‘My dad is my hero’

Ram Charan Tej Konidela isn’t fazed by being Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi’s son, he tells BT in the run-up to his debut

BEING the son of Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi is just one of the responsibilities he must shoulder. Now Charan has another huge task ahead. “I’ll be debuting this January and there’s bound to be a lot of expectation. But I know I’m capable of carving a niche for myself,” says Charan.
He says he doesn’t take the Chiranjeevi tag for granted and has been preparing for his debut for two years now. “Grooming is very important and I’ve been making the best use of my time so far,” says the 22-year-old, whose preparations included an acting course with Kishore Amit in Mumbai, and dancing and fitness training at home in Hyderabad. “Nowadays you’ll either find me in the gym or sitting for script discussions with dad and and my director,” says Charan.
Chiranjeevi, meanwhile, is playing the devoted dad to perfection. “He’s decided not to make any films till I debut — he wants to concentrate on my career for now,” says the proud son.
And no, being a superstar’s son doesn’t make things easier, says this youngster. “Dad is very disciplined and keeps advising me. One thing he’s always told us is not to get carried away by all the glamour. ‘Work towards being accepted in society as a normal guy, that’s when you’ve made it,’ is his mantra,” says Charan.
So did he always want to become an actor, or was it just the done thing considering his family background? “It’s an influence that later turned into a passion. Ever since I turned 15, I’ve wanted to become a hero,” he says.
And now that Cherry (as he’s called by his dad) is definitely on his way there, he likes to draw inspiration from the numerous movies he watches every day. “I watch all kind of movies in all languages. There’s a lot to learn in there and with each movie learn and unlearn,” says Charan. His list of favourite actors though is short. “My dad’s my hero and other than that there aren’t too many I’m crazy about. But I like Brad Pitt’s style,” he says. It’s also Charan’s dream to be like his dad, “I really wish I can appeal to half as many people as he does,” he adds.
Right now, he’s confident he’ll make a big splash with his debut. “If you can fly down Jessica Alba, I’d like to debut with her!” says Charan.

STALIN 4th Week Shares

• Nizam - 9,40,00,000
• ceded - 5,70,00,000
• Vizag - 3,00,00,000
• East - 1,75,00,000
• West - 1,44,00,000
• Krishna - 1,50,09,000
• Guntur - 1,75,42,000
• Nellor - 1,00,42,000
  
• Karnataka - 2,25,00,000
• Tamilnadu - 40,00,000
• Orissa - 57,00,000
• Overseas - 2,35,00,000
• TOTAL - 31,11,93,000
  

Sensational 4th week collections

The King Of Indian Cinema Padmabhushan Megastar Chiranjeevi once again proved his box office stamina with his latest blockbuster Stalin. The movie had released with 400 prints in 550+ theaters and witnessed highest openings ever in any South Indian Cinema, which makes Telugu Cinema proud. Stalin collected a record share of 31 crores in four weeks . Major contribution is from Nizam area with 9.4 crores share and ceded with 5.7 crores share . Stalin collected a share of 1.75 crores in Guntur , 1.5 crores in krishna .

ANNAVARAM PROGRESS

Powerstar Pawan kalyan's ANNAVARAM has completed its shooting part . The audio release of this movie will be in november last week . Annavaram is slated for the release on 29th of December.

Already ANNAVARAM is doing a roaring business allover showing the power of powerstar .

Asin is playing female lead . Mega brother Naga Babu is doing an important role . Ramana Gogula composes music . Premiste Sandya is acting as sister of pawan kalyan . Bheemaneni is directing this film .

Powerstar Pawankalyan completes 10 years!

Powerstar Pawan Kalyan completes 10 years as actor. Pawan Kalyan’s first film, Akkada Ammayi Ikada Abbayi was released on Oct 11th, 1996. He has acted in 11 films so far in these 10 years. Pawan Kalyan was born on September 2nd, 1973 . Pawan kalyan is married to Renu desai and has one son Akiranandan .

Pawan kalyan is the kid-brother of Megastar Chiranjeevi . Though he has entered into cinema field as brother of megastar , he has carved a name for himself with hardwork , dedication and unique style .

He showed many variations in his characterizations . His martial arts in Akkada ammayi ikkada abbayi , his acting in Gokulam Lo Seetha and Suswagatam bought good name for him . His 4th movie Tholiprema which is a big hit and created his own fans . After this movie release pawan became an icon in youth . He became trendsetter in setting new styles . Later his movies Thammudu , Badri made him no1 hero in industry . His Kushi created new records at boxoffice .
From his 1st movie as hero , he is very keen in direction department . He directed many fight sequences and some comedy bits in his movies and also composed a fight sequence in DADDY movie . He directed JOHNNY film which is his 8th film in his carrer as hero . His Gudumba shankar , Balu , Bangaram didn’t reached the expectations of audience but showed the stamina of powerstar at boxoffice .

He is currently working for Annavaram that was slated to release on December 29th this year . Pawan also commited another film in the direction of Trivikram srinivas .

As he celebrates 10 years of actor, we congratulate him and wish a great future.


POWERSTAR'S 100 days centers

Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi - 2
Gokulam lo seetha - 2
Suswagtham - 9
TholiPrema - 16
Thammudu - 23
Badri -36
Kushi - 72
Balu -1
Bangaram - 5

POWERSTAR's 175 days centers

TholiPrema - 2
Thammudu - 1
Kushi - 5

POWERSTAR's 200 days centers

Tholiprema - 2

STALIN 2 weeks share - SOUTH INDIA RECORD

• Nizam 7,09,35,155
• Ceded 4,18,86, 650
• Vizag 2,26,14,390
• East 1,41,62,720
• West 1,22,77,505
• Krishna 1,35,40,580
• Guntur 1,58,20,960
• Nellore 88,07,450
• Overseas 1,92,00,000
• Karnataka 1,75,15,600
• Tamil Nadu 30,02,520
• Orissa ** 45,16,580
  

- Total 24,42,80,110

MEGSTAR CHIRANJEEVI - KING OF INDIAN CINEMA

Stalin created a unique record among south Indian films by collecting more than 21.7 crores gross in its first week (7 days ) of release and got a 15.6 crores of share, and entered into the top 3 Indian first week best opening movies list.

Here is the list of the Top 6 Indian first week grossers.

• Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna 27,88,00,000
• Krrish 26,48,00,000
• Stalin 21,70,00,000
• Fanaa 21,40,00,000
• Lage Raho Munna Bhai 20,87,00,000
• Mangal Pandey 17,20,00,000

check : www.boxofficeindia.com

SOUTH INDIAN RECORD STALIN 17.66 crores share in 9 days

• Nizam 4,77,58,538
• Ceded 3,01,72,331
• Vizag 1,70,36,726
• East 1,03,12,910
• West 80,87,091
• Krishna 1,02,68,710
• Guntur 1,16,22,106
• Nellore 62,08,000
• Overseas 1,51,02,628
• Karnataka 1,42,54,267
• Tamil Nadu 26,02,124
• Orissa &North india 32,67,801
• Total 17,66,91,156