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Wrong speculations about Oopiri remake

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Since the last few days, some very wrong info has been circulating in Tollywood about the remake rights of Oopiri and some very big media houses have also fallen prey to this misinformation.
 
After registering solid acclaim, the movie Oopiri caught the attention of filmmakers across the country. This included Karan Johar, who wanted to make the film in Hindi. This led to the rumours about Karan acquiring the rights of Oopiri.
 
Interestingly, Karan Johar has no need of acquiring the remake rights of Oopiri. The movie is a remake of the french film ‘The Intouchables’ and Karan Johar acquired the India remake rights for this movie a long time ago! So, PVP Cinema actually acquired the rights from this Bollywood personality.
 
Oopiri is indeed going to be remade in Hindi by Karan Johar and Vamshi Paidipally may get a chance to direct the movie if everything goes according to plan.

Multiple Overseas schedule for Baahubali

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Rajamouli’s period epic Baahubali is going to come out in 2017 as a bigger and grander sequel to the hugely successful ‘Baahubali – The Beginning’. This movie is currently on sets and regular shooting is expected to continue until the end of the year.
 
Unlike the first part which only had one overseas schedule in Bulgaria, this version reportedly has multiple overseas scheduled that are currently being worked out. These areas will most probably be used for action sequences and songs.
 
Prabhas has been bulking up for this film and he will be seen with a more muscled body in this version. Produced by Arka Mediaworks, Baahubali has music from Keeravani.

Balayya’s 100th film US rights sold for record price

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Overseas markets for Telugu films have become a crucial factor now, with their multi million dollar revenues. As a result, producers and directors are catering to this market, to make sure that their film is ‘overseas friendly’.
 
Among the very few directors who can pull crowds to the theaters, irrespective of the hero, is Krish. Right from his film ‘Gamyam’, he has been making a name for himself and his films tend to do well abroad.
 
All of this is bringing in unexpected benefits for Balakrishna for his upcoming 100th movie. The film will be directed by Krish and because it is a period epic, Balakrishna is expected to ace the role. As a result, expectations on the film are already increasing in trade circles.
 
According to reliable info, a bumper offer of 2.75 Crores has been made for the US rights of this movie. This has happened even before the film started rolling and this is a superb figure for Balakrishna, whose overseas market is very limited.
 
The production house has decided to wait until the second half of the year to open the business, as business will tend to heat up once the visuals and publicity material start trickling out.

Sardaar Gabbar Singh Censor formalities completed

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The censor formalities for Pawan Kalyan’s Sardar Gabbar Singh have been wrapped up with a U/A certificate. The film is all set for a grand release on April 8th.
 
The unit is currently shooting for its final schedule in Switzerland. Kajal Aggarwal is playing the film’s leading lady. Power fame Bobby is directing the film and Pawan Kalyan’s close friend Sharat Marar is producing it.
 
Devi Sri Prasad composed the tunes and the audio is getting a superb response from the music lovers. Pawan Kalyan penned the story and screenplay for the film.

Small screen actress commits suicide

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Chinnari Pellikoothuru or ‘Balika Vadhu’ is a very popular serial that is viewed by lakhs of people across the country. The characters in the serial are well loved by people, so it came as a bit of a shock when news broke out that the lead actress, Prathyusha Bannerjee, committed suicide at the young age of 24!
 
The actress apparently had issues with her boyfriend and TV Producer Rahul Raj Singh. The police are investigating and a full report is expected only after a day or two. But the incident has shaken everyone, especially her co-stars.
 
It has also put the spotlight on the Industry, where extreme competition, depression and vices are taking their toll. Depression is a very real phenomenon in the entertainment industry and a star like Deepika Padukone had to endure it. She publicly spoke about it and tried to raise awareness about it.
 
Priya Bannerjee’s death is one more wake up call for Industry bodies to look after their young actors and provide proper support and counseling mechanisms in times of need.

Great gesture by Mahesh Babu for young hero

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If you have noticed the off screen life of superstar Mahesh Babu he is a very private person and doesn’t appear in public much. But, from the past few days Mahesh changed his mindset and making his presence felt in all public events as well as family events. Earlier, he attended as the chief guest for his brother-in-law’s Sudheer Babu films audio launch events. But from the past one year, he has been attending other heroes films audio launch events and promoting the small-budget movies in a big way.
 
However, now he is all set to attend as a chief guest for dubbed movie audio launch. The movie in the discussion is Oscar Award Music composer AR Rehman’s nephew GV Prakash’s film Pencil. The audio launch event will be held soon and the songs are composed by GV Prakash himself. It is heard that GV Prakash is waiting for Mahesh Babu’s available time for making it to the audio launch. When Mahesh gives his valuable time, the audio launch event date will be announced.
 
Directed by Mani Nagaraj, the film has Sri Divya playing GV Prakash’s love interest. It is indeed a great gesture by Mahesh to support young budding star on his Telugu debut.

Unique title confirmed for Milky beauty’s next

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After the unimaginable success of her recent bilingual film Oopiri, Milky beauty Tamannaah is eagerly looking forward for her upcoming trilingual film in AL Vijay’s direction. The Telugu version has now been titled as Abhinetri. Interestingly, it’s the first time in her career that Tamannaah has acted in a thriller. 
 
While Tamannaah is playing one of the lead roles, the film also stars multi talented Prabhu Deva along with the chiseled hunk Sonu Sood in pivotal roles. The principal shooting of the film began few months ago, and recently, it was extensively shot in Maharashtra. 
 
With a title like Abhinetri, it remains to be seen what all Tamannaah has pulled off in the film. While Prabhu Deva is producing the Tamil Version, ace writer Kona Venkat is presenting it in Telugu. The music for this will be by the duo of GV Prakash Kumar and Thaman. Abhinetri’s team has some decorated technicians such as Bollywood cinematographer Manush Nandan, National award winning editor Anthony. 

Brahmotsavam satellite rights sold for a bomb

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Superstar Mahesh Babu’s next movie Brahmotsavam is creating lot of buzz before release. Brahmotsavam already created the record as the most expensive overseas movie in history of TFI. We had reported earlier that Classic Entertainments bagged the overseas rights for a record 13 crores.  PVP films has been getting very good offers for remaining areas in India also.
 
Even though the movie is slated for release in May, we hear that all the major GEC (General Entertainment Channels) are vying to get the rights of this marquee movie. As per our sources, Zee Telugu captured the satellite rights for this movie for a hefty 11 crores. Zee Telugu has rights to recent superhit ‘Srimanthudu’ as well.
 
This family entertainer is being directed by Srikanth Addala and PVP Cinema is handling the production. Samantha, Kajal and Pranitha are the heroines in this movie.

Brahmostavam release date confirmed?

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Superstar Mahesh Babu’s ‘Brahmotsavam’ is all set to hit the screens this summer. The film’s shoot is in the last stages and while the team expected to get the film out in early May, the most likely release date now seems to be in the last week of May.
 
We have said this before and the latest news coming out of the industry confirms our information. The final copy of the film is not expected to be ready before mid May though all efforts are being made to wrap up the film soon.
 
Mahesh Babu and Samantha will be sharing the screen along with Kajal and Pranitha in this big budget family entertainer that is being produced by PVP Cinema. The movie is being directed by Srikanth Addala and Mickey J Meyer has composed the music. Brahmotsavam will have a big release simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil.

Rock Music Sensation confirmed for Balayya’s 100th film?

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It is already a known fact that Nandamuri Balakrishna will join forces with creative director Krish for his 100th film. After hearing out various scripts, Balakrishna has decided to go with a historical subject for his landmark film. It is learnt that this much awaited flick will be based on King Satakarni, whose capital was Amaravati. 
 
Balakrishna will be seen as Gauthamiputra Satakarni and has already started prepping up for this role.According to the latest reports, Krish is likely to rope in Devi Sri Prasad to compose the soundtrack for this prestigious film. Although, nothing has been officially confirmed, Krish has dropped enough hints that he will be working with the ace musician very soon. 
 
So, it looks like this interesting combo could materialize for this historical film. Previously, Devi Sri Prasad scored tunes for Balakrishna’s blockbuster film Legend.More details about the project will be out very soon.