Bollywood is currently raving about South films and now star director Anurag Kashyap speaking to scribes shared how he discovered the South.\r\nHe shared \"I am a massive fan of both Kamal and Rajinikanth and my discovery of South started with their films. That\'s when I started exploring more of the southern cinema and also got to watch Chiranjeevi\'s movies. I like Tamil cinema much more than the films that are made in Bollywood due to the fact that people here like to do what they want. For instance, i recently saw a glimpse of Pa Ranjith\'s Thangalaan and i immediately felt that we don\'t make visuals like these in Hindi cinema.\"\r\nHe added he got offers from many south directors after Ajay Gnanamuthu\'s film but added that he refused most of them. Continuing he shared \"But i am currently shooting for a project with Vijay Sethupathi,\"\r\nHe thanked Mani Ratnam for coming out with many thought-provoking films and raved about the way he showed Bombay city in Bombay.\r\n&nbsp;

Gossips

Chiru,Kamal,Rajini helps this Bollywood director

Anurag Kashyap on discovering South films

Aishwarya Rajesh came up with stunning and powerful comments on cinema. Participating in the discussion with&nbsp; Baradwaj Rangan to discuss the evolving path of south Indian cinema and the current opportunities creators are exposed to, along with AL. Vijay and Vishnu Sasi Shankar said, \"Cinema has always been hard for women to create their own space.\"\r\nShe continued \" However, the word female-centric never existed ten years ago but now things have changed for the better. In fact, I struggled initially to land on good roles as many filmmakers approached female actors only for the typical roles.\"\r\nShe shared \"It is hard to predict which film would work and which would not. For instance, I really thought Driver Jamuna would work in theatres but it didnt. However, got favorable responses in OTT,\"\r\nAishwarya Rajesh starred in Telugu films like Tuck Jagadeesh, Republic etc and is now starring in Vikram\'s Dhruva Natchathiram directed by Gautham Menon.&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;

Aishwarya Rajesh powerful take on Cinema

Aishwarya Rajesh stunning comments on Cinema

Pushpa Raj is to continue his role and exciting reports are coming that Sukumar who showed Allu Arjun in the role of Pushpa Raj in Pushpa The Rise and is set to show in Pushpa The Rule in the coming days is not content with ending with the second part. Reports are coming that the film will have a third part and Pushpa 3 will be named Pushpa 3: The Rule Begins.

This is exciting all the movie lovers and especially the fans of Icon Star Allu Arjun. Allu Arjun attained national fame with Pushpa and Sukumar is expanding the horizons in the second part. The film will have an international connection and showcases Pushpa Raj's rise as a don.

Fahadh Faasil sometime back speaking to scribes, revealed that there is Pushpa 3 and now this is confirming the same. Rashmika Mandanna is the female lead and the music is tuned by Devi Sri Prasad. The film's shooting is in full swing and the makers are shooting important scenes at Malkangiri forests, Odisha.

Shooting will continue for some time in and around Chitrakonda Block, Swabhimaan Anchal, spillway under-construction bridge and hanging bridge, and Saptadhara in Malkangiri district.

Pushpa Raj to continue his rule

Pushpa 3: Here is the title

Pan India Star Prabhas to propel Akkineni Prince Akhil\'s Agent. Akhil is starring in a spy thriller Agent which is racing for an extravagant release across the country in various languages on 28 April 2023. Akhil underwent a remarkable and stunning transformation working in the gym to gain eight-pack abs. The film\'s teaser, trailer, and songs got a good response from movie lovers.\r\nNow inside talk is Pan India star Prabhas will be propelling Akhil\'s Agent. The makers are planning to celebrate the pre-release event on&nbsp; 23 April 2023 and they are planning to invite Prabhas as the chief guest. Prabhas and Akhil share good relations and Prabhas has given the green signal.\r\nThe film stars Sakshi Vaidya and Athulyaa Ravi as the female leads while Mammootty and Dino Maria are playing powerful roles. Vakkantam Vamsi provided the story for the film directed by Surender Reddy. The film is bankrolled on Anil Sunkara of AK Entertainments.\r\nIn the meantime, it is coming out that top Tollywood banners like UV Creations and others are planning to do films with Akhil and this is exciting all the Akkineni fans.&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;

Pan India Star to fillip Agent

Prabhas to propel Akhil Agent

It is known that IT Raids has been conducted yesterday on popular production house Mythri Movie Makers. The raids are continuing today also.&nbsp; IT department is reportedly investigating allegations of money laundering and verifying about tax details of the production house. Reportedly it is being said that Mythri Movie Makers is backed by two MLA\'s and also found that many lands in Shankar palli area are being connected to the production house.&nbsp;\r\nMythri Movies Makers banner is founded by Naveen Yerneni, Ravishankar Yalamanchili and Mohan CV. They made their first film Srimanthudu with Mahesh Babu and followed by Janatha Garage with NTR, Rangasthalam with Ram Charan. All these films feature star heroes and became blockbusters leading to the instill confidence among the industry circles and buyers for the banner. In the following years they have made numerous films with almost all stars and emerged as one of the top banners in Tollywood.\r\nMeanwhile, Mohan CV has been came out of the partnership and now it is Naveen and Ravi Shankar are solely handling the production house. Even before entering into film production, Mythri is a noted firm which distributes big films in overseas on a large scale.&nbsp; According to rumours, Mythri received funds from two MLAs, one from AP and another one from Telangana. There are rumours that one mla is also involved in mining, and there may be money laundering going on. Additionally, they have operations in the USA. Mythri sources claim that these raids are routine and that their accounts are clear.\r\nMythri banner has huge projects lineup. Pushpa 2 with Allu Arjun and Ustaad Bhagath Singh with Pawan Kalyan. NTR 31 with Prasanth Neel and RC 16 with Buchibabu Sana were also announced.&nbsp;

Political Connection Behind IT Raids On Mythri

MLAs Funding Mythri Movie Makers Is The Reason Behind IT Raids ?

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan\'s daughter Aaradhya approached Delhi High Court and this became a topic of discussion. People started wondering why did Aradhya sought the court\'s intervention.&nbsp;\r\nAaradhya approached High Court seeking an injunction order against few youtube channels like&nbsp; Bollywood Time and Bollywood Chingari to delist and de activate all the videos pertaining to her as it is an intrusion into her privacy. These channels have been spreading fake news about Aaradhya\'s health.\r\nLaw firm Anand and Naik filed the petition on behalf of Aaradhya Bachchan and it stated \"The defendants\' sole motivation is to unlawfully profit from the reputation of the Bachchan family unlawfully, irrespective of the damage-causing to the plaintiffs and their family members\", as per the report. It has also made Google LLC and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Grievance Cell) as parties in the case.\r\nAbhishek Bachchan, in many interviews, said \"I\'m fair game, I am a public figure, that\'s fine. My daughter is out of bounds to you\",&nbsp; He even dared those spreading rumours to say the same in front of him.&nbsp;\r\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"></div>

Why did Aaradhya seek Court intervention?

Aishwarya Rai daughter Aaradhya approaches High Court

Balakrishna\'s Veera Simha Reddy and Chiranjeevi\'s Waltair Veerayya released in a day\'s span during Sankranti this year. Veera Simha Reddy tuned out to be the highest grosser in his career. The film is completed 100 days and celebrating the occasion, the makers released a new poster.\r\nThe new poster had a caption \'NBK:Garjinche Blockbuster. Single handtho century\'. The poster like as though Balakrishna is targeting Chiranjeevi\'s Waltair Veerayya.&nbsp;\r\nHe is sending a message mocking Chiranjeevi that while he scored a blockbuster single handedly, Chiranjeevi couldn\'t do it with Waltair Veerayya though he roped in Mass Raja Ravi Teja in a powerful role.&nbsp;\r\nMythri Movie Makers who bankrolled both the films didn\'t release these posters online. However these posters of Balakrishna as Veera Simha Reddy targeting Chiranjeevi\'s Waltair Veerayya after coming up everywhere in social media triggering fan wars.&nbsp;\r\nIt is known that while with Waltair Veerayya, Chiranjeevi came back after the debacle of Acharya, Balakrishna countinued his success streak with with Akhanda and Veera Simha Reddy.

Did Balakrishna target Mega Star

Veera Simha Reddy new poster targets Waltair Veerayya

South films have created a sensation across the world and people are still raving about RRR, Kantara, KGF and others. In the meantime Bollywood lost its sheen and identity in trying to emulate the West by copying Hollywood films forgetting it\'s origins.\r\nIn the midst of all this, South directors, Mani Ratnam, Vetri Maaran, Rishabh Shetty shared their thoughts on Bollywood. Mani Ratnam said &ldquo;If Hindi cinema can stop calling themselves Bollywood, then people will stop identifying Indian cinema as Bollywood.&rdquo;\r\nVetri Maaran shared &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a fan of the &lsquo;woods&rsquo;. Like Bollywood, Kollywood. We need to see it as Indian cinema on the whole.&rdquo; He went on to add &ldquo;The more rooted that art is the more universal the appeal is. The impact is created because we are telling stories of our people and of our lands,&rdquo;\r\nRishabh Shetty echoes the views saying \"more local, rooted your story is, the wider will be the acceptance\". They are interacting at the second edition of CII Dakshin Media and Entertainment Summit in Chennai and the topic was south Indian films\' seminal influence on world cinema.&nbsp;\r\nAt the two day event Prem Rakshit, the choreographer for the Oscar winning song Naatu Naatu (RRR) and Kartiki Gonsalves, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker were honoured. The event witnessed the participation of 60 renowned speakers and 700 delegates from across India, including actors, producers, directors, exhibitors, national heads of OTT platforms and social media influencers.

Star directors on Bollywood

South directors on Bollywood

Virupaksha is currently red-hot in trade. The film starring Sai Dharam Tej in lead role has gained buzz with terrific promotions and content released so far. Right from the announcement of title, team has maintained good momentum till the release of the film. Regular release of interesting posters, teaser and trailer holds the curiosity of audience and now as the release is getting nearer, the anticipation towards the film is very high.&nbsp;

The advance bookings are going well indicating the interest of audience for the film. Trade is expecting big numbers on release day and the following two days becoming holidays is another huge advantage for the film if it manages to get positive talk. But, as per close reports the film has recieved super positive talk from its celebrity premier.

A private screening was held for industry circles and the word of mouth is extremely positive. The film which is made as a mystic thriller is said to be succeeded in maintaining the thrill with its gripping narration. Those who watched the film are saying that the film is thoroughly engaging. The BGM and cinematography departments added more value to the film and they are said to be major highlights along with tight narration.

Virupaksha has Samyuktha Menon as female lead. Karthik Dandu is debuting as director while Sukumar has penned screenay for the film. BVSN Prasad and Sukumar have jointly produced the film. Kantara fame Ajaneesh Lokanath has scored the music while Shamdat handled the camera.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Positive Reports For Virupaksha

Virupaksha Garners Positive Reports From Special Screening

Big B Amitabh Bachchan is tech savvy and he is active on social media and delighted his fans by sharing his feelings and interacting with them. It is known that ChatGPT is the new app and technology that is making waves.\r\nAmitabh Bachchan shared his thoughts on ChatGPT and this is that he said. , \"AI .. commandeth the World and as does the ChatGPT app ., that , as we all know is the instrument that shall eradicate the human soon enough .. I wanted ChatGPT to write my DAY for me &hellip; but then that would be without heart and soul .. but some day I shall make an effort .. for .. an effort has been made by Ef Bushra on imagery , feeding the app., and getting results .. like these (followed by a few AI-generated pictures of Amitabh)&hellip; astonishing is it not ..\"\r\nAI-generated pics of Amitabh Bachchan that he shared. Amitabh Bachchan is currently starring in Prabhas\' Project K, a sci fi thriller directed by Nag Ashwin. He was last seen in Uunchaiv under the direction of Suraj Barjatya.\r\nAmitabh is also starring in&nbsp; Ribhu Dasgupta\'s courtroom drama Section 84, and also in Vikas Bahl\'s Ganapath.

Big B on ChatGPT

Amitabh Bachchan thoughts on ChatGPT

Citadel is the most awaited thriller drama among movie lovers and the makers have been arranging special premieres across the world and the cast and crew have been promoting the film interacting with the media.\r\nAccording to the last, Citadel had been premiered in London and not only the cast Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden attended the event but also Indian version cast Samanta and Varun Dhawan attended the premieres.\r\nPriyanka attended the event with her husband Nick Jonas. Priyanka, Nick, Samantha and Varun Dhawan\'s obsession with these colors are becoming the talking point.&nbsp;\r\nWhile While Varun wore a black see-through t-shirt, matching denims, boots and a jacket, Samantha was in a black co-ord set paired with a statement neckpiece and bracelet. Priyanka slayed in an off-shoulder red gown and her co-star Richard Madden was in a black suit.&nbsp;\r\nPriyanka slayed in an off-shoulder red gown and her co-star Richard Madden was in a black suit. Nick shared a video from the premiere night which he captioned, \"#RedDress.\" The caption is also the popular lyrics from his song Burnin&rsquo; Up which turned into a meme on social media meme because Nick always skips singing the particular lyrics while performing at his concerts.&nbsp;\r\nA fan commented on the video, &ldquo;Time to make a new music video for this song and put all the beautiful wives in red dresses.&rdquo; Another asked, &ldquo;But did you scream &ldquo;RED DRESS&rdquo; out loud?!?&rdquo; One more fan wrote, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m obsessed with Priyanka 2. I love that her husband is even more obsessed with Priyanka. Love to see it.&rdquo;\r\n&nbsp;

Citadel: Priyanka, Nick, Sam, Varun obsessions

Priyanka, Nick, Samantha and Varun Dhawan obsessed with these colours 

Priyanka Chopra attained international stardom and couple of days back made startling comments on Bollywood. This shocked all and in the midst of all this, actors like Kangana Ranaut and others came in support of her and few more came and spoke against Bollywood culture.\r\nNow, speaking to scribes, Priyanka Chopra spoke against camps in Bollywood. She said \"Now that we live in a world of streaming, there is so much more. The Hindi film industry has changed so much in the last five to ten years. You have many talents &ndash; writers, directors, and actors from outside the industry. When I first started, that was not the case,\"&nbsp;\r\nShe added \"So I think having conversations around the fact that the workplace should be merit-based, that the workplace should be a positive environment, that casting should be a casting director\'s job instead of the politics and the drama,\"\r\nShe continued , \"I think having those conversations is really, really important so that there are no camps that actually rule casting and it is done because of merit and because of audiences wanting to watch people.\"\r\nPriyanka is starring in a thriller drama Citadel under the direction of Russo brothers. She is sharing screen presence with Richard Madden.&nbsp;\r\n&nbsp;