’30 Years Industry’ Prudhvi is devasted to know that his role has been edited out of Chiranjeevi’s 150th film Khaidi No. 150.

“It was my luck to have acted in Megastar’s 150th film, but it is my pure bad luck that my portions have been edited out of the final cut. It is more painful than losing my mother on Sankranthi festival,” Prudhvi stated.

Reasons for omitting Prudhvi’s scenes from the final cut of Khaidi are unknown. But the buzz says that Prudhvi scenes were cut to give a bigger role for Brahmanandam. This is a surprising move because Brahmanandam is out of form lately and Prudhvi is on a roll with his spoof acts.

Khaidi No. 150 makers have collectively decided to keep the running time under 150 minutes and perhaps they have taken a few harsh decisions like editing out Prudhvi’s role to achieve that.

Meanwhile Khaidi is gearing up for big pre release event on Saturday and the film will hit the screens on next Wednesday.

Arguably the sexiest mommy in B town, Malaika Arora Khan loves to push the limits when it comes to fitness regime.

She gives credit to celebrity trainer Cindy Jourdain for pushing her and kicking her butt to stay fit.

Malaika poses along with her trainer who is equally stunning in one of her photo shoots and it is a must watch sight for the male eyes and envy for females.

“It’s time to get stronger, fitter n push ur limits …thank u @cindy_jourdain for pushing me n kicking my butt,” Malaika posted on Instagram.

Honoring the greatest achievements of our own Telugu royal emperor Gauthami Puthra Satakarni, a festival called ‘Satavahana Pathaaka Utsavam’ is designed by director Krish and producers Rajiv Reddy, Sai Babu to be celebrated across two Telugu states in 100 theaters on the pretext of ‘Gauthami Puthra Satakarni’ cinema release scheduled for January 12th.

Specially designed Satavahana flags (as one can see above) will be hoisted in 100 theaters on January 8th.  While Balakrishna will personally visit Jyothi Theater in Visakhapatnam in Vizag to hoist the flag, Nandamuri Fans are to take lead in celebrating the festival in 99 other locations.

Satavahana flag symbolizes the victory of Satakarni in integrating India into one Nation and a start for new Satavahana Era (Saka Era). Gauthami Puthra Satakarni riding on a lion is the image which conveys exact message. After trailer launch in 100 locations, this is one more innovative promotional campaign from GPSK team.

Yesteryear Bollywood diva Kajol, wife of Ajay Devgn is making a big entry into South with Dhanush starrer ‘VIP 2.’ Above is the first look of Kajol from film and interestingly, she seems to be playing a negative shaded character. Actually ‘VIP’ was dubbed into Telugu as ‘Raghuvaran B Tech’ and is declared a sleeper hit in Telugu giving break for Dhanush in Telugu.

Now that Kajol is also in for the sequel and looking really ravishing, prospects of the film to succeed in Telugu and Tami; languages is high. Directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth, the film’s official release date is likely to be announced very soon. Hope, ‘VIP 2’ gets as bigger as ‘Raghuvaran B Tech.’

With eagerly awaited upcoming films of Balakrishna and Chiranjeevi slated for a huge clash for this Sankranthi festival season, we have brought you the 14 earlier occasions when these two legends competed for box office supremacy.

List is made from the 80s to 2017. Relatively Bigger Hit is highlighted in Bold


Films of Balayya and Chiru clashed 9 times in the 80s, once in the 90s and 4 times in 2000s. Chiru looks to have dominated Balayya in the 80s but the last few clashes went in Balayya’s favor.

While GPS is coming on Jan 12, Khaidi No.150 is releasing on 11th January. Let’s see how this clash goes.

After ‘OK Bangaram,’ here is the next romantic outing from creative Mani Ratnam and its ‘Duet’ in Telugu to be dubbed from Tamil original ‘Kaatru Veliyidai’ starring Karthi and Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari in leads. To all our known information, Dil Raju bagged the Telugu rights and planned a sketch to repeat ‘OK Bangaram’ result.

The project bankrolled by Mani Ratnam under his own Madras Talkies banner is reportedly releasing on March 24, as per updates from Tamil film sources. With AR Rahman scoring the music and top cameraman Ravi Varma on job, there will be no dearth for high quality visuals and music.

Till date, ‘Duet’ posters and a teaser are launched for amazing response from Indian audience. Let’s wait for Mani Ratnam’s romantic magic to unwind in coming days.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Gautamiputra Satakarni is all set to have a grand event on Jan 8th in Vizag and all other centres across AP and Telangana.

As per the insiders, GPSK team is conducting “Satavahana Pathakotsavam” on Jan 8th in Vizag’s Jyothi Theatre at 5.40 PM. Nandmauri Balakrishna, director Krish, producers Rajeev, Sai Babu, Vizag distributor Sai Korrapati will participate in the event.

Balayya will hoist GPSK flag at Jyothi theatre whereas his fans will hoist GPSK flags at the remaining 99 theatres commemorating Balayya’s landmark 100th film.

Writer Sai Madhav Burra said to have scripted the programme well and the whole event will go as per the plan.

The event is expected to give a major boost to the film ahead of its release on Jan 12th.

Sreenu Vaitla might have delivered several successful films including then industry hit Dookudu. He might had been considered one among the top 5 directors in Tollywood once. But that phase is passe.

Just two flops – Agadu, Bruce Lee – changed his fate in the industry. Now he is put under litmus test to prove himself again.

Apparently, Sreenu Vaitla isn’t charging any remuneration for his ongoing film Mister with Varun Tej. As per the sources, Sreenu entered into an understanding with the producers that he would take his cut after the film makes its breakeven i.e when in profits.

Vaitla is not in form now. Varun Tej’s Kanche too was a moderate success due to its high-budget. Keeping all these in mind, Sreenu is said to be wrapping up the film in limited budget.

Though the film is shot in and around Spain, Sreenu said to have made the film in decent budget.

While a few rumours started circulating that the film’s budget is Rs 30 Crore, insiders have denied having such high-budget.

It is not an exaggeration to say that not just the common man but celebs have also got affected in the aftermath of demonetization. A funny WhatsApp message describing how cash ban forced the ladies in Bachchan family sharing the same sari has recently gone viral on WhatsApp.

The message shows both Jaya Bachchan and her daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wearing the same sari. Some imaginative minds look to have found a connection between their sari and note ban and implied that the celeb ladies resorted to sharing as they couldn’t afford to buy separate ones.

In fact, the message has recently gone viral but it is being reported by some media houses that both Aish and Jaya were seen draped in that saree a couple of years ago. Pics from back then were used to weave a rather harmless joke that became an instant hit on WhatsApp.

Ever since actor Rana, arguably, made a remarkable debut with Shekar Kammula’s ‘Leader’, he has been inundated with numerous political genres in Telugu. But, he chose to pick offbeat roles which include B.Tech Babu in Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum, Bhallala Deva in Baahubali among many.

For his next under the direction of Teja, titled Nene Raju Nene Manthri, the photo of the actor dressed up in Khadi attire makes him look like a fierce politico. And it is something which can be seen as a contrary to 2010’s Leader. Rana himself shared the this picture tweeting, “Day 1 of shoot in 2017 started yesterday in Ananthapur!! Thank you for the love!!”

Also starring Kajal Aggarwal and Catherine Tresa, NRNM is being rolled out by Suresh Babu under Suresh Productions.

Apart from Nene Raju Nene Manthri, Rana has a good line up of films due in 2017- Baahubali: The Conclusion, Ghazi and Madai Thiranthu (Tamil).

KTR, Telangana Minister for IT and Industries, is projecting handloom in state from last few days. He’s made an appeal to opposition & ruling party MLAs, public representatives, officials and other staff members to wear handloom clothes for at-least once in a week.

Pushing the campaign further, he took it to Twitter and tagged several film and sport celebs to turn up for the cause. Not so surprisingly, his tweet spread like a wildfire and many shored up the cause on Twitter and few folks responded with pictures of them wearing handloom clothes.

Interestingly, Universal hero Kamal Haasan who was tagged by KTR turned up for this cause and supported saying, “I also support handloom weavers. Have grown seeing my father wear nothing but handloom clothes, through his life (sic).” While the senior journalist Sardesai Rajdeep tweeted ‘Happy to support! #WearHandloom’, tennis star Sania Mirza and actor Rana also pitched for the campaign.

Apart from Kamal, Rana, Sania and Rajdeep, Mahesh Babu, Vivek Oberai, Nagarjuna, Lakshmi Manchu, Samantha Prabhu and PV Sindhu have also been nominated by the Minister to promote the initiative on social media. KTR’s plan to get support for the handloom weavers is getting admired by everyone and apparently, there’s enough boost coming from all quarters of people.

Like all the Tamil heroes are eyeing for a share in big Telugu market, hero Vijay Sethupathi is also excited to have a new start in Telugu states this year. Apparently, we can remember Siva Karthikeyan’s ‘Remo’ enjoyed a blast in Telugu film trade giving him a new identity in last year.

Vijay Sethupathi’s upcoming flick ‘Puriyaadha Pudhir’ is dubbed into Telugu as ‘Pizza 2.’ After a stiff competition, one of the producers from Telugu bagged the rights. Banking on ‘Pizza’ success, they thought of roping Vijay Sethupathi directly into action for Telugu promotions and give him a much needed break.

Unfortunately, ‘Puriyaadha Pudhir’ is reported for Pongal release which is unfavorable time for Telugu market. When Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna and Sharwanand are fighting in centre, there will be no space for ‘Pizza 2’ and Vijay Sethupathi to grab the attention. Most probably, ‘Pizza 2’ might release in February. The suspense thriller is directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi stars Gayathrie as heroine.

Very debut film from Daggubati Rana was centered on Andhra Pradesh politics and ‘Leader’ gave him instant recognition. After a big gap, he is working on more political drama tentatively titled ‘Nene Raju Nene Mantri’ in Teja direction starring Kajal Agarwal and Catherine Tresa in female leads.

Above is the picture captured from shooting spot in Ananthapur wherein Rana seems to be on a political campaign as part of script! ‘Day 1 of shoot in 2017 started yesterday in Ananthapur! Thank you for the love,’ Rana said.

Mahesh Babu made a tall promise to Aswini Dutt long back to come back and work on Vyjayanthi banner whenever a call is received. Somehow, Dutt took long time to recover from ‘Shakti’ debacle and finally, he happened to call Telugu Super Star few months back remembering the commitment.

Although Mahesh Babu was busy and hasn’t got enough call sheets to immediately adjust for Dutt but the good thing he does is discussed the same with Namrata. Around same time, ‘Brahmotsavam’ bombed and their next collaboration with PVP Cinema went in dilemma. Thus the proposal of Mahesh-Aswini Dutt combo arrived on cards and is now ready to go.

However, Mahesh Babu on precautionary note informed Aswini Dutt to associate with Dil Raju because of an obligation from Vamsy Paidipally and high budget needed for this film can also become a burden alone on Vyjayanthi, which has been off the action from last few years. Looks like, Mahesh is strongly determined to bring the prestigious banner back in action by providing them a commercial break.

Mega fans long wait for a Megastar Chiranjeevi’s movie release is getting ended on 11th of this month. And now, movie folks are thinking about the Megastar’s next project. There have been widespread rumours about Chiranjeevi and Boyapati Srinu’s combo for a long time. Also, it was buzzed the crazy mass director might helm Chiranjeevi’s 151st film.

At this framework, Mega Power Star Ram Charan, who made his debut as a producer with ‘Khaidi Number 150’, disclosed that he would be producing dad’s 151st film as well.  Its now envisaged that Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan and Boyapati’s combo would be possible with 151st film of Chiranjeevi. If at all these speculations are proved right, it’s going to be a deadly combo for sure.

Meanwhile, ‘Khaidi Number 150’s pre release event would be held on a grand scale on January 7. Darshakaratna Dasari Narayana Rao and Darshakendrudu K Raghavendra Rao will grace the occasion as chief guests.

Director Krish is yet again showing off his creative mark not only on subject, script selection but also in adopting new promotional strategies. According to reports we received just now, ‘Gauthami Puthra Satakarni’ celebrations are to continue unabatedly till the release date and here comes one more time Nandamuri Fans can have a strong involvement.

Yes, Flag Festival is the new concept from GPSK team to be unveiled in next few hours. An official announcement and further details are set to come out. To remember, Satakarni trailer was unveiled from Karimnagar and at a time screened in 100 screens in Telugu states which was first of its publicity campaign received to thunderous response.

With release date still in dilemma for 11th of 12th of this month, director Krish is in Mumbai concluding the final VFX and sound mixing. Let’s wait a while as we will provide you exact details.

Megastar Chiranjeevi’s ‘Khaidi Number 150’ has done a pre release business of Rs.103.50 crores world wide which includes Rs.88 crores of theatrical business. Given below is the area wise break up of pre biz.

AREA                     PRE BIZ IN CRORES

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NIZAM                                  21.50

CEDED                                 11.70

NELLORE                               3.25

KRISHNA                                4.60

GUNTUR                                 6.40

VIZAG                                     7.70

EAST GODAVARI                   5.60

WEST GODAVARI                   4.75

AP & TS PRE BIZ                 65.50

KARNATAKA                           8.50

TAMIL NADU                          1.00

REST OF INDIA                      1.00

OVERSEAS                          12.00

WORLD WIDE PRE BIZ       88.00

SATELLITE RIGHTS              13.00

AUDIO & OTHER RIGHTS      2.50

TOTAL PRE BIZ                   103.50