Did you know? ‘Megastar’ title for Chiranjeevi was seen for the first time on silver screen in the title cards of 1988’s release, ‘Maranamrudangam’. Later, a song with the lines ‘Star star Megastar…star’ was seen in 1990’s hit film ‘Kodamasimham’.

Interesting fact is that ‘Megastar’ title was not prefixed for the names of any hero on Indian screen before the title got introduced with Chiranjeevi. There has been a recorded evidence that official film magazines of India such as, ‘Filmfare’, ‘Stardust’, ‘Screen’ etc. have also not used title before was it started for Chiranjeevi.

Interestingly, ‘Megastar’ title is now being adopted by all woods of Indian film industry to denote the number one status of a hero. That’s the history of ‘Megastar’ title for you folks.

Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi’s 150th film will be launched soon and the movie is likely to be directed by VV Vinayak. Mega Power Star Ram Charan will produce the movie on Konidala Productions.

Director Gunasekhar’s ‘Rudhramadevi’ has accumulated a share of Rs.50+ crores so far. This is the first time a historical entertainer breaching the milestone of Rs.50 crores share. According to the latest snippet, ‘Rudhramadevi’ created another rare feat.

Reports are that ‘Rudhramadevi’ crosses $1 M in the US including its Telugu and Tamil versions. Anushka enthralled the audiences as ‘Rudhramadevi’ while Stylish Star Allui Arjun’s ‘Gona Gannareddy’ role pulled huge turnout of mega fans to theaters which resulted the movie getting record collections at the box office.

The movie has ensemble star cast, who include Rana, Krishnam Raju, Prakash Raj, Suman, Baba Sehgal and many others. The movie’s music was scored by Ilairaja. Gunasekhar, himself directed as well as produced the movie on Guna Team Works. Gunasekhar has recently registered the title ‘Veerabhimanyu’ at the film chamber. More details of this project are awaited.

Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s highly anticipated mass entertainer ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ is expected to break the previous records of Tollywood.. As Pawan Kalyan will be seen in the getup of a cop, he requires guns, khaki dresses, bandoliers as his accessories. Besides he needs a designer’s bike.

Meanwhile, a leaked pic of ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’s Royal Enfield Bike has been leaked and doing rounds on net. It can be seen in the pic that a specially designed sac was attached near the front wheel of the bike and which is said to be the place where guns are kept.

Kajal Aggarwal romances with Pawan Kalyan in ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ while Devi Sri Prasad renders the music of the movie. KS Ravindra is directing the movie on North Star Entertainment. Sharat Marrar is the producer of the movie.

There’s an expiry date for any commercial hero, and he will live longer in the hearts of people only if he picks up some masala films most of time. On the other hand, art films will bring huge applause but career graph will not race upwards. This is purely related to business of films.

Currently mega hero Varun Tej is basking in the glory of his latest film “Kanche” which has won appreciation from all quarters. Bottom line is that, trade circles are not sure if the film will push distributors into hefty profits though it may not cause the loss.

Dad Nagababu has now made up his mind to not entertain subjects like Mukunda and Kanche anymore. After the release of Puri Jagan’s Loafer, this handsome mega lad will pick up Gopichand Malineni’s movie. Afterwards, he will work at least in half a dozen commercial films before taking art subjects on his shoulders.

Probably we have to stress on the line, ‘mega hero’s experiments are over’, because Varun Tej got proved as an actor now, and it’s all about setting up a market for himself now. The more the commercial films, the more the stardom and business potential.

Noted writer, comedian and character artist LB Sriram has expressed anguish over the death of his fellow actor Kondavala Lakshmana Rao. Paying homage to his mortal remains today, LB also stated that Telugu Film Industry is in a sad state of confusion due to the traffic of deaths.

“Almost all these talented, matured and iconic actors are aging. So, it’s against nature that everyone should stay alive for long, but sad thing is that we now don’t know who’s alive and who is dead. Such an irony is prevailing over Telugu film industry now”, said LB Sriram, adding that it would have been better if Kondavalasa has lived a little longer.

Not just LB’s feeling, but many cinema lovers are confused now as to which senior actor is alive and who’s not. From MS Narayana to Ahuti Prasad, Dharmavarapu and AVS, many senior actors have bid adieu to this world in this recent days. Maybe Telugu industry should at least hold one big event to pay respects to these passed-away celebs.

YuppTV an internet based TV streaming service provider, is set to launch its first original production with a web series, starring Cricket Legend Brian Lara, on 6th November, 2015. The web series is titled ‘Brian Lara is NOT OUT!’ and will exclusively be shown in five episodes only on YuppTV. Mr. Uday Reddy – Founder and CEO of YuppTV is the debutant Producer of this series along with Mr. Madhura Sreedhar Reddy.

The story of web series – ‘Brian Lara is NOT OUT!’ is based on God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar, inviting Brian Lara to play in three- match All Stars Cricket 2015 series to be held in November 2015. All Stars Cricket 2015 is a platform for all legendary players to play their favorite game again after retirement on American soil. The two Teams to play are Sachin’s Blasters and Warne’s Warriors.

The exciting script revolves round Lara’s personal Life, his passion for Cricket, his tips on cricket for aspirants, more sneak peek into the real Brian Lara and on how he prepares himself physically, mentally and emotionally to play again at 46 in the All Star Matches. This web series can be watched from anywhere in the world on  any internet connected devices like Smart TVs, android and iOS smartphones and tablets, gaming consoles, Blu-ray Players etc. via YuppTV app. The 5-episode Brian Lara web series is available on subscription basis. The process to subscribe is seamless through varied online payment options.

YuppTV the World’s largest Over-The-Top (OTT) provider for Indian content has 200+ Channels in 13 languages, more than 5000 Movies and hundreds of TV Shows at the click of a button. Apart from the Live TV experience, YuppTV offers Catch-Up TV feature whereby viewers can watch TV content from past 7 days and never miss their favorite Shows.

Mr Uday Reddy, Founder & CEO of YuppTV said, ‘Brian Lara web series is a major step for YuppTV towards providing access to high quality content to all its viewers over numerous internet connected devices using YuppTV app. We are excited to launch this original content with a passionate sportsman – Brian Lara.

The first original content, the sports connect, the debutant Producer opportunity; adds more feathers to YuppTV’. Brian Lara quotes, ‘I am excited to play again, I am more excited to see that people love me even more than before. I am overwhelmed to see the huge response for Not Out’s curtain raiser. I thank YuppTV and Uday for this great endeavour’.

Madhura Sreedhar Reddy says “Brian Lara was inspiration to all the cricket lovers across the world. But, it’s great to see him inspiring even at the age of 46 years. We are very happy to make this Video series with Brian to inspire all the passionate sports lovers!’

Some directors do different things not just on the screen but also in real life. Sekhar Kammula is one such guy, if we have to go by the revelations of character artist Satya Krishnan, who is famous for her husky voice and vadina-aunty kind of roles.

Already cinema lovers do know that Satya Krishnan put up a splendid show as an actress in both Dollar Dreams and Anand, which are Kammula’s gems carved during the entry stage of his career. When Satya Krishnan started starring in other commercial movies later, she charged a remuneration of 25,000 per day.

But what was the amount paid by Sekhar initially? “Actually I’ve to quit my job at a hotel to act in Anand movie. So, Sekhar actually paid a pending loan of mine. To bring me to shoot, he cleared the loan, but otherwise we don’t have anything like a pay check”, revealed Satya Krishnan.

Though this talented lady later took an u-turn, after couple of years she started giving a serious thought about acting. Since then she hasn’t looked back.

It appears to be a rocking show from Akkineni dynasty’s ‘Ray of Hope’, Akhil, through his very debut venture ‘Akhil’. The censor formalities of the movie have been completed today and the movie received U/A certificate from the members of the board.

As predicted earlier, Akhil is reported to have rocked all the way through his mind blowing dances and fights. The movie was made as a socio fantasy concept which projects the power of the Sun God. As we know the movie was shot extensively in exotic locales of various parts of the world.

Saucy seductress Sayesha Saigal has done the romantic interest of Akhil in the film. VV Vinayak has directed this movie on Shresht Movies owned by hero Nithiin. Anup Rubens and Thaman have scored the music of the movie while back ground score was provided by Manisharma.The movie is hitting the screens on November 11.

Mahesh Babu is one of the biggest grossing heroes in South cinema market. He slowly expanded the trade range from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana States to neighboring Tamil Kadu, Kerala and Karnataka. In Overseas, it is again Mahesh leading among all the Telugu star heroes when it comes to commercial success. He is easily surpassing 1 Million Mark for those movies which have even got divided reports on first day.

Matter of interest is, there were wide spread rumors from last three to four years speculating on Mahesh Babu’s Bollywood entry. His wife Namrata Mahesh hails from Mumbai cine circles and still manages good high level contacts. So, a smooth entry for Mahesh into Mumbai isn’t a problem but however, Telugu Super Star confined himself to Hyderabad. Now, latest buzz mentions on Mahesh is planning for a Hindi version of his upcoming film in AR Murugadoss direction.

Of course, both Telugu and Tamil versions are to be made in parallel. Being both producer and hero of the project, Mahesh is contemplating on the idea of roping in a big Bollywood hero to dub for his voice. An official confirmation is although awaited, it’s good to hear on Mahesh aiming Bollywood market at least for now.