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Samantha’s fans show support, trend #WeSupportSamantha

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Samantha has faced huge backlash and negative social media trends ever since the release of Family Man 2’s trailer. The upcoming Amazon Prime Web Series features Samantha as a Tamil speaking militant who has ties with Pakistan’s ISIS. Samantha’s fans though have stood behind their star and are showing solidarity.

A large number of social media users, primarily Samantha’s fans came out in her support. They trended #WeSupportSamantha in the actress’ support and urged everyone to first watch the show and later agitate.

This depiction of Tamilians did not go well with a lot of netizens and they trended #ShameOnYouSamantha and #Familyman2_Against_Tamils on Twitter. Adding to this MDMK Member of Parliament, Vaiko wrote a letter to I&B minister Prakash Javedkar. He was seeking a ban on the web series for hurting Tamil sentiments.

Meanwhile, Samantha has maintained silence on the issue and has chosen not to speak about her role. It is reported that Amazon Prime Video has requested her to not speak anything till the show releases.

Recently, directors, Raj and DK spoke to the media and said that there was nothing controversial in the show. The duo requested people to watch the show and depiction of Samantha’s character and then come to a conclusion.

Adivi Sesh clarifies on reasons for Major’s postponement

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Actor Adivi Sesh has risen the ranks in Tollywood in a short span of time. Not just as an actor, he has also received great appreciation as a screenwriter with movies such as Goodachari and Kshanam.

He will be next seen in Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s biographical film– Major. The movie has generated great buzz right from the time of its announcement. Recently, the makers of the film announced that the action thriller is now pushed for a later date. The movie was supposed to release on July 2nd and will now release once times are better.

Sesh spoke to a media house recently on the reason for the postponement. He added that 10 more days of shoot are still left. “In the beginning of the second wave, we got a hint that there might be a release issue. Because suddenly, each department started to show signs – like the entire team of the VFX company that works for us got COVID. We lost our permissions for some military locations, one by one”.

The movie will now release once better conditions prevail across the country. Sashi Kiran Tikka is directing this multi-lingual film. Sony Pictures Releasing International, G Mahesh Babu Entertainment, and A+S Movies are producing the film. The movie is shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi.

Intriguing Ardhashathabdam trailer released by Nani

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Actor Nani released the trailer of period social drama Ardhashathabdam earlier today. The movie directed by Rawindra Pulle follows the story of a village caught in caste wars and its impact on a young couple in love.

The movie stars an impressive cast of Karthik Rathnam, Navin Chandra, Sai Kumar, Krishna Priya, Subhaleka Sudhakara among others in key roles.

The film is produced by Chitti Kiran Ramoju, Telu Radha Krishna under Rishitha Sree Creations, 24 Frames Celluloid banner.

Ardhashathabdam features a bunch of characters with interesting backdrop and motivations. A young couple in love, a feudal landlord, an oppressed class, a young police officer, and a naxalite group all form the crux of the movie and feature prominently in the film.

The caption ‘The Democratic Violence’ signifies the fight for rights of the oppressed and it will be interesting to see how it pans out. The movie will release on OTT platform Aha on June 11th.

Vijay Devarakonda continues at no. 1

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Vijay Devarakonda is one of the most popular stars in Tollywood. Not just for films, he’s also highly sought after when it comes to endorsements. It is because of this popularity that the rowdy star bagged a chance to work in a pan India film so early in his career.

Vijay is now shining not just in movies but beyond that as well. The ‘Liger’ actor has been chosen as Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Man of the Year yet again. This is the third consecutive year of him topping the list.

He recently smashed another record recently.The ‘Arjun Reddy’ star became the first South Indian male actor to hit 12 million followers on Instagram. While actresses such as Kajal, Samantha, Shruti Haasan, and Tamannah have breached this milestone, no leading man before Vijay has hit these numbers on Instagram.

Apart from this Puri Jagannadh directorial, Vijay Devarakonda will also work with ace director Sukumar in a love story next.

Ileana’s shocking comments on the film industry

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Ileana D’ Cruz, who was once one of the biggest names in the Tollywood and Kollywood industries is of late focussing only on Bollywood. The actress who is gearing up for her next film Unfair And Lovely with Randeep Hooda recently made sensational comments on the world of cinema.

Ileana, speaking on the life of an actor said, ” The film industry is terrible at preserving an actor’s image and career. It exists only as long as the viewers are interested in you and you are the flavour of the season. Once that perishes, you will be chucked away like you never existed. Such is the world of cinema and the same happened to me as well.”

She was talking about how fortunes can change over night and once biggest names in industry can fade into oblivion.

Ileana was last seen in Tollywood opposite Ravi Teja in 2018 film Amar Akbar Anthony. The movie was a disaster at the box-office and she hasn’t worked in Tollywood ever since.

First look of Nikhil’s 18 Pages revealed

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On the occasion of his birthday, Geetha Arts, the producers of Nikhil’s upcoming film 18 Pages revealed the first look of the movie. Anupama Parameswaran will star in the lead role opposite Nikhil.

The poster looks quite intriguing and not much has been revealed about the theme of the movie. However, judging from Nikhi’s past few movies, 18 Pages for sure is going to be a different concept.

The movie’s first look poster for sure has caught our attention with its unique portrayal of both Anupama and Nikhil. This will be the first film in which the duo will be paired together.

Palnati Surya Paratap, the director of the film Kumari 21F will be directing this film. Allu Aravind will be bankrolling the film under Geetha Arts banner.

The film’s music is being scored by Gopi Sundar. Navin Nooli who recently won the National Award will be editing the film.

Actress Pranitha gets married in a quiet ceremony

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Actress Pranitha Subhash got married to businessman Nitin Raju in a quiet and private ceremony in Bangalore. The ‘Attarintiki Daaredi actress updated her fans on this sudden development through a social media post.

Hailing from Karnataka, Pranitha is quite a well-known face in Telugu cinema. She was a part of Pawan Kalyan’s Attarintiki Daredi. Apart from that she also featured in films like Bava, Rabhasa, Hello Guru Prema Kosame etc.

She says it was a love cum arranged marriage but they were not sure about the wedding day until a day before due to the pandemic situation.

Pranitha took to social media to announce the news. “It is with great happiness that we would like to inform you that we got married on 30th May 2021 in a very intimate ceremony,” she posted on her Instagram page.

The actress further added that the couple would hold a reception once situation becomes normal.

Karthikeya II team wishes ‘Saviour’ Nikhil

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On the occasion of actor Nikhil’s birthday, the makers of Karthikeya II released a poster wishing the young actor. People Media Factory who are backing the film released the poster with the caption “Saviour Emerges in Crisis”. The caption is a remark on both Nikhil’s humanitarian works in the present Covid times as well as his role in the movie.

The poster features Nikhil in an intense look. Chandoo Mondeti will be directing the sequel as well. Karthikeya II is in the filming process with the shooting being halted due to Covid. Meanwhile Nikhil has been utilizing this break from shoot by providing help to those affected due Covid.

Social media was abuzz with wishes to the young actor who has indeed turned saviour for a number of people. He has been actively using social media and extending help both financially as well as by providing medical assistance to those in need.

Mahesh Babu’s superb initiative on Super Star Krishna’s birthday

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On the occasion of his father Super Star Krishna’s birthday, Mahesh Babu came up with a timely and noble act. He organized a vaccination drive in his adopted village Burripalem in AP. The aim of this vaccination drive was to ensure the maximum number of villagers are educated about the pandemic as well as given vaccination shots.

Mahesh is quite active in giving it back to society through blood donation drives, heart surgeries for children, and various other charitable activities. For the past many years, he, along with Andhra Hospitals are undertaking such initiatives to help the needy

The Super Star took to Twitter and posted, ” Vaccination is our ray of hope for a normal life again! Doing my bit to ensure everyone in Burripalem is vaccinated and safe. Extremely grateful to #AndhraHospitals for helping us arrange this vaccination drive”.

https://twitter.com/urstrulyMahesh/status/1399289759483121668

Over the last many years Mahesh has been carrying out various activities in association with Andhra Hospitals. He thanked the hospital management as well for helping him arrange this vaccination drive. This year, the vaccination drive has indeed made Super Star Krishna’s birthday even more special