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Heavy trolls on Vijay Deverakonda

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Vijay Deverakonda played a cameo role in recently released, Kalki 2898 AD. His character was the role of Arjuna from Hindu epic, Mahabharatha as the film is a modern adaptation of Mahabharatha. His character and cameo were confirmed just before the release of the film. Malayalam Actor, Dulquer Salmaan too played a cameo role in the film where his official poster was also released. But Vijay Deverakonda’s cameo was put under suspense which was revealed only in the film. Now, there are heavy trolls on Vijay Deverakonda’s portrayal and look on social media platforms.

Vijay Deverakonda has a close relation with the director of the film, Nag Ashwin. He earlier too played a meaty role in the director’s previous blockbuster, Mahanati and Yevade Subrahmanyam. Now he managed to grab a cameo in this prestigious film. But it ended up receiving the flak from audiences. They are not happy with how his look was presented and the way his dialogue delivery had come out.

The audience are not ready to see him especially in such mythological roles. The Actor was never known for such acts as he always goes overboard while taking both onscreen and off screen. It needs to be seen how he responds to this criticism. On the other hand, Kalki 2898 AD is rocking the box office with a unanimous positive response.

Kalki 2898 AD shows Prabhas is the biggest Indian Star

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Kalki 2898 AD starring Prabhas has released today to big buzz and expectations. The film has also secured a unanimous positive reponse from all sections of people. Kalki 2898 AD also stands as a show of Prabhas retaining his position as the biggest Indian Star. Prabhas has been riding high since Baahubali posting solid numbers at the box office. Apart from Radhe Shyam, all his opened with 100 crore+ gross also making them one of the biggest openings in Indian cinema.

Kalki 2898 AD proves again that he is the biggest Indian Star who can pull the audiences to the theatres from all the languages with his pure brand image. The film is putting montrous openings not only in Telugu but also from other languages as well. In Hindi, many stars like Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgan and few others struggled to put respectable numbers but Kalki 2898 AD opened to big numbers in Hindi lanugage as well.

This literally shows Prabhas’ strength in Hindi market as well. He continued this with Saaho after Baahubali which grossed more than 100 crores from Hindi version itself worldwide. Kalki 2898 AD opened to good reviews in Tamil and Malayalam languages as well. The trade is expecting the film to gross around 190 crores worldwide on the opening day which is stunning.

Official: Kalki 2898 AD breaks RRR

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Kalki 2898 AD, much awaited film of Tollywood released today amid great fanfare. The expectations have hit sky high before the release itself. The advance bookings for various territories indicated this. Now, Kalki 2898 AD has broken RRR’s record in North American region. The film has grossed a staggering $3.5 Million from Premieres itself which is an all-time record.

Kalki 2898 AD now stands above RRR directed by Rajamouli which grossed nearly $3.4 Million with its premieres. Kalki 2898 AD is also believed to be reporting even more. The final premiere gross is expected to be in the range of $4 Million which is truly a sensational achievement without a Rajamouli factor. RRR also had the advantage of a multi-starrer in the form of NTR and Ram Charan.

Kalki 2898 AD on the other hand also gathered a unanimous positive response as well. The film is very well expected to touch the 200 mark gross worldwide. This will also be a record as only Rajamouli’s films, Baahubali and RRR made this possible. The film also has chances of grossing the 1000 crore mark worldwide. Directed by Nag Ashwin Kalki 2898 AD stars Prabhas in the lead role and Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Kamal Haasan playing pivotal roles.

Kalki 2898 AD movie review: Grandeur redefined

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Movie: Kalki 2898 AD
Rating: 3.25/5
Cast: Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan, Saswata Chaterjee, Shobana
Director:  Nag Ashwin
Produced By:  Ashwini Dutt
Release Date: June 27th, 2024

Finally, after years of wait, Nag Ashwin’s magnum opus Kalki 2898 AD is in front of the audience. Termed the most ambitious Indian project since the Baahubali franchise, Kalki 2898 AD has everything on paper from a superb starcast, grand scale, and visionary team to make it a blockbuster. But, does this on-paper potential get translated into real-time success? Let’s find out.

Story:

The story is set in the fictional world of Kashi (the last city of the world), Shambala, and Complex. Deepika Padukone (Sumathi) lives in the complex with other fertile women who are forced to be pregnant by Supreme Yashkin(Kamal). Sumathi escapes the complex and crosses paths with Ashwattama (Amitabh Bachchan). Meanwhile, Prabhas as Bhairava plays a bounty hunter and is tasked to bring back Sumathi. Sumathi makes her way to Shambala where it is believed that Kalki would be born. How Bhairava faces Ashwattama and whether he is successful in bringing back Sumathi forms the plot.

Performances:

It has been quite some time since the audience witnessed an effortless Prabhas just sailing smoothly on the screens. He just breezes through his character of Bhairava and as always is great in the action scenes. Amitabh Bachchan as Ashwathama is one of the most important parts of the movie and does complete justice to the character. Apart from the Prabhas-Amitabh duo, others including Kamal Haasan, Deepika, Shobana, Saswata Chaterjee, Rajendra Prasad, and Disha Patni all have done a fine job with nothing much to take home.

Positives:

  • ⁠Visuals
  • World building
  • Mahabharata episodes
  • Strong characterizations

Negatives:

  • Slow narration
  • Weak screenplay
  • Forced comedy

Verdict:

All the cameos though not impactful are fun to watch. The visuals are mind blowing on the screen. The last 20 minutes and Mahabharata episodes are goosebumps worthy. On the flip side, and emotional quotient is low and the pace is slow with many unwanted episodes in both halves. Overall worth watching on a big screen for a grand visual experience!

Baby John release date announced

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Varun Dhawan’s upcoming film, Baby John directed by Kalees is the remake of Tamil Blockbsuter, Theri. The film also stars Keerthy Suresh making her Bollywood Debut in the lead role alongside Wamiqa Gabbi. Atlee who directed Theri acts as writer and one of the producers of the film. The film was initially announced for 31st May as release but it got postponed. Now, Baby John’s new release date has been announced.

Baby John will be releasing on December 25th this year coinciding with the Christmas festival. This was officially confirmed by Atlee through his X/Twitter Account with a poster. The Poster shows Varun Dhawan bracing himself for a fight with the goons. Atlee even tweeted that the Christmas this year would get even merrier. The glimpse of Baby John was already released this year where Varun Dhawan was seen killing people. This glimpse even crossed 10 Million Views on YouTube.

Baby John stands as a crucial film for Varun Dhawan who is in need of a big blockbuster. His last outing, Bhediya co-starring Kriti Sanon did average at the box office grossing 90 crores worldwide. The Actor would aim even more with Baby John now. South sensation, Thaman is also composing the music for the film. He would also act as the solo composer for the film.

Nagarjuna finally meets the mistreated fan

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Celebrities meet excited fans and greet them sometimes when they take part in shoot at locations. Sometimes fans try to approach them and end up getting mistreated by the bodyguards. Same scenario happened for a guy who wanted to meet Tollywood Actor, Nagarjuna. The fan was pushed away by people around Nagarjuna and the actor later apologized as well. Now, Nagarjuna has finally met the mistreated fan and greeted him politely.

Nagajuna was on his way to some location at Mumbai Airport. He alongwith Tamil Actor, Dhanush were taking part of the shoot for the Kubera, directed by Sekhar Kammula. Nagarjuna plays a pivotal role in the film with Dhanush playing the lead role. At the Airport, this fan tried to approach Nagarjuna and had the treatment. Both Nagarjuna and Dhanush didn’t bother about it and went away from the scene.

It became a controversy afterwards by many raising concerns about the mistreatment meted out at the guy. Now, Nagarjuna has finally ended the issue by meeting the fan and he even hugged him. The fan became very happy after meeting the Actor. Netizens came in applause of Nagarjuna after this incident saying that the Actor had realised his mistake.

Allu Sirish was like Tom Cruise: Ajmal

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Tollywood Actor, Allu Sirish is making a comeback with Buddy, remake of Tamil film, Teddy starring Arya. His last outing was Urvasivo Rakshasivo which released two years ago. Rangam fame, Ajmal Ameer is also playing the antagonist role in the film. The team organised a press meet and he said that Allu Sirish was like a Tom Cruise in the film.

Ajmal said that Allu Sirish appeared like Tom Cruise during the action episodes in the film. He also said he admired how Allu Sirish tranformed himself for the character. Allu Sirish said that the hero of the film was the teddy but not him. He also said he did this film to highlight that character but not his. The actor also thanked the producer for investing big amount for this film. He also teased fans who gathered by saying that he wouldn’t talk about Pushpa 2: The Rule.

Buddy will be releasing on July 26th. Allu Sirish is aiming to bounce back with this film as he last hit film was Okka Kshanam, released in 2017. Gayatri Bharadwaj and Prisha Singh appear as leading ladies in Buddy. The film is produced by K.E. Gnanavel Raja who was also the producer of Teddy.

15 cr Vizag set for Varun Tej’s Matka

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Varun Tej, the mega family hero is currently working on his film, Matka. The film stars him alongside Meenakshi Chaudhary in the lead roles and directed by Palasa fame, Karuna Kumar. A massive has been erected of amount 15 crores for the film. It brings the back old look of Vizag as the film is set around the city during the yesteryear period.

The vintage locations of Vizag are brought back and the team is spending big for these sets. Most of the film’s shoot will take place in these sets. Matka is a very crucial film for Varun Tej who is in bad need of a hit film. His recent outing, Operation Valentine crashed badly at the box office. The film achieved negative review and ended up as a big disaster.

His previous film, Gandeevadhari Arjuna too failed at the box office. The film was directed by Praveen Sattaru. His last relief was F3 directed by Anil Ravipudi which was a multi-starrer with Venkatesh. So, Varun Tej’s solo hit happens to be Gaddalakonda Ganesh which released in 2019. Now, all eyes are on Matka which should deliver for Varun Tej. There is also news of him joining his hands with Sekhar Kammula after their blockbuster, Fidaa.

All-round attack and demand for life sentence for Darshan

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Kannada Actor, Darshan Thoogudeepa recently embroiled himself in a big controversy. The Actor belonging to the top league became a part of a murder attempt on a person allegedly. He was arrested and put under police control as well along with another actress Pavitra Gowda. The police allege Pavitra Gowda as the main culprit behind the murder plan as well. Now, there has been an all-round attack and a demand from public for life sentence punishment for Darshan.

Many people started criticising Darshan for inciting attack and harm to the victim. They even feel Darshan behaved like a terrorist while killing the victim. Many Telugu and Tamil netizens have been posting Darshan’s pics and coming down heavily against him for his acts. They are also demanding a life sentence as a punishment for Darshan.

Darshan fans have come in support of the actor and are criticising others for arriving at conclusions before the judgement. On the other hand, many celebrities from Kannada Film Industry have been voicing out for justice for the deceased person. Upendra and Sudeep too spoke about the issue and wanted the justice to be done properly. Well, we have to wait and see how this case unfolds and leads to the judgement.

Shankar & Kamal Haasan clarify about Age issue in Indian 2

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Indian 2 starring Kamal Haasan and directed by Shankar is all set for release this July 12th. The film’s trailer was released yesterday and evoked a mixed response from all sections. Kamal Haasan plays the role of 106 year old old man in this film since the film being a sequel to Indian. So, there were many questions regarding the age issue portrayal in the film. Shankar and Kamal Haasan have clarified about this age issue in Indian 2 at a press meet yesterday.

The old man character of Kamal Haasan was seen doing action stunts in the trailer which gave rise to these doubts. The same was even asked by the reporters to both Shankar and Kamal Haasan. Kamal Haasan then replied saying he would like to play a 140 year old as well if decided by Shankar. He also said he would also want to act till the age of 120 years if he was still alive.

Director of the film, Shankar said that he took inspiration from a real life Martial artist from China. He compared Senapathy’s character (played by Kamal Haasan in the film) to Lu Jijian, who performed action stunts even when he was 120 years old. The director also felt the character of Senapathy resembles the same kind of a martial art, Marma Kala.