Lucky Charm

Puri Jagannadh gave Asin a break with a role in his Telugu blockbuster 'Amma Naana O Tamilammayi'. It is to be noted that she reprised the same role in the Tamil remake M. Kumaran s/o Mahalakshmi, making her debut with a grand success.

The director is currently on a hot streak with his films like Pokkiri and Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap hitting the bull's eye at the box office. And with this going on, all the Bollywood A-listers are keen on working with him.

There is a talk that Amma Naana O Tamilammayi will also be remade in Hindi with Salman Khan in the lead for which Asin has expressed her desire to reprise her role again which Puri seconds as a good idea with Asin being Salman's lucky charm.

With Salman being so unlikely to raise objections, Puri and Asin would soon be joinging hands again if all goes as planned.

Delhi Belly rocks the box office

While Aamir Khan's 'Delhi Belly' has opened to magnanimous figures, 'Bbuddah' started slow but picked up over the weekend.

The box-office seems to be buzzing with activity. After last week's solo release Double Dhamaal which opened to good numbers, the two releases of this week – Delhi Belly and Bbuddah Hoga Tera Baap are keeping the ticket windows crowded.

Thanks to the immense hype surrounding the movie, Delhi Belly collected a whopping Rs 26.4 crore over the opening weekend. The day wise break-up is Friday – Rs 7.15 crore, Saturday – Rs 8.50 crore and Sunday – Rs 10.75 crore with numbers getting better each day. The budget of Delhi Belly is Rs 24 crores (including production, print and publicity) which means the film has already recovered its investment. With the positive buzz surrounding the film, the collections in coming days should immensely add to the revenues. And we have not even counted the non-theatrical avenues.

Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap had a slow start on Friday but picked up over the weekend with major patronage from family audiences and Amitabh Bachchan fans. The opening weekend collection is around Rs 7.5 crores. Made in a controlled budget of approx Rs. 10 crores, the film has already recovered money through non-theatrical avenues. The satellite right has fetched the producers a whopping Rs 13.5 crores. So, overall Bbuddah... should be a profitable venture.

The coming week sees two very diverse genre releases. While Bhatts' Murder 2 caters to the adult audience with a staple dose of skin-show and sensationalism, UTV and Salman Khan's Chillar Party caters to the kids and young at heart. While Murder remains the most successful film from the Bhatt banner so far, it needs to be seen if the sequel can recreate the same magic at the box-office. Chillar Party promises to be one of those small-budget films which is big on story.

Chiranjeevi ain't quitting..

Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi has decided not to quit acting following the advice of Amitabh Bachchan.

The 55-year-old actor-politician had announced that he was bidding adieu to acting because of his involvement in politics but Bachchan convinced him otherwise.

"I will do my 150th film which will be directed by Puri Jagannath," Chiranjeevi announced at the premier of Bbuddha...hoga tera baap, starring Amitabh Bachchan and directed by Jagannath.

Interestingly, Bachchan offered to play a guest role in Chiranjeevi's next film, much to the cheer of the fans.

Another Bollywood director Ram Gopal Varma said he was ready to direct Chiranjeevi in his 151st film, if he was willing to continue acting.

"Yes, I will act again. Puri Jagannath will direct the film," Chiranjeevi declared amidst loud cheers by scores of fans and film personalities present at the multiplex complex.

At the launch of UTV's Action Telugu movie channel two days ago, Chiranjeevi - who is now a member of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly - said he would not act in films henceforth and the gap would be filled by his actor-son Ram Charan Tej.

Incidentally, Charan will be producing his father's 150th movie.

Chiranjeevi, who debuted in 1977 with Punadhirallu, has been part of critically and commercially hit films like Idi Katha Kaadu, Punnami Naagu, Subhalekha, Khaidi, Pasivadi Pranam, Hitler and Rudraveena.

Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap.. !!

The legendary Big B revives his angry man avatar! Check out the first look of Amitabh Bachchan’s Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap trailer.

Bbuddah is an action thriller about a hot-headed old man who feels young, and has a knack of getting into trouble. The highlight of the film has to be the legendary Amitabh Bachchan reviving his angry man act and uttering dialogues for his cult films like Agneepath, Deewar, Don, Shahenshah, and Hum. Per sources, the film sees Bachchan play a retired hit-man settled in Paris, who returns to India for one last job.

'Bbuddah - Hoga Terra Baap' is being made jointly by Viacom 18 and AB Corp. It is written and directed by South director Puri Jagannath. The movie will release on 1st July.
Here is a first look of Bbuddah - Hoga Terra Baap trailer: