Sharwanand’s ‘Expresss Raja’ is carrying positive buzz among the movie buffs and is currently spinning money at the box office. Having been made with a peanut budget, the movie is likely to reach break even in one or two days.

As we know, Mega Power Star Ram Charan and Sharwanand are close buddies. When Sharwanand was asked whether his dear friend had watched the film, Sharwanand said Ram Charan had not yet been watched the movie as he was currently in Bangalore. ” But he watched all songs of the movie. He was surprised with my dances in one of the songs and shared his joy with me. As and when he returns to Hyderabad, he will watch the film,” Sharwanand added.

‘Express Raja’ was directed by Merlapaka Gandhi on UV Creations. Surabhi has done female lead of this full length comedy entertainer.The movie’s music was scored by Praveen Lakkaraju.

Senior character artist Kaikala Satyanarayana is known for lord Yama characters played by him in many socio fantasy films with Yamalokam backdrop. As we know, King Nagarjuna’s ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ was also made as a socio fantasy entertainer.

Mega Brother Nagababu has sported the role of lord Yama in ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’. Although his character was confined to a few scenes, he did quite well in the role and reminded Satyanarayana. It is a known thing that Nagababu is often seen in mythological characters in some of the socio fantasy and mythological and devotional films.

‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ carried positive reports on the day one of its release and keeps the cash registers ringing at the box office. King Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna and Lavanya Tripathi have done the lead roles of the movie. The movie was directed by the debutant Kalyan Krishna. on Annapurna Studios.

In spite of heavy competition Young Tiger NTR fixed January 13 as the release date of his latest offing ‘Naannaku Prematho’. And the movie gets the festival advantage availed by spinning money at the box office.

And now, NTR, himself, reportedly confirmed the release date of his new movie ‘Janatha Garage’ as August 12. This is a clever strategy indeed! This is the auspicious day of ‘Varalakshmi Vratham’ followed by Second Saturday, Sunday and Independence Day. The movie is expected to to score record collections during these holidays.

‘Janatha Garage’ will go on floors in the month of February. The movie will be directed by Koratala Siva, whose previous films ‘Mirchi’ and ‘Srimanthudu’ scored blockbusters. Samantha and Nithya Menon will romance with NTR in the film. Devi Sri Prasad will compose the music of the movie. Mythri Movie Makers is the production house.

While everyone expected ‘Nannaku Prematho’ and ‘Dictator’ to vie for the top honors this Pongal, it is ‘King’ Nagarjuna who beat the competition by a mile.

‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ has set the box-office on fire and been declared a unanimous blockbuster universally. After being virtually written off following the successive disasters ‘Bhai’ and ‘Greekverudu’, Nag bounced back with ‘Manam’ and an immensely successful ‘Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu’.

What’s more, his film ‘Oopiri’ in the direction of Vamsi Pydapalli which is on location is suddenly hot property with buyer already quoting good prices for the rights. The fight among the Tollywood cocks this Pongal has seen Nagarjuna emerge the undisputed winner.

A local court in Meerut on Friday accepted a plea by Hindu Mahasabha against Bollywood actors Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and a private TV channel for purportedly showing the actors inside a temple wearing shoes during a reality show. The court has fixed the date for hearing on January 18.

“A scene with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan inside a Kali temple on the sets of TV reality show ‘Bigg Boss’ was broadcast by Colors channel in December last year,” Bharat Rajput, president of Hindu Mahasabha’s Meerut unit said.Rajput said that he had written a letter to the SSP and the district magistrate of Meerut on December 23 and also sent an email to the channel over the issue.

He alleged that no one should enter any religious places with their shoes and airing it on TV was insensitive as it hurt people’s religious sentiment. Rajput said, when the channel didn’t respond and the administration or the police didn’t take steps over the issue, a petition was filed at the court of CJM Sanjay Kumar Singh against the channel, the programme’s director and also Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

The promotional video was shot in front of a green screen and the temple in the background was added later with special VFX. This was aired a week before Shah Rukh Khan headed over to the Salman hosted show to promote his film ‘Dilwale’ that hit theatres on December 18.

It was January 13, 1971. Thespian late Akkineni Nageswara Rao’s ‘Dasara Bullodu’ was released as a Sankranthi gift for fans. The movie carried super positive reports on the day one of its release. Finally, the movie ended up as an industry hit. ANR’s pancha kattu getup and his dancing steps were the major highlights of the movie. Songs like ‘Ettago vunnadi’, ‘Nallavaade’, ‘Pachchagaddi koseti’ etc. became rocking hits.

After 45 years of ‘Dasara Bullodu’s release, King Nagarjuna’s ‘Soggade Chini Nayana’ was released on January 15, 2016 and got super hit reports. Nagarjuna was also seen as a villager’s getup in Pancha Kattu, as his father was seen in ‘Dasara Bullodu’. Nagarjuna’s Bangarraju getup enthralled the audiences.

Sharing his views about the movie during the promotional interviews, Nagarjuna went on nostalgic comparing his ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ with his father’s ‘Dasara Bullodu’.

King Nagarjuna’s Soggade Chinni Nayana had a superb opening on its first day. The movie had got excellent talk and is being said as ‘Sankranthi winner’. In several areas, the film had registered Nagarjuna’s career best figures.

Box Office experts say the movie will have an extended run up to the Republic day weekend and may end up as the biggest hit in Nagarjuna’s career. If it happens, it will become the first 40 Crore share film in the actor’s career.

Here is the breakup of Soggade Chinni Nayana First day collections: 

Nizam: 1.05 Crore
Ceeded: 85 Lakhs
Uttarandhra: 24 Lakhs
East: 65.2 Lakhs
West : 27 Lakhs
Krishna: 27.5 Lakhs
Guntur: 42 Lakhs
Nellore: 15 Lakhs

AP+Nizam : 3.9 Crore

It is a known news that Mega Power Star Ram Charan’s ‘Bruce Lee – The Fighter’ turned as a dud at the box office. However, the movie collected around Rs.41 crores share in its full run world wide.

Although ‘Bruce Lee’ scored disaster at the box office, no movie has crossed its opening and full run collections post the release of the movie. Meanwhile, Young Tiger NTR’s ‘Naannaku Prematho’ collected Rs.19.39 crores for three days run in AP and Telangana. ‘Bruce Lee’ collected Rs.21.07 crores for three days in AP and Telangana.

Since it being a long weekend and festive season hasn’t been ended, ‘Naannaku Prematho’ is expected to cross not only ‘Bruce Lee’s opening collections in upcoming days, but also it might target blockbuster films like ‘Srimanthudu’. Meanwhile, all the Sankranthi films such as ‘Naannaku Prematho’, ‘Dictator’, ‘Express Raja’ and ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ are doing well at the box office at the moment.

Former MP and YSR Congress party political affairs committee member M V Mysoora Reddy is all set to turn his coat again, if sources in the party are to be believed. Mysoora, who had defected from the Telugu Desam Party into the YSR Congress party, before 2014 elections, is understood to be dejected with the reports that he might not get the party ticket for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled to be held in March, as party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is preferring V Vijaya Sai Reddy for the RS nomination.

Besides this, Mysoora has not been feeling comfortable in the party, as Jagan has not been listening to his advices on Rayalaseema movement and other political issues. Sources said TDP MP C M Ramesh is playing a role in bringing Mysoora back into the TDP and party president N Chandrababu Naidu is also not averse to this proposal, as it would help weaken the YSR Congress party to some extent in Kadapa district. Naidu is learnt to have agreed to consider Mysoora’s candidature for the MLC seat in 2017.

This is the third defection of Mysoora in his long political career. He was in the Congress party for quite long time and had defected into the TDP, where he enjoyed the Rajya Sabha term twice. He, later, jumped into the YSR Congress party after the death of his bete noire Y S Rajasekhar Reddy. Now, he might come back into the TDP to enjoy power and positions.

Looks like controversies and Bollywood’s Khan heroes together are becoming a norm these days. While Salman Khan has just come out of a major legal hassle of his life, the hit-and-run case, Baadshah Shah Rukh Khan made headlines recently with his comments on intolerance in India.

And now, a local court in Meerut accepted the petition filed by Hindu Mahasabha against both the Khans for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments by wearing shoes inside a temple during the shooting of the hit reality show Bigg Boss 9.

The court has ordered both the Khans to appear before the court for a hearing on January 18. In his petition, Bharat Rajput, the president of Hindu Mahasabha’s Meerut unit alleged that both Salman and Shah Rukh entered inside a Kali temple set on the sets of Bigg Boss 9. The controversial episode was aired by a leading entertainment channel in December.

Chennai: Popular actor Dhanush on Saturday said he endorses the ancient bull taming sport Jallikattu. “Happy maattu Pongal. Also, I never made any comments regarding Jallikattu. I support Jallikattu. The news that’s going on is a rumour. Thank you,” tweeted Dhanush, who is megastar Rajinikanth’s son-in-law.

Dhanush clarified that he is not associated with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal rights organisation which is against Jallikattu. “I’m not a brand ambassador of Peta. I was only awarded by them once for being a vegetarian,” he posted. The controversial sport is being opposed by animal rights activists.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to permit Jallikattu, in which a bull vaulter is expected to hang on to the bull’s hump for a stipulated distance or hold on to the hump for a minimum of three jumps made by the bull. Many young men die or get injured in the process.