Marokkasari is an upcoming Telugu feel-good love story produced by B Chandrakanth Reddy\r\nunder the banner CK Film Makers. The film stars Naresh Agastya and Sanjana Sarathy in the\r\nlead roles and is written and directed by Nithin Lingutla.The film is set to hit the screens across\r\nall South Indian languages, aiming to reach and resonate with audiences across the southern\r\nstates.\r\nGoing beyond conventional filmmaking boundaries, the makers of Marokkasari chose challenging\r\nand visually rich locations to preserve authenticity and emotional depth. The film was extensively\r\nshot across Kerala, capturing its natural landscapes, and at extreme high-altitude locations near\r\nthe Tibet border, including Gurudongmar Lake in Sikkim.\r\nLocated at an altitude of approximately 5,430 metres (17,800 feet) above sea level, Gurudongmar\r\nLake is one of the highest lakes in the world. Marokkasari is the first Indian film to be shot at\r\nGurudongmar Lake, marking a rare visual feat achieved under extreme filming conditions and\r\nspecial Armed Forces permissions. The shoot was executed in an environment marked by\r\nseverely low oxygen levels, extreme cold, restricted shooting hours, and unpredictable\r\nweather, presenting significant challenges for the cast and crew.\r\n* The production faced multiple logistical hurdles, including difficult terrain, limited\r\ntransportation access, equipment movement delays, complex local permission procedures,\r\ncommunication and power constraints, and fluctuating climatic conditions. Throughout the\r\nschedule, the health, safety, and morale of the cast and crew were given top priority, ensuring\r\nsmooth execution despite the harsh environment. Production Head: Anudeep Paduru has\r\nperformed a very appreciable role .\r\nCurrently, Marokkasari is in the final stage of DI at the prestigious Annapurna Studios,\r\nHyderabad, where final colour grading and visual finishing are underway to achieve the film&rsquo;s\r\nintended cinematic tone.\r\nThe film brings together a strong technical team, with Rohit Bachu as Director of Photography,\r\nChota K. Prasad handling editing, and Bharath Manchiraju composing the music, all working in\r\nclose collaboration with writer-director Nithin Lingutla.\r\nDuring the post-production phase, producer B Chandrakanth Reddy interacted with the media,\r\nsharing insights from the film&rsquo;s journey and the responsibilities involved in mounting a project of\r\nthis scale.\r\n&ldquo;Every challenge we faced was a conscious decision taken to serve the story with honesty and\r\nauthenticity,&rdquo;\r\n&mdash; Chandrakanth Reddy, Producer, CK Film Makers\r\nMarokkasari is expected to announce its release date soon.

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Marokkasari - A Telugu Love Story Filmed at One of the World Highest Lakes

Marokkasari Becomes First Indian Film Shot at Gurudongmar Lake Near Tibet Border

\r\nDil Raju keen to have permanent solution on ticket rates hikes. The ticket rates hikes GOs passed by Telangana government for the top films during festivals and other occasions, often landed in controversies and High Court also passed stringent orders reprimanding the government.\r\nIn the midst of all this, star producer and distributor Dil Raju speaking to scribes , spoke of permanent solution to the issue. He said &ldquo;We are going to request the Chief Minister for a permanent GO on ticket hikes in Telangana,&rdquo; Dil Raju added &ldquo;Our appeal is for a fixed, revised ticket rate for both big and small films on a long-term basis, instead of producers having to approach officials before the release of every film and rushing through approvals.&rdquo;\r\nTelangana High Courtearlier&nbsp; issued clear directions stating that applications for ticket hikes and other special permissions for Telugu films must be submitted at least 90 days prior to release.Dil Raju said &ldquo;It will definitely hurt big-ticket films releasing between March and May,&rdquo; Dil Raju added that an industry delegation is expected to hold discussions with the Chief Minister by the end of the month. &ldquo;We are hopeful of a favourable decision.&rdquo;\r\n

Ticket Hikes- Looking for Solution

Dil Raju keen to have a permanent solution on ticket rates hikes

\r\nNidhhi Agerwal shares her thoughts on negative PR. Nidhhi Agerwal who starred in high profile entertainers like Pawan Kalyan\'s Hari Hara Veera Mallu and Prabhas\' The Raja Saab, speaking to scribes shared her thoughts on negative PR.\r\nShe said &ldquo;Itna negative PR hota hai (there\'s so much negative PR). There are so many attacks that happen, even things like BookMyShow ratings and IMDb ratings. There is a certain section of paid reviews. People pay a lot of money to pull others down, and sometimes I feel people pay more money to pull others down than to lift themselves up. Recently, mujhpe bhi ek do negative campaigns had started, but we stopped them immediately. Because I was just like, dude, I am going to push myself in a good way, but if you do something negative, then I am going to do it right back.&rdquo;\r\nShe continued&nbsp; &ldquo;That&rsquo;s very bad. People pay a lot of money for this. And I think it&rsquo;s horrible. Because actors are very sensitive and emotional. They are child-like from the inside. I feel it&rsquo;s really not good for their mental health. You feel attacked. Public personalities public property nahi hoti (Public personalities are not Public properties). Everyone has parents at home, and you are answerable to them. It&rsquo;s not nice.&rdquo;\r\n

Nidhhi Agerwal on Negative PR

Nidhhi Agerwal shares her thoughts on negative PR

\r\nMega niece song Flying High from Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu released. Chiranjeevi\'s Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu directed by Anil Ravipudi which hit the screens on 12 Jan 2026 turned out to be the Sankranti winner. The film turned out to be the biggest grosser in Chiranjeevi\'s career entering into Rs 300crs.\r\nThe makers today released the song Flying High sung by Chiranjeevi\'s niece Niara couple of minutes back. Sushmita Konidela sharing the song posted &ldquo;Watching my little cousin Naira sings the Flying High song from Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu fills my heart with so much emotion. Such clarity and style in your very promising voice. May you have a long, beautiful journey ahead, Naira. This is just the beginning, and I&rsquo;ll always be cheering for you.&rdquo;\r\nThe song highlighted the family emotions and is shot in the beautiful and exotic locations. Kittu Vissapragada penned lyrics for the song while Bheems Ceciroleo is the music director. The film starred Nayanthara as the female lead while Venkatesh played a powerful cameo.&nbsp; Catherine Tresa, Harshvardhan played important roles in the film.\r\n

Flying High shares Mega Connection

Mega niece song Flying High from Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu released

\r\nSurprise revelations of Rana cameo in Parasakathi. Sudha Kongara\'s Prasakathi which featured Sivakarthikeyan in the lead released on 10 Jan 2026.\r\nThe film released amidst huge expectations and the makers confidently released it against Vijay\'s Jana Nayagan. However Vijay\'s Jana Nayagan got postponed indefinitely clearing decks for its free run. However the film failed to cash in to the advantage at the box office.\r\nIt is known Hot Hunk Rana played a powerful cameo in the film. Now Sudha Kongara, speaking to scribes said she at first planned to cast Rowdy Star Vijay Devarakonda in the cameo. She said however, things didnot materialise as Vijay was busy with his film Kingdom.\r\nShe said she for long planned to cast various stars in the cameos in Parasakthi but she was surprised when the same was done in Rajinikanth\'s Jailer directed by Nelson Dilip Kumar.\r\n

Rana did cameo meant for Rowdy Star

Surprise revelations of Rana cameo in Parasakathi

\r\nVicky Kaushal is reportedly reprising his role as Major Vihaan Singh Shergill from Uri: The Surgical Strike in Dhurandhar 2, alongside Ranveer Singh. This move is said to be part of director Aditya Dhar\'s plan to build a Dhurandhar cinematic universe, connecting his past success with Uri to the new film.\r\nThe production has brought in star power to compensate for Akshaye Khanna\'s reduced role as Rehman Dakait, who will appear in brief flashbacks. Dhurandhar 2 ensemble cast includes R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, and Arjun Rampal, and is set primarily in Pakistan. According to insiders, Vicky\'s character from Uri, set in 2016, will be introduced in Dhurandhar 2, although it\'s unclear if he\'ll cross paths with Ranveer\'s character.\r\nThe cameo includes action sequences, and Vicky reportedly shot his scenes last year, keeping them under wraps until the first installment\'s release. The inclusion of Major Vihaan Shergill seems to be a plot device for potential sequels, with Aditya Dhar planning to construct an interlinked Dhurandhar universe.\r\nVicky Kaushal is said to be one of Dhar\'s favourite actors, and the director was willing to set the stage for a potential spinoff. Dhurandhar 2 has become one of the most anticipated projects in the Indian action genre, thanks to its cast and Dhar\'s technical accuracy. Dhurandhar 2 is slated to hit the screens on March 19.\r\n

Uri Connection To Dhurandhar 2

Vicky Kaushal Joins Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar 2

Swayambhu getting pushed back. Nikhil who captured the imagination of all across the country with his mythological entertainer Karthikeya 2 is currently busy with his film Swayambhu.

The film directed by Bharath Krishnamachari is progressing at a brisk pace. The film is scheduled for a grand release in 13 Feb 2026. Now reports are coming that the makers are planning to postpone the film release.

Now the makers are considering suitable dates either in March or April. The film features Samyuktha and Nabha Natesh as the female leads with KK.Senthil Kumar being the cinematographer and&nbsp; Bhuvan and Sreekar are producing the film under Pixel Studios. Tagore Madhu is presenting the film.

The music for the film is tuned by Ravi Basrur. The makers planned to release the film at pan India level in various languages like Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada. The film has crazy action and war sequences which will give goosebumps to the viewers.

Shocking progress in Swayambhu

Swayambhu getting pushed back

\r\nO Romeo lands in legal tangle. Shahid Kapoor is coming to entertain movie lovers with O Romeo directed by Vishal Bharadwaj. The film is releasing on 13 Feb 2026.\r\nThe film which is inspired by Hussain Ustara however landed in trouble, when his daughter Sanober Shaikh lodged a complaint against the makers alleging distortion.\r\nShe demanded Rs 2crs compensation with in week\'s time and said the stakes are high and asked the makers to cancel the film\'s release. She said &ldquo;The story portrayed in the film is also wrong. My father had trained Sapna didi. She was like a sister to him. She used to come to our home and to our office.&rdquo;\r\nSanober Shaikh continued &ldquo;O Romeo is based on baba. The teaser states that the film is based on a true story. I want to ask them, who&rsquo;s the person the film is based on. My father wasn&rsquo;t a gangster. Hussain Ustara helped a lot of people. He wanted to cleanse the city and remove gangsters. He wasn&rsquo;t a criminal. You won&rsquo;t find any criminal record. The problem is how is image is portrayed in the film,\"\r\nShe revealed &ldquo;Sapna didi had no one. She was alone when her husband was killed. She has no children. She went everywhere asking for help &ndash; to cleanse the city off crime &ndash; but it was only my baba who helped her. Both of them worked against criminals. Unka tareeka galat tha but this also happened 28 years ago. As his family, our concern is ki unki image kharab ho rahi hai. This isn&rsquo;t a matter of money. In my first notice, there&rsquo;s no mention of it at all.\"\r\nShe alleged &ldquo;They&rsquo;re claiming that I&rsquo;m threatening them. That&rsquo;s grossly wrong. I&rsquo;ll also take the legal route and deal with this matter. Kitna bura aarop laga rahe hai! How can it become threatening if I opt for a legal process? For the past three months, I&rsquo;ve been in touch with them. But they&rsquo;re denying everything,&rdquo;\r\nShe added &ldquo;They had only responded to our first legal notice. They haven&rsquo;t reverted to the last one. But we&rsquo;ll continue this legal battle. We aren&rsquo;t okay with the negative portrayal of my baba in the film. We&rsquo;re deeply affected. We&rsquo;ve been receiving DMs and messages from people, telling me, &lsquo;This is your baba&rsquo;s story&rsquo;. We&rsquo;re facing a lot of problems.&rdquo;\r\n

O Romeo lands in trouble

O Romeo lands in legal tangle

\r\nSpeculation on Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi Repeat release. Tharun Bhascker captured the imagination of all with the youthful entertainer Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi which released in 2018.\r\nNow all eyes are on the film\'s sequel titled Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi Repeat which is progressing at a brisk pace. Now speculation is increasing on the film\'s release.\r\nIn the midst of all this, Srujan Yarabolu , speaking to scribes said the film in all probability will release in the second half of 2026. He said though it is a buddy comedy there are extensive VFX work. He said he felt it was a sure shot hit after he read the 150 pages of the script.\r\nHe said he felt Tharun Bhascker came up with the best script and it revolves around filmmaking. He said the sequel will have many surprises even while retaining the naturality of the first part.\r\nVivek Sagar is the music director while Vishwak Sen, Sai Sushanth Reddy, Abhinav Gomatam, and Venkatesh Kakumanu will be reprising their roles. Suresh Productions and S Originals are bankroling the project.\r\n

ENM Repeat release at this time

Speculation on Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi Repeat release

\r\nRam Gopal Varma exposes AR.Rahman. Rahman\'s recent comments talking about communal stoked a huge controversy.\r\nNow, Ram Gopal Varma speaking to scribes, exposed Rahman and his Oscar winning song Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionnaire.&nbsp; Ram Gopal Varma said \"Rahman was doing a film called Yuvraj for Subhash Ghai and Rahman is always late, it frustrates you not being on time. On this day, Rahman was arriving from airport and Sukhwinder was there, doing something, Rahman came and said hi hi and asked Sukhwinder right in front of Suubhash Ghai, \"did you compose?\" Sukhwinder said yes, played a song and Rahman said he liked it and asked if Subhash liked it. Subhash got angry and started shoutimg at Rahman sayoing\' I\'m paying you 3 crores for you to do it... i also can get Sukhwinder to do it, why do i need you?\"\r\nRam Gopal Varma shares \"Rahman said in reply, \'mind you tongue Mr Ghai, you are paying for my name, not my work, don\'t get confused\' I only said, did you like it I did not say accept it if you don\'t like it, I\'\'ll do another song. Rahman said this and then left for Chennai. Sukhwinder told me that Rahman later called him and asked him to complete the song and email it to him. That was it, then one year later Rahman\'s manager sent a cheque for 5 lakhs to Sukhwinder and then Sukhwinder sked why? the manager said, \"you made a song a song for Rahman and Rahman sold it to a party and this 5 lakhs is your share\" Who did Rahman sell the song to? Slumdog Millionaire. and the song Jai ho. \"\r\n

RGV Exposes Oscar Winner

Maverick Director Ram Gopal Varma exposes AR Rahman

\r\nRaveena daguther Rasha turns singer. Rasha Thadani who made her debut in Bollywood with Azad is now making her Telugu debut opposite Mahesh Babu\'s nephew Jaya Krishna in Srinivasa Mangapuram under the direction of Ajay Bhupathi of RX100 fame.\r\nAccording to the latest, Rasha sang the song in her upcoming film&nbsp; Laikey Laikaa. Saurabh Gupta is directing the film produced by Bhavna Talwar and Raghav Gupta.\r\nRasha sang the song Chaap Tilak from the film. In the music video released by Zee Music, fans can catch a glimpse of Rasha performing the soulful song in the studio.\r\nFans reacted in the following way.\r\nOn YouTube, one viewer commented, &ldquo;Best playback singer award goes to miss rasha thadani,&rdquo; while another wrote, &ldquo;What a song wow rasha so so happy for this collab.&rdquo; Excitement continued with comments like, &ldquo;This is fireeee Rasha has got such an amazing voice and the song is lit ðŸ«¶,&rdquo; and, &ldquo;Omg what a energetic songgðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ I love this song and play again and again this is dmn good yrrðŸ™ŒðŸ».&rdquo; Another fan added, &ldquo;Somebody call fire brigade cuz the song if fireeeeeðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥ðŸ”¥.&rdquo; What do you think about the starlet\'s first singing attempt?\r\n

Rasha Thadani turns singer

Raveena daughter Rasha turns singer

\r\nAadi Saikumar\'s recent hit Shambala, a mystical thriller that turned much needed solid hit for Aadi, is now streaming on Aha. The film, directed by Ugandhar Muni, was released as a Christmas special and received fair responses from critics and audiences. It had a very good theatrical run and is available on Aha, first for Gold subscribers, and will be accessible to regular users from January 23, 2026.\r\nShambala features Archana Iyer, Swasika Vijay, Madhunandan, Ravi Varma, and Laxman Meesala in key roles, with music composed by Sricharan Pakala. The film\'s digital rights were acquired by Aha for a reported Rs 10 crore, indicating strong confidence in its OTT potential..The film\'s unique storyline, blending mythology with science, has generated interest among viewers.\r\nShambala is about a small village possessed by an evil spirit, and the gripping narrative keeps audiences on their toes with tense moments and engaging twists in the second half. Aadi Saikumar\'s performance is a highlight, along with Ravi Varma\'s impressive portrayal of a possessed character. The film\'s crisp runtime of under 2 hours and 20 minutes makes it a compelling watch, appealing to those who missed it in theaters.\r\nShambala is a gripping thriller with a unique theme that has worked well with audiences. The film\'s blend of mythology and science is interesting, and those who love thrillers with proper logic will enjoy it. The director creates multiple tense moments, and the twists in the second half are engaging, ending the film on a high note. Aadi Saikumar\'s comeback film has ended as a good hit at the box office and is expected to perform even better on OTT, given its strong word of mouth and unique storyline.\r\n

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