Telangana State Minister for Cinematography Talasani Srinivas Yadav has on Monday met Tollywood Megastar Chiranjeevi and Akkineni Nagarjuna at Chiru's residence to discuss the prestigious Nandi Awards...
It is in the reports that the Nandi awards issue was discussed in the recent Chiranjeevi YS Jagan Mohan Reddy meeting at Amaravati As per the sources Megastar seems to have asked Jagan to present the pending Nandi awards to which the CM is said to h...
Life was quite different when Andhra Pradesh was one state and there was this sense of harmony and togetherness which prevailed across all the industries. Cinema is one stream which had brought all under one roof....
Whenever you make a film there would be two primary objectives- to score at the box office, to win few awards. Among them, the latter is always a matter of pride and reputation....
As embarrassing as it may sound the ongoing controversy regarding the Nandi Awards has put the government of Andhra Pradesh on a sticky wicket. It has also cast a negative light on the jury panel and things got further aggravated with the likes of Po...
You need to be diplomatic and politically correct in your statements when facing the media or in a public platform as a film star. And when you are at the stature of Nandamuri Natasimham Balakrishna these precautions are more necessary....
You may not score much fame as a filmmaker as much as you score with one or two controversial statements. The grandeur director Gunasekhar has been going through a very lean phase since quite a while and lately he is grabbing the headlines for a rath...
Being brave and fearless is always one trait which is hard to find and in a place where diplomacy is the mandatory requirement, having someone who can call a spade a spade is not easy....
The moment you start protesting about something big or going against the system you are bound to face retaliatory attacks directly or indirectly. Such things happen a lot in the cine circuit and this time it seems to be the turn of grandeur director...
Since the last three days the only hot topic making rounds among the cine folks and the cine buffs is the winners list of the Nandi Awards for the last three years. Many are criticizing the selection especially the best feature film category where 'L...
Most of you may not know him but now the name of Maddineni Ramesh has become familiar. Apparently, he is the member of the Jury which decided the recipients of the Nandi Awards for three years....
The Nandi Awards controversy is increasing by the day and more than protests it has to do with the severe criticism the choice of awards is facing. Adding fuel to the fire is the eccentric genius Ram Gopal Varma....
Most of the time the Tollywood circuit sails on smooth waters but there are times when issues crop up. Even then they are settled indoors but sometimes few issues snowball into a major controversy. The latest announcement of the Nandi Award winners i...
Call it a mere coincidence or a deliberate act of bias but lately whenever the state sponsored or private awards are announced there is always a smell of some controversy. A strong grapevine often makes rounds that heavy lobbying happens to ensure pe...
It was just like the plight of the farmers who gaze up in the sky waiting for the clouds to come and rains to fall on their crops to those who were eagerly waiting to know who are the chosen ones for the prestigious Nandi Awards. It took nearly three...
Finally, the much awaited and long pending list of winners for the Nandi Awards has been announced and it has already garnered some controversy. While grandeur director Gunasekhar is fuming at the choice of winners, another controversy has been about...
After becoming a superstar you need to be very watchful of your actions and statements because everything is seen under a magnifying glass. The attention is much more if you are a demigod. Style Samrat Rajnikanth is one such person and...
Since the last few days things have been quite hot for the Tollywood circuit and the reason for that is the ongoing investigation by the SIT connected to the film celebrities. Many big names got grilled exhaustively and the real result is yet to be a...
After a major sabbatical the government of Andhra Pradesh has finally announced the Nandi Awards which has brought excitement to Tollywood. The news has spread and now the question being raised is, how about the Telangana Simha awards....
Sentiment, this is one word which literally rules the film fraternity and as much as some among you would like to give it the least importance, the same is not the case with the cine folks. The reason being, sentiment has brought them more success....
Nandi Awards were the most revered awards in recognition of best contributions in the field of Telugu cinema. But due to unknown reasons, the awards have been stalled in the year 2011....
It has been a while since the state of Andhra Pradesh got bifurcated into two and since then the official state level awards function has not taken place. Earlier, it was the Nandi awards and after that the new name for Telangana based awards was not...
Awards are the token of appreciations for actors and almost everyone expects an appreciation in the form of awards for their respective exceptional works....
The state bifurcation into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has led to lot of changes in the film industry and many new studios are being set up in the new state AP as well. However, Tollywood has been cementing its base in Hyderabad itself and at the sa...
From a long time, discussions have been happening on the state of Telangana having a film awards event under the auspices of the state government. When Andhra Pradesh was united, the Nandi Awards were quite popular and prestigious....
Just recently it was reported that the Telangana state government has decided to come up with their own state level awards. It is known that the trademark Nandi Awards have now gone to Andhra Pradesh....
After the formation of the new state of Telangana, the one word of heritage you would have heard frequently is Kakatiya. Now, the same word is getting inducted into cinema related affairs....
As a Telugu person, there must be a conflict of emotions going through many of you because you are trying to adapt to a new system of living. Life under unified Andhra Pradesh was quite different and balanced....
From the time the bifurcation took place, the only big mystery surrounding many was whether Tollywood would shift its base from Hyderabad to Vizag. While the speculations are on, the latest development is almost......
As you have been noticing from the past few months, the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh has led to a significant change in the way the whole system of governance has been functioning. This has also affected the Tollywood circuit largely and now it...
For any individual who is part of Telugu cinema or Telugu television or Telugu theater, the most coveted achievement in his/her life is receiving the prestigious Nandi Award....