Shaakuntalam release trailer out

Famous actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who is well known after the movie of Yashoda, Now she is coming in another movie called Shaakuntalam which is entirely based historical movie and the story of Abhijnanashakuntalam written by Kalidasa.

Of course, lady-oriented movies are also getting success in the industry, as we have seen in actress Anushka Shetty’s Rudhramadevi which is a mythical movie. In the Shaakuntalam film, Samantha Ruth Prabhu is going to act in the main role with Dev Mohan who will be opposite side to her. Shaakutalam movie will hit the theaters on April 14th in 2D and 3D in many languages.

Recently movie team released the 3D trailer on social media which created huge fans for the movie and now the official trailer of the ‘Shaakuntalam’ has been out in media. Samatha is looking gorgeous in a white dress in the trailer and She is expressing her love in some forms like touching the lack of water and tree leaves and emotionally connected to the king. They both are in love with emotionally each other.

‘Dasara’ grosses Rs 100 Cr in 6 days, Nani to fans: ‘Our effort, your gift’

Tollywood star Nani’s first pan-India project ‘Dasara’ has taken the box office by storm. In just six days since its release, Dasara has entered the coveted 100 crore club.

The film has grossed over Rs 100 crore worldwide, making it Nani’s first movie to achieve this milestone.

The movie has not only made its mark in the domestic market but also in overseas markets, especially in the U.S. where it is close to reaching $2 Million. Dasara has also proved to be tough competition for many Bollywood films released recently.

Nani took to Twitter to express gratitude towards the audience: “Our effort. Your gift. Cinema wins #Dasara.” The film’s success function held in Karimnagar was a grand affair, with the director receiving a BMW car and each team member being gifted a 10-gram gold coin.

Despite opening on a slow note in other languages, the movie is now picking up with positive talk. Set in a colliery village in Telangana, ‘Dasara’ has proved to be a hit, showcasing the power of good storytelling, slick direction, and talented actors.

The movie is directed by Srikanth Odela and produced by Sudhakar Cherukuri under the SLV Cinemas banner.

Priyanka to star opposite John Cena, Idris Elba in action film ‘Heads Of State’

Ahead of the global debut of the streaming spy series ‘Citadel’, Priyanka Chopra Jonas is getting into business with Amazon Studios again, this time with John Cena and Idris Elba in ‘Heads of State’. The movie’s cameras roll in May.

‘Nobody’ filmmaker Ilya Naishuller is directing off a script by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, with an initial draft by Harrison Query based on Query’s original idea, reports Deadline.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film, which we first told you about, is being described as Air Force One meets Midnight Run. Producers are the Safran Company’s Peter Safran and John Rickard. EPs are Cena, Elba and Marcus Viscidi.

As per ‘Deadline’, in February 2021, Priyanka became a New York Times bestselling author with her memoir ‘Unfinished’. She’ll be starring with Richard Madden in Prime Video’s ‘Citadel’, set to begin streaming on April 28.

On the film side, she will next star in Sony’s ‘Love Again’ and most recently starred in Netflix’s Oscar-nominated feature ‘The White Tiger’, which she also executive produced.

Chopra Jonas’ production banner Purple Pebble Pictures is currently under a first-look film and TV deal with Amazon Studios and has also partnered with Paramount Global to create original content focused on diversity and inclusion for its entertainment and youth channels.

Siddharth Anand to helm ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’

The Bollywood spy-universe is witnessing a post Big Bang moment. After it was reported earlier that Jr NTR will join ‘War 2’ as the antagonist, another movie from the spy-universe has locked the face for designation of director. The film ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’ will be helmed by Siddharth Anand, who is basking in the historic success of ‘Pathaan’.

The film will showcase a ruthless face-off between the two of the biggest superstars of Indian cinema — Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

Talking about the new development, a veteran trade source said, “Aditya Chopra has immense trust in Siddharth Anand to deliver a grand visual spectacle that has never been seen before with ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’. Siddharth is getting a dream cast of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan coming together for their first full-fledged film since ‘Karan Arjun’ and Siddharth will also be given all the support he needs to mount ‘Tiger vs Pathaan’ as the biggest film that India has ever produced.”

Earlier, the fans of Sidharth were disappointed with him not directing ‘War 2’ — the sequel to his 2019 blockbuster directorial when Ayan Mukerji was given the charge as the director but, it seems like producer Aditya Chopra is entrusting Sid with a bigger responsibility having seen his brilliant work of extracting the best out of SRK and Salman in the cross-over scene from ‘Pathaan’ and also looking at his brilliant track record at the box-office considering his blockbuster hattrick with ‘Bang Bang!’, ‘War’ and ‘Pathaan’.

The source further mentioned, “YRF’s war chest and its entire creative might is ready to roll out a film that should go down in the history of Indian cinema as a record-smashing blockbuster.”

YRF Spy Universe is now one the biggest IPs in Indian cinema.

From a timeline point of view, YRF’s spy universe started in 2012 when Salman Khan took charge as Tiger in ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. In 2017, Salman reprised the role of the super-spy in ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’. In 2019, Hrithik Roshan made his entry into the universe as the suave super-spy Kabir in ‘War’. With ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan entered the YRF spy universe as the super-agent Pathaan and delivered a mammoth global blockbuster.

However, the crossover of spies from this universe only began with ‘Pathaan’ in what will go down in the pages of history as one of the best cinematic moments of mainstream Hindi cinema.

Jr NTR coming up with Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff did a film in 2019, War, which was an action thriller under the direction of Siddharth Anand who did Bang Bang!

After the success of some films under YRF Spy Universe, They started shooting another film ‘War2’ through YRF Spy Universe which is also an action thriller.

Now, War 2 is attracting both Bollywood and Tollywood movie lovers because Young Tiger NTR will be sharing the silver screen with Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan in the movie ‘War 2″. Ayan Mukherjee is the director of ‘War 2’. This is the first time a combination movie for both actors, So that, audiences are very excited.

Vedvika Soni gears up for her Telugu debut in Vikranth-starrer ‘Spark’

Model and actress Vedvika Soni who hails from Ahmedabad and did a small cameo in Ravi Teja’s film ‘Dhamaka’, is set to make her Telugu debut alongside Mehreen Pirzada and Vikranth in the psychological action thriller ‘Spark’, helmed by director Aravind Kumar.

Vedvika said: “I started my career back in 2019 when I was in college as a model from Gujarat. Then I tried to come to Mumbai but covid happened so during the lockdown I researched a lot about the Telugu industry to find good contacts of filmmakers from there and fortunately one of my favorite and best directors Mr. Aravind Kumar sir helped me to navigate my career with whom I am working in 2 projects currently out of which one is the spark. So post-pandemic, I came to Hyderabad and shifted my base here and completed my shoot.”

Sharing about her role, she said: “I feel very grateful to the universe for lending me an opportunity of doing a lead role. I am essaying a decent working girl who is a software engineer. I didn’t prepare anything, particularly for the character but my main challenge was to learn the language. The makers and production team really helped me in picking up the language as they used to translate into Hindi and English for me to understand and portray the right emotions. I took it as a challenge and learned all the dialogues and that’s how I portrayed it.”

Describing her experience working in the Telugu industry with her co-actors she added: “It was a phenomenal experience as they were very punctual and treated everyone equally. I never felt like having any language barrier as my director and co-actors were so supportive and patient towards me understanding and learning Telugu.”

This action thriller features Nazzar, Suhasini Maniratnam, Shayaji Shinde, Vennela Kishore, Satya, Srikanth, Kiran Ayyangar, Annapurnamma, and many other well-known actors.

Upasana, Ram Charan host baby shower in Dubai

Upasana and her husband, actor Ram Charan, celebrated their baby shower in Dubai over the weekend. The intimate gathering was attended by close friends and family who flew in from around the world to celebrate the couple.

The joyous moment was hosted by Upasana’s sisters, Anushpala Kamineni and Sindoori Reddy, who are her support system. Upasana’s grandmother stole hearts with her elegance.

Upasana shared special memories of the celebrations with her bestie, Ram Charan, on her Instagram. Her inspiring motherhood journey has been a source of strength for many working women who strive to balance their careers and family life. As a role model, she has encouraged women to pursue their passions and dreams while embracing the joys of motherhood. Throughout her pregnancy, Upasana has maintained her unwavering commitment to philanthropy and corporate wellness as the Vice Chairperson of CSR at Apollo Hospitals and Founder of URLife, tirelessly working to create a positive impact in society.

Upasana Kamineni Konidela has been by Ram Charan’s side wherever the ‘RRR’ star went to promote the movie in the run-up to the Oscar. The S.S. Rajamouli directorial created history by becoming the first Indian movie to win an Oscar for Best Original Song in March this year.

Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling promise a wholesome ride into the world of Barbie

Hollywood star Margot Robbie brings to life the famous figurine in the official trailer for Warner Bros’ ‘Barbie’. Oscar nominee Robbie leads a star-studded cast that includes a muscular Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s boy toy, Ken.

The two actors are not the only Barbie and Ken dolls in the film. Dua Lipa stars as mermaid Barbie, for instance, alongside many other actors as different iterations of the famous doll, reports Variety.

The first ‘Barbie’ trailer – featuring a nod to Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey – officially introduced the world to Robbie’s Barbie, but it didn’t reveal too much about the characters or storyline.

Since then it has been revealed that Barbie and Ken have been placed in the real world and forced to wrestle with the difficulties of no longer being just dolls.

As per Variety, Gerwig has enlisted an A-list ensemble to star alongside Robbie and Gosling, including Will Ferrell as the Mattel CEO, Connor Swindells, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Rhea Perlman, Sharon Rooney, Ana Cruz Kayne, Ritu Arya, and Jamie Demetriou, as well as additional Barbie and Kens, including Emma Mackey, Issa Rae, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Simu Liu, Scott Evans, and Ncuti Gatwa.

Directed by Gerwig, ‘Barbie’ was co-written by the director and her husband, filmmaker Noah Baumbach. Gerwig indicated she was a little apprehensive and slightly terrified when taking on the highly-anticipated project, saying: “That feeling that I had was knowing that it would be really interesting terror. Usually, that’s where the best stuff is. I am terrified of that. Anything where you’re like, ‘This could be a career-ender,’ then you’re like, ‘OK, I probably should do it’.”

Dhvani Bhanushali’s ‘Vaaste’ garners 1.5 billion YouTube views

Singer Dhvani Bhanushali, who is known for her tracks like ‘Vaaste’, ‘Ishare Tere’ and ‘Leja Re’, has clocked 1.5 billion views for her song ‘Vaaste’ on YouTube.

Among the Indian songs that have crossed the 1 billion milestones are the devotional song ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ topping the list followed by regional songs like the Punjabi song ‘Lehanga’ and a Haryanvi song ’52 Gaj Ka Daman’ making Dhvani’s song the fourth most viewed song nationwide.

This has made Dhvani the youngest Indian musician to achieve the milestone. ‘Vaaste’ has been composed by Tanishk Bagchi and written by Arafat Mehmood, with Nikhil D’Souza featuring as the co-singer, the music video is directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru.

Expressing her gratitude, Dhvani said: “‘Vaaste’ is like that magical thing that happened in my life. I’ll always be grateful to all the people who have watched it more than a billion times on YouTube. It was the team of Tanishk, Arafat, Nikhil, Radhika Ma’am, Vinay Sir, and Siddharth that we could break so many records back then and even today. Most importantly it’s all the love and support from the audiences; it only inspires me to work harder and create more magic. I want to thank everyone who was involved in making this beautiful song with me, our mark will live on forever.”

Dhvani made her debut in the pop world with ‘Ishare Tere’ and followed it up with another hit, ‘Leja Re’. However, it was ‘Vaaste’ that catapulted her to the A-list of Indian musicians.

The song became a massive hit and was also listed among the top 10 most-liked music videos globally, with Dhvani featuring as the only Indian music artist in YouTube Rewind 2019. The song was released under the label T-Series.

Hunt for Pushpa begins: Makers release intriguing video on sequel

Post-covid, ‘Pushpa – The Rise’ was the first blockbuster that brought audiences back to theatres in 2021.

Two years later, as if to whet the anticipation for the sequel of the Allu Arjun starrer, the production house has released a video clip leaving netizens buzzing with the curious question: Where is Pushpa?

The cryptic video narrates that Pushpa escaped from jail in Tirupati, and is now untraceable.

The makers Mytri Movies, have promised fans an answer to this question: where is Pushpa, with a unique concept video “The Hunt for Pushpa” to be released on the eve of Icon Star Allu Arjun’s Birthday.