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Hero Ram is coming up with “Nenu Sailaja” movie soon. This film is going to have newcomer, Malayali actress Keerthi Suresh in the leads. Much before her debut film hits cinemas, Keerthi is ready to sign yet another project in the tinsel town. Reeling through continuos flops, hero Sandeep Kishan is trying his luck with a remake film titled “Neram”.

This film was a super hit in both Malayalam and Tamil. We hear that two pretty beauties are zeroed on for leading heroine role and they are none other than Keerthi Suresh and Ashna Zaveri. Sandeep is said to have recommended Keerthi’s name after watching a bit of her work in “Nenu Sailaja”.

To be directed by “Mr Nookayya” fame Anil Kanneganti, the film has Nivin Pauly and Nazriya Nazim in the original version and we have to see how far our actors will do justice to those roles. It happens to be the story of protagonist and what happens in a day for him.

Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s power at Tollywood’s trade has been proved again. His upcoming film ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ is the most expected movie of Tollywood at the moment. If the inside buzz is to be believed the makers are quoting Rs.12 crores to sell the movie’s theatrical rights in Ceded area. This is more or less equal to ‘Baahubali’s theatricals. Buyers, on the other side, have already quoted more than Rs.10 crores to get the movie’s rights. It remains to be seen who would acquire the film’s rights.

Kajal Aggarwal is romancing with Pawan Kalyan in this action and comedy entertainer. Devi Sri Prasad is composing the music of the movie. KS Ravindra is directing the movie. The movie is being produced by Sharat Marar on North Star Entertainment.Meanwhile, the production team is planning to release the movie in the month of March. This is likely to be the first release of summer season.

Despite delivering a hat-trick hits (Swamy Ra Ra, Karthikeya, Surya Vs Surya), hero Nikhil is down-to-earth to admit that he is not a big star. In a candid conversation, cool and composed Nikhil talks about his immediate film Sankarabharanam, working with Kona Venkat, upcoming films, marriage plans and more.

Genesis of Sankarabharanam

One fine day Kona garu asked me to come to his working office where he writes all his scripts. I went to see him thinking of why he called me. There he said that he is doing a film with me and narrated script of Sankarabharanam. However, he didn’t give me full narration, he had told me only few portion. I asked him for full narration.

Though Kona garu was big man, he was down-to-earth. He didn’t have ego. He had narrated me full version after sometime and it was spell-binding. We’ve full remake rights of Phas Gaye Re Obama. It’s not a free-make. We’re ethical and we bought total remake rights. However, the second-half has been changed.

About His Role

I play the role of an ABCD (American Born Confused Desi) NRI. Usually, American Born NRIs face ironical situation. When theyr’e in US, they’re treated as Indians and when they’re in India, due to their accent, they’re treated as US citizens. It’s a challenging to play such role. There’s a comic side to my role and every role in the film. My role is not tailor-made role for me. It suits for any hero in Telugu industry. I’m lucky it happened to me.

Titled after Classic Film?

When Kona garu first told me its title, I was shocked, taken aback. But he convinced me the reason behind naming the film so. It’s a complete marketing strategy to use a well-known name. Also, there’s a title justification for the film at its very beginning. Our film is a complete and clean movie. There’s no degrading the classic. Kona garu took permission of K. Viswanath garu who was impressed and agreed to it. In fact, he only launched our music. Our movie might not great film, but it won’t let down the classic Shankarabharanam.

Kona Dominated Director Uday?

Shankarabharanam is team effort. We’ll worked hard for it. Kona garu used to come to sets early and stay till the late night. He supervised the film whereas Uday Nandan executed it. Kona, Uday traveled for 10 years and they both together decided on shot divisions. So, there’s no question of domination. It was their collective decision. Working in Bihar wasn’t easy. We faced few tough moments as Bihar wasn’t safe due to its crime rate. But we forgot everything due to our film’s output.

On Experiments

Experiments work for me because I’m not a big star and budgets of my films are under control. A big star couldn’t take risk as huge money is at stake. I’m glad films like Swamy Ra Ra, Karthikeya and Surya Vs Surya worked for me. If I weren’t having patience to listen to umpteen scripts, I’d not have got opportunity to select such scripts and would not have find directors like Sudheer Varma, Chandu Mondeti.

Upcoming films

I’m teaming up with director VI Anand for a fantasy drama. It’s going to be made on a huge scale. Yes, I’ll be romancing three heroines in the film of which Avika Ghor has been finalised. The film’s shoot will start from Dec 25th or 26th onwards.

Karthikeya Sequel

I’m doing Karthikeya sequel. Chandu is going to direct this. It’s a proper sequel where it starts from exactly where the franchise has ended. The script has been locked and even registered.

On parting note, Nikhil said that Sankarabharanam is complete entertainer. He said he’ll be tying the knot in the next year (Probably before Summer 2016).

Super Star Rajinikanth is man of generosity. Every time when South Indian population suffered with a natural disaster or catastrophe, he was one among the first people to react. This time, Chennai city and some more parts of Tamil Nadu are inundated with overflowing floods. Actually, last one month has been a tough time for Tamil Nadu and especially the lives in Chennai are battered with no power, no transportation and the picture looks very much dull because Regional Meteorological Centre staff forecasted heavy rains for next one week. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought Rs. 2000 Crores financial relief from Central government but Centre announced Rs 940 Crores assistance immediately. Nadigar Sangam has begun the initiatives to collect more funds from cinema celebrities and Rajinikanth appears to be the one to react initially.

Rajinikanth, Suriya, Karthi, Vishal and Dhanush have donated Rs. 40 Lakhs to the Nadigar Sangam which will be credited into CM Relief Fund. Other stars like Vijayakanth, Raghava Lawrence and Anirudh Ravichander have also donated generously. Rajinikanth’s Sri Raghavendra Public Charitable Trust donated 10 Lakhs for victims.

May it be, a (god) father like figure Krishnam Raju or any star producer from any part of the world, Prabhas is so determined about ‘Bahubali’ and he is no way going to give a thought on his future films till the time the assignment with Rajamouli is finished to the fullest of satisfaction. The time spent by Prabhas on one single project of ‘Bahubali’ is although criticized by many but the Young Rebel Star is happy with the first part output which blessed him an International recognition.

Whatsoever, the intermediary news on Krishnam Raju having registered the title of ‘Danda’ for a project to be initiated on home production Gopi Krishna Movies banner with Prabhas as hero finds no strength to stand in market. Just like ‘Danda,’ there were numerous reports floated on Prabhas future projects and none materialized till now.
There is no space for Prabhas to at least think on ‘Danda’ or ‘Okka Adugu’ because he wants to enjoy the every moment of hard work to be put into ‘Bahubali 2.’ When future professional assignments have also been sidelined for the sake of Rajamouli, there’s strictly nothing we can comment on Prabhas marriage, at this moment!

Anushka Shetty aka Sweety Shetty, who is quite occupied with films like Baahubali 2 and Singham 3, is going to sign a new film. If sources are to be believed, Anushka is going to sign a film for Prabhas’ Production. Already, Sweety is in talks with the production house and she’s expected to sign the project on the dotted line soon.

Well, if you’re confused when Prabhas forayed into film production. Don’t get it wrong. It’s nothing but UV Creations, which Prabhas often call it as his home banner. Prabhas’ cousins Pramod, Vamsi are the promoters of the production house.

Apparently, Anushka is toying with the idea of doing film in UV Creations for a while. The story has been narrated to Anushka and she was said to be impressed. It’s not clear whether it’s a female-oriented film or regular commercial film.

Will Prabhas be acting in the film? Who’s going to direct the film? At the moment, things are kept under the wraps. Right now, Prabhas and Anushka are keeping their eyes on Baahubali: The Conclusion.