Two of Tollywood’s hotshot producers Anil Sunkara of 14 Reels and Sai Korrapati of Vaarahi joined hands and released the blockbuster horror comedy, Rajugari Gadhi. The film, which was made with a budget of less than 3 crore, released without any expectations and surprised everyone by collecting more than 10 crore share.

Now, both the producers have once again joined forces to give a much needed boost to yet another small film titled Jatha Kalise. Jatha Kalise is a romantic entertainer and the story unfolds in a journey from Vizag to Hyderabad. Impressed with the film’s storyline, both the producers have purchased the theatrical rights of the film.

Apparently, the producers, after watching the rough copy, suggested a few changes to the film’s story and the makers are doing the final corrections, after which the film will be made available for a theatrical release. Happening young Telugu actress Tejaswi Madivada and a debutante named Ashwin play the lead roles.

Rakesh Sasi, who was a top ten contender of K.Raghavendra Rao’s ‘Repati Darshakulu’ talent hunt, will make his directorial debut with Jatha Kalise. Naresh Ravuri is the film’s producer and Vikki is the music director.

Here’s the ravishingly sensuous Kajal Aggarwal posing in a golden colored  dress elegantly sitting on a wooden box in an artistic background. Kajal’s shiny skin tone, her demure half smile and those perfectly shaped curves altogether make for an overall beautiful photograph.

The 30-year-old beauty will soon be seen in two of the most biggest films in Tollywood, Brahmotsavam and Sardaar Gabbar Singh.

Mumbai: Actress-politician Hema Malini is not in favour of filmmakers returning their National Awards in protest against instances of growing intolerance in the country. Last month, 12 filmmakers announced that they would return their National Awards, also in the wake of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) stalemate. “It (returning national awards) is not a right thing to do. I feelit is a politically instigated matter. People are dying to get a National Award… it’s a national reputation.

“People come to me saying if I can help them in getting national award. And here these people are returning awards,” the BJP MP told PTI. FTII students had gone on an indefinite strike from June 12 following the appointment of television actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of its Governing Council. They also expressed discontent alleging that Chauhan lacked the expertise and credentials to secure a place in the prestigious institute.

Filmmakers returning their National Awards include Dibakar Banerjee, Anand Patwardhan, Paresh Kamdar, and Nishtha Jain. Celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Vidya Balan and Anupam Kher have also said not in favour of the move. On whether FTII row can be resolved, Malini just offered, “We will talk later about it.”

For someone still in her 20s, Tamannaah Bhatia works a lot. In the city to promote the first South Indian edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, Tamannaah is also shooting for a song for Sreenivas Pellakonda’s new film, as well as for her role in the upcoming bi-lingual Oopiri. But she still insists that she loves doing the “regular” things. “I love spending time with my family, and I love doing the regular things — going to watch movies at theatres, shopping on the road side,” she says, adding, “But to be honest, I’ve not really done much of ‘chilling’ because I’ve been working very hard.”

A believable fact, considering she’s been working as an actress since she was 13, with her first film — Chand Sa Roshan Chehra, which she admits wasn’t her best effort, but which led her to Tollywood. “I was very young and was doing a lot of commercials and even did a Hindi film which was pretty much a non starter,” Tamannaah says, “After I got my first Telugu offer, it became like a circuit — one film led to another and I just stayed on.” After doing the commercially successful Happy Days in 2012, she was on her way to fulfilling her childhood dream. “It started off as one of those things kids say, ‘I want to become a doctor, I want to become an actress’,” she says, “At that age you say those things but don’t actually mean it, but in my case I started taking up theatre. My interest propelled my career, but it was also a lot of luck because the right opportunities came my way.”

Starring in multiple languages helped her along, something she picked up early. “I picked up Tamil and Telugu in the third or fourth year of my career,” she explains, “The film can be in any language, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu… but for me it should excite me as an actor. As long as that happens I don’t really choose it on the merit of the language, but on the project itself.”

Her friendship with fellow actress Kajal Aggarwal is also much-talked about, and she says actresses can be friends too even if they’re competing with each other. “I get along very well with Kajal and we meet on a more social level as well. So you can form friendships as well without baggage, if you really want to. In our case it happened because we had a very similar career path as well.”

After her role in Baahubali, which gave her and the South Indian film industry huge recognition, she says Tollywood is finally being recognised. “The South has always been a very important film industry, even in the world. So we’re really excited about IIFA coming here. What I’m most excited about is that Baahubali has been nominated in pretty much every category.”

The comedian Ali seems all set to annoy and shock. A day after he called Size-Zero star Anushka Shetty a hot jalebi at the audio event of the film (adding that he “likes” Anushka’s thighs) a photo of him in a sling has emerged on Facebook, with a scribble that could create further trouble. On the cast, is the text — “Never hit ur wife again!” Ali had turned up at the Size Zero event with a bandaged arm and when asked why, he maintained it was an injury during a film shoot. Sources claim the actor had hurt himself during a shoot for the Puri Jagannadh film Loafer starring Varun Tej.

But he had managed to cover up the scribble under the shirt he was wearing at the event. It’s also being claimed a female co-star may have written the line on his arm. Ali is taking intense flak now for his sexually suggestive remarks aimed at Anushka. Reports claim certain women’s organisations are now seeking action against the actor for his remarks.

“If you see Anushka in Billa, she has showed off her thighs and I’ve become a big fan of hers since that movie. But it’s actually Raghavendra Rao’s work. It’s he who focuses on the thighs of actresses and now, his son is taking after him,” Ali had said, on Sunday.