After getting a gun, Salman Khan zips around in a bullet-proof imported SUV

Under threats from various quarters, Bollywood mega-star Salman Khan has acquired a swank white bulletproof SUV in which he zips around, barely months after getting a gun license for self-defense, sources close to the actor said.

Already accorded a Y-Plus Security cover, Khan is not taking chances and has imported a yet-to-be-launched Nissan Patrol SUV for his travail-free travels in and around Mumbai.

This would be an upgrade on his erstwhile modified Toyota Land Cruiser with armor and bulletproof glass but is considered a lower level of protection.

The developments follow the series of threats in the past few months from the mafia don Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang, to him and his aged father and renowned Bollywood writer Salim Khan.

Bishnoi had even proclaimed in an interview that his life goal was to “kill Salman Khan”, even as the security cover for the actor and his celeb family was stepped up a few weeks ago.

Khan has scheduled his next big release, ‘Kissi Ka Bhai, Kissi Ki Jaan’, later this month coinciding with the Ramzan-end festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Later he has a Diwali line-up of ‘Tiger 3’ and then ‘Tiger Vs. Pathaan’ in which he will work with Shah Rukh Khan.

K’taka polls Superstar Yash declines requests for campaigning

Kannada superstar Yash has declined offers from politicians from parties in Karnataka to take up campaigning for candidates ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections, according to sources close to him.

Yash is very popular throughout the state and BJP, Congress, and JD(S) have been continuously approaching him to rope him as a star campaigner. However, Yash is focussing on his future project and rejected all offers by politicians.

In the last Assembly elections, Yash had campaigned for a few candidates. He, along with Kannada superstar Darshan, had camped in Mandya and campaigned till the last day and ensured the victory of independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh against the grandson of former PM H.D. Deve Gowda in Parliamentary elections.

Sources stated that Yash is finalizing the movie and an announcement will be made by the end of this month. Reputed Telugu producer Dil Raju had claimed that he is making a film with Yash. Similarly, Kantara fame Rishab Shetty has decided not to campaign for any political party.

Music Composer MM Keeravani admired with Padma Shri by President Murmu.

MM Keeravani who is a composer of music and lyricist is famous in the industry. Because of the Naatu Naatu song which is from the RRR movie only, Keeravani got famous across the globe. Many Awards were taken by MM Keeravani from the industry through his fantastic performance like giving lyrics to some songs and composing them. He had won the Nandi Awards, National Film Award, etc…

Adding to his awards, MM Keeravani has won one more award recently. In the January of 2023, the central government opened up the names of the Padma Awards.  MM Keeravani’s name came on the list. MM Keeravani received the Padma Shri from our honorable President Droupathi Murmu in the presence of other delegates.

“Adipurush” Movie Hanuman Poster out

Under the direction of the OmRaut who was a well-known director in the industry, Rebel Star Prabha’s upcoming movie is ‘Adipurush” along with actress Kriti Sanon. Lord Sri Rama and Sita’s historical story has been put in the ‘Adispursh’ movie.

The Adipurush movie team released the poster which was showing the main roles in the movie such as Devdatta Nage’s make-up of Hanuma, Hero Prabha’s role in Lord Sri Rama,  Sita’s position taken by Kriti Sanon and Sunny Singh place Lakshmana.

Owing to the new update of the Adipursh, the Meditation posture of Lord Hanuman’s picture has been posted on social media by the team makers of Adipursh.

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.