Police seized Baabhubali 2 heroine's Caravan?

Actress Anushka Shetty, who is currently basking in the worldwide success of 'Baahubali 2', has received a rude shock from Tamil Nadu police officials.

Anushka is currently shooting for her new film 'Bhagmathi' in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu. The other day, when the police officials stopped her caravan and inquired for documents, the driver allegedly failed to produce the necessary legal papers. The caravan was hence seized and Anushka had to reach the shooting spot from hotel in some other car. The production team is reportedly indulged in resolving the matter. 

Interim, the shooting of Bhagmathi is progressing at brisk pace. Ashok of 'Pilla Zamindar' fame is directing this film being produced on UV Creations banner. The film will be high on visual effects. Makers are planning an August release.

On personal front, Anushka's parents have reportedly intensified the search for a perfect groom for this gorgeous diva.

Baahubali's Mind Blowing Opening in Sandalwood!

It would be an understatement if we say that Baahubali 2 created absolute mayhem at box office on its opening day. The SS Rajamouli directorial has performed beyond expectations in all the territories but the film's performance in Karnataka has evoked ripples in the local Kannada film industry.

With its all four versions, Baahubali 2 has reportedly minted close to Rs 20 crore on its opening day. The figure would look monumental when we tell you that the Prabhas starrer overtook the top Kannada opening film by three times collections. Puneeth Rajkumar's 'Raajakumara' was the earlier biggest opener here with about Rs 7 crore gross. Hence the rousing welcome for Baahubali 2 obviously scared the Kannada industry stars. 

Released in around 400 screens in Karnataka, the movie received never-before-seen response from audiences resulting in earth shattering collections. Major revenue reportedly came from the Telugu-dominant regions of the state. Besides releasing the movie in multiple languages, the exorbitant ticket rates also helped the movie inscribe this historical record in the state.

Monstrous Opening for Baahubali-2

As expected, Baahubali 2 has taken earth shattering opening across the world. Irrespective of the region, the SS Rajamouli directorial has generated tremendous revenues. The total net collections from India are expected to be around Rs 125 crore, a historic feat.

Baahubali 2 has reportedly generated a revenue of approx. 38 crore from the Hindi version alone. It is the biggest non-holiday opener which surpassed the films of even Bollywood Khans. Not even Dangal and Sultan could take such historic opening.

Coming to the Telugu version, the collections are unbelievable. As per early estimates, Baahubali 2 raked in 55 crore from the Telugu states, which amounts to a share of Rs 43 crore approx. Overtaking the previous best, around Rs 23 crore of Khaidi No.150 by a phenomenal Rs 20 crore margin is a monstrous feat.

As per trade reports, Baahubali 2 collected 12 crore from Karnataka, 9 from Kerala and 11 crore form Tamil Nadu. With this, the monstrous film has taken a monstrous opening of Rs 125 crore approx. in India. 

Coming to the overseas, Baahubali 2 has raked in USD2.5M from premieres and USD2.2M on Friday alone. Collections from several theatres are yet to be compiled. Historic, Phenomenal etc. are very tiny words to describe this opening.

Baahubali 2 Day 1 Collections Area wise in Telugu States:

Nizam - 8,90,00,000
Ceded - 6,35,00,000
Nellore - 2,40,00,000
Guntur - 6,18,00,000
Krishna - 2,82,45,000
West - 6,08,55,000
East - 5,93,00,000
Uttharandhra - 4,52,00,000

Total 1st day AP & TG share 43,19,00,000

Baahubali2 breaks record set by Dangal

SS Rajamouli's just released magnum opus "Baahubali: The Conclusion" has been shattering records.

After overtaking the advance booking record of Hollywood blockbuster Fast & Furious 8 in UAE, Baahubali 2 has now smashed the pre-booking record previously held by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's Dangal.

In a statement, BookMyShow, one of the prime online ticket booking platforms, said that it has been experiencing an unprecedented advance booking for Baahubali 2 and that over 1 million tickets were sold in just 24 hours, besting the earlier record holder Dangal.

The euphoric response from South Indian audiences was expected but this unprecedented advance booking is majorly because of the crazy Baahubali fans of North India. Even though the ticket prices are alarmingly raised to cash in on the craze, people are not restraining themselves from splurging money to find out 'Why Kattappa Killed Baahubali' as fast as they can.

Baahubali 2 far higher than Fast and Furious 8!

'Baahubali: The Conclusion', which is being seen and called by trade pundits of the country as the game changing Indian film, is breaking records of not just Indian movies but also of Hollywood.

The craze of Baahubali can be understood by learning that even Fast & Furious 8, the latest installment in the action packed series, which recently opened to phenomenal advance bookings and opening collections, couldn't sustain the onslaught of this Indian epic.

The official distributor of Baahubali 2 in UAE has revealed that more than 1,00,000 tickets were sold for the film which was higher than of what Fast And Furious 8 could pull off in that territory. Fast & Furious series has fans all over the world and Baahubali 2 breaking the record of this Hollywood biggie is a testimonial enough for to scale Indian cinema has reached.

HC notices to Balayya's Movie and Anuskha's Movie

The High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states have sent notices to the producers of Gautamiputra Satakarni and Rudhramadevi. Acting on a PIL (Public Interest Litigation), the High Court asked the producers to file a counter within two weeks.

The petitioner argued that the Entertainment Tax exemption given to the films by the state governments should belong to the public exchequer and asked the court to look into the matter. The petitioner has cited the Tamil Nadu High Court's verdict regarding the tax exemption to a film as the example.

Satakarni producers Rajeev Reddy, Saibabu and Rudhramadevi producers Gunasekhar and Raagini Guna have been named by the petitioner as the respondents. While Satakarni had received exemption from both the Telugu states, Rudhramadevi had been waived off the E.T only by the Telangana state government.

Both the films were historical films that have significance with rich culture, heritage of Telugus. And interestingly both the films were commercial success at the Box Office. It has to be seen how the respondents would justify the tax waive off and at the same time, how the state governments would justify the act.

Karan Johar: Bahubali's magic beats Mughal-e-Azam's

Hotshot Bollywood filmmaker and Baahubali’s Hindi version’s distributor Karan Johar had some pleasantly surprising words of appreciation ​for the country’s biggest movie franchise during his participation at the grand pre-release event last night.

“Baahubali’, 67 years later, has beaten the magic created by ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ on screen. Rajamouli’s cinema has soul, his personality has gumption and I don’t think I even have ten percent of it,” an exhilarated Karan said.

The shrewd entertainer further said that Baahubali is a result of immense hard-work and dedication, something which he will go back to Mumbai and teach his Bollywood counterparts about.

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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!

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. 

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.

Surya's Singham 3 Release Date Confirmed

The release date of Suriya's eagerly awaited action entertainer 'S3' has just been announced as December 16, 2016.

Although the Hari directorial was earlier slated for worldwide release for Diwali festival, Suriya decided to postpone the film to December to give a free passage to his younger brother Karthi, whose high budget thriller 'Kashmora' is targeting the festival slot.

S3 is the third part of Suriya's successful 'Singham' series. Hari is back as director and Anushka is reprising her role. She will be seen as Suriya's wife in this film. Hansika, who was seen in the second part, will not be present and Shruthi Haasan has made her way into the franchise with this third part. While Devi Sri Prasad scored the music for the first two parts, Harris Jayaraj has been brought on board for the third part.

Distribution rights of the film have already been sold for whopping prices. Makers expect 'S3' to have a dream run in the month of Christmas. KE Gnanvel Raja of Studio Green is producing the film on a huge budget. 

Break For Baahubali Shooting, Loss May Be in Crores?

The incessant rains in and around Hyderabad for the past three days have spoiled the plans of SS Rajamouli as the shooting of Baahubali had to be called off. The shoot of Baahubali is being postponed for the last three days incurring huge losses.

As part of a crucial sequence, Rajamouli wants total red soil on ground. Hence, several truckloads of red soil was dumped into the site and was spread all over the place. However, all the plans are spoiled due to rains. And the production team had to get more red soil and even it was failed as rains continued. With this, Rajamouli and his team gave break for the shoot till the climate comes to normal state.

Due to this, the loss is estimated to have incurred in crores including the dates of actors besides other production costs. Presently, the shoot of the particular sequence is set in a quarry in Rajendranagar of Hyderabad.

As the shooting of Baahubali: The Conclusion is being delayed, it needs to be seen whether the film makes it on time (April 28, 2017) or not. 

Singham Craze Is Increasing Day By Day?

Tamil actor Suriya appears class, but he has immense fans frenzy in masses, thanks to director Hari who presented mass side of him with Singham series. Yamudu (Singham in Tamil) and Singham 2 are big hits in both the languages and Suriya - Hari duo is coming up with third part of the series is titled Singham 3 (S3).

Expectations are huge on Singham 3 and Telugu producers are demanding fancy prices for distribution rights in all areas in Telugu states. Buyers indeed are hoping high on the film are betting big by investing considerable amounts.

It is learnt that, Ceded rights fetched the Singham 3 producers a whopping Rs 4.05 crores. This deal tells all- Suriya is star of masses. As we reported earlier, Malkapuram Siva bagged the Andhra Pradesh and Nizam rights of S3 for Rs. 18 crores. Seems like, looking at the pre-release trade, he will be pocketing profits, prior to the film's release.

Tamil Nadu distribution rights of S3 were sold for Rs 41 crores, which is highest ever for Suriya, wherein Malayalam rights were sold for Rs 3.6 Crores.

Anushka Shetty is the main female lead in the movie and Shruti Haasan is a fresh addition to the latest part. Shruti plays the role of a journalist, who helps the cop Suriya to take on villains' batch. The film nearing completion is slated for release on October 28th for Diwali. 

Hooping Amount For Om Namo Venkatesaya’s US rights

Nagarjuna’s ongoing devotional biopic on the life and legacy of Hathiram Baba, Om Namo Venkatesaya, is making waves in trade circles even before the film wrapped up its shooting. Nagarjuna’s stupendous track record in the US with his recent films like Manam, SCN and Oopiri and the super hit Nag-K Raghavendra Rao combo are the reasons behind this craze.

According to the latest reports, Om Namo Venkatesaya’s overseas rights have reportedly been acquired by a leading overseas distribution house for a staggering 6 crores. ONV also features Anushka, Saurabh Kumar Jain, Pragya Jaiswal and Vimala Raman in pivotal roles.

ONV has its music scored by MM Keeravani. The film will release as a Sankranthi treat.

Baahubali into the League of Top 15 Foreign BlockBusters

SS Rajamouli's epic masterpiece 'Baahubali: The Beginning' has been named among the '15 Foreign Blockbusters Hollywood Wishes They'd Made'.

Placing Baahubali in a list that Baahubali makers proudly shared on twitter, internationally noted media house screenrant wrote that Baahubali is a magnificent creation.

''Baahubali: The Beginning' is one of the most magnificent creations. The storytelling, wonderful performance by stellar cast, the epic battle sequences and the gorgeous musical acts and the large canvas were some of the highlights of the film. Director Rajamouli's filmmaking and his grandiose vision is unlike anything seen in Western cinema. The film is so full of eye-candy you won't be able to look away from the screen from beginning to end. The highest grossing Indian film within India and third globally, it was cleverly marketed via social media campaigns.'

The shoot of the second part titled 'Baahubali: The Conclusion' is currently being filmed. Starring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamanna Bhatia, Anushka, Ramya Krishna, Satyaraj, Nassar etc. The film is set to hit screens on 28th April 2017.

Directed by legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, "Ran" was placed at Top in this list of elite foreign films. 

NTR's Janatha Garage Next to Baahubali?

After a series of disappointing films over past few years, Young Tiger NTR's phenomenal rise at box-office has surprised everyone. Tarak's latest film Janatha Garage is zooming past at the box-offices worldwide with solid collections.

Until yesterday, Janatha Garage has collected a whopping Rs. 44.10 crores share at the box-offices across the world. The film is expected to enter the 50 crore club by today, a record only preceded by Baahubali, which attained this feat in just 2 days.

Until Saturday, Janatha Garage collected a distributor's share of Rs. 30.40 crores from Andhra, Nizam and Ceded. Another Rs. 5.20 crores from Karnataka, Rs. 1.45 from Tamil Nadu and Rest of India, Rs. 1.05 crore from Kerala, Rs. 5.10 lakhs and Rs. 90 lakhs from other countries, taking the overall share to Rs. 44.10 crores.

Until a few months ago, an NTR film entering the 50 crore club was a dream for fans. However, Nannaku Prematho  realized their dream previous Sankranthi. And now, Janatha Garage is set to overtake Nannaku Prematho in just 5 days, a record Tarak fans will be proud of.

Huge Set For Anushka's New Movie?

Anushka is currently acting in a high budget female-oriented thriller titled Bhagmati. The film is being directed by Ashok and UV Creations is the banner behind it. The film has a historical backdrop as well.

According to the latest update, the makers are erecting a huge set to can several crucial scenes featuring a time period that dates back nearly 400 years ago. A giant fort set is being erected at a whopping budget of Rs 3.50 crores.

Bhagmati will also be released in Tamil. The film also stars popular Malayalam star Jayaraj.

Om Namo Venkatesha moves to Karnataka?

It is a known fact that Nagarjuna is working on a devotional movie titled Om Namo Venkatesaya. Latest update reveals that the shooting of the film has moved to Chikmagalur in Karnataka.

Some crucial scenes are now being shot in the scenic areas of this place. Anushka will be seen in a crucial role along with Pragya Jaiswal. MM Keeravani composes music and Mahesh Reddy, who earlier made Shirdi Sai, is producing this film as well.

Rudhramadevi for the Oscar Awards!

Telugu film industry has always received cold treatment when it comes to National Film Awards. The number of Telugu films that were recognized at the National Awards is so small that Telugu movie lovers have lost all hopes to see our films emerge victorious at National level.

However, here comes an exception. Film Federation of India has now recommended historical Telugu film "Rudhramadevi" for the Oscar Awards in the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category. The news has been confirmed by the film's director Gunasekhar himself. This really is a proud moment for the Telugu film industry.

Released in 2015, 'Rudhramadevi' is the India's first historical 3D film. It depicted the story of queen Rudramadevi, who ruled the Kakatiya kingdom. The film has already won several state level awards. Starring Anushka Shetty in the titular role, the film had hefty support from Allu Arjun and Rana Daggubati.  

Gunasekhar is currently planning to make the biopic of 'Prathapa Rudrudu', the grandson of 'Rudhramadevi'.