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Balayya Out of Town, Reddy Throws Party for Chiru's Success

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T Subbarami Reddy is quite popular in industry for felicitations or throwing parties. To acknowledge any big achievement or accomplishment of a star, Subbarami Reddy stands first.

Now the latest update is that Reddy has thrown a lavish party on Thursday night at his star hotel celebrating the super success of Chiru’s Khaidi No.150 that said to have collected over 109 Cr.

Who’s who of Tollywood were present including Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu etc. However, Balakrishna is absent as he is out of town.

This led to speculations that why Reddy had thrown party when Balayya is not in the city and when he is in US tour.

Balayya had attended several functions of Chiru in the past (including recently held Chiru’s 60th b’day) and even danced with him. In fact, Balayya publicly stated that Chiru is his best friend in the industry.

Also Balayya has good bond with Subbarami Reddy. Had he thrown party when Balayya is available, definitely Balayya would had come and it would had been a huge event with top 4 pillars of film industry participating.

As Reddy thrown party to celebrate the success of Chiru’s 150, now another section in the industry is waiting to see whether Subbarami Reddy will also throw another party for the success of Balayyas’ 100.

Surprise! Pawan Changes His DP

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Pawan Kalyan, who tweets about nothing but the issues of people, has surprised his followers just a while ago by posting some throwback pictures. Interestingly, the actor has also changed his Display Picture on Twitter and the new DP is quite shocking.

Pawan started off today with a typical tweet, ‘I have deep respect & reverence for our Culture, Animals and Mother Nature’ and followed it up with a few old pics of him from his farmhouse. Later, he embarked on the ‘Jallikattu’ and ‘Kodipandem’ issue which we have already reported.

Later, thanking his followers, Pawan tweeted, “I acknowledge each & everyone who have been following me. My heartfelt thanks to you all. With all my Love.” He also attached the new DP to this post, as if it was his gift to fans.

With heavily grown moustache and beard, Pawan looked like a ‘Spiritual leader’ in this pic. Knowing that he is currently sporting the ‘Katamarayudu’ look, which is revealed through a series of posters earlier, we can conclude that the new DP is an old pic.

One wonders what Pawan’s intention was behind choosing such odd and old pic as the new profile picture.

Bhuma Daughter Attacked by Jagan Followers

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Allagadda MLA and Bhuma Nagi Reddy’s daughter Bhuma Akhila Priya was attacked by few YSRCP partymen. However, Akhila Priya was in his car when and she was surrounded by her gunmen that avoided any untoward incident. Akhila Priya was safe and unhurt.

Apparently, Akhila Priya was on her way to AP Secretariat in Amaravati and her car was obstructed by Jagan’s supporters at Mandadam near capital city.

As Jagan’s rally was to arrive in the same route, his supporters have been waiting in the way. Seeing Bhuma Akhila Priya’s car they lost cool and tried to attack her. It’s alleged that they were under the influence of alcohol.

As soon as reaching the secretariat, Akhila Priya has telephoned rural SP and complained the incident.

Though Akhila Priya won on YSRCP, she later joined TDP and she’s with the ruling party. Several ruling party leaders including Irrigation minister Devineni Uma has condemned the attack on lady MLA.

Latest Update: Pawan's Dinner With Chiru & Family

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Putting speculations to rest, Pawan Kalyan has met his elder brother Chiranjeevi on Thursday. Pawan personally went to Chiru’s house and congratulated him for the stupendous success of his landmark film Khaidi No.150. Pawan also congratulated producers Ram Charan and Surekha.

Pawan and Chiru had dinner along with whole family.

As Khaidi claimed to have collected 108 Crore 48 Lakh, fans are already celebrating it. With Pawan meeting Chiru and congratulating, this has doubled the joy in the mega camp.

Ever since Pawan skipped Khaidi pre-release event, there was a disappointment among many mega fans. Pawan, who was busy with the shoot of Katamarayudu, couldn’t make it.

Apparently, Pawan has recently watched Chiru’s Khaidi and liked it. Pawan met Chiru and said it’s great comeback. All in all, PK has put full-stop to rumours of rift within family.

AR Rahman To Fast For Jallikattu

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With each passing day, the support for Jallikattu followers is growing big. From film stars to politicians to sports persons, the movement against ban on the Tamil Nadu’s cultural sport is gaining all the strength.

The latest to join the legion is none other than world renowned musician and the Mozart of Madras AR Rahman. Rahman, who usually stays away from such controversies, have come forward and decided to stand in support of the culture. Rahman has announced that he would be fasting for a day in the spirit of Tamil Nadu.

“I’m fasting tomorrow to support the spirit of Tamilnadu!(sic),” Rahman shared on his Twitter page.

Actor Vishal has already sit on fast in Jantar Mantar in Delhi against the ban.

Top stars Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Vijay, Suriya have already voiced their support for Jallikattu cause and going to join the day-long peaceful protest against the ban on Friday. Nadigar Sangam is backing this silent protest by industry persons tomorrow.

Meanwhile, five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand too voiced his support for Jallikattu sport.

“My state rises again. In unison . In peace. Proud to be a #tamizhanda.Genext here are modern yet culturally rooted. #JusticeforJallikattu. #jallikattu is a cultural symbol . Respect it. Im all for animal rights but here that is not the point.tradition & livelihood are,” Viswanath Anand wrote.

Yuvi150: Boss Is Back!

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Now that Telugu film Industry is basking in the success of Megastar’s comeback flick Khaidi No: 150, we’ve another Boss whose comeback is even more reverberating – And that’s Yuvraj Singh, the experienced Indian cricket player in young team.

Having made his comeback after winning over the dangerous cancer in 2012, Yuvraj scored his first One Day International hundred, since the world cup in 2011, against England yesterday. After overcoming all the odds in career, Mr. Singh outplayed England in what can be called as ‘one of his best innings’.

With his impressive batting, Yuvi not just helped India reach from 25 for 3 to 381 for 6, but also invited numerous accolades from his seniors, peers, commentators and juniors. With MS Dhoni on the other end, his remarkable 150 off just 127 balls has put the Indian scoreboard running.

The Sixer hero also displayed some unique cricketing shots of his style wherein he hammered boundaries throughout the ground – 21 fours and 3 sixes. And, that’s what we term as ‘coming back in style’ or ‘Boss is back’. His comeback with 150 can be seen as an interesting coincidence with Megastar’s comeback with ‘Khaidi No:150’.

Former Captain MS Dhoni also compounded with his unbeaten 134 off 122 balls and they’d many fruitful partnerships in the past. At 35, Yuvraj beating cancer and making a phenomenal comeback is unarguably an overwhelming moment for his fans, who’re waiting for such a performance from him. At the post-match session, the left-handed batman credited his former Indian skipper and friend Dhoni for his sensational captaincy and free batting.

Jagan's Satires on Rajamouli's Master-plan

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YSRC party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy took heavy potshots at AP CM Chandrababu Naidu over Amaravati construction progress and the methods of ruling party.

Addressing the farmers in Nidamarru of Guntur district, Jagan alleged that Babu was stopping him from touring the villages in capital region. ‘Chandrababu still lives in a rented house in Amaravati but I will soon buy a house and live here. Keep patience for two more years, once YCP forms the govt. farmers will be given utmost importance,’ Jagan said.

‘Three years passed since Chandrababu formed govt. and not even a single brick has been laid towards the capital city construction. Now, he is asking film director Rajamouli, who relies on graphical sets in movies, to design the master-plan of Amaravati. Will Amaravati will be as fake as Mahishmati kingdom in Baahubali?’ asked Jagan with a sarcastic jibe.

‘AP people want a real capital city but not fake promises of TDP which is doing nothing but real estate in the name of capital city. YCP promises to build a capital city for people once we come to power after two years,’ he added.

Pic Talk: Poonam Lifts Her Leg

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Poonam Kaur, the beautiful girl who unfortunately could not bag many big offers in Tollywood has sizzled in few hot photo shoots. Throw a glance at Poonam’s hot picture here and you can’t take the eyes from her for sure.

Poonam Kaur posed of showing her hot legs when she lifted them in the sexy long red thigh slit dress. Hot as hell!

Behind The Scene: Reddy Vs Reddy

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The JC brothers have earmarked Tadipatri as their personal fiefdom and have been ruling Tadipatri with an iron hand for decades now. They are now looking to expand beyond Tadipatri and looking for a bigger slice of the action in Ananthapur and elsewhere.

While their efforts have met with mixed results to date, they are now facing a major challenge in their own constituency of Tadipatri in the form of Kethireddy Pedda Reddy.

Pedda Reddy is the YSRCP in-charge for Tadipatri and is the younger brother of the late Kethireddy Suryapratap Reddy. There has been a faction war between the families of Kethireddy and the JC brothers in Tadipatri which claimed many lives.

The war ended with the death of Surya Pratap Reddy who was hacked to death by his rivals at Tadipatri railway station as he was returning from Hyderabad.

Incidentally, Surya Pratap Reddy had a kidney transplant only a year ago, donated by his sister. Pedda Reddy was in jail at the time of Surya Pratap’s murder.

Later, a compromise was chalked out according to which, the murder case of Surya Pratap Reddy was diluted in exchange for cases against his followers being lifted.

Surya Pratap Reddy’s son Venkata Rami Reddy won as MLA from Dharmavaram and lost in the subsequent election. His uncle Pedda Reddy, a strong personality in his own right, is now the weapon that Jagan Mohan Reddy has decided to use against the JC brothers.

In the last election, the Reddys of Tadipatri voted for YSRCP thereby angering the JC brothers. They are expected to sail with Pedda Reddy in 2019 which means that JC brothers have to consolidate their other voting segments.

Speaking realistically, the JC brothers would probably win in 2019 as well, but what Pedda Reddy can do is expose a few chinks in the armour of the JC brothers. And that can be the first step towards bringing an end to their dominion.

No wonder that the JC brothers have upped their ante against Jagan after Pedda Reddy was nominated as Tadipatri YSRCP In-charge.

Kajal Upset With Mega Family?

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Despite having bagged the prestigious character of heroine opposite Chiranjeevi for his landmark 150th film, Kajal Agarwal is said to be quite disappointed with the outcome for her.

For starters, she reduced her remuneration by quite a margin for this film. But she did not have a substantial role in the movie and was restricted only to songs.

Now the film has released and is breaking records everywhere, however, Kajal is yet to get any fresh assignments following the victory. Maybe Kajal should be a bit patient.

It’s still early days yet and once the festival euphoria is over, the success of Khaidi No 150 is sure to get her more projects and rejuvenate her career.

Meanwhile, she can take pride in the fact that she has acted opposite Chiru, Pawan Kalyan, Ram Charan and Allu Arjun.

Since we can safely assume that Naga Babu would not be trying as a hero anymore, the only ones remaining would be Sai Dharam Tej, Allu Sirish and Varun Tej. Once she acts opposite them as well, she can call herself the complete mega-heroine.

Jackie Chan, Sonu Sood's Desi Action Adventure

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The theatrical trailer of star Asian action hero Jackie Chan’s latest movie, Kung Fu Yoga has been released and it’s in typical Jackie’s trademark fun and adventurous style.

Kung Fu Yoga showcases Jackie Chan’s adventures in Tibet. The film’s story is about an archaeology professor at the Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi’an, China.

The professor, played by the ever exuberant Jackie Chan, teams up with a young professor an assistant, both played by Amyra Dastur and Loafer girl Disha Patani respectively, to locate India’s lost Magadha treasure in Tibet. Watch out for done spectacular action stunts performed by Jackie Chan and Sonu Sood.

The movie also marks the international debut of Sonu Sood and Disha Patani. Stanley Tong is the film’s director. Kung Fu Yoga releases in cinemas on February 3rd.

Just In: Mahesh Babu Tweets On Jallikattu

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Joining the scores of actors who supported Tamil Nadu’s ancient bull taming sport Jallikattu is the Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu. Mahesh Babu is the first star hero from Tollywood to tweet in the support of Jallikattu whereas his peers in T-town have kept tight-lipped on the controversy.

In a series of tweets, Mahesh wrote, “#Jallikattu is the spirit of Tamil Nadu – bold and fearless. Proud to see such a statement of unity among Tamilians for something that they truly believe in. Especially admire the way the students of Tamil Nadu have been standing up for the cause, relentlessly fighting for their roots and culture. Hope their voices are heard. I support the spirit of Tamil Nadu. #JusticeforJallikattu.”

With none other than Mahesh vouching for Jallikattu, one has to wait and see whether T-town extends its support to the neighbouring people.

It can also be noted that Mahesh was born and brought up in Chennai. On several occasions he had recalled his bonding with Tamil Nadu. In fact, Mahesh could also able to speak in Tamil. Probably, his this connection to Chennai has made him react.

Chiru's TV appearance in February

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Megastar Chiranjeevi impressed in his comeback with his style of acting and dances prompting Mahesh Babu to tweet that the aura of Chiranjeevi was still intact. The all-time biggest star is now all set to make hungama on the small screen from this February.

At present, Chiranjeevi is shooting for the episodes of “Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu” (MEK) and they will be telecast from the first week of February on Maa TV. Although the promos of Chiranjeevi’s MEK were not impressive, the channel is betting high on this new season.

Nagarjuna, who hosted the early seasons of “Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu”, brought a lot of popularity to the show and set a certain standard. Now Chiranjeevi will be judged and compared with Nagarjuna.

Although Chiranjeevi had shot for a few episodes in November itself, the channel didn’t air them as it was waiting for the result of “Khaidi No 150”.

With the movie declared a blockbuster and Chiru getting a thumbs-up from his fans, the channel is now going ahead with the original plan.

Khaidi Stopped Satakarni Release For One Week

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Balakrishna’s magnum opus Gautamiputra Satakarni might have released on Jan 12 worldwide and shattering BO records, but the film hasn’t seen the light of the day in Gulf.

Due to Chiru’s Khaidi No.150, GPSK hasn’t got theatres to release the film on 12th. The theatres that are available to Telugus are said to be occupied with Khaidi. As GPSK got great reviews now along with good word of the mouth, there has been a great pressure on Satakarni producers from the Telugu audiences in Gulf countries to release the movie there.

Since there was lack of theatres, producers couldn’t do much. But Dubai Telugu Association has timely intervened and see to it that proper screens would be allotted to Satakarni.

Thanks to the Telugu Association in Dubai, finally Satakarni got a handful of theatres and finally releasing tomorrow.

With this, the ROW (Res of World) numbers of GPSK are expected to move up. Already GPSK is doing wonders in US and other overseas areas.

Growing Further Apart?

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When Pawan Kalyan’s career was at an all-time high, Chiranjeevi was having a bad run at the box-office and vice-versa.

Now, with the return of Chiru, for once, the name of Pawan Kalyan has taken a backstage and it is Chiru’s name only on the lips of all mega fans.

And highly enthused by the success of Khaidi No 150 is Allu Aravind who took care of the event in Guntur and made it a huge success.

Some say that Pawan did not turn up for the event because of Aravind’s presence there. But truth be told, Khaidi could not have attained the scale of its victory without a person such as Aravind behind it.

Although Ram Charan was the producer, it was Aravind who convened a press meet and shared the revenue reports of the movie with the public.

Even Ram Charan who was said to be disappointed with Pawan Kalyan not turning up for the pre-release event is impressed by the ability of Aravind.

Khaidi No 150 has brought  the mega family barring Pawan Kalyan, together. And ironically, the success of Khaidi may further alienate Pawan from the mega-family as Chiranjeevi fans have proved that they love Chiru for his sake and not because he is the brother of Pawan Kalyan.

Lokesh To Replace Balayya In Hindupur?

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With Telugu Desam Party general secretary Nara Lokesh expressing his intentions to fight the direct elections to get into electoral politics, rather than joining the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet through backdoor methods by getting nominated as MLC, the talking point now is which constituency he would choose to contest the 2019 elections.

According to the talk going on in the party circles, Naidu wants his son to contest from a safer constituency, rather than a risky one. Obviously, he wants Lokesh to win the seat with a bumper majority instead of getting marginal victory.

Indications are that Lokesh would choose the TDP’s traditional bastion Hindupur in Anantapur, which was earlier represented by TDP founder-president N T Rama Rao and now, Lokesh’s father-in-law and actor Nandamuri Balakrishna.

There are various reasons for his decision. If Balakrishna gets re-elected from Hindupur again and the TDP retains power, he would definitely demand the cabinet berth. It would mean Lokesh would have no chance to become the minister, Naidu cannot accommodate both son and brother-in-law in the Cabinet.

So, the best way is to ask Balakrishna to contest the Lok Sabha elections and in his place, field Lokesh. Since the latter is his own son-in-law, Balakrishna might not have any objection. In the worst case scenario of the TDP’s defeat, Naidu might offer Rajya Sabha seat to Balakrishna.

Farmers Getting Rs 30 Lakh For Rs 15 Cr Land!

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The Chandrababu Naidu government is forcing the farmers to part with their multi-crop lands for a pittance and has been resorting to vindictive activities against those who are not willing to part with their land, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy alleged on Thursday.

Addressing the farmers of Amaravati, Jagan said Naidu government had planned a four lane 200-feet road passing through the villages, razing the houses and crops or putting the villages in agriculture zone while other lands purchased by his coterie in the commercial zone.

Even assigned lands were not left out and weaker sections were made to toil and their land was changed into government land and the 1000 yards given to them has neither registration nor development and they are unable to take possession of the land.

Jagan asserted that the farmers would not part with their lands unless a fair price is given and condemned the arrogance of the state in pulling down houses in the name of road laying and development without giving due compensation.

The state has been giving only a fraction of the original cost of the land and such practice should be fought tooth and nail. Now the land here would fetch Rs 15 crore per acre but he has been asking it for Rs 30 lakh per acre and 300 families have lost shelter in the acquisition of 25 acres of land from the small and marginal farmers having small holdings, he said.

Though an alternative route was proposed from Surayapalem to Mangalagiri, Chandrababu Naidu government did not even start the work so far and the need for seed capital access road would not have arisen, he said adding that the Chief Minister has been delaying the issue.

Cops Get Holiday To Watch HCV!

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In a rare development, all head constables in Adilabad district of Telangana were on Thursday given a day’s holiday to watch a Telugu movie.

District Superintendent of Police M. Sreenivas declared a holiday for head constables to enable them to watch the movie “Head Constable Venkatramaiah” with their family members.

The movie is based on the story of a head constable and the character is played by R. Narayana Murthy, described as a “people’s actor”.

The SP said while there were many movies based on the stories with top police officers as heroes, it was for the first time that a film has been made about the good work and honesty of a lower rank official as the central theme.

The policemen hailed the gesture of the SP. There are about 230 head constables in the district.

Cinema theatres in the district also announced that they will screen a free show of the movie Thursday night for head constables and their family members.

The film featuring Narayana Murthy and Jayasudha in the lead was released on January 14.

That's the Spirit of Tamilians!

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Even after ban is imposed by the Supreme Court on Tamil Nadu’s traditional bull taming sport Jalli Kattu, the spirit with which whole Tamilians are fighting against the Apex court’s decision is laudable.

In very short period, the whole Tamil Nadu has taken to the streets and managed to move the national media. Political leaders cutting across parties, movie stars and other prominent personalities in Tamil Nadu in unison stand against the move.

Taking it to new high, the protests have now been moved to national capital New Delhi where Jallikattu protesters are camping at Jantar Mandir. This has become a worrisome to Centre and even PM Modi is closely monitoring the situation as it’s a sensible matter.

However, what’s striking is that the people of Andhra Pradesh couldn’t do even after Special Category Status was denied by Centre that was promised in parliament by the former PM during the passing of AP Reorganisation Bill.

When the state of AP was divided unilaterally, people in AP couldn’t make it effective protest despite getting a raw deal. When film stars and politicians are unitedly fighting in Tamil Nadu for culture, many allege that the actors and politicians in AP have colluded and compromised even when the bright future of next generations is at stake.

Why has people of AP failed in preserving own rights? Even now there’s a lot of uncertainty hanging in AP as there’s no clarity on the funds from Centre to the truncated state yet.

Will AP now inspire from TN’s spirit and follows its footsteps?

Is Kangana Really Nude?

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Ever since the trailer of Vishal Bharadwaj’s “Rangoon” has hit tinsel towns, everyone got stunned by the nude portrayal of seductress Kangana Ranaut in the film more than the period backdrop content and the efforts put in to carve out this movie.

Looking closer at the nude show of Kangana who is seen engrossed in a deep lip lock with Shahid Kapoor and covered with black mud all over her body, even glamour lovers got a shocker. But the recently released video song “Yeh Ishq Hai” features full length visuals of this sparkling chemistry between Kangana and her leading man, which prove something else.

Even from long shot, where a seminude Kangana could be seen, never her face is visible as her short hair elegantly covered it. And that creates a benefit of doubt, if a body double is used to film those long shots and makers have trickily filmed the whole sequence creating an impact as if Kangana herself lying nude there. We have to see what Kangana will say about them.

Set in World War II backdrop under British colonial rule in India, “Rangoon” is a triangular romance between Shahid Kapoor, Kangana Rananut and Saif Ali Khan. Find the film in theatres from February 24th.

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