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INSIDE Prabhas

to break his silence

RX 100

goes to Bollywood

Kajal

sitting on Bellamkonda Shoulders

Bhuvaneswari RNI NO: APENG/2013/53571

in top 10 richest Telugu women

Beauty

Payal Rajput

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iharika Konidela, the niece of Megastar Chiranjeevi and Power Star Pawan Kalyan, is going to become the part of Telugu remake of Bollywood blockbuster movie Stree, say sources. The Horror comedy movie Stree is directed by Amar Kaushik and produced by Telugu filmmakers duo Raj and DK. It is made on the budget of Rs 15 Cr and has already crossed Rs 100 Cr Marks. Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao played the lead roles. Recently during the media interaction, Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. said, “ We are in the search of a suitable Telugu director who can handle the script and we are planning to shoot the major

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part of the movie in Tirupati.” The sources say that they are decided to rope Niharika Konidela and very soon, will make official announcement. Mega Princess Niharika Konidela, made her Telugu debut with Oka Manasu, in which she was paired opposite Naga Shaurya but the movie was bombed at the box office and later Niharika Konidela came up with another Telugu movie Happy Wedding which also received negative reviews on its opening day. Meanwhile Niharika will be next seen in Chiranjeevi starrer Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, in which she will be seen playing the role of Kathkali dancer.

Kajal sitting on

Bellamkonda Shoulders

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ajal Aggarwal and Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas are currently working together for an upcoming untitled film, which is being directed by Teja and produced by Anil Sunkara under the banner AK Entertainments whereas the film has the music by Anup Rubens. Recently Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas took to his instagram to share a pic of him with Kajal Aggarwal, he captioned it, “New friendships bring new energy. With my coolest friend @kajalaggarwalofficial#shoo tdiaries#siemreap#angkorwat.” Coming on the pic, Kajal Aggarwal is seen sitting on the shoulders of Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas.

This is the first time, when Kajal Aggarwal and Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas teamed up for a project. It is heard that the makers are spending more than Rs 40 Cr for this upcoming drama. Mehreen Kaur Pirzada is also the part of the film. Both the actresses - Kajal Aggarwal and Mehreen Kaur Pirzada are paid a hefty remuneration for playing the female leads. Currently the shoot of this upcoming untitled film is going on in Cambodia and after wrapping up the shoot in Cambodia, the team will start another schedule in foreign.

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ani has recently watched the upcoming Tamil movie 96 in which Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha Krishna are playing the lead roles. Before the release of 96, noted distributor and producer Dil Raju grabbed the Telugu remake rights of 96. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, Dil Raju is planning to make Telugu remake of 96 with Natural Star Nani and Samantha Akkineni. It is heard that after watching the special screening of 96,

Nani broke down. The sources say that Nani is very impressed with its story line but he has to confirm that whether he is ready to act in this remake with Samantha or not. Earlier Samantha and Nani have worked together for Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu and Eega. If everything will go accordingly, once again Nani and Samantha will be seen sharing the screen space for the Telugu remake of 96. The sources close to Nani say that MCA star was so affected by the movie that he has decided to alter his dates and begin the work on this project at the earliest. On the otherside, Nani will be next seen in sport based drama Jersey. Two actresses Reba Monica John, the cousin of Anu Emmanuel and Kashmira Pardeshi are on the board to play the female lead in this film.

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llu Arjun is currently waiting for the release of Trivikram Srinivas’s upcoming directorial venture Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava, in which Young Tiger Jr NTR and Pooja Hegde are playing the lead roles. It is known news that Stylish Star Allu Arjun has given nod to Trivikram Srinivas for his next and waiting for the box office report of Aravinda Sametha. On the otherside, Victory Venkatesh has given green signal to Trivikarm Srinivas for a multistarrer. The sources close to Trivikram Srinivas say that if Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava, will turn out hit at the box office, the director will make announcement about Venaktesh multistarrer. Now we have wait and watch, whether Allu Arjun will accept the offer to share the screen

Will Allu Arjun

TEAM UP WITH VENKATESH?

space with Venkatesh Daggubati or not.

On the otherside, if the movie turns out flop like Trivikram Srinivas’s previous offering Agnyaathavaasi starring Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Keerthy Suresh, the director will take a short break and later he will start the next project. But this time expectations are very high.

Inspired by

Samantha, Chaitanya?

Plan a destination wedding

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ijay Sethupathi, the Tamil actor, who is currently sharing the screen space with Megastar Chiranjeevi in Sye Raa Naraishma Reddy, and receiving lot of applause for his fantastic performance in recently released Mani Ratnam’s Nawab, is also working with Kollywood Superstar Rajinikanth in Petta. According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, the income tax (IT) officials raided Vijay Sethupathi's house in Kilpauk and his office in Valasaravakkam

come out that Income tax officials conducted a routine check on his assets 3 days ago in Kilpauk and Valasaravakkam. But Vijay Sethupathi's close aid refused to reveal further details about this IT raids. The news of IT raid on Vijay Sethupathi's house has given shock to the Kollywood celebrities.

On the work front, Vijay Sethupathi wil be seen in Seethakathi and Samantha starrer Super Deluxe. In Chiranjeevi starrer Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Vijay Sethupathi

in Chennai. Sye Raa actor was out of town when the raid happened. However, the sources now reveal that it wasn't exactly a raid in the actual sense of the term. It has

is playing the role of Obayya who was a trusted aide to Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy. The movie is directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Ram Charan.

INCOME TAX RAIDS ON

Sye Raa actor

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t is known news that Baahubali director SS Rajamouli’s son Karthikeya Recently got engaged to Pooja Prasad, the niece of actor Jagapathi Babu and the engagement ceremony was attended by the family's close associates including Karthikeya's best friend Akhil Akkineni and producer Shobu Yarlagadda. The ceremony took place at the house of Rajamouli and the pics went viral on social media platforms. It has been learned that the duo has been in love for the past couple of years. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, Karthikeya and Pooja

Samantha in Goa. Karthikeya and Pooja are still mulling over the decision and they have not yet finalised any specific location yet.

According to the latest update, the couple will tie the knot in the month of December.

The sources say that Rajamouli's family and Pooja Prasad's family are planning for a hill station for grand gala wedding. The wedding is going to be a family affair. Only Family Members and close Friends will be invited for the wedding ceremony.

Vijay Deverakonda busts his rumour

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ecently it was heard that Vijay Deverakonda and Kollywood star Suriya are teaming up for an upcoming multistarrer.

During media interaction, when Vijay Devarakonda was asked about his film with Suriya, he said, “There is nothing official that is happening. I think the people are having ideas of getting us together. But, it has not come to us sitting and talking about it yet.

A couple of people have reached out with this idea." Finally the young actor busted his rumour and confirmed that they are not going to team up. Vijay Deverakonda also

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are planning to have a destination wedding just like Akkineni Naga Chaitanya and

revealed that he like to watch dance on the screen but doesn’t like to dance. When he was asked about Thalapathy Vijay, who is a brilliant dancer, Vijay Deverakonda praised the actor and said, “ I like Thalapathy Vijay.

He is a fantastic actor and dancer. In the film Industry, there are very few actors who elevate a scene through their persona.

Like Superstar Rajinikanth does it with his style. He doesn't need anything else. His style is enough to can carry a film, similarly Thalapathy Vijay can carry a scene with his persona alone."

Spending a bomb for

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am Charan is spending bomb for his upcoming production venture Sye Raa in which Megastar Chiranjeevi is playing the lead role. Currently the shoot is going on Georgia and the makers are canning war episode. The sources close to the film unit reveal that Ram Charan is spending Rs 54 Cr on this ongoing war episode which will appear in the climax for just 8 minutes.

It means Rs 54 Cr only for 8 minutes. It is heard that the team of Sye Raa that includes 150 people flew to Georgia from Hyderabad City to participate in this war episode, which

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ajiv Kanakala has acquired USA theatrical rights of Mega Power Star Ram Charan Teja’s upcoming untitled movie RC 12, which is being helmed by Boyapati Srinu. The sources close to the film unit

release the first look poster of RC12 on the occasion of Dussehra. Senior Producer DVV Danayya is bankrolling this big budget drama on his DVV Entertainments Banner.

Kaira Advani is playing the love interest of

reveal that the makers are considering the title of RC12 as State Rowdy. It is heard that Rajiv Kanakala with Maharshi Raghava and few investors from UK have grabbed the USA theatrical rights of Ram Charan starrer. However, the amount they invested for US theatrical rights is yet not known.

It has also come out that the makers are planning to reveal the title and going to

Ram Charan in this film. Rajiv Kanakala is a Telugu and Kannada film and television actor. He started his career in television serials and short films, where he not only acted but also produced and directed. Rajiv Kanakala was last seen in movie 'Lovers' which was released in 2018, in which he played the role of Raj Tarun’s brother.

Rajiv Kanakala invests in Ram Charan Film K

onda Surekha and Konda Muralidhar Rao have joined the Congress recently in the presence of party president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. Telangana Congress senior leaders Uttam Kumar Reddy, Renuka Chowdhary, Shabbir Ali,and others accompanied the Konda couple in Delhi.

They will act in the party as common members. It is likely that Konda Surekha may get a ticket either from Warangal East or from Parakala. Konda Surekha was TRS MLA from Warangal East in the dissolved assembly. After joining Congress, Konda Surekha interacted with media in a press meet and slammed KCR and KTR for ignoring them (Konda Couple) in the party. Konda Surekha was quite active during YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s regime but she later slipped to TRS after the formation Telangana state. She contested the 2014 assembly

will be one of the major highlights. The sources say that the team also hired nearly 600 local artistes to participate in the war episode and they will stay there for nearly five weeks in Georgia. Chiranjeevi is playing freedom fighter Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy and two actresses Nayantara (as Narasimha Reddy's wife Raajakumaari Nayana Devi )and milky beauty Tamannah Bhatia (as Thamizh) are playing the female leads in Sye Raa, which is being directed by Surender Reddy.

Bhuvaneswari in top 10 richest

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ara Bhuvaneswari, owner of Heritage Foods and wife of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, stood at 92nd position of the India’s 100 ‘Leading Wealthy Woman 2018 list’ whereas she has occupied 8th place in the list of Telugu women. The two lists, 100 richest Indians

and 100 richest women from India have been out. While mapping the women’s wealth is first of its kind, it showed women to have an average wealth of Rs 4,000 Cr and the richest Indians to have an average wealth of Rs 5,900 Cr. AP CM Chandrababu Naidu’s wife Bhuvaneswari stood at the 92nd spot with a wealth of Rs 1,200 Cr. The other women from Telugu states also included Divis Laboratories owner, Neelima Motaparti, with assets worth Rs 6,530 Cr at 15th position in India. Other Telugu ladies are - Renuka Datla of Biological E, Divi Swarna Latha of Divis Laboratories, Kambam Kirthi Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma, they belong to Hyderabad whereas Venkata Lakshmi Nekkant of Nikkanti Sea Food at 64th spot and N Naveena, P Rama Devi of Devi Sea foods at 82 and 83rd spots respectively are from Vizag.

Konda Surekha

joins

Congress

polls as a TRS member. Now she has joined Congress party. Konda couple promised that they will work for the victory of the Congress in the coming assembly polls.

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STYLISH TELUGU VILLAIN

Honoured with Doctorate

in Taekwondo

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onu Sood, the stylish Telugu villain, who grabbed several eyeballs with her terrific avatar in Anushka Shetty starrer woman centric movie Arundhati, was recently honoured with the Doctorate Degree of Taekwondo. The 45 years old actor Sonu Sood, who is known for leading a healthy lifestyle over the years, was honoured in the presence of Prabhat Sharma, secretary

general of Taekwondo Federation of India, at the opening ceremony of 107 International Kyorugi Referee Seminar/121st International Kyorugi Referee Refresher Course and the 40th International Poomsae Referee Seminar, for his outstanding contribution and support towards the taekwondo. On this occasion Sonu Sood said, "I remember the first time when my mother bought a

Taekwondo outfit for me and she took me to Taekwondo classes. Today, I wish my mother was here to see that I have been honoured in the same action field of Tekwaondo.”

Sonu Sood made his Telugu debut in 2000

with Hands Up!, in which he played the role of Tuglak. He has been the part of several Telugu movies like Ammayilu Abbayilu, Super, Athudu, Mr Medhavi, Anjaneyulu, Dookudu, Julai, and Aagadu.

Dutta: Samantha Costar Padma Lakshmi : Tanushree I was sexually harassed I was raped at 16 by Nana Patekar about Sexual Harassment

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adma Lakshmi, American TV personality, author, actor, and model, revealed, “I was assaulted for the first time when I was 7 years old and I was raped when I was 16 years old.“ Her shocking revelation comes in the backdrop of the sexual assault accusations made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Padma Lakshmi wrote on her Twitter, “I wrote an Op-Ed for nytimes about something terrible that happened to me in my youth, something that happens to young women every day. We all have an opportunity to change the narrative and believe survivors.” The popular chef Padma Lakshmi said, “I dated a 23-year-old "charming and handsome" college student when I was 16 and I met him at the Puente Hills Mall in a Los Angeles Suburb. He worked at a highend men’s store in Los Angeles. He would flirt with me. On the eve of New Year, just a few months after we first started dating, he sexually assaulted me while i was asleep.” She also revealed another incident which occurred when she was 7 years old. She said that a relative of her step father touched her inappropriately and put her hand on his p*nis.

When she informed about this to her parents they sent her to India to live with her grandparents. She further said, “It took me decades to talk about this with intimate partners and a therapist.”

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anushree Dutta is well known face for Telugu audiences as she made her Telugu debut with Veerabhadra in 2005. She shared the screen space with Nandamuri Balakrishna in the direction of A. S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary. The actress Tanushree Dutta, who is active in Bollywood, recently made a shocking revelation that has left everyone startled! The actress alleged that Nana Patekar has sexually harassed her.

In an interview, Tanushree Dutta said that Nana Patekar has history of assaulting the women. In the film industry, everybody knows that he is rude to women and has also beaten them on the sets. Nana Patekar is one who has been disrespectful towards women. He has beaten few actresses on the sets and also molested them. The behaviour of Nana Patekar with women has always been crude but no one spoke against him till date. Tanushree Dutta added, "Nana Patekar grabbed me by the arms, pushed me around then he would ask the choreographers to move and teach me how to dance. I know Nana Patekar wanted to do was an intimate sequence with me. When I said that I was uncomfortable with him, he called the members of political party, and they broke my car.”

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nupama Parameswaran made her Telugu debut in 2016 with Trivikram Srinivas’s directorial venture A..Aa in which Nithiin and Samantha Akkineni played the lead roles. Currently Malayali kutti (Samantha’a A..Aa costar) Anupama Parameswaran is waiting for the release of her next upcoming romantic drama Hello Guru Prema kosame. Anupama Parameswaran is interacting with media as a part of promotional activities. Recently during a media interaction, she opened up about sexual abuse/ Sexual harassment faced by women in the film industry.

Though Anupama Parameswaran said, newcomers often face sexual harassment while trying to make a name for themselves in the film industry. But Premam beauty also added that she has never faced any such problems during her career. In South Indian film Industry, there are only few actresses, who came forward and accepted that they faced casting couch/Sexual harassment. It is known news that Telugu actress Sri Reddy is fighting against Casting couch in Telugu film Industry and has already revealed few names like Natural Star Nani, Abhiram Daggubati, Koratala Siva, Kona Venkat and others. Recently Aditi Rao Hydari also accepted that she faced casting couch in Bollywood. Radhika Apte has also shared her views about Casting couch on several occasions.

Vijay Deverakonda

TO ROMANCE JANHVI KAPOOR?

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Prabhas

TO BREAK HIS

SILENCE

rabhas will break his silence about his wedding next month on the occasion of his birthday, which falls on 23rd October. Prabhas is without any doubt the most eligible bachelor in the industry. He will turn 38 on 23rd October and everyone is expecting that he must have some special surprise in store for his fans. Prabhas is hot and handsome. He is the ultimate king of the Box Office and one of the most celebrated personalities in the film industry. But yet, he is single! The question that has kept pretty much the entire country looking for an answer for many years now, is when is Young Rebel star Prabhas finally getting married. Every month, rumours of Prabhas's wedding have done the rounds of the internet, only to fizzle out and die. Wherever Prabhas goes, one question keeps chasing him like crazy – When will you get married?

Prabhas’s Fans and the movie lovers believe that the makers of Saahoo will release either the poster or teaser of upcoming movie but now according to the latest update, Prabhas will open up about his wedding on his birthday.

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ijay Devarakonda who has delivered a series of hit movies like Pelli Choopulu and Arjun Reddy, and currently enjoying the success of his recent offering Geetha Govindam, has now deiced to work with top production house. According to the latest update, Vijay Devarakonda will be next seen in Mythri Movies production venture, which will be helmed by a Tamil director. The source close to Vijay Devarakonda say that Geetha Govindam star has expressed his desire to romance to Janhvi Kapoor, the daughter of late actress Sridevi. The sources claimed that Vijay Devarakonda asked the producers to approach Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor to play the female lead. The actor is confident that she will agree to romance with him . Let’s wait and watch, whether Janhvi Kapoor gives green signal for Vijay Devarakonda starrer or not.

RX 100 goes to BOLLYWOOD

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X 100 starring Karthikeya and Payal Rajput, is now going to Bollywood.

According to the latest update, Sajid Nadiadwala, has bought the Hindi rights of RX 100 for a handsome price. Now the blockbuster Telugu movie RX 100, will be remade in Hindi. We have to wait and watch the who will get the opportunity to play the lead roles. The sources say that Sajid Nadiadwala bought the Hindi remake rights of RX for Rs 1.50 Cr. The Telugu version of bold romantic drama RX 100 was helmed by debutant director Ajay Bhupathi on a

budget of Rs 2.5 Cr. Though it was a small film, it went on to become a huge success and turned out blockbuster at the box office.

The movie has earned profits of nearly Rs 13 to 17 Cr. The sources added that Sajid Nadiadwala is planning to bring prominent actor for the lead role in the Hindi version.

RX 100 was a real trendsetter that garnered a lot of appreciation for Karthikeya. Currently the actor is busy in his next upcoming film Hippi, which is being directed by Krishna and produced by Kalaipuli Thanu.

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ellamkonda Sai Srinivas, who did not taste success in his filmy career, is currently sharing the screen space with gorgeous diva Kajal Aggarwal for an upcoming untitled movie, which is being helmed by Teja. Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas who is very active on social media sites, shared a pic of his Instagram, where he is seen sitting on the tusks of an elephant. He captioned the pic, “Shooting in #thailand with nature’s great masterpiece,an #elephant !” The actor’s pic does not go well with netizens and they are fired on him because of animal abuse. Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas was last seen in Saakshyam in which he shared the screen space with DJ fame Pooja Hegde. The movie was bombed at the box office and now he is pinning lot of hopes on this upcoming drama.

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Aashritha

Venkatesh daughter

in love with other caste

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enkatesh Daggubati’s daughter Aashritha Daggubati is all set to tie the knot soon and Venkatesh is going to become father-in-law. Aashritha Daggubati will get marry the grandson of R Surender Reddy, the Chairman of Hyderabad Race Club. It will be a love and inter-caste marriage. The couple has known to each other for several years and decided to take their relationship to the next level. They informed to their parents and they have given their green signal for this love marriage. The sources say that Venkatesh is very happy with his daughter

choice. According to a report, the boy's father Raghu Rami Reddy is a close friend of former Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.

The official announcement of the wedding will be made soon. Aashritha Daggubati is a trained baker, who has established her own brand named Infinity Platter on Instagram.

It looks like both the families are happy with the couple's decision to get married. It has also come out that Victory Venkatesh's brother Suresh Babu recently visited the boy's house few days ago and confirmed the match.

Jr NTR fans fire on Thaman album received the positive response but Jr NTR fans and netizens are fired on Thaman.

The music composer is being trolled as his tunes resembled the tunes of other hit songs. Jr NTR’s fans are criticising Thaman saying that he copied the tunes, which were composed by others. This is not the first time, when Thaman is facing such allegations.

Krish brings

new Savitri

for NTR biopic

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ithya Menen is going to play the role of Savitri in the upcoming movie - NTR biopic, in which Nandamuri Balakrishna is playing the role of his father and late Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh. It is known news that Keerthy Suresh played the role of Savitri in Nag Ashiwn’s directorial venture Mahanati- Savitri biopic and earlier it was also heard that once again Keerthy Suresh will play the role of Savitri but finally Krish brought new Savitri (Nithya Menen) for NTR biopic. During the making of Mahanati, it was also heard that Nithya Menen was the first choice to play Savitri. Mahanati was first offered to Nithya Menen and asked to play Savirtri's role. But she politely refused

the offer citing personal reasons. Later, Keethy Suresh was roped in to play the titular role in the film. Now as once again, Nithya Menen got the opportunity to play Savitri, she agreed to become the part of this prestigious project. The sources say that few scenes from the famous Telugu film Gundamma Katha will be recreated. The 1962-film starred Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR), Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) and Savitri in the lead roles. The curly hair beauty Nithya Menen will be seen recreating the iconic scenes from Gundamma Katha in NTR biopic alongside Balakrishna, and Sumanth. It is known news that Sumanth is playing ANR in NTR biopic.

HIMAANSI CHOWDARI

TO PLAY NTR DAUGHTER H imaansi Chowdari is playing the role of NTR’s daughter Purandeswari in NTR’s biopic, which is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Krish.

The upcoming biopic is based on the life of yesteryear superstar NT Rama Rao. Bollywood actress Vidya Balan will be seen in the role of NTR's wife Basavatarakam in it. Directed by Krish J, the film is being jointly produced by N Balakrishna, who plays the role of his

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father and AP CM in the film, Vishnu Induri and Sai Korrapati. Rana Daggubati is playing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Sumanth Akkineni is playing the role of his grand father ANR in NTR biopic.

Purandeswari is versatile in the Indian dance form Kuchipudi. Himaansi Chowdari is also a good dancer. The sources close to the film unit say that the makers of NTR biopic are very confident on Himaansi Chowdari that she will go justice with this role.

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haman is one of the busiest music directors in the film Industry. The grandson of the renowned Tollywood director Ghantasala Balaramayya, is also the topper of copycat batch. Currently he is scoring the music of Young Tiger Jr NTR starrer Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava. On 20th September, the makers of Aravinda Sametha released the audio album. Though the audio

He is frequently criticised for his repetitive tunes and other such antics. Thaman has always been alleged for copying tunes from different languages and the latest being the tunes scored for Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava. Peniviti song from Jr NTR and Pooja Hegde starrer Aravinda Sametha is receiving praised because of it’s lyrics which are penned by Ramajogaiah Sastry.

The songs looks like Ravi Teja's Nippu song.

It also resembles with Superstar Mahesh Babu's Aagadu song. Few are saying that it resembles with Mega Power Star Ram Charan's Kungfu Kumari song from Bruce Lee. Netizens are also saying that the other song Anaganaga is very similar to a song from Oh My Friend and Varun Tej starrer Tholi Prema. According to movie lovers, Thaman has lost his charm and credibility by repeatedly copying the tunes of others.

Ram Charan to produce Jr NTR film?

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am Charan, Young Tiger Jr NTR and Superstar Mahesh Babu are very good friends and share good rapports. It is known news that Ram Charan has turned producer with his father Megastar Chiranjeevi’s 150th film Khaidi No 150, which he produced under the banner of Konidela Productions.

Now according to the latest buzz in the film Industry, Mega Power Star Ram Charan is planning to bankroll a movie for his friend Jr NTR under his home banner Konidela Production. The official confirmation is

VIJAYA SHANTI

awaited regarding it. Currently Ram Charan is also producing Chiranjeevi’s 151st film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, which is being directed by Surender Reddy and it will hit the theaters next year in 2019. The sources close to Ram Charan say that Cherry is planning to produce the movies for the heroes outside the Mega Compound. The talk between Ram Charan and Jr NTR has been initialed regarding a project but nothing is yet finalized.

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ijaya Shanti, the former MP has been the ‘Star Campaigner’ for the forthcoming elections to the State Assembly.

AICC President Rahul Gandhi appointed Vijaya Shanti, the lady Amitabh as the Star Campaigner of Congress. Vijaya Shanti will also act as an adviser to Election Campaign Committee constituted by AICC President.

All the senior Congress leaders were shocked when Vijaya Shanti was offered for important post. She is likely to contest as MP from Medak Parliamentary Constituency.

Rahul Gandhi also appointed former Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy as the Chairman of Publicity Committee with former MLA Saudagar Gangaram as co-chairperson, Dr Dasoju Sravan and Kuna Srisailam Goud as members. Congress President Rahul Gandhi set up a 15-member core committee comprising all top party leaders in

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Telangana. The committee will make all key decisions ahead of the Assembly elections.

The Assembly elections in the southern state was necessitated after Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) dissolved the Assembly ahead of its tenure, which was till May 2019.

oonam Kaur Lal, who has claimed on several occasions that she is very big fan of Power Star Pawan Kalyan, turned Meera. She took to her Twitter to share her few pics, where she is seen playing Veena. Coming on the pics, Poonam Kaur is seen wearing cotton sari with veena in her hands. Netizens are making comments on Poonam Kaur that she has turned Meera Bai and waiting for her Krishna (Pawan Kalyan). Earlier in interviews, Poonam Kaur has admitted that she would like to have a husband like Pawan Kalyan. On the otherside, film critics, Kathi Mahesh, has also openly talked about her

alleged relationship with Pawan Kalyan.

On 11th September, Poonam Kaur was announced as the brand ambassador for ‘Handloom Industry’ in Andhra Pradesh.

It was understood that Jana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan who promised Poonam Kaur in the past about a promising future, suggested her name to the Aadhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who went into 2014 election with Pawan Kalyan’s support. Poonam Kaur regularly promotes Handlooms products and also tweets positively about Telugu Desam Government's initiatives.`

POONAM KAUR AS MEERA

WAITING FOR PAWAN KALYAN?

LUST beauty becomes Arjun Reddy Girl A

rjun Reddy starring Vijay Devarakonda and Shalini Pandey, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, is being remade in Hindi, in which Padmavaat star Shahid Kapoor is reprising the role of Vijay Devarakonda.

Now according to the latest update, the

makers of Hindi remake of Arjun Reddy has brought Lust beauty Kiara Advani on the board to play the female lead role. She will be seen playing the role of Shailini Pandey. The seductive vibrator scene of Kiara Advani from Karan Johar’s short film Lust Stories on Netiflix has already grabbed several eyeballs

and now Kiara Advani will be seen locking her lips with Shahid Kapoor in the Hindi remake of Arjun Reddy. Those who have watched the Telugu version of Arjun Reddy, are aware of that both Vijay Devarakonda and Shalini Pandey have given number of steamy kisses in the movie. Earlier the makers roped young actress Tara Sutaria as a female lead in the Hindi version of Arjun Reddy but she walked away from the project as she was not able to allot the dates for the shoot. The sources say that Kiara Advani has already signed the project and very soon an official announcement will be made regarding her inclusion.

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Ashwini Dutt

confirms Jr NTR 2020

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shwini Dutt opened up about late Harikrishna and his son young tiger Jr NTR in recent interview. He said, “It was a great honour as Harikrishna asked me relaunch his son Jr NTR.” He further said, “Harikrishna was not happy with Ramoji launched Jr NTR, and he asked me relaunch him immediately. So I re-launched Jr NTR through Student No 1, which was blockbuster at the box office and laid a strong foundation for Jr NTR’s career. " Ashwini Dutt also confirmed the news that his production house Vyjayanthi Movies is going to bankroll Jr NTR film with Atlee, which will go on the floors in 2020. Ashwini Dutt added, “In the film industry, everyone works hard and is

talented, but luck should favour them. I know many people who put in their full efforts but lose everything. Luck is very important and plays very important role.“ It is known news that Ashiwni Dutt has signed two film deals with the latest sensation of Tollywood, Vijay Deverakonda and this film will be helmed by Raj DK. Ashwini Dutt’s next project is with Young Tiger Jr NTR, which will be directed Atlee. The movie will go on the floors in 2020, once he completes his upcoming biggie with Baahubali fame director SS Rajamouli which also stars Mega Power Star Ram Charan.

MR MAJNU FIRST LOOK: AKHIL TURNS PLAYBOY

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he first Look Poster of Akhil Akkineni from his upcoming movie Mr Majnu has been out today on 19th September and is receiving positive response by the Akkineni fans and movie lovers. Coming on the first Look Akhil is seen sporting a new hairdo and as a playboy. The video started with ‘Devadasu manavadu manmadhudiki vaarasudu’ song and ends with the caption, “'Boys will be Boys”. In 50 second video, Akhil made his presence in flirtatious avatar. Akhil shared the title teaser of Mr. Majnu on his Twitter and captioned it, “And here it is !!! Introducing Mr.Majnu to you

with all the energy we have. Hope you like it :))) @AgerwalNidhhi @dirvenky_ atluri @george_dop @SVCCofficial #MeetMrMajnu #MrMajnu.” The video also featured a track composed by SS Thaman that has references from his grandfather ANR’s Devdas and father Nagarjuna's Manmadhudu. Nidhhi Agerwal is playing the love interest of Akhil in Mr Majnu, which is being directed by Venky Atluri and produced

by BVSN Prasad. According to the recent report, the overseas rights of Mr Majnu have been acquired by Sarigama Cinemas for the whooping price of Rs 3 Cr.

NETFLIX BRINGS

Mrunal Thakur

AS SIVAGAMI

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runal Thakur has been approached to play the role of Sivagami in an upcoming Netflix series- Baahubali: Before the Beginning. She will be seen essaying the role of Ramya Krishnan. The sources close to the unit reveal that when Mrunal Thakur was approached to play the role of Sivagami, she immediately gave her nod without taking second thought. She is very

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excited as she got the opportunity to essay the role of Sivagami. Mrunal Thakur is an actress and model who has been the part of few Marathi movies and Indian soap operas.

She is known for her role as Bulbul in TV serial Kumkum Bhagya. Mrunal Thakur was also seen in Hindi Movie Love Sonia in 2018. The Baahubali: Before the Beginning is an adaptation of The Rise of Sivagami, a prequel novel to the 2015 film. Baahubali:

Before the Beginning will have two seasons.

The two season series will be a prequel to Baahubali: the Beginning and Baahubali: the Conclusion. Netflix has partnered with the ace team behind the Baahubali, including

Arka Media Works and Baahubali film maker SS Rajamouli. Deva Katta and Praveen Sataru are on the board to direct the series Baahubali: Before the Beginning .

Ravi Teja brings

Nabha Natesh to romance

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avi Teja is bringing Nabha Natesh in his next upcoming film, which will be helmed

by Vi Anand of Eppatiki Pothavu Chinnavada fame and produced by Ram Talluri under the banner of SRT Entertainments, who produced Ravi Teja’s previous offering Nela Ticket, say sources. Nabha Natesh made her Telugu debut with Sudheer Babu’s production venture Nannu Dochukunduvate, which was released on 21st September 2018, and received positive response by the movie lovers and critics on its opening day. It is believed that the makers have decided to rope in Nabha Natesh as the female lead in the action entertainer, in which Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja is playing the lead role and is going to make his screen presence in dual avatar. He will be seen in the role of a father and son. Currently the film is in pre production stage and very soon it will go on the floors. Nabha Natesh was supposed to have made her Telugu debut with Adhugo, in which a piglet is playing central role, but the need for extensive graphics work has delayed that project.

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