Weekend roundup: Here's what made headlines this week in Tollywood

If you have missed the exciting news, gossip or latest developments that have rocked Bengali cinema this week, here is a weekly roundup for you. Take a look:

Jisshu Sengupta had earlier admitted that working with Chiranjeevi will always remain an experience of lifetime for him. And now, the South megastar has extended his warm wish for the Bengali actor ahead of the release of Jisshu’s next Bengali film ‘Baba Baby O...’ For the unversed, Jisshu is sharing screen with Chiranjeevi in the upcoming Telugu action drama ‘Acharyaa’. The official trailer of ‘Baba Baby O...’ got released on Sunday and since then it has garnered quite a lot of praise from netizens. While social media is flooded with good wishes for the ‘Baba Baby O...’ team, the South megastar took to his Twitter handle and wrote, “Sharing the Fun & Emotional trailer of Bengali film #BabaBabyO https://youtu.be/JFCPCFxsZz0 Wishing my dear friend @Jisshusengupta All the Very Best for its success !”

Prosenjit Chatterjee whose much-awaited action-adventure flick ‘Kakababur Protyaborton’ is gearing up for its theatrical release received a surprise gift from none other than megastar Amitabh Bachchan. On Tuesday, the celebrated actor took to his Twitter handle to wish Prosenjit and director Srijit Mukherji all the good luck ahead of the Kakababu film’s release. Sharing the trailer of the film, Amitabh tweeted, “T 4171 - Prosenjit Chatterjee, 'BUMBA' ... সকল শুভ কামনা !! His new movie 'KakaBabur Pratyaborton' directed by National/ International Award winning Director Srijit Mukherjee releasing Saraswati Puja on 4th Feb '22.”

Madhumita Sarcar is all set to shoot for a feature film after a year. The actress will start shooting for Sudip Das’ debut directorial ‘Kuler Achaar’ from February 10. The film sees Vikram Chatterjee opposite her. Talking about the film, Madhumita said, “I play Mithi Roy, an outspoken, confident and independent girl who speaks her mind and is ready to face the consequences of doing so. Mithi gets married into the Sen family. Whether she will change her surname to Sen is what this film is all about. The story is very relatable.”

After four years, Aparajita Adhya is coming back to the small screen. The actress will play the titular character in the serial Lokkhi Kakima Superstar. The seasoned actress just completed the shoot of Pavel’s ‘Mon Kharap’ where she plays a psychological patient who has difficulty coping with the loss of her son. She’s also part of Pavel’s ‘Kolkata Cholontika’ where she plays a police constable. Meanwhile, Aparajita has already completed shooting for PB Chaki’s family drama, ‘Love Marriage’. In the rom-com she plays Ondrila Sen’s mother. Talks are also on with Anshuman Pratyush for his next film.

Tnusree Chakravarty who had tested COVID-19 positive earlier this month has now announced on social media that she has finally tested negative. On January 18, the actress took to her social media handle to announce that she had tested COVID positive and later said she was reeling under throat infection but had tested negative initially. But later she was down with high fever and cough. So, she decided to test again and this time the report came positive and the actress immediately isolated herself from others. Tnusree’s father also tested Positive but her mother had tested COVID negative.