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Prabhas and Pooja

film to be launched in August

Kiara Advani

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about lovemaking scenes

Beauty

Kajal Aggarwal

about casting couch

Ruhani Sharma

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eerthy Suresh has turned Singer!

Keerthy Suresh is working with Chiyaan Vikram for an upcoming action and romantic entertainer Saamy Square (Saamy 2).

Recently the makers launch the audio of Saamy Square, which was attended by the entire cast and crew! On this occasion, the makers revealed that Keerthy Suresh and Vikram have lent their vocal for a song 'Pudhu Metro Rail’. On Tuesday the makers released the making video of Pudhu Metro Song, which is currently trending on YouTube. The talented actress Keerthy Suresh also shared the making video on her Twitter. She captioned it, “Excited and happy to share with you all my first song as a singer

from #SaamySquare hope u will like it and looking forward to the feedback’s !!” About her singing debut, Mahanati fame Keerthy Suresh said, "Producer Shibu Thameens is the sole reason for my singing debut.

He had showed a random video of me singing to composer Devi Sri Prasad and both compelled me to croon the song."Devi Sri Prasad also opened up about Keerthy Suresh’s singing talent and said, “Everyone cannot become a singer. It's a gift from the God. When I saw the video of Keerthy Suresh singing for the first time, I was shocked because she did a good job as her pitching and tunes were perfect.”

Pawan Kalyan

nitya pellikoduku

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aahubali film maker SS Rajamouli has decided to shift in Aluminum factory. It is known news that currently he along with family members, is residing in an apartment complex in Manikonda. The sources close to Rajamouli say that he has leased a place (Aluminium factory) for next 10 years and going to shift along with his family there.

Rajamouli has decided to erect a semi permanent building for his residence and office work. A big shed and a Manduva house is being constructed in Aluminum

factory for Rajamouli. The construction is costing around Rs 2 Cr. Rajamouli will carry out all the operations of the project from this Manduva house. A shed beside the house will be utilized by his team. Currently the director is busy in the pre-production work of RRR in which Ram Charan and Jr NTR will play the lead roles and it will be bankrolled by DVV Danayya under DVV Entertainments project. RRR is said to have a backdrop of 1947.

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SRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said, “The Jana Sena President Pawan Kalyan speaks about values, where does he have values? What values does he have when he changes his life partner every four years like a car. Had we done the same thing, what will people say? Wouldn’t they have called us ‘nitya pellikoduku’?” YS Jagan Mohan Reddy added that he feels sad that people are forced to take seriously those who turn political just 6 months before elections. His statement was in reference to actor turned politician Pawan Kalyan’s statewide tour.

Jagan also alleged that Pawan Kalyan used to pop up once in a while in the last

Pawan Kalyan of practicing "Polygamy".

The comments of Jagan Mohan Reddy on Pawan Kalyan have become hot topic of discussion in political circles as well as fans circles. Pawan Kalyan fans and others took to Twitter to condemn Jagan Mohan Reddy. On the other side, Prof K Nageswar condemned YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's personal comments on Pawan Kalyan. K Nageswar said that Jagan’s commenting Pawan Kalyan at personal level bringing his family members into public is a blunder

four years only to protect Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. Jagan also accused

which can create danger of changing political discourse.

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arthi is going to play the role of Politician YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, in YSR’s biopic titled “Yatra”, which is being directed by Mahi V Raghav. The film stars Malayalam superstar Mammootty in the title role and he will make his screen presence as legendary politician YS Rajasekhar Reddy. It is heard that initially the makers wanted to rope Karthi’s brother Suriya.

Though he was very impressed but as he was no able to allot the dates because of his busy shoot schedule, he said no to the makers and suggested the name of his brother Karthi for this important role.

Finally, the makers of Yatra brought Karthi on the board to play the role of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. An official announcement is expected to come out very soon. Karthi

Karthi turns POLITICIAN

is well known actor in both Telugu speaking states- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

The sources say that when Karthi was in Hyderabad for the success meet of his recent offering 'Chinna Babu', the makers of Yatra met him and narrated the subject.

Karthi has given green signal for the project.

If everything will go accordingly, very soon Karthi will join the sets of 'Yatra' after the completion of 'Chinna Babu' promotions in Tamil Nadu. Yatra is being bankrolled by Vijay Chilla and Shashi Devireddy under the

banner of 70mm Entertainments. The biopic is slated to hit the theaters on the occasion of Sankranthi 2019.

Bigg Boss 2 Telugu

a flop show for

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r Rajasekhar and Jeevitha’s young daughter Shivatmika is going to make her debut with an upcoming film titled Dorasani, in which Arjun Redy fame actor Vijay Deverakonda’s young brother Anand Deverakonda will play the lead role.

The upcoming project Dorasani will mark the debut for both the actors- Shivatmika Rajasekhar and Anand Deverakonda.

The film is directed by debutant K.V. R. Mahendra and jointly bankrolled by Madhura Sridhar and Yash Rangineni. The

sources say that Suresh Babu may also give his support to this film as he is very impressed with the subject. The sources close to the film unit says that the director K.V. R. Mahendra has earlier made a short movie ‘Nisheedhi’ and now he came up with this upcoming film Dorasani. The story of Dorasani is completely in the Telangana dialect. The makers were in the search of two new faces and now they have decided to launch Shivatmika Rajasekhar and Anand Deverakonda.

SHIVATMIKA RAJASEKHAR AND ANAND DEVERAKONDA

all sets for a launch

flop at the box office. Bigg Boss 2 Telugu, which is being hosted by Natural Star Nani is not a good platform for the promotion of movies. This season, Bigg Boss 2 Telugu, the team of Jambalakidi Pamba - Srinivasa Reddy andcomedian Vennela Kishore entered in Bigg Boss house as the part of promotional activities. In Bigg Boss 2 house, Srinivas Reddy behaved like his character in Jambalakidi Pamba and the dialogues he used to evoke laughs. Finally the movie turned out flop. Later Sai Dharam Tej and Anupama Parameswaran made their entry in Bigg Boss 2 house to promote Tej I Love

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igg Boss is a big platform to promote films and shows. Bigg Boss is called the baap of all reality shows for no reason.

We have seen many Telugu stars promoting their upcoming films on the reality show.

Recently, Manchu Lakshmi visited on the sets of controversial reality show Big Boss 2 Telugu, to promote her woman centric movie Wife of Ram (W/O Ram), which is turning out

You. Unfortunately, on its opening day, it received negative responses and recently Tej I Love You completed its run at the box office and turned out disaster. The movie recovered only 25% of investment. Finally the movies- Jambalakidi Pamba, Tej I Love You and Wife of Ram (W/O Ram), which were promoted on Bigg Boss 2 Telugu, have turned out flop at the box office. Bigg Boss 2 Telugu is a flop show for the promotion of upcoming movies.

Nara Rohit

LOOK FROM Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu

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hriya Saran has released the first look poster of Nara Rohit from the upcoming movie Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu on her Twitter on the occasion of actor’s birthday. Shriya Saran captioned it, “Here is the RO’HITMAN’s MENACING cult look from #VeeraBhogaVasanthaRayalu #HBDNaraRohith #CULTisRISING #VBVR @shriya_saran1109 @isudheerbabu @sreevishnuoffl @Inndrasenar @ VbvrTheFilm.” Coming on the First Look Poster, Nara Rohit is seen in beard avatar and the caption is giving a hint that he will be seen as hitman in this upcoming drama -

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Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu. The movie has the tagline - Cult Is Rising. Nara Rohit is seen injured. The film is being directed

by Indrasena and apart from Nara Rohit, the film has other stars like Shriya Saran, Sudheer Babu and Sree Vishnu in prominent role. Touted to be a complete thriller, this film is being bankrolled by Apparao Bellana under his banner Baba Creations and it will be presented by Dr MVK Reddy. The film has the music

by Mark K Robin. The camera is being cranked by S Venkat and Naveen Yadav, and the editing is done by Shashank Mali.

Mahesh Babu:

King of Social Media

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RS MP and Telangana Jagruthi Leader, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, took up 'Green Challenge' programme, initiated by Igniting Minds, an organisation dedicated to follow former President APJ Abdul Kalam’s footsteps. Under the program, Kavitha planted a sapling and nominated Badminton player Saina Nehwal, Baahubali film maker SS Rajamouli, ABN Telugu Channel MD Radha Krishna and Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali. Kavita wrote on her twitter, “Accepted priyanka’s nomination & Doing my bit for greener World !! I nominate miss @Nsaina, Deputy

greener better world!! #HarithaHaram."

SS Rajamouli to Saina Nehwal to GHMC Commissioner, have accepted the green challenge. SS Rajamouli nominated the ace badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, IT Minister KTR, and Mahanati film maker Nag Ashwin and Arjun Reddy director Sandeep Reddy Vanga. Rajamouli shared a pic on his twitter and wrote, “Challenge accepted @RaoKavitha garu. Planted Banyan, Gulmohar and Neem saplings.

And now, I nominate Pullela Gopichand garu, @KTRTRS garu, young directors @ imvangasandeep, Nag Ashwin to take up

CM Mahmood Ali garu, RadhaKrishna garu @abntelugutv & @ssrajamouli garu to take up the green challenge!!

Plant a sapling & spread the word for a

the #HarithaHaram challenge.” Meanwhile Rajamouli is busy in the pre-production work of his upcoming movie #RRR in which Mega Power Star Ram Charan and Young Tiger Jr NTR will play the lead roles.

Rajamouli challenge to ARJUN REDDY AND MAHANATI

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ithya Menen, who was seen in Natural Star Nani’s production venture Awe, is currently busy in her upcoming multilingual drama Praana, which is being helmed by VK Prakash.

According to the latest update, once again Nithya Menen and Nani have teamed up. Nani will be seen playing special cameo in this upcoming Nithya Menen starrer film Praana, which is being made in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada language. The entire shoot of the film has been wrapped up. Dulquer Salmaan, who is basking in the glory of his recent offering Mahanati, will also be seen playing supporting role . Recently the makers released the first look poster, which received decent response by the movie lovers. The specialty of this upcoming movie Praana is the only character in the movie is Nithya Menon.

From starting scene to ending scene,

ahesh Babu is one of the high profile stars in South India. He carries an enviable fan base among the current generation of the stars and also has millions of the followers on the social media sites.

Mahesh Babu interacts with his fans through Twitter and Facebook. The actor enjoys a huge fan base in Telugu film industry. He has endorsed almost more than 25 brands and his number of movies have done the business around Rs 100 Crs. Mahesh Babu has emerged most popular star as he has over 13 million followers on the social media and he has nearly 6.6 million

followers on Twitter. His followers on photo sharing site- Instagram are 1.4 million and 5 million followers follow him on the Facebook.

Definitely Mahesh Babu is the king of social media. With over 5 Million followers in Facebook, Mahesh Babu has beaten other top stars like Kollywood actor Dhanush, Stylish Star Allu Arjun, and Mega Power Star Ram Charan Teja to emerge as the most followed film celebrity of South India. After the release of dubbed version of Spyder in Tamil, Mahesh Babu has gained the attention of Kollywood and is also became popular in neighbouring states.

Akhil Akkineni’s

next with Karan Johar

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khil Akkineni, the son of Akkineni Nagarjuna, made his Telugu debut with Akhil:The Power of Jua, directed by VV Vinayak, which was disaster at the box office.

Later Akhil teamed up with 24 and Manam fame Vikram Kumar for Hello, and it was just average at the box office. Akhil is taking special care while listening the storyline and currently he is busy in the shoot of upcoming

third movie, in the direction of Venky Atluri.

Currently the movie is progressing at brisk pace in London. According to the latest update, Akhil has joined hands with Sathya Prabhas for his 4th project. The sources say that Akhil is very impressed with the script and asked Sathya Prabhas to develop it.

Karan Johar, who distributed Hindi version of SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali, is going to bankroll Akhil Akkineni’s film and it will be released in two languages- Telugu and Hindi. The official confirmation is awaited regarding it. Sathya Prabhas is the brother of actor Aadhi Pinisetty and he earlier directed Malupu which received decent response by the movie lovers. Currently Karan Johar is producing Brahmastra in which Akhil’s father King Nagarjuna is playing crucial role.

Nani cameo in Nithya Menen starrer Praana

she is the only character that will appear on the screen. Praana is a highly experimental film on several counts. Oscar award winner Rakul Pookutty is using a new technology called surround sync sound. PC Sriram is working as a cinematographer whereas VK Prakash is helming this prestigious project.

Composer Louis Banks is scoring the music.

Praana has been simultaneously shot in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.

That means Nithya Menen had to act the same scene four times in four different languages.

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VIJAY DEVERAKONDA

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ijay Devarkonda is now going to share the screen space with Raashi Khanna in his next upcoming film, which is going to be helmed by Kranthi Madhav of Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju and Onamalu fame. It is known news that Arjun Reddy fame Vijay Deverakonda has joined hands with Kranthi Madhav for his next which will be bankrolled by producer K.S. Rama Rao. The regular shoot will be commenced from the next month. The sources close to the film maker reveal that Producer K. S. Rama Rao and director Kranthi Madhav have started hunt

for the actress to play the female lead role.

They have also auditioned many girls but they had still not found their right choice. But a source confirmed that the makers of Vijay Deverakonda starrer, have brought Raashi Khanna on the board to play the female lead.

Earlier there was a buzz in the film Industry that Kajal Aggarwal was cast opposite Vijay Deverakonda as the female lead. However, the source has denied the news and said, “Kajal Aggarwal is not part of the project.” ecently in during media interaction Vijay Deverakonda opened up about this film and said, “The upcoming movie is a futuristic love story and is going to be a very beautiful film. It is multilayered and very pacy.” It is heard that the film is based on some real-life incidents and will show Vijay Deverakonda

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as a software engineer. The female lead is as powerful as the lead actor in this film. eanwhile Vijay Deverakonda who has delivered hit movies like Pelli Choopulu and Arjun Reddy, is planning to deliver one more hit movie in the form of Geetha Govindam, directed by Parasuram and produced by Bunny Vas under the banner of GA 2 Pictures. Rashmika Mandanna is playing love interest of Vijay Deverakonda in this film, presented by Allu Aarvind. n the other side, recently Raashi Khanna was seen in Nithiin starrer family drama Srinivasa Kalyanam. Though the performance of Raashi Khanna and Nithiin are receiving applause but the movie is turning out flop at the box office.

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Renu Desai

Tamannah Colours Swathi set for Tollywood marriage news decided to get married again! comeback with Vikas

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wathi Reddy, a Russian-born Indian film actress and television presenter, who is popularly known as Colours Swathi, who predominantly works in Telugu Cinema along with Tamil and Malayalam movies, is all set to get married. According to the latest update, Swathi Reddy has decided to tie the knot with an International pilot, who works for Malaysian Airlines. Swathi’s fiancé name is Vikas, and he resides in Jakarta, Indonesia. After the wedding, Swathi might settle down there. It is a love cum arranged marriage. The wedding of Colours Swathi and Vikas will take place on 30th August 2018 and the reception will be helmed in Cochin. ssistant director Sreedhar Sri has confirmed the wedding news of Colours Swathi as he wrote on the wall of his twitter, “#ColoursSwathi wedding will take place in Hyderabad on August 30th with #Vikas (international pilot)..!!! ast year, in an interview, Colours Swathi revealed that she is planning to settle down in life and lead life happily. Earlier Colours Swathi was linked with hero Nikhil Siddharth, but the actress denied that she never dated him. er nickname Colors Swatih comes from her stint in the Telugu TV show Colours, in the year 1996. Swathi Reddy made her debut in supporting roles. Her first film in supporting role was Danger. Later she made her debut as a leading actress in the Tamil film Subramaniapuram, which was released in 2008. She has also worked as a voice actor and playback singer as well. In 2008, she had dubbed for Goan beauty Ileana D’Cruz in the film Jalsa. In 2010, Swathi Reddy gave her voice to an HIV/ AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAIDS. She has also appeared in an advertisement for “Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. olours Swathi was last seen in London Babulu in 2017, which is directed by Chinni Krishna and produced by Maruthi.

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enu Desai, the ex-wife of Jana Sena President and actor Power Star Pawan Kalyan is planning to make her re-entry in film Industry once again. As Renu Desai is getting ready for a marriage, she is planning to continue acting post her marriage. Recently she said that she was looking for performance oriented role. It seems, very soon Renu Desai will make her comeback in Telugu Film Industry and will announce her project. Before her entry into Telugu filmdom, Renu Desai was a model and appeared in the music video of Shankar Mahadevan's song ‘Breathless’.

Renu Desai has been the part of only two movies. She was paired up with Pawan Kalyan in 'Badri' and 'Johnny' movies. She has also proved her mettle as a costume designer in Telugu Film Industry. Later, the actress tried his luck in direction and helmed the Marathi film 'Mangalahtac Once More' and the movie was successful in Maharashtra.

Later Renu Desai came up with ‘Ishq Wala Love’, which was directed and produced by herself. The movie was bombed at the box office. Renu Desai did not accept the offers from Telugu film Industry, after the marriage with Pawan Kalyan because she wanted to become a director and producer.

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amannah Bhatia is getting married. According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, Tamannah Bhatia, who is well known face for Telugu, Tamil and Hindi audiences are all set to tie the knot very soon. The sources say that she is going to get married with a person, who is a doctor and lives in US. There are a lot of rumours on the social media sites about the marriage of Baahubali actress Tamannah Bhatia. Apparently, few media houses have reported that Tamannah Bhatia is ready for the wedding with a doctor based in the USA. There is no official confirmation about Tamannah’s wedding with a doctor.

Last year Tamannah Bhatia’s wedding news was also in headlines when she was spotted with Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq at the opening of a Jeweler shop. Their pic went viral on social media and it was heard that they were doing shopping for their wedding. Milky beauty Tamannah Bhatia is one of the actress who never hints about her wedding. She is having a handful of projects on South as well as B-town.

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t is known news that Young Rebel Star Prabhas has joined hands with Jill fame director Radha Krishna for his next upcoming film. The movie will be launched in the first week of next month –August in Hyderabad. Chandrasekhar Yeleti has written the story for this film and Prabhas's uncle Krishnam Raju will presented it. UV Creations is producing this movie. The film’s story is set in the backdrop of 1940s and 50s. The sources say that the makers are planning to shoot the major part of the movie

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ajal Aggarwal, who is well known face for Telugu, Tamil and Hindi audiences, was recently asked about much talked issue of casting couch.

Her reply gave a shock to everyone.

Kajal Aggarwal said, “I have been very lucky that I have never faced anything. I don't really know whether casting couch actually exists or not.”

Kajal Aggarwal added, "But I want to say only one thing that everyone should teach their men to be more responsible rather than teaching our girls to be safe. And it should be started in every house when the child is young." She revealed that she herself has heard many instances of her co-actresses receiving indecent proposals by the film makers and actors in exchange for roles in their movies but she never faced such a humiliating experience in her filmy career. It is known news that when Rakul Preet Singh also denied the existence of Casting Couch in film Industry, she was slammed by the controversial actress Sri Reddy and Madhavi Latha. Recently Sri Reddy claimed that Kajal Aggarwal also faced sexual harassment. On the workside, Kajal Aggarwal has also signed two upcoming Telugu movieone is the direction of Santosh Srinivas, in which Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja will play the lead role and other in the direction of Sreenivas.

in Europe and the producers are ready to invest mammoth budgets for Prabhas's movie. Pooja Hegde who was seen shaking the legs in Sukumar’s Rangathalam for an item song, is on the board to play the love interest of Prabhas in this drama. This is the first when both Prabhas and Pooja Hegde will share the screen space. There had been a lot of speculations around the leading lady of Prabhas starrer film , before Pooja Hegde was confirmed and the actress is excited to be pairing up opposite Prabhas.

Samantha Akkineni: FIRST LOOK POSTER OF U TURN

Kajal Aggarwal S ABOUT CASTING COUCH

amantha Akkineni is playing the lead role in upcoming woman centric movie ‘U Turn’. The film is the remake of a Kannada thriller drama with the same title. Recently Samantha Akkineni unveiled the first look poster of herself from U Turn on her Twitter and captioned it, “Here is a film I believe in Hope you will share the same opinion on September 13th in Telugu and Tamil .Presenting #UTurnTheMovie first look.Directed by @pawanfilms and produced by @SS_Screens. Also stars @ AadhiOfficial @23_rahulr @bhumikachawlat @UTurnTheMovie.” Coming on the first look

poster of U Turn, Samantha Akkineni is seen in serious look. In the backdrop, old building, flying birds and jeep driving with flash light are seen. Samantha will be seen playing journalist whereas Rahul Ravindran and Aadhi pinisetty will be seen in important role.

Bhumika Chawla is in a guest role. According to the latest update, the makers have wrapped up the shooting of talkies part and very soon the shoot of song will be started.

Pawan Kumar is directing the movie U Turn, which is touted to be a mystery thriller. U Turn is bilingual movies and bankrolled by Srinivasaa Chitturi and Rambabu Bandaru.

KIARA ADVANI

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iara Advani’s masturbation scene in Karan Johar's directed short filmsLust Stories, an anthology of four stories released on Netflix, grabbed several eyeballs. The actress, who made headline with her masturbation scene from 'Lust Stories', has spoken about love making scenes. Kiara Adavani believes that it is no longer a taboo to show women's desire on screen. The clip was widely circulated on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter titled 'Dadi galat remote le liya' (granny picked up the wrong remote). In the short film made by Karan Johar, Neha Dhupia and Kiara Advani can be seen enacting masturbation scenes. Recently

during the media interaction, Kiara Advani opened up about love making scenes, she said, “There are other actresses who have also done this and I'm happy it started a conversation. I have seen in various movies, which have been done in a humorous way so I exposed to it. As I did not cross the vulgar line, that is the main reason that it worked. Kiara Advani added, “I will be very careful about an intense lovemaking scene.

I need to know how it is being shot. I need to know that how much to show or not. If they will shoot just for effect and not in the context to the story, I will say no.”

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Sukumar helps

Ganta Venkata Lakshmi E

verybody is aware of that Rangasthalam, directed by talented film maker Sukumar has turned out blockbuster at the box office and it has also crushed SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali, in several areas and created history at the box office. But recently during the media interaction, 'Jigelu Rani' singer Ganta Venkata Lakshmi opened up about her remuneration. She said, she feels lucky as she got the opportunity to lend her voice for the song but revealed the injustice meted out to her because of mediators. She did not get a single rupee as the remuneration of Rangasthalam song. Jigelu Rani is the item number from

'Rangasthalam', which is crooned by Ganta Venkata Lakshmi and Pooja Hegde shook her legs for this item song. On the other side, Rangasthalam helmer Sukumar responded over the issue and sent Rs 1 Lakh to Ganta Venkata Lakshmi as remuneration for the song. Singer Vijaya Lakshmi thanked the Channel for its support and revealed that Sukumar has paid her a huge amount for the song recently. She also thanked sensational music director Devi Sri Prasad and director Sukumar for giving her a new life while identifying her talent. In her recent interview, the singer Ganta Venkata Lakshmi also revealed that she got offers from 3 other music directors.

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radeep Machiraju, the anchor, has made his grand entry in controversial reality show Bigg Boss 2 Telugu on 39th day, which is being hosted by Natural Star Nani. The Telugu entertainment channel STAR Maa invites entries for the reality show ‘Pelli Choopulu’, the show is about an attempt to find a perfect match for one

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DP (Telugu Desam Party) launched the no-confidence motion against the NDA government in parliament. The Andhra party’s supremo, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrbabu Naidu, chose Jayadev Galla to launch the debate on the first no-confidence motion against the NDA government in the Lok Sbha recently. The TDP has just 13 minutes allotted to take part in the debate. Jayadev Galla made his mark in the opening hour of this daylong debate. He cited Mahesh Babu-starrer recently released Political drama 'Bharath Ane Nenu', in which an NRI son taking up the reigns of state following his father's death. Jayadev Galla said the theme of the movie was " Promise is a Promise, If a man makes a promise and doesn't keep it he doesn't have the right to call him self a man".

Jayadev Galla:

Promise is a

Promise

Everyone can easily conclude why Jayadev Galla referred to Koratala Siva’s directorial venture. After his speech, he told to the Lok Sabha Sumitra Majahan that he would need an additional 30 minutes. Jayadev Galla made his political debut in 2014, though he won by a thumping majority from the Guntur constituency in Andhra Pradesh. He is a businessman and an industrialist. Jayadev Galla is also the boss of Amara Raja group of companies, set up by his NRI father who returned to India from the US three decades ago.

SUPRIYA YARLAGADDA

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upriya Yarlagadda, the niece of Nagarjuna and sister of actor Sumanth, who debuted as an actress with Pawan Kalyan starrer Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi, is making her comeback in Telugu film Industry after a long gap. Supriya Yarlagadda will be

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of the most eligible bachelors Pradeep Machiraju. The noted anchor is superstar of Television. He has earned good name and fame through the TV shows and now he is going to search his lady love through TV show. In Bigg Boss 2 Telugu house, Pradeep Machiraju has revealed that he entered the house of Bigg Boss 2 Telugu as wild card contestant but his main purpose is to promote his new TV show named Pelli Choopulu. He revealed that he is not doing the show Pelli Choppulu only for the sake of doing it but he is in the search of a life partner. Pradeep Machiraju revealed that the girl, who is his biggest fan, will be his life partner. The anchor invites single girls who feel they may be compatible with him to the show so they can have an opportunity to meet each other.

seen playing an important role in upcoming movie Goodachari. The first look poster of Supriya Yarlagadda’s from Goodachari has been unveiled by the makers. Supriya is essaying the role of Raw agent Nadiya Qureshi, a deputy director of chief task investigation and she will be seen carrying

a 92 FS weapon with her. Actor Sumanth shared the poster of Supriya Yarlagadda on his twitter and captioned it, “Introducing my sister in #Goodachari! #ComingSoon...”

Adivi Sesh and Sobhita Dhulipala are playing the lead roles. Adivi Sesh is also playing a RAW agent in the film. The sources say that it was Adivi Sesh who convinced Supriya Yarlagadda to do the role. As Adivi Sesh ia very close to Akkineni family, Supriya Yarlagadda agreed to become the part of Goodachari, which is directed by Sashi Kiran Tikka and produced

by Abhishek Nama under the banner of Abhishek Pictures. Currently the film is in post production stage. It is scheduled to hit the theaters on 3rd August.

Naga Chaitanya

relation with Bollywood beauty?

N aga Chaitanya and Samantha Akkineni, will be seen playing lead roles in Ninnu Kori fame Shiva Nirava’s upcoming directorial venture. Both the actors, who are husband and wife in real life, will also be seen reel life couch in this upcoming romantic entertainer. The makers have roped model cum popular Hindi TV actress Divyansha Kaushik in this upcoming drama and she will be seen playing other woman in their lives. The sources close to the film Industry, Divyansha Kaushik will join the sets of Naga Chaitanya and Samantha

starrer upcoming movie, from the month of September whereas the regular shoot will be commenced in August. It is heard that Naga Chaitanya will be seen playing cricketor and it will be the first film for the couple post their wedding. To be bankrolled under the banner of Shine Screens, the movie will be jointly produced by Sahu Garapati and Harish Peddi. On the other side, Divyansha Kaushik will also be seen playing the female lead in Siddhrath starrer upcoming movie, directed

by Kappal fame G Krish. This upcoming film will mark Divyansha Kaushik’s Tamil debut.

She will play the role of a modern girl, who will be presented as orthodox.

Manchu Lakshmi fires on

netizens

expresses her opinions frequently. During the media interaction, Manchu Lakshmi

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anchu Lakshmi aka Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna is an actress, producer and television presenter, who is known for her works in Telugu cinema and American television. Just like her father Manchu Lakshmi never minces her words when she speaks on something. She is one who

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S Rajamouli is busy in the preproduction work of his upcoming magnum opus #RRR in two top stars, one actor from Mega family and other from Nandamuri family will play the lead roles. RRR is a multistarrer movie in which Ram Charan and Young Tiger Jr NTR will share the screen space.

According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, the story of RRR will run in two different eras. As per the credible sources, the movie is set in the present and pre-independence era. The sources close to the film unit divulged the details about RRR and said the upcoming drama would have patriotic elements.

To be produced by DVV Danayya under the banner of DVV Entertainments, about Rs 300 Cr has been earmarked for the project of which a major part will be utilised for its VFX and for the war episodes. The regular shoot is expected

made sensational comments on the social media trolling. She said, “Though I enjoy the troll but now days, trolls are crossing their limits. I will not be silent if anyone will target my personal life and try to degrade the reputation of my family. I know, few people are morphing the pics of my family members and uploading it on social media sites. I want to slap them with my slipper.” Manchu Lakshmi again said, “Come and speak about my family in front on me, if you have guts.

What do you about me and my family.?”

She fired on the people who are trying to degrade the image of her family members.

She added, “Don’t try to target us with fake news to damage my family reputation. There is a limit for trolling as well."

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lli Avram, a super sexy Swedish-Greek model turned actress, became a well known face for Indian audiences when she entered in the house of controversial reality show Bigg Boss, which was hosted by Salman Khan. After that, she was seen in Bollywood movie Mickey Virus which was bombed at the box office but the actress continued to make mark with her super hot and bold pics on social media. Elli Avram, who is an active user of Social media sites, shared few hot pics from her recent

photoshoots on her Instagram, where she is seen flaunting her sexy curvy body in yellow swimsuit. And if you are not following Elli Avram on Instagram, you are seriously missing something exciting in your life. Elli Avram came up with an interesting caption, “There's a difference in trying hard and in being free just embracing yourself.” She looks quite sensual in this bold avatar and her fans are going gaga over the her ultra fit figure and seductive pose. Her hot treat in swimsuit is just enough to make her fans and beauty lovers to go wild.

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to start from Novembers and the movie will hit the theaters in 2020. Recently DD Danayya has confirmed that except for Ram Charan and Jr NTR, they haven't finalised the actors for the other characters.

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t is known news that young actor Vijay Deverakonda, won the film fare award for his wonderful performance in Arjun Reddy, which is directed by Sundeep Reddy Vanga.

After winning filmfare award, he announced that he would auction his filmfare award and the money which would be raised, would be donated to Chief Minister relief fund. Finally his film fare award has been auctioned and he has received Rs 25 Lakhs from Shakunthala Divi of Divi Labs.

On this occasion, Vijay Deveakonda said,

“My parents have supported me to pursue my dream in acting. I have done very hard work for Yevade Subramanyam and after this, there is no looking back.” On the workside, currently Vijay Deverakonda is waiting for the release of Taxiwaala and he is romancing with Rashmika Mandanna in upcoming romantic entertainer Geetha Govindam. Apart from these movies, Vijay Deverakonda will also be seen in NOTA and Dear Comrade.

SPICY GIRL

IN TWO PIECE BIKINI B runa Abdullah, the Brazilian bombshell, who has been the part of several Bollywood movies and is popular for her glamour avatars, is very bold in her real life too. She is one of the actress, who never hesitate to flaunt her hot body. After having set the internet afire with her bold photographs, the spicy girl Bruna Abdullah is now all set to repeat history with her recent photograph. Bruna Abdullah, who is an active user of social media sites, has shared her bold pic on Instagram recently.

Coming on the pic, she is seen flaunting her sexy curvy body in two piece yellow coloured bikini. The tattoo below her naval, is grabbing the attention of many. Though she did not make any announcement regarding her next big Bollywood project but the actress is more than happy with the rave reviews she is receiving for her bikini pic.

She is one who continues to share images from some of her most titillating photoshoots on social media sites. Bruna Abdullah knows how to rock a bikini and we can definitely call her the sexiest actress.

AFTER SAI PALLAVI, now Dhruv for SEKHAR KAMMULA

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hruv Kumar, is making his Tamil debut with Varma, the remake of Telugu hit movie Arjun Reddy. Dhruv is reprising the role of Vijay Devearkonda in this film. Even though Dhruv Kumar did not wrap up the shoot of Varma but he is getting number of offers from top filmmakers. According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, Sekhar Kammula is planning to make a bilingual

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Telugu-Tamil movie with Dhruv Kumar.

The sources say that the director is very impressed with the look of Dhruv, and Vikram was also looking for a seasoned director who can give a perfect launch pad for his heir apparent. Sekhar Kammula has already penned the script of romantic entertainer to keep in the mind Dhruv Kumar.

Sekhar Kammula’s pervious offering Fidaa, in which Sai Pallavi and Mega hero Varun

Tej played the lead role, was blockbuster at the box office. After delivering Fidaa, Sekhar Kammula did not announce his next

on him. Vikram is well known face for Telugu audiences and now Telugu audiences are also eagerly waiting to welcome Dhruv

upcoming project till date. Now all eyes are

Kumar in Telugu Film Industry.

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akul Preet Singh will be seen playing the role of late actress Sridevi in upcoming NTR biopic, which is being helmed by Krish.

This news has been officially confirmed by producer Vishnu Induri. Recently during the media interaction, he said, “We haven’t approached any Bollywood actresses like Sonakshi Sinha, Kangana Ranaut or Shraddha Kapoor. Rakul Preet Singh is our only choice as she’s popular in the South, especially in Telugu movies. We have already completed the shoot of 30 per cent of the movie. Vidya Balan, who is playing NTR’s wife, has already shot for six days.

We are working on Rakul Preet Singh’s dates for now.” ishnu Induri further said, “Rakul Preet Singh’s role in the NTR biopic is a cameo with a song and a few scenes. Sr NTR and Sridevi had worked together in 14 movies and NTR was instrumental in shaping Sridevi’s career. It will be injustice to not mention her in NTR biopic.” n the otherside, Rakul Preet Singh’s spokesperson has also confirmed the same as he said, Rakul Preet Singh has been approached for the bilingual and she is very excited as she’s a big Sridevi fan.

But Rakul Preet Singh hasn’t discussed the details of the film yet with the team, as she’s busy shooting for four films. The actress needs to figure out her dates for NTR biopic.”

TR biopic, is directed by Krish Jagarlamudi and jointly produced by Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vishnu Induri and Sai Korrapati, stars Balakrishna, Vidya Balan, Rana Daggubati and Prakash Raj in pivotal roles. t is knows news that recently Baahubali and Ghazi fame Rana Daggubati met his Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu. Vijay Balan also learnt harmonium for NTR biopic. n the work side, Rakul Preet Singh is busy with three Tamil films and a Hindi flick. Spyder beauty will be seen in Ajay Devgn’s De De Pyaar De, Suriya starrer NGK, Karthi’s Dev and Sivakarthikeyan’s sci-fi movie.

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