Gone are the days where actors used to do hundreds of movies. Completing 50 films would be a great achievement for contemporary stars. So reaching the twenty fifth movie mark is one of the biggest milestones for any actor now. However, this landmark is turning out to be a disastrous one for many actors.
Pawan Kalyan’s twenty fifth film Agnyathavaasi ended up as one of the historical disasters in Telugu cinema. Pawan’s diehard fan Nithin also recently reached twenty five films milestone with Chal Mohan Ranga. He followed the suit with a forgettable flop.
Recent actor to complete twenty five films is Vishal. Pandem Kodi 2 is Vishal’s silver jubilee film, which failed to live up to the hype. NTR’s twenty fifth film Nannaku Prematho is an exception. Although it flopped in Telugu states, it has done well in USA giving it average status on the whole. Mahesh’s Maharshi is his twenty fifth movie. Will this break the jinx and record a blockbuster success?
While #RC12 is still undecided about the title of the film and as fans getting restless with literally no updates about the film, gossipmongers are having a field day cooking up conspiracies and stories on it.
Dil Raju has lost his midas touch this year. He hasn’t scored a hit in 2018 in spite of releasing three films already.
A section of media has reported that the storyline for Sukumar's next with Mahesh has been finalzied. They even claimed that it is going to be a period film.
One thing that amused everyone about Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu trailer is Sudheer Babu’s voice. Someone else dubbed for Sudheer in the trailer that was later confirmed by the actor himself.
Director Boyapati Srinu is taking his own sweet time to wrap up his film with Ram Charan #RC12, tentatively titled Vinaya Vidheya Raama.
Dil Raju bought the Nizam rights of Aravinda Sametha for around Rs 17 crore and the films should break even. That is not his main problem.
One of the strategies of big films is to jack up the ticket prices during the initial days of release so that the collections will be good irrespective of the word-of-mouth.
There have always been complaints about the promotional activities of movies produced by Harika Hassine Creations.
Sharwanand’s next film is in the direction of Hanu Raghavapudi. Titled Padi Padi Leche Manasu, the movie has the talented Sai Pallavi essaying the female lead.
Vijay Devarakonda created a market for himself courtesy of the films Arjun Reddy and Gita Govindam.
She has just one hit but her demands are bigger than the top actresses, say Tollywood makers. This actress debuted in one of the surprise hits of the year.
The biopic on NTR is being made on a large scale and timed for an election release to bring the TDP back to power.
Even before the release of Geetha Govindam, director Parasuram had taken advances to the tune of nearly Rs 4 to 5 crore from producers saying he would do his next film with them.
Ravi Teja is worried about the fate of “Amar Akbar Anthony” which has almost completed the shoot. Ravi Teja is reportedly not happy with Vaitla’s adamant nature of sticking to his old ideas.