Telugu Film News

When you are in love, the real test is to be near your loved one at their most crucial hour.

And Nayanthara is no different. The actress was particular about watching Prabhu Deva’s directorial debut in Hindi, the Salman Khan-starrer Wanted, in a Mumbai multiplex. Nayan, who was in Kolkata shooting with NTR for his Telugu film Adurs, took the early morning flight to Mumbai on Friday (Sep 18) to be with Prabhu Deva on his big day.

Nayan drove to the multiplex, straight from the airport, to catch the first day, first show of Wanted. Prabhu Deva and producer Boney Kapoor could have easily arranged a special screening for her in one of the preview theatres, but Nayan was particular about watching the film with the public because she wanted to gauge the audience’s reaction.

A source close to the actress says that she really enjoyed the movie, especially the punch dialogues and Prakash Raj’s performance as the villain. Nayan knows to speak and write in Hindi as she studied in the Army schools in north India, as her father was an army officer. And her all-time favourite actor is Salman Khan, who plays a larger-than-life character in the film.

After seeing the film and the audience reaction, Nayan is believed to have told Prabhu, who was going around the multiplex gauging people’s responses, that the film was going to be a super hit and congratulated him. Later, when Boney Kapoor asked her whether it would be as big as the Tamil Pokkiri, she is reported to have told him, that it would be much bigger. A delighted Boney is said to have told her, “Tere muh mein ghee shakkar.”

By evening, the trade confirmed that worldwide, the film had been declared a super hit. While Nayan was preparing to go back to Hyderabad as she had an early morning shoot on Saturday, Prabhu insisted that she stay back for Boney Kapoor’s Eid party and told her that she could meet Salman. However Nayan, the professional that she is, insisted on taking the evening flight and Prabhu dropped her at the airport. Trade pundits have predicted that Wanted may turn out to be the next Ghajini in Bollywood.