Prabhakar, Meghana Lokesh land on Ali Talkies

Prabhakar, Meghana Lokesh, Pratap and Priya from Sasirekha Parinayam graced the Ali Talkies to share their experience and indulge in some hilarious conversations on the show. So far, only film actors had graced this TV show to promote their films and this is the first time that the cast from a TV serial will be appearing on the show. The comedy show is currently being hosted by Ali and it also has Anasuya and Ravi playing important roles. The episode starring the cast from Sasirekha Parinayam will be aired later tonight. Incidentally, one of the gags on the latest episode will feature Anasuya and Ravi re-enact the mid-riff scene from Pawan Kalyan's Khushi.

Avika Gor is a big fan of Pawan Kalyan

TV actress Avika Gor, who shot to fame with Chinnari Pellikoothuru and Uyyala Jampala, is a big fan of Pawan Kalyan and her confession on Koncham Touch Lo Unte Chepta came as a big surprise for many people. Talking on the show, she said, "I'm a big fan of Pawan Kalyan and I would play any role opposite him, if I get a chance. I wouldn't mind even playing his mother." And when Pradeep, who's hosting the show, shot back saying 'but you would play Akhil's girlfriend in a film', she couldn't stop blushing. Earlier this year, there were rumours that Avika Gor might team up with Akhil Akkineni in the latter's debut film; however, so far no announcements have been made regarding this.

Ee Varsham Sakshiga's team on Ali Talkies

Varun Sandesh, Harripriya starrer Ee Varsham Sakshiga finally released in theatres after a long gap. And to promote their film, the principal cast and a host of other comedians landed on Ali Talkies, a comedy show hosted by Ali, recently in Hyderabad. The episode was finally aired last night and one of the skits enacted by Venu and his friends turned out to be quite an enjoyable experience for the entire audience present at the do. Ali and Anasuya even made Varun Sandesh dance on stage and the actor didn't have any qualms to shake his leg.

Film festival on Bapu

Commemorating the legendary filmmaker Bapu, a film festival is being organised by the Hyderabad Film Club. Sakshi, Andhala Ramudu, Pelli Pustakam, Muthyala Muggu, Manthrigari Viyyankudu, Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowmudu, and Bapu's last film Sreerama Rajyam will be screened at the film festival. Celebs like Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, etc. will grace the screening of their respective films between December 15 to 21. The screenings are open for all.

Rajinikanth's Lingaa collects 16 crores!

Rajinikanth, Sonakshi Sinha and Anushka Shetty's film Lingaa has got cash registers jingling down South. The film released on Friday and got off to a flying start despite garnering mixed reviews from the critics. Though officially the figures have not been announced, trade reports suggests that K.S. Ravikumar's highly anticipated directorial venture Lingaa raked in Rs 16 crore on day 1 in Tamil Nadu. With this, Rajinikanth starrer has broken the first day record of Vjay's recently released blockbuster film Kaththi. Well, the figures may vary a bit since nobody associated with Lingaa has till now announced the box office collection. However, industrywallas down South are sure that Rajinikanth's film has had a record first day collection.

Also, Lingaa has not only fared well in India but abroad as well. Yesterday, ATMUS Entertainment, distributors of Tamil films in US, had tweeted, "#Lingaa thalaivar makes into 7th highest all time Tamil grosser of USA with just 1 day gross. Will enter top 5 today."

Source: Bollywoodlife.com

RGV's Spot to release in Jan

The first look poster of Ram Gopal Varma's next Spot is finally out. Touted to be a film on the killing episode of Obul Reddy in Raktha Charitra, Spot is expected to show "new dimension" of Rayalaseema Faction. Varma himself admitted that Spot is an extension of Obul Reddy episode in his previous film and the film deals about the planning and execution of a murder. Already Varma's "Audio Poster" of Spot said to have grabbed many eyeballs.

The film is slated for Sankranthi release

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan felicitated at Miss World 2014

London: Aishwarya Rai was Sunday felicitated by the Miss World Organisation at the 64th edition of the international beauty pageant for her commitment to "beauty with a purpose" since winning the crown two decades ago.

Described as embodiment of beauty with purpose, Aishwarya is also seen as the most successful Miss World so far, a title that she won in 1994.

"I stand here overwhelmed by this honour. I thank Miss World Organization for such an incredible honour that I have received..." she said in her acceptance speech.

"To have the opportunity to hold the title, to wear the crown with pride... that was my one time to go out there and experience beauty with a purpose...," said the actress looking gorgeous in shimmery gown.

The 41-year-old was accompanied by her mother Vrinda, husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan and three-year-old daughter Aaradhya on the stage.

Having starred in movies like ‘Devdas’ and ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, she is now a regular at the prestigious Cannes film festival.

Meanwhile, Koyal Rana, India’s representative at the Miss World this year, could only make it to the top 10. The crown went to Miss South Africa.

IANS 

Salman Khan was confident DDLJ would be a massive hit: Shah Rukh Khan

Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan , who is celebrating 1000 weeks of his 1995 blockbuster – Diwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge – was recently on the sets of Kapil Sharma’s ‘Comedy Nights With Kapil’, where he spoke about his journey since then, his experience of working in the film and several other things that none of his fans were aware of.

It was while answering one of Sharma’s questions that SRK revealed that only Salman Khan was confident about the success of DDLJ. Since Shah Rukh had earlier done negative roles, the actor himself wasn’t sure if the audiences would accept him as a romantic hero. Many felt that Shah Rukh’s decision to DDLJ was wrong and that it wouldn’t do well at the Box Office.

Salman not only said that DDLJ will be a super-hit, but when on to say that it would do a much better performance than ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’.

After this revelation, the sets of CNWK witnessed a huge thunder of applause.

So we can say that the Khans are back to being the thickest of friends.

Three cheers to the Khan camaraderie.

Bipasha Basu's `Alone` trailer crosses 2 million views!

New Delhi: Bipasha Basu's horror flick `Alone` has successfully created a buzz among the viewers with it's impressive first look and posters.

After garnering rave reviews from her fellow contemporaries in B-Town, from Hrithik to Priyanka who heaped praises on the film on social media platforms, the trailer has broken a record of over more than 2 million hits on YouTube.

The trailer which was released on Tuesday starring popular TV star Karan Singh Grover besides Bips, has gathered a massive of over 20 lakh hits in just three days and is racing fast towards the 3 million mark.

Bipasha will be seen in a double role in `Alone` which is slated to hit the theatres January 16, 2015.

Watch the trailer her if you missed it:

Aadi talks about his wedding with Aruna

Actor Aadi got married to Aruna in the wee hours of Saturday in a quiet ceremony sans any fanfare in Gachibowli. The wedding was a private affair attended by close friends and family members. Aadi's close friend and colleague, Sundeep Kishan was the only Tollywood star present at the wedding. 

The festivities at Aadi's house began on Friday morning and the couple showed no sign of fatigue for most part of the proceedings, however, in the end, it got the better of them. Aadi walked in sporting a white silk kurta at the venue at 3.30 am, escorted by his parents. The muhurtam was at 4 am and as the beats of mridangam and nadhaswaram peaked, the smile on Aadi's face got more and more coy, prompting his friends to remark that he is smiling more than the bride. 

Three hours after the rituals began, the couple finally tied the knot and both of them were in their elements during the 'talambralu' ceremony, mockingly dodging each other while pouring the symbolic turmeric tinted rice grains. And in the traditional post nuptial ceremony where the bride and the groom vie with each to retrieve a ring dropped in a steel pot, Aadi trumped his bride. "I won 2-1! (laughs)," beamed Aadi. 

We managed to have a quick word with the elated groom after the wedding. "I had less than a week to get into the wedding mode since I was promoting my recent film till December 5. It is an extremely happy and proud moment for both the families. There is a positive vibe everywhere," said Aadi, adding, "My father (Sai Kumar) was on his toes all the time wishing everyone, but I could read his mind and tell how elated he was." 

"I didn't want both the families to become too conscious since it was meant to be a family affair, so, except for my close friends and Sundeep Kishan, no one else from the industry was there. My sister and brother-in-law too went all out to perform on stage at the sangeet. It's an amazing feeling when you see everyone so happy," added Aadi signing off. 

Trailer: Nithin's Chinnadana Nee Kosam

Here's the theatrical trailer of Niothin's forthcomng film Chinnadana Nee Kosam. Directed by Karunakaran, the rom-com has debutante Mishti Chakraborty as the leading lady. The film's title is taken from a hit song of Nitin's earlier 2012 hit Ishq.

Saheba Subramanyam

Cast: Cast: Dileep Kumar, Priyal Gor, M S Narayana, Rao Ramesh, Thagobothu Ramesh

Genre: Romance

Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes

Story: For two hours twelve minutes, Subramanyam Sastry (Dileep Kumar) suffers pining for a girl who instantly falls in love with. So, you suffer with him. Your suffering becomes more than his. You get relief from the trauma you endure through the film only after Sastry eventually gets the girl, who he so much wants to marry. Sastry is happy. We wish we did not poke our nose into his affairs.

'Badlapur': Varun Dhawan's 'Jee Karda' song on Whatsapp!

New Delhi: Filmmakers these days come up with innovative strategies in order to promote their big screen projects. From making their presence felt on television shows to capturing the social media platforms—they do it all. Similar effort has been made by the makers of 'Badlapur'.

The film's lead actor Varun Dhawan toook to micro-blogging site Twitter to post: “Send a text on number below on whatsapp and hear #JeeKarda free now!!!”

'Jee Karda' song runs in the backdrop of the trailer, which was well-appreciated by the viewers. 'Badlapur' has been helmed by Sriram Raghavan, and also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi,Yami Gautam, Divya Dutta and Radhika Apte in lead roles.

The film is slated to hit the screens on February 20, 2015.

Watch: Why Gauahar Khan was slapped!

Mumbai: The Gauahar Khan slapgate episode made headlines and had once again drawn the nation’s attention towards undue moral policing.

A number of people from across all sections of the society extended support to the actress, who was allegedly assaulted for wearing short clothes on the sets of a reality show.

A video on YouTube published by monstershanu tells you why Gauahar was slapped. The presenter of the video addresses internet users in colloquial language, expresses himself in a satirical way, thereby urging gen-next boys to treat women with respect.

Happy Birthday Dia Mirza!

New Delhi: Born on December 9, 1981, newly wed Dia Mirza turned 32 today.



The former beauty queen is a stunner and has wooed her fans ever since she won the Miss Asia Pacific International title in 2000.

Dia tied knot with her beau Sahil Sangha in October this year.


Apart from films, Dia is passionate about social work too and is known in the industry for her generosity.

The glam doll proved herself as the one of the most promising new actress with her cinematic debut `Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein`.

Her colleagues and friends in the industry wished the birthday girl on the occasion:

'Bigg Boss 8': Salman-Sonakshi the sizzling duo!

New Delhi: 'Dabangg' queen Sonakshi Sinha visited the 'Bigg Boss' house Sunday to promote her upcoming film 'Action Jackson' directed by Prabhudeva.

Sporting her new bob haircut, she looked ravishing after shedding her kilos. Sonakshi was happy like child when Salman complimented her hard work on getting lean.

Salman and Sona's chemistry on the show had kept the fans glued to their seats.

Salman Khan in his trademark style mimicked 'Shotgun Sinha' (Shatrughan Sinha) thereby making Sonakshi burst into laughter. The 'Dabangg' duo had a gala time together on the 'Bigg Boss' stage.

Sunday's episode of 'Bigg Boss 8' put all rumours about a rift between Sonakshi and Salman to rest. 

To the audience's surprise, Salman denied his patch up with Shahrukh as Sonakshi seemed to mention about the same.

Salman asked junior shotgun about which B-Town diva should be cast in 'Dabangg' third franchise. And Sonakshi was prompt enough to name herself by saying 'Koi aake to dikhae'.

Sonakshi also entered the 'Bigg Boss' house to meet the inmates and saw some amazing performances by them.

'Bigg Boss 8': Varun Dhawan promotes 'Badlapur' with Salman Khan!

New Delhi: The Big daddy of reality shows, 'Bigg Boss 8' has seen many Bollywood promotions each weekend with host Salman Khan.

The Saturday episode is much-awaited as Salman Bhai gives a dose to all the inmates.

The weekend episode has also become a regular movie promotion platform as well. This time it's actor Varun Dhawan, who will be seen on the show promoting his film 'Badlapur'.

Varun injected his fans with curiosity to see him in an all rugged and intense avatar, after the first look poster of his upcoming film was released.  'Badlapur' teaser has already created a buzz all over and Sallu Bhai even took to Twitter in order to extend his appreciation for 'Junior Dhawan'.

Reportedly, Varun Dhawan will also launch the new song 'Jee Kar Da' from his film 'Badlapur' on 'Bigg Boss' tonight.

Second season of Telugu version of KBC to start Dec 8

Hyderabad: The second season of "Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu" (MEK), the Telugu version of popular game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati" hosted by Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, will start Dec 8.

"It will be telecast at 9.30 p.m. from Monday to Friday," said a statement from the channel.

The first season of the game show proved a big hit with an over four crore Telugu television audience watching the show.

"The unprecedented emotional connect brought by Nagarjuna, and his empathy and towering presence as the host made to bring back the game show within four months of the last series," the statement further reads.

A rigorous process of selection has been conducted to shortlist the participants eligible to come to the hot seat out of the 34.50 lakh responses. Each hot seat contestant can win prize money of up to Rs. 1 crore.

The systematic randomization process was conducted by Sundram BPO under the overall process supervision of the international audit firm Ernst & Young (EY).

'Happy New Year' review: Rides solely on Shah Rukh Khan

Farah Khan's movies are never about logic, great loophole free storylines or even thought generating grounded cinema. They are the definition of the word 'Bollywood'. Entertaining, cheeky and pompous. At least they are supposed to be.

One of the biggest and most anticipated movies of the year, 'Happy New Year' sees best friends- turned enemies-turned best friends again – SRK and Farah – coming back together after a hiatus of seven long years. It is bound to draw in the masses with a long weekend release, plus the movie has been dubbed in a few regional languages as well to attract the crowd from across the country. It also boasts of a very strong star cast. Shah Rukh Khan paired with Deepika Padukone – the hit making duo; added to them are Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah. It also stars Jackie Shroff as the typical Bollywood villain – complete with a bad accent and hairstyle.

The biggest flaw and the biggest strength of 'Happy New Year' is Shah Rukh Khan. The film is riding too heavily on his shoulders, rather you could say on his signature arms-wide-open pose. So much so, that Farah made all the other leads do it in one of her sequences. Deepika and Shah Rukh's romance is so forced that a beautiful melodious number 'Manwa Lage' has not been able to save it. He ends up insulting her for the best part of the movie, but the reason she likes him is because he speaks in English. Talk about SRK idolatry. 

The cast looks bored for the most part, including Khan, who reiterates his own famed dialogues from his older movies with a dead pan expression. He even lacks his usual charm, and Dippy seems to have just rehearsed for a mad mix of 'Om Shanti Om' and 'Chennai Express'.

But ultimately it was expected to be a heist movie and it fails miserably there too and if you are expecting excitement and a decently edited movie, you will be left crestfallen. It fails to be a thrilling heist movie and does not stand too tall as an out and out revenge drama as the baddie doesn't even have enough lines plus the back story is flimsy and despite the leads shedding a few tears, it hardly builds up any sentimental value. The build up for the main part of the movie is way too long, and the buffooning around takes a lot of more screen time than is required. The main plot line too leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Everything about the movie is totally predictable and has not been backed by a single memorable dialogues - since Farah has resorted to rehashing than paying script writers to come up with something original . Even as a team that is out to for the biggest robbery of their time, 'Charlie's Angels', as they call themselves, look like they are incapable of even pickpocketing.

The humour surely gets you for a few minutes here and there, but it lacks the usual cheek that Farah is known for. Abhishek and Boman are a small treat with their banter managing some moments of laughter; but apart from that redeeming qualities of the movie are few.

To top it all there is misplaced nationalism in the movie, which seems to just justify the final sequence of the dance extravaganza, and has no other purpose.

Speaking of dance, the other side of the movie is the World Dance Championship. One would fail to believe that Farah was a choreographer once upon a time after watching how she portrays that international championship would not only be such a farce, but could also be rigged in such a bad way.

The plus sides - SRK's well oiled (non-photoshopped) abs, a little bit of the humour, some great visuals of Dubai and the extravagance of it all. The end credits has the superstar play with AbRam, who is angelic - and the audience sure seemed to love that. 

Watch: Shah Rukh Khan flaunts fab physique as Charlie

One sure hopes that Farah had spent a little more time on the movie itself than on the promotions, because even though it is sure that the movie will ride the wave of a Diwali weekend and Shah Rukh's popularity, therefore do good business, this is her flimsiest movie yet. The spectacular entertainment that is expected out of her is all but a fizz. It may be entertaining in parts, but at best it is a one time watch. Watch the movie if you are a Shah Rukh Khan fan – but the movie has nothing more than his fabulous body to offer.

'Happy Ending' review: Intelligent but unoriginal

The movie starts with mocking the clichés of Bollywood romance, with the young urban commitment-phobic guy, highly unlikely to fall in love! And yet 'Happy Ending' is what all romantic comedies turn out to be – feel good!

Saif Ali Khan plays Yudi Jaitley, a young writer who has struck a writers block after hitting the jackpot with his first book. He is also caught in a string of unsuccessful relationships with the characters of Kareena, Preity and Kalki, which is a nice enough way to bring in the star power.

Enter Aanchal Reddy, a best-selling romantic author who doesn't believe in the idea of perfect romance she herself writes about! The rest of the story is as predictable as romedies go!

Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru were not wrong in choosing Saif as their protagonist. He is urban, cool and suave without overpowering a relatively newer heroine. He also has been the most successful in this genre in the past decade. Be it 'Hum Tum'. 'Salaam Namaste' or 'Cocktail', Saif is very likeable as the flirt (not so) young hero. Ileana too is chic and is quite convincing as the no-nonsense practical girl, who knows what modern romance entails.

Kalki Koechlin and Ranvir Shorey were cast in the very same roles that we have seen them in before. As talented as they are, the audience is bound to expect more from them.

But the best part of the movie is Govinda. He does not have a lot of screen space but the 90s superstar has retained his comic timing to the 'T'. The director duo make fun of the hackneyed scripts and stories of Bollywood through his character, and boy he carries it off with elan!

The dialogues that the leads have are witty and the first half of the movie induces a lot of laughter. Unfortunately, the freshness of the film is lost after the first half, as it fast spirals into the very plot that it had set out to run away from. It pretends to be different for a while, and both the leads seem to have emulated the practicality of love. But at the end it feels as if it is just a reprise of 'Love Aaj Kal'.

As Armaan (Govinda) pointed out in one scene, families come to watch cinema to be entertained, a mere Rs 300 can not contain the meaning of life. It is almost as if with these dialogues the filmmakers are defending themselves – which is a disappointment. It gets predictable, but it will keep you smiling through its length.

'Happy Ending' is Saif's comfort zone and he along with the rest of the cast has performed well. The modern take of romance is definitely refreshing and the script has great one-liners for all the characters. The music compliments the feel of the movie. Govinda will make you nostalgic with the dancing in 'Nacho Sare G Phaadke'. The other scene which really stands out is when he consults a doctor to build his pectoral muscles look younger!

It is definitely a good watch, especially if you go with your loved one. It has clean humour, without any glaring sexual innuendos and would be a good film to watch with your family as well!