All it takes for Tollywood stars to literally see stars in daylight is just one disaster. But the king of comedy Brahmanandam is on a disaster spree, with most of his recent high profile films like Bruce Lee and Sher and even several other films biting the dust badly and Brahmi’s done to death comic antics severely criticized by the audiences and critics.

This poor show by Brahmanandam has resulted in a gross cut in his hefty paycheck. The star comedian who charges not less Rs 4-5 lakhs per cal sheet depending on the budget and magnitude of the film, now has to settle down for a lesser price, say the reports. Brahmi otherwise is known to be a tough taskmaster when it comes to his remuneration and other freebies on the sets.

However, the reason behind Brahmi’s flop show should not be credited only to the comedy legend. It is the also the writers and directors who must come up with solid scenes blended with the right humor elements for Brahmi and the legend will successfully play it to the galleries.

On the other hand, thanks to Brahmi’s failures, filmmakers and even audiences are encouraging aspiring talents like Vennela Kishore, Fish Venkat, Dhanraj, Sreenivas Reddy, Thagubothu Ramesh, Sapthagiri, Pudhvi and many others.

Nagarjuna has always been known to be a gentleman when it comes to elite social interactions. He is equally courteous even to the media and his fans. It’s very rarely do we see Nag in angry mode in public gatherings. One such rare incident happened recently.

In a latest media interaction, Nag was bombarded with a lot of questions by the media personnel and the handsome actor was patiently responding to all their queries with a smile. However, one enthusiastic journalist posed an embarrassing question to Nag out of the blue.

The scribe quoted Shah Rukh Khan’s statement regarding the ongoing debate on the rising intolerance in the country and was about to seek Nag’s views. But, even before the journo could finish his question, a visibly upset Nag pushed the mikes away and left the spot immediately to avoid further controversies.

Having got frustrated with the religious intolerance of the existing union government, some of the intellectuals have started giving back the awards received by them. How far their decision is justifiable is the point of discussion. Some analysts the decision of those intellectuals is something like slap on the face of the government while some more analysts point out that just for the sake a political party or a politician, giving back the award is not a fair decision.

Great actor Kamal Haasan also proclaims he would not give back the awards received by him. “I don’t think that returning awards is a good thing. I am not insulting those who gave back the awards. But I don’t think that for the sake of one government’s decision you give back your award. I will not give my awards back as they were given by a different mindset,” said Kamal Haasan in a recent media interview.

Kamal Haasan’s ‘Cheekati Rajyam’ is gearing up for release on 20th of November.Rajesh M Selva has directed the movie. Trisha is seen opposite to Kamal Haasan. Music of the movie was scored by Ghibran in this Kamal Haasan’s production venture.

No film has witnessed so many rumors as did Baahubali. Ever since the official launch of the film 3 years ago, Baahubali was in all sorts of rumors regarding its cast and the making process. These rumors have only intensified for the film’s second part, Baahubali The Conclusion. One of the talking points for all these rumors is Bhallaladeva’s wife’s role in the second part.

Already, there were reports that sultry siren Shreya will be playing Rana’s wife in Baahubali 2. As per the latest buzz which seems to be almost confirmed, Lavanya Tripathi has been roped in to play the role of Bhallaladeva’s wife. Lavanya is currently basking in the glory of the blockbuster success of her last release, Bhale Bhale Magadivoy.

No doubt that this role will be the biggest turning point in Lavanya’s career as she will get a nationwide acclaim post the release of Baahubali 2. Lavanya now has Lachimdeviki O Lekkundi ready for release. Meanwhile, Baahubali 2 will kick start its regular shoot in December and Lavanya is expected to join the team in the first schedule itself.

It is a known news that some of the filmmakers indulge in announcing various ‘Fake’ records for the better run of their movies at the box office. Let’s have a glance at the history of ‘Fake’ from the history of 83 years of Tollywood.

* It was 1936. Two interesting projects ‘Draupadi Vastrapaharanam’ and ‘Draupadi Manasamrakshanam’ were released in the same period. ‘Draupadi Vastrapaharanam’ was a big hit while ‘Draupadi Manasamrakshanam’ was bombed at the box office. Even then, the makers of ‘DM’ desperately tried theirs was the real big hit. ‘Fake’ in Tollywood started in this year. However, the word ‘Fake’ remained to be unfamiliar for the audiences then.

* In 1960s a poster showcasing ANR doing pada namaskaram to NTR was released from ‘Srikrishnarjuna Yuddham’ movie. In retort, ANR’s fans released a poster which had NTR doing pada namaskaram to ANR. With this development, graphics technology was introduced for ‘Fake’ posters.

* It was 1981. ‘Premabhishekam’ broke all then existing records and stood as the new industry hit of Tollywood. Another top hero’s movie was proved to be a blockbuster in the same year. However, the makers of the movie desperately tried their best to project their film was bigger hit than ‘Premabhishekam’. A grand 100 days function was also organized by the makers. But then, movie lovers could notice the difference of collections and long run records of both the films.

* During 80s and 90s, war of 50 days, 100 days and 175 days long run records were started. Some of the star heroes’ movies were unnecessarily got long run in spite of their poor results at the box office. This new development was mostly done to prove that the status of those heroes was no less than the most powerful stars of Tollywood. However, people were well aware of the talents and statuses of the heroes.

* The trend of long run records to even average and flop films was continued in new millennium as the fans of a few big heroes resorted in running those movies in the centers like Hyderabad, Vijayawada etc.

* Meanwhile, the word ‘Fake’ was officially introduced in united Andhra Pradesh in the year 2011. The unfamiliar word ‘Fake’ has become the most familiar word for the audiences from then on. A big hero’s movie collections in the posters of the movie were shown as more than Rs.50 crores. Having been inspired this ‘Fake’ record, another big hero’s film collections were projected as Rs.60 crores in the first week of its run.

* Today, ‘Fake’ is seen in every part of the movie making. ‘Fake’ has been introduced in pre release business of movies, satellite, audio and dubbing rights, Fake you tube hits,Fake online top hero polls etc. PROs of the movies also started revealing the official Fake collections of movies for the first day and first week run of the movies. It remains to be seen what kind of twists and turns this Fake trend leads to.

Prince Mahesh’s family entertainer ‘Brahmotsavam’ is on sets. This movie is being mulled over for release on April 9 as a summer gift to fans. The movie is carrying great expectations since ‘Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’s director Srikanth Addala helms the projects. Moreover, three super hotties Kajal, Samantha and Pranitha are romancing Mahesh in the movie.

On the other hand, Stylish Star Allu Arjun, who is on cloud nine, with the super successes of ‘Race Gurram’, ‘S/o Satyamurlthy’ and ‘Rudhramadevi’, is working for the action entertainer ‘Sarainodu’ being directed by Boyapati Srinu.

‘Sarainodu’ was earlier supposed to be released in the month of February next year. Since the possible delay in the shoot is expected the makers have reportedly decided to release the movie in the month April. Obviousl, there will be an interesting fight between Mahesh and Allu Arjun in the month of April with their movies. Meanwhile, ‘Sarainodu’ has Rakul Preet Singh in female lead role which also Anjali who is seen in a special song in the movie.

It is all official now. Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali 2′ is surely to disappoint Young Rebel Star Prabhas’ fans. This is not about the movie’s fate we are talking about but this is about the release date of the movie we are discussing.

As of now, it has been speculated that ‘Baahubali 2’s shoot would kick start soon and the movie will be releasing in the second half of next year. But then, latest tidbits suggest that the movie’s shoot will further be delayed such that it might release in 2017, leaving a big disappointment to fans for the movie getting missed its release in 2016.

Prolonged delay of a movie’s release does not always ensure a runaway success like ‘Baahubali’. For that matter, ‘Baahubali’ was a huge success owing to its brand new genre, high end VFX, unprecedented promotions and the decision of other filmmakers postponing the release dates of their movies. ‘Baahubali 2’ may not be expected to be benefited with all the above categorical aspects. Even then let’s not hope such things might happen. The movie should be a mammoth hit at the ticket windows.

Here is an interesting update regarding Baahubali-2 revealed by writer Vijayendra Prasad. The ace writer revealed that the script work of the sequel project is now complete. He said that they did not make any major changes to the script and the story was locked a long ago with the first part.

He admitted that they made few changes taking in to consideration the feedback of the audience on the first part. The movie shooting is already 40% complete along with the first part shoot. Rajamouli had already started sets design for the second part.

It is said that the movie is planned towards the end of the next year which means Rajamouli will take an year for the completion of the rest of the shoot and the post production. The regular shooting of the film will begin in December. Even though there are several rumours about new actors in the second part, the team did not confirm anyone officially.

New Delhi: War of words on intolerance touched a new low after a senior BJP leader Kailash Vijaybargiya from Madhya Pradesh called actor Shah Rukh Khan anti-national.

Responding to Khan’s recent remark on the growing culture of intolerance in the country, Vijaybargiya in a series of tweets said the actor lives in India but his heart is in Pakistan.The Bollywood superstar on Monday added his voice to growing protests by the intelligentsia over ‘climate of intolerance’, saying there was “extreme intolerance” in the country.

Voicing his feelings over the ‘growing intolerance’ and return of awards by filmmakers, science and writers, Shah Rukh said he would not hesitate to give up his awards as a “symbolic gesture” if he has to but feels he does not have to do so. Padma Shri is among the awards in Shah Rukh’s kitty.

“There is intolerance, there is extreme intolerance…there is I think… there is growing intolerance,” Shah Rukh said. “It is stupid… It is stupid to be intolerant and this is our biggest issue not just an issue…Religious intolerance and not being secular in this country is the worst kind of crime that you can do as a patriot,” he said.

Asked whether he will give up his Padma Shri award, Shah Rukh responded, “I mean just for a symbolic gesture, yes, if I have to.” At the same time, he said, “Respect those who returned awards, but I don’t have to.”

“People put words into the air even before thinking and here is a secular country. Here is a country perhaps for the last 10 years that is on the cusp of going beyond what we think,” Shah Rukh, said elaborating his views on the growing intolerance.

Shah Rukh also responded to criticism about actors not participating in the protest and raising their voices. He stressed that being a star, it was tough for him to take a stand on every moral issue. “We may talk about freedom of speech, but people come outside my house and throw stones ” , “If I do take a stand, I’ll stand by it,” he stressed. The star also said that no one can and should ever question his patriotism. “We will never be a superpower if we are not going to believe that all religions are equal,” he added.