We all know that, young tiger NTR is a star in Karnataka as his films do excellent business in the state too. Even few of his flop films performed remarkably well in Karnataka. Now, to exploit NTR’s craze, makers of Kannada star hero Puneeth Rajkumar’s upcoming film Chakravyuha are trying to rope in NTR to croon a catchy song in their movie.

NTR has a Karnataka connect; his mother Shalini hails from the state. More so, Chakravyuha’s producer Lohith is a close pal of the young tiger. “He (NTR) is my friend and I really want him to sing one song for my film, but everything depends on his return from Spain.

Till then nothing can be confirmed,” informs Lohith. Interim, NTR who has awed his fans with four chartbusters in the past, will lend his voice for a cheery number in Nannaku Prematho too. NTR first crooned for Olammi Thikkareginda in Yamadonga.

He later sung Kantri title song and the peppy number Chary in Adhurs. NTR then showcased his impressive vocal talent with Rakasi Rakasi in Rabhasa. In the meantime, Nannaku Prematho is in last leg of shooting.

Devi Sri Prasad music will be released later this month and the production unit is putting all efforts to bring the film to theaters for Sankranthi.

Looks like Indians will never get enough of the adult film star turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone. After topping the charts in 2014, Sunny once again clinched the numero uno position in the Google’s most searched Indian celebrities.

Sunny even surpassed stalwarts like the departed Bharat Ratna Abdul Kalam, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bollywood actor Salman Khan etc. This feat once again proves Sunny’s ever growing popularity among the Indians, even though she is often subjected to severe criticism and even police cases on the charges of obscenity.

Each second, Google processes over 40,000 search queries on average, which is about 3.5 billion searches a day and 1.2 trillion searches per year across the world.

Here are the top ten Indian celebrities who were searched the most in 2015:

1. Sunny Leone
2. Salman Khan
3. APJ Abdul Kalam
4. Katrina Kaif
5. Deepika Padukone
6. Shah Rukh Khan
7. Yo Yo Honey Singh
8. Kajal Aggarwal
9. Alia Bhatt
10. Narendra Modi

SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali: The Beginning is breaking all records, not just of box office. The Prabhas and Rana starrer film in heavy competition had achieved another accomplishment. Baahubali topped Google’s top 10 trending movies list for 2015, whilst it is the second most searched topic in the search engine’s search list. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is the top most searched item.

That’s not all, Baahubali’s poster won tremendous accolades where its lead actor Prabhas was seen carrying the Shiv Ling on his shoulder. The ‘Baahubali’ poster connected with the audience at a large level and people are now eagerly waiting for its sequel- Baahubali: The Conclusion.

Usually, Bollywood films are trending topics every year. But, this year, Baahubali grabbed attention of spectators throughout the country.

The socio-fantasy film was a super hit in Telugu, Tamil as well as Hindi. After the widespread success of part1, the team is all set to get back to shoot part 2 from today at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. Prabhas, Ramya Krishna, and other main cast members are part of the ongoing schedule. Baahubali 2 is expected to see lights early in 2017.

From hanging around the streets of Budgam, Kashmir, giving fashion tips to his friends to today being one of the top models in the country and also starring in his first Tollywood film Sankarabharanam, Rouhallah Gazi has come a long way. Now, in Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh he’s recognised as “Saleem Bhai” his character in the Nikhil-starrer film. His decision to move to Bengaluru in 2009 landed him a job in the modeling industry. “I was working as a medical assistant in a hospital when I was spotted by Prasad Bidappa. Offers started pouring in and as I have always been interested in modeling and the fashion industry I gave it a try,” says Gazi.

Since then, there has been no looking back. “I have been living in Mumbai for the past five years. I have walked for top designers like Sabyasachi, Christian Louboutin, Shantanu and Nikhil, J.J. Vallaya and others. But I have been very picky about my work and maybe that’s why I have built a good portfolio for myself,” he says. Talking about how his role in Sankarabharanam got him recognition, he says, “I remember when we went around for promotions people were calling me “Saleem Bhai”. From people not knowing my name, to being recognised everywhere, the journey has been unreal.”

And all of this recognition for a guy who had not been inside a theatre for the first 20 years of his life. “There are no theatres in Budgam, we used to watch movies when they would air on TV. My family still hasn’t seen my film. Maybe I will get them to Mumbai soon and make them watch it,” he says. Talking about his days back in Kashmir, Gazi says, “I remember I had even got a few test shoots done in Kashmir. But for me to accomplish something, I had to get out of there because there’s no place for fashion and modeling in Kashmir.” From the snow-filled streets of Kashmir to spending hot summers in Hyderabad, Gazi believes that he has accomplished a lot, but this is just the start. “I want to work with bigger stars like Mahesh Babu. This is just the beginning for me,” he says.

When the gorgeous British beauty Amy Jackson was confirmed for Shankar’s Robo 2.0, a sequel to the 2010 blockbuster Robo, many couldn’t stop appreciating Amy for grabbing a rare opportunity to act in Shankar’s direction in his back-to-back films.

Incidentally, Amy is the only actress to have worked twice with Shankar, apart from Manisha Koirala (Bharateeyudu and Oke Okkadu) and Aishwarya Rai (Jeans and Robo). However, latest reports reveal that Amy will not be playing the female lead in Robo 2.0 and instead, she will be seen as a humanoid robot.

Apparently, Amy will be seen in a negative role and will counter Chitti, the Robot, along with the film’s main Villain. Amy has already completed the look and costumes test and also the preliminary motion capture work in Hollywood. No doubt that Amy managed to grab a great chance to feature herself in the most ambitious Indian sci-fi film till date.

Tamil director KS Ravikumar is well known to Telugu viewers too as his dubbed films turned out to be big hits in Telugu. He made hit films with Rajni and Kamal. But, of late, he appears to be slightly out of form with his high profile Linga becoming a major disaster. Now, he is said to be working on a Kannada film.

KS has an interesting fad. He appears in some role or the other in his films. All his roles are comic and he usually comes in the climax to give finishing touches to the story. He showed up in such roles in Panchatantram and Tenali. Even in Linga, he appears as a police officer who arrests Rajni at the end. His audience eagerly wait for his films not just for story, casting and the taking, but also for when and how appears on the screen.

But, now the news is that he will be doing a serious role in Dhanush starrer Navamanmadhudu. After Raghuvaran BTech turned out to be hit, the Telugu audience are eagerly waiting for this Dhanush movie. Ravikumar will play hero’s father. Will this bit comedy actor wow the audience with his full length serious role? Let’s wait and see!!

Mumbai: India’s World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni visited the set of the upcoming film “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story”. Veteran actor Anupam Kher, who essays the role of Dhoni’s father Pan Singh in the film, took to Twitter to share a photograph of the cricketer along on screen Dhoni, actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

“Lara, our camera attendant was happiest to meet @msdhoni on the sets of biopic on his life. @itsSSR is equally happy,” Anupam Kher tweeted on Monday night. “The Shaukeens” actor, who keeps sharing his thoughts and details about his personal and professional life on social media platforms, was shooting for the biopic in Ranchi.

Sushant will be seen stepping into Dhoni’s shoes for the biopic. “M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story”, which is slated to hit the theatres next year, is directed by Neeraj Pandey.

Nandamuri Balakrishna is bashing baddies in Hyderabad. This is for the climax of his upcoming film, Dictator. Action Choreographer, Ravi Varma is composing this fight sequence involving Balayya and some fighters.

The entire shooting is completed except for two songs. The audio launch event of the movie will take place on 20th December in Amaravati, the upcoming state capital of Andhra Pradesh. This is the first film event there after the capital announcement.

Thaman is the music composer for this film and this is his first film with Nandamuri Balakrishna. Loukyam fame Srivas is wielding megaphone for this film.

Chennai: Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, who has worked with R. Madhavan in Tamil drama “Anbesivam”, has wished the latter for his upcoming film “Saala Khadoos”, in which he plays a boxing coach. The trailer of “Saala Khadoos” was released on Tuesday. On the occasion, Madhavan paid tribute to Haasan, whom he considers his mentor. Haasan, however, said he doesn’t treat Madhavan as his protege, but as his friend.

“When I first cast Madhavan in a film I had written, his role was secondary to mine. We enjoyed working on the film. When everybody saw the film, they felt that the two roles were equal. That’s why I like Madhavan and that’s why he could’ve mistaken me for mentor,” Haasan said.Describing Madhavan as “hardworking”, Kamal said he deserves all the success he has been getting.

“From beefing up his body and thinking about the script, I can see he’s very passionate about the film. I also wondered how he’s going to play ‘khadoos’. I think he has to tuck away his smile away somewhere through the film,” he added. Kamal wished the entire team of “Saala Khadoos”, including its producer Rajkumar Hirani. Directed by debutante Sudha Kongara, the film features Madhavan in the lead role, as a boxing coach, who has a reputation of being a hard task-master.

In the recent times, films that are being made on realistic subjects are scoring huge hits. In Bollywood, some movies like No One Killed Jessica, Talvar and upcoming Airlift and Neeraja are being treated as films that hold a special place due to their content.

All these movies are weaved around shocking incidents that have shaken India. In Tollywood we have RGV touching such real stories through films like with Not A Love Story, The Attacks Of 26/11, Rakta Charitra and upcoming Killing Veerappan.

If any film makers of such calibre want to make movies, cine lovers think there are two powerful and mind blowing concepts. One happens to the be Salman Khan hit-and-run case, and next one is Andhra Pradesh’s call-money scam.

Needless to say, these cases involve high profile people, blood, sex and suspense, which could be blown onto celluloid. Though the cases need to get a proper ending at through judiciary and other systems, still cinema lovers opine that they make terrific stories on silver screen.