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Chiranjeevi To Akhil, Everyone Failed
Film titles play a crucial role in determining the craze for the films and also increase fans’ expectations which in turn will result in huge box-office openings. However, Tollywood filmmakers often go clueless in choosing the right and powerful titles to their films.
In the process, several filmmakers decide to use the names of the star heroes themselves. For example, there were several flop films like Chiranjeevi, Captain Nagarjuna, Jayasudha, Mahesh Khaleja and Kalyanram Kathi in the past and recently NBK Lion and Akhil, all boasting the titles named after the stars featured in those films.
However, the disastrous box-office result of all these films indicate that naming of films with the names of star heroes is not a wise decision as it proved to be unlucky for most of these films.
And with Akhil’s colossal failure and the disastrous history, this flop sentiment of films with star heroes’ names as their titles has become a hot topic in Tollywood once again. Will filmmakers rethink about naming their films after stars from now on?
Lovely Heroine for Sreesanth’s Telugu Debut
After a lot of dilly dallying, finally the lead lady for Sreesanth’s much-anticipated Telugu debut has been finalised. The lady, who bagged the golden chance is none other than Shanvi Srivastava. Though the names of Kajal, Tamanna were heard initially, finally the makers end up casting Shanvi. Impressed with the outline, Shanvi agreed to be part of the film. She is expected to sign the film on the dotted line in a day or two.
Tipped to be a tri-lingual (Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam), the movie will be directed by Sana Yadireddy who will also be producing the film. Apparently, the film revolves around off-the-field life of a cricketer including betting, affairs. The movie written by BVS Prakash is said to be an out and out commercial venture. Noted technicians would be roped in for the film. If all goes well, the film will roll onto floors soon.
7 Indians In BBC World Top 100 Women
As many as seven Indian women achievers have secured prominent ranks in the BBC’s list of 100 most aspirational women. Asha Bhosle (singer), Sania Mirza (tennis champion), Kamini Kaushal (veteran actor), Rimppi Kumari (farmer), Smriti Nagpal (entrepreneur), Mumtaz Shaikh (campaigner) and Kanika Tekriwal (entrepreneur) are the chosen women icons for this honour.
BBC came up with the list as part of its “100 Women season†which was telecast on BBC World News starting Wednesday. BBC names 100 women achievers each year, who are chosen based on a mix of influential personalities who are world leaders in politics, science and entertainment, as well as inspirational women from across the world.
Asha Bhosle is a popular Bollywood playback singer with more than1,000 films to her credit. Kamini Kaushal acted in more than 100 films. Rimppi is a farmer who took over a 32-acre farm in Rajasthan along with her sister after their father’s death.
Sania Mirza is India’s most successful women’s tennis player with several Grandslams to get credit. Smriti Nagpal is a sign language interpreter in India and her company has the largest aurally challenged population in the world. Mumtaz Shaikh earned recognition with the Right to Pee campaign.
In her campaign, Mumtaz built 96 free toilets for Mumbai women, which resulted in the Maharashtra government allot Rs. 5 crore to build women toilets across Mumbai. Kanika Tekriwal is a cancer survivor who established India’s first and only marketplace for helicopter charters and private jets.
15 Maoists Killed in Encounter
In a deathly attack, at least 15 Maoists, including a woman Maoist, were killed on Thursday in Chattisgarh’s Sukuma district. This took place during an encounter with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel. So far, two bodies of Maoists have been recovered. Inspector of General of Police Bastar Range, SRP Kalluri corroborated the news.
The operation was carried out by the joint squad of the CRPF’s 217th battalion and Sukuma district police officials. Earlier, two Naxals were arrested during a search operation in Konta area, about 500 km from Raipur.
Based on the information about the location of Maoist commander Hidma, who is the head of 1st military battalion of Naxals, in the region, CRPF carried the operation. However, they are yet to trace Hidma.
Hidma was allegedly involved in the 2013 Jiram valley Naxal attack in Bastar’s Darbha region in which 31 people, including some senior state Congress leaders, were killed and the 2010 Chintalnar ambush in Dantewada in which 76 troopers were killed. Further details will be known once the police team returns to its camp.
