2017: Tollywood's winners in Overseas

Overseas territory, especially the US, has become a feather in the cap for Telugu cinema. Some of the biggest hits produced by Indians in the US market are by Tollywood. IndiaGlitz takes stock of what happened in 2017 by bringing you the actual figures.

PM's New Year gift: women can go alone on Haj sans men as their escorts

In a new year gift to the Muslim women across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcd yesterday that Muslim women can now leave for their holy Haj pilgrimage without the mandatory escort of menfolk.

Rajini's political plunge: political parties react ever-so-cautiously

Superstar Rajinikanth took the first step yesterday in fulfilling decades-long wishes, dreams and aspirations of his millions of fans the world over by announcing at his Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam in Kodambakkam, Chennai that he would plunge into active politics and contest from all the 234 Assembly seats in the State when Assembly polls are held.

This is how Telugu films did in Chennai

Among the non-Telugu markets, Chennai city is one of the important segments for Tollywood.  Here is how some of the year's biggest releases have performed in the city.

First Look of Rana's trilingual released

The First Look of Rana Daggubati's tri-lingual with Kollywood director Prabhu Solomon is out. In this pan-Indian film, titled in Hindi as 'Hathi Mere Sathi', the 'Nene Raju Nene Mantri' actor will be seen as a hero of the forest, named Bandev, saving elephants from being poached.