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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Agnyaathavaasi

Agnyaathavaasi US distributors give away 1,500 hoodies for free; Pawan Kalyan's fans in India demand the same

Power star Pawan Kalyan's fans in India are demanding for high-quality hoodies for free after LA Telugu distributed 1,500 merchandise of Trivikram Srinivas' Agnyaathavaasi to the fans in the US.

Jan 3, 2018

Naa Peru Surya Naa Illu India

Naa Peru Surya first impact crosses 10 million views: Allu Arjun thanks fans for their response for teaser

The first impact of director Vakkantham Vamsi's Naa Peru Surya (NPS) has registered six million views on the YouTube channel of stylish star Allu Arjun and four million views on his Facebook page.

Jan 3, 2018

Pradeep Machiraju

TV anchor Pradeep held for drunken driving on New Year's Eve; His DUI video goes viral [VIDEO]

Telugu TV anchor Pradeep Machiraju was caught driving under the influence of alcohol on New Year's Eve. His DUI video has gone viral in the social media.

Jan 2, 2018

Jerome Salle poses during a photocall after the screening on his film 'L'Odysee' (The Odyssey) at the 64th San Sebastian Film Festival, in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian on September 24, 2016.

Agnyaathavaasi plagiarism row: Largo Winch director Jérôme Salle curious to watch Pawan Kalyan film

Jérôme Salle, the director of hit French movie Largo Winch, says that he is excited to watch power star Pawan Kalyan's Telugu movie Agnyaathavaasi, which creating buzz in media over its plagiarism row.

Jan 2, 2018

Ghazal singer Kesiraju Srinivas

Ghazal singer Kesiraju Srinivas arrested for sexually harassing Radio Jockey

Ghazal singer Kesiraju Srinivas has been arrested on Tuesday after Radio Jockey Kumari, who worked at AalayaVani Web Radio, complained of sexual harassment.

Jan 2, 2018

Okka Kshanam

Okka Kshanam box office collection: Allu Sirish film fares better than Hello, MCA in US

Allu Sirish's Okka Kshanam has collected $192,617 at the US box office in the first weekend, while MCA and Hello grossed $1,022,597 (Rs 6.53 crore) and $ 929,359 in 11 and 10 days, respectively.

Jan 2, 2018

Agnyaathavaasi

Pawan Kalyan's Agnyaathavaasi in copyright row: T-Series seeks explanation on plagiarism of Largo Winch

T-Series, which owns the remake rights of Largo Winch, has reportedly sent a legal notice to the makers of Pawan Kalyan's Agnyaathavaasi (Agnyathavasi), seeing an explanation on copyright violations.

Jan 2, 2018

Allu Arjun in Naa Peru Surya

Allu Arjun's Naa Peru Surya first impact review: Teaser crosses 1.5 million views

The first impact video of Allu Arjun's Naa Peru Surya (NPS) has received positive reviews and response from the celebs, critics and audience. The teaser has crossed 1.5 million views in just 12 hours.

Jan 2, 2018

Naa Peru Surya

Naa Peru Surya 'first impact' released: Allu Arjun's intense look keeps audience on tenterhooks [VIDEO]

The first impact teaser of Naa Peru Surya has packed a solid punch with Stylish star Allu Arjun's intense look has kept the audience on tenterhooks.

Jan 1, 2018

Rana Daggubati in Haathi Mere Saathi

Haathi Mere Saathi first look released: Rana Daggubati chooses NTR's mass title for its Telugu version

Baahubali actor Rana Daggubati will be seen playing a mahout named Bandev in director Prabhu Solomon's Adavi Ramudu, which is the Telugu version of Haathi Mere Saathi.

Jan 1, 2018

Vishnu Manchu family and Gayatri poster

Vishnu Manchu's wife Viranica delivers baby boy; Gayatri star excited to welcome third child

Telugu actor Vishnu Manchu said that his wife Viranica, who was pregnant with their third child, delivered a baby boy on January 1. He is excited to welcome the new member to the family.

Jan 1, 2018

Zee Telugu Golden Awards 2017 winners photos

Zee Telugu Golden Awards 2017 winners list and photos

The winners' list of Zee Telugu Golden Awards 2017 was announced at a grand function, which was attended by Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna, Naga Chaitanya, Vijay Devarakonda, Kajal Aggarwal, Pooja Hegde and many others.

Jan 1, 2018

Pawan Kalyan singing song Kodakaa Koteswar Rao for Agnyaathavaasi

Agnyaathavaasi song Kodakaa Koteswar Rao released: Pawan Kalyan-crooned track clocks 3 million views

Agnyaathavaasi's sixth song Kodakaa Koteswar Rao, which has been crooned by power star Pawan Kalyan, has received 3,154,532 views, 245,000 likes and 12,497 comments on YouTube in 15 hours.

Jan 1, 2018

Rajinikanth

Politics joins Rajinikanth! Here's how Subramanian Swamy, Amitabh, Kamal Haasan and others reacted

Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, DMK leader MK Stalin, Anupam Kher, Kabir Bedi, Riteish Deshmukh have congratulated Rajinikanth, but Subramanian Swamy dismissed on his political entry

Dec 31, 2017

Top 5 flop Telugu movies of 2017

Tollywood in 2017: 10 flop Telugu movies that incurred huge losses to distributors

Tollywood in 2017: SPYder, Katamarayudu, Om Namo Venkatesaya, LIE and Paisa Vasool are some of Telugu movies that incurred huge losses of Rs 10 crore each to distributors.

Dec 31, 2017

Hello movie still

Hello 9-day box office collection: Akhil Akkineni film beats Naga Chaitanya's Premam lifetime record

Hello has collected $35,630 and $35,985 at the US box office on its second Friday and Saturday respectively, taking its 9-day total collection to $904,782. It has beaten Naga Chaitanya's Premam lifetime record.

Dec 31, 2017

Middle Class Abbayi

MCA box office collection: Middle Class Abbayi turns 3rd film to cross $1 million for Nani in 2017

Telugu actor Nani's MCA (Middle Class Abbayi) has collected $58,432 at the US box office on its second Friday and Saturday, taking its 10-day total collection to $1,002,373 in the country.

Dec 31, 2017

Happy New Year 2018

Happy New Year 2018: 40 Wishes, messages, GIFs, greetings cards, quotes to share on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook

Happy New Year 2018: We bring to you some interesting wishes, messages, quotes, greetings card to share with your friends, family and loved ones on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter.

Dec 31, 2017

Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth announces entry into politics, says his political party will contest all 234 seats in Tamil Nadu

Superstar Rajinikanth has announced that he will launch his own political party and the people from his force will contest in all 234 seats of Tamil Nadu in the next Assembly elections.

Dec 31, 2017

MCA aka Middle Class Abbayi

MCA (Middle Class Abbayi) 1st week box office collection: Nani joins league of Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR

Nani has joined league of Tollywood superstars like Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu and Jr NTR after success of MCA (Middle Class Abbayi), which made good collection at the worldwide box office in the 8-day first week.

Dec 29, 2017

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