Mahesh Is Trying To Make Impossible, To Triple Treat His Fans

Stars of yesteryear used to do more than half a dozen films per year. However, times have changed and the current generation star heroes are barely doing one film per year. Amidst this unhealthy trend, can superstar Mahesh Babu make the impossible possible by releasing his next 3 films in a single calendar year?

Mahesh is currently busy shooting for AR Murugadoss's film, which has already been announced to have its worldwide release during summer 2017. From January next year, Mahesh will simultaneously start the shooting of two films, each with Koratala Siva and Vamsi Paidipally. Both will get completed in 2017 itself.

One is sure to have its release in August-October period. The second might also release in November-December period as Deepavali and Christmas seasons fall during that period. If this turns into a reality, Mahesh will be the only and first star hero in a very long time to have 3 releases in a single calendar year.

Even if this target missed, Mahesh's third film will definitely hit screens for sankranthi 2018. With that, Mahesh will for sure have 3 releases in less than 10 months. Fans of Mahesh will have a Triple Treat with very short gaps. 

Mahesh Conditions To Koratala Siva

Superstar Mahesh Babu is currently shooting for his upcoming bilingual film under the direction of AR Murugadoss. He is planning to complete this film by the end of January/February and wants to start Koratala Siva's film.

However, Mahesh told to Siva that he is planning to do 2 films at a time, after completing Murugadoss' film. So, Mahesh gave 10 days in January, 15 days in February and 3 weeks in March for Koratala Siva. Mahesh also asked Siva not to pressurise him for different looks, as he would be doing multiple projects at that time. Sources close to the actor revealed that Mahesh will be working simultaneously with Koratala Siva & Vamsi Paidipally.

Mahesh was disappointed with 'Brahmotsavam's failure, as the film was not able to get a strong opening. Many felt that 'Brahmotsavam' will have an earth-shattering start as it got released after 'Srimanathudu', which was a blockbuster.

So, Mahesh has decided to come up with back-to-back films without any delay. Looking at his lineup, Mahesh should be happy, as he is working with good directors. 

Luckiest Directors?

Pawan and Mahesh delivered biggest disasters of their careers respectively with Sardaar Gabbar Singh and Brahmotsavam. The actors and producers of these films had committed to work together for one more film to pay losses for distributors.

Producer Prasad Vara Potluri signed two films deal with Vamsi Paidipally. Their first film Oopiri was an above average grosser. The director was supposed to make a film with Akkineni Akhil which was shelved owing to reasons best known to them. 

The producer has announced his second film as part of their two film deal with Mahesh on the special eve of the actor's birthday. This movie to be directed by Vamsi Paidipally will go on floors after Mahesh Babu wrapping up films with AR Murugadoss and Koratala Siva.

On the flip side, Pawan Kalyan promised Dolly to give him another chance after he was convinced with outcome of Gopala Gopala then. When director SJ Suriyah was unavailable to direct his new film, Pawan brought in Dolly to handle the project.

Although last films of both the directors- Gopala Gopala and Oopiri won critical applause, they weren't huge profit makers for the producers. Still, these directors got to work with top stars of Tollywood. In this way, both Dolly and Vamsi are the luckiest directors. 

Vamsi - Mahesh roped by PVP!

Director Vamshi Paidipally and producer PVP have a reason to celebrate as Mahesh Babu has confirmed to work with the duo. PVP is going to team up with Mahesh again after Brahmotsavam tanked and this time, PVP has roped in Oopiri director Vamshi Paidipally.

Vamshi, who is supposed to direct Akhil, has dropped the project and evinced interest to team up with Mahesh. Apparently, Vamshi met Mahesh and narrated an impressive storyline to which the Srimanthudu star has given his nod. However, it's not clear when the film will roll on. Given that Mahesh is occupied with AR Murugadoss film and may not be free from it till early next year, it needs to be seen when he would start film with Vamshi.

On other hand, Mahesh would be collaborating with director Koratala Siva which is expected to start soon after Murugadoss film and it's likely to be produced by DVV Danayya. Looks like, Mahesh may simultaneously work with Koratala, Vamshi's films. Also, film with Koratala depends on the result of Janatha Garage. Let's wait and see as film with Trivikram, Puri, Krish, Sekhar Kammula too in pipeline.

Surprise: Anushka In Oopiri!

Nagarjuna's forthcoming film Oopiri has a surprise element. Well, it's nothing but Anushka Shetty's cameo presence. Anushka will be seen in a guest role in the film. When asked about it, Nagarjuna corroborated, "Yes, Anushka is there in the film. It's a small appearance."

However, this is not first-time Anushka is doing cameo in Nag's film. She's recently seen in Soggade Chinni Nayana. She also did in the past in films like King. Compensating it, Nagarjuna too turned up in Anushka's Size Zero. The duo acted in films like Damarukam, Don, Super and share good bond.

As Soggade is biggest hit ever in Nag's career, makers of Oopiri are hoping that the duo would recreate similar magic this time around. Directed by Vamshi Paidipally, Nagarjuna is seen in an experimental role of quadriplegic. Touted to be remake of French film The Intouchables, the film stars Karthi and Tamannah. The Telugu-Tamil bilingual is all set for release on March 25 in both Telugu and Tamil simultaneously. Let's wait and see.

Clean U certificate for "Oopiri"

PVP Cinema’s Oopiri has completed the censor formalities today. The censor board has issued a clean U certificate.

Directed by Vamshi Paidipalli, Oopiri is an emotional celebration of life focusing on the relationship between a physically challenged billionaire and socially challenged slumdog.

After enthralling audiences with his humour and emotion in Manam, romance and charm in Soggade Chinni Nayana, Nagarjuna portrays a totally different and challenging wheel chair bound character in Oopiri. The hit combination of Awaara Karthi and Tamannah pair up together again.

By completing the censor process early, PVP Cinema has ensured that there is sufficient time to plan a Global release on the 25th and the hard drives for overseas are getting ready to be dispatched.

Oopiri has generated massive craze within the industry as well as the general public due to its innovative theme and unique casting. This has ensured that it will have a huge global release on 25/03/16. Oopiri and its Tamil version Thozha will be releasing in close to 2000 screens in AP, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, North India, USA, Gulf, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, UK, Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Oopiri has Nagarjuna, Karthi and Tamannah in the lead roles supported by Jayasudha, Prakash Raj, Kalpana, Ali and others.

Vamshi Paidipalli is the Director for Oopiri, Produced by PVP Cinema, Music by Gopi Sundar and P S Vinod is the DOP.

Akhil's second movie details?

With his much anticipated debut film Akhil tanking miserably at the box-office, Akhil along with his father Nagarjuna took a lot of time to lock the director and a suitable script for his second film. Names of directors such as Sreenu Vaitla, Krish, Vamshi Paidipally and Kalyan Krishna etc did several rounds as Akhil's second film director until a few days ago.

But as per our confirmed sources, Akhil finally got some breather in the form of Oopiri director Vamshi Paidipally. Vamshi has been finalized by Nagarjuna to direct Akhil's second film. Apparently, Nag was highly impressed with the way Vamshi intelligently handled an emotional drama with a lot of fun and fizz in Oopiri.

Sources further reveal that Nag and Vamshi are currently working on the right script and an official announcement will be made soon after Oopiri releases on March 25th. Early buzz is that Akhil's second film could be a romantic entertainer. 

Huge amount for Oopiri distribution rights,in 2 regions?

Now that the release date is nearing soon, the pre-release business for Nagarjuna’s Oopiri is doing wonders. Sources close to us reveal that the distribution rights of both the Krishna and Guntur regions have been sold for a whopping 5 crores.

The above said amount is quite huge considering the star cast and reach of the film. The film needs to get an instant hit talk for the buyers to be on a safe ground. Meanwhile, PVP Cinema, is quite confident that the film will hit the bulls eye and entertain the audience big time.

Nagaruna is on a all time high after the success of Soggade and this might help the film to see some good openings at the box office. Oopiri is up for release on the 25th of this month in both Telugu and Tamil simultaneously.

Vamsi Thanks Karthi!

It is a known fact that Oopiri is a bilingual which was shot both in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously. The buzz for the Tamil version is also pretty good and director Vamsi Paidipalli thanks the film’s main lead Karthi, for helping him out.

Going into details, as Vamsi didn’t knew the language much, he had to take a lot of help from Karthi. Speaking about the same, Vamsi reveals that it was because of Karthi’s constant support throughout the film, he managed to direct the Tamil version well.

Oopiri is in its post production stages and has been creating a good buzz with its trailers and audio. The chemistry between Karthi and Tamannah is also said to be yet another highlight of the film which is up for an March 25th release.

Oopiri crosses a milestone

Released amid huge expectations and positive buzz, the theatrical trailer of Nagarjuna and Karthi’s bilingual multistarrer, Oopiri, has impressed everyone and has just surpassed a milestone. The film’s Telugu version’s trailer crossed the 1 million views mark on YouTube in less than 5 days.

Oopiri is a faithful remake of the superhit French film, The Intouchables. The film ended up as France’s second highest grossing film ever during its theatrical release in 2011. The Telugu version also stars Tamannaah and Prakash Raj in pivotal roles.

Directed by Vamshi Paidipally, Oopiri is produced by PVP Cinema. The film is all set to hit the screens on March 25th.

Young heroes to take on Oopiri?

Nagarjuna has been in red hot form lately with 'Soggade Chinni Nayana' turning out to be one of the biggest hits ever. His upcoming film 'Oopiri' in which he plays a challenging character of a paraplegic is already making very good buzz with beautiful promos. 'Oopiri' is slated for release on March 25 as the makers are trying to cash in on the Good Friday.

Despite the release of 'Oopiri' a couple more small films are also going to release during the same weekend. Sandeep Kishan's 'Run' and Nara Rohith's 'Savitri' are going to clash with 'Oopiri'. This film has an ensemble star cast that includes Nagarjuna, Karthi and Tamanna. It is made on a very high budget of Rs. 60 crores and will have a simultaneous release in Tamil.

'Run' and 'Savitri' makers are completely aware of these facts and also know that Nagarjuna is in the form of his life at the moment. However they are willing to take on 'Oopiri' as they have seen 'Express Raja' and 'Nannaku Prematho' doing well even after competing with blockbuster 'Soggade Chinni Nayana'. Good Friday ain't Pongal to have space for three films though. It is interesting to see which of these promising small films sustain in this big clash. 

Nag is busy

Akkineni Nagarjuna has been busy shooting for his back to back projects under the debutant Kalyan Krishna and Vamshi Paidipally’s direction for the past few months. Already, his film with Kalyan, Soggade Chinni Nayana, finished a major portion of its talkie part and the next schedule will commence from 26th June in Hyderabad.

On the other hand, Nag’s multistarrer film with Karthi and Tamannaah in Vamshi’s direction will again go on floors after a brief gap from 10th July. In Soggade Chinni Nayana, Nag will be seen in dual roles and in Vamshi’s film, he is rumored to be playing a shockingly never seen before role. More details about this role will be revealed soon.

Ram Mohan of Uyyala Jampala fame is producing Soggade Chinni Nayana, while PVP Cinema is producing the yet to be titled Nag-Karthi multistarrer.

Top heroes to romance single heroine?

We are all aware that Nagarjuna and Karthi are teaming for an upcoming multi-starrer film. The latest buzz is that this film will have only one heroine and currently the unit is busy in search of a suitable lady for this film.

Vamsi Paidipally, who previously directed Munna, Brundavanam and Yevadu is set to helm this project which is currently in its pre-production stage. Renowned production house, PVP will be producing this multi-statter in both Telugu and Tamil simultaneously.

NTR replaced by Top Tamil Hero

Well, this sounds like a pure shock as the exit of Young Tiger led to a sensational combination to be weaved for Telugu cinema screen. From a long time, director Vamsi Paidipally is trying to make ends meet such that a never seen before combination like NTR and Nagarjuna will be joining hands for a flick. In no angle, that materialized.

As Nagarjuna suggested heavy changes in the script, Jr NTR has finally walked out of it hinting that such a story will dent his image a lot. A visibly shocked Vamsi Paidipally has no options left other than changing the script for NTR or replacing NTR with someone else. Sources revealed that young Tamil hero Karthi who is trying to debut in a straight Telugu movie from a long time has given nod for the project. Given that Karthi has a different kind of craze compared to NTR in Tollywood, even Nag doesn't mind some changes in his character. That's a stunning news for today, let us see how far it holds good. 

Big doubt on Nag and NTR?

Once again, reports have surfaced that all fingers in film nagar are pointing towards a possible combo of – Nagarjuna and NTR – to hit on the floor very soon. New age Nandamuri-Akkineni multi starrer movies never happened often, but this will be big break to both these families.

Earlier director Vamsi Paidipally condemned reports of making a multi-starrer movie with Jr NTR in the lead, and King Nagarjuna in a stunning other-hero role. This is because, both the stars are on not convinced with the script narrated by the 'Yevadu' director. However, a spark has hit Vamsi's mind when it comes to this story, and he made some terrific changes to the script to send it for approval again. What is shocking is that, both NTR and Nag liked the new-story immensely. And the first one to allot dates for this movie is Jr NTR, who gave a commitment that from July he is available. Nagarjuna is anyway free post release of Manam and that makes all clouds cleared for this new multi starrer by Vamsi. Here comes the big doubt too.

Jr NTR has earlier promised Sukumar and Puri Jagan to come up with interesting full version script after getting impressed by one-line story they narrated. At the same time, Nagarjuna gave green signal to Swamy Ra Ra fame Sudhir Varma for a new project. Will these two heroes put their present likings on backburner to shoot for Vamsi's project? This is something we should clarity about. 

Vamsi can you handle both projects of Pawan and Mahesh, Who will grab Nadiya's daughter, Madhumati producers cleared clouds of rumors

Vamsi can you handle both projects of Pawan and Mahesh

Power Star Pawan Kalyan, Prince Mahesh Babu are the top 2 heroes in Tollywood film industry. Both these star actors are choosing top level directors to get more closer to No.1 position. Trivikram is helping Pawan in this aspect while Mahesh is depending on Srinu Vaitla for this aspect.

Now, both Pawan and Mahesh are moving towards one film maker. As per the reports of the sources, Vamsi Paidipally approached Pawan with a script. It seems that Pawan liked the tag line and he asked Vamsi to move ahead with the story. On the other hand, Vamsi approached Mahesh too with a story and he too is stated to be happy with the plot.

If this turns true, Pawan and Mahesh will come under one director with two different flicks in near future. This is stated to be the best time to calculate the stamina of Pawan and Mahesh at the box office. Fans are eagerly waiting for this moment.

Who will grab Nadiya's daughter

South Indian beauty Nadiya who was one of the most gorgeous actress in Indian film industry ruled the roost few years back as heroine. At that time, she left the industry due to few personal aspects. She didn’t enjoy the peaks at that time but now, she is on fire.

She is bagging heavy projects one after the other and is completing them successfully. She became quite popular in Tollywood as a mother and a mother-in-law. Her daughters in the flicks were getting good craze among audience. Recently, analysts did a basic research to know who suits the best as the daughter of Nadiya.

Their research revealed that the actress Veedika has few feature of Nadiya. These 2 actresses look almost alike at the eyes area. Analysts felt that Veedika will be the perfect daughter of Nadiya. Till now, film makers didn’t identify this combination and the one who will rope this combination may get good appreciation from audience.

Madhumati producers cleared clouds of rumors

Putting an end to the rumors that was spread like a wild fire in the media about the alleged rift between Udaya Bhanu and the producers of the film ‘Madhumati’, the producers gave a categorical statement saying that the actress could not attend the event as she was away to abroad and hence could not make it and all is well between them.  They added that the trailers and audio are getting fabulous response from all over, which has increased their confidence that the film will be one of the best in the year.

Udaya Bhanu, Deeksha, Siva Kumar, Gautham, Sita, Shakuntala, Prabhas Srinu, Venu, Bus stop Koteshwara Rao, Naga Bhairava etc are the principal cast in the film.

Vamsi to direct Pawan Kalyan, Check twice before producing flims

Vamsi to deirect Pawan Kalyan

After making a super hit film Racha with Ram Charan, director Sampath Nandi got a call from Pawan Kalyan. Although Pawan asked to prepare nice script for him, Sampath failed to do so. Therefore Pawan himself gave the story idea and asked Sampath Nandi to develop it. That is Gabbar Singh 2, which is all set to go to sets in December.

Now another director is going to direct Pawan Kalyan after directing Ram Charan. If the buzz is to be believed Yevadu director Vamsi Paidipally recently met Pawan Kalyan and narrated a storyline. Pawan liked it and asked him to develop it. Vamsi Paidipally also has a proposal to direct Mahesh Babu.

We have to wait and see if Vamsi will ready Pawan's script or Mahesh's first. Pawan Kalyan's next film will be made on PVP Cinema banner. Director is yet to be finalized for that film and if Vamsi Paidipally gets his story ready in time, then he will be the director of that film. Pawan, PVP movie will only go to sets after general elections.







Check twice before producing flims


Industrialists venturing into Film production has been there for a while. But not many tasted success in films. Giants like Sony Pictures, Reliance Entertainment and many others have been struggling to strike a chord.  And the latest to join this bandwagon is South-based company PVP Cinemas.

PVP Ventures, whose core business is urban infrastructure and power generation, forayed into film financing and subsequently into film production under the name of PVP Cinemas. It has financed about 50 films including Kamal Haasan's much talked-about Vishwaroopam and produced a handful of big-budget films. Most of the films it associated with ran into either troubles (Vishwaroopam,) or turned out to be flops (Vikram-starrer Veedinthe in which PVP pumped in whopping Rs 40 crore) although there are few exceptions like Eega, Avunu and Balupu. 

The latest film Varna, starring Anushka Shetty in the lead role, is being panned by critics and turned out as damp squib. PVP Cinemas is claiming that the film costed them a bomb of  Rs 55 crore, if it's true, the production house is set to lose a whopping amount considering that the movie opened to poor reviews and expected to under-perform at ticket windows.

It's clearly visible that hasty decisions have deeply affected the leading production house and hence, resulted the downfall of PVP Cinemas. Word doing rounds on the streets is that PVP would face the similar fate of RR Movie Makers. Yet it's not too late. All Mr Prasad V. Potluri has to do is to realize and should make right moves from now in order to bring back the firm with a bang.