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Sultan Fails To Beat Baahubali
Bollywood’s box-office hit machine Salman Khan has shown his stamina yet again. The actor’s latest Eid release, Sultan, shattered all the box-office records in 2016 and has earned nearly Rs 36.54 Crore all India nett on its opening day.However, Sultan still failed to break the record set by none other than Tollywood’s pride, Baahubali, which released exactly a year ago in 2015. Baahubali’s all India opening day nett was 42.16 Crore, including all the dubbing versions.
Leave alone Baahubali, Sultan didn’t even surpass Salman’s last year’s Diwali release Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’s day 1 nett of Rs 40.35 Crore and also missed Shah Rukh Khan’s Happy New Year’s 37 Crore by a whisker.Meanwhile, several other trade analysts are predicting that the movie could also pull off a rare feat by becoming the fastest Rs 200 Crore film. As the film has opened to unanimous positive reviews all over and given that it has a 5-day opening weekend, with Thursday being Eid, trade analysts are predicting that Sultan could surely collect Rs 300 Crore plus.
And there are also chances of the film collecting Rs 400 Crore in India alone, a record never seen or heard before. Will Sultan beat Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s final worldwide gross in its full run? A lot depends on how the film will sustain in the weekdays.
Highest 1st Day Collections of 2016:
Sultan 36.54 cr
Fan 19.20 cr
House Full-3 15.21 cr
Airlift 12.35 cr
Baaghi 11.94 cr
UdtaPunjab 10.05 cr
Pic Talk: Pawan Turns Real-life Gopala
Here’s a rare and special photo moment of Power Star Pawan Kalyan captured by his close friend and producer Sharrat Marar at Pawan’s farmhouse recently. Sharrat tweeted the photograph saying, “Went to the farm to discuss film only to find our ‘Gopala’ in the midst of nature with cows all around.#PawanKalyan”.
No wonder, with lush greenery and the cows around, the Gopala Gopala star looks like a modern day Gopala indeed. Meanwhile, the script work for Pawan’s film with Dolly in Sharrat Marar’s production is going on at a brisk pace and the regular shooting will begin in August.
How NTR Enjoys On Kalyan’s B’Day!
Young Tiger Jr NTR surprised his elder brother Kalyan Ram on the latter’s birthday. NTR crooned ‘Happy Birthday’ song on spur of moment, which was best part for the night. That’s not all; NTR had another surprise in store for his brother. He gifted Kalyan Ram a very expensive and solicitous gift.While Kalyan Ram organized a birthday bash on Tuesday for his new film Ism production team, NTR throw party on next day for friends and family members on the eve. The party was also attended by directors Puri Jagannadh, Koratala Siva, Vakkantham Vamsi and Harish Shankar. Subbaraj, Ajay, Thammareddy Bharadwaj and Bapineedu were the other guests.
“When everyone was in party mood, NTR got up all of sudden and started crooning ‘Happy Birthday’ song. Moved with this gesture, Kalyan Ram went to hug his brother. It was a touching moment for all the guests who clapped expressing their ecstasy,” informs a source.
Right now, the Nandamuri brothers NTR and Kalyan Ram are maintaining a close relationship. NTR will next be working under Kalyan Ram’s home production venture to be directed by Vakkantham Vamsi. Interim, NTR’s Janatha Garage and Kalyan Ram’s Ism are releasing in a gap of one and half months. While the Koratala Siva directorial arriving first on August 12th, the Puri Jagannadh directed movie is seeing lights for dussehra.
Home-grown elements did it, says Bangladesh Home Minister
Hours after Thursday’s bombing in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan blamed “home-grown elements” for the attack.In an exclusive interview with The Hindu, Mr. Khan said, “I am still saying that these are local boys. They are brainwashed, as it was done earlier [to dislodge the Awami League government], and these attacks were conducted through them, these are home-grown elements. We can identify a pattern in these attacks. The way it was conducted earlier and now have got identical patterns.”
Four people, including two policemen, have been confirmed dead in Thursday’s terror attack. “Two militants are taken into custody and six police personnel are injured,” Mr. Khan said.“Police have done a remarkable job. They stopped the militants at least a kilometre before the historic Eidgah Maidan [field] of Sholakia, where lakhs of people assembled for Thursday’s prayer. The force bravely fought the militants, even while grenades were hurled on them by the militants and thus they [police] saved many lives. Otherwise, it could have been bigger,” he said.
Mr. Khan refused to comment on whether the attack was masterminded by another country. “We are investigating the incidents and we would get to know soon.”
How Media Is Trying To Cover Up Naidu Failures!
Whenever there is a positive development in Andhra Pradesh or a major project is announced, the pro-Chandrababu Naidu media gives a lot of hype to it attributing to his administrative skills and his vast experience in delivering good governance.But when there are any negative developments, the same media blame it on the officials for keeping the chief minister in dark creating embarrassing situation to him. They do not consider it as Naidu’s lack of control over administration or his own failures.
Take for example, the latest controversy over copying of the Telangana government’s data to get good rankings in the Ease of Doing Business.When the Telangana government lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police and wrote a letter to the Centre over copying of its data by the AP government, Naidu sought to refute the allegations saying there was no need for it to copy as it had already got good track record.
His media manager Parakala Prabhakar, too, gave a strong retort. However, when the Telangana government came out with proofs, Naidu government went silent. Now, the pro-Naidu media has started saying that it could be an official goof-up and Naidu might not have any idea about it.
A few days ago, when there was a controversy over demolition of temples in Vijayawada which triggered a major controversy leading to clashes between the TDP and the BJP leaders, the media tried to create the impression that Naidu was not aware of it and it all happened due to over-action of the officials.May be Naidu is really not aware of the happenings in the government as he is too busy touring foreign countries!
Babu Delaying HC’s Division For Jagan?
The High Court division issue has got the two Telugu states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana entangled in a murky war of words. While Telangana is hell-bent on dividing the High Court, AP has been largely silent over the issue, adding fuel to Telangana’s ire.On the other hand, political analysts are terming AP’s silence as a strategic move keeping in mind the pending cases on the Leader of Opposition YS Jagan. The Babu government is also stating that there is no need to divide the High Court in a hurried manner as the State’s Reorganisation Act entertains AP with equal rights in the High Court for 10 years.
Chandrababu is of opinion that the construction of the High Court building and lawyers quarters will be a time taking process and states that division or shifting of High Court is unnecessary at the moment despite KCR promising that he will provide the necessary accommodation facilities.
All said and done, the Babu government’s motives behind this strategic silence is primarily to target Jagan. All the disproportionate assets cases by the CBI on YS Jagan were filed in Telangana and a division of the High Court would mean that the cases will be shifted to Telangana High Court and the Telangana government will have total control over Jagan’s cases.Babu is in no mood to give this advantage to Jagan in this regard and he may push for hearings and further investigation Jagan’s cases in the combined High Court itself. Until then, AP government will go all out on its decision to oppose the High Court’s division.
Director Taking Money From New Heroes
It’s common knowledge that film industry has a dark side to it. While there exists casting couch for female actors for bagging roles, male actors undergo various kinds of extortion. Especially, several directors and producers take/demand money from new actors who wish to be seen on screen and make it big. Since the competition for roles is heavy, money plays major role than talent and whoever pays money would get work. Especially sons of rich people become victims to a few filmmakers.
In order to make their acting dream into reality, these newbies to falling prey to few greedy persons who’re cashing in on the victim’s passion.For instance, in a recently released dud, the film’s lead actor said to have paid some 30-Lakh odd to get the chance. A director associated with the film reportedly taken the amount. The director in the past too taken some amounts from few other actors to cast in his films.
This in turn is affecting the industry chain as whole as many less-talented people are entering diminishing the quality of films. Let’s hope people would realise that these things won’t work in the long run and such opportunities would only be helpful for debut and from second film on wards it’s their own talent that bring them chances.
Heroine’s Facebook Account Hacked
Film stars falling prey to cyber crimes is nothing new and in fact, this menace is only increasing with each passing day. Latest celebrity victim who found her Facebook profile hacked by miscreants is Bhanushree Mehra, the heroine of Allu Arjun’s Varudu.This afternoon, an infuriated Bhanushree took to her Twitter page and revealed that a person who runs a media agency in Hyderabad has hacked her Facebook page and even sold it to a third party.
Bhanushree also requested her fans to retweet her tweet so that the news spreads and throws more light on the shady people that exploit gullible starlets. Bhanushree further shared the link of her new Facebook profile which she created after the alleged hack.
Most stars have their social networking sites managed by media agencies and they have complete access to the stars’ profiles. Bhanushree’s Facebook hack reiterates the importance of hiring the right agency to maintain the social networking profiles of upcoming stars.
AP Tops In India In CT Collections
Andhra Pradesh has created history by earning a revenue of Rs 8,250 crore from commercial taxes with a record 23.6% increase in tax revenue, highest for any Indian state for the quarter ended in June 2016.The increased prices of cigarettes and liquor have resulted in AP registering these stunning numbers and the state’s treasury has witnessed a huge growth in all revenue sectors. However, AP continues to lag behind other states in the revenue collection in major PSUs and petro products.
Andhra Pradesh earned Rs 173 crore from tax on cigarettes, Rs 2,040 crore on liquor, Rs 2,208.83 crore from petroleum products and a meagre Rs 41.40 crore from major public sector undertakings. The state earned Rs 7812.70 crore from VAT and CST and other forms of taxes further grossed Rs 437.3 crore more.In the state, the Vijayawada-I and Vijayawada-II tax divisions earned Rs 1,297.31 crore, while Visakhapatnam and Kurnool followed with Rs 430.56 crore and Rs 247 crore respectively.
In a much positive trend for the growth of business sector in Andhra Pradesh,
most companies that shifted base from Hyderabad to the state’s capital have witnessed dramatic growth in sales during the 1st quarter in the current fiscal.
Antham Review
Story:
Kalyan Krishna (Charandeep) and Vanitha (Rashmi Gautam) are happily married and residing in Hyderabad. One day, when Kalyan is out of the city, his wife gets kidnapped. He gets an anonymous call and the person (Vasudev) on the other side, threatens to kill her if Kalyan do not obey him. Later he is directed to do various tasks with out asking any questions. What are those tasks? What is the intention of the kidnappers? What happens later in the lives of the couple? forms the remaining story.
Performances:
The makers have splashed Rashmi Gautam all over the promotional materials. But when you watch the film, you will come to know it is only to cheat you. There are very few moments of glamour treat from the actress in the film and there is nothing like acting, screen presence etc. Charandeep is okay in few moments but will fall short to impress in the full length role. Vasudev as baddie is comparatively better but is too loud at times. Sudarshan who mostly appears in Short films, generates few laughs here and there but then is not a great contributor.
Technical Performances:
GSSP Kalyan, the debut director is terrible in his first outing. He got an interesting idea for the film but killed it with a pathetic execution. The idea is not novel but can be termed as okay but then the direction is pathetic than the short films. Even scene is poorly written and is similarly showcased. All the actors appear uncomfortable and there is a sense of awkardness in every scene as we are seeing a drama with inexperienced artists. Karthik Rodriguez came up with a poor album. The back ground score is slightly better when we compare it with the music. The camera work, editing are disappointing as well. Dialogues are worse than many badly dubbed Tamil films. Production Values are once again pathetic.
Plus Points:
1. Decent idea
2. Climax
Minus Points:
1. Overall performances
2. Terrible direction
3. Lengthy and boring
Final Say
Antham is yet another poorly made small film. If Rashmi Gautam really has hopes of making a career in Telugu, she should stay away from such stuff.
