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Exclusive: A debut with a rollicking script

Y. Sunita Chowdhary Actor Ram Karthik is from Hyderabad. He doesn’t have anyone in the family who are into movies but with sheer passion and...

Exclusive: Merging skills and interests

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Ravi Anthony from Hyderabad became a production designer by chance in the Telugu film industry. A production designer is one who after discussions...

Exclusive: Journalism helped me work within deadlines: Sateesh

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Director Sateesh who was a journalist working for a popular newspaper is making his debut as a director soon. This is happening after...

Exclusive: Prepared for the long haul

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Sujith Vaassudev had worked for Miss India. His second film Khiladi is on floors and has Ravi Teja as the lead and is...

Exclusive: Prem Sagar gets his due recognition

Y.Sunita Chowdhary A character that set the right chords and grabbed eyeballs in Middle Class Melodies was that of the father to the heroine played...

Exclusive: ‘Nothing more rewarding than a good performance’

Y.Sunita Chowdhary We have seen many new actors make their debut in Middle Class Melodies, some had dialogues, some were just visible but all of...

Exclusive: Payal Rajput flaunts her craft again

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Payal Rajput wows the audience again. In a stellar role as Mallika, a poor, unwed woman in Anaganaga O Athidhi, she proves yet...

Exclusive: Anand Devarakonda aims for the bull’s eye

Y. Sunita Chowdhary Anand Devarakonda’s second film Middle Class Melodies releases this November 20 and he is a lot more confident having used the time...

Exclusive: MCM was an outstanding experience: Janardhan Pasumarthi

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Writing isn’t just an art, it’s a business. When a story or a novel reads like a movie, your odds of attracting producers...

Exclusive: A zeal to learn & a zest for life

Y.Sunita Chowdhary It is difficult to ignore this talent from Vijayawada. Roopa Koduvayur who is in her early twenties has made her debut as a...

Exclusive: Trust your scene, know your audience: Pavan Sadineni

Y.Sunita Chowdhary  Everyone is talking about OTT platforms these days but Pavan Sadineni was the first to direct a web series titled Pilla three years back for...

Exclusive: A sincere & resolute beginning

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Prudhvi Raj changed his name for the screen and henceforth he will be known as Udbhav. After his schooling and college in Hyderabad,...

Exclusive: It isn’t fair to be judgemental: Punarnavi Bhupalam

Y. Sunita Chowdhary Punarnavi was in the news last week for her ‘alleged’ engagement. She flashed her ring and social media was abuzz with the...

Exclusive : ‘If you have a goal, you stop there”: Rekha

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Rekha has been here for four years as a stylist and a costume designer. She does very less of personal styling and more...

Exclusive : Ani whips up a recipe for success

Y. Sunita Chowdhary Ani I V Sasi (son of legendary director I V Sasi) is a Malayali who has settled down in Tamil Nadu. He...

Exclusive : A Crafty Girl

We know Manisha A Dutt, as an architect and a budding production designer who worked for some time on Mahanati. She has been in...

Exclusive : Ram is living life to the fullest

Priyadarshini Ram’s film Case 99 is ready and could be released anytime soon. He had directed a few films, took a big gap and...

Exclusive : The incredible pleasure of bringing a script to life

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Siva Ananth has taken a much needed break after wrapping up Addham. The film is all set to stream on AhA on the...

Addham is a result of hard work, co-incidence & serendipity: Sujatha Narayanan

Y.Sunita Chowdhary A producer doesn’t mean someone who just arranges finances and enjoys seeing his credits roll by on the screen. A film begins and...

Eswari gets nostalgic, misses SPB

Y. Sunita Chowdhary Eshwari Rao wants to do selective roles and not confine herself to the down trodden and Dalit woman that she is being...

Exclusive: Vijay Vardhan Kavuri on ‘the perfect cut’

Y. Sunita Chowdhary Trailer cutting was a part of editing years ago but with the production of hundreds of films and editors having no time,...

There is lot of work for technicians in the industry: Nagesh Banell

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Cinematographer Nagesh Banell might have made mistakes but he is not afraid of admitting it. He is a quick learner and believes that...

Exclusive:  Musician Sangeeta Pant on the need for more female composers, her latest film X Zone

Srivathsan Nadadhur It’s unfair to pigeonhole artistes into a certain category or a specialisation because any work of art can never be termed exclusive; we...

Exclusive: Swetha Avasthi’s confident stride

Y. Sunita Chowdhary Very rarely do we get to meet girls who are far sighted and work consistently towards achieving their goals. Honest, down to...

Prema Nagar – The making of a blockbuster

Srivathsan Nadadhur Every film has a distinctive journey that’s worth reminiscing regardless of how it pans out at the ticket window. The days leading to...

Exclusive: Bringing ‘real’ moments on reel

Y.Sunita Chowdhary While we have around four or five popular fight masters working in Telugu films, a young man in his late twenties is swiftly...

Exclusive: Actor Prashantt Guptha relives his New York upbringing and how he had carved a niche for himself in Mumbai

Srivathsan Nadadhur New York-born actor, producer Prashantt Guptha has had his fair share of struggles before making a name for himself through films like Issaq...

Exclusive: Actor Ravi Varma, the M S Narayana find, talks of his journey towards being a bankable antagonist

Srivathsan Nadadhur Actor Ravi Varma, a.k.a Santosh Adduri is someone whom we’d love to hate for his effortless transformation as the menacing beast whenever the...

Exclusive: Buchinaidu Kandriga fame Munna talks of the bumpy road leading to his acting debut

Srivathsan Nadadhur Munna a.k.a Karthik, the male lead in Buchinaidu Kandriga, the Telugu film that released on Aha a few weeks ago, is a cheerful,...

Exclusive: Jonathan Edwards on Amaram Akhilam Prema

Y.Sunita Chowdhary Jonathan Edwards has been here since 2006, that was when he made his short film. In 2009, he made an independent film Prayanikudu...