Tollywood
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Jan- 2023 -20 January
Maestro AR Rahman and virtuoso Dr. L Subramaniam celebrate life with a special intergenerational music tribute
Celebrated musicians AR Rahman and Dr. L Subramaniam have joined hands to celebrate commonality and the gift of life virtually at the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival. The composer and violinist have rendered a musical tribute to violin legend Prof. V Lakshminarayana. This collaboration is symbolic of the friendship between their families which goes back two generations. The tale goes that Rahman’s father, composer, arranger and musician RK Sekar, and Subramaniam’s father, Prof. V Lakshminarayana, used to live on the same street in Mylapore, Chennai. This special collaboration, which has been rearranged by Rahman and Subramaniam, features the artists in their family along with the duo. Centred on “Don’t Leave Me”, a song composed by Dr. L Subramaniam that Rahman grew up…
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19 January
Rajamouli: It’s a dream of every filmmaker to work in Hollywood
Indian director S.S. Rajamouli is open to experimentation and said it is a dream of every filmmaker to make a film in Hollywood. Last Monday, his crossover sensation ‘RRR‘ turned Los Angeles’s colossal TCL Chinese IMAX into a dance party, with hundreds of audience members rushing the screen. On Tuesday, Rajamouli’s epic musical drama won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, triumphing over such nobodies as Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Lady Gaga. Later in the week, directors like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron fawned over the filmmaker casually known as ‘SSR’, praising him in public. “I don’t have words to explain the kind of exhilaration that we are having,” Rajamouli, 49, told EW’s Awardist podcast. “It’s why I make films – to extract that kind…
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18 January
Pawan Kalyan to perform vahana puja of his campaign vehicle at Kondagattu temple
Actor-politician Pawan Kalyan will perform a special puja for his campaign vehicle named ‘Varahi’ at Sri Anjaneya Swamy temple in Kondagattu on January 24. The Jana Sena Party (JSP) leader will also launch the darshan of 32 Narasimha Swamy kshetras on the same day. The darshan will begin from Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Kshetram at Dharmapuri town in Jagtial. Reportedly, Pawan Kalyan firmly believes that he survived a near-fatal accident during an earlier election campaign at Karimnagar because of the blessing of Kondagattu Anjaneya Swamy. In 2019, he had a narrow escape when a high-tension wire fell on his vehicle. The party leader recently unveiled a specially designed vehicle in a garage in the city for an upcoming election campaign in Andhra Pradesh.…
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17 January
Jr NTR Feels Japan Gave More Love To ‘RRR’ Than India, ‘I Witnessed People Crying…’
Jr NTR and Ram Charan-starrer movie RRR recently won big at the Golden Globes. The movie collected an award in the Best Original Song category for Naatu Naatu. Now, fresh-off success, Jr NTR talked about how the movie gained worldwide success within no time, also stating that Japan gave more love to RRR than India. In a conversation with Goldderby, the actor was asked about the worldwide attention the movie has been getting. To this, he said, “I was there in Japan, witnessing people crying…and I think they have expressed their love for RRR as audiences, more than what India could.” “We thought maybe the West talking about it in social media… we thought you know we have our Indian…
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17 January
Check out what Netflix has on offer for Telugu viewers in 2023
After their theatrical run, these 16 Telugu films will expand the platform’s content slate this year Netflix has just announced 16 films as part of its licensed Telugu content slate for 2023. The films will find a home on Netflix after they complete their theatrical run. Fans will be able to experience it in cinemas and re-experience their favourite actors’ films at home. On the auspicious occasion of Sankranti, Netflix gave a glimpse to the 16 titles on their social media channels and fans couldn’t get enough of the titles that were coming on the service. With films like ‘RRR’, ‘Shyam Singha Roy’, ‘Ante Sundaraniki’ that have received a lot of love globally, fans are excited to see what this year has…
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11 January
Ram Charan takes selfies with thousands of fans in LA
Global Star Ram Charan’s fandom knows no bounds. The actor is in LA for the prestigious Golden Globe Awards for his epic film ‘RRR’, which has been nominated in two categories namely ‘Best Film In Foreign Language’ and ‘Best Original Song’ for ‘Naatu Naatu’. Fans of the mega power star gathered outside a cinema in LA wherein the movie was being screened, and they all even braved the torrential LA rains, with posters of Charan and ecstatic chants of his name. Charan, who has often dazzled audiences with his unflinching humility, demonstrated this again as he gracefully posed for photographs with every one of the admirers. Since the videos were posted by a number of fan groups, they have been…
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9 January
Samantha reveals the toughest part of shooting for ‘Shakuntalam’
Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu revealed the toughest part of shooting for ‘Shakuntalam’ and shared pictures from the training session. Taking to Instagram, the ‘Oo Antava’ star treated fans with a video of her pet dog and behind-the-scenes picture from her upcoming movie sets. Samantha was seen posing gracefully as her character in ‘Shakuntalam’ and flaunted her curves in the picture from a training session.In the video, her pet dog Sasha could be seen lying on a couch. Along with a post, she wrote a hilarious caption mentioning how grace is not either hers or Sasha’s thing. The caption read, “The toughest part of #Shakuntalam was maintaining grace and posture while walking, talking, running… even crying! And grace is sooo not my thing.…
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6 January
Jr NTR in Oscar race? ‘Variety’s Top 10 Oscars Ballot for Best Actor Nominations features actor’s name
One of the most attractive actors in the Telugu film industry is Jr. NTR. Everyone respects the actor’s devotion to acting and desire to give each role his all. His exceptional performances over the years captured the hearts of many in the South Indian cinema industry, and his most recent feature film, ‘RRR’, has been met with a great deal of acclaim from the public. With the SS Rajamouli directorial, which dominated the box office and showed no signs of stopping, he became a sensation across India. The movie is making ripples not only in India but even outside. The pan-Indian actor is now the first Indian to be on ‘Variety’s Top 10 Oscars Ballot for Best Actor Nominations, which is…
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5 January
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5 January
Akkineni Nagarjuna unveils trailer of the quirky film ‘Popcorn’
Sai Ronak and Avika Gor will be seen in exciting roles in an entertainer titled ‘Popcorn’, directed by Murali Naga Srinivas Gandham. Producer Madhupalli Bhogendra Gupta of Acharya Creations (of the critically-acclaimed ‘Napolean’ and ‘Maa Oori Polimera’ fame) is producing it. Avika Gor is debuting as a co-producer of the movie on her banner Avika Screen Creations. MS Chalapathi Raju and Seshu Babu Peddinti are its other co-producers. The film’s trailer was released by Akkineni Nagarjuna. As promised, ‘Popcorn’ comes with a novel story and a distinct screenplay. Sai Ronak plays Pawan, a youngster who bumps into a stranger named Sameerana, played by Avika Gor, in a mall in Hyderabad. They get stuck inside a lift, leaving the girl struggling to escape…
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