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by Rinku Gupta This grand announcement  has created quite a buzz in tinseltown. After Enthiran and Petta, mega production house Sun Pictures joins up with Superstar Rajinikanth again for his next film (Thalaivar168). What's added to the excitement is the fact that none other than superhit director Siva will be directing the superstar for the project. The news of this  combo has already created waves and more cast and crew details are awaited.

by Rinku Gupta Megastar Chiranjeevi’s recent release Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy has already been winning hearts with his charismatic performance.  While the film’s success has registered a big victory for the Megastar after his return to acting, he is now onto his next already.   Fans can get ready to experience the star’s out and out mass heroism in his next outing, to be directed by Koratala Siva. While the film was launched  with a simple ritual ceremony, the shooting is scheduled to go on floors shortly.  The film will have editing by Sreekar Prasad. Thiru is handling cinematography for this film and Suresh Selvarajavan will be the production designer. It is worth mentioning that both Thiru and Suresh had earlier collaborated in actor Rajinikanth’s Petta. Tentatively titled as Chiru 152, the film is produced by Konidela Production Company in association with Matinee Entertainments. Koratala Siva on his part has consistently proved his high cal...

by Rinku Gupta The Suriya starter Kaappaan directed by KV Anand has become a blockbuster adding cheer in the Lyca Productions camp. A success party to celebrate the occasion was held in the city, attended by the jubilant cast and crew including Arya and Sayyeshaa along with Suriya and KV Anand . Here are some clicks...

By Rinku Gupta In director Sai Sekhar's horror thriller, Siddharth plays a food safety officer with a sharp sense of smell while Catherine Tresa , conversely, is born with a smelling disability. The duo meet and as usual the hero falls for her and wants to marry her. But she says no because she feels her disability will weigh down the relationship. On the other side there is the parallel story of the hero getting on the wrong side of a bunch of villains ( which include the Vedhalam baddie Kabir Duhan Singh) who are into food adulteration, incurring the wrath of our upright hero. When the baddies get together and kill him, he returns as a spirit, to wreak revenge. Does his plan work? How does his lady love react when she comes to know a bizarre truth that has drawn her into this saga? As Siddharth had promised in the press meet, the horror is not scary, giving you the chills. Instead it has a sympathy angle given the bad vs good angle. The screenplay goes back and for...

by Rinku Gupta Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy is getting rave reviews all over. The team recently held a grand success meet in Hyderabad. Actor Catherine Tresa met Sye Raa hero Megastar Chiranjeevi and congratulated him on the grand success of the film and his stupendous portrayal of the pioneer freedom fighter.

by Rinku Gupta After the stupendous success of Monster, actor SJ Suryah had a revelation of sorts.  He realised the power of family audiences whose coming in hordes to see Monster, had made his film a blockbuster success. He even admitted at the success meet that he should perhaps have done more family entertainers in the past.( click here for speech) . In fact the sheer delight of kids enjoying his movie in theatres gave him a new high. Now in keeping perhaps with this line of thinking,   the actor has teamed up with family audience specialist director Radha Mohan for his next. Priya Bhavani Shankar ,  who had admitted that she had been hesitant at first to act with him ( click here for speech ), has now signed up for her second film with the director cum here SJ Suryah , this time with Radha Mohan.  The chemistry of Priya and Suryah was much appreciated and contributed largely to Monster's success, so it's no surprise that the duo have come toget...

by Rinku Gupta Evelyn Sharma, who was recently seen in the Telugu, Tamil, Hindi , Prabhas starrer Saaho , has got engaged to Australian entrpreneur Tushaan Bhindi. Born to a German mom and Indian dad, Evelyn had been part of several Hindi movies like Hindi Medium and others.               Evelyn with Prabhas on location for Saaho. After a year of dating, the young couple took the big step last Saturday in an intimate proposal overlooking the famous Harbour Bridge of Sydney, Australia.  Evelyn met the dashing entrepreneur on a blind date set up by acommon friend last year. The couple got along instantly with their shared passion for philanthropic causes. It was love at first sight for the pair and their close friends were anticipating the big announcement to happen quite soon.  However, the duo decided to introduce each other to their respective families first to receive their blessings and move ahe...

By Rinku Gupta The glitterati of Bollywood were in full attendance at a book launch in Mumbai.  Om Books International celebrated the launch of  The Aladia Sisters  Khalid Mohamed's debut novel, on Monday .   The novel was launched by Chief Guest, Bollywood Director Karan Johar  and Guest of Honour Anil Kapoor, who spoke about Khalid Mohamed's immense contribution to Hindi cinema.                             On the occasion, Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, Khalid Mohamed, Javed Akhtar and Publisher, Ajay Mago shared their experiences of putting together the book. Also present on the occasion were Asha Parekh, Lalita Lajmi, Maria Goretti, Anoop Soni,  Juhi Babbar,   Rajniesh Duggall   and Achint Kaur, among others. The author of the book.   Khalid Mohamed, started as reviewer and co-editor during his teenage y...

by Rinku Gupta With the OTT platform gaining currency all over India, many actors from Kollywood have stepped into the web series and web originals  format. From Prasanna to Akshara Haasan and Nandaa, Abirami, and  Sunaina to Gayathrie, the list is long, with actors on apps such as Zee 5, Hotstar, MX Player and even Sony Liv , the most recent entrant into the Tamil market. Netflix has long been internationally renowned and Bollywood actors like Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have made a mark with Sacred Games for their international audiences. Now, Netflix is eyeing the lucrative Southern regional market and foraying into the southern entertainment sector. Among the first to join them from the Southern industry, is the spunky  Aadai heroine, Amala Paul who will be seen on  the platform. According to media reports,   Amala Paul is on board for a Telugu anthology ( a Telugu version of Bollywood's Lust Stories, where she will reportedly r...

By Rinku Gupta Eagle Eyes Production Petromax is directed by Rohin Venkstesan. The film has a duration of 2 hrs 4 min with 4 main  chatacters in this emotional horror comedy. Ghibran has scored the music. The film stars Tamannaah in the lead. Thr film stars Munishkanth, Kaali Venkat, Mime Gopi, Prem , Baby Monica, KSG Venkatesh , P Krishnan and many others. The shooting was usually round the clock. The camera work is by Danny Raymond. " We completed the film is 32 days," said Prem. Actor Mime Gopi said, " It was a jolly set." Director Rohin said the film is a remake of Ananda Brahma in Telugu. Yogi Babu is also part of the story. Though a horror comedy it has underlying family values and relationships." This is the second film of the director after Adhe Kangal. The actors worked long hours night and day to complete the shoot on time. " Lets keep it pleasant and colorful instead of dark," is what we decided said Rohin. " We...