Although all the mega family heroes were in attendance at the ‘Boss is Back’ event, Pawan Kalyan’s irreplaceable absence and the displeasure among fans was clearly seen.

Some time ago, it was rumored that all was not well between Pawan and Chiru and so he was keeping distance from mega family events. However, Power star brought curtains down on these rumors by making his presence felt at the shashtipoorthi event of Chiru and later going all the way to his home to congratulate him for ‘Bruce Lee’. Later, Chiru attended as chief guest for the audio launch of Pawan’s Sardaar.

Just when every mega fan thought that the brothers were back together, Pawan skipped Sreeja’s wedding and Khaidi No.150 launch event. Now, he has given a miss to the all-important pre-release event. So, what is the reason for Pawan’s ambiguous bonding with mega family?

Talk in film circles is that Allu Aravind is the prime reason. It is heard that Pawan was deeply hurt with the way Allu Aravind dealt with Praja Rajyam Party before merging it with the Congress.

Ever since, the ‘Gabbar Singh’ actor has reportedly been keeping distance from the senor filmmaker and also avoiding all the ‘Mega’ family events in his bid to not come face to face with Aravind. Bunny’s controversy-leading statements about Pawan is also said to be an alleged result of Pawan and Aravind’s cold war.

Until Pawan and Allu Aravind were seen bonding well at some public event, these rumors might not subjugate.

The alleged cold war between Allu Arjun and fans of Pawan Kalyan dates back to ‘Sarrainodu’ success event. Although Bunny has clarified about his ‘Cheppanu Brother’ comment during the audio launch event of ‘Oka Manasu’ and asked Pawan fans to mend their ways, the animosity between the fans and the ‘DJ’ star looks to be still existing.

Afresh, Bunny was rounded up by some fans of Pawan when the actor attended the pre-release event of Khaidi No.150. Reportedly, as Bunny was reaching out to the venue after stepping out of his car, Pawan fans surrounded him and started shouting ‘Power Star’ slogans. With no way to move forward, Bunny had to patiently keep a smiling face until the police personnel came to his rescue.

Interestingly, despite the gherao, Bunny didn’t oblige to the fans to utter ‘Power Star’ slogan. This incident has seen the light just now and a video of the same is currently going viral on youtube.

Smart businessmen never take sides and maintain good relations with everyone in the power hierarchy. Tollywood and Suresh Babu are no exception! But the clash of Khaidi No 150 and Gautamiputra Satakarni is turning out to be a huge headache for Suresh Babu, say industry sources.

Balakrishna had already roped in Suresh Babu to get maximum theatres for his film. On the other hand, no sensible distributor or exhibitor can afford not to screen Khaidi No 150.

Suresh Babu is like caught between the devil and the deep sea. Mega fans in the Godavari districts are said to be highly miffed at the fact that majority theatres under Suresh Babu’s control  have been earmarked for GPSK.

Without ruffling Balayya’s feathers, the Ramanaidu heir also has to pamper the ego of mega-fans. A tough balancing act indeed!

You could have seen people re-selling mobiles, electronics, gadgets, cars, home products and kitchen utensils on OLX, but here’s a Telugu movie ticket which’s up for sale on e-commerce site.

Going into details, the much-anticipated Gautami Putra Satakarni, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, has attracted many eyeballs for several reasons. In what can be called as a stunning and shocking incident on Internet, a user has put up an online ticket (I.e on 12th Jan, 2:30PM show at Arjun Theatre, Kukatpally) for sale on OLX.

Having purchased it for Rs 87 (including all taxes), the unknown user quoted it for a hefty price I.e 500Rs. Although it can be termed as black ticket, people who’re planning to catch the film on day-1 are wondering to learn about this.

Given Balakrishna’s craze and the amount of positive buzz GPSK is carrying, the unidentified would find many users to grab his ticket. Now that, all cinephiles are anticipated about the first Sankranthi release Khaidi No:150, the costly ticket is expected to be grabbed either on 11th or 12th!

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu is fit as fiddle, energetic and handsome. What is the secret behind it?

Well, actress-producer Manchu Lakshmi, daughter of senior actor Manchu Mohan Babu, has the answer. Participating in the marathon programme at Vijayawada on Monday, Manchu Lakshmi said Naidu was still handsome and healthy even at the age of 66 only because he does regular exercise and Yoga.

“All of us need to learn from him on how to keep fit. If you are bodily fit, you will be mentally strong,” she said.

But, then, Naidu’s rivals allege that he has become mentally sick. Senior Congress MP K V P Ramchandra Rao even went to the extent of saying that Naidu is suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and hence forgets people quickly. But, Naidu claims he is working like a machine for 18 hours a day and that is the secret of his success!

Khaidi No.150 is the most eagerly awaited film this Sankranthi. The advance bookings for the movie have been phenomenal and trade circles are expecting earth shattering openings on the 11th.

Already, the hype around this movie is quite high ever since the news came out that Ram Charan playing a short cameo alongside his father in the Ammadu Let’s Do Kummudu song. Now, here’s a ‘Stylish’ surprise.

In his latest interview, Chiru himself has revealed that his nephew Stylish Star Allu Arjun too will be seen in a special cameo in Khaidi No.150. Coming from Chiru himself, this is indeed treat for fans.

Incidentally, Bunny’s first ever silver screen debut was with his Mamayya’s Daddy nearly 15 years ago. In the film, Bunny was seen in a song, showcasing his dancing skills.

Both Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan have resumed shooting for their respective films after their New Year vacation break.

While Pawan Kalyan is shooting in Hyderabad for action sequences of “Katamarayudu”, Mahesh Babu is shooting for regular scenes. Both the stars have set a target of finishing these movies by end of February.

Pawan Kalyan hoped to start the regular shoot of Trivikram from the first week of January itself but it has now been postponed to March 1st week. He now wants to wrap up the entire shoot of “Katamarayudu” including the picturisation of songs in Feb and work on Trivikram’s movie afresh in the month of March.

Pawan Kalyan and director third movie was launched in November. Since then Trivikram has been waiting for Pawan to complete the shoot of “Katamarayudu”.

On the other hand, Mahesh Babu and Koratala Siva’s second film was also launched in November and it was planned to begin the regular shoot from January. But due to delay of shoot of Murugadoss’s movie, he is now planning to resume the work of Koratala from March.

Not only are both these movies going to begin regular shoot from March, both are aiming for Dussera 2017 release. So, we will be seeing direct clash between Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu this year.

Ghazi is one more prestigious film to release in this year in multiple languages. Touted to be India’s first submarine war based film, major shooting of the project is done underwater.

Written and directed by Sankalp Reddy, Ghazi speaks about the mysterious disappearance of Pakistan submarine PNS Ghazi in 1971 indo Pak war when placed near eastern coast of India.

After the first look of Rana released as Naval Officer, here comes the entire team of Tapsee Pannu, Kay Kay Menon and Atul Kulkarni in this new poster. The submarine vehicle as seen in the poster is populated with many Naval Officers including Rana.

First of its kind Indian film made on Hollywood standards is bankrolled by Matinee Entertainments, PVP Cinema is all set for a massive release on Feb 17th.

Actor Ram Charan, who awaits the release of his maiden production venture “Khaidi No 150”, says his wife is his biggest critic and he takes her opinion very seriously.

“I don’t usually consult her before signing a project,” Ram Charan told IANS. Ram Charan and Upasana are married for four years.

“At home, we don’t discuss my work. I decide the projects I want to do. However, she’s a big critic and she makes it a point to watch all my films and shares her opinion. I look forward to her suggestions,” he said.

Son of megastar Chiranjeevi, the “Magadheera” actor has come a long way since his acting debut with 2007 Telugu actioner “Chirutha”.

Last seen in Telugu thriller “Dhruva”, Ram Charan is still waiting for an opportunity to work with his father and uncle Pawan Kalyan in the same film.

“We’d love to work together but we are waiting for the right script. And the day we get one, we won’t think twice about collaborating.”

Chiranjeevi has featured in cameo roles twice in Ram Charan’s films “Magadheera” and “Bruce Lee – The Fighter”.

Ram Charan will next be seen in a yet-untitled Telugu rural drama with director Sukumar.

Pawan Kalyan’s recent visit to Uddanam highlighting the suffering of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients is showing fruitful results.

After AP CM Chandrababu Naidu responded and directed necessary measures for the victims, it’s now the turn of Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda who said he will send a special team to find out the basic reasons for the disease.

Nadda, who was in Visakhapatnam to open a wellness centre along with Venkaiah Naidu, spoken on the issue and also promised to set up a dialysis centre in Uddanam for the victims.

With this, the issue which hasn’t taken up for long, is heading towards solution with the intervention of both state and central governments.

This once again proved that both TDP and BJP are not taking Pawan lightly. Although Pawan has hit out at BJP lot of times recently, BJP seems to be not in a position to lose Pawan.

Andhra Pradesh police is taking stern measures ahead of big battle for this Sankranthi. As Chiranjeevi’s 150th film (Khaidi No. 150) and Balakrishna’s 100th film (Gautamiputra Satakarni) are clashing at the Box Office, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police N Sambasiva Rao has ordered officials to take all necessary precautionary measures to avoid any untoward incidents.

DGP has directed Cyber Crime officials to constantly monitor social media comments and if any abusive or derogatory or provoking comments on rival heroes are found, those who commented would be brought under book.

DGP has also said that those who resort to do abusive comments may land up in jail. Cases would be booked against them, said police officials.

Police officials have called up on fan groups and passed on the instructions to them in advance. Satakarni#sthash.PvW3XPwz.dpuf

Mega Star Chiranjeevi is making his comeback after 9 long years. In a chat-a-thon with media personnel, Chiru opened up on several issues from RGV to Pawan Kalyan to doing a remake.

Excerpts:

On RGV’s Tweets

I don’t consider RGV’s comments. But Naga Babu seems to have hurt with his comments. Anyone who is hurt, will react like that. I don’t want to respond on Naga Babu’s comments. Personally, I don’t have any issues with anyone. RGV is also my friend.

Pawan Kalyan’s Absence

Ram Charan has personally invited Pawan. Pawan had conveyed that he has work. Anyhow, Pawan tweeted his wishes to us. Not necessarily everyone could make it to the event.

Why Remake?

I wanted to do a film with social element. I’ve had heard several stories. But everyone has come up with commercial stories. Since I wasn’t finding such stories, I had to opt for Kaththi remake.

Mega Heroes

All mega heroes wanted to be seen in Khaidi No. 150 as it’s my 150th film. But it is not possible. So, they will be seen during the title credits.

Balakrishna, Nagarjuna

Balakrishna and I share good bond. I wish his film will do well. Balakrishna, Venkatesh, Nagarjuna all films are lined up for release. This reminisce of good old days. We all share great rapport still today.

Ram Charan is also continuing this trend. Recently, he has gone for holiday with Mahesh Babu. It’s a healthy trend in the industry.

Changes in Film Industry

Certainly, in the last 10 years, Telugu Film Industry has evolved a lot. A lot of changes have taken place. Especially, technically we are so developed. It’s good to be working in this age with advanced technology.

Upcoming Films

Yes, I’ll continue to act in films. I won’t stop with 150. I will be working with Surender Reddy, Boyapati Sreenu. Also I’ll be doing Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy’s subject. The script has been worked.

The trailer begins with Nagarjuna’s voice over narrating the premise of ‘Om Namo Venkatesaya’. Nag describes the story between Lord Venkatesa and his ardent devotee Hathi Ram Baba as ‘Nava Rasa Bharitha Leela Drushya Kavyam’.

Set in the 18th Century, the film is an attempt to chronicle the life and times of Hathi Ram who is also known as Bhavaji.

Nag, who is best in doing roles of devotees like Annamayya, Sri Rama Dasu, is back to his forte. As usual, he breathed life into the role of Hathi Ram whose history isn’t much available to present age. Director K Raghavendra Rao stuck to his trademark style in directing this historic biopic.

Anushka is seen as Krishnamma, another devotee of Lord Balaji. She is seen grooving to a devotional song ‘Koneti Rayuda’ and her presence does the magic. Sourabh is playing Lord Venkateswara and he really fit the role aptly.

The other supporting cast has Jagapathi Babu, Rao Ramesh, Prudhvi, Vimala Raman, Pragya Jaiswal and many others.

Darsakendra K Raghavendra Rao would be quitting direction after his ongoing film Om Namo Venkatesaya with Nagarjuna as the lead. None other than Nagarjuna himself divulged this at the audio launch of Om Namo Venkatesaya held on auspicious Vaikunta Ekadasi day.

Nag speaking at the event shared that Raghavendra Rao had told him that this film would be his last film and hence he is making it a memorable and remarkable in everyone who is associated with it.

Interestingly the film happens to be 108th film of Raghavendra Rao. Nag wished that ONV would be classic like his Manam which was the last film of his father ANR.

Meanwhile, the film is slated for a world-wide release on Feb 10. Let’s wait and see whether Nag-KRR recreate their magic or not.

Dangal, a thorough blockbuster material, is rewriting all existing box office numbers in India and finally on 17th day from its release, the movie emerged out to be the highest earner among Hindi films.

Having won the likes of both audiences and critics, Dangal outperformed Aamir’s previous blockbuster PK, Salman’s Bhajrangi Bhaijaan and Sultan as well to claim the top spot. With Dangal taking rank 1, the following are other highest grossers, 2. PK, 3. Bhajranji Bhaijaan, 4. Sultan and 5. Dhoom-3.

Dangal, which minted 300 Crore on its 13th day, achieved an incredible record in Bollywood as it breached the record of top grosser PK (330.96cr) on 17th day (Sunday) with 340.8Cr, according to BO analyst Taran Adarsh. Reportedly, Dangal is Aamir Khan’s third movie to list in top five Bollywood grossers.

The big-budget biopic of Phogat sisters have come out at the right time and is still having serious legs at the box-office. While Dangal does have the capability of sending you out of a theater with great feel and brilliant performances of the cast, it also has the strength to pass a strong message for all girls out there.

The film was also awarded tax exemption in many states of the country. When it comes to overseas, it has pocketed $25.58 million (174.30 Crore) in USA, Canada and Australia.