Charan lies, Mahie escapes

Audio of Ram Charan’s ‘Thoofan’ threw up two questions – Why did Charan say Venkatesh was in Film City shooting when he was not; and what exactly happened to Mahie’s cleavage revealing gown that made her vanish onstage in a flash

The premises leading to the interiors of Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad on Tuesday evening had big flexis of Mega heroes- Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan and Allu Arjun. While none of them turned up to grace the music launch of their family hero-starrer ‘Thoofan’ much to the dismay of Mega fans, Superstar Venkatesh’s entry into the venue took everybody, including us, by surprise and fuelled speculations that the duo – Venky and Charan - will share the screen for Krishna Vamsi’s yet-to-be-titled project. Besides unveiling the audio, the senior actor wished best of luck to the team of ‘Thoofan’.

However, it was Ram Charan’s speech that seemed a bit bizarre. He said, “Venky annayya was shooting at Ramoji Film City when I left him a message asking for his presence. He immediately said yes and turned up.” However, enquiries revealed that Venky was nowhere shooting at the Film City on Tuesday! Why did Charan have to say that? Dal mein kuch kaala hai?

A source close to Film City, on the condition of anonymity said, “Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali’, Arjun’s ‘Jai Hind 2’ and an Oriya film are in progress at the venue. There was no schedule of the Telugu remake of ‘Bol Bachchan’ (starring Venky and Ram).” Wonder why Charan lied? Has it got anything to do with the insecure feeling that neither his Megastar dad (Chiru) nor his Superstar babai (Pawan) failed to make it to the venue?

Mahie wriggles out of wardrobe malfunction

Actress Mahie Gill, who plays Mona Darling in ‘Thoofan’, managed to wriggle out of a wardrobe malfunction, thanks to her presence of mind. The actress, who was flown to the event to do a number, took to the stage with dancers. Smashing out - literally - on the stage with the number Vechchnaina rathiri, she grooved gracefully in her beige coloured single piece gown until her costume gave way unceremoniously with the top part of the gown just peeling off her body. While the actress did her best to do damage control, realising a potential danger of the live telecast, she abruptly cut short her song, much to the surprise of host Udaya Bhanu who stated that she will be back again.

Indeed, she was back on stage, but not to continue the leftover part. She just took the mike and said that she loves Telugu films and Hyderabad. Well only the few alert ones could spot this.