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‘Pushpa’ (2021, 2024): The Rise & Rule of Telugu Blockbusters

Directed by: Bandreddi Sukumar || Produced by: Naveen Yerneni, Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar Screenplay by: Bandreddi Sukumar, Srikanth Vissa || Starring: Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil, Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari, Indukuri Sunil Varma, Kalenahalli Adaviswamy Dhananjaya, Ajay Ghosh, Rao Ramesh, Jagapathi Babu Music by: Devi Sri Prasad || Cinematography: Miroslaw Kuba Brozek || Edited by: Karthika … Continue reading

Telugu Reviews, Volume 11: ‘1: Nenokkadine’ (2014), ‘Padi Padi Leche Manasu,’ & ‘Mahanati’ (2018)

;;;; Directed by: Bandreddi Sukumar [1], Hanu Raghavapudi [2], Nag Ashwin [3] || Produced by: Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta, Anil Sunkara [1], Prasad Chukkapalli, Sudhakar Cherukuri [2], Priyanka Dutt, C. Aswani Dutt [3] Screenplay by: Bandreddi Sukumar [1], Hanu Raghavapudi [2], || Starring: Mahesh Babu, Kriti Sanon [1], Sharwanand Myeni, Sai Pallavi [2], Keerthy Suresh, Dulquer Salmaan, … Continue reading

‘Ratsasan’ (2018) & ‘V’ (2020): What Genre(s) Are Serial-Killer Movies?

Directed by: Ram Kumar [1], Mohana Krishna Indraganti [2] || Produced by: G. Dilli Babu, R. Sridhar [1],  Dil Raju, Sireesh, Harshith Reddy [2] Screenplay by: Ram Kumar [1], Mohana Krishna Indraganti [2] || Starring: Vishnu Vishal, Amala Paul, Saravanan [1], Nani Babu, Sudheer Babu, Nivetha Thomas, Aditi Rao Hydari [2] Music by: Ghibran [1], … Continue reading

Telugu Reviews, Volume 10: ‘Hanu-Man,’ ‘Eagle,’ & ‘Ooru Peru Bhairavakona’ (2024)

Directed by: Prasanth Varma [1], Karthik Gattamneni [2], Vi Anand [3] || Produced by: K. Niranjan Reddy [1], T. G. Vishwa Prasad, Vivek Kuchibhotla [2], Razesh Danda [3] Screenplay by: Scriptsville, Prasanth Varma [1], Karthik Gattamneni, Manibabu Karanam [2], Vi Anand [3] || Starring: Teja Sajja, Amritha Aiyer [1], Vinay Rai [1, 2], Ravi Teja, … Continue reading

Telugu Reviews, Volume 8: ‘Parugu’ (2008), ‘Major’ (2022), & ‘Adipurush’ (2023)

Directed by: Bhaskar Natarajan [1], Sashi Kiran Tikka [2], Om Raut [3] || Produced by: Dil Raju [1], Mahesh Babu, Namrata Shirodkar, Anurag Reddy, Sharath Chandra [2], Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Om Raut, Prasad Sutar, Rajesh Nair [3] Screenplay by: Bhaskar Natarajan [1], Adivi Sesh, Abburi Ravi [2], Om Raut, Manoj Muntashir [3] || Starring: … Continue reading

Telugu Reviews, Volume 7: ‘Okkadu’ (2003), ‘Attarintiki Daredi’ (2013), & ‘Yashoda’ (2022)

Directed by: Gunasekhar [1], Trivikram Srinivas [2], Hari Shankar, Harish Narayan [3] || Produced by: M. S. Raju [1], B.V.S.N. Prasad [2], Sivalenka Krishna Prasad [3] Screenplay by: Gunasekhar, Paruchuri Brothers [1], Trivikram Srinivas [2], Hari Shankar, Harish Narayan [3] || Starring: Mahesh Babu, Bhumika Chawla, Prakash Raj [1], Pawan Kalyan, Pranitha Subhash [2], Samantha … Continue reading

‘Eega’ (2012): Embrace the Weirdness

Directed by: S. S. Rajamouli || Produced by: Sai Korrapati Screenplay by: S. S. Rajamouli, Janardhana Maharshi || Starring: Sudeep Sanjeev, Nani Babu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Adithya Menon, Adithya Menon Music by: M. M. Keeravani || Cinematography: K. K. Senthil Kumar || Edited by: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao || Country: India || Language: Telugu, Tamil Running … Continue reading

Telugu Reviews, Volume 6: ‘HIT’ (2020, 2022) & ‘Dasara’ (2023)

Directed by: Sailesh Kolanu [1, 2], Srikanth Odela || Produced by: Prashanti Tipirneni, Nani [1, 2], Sudhakar Cherukuri [3] Screenplay by: Sailesh Kolanu [1, 2], Srikanth Odela, Jella Srinath, Arjuna Paturi, Vamsi Krishna P. [3] || Starring: Vishwak Sen, Ruhani Sharma [1], Adivi Sesh, Meenakshi Chaudhary [2], Nani, Keerthy Suresh, Dheekshith Shetty [3] Music by: … Continue reading

‘Magadheera’ (2009): The Pan-Indian Rajamouli Blockbuster-Prototype

Directed by: S. S. Rajamouli || Produced by: Allu Aravind, B. V. S. N. Prasad Screenplay by: S. S. Rajamouli || Starring: Ram Charan, Srihari, Kajal Aggarwal, Dev Gill, Kanneganti Brahmanandam Music by: M. M. Keeravani || Cinematography: K. K. Senthil Kumar || Edited by: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao || Country: India || Language: Telugu Running … Continue reading

Telugu Reviews, Volume 5: ‘Shyam Singha Roy’ (2021), ‘Ante Sundaraniki,’ & ‘Sita Ramam’ (2022)

Directed by: Rahul Sankrityan [1], Vivek Athreya [2], Hanu Raghavapudi [3] || Produced by: Venkat Boyanapalli [1], Naveen Yerneni [2], C. Aswani Dutt [3] Screenplay by: Rahul Sankrityan [1], Vivek Athreya [2], Hanu Raghavapudi, Raj Kumar Kandamudi [3], || Starring: Nani [1, 2], Sai Pallavi, Krithi Shetty, Madonna Sebastian [1], Nazriya Nazim [2], Dulquer Salmaan, … Continue reading

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