Its more or less official that Allu Arjun's upcoming flick would be directed by Lingusamy of 'Run' & 'Pandem Kodi' fame.As per highly placed sources, Allu Arjun will be seen in a dual role for Lingusamy's project. Just alike Suriya in '24', He does…

Producer Rockline Venkatesh who made huge budgeted disaster "Lingaa" with superstar Rajnikanth is back in the news. This time he's back regarding "Kabali" movie Kannada rights. Actually this producer hasn't settled the issue of agitating distributors of Lingaa and those distributors have now started threatening…

Popular Telugu writer G. Satyamurthy, father of southern composer Dev Sri Prasad, breathed his last here on Monday after a heart attack, a family source said. He was 61."He suffered a heart attack and passed away this morning at his residence," the source told.…

The phenomenal success of S.S. Rajamouli's "Baahubali", which has emerged as India's biggest blockbuster, has made its lead actor Prabhas realise something very important -- that the success of any film should be attributed to its team and not to the star."This success has…

Bollywood composer Chirantan Bhatt is making his southern debut with the forthcoming Telugu film "Kanche", and he says the opportunity to work in the war drama gave him the freedom to experiment musically."It made me understand and appreciate Carnatic music. Unlike Bollywood, where music…

Be it Deepika Padukone's unique role in "Piku" or Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's power-packed avatar in "Jazbaa", actor Irrfan Khan is happy that Indian actresses are increasingly choosing performance-oriented characters over formulaic Bollywood entertainers.Asked if actresses today prefer doing offbeat and character roles, Irrfan told…

S.S. Rajamouli's "Baahubali", which has emerged the biggest opener in the country, broke new technological boundaries and presented many creative challenges to its cinematographer K.K. Senthil Kumar, who spent hundreds of manhours on the film over a period of 24 months.Annapurna Studio, the Digital…

Director Sai Kiran Adivi says his forthcoming Telugu release "Kerintha", which releases in theatres on Friday, will present a slice-of-life story with characters that will be etched in the minds of the audiences."This story heavily relies on its characters. It's a youthful entertainer about…

Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who feels southern movies are "content-rich", says her forthcoming Tamil cinematic debut "Lingaa" won't be a one-off film in her career as she's keen to find more work in the industry."I would love to do more projects (down south) provided I…

Actor Rana Daggubati says he didn't mind working in two back-to-back Telugu period films "Baahubali" and "Rudhramadevi" because he finds them "heroic" and "powerful"."I didn't mind doing two back-to-back period films because they may be offbeat, yet it's so heroic and powerful," Rana told.…