Remember the story of rabbit and tortoise? Well, Regina says her career could be going slow for now, but she says she has no qualms about it.

She says she is confident of getting the right kind of films and expresses confidence that the pace of her career does not scare her one bit.

Though a Tamil girl, Regina debuted in Telugu with Routine Love Story. But her first big success came in the form of Kotha Janta where her performance was much appreciated and later she was part of the Sai Dharam Teja’s hit film Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam.

Right now she is doing Subramanyam For Sale, once again with Sai Dharam Teja. Though she was also part of Ravi Teja’s Power, Regina career hasn’t taken off big time both in Telugu and Tamil.

But Regina says she will wait for the right films instead of calling up big heroes for offers.

Saying she is not worried about losing out in the race, Regina says if films don’t happen then she will take up some other career option.

However, for now, she says all her focus in on Telugu. Let’s hope she does the tortoise and wins her race.

Naga Chaithanya’s attempts to establish himself as a mass hero with films like ‘Dhada’, ‘Bezawada’ and ‘Autonagar Surya’ yielded no fruit.

It was only romantic entertainers like ‘Ye Maaya Chesave’, 100% Love and Oka Laila Kosam, which gave him any recognition. But it is not enough to do run-of-the-mill romantic movies only.

The audiences are only patronizing movies that are differently presented. Also, competition among the younger heroes is now very intense.

Akhil Akkineni is also about to make his debut soon. Against this backdrop, Naga Chaithanya’s latest movie Dohchay is releasing this week.

While sticking to the commercial template, Naga Chaitanya has reportedly tried something different with Dohchay and he is also said to be pleased with the output.

Industry sources say that he is absolutely confident on the success of the film. Here’s wishing him all the very best.

Filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s latest Tamil outing “O Kadhal Kanmani”, which has been raved about by critics and audiences alike, has minted over Rs.14 crore at the box office worldwide in the first four days since its release.

“The film has approximately collected Rs.14.73 crore from both its Tamil as well as dubbed Telugu versions in four days worldwide. Despite the onslaught of “Kanchana 2″, which has already turned out to be a super hit, Mani’s film has impressed the multiplex audiences,” trade analyst Trinath told IANS.

Touted to be Ratnam’s comeback to the romance genre, the film is set in Mumbai and follows the story of a young couple Aadi and Tara who decide to live together even before marriage.

Starring Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen in the lead roles, “O Kadhal Kanmani” has given Ratnam a much needed hit after his last outing, “Kadal”, not only bombed, but also burnt the pockets of several distributors.

The film has done exceptional business overseas as well.

Kalyan jewelers ad clearly shows the love and respect Amitabh Bachchan has for legendary south Indian actors and he even goes to the extent of saying that it is good news that the store is bang next to Sivaji sir’s house in T Nagar.

Well, recently he was in Chennai for the inauguration of the store and goes without saying he was invited to Sivaji Ganesan’s residence by his son Prabhu who is also part of the ad incidentally.

Bachchan Sr could not help remembering fond memories of his past visits to Chennai and also the time he met up with Sivaji Ganesan himself. He also recollected a time when he was in Chennai to shoot for the remake of a Sivaji Ganesan film.

Amitabh Bachchan also had lunch with Prabhu and said that though he had driven past the house many times earlier, he finally had the privilege to visit and have lunch there. A very humble Amitabh says the visit was nothing short of a pilgrimage.

Mumbai: Actress-director Revathi has never shied away from playing characters of her age, but she feels there is a dearth of roles revolving around life of an elderly woman and emphasised on a need to break out from the mold of stereotypical presentation.

“The kind of films I get is a little boring because I feel it’s okay to play my age and that’s not an issue. But it’s just that playing my age doesn’t mean just being a mother, lawyer or a doctor. There is no characterisation. A very few writers write characters that suits a 35 or 45 plus woman,” Revathi, 48, told media.

The “Love” actress has carved a niche for herself in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam industries by performing varied roles. She also shared that she is looking for a challenging role.

“As an actor, I’m a little bored with the roles I’m getting. It doesn’t challenge me. I’m not interested in numbers. I want to do quality work and feel happy about it. For my age, none of the language writers have much to offer. That’s why I’m being very slow and doing just one film in two years,” said Revathi, who has directed films like “Phir Milenge” and “Mumbai Cutting”.

What about penning a role to justify the mentioned age bracket?

“As a filmmaker, I don’t decide on things like this. For me, it’s an incident or story that touches my heart. I decide to make a movie on it. But, having said that I have two scripts with me and one script is about a 45 plus woman,” she said.

Revathi, who played a mother in the 2014 Bollywood film “2 States”, has maintained a balance between commercial and parallel cinema. She terms “cinema as a medium of entertainment”.

“I have been a fan of good entertainment. Cinema is a medium of entertainment. Art is like all over the world and cinema for me, is an art. Art has variety and that’s the best part of it and that is why I have been able to balance,” she said.

Known for films like “Raat” and “Ab Tak Chhappan”, Revathi has directed films from a women’s point of view. She says the reason behind it is that it’s difficult to step into a man’s shoes.

“I don’t decide that my film has to be from a woman’s point of view…it’s just that my last two films happened to be so. Getting into a man’s shoes and think like them is not very easy. I need to train myself for that,” she said.

Meanwhile, Revathi, currently enjoying the success of “Margarita with a Straw”, says she had a great time sharing screen space with Kalki Koechlin in the film.

“There was no difficulty because Kalki is a simple hearted girl and very committed and that’s all you need. When people are committed, you connect to your role immediately. I had a great time with her,” she said.

Trust professional rivals to remain rivals despite being out of the race. Well, both Sridevi and Madhuri are still well respected and loved in the industry, but they are definitely not the divas they once used to be.

Both of them had temporarily retired and returned to play roles that suit their age.

Though its years since they last met, we are told that they happened to be at an awards nite recently. Well, their rivalry from the ’80s is well-known but it is said that neither of them tried to break the ice nor did they bother to share the same space.

In fact, we are told that Madhuri entered the venue at 10.30 pm along with her husband Shriram Nene walking the red carpet and posing for the cameras.

And Sridevi left the party with Boney Kapoor minutes after Madhuri made her entry.

Though the actresses walked past each other, they simply looked away and those present say that the cold vibes were hard to ignore.

Mohan Babu, Vishnu, Manoj and Lakshmi Prasanna met Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning in Delhi. They are in the national capital for inviting Narendra Modi to Manoj’s wedding that will take place on May 20th. Modi is just back from a foreign tour and is busy in the ongoing session of parliament. But he took some time off his busy schedule and met them in the Parliament.

They spent some quality time with Modi. Vishnu and Lakshmi even took some selfies with the Prime Minister and posted them on their Twitter accounts. Mohan Babu and Vishnu showered praises on Modi on their twitter accounts.

“Had the honor and privilege of meeting our great PM Shri.Narendra Modi. What a humble man, that’s what sets him apart” – Mohan Babu in Twitter

“What an honor! Met the PM our India’s Superstar Shri.Narendra Modi. The most powerful man in our Country and the most humble.What a lesson looking at him. Floored” – Vishnu in Twitter.

May 6th is likely to have a nail-biting finish to a case which was stretched beyond 13 years. On the intervening of September 28, 2002, a drunk Salman Khan rammed his car into a roadside shop in suburban Bandra, killing one person and injuring four people who were sleeping on the pavement.

The case is chasing Salman Khan since then and now reached its climax. The sessions court trailing this case will pronounce the final judgement on May 6th. We will have to see if Salman Khan escapes from the cases after he fielded a fake witness, Ashok Singh, his driver who admitted that it is he who drove the car that night.

The case was booked under Section 304 Part II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and the maximum jail term in such case will be up to 10 years imprisonment. On the other side, Salman Khan’s case of hunting the rare Blackbucks 16 years ago is also nearing completion.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s Lion which was supposed to be releasing on May 1st, may not make it to that day now. The Business of the movie is still open in majority areas and so the makers are planning to postpone it by a week or two. The movie is now all set to miss a great oppurunity by missing May 1st release as there is an extended weekend that week day as Friday, the May day holiday.

Lion comes after the super success of Legend and Balakrishna making political entry. But still Lion do not have proper buzz due to a new director at the helm. The theatrical trailer and music album of the film are also not able to make an impact on trade.

Trisha is romancing Balayya for the first time in this movie. Radhika Apte is playing the second heroine. A new comer Satyadeva is wielding megaphone for this project. Rudrapati Ramana Rao is producing the film under his SLV Cinema banner. Mani Sharma who gave several chart buster audios to Balayya in the past is composing the music for this film.

Powerstar Pawan Kalyan appeared in a thick beard and fully grown look on Monday when his fan Srija came to meet him after having fully recovered from a deadly brain tumour. Pawan Kalyan was seen in this getup which sparked huge speculations regarding the story behind. While some say it may be a casual attempt, other see that as a new look to a future project.

There are rumours that this look is for Kobali, the proposed film of Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram. The project is in news for a long time. The movie is set in the rural backdrop of Rayalaseema. Some people say that Pawan Kalyan may stall Gabbar Singh-2 and take up this project.

Gabbar Singh-2 was on cards for more than two years. Director Sampath Nandi was shown door and Power fame Bobby was brought in. Several start dates came in but the film never went on to the sets. The last update we heard is that the shooting beginning from May 4th but there is no official word till now.

The shooting part of Energetic Hero Ram’s Pandaga Chesko is now completed. The last song of the film featuring Ram along with Rakul Preet Singh and Sonal Chauhan is canned in a special set erected in Hyderabad. The film will now enter extensive post production phase and plans are on for Mid-May release as Summer special. The audio release event will take place in this month itself.

Post Kandireega, Ram has three back to back failures – Endhukante Premanta, Ongole Gitta and Masala. He is eager to make a comeback with this film. Rakul Preet Singh and Sonal Chauhan are playing the female leads in this film.

Balupu fame Gopichand Malineni is wielding the megaphone for this movie. ‘Simha Producer’ Parchuri Kireeti is producing the film on his United Movies banner. Touted to be a full length entertainer, the film has music scored by Thaman. Kona Venkat has penned the dialogues. Arthur A.Wilson will be cranking the camera.