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He was a legendary actor, doyen of Telugu cinema and a phenomenon in AP politics. He changed the course of Telugu cinema and Telugu politics. His contribution to state, language is wide, unparalleled. He is an icon and often regarded as godly figure. He is none other than Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao alias NTR, the man who led the masses.

NTR’s historic house in Chennai’s T-Nagar road, which was once symbol for NTR and considered as temple, is waning much to the dismay of NTR’s die-hard fans, staunch followers. Neither his family members nor his party leaders are bothered about NTR’s house in Chennai where the legendary figure stayed there from 1960 to 1980.

There used to be days where people throng in queues in front of house to get a glimpse of NTR. The noteworthy is that people who visited Tirumala then would head to Chennai from Tirumala only to see NTR. Instances like these would say that all. How much his fans, followers revered him and his house.

With years passing, the historic temple is slowly diminishing and lost its sheen. Especially after his passing away, none of his family members took care of this house. Now many are demanding to renovate the historic house and keep it as memorable monument for his fans.

Even few TDP leaders are expressing their wish to convert the house into TDP office in Chennai. It’s high time for Nandamuri and Nara families to step in before NTR’s memory slips into history.

Naga Shourya’s last outing, Jadoogadu did not yield a favourable result for the actor. He is however undeterred and is working on his next projects – Abbayi tho Ammayi by Veera fame Ramesh Varma and Kalyana Vibhogame by Nandini Reddy.

Abbayi tho Ammayi shooting is complete and the makers are planning to release the audio very soon. Ilayaraja had composed the music for this youthful entertainer. A new comer is romancing the actor in this film. On the other side, Kalyana Vibhigame is also progressing at a brisk pace.

The shooting of the movie is also nearing completion. The actor had pinned high hopes on this film to make it big at the box office.

Mega Power Star Ram Charan’s next under the direction of Srinu Vaitla had completed 60% of its shooting formalities so far. The team is currently canning some comedy scenes in Hyderabad. After this schedule, they will fly to Thailand for another major schedule.

They have already completed a major schedule in Thailand where they shot the climax of the movie. They will have to shoot with out a break so that the movie releases for October 15th as planned earlier.

The team is likely to announce the finalized title on August 22nd as Chiranjeevi Birthday Special. The first look teaser and posters of the film are also expected on that day. This is the first time Srinu Vaitla is wielding megaphone for a Ram Charan starrer.

Radhika Apte who paired up with Balakrishna in Legend and Lion stood in the second place in the Google’s list of most searched in India. This is a rare feat and is an indication for the dusky beauty’s rising popularity.

However the bitter twist to this tale, she became popular in Google for infamous reason. The majority of the search volume is to watch her controversial nude video from a short film which was leaked a couple of months ago.

After this nude video, the maximum search is for her sensuous act in the superhit short thriller Ahalya. So her popularity in Google may not make Radhika or her fans so proud. Following her comments on Telugu film industry, she is unlikely to be given another chance here.

He might be a superstar for his fans yet he is a good son to his father, doting husband to wife and adoring father to his kids. Mahesh Babu is a complete family man and not many would know how sentiments hold him tight. Mahesh Babu himself revealed that he got tears in his eyes when his father, veteran actor Krishna heaped him of praises for his acting prowess in Srimanthudu.

“When dad first watched the film, he had told director Siva garu that Srimanthudu was my best film in my career. He told me the same. When he had told me, I got tears in my eyes,” said emotional Mahesh who is buoying in the success of Srimanthudu. He expounded, “Dad is very honest.

He is a child at heart. He speaks upfront. With praises coming from him, I got tears of joy.” Sharing compliments further, Mahesh said, “My brother (Ramesh) has greeted my with bouquet for the first time. It gave me new, different feeling.

My Peddodu (reel brother Venkatesh) visited my house and complimented me.” Mahesh said that he is upbeat over the accolades for the film from people of all walks of life including politicians. He said he never felt risky doing Srimanthudu. On whole, Mahesh is gearing up for his next Brahmotsavam.

Bollywood Corporate giant, Eros International had bagged the much needed success in Telugu with Srimanthudu and now they seem to be expanding their business here. It is said that they have bagged the rights of Kick-2 which will be releasing this Friday. We do not know the details of the deal but learnt that Kalyan Ram had incurred some loss on the project.

Eros will now honour all the business done by Kick-2 so far. Kick-2 release was postponed several times due to various reasons and is finally seeing light. Rakul Preet Singh plays the female lead while Thaman composes the music.

Vakkantham Vamsi who penned Kick is also the writer of this film. This is the first production venture of Kalyan Ram with another hero than himself. It is interesting to note that it is Kalyan Ram who introduced Surrender Reddy with his blockbuster movie, Athanokkade.

Naga Chaitanya is busy shooting in Araku for his next under the direction of Gautam Menon. The makers are planning to announce the title of the film and release the first look teaser of the movie on August 29th as Nagarjuna’s Birthday Special. The movie is more than 50% complete.

We have heard titles like Ventadu and Churakathhi for the movie. The action sequences of the film are said to be the major highlight of the movie. Malayalam heroine Manjima Mohan is making her Telugu debut with this film.

The movie is a bilingual and the Tamil version has Simbu playing the lead role. Ravindra Reddy is producing the film in Telugu under his Dwaraka Creations banner while Kona Venkat is co-producing it. AR Rahman is scoring the music.

Nandamuri Balakrishna’s next, Dictator is heading to Europe. The schedule will begin in Bulgaria on 23rd of this month. They have planned to shoot couple of songs and some scenes of the movie there in this schedule.

The makers have charted non-stop schedules for the film and are planning to release the film for Sankranthi 2016. Balayya has the history of delivering blockbusters for Sankranthi and fans hope that he will repeat the feat once again.

Dictator is the 99th film in Balakrishna’s career. Srivas who garnered a super success with Loukyam will be wielding megaphone for this project. The script is said to be based on Mafia backdrop. Famous writers duo – Kona Venkat and Gopimohan will be working for the first time with Balayya.