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Businessman breaks Kushi bookings record and crates all-time record in rereleases

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Businessman breaks Kushi bookings record and crates all-time record in rereleases

The hype for Businessman re-release is at an all-time high and that massive craze for the tickets and fans’ euphoria has created a festive atmosphere all over. Coming to the bookings, Businessman has created all-time advance booking record for a re-release film in Hyderabad with Rs 92L gross.

These figures are just Book My Show numbers. Businessman advance bookings have crossed Kushi’s numbers which registered Rs 90 lakhs for Hyderabad advance bookings. The numbers for the Mahesh Babu starter are expected to go further big as there are still 2 days to go for the release.

The bookings are on fire not just in Telugu states but also in the Rest of India and Overseas. Overall, the ticket sales and craze for all the shows of Businessman 4K re-release is massive and Mahesh is showing his Super Stardom at the box office with the bookings.

Businessman (2012) was written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film has become a massive fan favourite due to Mahesh’s terrific performance and intensity. The massy dialogues, Mahesh’s powerful screen presence, and the swag with which he portrayed the role still remains fresh in people’s minds. Mahesh’s intense characterization and Puri Jagannadh’s dialogues gave massive boost to the fans back in 2012.

Allu Aravind mentions about Chiranjeevi – Jeevitha Rajasekhar issue in Bhola Shankar event

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Allu Aravind mentions about Chiranjeevi – Jeevitha Rajasekhar issue in Bhola Shankar event

“Bhola Shankar”, Megastar Chiranjeevi’s upcoming film, also stars Keerthy Suresh and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles. Directed by Meher Ramesh, the film also stars SushantH Akkineni in an important role. The film is produced under the banner of AK Entertainments. The film is all set to hit the theaters on August 11 during the Independence Day weekend.

On this occasion, a large-scale pre-release event was organized at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad last night. Director Meher Ramesh, Keerthy Suresh, Producer Allu Aravind, young directors like Bobby, Sampath Nandi, Gopichand Malineni, Buchi Babu, Vamshi Paidipally, along with actors Hyper Aadhi and Sreemukhi attended the event. Speaking on the occasion, Allu Aravind revealed interesting news.

Allu Aravind said, “I wish Bhola Shankar success. What success that Chiru has not seen? What is the need to say all the best to him with this film? If you all grew up watching his movies, I grew up doing films with him. But I am going to tell you about my love for Chiru on this stage. I got to know that some people have spoken ill of Chiranjeevi garu’s services. I fought for 12 years and did not let them free until they were sent to jail” he said. Though Allu Aravind did not mention any names, everyone understood that he talked about actor Rajasekhar and his wife Jeevitha.

In the past, Jeevitha Rajasekhar couple claimed that the Chiranjeevi blood bank was using the blood donated by commoners for its own purposes. Allu Aravind filed a defamation case against them for the same reason in the past. Ater more than a decade, the seventeenth Metropolitan Magistrates have sentenced Jeevitha and Rajasekhar to one year in jail. This is the incident that Allu Aravind has mentioned in Bhola Shankar’s pre-release event.

Meanwhile, megastar finally received a blockbuster hit with Waltair Veerayya. Now he is looking to continue the success streak with his next film is ‘Bhola Shankar’. A grand pre-release event was held last night and it created a massive hype on the film. The film is produced under the banner of AK Entertainments. Mahati Swara Sagar has composed the music.

Pre-release events are turning to be hero promotions events

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Pre-release events are turning to be hero promotions events

Pre-release events are an excellent opportunity for a movie’s cast and crew to promote their film on a grand scale right before its release. It provides a great platform for trailer releases, song releases, or showcasing some interesting promotional content that might hook the viewers by creating interest among them.

The whole concept of the pre-release event or any promotional event is to promote the film through engaging conversations with the cast and crew. But nowadays, these events are turning out to be exclusively for praising heroes endlessly and giving unnecessary elevations to them without a break. In fact, every cast and crew member who gets an opportunity to talk ends up speaking very little about the film.

The majority of times, people end up taking 90% of the time endlessly praising the hero and giving very little emphasis to the film. This may be liked by fans but for the general audience, it ends up being an extremely tedious task to watch the events. In fact, even some fans have started questioning these ‘speeches’ on social media which have all noise and little substance.

Vijay Sethupathi approached for a Chief Minister’s biopic

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Vijay Sethupathi approached for a Chief Minister’s biopic

Actor Vijay Sethupathi, who is called as Makkal Selvan fondly by his fans, is all set to appear in a biopic of Karnataka’s chief minister Siddaramaiah. Vijay Sethupathi had recently given his voice-over in Siva Karthikeyan’s Maaveeran. Now, this news of him acting in this biopic will certainly raise the anticipation around the film.

A biopic about Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been in the works for the last seven months. The latest news is that ‘Leader Ramaiah’, with the tagline ‘A King Raised by the People’, will be released in two parts. It has been reported that the film will focus on the life of the 24th Chief Minister of Karnataka. Directed by Sathya Ratnam, it will come out in two parts. The makers are currently in the final stages of preparation and have plans to start shooting in August.

As said above, Vijay Sethupathi is expected to play Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in his biopic, according to reports. However, an official announcement was still awaited on the same.

It is said that the film’s producers reached out to him recently and received a positive response. The production house is also willing to make adjustments to their schedule based on the actor’s availability. Vijay Sethupathi is expected to play the role of Siddaramaiah, beginning his journey as a lawyer. He is expected to appear in the biopic before the climax parts for an approximately 20 to 30 minutes.

The makers are searching for a young actor to portray Siddaramaiah during his younger years, in the first part, which traces Siddaramaiah’s childhood and adulthood. The film will also feature two heroines, and the actors involved will be announced shortly, according to the reports.

Shashank Seshagiri has been chosen to score the music for ‘Leader Ramaiah’. He is in the process of composing three to four songs for the initial portion of the film. The vocals of singer Haricharan have already been recorded for one song.

Fans in dilemma on Mahesh Babu’s Birthday Guntur Kaaram update

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Fans in dilemma on Mahesh Babu’s Birthday Guntur Kaaram update

Mahesh Babu fans are eagerly waiting for the birthday of their favorite hero, which is on August 9th. They are busy with the arrangements for Mahesh’s Businessman re-release but they are also in a dilemma as his upcoming film, Guntur Kaaram’s update, will be released or not. Because there is just a 3 day gap for Mahesh Babu’s birthday, but still, they did not get any update from the film’s team.

There is no clarity from the Guntur Kaaram’s team on what promotional content will be released on Mahesh babu’s Birthday. It was said that Trivikram had okayed a song, but the final decision should come from Mahesh Babu and he is yet to take a decision on the same.

It is being reported that the film’s team had readied a poster, but the question is, will the fans be satisfied with just a poster? The inside reports also strongly suggesting that Mahesh Babu is not keen to release any glimpse on his birthday.

Because the film’s first teaser/glimpse was already released on Superstar Krishna Garu’s Birth Anniversary and the release date of Guntur Kaaram is so far, Mahesh does not want to release another teaser on his Birthday. So, as of now, there is also no chance to release the 1st single of the film because, as per the reports, still the decision on the first single has been not taken by Mahesh Babu.

Moreover, the dilemma on the music director of the film getting changed is still there, as the unit of Guntur Kaaram did not make any official announcement in this regard. It is said that the discussions are still happening. So, as of now, the team is in plans to release only a poster on Mahesh Babu’s birthday.

Directed by Trivikram Srinivas, Guntur Kaaram marks the third collaboration between him and Superstar Mahesh Babu after Athadu and Khaleja. The project is being produced under the Haarika and Hassine Creations banner and is slated to be released on January 13th.

Pooja’s ouster from the movie has now opened the door for Meenakshi Choudhury. Sreeleela, who will be sharing the screen with Mahesh for the first time along with Meenakshi.

Barbenhimer: Barbie vs Openhimer Indian Box Office Performance

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Barbenhimer: Barbie vs Openhimer Indian Box Office Performance

The Indian Box Office has witnessed a phenomenal clash between two blockbuster movies, Barbie and Openhimer. This article will delve into the box office collections, audience reactions, and industry implications of this epic battle of barbenheimer at the Indian Box Office.

Overview of Barbie’s Performance at the Indian Box Office

Barbie, has had a decent run at the Indian Box Office. The film collected 41 crores until 5th August (16 Days). Despite facing tough competition from Openhimer, Barbie managed to hold its ground at the box office for a reasonable period.

Overall, Barbie’s performance at the Indian Box Office can be considered modest, but it failed to match the critical acclaim and commercial success of Openhimer.

Openhimer’s Triumph at the Indian Box Office

While Barbie has been a successful movie at the Indian box office, it has been overshadowed by Openhimer’s performance, which has collected double the amount of Barbie’s collections, reaching a staggering 110 crores.

Moreover, Openhimer has managed to connect with Indian audiences on a deep emotional level, which has led to widespread word-of-mouth publicity.

Both the films Barbie and Oppenheimer seem to have been significantly impacted by the release of Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh’s film Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. Both films performed better on Saturday, but it appears that they are nearing the end of their box office runs.

Mega brothers destroying their markets at the box office

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Mega brothers destroying their markets at the box office

Both the Mega Brothers Pawan Kalyan and Chiranjeevi are now going on the same path by signing remakes and destroying their markets at the box office. We know that Pawan Kalyan’s last release, Bro The Avatar was a remake and Chiranjeevi’s upcoming film Bhola Shankar is also a remake. The fans are not at all happy with the choices of their heroes.

With Bro movie’s disastrous result, it is proved Pawan kalyan market had went down because of his own mistake. The family audiences are not coming to the theaters for this kind of movies. Now looks like the same will be happening for Bhola Shankar as well. The advance bookings for the film are very disappointing, and the trade circles are expecting it to register the weakest openings in Chiranjeevi’s career.

if the same trend continues further, definitely the film will collect the lowest openings for Chiranjeevi at the box office, and it is happening after him scoring his career biggest blockbuster Waltair veerayya.

We know that Chiranjeevi’s last film Waltair Veerayya was a massive success at the box office, the film proved that the Megastar’s stardom is still intact, and he can score big numbers with good commercial films. Now, Bhola Shankar needs a unanimous positive talk to bring the audiences to the in theaters. Let’s hope that at least from now on the mega brothers will stop doing remakes.

Srikanth Addala planning a film with Akhil Akkineni

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Srikanth Addala planning a film with Akhil Akkineni

Akhil Akkineni has completed a few years in the Telugu film industry and is still struggling to score a proper hit. No matter how many directors he had worked with, Akhil was unable to give a blockbuster. Whether he was making a mistake in the choice of stories or the directors were unable to make the films properly with him, Akhil did not have a single significant hit film in his career except for Most Eligible Bachelor which was a decent hit.

According to the latest reports, director Srikanth Addala has prepared a good story for Akhil. Presently, He is doing a film titled with Peddha Kapu 1 with new actors and as soon as it is completed, he will start a new movie with Akhil Akkineni. Reportedly, A powerful story is being prepared for Akhil, and it will be made as a mass action film.

Producer Dil Raju, who introduced Srikanth Addala to Tollywood will make this new film. Addala got a good name in the industry with Kotha Bangaru Lokam, SVSC and even Mukunda, which became a failure, was also liked by some section of audiences. However, With Brahmotsavam which starred Superstar Mahesh Babu, he got bad name as a director.

Subsequently, Srikanth Addala took a lot of time and made Naarappa with Venkatesh which was a remake of Dhanush and Vetrimaaran’s Asuran. He handled the remake successfully and his new film Peddha Kapu 1 has created an immense buzz with the posters and promos. Now he is in plans to do a film with Akhil under Dil Raju production.

Hidimbha will stream on OTT from this week

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Hidimbha will stream on OTT from this week

Young hero Ashwin Babu was introduced to the Telugu film industry as the brother of famous anchor Omkar. He started his career as a second hero with the film, Genius, which was directed by Omkar. He came before the audiences with a new film titled Hidimbha was released recently. Now, the latest information is that the film will stream on OTT from this week.

Ashwin Babu’s Hidimba, which was released in theaters on July 20, received a mixed response from the audiences and critics as well. Nandita Swetha is the heroine of the film. Produced by Gangapatnam Sridhar under the banner of Vignesh Karthik Cinemas, Hidimba is directed by Anil Kanneganti. Presented by Anil Sunkara on AK Entertainment banner.

The latest official announcement of Hidimbha OTT release has been made by the Aha Video. Hidimbha will be streaming on August 10 at 7 pm on Aha, which is a 100 percent Telugu OTT platform. “Hidimba’s hunt is about to begin. Get ready for a scary blockbuster,” Aha announced the OTT release date and time of the film.

Hidimbha, which was released in theaters on July 20, will hit OTT in just 20 days. The film deals with the police’s investigation to crack the case of missing women in the city. The film also stars Srinivasa Reddy, Makarand Deshpande, Rajeev Kanakala, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Raghu Kunche, Sahithi Avancha, Sanjay Swaroop and Vidyullekha Raman in key roles. The music is composed by Badisa Vikas.

The movie had received mixed word of mouth from the audiences upon its theatrical release and was unable to do well at the box office. The movie became a big flop, but it was liked by a few sections of the audience as they liked the core concept and the flashback. So, this film might work in its digital release and get some response from the OTT viewers.

Actress Ileana blessed with a baby boy

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Actress Ileana blessed with a baby boy

The well-known Indian actress Ileana D’Cruz announced the happy arrival of her baby boy. On Saturday night, the actress shared the happiness news on her official Instagram account with her fans and followers. Ileana revealed that she and her partner have named their newborn son Koa Phoenix Dolan in a heartwarming post.

Koa, the name for the boy, has been chosen with a well-thought-out meaning, which means ‘warrior’ or ‘valiant’. Ileana’s post included a picture of her son sleeping peacefully on a bed that was worth framing. The image was decorated with the words, “Introducing Koa Phoenix Dolan” Born on August 1, 2023.”

In the comments section, Athiya Shetty, Huma Qureshi, Arjun Kapoor, and Maria Goretti joined in by leaving heart and hug emojis. Sophie Choudry also extended her warm wishes, exclaiming, “Omg congratulations Ileana! So happy for you guys. God bless your lil boy.”

Ileana’s last appearance was in the film, The Big Bull with Abhishek Bachchan. It was directed by Kookie Gulati and produced by Ajay Devgn. She is all set to make her re-entry on the silver screen again in Unfair And Lovely, with Randeep Hooda playing the lead role.

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