She may be just 19, but southern actress Vithika Sheru believes that for a long career in films, it is vital to have a perfect combination of beauty and talent. She says it’s important to strike a balance between being glamorous and playing [...]

Telugu director Venkat Pampana, who has included a mythological character in his upcoming socio-fantasy “Nenu Chala Worst”, says such characters are always loved by the audiences – provided they are presented in an interesting [...]

On Sep 27, 2001, Junior NTR’s earliest blockbuster Telugu film “Student No. 1″ released and catapulted him to stardom. Now, on the same date this year, he plans to release his upcoming Telugu action-drama “Ramayya Vasthavayya” [...]

After being selected for screening at the Cannes International Film Festival and Shanghai International Film Festival, S.S. Rajamouli’s Telugu revenge-drama “Eega” will also be featured at the Madrid International Film Festival [...]

As Indian cinema completes 100 years of entertaining audiences worldwide, southern filmmakers list their dos for raising the bar higher and making the industry more competitive. Some changes listed by different members of the fraternity: Gender [...]

Tamil director Bharatbala says that friendship is the pillar of the relationship he shares with Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, with whom he has teamed up again in forthcoming Tamil romantic-drama “Mariyaan”. The two had earlier [...]

Telugu actor Ram Pothineni, who turned 25 Wednesday, decided to spend the day with his family members here. “He has been shooting with us for the last few weeks. He took couple of days off to spend time with his family and celebrate his [...]

Malayalam filmmakers say stereotyping may be possible, but clarify that they do not depict any community in a bad light intentionally as alleged by T. Peter. In a recent article in the fortnightly “Alakal”, T. Peter, national secretary of [...]

A group of forest officials have allegedly been roughed up by Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani in Kerala, a police official said Wednesday. The incident took place Tuesday night at popular tourist destination Athirapally, around 70 km from here, [...]

Southern actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is so busy with her projects in hand that she has decided not to sign any new film this year. “I haven’t signed any new film. (I) will not be signing any new film this year. Too much work already,” [...]