This man as no respect or concern for telugu movie

Gautham Menon is one Tamil film director who has the adulation of Telugu movie lovers. Because of the acceptance of Telugu people only, he has been making most of his films as bilinguals. However, the director seems to have no respect or concern for the Telugu versions of his bilinguals.

This Friday, on November 11, Menon's directorial 'Saahasam Swasaga Saagipo (SSS)' starring Naga Chaitanya and its Tamil version 'Achcham Yenbathu Madamaiyada (AYM)' starring Simbu got a simultaneous release. As the director of both Telugu and Tamil versions, Menon was expected to treat the films equally but his actions hint that he has prejudice towards the Tamil film.

Menon has been actively promoting AYM and he has also asked people to report the piracy of that film. What about SSS, Mr. bilingual director? After announcing the release date of SSS, more than a week ago, he has not yet made a single tweet about the film but he continued to promote AYM on twitter.

"More than 600 plus screens all over India and still counting for #AYM. That's huge. Awesome support from theatres and distributors.

Thank you for all the love & making #AYM a BLOCKBUSTER.The effort, the wait, the issues-all feel justified. A big thank you.

Report piracy of #AYM to info@copyrightmedia.in," are some of the many other tweets for AYM.

It may be recalled that the release date of SSS has been postponed several times because of its Tamil version. After resolving the differences with Simbu, Menon completed AYM and finally gave a life to SSS. The Telugu version and its producers have suffered so much but the director shows no concern at all. 

Effect of Modi decision on SSS

As an after effect of Modi govt's currency ban, films slated to release for last Friday backed off. With this, Naga Chaitanya's long delayed romantic drama 'Saahasam Swasaga Saagipo' got a solo release.

If on the positive side the film got solo release at box office, on the downside it had to attract the audiences to theatres in the aftermath of demonetization. Now, as the box office numbers have come out, the film's 'Saahasam' doesn't look to have paid off.

On its first day, SSS collected a share of Rs 1.3+ Cr in the Telugu states. This is almost half of what Chaitu's last release 'Premam' collected, Rs 2.55 Cr approx. The occupancy on Saturday wasn't great either, as per trade reports. The impact of currency abolishment is clearly seen.

In overseas, SSS minted $112,068 from premiers and Friday. In the same period, Premam had collected $210K. Even though the demonetization doesn't have much impact on the US audiences, somehow SSS couldn't match the BO performance of Premam.

The situation is expected to get better as the days progress because the new currency is slowly getting into the pockets of people. At the same time, SSS is losing its sheen and a horde of new films are gearing up for release. Let's see how SSS weathers this storm. 

NTR's Janatha Garage Premiere on MaaTV on 23rd October

The first worldwide Television premiere of NTR's latest blockbuster 'Janatha Garage' is all set to be telecast on MAA TV on 23rd October. Just days ahead of this telecast, a section of NTR's fans have started a negative campaign against this noted channel.

It may be recalled that Janatha Garage hit theatres on September 1st and the TV premiere is happening just after the film completes 50 days of run. NTR's fans are said to be angry at MAA TV for telecasting the blockbuster film on Television so early. They reason that the film is still running in considerable number of theatres across the Telugu states.

Fans of NTR do have a point but the situation is not as worse as they are making it look like. Gone are the days when films used to run for 100 days and then get telecast on TV. Even blockbusters films of recent times have reportedly not generated much revenue after 50 days of theatrical run. JG is of course running in a few theatres but the collections are reportedly very minimal. TV premiere won't affect much.

MAA TV must not be blamed for this early telecast since while cracking a huge satellite deal with the film's producers the channel had informed in advance about the early telecast. This will be helpful for the channel to recover the their huge investment in the form of ads whereas NTR and the production house can also boast of high TRP Rating which is bound to come in case of early screening on TV.

Fans must understand this and make the TV premiere as well a big hit.

Perfect Pre-release business for Baahubali

Ace director SS Rajamouli's Baahubali: The Beginning had smashed all box office records is still the highest south Indian grosser. Tollywood analysts have introduced a new term 'Non-Baahubali records', as it is highly impossible for any film to reach the heights of the Prabhas and Rana starrer film.

Perhaps to take part in the Baahubali series or to take advantage of first part, distributors are spending mammoth prices to obtain distribution rights.

Freshly, Om Manikanta films has acquired Baahubali: The Conclusion East Godavari rights by shelling out ever best price for the area of Rs 9.6 crore as an outright deal, which means the distributor can't claim for reimbursement from producers if he incur losses.

Seems like, Baahubali 2 pre-release business will easily cross the full run shares of the beginning part. So, producers will pocket massive profits prior to the film's release.

Rajamouli never disappointed producers, buyers and audiences hitherto. But, pressure will be high on him as expectations are sky high on Baahubali 2. Hope, he will not disappoint this time too!

Ram Charan's Dhruva Release Date confirmed

Ram Charan’s highly anticipated movie, Dhruva, gets its release date. Apparently, the film’s makers are planning to release it on 2nd December. Meanwhile, the recently released teaser got a superb response with more than 2.8M views and still counting.

Rakul Preet Singh is the female lead in this action thriller and the movie is being directed by Surender Reddy. The film’s music has been composed by Hip Hop Tamizha. Allu Aravind produces this high budget entertainer.

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High Budget For a action sequence for Mahesh-Murugadoss film

AR Murugadoss is one of the popular directors in South India. Though his recent Hindi release 'Akira' bombed at the box-office, this 'Kaththi' director was quick enough to move on and he started his new film with Superstar Mahesh Babu. Currently, the shooting part is under progress in Gachobowli, Hyderabad.

When contacted, sources close to the Murugadoss' team revealed an interesting update about the film. The unit has shot an action sequence worth of 6 crores in this Hyderabad schedule and this episode consist of heavy VFX works. Popular Hollywood technicians are signed to take care of this episode and the unit members feel that this is going to one of the major assets for the film. Mahesh will be seen in a powerful role in this film and the Superstar is confident that this movie will extend his market in Tamil Nadu as well.

Rakul Preet Singh is the leading lady and Harris Jayraj is composing the music. Already two songs are ready and the team is planning to shoot a song, after completing their next schedule in Gujarat. SJ Suryah is the villain and Santosh Sivan is handling the lens.

Tagore Madhu, NV Prasad and Mahesh Babu are jointly producing this untitled action entertainer in collaboration with Reliance Entertainment and Fox Star Studios.

Pic Talk: Chiru Young and Handsome

Here's the latest photograph of Megastar Chiranjeevi from the sets of Khaidi No  150. Seen along with Pelli Choopulu's  hero Vijay Deverakonda, Megastar is looking handsome as ever and he is sure to give the young generation stars a run for their money when his most awaited comeback film releases for Sankranthi 2017.

Megastar's styling and costume designing for Khaidi No 150 is being done by his elder daughter Sushmita Konidela. Looks like the doting daughter's hardwork is paid off already as she managed to reduce her father's age by several years.

Yesterday, Vijay Deverakonda and the team of Dwaraka met the megastar who unveiled the motion poster of the young hero's forthcoming romantic entertainer Dwaraka. The selfie was taken by Vijay himself who could not control his excitement on meeting the Megastar.

Bunny's One More Feat Like Gona Gannareddy!

Stylish Star Allu Arjun is reportedly taking special training to get perfect accent to play the role of a Brahmin in his new film 'Duvvada Jagannadham' aka DJ.

Bunny will be seen essaying a character with two different shades in DJ. One of them will be a Brahmin. To get the perfect Brahmin accent, Bunny is reportedly undergoing training with the help of two Brahmins. Speaking Brahmin accent is not an easy job and it needs perfection in pronunciation. Known for his dedication and hard work, Bunny will surely master the accent before he joins the sets.

It may be recalled that Bunny had earlier undergone similar accent training to prepare for the role of Gona Gannareddy in 'Rudhramadevi'. Everyone knows the impact created by Bunny with that iconic Telugu warrior character. Bunny's slang and look of Gannareddy were major highlights.

We expect similar impact from Bunny's Brahmin character in DJ, the regular shoot of which will start from October 21. Bunny will be joining the sets in the second schedule, which will start in early November. To be directed by Harish Shankar, the film will be produced by Dil Raju.

Tamil Nadu is jealous with this honor bestowed upon a Telugu star? and Demanding?

Local star Prabhas has become nationwide popular post the groundbreaking success of 'Baahubali'. Besides garnering national and international honors, the VFX extravaganza was also a runaway hit at the box office.

The latest feather in Prabhas's well decorated cap is the honor of Madame Tussauds. The world famous wax museum has come forward to install the wax statue of Prabhas in its Bangkok branch, which hosts the wax statues of only two other Indians, Mahatma Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It seems that media of Tamil Nadu is jealous with this honor bestowed upon a Telugu star.

A leading Tamil daily has recently published a demeaning article on Prabhas's honor. It printed the opinion of Tamil celebrities. 'If Prabhas could get a wax statue, why not the same honor was bestowed upon relatively much bigger Tamil cinema legends Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan,' said the jealous media house. A few Tamil celebs allegedly recommended for the installation of wax statues of yesteryear Tamil cinema legends MGR and Sivaji Ganeshan too.

Honor as To be Gained, but not to Demand, What say Readers?

'Instead of feeling proud as a South Indian actor has achieved this rare honor, Tamil media is resorting to these embarrassing acts,' Telugu movie lovers rue. Will the Telugu film fraternity respond at least now? 

First Look: Goutamiputra Satakarni

The first look of Balakrishna's most-awaited Gautamiputra Satakarni is out. Royal Balakrishna dressed in traditional outfit, is seen sitting on Simhasanam. The first look leaves a spell-binding impact. After the pre-first look caught attention of many, needless to say that the first look has taken it to the new high. Touted to be a historic epic the film chronicles the life of Telugu warrior Satakarni who had earlier ruled India.

Shriya Saran will be seen as queen alongside Balayya in the high-budget flick directed by Krish Jagarlamudi. While  yesteryear Bollywood actress Hema Malini is essaying the role of Rajamatha Gautami, another noted Bollywood actor Kabir Bedi is playing a pivotal role.

Meanwhile, GPSK teaser will be unveiled on Oct 11 at 10.15 AM, on the auspicious eve of Vijaya Dasami. The film's audio is expected to be launched in December where as the film is slated for Jan 12 release for Sankranthi.

Chandu Showcased Nag And Venky Perfectly

Premam, the coming-of-age musical-romantic comedy film directed by Chandoo Mondeti, is getting rave response. Nagarjuna and Venkatesh played original roles of Naga Chaitanya's dad and uncle respectively in the film. 

The cameos have come out as pleasant surprise for viewers and seem to be big advantage for the film. In fact, fans are happy to see the senior actors in brief roles alongside the young Chaitu.

Since director Chandoo Mondeti altered script without spoiling soul of the original, it is being liked by all section of spectators. And the director rightly used Venkatesh and Nagarjuna for appropriate roles.

Venkatesh was stylish and entertaining in cop avatar. The only sequence of him with Chaitu in college was amusing. Nagarjuna lent voice over, apart from portraying Chaitu's father. His sweet words about love are pleasing.

Naga Chaitanya showed variations in character. It is delight for fans to watch him in Soggadu get-up in pre-climax episode.

Chandoo should be lauded for effectively handling remake of Malayalam cult-classic. He succeeded in dealing both writing and making departments. In fact, it was not an easy job to remake such emotional entertainers. 

Congrats to the entire team as the movie has already got hit talk!

NTR With Raghavendra Rao: Mythological Or Socio?

The first taste of Jr NTR's short performance as 'Yama' in Yamadonga have kept us waiting to see him in a mythological role. But, there was no movie of that sorts so far. However, it's now time for Tarak to accept a mythical role with both hands and make the most of it because it's coming from none other than Darshakendra Raghavendra Rao, the filmmaker who stole many hearts with Annamayya, Sriramadasu and Shiridi Sai.

Sources from Film Nagar tell us that Raghavendra Rao is simultaneously working on a big-budgeted mythological script on the sidelines of 'Om Namo Venkateshaya' shoot. We were also informed that Nandamuri's pride Jr NTR is first choice for the film which may hit floors in two years from now, considering the actors prior commitments. Also, we think that Tarak is unarguably one of the best picks for a mythological or socio fantasy flick and nobody can dispute that as he can effortlessly pull off such roles.

The scale of this under-process project is reportedly very huge with high volume of visual effects. If this materializes, it would mark the first collaboration of Jr NTR with legendary Raghavendra Rao, who also worked with young actors like Nithin, Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun and Manchu Manoj. Also, let us look forward to how Raghavendra Rao is going to showcase the leading lady in the film and who it would be.

Currently, the director is filming 'Om Namo Venkateshaya', a devotional film based on the life of Hathiram Baba, with Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty and Pragya Jaiswal in lead roles. S Gopal Reddy is the cinematographer and MM Keeravani is scoring audio tunes for the film. 

Rajamouli told him to lock it

Sumanth’s Naruda Donaruda’s first look and title logo got a tremendous response. It generated immense curiosity, as most of our audience were aware of only blood and organ donation.

But sperm donation, as revealed in the first look, created quite a stir. In order not to sound too overt, the makers wondered long and hard to arrive at an appropriate title.

Finally, it was none other than Sumanth who coined the DONORuda word after randomly while taking a shower. The famous Balakrishna song Naruda O Naruda was also of help. He added the D in front of O Naruda, thus arriving at DONORuda.

Immediately, Sumanth started discussing this idea with friends and well-wishers. When he randomly shared this title with SS Rajamouli and MM Keeravani at a film function, both of them along with their families were in splits of laughter. Rajamouli told him to lock it and look no further.

hooping Price For Vijay's Movie?

With his immense fans following and enthusiasm among trade circles for his films, Ilayapathy Vijay enjoys top spot in Kollywood in this generation. The actor is next coming up with an action thriller film Bairavaa which is hot cake in market right now.

While the makers are planning to release this big ticket film as a Pongal 2017 treat, business talks have already started. It has been officially confirmed that the entire Tamil Nadu distribution rights of the film have been seized by Sri Green Productions, a prominent production and film distribution house in TN.

Sri Green Productions is said to have shelled out staggering Rs 43 crores to acquire the rights. Prints and publicity will also cost them bomb. This price indeed is an indication of craze on the project helmed by Bharathan who previously made a successful film Azhagiya Tamil Magan (Maha Muduru in Telugu) with Vijay.

Keerthy Suresh of Nenu Sailaja fame is leading lady in Bairavaa and Jagapathi Babu will be seen in a prominent role in the film. It has been reported that Vijay is playing dual roles- as the protagonist and antagonist.

Bairavaa which marks 60th film for Vijay will also be dubbed and released in Telugu.

NTR Needs To Improve His Market Expansion

Young tiger NTR Jr is one of the Top actors of tollywood. Despite losing the plot and falling behind from his peers in the box office race for a few years, the actor has recently zoomed back into Top 3 with the gigantic success of 'Janatha Garage'. Even though NTR has successfully joined shoulders with his peers at box office, he still seems to be lagging in the race of market expansion. 

Mahesh Babu is eyeing at a haul of Tamil market with his next film being directed by AR Murugadoss, who is the second most popular director of Tamil cinema after Shankar. Stylish star Allu Arjun has also announced his direct Tamil film with mass Tamil director Lingusamy, who has good number of hits under his belt.

Prabhas has already become a notable face in kollywood with Baahubali. With the second part, his stardom is expected to further flourish. Ram Charan is noted to Tamil audiences with 'Magadheera' and he already is in discussions with maverick Tamil directors like Mani Ratnam and Gautham Menon for possible collaborations. Pawan Kalyan is excluded from this discussion as his concentration has already shifted from cinema to politics.

NTR is the only top league Telugu actor who is yet to plan a direct Tamil film. Looking at the line-up of his directors, NTR doesn't seem to be having any plans for kollywood. 

Trailer Talk: Hyper

After releasing the film's songs on social media over the last one week, the makers of Ram's soon to be released action entertainer Hyper have released the theatrical trailer last night.

The trailer is high on entertainment quotient and it got a solid response from mass masala movie lovers. In Hyper, Ram is seen as a youngster who is 'on a high and as energetic as a bull that drank a Red Bull'.

Hyper is all about the father-son relationship and what happens when the son shows his 'pichi' towards his father and crosses paths with the baddies. Punch dialogues are aplenty and Ram is impressive in a character with loads of attitude, as usual.

Hyper is directed by Santosh Srinivas, who had earlier given a blockbuster for Ram in the form of is Kandireega. The film has Raashi Khanna playing the female lead, while Satyaraj, Naresh, Rao Ramesh and Thulasi etc play important roles.

14 Reels Entertainment banner produced this high budget entertainer which is releasing on September 30. 

Heartful Thanks To Fans

After tasting a setback with his debut film and making a good impression with his second attempt, Allu Sirish has worked on his makeover and finally succeeded in his third attempt with 'Srirasthu Subhamasthu'.

This Allu Aravind produced romantic drama has completed its 50 days run and has been termed a hit at the box office. Sirish's hardwork has finally paid off with the film turning out to be a profitable venture for his father, Allu Arvind.

Released amidst decent reviews for Sirish's makeover and performance, 'Srirasthu Subhamasthu' slowly but steadily marched at the box office. Made on a budget of Rs 9 Cr (including Publicity costs), 'Srirasthu Subhamasthu' has collected a decent Rs 10 Cr share from worldwide box office in its full run. Satellite rights were sold for a cool Rs 3.25 Cr.

With the confidence given by this success, Sirish is heard to be enthusiastically listening to scripts and his next project is expected to be announced soon. 

Is It Nag's Worst Choice?

Akkineni Nagarjuna is one of the most successful senior actors in the Telugu film industry. So, his special appearances will be sought by filmmakers for obvious reasons, to get much needed attention for their films.

Nag's special appearances were seen in 6 films in the past one decade and surprisingly all of them turned out to be flops. 'Thakita Thakita', 'Jagadguru Aadishankaracharya', Lakshmi Manchu's 'Dongaata', Anushka's 'Size Zero', Akhil Akkineni's debut film 'Akhil' and the latest 'Nirmala Convent' are the six films in which Nag made special appearances in the past one decade.

While the first five have already proved to be flops, Nag's latest production venture 'Nirmala Convent', in which he also sang a song besides playing a cameo, is allegedly heading towards a failure at the box office. Is Nag choosing wrong films for his cameos or are his cameos proving to be bad omen for the films?

It may be noted that Nagarjuna's last successful cameo was seen in Raghava Lawrence's 'Style', which released in 2006. 

Dhoni Beats Salman?

Box office emperor Salman Khan's films not only rake hundreds of crores at the box office but also crack staggering satellite rights' deals, in the range of Rs 50 Cr. Would you believe that the satellite rights of MS Dhoni's biopic were sold for a higher price than of a Salman Khan's film?

'M S Dhoni: The Untold Story', the upcoming biopic on Dhoni, one of India's most successful cricketing stars, has proved to be a goldmine for its makers. As per latest reports, the biopic has recovered Rs 104 Cr even before it hit screens across the world.

The lion share of this recovery goes to the film's satellite rights, which have been sold off for a record Rs 55 Cr. In comparison, even a Salman Khan's film earns Rs 3-4 Cr less. The satellite deal of Dhoni's biopic is a proof of the popularity of the cricketer. Irrespective of the box office performance of the film, audiences are believed to make it a big hit on Television.

The makers have recovered an additional Rs 5 crore from music and Rs 10 crore from overseas rights. Brand endorsements have reportedly fetched as much as Rs 20 crore. Moreover, a Hollywood studio has reportedly bought the English remake rights for a whopping Rs 10 crore.

The Sushant Singh Rajput starrer film will release across the globe on September 30 in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. 

Tagore Sentiment For Khaidi No.150?

Makers of megastar Chiranjeevi's 150th film are not only roping in top technicians and actors but also seem to be making sure to infuse all the positive vibes in the film, to make it a huge hit.

As per latest reports, actress Shriya Saran has been roped in to play a cameo in 'Khaidi No.150'. Kajal Aggarwal is already playing the love interest of Chiru in the film. As the legendary actor is playing dual role in the film, Shriya is heard to have been roped in to pair up with the second role of Chiru.

In fact, the second character of Vijay didn't have a leading lady in the original 'Katthi'. However, VV Vinayak, the director of 'Khaidi No.150', is believed to have etched the role of a romantic partner for the second character and roped in Shriya to resurrect the sentiment of 'Tagore'. It may be recalled that the iconic blockbuster film had Chiranjeevi romancing Shriya in Vinayak's direction. Shriya is expected to bring the 'Tagore' luck for 'Khaidi No.150'.

The shooting is currently progressing at brisk pace with Sankranthi release as target. 

Is Allu Arjun Tried To Push NTR Into Tricky Situation?

Close on the heels of few news reports that Linguswamy and NTR may team up, Allu Arjun has made a swift and timely move by announcing his next film with the ace Tamil director. With this, Allu Arjun said to have put a checkmate to NTR by pushing him into a tricky situation as the Janatha Garage actor is in dire need of a top director to join his forces.

Though Bunny has been toying with the idea of collaborating with Linguswamy for longtime, he hasn't finalised it until the director decided to move on to do it with Bunny's peer NTR.

Apparently, the Nannaku Prematho actor was impressed with a story narrated by Pandem Kodi director and both were contemplating to work on. That's when Allu Arjun has gone onto announce his next project with Linguswamy and taken many by surprise. Meantime, NTR has an option in form of director Puri Jagannadh and it depends on the fate of Puri's ongoing film Ism. 

After Movies It's Time for Teasers To clash?

If the latest reports in film circles are anything to go by, superstar Mahesh Babu and mega power star Ram Charan might clash once again.

It may be recalled that 'SVSC' and 'Nayak' starring Mahesh and Charan respectively, clashed for Sankranthi 2013. During the same season next year, the duo clashed once again with their respective films 'Nenokkadine' and 'Yevadu'. Even 'Govindudu Andarivadele' and 'Aagadu' were released with a gap of less than two weeks.

However, this time their films will not be clashing directly but the duo are gearing to release the teasers of their much awaited films on the same day. Mahesh Babu is currently busy shooting for his new film in the direction of AR Murugadoss. The first look of this action entertainer is expected to arrive for Dasara with the teaser arriving for Diwali festival.

On the other hand, the first look of Charan's 'Dhruva' was already released to good response. Film's teaser will be released for this Diwali.

The comparisons will obviously be drawn as both the films are expected to have the actors playing police officer role.  Staggering expectations are riding on both the films and we hope both actors satisfy movie lovers with their film teasers.  

Nagarjuna To Fulfill Samantha's Desire?

Actress Samantha, who has recently cited 'lack of meaningful roles for heroines in South' as the reason for not signing films, seems to have decided to produce films on her own.

'Why float a banner to produce films when I have a senior producer like Akkineni Nagarjuna as my future father-in-law,' might have been the idea of Samantha before she approached Nag to produce the Telugu remake of super hit Kannada film 'U Turn'.

In fact, Samantha wanted to act in and produce the Telugu remake of 'U Turn' a long ago itself after she was impressed with the original film. However, as she got busy with her personal life (possibly wedding turmoil) and prior commitments, she postponed the remake idea.

Now, her future father-in-law, Nagarjuna is heard to have offered to produce this Telugu remake to satisfy the hunger of Samantha for author backed and challenging roles. 'U Turn' is a heroine-centric psychological thriller.

An official announcement about the remake is awaited. 

Leaked Pics From Baahubali 2?

After calling off the shooting for few days due to incessant rains that rocked Hyderabad, it's business as usual for team Baahubali as SS Rajamouli has resumed the film's shoot. Presently, the shoot of the film is set in a quarry in Rajendranagar of Hyderabad where Jakkanna is canning a crucial sequence in the movie. Reports have it that Prabhas was trained for over 30 days alone for this particular sequence in the film.

Meanwhile, few pics from the sets of Baahubali 2 have been leaked and the pics have gone viral online. Social media is abuzz with the pics that got leaked. Since Rajamouli and team are very particular on the film's content and don't want to go out without their permission, netizens are wondering who's behind these leak.

Touted to be magnum opus film with ensemble cast, the second part of the film is slated for release on Apr 28, 2017. 

Jasmine For Khaidi No.150

Megastar Chiranjeevi's eagerly awaited 150th film is going to mark the tollywood debut of a crazy Punjabi singer, Jasmine Sandlas.

Jasmine Sandlas is a songwriter and singer who mainly works in Bollywood and Punjabi film industry. She also featured on the MTV Coke Studio. After a successful stint in Punjabi, Jasmine made her debut in Bollywood as a Playback singer for Salman Khan's 'Kick' in 2014.

She has now reportedly recorded her first Telugu song for 'Khaidi No.150'. Devi Sri Prasad must be credited for introducing this crazy singer to tollywood. "Recorded my first Telugu song with the legendary DSP for none other than megastar. Feel so lucky," Jasmine tweeted to share her excitement with her followers.

Jasmine is believed to have sung for either the item song or for the introductory song of Chiru.

After Shruti, Is It Pawan's Turn?

Right after the completion of 'Premam' audio launch event, film's lead actress Shruti Haasan left for London. This act is now being seen as tit for tat to Pawan Kalyan.

Shruthi Haasan, who has been roped in to play the female lead of Pawan Kalyan in 'Katama Rayudu', has actually allotted her dates for the film's shoot from September 1st week. However, as Pawan was busy with his political endeavors, she been asked to wait for indefinite period.

The regular shoot of 'Katama Rayudu' has started the other day and Pawan is expected to start shooting from 24th. As Pawan is now ready for shoot, Shruti has left for London to take part in the shooting of few songs of Suriya starrer 'Singham 3'. Now, Pawan has to wait patiently until Shruti comes back.

Meanwhile, the unit of 'Katama Rayudu' has planned to shoot Pawan's scenes with other actors. Even after her return, Shruti is expected to take part in the shoot of her dad's 'Sabash Naidu'. So, the makers of Katama Rayudu have to undertake the ominous task of managing the dates of both Pawan and Shruti and finish their scenes without any hassle. 

Allu Arjun's Tamil Debut is Produced By Studio Green

Allu Arjun is one of the leading stars in Tollywood with back-to-back hits. The Stylish Star is already a big name in Malayalam and later enhanced his market in Karnataka with S/O Satyamurthy.

Now, Bunny is all set to tap the Tamil market with his next film. The latest update is that the much awaited film in Allu Arjun and Lingusamy combo has finally been confirmed. This film will be Bunny's Tamil debut as Lingusamy will make it as a true Telugu-Tamil bilingual.

One of the leading production houses in Tamil, Studio Green, will bankroll this project. The news has been officially confirmed by the makers. More details regarding the film's cast and crew are awaited.

Before he okayed Harish Shankar's Duvvada Jagannadham, Bunny held several talks with Lingusamy for a high budget action entertainer. Bunny fans are highly elated that the project has materialized finally. The regular shooting may commence towards this year end.

Chiru @ Dasara on Small Screen!

Mega fans, who were disappointed with the postponement of Ram Charan's 'Dhruva' from Dasara season, will surprisingly get a treat from megastar Chiranjeevi on the festival eve.

Megastar Chiranjeevi will be treating his fans with the promo of his debut TV stint, "Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu 4". We have already reported that Chiru will host the 4th season of 'Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu'. A special promo to announce this news has already been shot and it will be telecast on the auspicious eve of Dasara festival, as per latest reports.

Mega fans have been eagerly waiting for this season as for the first time megastar is going to host a television show. 'Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu' has been a highly successful show and it ran with huge TRPs in the first three seasons. With megastar on board as the host, the TRP ratings of 4th season are expected to sky rocket. 

Kajal Is Also In Dasara Race?

The already packed Dasara festival season has now turned spicier with the addition of Kajal's new film 'Enthavaraku Ee Prema'.

Tamil actor Jiiva and Kajal's upcoming Tamil film 'Kavalai Vendam' has been dubbed in Telugu and the title has been confirmed as 'Enthavaraku Ee Prema'. Latest reports suggest that makers have decided to release the film on October 7, as a dasara gift to fans of Kajal. As 'Rangam' is the only notable dubbed film of Jiiva, 'Enthavaraku Ee Prema' has to rely solely on the star power of Kajal, who has recently proved her immense fan following with her item song in 'Janatha Garage'.

Dasara season is already packed with movies like 'Abhinetri', 'Premam', 'Eedu Gold Ehe', 'Jaguar' and few others. Can Kajal's charisma withstand this stern competition? She has reportedly sported bikini in a beach song in this romantic comedy.

The Telugu distribution rights of the film have been bagged by D Venkatesh and he is heard to be planning to commence extensive promotions for the film. 

Godavari Girl With Surya For a Special Song?

Actress Neetu Chandra, who has made a splashy appearance in Sekhar Kammula's 'Godavari' movie, has reportedly danced to a special song in Suriya's forthcoming action entertainer 'Singam 3'.

The song was reportedly shot at a specially set erected at Binny Mills in Chennai over a period of four days. It is not exactly an item song but said to be the introductory song of Suriya. Neetu Chandra will however be seen shaking her booty in this special song beginning with the line "Sona Sona Supersonic". Harris Jayaraj has composed this peppy number. It may be recalled that actress Anjali had done a special song in "Singam 2".

The shooting of S3 is nearing completion. The teaser of the film is likely to be released for Diwali festival and the trailer and film's album are expected to be unveiled in the month of November. Makers have recently announced that S3 will screens on December 16.

Written and directed by Hari, S3 is produced by KE Gnanavel Raja and the film stars Shruti Haasan and Anushka as the female leads.

Rajamouli has released the first Telugu song?

After superstar Rajinikanth and Suriya, ace tollywood director SS Rajamouli has jumped in the bandwagon of celebs to promote the biopic on Team India's most successful captain, MS Dhoni.

Rajamouli has released the first Telugu song from the film. Titled 'Prathi Galli Lo Dhoni Yee', the song is rendered by SPB Charan. The video song has striking visuals that portray the madness for cricket and Dhoni in the Indian streets. The song is sure to give goosebumps to cricket lovers.

MS Dhoni's biopic is titled 'M S Dhoni - The Untold Story' and it stars Sushant Singh Rajput in the titular role. The film will have a simultaneous release on September 30 in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages across the globe. 

Unique Record By NTR

For nearly a decade, NTR didn't have a solid blockbuster in hand and his fans were painfully waiting for that one hit film which will make them lift their heads high in pride. Finally, Janatha Garage turned out to be that much awaited hit.

Janatha Garage released on September 1st and is still continuing its steady run at box-offices worldwide and has so far earned more than 125 crore gross. After entering Tollywood's all-time top three earners list, Janatha Garage has now set its eyes on the second spot by surpassing Srimanthudu.

Incidentally, 2016 has been the best year in Young Tiger's 15-year-old career. Apart from Janatha Garage, yet another NTR film, Nannaku Prematho, which released during Sankranthi this year, has grossed nearly 87 crores, apart from becoming NTR's first 50 crore share film.

With these two back-to-back hits, NTR has created a unique record of collecting a combined gross of more than Rs. 200 crores in the same year by any actor in Tollywood after Prabhas' Baahubali feat. Now that the vintage NTR is back to breaking records, expect the Tiger to roar even louder in the coming few years. 

Samantha: I'm happy to marry that person

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu finally confessed her romantic relationship with her 'Ye Maaya Chesave' co-star Naga Chaitanya.

Samantha informed to get tie knot with Chaitu next year with blessings of both the families. What's more, she has no resistance from Chaitu's family regarding her acting career.

"I'm happy to marry the person who encourages my acting career. I'm delighted to enter into such supporting family. I will continue acting until filmmakers reject me. Bollywood trend of heroines continuing acting even after marriage should come forth here in Tollywood too," says Sam.

Sam affirms Chaitu made her confusing life to be stable. "We are very good friends since 'Ye Maaya Chesave' days. We haven't yet decided on marriage date which will be known only 3 months prior even to our parents," states Sam.

In fact, Sam revealed to be in relationship long ago, but she continuously refused to disclose name of the man in her life. Chaitu, on the other hand also maintained mum over the love affair had even avoided media.

Veteran filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao teased Chaitu on his love affair during Premam audio launch couple of days ago has spread smiles in auditorium. When everyone got clarity over Chaitu and Sam's love story, the actress has now made it official.

While Chaitu is waiting for release of Premam and has signed couple of projects, Sam is yet to decide on her next project as she claims of not getting good roles. 

Dasari Teases Chai With a Compliment

Ever since the love story of Naga Chaitanya and Samantha broke out, they were not been able to face media properly and finding ways to escape journalists. However, Chaitanya admitted his relationship with the YMC actress at a couple of interviews in Hyderabad and Chennai.

The star couple may have been silently enjoying the headlines running about their marriage but people around them seems very anticipated to make it public.

Although major amount of hoopla was put to rest after Nagarjuna's confirmation at a press meet recently, the actor said it'd be made official very soon.

And at the audio launch of Premam, Naga Chaitanya was publicly bantered by industry great Dasari Narayana Rao. In the process of detailing Chay's smile, Dasari said, "that smile & charm of Chaitanya attracted a star heroine." Referring to Samantha from Ye Maaya Chesave, Dasari adds 'Chaitu's boy-next-door looks might swept her off her feet." What followed it was an overwhelming response from audiences and a cheerful smile on Naga Chaitanya's face.

The audio of Premam, also featuring Shruti Haasan and Madonna Sebastian, was unveiled on Tuesday evening to coincide with ANR's 92nd anniversary. 

Chaitu Is relying more on Krishnas?

Even with low success rate, Akkineni Naga Chaitanya has always been one of the most wanted young actors for Telugu filmmakers.

With two of his movies 'Premam' and 'Saahasam Swasaga Saagipo' slated for release in the coming months, Naga Chaitanya has already given his consent for 3 new films. Interestingly, all the three films will be directed by directors with the name Krishna.

Kalyan Krishna, who scored a resounding blockbuster with his debut film 'Soggade Chinni Nayana' starring Nagarjuna, has already been announced as the director of Chaitu's immediate next film. Rakul Preet Singh will play the lead heroine in this project.

Acclaimed director Indraganti Mohan Krishna of 'Ashta Chamma' and 'Gentleman' fame has also announced to direct Chaitanya in his next project. The film will be produced by Vaarahi Creations.

Naga Chaitanya is also in talks to act in a film to be produced on Suresh Productions. Debutant Krishna will direct this film.

All the three directors in queue for Chaitu have the common name 'Krishna'. Chaitu hopes to score successes with all of them and further cement his position in tollywood. 

Dhoni May Seek Services Of Tamil SuperStar?

Ever since the trailer of 'MS Dhoni- the untold story' launched, the captain cool is aggressively taking part in promotions of the film along with lead actor Sushant Singh Rajput and director Neeraj Pandey.

The multi-lingual biopic, which brings the light up on Dhoni's struggle from childhood, is due to release on 30th September. The Indian skipper, who thinks the film doesn't glorify him, seems to have a unique strategy when it comes to promoting Tamil version.

Yes, the superstar of cricket MS Dhoni is a local boy for Chennai considering the long association he had with Chennai Super Kings during IPL. The 35-year old batsman was also seen pouring his love for the city and its superstar Rajinikanth. So, to promote the film in Tamil Nadu, MSD is apparently banking on Kabali star.

Dhoni, who reportedly visits Chennai for the promotion, this week, may seek the services of Rajinikanth for promotion of MS Dhoni:The Untold Story. This make their fans assume, both the superstars in one frame is more than enough to bring audiences to theaters.