Varun Tej Doing All He Can For ‘Matka’!

Mega Prince Varun Tej has hit a rough patch recently. He arrived as a solo hero with movies like ‘Ghani’, ‘Gandheevdhari Arjuna’, and ‘Operation Valentine’. All three of them became disasters and his market took a severe beating because of it. His fan following is getting is getting affected and sources say that his upcoming movies are facing the heat due to it.

During the time of ‘Operation Valentine’, he started a movie titled ‘Matka’ which is set in a period backdrop. The glimpse generated a decent response and Karuna Kumar of ‘Palasa 1978’ fame is directing it. Around 15 days of the shoot was completed and Ram Talluri bankrolled the film under SRT Entertainments. The movie’s budget was initially planned at 55 crores.

Varun Tej had two disasters and there are doubts about the box-office stamina of the Mega hero. Along with the digital rates, everything is going down and the makers are finding it a risk to invest such huge money on this film. Reports suggest that Varun Tej is doing all he can as he has reportedly agreed to a reduction in remuneration.

Apparently, Varun met with the producers and was involved in the budget details and new schedules in the last week of May. Let us wait and see if all his efforts work out or not. Meenakshi Chowdary and Nora Fatehi are the female leads in this movie. Naveen Chandra and Kannada Kishore will be playing prominent roles.

Ashish Teja is the production designer and Suresh is the art director. A huge vintage set depicting Vizag in the 60s is going to be constructed by the team. GV Prakash who is signing multiple Telugu projects lately is going to compose the music for this flick too. Priyaseth will handle the cinematography. Karthika Srinivas R is the editor. This indeed is the first Pan India project for Varun Tej and it will release in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages. The rest of the cast includes Ajay Ghosh, Mime Gopi, Roopalakshmi, Vijayrama Raju, Jagadeesh, Raj Thirandas and others.

Mammootty Shocking Everyone With His ‘Turbo’ Speed!

It is without a doubt that Mammootty is considered the Megastar of the Malayalam film industry. Despite being 72, he is still the biggest star in Kerala and is regarded as one of the biggest names in South India. He has announced that his upcoming film ‘Turbo’ will be hitting the screens on 13th June. It is reportedly a thrilling action drama directed by Vysakh.

Including ‘Turbo’, Mammootty has lined up five movies in just 7 months which is astonishing. Considering the fact that he is 71, his dominance at the box office is something to marvel at. He was seen a few months back in ‘Kannur Squad’ which was a blockbuster and he arrived with a horror movie like ‘Bramayugam’ which was another super hit in recent times.

He even did a thought-provoking film like ‘Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam’ and did ‘Kaathal’ too. His performance win ‘Ozler’ was praised many in recent times. He is not showing any signs of slowing down and he is constantly exploring new storylines and genres.

He is pushing boundaries and giving chances to new directors as well. While many choose to play safe roles at his age, he is constantly proving everyone wrong and trying one unconventional character after another which is earning him a lot of respect from the public. Let us hope that he ends up entertaining the viewers more and more in the coming years.