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Another Tollywood director passes away of Covid

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Another Tollywood director passes away of Covid

Covid continued its deathly spell and took away another Tollywood director away. Young Tollywood director and writer Ravi Nandyala passed away earlier today of Covid related complications. He was receiving treatment for Covid for the past few days in a Hyderabad hospital.

Ravi had worked for several films as a writer. He made his directorial debut in 2014 with Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki which starred Naga Shaurya and Avika Gor in the lead roles. He had worked as a writer for Raj Tarun’s Orey Bujjiga. Ravi was also working on another film starring Sapthagiri.

Actor Sapthagiri stepped forward and helped Ravi’s family with Rs 1 lakh. Producer K Radha Mohan had donated Rs 1 lakh and has been monitored his health condition with the doctor since the director/ writer got admitted to the hospital. Since then, his condition has deteriorated, and he was critically ill. The Tollywood fraternity has expressed its condolence on the sudden demise of Ravi.

Samantha’s Family Man 2 to release on this date?

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Samantha’s Family Man 2 to release on this date?

Samantha will be making her digital debut with the Family Man 2. The second season of this spy thriller web series is going to be bigger and more intense this time around. Starring Manoj Bajpayee and Priyamani alongside Samantha, Family Man 2 might release on June 11 as per reports.

Raj and DK, directors of the spy thriller web series recently shared a pic of the actress with them. The picture appears to be taken on set with the actress in her look from the show. The Family Man look of the actress has indeed surprised many.

There have been rumours that ‘Majili’ actress is playing the antagonist role in this season named Raji.

Although Samantha had hosted a talk show ‘Sam Jam’ for Aha, the season was short-lived due to lack of interest. Family Man 2 will be her debut web series and fans are eagerly waiting to catch a glimpse of her.

Massive achievement for Aakasham Nee Haddura

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Massive achievement for Aakasham Nee Haddura

Suriya starrer Soorarai Pottru (Aakasham Nee Haddura) after winning critics and audience’s hearts has now achieved another huge feat. The movie which released in November 2020 on Amazon prime India received a superb positive response. The film is now one of the most-watched Indian films on Prime Video. The film is rated 9.1 on IMDB.

A total of 60,366 people have given their ratings and 48,000 people voted with 10-star ratings. The movie has now entered the top 3 highest-rated movies in the world on IMDB. This Suriya starrer now follows ‘The ShawShawnk Redemption’ and ‘The Godfather’ at number 3 spot.

Early this year The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had revealed a list of 366 feature films that were eligible for consideration for the 93rd edition of Oscars. Suriya starrer Soorarai Pottru, Directed by Sudha Kongara was part of this list.

This movie is based on the life story of Captain Gopinath who founded Air Deccan. the movie follows a slightly fictitious account of the former air force officer.

Latest update on Jr NTR’s health

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Latest update on Jr NTR’s health

Jr NTR recently tested positive for Corona. After testing positive, he immediately took to social media to inform his fans of his health condition.

“I’ve tested positive for Covid19. Plz don’t worry, I’m doing absolutely fine. My family & I have isolated ourselves & we’re following all protocols under the supervision of doctors. I request those who’ve come into contact with me over the last few days to pl get tested. Stay safe” tweeted NTR on Monday.

Fans have been extremely anxious of their star’s health and have been constantly in wait for an update on his health.

The RRR star on Friday took to social media wishing his fans on the occasion of Eid and also posted his health update.

The actor’s fans are hoping their star tests negative soon and recovers from Covid at the earliest.

Rajasekhar’s daughter debuting opposite CM’s son

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Rajasekhar’s daughter debuting opposite CM’s son

Actor Rajasekhar’s younger daughter Shivatmika has already marked her debut as an actress with ‘Dorasani’ movie. But his elder daughter Shivani Rajashekar is yet to mark her debut as an actress.

Shivani was supposed to make her debut with a Telugu remake of Alia Bhat and Arjun Kapoor starrer 2 States. However, that doesn’t seem to be going on floors anytime soon. The young actress will now make her debut with another remake but in Tamil.

She will be playing a key role in Udayanidhi Stalin’s upcoming film which is a remake of Ayushman Khurana’s Article 15. Shivani will be playing Sayani Gupta’s role from the original. This is quite an unconventional and brave choice by Rajasekhar’s daughter as the role will be a de-glam one with more scope for acting.

Boney Kapoor will be producing the movie in Tamil. The story is about an honest police officer who goes against castism. The shooting of the movie will take place in the forest regions of Pollachi.

Nithiin’s Check to stream from tonight

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Nithiin’s Check to stream from tonight

Nithiin starrer Check that released earlier this year is all set to stream on SunNxt from 12 AM Tonight. Nithiin’s Check, directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti follows the story of Aditya (Nithiin) a con artist, and a chess player, and his journey through a jail sentence.

The movie failed to impress the audience and didn’t perform too well at the box office. Nithiin’s Check which opened up with mixed reports and poor word of mouth failed to sustain at the Box-office. It registered average openings on Day 1 as the makers failed to create buzz and couldn’t promote well. The pre-release business of this movie is 16.8Crs and the closing collections were around 8.67Crs only.

The movie also starred Rakul Preet Singh and Priya Prakash Varrier in lead roles. The music was scored by Kalyani Malik and it was bankrolled by Bhavya Creations. The year has not been so good for Nithiin with both his films Check and Rang De failing to impress audiences and critics alike.

Now Nithiin has put all his hopes on Maestro, a remake of 2018 Hindi superhit Andhadhun. Andhadhu will also star Tamannah and Nabha Natesh in key roles. Maestro will be directed by Merlapaka Gandhi and the movie will be bankrolled by N Sudhakar Reddy and Nikitha Reddy under Sreshth Movies.

Tollywood on a remake spree

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Tollywood on a remake spree

Every industry enters a phase where a particular trend becomes the flavour of the season and is adopted by all. Tollywood is no different. There was a time when every hero wanted to do faction movies, then came the age of romantic entertainers, then came the comedy drama phase and so on. From the looks of it, this year appears to be following the trend of remakes.

It started with Pawan Kalyan’s Vakeel Saab which is a remake of Pink. Next in line is another remake by Pawan Kalyan of Malayalam movie Ayyapannum Koshisyum. Similarly, Mega Star Chiranjeevi will star in Malayalam blockbuster Lucifer’s remake. Mohan Raja will be directing this action drama. There are also reports of Chiranjeevi remaking Ajith’s Vedalam which will be directed by Meher Ramesh. Victory Venkatesh is also not too behind on this trend. His next two release are Drushyam 2 and Narappa are both remakes of Drishyam 2 and Asuran respectively.

Not just the senior actors, even junior actors have also boarded the remake train. Nithiin will be remaking Andhadhun’s remake in Tollywood, titled Maestro. Bellamkonda Srinivas who earned a much-needed hit with ‘Rakhshasudu’, a remake of Tamil film Ratsasan will be starring in the remake of Dhanush’s blockbuster Karnan that released earlier this year. Srinivas will also star in Bollywood remake of Prabhas’ 2005 hit Chattrapati.

Nivetha Thomas, who earlier this year starred in Pink’s Telugu remake will once again feature in a remake. Regina Cassandra will co-star with her in the Tollywood remake of Korean superhit Midnight Runner.

Samantha too has in the past acted in successive remakes. She featured in U-Turn a remake of a Kannada film of same name. Similarly, she also starred in Jaanu, a remake of Tamil hit 96 along with Oh Baby! a remake of Korean film Miss Granny.

Raj Tarun, Satyadev, Vishwak Sen etc are some other names who will all be seen in remakes soon.

Shruti Haasan is locked down with boyfriend Santanu

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Shruti Haasan is locked down with boyfriend Santanu

Shruti Haasan has been spending the past few months with her lockdown buddies Santanu Hazarika and her cat Clara. The actress who’s been quite active on social media of late has been journalling all the fun activities with her boyfriend.

The actress, who has been posting videos of her playing the piano to uplift her fans’ spirits, took to Instagram on Thursday. The ‘Krack’ actress shared a cute collage of pictures with boyfriend Santanu Hazarika. The two look happy in these lovey-dovey pictures and actress Tamannaah took to the comments section and called them ‘Cuties’.

Santanu Hazarika is a doodle artist and an illustrator by profession. Over the last few years, he has provided designs for a number of music videos and social causes.

On the work front, Shruti will be next seen with Vijay Sethupathi in Laabam and Prabhas in Salaar. Shruti had a great start to this year with the success of Krack. She continued her winning ways with a small role in Pawan Kalyan’s Vakeel Saab.

Shankar blames Kamal and Lyca for delay in Indian 2

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Shankar blames Kamal and Lyca for delay in Indian 2

In a surprising development, ace director Shankar has put the entire blame of Indian 2 delay on Kamal Haasan and producers Lyca Production.

Reacting to the case filed by Lyca Productions, the filmmaker has now filed a counter-petition. In the petition, he has accused both the production house and the actor of the delay.

He also cited that some of the scenes performed by late actor Vivek had to be reshot. The star comedian had passed away last month. In the petition, Shankar stated that initially, Kamal Haasan suffered a makeup allergy delaying the shoot. The crane accident on the sets of the film that killed 3 crew members was also a reason for the delay.

The project which started shoot amidst much fanfare has faced continuous stoppages and now the shoot has completely stalled. This has left the project in jeopardy with no foreseeable future. Adding to this, lead actor Kamal Haasan’s political entry and TN elections have also added to the delay.

Another accusation that is causing legal troubles for Shankar is that he has already used up Rs 180 crore of the allotted Rs 236 crores budget. The makers have demanded a restraining order on Shankar from working on any other project till Indian 2 is completed.

Chiranjeevi calls up NTR, wishes him speedy recovery

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Chiranjeevi calls up NTR, wishes him speedy recovery

Mega Star Chiranjeevi earlier today called up Jr NTR to enquire about the latter’s health. Jr NTR had tested positive for Covid earlier this week.

Chiranjeevi took to social media to give an update on his conversation with Jr NTR and stated that he was quite optimistic that his younger counterpart will make a speedy recovery very soon.

“Spoke to Tarak just a while ago. He is taking proper care in-home quarantine and his family members are doing good. I felt happy after knowing the actor is keeping his spirits high and energetic. I hope he bounces back after recovering completely from the Covid. God bless Tarak,” tweeted the Mega Star.

Jr NTR had earlier on Monday updated his followers and fans on Twitter that he had tested positive for Covid and that he will be placing himself under home quarantine. The actor further added that he was doing well and his fans had nothing to worry about.

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