Even when the entire nation is chanting the name of the film and its release, Rajamouli, the director of the India’s biggest motion picture Baahubali, is a man totally chilled out and neck deep busy with the film’s postproduction and the promotional events. The master perfectionist director was in Chennai last night and divulged several interesting fact about the film.

Speaking about the film’s theme and the basic plot, Rajamouli said that Baahubali is primarily a revenge story at its core and the film showcases the epic battle of emotions. In the film, Prabhas and Rana play brothers wage a bloody battle to claim monopoly over their kingdom. Jakkanna further stated that he has been inspired by Amar Chitra Katha before making Baahubali.

Rajamouli also brought the curtains down on the film’s release date and mentioned that the film’s first part, Baahubali The Beginning will release on 10th July across the world. The film boasts of a runtime of 2 hours and 30 minutes duration and it will release in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi simultaneously.

Recently an university in Gujarat has awarded a honorary doctorate to actress Vidya Balan, whom India got know to after she stripped heavily for the unofficial biopic of South’s sex-symbol Silk Smitha. In this lines, some other universities are also getting ready to honour few other heroines. This happening has led to a debate about how doctorates are conferred to film-stars, especially these hot heroines.

Couple of other actresses are also awarded these honorary doctorates by some reputed universities like Sharmila Tagore and Shabana Azmi. But cine lovers feel that those actresses have bought reputation to Indian films with their terrific acting prowess rather going ‘dirty’ and ‘vulgar’ on silver screen.

Compared to them Vidya Balan is nothing, and there is no movie that boasts about her acting talent after Dirty Picture, while Kahaani falls under director’s work. The university that awarded doctorate stated that they are moved by the women empowerment done by Vidya Balan.

What is that women empowerment some universities are talking about these sex-symbols? ‘Is flaunting skin on silver screen is women empowerment? If so there are many item-girls and vamp-role playing artists to get such doctorates’, asks a few. Anyway, after getting these doctorates we have to call these heroines as “Doctor.” No words.

He is one of the top directors of Telugu Cinema Industry who is earning more than ten crores per film. He is currently the most sought after directors with a row of hits to his credit.

Although the director has hit golden patch on the professional front, he has been running through rough patch in personal life.

The director is staying at a star hotel suite all the time without paying a visit to his family that resides in Hyderabad itself.

As per gossip he hasn’t gone home for more than a year now. His wife who waited long enough was fed up with his behavior that she went to the hotel that he is staying in and made a big scene over there.

She sat in front of the hotel lobby and refused to go away until her husband came down to meet her. She asked him to come home or threatened to go on hunger strike in the hotel premises.

People who are close to the director’s family convinced her to go home as this could be a fatal blow to the director’s personal image. She went away only after the director promised to come home by the evening.

Interestingly we have been hearing rumors that this director is dating a star heroine who is going head over heels for him.

New Delhi: Model-turned-actress Taapsee Pannu, who worked as a software professional before pursuing modelling and acting, advises that newcomers should not take a leap of faith in the industry and have a backup career option.

“Don’t take examples of people like Shah Rukh Khan, because he is just one person and now there are thousands of people who try everyday. Many just ruin half of their lives in struggling and don’t get anything out of it. Be very practical and have a backup option,” the 27-year-old told IANS on phone from Chennai.

Is Bollywood different from the southern film industry for the newcomers?

Taapsee, who herself debuted with a Telugu film “Jhummandi Naadam”, said: “In south, they give you really good opportunities with directors and actors. Bollywood has indeed opened up to newcomers now, but it isn’t that easy.

“The southern film industry is a good platform for a newcomer with zero background,” said Taapsee, who has associated with P&G Shiksha’s ‘Padhega India, Badhega India’ campaign.

On the work front, Taapsee has just wrapped up film “Runningshaadi.com” and will be seen in her next “Agra Ka Daabra”.

Nagarjuna owned Annapurna Studios bagged the Krishna Rights of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus, Baahubali for a whopping 3.96 Crore. This is the highest for any movie in Krishna district till date. Interestingly the current industry hit film, Attarintiki Daredi managed to collect only 3.7 Crore in Krishna in its full run which means Baahubali has an industry hit target to beat at least to become a break-even venture.

Getting in to profits zone is a different story altogether. Similar situation prevails in all the areas of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The movie had to hit a real bulls-eye to be a break-even if it happens to get hit talk, the film may well become the first 100 Crore film in the history of Telugu Cinema.

On the other side, Baahubali trailer is creating new records on Youtube. The Telugu trailer alone so far garnered about 3 Million Views. Similar response is for the other language versions too. As of now, the film is being planned for July 10th release but there is no final confirmation from the makers.

Baahubali has Prabhas, Rana, Anushka and Ramya Krishna in the lead roles. The music for this film is scored by M M Keeravani. Sabu Cyril has created the sets while Senthil is handling the camera. The movie, which is produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni. under Arka Media banner and will be presented by K Raghavendra Rao.

This morning, popular film and entertainment magazine Filmfare listed out the nominations for its south edition. When the enthusiastic fans of several stars checked out their favorites heroes’ names, the missing of one particular hero’s name in the nominations has been creating a huge furor on social media with nonstop bashing of the jury that claimed to have chosen the nominations through public voting.

For the Best Actor (Male) Category, Mahesh Babu’s name was fond missing while young actors like Sharwanand and Nikhil too found their places. While both the young stars’ nomination is praiseworthy, it has become an indigestible bitter pill for many who believed that Mahesh’s emotionally intense performance in 1 Nenokkadine should have been honoured with a nomination.

Released during Sankranthi last year, 1 Nenokkadine was a damp squib at the box-office. However, Mahesh stood as the only saving grace for the film, with his never seen before emotionally charged acting. The Superstar’s acting during the film’s pre-climax and climax scenes were outstanding and attained huge appreciation from fans and critics.

Politics is a small world amongst Bollywood heroines. They say that those girls who maintain high budgeted PR agencies and mind blowing contacts with high profile producers always make it to top. Not just by promoting themselves, but also by defaming other hotties in the race.

An industry observer pointed how gossips and bitter news on Shruti Haasan surround the tinsel town whenever she scores something big in Bollywood. “Gabbar Is Back” is the latest movie of Shruti, where she got paired with Akshay Kumar and this flick did well at box office.

While she is enjoying this success, the news everywhere is about Shruti Haasan’s nose-surgery, a slightly corrective surgery that made her look hot. Our hottie always maintained that she got operated only due to breathing issues. But fact is that she got her long and straight nose, got that beautiful curve to the inside post surgery, and as she looks stunning with what curvy nose.

Sridevi’s nose, Bipasha’s breasts, Preity Zinta’s square face and those bags under Madhuri Dixit’s eyes, they are all creations of doctors only. So, why just Shruti Haasan being pointed out now?

Can anyone else look as chic and hot than the svelte Bollywood damsel Shraddha Kapoor, sporting just a plain sando and a boxer? In this special seductive photoshoot, Shraddha mesmerises the beholders of her passionate beauty as she lifts her sando and shows off her slim and curvaceous midriff and the navel.

Shraddha’s innocent charms and angelic beauty take a wild turn as she looks lost in her passionate senses and her pose completely oblivion to the camera. After gaining laurels for her portrayal of a troubled Kashmiri girl in Haider, the gorgeous pretty young girl is now awaiting the release of her next film, ABCD 2, a sequel to the superhit dance film ABCD.