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INSIDE Chandrababu Naidu

meets Mayawati

Keerthy Suresh

takes shocking decision

Jr NTR

to do robbery for Rajamouli

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has No Limits

Beauty

Nidhhi Agerwal

“WHERE I AM IN MY LIFE, I DON’T HAVE TIME TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND MY WORTH. IT’S EITHER YOU RECOGNIZE IT AND TREAT ME RIGHT OR BE CUT OFF.”

After Lust beauty

NOW BAAHUBALI GIRL FOR RAM CHARAN

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am Charan is currently romancing with Lust beauty Kiara Advani in his next upcoming film RC12, which is progressing at the brisk pace in the direction of Boyapati Srinu, who is popular for making high voltage action entertainer. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, after roping Kiara Advani, maker are planning to bring Baahubali item girl Nora Fatehi on the board. If everything will go accordingly, the Brazilian bomb shell Nora Fatehi will be

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seen shaking leg with Ram Charan in this upcoming mass entertainer. Earlier it was heard that the makers were planning to rope Bollywood top actress for item song and they also considered the name of Rakul Preet Singh but she has refuted the rumour. On the workside, Nora Fetehi will also be seen in Salman Khan starrer Bharat, where she is playing a Colombian gymnast, in the direction of Ali Abbas Zafar.

Police case on

TV anchor Ravi

Chandrababu Naidu

meets Mayawati

handrababu Naidu, the current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, met with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi, amid efforts to build a grand alliance to take on the BJP in next year’s Lok Sabha elections. It is known news that the political parties have to set aside their differences and work as a team to defeat the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections

in 2019. Chandrababu’s Delhi visit has become the talk of town. The political circles are now talking about the meet between AP CM Chandrababu Naidu and Mayawati. It has come out that after the meeting, when Mayawati came out of her chambers, she touched the head of Chandrababu Naidu and gave her blessings.

V Anchor Ravi who is well known face for Telugu audiences, is in trouble. According to the latest update, a police case has been filed against the popular TV anchor Ravi at SR Nagar Police Station in Hyderabad by a Film Distributor named Sandeep, on Saturday night. In his complaint, the distributor Sandeep alleged that anchor Ravi used to threaten him over the phone and one day he came to his house along with his followers and threatened him to kill if he fails to repay his loan. He added that anchor Ravi also attempted for attack. The police

case has been registered. Police enquired Ravi in the police station. After conducting an enquiry, the cops told Ravi that they will call him, if needed, to a police station for investigation.Ravi is a Video Jockey and anchor works in Telugu Film Industry and Telugu Television. As a Host, he worked in many Telugu television Shows such as One Show, Dee Juniors, Family Circus, Kiraak, Ali Talkies and Mondi Mogudu Penki Pellam etc. He made his debut as an actor with Idhi Ma Prema Katha which was directed by Ayodhya Karthik.

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idya Balan will be seen playing the role of NTR’s wife Basavaramatarakam in NTR biopic, which is being made in two parts -NTR Kathanayakudu and NTR Mahanayakudu. Nandamuri Balakrishna is playing the role of his father, legendary actor and late Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao in NTR biopic, which is being helmed by National award winning director Krish, who allegedly left Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming film Manikarnika:The Queen of Jhansi, mid way, to begin work on NTR biopic. Now according to the latest update, the wedding episode of Viday Balan as Basavaramatarakam and Nandamuri Balakrishana as NTR will be one of the major highlight of this upcoming biopic.

Vidya Balan

WEDDING IN NTR

The sources close to NTR biopic team has revealed that the makers have decided to not shoot the second wedding ceremony episode of NTR with Lakshmi Pravathi. NTR biopic is being jointly bankrolled by Balakrishna, Sai Korrapati and Vishnu Induri whereas thefilm has the music by Keeravani.

Rangasthalam

creates TRP record

aga Chaitanya and Sukumar have worked together for the movie 100% Love, which was decent hit at the box office and brought success for both the actor and director. Recently Sukumar attended the Savyasachi trailer launch event as the chief guest. On this occasion Sukumar showered his praises for Akkineni Naga Chaitanya and Chandoo Mondeti for

coming up with an interesting subject. The director jocular added, “Me and Naga Chaitanya had collaborated for 100% Love and after the release of the movie, we used to meet. But now he (Naga Chaitanya) does not meet me because Samantha has come into his life and he now gives me only 99% of his love.” It means only 1% love for Samantha and 99% for Sukumar.

NAGA CHAITANYA

1% love for Samantha

am Charan and Samantha Akkineni starrer village based drama Rangasthalam was premiered on Star MAA recently and themovie has registered a sensational 19.5 TRP on BARC scale on it's world television premier. But failed to beat Stylish Star Allu Arjun’s DJ aka Duvvada Jagannadham TRP record. Still Allu Arjun starrer DJ holds the Non Baahubali record with the TRP of 21.According to the latest update, Rangasthalam is being Dubbed in Malayalam and will be Released in Next Month.

angasthalam, directed by Sukumar, was released on 30th March 2018, and

turned out one of the biggest blockbuster of this year 2018. The film is produced under Mythri Movie Makers banner and the music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Apart from lead pair, the film has other stars like Anasuya Bharadwaj, Aadhi Pinisetty, Jagapathi Babu, Prakash Raj and others in supporting roles. This was the first time, when Samantha and Ram Charan shared the screen space.

Baahubali Singer ties the knot

aahubali Singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi tied the knot with Anoop at Vaikom Mahadeva Temple on 22nd October. The couple got engaged in a simple ceremony at Vaikom Vijayalakshmi's home in the month of September.Anoop is a mimicry artiste and an interior designer. Their wedding were attended by Several prominent personalities from the film and music industry. Yesudas along with wife Prabha and son Vijay, music directors, M Jayachandran and Ouseppachan, senior CPI leader Pannian Raveendran and others attended the

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wedding of Vaikom Vijayalakshmi and Anoop.In 2016, Singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi was engaged to Bahrain based Santhosh but their wedding was called up due to unknown reasons. It was heard that as Santhosh asked Vaikom Vijayalakshmi to stop singing after the wedding and teach music at a school. So the singer called off her wedding. She was praised for her decision in social media sites.The talented Singer has crooned ‘Siva Sivaya Potri’ song of SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali which was composed by MM Keeravani.

Temper actor arrested in

drug Case

rabhas starrer Saaho, directed by Sujeeth, went on the floors last year. The makers of Saaho has shot a few major portions in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Romania. On the occasion of Prabhas’s birthday, the makers released a behind-the-scenes video exploring what went into making the much-

30-day Abu Dhabi schedule, where the team of over 400 people, shot stunning ‘live action’ sequences. During the media interaction, Prabhas and his Saaho team have already said, “ We crashed around 27 cars and 5 trucks. We wanted everything real instead of going for CGI as it gives a

awaited action entertainer. Titled Shades of Saaho, a video chronicles most fascinating moments of this ambitious project.Action director Kenny Bates came to Abu Dhabi to choreograph the action sequence of Saaho. The video gives hint that the movie will have high-octane action sequences, which will give you the adrenaline rush. Shades of Saaho shows the highlights of

real impact. Generally, you have 70 percent CG and 30 percent real but over here in Abu Dhabi, we opted for a more real shoot.” Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor is playing the female lead in Saaho, which will be released in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. The film is directed by Sujeeth Reddy and is produced by UV Creations.

Shades of Saaho: Bonanza for Action Lovers R

am Charan has officially confirmed the news that he has accepted the suggestion of his uncle and politician Pawan Kalyan as he has adopted a village in Srikakulam district, who is affected by Cyclone Titli. Upasana Kamineni Konidela thanked Pawan Kalyan for inspiring Ram Charan, who adopted Titli cyclone affected village. Mega Bahu wrote on her Twitter, “We care , we r with you - thank you for inspiring all of us Babai @PawanKalyan #ramcharan.”On 20th October, Pawan Kalyan addressed the public in Srikakulam and revealed that he would ask his nephew and actor Ram Charan to adopt a cyclone Titli affected village. Finally Ram Charan has accepted Pawan Kalyan’s request and adopted a village.Ram Charan has officially confirmed the news by releasing a statement. In the note, Rangasthalam

jaz Khan, who has been the part of several Telugu movies, was arrested by Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai police recently from a private hotel in Belapur in drug case. His popular Telugu movies areDookudu, Naayak, Baadshah, Temper, Heart Attack and Rogue.The controversial actor, who is popular for playing the role of villain, was arrested from a hotel room in Belapur, in possession of banned narcotic substance (8 ecstasy tablets).Ajaz Khan, has also acted in few Bollywood movies

like Rakhta Charitra, Nayak and other films also. He had also worked in Salman Khan’s famous controversial reality show Bigg Boss season 7 and also in Comedy Nights with Kapil, Comedy Nights Bachao, Box Cricket League.This isn’t the first time when Ajaz Khan has ran into trouble with the police in 2016, he was also arrested for allegedly sending obscene messages and lewd pictures to a female hairstylist who had offered him a business project proposal. However, the actor was later released on a bail of Rs 10,000 by the Mumbai court.

Kaushal wants to do

charity work! K

aushal Manda, who has won the title of Bigg Boss 2 Telugu recently, has won millions of hearts once again. According to the latest update, Kaushal Manda has donated Rs 25,000 to Memu Saitham. It is known news that Kaushal Manda won Rs 50 Lakhs prize money, has donated to Cancer patients. Now the model-actor and businessman wants to expand his charity work with the help of his Army (Kaushal Army). Recently at Memu Saitham, Bigg Boss 2018 winner Kaushal Manda announced that he is planning to expand his social service through his Kaushal Army in association with Memu Saitham and also made announcement that he is donating Rs 25,000 to Memu Saitham.

star said, “I am happy and privileged to contribute and make a difference. I will announce my village adoption plans soon.”Cyclone Titli has badly hit the north

Upasana thanks Pawan

for inspiring

Charan

coastal region of Andhra Pradesh. Several Tollywood celebrities including Nandamuri Balakrishna, Jr NTR, Kalyanam, Vijay Devarakonda, Nikhil Siddhartha and Stylish Star Allu Ajun has already contributed their part to AP Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

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JR NTR TO DO ROBBERY

for Rajamouli

r NTR, who is enjoying the success of his recent offering Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava, directed by Trivikram Srinivas, has started the preparation for his next upcoming much awaited movie RRR, which will be helmed by Baahubali film maker SS Rajamouli. If ongoing buzz in media and film Industry is to be believed, RRR will be made on the line of Bollywood movie Dhoom, in which Jr NTR will be seen playing the role of robber and will do robbery in the

city whereas Ram Charan will play a police officer. Bollywood movie Dhoom is all about the story of a motorbike gang committing robberies throughout Mumbai and the police officer who teams up with a motorbike dealer to stop them.Rajamouli and team of RRR have kept everything under wraps. The big budget entertainer will be bankrolled by DVV Danayya under his home production DVV Entertainment. Jr NTR will be undergoing training with the famous trainer Lloyd

Flop actress shows

middle finger

Nandita Swetha

in Kalki

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sha Gupta is a well-known face for Telugu audiences as she made her Telugu debut with Veedevadu in 2017 where she shared the screen space with Sachiin J. Joshi, in the direction of Tatineni Satya. The movie was flop at the box office. Esha Gupta is an active user of social media sites and the hot diva has shared a short video clip from her recent photoshoot, on her Instagram, where she is seen showing her middle figure in swimsuit. Esha Gupta captioned the video, “@rahuljhangiani @ sanjanabatra@marcepedroz @savleenmanchanda@hm @moschino.”She is being trolled on her Instagram for her act. On the workside, Baby actresshas multiple projects in her kitty. She will be next seen in Hera Pheri 3, Total Dhamaal, Devil’s daughter, Desi Magic, and One Day, which are in different production stages.

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Stevens for the film RRR. The working title RRR stands for the three R – Rajamouli, Ram Charan and Rama Rao (Jr NTR).

andita Swetha, who made her Telugu debut wth Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada starring Nikhil Siddharth and Heebah Patel, is making her comeback in Telugu film Industry as a female lead and this credit goes to Dr Rajasekhar. It is known news that Dr Rajasekhar is currently busy in his next upcoming film Kalki and he is planning to bring Bengaluru beauty Nandita Swetha on the board to play the female lead role. The sources close to Kalki say that the talk has been initiated and the actress is very impressed with her character. Though she has given her verbal consent but she did not yet sign the project. If everything will go accordingly, very soon official announcement will be made regarding her inclusion in Kalki. The movie is helmed by Prasanth Varma. A source close to Dr Rajasekhar reveal that Nandita Swetha is very inquisitive about the nuances of film-making. So, the makers of Kalki felt her acting prowess would enhance the role.

Punjabi girl

falls for Allu Arjun

arul Gulati, the Punjabi girl, is falling for Telugu star Allu Arjun. Parul Gulati and Allu Arjun have worked together, not in a film but in an ad. Parul Gulati has shot a series of commercials for a travel portal in Hyderabad. Recently the actress interacted with media and heaped praises on Stylish Star Allu Arjun. She said, “Although I worked with Stylish Star Allu Arjun for an ad but I can tell that he is amazing. I am very impressed with his dancing skills. Though I did not get the chance to shake leg with Allu Arjun in the commercials, but I saw his videos and his stylish dance moves are lightning quick.”Parul Gulati has worked with young actor Naga Shaurya in 2016 for the movie Nee Jathalekha, which was directed by Lawrence Dasari and jointly produced by GV Chowdary, Tadipatri Venkata Konda Reddy. Currently the actress is in talks for a couple of projects in Telugu.

Attack on Jagan Mohan Reddy!

IS IT PUBLICITY STUNT?

OVERWHELMING

LOVE FOR PRABHAS

in Japan

n his 39th birthday, Prabhas has gifted his fans something special. The makers of his upcoming film Saaho has released a video ‘Shades of Saaho’ on social media sites, which is currently trending on the internet. It is an eye feast for the action lovers. In India, the fans celebrated Prabhas’s birthday, which is not surprising us but the fans in Japan also celebrated Prabhas’s birthday in a very grand manner, which is surprising us. They cut the cake and celebrated Prabhas’s birthday. It has also come out that few fans from Japan came to Hyderabad to meet Prabhas at his residence. After delivering India’s blockbuster movies Baahubali:The Beginning and Baahubali 2:The Conclusion, Prabhas has become popular at International level. It is known news that Subbaraju aka Kumara Varma of Baahubali is also popular in Japan. Recently he shared a screenshot of a chat of Line messenger and said that his character had become emoticon. When he visited Japan to meet his fans, he received number of gifts.SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali catapulted Prabhas and Subbaraju into international limelight.

agan Mohan Reddy, YSR Congress party chief, was stabbed on his arm by unidentified assailant. This incident took place today at Visakhapatnam Airport. According to the latest update, Jagan Mohan Reddy has received a cut on his arm and he was provided first aid at the airport. The attacker allegedly entered the VIP lounge to serve coffee and approached Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was sitting with his supporters, claimed that he wanted a selfie with him. Later he struck Jagan with the knife.The person who attacked on Jagan Mohan Reddy has been identified as , J Sriniwas Rao, 30 and he is said to be a big fan and follower of YSRCP leaders. One person names Anand Siram wrote on Twitter: anandesiram‫@ ‏‬anandesiram4 :#JaganAttacked it seems like it is preplan attack by YRSCP partymembers only. plan was workout by jagan.because

ofgettingsympathy through people of AP.cheep politics.up to now what he did to kadapa going on padayatra for what purpose want to become CM.

Cameraman insulted

RAM CHARAN

am Charan is planning to wrap up the entire shoot of his next upcoming untitled film RC12 as soon as possible. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, Ram Charan is not happy with Boyapati Srinu’s working style. The sources close to Ram Charan reveal that Boyapati Srinu’s slow pace of work is reportedly irking actor the Rangasthalam star. The shoot of the film was started in April this year but till day they have completed only 70%. Apparently, Ram Charan starrer RC12 was supposed to be completed by October, but the project still requires over 30 working days of shooting to

be done. On the otherside, it has also come out that Cameraman has insulted Ram Charan as he abandoned the project midway.Cameraman Rishi Punjabi had allotted the dates only till October. Since Ram Charan’s film hasn’t been completed, he left the project in midway for another assignment for which he had already committed his dates. Finally the makers have brought another Cameraman Arthur Wilson on the board. In #RC12, Bharat Ane Nenu fame Kiara Advani is playing the love interest of Ram Charan and it is being bankrolled by DVV Danayya.

REINCARNATION THEME FOR RANA’S NEXT? R

ana Daggubati is well known face for Bollywood audiences. He has received lot of applause by Hindi audiences for his wonderful performance in multilingual movie Ghazi:The Attack. And now, the actor is all set to comeback to the Hindi film industry. If ongoing buzz in media and film industry is to be believed, Rana Daggubati has been approached to play an important role

in Bollywood movie Housefull 4, which is based on the theme of reincarnation. If everything will go accordingly he will replace Nana Patekar. It is known news that recently Tanushree Dutta alleged that Nana Patekar had sexually harassed her during the shoot of Horn Ok Please. On the other side, Sajid Khan is also facing the charges of Sexual harassment. Due to the allegations, both Nana Patekar and Sajid Khan were removed from the film. Farhad Samji has officially been roped in as the director and the hunt was on for Nana Patekar’s replacement. The sources say that the makers of Housefull 4 are planning to bring Rana Daggubati on the board after Nana Patekar walked out of the film in the wake of ongoing MeToo controversy.

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Revathi Chowdary joins TDP

evathi Chowdary has joined Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu

Naidu, T-TDP president L.Ramana and other leaders at NTR trust Bawan in Banjara Hills. Revathi Chowdary hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh and she won the title of Miss Vijayawada in 1988. She did her graduation in Commerce from Nagarjuna University. Her father is a Businessman and her mother a housewife. She shifted to Hyderabad to test he luck in the film Industry and made her debut with Shivaji Raja but unfortunately did not did not release. She also shared he screen space with Taraka Ratna in Kakateeyudu, which is expected to be released very soon. According to the latest update, the actress turn politician is planning to contest elections from any constituency in Hyderabad in Telangana.

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Police case on D

Suresh Babu

aggubati Suresh Babuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car met with an accident when he was on the way to Secunderabad's Imperial Garden. The sources say that his speeding car rammed into a bike. The couple and their kid, who were on the bike suffered injuries.According to the latest news, Suresh Babu has been booked for as rash driving incident in which 3 people- Neelam Satish Chandra, 35, his wife Durga Devi and their child Siddesh, 3, were injured. Durga Devi's brother Sanjay

awan Kalyan was last seen in action and romantic entertainer Agnyaathavaasi, which was helmed by Trivikram Srinivas. On its opening day, the movie received negative reviews by the movie lovers and critics. And Finally it was turned out disaster at the box office. But now Agnyaathavaasiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hindi version has turned out hit and it has created a record on you Tube. The Hindi dubbed version of Agnyaathavaasi is titled as Yevadu 3 and it was uploaded on 20th October 2018, on Youtube. Within 24 hours, the movie has garnered 9.5 million views

Kumar has lodged a case with the police. Suresh Babu escaped unhurt with slight damages to his car whereas Neelam Satish Chandra sustained a fracture in his right leg and Siddesh suffered injury on his forehead. The family was coming back to home at Lalaguda from Kukatpally.According to few onlooker, the bike was coming in the wrong direction. After the accident, Suresh Babu flew from the accident spot.The case has been registered at Kharkhana police station.

NANI OR SHARWA IN SHAADI

MEIN ZAROOR AANA REMAKE? I

f ongoing buzz in media and film Industry is to believed, either Nani or Sharwanand will be seen playing the lead role in upcoming Telugu remake of Bollywood movie Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana in which Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda, played the lead roles. According to the latest update, Anil Sunkara has bought the remake rights of Hindi movie Shaadi Mein Zarooe Aana for a good price, and he is plans to remake it with a young

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actors. The sources close to Anil Sunkara say that he is planning to approach either Nani or Sharwanand to reprise the role of Rajkummar Rao. The pre production work has been already started and very soon the official announcement will be made regarding this upcoming remake. In Shaadi Mein Zarooe Aana, Rajkummar Rao played the role of IAS Officer and Kriti Kharbanda was seen playing the role of a PCS Officer, who are brought together by a marriage

proposal and fall in love with each other during the process but on the night of their wedding, destiny takes the two of them in two different directions.

and it has become the most viewed south Indian dubbed film in Hindi on YouTube. The Hindi dubbing rights of Pawan Kalyan starrer Agnyaathavaasi, were acquired by Goldmines Telefilms. Pawan Kalyan's voice in Hindi was dubbed by Amar Babaria. Two actresses Keerthy Suresh and Anu Emmanuel played the female lead in this movie, which is bankrolled by S Radha Krishna under the banner of Haarika & Hassine Creations whereas the film has the music by Anirudh Ravichander.

Shakalaka Shankar turns wrestler

hakalaka Shankar, the popular comedian, will soon be seen playing the lead role in his next upcoming film, which has been titled as Shankar Pahilwan. The movie will be helmed by AA Dhanush and will be jointly produced by Abdul Azeem and Mirza Abid Hussain. According to the latest update, the makers are planning to launch the project ‘Shankar Pahilwan’ very soon. It is a sport based drama, which has wrestling

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backdrop. The sources close to Shakalaka Shankar has confirmed the news the news that the comedian turned actor will be seen playing wrestler in this film.Shakalaka Shankar has been the part of several Telugu movies like- B.Tech Babulu, Maya Mall, Ammammagarillu, Soda Goli Soda, but he became popular with romantic comedy entertainer Shambo Shankara, which was released earlier this year.

DONATES 25 LAKHS

llu Arjun has once proved that he is kind hearted person as he has also extended his support for the victims of Cyclone Title. Allu Arjun has announced to donate Rs 25 to the victims of the Titli Cyclone. He wrote on his Twitter, “I am saddened by the news and it's heart wrenching to see the damage done by the Cyclone. I pledge 25 lacs to the victims of the Titli Cyclone, let us all do our bit to help our people in these times of distress. #TitliCycloneVictims.”Allu Arjun has donated 25 lakhs for the victims through the chief minister’s relief fund. This is not the first time that Sarrainodu star has donated for such causes. In past, Allu Arjun has also donated a good amount to Chennai flood victims.Koratala Siva has also donated Rs 5 Lakhs to the victims of the Titli cyclone which ravaged a part of Srikakulum district.

eerthy Suresh, played the role of south Indian legendary actress Savitri, in Mahanati, which was directed by Nag Ashwin. The actress won millions of hearts with her wonderful performance and the movie was also turned out hit at the box office. Now Keerthy Suresh has taken a shocking decision on biopics. Recently during the media interaction, the actress said, “ I have decided to not act in any biopic in coming day. In fact, when the makers of Mahanati offered me to play the role of Savitri, I said no to them because

Nandamuri Balakrishna has recently donated Rs 25 Lakhs and Geetha Govindam star Vijay Devarakonda donated Rs 5 Lakhs. Nandamuri brothers- Nandamuri Kalyanram and Young Tiger Jr NTR has also donated good amount of money.

Vijay Devarkonda brings good news! V

ijay Devarakonda has brought good news for his fans and music lovers. It is known news that currently he is busy in the promotional activities of his next upcoming film Taxiwaala, which is scheduled to hit the theaters on 16th November. Now according

I was not sure whether I can recreate the magic of Savitri on the screen. But now I am very happy as I got the opportunity to play the role of Savitri. It is like a crown in my career. But I have decided that in future, I will not act in any biopic.”According to Keerthy Suresh, she doesn’t want to focus only on female-oriented scripts. Savitri is considered as the first female superstar in India. She had many ups and down in her life. Her life was an open book and everyone knew about her saga of triumphs and tribulations.

KEERTHY SURESH TAKES SHOCKING DECISION

to the latest update, the jukebox of Taxiwaala will be released on 5th November at 3 pm. Vijay Devarakonda has confirmed this news by sharing a poster on his Twitter and captioned it, “Stepping foot on the gas pedal – accelerating towards release #Taxiwaala Jukebox! Monday 5th November onwards :))” ecently the makers of Taxiwaala released the first song ‘Maata Vinadhuga’ from the movie, which went viral. From the visuals of the song ‘Maata Vinadhuga’, it is evident that Vijay Deverakonda plays the role of a Taxiwaala and will also be a romantic entertainer. axiwaala is written and directed by Rahil Sankrityan, and is bankrolled by Allu Aravind under the banner Geetha Arts. The film has music by Jakes Bejoy. Set for release in November, Taxiwaala stars Vijay Deverakonda, Malavika Nair and Priyanka Jawalkar.

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ijay Devarakonda was last seen in political drama NOTA. With this film, the actor made his Tamil debut and Mehreen Kaur Pirazada played the female lead. The film is directed by Anand Shankar and is produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja, under the banner of Studio Green. ijay Devarakonda is going to end this year with the release of Taxiwaala and his next release would be in 2019 with Dear Comrade. After Geetha Govindam, once again, the actor has teamed up with Karnataka beauty Rashmika Mandanna for Dear Comrade. Apart from these movies, Vijay Devarakonda also has a Kranthi Madhav directorial venture. ijay Devarakoda starrer Taxiwaala was reportedly leaked in its entirety without the completed CG and editing earlier this year.

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Anasuya playing A

with Tiger

nasuya Bharadwaj is an active user of social media sites and recently the anchor turned actress shared a short video clip on her Instagram, where she is seen playing with a tiger. Anasuya Bharadwaj’s fans are others are surprised after watching the clip. Rangasthalam actress is seen having fun with the tiger. She has shared the details from Thailand as she is busy shooting her upcoming film. Anasuya Bharadwaj captioned the video, “In conversation with the Big cat #PattayaDiaries #workAndfun.” Her video is receiving mixed response by her fans. According to few, The tiger is not original. After working as a news presenter, Anasuya Bharadwaj appeared as a TV

anchor on Jabardasth, a comedy show. The show elevated her career. After this, she got an opportunity to act in film opposite Akkineni Nagarjuna in Soggade Chinni Nayana. Anasuya Bharadwaj has been the part of several hit Telugu movies like Kshanam, Rangasthalam. In Sukumar’s directorial venture Rangasthalam starring Ram Charan and Samantha Akkineni, Anasuya Bharadwaj played the role of Rangamatta. n the workside, Anasuya Bharadwaj will be next seen in Yathra, Sacchindira Gorre and Kadhanam, which are I different production stages.

RAKUL PREET SINGH HAS NO LIMITS

now !!” It has the tagline ‘No Border Off Limits’. Though Rakul Preet Singh is neither looking bold not sexy. But her cover page is receiving positive response by her fans. With this photoshoot, Rakul Preet Singh has proved that she is one of the desirable divas of T-town. The actress has been carrying her simple and sweet avatar since her debut in Tollywood. However, it seems she has now all decided to shed her girl-next-door image and is in a mood for a makeover. n Tollywood, Rakul Preet Singh did number if movies like like Venkatadri Express, Current Theega, Loukyam, Kick 2, Bruce Lee – The Fighter, Dhruva, Nannaku Prematho and Spyder. She was also rumoured to be dating Baahubali and Ghazi fame Rana Daggubati, however, the actress quashed all speculations. n the workside, Rakul Preet Singh is currently busy in his upcoming film NGK, De De Pyaar De, and SK14, which are in different production stages.

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akul Preet Singh, the Punjabi kudi, is the cover girl of FHM Magazine for the November edition. The actress has shared the cover page on her Instagram and captioned it, “Are you talking to me ?? NOV issue of @fhmindia grab your copies

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with NTR Arts T

rivikram Srinivas is currently enjoying the success of his recent offering Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava starring Young Tiger Jr NTR and Pooja Hegde. Recently the makers organized the success meet in Hyderabad, Nandamuri Balakrishna and Kalyanram attended the event as chief guest. According to the latest update, as Nandamuri Kalyanram is very impressed with the work of Trvikram Srinivas, asked him to make a movie for his banner- NTR Arts. Trivikram Srinivas has agreed to make a movie with Kalyanram’s production venture! It is not yet clear whether Kalyanram himself

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play the lead role or he will only take the responsibility to bankroll the project. urrently Trivikram Srinivas is busy in the script for Allu Arjun’s film. We have already reported that Allu Arjun had given green signal to the director and very soon the movie will go on the floors. It has also come out that Trivikram has also agreed to work with Superstar Mahesh Babu and Venkatesh Daggubati. But there is no update regarding these projects. s a director, Trivikram Srinivas started his career with Nuvve Nuvve in 2002, which was decent hit at the box office. His

subsequent directorial works include, box office hits such as Athadu, Jalsa, Khaleja, Julai, Attarintiki Daredi, S/O Satyamurthy, A..Aa and Agnyaathavaasi. Trivikram Srinivas has won 7 State Nandi Awards, and 2 Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu awards for directing Athadu and Attarintiki Daredi. andamuri Kalyan Ram established the production house – NTR Arts with the name of his grand father, legendary actor and former Chief Minister, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. His production house has introduced some good directors such as

Anil Ravipudi and Surender Reddy to Telugu Film Industry. Kalyanram’a last production venture was Jai Lava Kusa in which Jr NTR played the lead role and recently the production house has announced a new project- the remake of Ramaleela.

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