The phenomenal success of Baahubali apart from putting Tollywood on the stage of world cinema also served to increase the market of Tollywood exponentially, overnight.

Nobody expected the movie to perform the way it did, although they were confident of a grand outing. Now, the public is getting ready for the sequel and trade analysts are amazed at the business potential of the movie.

In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana alone, the movie is expected to do business of around Rs 200 crore.

And considering the Bollywood and international markets and other regional languages, satellite rights, merchandising etc, the movie can easily generate business of close to Rs 1000 crore.

If that indeed happens, Tollywood cinema wold shine on the international stage like never before.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s magnum opus Gautamiputra Satakarni is ruling the Box Office. Be it in domestic or overseas, Balayya has shown his clear domination. Thanks to unanimous rave reviews.

Now the film is said to be influencing many, especially kids a lot. Kids who have all watched the historic epic, are impressed with the idea of changing names with their mother’s name in the prefix.

“We have watched Satakarni with 30 of my family members including relatives. We all liked the film and nearly 15 of us were kids. They started calling each other adding their mother’s name along with their names. This we had not expected and it’s a good sign,” said a parent who watched the movie.

Also kids are loving the portions of Pulumavi who acted as son of Satakarni. His courageous dialogues, his training in sword fight, scenes of Pulumavi and Satakarni in battle zone and his dialogues with Nahapana have all won the hearts of kids.

While a few elders are also started adding their mother names, kids are more who got affected with Satakarni. Parents are happy to see their kids giving due respect to parents and also thus knowing the cultural and historical significance of Telugu.

The producers of Gautamiputra Satakarni are tight-lipped over the collections of the film and this is inviting the ire of Balayya’s fans who are mounting pressure on the producers to declare the opening day numbers officially.

When asked about the same, producer Rajeev Reddy said on Friday, “We’ve been so busy whole day and couldn’t get time to take a look at them. We’re not going to bother about how much we got yesterday and we’re focusing all energies on how to increase it from tomorrow.”

He added, “Also, our motive is not on the collections. Our idea is to make the film reach to maximum number of people. We’re going to get more screens and thus revenue will be increased.”

Rajeev said, “GPSK is not one-day film. We’re going to stay long. Our intention is not going to get all monies in a single day.”

Rajeev said that GPSK has got phenomenal openings in Balakrishna’s career and stood as highest-ever in his career. He said he is proud of producing the film. “It’s been 17 years we returned to India from abroad. Every new year, Krish and me wish to do something great. Finally, after 17 long years, we feel proud that we both did something really great,” concluded Rajeev Reddy.

Meanwhile, it’s learnt that producers of GPSK are going to announce the official collections of the film sometime today or tomorrow.

After disappointing with Majnu, Nani is prepping up with Nenu Local. Although the film was supposed to hit the screens in December last year, due to demonetization and other prevailing conditions in the industry, the film has been postponed to Feb. Finally, the makers have unveiled the trailer of Nenu Local along with its audio launch today.

The trailer begins with an interesting dialogue of Nani about a girl student, a boy student preparing for exams. This was inspired from Trivikram’s dialogue in Nagarjuna’s Manmadhudu, yet the way Nani mouths it makes the difference. And this dialogue is followed by Mohan Babu’s popular dialogue from Pedarayudu.

The trailer sticks to the film’s tagline ‘Attitude is Everything’ and totally runs on Nani’s attitude. His characterisation stands out. Nani is after Keerthy Suresh for her love. And their chemistry looks good. Nani talks more and gives little chance for others to speak in this two-minute trailer.

Posani, Eeswari Rao as Nani’s parents bring laughs. Keerthy Suresh looks good and does a neat job. Director Trinadh Rao has weaved another romantic entertainer yet again. Background music is good.

On the whole, it’s Nani’s show all the way.

Sridevi and her daughters are as fashion forward as they come. While the ‘English Vinglish’ actress is stunning and ageless as always, her daughters Jhanvi and Khushi now match up to their mom to perfection.

The divas along with Boney Kapoor were in Florence, Italy for a fashion show and the Kapoors made sure that they made most of it with an extended vacation.

And their Instagram pictures are giving new vacation and fashion goals to people out there. Check out their holiday pictures which will leave you green with envy.

Dressed in their stylish best, check out how the ladies slayed Italy in their boots and uber cool winter gear.

Tollywood industry’s Power Star Pawan Kalyan is in the process of remaking Kollywood industry’s leading star Ajith’s movies Veeram and Vedhalam. It was stated that Chiranjeevi is also joining him and his next project will be the remake of Ajith’s 50th movie Mankatha.

Yet the official confirmation about the making is not announced. Pawan Kalyan’s fans are waiting eagerly to know their Star’s next project and as the news is not a confirmed one, presently there is no confirmation till date.

Currently Pawan Kalyan is acting in Katamarayudu with Shruthi Hassan and the shooting is going on in full swing. Keep watching for more updates.

As per latest report from sources it was stated that Chiranjeevi’s comeback movie Khaidi No 150 has made huge records and the collections have boosted up than anticipated. It was also stated that Power Star Pawan Kalyan is acting in Katamarayudu along with Shruthi Hassan.

Recently, ‘Khaidi No 150’ shattered all records at Box-Office. Presently anticipations are high for Pawan’s ‘Katmarayudu’ which is an Official remake of Kollywood industry’s star Ajith’s ‘Veeram’.

Trade sources feel this movie would easily beat ‘Khaidi No 150’. Ajith’s Veeram was a successful hit movie as far as Kollywood industry is concerned. Pawan Kalyan’s fans are waiting for the release of the movie at the earliest.

Things are not well between the Akkineni and Nandamuri families. Balakrishna neither turned up for the funeral of Akkineni Nageswara Rao nor did he invite the Akkineni family to his daughter’s wedding.

Also, when Nagarjuna went to his residence to sort out matters between them, he was given the message that Balayya was not at home although he was apparently at his home during the time of Nag’s visit.

But putting all issues behind him, Nagarjuna magnanimously congratulated Balakrishna and Krish on the eve of release of Gautamiputra Satakarni. This is really commendable on the part of Nagarjuna and by acting in such a mature manner, he has proved himself worthy as an elder in the industry.

A complete contrast is Junior NTR who is shunned by the Nandamuri family, yet tweeted his best wishes to his Babai while having no time to spare at all for the king of Tollywood, Chiranjeevi! As somebody once said, “Common sense is not so common.”

That Balayya is highly dedicated to his craft is a well-known fact. Most of the stars and technicians who had worked with Balayya in the past were all praises for his sincerity and supportive nature.

The producers of Balayya’s 100th movie, Gautamiputra Satakarni, are no exception. In a promotional interview, GPSK producers Rajeev Reddy and Bibo Srinivas hailed Balayya’s modesty and out of the way support during the making of Gautamiputra Satakarni.

While the entire Tollywood is in awe of GPSK makers for wrapping up such a grand project in just 79 days and 55 crores, the producers say that they couldn’t have pulled off this feat without Balayya’s support.

Apparently, Balayya strictly instructed the makers to only book economy class flight tickets during his journeys abroad. Balayya took this decision to cut excess expenditure keeping in mind the film’s lavish budget. Also, Balayya used to stay at modest hotels along with the rest of the cast instead of star hotels.

Furthermore, Balayya never left a call sheet go wasted even though he sustained injuries during the shooting. Terming Balayya as an inspiration to young generation stars, the producers also revealed that Balayya spent nearly 10 hours on a horse, which shows his commitment.

Rakul Preeth Singh is currently on cloud nine with a series of hits up her sleeve. All the three movies that featured Rakul entered the 50 crore club thus making her the most successful heroine of 2016.

She is all set to sizzle in upcoming Sai Dharam Tej’s film Winner directed by Gopichand Malineni.

Here is an exclusive picture of the super sexy lady in a trendy hot black outfit that teases us by showing a glimpse of her shapely waistline. Keep rocking Rakul!

Actress Trisha Krishnan, who recently faced the heat of angry protesters for endorsing PETA animal welfare’s stand against Jallikattu, has clarified she never spoke against the ancient and popular bull-taming sport.

The actress endorsed People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organisation and is long associated with the animal welfare group, which is aggressively campaigning against Jallikattu, and also wants people supporting it to be held for contempt of court.

On Friday, the angry protesters held up the shooting of Trisha’s upcoming Tamil film “Garjanai” in Sivaganga district and demanded her to come out of the vanity van where she took refuge.

“I have never spoken against Jallikattu at any given point. Thank you Simbu for making my stand clear and taking up for me as always,” Trisha tweeted on Saturday.

Tamil actor Simbu earlier this week spoke in support of Jallikattu.

Appalled by the language people used on social media to troll her, she said: “I am shocked and mortified at the haters and the kind of filthy language being used just because you have free access to social media.”

She further asked whether disrespecting a woman and her family is part of Tamil culture.

“You should be ashamed to call yourself a Tamilian or even speak about Tamil culture,” she quipped.

Trisha also thanked her “Garjanai” team for the protection and support they gave her.

Last year, the Supreme Court banned Jallikattu, angering the sport’s supporters and traditionalists who support it.

The makers of actor Jr. NTR’s next yet-untitled Telugu project announced on Saturday that popular cinematographer C.K. Muraleedharan, best known for working in projects such as “PK” and “3 Idiots”, is on board for the film.

To be directed by Bobby, the film will be produced under NTR Arts banner.

“We are happy and proud to announce that award winning cinematographer, C.K. Muraleedharan, is going to handle the camera for NTR 27. Welcome aboard sir,” read a tweet on Saturday from NTR Arts.

Interestingly, this will be Muraleedharan’s maiden Telugu outing.

In the film, which happens to be NTR’s 27th project, he will be seen in a triple role.

Slated to go on the floors from next month, the team is in the process of finalising the rest of the cast.