Pawan bigger brand than Mahesh?

Even though, Mahesh Babu leads in endorsing big brands and Pawan is shying away from it ( even though he did cola commercial before) but Pawan is ahead of Mahesh in more ways than one Coz, Pawan has evolved a 'brand of his own', claim industry sources. His onscreen personality that comprises of his fearless attitude, confidence and hard hitting dialogues have caught the imagination of youngsters which led to the framing of a new coinage' pawanism". His image has grown so big, that even stars like Ram Charan, Nitin and Nani are using it in their films 'to reach out to masses" since showing the his 'pic' is drawing applause in auditorium but Mahesh had no such die-hard followers. 

Even Pawan's third marriage and his keeping distance from his brother Chiranjeevi, hasn't dented his inspiring persona and in fact, its growing by the day. May be, his transparency in real-life has bolstered his ratings among his fans and adding new ones every other day. Although, Mahesh's market is almost on par with Pawan, but Dhookudu star 'persona' hasn't grown enhanced in 'totality'. Quite a quirky situation for the Mahesh.

Prabhas Marriage

Looks like the trend of family multistarrers are here to stay in Tollywood. Uncle and nephew duo of Krishnam Raju and Prabhas will begin shooting for their film, Okka Adugu later this year. "I have completed working on the script. It's the story of a young man who decides to stand up against corruption. The idea is to highlight the root cause of corruption in our society,"shares the veteran actor who is going to direct the film as well. 

The actor is also planning to remake Bhaktha Kannappa with Prabhas playing the role essayed by him in the 1976 mythological film. However, quiz the septuagenarian on his nephew's marriage and he assures, "Prabhas will tie the knot in 2015. We will start the bride hunt as soon as Prabhas is done with the shooting of Baahubali."

Samantha all praises for her co-dancers!

Southern beauty Samantha is super busy in shooting the upcoming bilingual film Anjaan starring Tamil start Suriya. Suriya and Sam are shooting for a song in Panchagani. Sources say that the actress had a great shooting experience and has also complemented the dancers' hard work and effort. She tweeted, '"it"s a schedule wrap for me. Bye bye Panchgani! Shot a high energy dance number for Anjaan. So much respect for the background dancers...No Umbrellas, No Fancy Caravns, No Juice. And it was Hot...Really Hot...You Guys Rock." Lingusamy is directing this upcoming action entertainer. UTV Motion Pictures is co-producing the film along with Tirrupathi Brothers.

Lakshmi Manchu dances with Hollywood star Scott Bakula

Lakshmi Manchu sure seems to know how to mix work with pleasure. The actress, who has been holidaying in the US for the past few weeks, has just finished dubbing for her upcoming Hollywood film, Basmati Blues. "Work is pleasure," quips the actress, who is sharing the screen with international stars like Brie Larson, Donald Sutherland and Scott Balkulain the movie billed as a "rom-com". 

Lakshmi is playing the role of an Indian woman named Sita who meets a scientist, played by Scott Bakula, when he visits India to sell genetically modified rice to Indian farmers. The TV show host-turned-actress taught her co-star a thing or two about free style Indian dancing. "You know, I even danced for a Bollywood number with Scott Bakula in this film. That was so much fun," Lakshmi reveals. 

The actress admits to have thoroughly enjoyed working with an all American crew. "It feels great to be working with an American crew after a long time. I love the enthusiasm that they have about making a film. It's not just a mere job for them. We shot for this film in Mumbai, Kerala and the US, and I'm looking forward to the film's release later this year," she says, adding, "We shot the film in some breathtakinglocales in the interiors of Kerala and I didn't even know such places existed."

 The actress has plenty to look forward to later this year with two films lined up for release, apart from her ongoing successful game show on TV. She will soon be seen in Praveen Sattaru's anthology film, Chandamama Kathalu in which she's playing an ex-model. 

Of late Lakshmi has been in news for her "imminent debut in active politics" later this year. The actress dismisses the speculations as "unfounded rumours". "I've been hearing the same, and it's news to me as well. I don't know where they come from. Don't believe them," she says. 

Ram Charan’s new film goes on floors

Less than a month after scoring a superhit with Yevadu, Ram Charan has joined the sets of his upcoming film in Krishna Vamsi's direction.Kajal is his co-star in this family entertainer and it also stars Srikanth and Kamalinee Mukherjee in important roles. Tamil actor Raj Kiran has been roped in to play a crucial role in the film. It's the first time Ram Charan is collaborating with Krishna Vamsi and after acting in a string of mass entertainers, he's dabbling with a family entertainer this time. 

The film was launched earlier today in Hyderabad and the principal shooting has commenced. After shooting in the city for the next three days, the film unit will soon move to Rameshwaram, Nagercoil and Pollachi for a marathon schedule. S S Thaman is going to score the music whereas Sameer Reddy is the cinematographer. 

Review : Paisa

Story: Prakash(Nani), a random drifter can't believe his luck when he accidentally gets his hands on Rs 50 crore. But soon enough all hell breaks loose as cops, goons and powerful politicians step into the scene. 

Movie Review: Every other scene in the movie has a superimposed backdrop of the Charminar jutting out from the foreground, much the same way gaudy wall paintings would in cheap theatre productions. Well, most of the movie is set in the old city and perhaps the filmmaker was desperate to drive home the point to the audience. However, the presence of a surfeit of popular faces from Deccani cinema like RK, Akbar-bin-Tabar, Raju Srivastav lends some forced authenticity to the proceedings onscreen. 

Technically there is plenty that's wrong with the movie that looks like it's been shot with the wrong camera. The production values are reminiscent of those you would find in an amateur home video. But then even the best of Krishna Vamsi's films didn't click for their technical finesse so to harp on them would be redundant. 

His brand of cinema borders on the grotesque and the filmmaker sticks to his strengths and whips up a rather indulgently entertaining experience. The plot is simple. The protagonist Prakash is a good for nothing old city bum who hangs out with jobless friends dreaming about one chance to make it big. There is Noor who is madly in love with Prakash and a pampered daughter of a powerful politician Sweety who Prakash fancies. 

Heartbroken on finding about Prakash's fondness for Sweety, Noor decides to get married to an aging Arab Sheikh to pay off a family debt. But Prakash gatecrashes the wedding along with the friends and in the ensuing melee escapes in a SUV he finds on the way. He can't believe his luck when he discovers huge plastic covers filled with cash stashed in the trunk. It turns out the money - Rs 50 crores - is actually election funds meant for a corrupt minister. From here on it becomes a free for all with cops, goons and the lot chasing the money. 

Nani's performance as the loveable rogue is easily the biggest USP of the movie. He has the author backed role and he carries it off with panache. Catherine Tresa looks pretty convincing playing a burkha clad girl. The thumping background score sets the pace for the numerous twists and turns that follow.