Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra, who will next be seen in Prakash Jha’s forthcoming film “Jai Gangaajal”, says that standing next to the former Indo-Canadian adult film star Sunny Leone makes her look “bad” as the latter is “stunning”.

“I love how things ar sensationalised out of context! Standing and taking pics with Sunny Leone makes me look bad cause she is stunning! Lol!” Priyanka tweeted on Friday night. Earlier this week it was reported that the “Quantico” star did not wish to be photographed with the “Jism 2” actress.

Sunny, who is prepping up for director Milap Zaveri’s upcoming sex-comedy “Mastizaade”, where she will perform a double role, said she “feels the same” about Priyanka.

“I feel the same about you darling,” Sunny told Priyanka in a tweet. “Media can be mean sometimes. They just wish it was them taking pics with you. Lol xoxo.”

Ever since the release dates all the Sankranthi movies have been confirmed, media has started speculating that Natasimham Nandamuri Balakrishna’s ‘Dictator’ would get its release date postponed from its scheduled release date of January 14.

However, the director and co-producer of the movie, Sriwass, has lashed out the gossips of the movie’s postponement. Once again, he proclaimed that the movie will be releasing for Sankranthi itself. He also revealed that the movie will be sent for censor formalities soon.

Hearing the clarification of the director, Nandamuri fans have gone elated and are eagerly waiting for the release of the movie. Anjali, Sonal Chowhan and Aksha have romanced with Balakrishna in this action entertainer. Thaman has composed the tunes.

Did you know? it was Kamal Haasan who scored many hits in Tollywood during late 70s and 80s. His movies like ‘Aakali Rajyam’, ‘Maro Charithra’, ‘Vayasu Pilichindhi’, ‘Sagarasangamam’, ‘Swathimuthyam’, ‘Indrudu Chandrudu’ etc. got hits and super hits in united Andhra Pradesh. On the contrary, Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth had no significant hits in Tollywood till 1995.. In fact, Kamal Haasan was the number one star in Kollywood till late 80s and Rajini outsmarted Kamal Haasan only from early 90s.

But then, how could Rajinikanth get his image built in Tollywood? What factors made him achieving a market in Tollywood as well? According to analysts, media was primarily responsible for Rajini’s market in Tollywood. It is a known news that Megastar Chiranjeevi occupied the number one position with his ‘Khaidhi’ movie released in 1983 and he became the highest paid actor in India with Rs.1.25 crores remuneration in 1992.

Although there were no electronic and web media those days, print media has done an indispensable role in bringing out cine tidbits to the readers. Some of the media houses, then, opined that no Telugu stars could surpass Chiranjeevi’s super stardom. That’s why they reportedly started writing great about Rajini’s range in Kollywood. In the meanwhile,, Rajini’s ‘Baasha’ and ‘Pedarayudu’ (guest role) scored back to back hits in 1995 in united AP.

Provided the impetus role of Telugu media and back to back hits with above movies, Rajini’s efforts in expanding his market in Telugu states were paid off. Having inspired by Rajini, subsequently, a few more heroes from Kollywood tested their luck with their dubbed films and got fruitful results.

Any star would start showing tantrums if he or she delivers two hits in row. This is very common trend in film industry. Only after some setback they comedown to the earth from the skies, observe senior journalists. According to grapevine, Sai Dharam Tej is the latest star who is showing tantrums on the sets. Earlier he won hearts of the movie industry for his simple nature despite coming from megastar Chiranjeevi’s family.

It is said that he has full backing of his uncle Powerstar. Yet he mingled with all the crew members freely on the sets. After the above average success of Subramanyam For Sale, Sai Dharam is reportedly started believing himself that he has become a big star and is showing tantrums, said an unit member who is working for the star’s current film Supreme.

One of the reasons why no other producer is coming forward to make movies with him other than his guru Dil Raju is that he is beyond reach of many producers, added the same source. The hardworking star should realize that these tantrums spoiled the careers of many promising superstars and they have now faded out from the memory of the audiences.

All set for young tiger Jr NTR’s Nannaku Prematho audio launch. We expect, Sr NTR and Balakrishna’s posters at the venue, apart from customary thing of the film flexis. Shockingly, they have put in Sr NTR’s posters outside and inside of the Shilpa Kala Vedika auditorium, but no Balakrishna’s posters there. This denotes the internal war amid the Nandamuri heroes.

Speculations were rife that, NTR would attend Dictator audio launch. However, this hadn’t happened. Neither the film unit invited NTR, nor the Temper star showed any interest to make it for the event. Now, same is the case with Nannaku Prematho audio launch. Common fans are patiently waiting for Nandamuri stars reunion which is not happening for long time.

NTR and Kalyan Ram are at one side, while other Nandamuri family is at Balakrishna’s side. Telugu Desam Party is also avoiding NTR, ever since the actor refused to campaign for the party in last elections. NTR desperately needs Balakrishna as well as TDP support for his further growth in industry, but it seems like NTR himself is not willing for the reunion.

When Balakrishna fans shouted at Temper audio release function, NTR spoke few good things about his babai. What will he do now?

Nandamuri Bala Krishna fans and TDP followers are not so happy with NTR’s film clashing with Balayya’s film for this Sankranthi. They expected that Tarak will back out showing respect to his Babai.

But Tarak is not stepping out of Sankranthi race. Nannaku Prematho is all set to release on January 13, 2016 means it will release just a day before Bala Krishna’s Dictator. This is the much talked about clash in recent times. Two top heroes from the same family clashing at the box office is a juicy news item for the media.

So much was written, still being written and will be written about the Nandamuris clash. All eyes are on NTR now! Fans are eagerly waiting to listen to what Tarak speaks about this clash at the audio launch.

Will Tarak try to appease Balakrishna fans or will he avoid talking about it? NTR’s speech at this event is the most awaited than the movie’s trailer! Tarak is known for his oratory skills and this speech is going to be a crucial one for him.

Off late, star heroes and directors are venturing into production- for example Mahesh Babu with Srimanthudu and Sukumar with Kumari 21F. In fact, they don’t directly invest in those films, but act as ambassadors for the films for additional promotions, so they get share in profits. Kumari 21F got huge openings and became one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, because of Sukumar’s branding.

Coming to actual point, director Sriwass has turned producer with his latest directorial Dictator for which Eros International is actual investor. As per reliable sources, Eros initially offered Rs 25 crores for production, remunerations and for post-production works. They will release extra funds for promotional activities.

Sriwass is looking after all the things. He is not paid any remuneration, but will get his share from profits. Eros signed him for Balakrishna’s 99th film, after the director delivered a super hit with Loukyam. Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan were roped in to take care of writing department. Telugu lady Anjali didn’t demand big pay, when offer had come her way.

Sriwass is making Dictator as stylish action entertainer with comedy touch. The film is arriving to theaters on January 14th as one of the Sankranthi attractions.

Sayesha Saigal had high hopes on her grand debut Akhil but the movie has turned out to be an unfortunate flop. Sayesha who has a strong filmy background was elated to pair up with Nagarjuna’s younger son in his first film. Sayesha was as deeply disappointed with the end result of the movie as Akhil Akkineni. Sayesha is currently doing a high budget Hindi film featuring Ajay Devgn titled Shivaay.

Speaking about her first failure Sayesha didn’t beat around the bush and instead came down hard at the movie. “The content needed to be a little more meaningful I suppose’ she pointed out without any hesitation. Sayesha is mainly disappointed for not getting to play a decent role in the story. “The couple looked beautiful but they hardly had any romantic sequences.

I think there should have been a few more emotional and romantic sequences between the couple. Focus on the romantic angle could have attracted youngsters,” she said. She didn’t hesitate to say that there was no chemistry between her and Akhil.

“When there is no romance, there won’t be any chemistry between the pair,” Sayesh said in an interview. Well, even the director of the film VV Vinayak agreed upon committing few grave mistakes in making this movie.

Whenever there is an audio release of a star hero film, there is a lot of hype around it. But for ‘Nannaku Prematho’ the hype and expectations of its album reached its peaks. Mainly there are two reasons behind this. One is the magical combination of Sukumar and Devi Sri Prasad. This combo have a habit of coming up with one chartbuster album after another.

Recent film ‘Kumari 21F’ also was a huge hit. This is the sixth film coming in their combination. They also share a good rapport with each other and are good friends.

This film is the fifth film in combination of NTR and DSP who earlier teamed up for ‘Naa Alludu’, ‘Rakhi’, ‘Adhurs’ and ‘Ooseravelli’. All these films were musical hits and this will be the second time NTR will be singing in DSP’s compsition.

The first song ‘Chari’ was a super hit and this time it is ‘I Wanna Follow Follow You’. The audio is going to release tonight and hope that this time too it will be a hit album.

This week two small films competed with two big films. Many thought that these small films are taking big risk but finally they were proved wrong. Now the talk is that the number of theatres for these two small films is getting increased.

‘Soukyam’ and ‘Mama Manchu-Alludu Kanchu’ bagged most of the theatres leaving very less numbers to ‘Bhale Manchi Roju’ and ‘Jatha Kalise’.

But both big films got negative reviews and these small films got good response from critics and audience. All the theatres allotted to these big films are not having occupancy and leaving the buyers in losses.

As there are no releases this week and ‘Nenu Sailaja’ is getting released on Jan 1st, these small films are going to have a good business and make profits.

Mumbai: There is no need for an aggressive marketing of a film that has in itself the capability to do wonders at the box-office, megastar Amitabh Bachchan said in a blog on Sunday.

Bachchan, who is busy promoting his next film “Wazir”, said he does not understand why marketing is the most essential part in movie business.

“…marketing is the most essential part of the making of films. I am unable to understand why… If the film has inner strength, it shall require no (marketing) strength whatsoever,” Bachchan wrote. “…but because there are so many arguments against it, I feel if I oppose it, I would be, well going against the grind so to say.”

Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, “Wazir” also stars Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari and Neil Nitin Mukesh. The film, directed by Bijoy Nambiar, is set to hit theatres on January 8.

Mumbai: “Bajirao Mastani” actress Priyanka Chopra doesn’t believe in the number game and hence refrain getting into the figures that her films collect at the box-office. “Numbers change every Friday, I’ve never believed in them,” she said here late on Friday. The number game has, of late, become a prominent trend in the Indian film industry, with the success of the flicks being defined on the basis of the money they manage to mint at the box office.

Her latest film, also starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, has been doing great business at the box-office, but despite the good numbers, she said: “I’m not the film’s producer so I don’t even go into numbers. “I don’t even try to think about it. I’m an artist and I want to do my job which is between ‘action’ and ‘cut’ and to promote the film…”

Priyanka, who has garnered praise for her portrayal as Kashibai in the movie, says playing the second female lead in the film has not affected her career.“At the beginning of my career, someone said there are no small roles, there are only small actors and I’m not a small actor. I believe tremendously in my capabilities.”

“I had only eight scenes in ‘Kaminey’ and I was just five years old in the industry at that time. Roles are never small or big… you should give your 100 percent always,” Priyanka said.

Varahi Chalana Chitram’s Jata kalisey produced by Naresh Ravuri in association with OAK entertainments seems to garner stupendous response after its worldwide release on 25th December. The overseas performance of this movie is also gaining positive talk. Jata kalisey can surely be touted as the final hit of the year 2015 from Varahi, is what industry sources say.

First time director Rakesh Sashii, teamed up with Ashwin and Tejaswi to give a road-comedy movie a rare genre in the Tollywood. Jata kaliseys’ comedy, the cinematography and dialogues seem to entertain the audiences and stood fist in the Christmas race.

The cast and crew of this film are elated to have a happy ending for the year with a sensational hit.

Trade pundits are predicting that the number of theatres for this film shall increase drastically, as the other films are not doing well at the box office. Sources say, impressed with the content of the movie the Tamil rights of this movie is in demand and shall be bought by a big banner.

Speculations were rife that, actress Rakul Preet Singh demanded a whopping Rs 1.5 crore remuneration to star in Ram Charan’s Bruce Lee: The Fighter, which disappointingly ended as a disaster. Condemning the reports, the slender babe says, “All these reports of me claiming I was being paid a bomb are false.

I will never talk about remuneration.” Rakul Preet Singh says she wouldn’t mind getting paid more. And she reasons why, “Girls have those lengthy salon bills to take care of. And of course shoes, outfits and more! Our expenses are much more than the boys.”

Venkatadri Express and Loukyam were the only hits in Rakul’s career till date; still she is getting some plum offers in Telugu, since she is not against glamorous roles and is also a fine performer.

The actress starring in NTR’s Nannaku Prematho and Allu Arjun’s Sarainodu is willing to make her mark in Bollywood too with legendary filmmaker Ramesh Sippy directing Shimla Mirchi.

Usually, heroines will shift to Bollywood whenever they get good offers Hindi. “But seriously, it’s never been about Bollywood or Tollywood.

What really drives me is the love of being in front of the camera and I love being someone else in every project!” clarifies Rakul. Apparently, the answers classify how intellectual lady Rakul Preet Singh is.