Hyderabad: One particular top Tollywood hero is said to have decided to work with a heroine as they can make a good on-screen pair.

Well, the heroine was in no mood to oblige and she turned down the offer not once but twice.

So by the time the third film happened, it is said that the hero had only one condition for the director. Apparently, the hero made it clear to the director that he must get the heroine to do the film with him.

Now, the heroine too refused to do the film, but then they were after her and even promised her bigger remuneration.

It is said she was also given a costly gift to get her to sign the dotted line. Now, if the hero is adamant, then the director has no other option right?

It took actor Nani seven years to enjoy the first blockbuster success of his career with latest Telugu psychological comedy ‘Bhale Bhale Magadivoy’, which has emerged as the most successful small budget film in the language.

“It’s the biggest Telugu hit of the year in terms of return on investment. Having recently completed 50 days of theatrical run, the film has approximately grossed over Rs.55 crore worldwide and is still counting,” trade analyst Trinath told IANS.

Directed by Maruthi Dasari, the film is about the efforts of an absent minded person and the challenges he faces because of it in his personal life.

Also starring Lavanya Tripathi and Rao Ramesh, “Bhale Bhale…” is produced by Bunny Vas.

Said to have been made on a budget of Rs.9 crore, the film collected nearly Rs.10 crore from the US market alone.

“It’s one of the small budget films to have made it to the 1 million mark in the US. It grossed around Rs.9.7 crore during its run in cinemas here,” distributor Sanjay of CineGalaxy Inc, the company that released the film in the US, told IANS.

The film, meanwhile, is going to be remade in Tamil.

According to a source, actor-composer G.V Prakash Kumar, who is on a high with two back-to-back hits, may star in the remake.

“Prakash has been approached but nothing has been finalised yet. The remake will be jointly produced by Vamsi and K.E. Gnanavel Raja,” the source told IANS.

On Saturday evening, people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana glued to their Television sets along with their families as the first ever TV Premiere of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus, Baahubali happened in MAA TV.

As people eagerly watched the movie in their houses, film theaters wore deserted look. All the films in all areas registered a dip in the collections for the evening and night shows when compared to that of Friday.

TV experts say the movie will place never before seen or heard records in terms of TRP Ratings too. They say the records will be tough to beat for other films for years too come just as the movie collection records, Baahubali put up.

NTR-Koratala Siva’s next project, Janatha Garage was launched this morning in Hyderabad. The makers have announced that their regular shooting will begin from January after the release of Nannaku Prematho.

They seem to be extremely clear about their plans and announced that they are planning to release the movie on August 12th, 2016. The release date working in the movie’s favour as there is a long weekend holiday due to Independence day holiday on Monday.

The movie has a tagline – Ikkada Anni Repairlu Cheyyabadunu. Rumours say that Amyra Dastur is being considered as one of the heroine. Mytri Film Makers who turned producers with Srimanthudu will be producing this film as well. Yerineni Naveen, Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar (Thammudu) and CVM (Mohan) are the producers.

Gunasekhar’s dream project, Rudhramadevi has turned to be a loss venture in Telugu for all the parties involved in the trade due to its big budget and not so goof talk after the release. But the movie is a profitable venture in Kerala.

The Malayalam dubbed version of the film amassed 3.98 Crore gross in the two weeks run so far. And the share will be 1.58 Crore. The buyers have purchased the movie for 1.6 Crore. The buyers will end up in profits with the sale of DVD and Satellite rights.

In Telugu, the movie had witnessed good collections in the first weekend of its release but slowed down after that. The full run of the movie is likely to end by this weekend and is likely to end up as major loss venture.