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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Lakshmi Manchu and Rakul Preet Singh on Rana Daggubati's No 1 Yaari season 2

Lakshmi Manchu and Rakul Preet Singh to appear on Rana Daggubati's No 1 Yaari season 2

Telugu actress Lakshmi Manchu and Rakul Preet Singh, who are known to be great friends, are set to appear on the second season of Baahubali actor Rana Daggubati-hosted hit TV show No 1 Yaari.

Dec 12, 2018

Pawan Kalyan, Bandla Ganesh

Is Pawan Kalyan's friend hiding after Congress' failure in Telangana elections?

Producer Bandla Ganesh, who is a close friend of power star Pawan Kalyan, had promised to cut his throat if Congress failed in Telangana elections, but he has apparently gone into hiding after the results were announced.

Dec 12, 2018

Odiyan

Mohanlal's Odiyan pre-release business: First Malayalam film to cross Rs 100 crore mark, says VA Shrikumar Menon

VA Shrikumar Menon has confirmed his debut directorial venture Odiyan starring Mohanlal and Manju Warrier has become the first Malayalam film to cross Rs 100 crore mark in the pre-release business.

Dec 12, 2018

Superstar Rajinikanth celebrates 69th birthday

Rajinikanth's birthday: Amitabh, Kamal, Mohanlal, Mahesh wish him; share rare pics [Photos]

Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Mahesh Babu and a host of other celebs from Indian cinema have showered wishes upon superstar Rajinikanth on his birthday and shared rare photos with him.

Dec 12, 2018

KCR aka K Chandrashekar Rao, Rajinikanth and Mahesh Babu

KCR bigger than Rajinikanth, Mahesh Babu and CBN, says RGV after landslide win in Telangana elections

Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV, who is thrilled to see the results of Telangana Assembly elections 2018, says that KCR aka K Chandrashekar Rao is more popular than Rajinikanth, Mahesh Babu and Nara Chandrababu Naidu (CBN).

Dec 12, 2018

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut pushed me to get a trainer: Panga director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari

Director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari has revealed that Kangana Ranaut has forced her to undergo training to understand Kabaddi better for her upcoming movie, which also features Richa Chadha in the lead role.

Dec 11, 2018

Diljit Dosanjh's new song Pagal

Diljit Dosanjh's Pagal and Putt Jatt Da rakes in 10 million views; Where to download them

Punjabi sensation Diljit Dosanjh's new song Pagal and Putt Jatt Da, which were released recently on Gaana, have raked in million hits within less than a month and become chartbusters.

Dec 11, 2018

K Chandrashekar Rao and KT Rama Rao

Mahesh Babu, Ram Charan, Nani and other celebs congratulate KTR, KCR for TRS victory in Telangana elections

Nani, Nagababu, Manchu Manoj Kumar, and many other Tollywood celebs congratulated KCR aka K Chandrashekar Rao and KTR aka KT Rama Rao for the landslide victory of TRS in the Telangana assembly elections 2018.

Dec 11, 2018

Rajinikanth in 2.0

2.0 box office collection day 13: Robot 2.o crosses Rs 80 crore earning mark in AP/TS

Rajinikanth's 2.0 (Robot 2) has made good collection at the box office in the second weekend. Its 11 day earnings have inched closer to Rs 50 crore mark in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (AP/TS).

Dec 11, 2018

Zomato delivery man eating ordered food

IBTimes Impact: Zomato fires delivery man after he was caught eating ordered food [Video]

Social media users have trolled Zomato after a footage showing a delivery man eating ordered food hit the net. The bosses of the online food ordering company have assured to take proper action.

Dec 11, 2018

NTR biopic song Rajashri

NTR biopic song Rajashri release delayed; here is the new launch date of Kathanayakudu 2nd single

The makers of Nandamuri Balakrishna's NTR biopic, which is released two parts like Kathanayakudu and Mahanayakudu, have delayed the launch of its second single named Rajashri.

Dec 10, 2018

Chiranjeevi with his brother Nagababu

Chiranjeevi's brother offers apology to Balakrishna, says Balayya is 'a great comedian' [Video]

Megastar Chiranjeevi's brother, actor Nagababu, who stirred a controversy, has finally offered apologised to Nandamuri Balakrishna for his comment and went on to call Balayya as 'a great comedian'.

Dec 10, 2018

Bhairava Geetha posters unveiled by Ram Gopal Varma

Bhairava Geetha delay in Telugu states: Did censorship force makers to postpone its release?

The Telugu version of Siddhartha Shankar's Bhairava Geetha starring Dhananjaya and Irra Mor has been delayed. The release of Ram Gopal Varma presented film was postponed due to the delay in its censorship.

Dec 10, 2018

Naga Babu

Nagababu's comments on Balakrishna - is it tit-for-tat for Balayya's remark on Pawan Kalyan?

Telugu actor Nagababu has made a shocking comment on actor-turned-politician Nandamuri Balakrishna and it appears to be a tit-for-tat on Balayya's remark on Jana Sena party chief Pawan Kalyan?

Dec 10, 2018

SS Rajamouli with Yash and director Prashanth Neel

SS Rajamouli reveals how he is responsible for making Yash's KGF a pan-India film [Video]

Baahubali director SS Rajamouli revealed that Kannada actor Yash and producer Vijay Kirgandur sought his help to make KGF a pan Indian film and he is happy that their wish has been fulfilled.

Dec 10, 2018

KGF

KGF pre release event LIVE streaming: Watch SS Rajamouli addressing function of Yash film [Video]

Director Prashanth Neel's movie KGF, starring Yash and Srinidhi Shetty, is set to have its pre-release event on Sunday and director SS Rajamouli will be at the function, which will be live streamed on YouTube.

Dec 9, 2018

Varun Tej in Antariksham 9000 KMPH

Antarisham trailer launch: Allu Aravind, Krish and Sukumar hail Varun Tej, Sankalp Reddy

Producer Allu Aravind, and directors Krish and Sukumar were all praises for actor Varun Tej and director Sankalp Reddy for coming up with an unconventional movie like Antarisham 9000 KMPH.

Dec 9, 2018

Varun Tej in Antariksham 9000 KMPH

Antariksham trailer review: Varun Tej, Sankalp Reddy have another winner on hand

The trailer of Antariksham 9000 KMPH has got positive reviews from celebs, critics and filmgoers, who say that it is another winner on the hands' of actor Varun Tej of Fidaa fame and director Sankalp Reddy of Ghazi fame.

Dec 9, 2018

Rajinkanth, Akshay Kumar, 2.0

2.0 Hindi version box office collection day 10: Robot 2.o breaches Rs 150 crore mark on Saturday

The Hindi version of Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar's 2.0 (Robot 2.o) has continued its dream run at the north India box office on its second Saturday and its 10-day collection has now breached the Rs 150 crore mark.

Dec 9, 2018

Ambareesh and Sumalatha

Ambareesh's wedding anniversary: Sumalatha shares emotional message and rare pictures [Photos]

Senior Kannada actress Sumalatha, who would have celebrated her 27th wedding anniversary with Ambareesh (Ambarish), has shared an emotional message and some rare pictures.

Dec 9, 2018

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