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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Mahesh Babu in the song Boom Boom from Spyder

Did negative reviews affect collection of Mahesh Babu's Spyder at box office?

Spyder manages to get only an average collection at the box office on day one. And superstar Mahesh Babu fans have accused Jr NTR fans of spreading negative reviews to drum up support for Jai Lava Kusa.

Sep 28, 2017

Spyder

Spyder review: Telugu critics say Mahesh Babu chose wrong script again after Brahmotsavam

Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet Singh's Spyder has garnered mixed reviews from the Telugu critics, who are not happy with the script and direction of AR Murugadoss.

Sep 28, 2017

Spyder

Spyder 1st day box office collection: Mahesh film fails to beat DJ, JLK and Katamarayudu records in AP/T

Babu's Spyder has made an average collection at the AP/T box office on the first day and failed to beat the records of DJ aka Duvvada Jagannadham, Jai Lava Kusa (JLK) and Katamarayudu.

Sep 28, 2017

Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet Singh in Spyder

SPYder day 1 box office collection: Murugadoss' film off to flying start, poised to be Mahesh's biggest opener

AR Murugadoss' SPYder starring Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet Singh, has got brilliant opening and is likely to collect over Rs 55 crore gross at the worldwide box office on the first day.

Sep 27, 2017

Dr Rajasekhar's mother with his family

Actor Rajasekhar's mother Aandalu Varadharajan dies

Actor Dr Rajasekhar's mother Aandalu Varadharajan breathed her last at Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday

Sep 27, 2017

SJ Surya in Spyder

Spyder review: SJ Surya's role inspired from Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight

Some viewers, who have seen Spyder, say that AR Murugadoss has taken inspiration from Heath Ledger's character Joker in the Hollywood movie The Dark Knight for SJ Surya's role.

Sep 27, 2017

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

World Tourism Day: 5 Bollywood movies that will inspire you to travel

World Tourism Day 2017 special: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Queen, Tamasha and Jia Aur Jia are some of the Bollywood movies that make you take a trip soon after watching them.

Sep 27, 2017

Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet Singh in Spyder

SPYder box office collection: Mahesh film crosses $1 million mark in US premieres, beats Jai Lava Kusa

Mahesh Babu and AR Murugadoss' film SPYder (Spider) has collection $939,000 at the US box office in the premiere shows and become the third biggest opener of 2017, beating the record of Jr NTR's Jai Lava Kusa.

Sep 27, 2017

Mahanubhavudu

Mahanubhavudu Vs Spyder box office prediction: 5 reasons on why Sharwanand will be a hit

Director Maruthi Dasari's Mahanubhavudu starring Sharwanand, is set for release on September 29 and it will clash with superstar Mahesh Babu's Spyder at the box office.

Sep 26, 2017

Spyder

SPYder (Spider) movie review and rating by audience: Live updates

SPYder movie review live updates: Director AR Murugadoss' Spyder (Spider) is a spy thriller film starring Mahesh Babu, SJ Surya and Rakul Preet Singh.

Sep 26, 2017

Jai Lava Kusa

Jai Lava Kusa 6-day worldwide box office collection: Jr NTR's JLK crosses Rs 100 crore mark on Tuesday

Jr NTR's Jai Lava Kusa (JLK) continued to register good collection at the worldwide box office on Tuesday and surpassed the mark of Rs 100 crore gross in six days.

Sep 26, 2017

Spyder

SPYder pre-release business: Mahesh Babu's film beats Jr NTR's JLK to be non-Baahubali highest

Mahesh Babu and AR Murugadoss' SPYder has earned Rs 157 crore in its pre-release business and become the highest non-Baahubali earner, beating the record of Jr NTR's Jai Lava Kusa (JLK).

Sep 26, 2017

PSV Garuda Vega 126.18M

PSV Garuda Vega 126.18M teaser mops up 4 million views, trends on YouTube, Twitter!

PSV Garuda Vega 126.18M teaser has mopped up 4 million views on YouTube. Actor Dr Rajasekhar and director Praveen Sattaru are thrilled with the response the first look video received.

Sep 25, 2017

Hari Teja in Bigg Boss Telugu house

This is what Hari Teja has to say about Bigg Boss Telugu, winner Siva Balaji

Actress Hari Teja has thanked the producers of Big Boss Telugu for giving the opportunity to stay in the house for 10 weeks and also congratulated actor Siva Balali for his season 1 victory.

Sep 25, 2017

Jai Lava Kusa

Jai Lava Kusa 4 day worldwide box office collection: Jr NTR's JLK inches closer to Rs 100 crore mark in 1st weekend

Jr NTR's Jai Lava Kusa (JLK) has collected Rs 94 crore gross at the worldwide box office in its 4-day first weekend, taking the total collection closer to Rs 100 crore mark. Its distributors' earnings are Rs 57 crore.

Sep 25, 2017

Jai Lava Kusa team in Bigg Boss Telugu house

Bigg Boss Telugu success: Star Maa now planning to return with Jr NTR for season 2

Siva Balaji was named the winner of Jr NTR's Bigg Boss Telugu season 1 at its grand finale on Sunday. Star Maa is thrilled over the audiences' response and wishes to start season 2 soon.

Sep 25, 2017

Bigg Boss Telugu finalists

Bigg Boss Telugu finale live updates: Siva Balaji emerges as winner, Adarsh Balakrishna is runner up

Bigg Boss Telugu grand finale live updates: Siva Balaji walked away with the winner's trophy of Jr NTR's TV show, beating Adarsh Balakrishna, Hari Teja, Navdeep and Archana aka Veda Shastry.

Sep 24, 2017

Mahanubhavudu

Mahanubhavudu pre-release event – live streaming: Baahubali 2 star Prabhas to be chief guest

Baahubali 2 actor Prabhas, who is busy shooting for his next film Saaho, is attending the pre-release function of Sharwanand's Mahanubhavudu, which will be live streamed on YouTube.

Sep 24, 2017

Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet Singh in Spyder

SPYder US box office collection: Mahesh-Murugadoss' film grosses $500,000 in premiere's pre-sale

AR Murugadoss' SPYder starring Mahesh Babu has created history by grossing over 500,000 at the US box office in the pre-sale of tickets for the premiere show, four days ahead of its release.

Sep 24, 2017

Jai Lava Kusa

Jai Lava Kusa worldwide box office collection: Jr NTR film crosses Rs 75 crore mark in 3 days

Jr NTR's Jai Lava Kusa (JLK) has collected Rs 75 crore gross at the worldwide box office in 3 days and earned a share of Rs 46 crore for its distributors, who invested Rs 86 crore on its theatrical rights.

Sep 24, 2017

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