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TollywoodKoratala Siva is directing Acharya, and fans are excited as he will be teaming up with megastar Chiranjeevi for the first time. Digital NativeRecently, actor Trisha announced that she is opting out of Chiranjeevi's next titled Acharya due to creative differences with the makers. The latest update is that Kajal Aggarwal, who earlier worked with Chiranjeevi in Khaidi No. 150, has been roped in as the female lead of the Koratala Siva directorial. The makers would be announcing Kajal's inclusion in the project in a day or two and make an official announcement. Koratala Siva is directing Acharya, and fans are excited as he will be teaming up with the megastar for the first time. The film is being bankrolled jointly by Ram Charan under his banner Konidela Production Company in association with Niranjan Reddy’s Matinee Entertainment. Kajal Agarwal's last release in Telugu was Ranarangam, directed by Sudheer Varma. The film starred Sharwanand,...

Tollywood'Allari' Naresh is expected to play Kajal Agarwal’s lead pair in this remake.Digital NativeReports doing rounds in the tinsel town suggest that Kajal Agarwal may be roped in to star in a remake. Producer Suresh Babu has the remake rights of the Korean movie Dancing Queen and will be producing the Telugu version of it. Confirming the news, Suresh Babu has told in an interview with the Deccan Chronicle, “Yes, we have approached Kajal Aggarwal for the part and she has agreed to do the film. We are in the planning stage, and several things needed to be worked out for the project.” Allari Naresh is expected to play Kajal Agarwal’s lead pair in this remake. Details about the rest of the star cast and crew are expected to be out soon. Dancing Queen, released in 2012, was directed by Lee Seok-hoon and starred Hwang Jung-min and Uhm Jung-hwa as the lead pair.

TollywoodThe Samantha Akkineni starrer was a remake of the Korean movie ‘Miss Granny’.Digital NativeThe success of Oh Baby is prompting many filmmakers in Tollywood to acquire the remake rights of Korean movies. According to the latest reports, another Korean movie is all set to be remade in Telugu. Reports going rounds in tinsel town is that Sudheer Varma will direct the remake of the Korean film Midnight Runners and tweak it a bit to suit the Telugu audiences. Midnight Runners is a 2017 South Korean action comedy film directed by Jason Kim and had Park Seo-joon and Kang Ha-neul in the lead roles. The film, which was released on August 9, 2017 turned out to be the second-highest grosser at the South Korean box office on its day of release. The rights of the movie were sold to six countries at the Hong Kong International Film & TV Market. It was purchased by...

KollywoodKajal is also acting in the Tamil magnum opus ‘Indian 2’ in which she will be acting with Kamal Haasan, and playing the role of an 85-year-old woman.Digital NativeIn a recent press interaction in Mumbai Kajal Agarwal has revealed that she will be teaming up with actor Dulquer Salmaan for a Tamil film. While she didn’t divulge more information about the project, Kajal said that the venture would be a straight Tamil film and that she would be teaming up with Dulquer for the first time. Kajal is otherwise busy with a number of films. She has the Tamil magnum opus Indian 2 in which she will be sharing the screen space with Kamal Haasan. It is a Shankar directorial in which she plays the role of an 85-year-old woman. Her last release in Telugu was Ranarangam, directed by Sudheer Varma. The film starred Sharwanand, Kajal Agarwal and...

MollywoodKalyani has bagged her first Malayalam film as a female lead in which she will star with Dulquer Salmaan.Digital NativeKalyani Priyadarshan made her acting debut in Tollywood with the Akhil Akkineni starrer Hello and is slowly making inroads in the film industry. Her second film, Chitralahari released to positive reviews. Directed by Kishore Tirumala the film had Sai Dharam Tej in the lead with Sunil, Nivetha Pethuraj and Vennela Kishore in supporting roles. The film was bankrolled by Mythri Movie Makers. She then starred in Ranarangam, which did not fare too well at the box office. Kalyani is all set to debut in the Malayalam film industry with her dad Priyadarshan’s directorial, Marakkar: Arabikadlinte Simham. She will be making a cameo appearance in this history film that has Mohanlal playing the title role. While Marakkar is in the post-production stages, Kalyani has bagged her first Malayalam film has a heroine.

Long after you’ve exited the movie hall, you’ll remember the theme music (it’s still ringing in my head) and Sharwanand’s hairstyle. For some reason, it looks like a cobra’s hood, and it’s not a compliment in any manner

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TollywoodSudheer Varma’s film doesn’t have turmoil or conflict or ethical dilemmas, nor does it invest in characters like a gangster movie should.Krishna SripadaThat Ranarangam is largely influenced by The Godfather is stating the obvious. It has too many shoot-people-and-get-done-with-it scenes to ignore. There aren’t long-winding dialogues about revenge and heroism, about power and ambition, about steel and gumption. The violence, although a little gory by Telugu movie standards, is not the central theme, and the alpha-hero-quotient is understated like in most Sharwanand movies. But, amidst the style and sexiness of gang-wars, director Sudheer Varma only manages to recreate the shallowness of Dohchay, not the masterful narrative of Swamy Ra Ra. Ranarangam traces the rise of a bunch of guys in the clean-crime world (if you know what I mean), who start with the illicit liquor business during the prohibition era in the 90s. There are the...

Tollywood‘Evaru’ is all set to hit screens on August 15, along with Sharwanand’s ‘Ranarangam’.Tnm StaffThe makers of Evaru, Adivi Sesh’s next after Goodachari, released the teaser of the movie on Friday. The movie seems to be a crime thriller with Regina Cassandra playing a pivotal role in the film. Evaru is all set to hit screens on August 15, along with Sharwanand’s Ranarangam. The one-minute long teaser of Evaru is intense and the movie seems to be set in the backdrop of a murder for which Regina is accused. We hear the sound of a gunshot in the beginning of the teaser as we are shown Regina fighting a man who tries to rape her. He is later shown to be dead and the police call it a murder. Vikram Vasudev, played by Adivi Sesh, is a cop from Tamil Nadu who is investigating the case. Sricharan Pakala...

Entertainment The actor shared on Twitter that two of her films – 'Ranarangam' in Telugu and 'Comali' in Tamil – will be hitting the marquee on the same day.Digital NativeKajal Aggarwal is elated right now with some good news coming her way. The actor shared on Twitter that two of her films – Ranarangam in Telugu and Comali in Tamil – will be hitting the marquee on the same day. Both these films are gearing up for release on August 15 to coincide with the Indian Independence Day. She put out the Tweet that reads: “Happiness doubled #Comali & #Ranarangam from 15th August!!” Happiness doubled#Comali & #Ranarangam from 15th August!! pic.twitter.com/kbKDUsq6Nc — Kajal Aggarwal (@MsKajalAggarwal) July 16, 2019 Ranarangam is directed by Sudheer Varma and stars Sharwanand, Kajal Agarwal and Kalyani Priyadarshan in the lead roles. The teaser of this movie was released recently and is going viral among the netizens. Ranarangam...

TollywoodThe film also has Kalyani Priyadarshan playing a lead role.Digital NativeDirector Sudheer Varma’s upcoming film is titled Ranarangam. The film has Sharwanand, Kajal Aggarwal and Kalyani Priyadarshan in the lead roles. The teaser of this movie was released recently and is going viral among netizens. Putting out the teaser on the social media, director Sudheer Varma and Sharwanand wrote, “For some he was a criminal, to the rest a Hero. This August, let's go back to the 90's and witness the glory of this man! #RanarangamTeaser!!” Kajal Agarwal tweeted, “Giving you a quick glimpse of what's to come... #Ranarangam #RanarangamTeaser.” For some he was a criminal, to the rest a Hero. This August, Let's go back to the 90's and witness the glory of this man! #RanarangamTeaser!! ▶️ https://t.co/xmPjNZOdKj#Sharwanand @MsKajalAggarwal @kalyanipriyan @vamsi84 @Diva_DOP @RajaChembolu @SitharaEnts @iprashantpillai — sudheer varma (@sudheerkvarma) June 29, 2019 Giving you a quick glimpse of what's to come.