Actress Samantha has sudden competition from unexpected sources. The star has four movies lined up out of which in three of them she has to share screen space with rivals such as Shruti, Praneeti & Tamannah.
While many Tollywood actors are getting ready to release their second film of the year, Balakrishna, Prabhas & Rana are doing the disappearing act and will not be seen on screen till 2014. While Rana & Prabhas are busy shooting for big budget films, Balakrishn...
Directors of the Telugu film industry have found a brand new concept for their films, after making numerous hit films on the mafia industry, and that is to make their stars event managers for most of the films releasing this summer like Greeku Veerudu, Jabarda...
Producer and distributor Allu Aravind, speaking at the launch of the animation movie 'Chota Bheem and the Throne of Bali', said that unlike a regular Telugu movie, much thought had to be given to the release of a children's film.
Director SS Rajamouli rubbishes rumours that he is casting actress Sridevi in his new film 'Bahubali' for the role of Prabhas' mother. The director revealed that they did consider her for role but decided against it as the expectations from the film will incre...
The much awaited film 'Shadow' starring Venkatesh, Taapsee, Srikanth, and Madhurima, and directed by Meher Ramesh released today to amazing reviews. The film was released in a record number of theatres and is expected to be a huge hit.
Tollywood actors Pawan Kalyan & Jr NTR are all set to clash at the box office for the first time as both their films are releasing in the same week. While Pawan Kalyan's new film with director Trivikram will release on August 7th, Jr NTR's 'Ramaiya Vastavaiya'...
After many speculations, it is declared that the audio release function of 'Iddarammayilatho' starring Allu Arjun & Amala Paul, will be held on the April 28. The music for the film was by Devi Sri Prasad and directed by Puri Jagannadh.
Many young directors are waiting for a chance to make a film with Southern superstar Kamal Hassan and are even writing scripts to suit the actor but reports suggest that the star, though willing to work with young new directors, will only do so after his film ...
Actor Pawan Kalyan's yet-to-release film with director Trivikram has been sold at a record price of Rs 6.5 crores to a distributor overseas. This is a new record for the Telugu film industry as the rights for any Telugu film have not been sold for such a high ...
The audio launch of Allari Naresh's 'Action 3D', also starring Vaibhav, Shaam, Raju Sundaram, Sneha Ullal and Kamna Jethmalani, was held in Hyderabad. The music for the film has been scored by Bappi & Bappa Lahiri.
Actress Hansika Motwani rubbishes rumours about her alleged love affair with Tamil actor Simbu. The star took to Twitter to deny that she is not dating her co-star in two films, saying she finds these rumours amusing and will let the whole world know when she ...
Powerstar Pawan Kalyan may not have any releases this summer but will start shooting for the sequel of 'Gabbar Singh' and Trivikram's new film. Pawan Kalyan will be simultaneously shooting for both films, something that he has not done before in his career.
The recently released 'Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde', starring Nitin & Nithya Menon in the lead, gets a wonderful response at the box office and has already been called a hit. The team of the film organised a press meet to celebrate the success and speaking at ...
The release of Puri Jagannadh's 'Iddarammayilatho', starring Allu Arjun, Amala Paul, Catherine Tresa, Brahmanandam and Nassar, has been extended by 15 days. It will now be released on May 24. Reports reveal that the date was changed due to pending post-product...
The platinum disk function of 'Shadow', starring Tapsee and Venkatesh, was held in Hyderabad recently. The film's music is given by SS Thaman. Speaking at the event, Venkatesh thanked Thaman for giving such good music for the film and hopes all sections of the...
After scoring a super hit with his recent release, 'Baadshah', actor JR NTR is all set to be seen in a completely different avatar in his new film 'Ramaiya Vasta Vaiya'. The logo & the fist look of the film was released which shows Jr NTR casually dressed, hol...
After numerous rumours of marriage and later of an affair with Prabhu Deva, actress Asin has finally spoken up and says she has not fallen in love with anyone nor is she having an affair with anyone. The actress rubbished rumours saying she is great friends wi...
Tollywood actor Ravi Teja needs a hit quite desperately and has a plan in place to make his new film 'Balupu' a hit, by releasing it during the summer holidays. The shooting for the film is almost finished and will release on May 24.
The battle of film releases - between Nagarjuna and Venkatesh - has finally come to an end with Nag's 'Greeku Veerudu' releasing on May 4 and Venkatesh's 'Shadow' releasing on April 26. According to reports, the directors of both films met and decided to relea...
The days when a Telugu movie hero was the boy-next-door are over. Now the heroes are negative, based in foreign locations, want to destroy the mafia and beat up the goons. Most of the big heroes like Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Prabhas are hugely popular for taking o...
Six television artistes were arrested for attacking the MAA TV office in Jubilee Hills. Many TV artistes staged a protest against dubbed serials being telecast on most Telugu channels. The lawyer representing the artistes said it was unfair to arrest the actor...
Tollywood actress Anjali finally came out of hiding after five days and met the West Zone DCP to inform him that she is fine and only went away as she was stressed. The actress thanked the media for their support and also apologised to the producers & co-actor...
The bilingual film 'Crazy' starring Arya, Hansika and Anjali released this week to good reviews and collections. The team of the film organised a press meet to interact with the press and inform them that the film made good money on the first day.
Superstar Rajinikanth will soon be seen in his new film 'Vikramsimha' in which he is all set to do a double role. The star will enact the roles of both father and son in this film, a role he has done in a few hit films before. Actresses Shobana and Deepika Pad...
Actor Nagarjuna wishes all the audiences a very Happy Ugadi, says he has not made any new resolutions this year and is quite happy and satisfied after his film 'Rajanna' won six Nandi awards, including one for himself. On being asked if he was interested in po...
Actress Anjali, who went into hiding four days ago, finally gets in touch with her brother Ravi Shankar. She allegedly told him that she ran away as she could not bear the torture she was being put through by her aunt and uncle. She also informed him that she ...
Tollywood actress Anjali, who created a furore when she went missing for a little while, has been found. The actress reportedly called her mother, Parvathi, to reassure her that she is fine and also urged them to not file any missing cases. Anjali's brother, R...
Tollywood actress Anjali goes missing and has sent everyone into a frenzy. No one has seen the star after Wednesday. The actress was supposed to shoot the Telugu remake of the Hindi hit 'Bol Bachchan' in Bangalore and was expected in the city today, but she st...
Tollywood actress Anjali has gone missing since Monday morning and the call she made to the Tamil Nadu media, accusing her aunt of using her as an ATM, has created an uproar. Her aunt has in turn, hit back at the actress, saying that she has not stolen any of ...
Popular journalist Prabhu has changed professions, and is now making a movie with actor Srikanth. Speaking at a press meet, Srikanth said he has known Prabhu for a long time and could not refuse when he came to him with such a good script.
Southern star Tapsee Pannu talks about her new film 'Shadow' and thanks the audiences for making the music of the film a huge success. She reveals that director Meher Ramesh had been talking about choosing a special person to perform the item song in the film...
The audio launch of 'Pavitra' starring Shriya Saran will be held in three cities of Andhra Pradesh beginning tonight at Visakhapatnam and at Rajahmundry and Vijayawada on Sunday. The entire story of the movie, the music to which is by MM Srilekha, revolves aro...
Jr NTR's 'Baadshah' co-staring Kajal Aggarwal, which released yesterday has already been declared a hit, as it got amazing collections on the first day itself. The film released in a record number of theatres and is expected to make more money.
Rumours have been flying around for a long time now about his look in Sukumar's new film, but actor Mahesh Babu clarifies and says most of the rumours are true. He admits that he will be seen in a completely new look in the yet to be titled film.
Music Director SS Thaman is a busy man these days with most directors choosing him to make music for their films. Most of his films are huge hits and the inclusion of Thaman in any movie is sure to attract the masses. His latest release 'Greeku Veerudu', which...
Actor Balakrishna has been away from limelight for a while now, but there is good news for his fans. The superstar is back with 'Ruler' that will be directed by Boyapati and the shooting for which will start in May. This rubbishes news that the actor has bid a...
Jr NTR's 'Baadshah' with Kajal Agarwal hits the theatres today and producer Bandla Ganesh shares his experiences while making the movie. He says most of the cast is filled with popular names in the industry, has been shot in over eight countries and is one of ...
Jr NTR's 'Baadshah' co-starring Kajal Aggarwal has finally hit the theatres all over the world to a positive response. The audience are rushing to the theatres and those who have already seen the film opine that the dialogues and the story are amazing.
Jr NTR's 'Baadshah' co-starring Kajal Agarwal, Navdeep, Mukesh Rishi, Ashish Vidyarthi, and directed by Srinu Vaitla, is all set to hit the theatres today across the world. In Hyderabad itself, the film is releasing in over 100 theatres and is expected to be a...
Actress Haniska Motwani is popular with the Telugu audience but she has chosen to work in the Tamil film industry more than Tollywood, as most of her Tamil films are being dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra. She will soon be seen with actor Siddharth in...
Kamal Haasan is leaving no stone unturned to make sure there are no problems with the release of 'Viswaroopam 2', which will release on August 15. After the success of the first part of the film, Kamal's production house revealed that he is in a hurry to finis...
Actor Mahesh Babu has disappointed his fans by revealing that he will not be releasing any movie this Dussehra, like he usually does, as the film he is currently shooting for is a big-budget one and will take a while to make. Mahesh's new film is an action ent...
Cricket season has kickstarted in the country with the IPL, but Telugu heroes are not too worried about pulling crowds to watch their films. In the two months that IPL will be on, several Telugu films hit the theatres, including 'Baadshah', 'Shadow', 'Greeku V...
Just when the critics wrote her off, tollywood star Kajal Aggarwal showed what she is made of, by not only scoring hits already this year but also by gearing up for another superhit, this time with Jr NTR's 'Baadshah'. The actress already has four superhits un...
Tollywood actress Samantha has been staying away from public eye for sometime now, as she is reportedly upset with the rumours of her alleged affair with 'Jabardasth' co-star, Siddharth. Another reason, reports say is 'Jadardasth' not doing so well in the thea...
The audio launch of Nagarjuna's new film 'Greeku Veerdu' will finally be held at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad tomorrow. The film, which also has Nayanatara, is directed by Dasaradh and marks Nagarjuna's return to romantic films after a long gap in which he ...
Nikhil and Swathi's comedy thriller 'Swami Ra Ra', directed by Sudhir Varma, hits the theatres this Friday to a good opening. In the film, Nikhil plays the role of a petty thief who meets Swathi and both get into trouble with goons.
There is no doubt about comedian Brahmanandam's popularity which is no less than that of Tollywood mainstream heroes. The comedian has tried out lead roles before that were not popular but he has signed a few movies like 'Jaffa' and 'Bangkok Brahmanandam'.
Jr NTR is all set to make a comeback at the theatres this summer with his new film 'Baadshah', co-staring Kajal Aggarwal and directed by Srinu Vaitla. The movie is expected to be a huge hit as it has no other competition, and will be released in a record numbe...
The film fraternity in Chennai will join the anti-Lanka stir with a one-day hunger strike. The protest is against alleged genocide in Sri Lanka against the Tamil-speaking population.
Naga Chaitanya, his dad Nagarjuna and uncle Venkatesh are in the queue seeking the gift of a hit movie as the box office. These stars have not had a good 2012 and a hit is just what the doctor had ordered.
An NGO activist Subudda files cases against Tollywood actresses Priyamani & Anushka Shetty for displaying obscenity and vulgarity in their recent movies. The Malkajgiri court today ordered the Andhra police to file cases against them.
Writer Bharavi is all set to release the music of his epic movie, based on the life of Sri Adi Sankaracharya, called 'Adi Shankara' on Maha Shivaratri. The film has a stellar cast, including super stars Nagarjuna, Mohan Babu and other big names from the Telugu...
Lakshmi Manchu's 'Gundello Godari' released on International Women's Day to rave reviews from the audience across all centres. Addressing the media, producer and actor Lakshmi Manchu thanked the audience for appreciating the film and believing in her ability a...
Musical trailer of Venkatesh's new film 'Shadow' was launched recently to appease the fans of the actor, as the actual audio launch got postponed. Speaking at the event, Venkatesh thanks music director S Thaman for making such good music for the film.
Hyderabad High Court orders the Malkajgiri police station to file a case against Tollywood actresses Priyamani and Anushka Shetty before March 15, for alleged obscenity. Social activist and lawyer L Subuddi had filed a case against the stars for wearing obscen...
Looks like Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan is the new ‘Remake Raja’ in the Hindi film industry. It is said that Ajay Devgan will be playing the lead in the Hindi remake of Telugu blockbuster 'Dookudu'. Although Salman was the first choice to play the lead, the...
After tasting success in Bollywood, established heroines in Tollywood are breaking their association with South. Asin who became popular with 'Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi' and 'Annavaram' hasn't signed a movie in Telugu after shifting to Bollywood. Even Goan be...
After ardently following 'one movie a year' formula for the past four years, Stylish Star Allu Arjun will have two releases this year. 'Iddarammayilatho' under Puri Jagannath's direction and 'Yevadu' under Vamsi Paidipally's direction. He is also doing 'Race G...
Like directors, music directors too have their signature tunes - those little twists and turns in instruments, style of composition, beats and the singers who lend their voices. For example SS Thaman sprinkles his songs with a generous dose of Hindi or English...
Bollywood superstars Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor are going to clash at the box office this year. Salman who had missed out on his deadline is now looking at releasing his forthcoming film 'Mental' directed by his younger brother Sohail Khan on October 2, whi...
After a brief hiatus from acting, Nayanatara made her re-entry with Daggubati Rana's 'Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum'. But after it faltered at box office, Nayanatara pins her hopes on 'Greeku Veerudu'.
Love stories are always a rage on Indian screens, but what makes Siddharth say no to them? Rumour has it that directors are approaching Siddharth with love stories and that he's had enough of it. He is looking to do serious and different roles to shed his "lov...
Tollywood actress Richa Gangopadhyay launches the Star Homoeopathy Centre in Tirupati. She says as a child her family gave her many ayurveda and homoeopathy medicines, and she calls homoeopathy an ancient Indian tradition.
Tollywood stars and their directors have been besieged with allegations that their movie's storylines are copied from other films. The origin of this rumour was the 'leak' of the storyline of Jr NTR's 'Badshah', that forced its makers to say the movie was not ...
Nani's new movie 'Paisa' is all about money. The movie being directed by Krishna Vamshi will be ready for a release in mid-March. The movie's logo was launched in the presence of Nani, Vamshi, and the movie's female lead. Nani also brought to the event his wif...
Srikanth Addala has just one hit film. Yet he managed to rope in Mahesh Babu and Venkatesh for 'Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu'. 'Kandireega' director Srinivas got lucky with Jr NTR's next movie. So what's with the top stars pushing aside seniority of a di...
He has been missing for quite some time now. Yes, we are talking about Gopichand. His last movie was 'Mogudu'. Now he is back with a movie 'Jackpot', based on a bank scam, that would be released by June.
Spain is the new location of choice currently for Telugu film directors. While it was South Africa, New Zealand and Bangkok earlier, the focus has shifted now to Europe, specifically Spain. Jr NTR's 'Badshah' is one of the movies being shot in Spain.
Ram Charan Teja's decision not to use any remixed songs from his dad Chiranjeevi's movies had stunned fans of the Mega family. So far each movie of Ram Charan had one reference to his dad, or one song remixed and copied from the hit movies of Chiranjeevi. But ...
Tollywood stars from the last two generations have married for love. Nagarjuna and Amala, Pawan Kalyan and Renu Desai, Mahesh Babu and Namrata Shirodkar, Jeevitha and Rajasekhar, Allu Arjun and Sneha Reddy, and finally his cousin Ram Charan and Upasana are pro...
When he was called to the office of the Income Tax department in Hyderabad today, producer Bandla Ganesh came in a spanking new Audi car. As befitting of course for Tollywood's top producer, who has three top productions on at the same time starring Allu Arjun...
Demolition of houses in Green Fields Colony in Khanajiguda of Malkajgiri on northern outskirts of Hyderabad and Bandla Ganesh make news in this bulletin at noon.
Producer Bandla Ganesh was called to the offices of the Income Tax department in Hyderabad to explain the documents and information on his wealth unearthed by the I-T officials during their raid. Ganesh attracted the attention of income tax officials after the...
From a small-time actor doing comedy roles to one of Tollywood's biggest producers, Bandla Ganesh has come a long way and in a very short time. Which is probably why the Income Tax department has its eyes on him. However, there has been no official confirmatio...
Mahesh Babu, Prabhas, Jr NTR, Pawan Kalyan had their biggest hits with a set of directors. They had since moved on to star in films directed by others. But now the realisation has dawned that they need a hit as big as the one their favourite directors had once...
Income Tax officials raid the house and offices of Tollywood producer Bandla Ganesh in Hyderabad. Ganesh is the producer of the hugely successful 'Gabbar Singh' and is currently one of the top producers of Tollywood. He had recently gifted director Puri Jagann...
Tollywood actor Srihari meets Jagan Mohan Reddy in Chanchalguda jail. Srihari says he will stand by Jagan and will contribute in any way possible to Jagan's political party.
Ahead of the start of Celebrity Cricket League Season 6, Hyderabad's film stars of the Telugu Warriors have started practising for the matches in right earnest. The stars are practising at a private cricket stadium at Shamshabad under floodlights.
As director he is singularly famous for the speed with which he completes movies. But things have changed this year. Puri Jagannadh has decided to go slow and is instead going it one at a time.
High-voltage family drama. That was the trademark of director Krishna Vamsi. He set the ball rolling for intense, high-voltage family dramas in Telugu movies, with extended families, elaborate sets and well-written emotional scenes. Many viewers saw traces of ...
Venkatesh will lead the Telugu Warriors in the third edition of Celebrity Cricket League (CCL). Venkatesh and Ram Charan were present at the event to announce the team and unveil the team logo. The third season of CCL will start on February 9. The Telugu Warri...
After reigning in Tollywood, the South heroines are now eyeing Bollywood and are trying to make it big in the Hindi film industry. Kajal Aggarwal took the first step by starring opposite Ajay Devgn in 'Singham'. And now Shriya, Tapsee, Charmee, and Tamannah ar...
A director whose career flowers with the success of his first film never actually fulfils the high expectations generated with his second movie. But there are a few directors who have escaped unscathed, with their second directorial ventures also doing well. T...
A case of assault has been lodged against producer Bellamkonda Suresh by financier Radha Krishna. The issue is related to the overseas rights of the movie 'Zabardast' that has Siddarth playing the lead role. Radha Krishna was the mediator in the dispute over t...
Producer Bellamkonda Suresh has been accused by a financier of attacking him. The financier Radha Krishna lodged a complaint at the Banjara Hills police station and has been sent for medical examination at Osmania Hospital. No comment has so far come from Bell...
Top stars target Sankranthi releases. And actor Sunil has a unique record: he targets February 14 for releases. His last film 'Poola Rangudu' was released last year on Valentine's Day. And this year 'Pelli Kodaku' is also being released on February 14.
For more than a decade now, Tollywood has had a morbid fascination with factions and family feuds. It has formed the backdrop of stories for nearly all top stars of the decade. And neither the actors, directors nor others had any links to Rayalaseema, in whose...
Tollywood stars have turned away from violence and are now ready to devote their energies to creating a Brindavanam on the screen. So get ready for family sentiment, sister sentiment, brother sentiment, father sentiment, and other sentiments in Telugu movies f...
Telugu movies and the festival of Sankranthi have a special connection. Sankranthi is one of the biggest festivals and is this season when top Tollywood producers line up their movies for release in cinemas. Right from the age of NTR to ANR to the current crop...
Tollywood actress Tapsee has not had a big hit for a while now but the beauty plans to change that in 2013 with six films in her kitty. The Punjabi heroine has only one hit to her name so far but is still in high demand with both directors and actors.
All the big directors, actors and production houses in Bollywood are awaiting the release of Tollywood movies. Over the past few years many Bollywood movies were remakes of superhit Telugu films, and Bollywood wants to continue to make money this way. Four of ...
Income Tax officials today reached the offices of Telugu film producer and distributor Dil Raju in Srinagar colony. They called it a 'survey' instead of a raid. The offices of Danyya DVV, who is the producer of Ram Charab Teja's 'Nayak' that released yesterday...
It is not just heroes who are cast again and again by directors. The star directors have their own set of favorite femal leads they like to cast in their movies repeatedly. Among the names that come to the mind are combinations of SS Rajamouli and Anushka Shet...
Top personalities of the Telugu film industry sat on a dharna against the Centre's decision to levy service tax on them. The day-long dharna was held at the film chamber office. The arguments against the service tax are from Murli Mohan, Ali and Tammareddy Bha...
A few heroes who had waited out a bad year 2012 with a string of dud films were rewarded with a bumper 2012. Pawan Kalyan and Nitin had a great year 2012 that eclipsed the string of flops they had dished out in the previous year. Come 2013, stars like Jr NTR, ...
Kajal Agarwal, Tamannaah and Anushka are Tollywood's top heroines. But in the year 2013, these heroines are heading the Kollywood way, seeking out fresh pastures in the Tamil film industry.
The list of 2012's top heroines in Tollywood remain the same as they did at the start. Kajal Agarwal, Tamannaah, Samantha Prabhu and Anushka Shetty still remain the most bankable female stars. Kajal has done four straight films, with two films being dubbed fro...