dwaraka was planned for last year November release, due to demonetization it’s pushed to February and the mad rush with many movies in release queue, it is finally locked for March 3rd.

“Fundamental USP of Dwaraka is its tight and unexpected twists in the story. You will find it more enjoyable once you watch the whole theme on big screen.

If you trust Vijay Devarakonda as an artist who picks hatke scripts, Dwaraka will not disappoint you. Chill with your friends and family this weekend with Dwaraka,” signs off Vijay after an exclusive chat with Greatandhra.

At a time when the world is going volatile with USA President Donald Trump making some hard-hitting comments and laws, Telugu people getting attacked by racists and in the name of religion ISIS making its killings, the 89th Academy Awards stage has given something new and different, of course, an answer to many.

For the first time in the history of Oscars, The Academy Awards, a Black person has won Best Director award and then there is this Muslim guy the first ever to win an Oscar in any category. The film “Moonlight” has won three golden statuettes and that stunned the world for its first.

Best Director statuette was given to Barry Jerkins for “Moonlight” and since the commencement of awards in the 1920s, this is the first time a black person has won the award in this category. Similarly, we have Mahershala Ali, a Black Muslim, winning the Best Supporting Actor crown. And that’s the first Oscar ever received by a Muslim community member.

Also, another big feat is that actress Viola Davis, a Black woman, has won Best Supporting Actress award for the movie “Fences” thereby creating a record. She has won the same award at Emmy Awards (given by TV associations) and Tony Awards (given by Theatre people) and now at Oscars (by film personalities).

Of late, Ileana D’Cruz is in news for her relationship with photographer boyfriend Andrew more than her roles. Her hot photos clicked by Andrew have been taking internet by storm but little did they helping Ileana bagging good roles. And of course, Ileana has her own reasons for “turning down” roles.

Talking about the pics she’s sharing on Instagram, Ileana says, “I do it because I really want to share about my personal life on social media and not because it’s some PR activity. I think there’s no point in being on social media and not to reveal anything about my personal life. I don’t think much and it’s just spur-of-the-moment act.”

After rocking in T-town, she moved to Hindi in 2012 with Barfi and she did make her presence left in the film. Yet she hasn’t had a great career in Hindi. She had no release in 2015 and in 2016, she had only one film -Rustom. Definitely, she has slowed down.

Ask her about the gap from 2014 (Happy Ending) to 2016 (Rustom). Pat comes reply. “I decided not to do a film rather than doing a bad one. I felt that it was a better choice. Also, I don’t want to play a glam doll in a commercially successful film. I’d like to do roles that have substance and I wait for them,” Ileana reasons for her gap. She adds that she had turned down many roles, films and says she has no regrets.

Is marriage on cards? “Really, I find it funny when someone ask me that question. What’s the big deal about marriage? I am happy right now, I am in a great space. I think marriage is overrated. When time comes definitely, I’m gonna make it public.”

The teaser of Stylish Star Allu Arjun’s upcoming film ‘DJ’ looks unstoppable as it continues to scale new records on social media. As of now, DJ teaser is sitting next only to Pawan’s Katamarayudu teaser in record books.

It is known that the teaser of Katyamarayudu holds all the records for teasers like fastest to 1M, 2M, 3M etc, most number of views, most likes etc. DJ teaser is second only to Katamarayudu teaser in accumulating fastest views. With 4.97 views at present, DJ teaser will soon reach the half a crore views mark. It is also the only second teaser after Katamarayudu’s to cross 100K likes.

The alleged animosity between Bunny and fans of Pawan Kalyan however handed over the dubious record of highest disliked (90K as of now) teaser for any south movie to DJ. It seems that out of their curiosity to dislike the teaser, a section of Pawan fans are increasing the views of it as well.

Recently at the felicitation eve of Megastar Chiranjeevi by T Subbirami Reddy, writers Paruchuri Brothers confirmed that the legendary actor’s next will be the story of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy. And now, that film is announced rather directly, in a different style.

Hero Srikanth is known as a close aide to Chiranjeevi from years. He showed his mega love for the mega hero by playing the role of ATM in the movie Shankardada MBBS. Other day Srikanth went all the way to Uyyalawada village in Kurnool district along with TV9 team to meet the family of first ever freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy.

Upon Srikanth and TV9’s crew arrival, Uyyalawada family felt overwhelmed and revealed many more details about their legendary ancestor. Also, they have showcased a sword wielded by Uyyalawada in the year of 1800. At the same meet, Srikanth confirmed to the family and also viewers glued to TVs that Megastar Chiranjeevi is now going to work on Uyyalawada’s biopic. Giving thumbs up to Chiranjeevi’s decision, the family vowed to give more details about the legendary fighter.

Meanwhile, it’s surprising to see an announcement about Chiranjeevi’s film coming up this way on television. We have to see how Surender Reddy is going to carve out this film. Is Srikanth also going to play any role in this film? Let’s see!!

Red carpet appearances and media meet looks of heroines are always hotter in Bollywood, while in Telugu it’s a little toned down affair. Thanks to the likes of Samantha and Rakul Preet however, who brought more hotness to such appearances with their ravishing appearances and designer attires.

Other day heroine Anu Emmanuel who impressed everyone with her acting talent in “Majnu” movie has taken everyone for a glamour ride. Already her hot looks in the teaser of Kittu Unnadu Jagratha are melting hard rocks out there. When she graced the ‘pumpkin breaking’ ceremony of the film other day, her ravishing attire sure grabbed all the attention.

Wearing a deep cut ethnic designer dress, Anu made sure that her gorgeous sex appeal is sure gonna make a vibe around. Also that golden nose ring she’s wearing added like an icing on the cake for the overall glamour show. One wonders why this Mallu lady who happens to be from the USA spelt a stunner for a pumpkin breaking event.

Generally, pumpkin breaking is not celebrated as a big deal by many though all the unit members generally attend that day. But Kittu Unnadu Jagratha team has made their statement with this event and Anu Emmanuel has become the torch bearer.

Be it in Bollywood or Southern film industry, Sequels have rarely become hits and we have seen several failed examples in the past few years. Talented Tamil hero Dhanush however is breaking the sentiments by getting ready to act in three sequels, all in 2017 itself.

A sequel to the highly successful ‘VIP’ (Raghuvaran BTech in Telugu) is already under production in the direction of Dhanush’s sister-in-law Soundarya Rajnkanth. Now, the national award winning actor has reportedly given green signal to the sequels for ‘Kodi’ and ‘Maari’.

Released in 2016, ‘Kodi’ (Dharmayogi in Telugu) was a successful venture. Film’s director Durai Senthilkumar has penned another political thriller and has got approval from Dhanush to film it as ‘Kodi 2’.

‘Maari’ on the other hand was a failure at box office. Also starring Kajal Aggarwal, Maari was released in Telugu as Mass. Film’s director Balajai Mohan, who had to sit idle for two years after the failure of this film, has reportedly convinced Dhanush with a subject and the project will be made as ‘Maari 2’. Both the sequels will go on floors this year only.

“La La Land” is one romantic tale that has touched many hearts this year and it’s the favourite at Oscars after it got 14 nominations by The Academy alongside history creators like Titanic and All About Eve that got the same number of nominations.

An interesting and shocking moment happened at Oscar Awards Show on Sunday night (Monday morning) as the “Best Picture” award is being given. Already “La La Land” has stunned everyone with its fantastic run as it grabbed awards for Best Production Design, Cinematography, Original Score, Original Song, Best Director and Best Actress awards as well. And the guest giving away the Best Picture award announced the name: La.. La.. Land!!

That’s it, the three producers of the film along with their leading actor and actress, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, has come up on stage, collected their trophies and also delivered their speeches. But a major glitch is here shocking everyone.

Guests who have presented the award are given a wrong envelope and they have accidentally named La La Land as the Best Picture winner. But it’s the film “Moonlight” which dealt with the story of a gay black guy, that got the award. And the producers of “La La Land” have given back their trophies to “Moonlight” crew before coming down from the stage.

That’s a major goof up, but more than that a heartbreaking moment for La La Land fans. That’s reality, however. Congrats La La Land and Moonlight folks!!