Akhil is all set for release. Though there was negative talk about the film some time back and everything looked iffy, right now, there is positive talk about the film and it has already completed the censor bit. Talk is that the film is 2 hours and 10 minutes long and many people think that will work in favour of the film.

Also, the team has released the making video of Akhil and Akhil does look hot and steps will make the girls go crazy. All this has added to the hype and news is that the buyers have shelled out Rs 45 crores expecting huge profits. So when the film hits the screen, if it manages to live up to the hype and expectations, then it is being said that the film could easily make Rs 50 crores. And if that happens, it will be an unusual record for Akhil. Probably, all over India, he would be the first debutant hero who will acquire star status with his very first film. Well, after watching the promos, all young boys and girls feel Akhil will go bang bang on the big screen.

The recreation of Mughal-E-Azam’s Aaina Mahal (mirror palace) for the song Deewani Mastani for his film, Bajirao Mastani was a task for filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali as it’s a crucial scene that features all the three stars, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra.

Since the focus of the song was on Deepika, it was necessary that she looked her best.

Apparently, it took the filmmaker almost six months to select the right outfit for his Mastani. Says a source, “As the song has been shot in Aaina Mahal, Sanjay didn’t want the outfit’s colour to overpower the set.

“The costume required a lot of layering and options were made in various colours like pink, red and gold. Eventually, Sanjay chose dhaani (a shade of green) as he felt it suited the setting.”

If industry grapevine is to be believed, NTR don’t want to clash it with Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Dictator and is even ready to postpone the release of his Nannaku Preamtho in order to avoid Box Office war between Nandamuri family heroes. If this happens and Nannaku Prematho is postponed, definitely it’s going to affect the schedule of his up next film (tentatively titled as Janatha Garage) to be directed by Koratala Siva.

Already, Siva has been waiting for NTR for a while and even got his script ready and is on verge of finalising the female lead. After two back-to-back hits like Mirchi, Srimanthudu, Siva is looking forward to work with Tarak.

In fact, producers Mythri Movie Makers too a bit worried as they have already announced the film’s release date as August 12, 2016 on the muhurat day itself and made all arrangements to start shooting from January. Going back now won’t look good. All in all, it’s in Tarak hands. Even if Tarak postpones Nannaku Prematho, he could join the shoot of Janata Garage. But will Tarak able to do this is the moot question. If not definitely, it’s likely to push Koratala in dilemma.

Hero Nitin and debuting youngster Akhil share a nice camaraderie. It’s Nitin who has been encouraging the Akkineni lad to take up this VV Vinayak directorial. Here’s an interesting thing.

The other day when Akhil is taking part in a Q&A session, Nitin first asked him, “hii akhil garuu, how much do u love mee?”. Meeting this naughty question in crazy style, Akhil replied, “Nenu maatallo cheppaleka pothunaanu Nithiin garu”.

Nitin’s questions haven’t stopped there. He shoot another one. “Whom do you like better in the movie.. Sayeshaa or Brahmanandam.. Dont say both!!”. This question explored the best humorist in Akhil, as he takes no time to reply, “I am going to call Trivikram garu and complain to him that you are disturbing my chat”.

The whole of Akhil’s chatting session brought new energy in fans too looking at the positivity of this youngster. His debut film “Akhil”, directed by VV Vinayak and produced by Nitin, is slated for November 11th release.

It is widely believed by film lovers that Telugu Film industry never encourages actresses who have crossed their 30s. Even during the times of Simran, Soundarya, Ramba and Ramya Krishna, it became tough to grab chances after crossing this particular age.

Right now we have the likes of Trisha (32), Nayantara (30) and Kajal (30) who have crossed the coveted mark and still ruling hearts. But guess who’s the boss of all these sirens. It’s none other than Anushka Shetty who turned 34 today.

With movies like Baahubali, Rudhramadevi and Size Zero to her credit this year, still many filmmakers are running after this hot lady and her hawa might continue for next 3-4 years. Maybe we have to proudly say that Anushka has erased the boundaries for actresses when it comes to such age limits.

As more and more content oriented films are coming in Telugu industry, actresses like Anushka who are both performers and glamour stars will continue dominate the hearts. Age is just a number for such hotties.

After a lot of dilly dallying, Raj Tarun’s Kumari 21F has finally got a release date. The movie will be releasing on Nov 20. Directed by newcomer Surya Pratap, the film is maiden production venture of Sukumar who also provided story, screenplay for the film.

First-timer heroine Hebah Patel is seen as Raj Tarun’s romantic interest in this bold, refreshing story. Since the film has work by top technicians like music director Devi Sri Prasad, DOP Rathnavelu, there is good buzz surrounding the film.

Meanwhile, superstar Kamal Haasan and Trisha starrer Cheekati Rajyam is also scheduled for release on same day. This film too has good buzz considering that maverick Kamal, who is genius of cinema, is returning to Telugu cinema with a straight film.It needs to be seen who will come out with flying colours.

Writer Kona Venkat is one of the most sought-after screenplay writers in Telugu film industry. Kona along with Gopi Mohan have worked with almost all the top stars in the industry and have star-studded films in hand including Balayya’s Dictator.

However, Kona got so busy recently as he even turned into producer with Geethanjali which was a sleeper hit last year. With the film’s director Raj Kiran making his second film, and almost for a similar genre, naturally Kona was the choice.

This time, Kona Venkat teamed up with Veligonda Srinivas and the duo together penned the screenplay for horror-thriller Tripura. The film released this Friday opened to mixed reviews and critics hit out at film’s pathetic screenplay, disengaging direction and poor production values. Many are wondering how could Kona provide such a screenplay.

Even Swathi is of the opinion that Kona who provided good work for Anjali’s Geetanjali, hasn’t done justice to her, her film. Now gossip mongers predict that Kona would distant himself from the project as it did’nt get good talk just like what he did for Bruce Lee.

Time makes one forget things. But it also revives old memories who were once close to your heart. Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai’s love story was the favourite of all glossies and it was splashed all over media for years.Then, they drifted apart and during the time of their break-up there were stories all around that Salman would slap Ash from time to time. Though they were spotted together at private parties, stories were written about how he ill-treated her.

Well, that was a thing of the past. Then Ash broke off from him and she moved on to Vivek Oberoi. Later, she broke up with him and married Abhishek Bachchan and even has a baby now. As for Abhishek and Salman, they haven’t been best of pals after that. While Big B acts with Salman from time to time, Ash and Salman have avoided each other at private dos. Now, years later, talking of his co-star Sonam Kapoor from Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Salman has said that she was as beautiful as Aishwarya Rai and a good performer like Madhuri Dixit. While it could be a fact, Salman Khan taking his ex-beau’s name publicly has once again got gossip mills active.

Akhil will finally hit the screens on November 11 for Diwali and the team is busy promoting the film. Of late, it has been seen that Brahmanandam hasn’t had very good roles and his characters were totally bland and not up to the expectations of his fans.In fact, in Bruce Lee, his character was a total wash-out and in Sher too his character was really not up to the mark. In fact, there was a time when Sreenu Vaitla would write special characters for him. But he too failed in giving him something interesting.

But once again, for Akhil, Brahmanandam’s character is being hyped. Akhil has tweeted that Brahmanandam’s role will have the audience in splits. Similarly, the film’s producer Nithin too has said that Brahmanandam will have a very good role that the audience will enjoy thoroughly.

Well, it could be part of publicity or it could be to give a push to Brahmanandam. Whatever be the reason, it remains to be seen how good his character has come out in Akhil. Let’s wait and watch.