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Bhagavanth Kesari: A major experiment for Balakrishna and Anil Ravipudi

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Bhagavanth Kesari is a major experiment for Balakrishna and Anil Ravipudi. It is widely known that the upcoming action entertainer is the first collaboration of Balayya and Ravipudi. As far as the film’s content is concerned it is said to be made with such a nice mixture that Bhagavanth Kesari turned out to be a major experiment for Balakrishna and Anil Ravipudi. Because the film has been made with a different theme for both the actor and director, according to the inside reports from the industry circles, that is why Bhagavanth Kesari is a major experiment for Balakrishna and Anil Ravipudi.

Balakrishna’s films are known for aggression with extensive mass punch dialogues, mass songs, and dances. But Bhagavanth Kesari is entirely different from Balakrishna as he plays a subtle role, and there are no mass songs in the film. Also, the movie has no political or heavy mass punch dialogues. Balakrishna plays an aged character, and it will be a big emotional journey; the team shot a mass song with a remix of old films’ themes, but as it disturbed the flow, the team has removed this from the film, so the team did not want to deviate from the story which usually does not happen for Balakrishna films. Balakrishna films always have mass songs, even if it is not required.  The same can be said with Anil Ravipudi, as till now, his brand was entertainment. He always writes some separate tracks for entertainment.

But in this film, he did not write any separate comedy tracks for the film; the entertainment also comes from the story, but the central part is said to be emotion and action. Although it has commercial elements, it is a different and experimental film for Balakrishna and Anil Ravipudi. As per reports, Bhagavanth Kesari is a powerful police officer, which will be revealed in the film’s flashback. This flashback sequence is very high on the action, with Balayya being in an out-and-out-aggressive mode for around 15 minutes.

Balakrishna’s characterization is said to be powerful and will have emotional shades as well. Balayya has played the role of a ruthless cop several times in his career, and it needs to be seen what new Anil Ravipudi has packed this time. Overall, Bhagavanth Kesari is a major experiment for Balakrishna and Anil Ravipudi.

Tollywood is not rightfully honoring Allu Arjun, Rajamouli, and National Award winners

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Tollywood is not rightfully honoring Allu Arjun, Rajamouli, and National Award winners. When the Telugu Film Industry saw a flurry of awards at the 69th National Awards with the likes of Pushpa and RRR, everyone thought there would be a big event or a felicitation kind ceremony for Allu Arjun, Rajamaouli, Devi Sri Prasad, Chandrabose, and other National Award winners. However, shockingly, Tollywood is not rightfully honoring Allu Arjun, Rajamouli, and National Award winners.

This year was a memorable year for Tollywood as Tollywood won many national awards, which had not happened before. For the first time, a Tollywood hero, Allu Arjun, got a national award, and Rajamouli’s RRR won many national awards. Few others won the national awards. Everyone expected that the Producer Council would put on a big event to honor the national award winners, but they still have not done so. The announcement of the National Awards happened long ago, and yesterday, the award winners had received the awards, but still, TFI did not rightly honor the winners.

Yesterday, the 69th National Film Awards ceremony occurred at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards… The winners of the National Awards for the year 2021, announced in August, include Allu Arjun (Best Actor), Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon (Best Actress), and the teams of the films RRR, Sardar Udham, Gangubai Kathiawadi, and The Kashmir Files, all of which won more than one award. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect won Best Feature Film. Waheeda Rehman, a legendary actress, was awarded the DadaSaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest honor in the film industry.

Allu Arjun, who received the Best Actor award for Pushpa: The Rise, said on the red carpet that winning for a commercial film was a “double achievement.” Allu Arjun, one of Telugu cinema’s biggest stars, played the titular character in Pushpa: The Rise and will reprise the role in the sequel, Pushpa: The Rule.

National Award-winners Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, R. Madhavan, Karan Johar, and Dharma Productions CEO Apoorva Mehta flew out of Mumbai ahead of the ceremony. Allu Arjun, SS Rajamouli, and MM Keeravaani were spotted at Delhi airport on Monday.

Prabhas will get married within a year – Shyamala Devi

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Prabhas will get married within a year, says Shyamala Devi:

Pan India star Prabhas’ wedding is a hot topic in the Telugu film industry. There has always been some news about Prabhas’ marriage. However, Krishnam Raju’s wife, Shyamala Devi, said Prabhas will get married within a year. This revelation made the Prabhas fans happy.

Prabhas is the most eligible bachelor of Tollywood. Prabhas became a pan-India star with Baahubali and gained fans worldwide. It is said that after that movie, Prabhas has forgotten the topic of marriage by doing a series of films. However, there is always some news about Prabhas’s marriage or the media asking him about his marriage.

However, recently, Prabhas’s uncle and late Krishnam Raju’s wife, Shyamala Devi, has clarified about his marriage. On the occasion of Devi Navratri, Shyamala Devi visited Durgamma at Indrakeeladri in Vijayawada. Later, Shyamala Devi was asked about Prabhas’ marriage by media persons. To which she replied that Prabhas will get married within a year.

“Even though Krishnam Raju Garu is not physically present, it looks like he is with me. He’s driving me forward. Our family is moving forward by remembering his name. Prabhas’ wedding is sure to happen. Prabhas will become the bridegroom by the next Dussehra. But who is the girl? I can’t tell you when the wedding date will be. There will be a good deed soon,” Shyamala Devi said in a piece of good news to the fans of Prabhas.

Shyamala Devi had made similar comments during the film Radhe Shyam. However, Prabhas did not get married. It remains to be seen whether Prabhas will get married before Dussehra next year. On the work front, Prabhas is currently busy with films like Salaar, Kalki AD 2898, and Raja Deluxe/ Brand Ambassador (tentative titles).

Ohmkar disappointed the audience with the Mansion 24 web series

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Director Ohmkar disappointed the audience with the Mansion 24 web series. There were considerable expectations for this latest horror series because of the director’s image and brand with regard to the horror genre. Sadly, the series turned out to be a disappointing outing. The audiences or viewers who were eager to catch up with the latest OTT content to enjoy some thrilling and exciting experience did not like the series, as Ohmkar disappointed the audience with the Mansion 24 web series.

Ohmkar, who as a filmmaker has created his own brand in making horror films with the Raju Gari Gadhi series, switched to the OTT platform and directed Mansion 24, which is made as a web series for Disney Hotstar, the web series started streaming yesterday. As Ohmkar’s name is a brand in horror films, and the series also has a stellar star cast, there have been high expectations in the audience for this web series. However, their expectations did not come true as Ohmkar disappointed the audience with the Mansion 24 web series.

There are 6 episodes in this web series and the audiences are deeply disappointed after watching it as the narration and story are very flat and routine. There are a lot of very unnecessary wastage scenes. There is no need for 6 episodes for that story. The individual stories connecting the main plot Idea failed miserably. Only cinematography and music worked in this series, and Ohmkar disappointed the audience with the Mansion 24 web series.

Apart from Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Satyaraj in main roles, this series has Avika Gor, Tulasi, Rao Ramesh, Bindu Madhavi, Nandu, Vidyu Raman, Rajeev Kanakala, Abhinaya, Amardeep Chowdary, Maanas, and others are among the prominent actors in the series. 

Director Mani Ratnam is planning to complete the shooting of Kamal Haasan’s film within 5 months

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Director Mani Ratnam is planning to complete the shooting of Kamal Haasan’s film within 5 months. It is widely known that the veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam and the legendary actor Kamal Haasan will reunite after a 36-year gap on their next film. The actor-director who formerly worked together on the 1987 released cult classic film Nayakan, announced their upcoming collaboration last year. The project that will mark Kamal Haasan’s 234th outing in the film industry has been tentatively named KH 234. The casting of the Mani Ratnam directorial has reached its final stages, and popular stars Dulquer Salmaan, Trisha Krishnan, and Jayam Ravi might join the star cast. Despite the huge star cast, Director Mani Ratnam plans to complete the shooting of Kamal Haasan’s film within 5 months.

Usually, Mani Ratnam takes a lot of time before going to sets, but after going to sets, he quickly wraps the shooting. Even a big film like Ponniyin Selvan 2 parts completed within 150 working days now Kamal Hassan film is also planning in the same way; the film’s promo will be released on Kamal Hassan’s birthday, and the shoot of the film will start on December with other cast and crew, Kamal Hassan will join the shoot January. The shoot is expected to wrap by April 2024.

The project will mark Jayam Ravi and Dulquer Salmaan’s second collaboration with director Mani Ratnam, after the blockbuster Ponniyin Selvan franchise and OK Kanmani, respectively. KH 234 will also mark both the actors’ first onscreen association with Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Haasan.

The upcoming project, which is expected to be a thriller, will be written and directed by Mani Ratnam himself. AR Rahman, the Oscar Academy Award-winning musician, will compose songs and the original score for KH 234. Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, G Mahendran, and Siva Ananth will jointly produce the movie under the prestigious Raaj Kamal Films International and Madras Talkies. Let’s wait and watch whether Director Mani Ratnam will be successful in his planning to complete the shooting of Kamal Haasan’s film within 5 months.

NTR – Hrithik Roshan’s War2 shoot begins

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The shooting of NTR- Hrithik Roshan starrer War 2 has begun in Spain. At present, both the lead stars are not involved in this shoot and it is a test shoot with body doubles and some body doubles. This schedule will involve some major action sequences before the lead cast joins. As declared earlier, both NTR and Hrithik will join the shoot from December. The film will features some of the grandest action episodes and is touted to be the biggest action movie in Indian cinema history.

There is massive hype for this project as the two of the biggest stars of North and South are coming together in this project. War 2 will be a part of YRF’s Spyverse which already features A-list stars like Shahrukh and Salman Khan. It has become the most anticipated film from the Yash Raj Films’ Spyverse and down south, a large number of audience are really curious about Tarak’s role in this project.

The team is planning to release the film on 24th January 2025. The Republic day weekend is considered as one of the best seasons for Bollywood films. Recently, SRK’s Pathaan was also released on the same weekend and became all-time highest grosser in Hindi movies. Ayan Mukherjee, who earlier directed Ranbir Kapoor starter Brahmastra, will handle this project.

After Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna is now impacted by a dubbed film

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After Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna is now impacted by a dubbed film. It is widely known that Jailer and Bhola Shankar were released on the same weekend and Jailer impacted Bhola Shankar greatly from opening to closing in its box office run. Because of negative word of mouth, Bhola Shankar has been heavily impacted and Jailer collected more than it and even gathered double of Bhola Shankar in most areas in Telugu states. The same is happening for Balakrishna as he is now impacted by a dubbed film.

Now Bhagavanth Kesari’s opening is getting impacted by Leo, The Leo craze is impacting the film a lot. Strong word of mouth is now needed for Bhagavanth Kesari to attract the audience for this film more than Leo. Even in mass stations where Balakrishna is considered super strong, his film is getting affected by Leo. As of now, Bhagavanth Kesari’s openings have been impacted and as per the full run is considered, the impact will depend on WOM for both films 

However, it is noteworthy to observe that both Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna were impacted by dubbed films. Though both the heroes have a large fan following, the audience always prefers quality content rather than the usual mixture of commercial elements.

Starring Balakrishna and Kajal Agarwal in the lead with Sreeleela playing a key role, the movie has been reportedly made on a budget of more than 100 Cr. Overall, Bhagavanth Kesari has done around 125 Cr business including all rights. Theatrical business is valued at around Rs 70Cr including GST.

Court clears legal issues on Ravi Teja’s Tiger Nageswara Rao

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Court clears legal issues on Ravi Teja’s Tiger Nageswara Rao. Earlier the High Court served Notice To Tiger Nageswara Rao Producer. A PIL had been filed in the AP High Court that the film hurt the sentiments of Stuartpuram Villagers/Community.

After that, The High Court also asked CBFC how a teaser was released without Censor and stated that no release would be possible without PIL clearance. This happened a few days back, and there has been tension around this as the release date comes closer.

Now that the producer confirms all the court issues are cleared, the movie will have a smooth release in theatres. Ravi Teja fans were worried about the film’s release but now all ended on a happy note as the Court cleared legal issues on Ravi Teja’s Tiger Nageswara Rao.Tiger Nageswara Rao is based on true rumors and stars Ravi Teja, Anupam Kher, Renu Desai, Jisshu Sengupta, Murali Sharma, and leading ladies Gayatri Bhardwaj and Nupur Sanon. The team was involved in aggressive promotions across India, especially in north India, where they participated more. Because the Court clears legal issues on Ravi Teja’s Tiger Nageswara Rao the makers will be more than happy.

This pan-Indian film starring Ravi Teja, directed by Vamsee and produced by Abhishek Agarwal under the brand of Abhishek Agarwal Arts, is planned to be released in theaters on October 20, 2023, and is a Reliance Entertainment release in North India.

Mehreen Pirzada responds to criticism about adult content in Sultan of Delhi web series

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Mehreen Pirzada responds to criticism about adult content in her latest Web Series Sultan of Delhi, streaming on Disney Plus Hot Star. Mehreen Pirzada, an actress and model who recently appeared in ‘Sultan of Delhi,’ has taken issue with the mainstream media and social media trolls’ description of marital rape as a “sex scene.”

The actress who plays the character of Sanjana in the web series wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) that “there was a scene in Sultan of Delhi that depicted a brutal marital rape. It pains me to see that a serious issue like marital rape has been described by many in the media as a “sex scene.” This trivializes something that is a serious issue that many women the world over are currently dealing with.”

“It disturbs me that a certain section of the media and people on social media have picked up on this; these people should understand that they have sisters and daughters too, and I pray to God they never have to go through such trauma in their own lives, as just the thought of such brutality and violence against women is repugnant,” she said.

She concluded the post by writing that “as an actor, it’s my job to do justice to the role, and the team at Sultan of Delhi, helmed by Milan Luthria Sir, was extremely professional in making sure that we as actors were at no point uncomfortable or exposed during the shooting of some very difficult scenes. I hope as an artist to do my best in every role for my audience, be it Mahalakshmi, Sanjana, or Honey.”

Her post has received widespread praise from social media users, with many expressing support for her views and applauding her performance in the web series. Overall, the response of Mehreen Pirzada’s response to criticism about adult content in Sultan of Delhi web series has been appreciated by one and all.

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Nani officially confirmed the film with Vivek Athreya

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Nani officially confirmed the film with Vivek Athreya. Yes, the Ante Sundaraniki Combo will reunite again. There were many rumors about this combination, but Nani officially confirmed the film with Vivek Athreya. In his Instagram Story, Nani posted a pic with Vivek Athreya and wrote a dialogue from the KGF movie, which almost guaranteed that he would do the film under the direction of Vivek.

Even the film’s production house, DVV Entertainment wished Vivek Athreya on his birthday today which further strengthens the collaboration of the actor and director.

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Nani, fondly called as Natural Star, is not hurried and has been pursuing roles that would improve his acting abilities. Nani is releasing a classy film called ‘Hi Nanna,’ which is scheduled for December first week release after movies like Shyam Singha Roy and Dasara. He will make announcements about his future projects, but none of his films have been officially announced. As said above, Nani also nodded to Vivek Athreya, and DVV Danayya will produce the film.

Nani recently agreed to do a film with Tamil director Cibi Chakravarthi, and Srinivasaa Chitturi will bankroll the movie. Nani intends to film both of these films at the same time. At the right time, the official announcements about these projects will be made.