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Will KGF and Pushpa makers follow Baahubali the Epic way?

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Will KGF and Pushpa makers follow Baahubali the Epic way?

Baahubali makers created a significant path for big-budget pan-India films and big-span stories. Baahubali was made in two parts, and later, it inspired more such big films, such as the KGF and Pushpa series, which achieved blockbuster success. 

Both KGF and Pushpa films are huge pan-India blockbusters and have worked massively for all language audiences. 

Now, the Baahubali makers created another path in re-releases, as they combined Baahubali 1 and Baahubali 2 into one epic film, which opened with record-breaking numbers ever for a re-release, and KGF and Pushpa will follow the same route. 

Baahubali: The Epic inspires KGF and Pushpa Series

As of now there is no official confirmation from the producers of KGF and Pushpa, but the inside reports suggest they are looking into this strategy and rereleasing their films.

It may not be immediate, but as both films have announced part 3, and before they move on floors, both movies are said to be planning to move with the same method as the Baahubali makers.

Bigg Boss Telugu 9: Week 8 Eliminated Contestant Revealed

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Bigg Boss Telugu 9: Week 8 Eliminated Contestant Revealed

The 9th season of Bigg Boss Telugu is entertaining viewers well, and as it enters the 8th week, the eliminated contestant details are out now. The BB team is making sure that the interest sustains among the viewers.

As said above, Bigg Boss Telugu 9 is working well and it is seeing massive viewership and TRP ratings , and in its 8th week, two contestants have been eliminated in total.

At first, two old contestants, Bharani and Srija, reentered the Bigg Boss house, and Srija was eliminated in 2 days by an audience poll. Once she exited, Bharani settled in as a permanent housemate, and Divya became the fresh captain of the house.

In the 8th week, Thanuja, Kalyan, Rithu, Sanjana, Gaurav, Madhuri, Ramu, and Pavan are nominated for eviction, while Gaurav Gupta, Ramu, and Madhuri are said to be in the danger zone with less votes. 

Finally, the reports suggest that Gaurav Gupta has been eliminated this week from the house.

Till now Shrishti Verma, Maryada Manish, Priya, Haritha Harish, Flora Saini, Ayesha Zeenath , Ramya Moksha, Dammu Srija, and now Gaurav Gupta have been evicted from the house.

Sree Leela’s Choices Backfire – Massive Criticism Online

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Sree Leela’s Choices Backfire – Massive Criticism Online

Sree Leela emerged as a star actress within a short time, and her major assets are her energetic dances and glamour, but she is facing massive criticism from audiences for her poor selection now. 

The problem is Sree Leela is limiting herself to a glamor doll and songs/dances and not choosing characters that offer scope for performance, which is receiving big criticism from audiences.

Sree Leela faces backlash for her script selection

Sreeleela released three films this year: Robinhood, Junior, and the latest film, Mass Jathara. If we observe, in all three films, not even a single scene is present where audiences can look up to the actress’s performance or acting skills. 

Whenever Sree Leela is there in a film, everyone talks only about songs and dances, and the Dhamaka actress is not able to show her acting prowess because of these limited roles. 

Directors are too writing Sree Leela’s characterization just for songs and entertainment, and they add nothing to the story.

Even if we see it from a commercial perspective, the entertainment scenes that involve Sreeleela in her film are also not working. 

Sree Leela should learn from other actresses. For example, Sai Pallavi is likewise known as an energetic dancer, but she did not limit herself to dance numbers and did some great performance oriented roles.

Mass Jathara Review – Routine Story, Weak Execution

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Mass Jathara Review – Routine Story, Weak Execution

Movie Name: Mass Jathara
Rating: 2.25/5
Cast: Ravi Teja, Sreeleela, Naveen Chandra, Rajendra Prasad, and others
Director: Bhanu Bhogavarapu
Produced By: Suryadevara Naga Vamsi, Sai Soujanya
Release Date: 1st November 2025

Ravi Teja’s Mass Jathara is the latest entertainer from Ravi Teja, directed by Bhanu Bhogavarapu, the debutant director, and it also stars Sree Leela as the lead actress, with Bheems composing the music. The film received an average response for its premieres last night and let’s check how well it entertains audiences in our review.

Story:

Laxman Bheri (Ravi Teja) works as a railway policeman. While serving in Warangal, he beats up a minister’s son and gets transferred to a remote village called Adavivaram in the Alluri district. The entire area is controlled by Shivudu (Naveen Chandra), who grows cannabis with local farmers and smuggles it to Calcutta. The rest of the story is about how Laxman Bheri fights against Shivudu’s illegal activities.

Performances:

Ravi Teja fits well in the role of Laxman Bheri. His style and energy throughout the film are enjoyable. Sreeleela’s role, however, is underwritten; she is once again limited to being a glamor doll in the songs.

Naveen Chandra performs well as the villain Shivudu, but his intensity fades in the second half. Rajendra Prasad provides a few laughs, while Hyper Aadi, VTV Ganesh, Ajay Ghosh, Murali Sharma, Navya Swamy, and Samudrakani have limited roles.

Analysis:

Debut director Bhanu Bhogavarapu has packed Mass Jathara with all the typical commercial film elements, a powerful hero introduction, romantic songs/dance numbers, punch dialogues, and a ruthless villain who meets his end at the hands of the hero.

From start to finish, Mass Jathara follows the regular mass-movie formula. What works well are the hero’s presentation, the well-staged action sequences, and a few strong scenes between the hero and the villain.

However, the narration is quite routine and offers no surprises. The first half starts on a good note but loses momentum during the comedy and love scenes. The interval action episode is engaging and raises expectations for the second half.

The second half has its moments, especially the forest fight and the following dinner scene, which are well-executed. But the pace drops again due to unnecessary filler scenes. The pre-climax fails to create an emotional impact, though the climax works well for mass audiences.

Director Bhanu Bhogavarapu presents Ravi Teja in an impressive manner and handles some key moments effectively. Still, a tighter screenplay and more concentration on the Hero-Villain Characters and their conflict could have made the film much better.

Positives:

  • Ravi Teja’s Screen Presence
  • Action Sequences
  • A Few Crucial Scenes/Dialogues

Negatives:

  • Predictable Narration
  • Unnecessary/Weak Comedy Scenes
  • Not So Great Handling of the Hero-Villain Characters
  • Loud Background Score and Weak Songs

Mass Jathara Review and Verdict:

Overall, Mass Jathara is yet another disappointment from Ravi Teja. Even if you go in with low expectations, the film fails to satisfy. For mass fans and Ravi Teja fans, it might be an average watch for its action episodes.

Baahubali: The Epic Day 1 Box Office: All-Time Record

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Baahubali: The Epic Day 1 Box Office: All-Time Record

The much-awaited re-release of SS Rajamouli and Prabhas’s Baahubali: The Epic took a sensational and all-time record opening at the box office in re-releases. Right from day one, everyone expected it to be a good money spinner, and it lived up to the hype. 

The 1st-day estimates of Baahubali: The Epic at the box office are close to 20 Cr gross worldwide, including the premieres. The good thing is, the advances for the weekend also look solid.

This is the biggest ever opening for any re-release in Indian cinema. In the full run, the film is expected to set a big record, and it will be difficult for any movie to break this opening. It is like an impossible task for any film, at least for the next decade.

What Happened to Bheems?

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What Happened to Bheems?

Music Director Bheems is having the best phase of his career, with continuous success. His music played a big role in the movies in which he worked, such as the sensational blockbusters Sankranthiki Vasthunnam and Mad Square.

Ravi Teja’s Dhamaka was the first big break for Bheems, as the film’s songs and BGM played a big role in its success. The same combination, Raviteja, Sree Leela, and Bheems, joined hands again for Mass Jathara. 

The movie’s premiere happened today, and putting the word of mouth aside, Bheems’ Music shocks everyone. The BGM is completely out of sync in the film; despite it having high-octane mass fights, the non-sync BGM failed to elevate the action episodes. 

Even the songs are also not that great in the film; there is a unanimous negative response to Music Director Bheems’ work for Mass Jathara from audiences.

Lokah Chapter 1 Gets Shocking OTT Response

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Lokah Chapter 1 Gets Shocking OTT Response

Lokah Chapter 1 Chandra was released in August and became the industry hit of Mollywood, along with becoming the 1st 300 Cr grosser of the industry. Lokah arrives on Jio Hotstar in all languages and gets a shocking/mixed response from the OTT viewers. 

As the film is a multi-part film and the second part has been officially announced with Tovino Thomas as the lead and is all set to go on floors in the summer of 2026, the OTT response plays a crucial role for the future installments. 

However, Lokah received a shockingly mixed response from OTT viewers. While a section of audiences felt the film was decent, the other section of audiences called it nowhere near high expectations, even calling it overrated.

Certainly, the film is not getting the sensational responses from OTT audiences from other languages, which will disappoint the makers as well. The movie needs to reach audiences across languages to grow as a popular superhero franchise.

Peddi First Single Gets a Release Date

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Peddi First Single Gets a Release Date

Fans have been eagerly waiting for the first single from Ram Charan and Buchi Babu Sana’s film Peddi, and the director has now dropped a hint about its release date.

Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor plays the female lead opposite Ram Charan in this rural action drama. The team recently completed the Sri Lanka schedule, where they shot a song and a few key scenes.

Today, Buchi Babu Sana shared a post announcing that A.R. Rahman’s live concert in Hyderabad will take place on November 8, 2025. Although he didn’t directly mention the release date of Peddi’s first single, it is almost confirmed that the Academy Award-winning composer will perform the song exclusively at the event, which will be held at RFC, Hyderabad.

Buchi Babu’s debut film Uppena had chartbuster songs, and expectations are sky-high for Peddi as well, especially with A.R. Rahman composing the music and the director’s strong sense of music.

Prashanth Neel’s Big Tribute to Rajamouli

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Prashanth Neel’s Big Tribute to Rajamouli

SS Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali’ series, made up of two films, hit theaters again as one narrative movie called ‘Baahubali: The Epic,’ and it grabbed the attention of director Prashanth Neel. He expressed gratitude to Rajamouli for inspiring the nation.

On his social media, Prashanth Neel conveyed his admiration for Rajamouli’s vision. Neel said that Rajamouli played a massive role in paving the way for Indian filmmakers.

Neel shared a poster of ‘Baahubali: The Epic’ and wrote, “A road needed fixing. So they called a contractor to fix it. The contractor just didn’t fix the road; he transformed it into a 16-lane super express highway. That road is called Pan India, and the contractor is S.S. Rajamouli. Congratulations to the entire team of Bahubali for the magnificence, and thank you for dreaming for an entire generation! (in the original).”

‘Baahubali: The Epic’ gets a fresh makeover with upgraded visuals, a few new scenes that fans haven’t seen yet, and some cool changes in the screenplay. Fans can enjoy the film in various premium formats like IMAX, 4DX, D-Box, Dolby Cinema, and EPIQ. It’s available in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Malayalam too!

Prasanth Varma’s Advance Payments Turn Into Controversy

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Prasanth Varma’s Advance Payments Turn Into Controversy

Director Prashanth Varma, who rose to fame with the massive success of Hanu-Man, is now in a big controversy over the advance payments he received from several producers. 

According to our close sources, for the film Hanu-Man, producers Prime Show Entertainments supported him in a very big way. The film went multiple times over the planned budget, yet they continued to support it.

The producers had even given him advances for his next commitments before Hanu-Man’s release. Originally, the film’s sequel, Jai Hanuman, was supposed to be made under Prime Show Entertainments, but the director signed the film under Mythri’s banner instead. 

Prasanth Varma facing the heat from several producers

It is said that the director neither returned the advance amount nor proceeded with any further project with the production team. When the production team asked about the advance, the director reportedly said that the production house had wasted his valuable time and that they, in fact, should pay him for his time.

There is a huge buzz in the industry that director Prasanth Varma received multiple advances from different producers. However, the producers themselves do not have any clarity on when their films will start. Producers have been requesting him to return the advance amounts, but the director’s response appears to differ significantly.

Prasanth Varma needs to clarify the issue with producers with an official response

The main issue is that for every film, he is taking the advance amount as director, but later he informs the producers that he will be supervising the film, but not compromising on the planned remuneration. 

With this, producers are seeing big troubles, according to the reports, and the response from the man in question, Prasanth Varma, is awaited in this regard. 

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