The Age Of Heroes: The Incredible World of Telugu Cinema

Every casting decision in this film reeked of foolishness at that time. The film also featured the debuts of two male actors: Sivamani, the drummer, who plays an African American, and Thomas Jane, who would later star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997).

The ’80s were angry times for the Telugu state. It is no coincidence that in that decade, the chief minister changed seven times, the most in any decade.

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NTR was beaten with slippers by his own party members and was ousted out of the party by his son-in-law and children. Chiranjeevi lost the respect he once commanded in the popular imagination after merging his party. Following accusations that he allocated seats to the highest bidders, he failed to win even in his home constituency in Palakollu and

She is now with the Indian National Congress (INC), which has lost its footing in the both the Telugu states. She was elected member of Parliament from the Medak constituency in 2009, the same constituency that Indira Gandhi held until her assassination.

Rajnikanth’s Naurku Oru Nallavan bombed in 1991, despite him playing a police officer in the film alongside Juhi Chawla. The Hindi version, titled Shanti Kranti (1991), did not generate as much traction as expected.

I know two sets of fans who beat each other with hockey sticks and cricket bats because their film dates clashed.

Audiences had never heard her speak in her films. Literally. Directors would almost always hire other artistes to dub for Vijayashanthi, usually preferring actors with ‘sweeter’ voices, like Roja Ramani or Sarita.

On 26 January 1998, she officially joined the party, with LK Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee personally attending the ceremony.