Sye Raa… Narasimha Reddy movie update

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Megastar Chiranjeevi made a great comeback to the Telugu Film industry with his 150th film, Khaidi No.150 for 2017 Sankranti. The film went on to break all the existing Tollywood box-office records (excluding Baahubali records). Megastar Chiranjeevi promised to his fans that, two of his films will be releasing every year from hereon.

Disappointing his fans, his 151st film, ‘Sye Raa… Narasimha Reddy’ only started on December 6th, 2017, and is slated to release for Jan 2019. The film has completed its first schedule on December 25th, in a special set erected in the outskirts of Hyderabad. Chiranjeevi, who was seen with a full-grown beardpreviously, was spotted with a clean shave in Mumbai, and in Hyderabad recently.

When questioned, Megastar said that he had undergone a clean shave, for the CG and VFX team to create his 3D image, using the motion capture technology. Adding to this, director Surender Reddy is now busy supervising the construction of a special set in a film studio in Hyderabad. The second schedule of the film will begin on 20thFebruary and will continue for 25-30 days, without any break. Post that, a month’s break will be taken.

Sources close to the production unit have confirmed that action sequences have come out brilliantly, and the who team is delighted with the output so far. Chiranjeevi is reprising the role of Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy in the movie.

IT Raids on Balakrishna Film!

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Celebrating this Sankranti, Pawan Kalyan’s Agnyaathavaasi and Balakrishna’s Jai Simha released on 10th January and 12th January respectively. After Agnyaathavasi shocked everyone by turning out to be a disaster at the box office, everyone assumed that ‘Jai Simha’ would be a roaring success, cashing on the former film’s failure. Even Balakrishna’s ‘Jai Simha’ failed to roar at the box-office.

Given the family sentiment drama and typical Balakrishna dialogues, the film is trying to make some profits at the box-office. With no films until 26th of January, Agnyaathavaasi and Jai Simha can manage to rake up few more collections.

Despite such a disappointing failure, Jai Simha produced, C Kalyan is now being chased by the IT sleuths. The IT officials reportedly issued a legal notice, asking C Kalyan to file the expenditure for ‘Jai Simha’. After the producer failed to provide the respective details, the IT sleuths cracked-down C Kalyan’s office. They recovered few important documents, said sources.

It is yet-to-be-known the nature of the documents collected from the producer’s office. All the movies produced by C Kalyan so far failed to achieve commercial success.

Bigger than Baahubali? 1000-crore and 300-crore movies on the way!

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After the stupendous success of Baahubali franchise, the Indian filmmakers believe that there is a great market for mythological and historical films. Baahubali kept the cash registers at the box-office ringing for over 20 – 25 days across the nation. Irrespective of the language and location, the movie emerged as the highest grosser in Indian film history.

Figuring out the budget and collections of the movie, the filmmakers are moving towards historical films. Interestingly, many subjects (scripts) are ready in the form of Hindu mythological and historical books. Taking inspiration from them, two movies are on the way.

Mohanlal 1000 cr Mahabharata film details

The first movie is about Bhima, one of the five Pandavas. The film’s story will begin from the 17thParva of Mahabharata. VA Srikumar Menen is directing the film. The movie’s story is inspired by the novel ‘Randa Mooja’ written by Jnanpith Awardee Vasudev Nair, who will also work as a scriptwriter for the film. the movie is being bankrolled by BR Shetty. If everything goes according to plan, the movie is slated to release in 2020. The 1000-crore budget film will release in two parts, within a gap of 90 days.

Vikram Mahavir Karna 300 cr film

The second movie, with an estimated budget of Rs. 300 crores, is based on the life of Karna. The movie is titled ‘Mahavir Karna’ and is being directed by RS Vimal. Tamil superstar Chiyaan Vikram will be playing the lead role of Karna in the movie. Though Vikram initially refused the offer, he acted after the director elaborated the script. The director promised thataudience will see a new facet of Karna, who is known for his extreme generousness.

It is great to see Indian filmmakers trying to reprise thehistorical character in a different perspective and facet, and bringing them closer to the current generation.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s ‘NTR’ teaser update!

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Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao is an icon of every Telugite living on this earth. He made every Telugu speaking individual proud in the Indian parliament. His film and political journey have been nothing short of aspectacle. He is the first Chief Minister in Andhra Pradesh who came up with various welfare schemes. They were so successful that, even the present governments are continuing them. Even on the silver screen, he is a class apart.

In an attempt to preserve his legacy, his son, and hero-cum-politician, Nandamuri Balakrishna came up with the idea of making a film on NTR’s life. Balakrishna will reprise NTR on the screen, with Teja directing the film. The movie is being bankrolled by Balakrishna himself. With an intention to launch the film’s trailer on 18th January, marking the death anniversary of NTR, the film’s unit carried out a small shoot.

But the latest reports state that the film’s teaser launch has been postponed. ‘After Balayya expressed his wish to launch the trailer on 18th Jan, his family members raised some congeners. They felt that it wouldn’t be proper to launch a film’s teaser on the death anniversary. Hence the date has been postponed’, said a close source to Nandamuri family. It is learnt that Balakrishna will soon come up with a new date for the teaser’s launch.

Is Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘God, Sex and Truth’ also a copy?

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Ram Gopal Varma is a synonym for controversies and rumors, both in Tollywood and Bollywood film industry. The director has touched the pinnacle and saw the deepest lows in his career. His films, his posts, and even his comments create ripples in the film industries. Ram Gopal Varma himself stated that he usually takes inspiration from Hollywood movies for his films, and often change the screenplay and script, to suit our Indian audience.

The director went quiet after the launch of ‘Kadapa’ trailer. But he came back with a bang with his upcoming film (or web series) ‘God, Sex, and Truth’. Mia Malkova will be seen in the lead role. The movie’s trailer shocked everyone, given its content. Though RGV was criticized heavily, he was equally praised for film’s his bold and distinctive theme.

Shockingly, RGV once again under the line of fire. It is being heard that even ‘GST’ isn’t an original work.

An individual named P Jaya Kumar claimed that ‘God, Truth and Sex’ is a blind carbon copy of his work. He said, ‘I sent RGV my script for his review and comments. But after seeing GST trailer, I realized that it is a blind carbon copy of the script I sent to him. Everything uttered by Mia Malkova is lifted from my work’.

RGV is yet to react on P Jaya Kumar’s claim. Moreover, Jaya Kumar is not ready for any sort of off-the-court settlement. He is determined to pursue legal action against RGV. 

Mahindra Chairman Tweets on Balakrishna’s Bolero Scene in Jai Simha

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Nandamuri Balakrishna’s films are not only known for intense dialogues, but also for high-octane action scenes. In the past, Balakrishna did go overboard by driving in the face of a near-vertical hill and sending a train backwards with a mere stare. These scenes might have wooed film audience at that time, but not anymore these days. Instead, he became thebutt of jokes in recent times for acting in such sequences. After a Twitterati shared the video of Bolero Scene in Jai Simha on Anand Mahindra, (Chairman, Mahindra Industries) Twitter account, it caught his attention.

Ananda Mahindra rather replied in a hilarious manner on the sharedvideo (Bolero Scene in Jai Simha). His tweet read:

‘Haha. Now all our service workshops won’t need any hydraulic lifts anymore to do Bolero check-ups!!’

The tweet was shared and liked by over 1000 Twitterati in a short while. Anand Mahindra’s tweet on Balakrishna was in response to the Bolero Scene in Jai Simha, where Balayya lifts the Mahindra Bolero vehicle one-handedly with ease.Jai Simha is having a good run at the Telugu box-office, despite mixed reviews. The film is directed by KS Ravikumar.

Rangasthalam movie update – Teaser date locked in!

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Rangasthalam movie Teaser date

This year’s Sankranti has been a big letdown for the Telugu film industry. The two films released for the festive seasontoppled at the box office. Even the small-budget film ‘Rangula Ratnam’ did not cash on the failure of the starfilms and went on to become the ‘third flop’ for Sankranti 2018.

Moving away from this, the Telugu audience is eagerly waiting for films to follow. With Anushka’s ‘Bhaagamathie’ and Raviteja’s ‘Touch Chesi Chudu’ gearing up for release towards the end of January, Tollywood is hoping, at least these films to have a good run at the box-office. Ram Charan’s Rangasthalam is gearing up for its promotions.

The Sukumar directorial ‘Rangasthalam’ is slated to release on 30th March. The movie’s teaser will be releasedat 4:15 pm on 24thJanuary 2018. ‘Team RamCharan’ has released an official poster confirming the same on Twitter.

Ram Charan can be seen running through the waters, with a million-dollar smile on his face. It is heard that Ram Charan will be ‘deaf’ in the film, and would be using ‘lip reading’ technique to understand what other speak.

Megastar to lead TOLLYWOOD!

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Megastar Chiranjeevi is undoubtedly the king of Tollywood cinema. Despite his break for a decade, no one was able to replace the Megastar on the silver screen. His comeback movie Khaidi No.150 that released in 2017 Sankranti went on to break box-office records (non-Baahubali). Parallelly, Chiru is also known for his humanitarian role both on-screen and off-screen.

Recently, Megastar Chiranjeevi visited Perupalem Village, Mogalthur, West Godavari. The Megastar took the initiative to develop the village using the MP Lads funds of Rs. 5 crores, under the Central Government scheme ‘Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’.

Chiranjeevi even extended his helping hand towards junior artists and other character artists in Tollywood. He has donated Rs. 2 lakhs towards the treatment for Gundu Hanumantha Rao, who is suffering from akidney ailment. He also donated thecommendable amount to several (senior) junior artists who are having atough time due to lack of roles in the movies.

Megastar Chiranjeevi is also spotted at various medium and small budget movie functions recently. After attending Hello movie function in December 2017, Juvva teaser launch yesterday, it is confirmed that Chiru’s presence will be felt at ‘Chalo’ movie teaser launch. With his contribution towards humanitarian and social causes, Megastar is sure to lead Tollywood, which is desperately in need of someone like Dasari Narayana Rao. 

Nani as Arjuna in Krishnarjuna Yuddham!

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Nani’s second surprise for the 3-day festival is out. After he surprised everyone in an ‘oora mass’ look as Krishna from Krishnarjuna Yuddham, he comes as Arjuna this time. It is known that Nani is playing a dual role; both as Krishna and Arjuna in the movie. As ‘Arjuna’ Nani looks youthful and energetic. His rockstar outfit and looks like Arjuna has raised expectations on the movie.

We can understand from this look that, Nani is leading a group of youngsters in his college, or performing at a concert. Krishnarjuna Yuddham is expected to be a landmark movie in Nani’s career.

The ‘Natural Star’ who was only seen as a next-door-boy image all this while. In KAY, Nani will not only sport a mass-look, but even this rockstar looks. The film is being directed by Merlapaka Gandhi. Krishnarjuna Yuddham is slated for release in May 2018.

Nani is currently busy with his first production ‘Awe!’. The film is being directed by Prashanth Varma and produced on Wall Poster Cinema. Nani and Ravi Teja will be lending their voice to a fish and a plant in this movie respectively.

Nani as Arjuna in Krishnarjuna Yuddham!