Money can make friends and it can also separate friends. Akhil’s debut film released and it has been declared a disaster. So, many in the industry are concerned about what direction the friendship between Akhil and Nithin will take in the coming days. Nithiin surprised many by announcing that he will producing Akhil’s film. Ever since, both Akhil and Nithiin have appeared at many places together and have become friends. They also tweeted similar messages and the word spread that they were friends.

So, once the film released, some in the industry are curious to know what will happen now. As a debutant, Akhil’s film failed and as a producer, Nithiin is likely to lose his money. And given that finances do matter in friendship, will their friendship last is the question on the minds of many people? Well, that’s something only time can tell. As always, we will keep you posted.

Megastar Chiranjeevi needs some image makeover, to make people forget his bitter political stint and comeback to films roaring. As we advised him already to ‘change’ and pick a script soon, a birdie close to mega camp revealed why the most celebrated matinee idol is unable to take a decision about “Kathhi” remake.

Looking from the surface, Kathhi story looks like a war waged against a corporate company which forcefully starts grabbing lands of farmers and sucks their ground water dry. But if we look the story into a little depth, more than this land grabbing issue its about the insensitivity of media that is dealt with by Vijay and his director AR Murugadoss. On two counts, media gets fooled for their sensational news craving mindsets. And this is what worried Chiranjeevi.

Happenings like MSOs blocking TV channels and few channels continuing to wage war against ruling governments, Chiranjeevi can’t stand chance to turn almost all the media houses against him by doing Kathhi, the source shared. So, if you are both actor and politician, then it’s a rope walk with single leg.

Kochi: Superstar Salman Khan’s blockbuster “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, which raked in over Rs.300 crore at the Indian box office, has been watched by a mere two percent of approximately 130 crore Indian population in theatres, says a cinema chain official. According to reports, a staggering 74.5 million people, across India, tuned into the TV premiere of the film last month. But in a session on increasing footfalls in theatres at the ongoing Indywood Film market, it was revealed that only three crore and 21 lakh people have so far watched Bollywood blockbuster “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” in cinemas. “It’s startling to know only two percent of India’s population has watched the film, which has collected over Rs.300 crore from Indian theatres. Even if we can increase the footfalls to five percent, it will hugely benefit the overall revenue of Indian cinema,” said P.V. Sunil, director and CEO of Carnival Cinemas.

The reason, as Sunil points out, is that 50 percent of Indian population still has no access to cinemas.
“Seven screens cater to one million people in India vis-a-vis over 100 screens in US. As of today, only 15 percent of total screens in India constitute multiplexes while the rest are still single screen cinemas. Despite being the largest producer of films in the world, India still struggles to generate revenue because most people still have no access to screens,” he said. According to Devang Sampat, business head – strategy, Cinepolis India, one of the best ways to increase footfalls is to target tier-2, tier-3 and even tier-4 cities. “We were the first to open a four-screen multiplex in Patna. The response has been extremely good and its average ticket price is same as that of Mumbai’s. This means there are people with high spending capacity even in smaller cities,” he said.

Sampat also pointed out that most multiplexes rely on malls, which is not a healthy trend. “In places like Madhya Pradesh, people literally travel 50 km to watch movies. Why not we take the screens to them? Why not build multiplexes in these places? Indians don’t watch cinema for entertainment; it’s a culture for us,” he added. Technology too is a key driver in increasing footfalls, believes Sohan Roy, founder chairman and CEO of Aries Group of Companies. Roy is also the chief promoter of AriesPlex SL Cinemas, which is south India’s first double 4K projection facility here. “Take the case of ‘Baahubali’, which ran houseful for 15 weeks in our cinemas. It was screened in 4K projection and the audience loved the experience. They watched it more than once. Technology plays a pivotal in drawing audiences for the overall experience in a cinema hall,” Roy said.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s prestigious 100th film has been the talk of the town since several months now. Already, there have been several rumors about this landmark film making several rounds in the media and among fans.

While there were reports that Balayya’s 100th film will be Aditya 999 in veteran legend Singeetham Srinivasa Rao’s direction, latest buzz says that a powerful film with the title Godfather has been in discussions to be Balayya’s 100th film. Apparently, the film will be directed by Balayya’s lucky mascot Boyapati Srinu.

Already, the Balayya-Boyapati combo delivered two blockbusters with Simha and Legend. With Godfather gaining a huge steam to be the 100th film, there is all the possibility of the successful combo joining forces once again. Reports further say that Godfather will be produced by 14 Reels banner which produced Legend. Well, let’s wait until an official announcement.

Mega Power Star Ram Charan is back in Hyderabad today after a long holiday in USA. He flew there along with his wife Upasana after completing Bruce Lee promotions. It was a well deserved break as Charan had worked hard to complete the movie for Dussehra release.

Also the movie had met with a bitter failure which required some break for him to get along. He is expected to participate in the script session of his next, the remake of Tamil blockbuster film, Thani Oruvan in couple of days. The movie will kick start in December and will see light in April-2016.

Surrender Reddy will be directing the film. He is currently trying to correct the nativity issues of the script. Ram Charan’s uncle, Allu Aravind and Senior Producer NV Prasad will be jointly producing the film. NV Prasad earlier produced Charan’s Rachcha.

Young Hero Navdeep will not be seen but heard in Anushka’s Size Zero. Navdeep has dubbed for Aarya’s character in the movie. This is the first time he is dubbing for Aarya and it worked out well they say.

On the other side, it is already revealed that the film had little cameos of nine stars – Nagarjuna, Rana, Tamannah, Hansika, Kajal Agarwal, Manchu Lakshmi, Jeeva, Sri Divya and Revathi. All of them reportedly starred in the film with out charging a single penny.

Size Zero is a romantic comedy which hits the screens this 27th. The film also has Sonal Chauahan in its ranks. It has a stellar cast line up with heavyweights like Prakash Raj,Urvashi, Ali, Posani, Master Bharat. Ananganaga O dheerudu fame Prakash Kovelamudi is wielding megaphone for this film.

Baahubali broke many records in the history of Telugu cinema and also in Indian cinema. Well, though many big budget films are being made in various languages with top stars, directors and crew, none of them have crossed the mark set by Baahubali. The film released in six languages and it made Rs 62 crores on the very first day. No matter how much is spent on the film and no matter the story no movie has managed to match the collections of Baahubali.

In fact, Salman’s Prem Ratan Dhan Payo that hit the screens for Diwali and many expected that it will break many records. But the film could not match Baahubali’s scores. So now talk is that only Baahubali 2 might break the records set by Baahubali 1. Right now, the film is ready to go on to the sets and Rajamouli has already promised that it will be a much bigger and grander film. So, Baahubali 2 is likely to break the records of Part 1.

Mumbai: Actor Prabhas is on cloud nine with the stupendous success of S.S. Rajamouli’s “Baahubali” and now words of appreciation by filmmaker Karan Johar has amplified his jubilation. The actor is overwhelmed by “all the love and appreciation” he has been getting from all quarters after the film’s release. Released in multiple languages, “Baahubali”, which earned over Rs.600 crore at the ticket window, is one of the biggest blockbusters of India. It garnered similar response from television audience when it premiered on the small screen last month. The rating percent of the film out of 10 was 6.85.

Karan, who presented the Hindi version of Rajamouli’s magnum opus, expressed his gratitude over the success of the film on Twitter. He shared: “#Baahubali storms television ratings! More power to the man @ssrajamouli and the entire team!!! #Prabhas @RanaDaggubati”. According to the 35-year-old actor’s spokesperson, Prabhas was “pleasantly surprised” with Karan’s views on the social media. “Prabhas was pleasantly surprised and extremely delighted to see the announcement by Karan Johar. He is very humbled with all the love and appreciation he has been getting from the audiences,” said the spokesperson.

“Baahubali”, also starring Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah Bhatia, Anushka Shetty, Ramya Krishnan and Sathyaraj, narrated a story of a kingdom with two brothers vying for the throne. Now, all eyes are on the part two of the film.