Ram Charan kept his word given to fans

Ram Charan has given his nod for the 50 days celebrations of his action entertainer 'Racha' in Kurnool on May 24th. The film opened to an earth shattering collections and it is still going strong in its third week at the Box Office. It also broke the first day, first week records and sealed its place in the list of Top 3 highest grossers in the Industry.

It may be recalled that the audio launch of 'Racha' was about to take place in Kurnool. But due to some issues, the makers had changed the venue to Hyderabad. The local Mega fans had expressed their displeasure at that time over the last minute change of venue. To calm down the fans, Charan has assured to them that the 50 days function will be held at Kurnool. Now, he kept his word and gave them a reason to celebrate.

It was in Kurnool (Lakshmi theatre), Charan's magnum opus 'Magadheera' ran for 2 years at a strecth, which is touted to be a rare record in the Industry. Currently, Racha team has been scouting the venues for the 50 days function of the film in district. Let's hope that the 50 days celebrations would be as big as its audio launch!

Chiranjeevi's son is very great!

Ram Charan has registered yet another big hit with Racha, which is poised to enter the top 3 list of all times hits of Telugu cinema. Charan already holds the number 1 film record and with Racha he proved that he can be a super power at the box office without any help of any well known director. Charan's talent was spotted by Bollywood director Apoorva Lakhia and he is introducing him to B town with the film Zanjeer.

This is a remake of Amitabh's yesteryear's hit Zanjeer that earned him the angry young man image. Apoorva had a choice of approaching Abhishek Bachan to play the lead role in it. The director is a very good friend of Abhishek and he would have been a good choice to remake an Amitabh's film. But Apoorva felt that only Ram Charan could be the new angry young man of Bollywood. The director and producer are taking a huge risk by roping in Charan, because he is a new face in Bollywood and it would have been easy for them to do good business if they do this film with any known Hindi actor.

But the director says that he couldn't visualize anyone other than Charan in this role. This is an honor to a Telugu actor. Even Chiranjeevi didn't command such respect from the Bollywood industry. Today Charan is getting a whopping price for doing this role. When a Bollywood superstar's son couldn't fit into his father's shoes, a Tollywood megastar's son filling those shoes is something that is extraordinary. Great going Cherry!

Ram Charan Surprises Zanjeer Team

Mega powerstar Ram Charan Tej has taken the bold step by foraying into Bollywood and this is happening through the remake of the movie Zanjeer. Now, the big question for many is- can Charan speak fluent Hindi. Well, it is heard that the young superstar has already made his preparations.

Buzz is that his character is being etched in such a way that most of the time his silence would convey what he wants to say. Of course, it is heard that Charan is fluent in Hindi but without taking a chance he has begun to have few tutorials in that language. It is heard that Ram Charan speaking flawless Hindi surprised the whole Zanjeer team.

Charan would be pairing up with the pout lipped beauty Priyanka Chopra and though the theme would be the same as the original, it is heard that the backdrop is going to change completely in tune with today's times. Charan has also taken the blessings of legend Amitabh Bachchan who did the lead role in the original.

Charan facing biggest challenge of his career

Ram Charan feels stepping into Amitabh Bachchan's shoes with the remake of iconic film Zanjeer is the biggest challenge of his life. "Till now, dealing with being Megastar Chiru's son has been a challenge. But that's nothing when compared with what I'm facing at present," said Charan, when asked how he feels to play the role portrayed by India's biggest star nearly four decades ago.

The young actor is not bothered about the comparisons being drawn between him and Big B. "All through my career, I have gone through constant comparisons. If I think about how I'll be compared with my father or Amit Ji, I wouldn't be able to get into the skin of the character. I just did the things that I'm good at and what came naturally to me," he told.

The Magadheera star says language doesn't matter much and clarified that he sees debuting into Bollywood as just like an extension of what he is already doing.

Ram Charan upset with rumors !

Ram Charan is quite upset with the rumors that Zanjeer's female lead Priyanka Chopra is getting paid more pay package than him. "Priyanka is being paid 'on par' or 'more than' Charan" is the talk in media circles.

However, the unit sources have confirmed that these reports were speculative. In fact, the makers had already paid a whopping Rs 10 crore to Charan and the young actor would be pocketing another Rs 2 crore after wrapping up the entire shoot. Overall, Charan's pay pack is Rs 12 crore (excluding other expenses). When it comes to Priyanka, she is not even getting half of what Charan is being paid. Her pay pack is just Rs 5.5 crore and another Rs 50 lakhs was allotted to her (for Travelling Expenses, Five Star Hotels accomodation and Food).

Charan clearly holds the upper hand over the film's leading lady in this 70-crore Hind-Telugu bi-lingual. Now, the actor has directed his manager to send this message to the public using the same 'media'. Seems like, Mega heroes have decided not to keep mum anymore on media speculations - the other day it was Chiru at Gabbar Singh audio launch and now it's Charan's turn!

Ram Charan's Hot heroine gets equal remuneration

It is often said that the film industry is a male dominated stream and the place of heroines is only for entertaining the audience through their beauty and provide the required glamour. However, all that has been changing over the time and today there are many starlets who have their own presence.

This might sound unbelievable but then can you imagine a heroine getting a remuneration equivalent to mega powerstar Ram Charan Tej? Well, it is happening for real. Sources from Mumbai reveal the pout lipped beauty Priyanka Chopra is getting a whopping Rs 9 crores as her remuneration.

This is for the remake of the movie 'Zanjeer' which marks the debut of Charan in Bollywood. Earlier, there was a slight confusion on whether Priyanka would say yes or not but sources say the producers were very particular that she be part of the project and were willing to shell out the extra money. Let us hope this is just a gossip and nothing more.

Zanjeer Old and New Crew Details

Zanjeer (Old) - 1973 -  in Hindi only..

Vijay - Amitabh Bachchan - stood at 6'2"
Mala - Jaya Bachchan - stood at 5'
Teja - Ajit
Sher Khan - Pran
Mona - Bindu
Director - Prakash Mehra

Zanjeer (New) 2012 - in Telugu/Hindi.

Vijay - Ram Charan Teja - stands at 5'7"
Mala - Priyanka Chopra - stands at 5'10"
Teja - Prakash Raj
Sher Khan - Arjun Rampal
Mona - Mahie Gill
Director - Apoorva Lakhia

Ram Charan slaps in the face of Critics

The success of Racha might have given a reason for the fans to be happy, but it's definitely not a good news for the critics as their prediction turned wrong. On the first day of release itself, the film was written off by critics. Despite average content and not so encouraging reviews, 'Racha' broke the existing records in the first week.

However, the critics were not ready to give the credit to the film or it's team for the record collections, instead blaming the audience for making it success. "The success of 'Racha' is proof for the bad taste of Telugu people. Encouraging such films (5 songs, 5 fights, editing lapses and illogical scenes) is like given license to few more meaningless projects," commented a senior film critic.

On the other hand, the unit of Racha slam the critics. "Right from its inception, the team of Racha never claimed that they are making a completely different or thought provoking film. All that they said was that their film is a commercial entertainer targeted to please the fans. Giving what people expect/want from us is always the right thing to do. We make films for the Audience, not Critics," said a source close to Charan.

The success of Racha has taught a lesson to the critics - 'Audience Are The Bosses', as they are the ones who can make or break a film! It's like a slap in the face of Critics!

Racha doubles Expectations on Gabbar Singh

Ram Charan's Racha has been doing exceptional business all over. There is no noticeable drop in collections even after seven days. The film is running to packed houses despite being released in many theaters. Mega fans are extremely happy with Racha's success and they are now eagerly waiting to watch Gabbar Singh's Racha at BO.

When Ram Charan's average movie can do these many wonders with a wide release, what can Pawan's film do with a good talk? This is the hottest discussion topic among the Tollywood lovers. None of Pawan's movies received good positive talk on the first day in the last decade. Even then Pawan's craze has been multiplied irrespective of his films performance.

Even other heroes fans agree that Pawan has immense craze and all he needs is a decent talk to pull off a blockbuster. Gabbar Singh looks more than promising in that aspect. Hence, fans are confidently saying that Racha is just a trailer and Gabbar Singh will show the real movie to one and all.

Ram Charan’s Zanjeer Starts Rolling

Ram Charan’s Bollywood debut 'Zanjeer' shooting started in Mumbai. Ram charan is participating in the first schedule. On behalf of this Ram Charan shared his joy with fans in his twitter page like 'In mumbai shooting for the first schedule of zanjeer . its a GRT team im working with.so pls wish them all the best !!!'

This film is a remake of yesteryears blockbuster Zanjeer of Amitabh with the same name. This is the film that earned Amitab angry young man image. The makers are approaching Priyanka Chopra for the female lead role. Arjun Rampal essayed to do Sherkhan role.

 Apoorva Lakhia is directing this movie and it will be produced by Reliance Entertainment, Adai Mehra Productions and Flying Turtles.

Priyanka Chopra Confirmed in Ram Charan’s New Movie

Actress Priyanka Chopra has been zeroed in to play the leading lady opposite Ram Charan in his Bollywood debut movie Zanjeer.

Sources say that Priyanka Chopra has been paid whopping 6 crores as the remuneration for this film. Her role is entirely different from Jaya Bachchan’s character in the original and reportedly she is set to essay the role of a US returned restauranteur.

The first schedule of Zanjeer has begun couple of days ago in Mumbai and Priyanka Chopra is likely to join the sets soon.

Apoorva Lakhia is directing the movie produced by Amit Mehra in association with Reliance Entertainments. Zanjeer Remake will be made in Telugu and Hindi languages simultaneously.

Racha record 5 days share in AP

Mega Powerstar Ram Charan's Racha has been recording mind boggling figures all over. The first five days share in AP has set a new record.

Racha collected a share of Rs 2 crore in Karnataka for just 5 days. The film has been getting good response in Overseas as well. There could be slight changes in the above mentioned figures. Producers are yet to release the collections break up for five days. Despite average content, Ram Charan's action entertainer is doing wonders at the Box Office. It has set a new benchmark in opening week collections and is still going strong with more than 80% collections all over AP.

Racha seals place in All Time Top 5 Grossers list

Ram Charan's Racha has turned into a huge money spinner at the Box Office. Despite having many flaws, the film is still able to continue its dream run. The first week share of the film is expected to be anywhere between Rs. 25-30 crore only in India, which means the new record for first week collections will be in the name of Racha surpassing Businessman. Racha's numbers in overseas are also very good.

The trade pundits say, Racha is poised to become one of the biggest hits ever in the history of TFI. As of now it has all chances to be in the list of all time top 5 grossers of Tollywood. As the next biggie 'Dammu' was postponed to April 27th of this month, there seems to be no stopping for Racha now. Which means a solid run for few more days ensures that Racha will make it to the top 3 list.

In a four films career, two of his films (Magadheera (No.1 position) and Racha) sealed place in the list of TOP 5 Grosser movies in the Industry. This is a remarkable achievement and a benchmark set by the heir of Megastar Chiranjeevi. Great going Charan!

Racha blockbuster as No other Choice for audiance..

After doing record business over the first weekend, Racha continued to impress on Monday too. The collections on the fifth day are as good as third day, which indicates that Racha is going super strong at the box office. At this rate Racha will break first week record (AP and India) of Businessman by a very good margin.

Luckily, for Racha there is no major release in this week. Adhinayakudu was postponed to 19th of April and therefore Racha will still remain the first choice film for audience even in its second week. Added to that tenth class exams are over now and students and their families will throng to the theaters to catch the latest blockbuster.

Racha is being benefitted by superb timing of release, which would have not been possible if Ram Charan didn't take the risk. Charan was injured during the last phase of Racha shooting and the film's release looked almost impossible at one point. But Charan has completed Singareni Undi song by taking painkillers. His dedication ensured the film's release on time and Racha attained blockbuster status with the help of the long weekend and summer holidays.

Ram Charan's next is even bigger!

Racha has been doing exceptional business all over. Ram Charan has proved his mettle as a mass star with this movie. He is doing Racha at the box office without a star director. People are wondering what if Racha was directed by a frontline director? The impact and craze would have been much more than this.

If Charan fans are feeling bad about missing the chance of bagging more collections, they need not worry much because Cherry's next film is going to be much bigger for sure. Charan's immediate release after Racha would be Vinayak's movie. This will be released for Dussera. With a star director of Vinayak's caliber, sky will be the limit for Charan's mass movie.

With Racha, Charan has turned the favorite of mass cinema specialists. We can expect a film each from Boyapati Srinu, Puri Jagannadh and other big mass directors in the coming days. If Charan proves to be consistent and maintains a good success rate, then the discussion of number one hero will find a certain answer.

No Fake-Business for Racha

Ram Charan's Racha has put an end to unhealthy trend of announcing fake figures. There were few films in the recent past that bloated up the actual collections which created dirty atmosphere in Tollywood. When Racha officially broke the actual first day record, few expressed doubts that this film may tread in the same trend and announce fake numbers.

But the producers of Racha simply announced the official figure (8.5 crores share) which was very close to reality (8 crores +) and also declared that their movie has set a new record for the opening day. So there won't be any need for the following up biggies to fake the actual figures as there is a genuine record to break.

Producers of Racha are very seniors in the film industry and they know that they don't gain any respect by announcing fake collections. Hence, they stuck to the facts and won the fans hearts. New producers are trying to draw the attention of industry by announcing fake records. That may get them instant popularity, but will never earn them respect. Harsh, but true!

Racha 2 days share in AP is Rs. 13 crore

Ram Charan’s Racha has been shaking the box office right from the first show was screened. It has set a new record in day 1 collections by surpassing Oosaravelli and Businessman. Racha didn’t see any drop on the second day.

Friday being a public holiday helped the film to get excellent collections. On day 2 the collections in AP alone are close to Rs. 5 crores. Which means the total tally for two days is Rs. 13 crores. Racha is likely to cross Rs. 20 crore mark by the weekend.

Ram Charan’s Racha has clicked well with the mass audience and the reports from B and C centers are phenomenal. A centers too are running to housefuls as of now despite mixed talk from urban areas.

Rachcha hungama in theatres - Tv9

Charan's first punch to Nandamuri Heroes

In the past two decades, we had seen several dialogues in the films of Balakrishna and Jr NTR, indirectly refering to Chiranjeevi and his family. Balayya's Simha dialogue (Ex: Vallentha Burada Jathi, Bloody Fools), NTR's Ashok dialogue (Ex: Deepalu Arpakunda Chetulu Addu Pedi Me Ammayilu Love Lo Padipotharu - referring to Pawan's Kushi). But Chiru never tried to rub shoulders with them, instead he is busy minding his own business.

However, Ram Charan 'the heir of Chiru' has chosen his own path instead of following his father. 'Edo Choosukuni Thodalu Kotte Type Kaadura Nenu' - This is the dialogue uttered by Charan during the confrontation scene with villains in the climax.

Charan completely changed the equations with his aggressive approach. "Now, it's no more a one-way traffic. Charan will show his punch power from now," says a Mega fan. Let's wait for the reaction of Nandamuri Simhas.

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