\r\nNTR helps his friend to acquire War2 Telugu rights. All eyes are on NTR\'s first straight Bollywood project War2. The film directed by Ayan Mukherjee is progressing at a brisk pace. The film stars Hrithik Roshan in the other lead role and excitement is on as the film is the sequel to the hit project War.\r\nThe makers are planning to release the film on 14 Aug 2025. In the meantime, reports are coming that NTR sugged his friend Sitara Naga Vamsi\'s name for the film\'s Telugu theatrical rights.\r\nInside talk is NTR loved the way he ensured the smooth release of his film Devara through his distribution channel and suggested his name to the makers.\r\nNaga Vamsi revealed that the deal is not yet closed. It is known that NTR will also star in the direction of Nelson Dilip Kumar and the project is bankrolled by Naga Vamsi of Sitara Entertainments. War 2 stars killer beauty Kiara Advani as the female lead.\r\n

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NTR key role in War 2 Telugu rights

NTR helps his friend to acquire War2 Telugu rights

\r\nVishwak Sen next to be bankrolled by son of a former minister. Vishwak Sen is known for his mass mannerisms and different genre entertainers. Vishwak Sen recently starred in a film titled interestingly as Laila. Vishwak Sen surprised all by playing the female role under the direction of Ram Narayan.\r\nVishwak Sen is currently busy with Funky under the direction of&nbsp; KV.Anudeep of Jathi Ratnalu fame. Apart from it, he is also starring in the direction of Sreedhar Ganta. In this film, Vishwak Sen is playing the role of a honest police officer.\r\nReports are coming that Vishwak Sen who has been listening to various stories, locked another film. Reports are coming that the makers registered the title Cult.\r\nBuzz is the film will be bankrolled by former cinematography minister Talasani Srinivasa Yadav\'s son Sai. Sai has been planning to enter into the film industry and produce films for long. More details as to who will helm the project will be revealed later.\r\n

Politician son Debut with Vishwak

Vishwak Sen next to be bankrolled by son of a former minister

\r\nProducer shares exciting update on Spirit. Prabhas is currently busy with multiple projects like The Raja Saab, Fauji, Spirit and sequels for Kalki 2898AD and Salaar.\r\nAll eyes are on his project Spirit as it is helmed by Sandeep Vanga. Couple of days back reports came that Spirit may take backseat as Sandeep put lot of conditions to Prabhas, and Prabhas decided to complete other projects before powering Spirit.\r\nIn the midst of all this, Bhushan Kumar, producer of Spirit, speaking to scribes shared an update on the project. He said the project will go to sets in the next 2-3 months and added that Sandeep Reddy and Ranbir Kapoor\'s Animal Park, sequel to his hit film Animal will go to sets after the completion of Spirit.\r\nAnimal Park\'s production will start from 2027 and the film will release in 2028. Apart from this, the teaser of Raja Saab is ready and it will be released once Prabhas completes the dubbing.\r\n

Sensational update on Prabhas Spirit

Producer shares exciting update on Spirit

\r\nRamayana teaser to be unveiled at WAVES. PM Modi took on the initiative to form WAVES (World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit) and the first summit is currently underway in Mumbai.\r\nNow, exciting reports are coming that the makers of Bollywood film Ramayana are planning to release the teaser either today or tomorrow. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash in the roles of Lord Ram, Goddess Sita and Ravan.\r\nEven as the fans are speculating and getting excited, the leaked look of Yash as Ravan is going viral on social media. But, later it came out that it was just a previs (previsualisation) and motion capture (mo-cap) of the character and not Yash the actor in the film.\r\nThe makers described Ramayana as \"Experience the divine journey of Lord Rama through an immersive lens of eternal love, celestial valour and cosmic destiny.\"\r\nThe film directed by Nitesh Tiwari will be releasing in two parts,first part on Diwali 2026 and second part on Diwali 2027.&nbsp; The film also stars Sunny Deol,Rakul Preet Singh and Lara Dutta in important roles.\r\n

Ramayana teaser at WAVES

Ramayana teaser to be unveiled at WAVES

Oscar winner Rahman speaking to scribes, shared his thoughts as to why he is not doing concerts in India.\r\nOf late international performers Coldplay, Sting, Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5, Bryan Adams, Dua Lipa, and the Jonas Brothers got tremendous response for their concerts in India. Rahman is set to perform a live concert in Mumbai as part of the Wonderment Tour, starting on May 3 at DY Patil Stadium.\r\nRahman shared&nbsp; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s amazing to see this. It shows India is thriving. People can afford tickets and want these experiences.&rdquo; He said &ldquo;Are we giving them the best?&rdquo; and added &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve always been a musical country, and we should have the right setup to support that. I hope this energy spreads to every city. India is lit &ndash; and the fire&rsquo;s not going out,&rdquo;\r\nHe revealed &ldquo;For a long time, India didn&rsquo;t have the setup needed &ndash; bad sound systems and safety issues. That&rsquo;s why I avoided live shows here,&rdquo; and continued &ldquo;But I realised, if you don&rsquo;t step into the fire, you won&rsquo;t feel the heat. It takes courage. People asked me why I performed everywhere else &ndash; and that was the reason. But now things are changing. India is proving it can host world-class shows. Ed Sheeran just performed in Chennai!&rdquo;

Why Rahman avoids concerts in India

Oscar winner against concerts in India

Shah Rukh Khan is renowned as Bollywood Badshah and now speaking at the WAVES summit inaugurated by PM Modi, shared what his children think about him.

It is known that Shah Rukh is blessed with Suhana Khan, AbRam Khan and Aryan Khan. He said &ldquo;You know you&rsquo;re asked if it&rsquo;s lonely at the top. I would just like to tell everyone here, those who are young and have kids, even those who are my age and have kids. You will never be lonely if you can make your children laugh, and those who don&rsquo;t have children, if you can make your parents laugh, will never be lonely.&rdquo;

He added &ldquo;Main itna funny hoon mere bacchon ke liye (My kids think I&rsquo;m so funny), that even when I scold or try to discipline them&hellip;I also scolded Deepika while shooting Om Shanti Om. When I say something, like listen, you have to sleep by 10 o&rsquo;clock or something. What do they do? Oh my god, S R K. So, I am a joke in my house.&rdquo;

SRK on his equation with his Kids

Shah Rukh Khan on what his children thinks about him

Allu Arjun, turned Icon Star with Pushpa and he attained national and international stardom with the film. The film broke all records at the box office.\r\nNow, speaking at WAVES summit, Allu Arun said people started recognising him after Pushpa. He said &ldquo;We have such a big film industry and we&rsquo;ve been there for so many decades. But we never had a serious impact on the global box office. I feel it&rsquo;s just about time&hellip; India is getting there. We, as a country, are growing and in the coming years, Indian film industry will make a global mark.\"\r\nHe added . &ldquo;At least everybody knows my face now&hellip; I used to work in Telugu films with quite a popularity in other states in the South but now, because of &lsquo;Pushpa&rsquo; and the grace of the entire Indian audience, I&rsquo;ve become more familiar. So it&rsquo;s a long journey, and I&rsquo;m glad to have started this journey,\"&nbsp;

Icon Star face unknown

Allu Arjun talks about his face

\r\nChiranjeevi to romance two hot beauties. Mega Star Chiranjeevi is currently starring in a socio fantasy entertainer Vishwambhara. The film directed by Mallidi Vassishta of Bimbisara fame is progressing at a brisk pace. Excitement is on as Chiraneevji is starring in this genre after a long time and it is bringing back the memories of his classic Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari.\r\nApart from it, he is also starring in the direction of Anil Ravipudi. Expectations are high on the project as Anil Ravipudi is on the success run with films like F2,F3, Sarileru Neekevvaru, Bhagavanth Kesari and Sankrantiki Vasthunnam.\r\nNow reports are coming that Anil Ravipudi is eyeing two hot beauties for Chiranjeevi. Already reports came that Nayanthara is one of the female lead. Now inside talk is Anil is also planning to rope in Jyothika opposite Chiranjeevi. Inside talk is Jyothika gave her green signal.\r\nWhile Nayanthara starred in Chiranjeevi\'s Sye Raa and Godfather, Jyothika starred in Tagore. Plans are on to release the film during Sankranti 2026. Bheems Ceciroleo is the music director and the film is bankrolled by Sahu Garapati on Shine Screens banner.\r\n

Two hot beauties for Mega Star

Chiranjeevi to romance two hot beauties

Global Star Ram Charan who got a huge shock in form of Shankar\'s political entertainer Game Changer is now pinning all his hopes on his upcoming project Peddi. The film directed by Buchhi Babu Sana is progressing at a brisk pace and Ram Charan is romancing Janhvi Kapoor as the female lead.\r\nThe film stars Jagapathi Babu and Shivarajkumar in important roles. The film\'s shooting is progressing in Hyderabad where the makers are shooting important scenes. Now reports are coming that after the Hyderabad schedule, Ram Charan will be taking a three week break.\r\nHe will be heading to London where the unveiling of his wax statue will be happening at the prestigious Madame Tussauds Museum.\r\nRam Charan will be flying to London along with his family. He will be enjoying his vacation and the makers will resume shoot in June.

Ram Charan heads to vacation

Ram Charan applies the brakes on Peddi

\r\nSpirit takes a back step.&nbsp; Prabhas is currently busy with films like The Raja Saab, Fauji, Spirit, and sequels to Kalki2898AD and Salaar.\r\nAll eyes are on his film Spirit with Sandeep Reddy Vanga. Excitement is on as Sandeep Vanga is known for his high octane intense action entertainers and he scored hits like Arjun Reddy, Kabir Singh and Animal. He promised to show Prabhas as the most powerful and violent police officer.\r\nPrabhas is currently busy with Fauji and after the he is supposed to do Spirit, Nag Ashwin\'s Kalki2898 AD sequel and project with Prashanth Varma. Sandeep Reddy already completed the script work and is scouting for locations. But with Sandeep coming up with a tough condition asking Prabhas\' 65 days callsheets and to do action sequences without body doubles, Prabhas decided to complete his project with Prashanth Varma before taking up Spirit. Bhagyasri Borse is touted to be the female lead in the project.\r\nPrabhas who is currently in Italy will return back and then complete The Raja Saab before simultaneously shooting for Fauji and Prashanth Varma\'s project.\r\n

Spirit Takes A Backstep

Spirit comes with a twist

\r\nDid Raid 2 certification change due to Tamannaah Nasha. Ajay Devgn\'s Raid2 is slated for a grand release on 1 May 2025. The film is directed by Rajkumar Gupta and stars Vaani Kapoor as the female lead. Tamannaah did a special song Nasha and it is going viral on social media.\r\nThe film got U/A certificate from the censor board and has the runtime of 138 minutes. Now people are wondering whether the Raid2 censor certification U/A7+ was changed to U/A13+ due to Tamannaah\'s special song.\r\nReacting to it, producer Abhishek Pathak said &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not because of the song. We had a few cuts in the film, and we committed to a few more&mdash;that&rsquo;s why the certification was supposed to change. But it&rsquo;s still a U/A certification, so there&rsquo;s no problem at all. These cuts don&rsquo;t affect or interfere with the story in any way. The film has been cleared without any [visual] cuts. It&rsquo;s U/A 13+ without any cuts right now,\"\r\nHe added &ldquo;Nasha was conceived a little later. We wanted a certain character to uplift another character, and we wanted that to come into the film in a particular way. It has been stitched very beautifully into the film.\"\r\nHe continued &ldquo;If you see the film, you won&rsquo;t feel that it comes at an odd moment or was added later. It has been blended very well into the narrative. People will really enjoy it, including the song by Yo Yo Honey Singh.\" As for producer Bhushan Kumar, he disagrees with the notion that including a dance number was a &lsquo;marketing tool.&rsquo; &ldquo;People might feel that in a thriller like Raid 2, the songs would seems forced. But it&rsquo;s not a marketing tool. It became a part of the story so well,\" he states.\r\nElaborating further, he said &ldquo;Even the last track we have by Yo Yo Honey Singh is well-linked to the film. You&rsquo;ll feel that it&rsquo;s connected. All four songs we have were part of the screenplay.\" Talking about roping in Tamannaah for the track, producer Kumar Mangat Pathak says, &ldquo;The moment we thought of this song, the unanimous opinion was to have Tamannaah in it. We decided to speak to her, so both Bhushan ji and I had a chat with her, and she came on board.\"\r\n

Nasha influence on Raid 2 censor

Did Raid 2 certification change due to Tamannaah Nasha

Young Heroes crushing Hot Beauties. Film industry is such that heroes can bounce back even after numerous flops but the same cannot be said about the heroines. One flop and she will be branded as the iron leg. Now due to young hero&rsquo;s script selection in Tollywood, many heroines&rsquo; careers are getting crushed.

Akanksha Sharma dreamed of making big with Mass Ka Das Vishwak Sen's Laila. However the film turned out to be a disaster and she is left with no offers.

Kriti Shetty had a dream debut with Uppena but all her films after that be it Warrior,Custody, Macherla Niyojaka Vargam and others bombed at the box office.

Saiee Manjrekar who impressed with Major, tasted flops in form of Skanda, Ghani and Arjun S/O Vyjayanthi.

Fiara Abdullah impressed all with Jathi Ratnalu but she failed to recreate the magic with Aa Okkati Adakku, Ravanasura and Like Share and Subscribe.

Anu Immanuel scored a hit with Majnu but from then on she disappeared with numerous flops.

Vaishnavi Chaitanya scored a resounding hit with Baby but got a shock in form of Jack. It has to be seen whether she will bounce back or not.

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