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Mega Powerstar Ram Charan successfully outshined Superstar Mahesh Babu, when it comes to pay package.
According to the reliable sources, Charan is charging a staggering Rs 15 crore as his remuneration for the bi-lingual flick 'Zanjeer' remake, which also marks his debut in Bollywood. For all the flicks he signed recently, the producers have reportedly paid him Rs 12 crores as his pay package. But for 'Zanjeer', which happens to be his first bi-lingual, he is said to have asked the makers to pay Rs 12 crore for the Telugu version and Rs 3 crores for the Hindi version as his remuneration.
On the other hand, Mahesh Babu who films are having a dream run at the Box Office is currently quoting a remuneration of Rs 12 crore per film. He has no plans to enter the Hindi Film Industry, for atleast another 3-4 years.
"We rarely witness a hero pocketing Rs 15 crore as his remuneration in South. Only, Rajni has done that before. For Charan, who has done just four films till now, it's a big achievement. He couldn't have asked for more," said a trade pundit.
For now, Charan has an edge over Mahesh, but in the long run only the success of his films at the Box Office will be the deciding factor. The Battle Ahead!!!
FICUS has acquired overseas distribution rights of much-awaited Young Tiger NTR’s “DAMMU”.
DAMMU is an action, family entertainer with prime emphasis on action,emotion and entertainment. NTR is going to enthrall his fans and audience alike with his SUPERB IMPECCABLE Performance in DAMMU.
The movie has a huge supporting starcast including Trisha Krishnan, Karthika Nair, Abhinaya, Venu Thotempudi, Bhanupriya, Bramhanandam, Ali, Kota Srinivasa Rao
Boyapati Sreenu known for providing Commercial action entertainers is directing this film under Creative Commercial Media and Entertainment Ltd. Dammu is presented by K.S Rama Rao and is being produced by Alexander Vallabha.
M.M Keeravani is providing music for this film, Ace director S.S.Rajamouli tweeted about “DAMMU” in November 2011 as “Never heard such high energy songs from M M Keeravani before. Though it is too early to comment about the film, I feel Boyapati is going to redefine ‘mass’ films with this one.”
Ficus thanks the producer K.S Rama Rao and Alexander Vallabha for giving rights to distribute DAMMU in Overseas.
All interested in screening this movie in your respective areas please contact
Harish Sajja — 4043979990
ficusmovie@gmail.com
Remember those funny ads of Colgate featuring Trisha as a TV reporter and asking ‘Mee Toothpaste lo Uppu Undha?’ (Is there salt in your toothpaste?). Now, Anushka is going to do the honours in Telugu and Tamil for this brand. For a very long time, Trisha was the fact of Colgate Toothpaste and after roping in Allu Arjun as their brand ambassador for AP market, the brand has signed Anushka in a new endorsement deal. Of late, national brands have been increasingly choosing regional film stars to promote their products and thanks to Anushka’s popularity in both AP and Tamil Nadu, she has become the new face of Colgate. Meanwhile, the actress is extremely busy shooting two Tamil films including Thandavam and Alex Pandian. Both these films are expected to hit the screens later this year.
Young Tiger NTR’s mass action entertainer Dhammu is racing ahead with its shoot and the movie is all set to hit the screens on April 19th. The movie is said to contain good amounts of action, sentiment and comedy. In particular, the second half is said to be a laugh riot and sources familiar with the production say that movie lovers are in for a treat. Most of the comedy reportedly comes from NTR, Ali and Karthika.
Karthika is the second lead in the film and Trisha will be seen as the main heroine. Boyapati Sreenu is the director of this flick and Alexander Vallabha is the producer. The movie is being presented on Creative Commercials banner.
Sources confirm that Dhanush and Shruti Hassan starring '3' movie will hit the screens on April 6.
The film which was directed by Aishwarya R Dhanush was earlier said to release on March 30th, but things have finally come to a conclusion it seems.
Also the Hindi audio launch of Dhanush's '3' is planned big adds the team. The movie will be released simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
This will be the biggest release for a Dhanush movie so far. '3' will showcase three stages of life and has got rocking music by Anirudh Ravichander and sound engineering done by Oscar winner Resul pookutty.
Ajmal is all excited these days with his carieer growing rapidly. After the success of 'KO', Ajmal is going places with multiple projects in hands.
His upcoming telugu project titled 'Racha' is the talk of the town now, since he will be once again seen in a negative role opposite to Tollywood star Ram Charan Teja.
But the hot news is about Ajmal's upcoming tamil film 'Vetri Selvan'. The film is directed by Rudhran who is a former associate of director Vikram Kumar of Yavarum Nalam/13B fame.
The director has made a open speech that this story of 'Vetri Selvan' was scripted keeping Ilayathalapathy Vijay in mind but now he is busy with big projects, so the offer moved to Ajmal.
Ajaml is paired opposite Radhika Apte and also singer Mano and Sheriff are playing important role in this film.
Kollywood abuzz that ace director Shankar might rope in Vikram for his forthcoming film, for which the former has zeroed in writer duo Suba to pen the script.
Shankar is looking forward towards his next film after the success of his first remake venture Nanban, intended that he has replaced Sujatha with Suresh and Bala Kumaran with Balakrishnan. An industry biggie says, “Vikram might bag the lead role in Shankar’s next film. Enthiran director is busy scripting now and will make official announcement soon.”
Suba [Suresh & Balakrishnan] are the backbone of the films directed by K.V.Anand and they were part of successful movies like Suriya starred Ayan, Jeeva’s KO and also the ongoing Maatraan that casts Suriya and Kajal Agarwal in the lead. The combo of Shankar & Suba is sure to rock.
The clock is ticking for the most talked about movie 'Rachcha' to hit the screens and the inside information is that the film has shaped up very well. However, it is heard that the team is under tension and the reason for that is Chiranjeevi. Apparently, sources say Chiru is yet to watch the first copy of the film and his judgement is crucial for the team.
As such, Chiru is one man who has proper knowledge of the commercial cinema and knows the pulse of the commercial audience in the right way. It is heard that he also gave some useful tips to director Sampath Nandi during the shooting of the film. For starters, the title song of the movie has got a good response. The lead pair is Ram Charan and Tamannah.
Despite all the positives, the team is pinning all hopes on Chiru's word and they want him to see the first copy as soon as possible, as per sources. Let us wait to see if the megastar still has the power to predict the outcome of the film given the fact that he has become a full time politician.
This is Hansika and no one needs an introduction about her. She is gaining weight in such a way that her feminine assets are being highlighted. She is now the darling of Tamil lungi babus who patronize the buxom ladies. This stuffed Hansika is certainly making the men wet their mouths. See and enjoy guys!!!
The eccentric genius Ram Gopal Varma is one man who loves to be the nucleus of controversies and keeps coming up with statements that pours salt on the wounds of many. This time, he has come up with a barrage of statements mocking the Brahmin community. This caused quite a stir in the 'Agraharam'.
While the Brahmin organizations are calling for boycotting RGV, he has not stopped at that. He came up with few more tweets dragging Jr NTR into the scene and referring to his role in the movie 'Adhurs'. So now, it is heard that the Nandamuri fans are miffed with RGV in a big way.
Though there are few fans among the Nandamuri followers for RGV, they say that if he had just commented on Brahmin community and left it there then okay but he needn't have brought up the name of the young tiger. Of course, Ramu has got his own style of responding to it. Let us see what he would come up with now.
Anything that has to do with superstar Rajinikanth tends to create a huge commotion across the nation and possible overseas too. Right now, he is preparing to take off with his ambitious project 'Kochadaiyaan' and while that is to take shape, another news has begun to make rounds.
Reports from Chennai reveal Rajini has been approached for another project and this is likely to be directed by the talented K V Anand who came up with the hit movie 'Ko' (dubbed in Telugu as 'Rangam'). It is heard that this project might take off during the end of this year.
However, Anand has not confirmed anything about it but he didn't deny about this either. He has been busy with his other project 'Maatraan' starring hot star Suriya and the saucy seductress Kajal Agarwal. For now, many are waiting to see when 'Kochadaiyaan' begins and what magic Rajini will cast this time.
Though it sounds unusual, despite the fact that she has not acted in a single movie, she attains more publicity and coverage than any other actress. She is the bikini baby Poonam Pandey and thanks to her 24X7 dressing in bra and bikini and coming up with all possible poses, she has been quite noted.
But now, it looks like Poonam is going to face some serious challenge. Apparently, another actress has begun to come up with some steamy photoshoots and mouth watering videos. She is none other than the cat eyed beauty Sneha Ullal and this starlet already enjoys a good share of following due to her stardom.
Lately, Sneha has been teaming up with ace cameraman Sarath Shetty and coming up with some inviting videos. Latest she has uploaded another one. While there are those who say Sneha wants to grab some attention like this so that she can get some film offers, many others are admitting that they are seeing her real sex appeal and oomph factor now
With 'Poola Rangadu' going places, comedian turned hero Sunil is firing guns at Tollywood and now that he has became a hero of 'Mega Camp', say sources.
Today, Sunil's latest movie under the direction of Devi Prasad is launched and guess who the chief guest is. None other than Megastar Chiranjeevi has graced this occasion to bless Sunil and team who are remaking the hind film 'Tanu Weds Manu'. A source who attended the function shared that Chiru showed a greater proximity with Sunil giving him tips in selecting scripts. On the other hand, he showered appreciations on the producers for selecting Sunil as their lead, saying that he has mass-appeal better than all other star heroes now.
Astonished with these comments of Megastar, Sunil is on cloud nine and is taking oath to promote himself as a mega-camp hero. Well, there are people who say till now has one 'touched' Sunil though he did well with comedian roles, but with the rising popularity for him as a hero, they are carrying umbrellas around him.
- Power Star Pawan Kalyan Dances for Mega Star’s ‘Mutha Mestri’ song during the introduction fight sequence.
- Pawan Kalyan dance with Michel Jackson get ups for some of Melody songs in this movie.
- Pawan kalyan Dialouge’s going to rocks entire film and they are going get good Craze among audiences.
- Gabbar Singh comes out with full of entertainmet and comedy. Brahmanandam has 30 mins character in this flick while Ali has brief role entire film.
- fight sequence were shot in an interesting note Climax is going to be highlight for this movie.
ISHQ created a new record which never happened for any Telugu movie in US. 2nd week collections were 125% more than first week collections.
Normally for any movie 2nd week collections will not be more than 30 to 40%. Even blockbusters also didn’t score more than 50% in 2nd week.
Due to its tremendous mouth talk it is going stronger and stronger and expected to run for few more weeks in US at the same phase!
People who ever watched this movie were really enjoying and giving unanimous positive feedback!
Stay away from piracy and watch on big screens to really enjoy the original photography, back ground score and music of this film!
Press note issued by BlueSky Cinemas, Inc.
They are two of a kind and come from a rather contrasting mindset. However, it appears that both tend to have the same following. We are talking about the duo of Ram Gopal Varma and Mahesh Babu and the common platform to gauge their following is the famous social networking site Twitter.
Reports say that the following for both cine members is almost same on twitter. But Mahesh Babu is a top star with handsome looks and huge following whereas RGV is a 50 year old man with only a set of flops in the recent past. So how that is possible? Well, here are few pointers given by some analysts.
They say that Mahesh’s following runs on charisma and brand image, it has more to do with the persona. But in Ramu’s case, it has to do with his philosophy and his ‘Ramuism’ approach towards life, so it is more about the person than the persona. While Mahesh stimulates the adrenalin with his presence, Ramu stimulates the grey cells of the brain with his words.
To all those who were eagerly waiting to see the first glimpse of the much talked about movie 'Eega' they have to wait a little longer. It is heard that the audio release of the film which was scheduled to take place on March 22nd has now been postponed by a week to March 30th.
The man behind this is the tough taskmaster S S Rajamouli and it is heard that the film is left with the completion of few CG shots meant for the trailer hence this decision. As a result, the chances are that the film which was due for release on April 5th is likely to be postponed to April 12th, as per sources.
The music is by M M Keeravani while Senthil Kumaran is the cinematographer. Though there are few cine folks who are skeptical about the business viability of the project, the 'Eega' team looks very confident. There is also a talk that few juicy offers are already on hand for Rajamouli to sell the distribution rights.
These are the days where everything and anything seems to get coverage and publicity. However, there are times when certain causes are genuine in value and have some use to the society. Currently, one hero has begun grabbing some attention more for his initiative than his hot hunk looks.
He is the beefy hunk John Abraham and this Bollywood star has been promoting and spreading awareness about sperm donation. For starters, he is producing the film 'Vicky Donor' which deals with sperm donation. Incidentally, the film has Yami Gautham of 'Nuvvila' fame as the heroine.
John from his end has reportedly mentioned that sperm donation is something which needs to be discussed in the open and not behind closed doors. While his initiative looks fine, it remains to be seen whether the conservative Indian society would be in a position to accept such bold gestures.
Actor Siddharth is a happy man these days. He has struck gold with his first production Love Failure and has been beaming with joy. Additionally he signed a big deal with popular brand and is pretty excited about it. Sid will be endorsing 'Frooti' across India. He has been selected as the National brand ambassador for Frooti.
Recently Mahesh was given the responsibility of promoting Thumbs Up soft drink all over India and now Frooti has signed up Siddharth to up their sales. He has already done the ad shoot and also dubbed for it in different languages. An elated Sid tweeted "Dubbed for my first Frooti TV ad in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bangla, & English..can't wait for you all to see it".
He recollected his childhood memories too in his typical style. "Time to announce my new brand guys...it's a huge part of my childhood. Our childhood in India, Tetra pack explosions after school.. remember?"
"I am so happy and proud to be the first ever brand ambassador of FROOTI. This summer starts on a fresh & juicy note for me!" stated a jubilant Siddharth.
Bollywood beauty Kareena Kapoor's pregnant pics have become a rage on the net. This pictures were from the sets of Kareena's upcoming film 'Heroine', where she is seen flaunting a baby bump. Speculations about the actress being pregnant started making rounds.
However, 'Heroine' Director Madhur Bhandarkar was quick to react to put an has taken damage control steps. He clarified that the baby bump pics were not real, but reel. It's for a scene in the film, Kareena was asked to sport a baby bump.
"Guys lets not speculate. Its for REEL & not real!!! Its for a scene in my film #Heroine. Its FAKE!!!," Madhur Bhandarkar tweeted. The director also posted a picture of Kareena's baby bump with the production team on Twitter stating, "On the sets of #Heroine, #Kareena with her very efficient team".
This is not the first time Kareena's pregnancy has become a point of discusiion. Few months back, there were rumors that Kareena was spotted with a baby bump at the Mumbai airport. But later, close sources to the actress refuted such reports.
The grapevine is strong that sexy siren Shriya is not interested to do some 'bitchy' roles though her career is nearing an end. Here goes the story!
Apparently, Shriya has exited from Manoj's Mr.Nokia after doing shoot for a couple of days long back. Now that the movie has released one can clear expect the role she is favored for. Many are saying that Shriya was offered the role of 'Sana Khan', the modern girl who goes on changing boyfriends for the sake of money. The cattish role has not excited our sexy-waist beauty and hence she opted it out then.
However, Shriya hasn't showed much interest in the other meaty role played by Kriti Kharbanda too, which would have given her lots of scope for performance. 'If she is ready to shed clothes like a C-grade actress for item songs, why not she is ready for these roles', an insider quipped. On the other hand, people are saying that it is the remuneration problem that made our sex-bomb to show gates as she demanded a simple 20 lakhs extra for hot hugging scenes. Whatever it may be, air is clear that Shriya doesn't want bitchy roles!
We are aware that the makers of Ram Charan's Bollywood debut ('Zanjeer' remake) have been gearing up to spend a whoofing Rs 70 crores on the film. Amit Mehra (S/o Prakash Mehra, who directed and produced 'Zanjeer' original) and Reliance Entertainment were jointly producing the remake of this iconic film.
However, the trade pundits have raised doubts over recovery of investments and declared that it would end up as another big-budget failure, pointing out that Charan is not a top star in B-Town and he's yet to prove his mettle there. Though the analysts say it's a risky move, the strategy of the makers seems to prove otherwise.
Firstly, the producers are planning to make 'Zanjeer' remake a bilingual (Hindi and Telugu). Ram Charan has a huge market in Telugu, on par with any other Top Hero. So, the makers don't want to miss that advantage. Usually, Charan's film in Tollywood does a pre-release business of Rs 40-45 crore and the dubbed versions (Tamil and Malayalam) of his films will fetch another Rs 3-5 crore. Approximately, Rs 50 crore can be recovered in the South itself.
When it comes to the Hindi version, the makers want to sell the satellite rights for anywhere near Rs 10 crore, using the brand image of 'Zanjeer'. Even if the film manages to collect atleast Rs 10 crore in its theatrical runs, the producers will land in the safe zone. For this, they are planning a wide release to recover that amount in the opening weekend itself. Let's wait and see, if the producers can pull it off!!!
