Actress Shweta Bharadwaj, who has grooved to a special number called "Lollipop" in Telugu entertainer "Soukyam", says she shot for the song with no rehearsals."The song was shot on a very short notice. I was initially never interested because when I was approached for…

The Telangana government has exempted, from entertainment tax, Telugu movie "Rudhramadevi", which is set to hit the screens on Friday.Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao made the announcement when the film unit called on him here on Thursday.Director-cum-producer Gunasekhar, co-producer Neelima Guna and distributor…

Actor Prakash Raj on Monday decide to adopt a village in the backward Mahabubnagar district of Telangana.He called on Panchayat Raj and Information Technology Minister K. Tarakarama Rao at the state secretariat and expressed his desire to adopt Kondareddipalle village in Mahabubnagar. The polyglot…

Setting aside the political differences, actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan on Saturday visited his elder brother K. Chiranjeevi's house here to greet him on 60th birthday.The meeting assumed significance in view of recent reports of serious differences between two actor brothers.On Friday night, Pawan's fans…

Pawan Kalyan recently tweeted that the Andhra Pradesh government should not use the land acquisition act on the Fertlie multi-cropped lands of Undavallai, Penumaka and Bethapudi. Responding to this, AP Finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said that they are taking lands for building capital only with…

Southern actress Saranya Mohan, who secretly got engaged to Trivandrum-based doctor Aravind Krishnan last week, will enter into wedlock on September 6.Saranya announced her engagement on her Facebook page."It's an arranged marriage. The reason we got engaged in a hurry was because of…

If you're in Hyderabad or Secunderabad, you're just a click away from getting home-delivered fresh sweets straight from the interiors of Andhra Pradesh, thanks to a new business venture co-founded by actor Krishna Chaitanya.Chaitanya's love for sweets was the inspiration behind www.sweetexperience.co."I grew…

The trailer of SS Rajamouli's magnum opus "Baahubali" was screened in select theatres here on Monday and the response has been phenomenal."The trailer was screened at 10:30 a.m. for free to audiences across 300 theatres in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. An unprecedented number of…

Actor Puri Akash, who is making his acting debut in the forthcoming Telugu teenage love story "Andhra Pori", says he always wished to be launched by his filmmaker-father Puri Jagannath, who didn't quite agree with his son."I've always wished to be launched by my…

The grand son of Nandamuri Balakrishna and Nara Chandrababu Naidu has been named. The proud parents of baby boy Brahmani Nara Lokesh revealed the name of their bundle of joy today [May 28].Excited Lokesh took the news to his verified Twitter page and shared,…