Looking at Chennai writhing in pain due to floods submerging most parts of city, not just celebs here in Tollywood or Kollywood, but the ones from Bollywood are also getting their hearts choked. Taking a clue from his peers in other tinsel towns, Hindi cinema’s King Khan, Sharukh Khan is also donating money now.

Moved by the pain created by nature’s fury and also feeling proud for Chennai’s resident showcasing immense courage to standup in the difficult times, SRK has donated 1 crore generously for Tamilnadu Chief Minister Public Relief Fund. Also he praised TN government’s efforts for rescue and cleanup operations. On behalf of his production house Red Chillies Entertainment and Team Dilwale, he made this contribution.

Generally SRK’s name is not much heard in terms of helping through NGOs. Unlike other stars like Rajnikanth and Salman Khan, he doesn’t have any NGO to offer help to specific sectors of under-privileged or affected. But his timely charity is appreciable.

After making a debut in Teja’s Neeku Naaku, young hero Prince looked promising. Though he managed to garner few eye balls with Maruthi’s Bus Stop, it didn’t last for long. Due to poor choices he made, he was confined to few mediocre films and that costed his career in a massive way.

Now Prince is eyeing character roles. Realised the damage, he just don’t want to limit himself to hero roles and instead he wants to prove himself as an actor rather than hero. Hence, he has signed as a brother for a heroine in an upcoming film.

Prince will be seen as heroine Keerthy Suresh’s brother in Ram’s Nenu Sailaja. It’s learnt that he will have good role and importance in the film though he plays heroine’s brother in the movie. Directed by newcomer Kishore Tirumala, the film’s shoot is wrapped up and post-production works are going on.

Prince is pinning hopes on Nenu Sailaja. He’s hoping that this film would overturn his fate. Let’s wait and see. One must appreciate Prince for this move!

Rajinikanth is devastated by the extent of damage that has happened to the people of Chennai due to the incessant rains all through last week. As the rains have totally stopped except for showers here and there, the people are bringing back their lives to normalcy. On the other hand, rescue operations are progressing at rapid pace and several stars are actively participating in it. Given the grim situation, superstar Rajinikanth has cancelled all the birthday celebrations planned by his family and fans associations. Later this weekend (December 12), Rajnikanth turns 65.

Since Rajinikanth didn’t celebrate much last year and before that year due to his ill health, his family members planned to throw a special party for all the industry people like Ram Charan recently did for his father Chiranjeevi’s 60th birthday but now the superstar asked his family members to drop the celebrations. Even all the associations of fans were asked to cancel such plans across Tamil Nadu.

Sunny Leone faced lot of apprehensions from certain section of the film industry when she made her Bollywood debut, but the actor says people’s perception towards her have changed over a period of time. After quitting her career as an adult star, Leone, 34, made her debut in the 2012 erotic-thriller Jism 2 and feels people from the industry have become more open and welcoming to her and her husband. “I’ve met some amazing, really nice people over the last few years, especially this year. I feel this year we have not made any new friends, but have interacted with people a little bit differently. People are reacting to me and my husband differently when we walk in a room,” said Sunny in an interview. However, she does not want to blame anyone, but herself for not being a social person. “I don’t know want to say it’s their fault that they’re not being social. I think I like to blame myself.

I don’t go to a lot of parties, I don’t go to a lot of social events so it’s hard to meet people.” After working in five films and making numerous public appearances the Ek Paheeli Leela star still has her fan girl moments when she sees Bollywood stars. “I am really shy, I know it is hard to believe for everybody, but when I am sitting in a room and when I see these people whom I have seen on TV and in movies, most of the time I am like ‘Wow that’s her, that’s him’. I turn into a fan and get too scared to say hello. I am learning to be more social,” she said. Sunny Leone has become popular and tasted success in a really short period, but according to her she never lets the fame get into her head. “I don’t ever tell myself – yes I’ve arrived. I just want my movies to do well, the producers to make money back. As a business owner myself I know how much it costs to put up a production together,” she said. “For me, I always wish the producer makes money and people like it. I am very happy to know that my movie has done well, all the hard work has paid off,” Sunny added. (PTI)

Telugu celebs who have this long-term connect with Chennai, when it was Madras, are now stepping forward to help the city which is being shattered by nature’s fury. Already Stylish Star Allu Arjun has donated 25 lakhs for Tamilnadu CM Relief Fund and he says, responding on time through other means of charity is also essential. “Being celebs, we’re doing our best to showcase our human side.

I request all people to donate something for Chennai. At this moment, even a candle is enough as your help, which will be quite useful to victims there”, said a visibly emotional Allu Arjun. Speaking with media at #ManaMadrasKosam fundraiser event, Bunny further added, “Though I’ve gave some money, it takes time to reach people.

For that reason we’re buying food packets and water bottles to supply affected people in Chennai. Blankets and medical kits are essential for people there”. For 400 families, this group led by Navadeep, Lakshmi Manchu and Rana is sending food-kits, which will help them sustain for 10 days. Allu Arjun is quick to appreciate these three, and also other actors like Naresh, Nani, Madhushalini for their efforts to bring relief to flood hit Chennai city.

Actor Allu Sirish, who hasn’t had a film release in over a year, says he has invested a lot of time on his next project, which is currently on the floors. He believes it will be a game changer for his career. “This gap gave me an opportunity to learn a lot and understand what I want to do with my career. It opened some new doors and helped me to see things from a different perspective,” Sirish told IANS, adding that the time taken for his next project is totally worth it. The yet-untitled film, which is currently on floors, is being directed by Parasuram. “This is a big film. I’m sure that it will be a game changer for my career. This is the kind of film that will bring scores of families to the cinemas again. I’ve worked so far only in love stories but this is a family drama,” he said. Explaining about his character in detail, Sirish said: “I couldn’t get the pulse of all the characters that I’ve played so far. However, the character in this film is very close to my inner self and that got me excited. I could easily relate to it. “I like to do films that help me get in touch with some part of me.” While Sirish is spending ample time on a project, his brother Allu Arjun has had four releases in the last two years. “If I really push myself, I can easily do two films a year.

But I don’t see the need to hurry and end up doing bad projects. I don’t like to ape my brother and do things exactly the way he does. Each film is like raising a child and this process can’t be rushed,” he said. Before the project went on floors, Sirish spent quality time in the gym. He says it wasn’t in preparation for his role in the film. “I had to undergo a knee surgery after the release of my last film. In order to get back in shape, I started working out and I loved the transformation. Fitness has now become a way of life,” he said. Also starring Lavanya Tripathi, nearly 50 percent of the film has already been completed. “We are planning to release it in February or March next year. Even if it gets delayed, we’re fine because we don’t want to hurry,” Sirish, who is still keen to explore opportunities in Tamil. He made his acting debut in 2013 Tamil-Telugu bilingual “Gouravam”.

Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan is busily promoting his upcoming movie Dilwale that is due for December 18th release. He came to Hyderabad to promote Dilwale and the Telugu media asked if he would like to do a multi-starrer with a Telugu star. “Why not?” he said and added that he would love to team up with Tollywood stars Mahesh Babu or Ram Charan! Interestingly it was Kajol who has brought up Ram Charan’s name immediately after the question was posed at Shahrukh Khan.

Seems like Ram Charan has very good relations with most of the Bollywood stars. He is also a very good friend of Salman Khan for whom he has dubbed in the recently released Prema Leela. SRK recently visited the sets of Mahesh Babu’s Brahmotsavam and also spent a lot of time on Bruce Lee sets. It would be a great sight to see our Tollywood superstars teaming up with King Khan. This may not turn true forever but it would be a true sensation if it happens for real, what say?

Defying all odds, and even less-than-flattering reviews from critics, director Vishal Pandya’s Hate Story 3 is minting money at the box office.In the first three days since its release on Friday, the film collected Rs 26.82 crore.

Made at an approximate budget of Rs 13 crore, analysts say that if the film continues its impressive streak on the ticket windows, it may well cross the Rs 50 crore mark in the first 10 days.Hate Story 3 is the story of two rival businessmen who have vowed to destroy each other’s empire. The tussle gets nastier when one of them makes an ‘indecent proposal’ involving the other’s wife.

Before the release of his latest release Shankarabharanam, young hero Nikhil was hailed as a hat-trick hero and a bankable star. However, Shankarabharanam caused a minor dent to his success streak as the film failed to impress the critics and audiences just like his previous films did.

Soon after the film’s release, many noted critics gave the film 2 to 3 ratings on an average and panned the film for its incoherent script. Even though Nikhil succeeded in impressing his fans with his stylish makeover and performance, the film on the whole failed to get a unanimous thumbs up.

In his latest talk show, Nikhil clarified about the critics’ ratings in his style. Accepting that the film meted out to some mixed response, Nikhil said that the film is also impressing several other sections of audiences just like some people like Pizza, many others like Idli.

The young star also said that Shankarabharanam was rated high by certain national media houses and then  expressed happiness over the film’s box-office performance.