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Confirmed! Mahesh Babu’s next film is with ‘Bahubali’ director Rajamouli

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After his superb performance in Sarileru Neekevvaru and owning 2020, Telugu actor Mahesh Babu’s next project has been confirmed with none other than Baahubali director S.S Rajamouli. Over the last couple of months, a lot of news has been surfacing about a possible collaboration between Mahesh Babu and Rajamouli, which has been confirmed now.

Putting the rumours to rest, in a recent interview Rajamouli confirmed the news and shared, “There are no rumors. The fact is that I will direct Mahesh Babu and it will be produced by KL Narayana. This will be my next after ‘RRR’.”

The untitled movie will officially be announced next year and hit the floors in 2022. Needless to say, it will certainly be a treat for everyone to see the biggest Telugu actor and the biggest Telugu director come together for this project.

Mahesh Babu has a fandom like no other not just in the south circuit but Pan India and the box office collections for all his movies are proof of the same. The actors last release Sarileru Neekevvaru was a super hit box office and collected over 200 crores during its theatrical run. The movie also marked the third consecutive movie for the actor to enter the 100 crore club.

Rajamouli has made a name for himself all over the country with his rendezvous “Bahubali” in two series making the entire country await his second one eagerly for over two years. The decade of 2010 in Indian film industry owes to him for the film “Bahubali, the Beginning” and the sequel “Bahubali, the Conclusion”, which went on to earn Rs.500 crore and Rs.1000 crore respectively.

His next film “RRR” starring Jr NTR and Ramcharan was scheduled to hit this year but for the Coronavirus pandemic, it may be delayed but surely make it soon to the theatres.

Mahesh Babu starrer ‘Bharat Ane Nenu’ celebrates two year anniversary

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Celebrating Mahesh Babu’s film, Bharat Ane Nenu’s two year anniversary and fans have done something really special!
from the Telugu actor, whose films never fade away without a special social message for his fans and viewers. The film had made it to the highest grossers of the year. Taking that note, Bharat Ane Nenu marks its two year anniversary today!

The film revolves around Bharat, an NRI, who returns to India and learns about the deteriorating political condition. He then decides to contest elections to transform the system, unaware of what awaits him. Bharat’s one step ahead in the right direction leading to many positive changes.

To mark the occasion on the anniversary today, the fans also started trending #2YearsForBharatAneNenu on twitter giving out the revenue the film grossed over the period:

 

The film took charge in summer and became one of the highest grossing films of the year, 2018 and created a lasting impression on the audiences and invoked a sense of patriotism. This is a film for all the people who love their country. The fans have been on a high, celebrating its successful two years and can’t contain their excitement

The film also has a raw part which evidently highlights how so much injustice is done and shows a real part of the government working. The audiences loved it a lot and the hulking fan base yet again proved their love for the superstar.

Bharat Ane Nenu starrs Mahesh Babu in lead roles. The film was directed by Koratala Siva and produced by DVV Danayya. The film hit the screens on 20th April 2018.

Sanjay Dutt spends the lock-down alone as wife, kids stuck in Dubai

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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is spending time alone in Mumbai as his wife Maanayata and children were stuck in Dubai when the lockdown was announced in March. But the actor has not lost his usual self of happiness and warmth. Unlike other stars who greet audience daily with safety guidelines on TV channels, Dutt has confined himself to spending more time online chatting his family in Dubai.

Sanjay Dutt

“In the past, I have spent periods of my life in a lock-down. Back then and even now, the one thought that stays with me is the way I miss my family. For me, they are everything. Thanks to technology, I can see and talk to the multiple times in a day, and yet, I miss them terribly,” he said.

In an interview with a newspaper, the Bollywood star shared his experience during the lock-down caused due to the epidemic. However, the actor ignited warmth in the audience’s hearts and said, “These times teach you about the fragility of life, and the value of moments spent with your loved ones. We should count our blessings, and never take them for granted.”

Speaking about work in another recent interview, Sanjay Dutt said:”Acting is a physically and mentally demanding job. This isolation has given me time to recharge my batteries, rest out mentally and prepare for my next set of roles. It takes a lot of time and energy to prepare for a role, especially given the complex characters that I enjoy playing.”

On the work front, Sanjay Dutt is going to be busy once the lockdown is lifted. He is providing his audience with an array of explosively entertaining films as he has a busy year set for him with five big-banner films — KGF: Chapter 2, Shamshera, Bhuj: The Pride of India, Torbaaz and Sadak 2 down his pipeline.

UP Police grabbed Priyanka Gandhi by neck, manhandled her, alleges Congress

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When Indira Gandhi was insulted in the Lok Sabha in 1978, then Janata Dal did not realize that the person would return to power soon and that history repeats itself. On Friday, BJP-led UP government ignored this rule when its police turned violent against Priyanka Gandhi to stop her forcibly, allegedly manhandling her in a bid to stop her from visiting a retired IPS officer and an anti-CAA activist.

Priyanka Gandhi has alleged that she was manhandled by Uttar Pradesh Police personnel who grabbed her by her throat and pushed her when she tried to go to the house of retired IPS officer SR Darapuri on Saturday evening. Darapuri has been arrested in connection with the recent protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).

Priyanka Gandhi

However, Priyanka Gandhi resisted the police and rode pillion on a scooter and reached the Indiranagar (sector-18) residence of Darapuri. Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh told PTI that the Congress general secretary was stopped at the Lohia crossing and then she got down from her vehicle and started walking. Later, she got into her vehicle after a kilometre but again stopped in the Munshipulia area. She almost walked three kilometres to reach the residence of Darapuri.

After meeting Darapuri’s family members, Priyanka Gandhi said, “They do not have the right to stop me. If they want to arrest me, they should do so.” Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu said, “This (UP) government is feeling scared of Priyankaji. Hence, she was stopped.”

 

However, UP Policewoman Archana Singh, who was blamed for the shocking episode later told higher officials in her report that she was heckled for stopping Priyanka Gandhi for deviating her route. She denied that she had manhandled Priyanka Gandhi but was performing her duty as fleet-in-charge officer.

The episode has now reached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which may probe if not happy with the police version.

AI implications: Engineer’s model lays groundwork for machine-learning device

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In what could be a small step for science potentially leading to a breakthrough, an engineer at Washington University in St. Louis has taken steps toward using nanocrystal networks for artificial intelligence applications.

Elijah Thimsen, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and his collaborators have developed a model in which to test existing theories about how electrons move through nanomaterials. This model may lay the foundation for using nanomaterials in a machine learning device.

“When one builds devices out of nanomaterials, they don’t always behave like they would for a bulk material,” Thimsen said. “One of the things that changes dramatically is the way in which these electrons move through material, called the electron transport mechanism, but it’s not well understood how that happens.”

Thimsen and his team based the model on an unusual theory that every nanoparticle in a network is a node that is connected to every other node, not only its immediate neighbors. Equally unusual is that the current flowing through the nodes doesn’t necessarily occupy the spaces between the nodes — it needs only to pass through the nodes themselves. This behavior, which is predicted by the model, produces experimentally observable current hotspots at the nanoscale, the researcher said.

In addition, the team looked at another model called a neural network, based on the human brain and nervous system. Scientists have been working to build new computer chips to emulate these networks, but these chips are far short of the human brain, which contains up to 100 billion nodes and 10,000 connections per node.

“If we have a huge number of nodes — much larger than anything that exists — and a huge number of connections, how do we train it?” Thimsen asks. “We want to get this large network to perform something useful, such as a pattern-recognition task.”

Based on those network theories, Thimsen has proposed an initial project to design a simple chip, give it particular inputs and study the outputs.

“If we treat it as a neural network, we want to see if the output from the device will depend on the input,” Thimsen said. “Once we can prove that, we’ll take the next step and propose a new device that allows us to train this system to perform a simple pattern-recognition task.”