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Samantha's Engagement: Cute Girl Steals The Show

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu has posted a picture of a cute little baby girl from her engagement album describing the adorable girl as her doll. In no time, the picture has gone viral. Even the video of Chaisam’s engagement played by all TV channels saw the little toddler taking the centre stage.

While no one has exact clue on who the adoring baby is, Gulte manages to know her true identity and her connection with Samantha, Naga Chaitanya.

The little baby girl is none other than Daggubati Suresh Babu’s granddaughter. Her name is Aira and she’s just one year old. Aira is daughter of Malavika Daggubati and business honcho Bharath Krishna Rao. The couple tied the knot on Dec 5, 2012 and Aira was born on Dec 3, 2015. Since Suresh Babu is Chaitu’s maternal uncle and Malavika is Chaitu’s cousin, the whole family attended Chaisam’s engagement held on Sunday.

Tax exemption to Amaravati: What is so great?

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Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his bandwagon are going ga ga over the capital gains tax exemption given by the Centre on the first sale of plots allotted to farmers who lost their lands under land pooling for construction of new capital Amaravati.

Under the land pooling system, Naidu government had acquired nearly 33,000 acres of land from farmers. In return, each farmer was allotted residential plot of 1,000 square yards and a commercial plot of size ranging from 250 to 450 square yards.

The government assured that the cost of the plots would go up multi-fold with the construction of the new capital. But since the sale of residential and commercial plots would invite levy of capital gains tax, they were worried. So, Naidu ensured that the Centre would exempt this tax on Amaravati plots.

With this, the TDP leaders are on cloud nine as it if is a big achievement and they even distributed sweets among farmers of the affected villages. They went on to claim that the farmers would become millionaires if they sell plots at higher rate once Amaravati is developed.

However, YSR Congress party described it as yet another attempt to fool the farmers of Amaravati.

“It is an agriculture land and any transaction of agriculture land is exempt from capital gains tax. This is being projected as a big boon to farmers. It is nothing but cheating,” party MP V Vijay Sai Reddy said.

Moreover, the exemption is given only up to 2020. It does mean Amaravati would have to be constructed till such time and cost of plots would go up. But does it happen?

KCR Silent, Daughter Welcomes Budget!

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Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has remained silent on the Union budget introduced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament, since he had never reacted on the Central budget in the past.

Sources said KCR wants to play safe by not reacting, since he does not want to lose the confidence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at this stage. If he opens his mouth, he has to talk about the injustice done to the state.

However, KCR’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha, who represents Nizamabad Parliamentary constituency in Lok Sabha was all praise for Modi budget.

She said the tax reduction for medium, small and micro enterprises from 30 per cent to 25 per cent was a welcome move. It would benefit about 90 per cent of total industries of in the country and would also accelerate job creation which was the need of the hour.

She also welcomed the reduction of personal income tax rate from 10 per cent to five per cent for those with less than Rs 5 lakh income. It would increase the tax net and with less burden, more people would be ready to pay the tax.

I've been victim of eve-teasing, harassment : Ileana

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Mumbai: Actress Ileana D’Cruz admits to have been eve-teased and harassed, and described the experience as “traumatic”.

Sharing a link of an article that reads “I’m Leaking My Ex’s Dirty Messages And Voice Notes Because He’s Left Me No Choice”, she tweeted: “Absolutely despicable piece of crap! So proud of this girl who exposed this swine! Whoever you are lady mad respect.”

Ileana then used the micro-blogging site to talk about her experience.

“I’ve been a victim of eve-teasing and harassment and it’s traumatic. I’m lucky I have beautiful parents who gave me strength when I needed it,” she wrote.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap had also shared the same article which is about an anonymous girl troubled by her former boyfriend.

Trivikram Worries About Pawan Kalyan

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Pawan Kalyan is getting active with his political plans by the day. He is constantly meeting the press and also voicing his opinions on current affairs at regular intervals.

Pawan is unable to give ample time for his films because of this. Katamarayudu and Sardaar Gabbar Singh shooting schedules were affected due to unplanned political activities of Power star.

Earlier Pawan completed seventy percent of Sardaar shoot in a month, Katamarayudu also is heading in the same direction.

It would be impossible to get a quality product if the lead actor doesn’t focus on his work. With Pawan turning busy with his political moves, his best friend Trivikram is worrying a lot as his next movie is with the Power star.

Trivikram wants to complete his film with Pawan Kalyan in six months time. He wants bulk dates of Pawan Kalyan and needs hundred percent attention of the actor to finish the film as per plan.

But that seems highly unlikely if we take Pawan’s recent activities into consideration. Trivikram’s project was supposed to be on sets already, but it is delayed as Pawan is yet to complete Katamarayudu.

At least 100 crore will be at stake for Pawan-Trivikram film which means Power star should give his hundred percent to make it a blockbuster. But will he?

Look At The Original Side Of Our Heroes

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Generally some people have this low-graded opinion on movie stars thinking that they indulge lot of affairs and boozing, apart from entertaining audiences. These people should actually look at the real side, the original side, which movie stars have to tell for the world.

Apart from the strong adulation and admiration fans shows towards their movie heroes, there is one brighter side which everyone needs to give a thought about.

How many of the followers and fans of these Superstars work honestly cutting across caste, creed, religion and race lines? Forget about working, how many of them might have got married to a partner from outside their community?

But a Mahesh Babu married a Marathi lady, a Ram Charan took hand of a Reddy girl, a Pawan Kalyan tied knot with an Australian of Russian origin, and the list goes on. Other day we got to see Akkineni’s family welcoming Tamil daughter in law into their fold. Maybe we should say Tollywood is a perfect example of pure secular fabric which India practices.

Not just these marriages and love, but there are other aspects of life as well that our movie actors and technicians inspire. Mahesh and his wife’s business acumen, Ram Charan’s investing ideas, Raviteja’s hard work, Samantha and Lawrence’s charity, Rajamouli’s family love and Pawan Kalyan’s simplicity are few qualities which anyone could look up to and follow.

In a way, many of movie industry stars are walking libraries who resemble practical examples of what is being thought in world class universities and by renowned gurus.

A big ZERO to Telangana – KCR hurts

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Demonetization, was deeply disappointed as the Modi’s budget did not pay any special attention to Telangana like AP was provided sops for development of new capital city.

Centre allcaoted Rs 100 crore for Amaravathi metro rail project and also exempted the farmers who gave away lands for the construction of new capital city from capital gains.

KCR has high expectation on the union budget this year as he is planning to introduce several new schemes using central funds. He sought Rs 1000 crore funds for road development in naxal infested districts, funds for the establishment of AIIMS in Telangana and special allocations to establish IT Corridor in Hyderabad.

KCR also expected more funds for the development of backward districts and increase of allocation for centrally sponsored schemes in the new financial year. with no option left, KCR is finding alternatives from within state revenue sources to meet fund requirement for all scheme in 2017-18 financial year.

Prabhas Pays 2 Crore to Rana!

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Prabhas’ association with UV Creations is no secret in Tollywood. Though Vamsi and Pramod are the faces of the production house, it’s widely known that Prabhas is their backbone. Pramod also happens to be Prabhas’ cousin and best friend.

Now the latest news in tinsel town has it that UV Creations has bought the theatrical rights of Rana Daggubati’s forthcoming film Ghazi in US. It’s learnt that UV has bought the film outright in US for a meagre 2 Crore for both Telugu and Tamil versions.

This has now become talking point in industry circles. These days, the US collections have been fetching a bomb to its distributors. Even the recent Shatamanam Bhavati grossed over 0.5 Million USD despite clashing with biggies like Khaidi No.150 and Gautamiputra Satakarni.

Contrary to it, Rana’s Ghazi is expected to have a solo release. And this is his immediate release after magnum opus Baahubali. Rana has gained good fan base with his stint as Bhallaladeva in Rajamouli’s epic. Naturally, the openings to his Ghazi, that is coming after Baahubali, are expected to be decent.

In addition to it, the film is India’s first-ever underwater film carrying positive vibes. Considering all these factors, it seems quite easy for UV Creations to have good profits. If reviews and word-of-mouth is positive, the film will make a grandslam without a doubt.

Prabhas and Rana Daggubati have become close buddies during Baahubali. Apparently, Prabhas got UV on board for Ghazi only after knowing from Rana on how well the film shaped up.

The film starring Taapsee Pannu is being produced by Matinee Entertainment and PVP Cinema. Debutant Sankalp is testing his luck as director and the film’s Hindi version is being distributed by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions who earlier released Baahubali in Hindi.

Ravi Teja Following His Heroes

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Mass maharaja Ravi Teja has become the latest celebrity to join the Twitter bandwagon.

As the news spread like a wildfire on social media, the actor’s followers’ count keeps growing each minute. As of now, he has amassed close to 400 followers in less than an hour. Fans acting quick to follow Ravi Teja is not a surprise but whom the mass maharaja following is a big surprise.

As the actor always claimed to be a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan, the bollywood megastar became the first celebrity that the ‘Bengal Tiger’ star followed. Salman Khan is the only other and the second celeb that Ravi Teja followed. It is known that Salman remade Ravi Teja’s ‘Kick’ in Hindi. Probably, the duo will now directly interact on twitter over possible remakes in future.

Young Hero Troubling NRI?

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Young hero said to have received a good some of advance amount from an NRI promising him of doing  a film for his maiden production. After listening to a story narrated by a new director, the young hero said to have agreed and taken nearly half Crore as part of the advance reportedly showing his brother’s marriage.

But the hero is said to be dodging now after spending the advance. When the NRI producer approaching the hero for the film, the young hero said to have said that the story he had listened was not on par with his “stature” and asked them to bring a story on par with star heroes and also said he won’t work with young directors and reportedly asked them to rope in a big director.

Knowing that it’s not moving forward, the NRI producer said to have asked the hero to return the advance to which the hero is said to be going back and forth. He said to have told the NRI producer that he has no money with him now and said he’d give later.

Shocked with this, the new NRI producer is reportedly running from pillar to the post for his money.

Tamil Hero To Challenge Ram Charan

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Young actor Aadhi Pinisetty, who played the villain in Allu Arjun’s 2016 blockbuster ‘Sarrainodu’, has reportedly been roped in to play the villain in Ram Charan’s new film to be directed by Sukumar.

As Sukumar has penned a complete village based subject for Charan, he was in search of a rugged and menacingly looking villain. Once the name of Aadhi crossed his mind, there was no second thought, it is reported. The young actor has reportedly signed the film as he was impressed with his unique characterization.

In fact, Aadhi was flooded with offers after the success of Sarrainodu but he took his time and is choosing projects carefully. For the starters, he is a noted hero in Tamil film industry. As he knows the reach of Telugu films, he might have decided to make a market for himself here by doing villainy in the films of tollywood stars. Aadhi’s duel with Charan will surely be interesting to watch in #RC11.

Meanwhile, although no announcement is made yet regarding leading ladies, the names of Samantha and Raashi Khanna are strongly heard. The film was recently launched and the regular shoot is expected to commence shortly.Charan#sthash.EmPrrqmq.dpuf

Raashi Reveals Her Mistakes

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Raashi Khanna, who has recently signed the first biggie of her career, #NTR27 has divulged why it had taken so long for her to garner the attention of top heroes.

When Raashi made her debut in tollywood with ‘Oohalu Gusagusalade’ three years ago, she became an instant heartthrob of youth. Cute expressions, commendable acting skills and a voluptuous figure made her look a potential top heroine. However, her carer didn’t took off as expected.

Raashi has now revealed that she had made a few mistakes at the beginning of her career. ‘I had put some limitations on myself. I thought that I could play only certain kind of roles. But, with each movie, my confidence levels grew and I realized that i could handle any kind of character,’ said Raashi.

‘Now, I am confidently taking decisions as I have gained immense self-belief,’ Raashi added.

Fans of Raashi always wanted to see her opposite star heroes and she seems to be finally poised to get her due. A film opposite NTR is already announced and she is also rumored to be playing one of the heroines in Ram Charan-Sukumar combo film. With the kind of effort she is putting on her body, more biggies will shortly fall in her lap.

Sai Dharam Tej Bonding With Non-Mega Heroes!

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Sai Dharam Tej, nephew of Megastar Chiranjeevi, has established himself as a bankable star with three hits. Although he has earned the image of mass hero and mega fans have been treating him as their hero, he doesn’t want to stick to one section.

Sai Dharam Tej wants to maintain good relations with all the top heroes and win the hearts of their respective fans.

He invited NTR to sound the clapboard for his next film “Jawan” that was launched recently. And now he requested Mahesh Babu to launch a song of his upcoming release “Winner”.

This is clever plan, we must say. Sai Dharam Tej, the talented guy in the current crop of mega heroes, is planning his career in right way.

The star is also now going for makeover to win the love of all sections of audiences.

Mokshagna Working on Weight Control!

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Nandamuri Balakrishna is planning to introduce his son Mokshagna as actor later this year. Several directors have been shortlisted for his debut movie as lead hero.

Mokshagna also underwent for training in acting. He trained under a famous dancer. All in all, he is ready to take plunge into movie field.

But the only issue is that Mokshagna has weight problems. 22-year-old Mokshagna is said to have put on weight recently. So he is now asked to develop a perfect six-pack body by end of this year.

Nandamuri Balakrishna has plans of making a sequel to “Aditya 369” with his son as hero next year. The Nandamuri fans are eagerly waiting for the debut of Mokshagna. They are of the opinion that the industry is completely being dominated by the stars of Megastar’s family.

Almost five heroes from Mega family are busy with several movies. Nandamuri family has only three heroes. Hence they are putting pressure on Balakrishna to introduce Mokshagna as hero.

Union Budget 2017: Highlights

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Highlights of the Union budget for 2017-18 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in parliament on Wednesday:

1. India stands out as a bright spot amid world economic gloom.

2. Our focus will be on energising youth to reap benefits of growth and employment.

3. IMF estimates world GDP will grow by 3.4 per cent in 2017.

4. Oil prices, rising dollar and volatile commodity prices seen as risks to Indian economy.

5. India is seen as engine of global growth, have witnessed historic reform in last one year.

6. Demonetisation is a bold and decisive measure, for many decades tax evasion was a way of life for many.

7. Note ban is expected to have only a transient impact on economy.

8. I am reminded of what our father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi said: “A right cause never fails”.

9. The pace of remonetisation has picked up.

10. Effects of demonetisation not expected to spill over to next year.

11. Budget preponement to February 1 will give sufficient time to departments to implement government schemes.

12. Our Budget agenda is – transform, energise and clean India – TEC India.

13. Our approach in preparing the Budget is to spend more on rural areas, infrastructure and poverty alleviation with fiscal prudence.

14. Agriculture sector is expected to grow at 4.6%, agriculture expenditure targeted at Rs 10 lakh crore.

15. 36% increase in FDI flow; forex reserves at $361 billion in January, which is enough to cover 12 months needs.

16. Allocation under MNREGA increased to 48,000 crore from Rs 38,500 crore. This is highest ever allocation

17. Total allocation for rural, agricultural and allied sectors for 2017-18 is Rs 187223 crore, which is 24% higher than last year.

18. One crore houses for poor by 2019.

19. Safe drinking water to cover 28,000 arsenic and Fluoride-affected habitations in the next four years.

20. 133-km road per day constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana as against 73-km in 2011-14.

21. For senior citizens, Aadhar cards giving their health condition will be introduced.

22. Two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) to be set up in Jharkhand and Gujarat.

23. 3500km railway lines to be put up.

24. Service charge on rail tickets booked through IRCTC to be withdrawn.

25. Rail safety fund with corpus of Rs 100,000 crore will be created over a period of five years.

26. 500 rail stations to be made differently abled-friendly by providing lifts and escalators.

27. A new metro rail policy will be announced, this will open up new jobs for our youth.

28. Foreign investment promotion board (FIPB) to be abolished.

29. Allocation for infrastructure stands at a record Rs 3,96,135 crore.

30. Government to set up strategic crude oil reserves in Odisha and Rajasthan.

31. 1.25 crore people have already adopted Bhim App for digital payments.

32. Aadhaar Pay- an app for merchants- to be launched’ 20 lakh aadhaar-based POS by September 2017.

33. Government is considering introduction of new law to confiscate assets of offenders who escape the country.

34. Defence expenditure excluding pension at Rs 2.74 lakh crore.

35. Fiscal deficit for 2017-18 pegged at 3.2 percent of GDP.

36. Fiscal deficit target for next three years pegged at 3 percent.

37. India’s tax-to GDP ratio is very low. We are largely a tax non compliance society, when too many people evade taxes burden falls on those who are honest.

38. Out of 3.7 crore who filed tax returns in 2015-16, only 24 lakh persons showed income above Rs 10 lakh.

39. Of 76 lakh individuals who reported income of over Rs 5 lakh, 56 lakh are salaried.

40. Small firms with turnover up to Rs 50 crore to pay 25% tax now, instead of 30%.

41. Black money SIT has suggested no cash transaction above Rs 3 lakh. The government has accepted this recommendation.

42. Maximum cash donation any party can receive will be Rs 2000 from one source.

43. Political parties will be entitled to receive donations by cheques or digital modes.

44. An amendment being proposed to RBI Act to enable the issuance of electoral bonds for political funding.

45. Jaitley reduces income tax rate from 10% to 5% for tax slab of Rs 250,000 to Rs 500,000.

46. Surcharge of 10% for those whose annual income is Rs 50 lakh to 1 crore.

47. 15% surcharge on incomes above Rs 1 crore to continue.

No Cash Transaction Over 3 Lakhs, Taxes Dropped

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NEW DELHI: Stating that India is “largely a non-tax compliant society,” finance minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is putting a Rs 3 lakh limit on cash transactions.

In addition, the minister gave a significant tax break to those earning between Rs 2.5-5 lakhs, cutting their tax rates to as low as 5 percent from the earlier 10%.

The minister imposed a surcharge of 10 percent for those whose annual income is Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore. The 15% surcharge on incomes above Rs 1 crore will continue.

Stating that political parties continue to receive most funds through anonymous donation, Jaitley announced that the maximum amount of cash donation a political party can receive is Rs 2000 from any one source.

The minister also said the government plans to extend the basket of financial instruments to which the capital gains can be invested without the payment of tax.

There is also a proposal to allow a carry forward of Minimum Alternative Tax for a period of 15 years up from the current 10 yrs now.

#Budget2017: Good News to Amaravati Land Owners

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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has appreciated Andhra Pradesh state government for implementing Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) instead of Land Acquisition. Lauding the state government for convincing the farmers to provide their lands to the government voluntarily, Jaitley has announced a great offer.

The Union Government has waived off the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) to the land owners, farmers who gave it to the pooling. On this occasion, he said that thousands of acres of land were pooled for building the new capital city Amaravati.

Meanwhile, Jaitley also stated that there won’t be a Capital Gain Tax for people who sell their house after two years. This has come as a major incentive to middle class, above middle class groups who sell their properties for marriages of children or other expenses.

No Cash Transaction Above 3 Lakh

Endorsing cashless, digital transactions, Union Minister Arun Jaitley made it clear that cash transactions should not exceed above Rs 3 lakh.

I-T Limit

The Income tax limit from 2.5 lakh to 5 lakh is reduced to 5 percent. A zero tax liabiliy for those earning upto 3 lakh has been announced. 10 percent surcharge has been announced on the people earning betweet 50 lakh to 1 crore.

No Customs Duty on Gas Cylinders

The Customs duty on LNG (Liquefied natural gas) is reduced from 5 pc to 2.5pc in 2017-18. Corporate Income Tax on medium and small enterprises reduced. MSMEs with 50 crore turnover will get a 5pc reduction in corporate income tax.

Only Heroine To Reject Mahesh & Pawan

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If a call comes from top stars like Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu, will any heroine say no? Even though it’s a small role, or a less paying one, or a role that will be only limited to songs, many star heroines made sure that they won’t miss films of these mighty heroes. But there is one girl who is completely in contrast to everyone out there.

During the times of Brahmotsavam, heroine Rakul Preet Singh got a call from Mahesh Babu and Co, but our heroine has to let that movie away from hands as there are no dates in her kitty. Any other heroine would have kept films of other small heroes aside and walked into Mahesh’s film. But Rakul, coming from an army family, gave importance to commitment than money and fame. Later she joined Mahesh for AR Murugadoss movie.

In a pretty similar style, now Rakul has rejected even Pawan Kalyan’s film too. Citing her inability to give dates, this hot and happening leading lady has to say nothing but NO to AM Ratnam’s proposed film with Pawan to be directed by Neason. While the names of Nayantara and Samantha are heard for this film as well, the makers showed more interest on Rakul Preet. However in the end, Rakul has to lose it out due to date issues.

Probably Rakul is the only heroine to reject both Mahesh and Pawan’s film citing date issues. Meanwhile she will be seen soon in movies like Saidharam’s Winner, Mahesh-Murugadoss movie, Naga Chaitanya’s film and others.

Why Pawan Is Ditched, She's Picked?

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Recently Pawan Kalyan has announced that he’s willing to become the brand ambassador for handlooms when the AP and Telangana Weavers Associations met him. He stated that since Khadi is the native and represents culture as well, he want to turn its brand ambassador while he don’t like such ad-stuff in general.

But within no time, Telangana Handlooms minister, none other than KT Rama Rao, has picked Samantha as the brand ambassador for the same. Earlier one may have said that Samantha is not a Telugu girl to represent Telugu state, but now that she’s a Telugu daughter-in-law, there is nothing anyone can deny.

Other day The Telangana State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society (TSCO) has picked Samantha as their ambassador and KTR presented the heroine with some weaved sarees as well. In the wake of TRS leadership attacked politically by Pawan Kalyan earlier, and also the fact that this Powerful hero is running Janasena Party and in active politics now, maybe KTR would have picked a neutral person like Samantha.

Anyway, with Pawan himself announcing that he’s willing to become brand ambassador, and after Telangana government indirectly rejecting his services, we have to see if AP government will agree for the offer.

Director Gives Third Chance To Telugu Girl

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After a long wait, at last, Eesha has bagged a movie. The Telugu girl, who earlier acted in films such as Antaka Mundu Aa Taruvatha and Bandipotu, has now signed a film on the dotted line.

However, it’s with the same director again who had given her the last two films. Director Indraganti Mohana Krishna has roped in Eesha to pair up with Adivi Sesh in his next multi-starrer that begun its shoot from today.

What’s more? Indraganti has zeroed in on another girl Aditi Myakal who is quite popular online with her short films such as ‘Posh Poris’. Aditi is cast opposite Avasarala Srinivas.

While Sesh is buoyed with super hit Kshanam, Avasarala too jubilant as director with the super success of Jyo Achyutananda and he is now gearing up to be seen as the lead in Hunterrr Telugu remake (Babu Baga Busy).

Mani Sharma is composing the film’s music while PG Vinda is zeroed in on to crank camera for this yet-to-be-titled film.

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