Tollywood Magazine English October - 2019

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Vijayashanti key role in F3 ?

Mickey J Meyer reveals his Love Story

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rabhas is getting ready to join the sets of his next upcoming film Jaan which has Pooja Hegde in the female lead role.

Recently it was heard that Prabhas will be seen in the role of a palm reader. However, nothing has been confirmed by the makers so far. But now according to the latest buzz in the film industry, Pooja Hegde will be seen playing the role of a teacher in Prabhas starrer romantic entertainer Jaan. Both Pooja Hegde and Prabhas will be resuming the shoot of Jaan from the month of November.

The movie is being helmed by Radha Krishna Kumar and is jointly bankrolled by Gopi Krishna Movies and UV Creations banners. Jaan was officially launched a year ago with pooja ceremony in Hyderabad. To be predominantly shot abroad, the film was supposed to start rolling from November 2018 but had to be postponed due to action thriller Saaho, which couldn’t be wrapped up in the planned time. Jagapathi Babu has been signed to play the antagonist in Prabhas and Pooja Hegde starrer Jaan.

Venu Madhav First pay cheque connection with NTR

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Naga Chaitanya rejects Nagarjuna?

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agarjuna has decided to come up with Bangarraju, the prequel of Soggade Chinni Nayana. Earlier it was heard that Naga Chaitanya will also play the lead role and will share the screen space with his father Nagarjuna in Bangarraju. But now according to the latest buzz in the film industry, Naga Chaitanya has rejected Nagarjuna’ Bangarraju. Kalyan Krishna is on the board to helm this drama Bangarraju and recently as Nagarjuna asked the

director to make few changes, Kalyan Krishna is currently reworking on the script.

But Naga Chaitanya is not happy with his character and he decided to walk out of from Bangarraju. Now, as per the latest reports, Bangarraju with Nagarjuna Akkineni in the lead role is expected to go on floor by the month of November and it will hit the big screen next year. The movie lovers are eagerly waiting to see this film which is a prequel to the blockbuster film Soggade Chinni Nayana.

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he popular Telugu comedian Venu Madhav passed away on 25th September 2019 in a private hospital. He was suffering from the kidney and liverrelated problems He was one of the most popular comedian of Telugu Film Industry.

Recently in an interview, Venu Madhav revealed his first pay Cheque connection with Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR).

According to Venu Madhav his first salary was a total sum of Rs 600, which he got

from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Officer where he worked as telephone operator to connects the call to later Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh NTR. Venu Madhav was also working as mimicry artist and used to give stage shows. Once when he was doing a stage show at Ravindra Bharati, SV Krishna Reddy noticed his talent and offered a role for his movie. Venu Madhav accepted the role and acted in 'Sampradayam'. Soon he became popular.

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Nagarjuna to introduce

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fter delivering commercially flop movie Manmahhudu 2, Akkineni Nagarjuna is taking special care regarding his next upcoming movie. He is taking special care while listening the script. This time Nagarjuna is very impressed with a script, narrated by a young director Solomon. In his filmy career, Nagarjuna has introduced number of film makers and now he is introducing one more talented person as a director and he is Solomon, who was the protégé of star directors like Vamsi

Paidipally and Koratala Siva. Currently, Solomon is busy in the script work and the upcoming film of him with Nagarjuna will go on the floor by the end of this year. Now, once again Nagarjuna is introducing another first timer with his next. Nagarjuna’ previous offering Manmadhudu 2, directed by Rahul Ravindran, was an epic disaster. Currently he is hosting the ongoing controversial reality show Bigg Boss 3 Telugu.

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he former heroine Laila is making her comeback in films. She has been roped in an upcoming bilingual Telugu-Tamil movie where she will essay the crucial role. Laila was a well-known actress in Tollywood and Kollywood in the 90s and until mid 2000s. After tying the knot with Mehdin in 2006, she said bye bye to film Industry but now she is making her comeback in acting filed. After a long gap of 13 years, Laila is all set for a comeback in Telugu Film Industry. This news is confirmed by the actress herself at the sets of Comedian Ali’ talk Show. Laila

revealed that she is going to act in bilingual untitled drama which will be announced officially very soon. Recently, a pic of Laila with her Pavitra Prema co-star Nandamuri Balakrishna and Sonal Chauhan at Hyderabad Airport made a splash on the social media sites. Laila is known for her critically acclaimed and award-winning performances in Nandha, Pithamagan, Parthen Rasithen, Dheena, Dhill, Alli Thandha Vaanam, Unnai Ninaithu, Ullam Ketkume and Kanda Naal Mudhal.

ijay Sethupathi is playing a major character in the upcoming Telugu film Uppena in which Panja Vaishnav Tej, the nephew of Megastar Chiranjeevi and the brother of Sai Dharam Tej is playing the lead role. According to the latest update, Vijay Sethupathi is getting Rs 5 Cr as remuneration to act in Uppena. Directed by debutant Buchi Babu, who worked earlier with director Sukumar of Rangasthalam fame, the film is being bankrolled by Mythri Movie Makers who reportedly paid a huge remuneration to Vijay Sethupathy for his

role in Uppena. Vijay Sethupathi is playing the lead antagonist in Uppena which marks the debut of Vaishnav Tej, in Telugu Film Industry. As Vijay Sethupathi was very impressed with his character, he gave his green signal to the makers and he is charging Rs 5 crores for the film. He has already wrapped up the shoot of his film Uppena in a month. Touted to be a villagebased romantic drama, the makers are planning to release the film by the end of this month.

FORMER HEROINE LAILA

Comeback to films

Varun Tej reveals

his first kiss

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amantha Akkineni has already revealed her bedroom secret and about her husband Naga Chaitanya’ first wife on the sets of Lakshmi Manchu's new chat show Feet Up with the Stars, streaming on Voot, and now it is the turn of Varun Tej to reveal the secret of his life. Mega Prince Varun Tej revealed how he was shocked when a female fan hugged and kissed him in a Hyderabad club. On the sets of Lakshmi Manchu's new chat show 'Feet Up’, Varun Tej talked about his first kiss, he said, "It was

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in 10th standard. I was 14. It was just touch and go and nothing more than that.” When Varun Tej was asked about the his female fans across the globe, the actor shared a memorable fan moment, and said, "I was with a group of friends. The DJ was playing his music. A girl hugged me from behind.

I thought she was one of my friends. I turned backside to see who was hugging me and she was some random girl. She was just holding me. She kissed me on my cheek and ran away.“

Music director Mickey J Meyer reveals his Love Story

Vijayashanti key role

in F3?

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ickey Je Meyer who scored the music of Samantha Akkineni starrer woman centric movie Oh Baby and recently released gangster drama Gaddalakonda Ganesh/ Valmiki, this year, is on ninth cloud as this is his first mass hit. Gaddalakonda Ganesh starring Varun Tej, Atharvaa, Miranalini and Pooja Hegde starrer was released on recently and is still running successfully at the box office. Earlier Varun Tej and Mickey J Meyer have worked together for Mukunda and Mister and finally with Gaddalakonda

Ganesh, they scored hat trick. Recently the music director revealed his love story.

Mickey J Meyer said, "It's just a simple story. When I saw a American girl at a party, after chit chatting, I asked if she will be interested to marry me. She said, yes and we tied the knot without any dating.

Now she is my wife. We have two kids.”

Mickey J Meyer started his career as music composer with Telugu movie Pothe Poni in 2005 and is currently busy in his upcoming Telugu projects.

t is known news that Anil Ravipudi and Dil Raju have decided to come up with F3, a sequel to F2 Fun and Frustration.

Anil Ravipudi has signed two movie deals with Dil Raju and he will direct the Hindi version of F2 and F3 in Telugu. Now it is being heard that Anil Ravipudi is planning to bring Lady Amitabh -Vijayshanti in his

AMITABH BACHCHAN SELECTED FOR

DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD

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ollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, an actor, producer, television host, playback singer and former politician, has been selected for Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to the world of cinema. Shahenshah of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan, who made his acting debut with Saat Hindustani, and four decades later, he is still entertaining the movie lovers with his performance skills, is being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The Minister of Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar announced that

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ollywood is blessed with supremely talented artists especially the heroes, out of which some of them are exceptional dancers. But “Who is the best dancer in Telugu Film Industry?” is always a debatable question but Samantha Akkineni has the answer of this question. Recently on the sets of chat Show of Lakshmi Manchu, Samantha Akkineni showered the praises on Young Tiger Jr NTR by saying that he is the best dancer of Telugu Film Industry. Samantha Akkineni made her presence felt in Lakshmi Manchu’ new talk show and spoke about dancing with various stars in the film industry.

Samantha Akkineni said, “ Jr NTR is the best dancer and it is extremely difficult to dance with him." Samantha also revealed that Jr NTR comes on set and gets his steps right in just one take.

According to Rangasthalam actress,

next upcoming directorial venture F3 to play the key role. It will be very interesting to see whether Vijayashanti accept the offer of Anil Ravipudi’ F3 or not. Currently she is working with the director in upcoming much awaited movie Sarileru Neekevvaru in which Telugu Superstar Mahesh Babu and Kannada beauty Rashmika Mandanna are playing the lead roles. In this romantic and comedy entertainer Vijayashanti is essaying the medical professor.

Anil Ravipudi’ F3 will shape up next year once Sarileru Neekevvaru releases.

Amitabh Bachchan has been selected for Dadasaheb Phalke Award via a tweet that reads, “The legend Amitabh Bachchan who entertained and inspired for 2 generations has been selected unanimously for #DadaSahabPhalke award. The entire country and international community is happy. My heartiest Congratulations to him.@narendramodi @SrBachchan."

Amitabh Bachchan has been the art of more than 180 movies. His popular movies are Sholay, Deewar, Anand, Amar Akbar Anthony, Zanjeer, Coolie, Hum.

Samantha: Extremely difficult to dance with Jr NTR she takes a lot of pressure when it comes to dancing with jr NTR. Earlier both – Samantha and Jr NTR have worked together for Janatha Garage, Ramayya Vastavaya, Rabhasa and Brindavanam. Samantha also said, “Jr NTR is an exceptional dancer who can pick any complicated move in the drop of a hat.”

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SHRADDHA KAPOOR

t is known news that Mega Producer Allu Aravind is all set to coproduce an upcoming periodic drama Ramayana. It is heard that Allu Aravind wanted to rope Shraddha Kapoor to play the role of Sita but the actress huge demand is giving shock to him. The sources say that Shraddha Kapoor demands Rs 12 Cr remuneration to play the role of Sita on Silver screen. After getting shock from Shraddha Kapoor, now Allu Aravind has started the hunt of another actress for Ramayana. Shraddha Kapoor

made her debut in Tollywood with recently released action thriller drama Saaho in which she shared the screen space with Young Rebel Star Prabhas, but its Telugu version is turning out disaster at the box office. But Shraddha Kapoor is on the ninth cloud as its Hindi version is hit in North area. Stree actress is now the most sought after star in Hindi Film Industry. The 500 crores mega budget project of Allu Aravind, will be directed by Nitesh Tiwari and Ravi Udayawar.

Directors want to see Raai Laxmi ILEANA D CRUZ my thigh & bikini hotness in Cleavage blast monokoni

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urveen Chawla recently attended an interview and made some shocking revelations regarding the "casting couch" in the South Indian Film Industry. Currently the actress is active in Hindi and Punjabi film Industry. Best known for her role in Hate Story 2, the actress journey to the entertainment industry was not an easy one. She started her acting career with daily soaps, it was kind of a cakewalk for her. But her real struggle started when she decided to make a transition into South films around 2010. Surveen Chawla talked about casting couch and said, "I had faced not just once or twice but five times in my career till date. This was just around the time I was transitioning into movies from TV. So this director told me, “We have language problem. I want to know every inch of your body. I was shocked after hearing this.” Surveen Chawla also revealed that she had also faced the casting couch with two big Bollywood filmmakers, who were also named in the MeToo wave. She concluded it by saying that a Bollywood director wanted to see her cleavage and another director wanted to see how her thighs looked. She is known for her roles in movies and serials like Hate Story 2, Ugly, Parched and 24, etc

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he bombshell Raai Laxmi returned back to shape and she has proved that she has a perfect bikini body.

Raai Laxmi took to her Instagram to share a pic of her where she is seen flaunting her bikini body. She captioned it, “Someone once said to me “I don’t know how you do it “ told them “I wasn’t given a choice.” Coming on the pic, Raai Laxmi is looking red hot in red bikini. The actress who is popular for item songs, surely knows how to stay in the limelight with her hot appearance. She has flaunted her hot look in pink bikini. The South beauty Raai Laxmi looks stylish, doesn’t she? she displays her hour-glass figure in bikini like a boss! Well, her passion for movie can be measured merely by her ‘introduction’ only but that’s not all. She knows how to impress her fans with her style statements and bold pics on Instagram.

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ew days ago, Ileana D Cruz was in the news headline when she unfollowed her boyfriend Andrew Kneebone on the social media and deleted photos of him from her Instagram. She is an active user of social media sites and currently busy in the photoshoots. This time Ileana D Cruz took to her Instagram to share a pic of her in black monokoni and came up with an interesting caption.

“Sometimes you just gotta ugly laugh out loud.” Coming on the pic, shared by Ileana D Cruz, she is posing on a yacht. She flashed her happiest smile while dressed in a stylish cut-out black monokini. Right from posting bold photoshoot pictures to inspirational captions, Goa beauty knows how to stay and make others happy. She is bringing hotness with laughter on the internet. Her perfect body curves, smile and attractive persona make her look more gorgeous in this black monokini.

AMY JACKSON BECOMES

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ritish beauty Amy Jackson and her fiancé George Panayiotou became parents to a baby boy on 23rd September.

The actress and her fiancé welcomed their first child together. This news is confirmed

by Amy Jackson herself as she took to her Instagram to share a pic of her with her newly born baby boy and fiance George Panayiotou. She captioned the pic, "Our Angel, welcome to the world Andreas." Amy Jackson and George Panayiotou will tie the knot in a grand ceremony next year. The love

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enkatesh has joined hands with Trinadh Rao Nakkina and Tharun Bhascker for his next upcoming projects. Now according to the latest buzz in the film industry, the upcoming film of Venkatesh and Tharun Bhascker is an interesting sports drama with horse racing as its main backdrop. Tharun Bhascker is planning to shoot the major part of the movie in Hyderabad Race Club

birds have picked Greece as the location for their wedding. During her maternity period, the bombshell Amy Jackson had been always updating about her pregnancy by sharing the pictures on her social media handles. Recently, on the occasion of her baby shower, she also uploaded a video to announce the gender of her baby and revealed that she is going to become the mother of a baby boy. She was last seen in Shankar’ directorial venture 2.0 starring Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar. in Malakpet. It is heard that recently Tharuk Bhascker met Venkatesh Daggubati and narrated the script, Babu Bangaram star is very excited about this project and he has given his green signal. Suresh Babu in on the board to bankroll the film of Venkatesh which has Horse racing as backdrop. Very soon the makers will make official announcement regarding its remaining cast and crew.

DIL RAJU LOCKS ANIL RAVIPUDI

for two films

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oted producer Dil Raju who is popular for promoting the talented people, has locked director Anil Ravipudi for the two films and also has paid hefty advance to him. It is known news that Anil Ravipudi has been asked to helm the Hindi version of F2 in Hindi along with F3, the sequel to F2- Fun and Frustration. Very soon the official announcement will be made regarding these projects of Dil Raju and Anil Ravipudi. Dil

Raju and Boney Kapoor are all set to produce F2 in Hindi and now Dil Raju is planning to bring Anil Ravipudi on the board to direct the Hindi version of F2 along with its sequel in Tollywood. Currently Anil Ravipudi is busy in his upcoming movie Sarileru Neekevvaru which has Mahesh Babu and Rashmika Mandanna in female leads. On the otherside, Dil Raju in working with Sharwanand and Samantha for 96 remake.

SPECIAL ATTRACTION PLANNED FOR

ALA VAIKUNTHAPURAMULO

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tylish Star Allu Arjun and Trivikram Srinivas are currently working together for an upcoming film Ala Vaikunthapuramulo, which will hit the theaters on 12th January on the eve of Sankranthi. It seems that the actor and director duo are planning to score a hat trick after the blockbuster movies Julai and S/O Sathyamurthy. As per the latest reports, Trivikram Srinivas has planned a special attraction for Ala Vaikunthapuramulo. The actor-director duo is soon going to shoot a promotional

song for the film Ala Vaikunthapuramulo.

Apparently, the said promotional song will feature stylish star Allu Arjun and all other lead actors will feature in this special song, including the music composer Thaman.

The sources say that like Julayi and S/o Satyamurthy, this promotional song will explain the main theme of the movie - Ala Vaikunthapuramulo. Pooja Hegde and Nivetha Pethuraj are playing the female leads. Apart from the lead pair, the film Ala Vaikunthapuramulo also has Tabu, Jayaram, Navdeep and Sushanth in the crucial roles.

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Ajay Devgn remuneration for A

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jay Devgan is a successful Bollywood actor and producer. He was launched with Phool Aur Kaantey opposite Madhoo as an action hero. Till date, he has delivered many Rs 100 Cr films in his filmy career. Now he is going to play an important role in upcoming big budget Telugu movie RRR, which will be released in multiple languages. In SS Rajamouli’ directorial venture RRR, he is going to essay the character of a freedom fighter.

And the sources say that he will be seen in the role of Ram Charan’ father and will make his screen presence in the flashback episode. The remuneration of Ajay Devgn for RRR is giving shock to everyone.

Though his role is an extended guest appearance in RRRR, the makers are paying Ajay Devgn a whopping amount of

Rs 30 Crs. The makers are expecting that the presence of Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn will help in the collections in the North due to their popularity. The big budget RRR has Young Tiger Jr NTR and Ram Charan in the lead roles. The movie is being bankrolled

by DVV Danayya under the banner of DVV Entertainment.

Mandira Bedi flaunts her fabulous body

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he gorgeous actress, Mandira Bedi, who rose to fame with Television show Shanti and went on to play an adorable character opposite Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan in blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge, is breaking the internet with her bikini pictures.

Mandira Bedi flaunted her fit and fabulous body and washboard abs in two piece bikini. Coming on the pic, she is seen posing by the poolside in a hot pink bikini and completed her look with a red shrug flowing in the air. The actress is best known for her style and fit body look. She is justifying every bit of it in her latest pics. Mandira Bedi is one of the most fitness freak actresses. Her popular movies are Shaadi Ka Laddoo, Badal,Meerabai Not Out, O Teri etc. Mandira Bedi tied the knot with producer Raj Kaushal in 1999 and the couple has son Vir in 2011.On the work side, Mandira Bedi was seen in Young Rebel Star Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor starrer recently released action thriller drama Saaho.

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ollywood hot Chunk Gopichand has teamed up with Sampath Nandi for an upcoming untitled project, which will be produced by Srinivasa Silver Screen.

It is heard that Gopichand will be seen playing the role of Kabaddi player in this film. This news was officially confirmed by Sampath Nandi recently on Facebook as he has posted, “Announcing my next and happy to be associated with Gopichand garu once again under the production of Srinivasaa Silver Screen More updates soon #Gopichand28 #ProductionNo3.”The

sources say that Gopichand is getting ready to show his power turning Kabaddi player in Sampath Nandi’ film. Earlier both Gopi and Sampath have worked together for Goutham Nanda which was just average at the box office. Touted to be out and out sports drama, Gopichand starrer will revolve around Kabaddi sport and the Pantham star will be seen as a Kabaddi player. Currently the team is in the hunt of female lead.

Kabaddi

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ri Jagannadh is now back in demand as a director. Currently he is enjoying the success of his recent offering iSmart Shankar. According to the latest update, Puri Jagannadh offered special prayers to Lord Hanuman and did a special homam with Charmee Kaur. They did Homam at famous Chakarimetla Sahakara

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Anjaneyaswamy temple near Narsapur, which is 60 km away from Hyderabad. Both Puri and Charmee Kaur have produced ‘iSmart Shankar’ together in which the young and energetic actor Ram Pothineni, Nabha Natesh and Nidhhi Agerwal played the lead roles. The movie’s theatrical rights are valued at Rs 17 Crore, but it has managed to collect around Rs 35 cr.

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case has registered a case against actress Bhanupriya and her brother Gopalkrishna for engaging a minor girl as domestic help and harassing her.

This news came into light after an FIR has been registered against Bhanupriya and Gopalkrishna, by Superintendent of Police, East Godavari, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The case was initially registered in Samalkot, AP and has now been transferred to Chennai. In her complaint, R Penupagala Prabhavathi (the mother of a minor girl) of Andhra Pradesh, had alleged that she engaged her 14 years old daughter for doing domestic work in Bhanupriya’ house for

about 18 months. Since then, Bhanupriya had not paid her daughter salary and also refused to send her back home. Prabhavathi alleged that on 18th January, she received a phone call from her daughter, who said Bhanupriya’s brother Gopalakrishna had been harassing her mentally and physically.

According to Prabhasvathi, Gopalakrishna had s*xually harassed her daughter while she was working there. With the help of some child welfare groups, child’ mother has managed to file a complaint with the police.

Bhanupriya was booked under Sections 323, 506, 341 and 34 of the IPC and Juvenile Justice Act Sections 75 and 79.

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ecently Kranthi Madhav unveiled the first look poster of his upcoming directorial venture World Famous Lover featured the young actor Vijay Deverakonda. Though few netizens showered praises whereas few trolled the actor up for its striking resemblance to Arjun Reddy. Coming on the poster, Vijay Deverakonda was seen with the cigarette butt in his hands and the smoke coming out of his mouth. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, the makers of World Famous Lover copied the first look poster from a pic

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which is clicked by popular photographer Lauren Withrow. The same format picture was uploaded by a Texas based lensman on Instagram in the month of January 2015.

Both the first look poster of World Famous Lover and the pic clicked by Lauren Withrow looks alike a copy.World Famous Lover has four actresses Raashi Khanna, Catherine Tresa, Aishwarya Rajesh and Izabelle Leite in the female lead roles. Directed by Kranthi Madhav, bankrolled by KA Vallabha.

DECOMPOSED BODY FOUND

NAGARJUNA FARM HOUSE LINKED TO SUICIDE CASE

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he dead body in decomposed state at the Farm house of Akkineni Nagarajuna’ Papireddy Gudem of Kesampeta Mandal created a sensation. It is said that Akkineni Nagarjuna and wife Amala had plans to cultivate an organic garden in the farmhouse and they had hired the service of farming experts to prepare the farmland spread over 40 acres. The agriculture workers found a dead body after they sensed foul smell from an abandoned building on the property. Now the police has identified the

skeleton. The deceased was identified as Chakali Pandu (30) who committed suicide.

Chakali Pandu, a resident of Papireddyguda Village, left the house in 2016 after writing a suicide note and he informed that he was depressed at that time due to the demise of his Elder Brother who suffered from kidney disease. In the suicide note, Chakali Pandu had mentioned that no one is responsible for his death. His family members filed police complaint after he went missing. The Deputy Commissioner of

Police, Shamshabad- Prakash Reddy said that investigations were taken up based on an Aadhaar card and a photograph found near the body.

Classic title locked for Naga Shaurya A

fter bagging the much needed success as a solo protagonist with the 2018 romantic and comedy Chalo, the young actor Naga Shaurya, struck the rough patch once again with a series of flop movies like Kanam, Ammammagarillu and Nartanasala.

Now he has teamed up with a lady director Lakshmi Sowjanya for an upcoming youthful romantic entertainer.

According to the latest update, the makers have locked the title ‘Mooga Manasulu’ for Naga Shaurya starrer. On 19th September, Sithara Entertainment

made official announcement regarding this project via Twitter, “We are happy to announce our Production No.8 featuring @IamNagashaurya in the direction of debutant, @Lakshmi34167020. Cast & crew details will follow shortly.Regular shoot will commence from October! Releasing worldwide in May 2020. Stay tuned for more updates.@vamsi84.”Naga Shaurya starrer ‘Mooga Manasulu’ will go on the floor in the month of October. The sources close to the film unit revealed that the makers are considering ‘Mooga Manasulu’ title for this film. Let’s wait for the official announcement regarding this project.

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Prabhas next to shoot

two times differently?

Nani next with

Controversial Hero

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atural star Nani is going to team up with Falaknuma Das fame Vishwak Sen for an upcoming project. It seems Nani is very impressed with controversial hero Vishwak Sen’ talent and has decided to work with him. Vishwak Sen has already proved with Falaknuma Das that he is a good actor.

Earlier during the promotional event of Falaknuma Das, Nani has already made announcement that very soon he will make a movie with the actor. Now according to the latest buzz in the film industry, Vishwak

Sen and Nani are teaming up for a movie.

Recently, both discussed the modalities about their teaming up and are on the anvil of locking things. Apart from playing the lead role, Vishwak Sen will also direct the movie and it will be bankrolled by Natural Star Nani under his home banner. The sources say that currently the team is in the hunt of remaining cast and crew. Very soon the official announcement will be made regarding this project.

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fter Saaho, Prabhas is getting ready to start the shoot of his next upcoming romantic movie Jaan, directed by KK Radha Krishna Kumar of Jil fame, the film has Pooja Hegde playing the female lead.

According to the latest buzz in the film industry, Jaan will be shot in Telugu and Hindi separately. The sources say that the Telugu version of Prabhas starrer Jaan will have a comedy track whereas the Hindi version will have few exclusive scenes that appeal to the North Indian audiences.

So, Prabhas and Pooja Hegde starrer will be shot two times differently. Currently Prabhas is following a strict regime to look s*xy, strong and fitter. It has also come out that he will flaunt his bare body in one of the scene. The sources say that to heat the things between Prabhas and Pooja Hegde, and make the intimate scenes steamier, Prabhas is expected to go shirtless in one of the scene. It will indeed be a treat for the fans to watch this hot avatar of Prabhas revealing his drool-worthy abs.

Nani bringing

Bandla Ganesh in production

VV Vinayak acting debut V V Vinayak who has delivered back to back commercially flop movies, is going to test his luck in acting field and is all set to make his acting debut with an upcoming movie, which will be helmed by N Narasimha Rao who helmed 'Sharabha' earlier and will be bankrolled by noted producer Dil Raju. Now the backdrop of VV Vinayak’ acting debut has been revealed.

It is heared that the flashback episodes of VV Vinayak’ acting debut has two timelines, as one story happens in 1940s and the other one in 1980s. VV Vinayak will be seen as grandfather and father. VV Vinayak has already played a cameo in Megastar Chiranjeevi starrer Tagore, which was released in 2003 but this time he will play a full-fledged role in Dil Raju’ production venture.

Currently he is busy in losing his weight as a part of preparation of his role. Vinayak is doing very hard work and rigorous workouts in gym.

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t is known news that Bandla Ganesh is making his comeback in acting field with an upcoming movie Sarileru Neekevvaru, which is progressing at the brisk pace in the direction of Anil Ravipudi of F2 Fun and Frustration fame, in which Superstar Mahesh Babu and Kannada beauty Rashmika Mandanna are playing the lead roles. Now according to the latest buzz in the film industry, Natural Star Nani is bringing Bandla Ganesh in production field once again. Small time comedian turned producer Bandla Ganesh has bankrolled number of hit

movies like Gabbar Singh, Baadshah and Temper. But after delivering back to back cost failure projects he stopped to produce the movies. Now Bandla Ganesh is making his comeback with Nani in production. Very soon Bandla Ganesh will be bankrolling a film that will feature natural star Nani in the lead and he is planning to rope a newcomer to direct this project. Recently both Nani and Bandla Ganesh met and discussed about the story. The pre production work will be started very soon.

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