Tamil actor Suriya is enlarging his entertainment business to other segments. The star successfully producing films under his 2D Entertainment banner is foraying into online streaming trade. Suriya is investing in Chennai-based online portal HeroTalkies.com, which offers legal, online streaming of Tamil movies.

Confirming the news 2D Entertainment CEO Rajsekar Pandian released a statement that reads: “As a forward-looking organisation we are keen on exploring several partnerships that expand our existing portfolio in the entertainment industry.

With movies moving towards digitization it was a logical step to bring into our fold an online streaming platform.” To have someone like Suriya not just endorse but invest in the firm is a big shot in the arm for other investors in HeroTalkies.com.

In fact, this is good move by Suriya, since the business is against online piracy. Film industry is loosing plenty because of the online piracy.

Efforts are being made to kill the piracy, but couldn’t stop fully. The team of HeroTalkies.com would not only concentrate on their portal, they may have a look at piracy prints uploaded online. They may also make efforts to delete the links.

Actress Disha Patani says she would not miss an opportunity to work with her favourite Telugu star Allu Arjun, even if it means special appearance alongside him in a special song in his film.

“I am a huge fan of Arjun. I admire him so much that I would not mind sharing screen space with him in a song. I am sure the experience of working with him even in a song will be amazing because he is a great dancer, too,” Disha told IANS.

Disha, who impressed with her debut performance in Telugu actioner “Loafer”, currently has two projects in her kitty. “I have signed two projects but at the moment I cannot divulge much information,” she said.

Sunny Leone could only compete with herself when it comes to doing bold characters. Being a professional porn star, Sunny Leone can slip into any sleazy costume without a second thought. Other heroines may not be as open as Sunny when it comes to flaunting their assets.

Reluctance of other star heroines has turned out to be an advantage for Sunny Leone and she is making the most of it.

She is the first and foremost choice for any movie based on adult theme and Sunny has no regrets about it. She need not perform or showcase any special skills.

All people expect from her is sizzling hot skin show and Sunny has perfected it already.

Cinema is a bigger scale of product than the brand of Ram Gopal Varma. In fact, cinema is a platform on which RGV is doing the business today and all the hard work done from his side with January 1st releasing ‘Killing Veerappan’ might get a setback in lower order centers if common audience are really informed with one film titled as ‘Veerappan’ releasing on the same day.

‘Veerappan’ happens to be Telugu dubbed version to 2013 Tamil film ‘Vana Yuddham’ starring versatile artist Kishore in title role followed by Action Star Arjun as DGP Vijay Kumar, Vijaya Lakshmi as Muthu Lakshmi and Raai Lakshmi as Vijayata Vashisht. Telugu producer having the knowledge about RGV film getting more publicity with ‘Killing Veerappan’ title, they want a big share of cascading identity to fall on this ‘Veerappan.’

Hiding Arjun’s face, makers have cleverly projected Kishore, Raai Lakshmi as the selling faces for ‘Veerappan.’ The trick might be safe if people are aware of ‘Vana Yuddham’ (Tamil version) and ‘Attahasa’ in Kannada. Few sources say, both the Tamil and Kannada versions ended as profitable projects for buyers.

Have you ever put some piece of mind to analyze the reasons on why Kona Venkat and Srinu Vytla are flopping big time with their films? There was a time when combination of these two delivered best of super hits for star heroes and medium range heroes ruling the industry with their self designed template. However, separation and ego differences popping between them have shown a big drop in their career graphs.

‘Alone Vytla can understand Kona and Gopi Mohan screenplay. The talented director and superbly skilled writers have formed a wonderful team with a beautiful sync. Vytla is by himself a good writer. So, he always had that freedom to make many corrections into the imbalanced scripts supplied by Kona. Other than Vytla, no one can make hit movies with Kona writings. Series of failures from Kona side in last three to four months exposed this fact.

It’s the other way around too. Vytla is also unable to find an able writing team to match the caliber of Kona and Gopi. Keep ‘Bruce Lee’ away because none of these three have kept their souls into conscious film making. Time for them to realize a fact and it’s a clear observation. Kona cannot survive without Vytla and Vytla cannot be a director without Kona. You two are made for each other,’ an anonymous analyst quoted.

Please you both join the hands and bring those past glorious times back. You have that capacity to develop one more new template to give lives for many star heroes.

‘January 15 na vasthunnam….Koduthunnam’. These are the words uttered by King Nagarjuna during the audio launch of ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ held yesterday. Having heard his challenge which is mixed with full of confidence, some of the other heroes fans, whose favourite heroes movies are slated for Pongal’s release, are reportedly worrying about the fate of their heroes’ movies.

Right from the release of the first teaser itself, the movie has sent positive vibes among the movie buffs. The way the audio launch went on and Nagarjuna’s confidence on the movie’s success can be understood another success is guaranteed from Nagarjuna after ‘Manam’.

Meanwhile, live theatrical performance of Nagarjuna and heroines received thumping response from the audience. Music by Anup Rubens was good and apt. The movie was directed by debutant Kalyan Krishna. Ramyakrishna, Lavanya Tripathi have played female leads of the movie while Anasuya and Hamsa Nandini are seen in crucial roles.

Raju Gari Gadhi which hit the theaters in October is one of the biggest hits this year in terms of return on investment. The movie which struck chord with masses in B,C centers and worked miraculously. Raju Gari Gadhi is made with a very shoestring budget and brought about 10 Crore for the makers.

Director Omkar is currently working on the script of the sequel to this horror comedy. The cast and crew of the original project are mostly likely to be continued for the sequel project as well. The film will start rolling sometime early next year. More details of this project later!

Bollywood Baadshah Shah Rukh Khan’s latest offering, Dilwale is turning to be a big disaster at the box office. The first week gross collection of the movie is less than 100 Crore. However, the movie should make a minimum of 250 Crore gross for the distributors to be safe.

The movie collections already showed great signs of drop after the first weekend. Analysts say the chances for revival is next to impossible now. Dilwale brings the successful combination of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge fame) back again.

Bajirao Mastani which released on the same day as Diwale even though is slow initially, is catching up with Dilwale at the box office in India, it would be interesting to see how the two films fare at the box office in their second weekend.

Bhale Manchi Roju opened with strong positive response from the audience and great reviews from the critics.The movie has lived up to the expectations set by the trailer and most of the premiers on Thursday were housefuls.

#BhaleManchiRoju was trending amongst the top 10 in social media. It is indeed the highest opener in Sudheer Babu’s career and is all set to become the highest grosser in the hero’s career surpassing Prema Katha Chirtam by a huge margin.

The movie got rave reviews and received lot of lauds for its spectacular visuals, racy screenplay, amazing interval bang and hilarious scenes towards climax added with a lot of twists and turns making it an interesting and exciting crime comedy.

Impressive taking by the debutante director Sriram and great production values by 70MM Entertainments are major assets.Given the strong word of mouth, great reviews and as the other movies failing to impress the audience; Bhale Manchi Roju is all set to have a strong box office presence during this holiday season.

Amyra Dastur who debuted in south with Dhanush’s Anegan, is all excited about sharing screen space with Jackie Chan for the film Kung Fu Yoga, which will be shot at Beijing. The actress speaks about how she was approached for the movie, her character in it, the fitness regime she will follow for the same and what she will ask to the Asian superstar when she meets him in a few days The three-film old actress says she is over the moon and that she couldn’t have asked for more. The lanky beauty has already shot ten days for the movie, and will join the crew for the next schedule soon at Beijing.

Sharing the excitement, Amyra says, “It was my casting director who told me that I was chosen for the film which has Jackie Chan in the lead. Initially I thought he was kidding. My joy had no bounds when I knew that it was for real — I’m going to act with my favourite Jackie Chan — the feeling is beyond words. I feel I’m on top of the world.”

The actress will be playing an Indian girl, and she has to perform lots of action sequences. The makers briefed her on few interesting facets of Indian culture and history to help her relate more to the character. She has already started training in Kung Fu for the movie. “I have been practicing for two hours a day now. The working time will be more once I join the crew in Beijing. I will have a trainer there and will start sessions which I’m looking forward to. Apart from this, pilates, yoga and weight training help me keep fit,” she smiles.

Having said that, Amyra, who debuted opposite Dhanush in Anegan says she had to turn down two Telugu flicks for accepting this film. She was supposed to foray into Tollywood with a film of Puri Jagannadh and another with Manchu Vishnu. But, the actress feels that her decision will pay off and work wonders for her career.

She says she is nervous as well as elated over meeting Jackie in a few days. Quiz her on how she would react when she meets Jackie, quick was the reply, “I’m curious about his reaction when we meet. I want to invite him for dinner at my home and serve him Parsi cuisine,” she says.

It’s going to be celebration time for Regina Cassandra with Christmas being just a day away and with the release of her movie on Thursday. “People ask Santa for good things, so this time I asked him to make my film Soukhyam a good one,” says Regina. The actress is going to celebrate the festival in Hyderabad. “Yes, my mother is coming down to Hyderabad from Chennai to bring in Christmas together. On this day, I attend the midnight mass and savour on plum cakes and wine.”

This year has been good for Regina as her earlier film tasted success and she is confident about this one too. Asked if she was aiming for the top league, she says, “I have set a personal goal and I also maintain my own standards. I am critical about my work, thus I grade myself. Out of 10, I am still at five or six probably, and I still have time to reach my goal. Only then will I be satisfied with my work.”

“I have friends in different walks of life. So I usually take their opinion about my work and then go along with their views,” she says. Asked how she was handling the huge workload, Regina says, “Actually, when there is a lot of work I get anxious and scared, because I don’t know whether I can handle it or how to carry it forward. I want to work at a normal pace, not in a hurry. I definitely want a holiday as I can’t work 24×7. I need at least a two day break in a month as I just can’t work continuously. I don’t want to appear as if I am a busy actress because anyhow people will come to know once my films release. I just want to do good work, but at the same time I need breaks,” says Regina.

She says that she didn’t expect her career to take off this way when she started with SMS a few years back. “Honestly I didn’t expect it. After my first Telugu film, I got many offers, and I decided to spend one year acting. If they didn’t like my work I wanted to complete my psychology degree. I didn’t have any ambition to become a big actress and do many films at that time. After my first film I got offered Routine Love Story, after which I made up my mind about pursuing a career in acting. I take things as they come,” says Regina.

She has been appearing in quite a few commercial films too. “At the beginning many said that I was not fit for a commercial film. I started thinking why can’t I be a commercial actress? I want to be versatile and do everything. I should fit the bill, so I am doing commercial films too,” she says. When asked about her relationship with Sai Dharam Tej, she smiles and says, “If I say we are good friends, you will use the same headline in quotes. I am here to work and I am doing my work,” says Regina.

“In government schools there is no extra curricular activity, because there are no physical trainers. So we take up a few schools in and around Hyderabad and appoint a PT or a coach to teach sports. Most of the kids come from lower middle class families, get into bad habits like smoking at the age of 16, because there’s nothing to keep them occupied. So apart from studies if we can engage them in a few sports, they can be good sportsmen in the future,” she says.

So, how is she planning to spend New Year’s eve?“I don’t have any special plans for New Years as I have to attend my friend’s wedding on January 1 in Chennai,” says Regina.