Shekhar H Hooli

Articles by Shekhar H Hooli

Having started out as a Lecturer in English in various colleges in Dharwad and Bangalore, Shekhar began his journalism career with MacMillan India. He worked with Oneindia (Filmibeat) for seven years before joining IB Times India in 2014. He interviews actors, directors, producers and technicians and heads the team that covers Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi film industries. A post graduate in English from Karnataka University, Shekhar has nearly nine years of experience in online journalism.

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Kannada thriller movie Moksha poster

Samarth Naik brings Hollywood cinematographer on board for Kannada movie Moksha

Ad filmmaker Samarth Naik, who is foraying into the feature film industry, has roped in Hollywood cinematographer Jome Joseph for his directorial debut venture Moksha, which is a Kannada thriller movie.

Jan 19, 2019

Soni

Soni movie review: Audience describe Ivan Ayr's directorial venture as best Hindi film of 2019

Soni movie review: Director Ivan Ayr's Soni, which was premiered on Netflix India, is a crime drama starring Geetika Vidya Ohlyan and Saloni Batra. Audiences are bowled over by it and have called it the best Hindi film of 2019.

Jan 19, 2019

NTR Kathanayakudu

NTR: Kathanayakudu box office collection day 9 - Biopic turns first big disaster of 2019

NTR: Kathanayakudu has made the poorest collection at the worldwide box office in its 9-days extended opening week. The film has turned out to be the first big disaster of 2019 by incurring huge losses to its distributors.

Jan 19, 2019

Sundeep Kishan with his fan association president Kadapa Sreenu

Sundeep Kishan mourns beloved fan Sreenu's death; announces Rs 10,000 monthly aid for his mother

Telugu actor Sundeep Kishan is heartbroken over the sudden death of his beloved fan named Sreenu and he has announced a monthly aid of Rs 10,000 for his mother for her livelihood.

Jan 19, 2019

Bharat Ane Nenu

Bharat Ane Nenu Hindi version premiered: Mahesh Babu's film rules TRP stats

The Hindi version of Mahesh Babu's Bharat Ane Nenu, which earned Rs 22 crore from its satellite rights, recently had its TV premiere. The film has ruled the TRP stats and also made viewers wait for Maharshi.

Jan 18, 2019

F2 – Fun and Frustration

F2 box office collection day 6: Fun and Frustration crosses Rs 60 crore mark worldwide in week 1

F2 – Fun and Frustration has made fantastic collection at the worldwide box office in the six-day first week. Its per-screen average is bigger than that of NTR Kathanayakudu, Vinaya Vidheya Rama and Petta.

Jan 18, 2019

Mikhael Malayalam movie review

Mikhael movie review and rating by audience: Live updates

Mikhael movie review live updates: Director Haneef Adeni's Malayalam movie Mikhael is an action thriller starring Nivin Pauly, Manjima Mohan and Unni Mukundan.

Jan 18, 2019

Rakul Preet Singh's photos that got trolled on social media

Rakul Preet Singh's comment on fan's mother: Actress trolled mercilessly 5th time in a year

Actress Rakul Preet Singh is facing the wrath of her followers over her nasty comment on one of her fans' mother and this is the fifth time the Punjabi beauty is being trolled mercilessly on social media in a year.

Jan 18, 2019

Mega family members at 2018 Halloween party

Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun break mega family tradition: Why they didn't celebrate Sankranthi?

Megastar Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun and other members of mega family could not celebrate the Sankranthi festival together in their Bangalore farmhouse this year due to Sye Raa shoot.

Jan 18, 2019

Vinaya Vidheya Rama

Vinaya Vidheya Rama box office collection day 7: VVR crosses Rs 80 crore mark worldwide in week 1

Vinaya Vidheya Rama (VVR) has concluded the first week with a good collection at the worldwide box office. The movie has managed to surpass Rs 80 crore gross mark in seven days.

Jan 17, 2019

NTR: Kathanayakudu, Vinaya Vidheya Rama, F2 and Petta

F2 vs Petta vs VVR US box office collection: Venky-Varun starrer beats Rajinikanth, Ram Charan films

Venkatesh and Varun Tej's F2 – Fun and Frustration has beaten Rajinikanth's Petta and Ram Charan's Vinaya Vidheya Rama (VVR). With its amazing collection, it leads the race at the US box office.

Jan 17, 2019

NTR Kathanayakudu

NTR Kathanayakudu box office collection day 8: Biopic fails to make it big with Sankranthi

NTR Kathanayakudu has collected Rs 35 crore at the worldwide box office in eight days and earned a share of Rs 19.50 crore for its distributors, who invested Rs 70 crore on its theatrical rights.

Jan 17, 2019

Taapsee Pannu

Taapsee Pannu opens up about her past boyfriends and breakups

Actress Taapsee Pannu, who is currently rumoured to be dating Olympic silver medallist badminton player Mathias Boe, has spoken about her past relationships, boyfriends and breakups.

Jan 17, 2019

NTR: Kathanayakudu and Lakshmi's NTR

NTR: Kathanayakudu failure raises excitement for the release of RGV's Lakshmi's NTR

The failure of NTR: Kathanayakudu has generated a lot of curiosity and excitement for Lakshmi's NTR and many filmgoers are urging Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV to announce its release date.

Jan 16, 2019

Vinaya Vidheya Rama

Vinaya Vidheya Rama funny memes: Ram Charan, Boyapati trolled over train, snake and eagle scenes

Many filmgoers have requested Ram Charan and director Boyapati Srinu to delete illogical train, snake and eagle scenes from the movie Vinaya Vidheya Rama (VVR), which hit the screens on January 11.

Jan 16, 2019

Ram Gopal Varma and Nadendla Bhaskara Rao

Fans urge Ram Gopal Varma to do a biopic on former CM Nadendla Bhaskara Rao after NTR's film

The release of NTR: Kathanayakudu has created the demand for a biopic on former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (NBR) and many filmgoers have urged Ram Gopal Varma to do it.

Jan 15, 2019

Ram Gopal Varma

RGV mocks NTR Kathanayakudu box office collection, by comparing it with NBR interview

Ram Gopal Varma, fondly known as RGV, has mocked the poor collection of NTR: Kathanayakudu at the box office and said that the views of Nadendla Bhaskara Rao's (NBR) interview on YouTube are more than its ticket sales.

Jan 15, 2019

Star Maa, Gemini TV, Zee Telugu

Sankranthi Telugu movies on TV: List of Tollywood films to be aired on Star Maa, Gemini and Zee Telugu

Pandem Kodi 2, Next Nuvve, MCA, Attarintiki Daredi, LIE, Govindudu Andarivadele, Brahmotsavam and Babu Bangaram are being telecast on Star Maa, Gemini TV, Zee Telugu and GECs on Sankranthi on January 15.

Jan 15, 2019

Vinaya Vidheya Rama

Why didn't Mahesh Babu share his review on Ram Charan's Vinaya Vidheya Rama?

Many people in the Telugu film industry are apparently surprised over superstar Mahesh Babu not sharing his review on mega power star Ram Charan's Vinaya Vidheya Rama (VVR) on his Twitter account.

Jan 15, 2019

F2 - Fun and Frustration

F2 - Fun and Frustration box office collection: Venky-Varun film emerges as Sankranti winner

F2 - Fun and Frustration has made decent collection at the box office in the two day first weekend and emerged as the as Sankranti winner, beating Vinaya Vidheya Rama and NTR: Kathanayakudu.

Jan 15, 2019

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