Prabhas’ gripping narration introduces his character from ‘Radhe Shyam’

Prabhas and Pooja Hegde-starrer ‘Radhe Shyam’ is one of the most awaited movies in the country right now, keeping the ‘Baahubali’ star’s pan-India fame in consideration.

On the occasion of his birthday on Saturday, the makers of his upcoming thriller ‘Radhe Shyam’ have unveiled the most-awaited glimpse, introducing ‘Vikramaditya’.

Prabhas plays a very interesting role in ‘Radhe Shyam’, as the teaser reveals the idiosyncrasy of ‘Vikramaditya’, who is a palmist. Prabhas is seen uttering a series of riddles, as he hints at his wisdom in the teaser.

With engrossing visuals featuring Prabhas in uber-cool looks and unconventional narrative, the teaser establishes heavy hype around its release.

Prabhas and Pooja Hegde appear in classic roles in ‘Radhe Shyam’.

Touted to be a romantic drama with remarkable twists and turns, ‘Radhe Shyam’ also features other aspects of entertainment with thrill elements imbibed in it. Bollywood actress Bhagyashree is to appear in a significant role in ‘Radhe Shyam’.

Slated for its worldwide release on January 14, 2022, ‘Radhe Shyam’ is to lock horns with Telugu biggies in the Sankranti race.

‘Radhe Shyam’ is a multi-lingual film and is helmed by Radha Krishna Kumar, presented by Gulshan Kumar and T-Series. It is produced under the popular banner – UV Creations. The film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Vamsi, and Pramod.

Bheemla Nayak, Sarkaru Vaari Paata, RRR and Bangarraju are slated for their releases along with Radhe Shyam, this Sankranti.

Prabhas is also to appear in ‘Salaar’, which is being directed by Kannada’s top director Prashanth Neel of ‘KGF’ fame. Prabhas has a couple of big-budget movies including Om Raut’s ‘Adipurush’ in the coming days.

‘Bigg Boss 15’: Donal Bisht says ex-housemates pulled her down

Actress-model Donal Bisht, who recently got evicted from ‘Bigg Boss 15’, says she is overwhelmed with the love coming her way and that she gave her hundred percent in the controversial reality show.

Donal said: “I am just overwhelmed with the hashtags going around on social media, it is more than enough for me and I am sure it is going to help me a lot in my career.”

During the game, contestants pointed out that she lacked in making connections. However, Donal feels that that although she “gave her hundred percent to make connections,” the other contestants pulled her down.

Donal asserted that she can’t be a follower.

She said: “I have my own thinking and this is what the housemates were not liking about me. Many follow Vishal Kotian who himself is toxic and if you follow the toxicity, it will obviously spread around.”

According to Donal, there was a lot of planning inside the house to sideline her.

“Vishal Kotian, Karan Kundrra, Jay Bhanushali and Tejasswi Prakash were completely against me and in fact Afsana Khan with whom later I developed a good bonding, told me that initially they all had decided to sideline me. They never wanted me to shine in the house.

“Afsana was also with them in all their games. But afterwards we became friends. Afsana also revealed to me that they said there should be only one girl in the house and that is Tejasswi. And for Tejasswi, I was the biggest threat.

“Eventually when Afsana understood me she used to tell everyone that I am beautiful person with a golden heart. She often calls me ‘Vishwasundari’,” Donal added.

She shares that Shamita Shetty and Vishal Kotian tried to create misunderstanding between her and Afsana.

“Shamita and Vishal always advised me to stay away from Afsana as it would portray me in the wrong light. But I never listened to them.”

“Actually, they all feel that I am arrogant. During Weekend ka Vaar, Salman Khan and Farah Khan too mentioned that everyone targetted me in the house. Nishant Bhat and Pratik Sehajpal always called me a lone warrior,” she adds.

Anushka Shetty’s sweet wishes on Prabhas’ birthday grab hearts

Actor Prabhas, who is referred to as the Telugu ‘Rebel Star’, has grown his image as a Pan-India star, with his engrossing movies like ‘Baahubali’ and ‘Saaho’. As the ‘Darling’ actor celebrates his birthday on Saturday, his fans are all wishing him, creating virtual trends on social media platforms.

Actress Anushka Shetty, who is one of the closest friends of Prabhas, joins the army to wish him on his birthday.

She shared a ravishing photograph featuring Prabhas and wrote a short, sweet note which has caught the attention of all. The photograph is apparently from the sets of the movie ‘Mirchi’, in which they were both seen together.

Prabhas and Anushka are some of the most hyped on-screen pairs, as they also share the credits of starring in the world-famous Telugu movie ‘Baahubali’.

Their pair in ‘Mirchi’ is still considered one of the best on-screen couples. Prabhas and Anushka were seen together in the movie ‘Billa’ as well.

“Happy happy birthday wishing u only the best in all that life has to offer and may all ur stories reach out to as many hearts all over world. happiness and health ur way #HappyBirthdayPrabhas,” Anushka’s post reads.

Prime Video drops engrossing trailer of courtroom drama ‘Jai Bhim’

Prime Video has unveiled the trailer of the much-awaited Suriya-starrer ‘Jai Bhim’. Gearing up to release globally this Diwali in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi on November 2, the film is a part of Prime Video India’s festive line-up.

‘Jai Bhim’ is a thought-provoking story based on true events that happened in the 1990s in Tamil Nadu. Helmed by Tha. Se. Gnanavel, the movie features the story of an advocate who acts as a saviour of the subaltern people subjected to police brutality.

Suriya plays Chandru, the advocate who uses the law as a weapon to bring back the basic rights of the oppressed section of people. The trailer takes us into a world of injustice, oppression and represents the established stereotypes in our society.

Introducing the viewers to the tribal couple, Senggeni and Rajakannu, the trailer hints at how their world falls apart when Rajakannu is arrested on false charges. Sengenni in her efforts to find her husband seeks the help of advocate Chandru, who takes up the challenge to unearth the truth and fight all odds to bring justice to the tribal woman.

Noted actors Prakash Raj, Rao Ramesh, Rajisha Vijayan, Manikandan, and Lijo Mol Jose play important roles in the movie. ‘Jai Bhim’ is produced by Suriya and Jyotika under the banner of 2D Entertainment and is co-produced by Rajsekar Karpoorasundarapandian. Music is composed by Sean Rolden.

‘Jai Bhim’ is to be streamed on Prime Video in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi, across 240 countries and territories this Diwali.

Samantha could simply seek apology rather than filing defamation cases

South India’s most happening actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who recently filed defamation cases against a couple of YouTube channels and an individual for streaming malignant content about her, has apparently received a legal blow.

Samantha had filed legal cases, which come under Kukatpally court in Hyderabad. After listening to her side of the case, the court apparently ordered that the actress could simply seek an apology from her opponents, rather than filing defamation cases.

“The actress can seek a word of apology from the content owners of the concerned YouTube channels, individuals and media outlets, rather than filing defamation cases on them,” the court suggested, as per reports.

The court went on to school the actress and apparently indicated that celebrities share personal details on public domain and then file defamation suits.

“In court, everyone is equal before the law. There is no sense of some being high and others being low. We will hear Samantha’s case as per the procedure,” the court concluded.

Samantha’s announcement about her divorce from Naga Chaitanya had invited unwanted comments and speculation about their relationship, and some channels went forward and linked her up with random colleagues.

Prakash Raj alleges political involvement in MAA elections

Actor Prakash Raj, who was defeated by Vishnu Manchu in the recent elections of the Movie Artists Association (MAA), has alleged foul play by the Manchu family in the elections.

He also suggests that there was political involvement in the way the elections were held.

In his recent tweets, Prakash Raj had alleged that a representative of Andhra Pradesh’s ruling party – the YSRCP was present at the MAA elections, who had helped Vishnu’s panel to mislead everyone during the elections.

Prakash Raj went further and questioned the Election Officer Krishna Mohan, on why he has been silent on the happenings. “#MaaElections2021 .. dear Election officer Krishna mohan garu .. this is just the beginning.. give us the CC footage.. we will let the world know what happened.. how the elections were conducted #justasking”, Prakash Raj’s recent tweet reads.

“We already appealed for the CCTV footage from the voting booth. You fail to give us an explanation, sir. Here are proofs that YSRCP representative, Samba Siva Rao was there at the booth on the day of MAA elections. We need answers”, Prakash Raj said.

Prakash Raj also shared the details regarding the criminal charges filed on Samba Siva Rao earlier. Prakash Raj questions Manchu Mohan Babu and Manchu Vishnu, who were spotted with him at the polling booth on the day of elections.

Ever since the topic of MAA elections began, Prakash Raj and his panel members had issues with the members of Vishnu’s panel. As Prakash Raj felt that the elections were compromised, he had questioned the poll officials earlier.

Father-son duo Akhil-Nagarjuna set to storm the screen

Akhil Akkineni is currently enjoying his success, as his recently released romantic comedy ‘Most Eligible Bachelor’ has become quite a big hit. The young and promising actor is all set to share the screen alongside his father Akkineni Nagarjuna in their upcoming thriller.

‘Garuda Vega’ director Praveen Sattaru is helming Nagarjuna’s upcoming movie ‘The Ghost’. There are reports that the makers of ‘The Ghost’ are keen to rope in ‘Hello’ actor Akhil for an important role, to share the screen with his father. An official confirmation regarding the same would be out anytime soon.

Bollywood actress Gul Panag is on board to play the female lead alongside Nagarjuna in ‘The Ghost’, while Anikha Surendran might be chosen to play the love interest for Akhil, who is to join the team soon. ‘The Ghost’ is a joint production venture of Narayan Das Narang and Puskur Ram Mohan Rao.

On the other hand, Nagarjuna’s movie under Chaitanya Krishna’s direction, which is titled ‘Bangarraju’ is to feature his other son Naga Chaitanya alongside Nagarjuna. So, both ‘Bangarraju’, and ‘The Ghost’ have created much hype, as both movies feature Nagarjuna with his sons.

‘Babloo Bachelor’: Amusing, but only with bits of hilarity:Review

Film: Babloo Bachelor (running in theatres)

Duration: 135 minutes

Director: Agnidev Chatterjee

Cast: Sharman Joshi, Pooja Chopra, Tejashri Pradhan, Aakash Dabhade, Rajesh Sharma, Neeraj Khetripal, Sumeet Gulati, Asrani, Beena Bhat and Raju Kher.

‘Babloo Bachelor’ is a simple romantic drama with a hackneyed premise. Nevertheless, it is executed with earnestness. Set in Lucknow, ‘Babloo Bachelor’ is the story of Ranvijay aka Babloo, a zamindar’s son who basks in his father’s glory. A simpleton and a writer of sorts, Babloo in his endeavour to find “the perfect bride” has rejected many proposals.

Very soon, the best matchmaker of Lucknow, Premanand Tiwari (Asrani), is roped in to find a perfect match for Babloo, who by now is tainted as the eternal bachelor.

At 35 and under duress, Babloo is introduced to Avantika (Pooja Chopra), an ambitious young woman who confesses to him that she had five boyfriends in the past. Babloo agrees to marry her, despite her confession, after being convinced by his best friend Chotu (Aakash Dabhade) that having affairs is a norm in modern times.

It does not take long for Babloo to fall head-over-heels with Avantika. But a few days before the wedding, Avantika confesses to him that she is not interested in settling down with an unambitious man and requests him to call off the wedding.

Once again, the heartbroken Babloo finds himself asserting that he is jinxed to remain a bachelor all his life. A few months later, at his cousin’s wedding, he chances upon Swati (Tejashri Pradhan), an aspiring actress who takes advantage of Babloo’s naivety and forces him to marry her. How she does not allow him to consummate the marriage forms the crux of the tale.

Director Agnidev Chatterjee’s oeuvre seems to be mounted on an outdated and perfunctory script packed with high-handed dialogues mouthed by Babloo’s dad (Rajesh Sharma) and frivolous ones by Chotu and Babloo’s uncle (Manoj Joshi).

Treated in a lighter vein, the plot, though focused, lacks the seriousness to connect emotionally. The comic scenes appear to be amateurishly handled and the resultant humour appears trite and forced.

On the performance front, the actors delivers their part with sincerity. Sharman Joshi, as the middle-aged, dejected Babloo, fits the bill perfectly. He brings a comedic heart to the character, who seems to prefer staying in his comfort zone.

He displays a subdued nervousness, which is in contrast to selfish and mean streaks of the characters played by Pooja Chopra and Tejashri Pradhan’s selfish and mean streak. Pooja and Tejashri deliver their parts competently, but their scenes with Sharman lack chemistry on-screen.

Aakash Dabhade and Sumeet Gulati (who plays his cousin) are over-the-top, loud and stereotyped in their roles, but they are relatable. Given Asrani’s talent, in a minuscule part, he is short-changed by the script.

The songs, despite being loud, are melodious and well-picturised, considering the film’s moderate production values. The numbers ‘Kasam’, ‘Aye Meri Zindagi’, ‘Jiya Nahin Lagta’, ‘Banna Banni’, ‘Jealous’ and ‘Tum Ho’ mesh seamlessly into the narrative, bringing relief to the staid storytelling.

Overall, ‘Babloo Bachelor’ is a mildly funny but sweet film that will make you smile.

Bengali thriller ‘F.I.R. No. 339/07/06’ set to release on OTT

Bengali film ‘F.I.R. No. 339/07/06’ starring Bonny Sengupta, Ankush Hazra, Falaque Rashid Roy and Ritabhari Chakraborty is digitally releasing on Friday after a theatrical stint.

After a theatrical release on October 10, the Joydeep Mukherjee directorial ‘F.I.R. No. 339/07/06’ is now available on ZEE5.

Mukherjee said: “The film reflects a society where a situation may not always be black and white.”

It is a story about Raghunathpur, a small village in Birbhum, which is run by two powerful men from two rival political families. Things come to a sudden stupendous halt when key members of Mishra and Samaddar’s gangs are found dead one after the other, under mysterious circumstances. This naturally propels the rivalry between Mishra and Samaddar to an altogether different point, as they suspect the other party to be behind it and a police investigation begins to uncover the truth and the murderers.

Actor Bonny Sengupta added: “‘F.I.R. No. 339/07/06’ is a great film with an engaging plot. It was a treat to play this character which was challenging and gratifying in equal parts.”

Speaking about the world digital premiere, Manish Kalra, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 India, shared: “‘F.I.R. No. 339/07/06’ is a striking edge-of-the-seat thriller which will keep you glued to the screen from start to end and we are happy to bring this experience to your home”.

Pawan, Rana aim to recreate ‘Gopala Gopala’ magic in ‘Bheemla Nayak’

Despite being a remake, Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati-starrer ‘Bheemla Nayak’ has managed to top the list of the most-anticipated Telugu movies. Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati’s collaboration is one reason behind the hype around this movie.

The makers of ‘Bheemla Nayak’ released a picture from the sets from where Rana and Pawan Kalyan are shooting for a short schedule. The picture features Rana Daggubati and Pawan Kalyan, who are seen chilling together on the sets in the middle of the shots.

Though the picture looked like a casual pose from the sets, the stars seem to be recreating the ‘Gopala Gopala’ movie poster. ‘Gopala Gopala’ is a movie in which Pawan Kalyan and Rana’s uncle Venkatesh Dagguabti had acted together, and created much hype at that point.

A poster featuring Pawan and Venkatesh had created a magical hype at that point in time. Now that Rana and Pawan are to share the screen together, they seem to have worked on re-creating ‘Gopala Gopala’s most hyped pose.

‘Bheemla Nayak’ is all set to get a formal wrap soon, so as to enter into the post-production phase, so the team is working hard, to wind up the talkie part soon. ‘Bheemla Nayak’ is the official remake of the Malayalam movie ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’.

‘Bheemla Nayak’ is directed by Sagar K. Chandra, while S.S. Thaman is the music composer. Bankrolled under Sithara Entertainments, the movie stars Nithya Menen as the female lead opposite Pawan Kalyan.