The Age Of Heroes: The Incredible World of Telugu Cinema

A more embarrassing and direct testament to their conflict was brought to light by Markandey Katju where he observed a cricket match played in the USA between Reddy XI and Kamma XI. The match was abandoned because of quarrel that broke out between the two teams.

Badi Panthulu borrows from the Hollywood film Make Way for Tomorrow, in which the children, unable to share the economic burden of the parents together, decide to split them across two houses.

The almost-capital Amaravati and several Buddhist stupas in the north-east districts of Srikakulam are testimony to their influence. Later, different sects of Hinduism, such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Madhavism and Advaitism, dictated popular belief.

‘While he was alive, he was impossible to ignore; once he had gone, he was impossible to imitate.’ – Shashi Tharoor, The Great Indian Novel

Telugu is unique in that all words end with vowels. It gives the language an inherently musical tonality,

Alluda Majaka caused such controversy that for the first time people protested against Chiranjeevi. Women’s groups complained to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to have the film removed from theatres because of how obscene it was. This film caused the right wing to join the cause of the left wing in the demand for its ban. The Bharat

A popular anecdote about the height of his stardom was that he once visited three different cities across Andhra Pradesh on the same day in a helicopter to celebrate the success of Gharana Mogudu.

According to Adoor Gopalakrishnan, the National Award-winning Malayalam filmmaker, the Baahubali franchise is – for the lack of a better word – a parody of Pathala Bhairavi, folk elements being common to both the films. Prabhas’ Sivudu has much in common with Thota Ramudu.

While it was one of the most popular dailies, Eenadu tirelessly churned news articles to promote NTR, then an experienced Kamma leader in the Congress, and Chandrababu Naidu a young leader in the Congress switched sides to join the Telugu Desam Party.