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INSIDE Pawan Kalyan

surprise visit to Sya Raa Sets

Adah Sharma selling vegetables

Payal Rajput

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nushka Shetty has teamed up with Kollywood star Madhavan for an upcoming bilingual drama, which has been titled as Silent. Sweety aka Anushka Shetty who has seen success at periodic, historic, commercial and even experimental movies, will be next seen in a movie, where she will not have scope to speak. The sources close to the film unit reveal that Anushka Shetty will be acting as a person who cannot speak.

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powerful Underwater action

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t is known news that Nandamuri Kalyanram has teamed up with cinematographer Guhan for an upcoming Telugu project.

According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, Kalyanram will be seen doing some underwater stunts. Very soon the makers will start the shoot of underwater action episode in which KalyanRam will be participated and the shoot will take place in Bay of Bengal in Visakhapatnam beach. Kalyanram will himself perform this risky stunt without the help of any dupes. The upcoming untitled

film is said to be an action entertainer and it is produced by Mahesh S Koneru under the banner of East Coast Productions. On the occasion of Kalyanram’s birthday, the makers have already released the first look poster of this film #NKR16. The movie presents Kalyanram as an investigative journalist.

The sources say that KalyanRam is playing a journalist who experiences precognitive dreams and is constantly distributed by the mysterious killing of a woman.

of Anushka Shetty starrer upcoming movie is expected to be women-centric. Silence will be directed by Hemanth Madhukar, who has earlier directed several decent hit movies like A Flat, Vastadu Naa Raju and Mumbai 125 KM, and it will be produced by People Media Factory, which has produced 2 Countries. R Madhavan who is well known face for Telugu, Tamil and Hindi audience will play the lead role. Touted to be a silent thriller, Silent will also have an international star cast.

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ashmika Mandanna is very happy as she is going to give her own voice for her character in upcoming much awaited movie Devadas in which Akkineni Nagarjuna and Natural Star Nani are playing the lead roles.

Rashmika Mandanna made her Telugu debut with romantic entertainer Chalo starring Naga Shaurya and later she got the opportunity to share the screen space with Pellichoopulu and Arjun Reddy fame young

actor Vijay Deverakonda in the direction of Parausram for Geetha Govindam, which is running successfully at the box office and turned out blockbuster. Earlier she wanted to dub Geetha Govindam in her own voice but because of her date issues as she was not able to allot the dates, the makers brought dubbing artists but this time as she wanted to do say her own dialogues so that the emotions are captured better, she adjusted her dates in advances.

Rashmika Mandanna will be seen playing the love interest of Nani in Devadaa. The actress who did not get the chance to dub the movie Geetha Govindam, is doing dubbing for Nani starrer Devadas and dubbing in own voice makes Ramsmika Mandanna happy.

Devadas is being directed by Sriram Adittya and the movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on 27th September 2018.

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egastar Chiranjeevi is currently working with Dhruva fame director Surender Reddy for his upcoming multilingual drama Sye Raa Narashima Reddy, which is progressing at brisk pace.

According to the latest update, recently Jana Sena President and actor Power Star Pawan Kalyan made his surprise visit on the sets of Periodic drama Sye Naa Narasimha Reddy. Pawan Kalyan met with his elder brother Megastar Chiranjeevi, Amitabh Bachchan and others. Ram Charan was also present on the sets of the film. Veteran writer Satyanand shared the pic that featured Pawan Kalyan with Ram Charan, Chiranjeevi and Big B, on his social media sites, which is now going viral on Internet and Mega fans are going

Pawan Kalyan SURPRISE VISIT TO SYA RAA SETS

gaga over it. Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy is a periodic drama, in which Megastar Chiranjeevi will be seen playing the role of Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy, a freedom fighter who revolts against the Britishers.

Jr NTR

turns punching bag for son Abhay Ram S

uperstar Krishna biopic is on the cards. Recently Telugu and Tamil audiences watched Mahanati- the biopic of legendary south Indian actress Savitri, in which Keerthy Suresh played the lead role. Now NTR – the actor and late Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh is being helmed by Krish, in which Nandamuri Balakrishna is playing the titular role.

Recently the biopic of actress and late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa

'Nannu Dochukunduvate' Sudheer Babu, confirmed the news of Superstar Krishna’s biopic. Sudheer Babu said that very soon he would make announcement regarding the full details of Superstar Krishna. It seems he is planning to bankroll the biopic under his home banner Sudheer Babu Production. The movie lovers are expecting that Mahesh Babu will play the role of his father in this upcoming biopic.

Superstar Krishna has been the part of

was also announced in film Industry. Now according to the latest update, Sudheer Babu, the son-in-law of Superstar Krishna has made announcement about the biopic of Superstar Krishna. Recently in Vizag, during a promotional event of

more than 350 films and has played a variety of roles. Krishna has collaborated with several top directors of the time such as Adurthi Subba Rao, V. Madhusudhana Rao, K. Viswanath, Bapu, Dasari Narayana Rao and K. Raghavendra Rao.

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r NTR, who is the father of two kidsAbhay Ram and Bhargav Ram, is enjoying the fatherhood. Jr NTR shared a video on his Instagram in which he is seen playing with four year old son Abhay Ram. He came up with an interesting caption, “When you become a #punchingbag for your son #karatekid #elderbrat #lazysunday.”

Coming on the video, which is posted by Tarak, Abhay Ram is enacting a fighting scene with Jr NTR. He is seen punching on the cheeks of his father like punching bag. Young Tiger Jr NTR got married with Lakshmi Pranathi in 2011 and Abhay Ram

was born on 22nd July, 2014. Recently, the couple was blessed with a baby boy Bhargav Ram. Jr NTR is a doting dad. We saw him celebrating his birthday on the sets of Bigg Boss Telugu season 1 last year. There is a buzz in the film Industry, that Abhay Ram will be seen in his father Aravinda Sametha’s film but there is no official confirmation about it. Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava is directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced

by S. Radha Krishna on Haarika & Hassine Creations banner and it has the music by S Thaman. The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters on the occasion of Dussehra.

Suman comments on

Pawan Kalyan

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uman, one of the most prominent stars of Telugu cinema during the 1980s, has completed 40 years of his career in Film Industry and recently he attended a private function in Guntur. On this occasion, Suman opened up about Jana Sena Chief and actor Power Star Pawan Kalyan. He appreciated Pawan Kalyan and his Jana Sena Party.

About his political entry, Suman said to join the politics whenever and whatever his services are needed. Suman further said, Young person like Pawan Kalyan should come forward with new ideas for the change of a society. He also questioned other party leaders why didn't they solve the issues before Pawan Kalyan has pointed out.

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Suman also appreciated Pawan Kalyan over his anti-caste politics. In his filmy career, actor Suman has also played the roles of Gods like Venkateswara, Shiva, and Rama in Telugu movies. He has also been the part of Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada movies. Suman has acted more than 150 films as a hero and has also been the part Hollywood film- Death And Taxi.

On the other side, Pawan Kalyan is going to make his small screen debut very soon.

Jana Sena President is all set to follow in the footsteps of Bollywood star Aamir Khan and host a television show much like Satyameva Jayate.

Jr NTR to present Bigg Boss 2

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hiranjeevi is currently working for his upcoming big budget entertainer Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, which is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Dhruva fame Surender Reddy. Earlier it was heard that the film makers of Chiranjeevi starrer Sye Raa are planning to release the film in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi but now as there is no taker of Chiranjeevi

than 12 Million digital views in just 24 hours. Speculation is doing the round that Ram Charan, the producer of Sye Raa has dropped the idea to release Sye Raa in Hindi. It seems, Bollywood is insulting Tollywood Megastar. Recently, during teaser launch event of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, Ram Charan announced that Sye Raa would be released only in all South

starrer Sye Raa in Bollywood, the makers are now planning to release it in Telugu and Tamil. Recently the makers released the first look poster and teaser of Chiranjeevi starrer Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, which created the records as it crossed more

Indian languages not in Hindi. Earlier, Ram Charan and filmmakers expected that Bollywood producers will come forward to acquire the Hindi dubbing rights of Sye Raa. But there is no response from Hindi market.

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am Charan, the Mega Power Star is currently working with mass specialist Boyapati Srinu for an upcoming untitled film RC 12. According to the latest buzz in film Industry, the makers are targeting all the sections of the audiences. It is heard that upcoming drama will have 15 minutes childhood episode of Ram Charan, which will be one of the major highlights of this upcoming action and romantic entertainer. The child episode of Ram Charan will come as an intro scene of the film and recently the makers have shot this sequence. Boyapati Srinu is known for his commercial action episodes in his movies. Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, who was last seen in Ajith Kumar starrer Vivegam, has been roped in to play the antagonist. Kiara Advani who made her Telugu debut with Mahesh Babu starrer Bharat Ane Nenu is playing the love

ccording to the latest buzz, Young Tiger Jr NTR will be the guest of last episode of ongoing controversial reality show Bigg Boss 2 Telugu, which is being hosted by Natural Star Nani. Jr NTR will also present the trophy to the winner of Bigg Boss 2 Telugu. Everyone is curious to know that who will win the trophy and cash money prize.

The contestants like Singer Geetha Madhuri, Kaushal Manda, Tanish and Roll Rida are likely to reach the finals. The contestant, who wins the hearts of the audiences, will be the actual winner of the Bigg Boss 2 show as winner is decided on the number of votes. The official announcement about Jr NTR as Chief Guest for last episode is

awaited. It is known news that Young Tiger Jr NTR was the host of first season of reality show Bigg Boss but as he was busy in the shoot of upcoming project, was not able to allot the dates for Bigg Boss 2 so he said to the organizers- No. Later the organizers of Bigg Boss 2, brought Nani on the board to host the season 2. The makers of Bigg Boss 2 Telugu are adding spices day by day to make the show interesting. According to the latest buzz, Bigg Boss 2 organizers have planned to announce a cash prize of Rs 50 lakhs to the winner of Bigg Boss 2. But it has also come out that the winner will not get Rs 50 Lakhs. After the tax deductions, the Bigg Boss winner will get only Rs 35 lakhs.

Rajasekhar to romance

with Anjali

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ajasekhar is planning to bring Telugu beauty Anjali in Telugu film Industry once again. She was last seen in Chitrangada, which was released in 2017.

It is known news that Dr Rajasekhar has signed his next upcoming film which will

be helmed by AWE fame young director Prasanth Varma. According to the latest update, the makers have approached Anjali to play the female lead role. The actress, who is very impressed with her character and narration, has given her verbal consent but did not sign the movie yet. If everything will go accordingly, very soon Anjali will be seen sharing the screen space with Dr Rajasekhar in this upcoming film. Anjali's role in the movie is yet suspense. The movie of Dr Rajasekhar and Prashanth Varma has been titled Kalki. Set in 1983, this period thriller will showcase Dr Rajasekhar in a different avatar. Rajasekhar is producing this upcoming drama on his home banner.

Prasanth Varma has already confirmed the news that the story of Rajasekhar’s film is set in 1980’s Telangana. The regular shoot is expected to start by the end of this year.

Great Intro for

Ram Charan childhood

interest of Ram Charan in this film, which is being produced by DVV Danayya under the banner of DVV Entertainments. The sources close to the film unit reveal that couple of sentimental scenes including Ram Charan’s childhood episode, will touch the audience’s hearts. After wrapping up the shoot of Boyapati film’s Ram Charan will join the sets of SS Rajamouli’s film in which young Tiger Jr NTR will also play the lead role.

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big plan for Akhil A

khil Akkineni is currently working with Venky Atluri for an upcoming film, which is progressing at brisk pace. The sources close to the film unit reveal that the first look poster and title of the film are expected to be out on the occasion of Nagarjuna’s birthday. It is heard that Nagarjuna has a big plan to introduce his younger Son Akkineni Akhil in Bollywood with the help of Baahubali presenter- Karan Johar, one of the popular distributor and producer of Hindi Film Industry. The sources say that Akhil’s next film will be a bilingual, which will be

Payal Rajput

rejects Ram Charan film

made in Telugu and Hindi. Rumored to be helmed by Aadhi Pinisetty’s brother Sathya Prabhas Pinisetty, the Telugu version will be produced by Nagarjuna himself under his home banner whereas Karan Johar will bankrolled the Hindi version of Akhil’s film.

The official confirmation is awaited regarding this. Currently Nagarjuna is also working with Karan Johar for his Bollywood movie Bhramastra, which is being directed by Ayan Mukerji, in which Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are playing the lead roles. Recently during the media interaction, Akkineni Akhil also opened up about his Bollywood debut and said, “I will think about Bollywood (Hindi) debut only after establishing and scoring few hits in Telugu Film Industry. If I get really a good script, I will consider it but will try to

Adah Sharma

Keerthy Suresh selling vegetables busts latest rumour

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ayal Rajput who became overnight star after delivering successful movie RX 100, has rejected Ram Charan starrer upcoming movie. It is known news that after delivering Sukumar’s Rangasthalam, Ram Charan joined hands with Boyapati Srinu for his next film, which is progressing at brisk pace. According to the latest buzz, Boyapati Srinu wanted to bring Payal Rajput on the board to shake a leg with Ram Charan in this film, but the actress, has rejected the offer and said no. Now the team of Ram Charan’s film is in the hunt of another actress for the item song. The sources close to Payal Rajput say that the actress is very choosy and she is taking special care while listening the scripts. Recently she has also rejected Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas film with Teja as the makers wanted to rope her to play the second female lead. As Payal Rajput, found her character in the film, not interesting, immediately said no. Not only this, Payal Rajput has also rejected the offer to play the special role in Akkineni Akhil and Venky Atluri’s film. Presently she wants to act only performance oriented movies. It is heard that she is going to act in woman centric movie in the production venture of C Kalyan.

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make it a bilingual in both Hindi and Telugu rather than just a Bollwood movie. As Telugu is my mother tongue, I have no plans to go far away to star in other languages."

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eart Attack girl Adah Sharma is giving attacks to her fans and movie lovers once again. The hot diva was spotted selling vegetables on street. The actress, who enjoys the massive fan following of over one million on her social Instagram handle, was spotted in wearing untidy saree. Dressed in a worn out cotton saree with her messy hair pulled back, Adah Sharma, surrounded by vegetables on a street, looks unrecognizable. The actress is an active user of social media sites and used to entertainer her fans with her hot avatar. This transformation with his new look has surprised many. But don’t get shock after seeing her new avatar. The actress Adah Sharma is doing great and her new avatar is a part of look test for a Hollywood film. Needless to say, Adah Sharma who is popular for her glamorous avatar nailed the look. We are confident that she can rock both glamorous and de-glam avatars at ease. Her pics are going viral on the social media sites and the complete details of the project will be out soon.

Recently Adah Sharma’s Kiki Challenge video also went viral on Internet.

eerthy Suresh who played the role of Mahanati and won millions of heart with her wonderful performance, has busted latest rumour and said, no any filmmaker has approached her to play the role of late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa. Keerthy Suresh is one of the talented actresses who got the opportunity to essay the role of Savitri in the biopic of the legendary actress, in the direction of Nag Ashwin. So everyone was expecting that Keerthy Suresh will play the role of Jayalalithaa. There is a buzz in the film Industry that the makers of Jayalalithaa biopic have approached Keerthy Suresh and she has given her green signal but finally Keerthy Suresh has said, neither makers have approached her, nor she is going to become the part of Jayalalithaa biopic. Keerthy Suresh added, “ To play the role of Jayalalithaa is not a joke and I don’t have courage to essay her role on screen.”

Recently in an interview, the lady superstar Nayantara also opened up about Jayalalitha biopic and said, "I don't know if it would be apt for me, but I'd like to be part of Former politician and actress J Jayalalithaa's biopic." The filmmaker Vijay is overseeing the pre-production work of this upcoming biopic of Jayalalithaa, based on the vision shared by producers Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad. Very soon the announcement regarding its cast and crew will be made.

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hiranjeevi, who made his comeback in Telugu Film Industry after a long gap with Khaidi No 150, is currently working for an upcoming big budget and multilingual drama Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. On the occasion of Megastar Chiranjeevi, the makers released the teaser of Sye Raa, which went viral. The makers also released a poster on this occasion that featured Chiranjeevi! Megastar’s High voltage new look gave surprise to everyone. The makers captioned it, “Wishing Megastar #Chiranjeevi garu a Very Happy Birthday. A poster from the magnum opus #SyeRaaNarasimhaReddy. #SyeRaa #HBDMightyMegaStarChiranjeev

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Prabhas Film

rabhas is going to team up with Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan for an upcoming project Mahabharata, which is going to be made on the whooping budget of Rs 1000 Cr, say sources. It is known news that Aamir Khan is planning to make Mahabharata and according to the latest buzz, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has approached Baahubali star Prabhas to play an important role. The talk has been initiated but nothing is yet finalized.

If Prabhas will give green signal, then two top stars- Aamir Khan and Prabhas will be seen sharing the screen space in Mahabharata and it will be a double treat for the fans of both the stars. It is heard that after wrapping up the shoots of his next upcoming film Thugs of Hindostan, Aamir Khan will join the makers of Rs 1,000 Cr budget movie 'Mahabharata'.

According to reports, this upcoming movie Mahabharata is going to be one of the most expensive films to be ever made in the Bollywood industry. The industry tracker Ramesh Bala have already confirmed this news in the month on March as he wrote on the wall of Twitter , "The movie will be on the lines of Hollywood's The Lord of the Rings or the Game of Thrones in terms of the production value." Mahabharata will be co-produced by the Reliance Industries Chief Mukesh Ambani. The international writers will work on the script to give it a global appeal and Aamir Khan will play his favourite character Karna, in Mahabharata.

i.”Chiranjeevi, in the gate up of the unsung freedom fighter of Kurnool, Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy looks intense. He is seen carrying a sword in battlefield and ready to cut the head of Britishers. The teaser of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy gives many goosebumps moments as Chiranjeevi roars in style in the titular role and it left the fans of Chiranjeevi and movie lovers in general asking for more. The highlight of the teaser is Chiranjeevi’s fierce avatar and background score rendered by Amit Trivedi who is making his debut in the Telugu film industry with Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy.

Nani Vs Kaushal :

A DRAMA FOR TRP RATING?

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igg Boss 2 Telugu is racing towards wrap up. According to the latest buzz in social media, Telugu Bigg Boss 2 show organizers are using Kaushal and Kaushal Army for their TRP ratings. Those who are watching Bigg Boss 2 Telugu are aware of that all is not well between Kaushal and Nani. TV viewers feel that Nani is trying to target Kaushal and also trying to show him in a negative shade to create controversy. It is known news that those who are targeting Kaushal, they are being trolled on Social media sites by Kaushal Army. The organizers of Bigg Boss are trying to show Kaushal in bad light only for TRP. The TV Viewers are also saying that they are watching Bigg Boss 2 Telugu

because of the presence of Kaushal. Nani is openly targeting Kaushal day by day and the popularity of Kaushal on social media is only rising. There is a doubt, whether the enmity between the host Nani and the contestant Kaushal is real or it is being staged for TRP? It is known news that audiences are watching the edited clips and the most of the broadcast material has Kaushal. Why are they not focusing on the other contestants?

Why is Nani targeting Kaushal? On the otherside, Kaushal army have been urging the audiences not to believe in host Natural Star Nani or anyone. While they are hurt about Nani's bias towards Kaushal, they are till determined to ensure that Kaushal walks away with the winner's trophy.

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arlier in Indian Film Industry, the film makers used to present romantic scenes by some movements in the natures and the flowers. Generally the makers used two flowers brushing against each other, a couple getting together behind the tree or fire burning were the some ways for the audiences to deduce what happens next. Telugu film Industry was also stuck in a limbo of ‘touch-menot’ peaks on the cheeks for the years now. But that’s until the new breed of filmmakers and actors decided to give Tollywood something that was never seen before - lip locks. Now days, bold lip locks scenes have become common in Telugu Film Industry. It seems young actor Vijay Deverakonda is becoming Emraan Hashmi of Tollywood. In Arjun Reddy,

Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey have given number of hot lip locks and the makers also promoted the movie by using the lip lock posters. It is known news that the lip scenes between Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna from recently released movie Geetha Govindam was also leaked on the Internet before the release of the movie and increased the eagerness of the movie lovers to watch the movie on big screen. Finally the movie has turned out blockbuster at the box office. RX 100 starring Karthikeya and Payal Rajput, which has also number of lip locks, has also turned out commercially successful. In spy thriller dram Goodachari , the international beauty queen Shobhita Dhulipala also locked her lips with Adivi Sesh and currently the movie is running successfully at the box office.

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NOTA Eve

Vijay Deverakonda

on Christmas

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ijay Deverakonda is currently enjoying the success of her recently offering Geetha Govindam, which has turned out blockbuster at the box office and is going to join the club of Rs 50 Cr marks very soon.

Now all eyes are on his next upcoming bilingual Telugu-Tamil drama NOTA. The movie lovers and Vijay Deverakonda’s fans are eagerly waiting for the updates of NOTA. The Arjun Reddy star is making her Tamil debut with this upcoming film, in which Punjabi Kudi Mehreen Kaur Pirzada is playing the female lead. According to the

latest buzz in the film Industry, the makers are planning to release the film on the eve of Christmas. Recently during the media interaction, Vijay Deverakonda said, "I will dub the movie in my own voice. Language isn’t a barrier when it comes to talent.

Telugu and Tamil are really close these days. Bilinguals are a way to bridge that gap even more closer." Touted to be an intense political thriller, NOTA is being directed by Anand Shankar and bankrolled by Tamil producer Gnanavel Raja under the banner of his Studio Green.

Mood of the Nation: Prabhas in top 5 I

ndia Today’s annual mood of the Nation poll ranks Baahubali star Prabhas at 5th place with 7% popular votes. Last year, Prabhas was voted at 7th place and now he is at 5th position in the Male Superstar category. Bollywood actor Salman Khan took the top spot when it comes to the most popular male superstar with 11percent of the votes. Akshay Kumar is at the second position and Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor stood in third place. Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is at the fourth place. Padmaavat star Ranveer Singh occupied the fifth slot with Prabhas. Meanwhile Anushka Sharma, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone have got 8% of the votes and shared the No.1 position in the category of most popular Female Superstar. Prabhas is the first Telugu star to achieve this rare feat. India Today's Mood of The Nation (MOTN) survey is the talk of the Telugu film industry (Tollywood), with Young Rebel star Prabhas making it to the top 5 list. With the magnum opus Baahubali, the directorial venture of SS Rajamouli, turning out to be a massive hit, Prabhas has gained a huge fan following across the country and currently the actor is busy in his upcoming multilingual drama Saaho, directed by Surender Reddy and produced by UV Creations.

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tylish Star Allu Arjun is going to collaborate with 24 and Manam fame Vikram Kumar for his next upcoming project, which will be bankrolled by Allu Arjun’s father Allu Aravind under the banner of Geetha Arts. According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, the upcoming drama will have reincarnation as the main theme.

Vikram Kumar’s 'Manam' also dealt with the same concept and now this time, it will be very interesting to see, what special Vikram Kumar has for Allu Arjun. The sources close to Vikram Kumar say that the same concept (reincarnation) is going to be presented in a different style in Allu Arjun starrer. There

theme for

Allu Arjun next

is no clarity about its storyline. Very Soon the official announcement will be made regarding this project. Until then, Allu Arjun’s fans need to wait patiently. Sources say that Allu Arjun will be joining the sets of the film in a couple of months. Reincarnation movies have become some of the most common storylines for every movie worldwide.

Especially when it’s romance, reincarnation is one of the best. We have already seen a lot of movies in Tollywood like Arundhati, Magadheera and Eega that have taken reincarnation and romance quite seriously.

MAHESH BABU BRINGS JAYA PRADA I N MAHARSHI M ahesh Babu is bringing veteran actress Jaya Prada in his upcoming film Maharshi. According to the latest report, Jaya Prada has been roped in an upcoming big budget drama Maharshi, which is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Vamsi Paidipally, in which

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Superstar Mahesh Babu is playing the lead role. It is heard that Jaya Prada will be seen playing the role of Mahesh Babu’s mother in Maharshi. This is Mahesh Babu’s 25th movie and DJ & Saakshyam fame Pooja Hegde is on the board to play the female lead role. Jaya Prada has also shared the

screen space with Mahesh Babu’s father Superstar Krishna’s movies in more than 50 movies and now she is going to become the part of Mahesh Babu’s Maharshi. The sources say that very soon she will join the sets.

Allari Naresh is playing the important role in Maharshi, which is being bankrolled by Dil Raju, Ashiwini Dutt and PVP under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations, Vyjayanthi Movies and PVP Cinema respectively.

The Music for the film has been scored by Devi Sri Prasad, the cinematography is by KU Mohanan and the editor is KL Praveen.

Sumanth Idam Jagath is inspired by Nightcrawler

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umanth is currently busy in his upcoming movie Idam Jagath. Recently the makers released the teaser of this upcoming crime thriller drama Idam Jagathm which received decent response by the movie lovers. The sources close to the film unit reveal that Sumanth is playing a photojournalist and his role has negative shades. It seems Idam Jagath is inspired Dan Gilroy’s directorial venture Nightcrawler. Most of the scenes in the teaser of Idam Jagath are directly lifted from the Hollywood thriller Nightcrawler. The audiences, who have watched Nightcrawler, did not found anything new in this teaser but it is grabbing the attention of those who have not watched the original Nightcrawler. The

American neo-noir thriller film Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and Bill Paxton, was released in 2014. Nightcrawler is all about the story of a stringer who records violent events late at night in Los Angeles and sells the footage to a local television news station.The film's shooting has been wrapped up and the post-production works is going on at brisk phase.

Sumanth starrer Idam Jagath is directed by Anil Srikantam and jointly produced by Jonnalagadda Padmavathe and Gangapatnam Sridhar under the banner of Viraat Films and Sri Vignesh Karthik Cinemas. Anju Kurian is playing the female lead.

How? Sye Raa teaser is not trending

in You Tube but creates record

Million digital views in 1 day. According to the makers, Sye Raa teaser has clocked 9 million views on Youtube and total 12 million

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hiranjeevi starrer upcoming periodic drama Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, is progressing at brisk pace and recently released teaser of Sye Raa has created lot of buzz on social media. On 21st August 2018, the makers released Sye Raa Naraishma Reddy teaser and yesterday they also confirmed the news that the teaser has created a record as it has got more than 12

digital views in just 24 hours. But they did not inform whether the teaser is trending or not.

If Sye Raa teaser got 9 million views in 24 hours, it should be trending on top in India but it did not happen. Everyone is shocked as Sye Raa teaser which has created a record but is not in the India Trending list on Youtube. The red caption ‘trending’ is also missing from Sye Raa teaser on Youtube channel of Konidela Productions. According to team of Sye Raa, the teaser has become the most viewed teaser in Tollywood, after clocking 12 million views in less than 24 hours. However, the teaser of Sye Raa solely focuses on its main star Chiranjeevi and doesn’t reveal anything about the other characters.

Raai Laxmi Explodes

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risha Krishnan has been roped in an upcoming untitled film, which will be helmed by Karthik Subbaraj, in which Kollywood superstar Rajinikanth is playing the lead role. Surprises are not new for Trisha’s fans! This is the first time, when She is going to team up with Rajinikanth.

Trisha started 2018 with underwhelming horror flick Mohini, directed by Ramana Madhesh, which was bombed at the box office. There were strong rumours doing the rounds in South Indian Film Industry that Trisha was being considered to share the screen space with Rajinikanth in Karthik Subbaraj's untitled film. And finally the production house Sun Pictures

confirmed this news that Trisha will play the female lead in Ranjinikanth starrer film in the direction of Karthik Subbaraj. The makers wrote on the official twitter page of Sun Pictures, “We are happy to announce that for the first time, @trishtrashers will be acting with Superstar Rajini in #SuperstarWithSunPictures @rajinikanth @karthiksubbaraj @anirudhofficial.”

Trisha also tweeted, “Coz sometimes you wake up and realise you’re still dreamin #BestMonday #GODsfavouritechild #mycircleiscompletetoday”. The actress is very happy as her wish has come true. It is expected that Trisha will join the sets of Rajinikanth-starrer in the coming weeks.

SURPRISE! Trisha

WISH COME TRUE

with hotness

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aai Laxmi, the hot bombshell who has grabbed the attention of Telugu audiences and Mega fans by her glamorous avatar as she shook legs on item song ‘Ratthalu’ in Megastar Chiranjeevi’s come back movie Khaidi No 150, is once again in news headline because of her hotness. The actress is exploding the Internet with her hotness. Recently, Raai Laxmi took to her Instargram to share her hot and bold pic, she captioned it, “Your body

is capable of some impressive shit. Admire it.Challenge it. #fitnessgoals #fitlife.” Coming on the pic, seductive actress Raai Laxmi is seen in two piece bikini near the beach.

Raai Laxmi raises the temperature with her killer look. She looks super hot! This is not the first time that Raai Laxmi has stunned the internet with her bikini pictures. She has shared many such photos earlier. She has starred in several films down South and is a well known face for South audiences.

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Don’t Compare Vijay Deverkonda

with Pawan Kalyan

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ijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna starrer Geetha Govindam, has turned out money spinner at the box office and biggest hit in the filmy career of Vijay Deverakonda. Number of celebrities including Baahubali film maker SS Rajamouli, Megastar Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan, Mahesh Babu and Samantha Akkineni have already praised the performance of Vijay Deverakonda in Geetha Govindam. Now it is the turn of noted producer and distributor Dil Raju. He is one of the person, who always encourage the talented person. At the success celebrations event of Geetha Govindam, Dil Raju opened up about young and talented actor Vijay Deverakonda and

compared him with Power Star Pawan Kalyan. Dil Raju said, “A lot of people became stars in Telugu Film Industry in the past 1015 years, but I would say that after Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Tholi Prema, now Vijay Deverakonda has become a huge star with this romantic and comedy entertainer. In Tollywood, everyone is shocked with the box office numbers of Geetha Govindam over the week. I can see that he has a bright future ahead.” After hearing it that Dil Raju compared Vijay Deverakonda with Pawan Kalyan, the fans of PK started to troll Dil Raju and asked him to don’t compare Vijay Deverakonda with Pawan Kalyan.

DISHA PATANI

IN BLACK MONOKONY D

isha Patani is well known face for Telugu audiences as she shared the screen space with Mega Prince Varun Tej in Loafer in the direction of Puri Jagannadh. Currently the bold and beautiful actress is active in Bollywood.

Disha Patani is considered as one of the prettiest ladies of Hindi Film Industry. She is one of the actresses, who used to delight her fans with her hot avatar. Recently Baaghi actress Disha Patani took to her Instagram to share her hot and bold pic in black monokony. This is not the first time, she share her pic in monokony, earlier on several occasion, she took the internet by storm with her hot bikini pics. With her stylish sunglasses and open hair, Disha Patani grabbed several eyeballs. She is making hot buzz sporting black monokony. M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story fame Disha Patani is one of the most loved celebrities on social media. The actress regularly sets fire to Instagram with her sizzling hot pics and today was no different. She is rumoured to be dating Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff. Though both the love birds have not yet spoken about their relationship but they are often spotted together.

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SAI PALLAVI

ashmika Mandanna entered in Telugu film Industry with romantic drama Chalo, where she shared the screen space with Naga Shaurya and the movie was turned out hit at the box office. Later the Kannada beauty joined hands with Arjun Reddy star Vijay Deverakonda for romantic and comedy entertainer Geetha Govindam which has turned out blockbuster. Rashmika

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Mandanna is not choosy and ready to accept all type of roles including glamorous and non-glamorous. On the other side, Sai Pallavi who has become a tantrum queen is very choosy about her role. Sai Pallavi always tries to act in such type of movies, in which female lead roles will have high importance. Sai Pallavi made her debut with Sekhar Kammula’s Fidaa, in which she was seen with Varun Tej. The actresses stole the

show with her cute smile and performance.

She also received special credit for the success of Fidaa. Though Sai Pallavi is enjoying huge fan base in both Telugu states but now days, the film makers are hesitating

to approach her but they are ready to work with Rashmika Mandanna, who is ready to play variety of roles. In this way, Rashmika Mandanna has become a real threat for Sai Pallavi.

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ayal Rajput who was in the new headlines for her bold avatar in her recently released movie RX 100, talked about the dark side of Film Industry.

Recently during the media interaction, Payal Rajput accepted that casting couch exists in entertainment industry. She revealed her casting couch experience and said, "After delivering successful movie RX 100, one of the producer approached me for his next upcoming film and he offered me a role but asked me to ‘compromise’. I was shocked after hearing it and said no to him.” She added, “Though I played bold role in RX 100 but it does not mean that I will ‘Compromise’ for a role. I am not shy but I can’t kiss to everyone. I didn't come to the film industry for that.” Payal Rajput further said, "The producers are thinking that I will compromise on her character. Whatever I have achieved in film Industry, only because of my talent not of ‘compromising my character’".

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