Three years for Rajamouli's child

It didn't have a Pawan Kalyan or a Chiranjeevi as the hero.  It had no Rajinikanth.  Yet immense craze was Baahubali's even before its shoot commenced.  That's because of Rajamouli's stamina.  That's also because of the genre.  That's, not to forget, also because of the pan-Indian sounding title.

Anushka is there because of director, not Nag

In an industry where sentiment is part of life, actors/actresses/directors/producers are no strangers to roping in their lucky charm for the sake of it.  But when the director is someone like K Raghavendra Rao, the lucky charm is there for a reason.

Gopichand teams up with mass director

Gopichand, smarting after the failure of Soukhyam, is set to act in Sampath Nandi's next.  The project will be produced by J Pulla Rao and J Bhagawan on Sri Balaji Cine Media, whose last release was Prabhas-starrer Rebel.  They are planning to make this film with high technical values.

'Babu Bangaram' single date

A single of Babu Bangaram, whose shoot is all done but for a song, will be out on July 9.  This will be much awaited because the teaser, released last month, turned out to be a big hit, thanks to Venkatesh's attempt at comedy, his cop avatar and, of course, Nayanatara's presence.

Tollywood in 2016 so far: A story to reckon with

Telugu film industry has seen quite a big-ticket misses, but overall, the story 2016 so far is one of success and optimism. If a success gives a resounding thumbs up to formula, another proves the audience are loving experimentation like never before.