Vedhika setting the internet on fire with bikini pics

Vedhika, an actress in Telugu and Tamil films, has been breaking the internet with her steamy photos. She is currently vacationing in the Maldives. She is sharing pictures of her bikini avatar.

She has been setting the temperatures soaring with these photographs. Her fans describe the pictures are too hot handle.

She is quite bold in posing for the camera and sharing them on Instagram. She has 2.6 million Instagram followers.

Recently seen as Balakrishna’s lover in ‘Ruler’, Vedhika is part of Telugu films like ‘Baanam’, ‘Vijayadasami’ and ‘Daggaraga Dooramga’.

The 30-year-old actress is currently busy with Tamil films.

Pooja Hegde becomes the highest-paid actress in Tollywood

Pooja Hegde has hiked her pay package. Tollywood producer’s guild has requested the actors to reduce a 20 percent cut in their remuneration due to the setback in the movie business post the coronavirus outbreak. But Pooja Hegde is in much demand.

Even after agreeing to cut in the paycheck, she would be taking home a whopping 2.5 crores for signing new projects.

She has overtaken Anushka Shetty, who previously remained the highest-paid actress, with about Rs 2 crores.

She deserves every penny of it as her recent movies like ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramloo’ set new records at the box-office.

She is currently acting opposite Prabhas in ‘Radhe Shyam’. Pooja Hegde has two big projects in Bollywood. She will soon announce another Telugu biggie, which will be made as a Pan-India project as well.

Ram’s Red to be pulled out of Sankranthi 2021?

Producers have little confidence in the potential of theatrical business during this Sankranthi 2021. Many films that announced their release plans for the Sankranthi festival are now being postponed further. 

Ram’s ‘Red’ is one such film. 

Producer Sravanthi Ravikishore, after consulting several distributors, has decided to wait further to get clarity emerge. It still has chance to come to the theaters for Sankranthi season. But producer Ravikishore is also in dilemma. There are also high chances of getting it postponed further.

‘Red’ is a mass action entertainer and is made for the theatrical experience. Directed by Kishore Tirumala, the film has Nivehta Pethuraj, Malvika Sharma, and Amrutha as the female lead. 

‘Red’ was originally slated to hit the theaters in April 2020. The film, however, got postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic conditions. 

‘I’ve been in the industry for a decade, but nothing mattered until Scam 1992’

From a Telugu movie, to TV advertisements, and web-series like Ladies Room and The Family Man, Shreya Dhanwanthary was still waiting for a role to reckon with.

First Role: Playing college girl Shailu in Telugu film Sneha Geetham (2010)

Standout Act: A Viral Wedding (Eros Now/Prime Video), Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story (SonyLIV)

“I have been in the industry for a decade, but nothing mattered until Scam 92,” says actor Shreya Dhanwanthary, 29, who plays the complex role of the journalist Sucheta Dalal in the Hansal Mehta-directed Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story. “I did Ladies Room (TV miniseries, 2016) with Yash Raj Films, and it became a big thing, and was critically acclaimed, too. But people didn’t put together that it was the same girl from a Samsung phone TV commercial and the lesbian rock chick from a Fastrack commercial. I would chameleon-ise into various roles,” she says. Then came the 2019 film Why Cheat India opposite Emraan Hashmi, and, a role in the much-talked-about Manoj Bajpayee-starrer web-series Family Man (2019), “but things shifted in a phenomenal way only since Scam 1992,” says the Hyderabad-born Dhanwanthary, whose miniseries A Viral Wedding, which she wrote and acted in, released this May.

At school, she would perform on the stage from the age of four. A self-confessed nerd, who “gets all her information from books, the old-fashioned way”, she would balance science and the performing arts. She started modelling while pursuing an engineering degree from National Institute of Technology, Warangal, “to pay the bills in Mumbai”, otherwise, she says, she was “a useless model”. While juggling fashion weeks and advertisement shoots, she signed her first Telugu film Sneha Geetham (2010), where she plays a college girl Shailu. “The director held a statewide talent hunt, so I applied. It helped that the director (Madhura Sreedhar Reddy) was an alumnus of my college. I was inexperienced, didn’t even know how to apply make-up,” says Dhanwanthary, who then signed the Telugu-film Josh but it was released in 2009, a year before Sneha…

Dhanwanthary had been waiting for a role like the one she played in Scam 1992. “People had told us that everything the show was offering — the premise, the unknown cast, etc., a lesser-known streaming platform — would work against it. But I am so glad that Scam broke all those notions, debunking the myth that only a certain subject can work on the OTT spectrum, or what a star cast needs to look like,” says Dhanwanthary, who will next be seen in the web-series Family Man Season 2 and Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (Prime Video).

Sunil is the new villain for Balakrishna

If the information coming from the sources close to Nandamuri Balakrishna is to be believed, then Nandamuri Balakrishna is all set to face a new villain in his future project. Bollywood star Sunil Shetty is expected to play the baddie in Balayya Babu’s upcoming film. Sunil Shetty may be roped in for the big budget movie directed by Boyapati Srinu. Miryala Ravinder Reddy is the producer for this film.

Nandamuri Balakrishna is one of the top heroes in Telugu film industry. He is especially known for high voltage dialogues and action scenes. As all the movies of Balakrishna are high pitched action entertainers even villains play an important role in them. Therefore directors take care even while finalising villains for Balakrishna. Famous actors like Prakashraj, Mohan Raj, Jayapraksh Reddy, Kota Srinivasa Rao and others acted as villains opposite Nandamuri Balakrishna.

Pic of the day : Payal Rajput

Tollywood thanks YS Jagan

Telugu Film Industry (TFI) thanked Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for announcing a slew of measures to offer relief to the film industry, which is suffering due to COVID-19 repercussions. Though theatres have been opened with COVID-19 precautions, movie goers are fearing to return to theatres like earlier. It might take longer time for the movie industry to get back to normalcy. Movie theatres are the worst hit among all segments of film industry. Many movie theatres are on the verge of closure. At this critical juncture Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced several measures to rescue the movie theatres and multiplexes.

 

AP CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced waiver of fixed electricity charges for movie theatres in AP for April, May and June months. The six months electricity bills after June can be paid in instalments. Government also announced loans of Rs 10 lakh to movie halls in A and B centres and Rs 5 lakh to theatres in C centres. Megastar Chiranjeevi, senior star Nagarjuna, senior producers Dil Raju, Suresh Babu, Tammareddy Bhardwaja and others expressed happiness on YS Jagan’s gesture and said that his relief announcements will help movie theatres in AP to a great extent at this troublesome times.

Sonu Sood Is Real Life Hero Of Year 2020

The man who has stunned the audience with his performance on-screen has also left everyone speechless with his work, off screen. Sonu Sood who is famous for his negative roles in films like Singh Is Kinng, Dabangg and Simmba became a real life hero of India.

The actor did not leave a single stone unturned. When the pandemic hit the world and with it our country India also implemented lockdown, the actor provided his help to people. In March 2020, thousands of migrant workers were left stranded in different cities with no means of transport. The workers that rely on public transport like buses and trains had no means to travel back to their villages.

Sonu Sood came to their aid. From migrant workers to health care personnel, this amazing Indian came to the rescue of every person he could. Many people tagged him as the “Messiah.”

Buses For Migrant Workers

Due to the lockdown many migrant workers were stranded and had nowhere to go. They wanted to leave for their hometowns and villages but had no means to do so. They had no work and no money. Sonu Soodhelped them by arranging buses for these workers. He got permission letters from the respective state government, arranged buses and food for the workers. He also made sure that these workers get their health check-up done.

Many workers from Mumbai were able to reach Bihar, UP and other states  

Food Donation Drive

In partnership with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Sonu Sood organized a food donation drive. Under Shakti Annadanam drive he helped around 45,000 people every day, especially people living in slums or Dharavi of Bandra, Juhu and other areas.

Helped Health care workers

When a situation like COVID-19 hits the nation, the ones that work the most are health care workers. These medical experts have to work extremely hard to serve and treat the patients who are affected by the virus. To help these medical workers, Sonu Sood opened his hotel to them. His hotel in Juhu, Mumbai was open to health care workers, medical experts who travelled from far and would probably need a place to stay.

Scholarship For Aspiring Kids

On Nov 28, 2020, Sonu Sood announced a scholarship program under which needy students can fulfill their dreams of becoming a doctor. In association with ISM EDUTECH, he launched the program. Anyone who wants to apply can do so, on the website http://SONUISM.ORG

Apart from the things we mentioned above, he even arranged for 177 women who were stuck in Kerala to head back to their hometown Odisha. This amazing actor has done so much that calling him a ‘Messiah’ or ‘Real Life Hero’ will be completely justified. He is now working on a new initiative for senior citizens. 

Jr NTR Gets Paid More Than Bigg Boss Host

Young Tiger Jr NTR is one of the most talented actors in Tollywood. He has a huge fan following in different parts of the country. As you all might aware that Jr NTR is away from the silver screen for more than two years. No doubt, his fans are dying to see him on the silver screen. For all Jr NTR fans out there, this piece of news is for you. Jr NTR is all set to host another reality show for a second time on small screen.

Do you know, how much he is charging per episode? If reports are to be believed, Jr NTR is getting paid Rs 30 lakh per episode which the highest remuneration for any host in the history of Telugu television.So, totally he is going to make Rs 18 Cr for this entire show.  The reality show is likely to be two months and the theme of the show is yet to know. An official confirmation regarding the news is awaited at the moment. According to the sources, Jr NTR got paid around 15 Cr for Bigg Boss Telugu season 1. Likewise, he is getting paid more than Bigg Boss for his new reality show which is set to go on air in the next two months.

RRR is a fictional story of two Telugu freedom fighters Alluri Seetharama Raju and Komaram Bheem. The film is produced by DVV Danayya and features Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Samuthirakhani, Ray Stevenson, Allison Doody and Olivia Morris. The film was set for January 2021 release but they could not release it due to COVID-19. The makers are yet to announce the new release date of the film.

Dil Raju’s birthday becomes a talking point

Maverick producer Dil Raju is celebrating his birthday on Friday. He is turning 50 today. Industry colleagues, fans and well wishers are soaking the successful producers in greetings. Dil Raju has thrown a lavish party on the occasion of his birthday at his residence in Hyderabad. Now this party has become a talking point in Tollywood. Who is who of the Telugu film industry attended the event. Megastar Chiranjeevi, Power Star Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Baahubali star Prabhas, Ram charan, Nitin, Akhil Akkineni, heroines Raashi Khanna, Pooja Hegde, Anupama Parameshwaran, director Anil Ravipudi and others attended the event. The pics of this star-studded birthday event are going viral on internet.

 

Tollywood sources say that there are multiple reasons for organizing such a grand birthday party by Dil Raju. It is said that besides being the special occasion of 50 years, Dil Raju wanted to introduce his newly married wife to his colleagues and well wishers in the industry. Dil Raju married for the second time during lockdown and could not hold any marriage function. He married for the second time after his first wife Smt Anita’s untimely demise.

Hero Vishal planning to contest in Assembly elections

As the elections are nearing in Tamil Nadu, new faces are springing up in the race. Already Thalaiva Rajinikanth has announced that he will launch political party and contest in upcoming Assembly elections. Now Telugu and Tamil star Vishal has also expressed his interest in contesting the Assembly elections. According to news reports from Chennai, Vishal is speaking to his fans and knowing their opinions.

Vishal has a good fan following in Chennai and is said to be interested in contesting elections from Chennai city. He had unsuccessfully tried to contest during the bye-elections to RK Nagar in the past. But this time, Vishal is said to be determined to contest in elections and making all the necessary moves. However it is yet to be known, whether Vishal will join any political party or fight elections as an independent.

Mohan Raja to direct Chiranjeevi

Tamil director Mohan Raja has been selected by Megastar Chiranjeevi to direct his 153rd film. Chiranjeevi will act in this remake of Malayalam hit Lucifer. After a several rounds of discussions and evaluating various options, Megastar has chosen Mohan Raja for the project. Mohan Raja is a popular director in Tamil and gave several hits. He also directed Telugu film Hanuman Junction. He is the son of senior producer Editor Mohan. Mohan Raja worked as assistant director for Chiranjeevi’s hit movie Hitler two decades ago. His father Editor Mohan produced it.

“With the blessings of my parents and well-wishers, life has always gifted me better and bigger things. And this time, I am elated and honoured to direct a mega project with Megastar Chiranjeevi,” said Mohan Raja expressing happiness over the opportunity. With Mohan Raja getting selected for Chiranjeevi’s 153rd movie, all eyes will be on him from now and Mega fans will be looking towards him to deliver a hit. NV Prasad is producing this movie along with Konidela Productions.

Mahesh Babu’s birthday gift for Adivi Sesh

Young hero Adivi Sesh is celebrating his 35th birthday today and Superstar Mahesh Babu has made this day a very special one. Mahesh Babu released the first look of Adivi Sesh’s upcoming movie Major. Releasing the first look poster of Major, Mahesh Babu expressed heartfelt wishes for his younger colleague. “Happy to present the first look of Major. Wishing you a very happy birthday, Adivi Sesh. I’m sure Major will go down as one of your best performances. Good luck and happiness always,’ tweeted Mahesh Babu releasing the first look through his official handle. Now this is really the best gift Adivi Sesh has got on his birthday.

Major movie is based on National Security Guard (NSG) officer Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s life. He had laid down his life, while fighting terrorists in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The trailer and posters of Major movie have already gone viral and movie lovers across India are curious about the movie. Adivi Sesh is playing the lead role of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan in the movie. He got approval from movie lovers and passed the look test. Many expressed satisfaction that Adavi Sesh has been successful in appearing exactly as Adivi Sesh. He is busy with Major movie right now and planning to wrap up the movie within three months and release it for summer 2021.

Pic of the day : Disha Patani

No one approach me for skin show yet

Chandini chowdary, who is  known for works in Manu and Samanthakamani, is creating  lot of buzz in the film industry, with her upcoming release Colour Photo. The Telugu girl from Vizag, Chandini Chowdary will be seen in a film called Color Photo that will release  the month of October. Recently Chandni Chowdary interacted with media and said that she wants to work with all the star heroes in the coming days.

The movie  Colour photo was supposed to release in theatres in May, but due to lockdown and Coronavirus outbreak the makers postponed its release.   That is the main reason the makers chose to go ahead with OTT release. The actress Chandini said, “I think that this is a great opportunity for the movie to reach to more number of audiences.”

 When Manu girl Chandini Chowdary was asked, has everyone approached you to do any bold character, or asked you to indulge in skin show?, to which Colour photo actress replied, “No, no one has approached me for skin show yet. However, I think that b*ld characters and skin show depend upon a person’s personal preference – they’ll do it if they want to.”

 The movie Colour Photo is directed by Sandeep Raj and bankrolled by Hrudaya Kaleyan and Kobbari Matta fame Sai Rajesh whereas the music is scored by Kaala Bhairava.

Set in bio war backdrop, Jr NTR a Mafia Don

Jr NTR will reportedly be wrapping up his portion of the film RRR under the direction of SS Rajamouli in a few months, which has caused several fans to speculate what film  Tark would be signing on next.  The reports are coming that  Young Tiger Jr NTR will be collaborating with KGF director Prashanth Neel.  Now according to the latest buzz in the film industry, the upcoming untitled film of Prashanth Neel is set in bio war backdrop and Jr NTR will be seen playing the role of a mafia Don.

The sources say that the Jai Lava Kusa star will be undergoing a huge makeover for  Prashanth Neel’ film and the character of the actor will be more powerful than KGF actor Yash’ role.

In the meantime,   Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava fame Jr NTR will be working with director Trivikram Srinivas on an upcoming project.  Very soon Jr NTR will resume the work for RRR in which he is playing the role of Komarama Bheem.

Actor Ram Charan is playing the role of Alluri Seetharamaraju in this multi starrer,  which is set in the pre-Independence era.  Alia bhat, Ajay devgan and Shriya Saran are also the part of this much hyped drama RRR, which is being bankrolled by DVV Danayya.

Pics: Karishma Tanna Heats It Up

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Padma Lakshmi celebrates 50th birthday in a bikini with partner Adam Dell

Padma Lakshmi celebrated her 50th birthday by flaunting her fit physique.

The “Taste The Nation” star posed by the ocean in a colorful bikini in one photo, and showed off her rock-hard abs in a blue swimsuit in another photo with her partner Adam Dell and their 10-year-old daughter Krishna as they played in the pool.

Along with the sexy snaps, Lakshmi reflected on the challenges the last year brought.

“Birthday thoughts ⛅️ This year has been a mix of misery and elation,” she captioned the post. “The whole world was swallowed up by the plague in March. We were lucky but so many weren’t and I felt an impending doom, a creeping anxiety I could not shake. Then another Black life was taken and it was good that we all rose up- but so painful too. So painful that some of our fellow Americans could not even bring themselves to say that Black lives matter, some who hold our highest offices.”

But the “Top Chef” host also touched on her happier memories and accomplishments.

“Personally, at home things were peaceful. We made a cocoon for our family. We lived for the first time-all under one roof. We became closer,” she said, adding, “And professionally, I finally got to show the world what I would do if I got to build a show from scratch. ‘Taste the Nation’ was well received beyond my wildest dreams, 100% even on rotten tomatoes!”

She continued, “But the best of all was hearing how all of you felt when you watched it, reading how families watched together.”

Lakshmi noted the significance of filming an episode with her mother, saying that it was a “tribute to all my mother and millions of other immigrant parents had sacrificed.”

“I cannot ask for anything more. I am truly blessed: a loving and attentive partner, a child that continues to be a miracle every day and work that I am proud of and fully engaged by with people I love,” she wrote. “I am today very lucky. But I am also a product of the toil and troubles my younger self endured. And I thank that version of me.

She concluded, “Thank you all so much for joining me on this trip. I have loved sharing it with all of you everyday (even the Trump supporters or those that disagree with me) #thisis50 #virgoseason.”

Kajal Agarwal