Veteran director Bapu passes away

Veteran director Bapu is no more. He passed away on August 31 after battling illness for the past few weeks. Born in 1933, Bapu's original name was Satthiraju Lakshmi Narayana and he grew up in Narsapur, West Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. He began his career as a cartoonist and quickly rose to fame. Thereafter, he dabbled in painting, writing for several years and his work, especially his depiction of Ramayana and the 'Bapu Bomma' series left an indelible impression on Telugu population across the world.

When he was 14, he first collaborated with his longtime friend, Late Mullapudi Venkataramana and over the span of nearly seven decades, the duo created several literary works which enthralled several generations. Later, they continued their collaboration into films and their works like Sampoorna Ramayanam, Ramanjaneya Yuddham and Seeta Kalyanam were hailed as classics.

Bapu is also a receipient of multiple awards and honours including Padma Shri, two National Awards for Muthyala Muggu and Mr Pellam respectively, apart from two Filmfare awards and a Lifetime Achievement award for his contribution to cinema. His last major work was Balakrishna, Nayanthara starrer Sri Ramarajyam, which released in 2011.

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Best and worst of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Cannes so far...

The Cannes Film Festival is famous in India more for the red carpet hits and misses by the likes of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor and more recently Vidya Balan. While the Indian media leaves no stone un-turned to scrutinize India's beautiful representatives to the festival in the French Riviera, we bring you the best and worst of the woman who has made many appearances at the Cannes over the years. Read on to know about the yay and nay hairstyles and outfits of Ash at Cannes.

Cannes 2014: THE GOOD- She is back and how! Aishwarya Rai Bachchan showed the world she's totally worth it when she finally stepped onto the Cannes red carpet this time. Ash glittered in a gold Roberto Cavalli off-shoulder dress as she stepped out on the red carpet for the premiere of 'Two Days, One Night'. With her hair in a left loose and a dash of bold red lip colour that did all the talking, Ash surely looked like a goddess! With constant speculations about what she will wear and how she will look, Aishwarya silenced her critics as she sizzled on the red carpet.

Ram Charan gifted Lance Cruiser V8 to Chiranjeevi

Ram Charan gifted Toyato Lance Cruiser V8 to Chiranjeevi on his birthday. The car is priced around Rs.1.25 crores. It is a known news that Ram Charan had presented a Rolls Royce car to Chiranjeevi a few years ago. Chiranjeevi along with his wife went to Nepal on his birthday for participating in few pujas in a temple. Ram Charan has given a clear assurance to the fans and well wishers of Chiranjeevi regarding the official announcement of 150th movie within 1 Month at Chiranjeevi birthday celebrations at CCT.

Chiranjeevi 150th film announcement within 1 Month

Mega Power Star Ram Charan ,Varun Tej, Sai Dharma Tej and Allu Aravind attended the birthday celebrations of Mega Star Chiranjeevi as the Chief Guests.The event was celebrated at Chiranjeevi Blood Bank and fans will be attending in big numbers. Chiranjeevi along with his wife went to Nepal on his birthday for participating in few pujas in a temple. Ram Charan has given a clear assurance to the fans and well wishers of Chiranjeevi regarding the official announcement of 150th movie within 1 Month. Ram Charan said “My assurance to fans is that it willn’t have a heroism, something like holding a sword in hand, thigh slapping and royal moutache. We aren’t aiming any record, but just wanted to make a meaningful flick which remains as a good product in Telugu cinema forever. An official announcement will be made within 1 month,” reveals Cherry.

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Chiranjeevi's birthday pics go viral : HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO CHIRANJEEVI

The latest birthday stills of Megastar Chiranjeevi were trending online among Telugu movie lovers. Reactions like "Style ga pose ivvalsina avasaram ledu.. in-built style untadi body lo ..chiru :thumb:,"(There is no need to make an effort to look stylish. He has style inbuilt in his body) "Chiranjeevi New Pics super Asalu :)," kept pouring in as the Mega fans went ga ga over the photo shoot.

 

It's Chiranjeevi's birthday today and speculations about the Megastar's 150th film began doing the rounds as well. Buzz is that Chiru will be making his comeback with a total mass entertainer and that this is the actor's look for the film. It does look like the actor has lost weight and is getting back in shape for a second innings. We will have to wait and see if an announcement indeed comes today . It will give the fans of the actor a new reason to celebrate.

     MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY "MEGASTAR CHIRANJEEVI"

SOURCE : TOI

Shruti Haasan’s ‘Bablu’ saves her life : Tevar

Are you wondering who is Bablu? Well, it is none other than Arjun Kapoor.

 

Shruti Haasan was recently shooting an item song for Arjun's Tevar when she took a fondness for him. She finds Arjun to be very simple and sweet and was adamant about nicknaming him Bablu. Throughout the shoot, she called him 'Bablu' occasionally shifting to 'Pawam' in Tamil. On Sunday, they were dancing with real horses around them, when one of the horses that had his face towards Shruti, all of a sudden decided to turn his back against her, almost about to kick her, when Bablu saw this and pushed her away in full filmi style, saving her from getting hurt.

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani costliest movie ever?

                                                 Ranveer Singh and  Deepika Padukone

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani seems to have all the makings of an epic: leading Bollywood stars and a budget to match it.

According to a leading daily, the film has a budget of a whopping Rs.210 crore and this makes the film the costliest ever made here.

The film will be recreating a portion of Maratha history with the actors - Ranveer, Deepika and Priyanka Chopra - dressing head-to-toe in fabrics similar to those used in the time of Bajirao Peshwa, adds the report.

It is this need to be as authentic as possible that could be behind the film's big budget. And if Devdas with a budget of Rs.65 crore was a preview, then Bajirao Mastani promises to be a game changer.

source : in