Superstar Mahesh Babu is focusing on expanding his market and it is on the top of his priority list now. Brahmotsavam is being made as a true bilingual in Tamil and Telugu and this will be the ‘tester bet’ for Mahesh in Tamil market. He is coming up with a big one to follow it up and to permanently capture the Tamil market. Other Telugu heroes are left far behind in this regard as Mahesh has come up with a master plan and executed it exceptionally well.

His next with Murugadoss is confirmed and all set to hit the floors by May/June 2016. It will be ready for release by summer 2017. Murugadoss is keen on expanding his own market in Telugu cinema to be up there and on par with that of Shankar’s. With Srimanthudu Mahesh has set a benchmark to reach for his contemporaries and when they are on a mission to break it, Mahesh is pushing the envelope with Murugadoss’s film. This is film is surely going to set some unassailable records unless the other heroes to come up with something that is as big as it in terms of scale and combination craze.

Super Star Mahesh Babu fans surely have a reason to celebrate. Their favourite hero is now endorsing ads of some national brands and it is indeed big news for them as he replaced Aamir in those ads. Already, Mahesh Babu fans are on cloud 9 as one of the mobile brands he endorses is on top in the country today.

Also, he is the brand ambassador for some national-level brands and that has given enough reason for Mahesh fans to celebrate. Some time back, Prabhas got to endorse a couple of ads after the success of Baahubali and after the success of Srimanthudu, Mahesh got to endorse all these new ads.

Three blockbuster hits in a row, with more than 10 crore share from box office for last two films, how much that particular hero should charge as his remuneration anyway?

If that’s the question for youngster Raj Tarun, he’s right now charging 1 crore. Actually for these three blockbuster films, Uyyala Jampala, Cinema Choopistava Maava and Kumari 21 F, he charged very reasonably. For the films that are signed later, he took some token advance and confirmed to his producers that he will fix the final pay packet after Sukumar’s film releases. And now, he’s said to be asking for 1 crore.

A director who is producing a film with him, shared off the record, “I thought he will charge somewhere around 30 lakhs maximum. When we asked him he’s charging around 15 lakhs. But 1 crore is a real big deal for Raj Tarun”. Trade experts however say, if the hero is getting nearly 7+ crores share from box office for producers, there is no wrong in paying him 1 crore.

Divulging the big news, young hero Nikhil Siddharth said that he is contemplating to marry soon and get settled. The Karthikeya star stated that he has to marry before Summer 2016. Ever since Nikhil’s sister Sonali got married, pressure piled up on Nikhil.

Ask him whether wedding is on Cards? Nikhil says without a thought, “I have to marry. I had promised my parents that I’d marry if I get two hits in a row. Though I got them, I’ve become greedy. I keep on looking for more and more hits. But my family wants me to get married soon. They’re searching and I’ll obey their choice.”

Nikhil, who made a splashy debut with Sekhar Kammula’s Happy Days, struggled initially but made it to the big league with hard work. Now Nikhil is on a roll. While his Swamy Ra Ra, Karthikeya were sleeper hits, his last outing Surya Vs Surya too an average grosser. Now Nikhil is pinning hopes on his next Sankarabharanam.

Recently, Nikhil did an acting course in New York Film Institute and even did a lot of home work for Sankarabharanam where he plays ABCD (American Born Confused Desi) NRI. Looks like, all things are falling in place for Nikhil on personal front and professional front. Great going Junior Ravi Teja.

Slim beauty Sonal Chauhan is all set for her second film with Balayya, Dictator. The film which is 99th film in Balakrishna’s career will be releasing for Sankranthi next year. In one of the interviews, she revealed about her role in the film.

“I will be seen as an aspiring actress in the movie some what like Urmila in Rangeela. The role is special to me since it reminded about the days when I started my journey in showbiz,” she said. The actress who always speaks high of Balayya, once again showered praises on the actor.

“It’s always an honour working with Balayya. He is the reason I am in Tollywood. If Legend didn’t work, I don’t think I would be here right now,” said the actress who have three releases this year – Pandaga Chesko, Sher and Size Zero.

Rashi Khanna has every reason to cherish because she is becoming the most after heroine in Telugu cinema ever since her glamour and performance factors started to pay at Box Office. From ‘Madras Café, Manam, Oohalu Gusagusalade’ to fresh release of ‘Bengal Tiger,’ the journey of Rashi is so brief but the stardom she achieved is wide.

So, Rashi Khanna celebrated this year birthday in the presence of her close, best film buddies. From Raviteja in ‘Bengal Tiger’ co-star to Varun Tej, Sai Dharam Tej (‘Supreme’ co-star), Rakul Preet Singh, Sundeep Kishan (‘Joru’ co-star), Ram (‘Shivam’ co-star) and Allu Sirish as you see in the above pic, they seems to have had a wonderful time. Hope, Rashi Khanna’s success rate shoots up from now on and may she remain happy for the new tear coming ahead.

Trivikram Srinivas is a proven director and an established brand here in Telugu market. From the stages of a successful writer with peculiar flavor, he grew into a star director delivering continuous hits. While many star heroes would queue up before Trivikram to work under him, in contrast he is eyeing on Tamil star hero Suriya for next assignment. As per the official reports, Trivikram is likely to team up with Suriya in next year for a bi-lingual project to be produced on Haarika Haasine Creations.

In fact, Trivikram is working on this banner for last few films and success rate has been so high. What’s signed behind the scenes between Trivikram and producer China Babu is still a mystery but they are seriously eyeing on the joint market of Telugu and Tamil. Suriya enjoys enormous following in Tamil and even in Telugu; he is nothing less than a star hero. So, combination of Suriya-Trivikram is an easy saleable item in both markets. As soon as Trivikram wraps up ‘A… Aa’ and Suriya is done with ’24, Singham 3,’ an official statement from them is expected.

Generally, heroines around the country die to romance with Mahesh Babu at least for one movie. Such is his immense charisma among girls. However, one might not be aware of even Mahesh having some sort of interest towards acting with a particular heroine and it happens to be Bollywood star heroine, Deepika Padukone. Speaking at a recent conversation, Mahesh Babu put his thoughts out on Deepika. ‘My all time favorite actress was Sridevi till some time ago. But now, she is Deepika Padukone.

What a brilliant actress she is? I watched her recent performance in ‘Piku’ and left stunned. She is of course beautiful. When she acts like that, combination of beauty and performance can be lethal,’ Mahesh said. Sometime in the past, Deepika also expressed similar views about Mahesh Babu. ‘He is my best friend in South,’ Dips shared. Well, enough of your vice-versa appreciations. A combination of both of you can be so delightful. Let us see, is this possible for AR Murugadoss film to start in middle of next year.