South Entertainment Live Updates: Allu Arjun-Hrithik Roshan's Warm Hug; Prabhas Adipurush's Amazing Bookings!

Ravi Teja, who scored well at the box office with Dhamaka and entertained fans with his performance in Ravanasura, has many films up his sleeve. His next release is a pan-India film titled Tiger Nageswara Rao, which is said to be a biopic. The actor has officially signed a film with cinematographer Karthik Ghattamaneni, who is making his directorial debut. The movie's official title and announcement were made today and is titled Eagle. The movie produced by People Media Factory will feature Anupama Parameswaran as the female lead. In addition, there are actors like Navdeep, Kavya Thapar, Srinivas Avasarala, and Madhubala among others playing important roles. In Eagle, Ravi Teja will be playing the role of a painter, who is hunted by RAW agents. Eagle will hit the screens for the Sankranthi festival in 2024.

The daughter of the Oscar-Award-winning musician AR Rahman, Khatija Rahman, is all set to make her debut as a music director for a movie titled Minmini. Sharing the news on her social media handle, the director Halitha Shameem took to her social media handle and posted a picture of them both, working together. She captioned it, "So happy to be working with this exceptional talent, Khatija Rahman for #MinMini. The euphonious singer is a brilliant music composer too. Some great music underway! ✨✨, (sic)."

Saptagiri, Tollywood's one of the most successful comedians-cum-producer has shocked his fans and Telugu people by revealing his political plans. The actor, who hit the screens recently with VJ Sunny's Unstoppable movie, said that he will announce his political entry in another ten days. Speaking at one of the events, Saptagiri was quoted saying, "I was given an offer from the Telugu Desam Party. I will soon announce my plans. If I get a ticket, I will contest in Chittoor district."

Actor Sree Vishnu is coming up with a romantic comedy entertainer after Raja Raja Chora, in the form of Samajavaragamana. The makers of the film announced the release date on June 12. Officially, the movie is going to hit the screens on June 29, colliding with the release of Nikhil Siddhartha's SPY. The movie Samajavaragamana is directed by Ram Abbaraju of Vivaha Bhojanambu. The film stars Reba Monica John, Vennela Kishore, Naresh, Srikanth Iyengar among others in key roles.

Macho star of the Telugu film industry, Gopichand aka Gopichand Tottempudi is ready to try his luck at the box office with his next Gopichand 31, whose title was revealed as 'Bhimaa.' The movie is a directorial venture of Nimma A Harsha. Harsha is a choreographer-turned-director in the Kannada film industry. Ravi Basrur, who is the musician for KGF 1 & 2 is composing the film's background score and tunes. Swami J Gowda is cranking the camera for the film. KK Radhamohan is bankrolling the film under the Sri Sathya Sai Art Production banner. In the movie, Gopichand will be seen playing the role of a cop.

Telugu's first OTT platform Aha Video, owned by Allu Arjun, is set to make a transformation. The Iconic star Allu Arjun will unite with his S/O Satyamurthy and Ala Vaikuntapuramuloo director Trivikram Srinivas for a yet-to-be-revealed project. The announcement was made by the concerned at Aha officially with a picture. They added a hashtag that says #AAtakesoverAha. All other details about the collaboration will be revealed shortly.

Prabhas' Adipurush movie is set to hit the screens all over the world on June 16. The Om Raut directorial's advance ticket bookings have been opened in India except for the Telugu version. The early trends for the bookings in Hindi-speaking belt are quite massive. As per the information, the initial trend suggest that the movie might open very big in the Hindi-speaking region. And in Hindi alone, the movie has so far sold 20,000 tickets for the first day. Depending on the talk and the hype, the bookings may exceed and re-write Brahmastra's record. It is expected that Adipurush might make around Rs 300 Crore nett on the release day from the Hindi belt.

Producer Madhu Mantena, who hails from Telugu background and is settled in Bollywood, married a writer-cum-Yoga coach Ira Trivedi. The bigwigs of Bollywood have attended the sangeet, mehendi, and wedding reception of the new couple including Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, and Allu Arjun. At the reception, Allu Arjun and Hrithik Roshan bumped into eachother and exchanged a warm hug, as Aamir Khan looks on. The event was a star-studded affair with many including Rakul Preet Singh with beau Jacky Bhagnani, Sunny Leone, Sonakshi Sinha, Kartik Aryan, and Alaya F among others. Madhu Mantena was earlier married to designer Masaba Gupta, who recently got hitched to actress Aditi Rao Hydari's ex-husband.