Veteran actor and filmmaker Mohan Babu has the reputation of talking straight from the heart and he doesn’t mince words even while criticizing his own children.

Last night, while speaking at the audio launch event of his elder son Manchu Vishnu’s upcoming film ‘Luckunnodu’, Mohan Babu gave a sweet warning to Vishnu.

“Vishnu.. I want to give a warning to you. Don’t think as I am saying this in public, when you did the mistake on public platform, I have to correct it on the same stage. Recently, I have seen in TV, you were saying, “generally, I don’t attend my own audio launches”. That’s a mistake.” “It’s your responsibility to attend your audio events and when other heroes invite you for their events, you have to oblige them out of respect. Don’t talk like some heroes who say they don’t like to attend audio events, that’s like blowing one’s own trumpet. We shouldn’t do that,” said the veteran actor in his bid to caution his son.

Vishnu was seen blushing and smiling while his dear daddy was smoothly ridiculing him on stage.

Dhruva’s story has come to its end. Even though the film’s collections kicked off on a dull note on December 9th, positive reviews and good word of mouth helped the movie register decent numbers in the long run, leaving the trade pundits surprised.

Dhruva’s successful overseas run was a record in Ram Charan’s career. The film is Charan’s first ever million dollar feat and it went on to gross nearly $1.5 million, with 25 screens being added in the 5th week.

Due to its genre, many thought that Dhruva would not even cross the 50 crore share mark in its full run. However, the film went on to collect nearly 56 crores from Andhra, Ceded and Nizam, bringing cheers to many.

Unfortunately, Dhruva is just 4 crores short of getting the hit status as the film’s theatrical rights are valued at 60 crores. Still, Dhruva managed to brave the demonetization effect and the initial backlash from mass movie lovers.

In its final run, Dhruva grossed 90 crores and in Nizam the movie broke even with a 15.35 crores share and earned nearly 2 crores profits for its buyers. However, the movie has made some losses for its Ceded buyers and recovered only 6.60 crores on its 9 crores investment.

In Vizag, Dhruva entered profits by collecting a share of 5.25 crores. From both the Telugu states, Dhruva has collected 40.5 crore where as it notched up 6.8 crores from Karnataka. Finally, Dhruva’s box-office​ result can be termed as ‘Above Average’.

In September last year, Kannada superstar Kicha Sudeep, popular for his villainous role in Rajamouli’s Eega, let his fans down when he announced separation from his wife of 14 years, Priya Radhakrishnana.

The couple even filed for divorce at a family court in Bangalore. According to reports being published by Kannada media houses, both Sudeep and Priya skipped their divorce hearing yesterday.

The reports say that the estranged couple has decided to patch up their differences and stay together for the sake of their teenage daughter, Sanvi. Apparently, Sudeep has been regretting the separation from his wife and daughter and he wants the marriage to work again.

There were outrageous reports that Sudeep for into a romantic going with Nitya Menen during the making of Kotigobba 2. However, Nitya lashed out at the rumours while Sudeep maintained stoic silence.

YSRCP MLA Roja has denied being part-time politician on several occasions and maintained that she’d continue to be full-time politician. However, she said she has only one exception. i.e Jabardasth TV show.

But Roja seems to have taken up new career as she turned celebrity interviewer. She interviewed Chiranjeevi for her Sakshi TV. This come as a surprise and many started wondering how much did Roja charge for doing Chiru’s interview.

Also rumour mongers suspect that Roja could have done it for free for her Boss YS Jagan as he owns the TV channel.

Although Roja had acted with Chiru in a handful of films, the duo haven’t had that rapport after they entered into politics.

In the past, Roja had teared into Chiru when he is Praja Rajyam Party. She criticized him to the core. And how come she turned the tables and now interviewing Chiru becomes talking point.

The 74th Golden Globe Awards took off in stlye and grandeur. But what has attracted the event was the outfits of the actors and actress. While gold and silver shimmered outfits worked out best for female stars, light and bright colors also managed to take the glamour quotient to a next level.

If not megastar, Pawan Kalyan was expected to become a hot topic after the ‘Boss is Back’ event but surprisingly, Naga Babu has stolen the limelight. The mega brother’s outburst at the event against Yandamuri and RGV is inviting appraisal from a section of mega fans and criticism from others.

Afresh, an NRI has given a serious suggestion to mega family asking them to keep Naga Babu away from events of mega family.

Going into details, choreographer Johnny master, who composed dances for megastar in Khaidi No.150 has the other day participated in a TV live show to share his experience of working with megastar with NRI callers.

Much to the shock of Johnny master, an NRI caller, claiming to be an ardent fan of megastar, brought up the Naga Babu issue and said, ‘Please ask megastar to keep Naga Babu away from mega family events. His language at the ‘Boss is Back’ event was too crass. People have their own opinions and he shouldn’t have spoken about Yandamuri in such impolite manner. One should give answer to criticism with our actions but not with public outburst’.

The caller opined that Nagababu’s acts were spoiling the reputation of mega family and thus he needed to be kept away. Poor Johnny master had to calmly listen as he was put into a tricky situation by the caller.

Whenever a Salman Khan movie or a Shah Rukh Khan movie releases, there will be a huge buzz among their fans and trade circles. But it’s Aamir Khan who releases all his films amidst a low buzz but goes on to wreak havoc on box-office.

Bollywood’s first 100 crore movie (Ghajini), first 200 crore movie (3 Idiots) and first 300 crore movie (PK) are all courtesy Aamir Khan. And now, Aamir’s Dangal has surpassed PK’s lifetime business of 340.8 crores and entered the 350 crore club, first ever feat by any Bollywood film star.

The above records are proof enough that Aamir Khan is his own competition and that the two other Khan heroes are still miles be him. Dangal is still collecting at least 10 crores a day and entering the 400 crore club seems to be a cakewalk.

Interestingly, apart from Ghajini and Dhoom, all of Aamir’s highest grossing movies were critically acclaimed and socially relevant movies, line 3 Idiots, PK and the latest Dangal. This indeed makes Aamir a class apart from Salman and Shah Rukh.

Beautiful actress Amala Paul’s love marriage did not last long with director Vijay and the actual reasons for their divorce are not revealed out from both sides. Amala did not go low profile after the divorce but is coming out more open on social media with her gorgeous selfies, a good move indeed.

Here is one of them, but it is superhot than gorgeous and one has to admit that Amala Paul was never this hot before her wedding. Amala’s post divorce selfies are hot!

Producer MVV Satyanarayana, grew familiar with hit film ‘Geethanjali’ is now bankrolling Vishnu Manchu’s ‘Luckunnodu.’ Amazing fact is, Satyanarayana entered into films with the dream of becoming an actor but consequently emerged as a producer. As his wish of becoming the actor is undying, he took the chance of portraying main villain character in his own production venture ‘Luckunnodu.’

‘Luckunnodu’ trailer released yesterday gave a glimpse of Satyanarayana as antagonist. Though trailer focused more on hero Vishnu, heroine Hansika Motwani’s romance and comedy, it would be interesting to see how Satyanarayana scores as an artist.

There’s a big team of comedians from Vennela Kishore, Sathyam Rajesh, Prabhas Srinu, Posani to entertain audience in February first week when movie hits the screens.

What more Mega Fans and Chiranjeevi devotees will ask for? Yes, ‘Boss Is Back’ with a huge bang. ‘Khaidi No 150’ is moving ahead for special premier shows today midnight across the globe and Mega Mania is at all time high. There’s no question of getting your tickets for premier or first day shows at regular price because the demand is sitting high on sky and black markets are celebrating their festival couple of days early.

Chiranjeevi is proving a point that, his craze and charm aren’t decreased by 0.1% despite his long absence from the film industry and failure in politics. For beginners, ‘Khaidi No 150’ is a remake of Tamil blockbuster ‘Kathi’ which discouraged not just the common audience but also his Fans during the days of project inception. Clearing all the adverse hurdles including the attack from anti-Fans, today ‘Khaidi No 150’ is standing tall at Box Office with probability of breaking ‘Bahubali’ opening day records in Telugu states.

Virtually, there’s no space for other old films in theaters for one day that is tomorrow because every cinema hall in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana might be screening only and only ‘Khaidi No 150’ catering to ever increasing demand for tickets.

In Overseas, early estimates say that ‘Khaidi No 150’ premier and first day revenues might cross $1 Million, a feat impossible for any other hero except Mega Star. Well, this is just one side of the coin. Fortunately if ‘Khaidi No 150’ secures a positive mouth talk, it will generate a tsunami wiping off every existing record.

Dil Raju is a man of actions not words. His track record shows and says that perfect planning is a must behind every movie success. Likewise, Dil Raju is entering into Sankranti race with ‘Shatamanam Bhavati’ releasing on 14th of this month. However, promotions for this wholesome family entertainer set in Konaseema backdrop with Sharwanand, Anupama Parameshwaran, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha in main leads is at the lowest ebb.

What’s more interesting is, an aggressive Dil Raju deliberately suppressed his film publicity knowing a fact that a tiny ‘Shatamanam Bhavati’ can never make its presence felt in between two stalwarts Balayya GPSK and Chiranjeevi KN 150 roaring at their best publicity.

Yet, Dil Raju’s strong hold at theater network can do the needful for ‘Shatamanam Bhavati’ because he got sufficient number of release screens both in Telugu states and Overseas. Family entertainers always enjoy an extra edge in festive times. Promotions apart, Dil Raju strongly believes that his film’s content will speak more in Box Office terms. Let’s see, how far his calculations turn true this time because last few films, he scored high on failure percentage.

Megastar Chiranjeevi expressed his views on various questions posed by journos in media interviews yesterday. One particular question and Chiranjeevi’s answer for it sparked everyone’s attention and mega fans are pinning their hopes on Chiranjeevi’s opinion to get materialized.

When Chiranjeevi was quizzed which films of his are the best ones to be remade with Mega Power Star Ram Charan and Stylish Star Allu Arjun, Chiranjeevi spontaneously said ‘Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari’ suits the best for Ram Charan while ‘Rowdy Alludu’ the best to be remade with Allu Arjun.

What Chiranjeevi has said seems to be true. ‘JVAS’ has all elements in it to suit to the body language and histrionics of Ram Charan. While ‘Rowdy Alludu’s Auto Jani’ character appears to be a tailor made role for Allu Arjun. As we know, Allu Arjun has tremendous timing in comedy just as the Megastar. Obviously, Allu Arjun can fit the bill with ‘Rowdy Alludu’s remake. But the million dollar question is whether these projects really get materialized?

Mega Power Star Ram Charan is creating a rare feat today. The Mega Power Star is going to be the first Telugu hero being invited for facebook office. He will be available from 11 am onwards at fb office today to chat with his fans and followers on Megastar Chiranjeevi’s most awaited film ‘Khaidi Number 150’.

Never seen hype and hoopla in Tollywood has been created with the release of ‘Khaidi Number 150’. In this scenario, Ram Charan is likely to answer various questions to be raised by his fans on the movie. It is a known news that Ram Charan has bankrolled the project.

Chiranjeevi also took part in media interviews actively and cleared doubts on various issues. Going by the reports, ‘Khaidi Number 150’ is expected to break the day one records of previous films. Kajal Aggarwal has done opposite to Chiranjeevi. Ace director VV Vinayak has directed the film. Devi Sri Prasad is the music scorer.

Lakshmi Rai is enjoying the hype and hungama after she sizzled in Rathalu item song with Chiranjeevi in his comeback film Khaidi No 150. The hot actress has been on a vacation and her bikini pictures at beautiful beaches are already making rounds.

Here is a picture of Lakshmi Rai flaunting her hot body in bikini pose, but photo-bombed by a foreigner from the back with his funny expression. Our Rathalu found it quite funny and shared it with fans, though that guy spoiled her bikini pose.