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F3 to move to a Sankranti release

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Covid has forced another Tollywood movie to push its release to a later date. After Acharya, Love story, Tuck Jagadish & Viraata Parvam, now it’s the turn of Anil Ravipudi’s F3. The movie was scheduled for a release on August 27, however, with Covid playing a spoilsport, the makers felt its best to push it to a later date. The movie will now be releasing in Sankranti 2022. This movie now joins Mahesh Babu’s Sarkaru Vaari Paata and Pawan Kalyan’s Hari Hara Veera Mallu for Sankranti release

F3 is a sequel to the 2019 superhit F2 which starred Venkatesh, Tamannah, Varun Tej and Mehreen Pirzada in lead roles. The comedy-drama was a huge success leading to the makers immediately announcing a sequel.

Recently director Venkatesh had posted the pictures of resumption of a new schedule of shoot. However, within days the whole scenario has now changed. Anil Ravipudi also tested Covid positive on the sets of the movie leading to the cancellation of the shoot temporarily.

https://twitter.com/VenkyMama/status/1381851349126574081

Vakeel Saab to release on Prime on this day

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Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Vakeel Saab released earlier this month to good reviews. The critics even declared this performance of Pawan Kalyan as one of the finest of his career. Power Star’s comeback to the big screen after 3 years was enough to generate massive hype for the movie. Such were the expectations on the film that it got great openings and occupancies. 

However, with theatres shutting down in most areas owing to Covid second wave, the makers are now planning an early OTT release. This Pawan Kalyan’s court drama to release on Amazon Prime Video on April 30th. Recently, makers of Nagarjuna’s Wild Dog also renegotiated an early release deal with Netflix. The same might be repeated in this case as well.

Remake of 2016 Bollywood movie Pink, director Venu Sriram has ensured that commercial elements don’t go missing from the movie. The movie also stars Shruti Haasan, Nivetha Thomas, Anjali, and Ananya Nagalla in key roles.

Pushpa teaser is fastest in TFI to 50 million views

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Allu Arjun starrer Pushpa is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. Ever since it was announced that Sukumar and Allu Arjun are going to collaborate yet again, expectations have skyrocketed from all quarters. The recently released Pushpa teaser has matched these expectations and has been well received by all. The teaser has packed some beautiful visuals, action sequences, and background score and turned out to be great success. Amidst all the great applause, the teaser has achieved another landmark. Pushpa teaser is now the fastest in TFI to 50 million views.

Mythri Movie Makers made an announcement of this feat on Twitter with a celebratory post. Interestingly, this achievement comes just one week after the RRR teaser became the first in TFI to achieve 50 million views.

https://twitter.com/MythriOfficial/status/1386927367906492419

Pushpa is Sukumar and Allu Arjun’s 3rd movie after Arya and Arya 2. Mythri Movie Makers are producing this action drama and Devi Sri Prasad has scored the music. Fahadh Faasil and Rashmika Mandanna play key roles in this film scheduled to release on 13th August.

Acharya postponed as Covid numbers mount!

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Megastar Chiranjeevi’s much-awaited Acharya’s release is now officially postponed. The movie was earlier scheduled to release on 13th May. The new release date will now be announced at a later time, said an official announcement from the makers Konidela Productions.

The film’s shoot was recently canceled due to the rising Covid cases. Sonu Sood, who plays a key role in the movie also tested positive on the sets of this action drama. Around 30 days of shoot is still pending and the makers felt its best to wait out till the situation normalizes.

The makers reportedly are aiming for a release around August 2nd week. If this indeed happens, Acharya will be the first Tollywood biggie to release post Covid 2nd Wave.

Directed by Koratala Siva, the movie is being jointly produced by Matinee Entertainment and Konidela Production Company. The movie also stars Kajal Agarwal and in the lead role. Massive sets were erected in Marredumilli, Yellanadu, and Singareni Coal mines where the shoots were completed. 

Brahmanandam as Buildup Babai

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Comedy legend Brahmanandam will soon be seen in an interesting character in an upcoming movie Pelli SandaD. The movie will be directed by veteran director K Raghavendra Rao and will star Srikanth’s son Roshan. Incidentally, it was Srikanth who played the lead role in the original Pelli Sandadi again directed by K Raghavendra Rao in 1996.

Meanwhile, Brahmanandam, who was last seen in a judge character in Jathi Ratnalu will be playing an interesting role in Pelli SandaD. The role will be based on the ‘Buildup Babai’ the famous character of Getup Seenu from TV comedy show Jabardasth. The character received great applause for its uniqueness and outlandish behaviour. And now with Brahmanandam playing the same character, it will be interesting to see how it pans out.

Usually, some popular characters make their way to the Jabardasth stage from movies. But, for the first time, a reversal is happening. It is being reported that Brahmanandam’s role is going to be limited but impactful and he has already completed filming his portion. The film is also nearing its completion and a release date will be announced soon.

Shankar’s U-Turn to delay RC15

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Ace director Shankar has been embroiled in one controversy after another in recent times. First, it was Lyca Productions who took him to Madras High Court over non-compliance over Indian 2. Next came another shocker from Ascar Ravichandran, the producer of 2005 blockbuster Anniyan. Ascar claimed that the rights of Anniyan belonged to him and that Shankar has no right to go ahead with the Hindi remake that he had earlier announced with Ranvir Singh.

These controversies have made a mess of Shankar’s schedule and have put serious question marks over RC15. Producer Dil Raju had confirmed earlier that the schedule will start in July. But with Madras High Court directing Shankar and Lyca Productions to sort the differences, there is a high probability that Shankar might opt to finish Indian 2 before moving on to RC15. This might result in a much bigger delay than expected in RC15 going on sets.

Meanwhile, Charan is currently busy SS Rajamouli’s RRR and Koratala Siva’s Acharya. A film with Sukumar is also under plans which will go on floors once the duo is free of commitments.

Sukumar is currently busy with Allu Arjun’s Pushpa. Post Pushpa, he will then move on to an untitled love story with Vijay Devarakonda which he is aiming to finish in 4-5 months. This will be a relatively smaller film in terms of budget and scale.

 

Nagarjuna’s Wild Dog is a profitable venture

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Nagarjuna’s Wild Dog that released earlier this month is turning out to be quite a pleasant experience for the producers. The movie was well appreciated by the critics but ended up as a disaster at the box- office.

Initially, the makers planned of releasing the movie directly on the OTTs. However, due to various reasons, they chose against it and released it theatrically. The movie failed to impress at theatres and didn’t perform well collections-wise.

However, the makers of the movie renegotiated a deal with Netflix for an early release. The movie, which released on 2nd April was up on the streaming platform on April 21st. Reportedly, this step worked wonders for them and the makers received a great deal for this early release.

The performance of the movie on the digital platform Netflix has been amazing. Nagarjuna’s Wild Dog, that released last weekend on Netflix has been trending on top spots in both Telugu and Tamil. The Telugu version of the film is trending at number 2 on Netflix while the Tamil version of the film is at number 5.

Directed by Ahishor Solomon, this action thriller is based on certain real-life incidents. The movie that features an ensemble cast of Dia Mirza, Atul Kulkarni, Ali Reza, and Saiyyami Kher among others tells the story of Indian NIA and RAW’s heroics.

Tollywood director succumbs to Corona

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Tollywood director Sai Balaji Prasad breathed his last on Monday, succumbing to Coronavirus. He was 57 and declared dead at TIMS, Gacchibowli where he was undergoing treatment.

He started his career as a writer and came to prominence after the 1998 super hit ‘Bavagaru Bagunnara’. This Chiranjeevi starter directed by Jayanth Paranji and produced by Naga Babu had screenplay by Sai Balaji Prasad. His work was well appreciated in the movie leading to multiple offers both on the big screen as well as Television.

He started his career by learning the nuances of filmmaking under successful director Raviraja Pinnisetty. Later on he graduated from writing and directed movies such as ‘Orey Thammudu’ and ‘Sivaji’ starring Sri Hari. Prasad also directed several serials for television namely, ‘Siri’, ‘Aparanji’ and ‘Halahalam’.

He is survived by his wife Gauri and daughter Sujatha. Several personalities from the Telugu Movie Industry expressed their condolences on Prasad’s passing away.