Pawan Kalyan is highest paid actor of Tollywood, according to Forbes India. The Power Star is charging Rs 23 crore for a film and Mahesh Babu is in second position with 21 crores. Coming to Kollywood, Rajinikanth is on top with 32 crores and is followed by Vijay and Surya with 22 crores and 20 crores respectively. Here is Forbes Highest paid actors list for Tollywood and Kollywood:
Tollywood highest paid actors and their remunerations:
1. Pawan Kalyan 23cr
2.Mahesh Babu 21cr
3. Ram Charan 18cr
4. AlluArjun 17cr
5. Jr NTR 15 cr
Nageswara Rao's two sons Venkat and actor Nagarjuna and other family members lit the pyre at the Annapurna Studios here, established by the thespian himself. The mortal remains of legendary Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao were today consigned to flames amid police honours as scores of film personalities, including Union Tourism Minister Chiranjeevi, and fans bade him an emotional farewell. Nageswara Rao's two sons Venkat and actor Nagarjuna and other family members lit the pyre at the Annapurna Studios here, established by the thespian himself. Family members, including his grandchildren who have followed his footsteps in acting, paid their last respects before lighting the funeral pyre.
Former Union Minister and Congress leader T Subbirami Reddy, state ministers K V Krishna Reddy, D Nagender, veteran producer D Rama Naidu and popular hero Venkatesh were among those present. Earlier, the body was kept at the film chamber building to enable fans and well wishers to pay their last respects, before being taken back to the Annapurna Studios in a procession, which was followed by thousands of fans and members of the film fraternity. Nageswara Rao, who scaled the peaks of Telugu cinema rivalling N T Rama Rao in stature between 50s and 70s, died here yesterday after losing his battle with cancer.
Popularly known as ANR, the 91-year-old thespian mesmerised generations of audiences with a variety of roles and memorable performances in hits like 'Batasari', 'Devadas', 'Prem Nagar', 'Missamma' and 'Tenali Ramakrishna' in a career spanning more than seven decades.
Rao recently completed shooting for his home production 'Manam' (Us) which stars three generations of the family --himself, Nagarjuna and grandson Naga Chaitanya. A Dada Saheb Phalke award winner, he had acted in more than 250 films, including some in Tamil and Hindi. ANR was instrumental in bringing Telugu filmmaking to Hyderabad from Chennai, that was home to film production in all south Indian languages.
The Sub register of Erragadda of Hyderabad city has revealed the marriage certificate of Tollywood actor Pawan Kalyan's 3rd marriage with Australian model Anna Lezhneva. He confirms that Pawan has registered his marriage on 30th September, 2013 at their office.
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam was born in a Telugu family in Komminenivari Palem, Ballikuruva Mandalam, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He died on December 7th at his home in Dilshuk Nagar, Hyderabad in 2013.
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam has been suffering from a rare type of cancer and they say that the disease is in final phase. Even his show 'Ding Dong' in Sakshi TV has been abruptly closed without any notice that slightly spurs a doubt.
He is not just an actor, he is also a director. He directed 'Thoke leni Pitta' with Allari Naresh. He also wears many hats. He is also a politician and TV host. He is a former member of Congress party during Rajasekhar Reddy's tenure and later joined YS Jagan's YSR Congress party. He also acted as the chairman of AP Cultural association. Dharmavarapu is an actor on the likes of Brahmanandam, AVS and other comedians.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who is shooting for " Mental" in Hyderabad, paid a visit to the sets of upcoming Telugu action-drama "Yevadu". He bonded with the film's lead actor Ram Charan Teja and even appreciated some of his dance moves. Salman visited the sets Tuesday.
"Salman and Charan spent quality time on the sets. The team was giving final touches to a song featuring Ram. When Salman saw Charan dancing, he was awestruck. He personally appreciated him for his dance moves," a source from the film's unit told. It was not long ago that Ram Charan took home-cooked food for Salman.
"Ram visited the sets of 'Mental' a few days back with home-cooked food for Salman. When Ram was shooting for 'Zanjeer' in Mumbai, Salman did the same," the source added. Salman has been shooting in the city for "Mental", which is a Hindi remake of Telugu film "Stalin" featuring Chiranjeevi.
A biography of Rajinikanth will hit book stands in the superstar's true style on 12.12.12.
Publishers Penguin Books India said that "Rajinikanth" by critic-producer Naman Ramachandaran will be the first and only definitive biography of one of India's biggest stars and the launch will commemorate his 62nd birthday on the unique date December 12, 2012.
"The book will comprehensively analyse his meteoric career in the movie industry from his debut performance to his forthcoming blockbuster "Rana", releasing this year.
"With never before presented insights on his personal and political life, this book, for the first time analyses the unmatched charm and magic of Rajinikanth that bridges the unique boy-next-door, down to earth persona, with that of his larger than life superstar image," the publishers said in a statement. The book will also contain rare pictures and anecdotes.
Canadian-Indian actor Lisa Ray is perhaps most acclaimed for her brave battle with bone marrow cancer two years ago. She fought through the hardship of chemotherapy-induced menopause, but wants to be a mother now. “I’m looking at other options and talking to my partner about it. I would like to
have one child, boy or girl,” says Ray.
She was invited for the recently held IIFA awards in her hometown — Toronto, and feels honoured. “I think the awards are doing something really positive. It is getting people to talk about Bollywood films,” she says. Working for IIFA, she also got to see behind the scenes action. “Like, when a fan lunged on Shah Rukh Khan’s feet on stage, it went unnoticed as everyone thought it was part of the skit,” she says. Another favourite moment for her was: walking on the green-carpet, where she chose to lend support to Canadian designers by wearing their creations.
Ray, who has starred in films like Water, I Can’t Think Straight and Bollywood/Hollywood, was in the Capital to promote her new TV series, Oh My Gold!, to be aired on the channel, TLC. In the show, Ray travels through India, “snooping” around to uncover different cities’ inherent jewellery styles.
Her most prized possession? “A ruby and diamonds ring that was passed down by my mother to me,” she Ray.
I’d like to have one child. I’m looking at options — adoption or some technique, it is not definitive
It was convenient to wear designers from Canada, instead of calling in garments from India (for IIFA)
India is the only place in the world, where gold and jewellery is literally a part of the national make up
If sources are to be believed the actor turned politician, Megastar Chiranjeevi would be launching a news channel followed by a newspaper. Sources say that Chiru has already acquired “RK News” and is planning to establish it among all other news channels in the state.
Initially RK News was a cable network operated by Ramakanth Vajpayee. The channel couldn’t withstand the competition from other existing channels leading to poor ratings, resulting in it being taken by company, Agri gold. The concerned channel is in a bad shape as of now and Chiru buying it may see its name heard all across the state.
Well, launching a news channel is not a bad idea considering the eminent politicians across Andhra Pradesh have their own mouth pieces in the form of media houses. We certainly hope that this new venture of our beloved Megastar would re-establish his party across the state.
Daggubati Venkatesh was born on 13th December 1960 in Karamchedu, India. Victory Venkatesh, as he is known among his fans, is the producer D.Rama Naidu’s son. He has a brother D. Suresh Babu who along with his father runs Suresh Productions, a production company.
Venkatesh holds an MBA degree from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.
His wife’s name is Neeraja and they have four children Arjun, Aashritha, Hayavahini and Bhavana.
Acting Career:
Venkatesh‘Kaliyuga Pandavulu’ (1986) served as the launch pad for Venkatesh in the Telugu Film Industry. Venky, as he is popularly known as, tasted success in 1988, with the movie ‘Swarnakamalam’. In the same year, he delivered another hit – in the form of ‘Varasudochadu’. However, Venkatesh could not capitalize on the success and make the most of it. He failed to give a consistent performance, which led to a downfall in his career graph. Nonetheless, the musical ‘Bobbili Raja’ revived his career once again. The film not only brought Venky back to the limelight, but also proved to be one of the greatest hits of the year.
Venkatesh’s venture with Bollywood director Ram Gopal Verma, for the movie – ‘Kshana Kshanam’, earned him accolades as an actor. Then came ‘Chanti’, a remake of the Tamil movie – ‘Chinna Thambi’, which proved to be the biggest milestone of his career. Later, it was remade into a Bollywood movie as well, with the name ‘Anari’ and Venkatesh as the main protagonist. With the movie, he became a family hero and received huge fan following. Venkatesh’s artistic skills are a complete package, giving his audience a taste of everything, right from comedy to love and romance to anger. Daggubati Venkatesh Biography (Profile)
CHENNAI: Actor Arvind Swamy's divorce with his wife of 16 years, Gayathri Ramamurthy, is now only a formality, with the couple agreeing to an exhaustive set of terms and conditions covering maintenance, custody of children and visiting rights.
When their petition for divorce by mutual consent came up before the principal judge for family courts, S Meenakshisundaram, on Wednesday, it was informed that the actor would make a one-time payment of Rs 75 lakh to his wife, in addition to a monthly payment of Rs 1 lakh towards maintenance from the date of dissolution of their marriage. "The monthly maintenance shall continue to be paid as long as Gayathri does not remarry," the agreement states, adding that the monthly alimony is "not subject to enhancement, under any circumstances, whatsoever."
After their marriage in June 1994, the couple had two children in 1996 and 2000. The couple have now "expressly agreed" to leave the custody of the children with Arvind Swamy, who shall be responsible for their upbringing and education. His wife will have custody of the children every Saturday. She will also have the children for seven continuous days during the summer holidays.
Allu Arjun aka Bunny is getting engaged to a Hyderabadi girl named Sneha Reddy today (November 26). It is said that the engagement ceremony would be held at the bride's house.
According to reports, the function will be attended by close relatives and friends of the couple. Allu has said that the ceremony would be a low-key affair as they did not find a suitable venue and engagement date was fixed in a hurry. Sources say that Allu Arjun and Sneha Reddy's wedding will be held in February 2011.
Sneha Reddy is the daughter of educationist and businessman Sankar Reddy. She has completed MS in Computer Science from a reputed US university.
Actor-director Prakash Raj is a happy man these days. After all, he tied the knot with choreographer Pony Verma yesterday, in a gala affair in Mumbai.
The marriage, which was conducted in Punjabi style, was attended by family members and close friends of the two. Prakash Raj’s mother, his two daughters, his sister and her family, and his close associates, directors Radhamohan and Viji, actor Kumaravel, cinematographer KV Guhan and Tanya Samthani were moving about, making the guests feel comfortable.
Dressed in a maroon Sherwani, Prakash looked every bit of a Punjabi munda and needless to say, was grinning from ear to ear! His wife Pony Verma too was blushing throughout and the couple indeed looked like they were made for each other.
Pony is a famous choreographer in Bollywood and has made actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor dance to her tunes. She had also choreographed for Prakash Raj’s latest Tamil offering, Inidhu Inidhu. Before the marriage, she was working on Hemamalini’s project, Tell Me Oh Khuda.
Telugu movie Hero Ravi Teja brothers Raghu Babu and Bharath were arrested in drugs case. Raghu Babu, Bharath and another African Nationalist have been arrested by the task force in Hyderabad for their connection in the drugs.
In fact, police officials had the information earlier about their involvement some time back, but could not prove anything. But today, police caught Raghu Babu and Bharath red handed while receiving drugs from an Ugandan. It seems that Raghu Babu has been supplying drugs to many people in Telugu cinema.
Ravi Teja brothers Raghu Babu and Bharath were caught by the police officials at Banjara Hills near Hyderabad House surroundings. Few people were taken off in a vehicle bearing number AP13L 8999 vehicle. In fact, police totally found 51 gms drugs, out of which 3gms were found in Ravi Teja brothers Raghu Babu and Bharath
What a shocking news it was to hear from the closer sources? Really, this is turning to be the worst amongst all of affairs. Prabhu Deva, father of three children (Recently one passed away) is in love with Nayanthara, the leading actress. That sounds quite absurd but you’ve got to believe. Although it was earlier considered to be rumors, certain channels of outside Tamil Nadu have confirmed it. And of course, tomorrow morning you’ll find this one on the headlines of all newspapers.
Sources have again revealed that concern has been shown from both of the sides and soon divorce will be done between bonded relationships.
Now Prabhu Deva has fled to unknown place stating that he has some works on Hindi project. Meanwhile Nayan too is missing in town and seems to have gone for abroad. This has evoked yet more on this issue.
Anyways, ‘Nothing is Impossible’ is the formula of life while ‘Everything is possible in affairs’ happens to be more in tinsel town. NAYANTHARA PROFILE
Vishnu Manchu will be entering into wedlock with Viranica at 10:13 am today at Gachibowli Indoor stadium.
Actor Siva Balaji’s wedding with actress Madhumita (Swapna Madhuri) is taking place around 11 am in Kalinga Function Palace, Jubilee hills. Idlebrain.com wishes these couples a happy married life.
Working with ace filmmaker Mani Rathnam, has been an enriching experience for Priyamani
"It's a new experience altogether, I am cherishing every moment of it," she says. She is sharing screen space with Vikram and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in this multi-lingual film Ravana. Does he entertain suggestions from his artistes? "Yes. He does," she quips. She took some liberty and suggested a few changes in her dialogues and the gamble paid off. "He just gave it a second thought and re-framed it," she reveals. However, she is unable to resist from praising the noted maker for giving ample 'freedom' to artistes to interpret roles in their own way. Here’s a new entrant to Mani’s fan club.
After a host of Tollywood stars hitting the roads with vengeance, NTR jr is all set to join the bandwagon next month to boost the prospects of TDP.
He is considered to be one of the star campaigners for the opposition party and is expected to lure young voters. "He will be returning to Hyderabad on the 27th and his tour programme will be fixed thereafter," says a source close to him.
Interestingly, he shares one thing in common with other stars like Pawan Kalyan and Balakrishna. Don't let your imaginations run wild.
It is just that he will also be taking a 'break' from his shooting with Nayantara to join the political fray. However, he needs to be doubly active this time to make up for a missed opportunity (Yuvagarjana rally). Another star is set to cause traffic jams in rural Andhra.
Popular action choreographer Peter Hynes who composed marvelous fights for films like Chatrapati, Athadu and Ghajini (Hindi) is injured while choreographing a stunt sequence for latest Rajamouli’s film Magadheera with Ram Chran Teja as hero on 18th of February. He is being treated at KIMS now.
Popular character artist, Nirmalamma widely recognized for her plethora roles as a grand mother in films, breathed her last today this morning (19th February) at her residence in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
Widely recognized as the most talented actress for her versatility in character roles, she is loved by the audience for her realistic portrayal of mother and grand mother role in the films. With a single pat, any Telugu cinegoer will remember her name as ‘teluginti bamma’.
Born in 1927 in Bandar, she stepped into cinema with 'Garuda Garvabhangam' in 1950. Her production house Nirmala Arts made 'Chalaki Mogudu-Chadasthapu Pellam' starring Rajendra Prasad under the direction of Relangi Narasimha Rao.
Starting with ‘Mayuri’, she bagged many Nandi Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Film Fare Awards in her career. In her late days in cinema, she did films like ‘Shankarabharanam’, ‘Yamagola’, ‘Padaharella Vayasu’, ‘Swathi Muthyam’, ‘Mavi Chiguru’, ‘Subha Sankalpam’ and ‘Premaku Swagatham’ (last film).
In her film career than spanned nearly five decades, Nirmalamma acted in more than 700 films in versatile roles. She has passed away at the age of 89 survived by her adopted daughter Kavitha and her son-in-law Prasad.
Prominent artists Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Murali Mohan, SV Krishna Reddy, K.Achi Reddy, Relangi Narasimha Rao, Sivaparvathi, Maharshi Raghava and others paid their homage to the actor.
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