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This Diwali was special for Kamal Haasan as he and his daughter competed at the box office. While Kamal had a release in Thoongavanam, his daughter had a release in Vedalam.Well, heavy rains in Tamil Nadu did not stop their fans from turning up in large numbers for the shows. However, as per trade reports, Shruti Haasan’s Vedalam has scored over Kamal Haasan’s film.

Vedalam stars Ajith in the lead and it has Lakshmi Rai and Soori playing important characters. On the other hand, Thoongavanam has Kamal Haasan, Trisha, Prakash Raj, Sampath and Kishore playing the lead. While Vedalam was released in 520 screens, Kamal’s film was released in 375 screens. Vedalam which opened to good reviews grossed Rs 15.5 crores in Tamil Nadu, while Thoongavanam managed Rs 4 crores, say trade analysts.

In the past, Kamal and daughter clashed with Uttama Villain and Gabbar Is Back. At the time, Kamal’s win made more money especially in the US when compared to Gabbar Is Back which starred Akshay in the lead. However, this time, the clash is interesting as both of them compete with same language films unlike last time.

Film celebrities often request their fans to not smoke, at the start of their films. But how many of them have really quit smoking in real life? This super star of Indian films is still an avid smoker, no matter what the occasion is.

Walking in a black kurta and waving to cameras, King Khan has stunned everyone couple of days back at a party in Mumbai. When he stepped down his luxury vehicle at Amitabh Bachhan’s Diwali party, SRK was seen holding a lit cigarette in his hand.

By the time he reached the main gate of Big B’s palatial home Jalsa, Mr Khan was received by Chota Bachhan, and here too our Dilwale star hasn’t given up his cigarette. That explains, a smoke is still hot favourite of Bollywood Baadshah.

Well, Prabhas is the most eligible bachelor of Tollywood along with Rana. But more than Rana, Prabhas’ wedding or match-making happens consistently.For almost two to three years now, there has been constant buzz about Prabhas’ wedding, right from what type of girl he might like, to what his mom wants, etc, everything has been discussed online.

And in keeping with this tradition, some pranksters put out stories about Prabhas’ wedding and even circulated a picture of a girl who was called the ‘lucky lady’. The girl in question or in the picture was mentioned as someone hailing from Bheemavaram and it was said that both families have known each other for long.Now, naturally, this irritated the family and Prabhas’ uncle, Krishnama Raju, who is now his mentor, lashed out at people who are spreading such false rumours.

He made it clear that the news of Prabhas’ ‘online wedding’ was totally baseless and added that such rumours hadn’t popped up for the first time. Krishnam Raju also made it clear that their family will inform the media as when any new developments takes place.

Going by the current trends happening in Telugu Film Industry, it seems like internal family wars are going to be unstoppable here. Especially when there is an argument that outsiders are not finding enough theatres and chances to make it big in the industry, analysts feel that even the family-backed heroes might slip into trouble soon.

As we confirmed already, NTR’s Nannaku Prematho and Balayya’s Dictator are arriving on January 8th and 14th respectively. Two biggies from the same Nandamuri family are arriving in just a week gap, and 30% of fans are unlikely to pick both. Because it’s the question of money for many middle-class people and C-centre folks. They will be picking only those films that give them maximum satisfaction for ticket money.

Even family audiences will also think in similar way. After Balayya recedes from acting career, then Mokshagna is likely to enter the scene. Then we will have Jr NTR, Mokshagna, Kalyan Ram fighting from Nandamuri family for placements. So, the one who delivers better content will have more chances of succeeding than everyone.

Coming to Mega family, this set of heroes enjoy the biggest threat from each other. Barring Pawan Kalyan, we have Charan, Bunny, Saidharam, Varun Tej and Sirish in the game. As these heroes are continuously making films, at one point films of their cousins are likely to clash with them. If arrangements are made for two weeks gap, no doubt the same middle class money troubles will play the bigger role and fans are likely to wait and watch the best film among the two.

Same is the case with Akkineni family who has Nagarjuna, Chaitu, Akhil and sometimes Sushanth in the race. With this family inclined towards romantic films most of time, their producers might eye similar seasons, making the Brand Akkineni lock horns with each other.

Another scenario is that, if not family wars, wars with friends are also inevitable. Charan is likely to face Akhil and Rana one day; Bunny might get Prabhas in his way; and so on. With two many heroes running for the show, these wars can’t be avoided. Even if they plan very cautiously, our ways of missing release dates, delaying production and unnecessary postponements will lead only to a fight at box office.

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is always open to do experiments. The Attarintiki Daredi actress is all set to go deglam in her next. Sam, who usually plays ultra glamorous, stylish roles, for a change decided to do a non-glam role. She will be essaying the role of a slum dweller in Vada Chennai. Buzz is that Sam has signed the project on the dotted line and going to join the shoot soon.

Touted to be a two-part film featuring Dhanush in the lead role, veteran Tamil filmmaker Vetrimaaran is helming the film. Set against the backdrop of North Madras, the film is billed to chronicle three decades in the life of a gangster.

What’s more? Samantha is going to dub in her own voice for the film. This is not all. She will be seen speaking in a local Tamil accent. Since she is essaying the role of a slum girl, she will be seen with a tan and no make-up.

It is an open secret that actor Rajasekhar and his wife Jeevitha are not on healthy terms with the Mega family. In the past, the clashes between both the families were quite evident and were made public during the initial stages of Chiru’s PRP. But looks like the animosity has cooled down a bit on either sides.

Recently, Rajasekhar and Jeevitha were invited for the Diwali celebrations in New Jersey, USA. The celebrations were organised by the Telugu Kala Samithi has  in America. Rajasekhar participated in the event enthusiastically and even enthralled everyone as he danced to some of the hit numbers from Powerstar Pawan Kalyan’s films.

Interestingly, both Jeevitha and Rajasekhar made sarcastic comments on Pawan Kalyan, when the latter imitated Rajasekhar’s trademark dance step from the superhit ‘Rose Rose Roja Puvva’ song in his blockbuster film Gabbar Singh.

Rajasekhar’s daughters Sivani and Sivathmika, actors Madhavilatha and Sudha also took part in the Telugu Kala Samithi Diwali celebrations.