Routine plots, known emotions and simple moment all over, but these films have registered thumping box office collections in no time. At a time when Telugu films with routine content, like Aagadu and Bruce Lee are straight away getting rejected by audiences, how come movies like Prem Ratan Dhay Payo and Vedalam are creating records?

In Telugu we have seen Chiranjeevi acting in nearly 3-4 films while other heroes also picked similar story line that of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. A hero, a simple middle class guy, takes the place of a rich brat who looks exactly like him, and teaches that family a lesson.

Except for the fact that Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is setup in a royal family with 100 crores budget around, story is very routine and screenplay is slow. Still, the film made 40 crores gross at box office on first day, a sort of record for Salman Khan.

In Kollywood, we have seen Ajith’s Vedhalam releasing on Diwali eve and the film touched 50 crore gross mark in 3 days, becoming a biggest earner in the hero’s career. The story is all about sister sentiment that we have seen in numerous films and there is one hyper type heroine to fall for the hero. And Ajith’s stardom is what pulled this flick to a big hit, though critics have nailed it at parts.

Maybe we have to attribute the talent of directors to conceive engaging films with routine content that are giving other tinsel towns good hits.

In what is seen as an unusual combination, ‘flop’ director Teja is likely to team up with ‘flop’ actor Rajasekhar for an upcoming film. While the discussions are still going on and expected to be finalised soon, Angry Man Rajasekhar is said to be keen to do a film with Teja as the director had delivered several hits in the past.

The film will be produced by none other than actress-director Jeevitha. Of late, director Teja is on a downward spiral. Teja, who lost his Midas touch, is going through a drought of ideas as his recent films turned out to be inedible, inept and most of them are Box Office duds.

Films such as Hora Hori, 1000 Abaddalu, Neeku Naaku have tanked without a trace. On other side, the way Rajasekhar’s career is progressing too is no different. His last film Gaddam Gang was a disaster despite being remake of a Tamil superhit.

While few of his films (Patta Pagalu) haven’t seen the light of the day yet, Rajasekhar is now gearing up to work with Teja. Let’s wait and see whether this flop director, flop hero combination works and bail out each other or not.

This Diwali was special for Kamal Haasan as he and his daughter competed at the box office. While Kamal had a release in Thoongavanam, his daughter had a release in Vedalam.Well, heavy rains in Tamil Nadu did not stop their fans from turning up in large numbers for the shows. However, as per trade reports, Shruti Haasan’s Vedalam has scored over Kamal Haasan’s film.

Vedalam stars Ajith in the lead and it has Lakshmi Rai and Soori playing important characters. On the other hand, Thoongavanam has Kamal Haasan, Trisha, Prakash Raj, Sampath and Kishore playing the lead. While Vedalam was released in 520 screens, Kamal’s film was released in 375 screens. Vedalam which opened to good reviews grossed Rs 15.5 crores in Tamil Nadu, while Thoongavanam managed Rs 4 crores, say trade analysts.

In the past, Kamal and daughter clashed with Uttama Villain and Gabbar Is Back. At the time, Kamal’s win made more money especially in the US when compared to Gabbar Is Back which starred Akshay in the lead. However, this time, the clash is interesting as both of them compete with same language films unlike last time.

Film celebrities often request their fans to not smoke, at the start of their films. But how many of them have really quit smoking in real life? This super star of Indian films is still an avid smoker, no matter what the occasion is.

Walking in a black kurta and waving to cameras, King Khan has stunned everyone couple of days back at a party in Mumbai. When he stepped down his luxury vehicle at Amitabh Bachhan’s Diwali party, SRK was seen holding a lit cigarette in his hand.

By the time he reached the main gate of Big B’s palatial home Jalsa, Mr Khan was received by Chota Bachhan, and here too our Dilwale star hasn’t given up his cigarette. That explains, a smoke is still hot favourite of Bollywood Baadshah.

Well, Prabhas is the most eligible bachelor of Tollywood along with Rana. But more than Rana, Prabhas’ wedding or match-making happens consistently.For almost two to three years now, there has been constant buzz about Prabhas’ wedding, right from what type of girl he might like, to what his mom wants, etc, everything has been discussed online.

And in keeping with this tradition, some pranksters put out stories about Prabhas’ wedding and even circulated a picture of a girl who was called the ‘lucky lady’. The girl in question or in the picture was mentioned as someone hailing from Bheemavaram and it was said that both families have known each other for long.Now, naturally, this irritated the family and Prabhas’ uncle, Krishnama Raju, who is now his mentor, lashed out at people who are spreading such false rumours.

He made it clear that the news of Prabhas’ ‘online wedding’ was totally baseless and added that such rumours hadn’t popped up for the first time. Krishnam Raju also made it clear that their family will inform the media as when any new developments takes place.