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Actress Nanditha is slowly moving out from the shadows of director Maruthi and is now trying to get offers from other production houses. In the past, Nanditha had become popular with Chandramukhi kind of role in Prema Katha Chitram and since then she mostly worked in films that had Maruthi as either producer, writer or presenter. And in true filmi style, there were also rumours about their personal friendship.

Apparently, he would decide everything about her career, what she had to do and also telling her which film to do and fixing her remuneration. Buzz in the industry is that she has moved out of the camp and is looking for offers from other productions.

Since Nanditha has a fair deal of success and good craze among youth, she now wants to cash in on the popularity, before her career ends. Talk is that she is now handling her career independently.

For the whole world, James Bond is known as man of guns, gadgets and girls. His brilliance laced with casanova nature is what makes him special. But here is a punch to him from Indian Censors.

Releasing on 20th November in India, “Spectre” was censored the other day for screening in India. The film will be releasing in English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil day after tomorrow. After watching the film, Censors have asked the makers to cut short the length of the kissing scenes by 50%. These days lip kisses are prohibited on Indian screens, as a cultural move.

Well, social media is quipping on this move: Has Censor Board measured how much length James Bond’s kiss is, that they asked to chop for 50%, asked many. Kisses doesn’t matter really, but the way Censor asked to chop them is what really hurts cinema lovers.

Just a few days after the news of his health condition broke out in open, popular Hollywood Star Charlie Sheen on Tuesday revealed he is HIV positive in an exclusive interview for TODAY. The Two and a half men star said he shelled out more than $10 million to keep the illness a secret from the people who were aware of his health. Sheen also said he made the announcement to end the extortion and a smear campaign.

Sheen revealed that he was diagnosed with HIV nearly 4 years ago, but unsure about how he contracted the virus. The actor also stated that it was “impossible” that he knowingly transmitted the virus his sex partners. Charlie’s doctor said “HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS, which has no cure. But “Charlie does not have AIDS.”

Meanwhile, Charlie’s ex-girlfriend and former porn star Bree Olson, who also his live in partner in 2011 fumed in an interview that Sheen never told her about him contracting the HIV virus. ‘He never said anything to me,’ Bree Olson said. ‘I was his girlfriend. I lived with him. We were together. We had sex almost every day for a year.’

Olson also claimed that she has been threatened by Charlie’s fans who accused her of afflicting Charlie with HIV. However, Olson revealed that she had already tested negative for HIV. If proven guilty of hiding his HIV infection from his sex partners, Charlie may face imprisonment and several law suits.

MTV has always set its mark and proved itself very different from the rest. It is know for its unprecedented shows from MTV Rodies to the latest Big F with Gautam Gulati that broadcasts on TV the forbidden fantasies of Indian youth. It soon would be airing an episode where it’s all about Lesbian youngster.

Big F has episodes as bold as its concept sounds. Its sixth episode would be aired this Sunday. That is going to be a first of its kind episode and show on the Indian Television. It is titled ‘I kissed a Girl’. It’s the story of a fashion designing student Sharmishtha experimenting on her sexual orientation.

She in the start is mocked for not dating men but as the days go by she finds a friend Mahurima that she is happy hanging around with. Sharmistha then realizes she has a sexual inclination towards her female friend and comes open about it. Though few start to act weird, her friends are happy for her. It is also said to have bold scenes of Sharmistha Kissing Mahurima.

Kochi: Superstar Salman Khan’s blockbuster “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, which raked in over Rs.300 crore at the Indian box office, has been watched by a mere two percent of approximately 130 crore Indian population in theatres, says a cinema chain official. According to reports, a staggering 74.5 million people, across India, tuned into the TV premiere of the film last month. But in a session on increasing footfalls in theatres at the ongoing Indywood Film market, it was revealed that only three crore and 21 lakh people have so far watched Bollywood blockbuster “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” in cinemas. “It’s startling to know only two percent of India’s population has watched the film, which has collected over Rs.300 crore from Indian theatres. Even if we can increase the footfalls to five percent, it will hugely benefit the overall revenue of Indian cinema,” said P.V. Sunil, director and CEO of Carnival Cinemas.

The reason, as Sunil points out, is that 50 percent of Indian population still has no access to cinemas. “Seven screens cater to one million people in India vis-a-vis over 100 screens in US. As of today, only 15 percent of total screens in India constitute multiplexes while the rest are still single screen cinemas. Despite being the largest producer of films in the world, India still struggles to generate revenue because most people still have no access to screens,” he said. According to Devang Sampat, business head – strategy, Cinepolis India, one of the best ways to increase footfalls is to target tier-2, tier-3 and even tier-4 cities. “We were the first to open a four-screen multiplex in Patna. The response has been extremely good and its average ticket price is same as that of Mumbai’s. This means there are people with high spending capacity even in smaller cities,” he said. Sampat also pointed out that most multiplexes rely on malls, which is not a healthy trend.

“In places like Madhya Pradesh, people literally travel 50 km to watch movies. Why not we take the screens to them? Why not build multiplexes in these places? Indians don’t watch cinema for entertainment; it’s a culture for us,” he added. Technology too is a key driver in increasing footfalls, believes Sohan Roy, founder chairman and CEO of Aries Group of Companies. Roy is also the chief promoter of AriesPlex SL Cinemas, which is south India’s first double 4K projection facility here. “Take the case of ‘Baahubali’, which ran houseful for 15 weeks in our cinemas. It was screened in 4K projection and the audience loved the experience. They watched it more than once. Technology plays a pivotal in drawing audiences for the overall experience in a cinema hall,” Roy said.

Director Surender Reddy roped in his Race Gurram heroine Shruti Haasan for his next movie with hero Ram Charan that is to be launched next month. The film is the remake of Tamil super hit Thani Oruvan and the movie’s pre-production work has started once Allu Aravind took over the project from producer Danayya.

Earlier, Shruti Haasan was paired with Ram Charan in Yevadu and the film went on to be a big hit. So now Charan has given his nod to Shruti when Surender Reddy suggested her for the role. The part was originally played by Nayanatara in the Tamil version. Also, Shruti Haasan was recently seen in Srimanthudu opposite Mahesh Babu as Charuseela and this will be her next big film in Telugu, though she is playing one of the heroines in Naga Chaitanya-starrer Majnu.

Shruti Haasan also recently hiked her remuneration to Rs 1.5 crores and the producers are willing to pay her the amount as she has become the lucky mascot to several heroes in Tollywood.

The makers of Srimanthudu had ran a contest in which the winners will be presented the cycle used by Mahesh Babu in their film. The contest was completed and the winner was finalized. The makers have got 15 Lakhs from the contest.

They have donated 10 Lakhs for Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital and another 5 Lakhs for Heal a Child Foundation. The makers have handed over cheques to the hospital and the NGO on Wednesday. Mahesh’s wife Namratha was also present.

Our readers are ware that Nandamuri Balakrishna is the Chairman of Basava Tarakaram Hospital. The actor is putting serious efforts to promote the hospital and is doing very good service to the poor in both the Telugu States. Its good to see Mahesh acknowledging Balayya’s good work.

King Nagarjuna is currently shooting for his very successful TV show, Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu’s third season. The TV telecast of this new season will begin from 27th of this month in MAA TV. Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu-3 will have 60 Episodes that season.

Nagarjuna reportedly already completed the shooting of about 40 Episodes. There are reports that MAA TV is considering changing the timing of the telecast. On the other side, Nagarjuna’s Soggade Chinni Nayana is gearing up for Sankranthi release.

While Oopiri is being planned for February 5th, the next year. Nagarjuna will also be seen in cameo roles of Size Zero and in Srikanth son, Roshan’s debut movie, Nirmala convent.

Hero Nithin proudly took up the challenge to launch Akkineni Akhil on his banner. He got the best technicians on board and invested lot of money in the movie to make sure of a grand launch pad for Akhil. He also took a break to make sure that everything falls in place for this prestigious film. Despite his passion and dedication Akhil turned out to be a major disaster. Although Nithin’s zeal is unquestionable, Akkineni fans are blaming him for the failure. They are pointing fingers at Nithin’s inexperience is one of the reasons for this debacle.

An experienced producer would have sensed that the film is not going to work is what they claim. However it was Nagarjuna and Akhil who have finalized the story and Nithin has little to do with it. Akkineni fans are targeting Nithin on social platform right from the day Akhil release was postponed from Dasara to Deepavali. It is downright silly that few fans are alleging that Nithin purposefully launched Akhil with such a disastrous film. Nithin who has always been active on Twitter went offline ever since the movie has hit the screens. Poor Nithin is not even being consoled for losing so many crores of hard earned money on Akhil.

Mahesh Babu’s latest movie “Srimanthudu” has collected nearly 145 crores from people as ‘gross’ while producers will make nearly 85 crores ‘share’ out of it. What will he do with this money after the movie completed 100 days at box office? Some share, he’s giving back to society.

Standing by the word and the message he has given in Srimanthudu movie, Mahesh Babu is now giving back what he has earned from the film. As people loved the strong point that any millionaire should give back something to society and to their native places, Mahesh has already adopted villages and now he’s donating money to needful.

On the eve of film’s 100 days completion, today Srimanthudu team, Namrata and Koratala Siva, have handed over a 10 lakhs cheque to Basavatarakam Cancer Foundation and another cheque of 5 lakhs to Heal A Child Foundation in Hyderabad.

What’s more ideal is, not just preaching on the silver screen but living by it off the screen too. Good job Mahesh and Srimanthudu team.

This might be a bit shocker to few but true. Liplock pics, romantic stills from upcoming film “Abbayitho Ammayi” have gained much attention than the name of legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja who composed songs for the film. Apparently, youth of this generation are more into fast beats, liplocks, spectacular dance moves of lead pair.

Abbayitho Ammayi got good buzz due to its first look of the film, meaty posters of the hero, heroine. Even during the film’s audio, the romantic scenes have taken center stage by thus dominating the veteran.

No doubt, maestro Ilaiyaraaja is doyen of Indian music and legend unto himself. But the septuagenarian seems to be losing his charm among younger lot. It’s been a while maestro delivered great numbers. Even his songs in previous film Rudhramadevi failed to have his magic.

Although songs from Gundello Godari are nice, they didn’t turn out to be chartbusters. Perhaps, maestro’s songs are a bit slow to this faster generation. Only time will tell. Let’s hope he will soon be back with a bang.