Friday, September 30, 2011

Why VV Vinayak Afraid Of Mahesh Babu?


Mahesh Babu may come across a boy with chocolate face but beneath that adorable look lies a man with a tough outlook who can send shivers to anyone. Right now, it is heard that director V V Vinayak is afraid to meet Mahesh Babu or contacting him for a film. Here is the reason for that. A source revealed “Former Cuddapah Mayor Ravindranath Reddy had produced a film ‘Yogi’ with Prabhas and it was directed by Vinayak. At the same time, they also bought dates from Mahesh Babu to make a film in VV Vinakak’s direction. Mahesh had given his dates but he asked for the hearing of the story and added once that is done he can finalize.”
The source added “For this, Vinayak said ‘Should I tell story to Mahesh Babu also?’ he implied that his name is a brand and doing a film with Vinayak itself is great. This news reached the ears of superstar Krishna. Next day, the cheque given to Mahesh for the dates was returned. The message was conveyed clearly ‘we will work with any other director but not with V V Vinayak.’ They felt that working with someone who cannot respect a hero will create difficulties in the future. That is why there is not a single project of Mahesh- Vinayak till now. On the other hand, even Vinayak is also not approaching due to guilty feeling.”

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Oosaravelli' Without Nandamuri Fans




The clock is ticking for yet another biggie ‘Oosaravelli’ to hit the screens on October 6th. However, it appears that the film is arriving with a conflict. Grapevine is brewing that the film may not be getting the support of Nandamuri fans. It sounds unbelievable but then here is the reason for that.
A source close to the Nandamuri camp reveals “NTR Junior has been keeping an iron curtain with Balayya and family from some time. So far they have kept Junior and his mother far. But for political reasons they are coming close and NTR does not like it. Moreover, he is now the son in law of Narne Srinivas and has become a multi-crorepathi.”The source added “NTR was asked to postpone ‘Oosaravelli’ but he asked to postpone ‘Srirama Rajyam’. Nandamuri fans are angry with this. For them, there are only two gods Balayya and Chandrababu Naidu. And NTR has been hurting them and keeping them at distance. Also, Lokesh was expected to be given the grip over Studio N channel but it was given to NTR Jr by Narne Srinivas. So, this time, ‘Oosaravelli’ may not have the Nandamuri support. Generally, Nandamuri fans block theatres for months together and take the film to a hit. But this time that may not happen.”

Sunday, September 25, 2011

'Dookudu'- Beating 'Magadheera' In Collections


The much awaited movie ‘Dookudu’ has finally hit the screens and it appears that it is bouncing with a bang. Box office pundits are predicting that ‘Dookudu’ will turn out to be the biggest hit in terms of collections history of Tollywood. As such, the openings have shown thumping collections.
So far, the highest collections in this year have gone for ‘Mr Perfect’ followed by ‘Kandireega’ and then ‘100% Love’. Even ‘Badrinath’ to an extent made some collections. Going by the current trend, ‘Dookudu’ will beat all of them comfortably and runs ahead to beat all time industry hits Pokiri and Magadheera. Thanks to long vacations.
Among the upcoming straight films, the only competition ‘Dookudu’ has is in the form of ‘Oosaravelli’ and ‘Rajanna’. There is also ‘Srirama Rajyam’ but it will not fit into this genre of banging the box office. For now, the coast is clear till the next two weeks for ‘Dookudu’ and since the talk is positive, it has all potential to become the highest collection maker of the industry because of 80 percent of theatres were occupied by it.
Already the trade reports are coming from Guntur, Vizag, Nellore and Tirupathi that Magadheera record is going to be broken by Dookudu within first 3 days.
Coming to the figures, Magadheera made a gross of around Rs 4.5 Cr in USA and now ‘Dookudu’ is expected to make Rs 6.5 crore very comfortably.
At home, the first day collection itself was around Rs 7-8 Cr which is whopping and crossed the first day collection of ‘Magadheera’. Even though Oosaravelli gets hit talk, it can lift the advantage of vacations just for 4 days. But Dookudu is enjoying the advantage from release date Sep 23rd to Oct 10th.
Mahesh Babu’s potentiality is proved again.