Businessman makes record

The much awaited release in Tollywood Businessman with Mahesh Babu in the lead has raked in a massive collection of Rs 18 crores. The movie that was released yesterday in around 1600 theatres worldwide has seen some good trade. With hits like Dookudu taking the young man high above the ladder of stardom looks it there is no stopping this actor. To add to this the popularity of the director Puri Jagannath has added to this super duper success of Businessman on the launch day. The high bars set by the actor will be difficult to break it is buzzed in the industry.

 

Salman at Opening Ceremony of CCL 2 in Sharjah

The second season of the Celebrity Cricket League will bring us more cricket and entertainment The Celebrity Cricket league second season will kick off in a few days in Sharjah and people can get to see their favourite stars battle it out off screen. The opening ceremony in Sharjah will see performances by Atif Aslam, Devi Sri Prasad and many more artists. All the 6 teams have been putting in efforts and have started their practice sessions much in advance. While Karnataka Bulldozers owned by Ashok Kheny have legends like G R Vishwanath as their mentor and coach, the Sohail Khan-owned Mumbai heroes are being coached by Balwinder Singh Sandhu. Saurav Ganguly is the mentor for Boney Kapoor and Sridevi's team, 'Bengal Tigers'. Salman Khan, Suniel Shetty, Sonakshi Sinha, Kangana Ranaut, Bobby Deol, Ritesh Deshmukh, Venkatesh, Shriya Saran, Kaajal Agarwal, Mohanlal, Boney Kapoor, Sreedevi and many more celebs will be there at the launch of CCL II in Sharjah. The matches then move to Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, Kolkatta and Hyderabad. The finale will be in Hyderabad on 12th February.

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Nanban in Trouble

The Vijay starrer, Shankar directed Nanban ran into trouble with the film's screening in Salem city had to be stopped over protests by the India Jananayaga Katchi. The protestors not only staged a protest but also resorted to stone pelting following which the screening had to be stalled. According to the IJK, certain scenes in the film show their leader in bad light and these scenes have to be deleted immediately. Reacting to these protests, the Theatre Owners' Association, in a press release, said that if the stone pelting on theatres continued, they would stop screening films until safety is ensured.