Tollywood’s behind-the-scenes crisis is escalating as producers and single-screen theatre owners clash over a revenue-sharing model. While stars keep up promotional appearances, mediation rounds involving the Film Chamber of Commerce and the South Indian Film Producer Council have failed. Single screens in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana say fixed rental deals are unsustainable amid rising costs and weaker release pipelines. They want ticket-price splits—60% first week, 50% second, 40% thereafter—while producers support revenue share only for new films.
A Tollywood actress and former Bigg Boss contestant has been charged over allegations that she defrauded a London-based software professional of Rs 9.35 crore. The complainant says she used an H-1B visa hardship narrative and a promise to marry to extract money for expenses including property and gold, but allegedly stalled and later refused when marriage was pushed.
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