With his previous film Baahubali: The Beginning earned both commercial success and highest honours, SS Rajamouli is unarguably one of the most sought-after directors in India now.Rajamouli, who is on a break from the shoot of Baahubali sequel, made it to New Delhi to receive the National Award for Baahubali.

Before receiving the 63rd National Award for the Best Feature Film, Rajamouli spoke to media where he said that he is “not interested” in Hollywood yet and said he rather would like to tell the stories of more Indian kings. Citing the names like Kings Ashoka, Akbar and Maharana Pratap, Rajamouli said that he’s greatly inspired by the stories told by his grandmother.

“The stories of Indian history and the country’s grandness inspired me a lot. Back then, I didn’t know that I’d be a filmmaker. But yes, the stories stayed with me for long,” said Rajamouli.When asked about his next projects, keeping the news under wraps, Rajamouli gently replied, “As of now, I’ve Baahubali: 2 to offer.”

Young hero Nithiin is at it again. Self-proclaimed fan of power star, Nithiin, who often displays his admiration for Pawan, yet again shown it publicly during the audio launch of A..Aa.Nithiin said that Pawan has been his inspiration and that’s what prompted him to become an actor.

“During the first day of my screen test, I had emulated like Pawan and danced for his steps from Badri, Tammudu. When I was asked to act, I did Sakantulakkayya scene from Tammudu. Impressed with my style of copying, Teja had asked me to do the same for five to six times. When I was in tough times, Pawan garu has come for the audio of Ishq. The film was big hit.

He came now as well. This film is also going to be superhit,” said Nithiin speaking at the audio launch of A..Aa. Nithiin added, “I love you Pawan Kalyan.”Pawan’s Attarintiki Daredi co-star Samantha thanked Pawan for gracing the do and said that film would be superhit because of Pawan’s attendance for the audio.

Power Star Pawan Kalyan had surprised everyone by announcing Anisha Ambrose as heroine for his last movie Sardaar Gabbar Singh. However, after taking feedback from fans and close associates, Pawan replaced Anisha with Kajal Agarwal.If reports are anything to go by, Bangalore Days fame actress Parvathy Menon is finalized to play Pawan Kalyan’s love interest in the actor’s next film under SJ Surya’s direction.

Parvathy is a popular actress in Malayalam and the curly haired beauty won accolades for her performance in several Malayalam movies.When there is a big list of heroines who are keen to work with Pawan Kalyan, the actor is showing interest on Parvathy who is yet to make her Tollywood debut. Moreover, she is ready to provide bulk call sheets on any given time.

In fact, Pawan wants to wrap up the new movie as early as possible, since he is willing to bid adieu to films before 2019 elections to concentrate fully on politics. So, Pawan feels Parvathy would be better option for his film.The yet to be titled movie to be produced jointly by Sharrat Marar and AM Ratnam will go on floors from June.

Is Samantha hoping to become a fashion icon for Telugu girls? Is she trying to become the Sonam Kapoor of South India?Known for her demure looks, she has transformed into a diva thanks to her stylist friend Neeraja Kona. Samantha has now transformed into a beautiful actress with right fashion attitude.

Generally, Bollywood actresses sizzle with latest fashion trends for the movie events. Sonam Kapoor in particular has developed an image of the most stylish actress in Bollywood as she always appears at events with the best designed dresses.

Similarly, Samantha is coming to the all the audio events, press meets, functions in designer wear. She has not repeated a single dress so far. Such is the care that she is taking.Samantha is also not hesitating to show her cleavage at these appearances unlike her no-skin show rule on screen.

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has expressed interest in the Hindi remake of Telugu blockbuster “Manam”, which featured actors from three generations of the Akkineni clan.”When I was recently shooting in Mumbai, I had met him with regards to the film’s Hindi remake. Though we haven’t arrived at anything substantial yet, he was interested in the idea of remaking the film in his production,” Vikram told IANS, adding nothing has been confirmed yet.

The original, which featured the late legendary actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao, his son Nagarjuna and grandsons Naga Chaitanya and Akhil, was directed by Vikram.

“Manam”, which was extremely well received by audiences and critics alike, was a story about reincarnation.Vikram had initially planned to remake the film in Tamil with Suriya, his brother Karthi and their father Sivakumar.”I had approached Suriya with the offer. However, we ended up doing a24′ instead. I don’t think it will happen in Tamil,” he said.