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Ambani acquires Disney: Hot Star and Star Sports to Reliance Jio

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Reliance Industries Ltd, owned by Mukesh Ambani, is set to finalize a multi billion dollar deal with Walt Disney Co. to acquire its Indian operations, according to Bloomberg, which cited sources. Hot Star and Star Sports will move to Reliance Jio as per this deal.

The deal will result in RIL holding a controlling stake in the Disney Star business, which has an estimated valuation of $10 billion. The company will end up with a minority stake owned by the US entertainment giant. According to those familiar with the situation, Reliance estimates the assets to be between $7 billion and $8 billion.

Next month, the companies are expected to declare this considerable acquisition. According to sources, the deal may lead to a merger between some of Reliance’s media units and Disney Star, and Hot Star and Star Sports will move to Reliance Jio as per this deal.

Until this point, there has been no agreement on the deal or the valuation of the stake transfer. Disney is expected to hold onto a minority stake in the Indian company after the cash and stock swap transaction is completed, according to the proposal. As per the news report, Disney can keep assets longer.

Disney’s representative in India did not respond to a request for comment, and Reliance’s spokesperson declined to comment.

Ambani secured the agreement to stream the Indian Premier League for $2.7 billion in 2022 earlier. The acquisition of stakes in Disney India reveals Ambani’s growing influence in India’s entertainment industry. After securing the IPL deal, Reliance’s Jio Cinema platform decided to broadcast the highly popular domestic cricket tournament without cost this year.

Leo reaches 400Cr collection in 5 days

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Leo reaches 400Cr collection in 5 days. Despite receiving mixed talk on day 1, this action thriller, made in the combination of Thalapathy Vijay and Lokesh Kanagaraj, successfully generates superb revenue. The film has entered the list of Top 5 movies of Kollywood and added another record to its tally. Leo reaches 400Cr collection in 5 days. 

Leo maintains super strong collections today as the festival began, and the film now joins the 400Cr club at the box office. This is the 5th Kollywood film to join this club after 2 Point O, Vikram, Ponniyin Selvan Part 1, and Jailer. The film will comfortably join the 500Cr club this week, and then it will chase Rajinikanth’s Jailer records. Thalapathy Vijay’s fans love the film’s excellent performance in theaters, and as Leo reaches 400Cr collection in 5 days, their happiness doubled.

Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the film has an impressive cast consisting of Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Sarja, Priya Anand, Mansoor Ali Khan, Gautam Vasudev Menon, Mysskin, and others in pivotal roles. The talented Anirudh Ravichander is the music composer for this big project, which Seven Screen Studio produced.

Bigg Boss Telugu 7 Day 51: Shivaji VS Shobha Shetty in nominations

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In the 51St Episode of Bigg Boss Telugu 7, the argument between Shivaji and Shobha Shetty, and Priyanka Jain during the nominations. Shivaji took the side of Bhole in the last week’s issue with Shobha and Priyanka and stated that they both should have forgiven Bhole after he apologized for his behavior.

Before that, the episode started with the housemates waking up with Ranarangam Song of NTR’s Ramayya Vastavayya. After that, captain Arjun was instructed to select his deputies and take care of the bed and other allocations of the housemates.

Arjun selected Gautam and Teja as his deputies, and he gave both of them a few jobs. Bhole tried to instigate Prashanth against Rathika. Then the most important segment of the day, the nomination process.

The nominations were instructed to be done by burning the contestants’ photos in the fire. Each contestant has to burn photos of two of the contestants and reasons need to be given accordingly. Rathika Rose was exempted from the nominations as she newly entered the house.

Shivaji was the one to start the process, and he nominated Shobha and Priyanka and there was a big argument between them. Ashwini nominated Priyanka, and Shobha. Gautam nominated Prashanth and Bhole. Priyanka nominated Bhole and Ashwini.

Sandeep nominated Ashwini and Bhole while Shobha nominated and Yawar. Bhole nominated Shobha and Gautam. The test of the nominations in Bigg Boss Telugu 7 will be aired tomorrow.

As per the live footage, in the 51St Episode of Bigg Boss Telugu 7, seven contestants have been nominated this week. The list includes Shivaji, Priyanka Jain, Amardeep Chaudhary, Pallavi Prashanth, Prince Yawar, Gautam Krishna and Bhole Shavali.

Guntur Kaaram poster stands out as the best in Dasara special posters

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The Guntur Kaaram poster is the best of Dasara’s unique posters released today. On the occasion of Ayudha Pooja, individual posters from Pawan Kalyan’s OG and Ustaad Bhagat Singh, NTR’s Devara, Prabhas’s Salaar, and Kalyan Ram’s Devil were unveiled. Out of all the posters, Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram poster stands out, and it is getting a massive response from the fans and audiences. Mahesh looks dashing in the poster.

Mahesh Babu and Trivikram Srinivas, after 13 years, have teamed up again for their new film, Guntur Kaaram. The movie is currently under production, and the makers have given a thrilling update on the occasion of the Dussehra festival.

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A powerful poster has been released by the producers that features Mahesh Babu looking stylish and confident. Furthermore, they have indicated that the announcement for the first single from the film will be made shortly.

Meenakshi Chaudhary and Sree Leela are the leading ladies in this film, while Jagapathi Babu, Ramya Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Jayaram and others are part of the film’s ensemble cast. Haarika & Hassine Creations is the production company behind the project, and Thaman is the music director.

Sharwanand movie facing over-budget issues

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Sharwanand movie, sharwa35 is facing over-budget issues. Sharwa is working with Director Sriram Aditya. People Media Factory is backing this project while. Krithi Shetty is the female lead. According to the reports, Sharwanand’s upcoming film is facing over-budget issues.

Reportedly, more than 70% of the shoot is completed, and the rest of the part is expected to be completed by this year itself. The buzz is that the budget of the film has already crossed boundaries, and the amount is expected to close near 50Cr at the time of completion of shooting.

50Cr amount is hazardous for Sharwanand movie as the film needs a massive talk to recover this budget through theatrical and non-theatrical rights. This is the problem with People Media Factory, from the beginning of their career, they could not put things in control and went on doing multiple films at a time while offering record remunerations for artists and crew. That is why even Sharwanand’s upcoming film is facing over-budget issues.

The over-budget issues are not new for Sharwanand movies as recently for a few films happened same. It is not Sharwanand’s mistake entire blame goes to the producer and director.

As Krithi Shetty celebrated her birthday recently, the film’s producers unveiled her character’s first look in the movie. She reportedly plays an author-backed role, and her character is Subhadra in the film. Krithi’s role is also crucial to the entire story, and it will not be limited to the Hero’s love interest.

The title of the movie will be announced soon at a grand event. The untitled film, which TG Vishwa Prasad is producing, features Hesham Abdul Wahab’s music.

Kalyan Ram’s silence on Bhagavanth Kesari is shocking

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Kalyan Ram’s silence on Bhagavanth Kesari is shocking. The fans and close followers of the Nandamuri family do not understand this. It is widely known that Hero NTR has maintained distance from Balakrishna for a long time. This is why no one had wondered when he had not wished anything on Veera Simha Reddy and when he did not wish Balayya on his birthdays in recent years.

But Kalyan Ram always wishes and congratulates Balakrishna’s films, especially successful films. He congratulated Akhanda and Veera Simha Reddy films, but no one knows why he maintained silence for Bhagavanth Kesari. Kalyan Ram’s silence on Bhagavanth Kesari is shocking.

Meanwhile, Balakrishna’s Bhagavanth Kesari had opened to good response and is doing well at the box office. During its first weekend, the film collected a share of 37 Crs globally. The Movie has only recovered 53% of its theatrical revenue and needs a strong run ahead to achieve its breakeven point. The team is conducting a success meeting today.

Sahu Garapati and Harish Peddi, under Shine Screens, produced the film. Sree Leela played a major role in the movie, while Arjun Rampal, the National Award winner, made his Tollywood debut with Bhagavath Kesari. Kajal Aggarwal is the female lead.

Anil Ravipudi’s Formula works again commercially

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Anil Ravipudi’s formula for making films is very simple. entertain the audience and make money for the buyers. He knows his strengths and weaknesses, and the audience’s taste. He is very clear in what he is targeting with the film and audience expectations from the combination.

Anil understands the market dynamics of his every film and he plans the budget under that. He shows the lead hero in the best possible way. In a career spanning seven movies as a director, has an excellent success rate with 6 of these films becoming very big hits. All his films have succeeded in entertaining the audience.

Some people troll him or call his films cringe or some other things. But the reality is that for films to succeed, they mainly need two things. One is business and the second is collections. Anil Ravipudi’s formula in making the films has been extremely successful in both aspects. With his every film, he has delivered the career’s biggest hit for all his heroes.

Yes, F3 is commercially not a blockbuster but the numbers are very good. The theatrical rights were sold at massive prices due to the blockbuster success of F2. Despite that, F3 posted excellent numbers and collected close to 60Cr share worldwide which is a big deal. Apart from this, all his films like Pataas, Supreme, Raja The Great, F2, and Sarileru Neekevvaru have been huge hits and blockbusters.

And now, Balakrishna’s Bhagavath Kesari is also running with very strong numbers. The film is expected to have a good run and will end up a clean hit. The evening and night shows are working big as the families have connected well to the movie.

Anil Ravipudi’s formula again proves correct as his hold over family audiences along with his great understanding of mass pulse have indeed made him one of the most bankable commercial directors in Tollywood.

Director’s inexperience turns Tiger Nageswara Rao into a complete mess

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The director’s inexperience turns Tiger Nageswara Rao into a complete mess. Yes, the inexperience of the director and team put the movie in a whole lot. Because the megaphone yielder and the unit of TNR failed to lock a perfect runtime with correct editing before release, even when many insiders suggested cutting down the length, both the producer and director did not listen as they were confident the film would work with 3 hrs runtime.

 At the last minute, they edited 10 minutes and released it in Telugu states for a 172-minute runtime. However, the film faced backlash as the audience felt the movie was dragged, and after that, the team trimmed 25 minutes and released a cut with 157 minutes from yesterday.

However, the issue is that the team should have edited the film correctly as the audiences were not able to understand while seeing the movie and found incompleteness. The film’s emotion was not appropriately felt, like in one of the crucial scenes when the villain kills students brutally. That scene got half-trimmed, and the same happened for some crucial scenes. The Director’s inexperience turns Tiger Nageswara Rao into a complete mess.

Many audiences and cinephiles felt that the unit should have adequately checked and edited the film correctly before release. If they had done the correct job, the film would have been a much better experience. 

Comscore reported inflated and exaggerated numbers for Leo

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Comscore reported inflated and exaggerated numbers for Leo. Thalapathy Vijay and Lokesh Kanagaraj’s latest action thriller is a blockbuster, but Comscore has inflated and exaggerated its numbers. The Comscore reported the movie has collected 48.5M for the weekend, meaning the film’s weekend collections are more than 400Cr. Vijay fans were thrilled after seeing this report, which numerous box-office trackers shared. But the reality seems to be different.

The numbers reported by Comscore are wildly exaggerated, as the movie collected around 355Cr for the weekend. Around 50Cr is exaggerated by Comscore. Some anti-fans of Vijay and other netizens are trolling Vijay and his fans as Comscore reported inflated and exaggerated numbers for Leo.

Putting this aside, Leo has been a true winner at the box office. Thalapathy Vijay’s fans flocked to theaters over the weekend to see his latest release, Leo, the actor’s highest-grossing film in worldwide collections.

Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the film has an impressive cast consisting of Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Sarja, Priya Anand, Mansoor Ali Khan, Gautam Vasudev Menon, Mysskin, and others in pivotal roles. The talented Anirudh Ravichander is the music composer for this big project, which Seven Screen Studio produced.

Ravi Teja’s Tiger Nageswara Rao 3 Days Worldwide Box-office Collections

Tiger Nageswara Rao opened up with below par wom and the holiday season is helping a bit to run towards the breakeven mark. The film has collected only a share of 11 6Crs and film has to collect a share of 35Crs for breakeven status. Here’s 3 Days Tiger Nageswara Rao Worldwide Box-office Collections.


Ravi Teja’s Tiger Nageswara Rao 3 Days Worldwide Box-office Collections

AREA SHARE GROSS
Nizam₹ 3.7 Cr₹ --
Ceded₹ 1.6 Cr₹ --
Uttarandhra₹ 1 Cr₹ --
Guntur₹ 1.25 Cr₹ --
East Godavari₹ 0.82 Cr₹ --
West Godavari₹ 0.5 Cr₹ --
Krishna₹ 0.62 Cr₹ --
Nellore₹ 0.4 Cr₹ --
AP/TS₹ 9.89 Cr₹ --
ROI (Approx)₹ 0.7 Cr₹ --
Overseas₹ 1.1 Cr₹ --
Worldwide₹ 11.69 Cr₹ --

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Disclaimer: The box office figures are compiled from various sources. The figures can be approximate and TrackTollywood does not make any claims about the authenticity of the data. However they are adequately indicative of the box-office performance of the film(s).