A popular businessman, film producer and financier, who had also made a futile attempt to enter politics by contesting 2014 elections, is said to be playing active role in engaging the services of political strategist Prashant Kishor by the YSR Congress party for the 2019 elections.
One film can work wonders for the career of a person. Guntur Talkies has done just that for Rashmi.
When it swept the Lok Sabha elections and came to power at the Centre, the BJP in a state of euphoria harboured plans of coming to power on its own in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as well.
The other day, there was a strange report in Andhra Jyothy Telugu daily. This report has come out with a strange reasoning as to why the Centre had to announce special financial package to Andhra Pradesh, in lieu of special category status.
New releases including Nagarjuna's production Nirmala Convent failed to get decent opening at the ticket window. Word of mouth is also not encouraging for Nirmala Convent, which could hamper its chances further.
After Pelli Choopulu was made, the makers naturally had to move from pillar to post, arranging multiple screenings for all and sundry, trying to find a buyer for their project.
It is a known fact that megastar Chiranjeevi and senior actor-producer M Mohan Babu had a lot of contempt towards each other. There were many occasions, both Chiranjeevi and Mohan Babu took pot shots at each other publicly.
At last, one MLA has come out openly to admit his links with dreaded Maoist-turned-gangster Nayeemuddin alias Nayeem, who was shot dead in an encounter with police at Shadnagar on August 8.
Trisha Krishnan, whose Tamil retro horror-comedy "Nayaki" released on Friday, says there are valid reasons why she hasn't been talking about her film or promoting it.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu generally puts up an aggressive posture and always claims that he is not scared of anybody and nobody can put any pressure on him.
Akkineni Nagarjuna who is in great form with series of hits in the recent past produced 'Nirmala Convent' introducing another hero Srikanth's son in the lead role.
If the reports coming from the corridors of the Telugu Desam Party are to be believed, party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is most likely to induct his son Lokesh Naidu into the Cabinet, which is expected to be expanded and reshuffled before Dasara.
The din over the Narendra Modi government granting special package to Andhra Pradesh in lieu of special category status has almost subsided.
A film released on Suresh Production brand value has today emerged on its own strengths. Pelli Choopulu has been a special film instilling invaluable faith among independent film makers that industry and audience are open to accept inventive Telugu cinema.
Naga Shourya has been demanding an increase in his remuneration but none of the producers he had worked with listened to his demand.