Have you heard? Jubilee-ation times

Jubileeation timesIf BTown is hosting a series of Diwali parties can its Telugu counterpart be far behind Megastar Chiranjeevi opened his sprawling home in Hyderabadrsquos Jubilee Hills for a big bash over the weekend The highlight of the evening was the bonding between four Tollywood biggiesmdashJunior NTR Ram Charan Mahesh Babu and the veteran actor Venkatesh While Jr NTR and Ram were last seen together in SS Rajamoulirsquos epic action drama RRR Mahesh and Venky had played onscreen brothers in Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Sources present at the party claim that it gave them a good opportunity to witness firsthand the brotherly bond shared by the four actors Incidentally Jr NTR Ram Mahesh and Venkateshrsquos respective releases are eagerly anticipated by the trade and audience alike Interestingly one didnrsquot hear about Allu Arjun from this party Wonder whyVarun teaming with David againAlmost three years after Coolie No 1 Varun Dhawan is said to team up with directordad David Dhawan again While details of the project are being kept under wraps for now we hear that the yetuntitled film will be produced by Ramesh Taurani Interestingly the fatherson duo are said to have closed the deal for a combined fee of R40 crore plus a profit share that will depend on the boxoffice collections of the actioncomedy This will be the duorsquos fourth collaboration as actor and director Varun had first worked under Davidrsquos direction on Main Tera Hero 2014 which was an adaptation of the Telugu hit Kandireega 2011 followed by Judwaa 2 a redux of the veteran directorrsquos 1997 hit with Salman Khan Considering that at one time the veteran director was contemplating a modernday version of Biwi No 1 letrsquos see what he has up his sleeve this time aroundSonnyrsquos sideAllu Arjunrsquos producerfather Allu Aravind triggered controversy with his candour during the teaser launch of Kotabommali PS When asked about actors like Arjun hiking their fees after a hit the veteran producer countered with an example of Kannada star Yash saying ldquoWho was Yash before the release of the KGF movie Why did that movie make noise It was that richness that led to the success of the movierdquo Netizens were quick to remind Aravind of his actorsonrsquos rise One user commented ldquoEven Allu Arjun was a small hero in tier2 range who used to compete with Vijay Deverakonda until his big hit Ala Vaikunthapurramuloordquo ToucheacuteBatting for the environmentSatyajit Bhatkal director of Zokomon and the television show Satyamev Jayate has joined the jury panel of All Living Things Environmental Film Festival ALT EFF Satyajit who is also the CEO of Paani Foundation founded by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao says ldquoI was moved by the films I saw They were emotional and gave an image to what we are otherwise only aware of intellectually In fact my thought was How do we get these films out to a larger audience This has been a fabulous opportunity for me to see what otherwise I donrsquot think I would have ended up watchingrdquo New year new beginingsWhile it is known that Housefull 5 is in the works rumours are rife that the film is set to go on floors around mid January The comedy franchise is a pet project of producer Sajid Nadiadwala and lead actor Akshay Kumar The fifth instalment is being helmed by Tarun Mansukhani who has previously made Dostana 2008 and Drive 2019 Riteish Deshmukh who has been a constant since the start of the franchise reunites with Akki The producer and his actorfriend are keen to bring together the principal cast of the previous editions Apparently efforts are also on to rope in Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham who had reportedly expressed inability to sign up for want of bulk dates Watch this space to know which actors will finally star in this laugh riot that will be extensively shot in the UKAdieu Matan MeirMatan Meir a longterm crew member on the web series Fauda who was also a reservist in Israelrsquos 551st Brigadersquos 697th Battalion reportedly died in the IsraelHamas conflict The news was shared on the official social media account of the Netflix drama While no details were shared the post stated ldquoWe are devastated to share that one of our Fauda family members Matan Meir was killed in action in Gaza Matan was an integral crew member The cast and crew are heartbroken by this tragic loss We extend our condolences to Matanrsquos family and friends May his soul rest in peacerdquo The popular show spawned an Indian adaptation Tanaav set in Kashmir the second season of which was greenlit a couple of months agoNothing controversial about thisAfter sahelis Sara Ali Khan and Ananya Panday last week the upcoming episode of Koffee with Karan season 8 has sistersinlaw Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt The teaser has evoked mixed response from netizens Strangely the sneak peek seems to focus more on Bebo than her fellow guest Wonder if the criticism for Karan Johar going overboard with his praise for his proteacutegeacutee Alia is the reason He also asked the Jaane Jaan actor if she skipped the Gadar 2 success party due to her tiff with Ameesha Patel who replaced her in Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai 2000 We hear she has responded in her trademark moohphat style Why rake up over 23yearold feuds now wersquore curious to know