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Reliance to step into OTT space with massive budget

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Reliance to step into OTT space with massive budget

After creating a massive disruption in the communications and entertainments sector with Jio, Mukesh Ambani has now set his eyes on launching an OTT platform.

According to sources, digital media and entertainment is essential pillar of Jio’s digital business strategy. Reliance plans to invest aggressively and grow the digital media business. Very soon an official announcement will be made on the new OTT platform.

Sources also added that Reliance wants to retain management control over the digital operations. They want to invest behind creating India’s number 1 OTT destination as well as a broadcast platform.

“There is a lot of interest from content companies and production houses in partnering with Reliance and Jio, and investors are keen to back such partnerships,” they added.

Reliance-owned Viacom 18 already is involved with the digital streaming platform Voot. Along with that Reliance also is the force behind Jio Cinema. However, this upcoming OTT platform is aiming to compete directly with biggies Netflix and Amazon.

Interestingly, Mukesh Ambani also has plans to go for IPL hosting rights on his OTT platform. Currently, the broadcast rights are bagged by Disney + Hotstar.

Shriya’s Gamanam Streaming Now On OTT

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Shriya’s Gamanam Streaming Now On OTT

Shriya Saran’s Gamanam released on 10th December in theatres and received positive reviews overall. The film is streaming now on Amazon Prime from 28th January 2022.

The film revolves around 3 stories parallel.

Shriya Saran plays a deaf mother who is waiting for her husband to return from Dubai while working to make ends meet. She is the main highlight of the film. Her honest portrayal of a mother trying to survive in this cruel world makes for a tear-jerking watch.

The second story follows Ali, an aspiring character, played by Shiva Kanduri and Zara, played by Priyanka Jawalkar. Veteran actor Charu Haasan also plays an important character.

The third story is about two underprivileged kids.

The movie also stars Suhas and Nithya Menen in small yet important roles.

Watch the Movie Here

Ram Charan’s Wife Upasana gets Trolled for Recent Post

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Ram Charan’s Wife Upasana gets Trolled for Recent Post

Upasana Konidela, the wife of Ram Charan, is always known for her progressive tweets on various topics. She is a healthcare entrepreneur and a social activist, who actively works to improve people’s lives. Her tweets are usually unanimously loved by her followers but, her recent tweet has not gone down well.

Upasana tweeted a morphed picture of Suchindram Temple, Kanyakumari on the occasion of Republic Day. The picture featured various men and women standing beside the various gods and goddesses, wearing footwear.

https://twitter.com/upasanakonidela/status/1486236077929029638?s=21

While some people took up the challenge and ignored the footwear on the people, many were visibly upset over this. “Out of the box thinking, but many are wearing shoes, this is not nice” a user added.

Some people requested the removal of the tweet as it hurt their religious sentiments. “This is propaganda in the name of art.” people further added.

“This is sheer nonsense” a user exclaimed.

Good Luck Sakhi review: A lackluster sports drama

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Good Luck Sakhi review: A lackluster sports drama

Movie: Good Luck Sakhi
Rating: 2/5
Cast: Keerthy Suresh, Aadhi Pinnisetty, Jagapathi Babu
Director: Nagesh Kukunorro
Produced By: Sudheer Chandra Padiri
Release Date: January 28th, 2022

Award-winning director Nagesh Kukunoor is making his Telugu directorial debut with the sports drama Good Luck Sakhi. The film stars Keerthy Suresh in the lead role and the trailer looked promising. The film was completed last year and was mostly shot in Vikarabad and Hyderabad. Keerthy Suresh’s new look as a rural girl and Aadhi as ‘Goli Raju’ look promising in the movie. But, does it have enough to hold the audience’s attention? Let’s find out.

Story: Good Luck Sakhi follows the life of Sakhi, a young girl from rural Telangana who is often chided for bringing bad luck everywhere. This belief of the villagers is further strengthened after her fiance dies just before their wedding. While the entire village believes in Sakhi’s bad luck, Goli Raju (Aadhi Pinnisetty), a local theatre actor doesn’t give much heed to others and encourages Sakhi to take up shooting. Jagapathi Babu plays a coach who helps Sakhi achieve her dream and prove her detractors wrong.

Performances: Keerthy Suresh as Sakhi gave a good performance and looks natural on screen. She picked up the nuances of the local language quite well and fits the role of Sakhi quite well. Jagapathy Babu and Aadhi also did a decent job however, the flat screenplay and lack of engaging storytelling don’t allow the actors to do much. The dull writing and rushed editing make the movie viewing experience quite unsatisfactory. Devi Sri Prasad appears to be the only technician who has given his 100 %.

Analysis: Good Luck Sakhi had the massive advantage of being a solo release. With no film coming up for the next couple of weeks, it has a free ground to rake in as much as possible. However, rushed editing and dubbing along with inaudible dialogues due to rushed work make the film viewing experience quite sub-par. The makers should have focussed on the technical aspects before releasing the film.

Plus Points:

  • Natural Village backdrop
  • Runtime

Minus Points:

  • Rushed dubbing
  • Flat writing
  • Sports scenes picturisation
  • Editing

Verdict: Good Luck Sakhi has a good scope for being an entertaining sports drama. There is enough scope for comedy and emotion but screenplay restricts it. Everything happens and ends abruptly with no reason. The film lacks the punch that is needed in the sports drama. Even shooting scenes did not have an impact and could have been captured and presented way better.

Dil Raju Teams Up With Ace Director For Web Series

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Dil Raju Teams Up With Ace Director For Web Series

Dil Raju is undeniably the topmost producer in the Telugu Film Industry. He has produced some of the most successful films to ever be made in Tollywood. He currently has a lot of biggies lined up as well. Dil Raju is producing the Ram Charan magnum opus #RC15 and also the Thalapthy Vijay project with Vamsi Paidapally.

He is now teaming up with ace director Harish Shankar for a web series titled ‘ATM’. Harish Shankar has written the story for the film. The story revolves around a bank robbery in the city of Hyderabad. ZEE5 is also producing the project along with Dil Raju. The series will premiere directly on the ZEE5 OTT Platform.

Chandra Mohan is the screenplay writer as well as the director of the film. The remaining cast and crew of the film will be announced very soon.

Apart from this web series, Harish Shankar is also working on the script for Bhavadeeyudu Bhagat Singh. This is Pawan Kalyan and Harish Shankar’s second project after the blockbuster Gabbar Singh. The first look poster of the film promises another mass feast for Pawan Kalyan fans.

Shyam Singha Roy Achieves Rare Milestone

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Shyam Singha Roy Achieves Rare Milestone

Shyam Singha Roy released on 24th December 2021 in theatres and despite stiff competition from Spiderman and Pushpa-The Rise, it collected decent collections at the box office. But mixed reviews from critics caused the film to objectively underperform.

But now, the film has been released on Netflix on 21st January 2022 and is receiving widespread love from movie lovers not only in India but around the world. Netizens have termed the film as an epic romantic tale. Nani and Sai Pallavi’s chemistry is the highlight of the film, according to netizens.

This has now translated into a rare milestone. Shyam Singha Roy is the first Telugu film to enter the list of Top 10 Global Films(Non-English) on Netflix. Shyam Singha Roy ranks at number 3 on the list. This has proved yet again that, the content will always be the king.

Shyam Singha Roy boasts of an extraordinary cast of Nani, Sai Pallavi, Krithi Shetty, Madonna Sebastian and, Rahul Ravindran among others. Rahul Sankrityan is the director of the movie. Venkat Boyanapalli has produced the movie under Niharika Entertainments. Mickey J Meyer is responsible for the soulful music in the film. Sanu John Varghese is the cinematographer of the movie.

Nagarjuna rubbishes rumours against Samantha

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Nagarjuna rubbishes rumours against Samantha

Samantha and Naga Chaitanya’s divorce has been the talk of the town for the past few months. Despite the couple giving clear statements and requesting privacy, the media has been relentless and publishing many baseless reports.

One such rumour was regarding Nagarjuna’s recent statement on the Samantha- Naga Chaitanya divorce. According to the reports, Nagarjuna said that it was Samantha’s idea to apply for divorce and Naga Chaitanya merely reciprocated the same. The news also mentioned that everything was good during the initial part of the year and Nagarjuna felt that something happened in the mid of the year.

Nagarjuna took to social media and rubbished the above news reports and termed them fake and baseless. He requested the media friends to please refrain from posting rumors as news.

A few weeks ago Naga Chaitanya also responded on his divorce. “It is ok to be separated. That is a mutual decision made for their individual happiness. If she is happy, then I am happy. So divorce is the best decision in such a situation,” he said.

 

Positive sign for pan India releases RRR and Radhe Shyam

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Positive sign for pan India releases RRR and Radhe Shyam

The arrival of Tollywood pan India releases RRR and Radhe Shyam has been quite a tense affair. Both these movies were announced for Sankranti 2022 much to fans’ excitement. However, Covid had other plans and forced RRR to cancel its 7th January release and Radhe Shyam to postpone its 14th January release.

The rising Covid cases and occupancy restrictions across multiple states meant that there was a huge risk in releasing them.

However, now there is a positive sign for pan India releases RRR and Radhe Shyam.

Delhi which had announced theshutdown of theatres last month has now opened with 50% occupancy. Similarly, the TN government is also planning to lift 50% occupancy soon. Along with it, the other states are also going to follow the suit soon.

RRR team which had done country-wide promotions for the film has announced two tentative dates for release. Depending on the situation, the film might either release on 18th March or 28th April. The Radhe Shyam team has not yet announced a release date yet and we can expect the same soon. In fact, due to this delay in an announcement from the Radhe Shyam team, it was rumoured that they might opt for an OTT release.

However, the makers of both these pan India movies RRR and Radhe Shyam have specifically stated not to believe in any rumours. These films will only be going for a theatrical release.,

Pushpa breaks Baahubali 2 record, creates a new milestone

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Pushpa breaks Baahubali 2 record, creates a new milestone

Icon Star Allu Arjun’s Pushpa is continuing its box office victory run in its Hindi version for the sixth week now. In the process of its box-office run, the film even left behind releases like Ranveer Singh’s 83 and has now broken a Baahubali 2 record.

This action entertainer has netted Rs 6 crore in its 6th week. Compared to this Baahubali 2 record was at Rs 5.40 crore nett. The film opened with mixed responses and extraordinary openings at the box office. The Telugu version failed to reach its breakeven mark in Andhra and Overseas regions.

However, it’s the Hindi version that has created multiple records and registered positive footfalls even in the time of Covid.

Baahubali franchise put Telugu cinema on the world map and it was with this film Prabhas achieved a humongous following. The film opened the north market for Tollywood and slowly films started registering great numbers across India as well.

Pushpa is now breaking many Baahubali 2 records and setting new milestones. At a time when other industries were pushing the releases to a later time, Pushpa (Hindi) took the box-office by storm.

83 Movie OTT streaming date finalized

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83 Movie OTT streaming date finalized

Ranveer Singh’s recent sports drama 83 hit the screens in December amidst great expectations. The film, however, failed to live up to the hype and tanked at the box office. sub-par storytelling, unnecessary dramatization, and Pushpa (Hindi) storm at the box office were considered as the main factors for the failure of 83.

Now, this sports drama is making its way to the OTT platforms. This Ranveer and Deepika Padukone starrer will release on February 18th. The Hindi version will release on Netflix while other languages will make their digital debut on Hotstar on the same day.

The movie chronicles India’s famous victory in the 1983 World Cup. Ranveer Singh played Kapil Dev’s role while Deepika Padukone played his wife Romi Dev’s role. 83 also starred Jiiva, Pankaj Tripathi, Thair Raj Bhasin, and Saqib Salim in key roles.

Apart from Hindi, the film was released in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada. While the film was appreciated for its production values and other technical aspects, the lack of a gripping screenplay resulted in the film’s failure.

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