TOLLYWOOD OCTOBER 2016 VOL 3 ISSUE 12
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Raashi khanna buys house
in Hyd?
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he young, sexy, beautiful and gorgeous diva Raashi Khanna has become the most wanted actress for the medium budget film makers in Tollywood. She started her carrer with 'Oohalu Gusagusalaade' which was released in 2014 and she has impressed the audiences by her cute look and performance with various movies like Bengal Tiger, Supreme, Shivam and Jil. Now she is busy in her upcoming
projects in Hyderabad and decided to stay in her own house instead of staying in rental accommodation. If ongoing buzz in media and film industry is to be believed, she has purchased a guest house of an actor recently and deal has been already finalized in a single sitting. On the work side, Currently she is waiting for the release of Gopichand starrer ‘Oxygen’ and Ram starrer ‘ Hyper’.
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Raj Tarun to team up Sukumar again?
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arlier Young and energetic actor Raj Tarun joined hands with creative and Talented film maker Sukumar for ‘Kumari 21 F’ which received lot of applause by the youngster and turned out hit at the box office. According to the latest update, Sukumar is penning a script for Raj Tarun and once again going to team up with him for the upcoming project. If everything
Mahesh
as CM in Koratala’s
NEXT?
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will go accordingly, the hit combo of Sukumar and Raj, will recreate the magic at the silver screen. It not yet decided whether Sukumar will direct or produce the movie for Raj this time. On the other side, Raj Tarun will be next seen in Heebah’s upcoming movie ‘Daddy.. Nenu Naa Boyfriends’ in the role of cameo and Sukumar is also going to start the project for Ram Charan very soon.
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uperstar Mahesh Babu, the Prince of Tollywood is going to turn CM in reel life. According to the reliable sources, Mahesh will be seen as an MLA who will turn as Chief Minister for the upcoming untitled movie of Koratala Siva, who is basking on the glory of successful movies like Mirchi, Srimanthudu and Janatha Garage. The upcoming drama is political thriller and loaded with commercial elements. After Srimanthudu, it is the second time when Mahesh is going to collaborate with Koratala Siva. Earlier Mahesh was seen in the role of MLA in hit movie ‘Dookudu’ and received lot of applause. It is heard that Koratala is planning to wrap the movie in 40 days, and asked Mahesh for 10 days call sheets for each month. It will go on the floor in January and will be released in July.
Gentleman lady
IN AKKINENI’S DEN
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ing Nagarjuna’s lad Akkineni Akhil is all set to work under the direction of Vikram Kumar and according to the reliable sources, Niveda Thomas who was last seen in ‘Gentleman’ has got the opportunity to enter in Akkineni’s den as she has been roped for the upcoming untitled movie to play the love interest of Akhil. The Mallu beauty is very popular for her glamour
and power house performance and it will be her second debut. On the other side, Akhil has tasted disaster with his debut ‘Akhil:The Power of Jua’, now we have to wait and watch, whether Akhil will be able to match with power performer Niveda or not on the screen. Oscar award winner music director AR Rahman will render the tune. The regular shoot will be commenced from November and it is scheduled to hit the theater on the occasion of Dussehra 2017.
Actress Sangeetha A wants to join
TRS
ctress turned character artist Sangeetha who was seen in movies like Mutyala Muggu and Theerpu , is planning to make her entry in Politics. She said that earlier many people asked her to join the party but she did not show any interest as she was busy in movies and serials but now planning to join TRS Party. She has acted in more than 600 movies as both an actress and character artist. Later she shifted to Chennai and made her busy in Tamil and Malayalam serials. But now she has come back in Hyderabad and also planning to act in Telugu movies. She wants to play jovial roles in Telugu which suits to her character and also planning to start her own production house. According to Sangeetha, she hails from Warangal, so she will try to contest from her homeland.
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Sarath Kumar in Boyapati Bellamkonda’s next?
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oyapati Srinu, who has delivered blockbuster movie ‘Sarrainodu’ is going to direct Bellamkonda Srinivas in his next directorial venture. The upcoming big budget drama has been already launched recently with a pooja ceremony. The most demanded actress Rakul Preet Singh, who has worked with number of top stars like Ram Charan, Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun and NTR, is playing the female lead role. According to the latest update, senior actor Sarath Kumar has been
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ccording to the latest buzz, three top stars, Young Tiger Jr.NTR, Naga Chaitanya and Mallu beauty Nithya Menen are going to team up for the biopic of Mahanati Savitri, which is going to be directed by Yevade Subrahmanyam fame Nag Ashwin. Nithya will play the title role whereas Tarak and Chaitu will portray the role of Legends NTR and ANR in this biopic. The
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roped to play the crucial role in the movie. According to the latest buzz the makers are considering the title ‘Alludu Bangaram’ which will have the touch of Bellamkonda first movie ‘Alludu Seenu’. Abhishek Pictures is bankrolling this big budget drama and popular music composer Devi Sri Prasad will render the tune. Earlier he has scored the music for Boyapati’s Legend and Bhadra and Bellamkonda’s Alludu Seenu.
NITHYA, NTR & CHAY
in Savitri Biopic ?
official confirmation is awaited. The makers have already started the pre production work and it is near the completion. Currently the director is busy in gathering the information about the life of the great actress Savitri, who was the first choice of all top film makers and stars but she struggled in extreme poverty in her last days.
SUDIGADU
COMBO IS BACK?
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ctor Allari Naresh is planning to team up once again with remake specialist
RANA SPEAKS
ABOUT HIS
MARRIAGE
Bheemaneni Srinivasa Rao for the upcoming project. Earlier both the actor and director duo, has delivered blockbuster movie ‘Sudigadu’ which collected over Rs 15 Crores share and now once again both are planning to recreate the magic at the box office. Though the director is popular for the remake but he is penning fresh script for Naresh. If everything will go accordingly, the movie will go on the floor when Allari Naresh will become free from his prior commitment as he is busy in the upcoming project, the remake of Malayalam hit movie ‘Oru Vadakkan Selfie’, under the direction of Aneesh Krishna.
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acho actor Rana Daggubati is most renowned for his role as Bhallaladeva in SS Rajamouli’s directorial venture Baahubali. Now he has become popular at International level and has number of movies in his hands. Recently he wrapped the shoot of his parts, for the upcoming movies 'Baahubali 2' and 'Ghazi' which will be released next year. On the other side, he is busy in his forthcoming projects '1945' with Ragina Cassandra and Teja’s political drama with Kajal Aggarwal. Rana is one of the most eligible bachelors of Tollywood, recently he attended an interview and was asked about his marriage plan. He says that his family is pressing him get married but he is not in hurry. Currently he wants to concentrate on his movies and will be busy for the next two years. He added that he will stay as a bachelor for some more time.
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T Raids are not new in the film industry. In past, IT raids were conducted on 14 Reels after delivering successful movie ‘Dookudu’ and Bandla Ganesh also faced this tough situation after the success of Gabbar Singh and recently the raid was also conducted on the members related to the Ram Charan starrer Bruce Lee. On Wednesday evening, a team of Income Tax officials conducted a raid on the noted producer Sai Korrapati’s office in Manikonda, Hyderabad. The team of nine member participated in this raid and the producer was at the office when IT official entered. The officials sifted through various records during the raids. Currently Sai Korrapati was enjoying the success of his recently released production venture 'Jyo Achyuthananda' starring Naga Shorya, Nara Rohit and Regina Cassandra. Recently he distributed hit movies ‘Baahubali’ and ‘Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo’. He is also in the talk of Balayya’s 101st movie ‘Raithu’, which will be directed by Krishna Vamsi. Recently the producer also announced his upcoming production venture with Naga Chaitanya under the direction of Moahan Krishna Indraganti.
Raj Tarun twins Cameo
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IT Raids at Sai Korrapati's
Office
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here is good news for movie lovers as young actor Raj Tarun has played the role of cameo for the upcoming romantic entertainer drama ‘Majnu’ under the direction of ‘Uyyala Jampala’ fame Virinchi Varma, in which natural star Nani is playing the lead role. Now a interesting news has come outside that Raj Tarun will also be seen in the role of cameo for the forthcoming project ‘Daddy.. Nenu Naa Boyfriends’, directed by VV Vinayak’s assistant Bhasker, in which Kumari 21 F Fame Heebah Patel is playing the lead role. It is being produced by ‘Cinema Choopistva Maava’ producer Bekkam Venugopal, Earlier he was in the thought of Naveen Chandra and Raj Tarun for the cameo but Raj has already worked with Heebah Patel so he approached Raj Tarun for the project. The makers of both the movies, Majnu and Daddy.. Nenu Naa Boyfriends, have kept his role under wraps. On the other side, currently the young actor is busy in his upcoming movie ‘Raju Gadu’ which is coming with caption Yama Danger.
HARISH KALYAN SET FOR TELUGU DEBUT
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arish Kalyan who has acted in various Tamil movie like “Poriyaalan” and “Vil Ambu”, is set to make his Telugu debut. According to the sources, Harish has been roped for the upcoming untitled project under the direction of Pattabhi. It is a modern day love story in which he will play the role of guy who gets a kick out of small things he does. The actor will join the set from the end of this month. He is very excited about his interesting role. He said that he was keen on learning the language and also wanted to play variety of roles in Tollywood. The movie will be co-produced by Anand Ranga and presented by Suresh Babu. Sai Ronak will play as second lead and the upcoming movie will also mark the debut of leading lady Pooja Doshi.
Mohan Babu turns writer T
he dialogue and Collection King Mohan Babu who recently celebrated 40 years of journey in Telugu Film Industry, is busy in penning the scripts. Currently he is busy in designing the roles and the backup writers will form rest of the story. It is heard that number of top writers like BVS Ravi have joined hands with this legendary actor and helping him over the script. It seems, his hobby is likely to become a profession. He is now all set to try his hands on writing stories for him.
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rom past few days, Soundarya, the daughter of Superstar Rajinikanth is making news
SOUNDARYA'S STUNNING LOOK FOR RITZ MAGAZINE
headlines as the news of her divorce with hubby Aswin Ram Kumar spread like wild fire. But everyone was stunned after watching her recent photo shoot for Ritz Magazine. She looks gorgeous in long floral printed gown. She completed her stylish look with short hairs and reverse Smokey eyes. Her Outfit and the beautiful smile drag the attentions of everyone. Soundarya has always been a woman who sticks by her choices bravely and moves on head on.
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BOYAPATI
REJECTED DASARI & PAWAN'S
MOVIE
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rom past few days, there is a buzz that mass specialist Boyapati Srinu who is
popular for Legend and Sarrainodu, is going to direct a movie of Power Star Pawan Kalyan and it will be bankrolled by Dasari Narayana Rao. Recently Dasari registered a patriotic title ‘Bose’ with tag line Son of India for Sardaar Gabbar Singh Star in the Film Chamber. It is heard that Dasari asked Boyapati to direct the movie but the star director has rejected the offer of Pawan’s project and said that he could not direct someone else’s script. On the other side, Boyapati revealed that that he has an exciting story for Pawan which is suitable for his character and he can direct if Dasari agrees but he did not show any interest to listen Boyapati’s script. It has been almost confirmed that Boyapati Srinu is out of this project and now Dasari is busy in hunt of another star director.
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PURI, KORATALA, TRIVIKRAM waiting for
Nikhil
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he upcoming Telugu and Kannada bilingual movie ‘Jaguar’ is creating much hype and it is gearing up for grand release on 6th October. Actor Nikhil Kumar’s father, HD Kumaraswamy, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka is planning to make his son more popular. According to the sources, he is planning to produce one film each with top directors Trivikram Srinivas, Koratala Siva and Puri Jagannadh. Earlier Puri Jagannadh narrated a script to Kumarswamy and both father and son were very impressed but they finalised the story of Vijayendra Prasad. Puri is popular to make a movie in a very short time span whereas Trivikram and Koratala are well known for their quality based entertainer dramas. Now Jaguar star is very lucky who is going to get the opportunity to work with biggest directors. We have to wait and watch, who will get the chance first. On the other side, Puri, Koratala Siva and Trivikram Srinivas are also waiting to get the response of Jaguar at the box office.
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DASARI SPEAKS ABOUT
SAM & CHAITU’S RELATION
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egendary director Dasari Narayana Rao attended the much-awaited audio of Naga Chaitanya starrer upcoming romantic and family entertainer drama ‘Premam’ as a Chief Guest. On this occasion, he made interesting comments of Akkineni heroes. He said that he delivered 27 movies out of which 22 movies belongs to love genre, and King Nagrajuna’s Majnu was a big hit. He also spoke about the love affair of Naga Chaitanya and Samantha. He said that Chaitanya’s smile made him a boy next door and with his smile, he attracted Samantha to fall in his love. After hearing it, the entire auditorium busted with laughs and shouted AKkineni lad name. He also added that what magic the actress done with Yem Maya Chesave movie? Dasari openly talked about Chaitu and Sam relation and now it has been made very clear and official. On the work side, Dasari is in the talk of Pawan’s movie , which is titled as ‘Bose’ with a tag line Son of India.
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Gopichand LEARNS HORSE RIDING T
NANI’S MIL BEHIND NATURAL STAR TAG
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hiranjeevi is Megastar, Mahesh Babu is Superstar, Allu Arjun is Stylish Star and our Nani is Natural star. Recently Nani revealed the reason behind this tag, which was used by Maruthi for the first time for the title credits in ‘Bhale Bhale Magadivoy’. Nani was happy with the response of the movie and the tag. Nani said that he was convinced by his mother in law, who encouraged him to use the tag for upcoming movies. Later the makers started to use Natural star tag for title credits. ‘Natural Star’ tag is also perfect for Nani as he is popular for his natural performance, next door looks and comedy timing. Natural star is a perfect match for this young Star Nani.
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ollywood macho hunk, Gopichand who is waiting for the release of his upcoming movie ‘Oxygen’, is set to start the shoot of his next upcoming high budget action entertainer movie under the direction of ‘Bengal Tiger’ fame Sampath Nandi. The yet to be titled movie is bankrolled by J Pulla Rao and J Bhagwan under Balaji Cine Media Bannaer. Very soon, the film unit will fly Bangkok for the 30 days shoot schedule, in which the makers will can few action episodes and crucial scenes. Gopichand who is popular for his death defying and dare devil stunts, has been asked by the director to learn horse riding. It is heard that Gopichand is currently busy taking horseback riding lessons to prepare for his role. Two actresses Hanshika Motwani and Catherine Tresa have been roped to play the female lead role. Gopichand will be seen in dual avatar and according to the sources, he will perform high voltage action sequences.
MODEL TURNED
NUN SOFIA GOES
BOLD AGAIN
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odel Sofia Hayat who had given shock to the nation by her announcement to becoming a nun in earlier May, has taken U turn and stunned everyone again with her bold avatar. Recently she posted a video in her instagram account, sporting different attires and in one of which she is seen in inner garments only. The video is captioned as ‘NAMASTE. I AM GAIA SOFIA... you think you know who I am. Here is the truth...". In the video, she is repeating, "Namaste. I am Gaia Sofia." The video is going viral because of her hot look. Earlier she claimed that she would not use make up and never get married but few days ago, the model turned nun, gave shock to everyone when she posed for cameras with her silicon implants, which were removed from her breasts.
SURIYA S3 GETS
KABALI CONNECTION
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uriya has increased the curiosity of the movie lovers and his fans by making the announcement of his upcoming action thriller
drama ‘S3’ release date. The expectations are very high for the third part of Singam Series, which is set to hit the theaters on 16th December 2016. There are huge competitions to grab the distribution rights of Singam 3 all over the World. According to the sources, Malik Streams Production and Distribution, which has earlier grabbed the distribution rights of Superstar Rajinikanth starrer Kabali in Malaysia, has bought the distribution rights of S3 for whooping price. The movie is directed Hari and produced by Studio Green whereas the music is scored by Harris Jayaraj. Two actresses Anushka Shetty and Shruti Haasan are playing the female lead roles.
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TAPSEE'S FLYING BIRD
TATTOOS ON NECK
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ig B Amitabh Bachchan and Tapsee Paanu starrer ‘Pink’ has hit the theaters and receiving mixed responses at the box office. The movie revolves around the unspoken aspects of human relationship, both past and present. Pink is courtroom drama about gender equality. For the movie, sizzling actress Tapsee inked flying birds tattoo. The makers tried to send the message to the audiences through theses tattoos. Can anyone guess the hidden message behind these tattoos? In the movie Pink, when Tapsee stands in Courtroom to defend her act of hitting the man with a bottle, the tattoo was visible on her neck. The meaning of these tattoos are, freedom and sense of
Pawan Kalyan
GETS TWO BROTHERS
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amal Kamaraju of 'Godavari' fame and Vijay Devarakonda of 'Pelli Choopulu' fame have signed much hyped upcoming drama 'Katamarayudu'. The shoot of the movie has been already started and very soon, Power Star Pawan Kalyan will join the set. According to the latest buzz, the upcoming drama is remake of Ajith starrer hit movie ‘Veeram’ in which Ajith has 4 brothers. But in its remake, 'Katamarayudu', the makers has limited that number is just 2. It is being directed by Gopala Gopala fame Dolly and produced by Sharath Marrar under the banner of North Star Entertainments. Kamal Kamaraju and Vijay Devarakonda will play the role of Pawan’s brother. It is the first time when Vijay is going to work with Gabbar Singh star Pawan Kalyan, who will be seen in a powerful role as factionist leader. Actress Manasa Himavarsha will play the love interest of Kamal Kamaraju whereas Shruti Hassan will share the screen space with Pawan.
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being uninhibited, Spiritual Guidance and protection, Motherhood and Family, Love and Peace, Knowledge and keen intellect. Pink is winning the heart of audiences and number of celebrities are sending congratulatory message to Tapsee. It is directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and bankrolled by Shoojit Sircar.
Virinchi Varma
rejected Nagarjuna
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ing Nagarjuna is popular to give chance to the talented directors who comes up with good content oriented scripts. Recently he also asked to Pelli Choopulu director Tarun Bhasker to direct movies for his sons. There is one young director who rejected to direct the movie for King Nagarjuna and he is none other than Virinchi Varma whose directorial venture ‘Majnu’ starring Natural star Nani has hit the theaters
today and receiving positive responses by the audiences. Earlier Ram Mohan who penned the script for 'Soggade Chinni Nayan’ and also produced it, asked Virinchi to direct the movie for Nag but he rejected the offer and said that he directed only his own script. Finally Kalyan Krishna got the opportunity to team up with Nagarjuna and delivered blockbuster movie. On the other side, earlier Ram Mohan also cowritten and produced Virinchi’s magnum opus ‘Uyyala Jampala’.
Vishal’s help to
orphan kid of
accident victim
recently killed in the city after a luxury car crashed into an auto stand and rammed into 13 autos and this incident occurred at Radhakrishnan Salai near Royapettah, in which ten auto drivers were injured, Arumugam was one of them who sustained heavy injuries and died in the hospital. Currently Vishal is also the general secretary of Nadigar Sangam and going to sponsor the educational expenses
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amil actor Vishal is not only a good actor but also a kind hearted human being. In a heartwarming gesture, he has announced to help the daughter of auto-driver who was
of Manisha, the daughter of auto driver Arumugam. She is the student of class second and she has lost her mother and sister in fire mishap before losing her father. Nobody in her family now and currently she is staying at her relative’s house.
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Chiranjeevi gets Jasmine’s
KICK WITH DSP N
ACTOR GAURAV ARORA
NOW LIVES AS
WOMAN
oted Punjabi Singer Jasmine Sandlas
has added Punjabi tadka in coming back movie of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s ‘Khaidi No 150’. Recently she crooned an energetic song with sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad. Jasmine Sandlas tweeted,” Recorded my first Telugu song with the legendary DSP for none other than megastar. Feel so lucky,” She is popular for chart-busters like 'Devil-Yaar Na Mile’ from Salman Khan starrer Kick. She is very popular for her singles on Youtube and she has also lent her vocal for One Night Stand. DSP is very popular for roping the talents in his movies. Earlier he brought Baba Sehgal and Raghu Dixit in Tollywood and this time Kick Singer Jasmine. Chiru’s movie is official remake of Tamil movie ‘Kaththi’ starring Vijay, is being directed by VV Vinayak and bankrolled by Ram Charan under the banner of Konidela Productions.
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ctor Gaurav Arora had been the first Indian to acknowledge his bisexuality on National Television. He is popular as the tough contestant of MTV Splitsvilla 8 and he has also acted in ‘Love Games’ and recently released Emraan Hashmi starrer ‘Raaz:Reboot’. Earlier he had confessed on season 8 that he is bisexual. Finally Gaurav Arora has gone through a complete transformation in the few last month and turned as Gauri Arora. He thanked to his doctors for his new look. The changes, he has brought to his face, lips and body are surprising his fans. It is not yet confirmed whether Gaurav underwent for sex operation or not but he is now she. Gaurav shared pictures on instagram and wrote,” “#aboutlastnight I feel like a women from inside It just nothing to do with anyone so
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let me enjoy my journey stop judging me. Finally Gaurav Aroara has tuned into Gauri Arora.
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Keerthy Suresh
in Allu Arjun's
Tamil debut
ctress Keerthy Suresh who was last seen in Kollywood star Dhanush starrer ‘Thodari’, has been roped for the upcoming untitled bilingual movie of stylish star Allu Arjun which marks his Tamil debut. Keerthy is going to play the lady love of Bunny and it is the first time when she will share the screen space with Allu Arjun. Keerthy is well known face for both Tamil and Telugu audiences so she became the first choice of the makers. The upcoming flick will be helmed by Lingusami and it is joint venture of Studio Green and Geetha Arts. Currently makers are busy in the finalization of remaining cast and crews, and it will go on the floor in February 2017. Currently Keerthy Suresh is busy in Vijay starrer much hyped movie ‘Bairavaa’ and Nani starrer ‘Nenu Local’.
Trisha
to romance
Aravind
Swami A
ctress Trisha who has turned as horror queen after delivering Aranmanai 2, Nayaki / Nayagi and currently busy in her upcoming horror drama ‘Mohini’, has been roped for the upcoming Tamil movie ‘Sathuranga Vettai 2’ under the direction of Nirmal Kumar of Salim fame and it will be bankrolled by yesteryear director and famous comedy actor Manobala. Dhruva villain Arvind Swami is playing the lead role. It is the first time when Trisha is going to team up with Arvind Swami. The upcoming drama is sequel of Sathuranga Vettai which was the biggest hit at the box office in 2014. Radha Ravi, Nassar, Ponvannan and Sriman will play the supporting role. Trisha wrote on the wall of twitter,” Super happy 2b on board #sathurangavettai2 produced by my dear friend @manobalam alongside d multi-talented @ thearvindswami #racythriller.” H Vinoth, who had penned and directed the first part, will be writing the screenplay for this upcoming sequel.
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Madonna Sebastian
hot panty
show
ecently actress Madonna Sebastian attended the audio launch event of her upcoming much awaited Telugu flick ‘Premam’ starring Naga Chaitanya and Shruti Hassan. She was looking very simple and cute in her purple crepe dress but suffered a wardrobe malfunction. She was very careful and conscious about her short dress but accidentally flashed her white panty for a moment for the shutterbugs. Few photographers clicked her photograph, when Madonna had missed sitting cross legged. Social media is busy in sharing her picture and it is going viral. It is not the first time when any actress is facing such type of situation, earlier, Shruti Hassan, the daughter of Kamal Hassan and Sarika also faced such type of wardrobe Malfunction, and her pink colour panty picture went viral. According to few people, the celebrities are adopting this Wardrobe Malfunction idea just for publicity stunt because Media always wants to get celebrities controversial news just like Wardrobe Malfunction.
Amy Jackson
IN LOVE OF
VILLAIN
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ccording to the latest buzz, the British model and actress Amy Jackson is in love of actor Upen Patel. Both the love birds are hanging out together at various places in Mumbai. Recently the hot diva was spotted in
a restaurant in Mumbai with Upen Patel and the photographer snapped the pictures which went viral on the internet. Gossip mills are buzz that something is really cooking between Amy Jackson and Upen Patel. Few months back, the name of Upen was linked with Karishma Tanna and after the break up, now he has been linked with this British Bomb. The friend ship between Amy and Upen were started during the shoot of Shankar’s directorial venture ‘I’ in which Upen played the role of villain and Amy Jackson played the female lead role. Now they have taken their friendship to the next level. When someone are asking about their relationship, the love birds neither accepting nor denying the news. Currently Amy Jackson is busy in her upcoming big budget movie “2.0” starring Superstar Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar.
Shriya Saran's cameo in
Khaidi No 150
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he swelte beauty Shriya Saran has been roped for the upcoming much hyped movie
‘Khaidi No 150’ which is progressing at brisk pace under the direction of VV Vinayak. Ram Charan is planning to make the movie grander and finally he brought one more glamour diva, Shriya on the board. Megastar Chiranjeevi and sizzling beauty Kajal Aggarwal are playing the lead role. Shriya will make her screen presence in flashback episode. She is very excited to act with Megastar and has given green signal to the makers. Currently she is busy in Balakrishna’s 100th project ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’ under the direction of National award winning director Krish in which she is essaying the character of Balayya’s queen Vaishisti Devi. It is bankrolled by Rajiiv Reddy under the banner of First Frame Entertainments. Both ‘Khaidi No 150’ and ‘Gautamiputra Satakarni’, are scheduled to hit the theaters on the occasion of Sankranthi 2017.
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Raashi Khanna in Saitaan Ka Bachcha
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he hot diva Raashi Khanna started her career with Bollywood movie ‘Madras Cafe’ in 2013 and later she forayed into Telugu film industry and now getting ready to test the water of Kollywood. She is now set to make
her Tamil debut and has been roped to play the female lead role for the upcoming Tamil movie ‘Shaitaan Ka Bachcha’ in which actor Siddharath is playing the lead role. It is touted to be a horror comedy. Karthik G is helming this megaphone. Stunt choreographer Super Subbarayan will be seen in the role of villain. With this upcoming movie, Raashi Khanna will enter in Kollywood and Siddharth will make a comeback in the Tamil film industry. On the other side, Rasshi Khanna is busy in her upcoming Telugu flick ‘Hyper’ starring Ram Pothineni and Gopichand starrer ‘Oxygen’ .
VIJAY ANTONY’S
ROLE IN SAITHAN
REVEALED
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ichagadu fame actor Vijay Antony is busy in his upcoming action psycho-thriller movie ‘Saithan’ which is set to hit the theaters
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on the occasion of Diwali. The movie is being directed by a documentary fiction director Pradeep. Recently the makers released the teaser which has already garnered a million views on YouTube. According to Pradeep, he worked for private TV Channel and never thought that he will enter in the film industry. He also spoke about the character of Vijay Antony, the actor is portraying the role of Dinesh, who is a software developer, he has traces of schizophrenia and will don in multiple looks. Actress Arundhati Nair is essaying the role of his wife. The director said that the character of Arundhati is very important but he did not reveal her character’s name but added that she got meaty role and Saitham will explore Dinesh and his wife’s intimacy. The major part of the movie was shot in Chennai, Palakkad and Orissa.
OSHO TULSIRAM’S
NEXT WITH VEDA M
anta and Mangala fame Osho Tulsiram is going to make a movie in the production of MM Movies Makers and actress Archna (Veda) has been roped for this upcoming project to play the female lead role. It is a woman centric movie and based on the backdrop of jail. Currently the makers are busy in the hunt of actor to play the lead role. The regular shoot will be commenced from October. Earlier after debuting as Veda in Tapana, the actress changed her stage name to Archana by which she was more popular in Telugu Cinema. She is best known for Nenu, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana and Aa Dinagalu.
Dhanush's Visaranai in
Oscar race
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ational Award-winning Tamil crime drama ‘Visaranai’, directed by Vetrimaran and produced by Dhanush is the India's official entry in the Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars next year. According to Film Federation of India secretary general Supran Sen, it is the one which is selected out of the 29 movies. The jury was headed by noted film maker Ketan Mehta and Visarani was nominated by secret ballot voting. The movie is based on the novel Lock Up by M Chandrakumar. Dinesh Ravi, Aadukalam Murugadoss and Anandhi played the lead role. Earlier it was chosen in
the competition section of 72nd Venice Film Festival. The movie has already won three National awards- one for best feature film in Tamil, next Samuthirakani received award for Best Supporting actor and the best editing award was won by late Te Kishore.
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Baahubali
queen with
Silver girl
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wo top personalities, actress Anushka Shetty, who is playing the role of Maharani Devasena , the queen of Mahishmati Kingdom for the forthcoming movie ‘Baahubali’ and PV Sindhu who is the first Indian Woman, clinched a silver medal for India at Rio Olympic 2016, has given pose together. Both met at the event before Sindhu clichéd the medal. After winning the medal, PV Sindhu received grand welcome and Anushka also sent congratulatory messages for her wonderful performances. The Silver girl Sindhu has started her training under the careful observation of Gopichand and according to Gopichand academy’s assistant coaches, this training will help Sindhu to take her fitness to a supernatural level and will be more deadly in the match. On the other side, Anushka is busy in her upcoming movies ‘Baahubali 2’ , Suriya starrer ‘S3’ and Woman centric movie ‘Bhagmati’.
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NAGARJUNA TO DO IT
FOR SAMANTHA A
ccording to the latest update, King Nagarjuna is going to produce the remake of Sandalwood super hit movie ‘U Turn’ for his daughter in law Samantha. In its Kannada version, Shraddha Srinath and Roger Narayan played the lead role. Earlier, Samantha watched the Pawan Kuamar’s directorial venture with Naga Chaitanaya in Bangalore and expressed her desire to act in this remake. But after the announcement of her wedding with Naga Chaitanaya, she stopped to sign the movie. But now sources reveal that Nag is showing interest to produce the remake under Annapurna Studios banner. The official confirmation is awaited. U Turn is a woman centric psychological mystery thriller movie without commercial elements.
Creator of
Baahubali for
Vijay
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layathalapathy Vijay is busy in his forthcoming rural mass action flick ‘Bairavaa’, directed by Bhasathan, which is set to hit the theaters on the occasion of Pongal 2017. The speculation about his upcoming 61st project has been already started. It is heard that Vijay is planning to team up with Theri director Atlee and veteran screen writer KV Vijayendra Prasad, the father of SS Rajamouli, is joining hands with Vijay to work on the script for his 61st project. It is said to be based on mass subject and will have universal appeal. Vijayendra is popular for providing the story line for various blockbuster movies like Baahubali, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Magadheera and Naan E. If everything will go accordingly, the shoot will be commenced in January 2017 and the project will be produced by Sri Thenandal Films.
POORNA IN
AND AS AVANTHIKA
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ctress Poorna who has delivered several hit movies like Seema Tapakai, Raju Gari Gadhi and Avunu, has been roped for an upcoming woman centric movie ‘Avanthika’, which was officially launched recently. It will be directed by Sri Raj Balla and bankrolled by Rama Satyanarayana. According to Poorna, her character in Avanthika is similar as Anushka's character in Arundhati. Now the entire responsibility of the movie is on her shoulder. She added that it is a horror thriller flick which will address the burning social issue. Dhanraj, Shakalala Shankar, Ajay Ghosh and Geetanjali will play the supporting roles. According to Rama Satyanarayana, the entire shoot will be wrapped in 34 days and they are planning to allot 40 days for its post production activities.
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Namrata
offers hair to
Lord Balaji
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irector Geetha Krishna, who is popular for his projects like Sankeerthana and Kokila,
was approached for an interview with TNR, a popular media person, who runs a program called ‘Frankly with TNR’ . The reporter is popular for the interviews of some controversial artiste, during the interview session, Geetha Krishna had made some shocking comments on Telugu movies and actors. According to him, present generation actors have very less creativity and he is very unfortunate to being present in the same generation. He said that it was unbearable to watch a serial like movie ‘Brahmotsavam’ for him, in which number of stars played the lead roles. He also commented on other top actors like NTR and Pawan Kalyan and called them ‘Bachchagullu’ in the industry. Very soon Geetha Krishna’s interview will be telecast on social media. We have to wait and watch that how the fans of these top stars react.
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ctress, model, fashionista and socialite Namrata Shirodkar, the wife of Superstar Mahesh Babu visited Tirumala recently and offered prayer of Lord Venkateswara. She along his son Gautam Krishna and daughter Sitara visited the temple and received warm welcome by the priests. Namrata offered special prayers to Lord Venkateswara during the VIP Darsanam and later she tonsured her head at Kalyana Katta and offered her hair to the Lord. People usually donates their hairs to Lord Balaji in order to win the God’s love and number of celebrities have tested success after offering hairs but it is very rare when a top celebrity’s wife offered her hair. When the pilgrims noticed her they tried to take her photograph, Namrata hide her bald head with her dupatta but her few pictures are going viral on the internet. On the other side, Mahesh Babu is busy in the shoot of upcoming untitled movie under the direction of AR Murugadoss. After delivering disaster movie ‘Brahmotsavam’, he is pinning lot of hopes with this forthcoming project.
Geetha Krishna fires on Telugu heroes
SHRUTI ditches her sexy avatar for
Chaitu
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he Telugu version of ‘Premam’ starring Naga Chaitanya, is gearing up for grand release on the occasion of Dussehra. Three actresses Shruti Haasan, Madonna Sebastian and Anupama Parameswaran are playing the female lead roles. Its original Malayalam version has broken several records at the box office, so expectations from it Telugu version is very high. The audiences have already started to compare the trailer of its Telugu version with original Malayalam versions and started to raise the questions like, Will Chaitu be as good as Nivin Pauly or better? Will the performance of Shruti make the audiences forget Sai Pallavi? Everyone is surprised that hot diva
Shruti Hassan who is popular for her cleavage show and hot avatar, has shed her hot image , will be seen as simple teacher and will make her screen presence in deglam avatar. Her non glamorous look will remind the natural look of milky beauty Tamannah Bhatia for her recent movie ‘Dharama Dhurai’ in which she played the role of doctor. Though the actress is far from her glamour stylish avatar but has ability to grab the attention of audiences. Now we have to wait and watch how she pulls off the role. It is directed by Chandoo Mondeti and bankrolled by Naga Vamsi under the banner of Sitara Entertainments whereas the music is scored by Gopi Sundar and Rajesh Murigesan.
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Neetu Chandra for
SURIYA DANCES WITH NEETU CHANDRA FOR
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S3
he talented film maker Trivikram Srinivas is enjoying the success of his recently released directorial venture “A..Aa” starring Nithin and Samantha, the movie has entered in the 50 Cr club. On the other side, King Nagarjuna has delivered back to back successful movies ‘Soggade Chinni Nayana’ and ‘Oopiri’ this year and currently he is busy in his upcoming devotional drama “Om Namo Venkateseya”. According to the latest update, both Trivikram and Nagarjuna met in a wedding and Nag asked Trivikram to write the a story for the sequel of ‘Manmadhudu’. Trivikram has given his consent and said to Nag that very soon he would come up with the impressive script. If everything will go accordingly, very soon the combo of Trivikram and Nagarjuna will work together.
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KATAMARAYUDU
YAMINI BHASKAR IN
PAWAN’S
ctress Yamini Bhaskar, the niece of director VN Aditya, who became popular with Young Tiger Jr.NTR starrer hit movie ‘Rabhasa’ in which she made her screen presence as villain's daughter, has been roped for the upcoming much hyped movie ‘Katamarayudu’ in which Power Star Pawan Kalyan is playing the lead role. Yamini is the latest addition of the cast and it is heard that Yamini will play the love interest of Pawan’s younger brother. Pawan will join the set from 24th September and hot diva Shruti Hassan will play the female lead role in this upcoming directorial venture of Dolly. The actress celebrated her birthday on 20th September with kids in a school of Sangareddy and confirmed this news. She said that she was big fan of National award winning actress Kangana Ranuat and Anushka. She is very excited as she got the opportunity to act in Pawan’s movie. The actress is a well trained Kuchupudi dancer, and has played the female lead role in various Telugu movies like 'Keechaka' and 'Titanic'.
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RANA’S beard only for
Regina
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he hot chunk Rana Daggubati grew his beard for SS Rajamouli’s directorial venture ‘Baahubali’ in which he is portraying the role of Bhallaladeva. Recently he wrapped the shoot of his parts and it is heard that he wanted to get rid of his beard and planned for new look. He decided to go clean shaven look as he is getting ready to join the set of Teja’s upcoming directorial venture ‘Nene Raju Nene Mantri’ but the makers of ‘1945’, asked him to keep the beard, in which Regina Cassandra is playing the lead role. According to makers, Rana’s beard look is required for this upcoming periodic drama. Sathyaraj and Nassar are playing the crucial role and it is being directed by Kazhugoo fame Sathyashiva. Finally Rana dropped the idea of removal of his beard for Regina’s movie.
VENAKTESH GRABS
JIIVA-KAJAL'S
FILM RIGHTS
K
avalai Vendam, is an upcoming romantic comedy movie starring Jeeva and Kajal Aggarwal, it is being dubbed into Telugu. According to the latest update, the D Venkatesh of DV Cine Creations has acquired the release rights of the movie for fancy price. Recently D Venkatesh attended a press meet and said that Ramgam was a big hit in Telugu and the upcoming movie starring Kajal and Jeeva would also get superb response, so he decided to grab the release rights of the movie. Very soon, he will decide the Telugu Title of Kavalai Vendam. Bobby Simha, who was seen in Sundeep Kishan starrer Run is playing crucial role and it is being directed by Yaamirukka Bayamen. Currently makers are busy in the post production activities and they are planning to release the movie in both Telugu and Tamil version simultaneously in October.
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ilm star and TV actress Anita Hassanandani was seen performing Rahu Ketu Pooja at the famous Srikalahasti temple recently. She visited along her husband Rohit Reddy and prayed to god for a child. After performing the pooja, she interacted with media and said that they were planning to start a family. She did rounds at a tree which is believed to grant wishes of the couple seeking kids. Three years ago, Anita tied knot with Rohit Reddy in Goa and currently the couple doesn’t have kid. The actress has acted in various movies Ragada, Idi Sangathi and Nenunnanu, she is also very popular on small screens for TV serials like Yeh Hai Mohabbatein.
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elugu actress Surekha Vani is well known face for Telugu audiences as she has acted in various big budget hit movies. Mostly she appeared in homely traditional characters as mother, sister in law and sisters on reel life but now her hot dance video along her teenage daughter is going viral on the internet and creating buzz. The actress is seen on shaking legs on the popular song ‘Kaala Chashma’ and the interesting thing regarding it that both mother and daughter sports shorts. She looks very hot and sexy and can give a very tough competition to young actresses if offered hot roles. On the work side, next Surekha Vani will be seen in the upcoming movie ‘Dwaraka’ starring Vijay Deverakonda and Pooja Jhaveri under the direction of Srinivas Ravindra.
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ANITA PRAYED FOR
CHILD AT SRIKALAHASTI
JHANSI'S BLUNDER
mistake hurts
YESUDAS
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n event to honour the legendary Singer K.J. Yesudas was held in Tirupati and Telugu anchor Jhansi got the opportunity of anchoring the event but unfortunately, the senior anchor made a objectionable comment on the legendary singer. She called the singer ‘Amara Gaayakudu Yesudas garu’, a word used for late singers. All the attended including Yesudas himself were shocked with her remark. They hoped that Jhansi would realize her mistake and correct it by tendering an apology but she was very excited in her anchoring and was in full flow. Sadly, she did not realize her ‘Amara’ remark and Yesudas had a blank expression on his face. No one expected that Jhansi could do such type of blunder on stage. He was felicitated by Manalo Okkadu movie team.
NAGA SHOURYA
TO TEAM UP WITH
Y
KUMAR
oung actor Naga Shourya who is basking on the glory of successful movie ‘Jyo Achyutananda’ is planning for his next forthcoming movie. Earlier he was supposed to team up with talented Film maker Puri Jagannadh who is busy in ‘ISM’ and‘Rogue’ but according to the latest update, he is going to join hands with a new comers named Kumar, who has worked as Assistant Director under Avasarala Srinivas for ‘Oohalu Gusagusalade’ and ‘Jyo Achyutananda’. Sai Korrapati is going bankroll this upcoming romantic entertainer drama which will be fully loaded with sentiments. Naga Shourya has given green signal and very soon the project will go on the floor. His project with Hussain Sha Kiran and Nandini Reddy has been pushed back as the production house has backed out from the project.
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irector Jayanth C Paranjee, who is busy in his upcoming directorial venture ‘Kalahasti’ in which he is introducing Ghanta Ravi, the son of Education Minister of AP Ghanta Srinivass Rao as actor, has announced his next forthcoming high voltage action entertainer drama ‘Ugram’. The director is popular for making various hit movies like Preminchukundam Raa, Bavagaru Bagunnara, Eeshwar, Lakshmi Narasimha, Shankar Dada MBBS and Theenmaar. His upcoming drama is all about the clash between Mumbai based Underworld don and a Telugu cop. Nilesh Eeti and actress Isabel have been roped to play the lead roles. Isabel will be seen in the role of NRI who works for a welfare centre. The movie will go on the floor in November and the makers are planning to shot the major part of the movie in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
JAYANTH C PARANJEE’S
NEXT UGRAM
TRIPLE TREAT
FOR
MAHESH BABU FANS
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he Prince of Tollywood, Mahesh Babu has one of the biggest, most dedicated and diverse fan bases in the Film Industry. He has taken this unusual step and for the very first time in Tollywood history, when Mahesh Babu is going to deliver three movies in a year. Currently he is busy in the shoot of AR Murugadoss’s upcoming directorial venture in which he is reprising the role of Intelligence officer. It is bilingual big budget movie and being made on the lavish budget of Rs 90 Crores. Makers are planning to wrap the entire shoot by the end of January and it will hit the theaters in April. It is also heard that Mahesh has allotted 10 days in January, 15 days in February and 3 weeks of March month for the shoot of Koratala Siva’s upcoming magnum opus whereas the remaining days are reserved for noted director Vamsi Paidipally. These three movies will be released next year as a treat for his fans.
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ARIEL SILK FOR
ALLU ARJUN S
lender beauty Pooja Hegde who was last seen in Hrithik Roshan starrer Mohenjo Daro, has been roped for the upcoming movie ‘DJ- Duvvada Jagannadham’ under the direction of Harish Shankar in which stylish Star Allu Arjun will be seen as orthodox Brahmin. Before joining the set , Pooja is ‘in the air’. Currently the actress is busy in learning acrobatic dance form called ‘Aerial Silk’ to stay in shape and improve her agility. The dance form requires one to climb a suspended fabric without a safety harness. It strength the upper body. According to her, she is inspired by international singer P!nk to take up this form. DJ is the third movie of Pooja after Mukunda and Oka Laila Kosam. After a long time, she is coming back in Tollywood to test her luck again. The movie will go on the floor next month.
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KANCHE BAGS
BHARATHA MUNI
FILM AWARD
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ilmmaker Krish Jagarlamudi, who is delighted with the National Film Award honour for his Telugu movie "Kanche" recently , is getting ready to add one more feather as ‘Kanche’ has bagged one more award in the category of Bharatha Muni Film Awards. During the press meet, this news is confirmed by Rommala Muni Krishna Reddy, the founder of Bharatha Muni Arts Academy and the award will be presented in October. The movie is set on the backdrop of II World war and it highlights the regional fences that divide people. Actor Varun Tej and Pragya Jaiswal played the lead role. The entire team of Kanche worked hard to deliver such type of the movie based on unique concept and the movie deserves this hounour.
ANUSHKA'S SHOCKING STATEMENT
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orgeous actress Anushka Shetty who is basking on the glory on various successful woman centric movies like Arundhati and Rudhramadevi, is currently busy in the historic and war drama ‘Baahubali 2’ under the direction of SS Rajamouli and another woman centric movie ‘Bhagmati’. She is one of the actress who is always ready to accept the challenging roles for experimental movies which can be seen in ‘Size Zero’ which was a box office hit. Recently she said that she could not imagine her life without cinema. When she entered in the film industry, she was very scared but now she is enjoying here and can not live without it. According to her, the movie are very special and storytelling is a master art. She also stated that she will send her children into the same industry and show them the right path. Her hot statements on Children is creating fire in the social media. On the other side it is also heard that now days, she is dating a noted Mega producer who is already married.
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ecently sizzling actress Amala Paul was spotted at ongoing Celebrity Badminton League and everyone was stunned after watching her spicy avatar. After a long time, she made her presence in fashionable appearance. Wearing a glamorous short dress, she projects her stylish personality, her maximum exposer makes the youth crazy. She showed her naked thighs that give a picture of her perfect figure. Her thunder thigh and slightly bulged waist, is just lighting a lamp even with water. Her hot photo shoot is making the weak hearts go restless. The hot siren knows, how to turn on the heat. Her seductive pose is making everyone glue to monitor until the power goes down.
Amala Paul's
SPICY THIGH SHOW