Bhale Bhale Magadivoi surprised everybody including its makers by collecting 1.3 million dollars at US box office.

This movie’s overseas rights were sold for mere 55 lakh rupees and the distributor has made over 5 crore profit in US alone.

Nobody expected a Maruthi film to break into the million dollar club. Thanks to Nani’s decent track record and the glowing reviews, BBM has turned out to be the Bahubali of small movies!

Bahubali collected more than seven million dollars in US surpassing all the expectations. Srimanthudu nearly breached the 3 million dollar mark thus proving the power of Telugu cinema at US box office.

With so many big hits coming out in such a short period of time, buyers are betting big on the upcoming releases.

As it is highly impossible to gauge the potential of some medium budgeted films, buyers are betting heavily on every movie expecting another BBM kind of magic out of it. However there is one thing that is being overlooked amid this Million Dollar madness.

Not every movie can do wonders at the box office. Recent releases like Dynamite and Courier Boy Kalyan have bitten dust in US.

CBK, in spite of having Nithin in the lead role only collected $5000 on its release day which means the buyer will lose everything that he has invested in it. Not to forget Kick 2’s miserable outcome.

There’s no denying that the Tollywood market has flourished in this territory by leaps and bounds, but buyers should still be cautious as a failure could be as devastating!

There is strong buzz in the industry that Akhil’s next will be with Koratala Siva. Talk is that things are moving in this direction, though it hasn’t been finalised as to who will produce the film.

However, since it is Akhil-Koratala Siva combination, of course there will be no dearth of takers. But for now, they are trying to figure out what story and look will suit Akhil best in his second film.

However, NTR has been requesting Koratala Siva to make a film with him and NTR has also come down from London to speak to him.

On the other hand, there is also talk that Danayya will be producing a film with one of the mega heroes.

But the chances are high for Akhil’s project and he will have to do another action entertainer. Though there is another version which says that Akhil is trying on a new genre to prove that he can carry off all shades.

Well, let’s wait and watch!

Right now, Ravi Teja is in a really bad situation. For starters, his film Kick 2 has been a huge box office disaster and then all heroes of his age having going ahead with hits.

Till now, audiences would look forward to a Ravi Teja film. But now, the number of people wanting to watch his film has dwindled a lot.

Kick 2 ended up being an additional input to his flops list. And now, he has two films on hand, while one film is Bengal Tiger, another one is Venu Sriram’s film.

And looks like he is not confident of making it with both the straight films, so he is now eyeing to remake the Bollywood hit Special Chabbis.

Well, the film’s remake rights are with Tamil actor Tyagarajan and it is being said that efforts are on to contact him for rights.

It has been reported that Superstar Mahesh will be launching the audio of Akhil Akkineni’s debut flick ‘Akhil’, but Akhil says that the music will be launched by his parents.

Akhil in an interview with Subhash K Jha said that he wants his father and mother to launch the audio of his debut film as it is more logical.

“The audio will be launched by my father and mother. That’s what I wanted. It is the most logical thing in the world for me to have my parents do the needful on this special day of my life,” said Akhil. So Mahesh will be attending the audio launch but won’t do the honors of launching the music.

“He (Mahesh) is someone I look up to. But he is not releasing the music. I’d be happy if he attends the function,” Akhil made it clear that Mahesh isn’t launching the audio.

Usually the chief guest at the audio launch will unveil the first audio cd and hand it over to other guests and unit members. But Mahesh will just attend the launch while Nag and Amala does it!

Few Mahesh fans didn’t like this. They say “Why is Mahesh invited if Akhil wants it to be a family event?” May be Mahesh might launch the theatrical trailer as Akhil feels sentimental about the audio launch.

Every brand must have the right celebrity face to champion its values. Like Michael Jordan and Nike. With three major brands already in his pocket, Akhil Akkineni is surely attracting endorsement attention from leading national and international brands and media planners.

His debut movie ‘Akhil’ is one of the most talked about film readying for release shortly. Even before that, his brand value is on a rapid upward curve. “Akhil is such a good fit for a brand because he carries an air of sophistication and suavity which neatly complements the brand he endorses like Karbonn, Titan and Mountain Dew”, say ad-world experts.

Akhil has been attracting lot of attention for his stylish young appeal and has developed a strong acumenship before endorsing a brand.

The trade observation is, “He dives deep into the marketing plans, gets into finer points of the brand, even uses the product to see if it breathes all the promises the marketing team is making in the campaign”.

So what makes AKHIL the brand he is? He has a terrific marketing insight given the way he has been promoting his debut film quietly but consistently.

The most recent example is the teaser trailer release of his film ‘AKHIL’ by the Bollywood super star Salman Khan, a coup in pre release movie marketing in the social media which got huge buzz.

Brands who signed Akhil say that, the brand he endorses immensely benefit from his association.

The interesting aspects of his endorsements are that all of them have signed long term with him. The brand managers are quite confident their association with Akhil will add huge value for the brands he is championing.

Karbonn Mobiles Chairman Sudhir Hasija while announcing the partnership stated “Akhil is a perfect fit for our brand and what it stands for. He has a personality that combines newness, elegance and legacy”.

Akhil Akkineni, Son of Southern Filmdom Super Star Nagarjuna, currently endorses Karbonn mobile brand, Titan and Mountain Dew.

With half million on Twitter and over 850k on facebook and counting followers, his suave for creating constant excitement for his fans and the social media generation the young Icon Akhil is perfectly poised to dominate the celebrity brand endorsement market in a big way.

Director-choreographer Prabhu Deva has expressed his desire to make his dream project Ramyana on the lines of Hollywood blockbuster Lord of the Rings.

“I would love to make it. Ramyana has to be like Lord of the Rings. But the money has to be huge… Someone should be ready to put in that huge amount of money,” he said.

Lord of the Rings has three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the novel of the same name.

The films are titled as The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003).

Prabhu Deva also wishes to direct megastar Amitabh Bachchan and south superstar Rajinikanth.

“There was an opportunity to work with him (Amitabh Bachchan) but things did not happen because of date issues. I hope to work with him. Whenever he calls I will be ready,” Prabhu Deva said.

“Sir (Rajinikanth) has to decide of doing a film with me. He is a big superstar. I would love to work with him,” he said (PTI)