Tollywood

An oath of secrecy shrouds Bahubali director S S  Rajamouli’s underproduction film RRR which, we can very certainly say, will get another title soon. While the male cast  Ramcharan Teja and NTR Jr was confirmed long back, the female cast has been kept under wraps, not to create mystery but because so far no leading lady has been finalized. This, ...

Rajinikanth’s younger daughter Soundarya is all set to marry actor businessman Vishagan Vanangamudi. The marriage is supposed to take place in February 2019. Vishagan owns a pharmaceutical company and he is also an actor – he was recently seen in Manoj Bheeda’s Vanjagar Ulagam. This will be Soundarya and Vishagan Vanangamudi’s second marriage. Soundarya was married to businessman R Ashwin ...

In the  14 years of their marriage, Mahesh Babu was not with his dear devoted wife Namrata Shirodkar for the first time as she turned a year older on February 22. “It couldn’t be helped,” sighed Namrata from  the Taj  Falaknuma Palace where she  brought in her birthday  with her  closest friends. “Mahesh had no choice. His film Maharshi is ...

There are reports of 2018 ’s most promising newcomer Ishaan Khattar being in the remake of last year’s Telugu hit Geetha Govindham. The original starred Telugu cinema’s fastest-rising superstar Vijay Deverakonda. Vijay Deverakonda and Radhika Pandit in a still from ‘Geetha Govindam’ And now the talk of the remake with Ishaan? Turns out,  it is all dart-throwing in the dark. The Dhadak ...

Firstly I want to know how you have managed to not age by even a day in 15 years? (Laughs) Arrey Nahin. I am just trying to eat, sleep and live well. It’s more about feeling good than looking good. It ’s not easy after two children. After my second child, I had to lose a  lot of weight. It ...

KGF star Yash brought in his 33rd  birthday with minimum fanfare. He says he is no mood for partying and celebration, what with the death of Kannada’s veteran actor Ambreesh. That apart this year brought immense joy for Yash. His daughter was born and his new film KGF is a certified hit not only in the South Indian languages but ...

If advance  reports  of  director Karthik Subbiraj’s Petta are to be believed, then Rajinikanth has  another blockbuster  on his hands  just  a month after the super-success  of  2.0 And that really puts the Manmohan Singh bio-pic in an awkward position. Sandwiched as it between the declared success of Rohit Shetty’s Simmba and expected success Petta, the Manmohan  Singh bio-pic finds ...

Just hours away from release…Are you nervous?Yeah, now that it’s finally happening I am nervous and anxious. It ’s very mixed feelings. But for me, the most important thing right now is to go watch the film with the audience. I’ve to join Rajini Sir’s fans in the theatres because I will be watching Petta, not as a filmmaker but ...

The trailer of Rajinikanth’s Petta shows the actor looking far younger than he did in all his recent films including 2:0. In fact one of the heroines comments on how young he’s looking, in case we miss the point. The heroines, by the way, Trisha and Simran are not as young as they have been in recent Rajini starrers. It ...

How would you describe the year that was?I cannot complain. Lots of work, four releases, two leaked films, success, failures, playback singing, troubles and troubleshooting, launching my own clothing line, launching my own production house. I am alive. You had four very different releases. How do you look back at the three releases? Anything that you would have done differently?Lots of ...