Here is some news that will bring cheers to all NTR fans. Despite being a non-weekend, the film has managed to cross half a million dollar mark in the US market. NTR-Sukumar combo flick Nannaku Prematho was premiered in over 70 locations in US and other places on Tuesday night and raked in $346000. Nannaku Prematho Wednesday collected $170K from 113 locations.

This is definitely a good news and shows how overseas Telugus lapped up Nannaku Prematho. According to trade pundits,the film is likely to touch $ 1.5 million by this weekend. The NTR starrer managed to generate massive enthusiasm in both the Telugu states and overseas.

The film opened to massive advance bookings which opened six days before the release. Worldwide Telugu audience too seems to have fallen for NTR’s charm and Sukumar’s skilled mindgame.

Prince Mahesh is all set to lend his voice for his dad Superstar Krishna’s film. According to the reports, Krishna dons greasepaint after a long time, for a movie titled ‘Sri Sri’. Muppalaneni Siva is directing this film. Vijayanirmala plays a crucial role in this film.

Initially, Mahesh was asked to sport a cameo role in the film. Having ruled out the proposal of the makers, Mahesh assured them to lend his voice for the movie. Not just that, he has given his nod to participate in movie’s promotions. The movie will be releasing in the month of February.

Meanwhile, Mahesh’s new film ‘Brahmotsavam’ is currently on sets. Kajal, Samantha and Pranitha are romancing with Mahesh in this family entertainer. Micky J Meyer composes the music of the film. Srikanth Addala has directed this movie on PVP Cinema. The movie is scheduled for release on April 29.

An interesting game in the title cards of ‘Naannaku Premtho’ captivated the audience. The machine that looked strange in these title cards is called ‘Contraption’. Interestingly, the same ‘Contraption’ technique was used in one of the action sequences of the movie, wherein hero rescues the heroine from abductors. Apart from ‘Contraption’, applications of light and viscosity principles of Physics were used in designing the fight sequence.

Meanwhile, Young Tiger NTR was seen in a complete makeover with a different style of hair and beard. Touted to be the stylish action entertainer, the movie has Rakul Preet Singh in female lead role.

Although ‘Naannaku Prematho’ was released in record number of screens across the globe, the number is likely to register a drastic fall today, since Natasimham Nandamuri Balakrishna’s ‘Dictator’ and Sharwanand’s ‘Express Raja’ are hitting the screens today. This Sukumar’s directorial venture has been produced by BVSN Prasad on SVCC banner.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s most eagerly awaited 99th film Dictator has finally hit the screens this morning. Balayya fans caught the early morning benefit shows in several areas. Balayya will promote the film till today before he leaves for Nara Vari Palle for his grandson Nara Devaansh’s first Sankranthi celebrations.

With Dictator hitting the screens finally, all the fans’ attention will be diverted to Balayya’s landmark 100th film after a few days. In his latest interview, Balayya revealed that script discussions have been going on for his 100th film and that everything will be finalised soon and the film will go on floors in March.

Now, there have been numerous talks that Balayya’s 100th will be directed by his Simha and Legend director Boyapati Srinu. When asked about it, Balayya said that the film will materialise if Boyapati gets ready with the script by March. “If Boyapati takes 4, 5 months to prepare the script, I will move ahead with another director. I won’t wait that long,” said Balayya.

Akkineni Nagarjuna’s Soggade Chinni Nayana is set for a grand release on the occasion of Sankranthi tomorrow amidst humongous expectations. The film kickstarted its shooting way back in January last year and Nag initially planned to release the film for Dasara last year.

But delay in the shoots and Akhil’s debut film’s release made Nag to wait for the right time to release Soggade as a Sankranthi treat.

As usual, even this Sankranthi season witnesses an intense box-office clash, as Soggade Chinni Nayana is competing with NTR’s Nannaku Prematho and Balayya’s Dictator.

In his latest interview, Nag said that it is unfortunate that too many films are releasing during the festive season, as audiences may not be able to watch all the films even though they get a hit talk.

Nag also said that even the box-office collections have to be shared heavily among the films. However, Nag, always a practical man, says that one cannot escape from the Sankranthi clashes even in the future.

Ofcourse Megastar Chiranjeevi is taking it Kaththi remake in Telugu but Superstar Akshay Kumar will likely take the lead in Hindi remake of the film which stormed the box office in Tamil. AR Murugadoss’s Kaththi is an action drama flick.

While the final decision is yet to be made from Akshay’s end, in an interview he revealed that he was looking forward and was thinking to take the opportunity. The shooting dates and details will be decided soon. Khiladi star has already worked with Murugadoss in ‘Holiday.’

Kaththi brings the issues of farmer suicides to the fore. Though there were few other Bollywood star names heard for Kaththi remake in Hindi, Akshay Kumar seems to have taken it away. Akshay will next be seen on the silver screens in ‘Airlift,’ directed by Raja Krishna Menon. ‘Airlift’ is scheduled to hit cinemas on January 22.

Mumbai: One film old actress Nimrat Kaur, who will be seen opposite Akshay Kumar in the forthcoming film “Airlift”, says she was initially nervous to work with the action star.

“I was very intimidated to work with him before I met him. Naturally, anybody would be. But, it takes a few seconds. Then everything is so normal. We had a great time working in this film. I got to learn a lot from him.

“I am a one-film-old actress and for me, to get such a big film… I am really thankful to him,” Nimrat told reporters in a group interview. Directed by Raja Krishna Menon, “Airlift” will hit the screens on January 22. The film is based on the evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Iraq-Kuwait war.

“The material was very interesting which prompted me to sign this film. How I relate to the character was important for me. We have a genuine relationship in this film. It feels great to be a part of such a wonderful project,” she said.

After making a grand debut along with Aadi in Prema Kavali and Sunil’s Poola Rangadu, chirpy Punjabi beauty Isha Chawla lost her success streak with flops like Balayya’s Srimannarayana, Mr. Pellikoduku and Jump Jilani. Isha then moved to Sandalwood with Viraat but couldn’t find much success even there.

The pretty beauty them went off the Tollywood radar for the last two years. But finally, Isha will finally be making her Tollywood comeback. However, the pretty less chose to make her comeback through the most effective way to announce her re-entry, a sizzling hot item song.

Isha Chawla will be setting the screens in fire along with young Mega hero Sai Dharam Tej in his upcoming film, Supreme. Isha has been approached by Supreme’s unit recently and the actress will join the song shoot very soon. Will this item song turn the fortunes for Isha?

Natasimham Nandamuri Balakrihna is in full swing during the promotions of his new movie ‘Dictator’.One of the heroines of the movie, Anjali interviewed Balakrishna and the latter was quite amiable with his answers. In between, he uttered the punch dialogues of the movie. The same interview has been telecasted in all TV channels today and it was a huge success.

Meanwhile, the makers of the movie have given a discount of 15% to the distributors who already acquired the movie’s rights. Altogether, a total of Rs.3 to 4 crores were saved by the buyers due to this festival gift from the makers.

‘Dictator’ has Anjali, Sonal Chowhan and Aksha in lady lead roles. The movie’s music has been scored by Thaman. Sriwass has directed the movie. The movie was produced by Eros International and Sriwass acted as the co-producer of the movie. The movie is hitting the cinemas tomorrow.