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Having criticized Alluda Majaka, I must make a confession. This was the first ever film I saw in a theatre.
Krishnam Raju, who would later go on to become a star and a member of parliament from Kakinada.
Nannaya began writing at the order of the King Raja Narendra to counter the forces of Jainism.
influenced by Gandhi and a staunch believer in Ramana Maharshi, Chittoor Nagaiah was the ‘intellectual’ matinee idol immersing himself in his roles, a method actor who made every emotion he felt apparent and clear to the audience.
Vijay Devarakonda, the hero who speaks in the ‘impure’ Telugu of the region, ensures that nobody speaks ill about the new state that has so often been side-lined within cinema.
This young hero may not be interested in politics, but his existence is political.
At some point NTR directly takes a dig at Sanjay Gandhi. A government doctor who has performed forced vasectomies is about to be meted out with the most severe punishment by Yama. Satyam argues that he could defend the unpardonable actions of the doctor. The doctor reveals that he was forced to perform these vasectomies as it was a mandate from the
... See moreNTR’s tenure would later become infamous for quasi-judicial killings of ‘Naxalites’. Police officers were given a free hand to round up ‘suspected’ Naxalites, farcical conspiracy cases were slapped on individuals and Adivasi tribes bore the brunt of the activities to crush the rising Naxalite movement. NTR would soon lose the elections on 1989. Whe
... See moreThere is some irony in the fact that while the culture of folk storytellers arriving in small towns during festivals is quickly disappearing, Telugu stars (who play folk Heroes) and Telugu directors (new substitutes for folk storytellers), compete to release their films around Ugadi and Sankranti, when films get large returns owing to the number of
... See moreThe Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) set up regional branches – the one in Andhra being known as Praja Natya Mandali (People’s Theatre Congregation), which gave folk singers, dancers and storytellers an official platform, while retaining their flavour.