Tollywood Magazine English September - 2019

SEPTEMBER 2019 | VOL 6 | ISSUE 11 | Rs.25/-

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INSIDE Allu Arjun

introduces BEAST

Pooja Hegde

fires on Tollywood directors !

Prakash Raj in legal trouble

Sharwanand

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to play farmer ?

RASHMIKA MANDANNA

“THE BEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD CANNOT BE SEEN OR EVEN TOUCHED - THEY MUST BE FELT WITH THE HEART.”

TAXIWAALA GIRL GETS Niharika Konidela rejected movie

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axiwaala fame Priyanka Jawalkar has been roped in an upcoming romantic entertainer in which Shiva Kandukuri, the son of Raj Kandukuri, is playing the lead role.

According to the latest update, Priyanka Jawalkar was not the first choice of which Shiva Kandukuri’ film. Initially it was heard that Shriya Saran and Niharika Konidela, are on the board to play the female leads but now it is heard that Niharika has walked out from this project and the makers have

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Anushka Shetty Vs Mahesh Babu

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opular actress Sneha and her actor husband Prasanna are expecting their second child. The news is confirmed by Prasanna himself in a recent interview.

Sneha is pregnant again and wishes are pouring in for the talented actress on the social media sites from everywhere. Sneha and Prasanna fell in love on sets of their movie ‘Achchamundu! Achchamundu!’.

Later, they got married on 11th May, 2012.

The couple has a boy named Vihaan in 2015 and they are expecting their second child soon. In Tollywood, Sneha was last seen

in Mega Power Star Ram Charan starrer Sankranthi entertainer, Vinaya Vidheya Rama in which Kiara Advani played the female lead. Sneha has acted in more than 65 movies in Telugu,Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. She has hosted the shows and also judged the dance reality shows Dance Jodi Dance, Dancing Khilladies and Dance Jodi Dance Juniors. On the other hand, Prasanna too is well known face for Telugu audiences. He played the main antagonist in Mega hero Sai Dharam Tej’s Jawaan.

roped Priyanka Jawalkar to play one of the female lead. Priyanka Jawalkar will be seen in the role of a Muslim girl. The sources say that she has to express a lot with her eyes, something she feels could add to the challenges of role. The film has renowned cinematographer Gnanasekar cranking the camera as also bankrolling it. The film unit is tight-lipped on Niharika Konidela’ exit, while they confirm Priyanka Jawalkar is on the board.

t is known news that after delivering successful movie Bhaagamathie, Anushka Shetty signed thriller drama Nishabdham.

According to the latest buzz in the film industry, the makers of Nishabdham are planning to release the movie on the occasion of Sankranthi 2020 in a very grand manner. In this condition Anushka Shetty will have to compete with Telugu Superstar Mahesh Babu at the box office because his movie Sarileru Neekevvaru is also slated to hit the theaters on the eve of Pongal. Not only Anushka Shetty starrer Nishabdham and Mahesh Bbau starrer Sarileru

Neekevvaru, other movies like Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapuramulo and Rajinikanth’s Darbar are also in the Sankranthi race.

The sources close to writer and filmmaker Kona Venkat, revealed that Anushka Shetty starrer much-talked-about crossover thriller, Nishabdham, too may join the Sankranthi race. Kona Venkat said that Nishabdham would also feature extensive VFX and that the movie may hit screens either in December or on the occasion of Sankranthi. Let’s wait for an official announcement regarding its release date. Nishabdham is directed by Hemant Madhukar and bankrolled by Kona Venkat with People Media Factory.

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Balakrishna Alludu: TDP DOESN’T NEED JR NTR

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ri Bharath, the second son in law of Hindupuram MLA, Nandamuri Balakrishna, has insulted none other than young Tiger Jr NTR. It is known news that he contested for Vizag Parliament Constituency in the recent elections.

During an interview with a news channel, Sri Bharath made sensational comment and insulted Jr NTR. This interview has become the hot topic of discussion in media circle. Answering to one of the questions, Sri Bharath said, “TDP

doesn't need Jr NTR. This statement hurt Nandamuri fans. When Bharath was asked about the importance of Jr NTR in the party, he replied, “TDP doesn’t need Jr NTR. If he has interest, he should fit himself under the leadership of TDP Supremo Chandrababu Naidu to work with Telugu Desam party. He also said, Jr NTR might be a huge star, but we as young leaders can do better than Jr NTR.

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khil Akkineni, the young son of King Nagarjuna, who has delivered back to back commercially flop movies, is currently busy in the shoot of his next upcoming untitled film, which is progressing at the brisk pace in the direction of Bommarillu Bhaskar. Till date, the makers did not finalize the actress to play the female (F) lead in this upcoming film. According to the latest update, no any top actress is willing to romance with Akhil Akkineni in Bommarillu Bhaskar’ directorial venture. As the handsome and charming actor Akhil failed to deliver a single hit movie in his

filmy career, no any actress is interested to share the screen space with this flop actor. Though the shoot of the film has been started without any actress, but the hunt for female lead in on. The sources say the top actresses are rejecting the offers and the un-established actresses who don’t have dare to refuse the offer, are demanding more. However, Nagarjuna and Akhil Akkineni asked the producers to try for a top heroine. Let’s wait and see that who will romance with Akhil in Bommarillu Bhaskar’ film.

f ongoing buzz in media and film industry is to be believed, Sai Rajesh who has bankrolled the recently released movie Kobbari Matta, is all set to team up with Sundeep Kishan for his next. Kobbari Matta is a spoof comedy movie in which Burning Star Sampoornesh Babu and SIhika Singh played the lead role and the movie was turned out hit at the box office. Hrudaya Kaleyam and Kobbari Matta are the biggest hits in Sampoornesh Babu career and the man behind both the projects is none other than Sai Rajesh. Sai Rajesh is one

who directed Sampoornesh Babu starrer Hrudaya Kaleyam and later he produced Kobbari Matta. Now it is being heard that Sai Rajesh is planning to join hands with Sundeep Kishan for a movie. Recently Sai Rajesh attended an interview and talked about his upcoming projects. He said that he got an offer from one of the top production houses but did not reveal any other details about it. Few people in the industry are saying that Sai Rajesh will be working with Sundeep Kishan, who also attended the pre-release event of Kobbari Matta as a chief guest.

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t is known news that Akkineni Naga Chaitanya has joined hands with Sekhar Kammula for an upcoming untitled project which will go on the floor very soon. Sai Pallavi is on the board to play the female lead in this film which has a story of Telangana Backdrop. The sources close to the film makers revealed that upcoming film starring Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi, is a period film with Telangana backdrop and it will deal with sensitive subjects like caste discrimination and s*xual exploitation. It

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means, Sai Pallavi will be seen fighting against S*xual exploitation. Both the lead pair, Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi will be speaking Telangana accent in this upcoming periodic drama. Sekhar Kammula is one who introduced Sai Pallavi in Tollywood with his directorial venture Fidaa in which she shared the screen space with Varun Tej and the movie was decent hit at the box office.

Now Sai Pallavi will be seen in a movie based on caste discrimination and s*xual exploitation.

He is responsible for Chiranjeevi fit body

Allu Arjun introduces

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t is known that Megastar Chiranjeevi has worked really hard for his upcoming dream project 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy'. Directed by Surender Reddy, and bankrolled by Mega Power Star Ram Charan under the banner of Konidela Production, Megastar Chiranjeevi bulked up for his role in the movie. Now a pic of Megastar Chiranjeevi from gym sessions with his fitness trainer is grabbing the attention of Mega fans. This pic was clicked when Chiru was working hard for Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy in which he is playing the role of freedom fighter. In Sye Raa

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S Rajamouli’ directorial venture RRR is a periodic drama in which Jr NTR and Ram Charan are working together. Rajamouli has already revealed that Ram Charan is essaying the role of Alluri Seetharamaraju whereas Young Tiger Jr NTR is playing Komaram Bheem in RRR. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, Rajamouli is planning to release a new poster of Jr NTR as Komaram Bheem on the occasion of Komaram Bheem’ birthday which falls on 22nd October 2019. The sources say that a poster that features Jr NTR as Komaram Bheem will be unveiled on the 22nd of October. This is great news for the fans who are eagerly waiting to see young tiger in the look of the freedom fighter Komaram Bheem. Let’s wait for an official announcement regarding it.

Narsimha Reddy, Chiranjeevi is essaying Uyyalawada Narasimhareddy and will be seen performing risky stunts and horse riding stunts. Recently in an interview, with his daughter-in-law Upasana Kamineni Konidela, spoke his heart out about health, his die-hard fans, family, son Ram Charan.

Chiranjeevi said, “Mental fitness is my strength.” Chiranjeevi, who turned 64 on 22nd August, has maintained his health and physic very well. With his amazing fitness, he has been a role model not just for aged men, but also for many youths.

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tylish Star Allu Arjun took to his social media and shared his beast mode.

According to the latest update, Allu Arjun has bought a new beast. Beast is the new Range Over Car which Allu Arjun has bought by paying almost Rs 3 Cr. The actor took to his Twitter to share a pic of Range Over which he named “Beast”. Bunny captioned

it, “New Car in the House . I named him BEAST . Everytime I buy something... there is only one thing on my mind . Gratitude. #rangerover #aabeast” Coming on the pic, Allu Arjun is seen posing with his Beast. On the work front, Allu Arjun will be next seen in upcoming movie Ala Vaikuntapuramulo, a family entertainer, which is progressing at the brisk pace and is being directed by Trivikram Srinivas and is jointly bankrolled

by Radhakrishna and Allu Aravind.

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he popular actor Brahmaji’s son Sanjay is all set to make his acting debut in Telugu film Industry with an upcoming romantic thriller drama. The regular shoot of Brahmaji’ son Sanjay' film has been already started and currently the shoot is going on in Hyderabad. Sanjay has also joined the set and has started the shoot of his part.

After wrapping up the shoot in Hyderabad, the film unit will move to Amalapuram for a major schedule. The debut movie of Sanjay is being helmed by Chnandoo Moddu and is bankrolled by Anand Prasad under the banner of Bhavya Creations. Nenu Thopu Raa fame actress Nithya Shetty is on the board to play the love interest of Sanjay in this untitled film. Nithya Shetty worked as a child actress in few Telugu movies during the early 2000s appearing in movies including

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Devullu. And Brahmaji too is essaying a key role in son’ debut movie.

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HYPER AADI TO HELP ALLU ARJUN

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rivikram Srinivas has roped Hyper Aadi in his upcoming directorial venture Ala Vaikunthapuramulo, which is progressing at the brisk pace and Stylish Star Allu Arjun is playing the lead role. Hyper Aadi will play the key role in Ala Vaikunthapuramulo.

The sources to the film unit of Ala Vaikunthapuramulo revealed that Trivikram Srinivas is taking the help of Hyper Aadi in writing the comedy scenes of Allu Arjun’ film. As Hyper Aadi is popular for his punch

dialogues, Trivikram Srinivas brought him on the board for Allu Arjun starrer. Pooja Hegde who was last seen in Mahesh Babu starrer Maharshi, will be seen sharing the screen space with Allu Arjun. Popular music director SS Thaman is scoring the music for the film. In the month of April, Allu Arjun had made official announcement regarding this project. Ala Vaikunthapuramulo was among the announcements, other two movies will be helmed by Sukumar and Venu Sriram.

Pooja Hegde Prabhas talks DELHI BEAUTY TURNS

fires on Tollywood

directors!

about

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ooja Hegde is well known face for South and North Indian film Industry. Currently the actress is active in Tollywood. The North Indian actress are particular about mugging up the dialogues and knowing their meaning prior to the shoot. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, Pooja Hegde is fired on Tollywood directors and she asked them to provide the dialogues one day in advance so that she can prepare it at home. According to Pooja Hegde, she doesn't want to come on the sets for the shoot of the film unprepared so she asked the Tollywood directors to provide the dialogues sheets in advance.

As Pooja Hegde is not perfect in Telugu languages, she wants to improve her Telugu speaking skills. Currently she has multiple movies in her kitty. Pooja Hegde will be next seen in Varun Tej starrer gangster drama Valmiki and she is also romancing with stylish star Allu Arjun in Ala Vaikunthapuramlo, which is helmed by Trivikram Srinivas.

Like Pooja Hegde, Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor learnt her dialogues before going to the sets of Saaho.

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School teacher in love of

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ecently in an interview with film critic Rajeev Masand, Prabhas talked about historic and war drama Baahubali 3. He said that he was not sure if SS Rajamouli would think about making Baahubali 3. Prabhas added, “Rajamouli wanted to do part 3. He gave me only 6 scripts.

I know SS Rajamouli had the script in mind for the five years. But I don't know if Baahubali 3 will happen or not in future." Prabhas also shared his working experience and said, “I was comfortable giving four years of Baahubali.

Amarendra Baahubali and Mahendra Baahubali will never get out of my system." It is known news that Prabhas and Rajamouli worked together for two parts: Baahubali : The Beginning and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. Rana Daggubati played the role of antagonist.

ubbly girl Raashi Khanna is currently busy in her upcoming movie the multistarrer Venky Mama in which Akkineni Naga Chaitanya and Venkatesh Daagubati will be seen playing the lead roles. It is known news that Delhi beauty Raashi Khanna will be seen romancing with Naga Chaitanya whereas RX 100 bombshell Payal Rajput is paired opposite Venkatesh. Now the role of Raashi Khanna in this film has been revealed. The sources close to the film unit revealed that Raashi Khanna is playing the role of School Teacher in Venky Mama. Raashi Khanna is slowly but steadily making her comeback in Telugu after doing some back to back flop movies and now she will be seen in the role of school teacher in Venky Mama.

On the other-side, Naga Chaitanya and Venkatesh will be seen as Mama and Alludu in this film, which is being helmed by KS Ravinda alias Bobby and jointly produced under the banner of Suresh Productions and Blue Planet Entertainment .

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rakash Raj is in legal trouble. The versatile actor who contested in Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, is facing the legal problems because of his Hindi film, Tadka, the Hindi remake of Ulavacharu Biryani, which is yet to hit the theaters .

Prakash Raj was sued by Essel Vision – a Zee group company, over the non-payment of Rs 5.88 Cr. Essel Vision headed to court to file a case against Prakash Raj for not paying them on time for his directorial debut. Apparently, Prakash Raj and the

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t is known news that Venkatesh and Akkineni Naga Chaitanya are working together for romantic and comedy entertainer Venky Mama. The multistarrer Venky Mama was earlier scheduled to hit screens on 4th October but now according to the latest buzz in the film industry, the makers have postponed the release of Venkatesh starrer Venky Mama because Chiranjeevi starrer Sye Raa is coming on 2nd October 2019. Finally Sye Raa brought bad news for Venkatesh and Naga Chaitanya’ fans. Venky Mama,

production house signed an agreement with Essel Vision in the years 2016, and gave 60% stake of the film’s IP, however, Essel group approached the court citing breach of contract. The movie starring Taapsee Pannu, Ali Fazal and Nana Patekar. The sources revealed that Prakash Raj had signed an undertaking stating that he will pay off the entire amount, Rs. 5.88 crores, to the production house Essel Vision by 15th July but he did not pay the amount. So Essel Vision has filed a case against Prakash Raj. Recently, Prakash Raj arrived in the court with a cheque worth Rs 2 crore. Essel Vision has now acceded to give the actor time until February for the remaining amount to clear off .

which is helmed by KS Ravindra, touted to hit the marquee on 4th October on the occasion of Dusshera festival but its release has been postponed to November. The reason cited for this change in the release of Venkatesh and Naga Chaitanya starrer Venky Mama because Chiranjeevi’s Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy is also gearing up for release around the same time.

SANDEEP VANGA TO DROP

Mahesh Babu film

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fter the successful movie of Arjun Reddy, it is Telugu Super Star Mahesh Babu who encouraged Sandeep Reddy Vanga to come up with a script. Sandeep Reddy Vanga also felt fortunate to get the attention of Mahesh Babu with the first film and he was eager to make official announcement regarding their upcoming project. But now it is being heard that Sandeep Reddy Vanga has decided to drop Mahesh Babu’ film. It is known news that Sandeep Reddy is basking in the glory of his recent offering Kabir Singh

starring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Adavni, the remake of Telugu blockbuster movie Arjun Reddy. After delivering Kabir Singh, Sandeep Reddy Vanga has become the hot property of Bollywood. Top Bollywood producers are expressing their desire to work with him. After taking everything into consideration, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, apparently, decided to drop Mahesh Babu’ project . Instead of making a movie in Tollywood, Sandeep is willing to direct a Hindi movie.

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t is known news that Kollywood actor Vishal was in the love of Arjun Reddy actress Anisha Alla and they got engaged in the month of March. They got engaged in a lavish ceremony in the presence of close friends and family at a plush hotel in Hyderabad. The pics of couple exchanging rings went viral on the Internet. It was also heard that their wedding with take place in the month of August or September but there is no any update regarding the wedding of

Vishal and Anisha Alla. According to the latest buzz, all is not well between Vishal and Anisha Alla and their wedding has called off. Though it is yet to be announced officially but Anisha Alla who is an active user of Instagram, has deleted all the pic of Vishal, which is hinting that their wedding has called off. After their engagement both Vishal and Anisha went to Turkey for the shoot of a movie starring Tamannah Bhatia.

It seems that differences cropped up between the two.

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Raj Tarun Car Accident case: Raja Ravindra gives clarity R

aj Tarun accident episode has become the talk of town. The Episode involving Karthik, Hero Sundeep Kishan's Costume Designer, took everyone by surprise. When Karthik noticed the young actor Raj Tarun crashing the Volvo Car into the roadside wall near Alkapuri Township at Narsingi, he followed Raj Tarun who was running away to his home. On the other side, initially Raj Tarun denied his involvement in this accident but later he admitted that he was involved. Raj Tarun's Manager Raja Ravindra has filed a police complaint against Karthik at Madhapur police station. He alleged that Karthik threatened and blackmailed Raj Tarun for Rs 5 lakh. According to Raja Ravindra, Karthik was blackmailing Raj Tarun using the video recording of the mishap episode.

He was demanding Rs 5 lakh for not disclosing the video. Karthik also threatened that he will upload the video on social media sites if Raj Tarun will not fulfill his demand.

On Thursday morning Karthik went to a Telugu news channel and made allegations against Raja Ravindra. On the other side, Raja Ravindra said, "I did not care Karthik . He demanded Rs 5 lakh for deleting the video clips. When I said that I was not able to give this huge amount, he bargained for Rs 3 lakh. He is a costume designer.”

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elugu Superstar Mahesh Babu took to his Twitter and wrote, "This is a wake-up call for all of us who are taking our planet for granted... The lungs of our planet are burning.” Many celebrities from across the world have been taking to social media about Amazon rainforest.

Bollywood celebrities including Anushka Sharma, Arjun Kapoor and Disha Patani have also sent prayers for Amazon and now it is turn of Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu.

Mahesh Babu became the first of the Telugu superstars to talk about Amazon rainforest. He wrote on the wall of microblogging page, “Deeply disturbing news... the #AmazonRainforest, rightfully called the 'lungs of our planet'... contributing to 20% of the world's oxygen is on fire!!! This is a wake-up call for all of us who are taking our planet for granted... #PrayfortheAmazon.”

“The lungs of our planet are burning... the biodiversity is suffering. Let's do our bit to protect our earth... take a step forward to go green. Let's start at home! #GoGreen #PlantMoreTrees #ReduceCarbonEmissions.”

ready to act in adult film?

yderabad born Telugu actress Sherlyn Chopra is known for her bold personality. The actress is popular for sharing her semi-n*de videos on social media sites for her fans. Recently she interacted with media and revealed the fitness secret. Sherlyn Chopra also talked whether or not she will agree to act in an adult film. Sherlyn Chopra said that though she was comfortable to act in adult movies

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t is known news that Adivi Sesh has been roped in upcoming movie Major, a film based on 26/11 attack hero Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. According to the latest update, Adivi Sesh has decided to lose his 10 kgs weight to play the role of Ashoka Chakra Winner Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. After delivering back to back hit movies like Kshanam, Oopiri, Ami Thumi and Evaru, Adivi Sesh is getting ready to play truelife soldier’s tale Major where he plays the national hero Sandeep Uunni Krishnan.

Recently during the media interaction, Adivi

Sesh said, “I am going into a strict military like regimen to play the part. I don’t want to fake it. I have to look fit and slim.” Adivi Sesh added, “ I am going to lose 10 kgs in the next three months for Ashoka Chakra Winner Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. “ Major will be produced by Mahesh Babu under the banner of Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Productions.

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but now comfortable to do S*x in front of cameras. She added, "I am ok to go n*de but not comfortable with having s*x in front of the camera. I am of with the scenes when they show a n*de back but can do S*x.” Sherlyn Chopra is the first Indian woman to pose n*de for Playboy magazine. She made her debut in Tollywood with A Film by Aravind which was released in 2015. She was last seen in short film Maya.

Allu Arjun interested in

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veryone is aware of that Chiyaan Vikram’ son Dhruv Vikram is making his acting debut in Kollywood with Adithya Varmaa, the remake of Telugu movie Arjun Reddy. Now, one more member of Vikram's family will soon be making his film debut. Arjuman, the son of Vikram' sister is all set to make his debut as hero. Apparently, Arjuman is very much passionate about the acting and is making his debut as hero with an upcoming

ONE MORE FAMILY MEMBER

movie titled 'Polladha Ulagil Bayangara Game' (PUBG). Vikram's younger sister Anita’ son Arjuman looks uber cool in a modern look. He will be seen romancing with Bigg Boss girl Aishwarya Dutta . Apart from the lead pair, the film will have Mottai Rajendran and Julie in supporting roles and they will be seen essaying the role of crime branch officers. The movie will be helmed

by Vijay Sri G. and is bankrolled by GDR Productions.

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ecently Stylish Star Allu Arjun was spotted partying with the team of Bollywood movie Batla House, which is running successfully at the box office. The movie was released on 15th August on the occasion of Independence day and has turned out money spinner at the box office. The film unit of Batla House celebrated its success party in Mumbai, and Allu Arjun was also seen enjoying the party. He was also seen spending quality time with the Batla House team members.The action thriller drama Batla House is helmed by Nikkhil Advani.

The movie is inspired by the Batla House encounter case that took place in 2008. John Abraham is playing the lead role of a police officer named Sanjay Kumar Yadav, inspired

by Sanjeev Kumar Yadav. The sources say that the team of Batla House team was delighted to have Allu Arjun’ presence at the success party of their film. It has also come out that director Nikhil Advani and Allu Arjun also discussed about the possibility of their collaborations. Now we have to wait and see whether Allu Arjun will make his Bollywood debut with Nikhil Advani or not.

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egastar Chiranjeevi is all set to make his comeback on the big screen after a span of 2 long years with an upcoming historic and war drama Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, which is gearing up for grand release on 2nd October on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi. Chiranjeevi was last seen in Khaidi No. 150, which was his 150th film and marked his come back to the acting field after a long gap of 10 years. Currently all eyes are on Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy.

Recently the makers released Sye Raa

teaser which grabbed several eyeballs.

Now a pic of Saaho star Parabhas with Megastar Chiranjeevi and Mega Power Star Ram Charan has become the talk of town.

Recently the cast of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy was present in Mumbai for the launch of the teaser. During the event, Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan met Prabhas, who was in the city as a part of promotional activities of Saaho with Bollywood beauty Shraddha Kapoor.

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t is known news that Stylish Star Allu Arjun has joined hands with Sriram Venu of MLA fame for an upcoming movie which has been titled as Icon. Earlier it was heard that Allu Arjun is planning to rope Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt on the board to play the female lead but now it is being heard that if she will not give her green signal, the makers will approach Disha Patani to play the female lead in Allu Arjun starrer Icon. Allu Arjun is very impressed with the script of Icon, narrated by Sriram Venu which will be bankrolled by noted producer Dil Raju.

Currently the film is in pre production work and the makers are in the hunt of female lead. Allu Arjun wanted someone like Alia Bhatt as the female lead in it. Currently the actress has multiple movies in her kitty. The sources close to the film unit revealed that Alia Bhatt has rejected Allu Arjun starrer Icon due to her busy shoot schedule and now the makers are considering Disha Patani.

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Romance to brew between

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ccording to the latest buzz in the film industry, gorgeous diva Rakul Preet Singh will be seen romancing with none other than Nani, who is popular for natural performance. Rahul Ravindran has been in talks with Nani for his next directorial venture and he is planning to bring Rakul Preet Singh on the board to play the female lead role. Both Rahul Ravindran and Nani have been discussing a script since a long time and Nani, despite Manmadhudu 2’s failure, seems to have trust in Rahul Ravindran’ abilities. The sources say that Nani has

agreed to do a film with Rahul Ravindran for a happening producer in the industry.

Usually, heroes don't look into present flops, but these days the distributors and digital markets are influencing the actors big time to not work with flop directors.

But Rahul Ravindran is one who bagged Best Screenplay national award for Chi La Sow. As Rakul Preet Singh was last seen in Rahul Ravindran’ Manmadhudu 2 starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, the director is very impressed with her and that is the main reason, he is planning to approach her for Nani starrer.

Vijay Deverakonda

starts Stutter preparation

to play farmer?

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f ongoing buzz in media and film industry is to be believed, the young actor Sharwanand will be seen ploughing the field on the screen very soon. It is known news that Sharwanand has joined hands with debutant named Kishore Reddy for an upcoming film which is titled Sreekaram. The upcoming film is based on agriculture backdrop and the sources close to the makers revealed that Sharwanand will be seen playing the role of farmer on this film Sreekaram. The regular shoot of Sreekaram will be started very soon and the makers are planning to shoot the major part of the movie in various areas of Tirupati and Ananthapur. Sharwanand is said to be keen on wrapping up the entire shoot of Sreekaram in just a couple of months. The movie is bankrolled

by Ram and Gopi Achanta under 14 Reels Plus banner whereas it has the music by Mickey J Meyer. It is heard that Kannada beauty Ashika Ranganath, who rose to fame with 2016 film Crazy Boy in 2016, will play the female lead role.

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ilm Maker Puri Jagannadh is known to give his actors drastic makeovers and it looks like that the young and talented actor Vijay Deverakonda too will get the Puri Jagannadh’ treatment very soon. We have already reported that the upcoming project of Vijay Deverakonda and Puri Jagannadh has been titled Fighter and the regular shoot will be commenced from the month of January. According to the latest update, Vijay Deveakonda will be seen playing the

role of a martial art fighter with a stutter in Fighter and the actor has already started his preparation for the role. Recently during the media interaction Charmee Kaur opened up about Vijay Deverakonda starrer Fighter and said, “The film has a martial arts theme.

Even though, it is an out-an-out entertainer at its core, the martial arts bit will be the USP. That is the main reason, we picked the title ‘Fighter’. Vijay Deverakonda is playing martial art fighter with a stutter.”

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