Hyderabad: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao’s second wife Lakshmi Parvathi has threatened to move court if N. Chandrababu Naidu is portrayed as hero in a proposed film on the life of the late leader.

She said on Tuesday that she will not keep quiet if historical facts were twisted in the biopic which Rama Rao’s son and leading Telugu actor N. Balakrishna plans to produce.

Lakshmi Parvathi said if injustice was meted out to the TDP founder, she would wage a legal battle.

She alleged that Chief Minister Naidu “backstabbed” his father-in-law NTR to usurp power.

Balakrishna on Monday announced that he would produce a film on the life of his father NTR, the legendary Telugu actor and three-time Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh.

The actor said he would play the role of his father.

He also said the film would tell the entire story of his father, right from his humble beginning as a farmer’s son, his journey to become a superstar and one of the most popular political leaders.

However, a day after his announcement, Lakshmi Parvathi voiced her doubts on how the film would portray the turbulent events of 1995 when Naidu ousted his father-in-law from power.

Bonda Uma, a leader of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), said Lakshmi Parvathi would be the villain in the film.

“She is a villain in real life and she will be villain in the film too. She distanced NTR from people and everybody knows this,” he said.

In another development, Balakrishna met Chief Minister and TDP President Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada. Naidu, who claims to be inheritor of NTR’s political legacy, discussed with the actor his plans for the biopic.

Balakrishna is also a TDP leader and represents Hindupur constituency in the state assembly. His daughter is married to Naidu’s son Lokesh.

NTR had married Parvathi, his biographer, just before the 1994 elections, which saw TDP returning to power in the state.

However, her growing interference in party affairs and administration led to Naidu staging a revolt in August 1995. He became Chief Minister with the support of NTR’s sons.

NTR had launched a campaign against Naidu for ‘backstabbing’. He died in January 1996 at the age of 72.

Following his death, Lakshmi Parvathi went into political oblivion.

A popular actor, NTR floated the TDP in 1982 on the slogan of “Telugu self-respect”.

Creating a record of sorts, he came to power within nine months of the formation of the party, ending the monopoly of the Congress in the state politics.

With pro-poor schemes like the Rs 2/kg rice and total prohibition, he went on to become the most popular politician in the state’s history.

Rarely we come across an actor or technician who risks rejecting to be a part of Pawan Kalyan’s film. Noted actor and writer Harshavardhan has now joined this list.

Harsha, who proved his writing skills with movies like Ishq, Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde, Manam etc. has divulged that he was approached to write dialogues for Pawan’s project with AM Ratnam. This film was already launched and it would go on floors after Pawan wraps up Trivikram’s directorial. Harsha added that he had to reject the offer of Ratnam as he was planning to turn director.

After two years of struggle, Harsh has recently taken his debut directorial onto floors. The film stars Srimukhi in a key role. Feeling that his dream of becoming a director would be further delayed if he accepted to write for Pawan’s film, the talented writer rejected the opportunity.

Harsha added that he has no regrets as he soon took his debut film as director onto sets. Even before this film could hit screens, the elated writer has announced that his second directorial would star Sudheer Babu.

The much awaited ‘Suyaa Suyaa’ song from Sai Dharam Tej’s upcoming film ‘Winner’ has been unveiled just a while ago. The fact that top anchor Suma Kanakala made her singing debut and another hot anchor Anasuya shook her booty in her first item song, have made this Thaman composition a highly awaited one.

The song doesn’t have that wow factor but Suma’s rustic voice is a big surprise. Athough this is her first song, Suma has impressed with her rendition. Anasuya’s oomph, Raju Sundaram’s dance choreography and Chota K Naidu’s appealing visuals are expected to do the trick for the video version of this Thaman composition.

Pawan Kalyan was under immense pressure until the teaser of Katamarayudu was released. Post the debacle of Sardaar Gabbar Singh, Pawan took sometime to announce his next with SJ Suryah. And SJ Suryah’s sudden walking out of the project had cast a shadow on fans who were disappointed with the way things were going.

Even roping in Dolly didn’t go well. This followed by a few posters and promotional material that didn’t really amuse his humongous fans. This had mounted more pressure on Pawan and producer Sharrath Marar.

Buzz had it that the response from trade too was bleak initially this led makers to release the film’s promotional material one after the other. With no major reaction from trade, Pawan and Sharrath said to had decided to release the teaser for Republic Day. But the delay in the teaser release due to special conditions had put further pressure on PK.

But all this got faded away with the earth-shattering response to Katamarayudu Teaser. As the teaser got 5 Million views in 57 hours, Pawan & team are relieved and said to have a huge sigh of relief.

It’s learnt that now trade is curious on the film and making a beeline to buy the distribution rights of the film. At last, Pawan is now out of pressure. Thanks to Katamarayudu teaser.

From Hollywood heroes to Biggest Indian stars in Bollywood, the mightiest problem that troubles them as they age is nothing but their hair. Many Hollywood heroes have chopped their head to a clean shave and some are continuing with a bald head only. But few stars got hair transplanted such that they will look forever with full hair and can alter to whatever hairstyle they want. What about Tollywood heroes?

Some top Tollywood stars like Nandamuri Balakrishna are openly endorsing their hair loss as they flaunt their bald look often. And for films, he could be seen wearing a wig and fans are quite happy with this. But few senior stars do face the same problem of hair loss, however it’s always a best-kept secret. There are few instances where this senior star gave shocker to their personal staff as he walked out of the closet with his original look.

We hear that another particular star spends a bomb on getting these advanced attachable hair-wigs. This will not look like any wig, but it gives feel to onlookers that the hero has grown hair naturally that way. Why not a permanent transplant then?

Actually, these attachable-detachable patches of specially crafted human hair are imported from China and they stick to bald easily. If anyone goes for transplant, 50% of the time body hormone levels get affected and there is a chance to beget side effects. That’s the reason our hero is not undergoing any such surgery but wearing only this portable patch. He has to treat his head with sandal and other cooling stuff every night to make sure that the pores on the scalp don’t get damaged due to wearing this special attachment.

A couple of struggling young heroes who come from big family backgrounds are also using these detachable hair extensions in Tollywood, say insiders. Cut to heroines, we have many top starlets using hair extensions from a long time. Have a look at their airport snaps once, and you will understand how much artificial hair is stuffed into their bun for films.

People say that every person has six lookalikes in this world but that chances of meeting them are less than 1 percent. It seems that top actress Samantha has found one of hers.

A Telugu girl named Ashu Reddy has become a small-scale celeb on social media thanks to her close resemblance with Samantha. This beautiful Reddy girl has already amassed close to 40K followers on instagram.

She seems to be taking full advantage of her looks and is dubsmashing to all the cute dialogues of Samantha from various movies and regularly posting them on social media.

After posting huge Rs 15Cr+ worldwide share in its opening weekend, Nani’s Nenu Local has passed the Monday test with distinction.

By collecting Rs 2.14 Cr in the Telugu states on its first Monday, Nenu Local took its 4 total to Rs 13.15 Cr.

Below is the area wise break-up:

Nizam – 526 lacs
Ceded –  169 lacs
Nellore – 37.9 lacs
Guntur –  104.12 lacs
Krishna – 101.15 lacs
West –  77.06 lacs
East – 124.33 lacs
Uttharandhra – 175 lacs

4 Days AP & TG share – Rs 13.15 Cr

4 Days Worldwide S

Never in his public appearances, Pawan Kalyan flaunts his phone and he’s not noticed anytime operating it as well at other locations. Does he really use the phone? Or will his assistants carry one and use it as per his directions? These are some common doubts arising all the time.

Some close sources, however, revealed that Pawan has special like for Apple brand phones as they are very easy to operate. At present, he owns an iPhone 6+ that was brought in Australia during his recent visit to the country where his in-laws stay. Pawan Kalyan not only just takes pictures on this phone sometimes, to record some memories, but he’s an ardent user of iTunes as well. It’s heard that he buys a lot of old English music from the online music stores and plugs earphones whenever he wants to relax. Meanwhile, he reads books, pdfs and online magazines as well through his iPhone.

“Not just reading pdfs or listening to music, but Kalyan sir also messages to his son and daughter through phone and keeps in touch with family members. But he follows a strict time for using anything. Never on the sets, he will be seen talking on the phone or spending his time on it. Only for tweeting his political statements, he may occasionally use the phone on a set, otherwise, he keeps it in his car”, commented an onlooker.

Another person said, Pawan Kalyan is not against using phones, but he knows when to and for what extent a gadget should be used. He always likes to send handwritten notes to his loved ones rather sending messages, but still sends SMS when some quick action or response is needed.

Actress Bhumika didn’t do many Telugu films but she managed to make her mark in the hearts of Telugu audiences as she romanced all the top stars and was also successful with heroine oriented films like ‘Anasuya’.

Post her marriage in 2007, she has slowed down on accepting films and was last seen in Allari Naresh’s ‘Laddu Babu’ in a key role. As per latest reports, she is all set to make her comeback to Telugu cinema.

Reportedly, Bhumika will play the role of Nani’s sister in an upcoming film of the natural star. Although she wasnt keen on taking up the role at first, she agreed to do the film once the director narrated the scope of the sister character in the film. A popular actor will be roped in to play her husband in the film.

It is heard that Bhumika is keen to act in more films if she comes across potential characters. Why not, she has good following among family audiences as she has the image of star heroine. She acted with Pawan (Kushi), Mahesh (Okkadu), NTR (Simhadri) and megastar (Jai Chiranjeeva) among others.

Ravishing actress Kajal Aggarwal has made a sort of comeback in the past one year with biggies like Khaidi No.150, Sardaar and Brahmotsavam. Irrespective of the result of these films, signing such biggies at a time when she was written off by many was itself a stupendous achievement.

Kajal is one rare actress who managed to maintain that never aging charm despite she has been around for more than a decade. The hottie is still the queen of millions of hearts and is arguably the actress having most ardent fan base.

Knowing for her friendly nature, Kajal is always keen to take part in photo shoots and interact with media. The chirpy beauty manages to answer every question with either wit or avoid the query by splashing her killer smile. However, one question really bothers and changes her mood immediately. And, the question is related to her wedding.

Kajal’s frustration could be seen whenever she is posed with questions regarding her marriage. She even gives mild warning on asking about the same. So, one needs to keep this in mind before interacting with this sexy lady.

Ajith’s Vivegam, #Vijay61 and a Rana starrer are her upcoming projects.

Akhil’s has launched a guessing game. With his latest tweet, he kept Tollywood in guessing. A poster of new film “Veedevadu” hiding the identity of the film’s protagonist is shared by Akhil on his Twitter page.

Akhil wrote, “#Veedevadu?? Take a guess who ?? Hint: He’s my team mate….. wishing my buddy all the very best! Rock on Releasing this summer – April 2017”

And as one can expect, comments have poured in. While a few Akkineni fans said it could be Naga Chaitanya as his new film was launched today, a few started making random guesses like Nara Rohit, Prabhas, Sampoo and etc.

To find who is it in the poster, one has to wait till Feb 14. Really? It’s buzzed that it could be Nithiin from his new film being directed by Hanu Raghavapudi and produced by 14 Reels Entertainment. Arjun will be playing the role of baddie in the film. Let’s wait for an official announcement.

Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan’s biggest multi-starrer is on cards and it’s said that Trivikram would direct this crazy combination. While one is not sure when this would take off, already speculations are rife on the remunerations of the trio.

It’s rumoured that producers T Subbarami Reddy and Aswini Dutt are offering a big fat cheques to Pawan, Chiru & Trivikram to materialise this combo.

Talk has it that Pawan would get Rs 25 Crore, Chiru would get another Rs 25 Crore and Trivikram would get Rs 15 Crore for their work in the film. Thus, only the remunerations of the three is amounting to a staggering Rs 65 Crore. However, the remunerations of other cast, production costs are additional.

Many in the industry and trade are gasping with the amounts that are circulating as the fees of Chiru, PK and Trivikram.

It can be noted that Chiru’s recent film Khaidi No.150 has collected over Rs 100 Crore share. Even Trivikram’s A..Aa went onto collect over Rs 50 Crore despite having Nithiin and the film’s collection in US alone has shocked many. And Pawan’s craze needs no numbers. Even his flop films have collected so well including his last film Sardaar Gabbar Singh. The film’ openings have shattered several records.

Considering this math, probably, the huge remunerations could be possible and may be no wonder since TSR is there to dig deep into his pocket. But one has to see how much truth is there in this rumour.

Recognize her? She is arguably the hottest off-screen mummy out there.

This model-turned-actress named Sandeep Dhar had created a sensation on small screen a few years ago with the Santoor commercial in which a small girl is seen running towards a lady saying mummy. A part of the success of that commercial is credited to the extremely lovable charm of Dhar.

In a latest photo shoot, the beautiful ‘Santoor mummy’ has unleashed her sexy side. Showcasing her shapely thighs and enviable figure, Dhar looks damn sexy with her glowing skin.

Late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s close aide Sasikala Natarajan has somehow managed to play all her cards and become AIADMK”s legislative leader. She is aiming to fill in the shoes of Jaya but it seems that she doesn’t have as much support from people as Jaya had.

There is a negative wave spread on social media against Sasikala’s ploy to become the new CM of TN. Some people allege that she doesn’t deserve the CM chair. Even some cadres of AIADMK have resentment against Sasikala but they were allegedly forced to shut their mouth.

Now, an alleged old pic of Sasikala is going viral on social media and it looks to further dent her image. In this throwback pic, a lady is seen walking behind Jayalalithaa carrying her bag. It is not sure if the lady in the pic was Sasikala or not but netizens are sharing it viral, commenting that Sasikala was just a servant of Jaya and not her political heir. Even RGV shared the pic questioning if the bag carrier was Sasikala or not.

Sasikala’s chances to become the CM are already looking bleak with the verdict of court in disproportionate assets case. This old picture has now become another headache for her to deal with.

Shriya kept replying to the people who said that her career almost ended, just with her roles and ramp walks. Shriya Saran yet again set the ramp on fire at recent Lakme Fashion week with her simple yet hot look.

Shriya did not lose her shape in years and has been scoring timely hits like Gautamiputra Satakarni and Manam. For now, that’s the hottest Shriya at LFW ramp walk!

As the makers of Suriya’s Singham-3 are getting to ready to finally release the film on 9th February, after suspending couple of times in December and January for various reasons, it has now facing threat from online piracy racket. As per the Kollywood reports, this powerful action cop story is yet again giving sleepless nights to the makers.

As soon as the owner of a website which hosts piracy movies online, posted on his Facebook that they will be releasing the pirated version of Singham 3 on 9 February at 11am, actor Suriya’s fans association, Kerala approached SP office, Cyber Cell in Thiruvananthapuram. The association president lodged a complaint against Tamil Rockerz site and sought immediate by Police.

While Tollywood Industry has managed to overcome piracy market to a great extent, Kollywood films are still falling prey to this illegal activity. In case of Singham-3, the piracy makers have gone a step ahead and by announced the release time of its piracy version. Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru and Bogan are two recent Tamil films that were victimized on Facebook in less than a week’s gap of release.

Since the piracy wesbite team having links with international rackets which attempt from different domains, locations, the anti-piracy cell in Tamil Nadu is trying to nab the culprits in no time. In the meanwhile, the Admin’s post on Facebook is attracting strong criticism from film producer KE Gnanavel Raja and from fans of Suriya across the state.

Amidst these conditions, it remains to be seen how will this Suriya starrer perform at box office and it is needless to say what kind of impact the piracy will show on film collections.

Akkineni Naga Chaitanya’s new film with Lavanya Tripathi as heroine to be jointly bankrolled by Sai Korrapati and D Suresh Babu is officially launched today in the presence chief guests SS Rajamouli, Keeravani, Vijayendra Prasad, Srikanth, Gunnam Gangaraju, Devineni Prasad and Avasarala Srinivas.

SS Rajamouli has directed the first shot on Naga Chaitanya. Gunnam Gangaraju sounded the clapboard while camera was switched on by MM Keeravani.

Debutant director Krishna RV Marimuthu is helming the project while Srikanth and Rao Ramesh are playing crucial leads. Vivek Sagar of Pellichoopulu fame is the music director. Interestingly, Rajamouli’s son is turning into line producer with this film.