CinemaHere is a list of some of our favourite coming-of-age films made in Telugu in recent years — not just about children or adolescents, but also lost, aimless and confused adults.Screenshots from C/o Kancharapalem, Brochevarevarura and PareshanTelugu cinema has been in the spotlight lately, even more than before, with SS Rajamouli’s Rrr gaining international recognition. Even before the Baahubali films took the country by storm, Telugu action dramas got a new lease of life through their Hindi-dubbed versions on YouTube and TV channels. While these star vehicles and ‘mass entertainers’ gained more visibility, the Telugu film industry has also been producing many films on a smaller scale — slice-of-life films, crime comedies, comedy thrillers, and rom-coms that tell moving stories of ordinary people. Here is a list of some of our favourite coming-of-age films made in Telugu in recent years — not just about children or adolescents, but also lost,...
- 7/14/2023
- by Jahnavi
- The News Minute
After garnering 10 million (and counting!) hits on the Telugu teaser for the upcoming Nikhil Siddhartha action thriller titled ‘Spy’, the makers have dropped the Hindi version.
The ‘Spy’ team released the Telugu teaser at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s statue at India Gate in New Delhi on Monday. The film is an espionage thriller based on the story of the mysterious disappearance of nationalist leader.
Helmed by Garry Bh, who makes his directorial debut with ‘Spy’, the film also has Makrand Despande, Iswarya Menon, Sanya Thakur and Abhinav Gomatam in principal roles.
Keiko Nakahara and Julian Amaru Estrada, both cinematographers who previously worked on Ajay Devgn’s blockbuster film ‘Tanhaji’ and for multiple Hollywood projects respectively, are a part of the movie’s production team.
‘Spy’ is scheduled to be released in all southern languages and also in Hindi on June 29.
The ‘Spy’ team released the Telugu teaser at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s statue at India Gate in New Delhi on Monday. The film is an espionage thriller based on the story of the mysterious disappearance of nationalist leader.
Helmed by Garry Bh, who makes his directorial debut with ‘Spy’, the film also has Makrand Despande, Iswarya Menon, Sanya Thakur and Abhinav Gomatam in principal roles.
Keiko Nakahara and Julian Amaru Estrada, both cinematographers who previously worked on Ajay Devgn’s blockbuster film ‘Tanhaji’ and for multiple Hollywood projects respectively, are a part of the movie’s production team.
‘Spy’ is scheduled to be released in all southern languages and also in Hindi on June 29.
- 5/18/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
ReviewThe film is not a rib-tickling comedy that is outrageously hilarious, but does a decent job of making you laugh through a bunch of funny scenes put together.Krishna SripadaMeeku Maathrame Cheptha, directed by Shammeer Sultan, is a buddy comedy of errors starring director-turned-actor Tharun Bhascker and Abhinav Gomatam, the funny sidekick in Ee Nagaranaki Emaindi. The movie is mostly the tale of one night after a video featuring Rakesh (Tharun) with compromising content surfaces a day before his wedding. As that video starts going viral on YouTube, Rakesh enlists the help of his closest buddy Kamu (Abhinav), and together the friends run helter-skelter trying to get the video off the internet, while staving off other issues that pop up every minute. The screenplay evolves around Rakesh who lies to his fiancée Stefi (Vani Bhojan) to make sure she doesn’t get to know what the crisis is until things snowball beyond control.
- 11/1/2019
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
Tollywood The director is meanwhile awaiting the release of his film ‘Meeku Maathrame Cheptha,’ in which he will be seen playing the lead role.Digital NativeDirector Tharun Bhascker is currently busy with a project feature Venkatesh in the lead role. As per latest reports, the filmmakers are planning to rope in Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui for an important role in the film. Sources in the know say that it is a performance oriented role and that the director is set on having Nawazuddin Siddiqui on board for the project. However, producer Suresh Babu has clarified that nothing has been confirmed. Meanwhile, director Tharun Bhascker is expecting the release of Meeku Maathrame Cheptha in which he plays the lead role. Arjun Reddy fame Vijay Deverakonda is turning producer with this film. Abhinav Gomatam, Naveen George Thomas, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Vani Bhojan, Avantika Mishra and Pavani Gangireddy also form a part of the star cast.
- 10/21/2019
- by Nimeshika
- The News Minute
TollywoodThe film stars director Tharun Bhascker in the lead and has been produced by Vijay Deverakonda.Tnm StaffYouTube Screengrab/ Vijay DeverakondaThe official trailer of Meeku Maathrame Cheptha, Vijay Deverakonda’s first film as a producer, was released on Wednesday. The film stars director Tharun Bhascker in the lead and has been directed and scripted by Shammeer Sultan. Meeku Maathrame Cheptha is a comic caper and the trailer’s narration is a funny take on people’s obsession with phones. “Whether our lives are in our hands or not, all of us have a phone in our hand,” it begins. Almost throughout the trailer, Tharun Bhascker is seen stressing on an embarrassing video of his that has been leaked over the phone and is about to jeopardise his wedding. He then does everything he can to stop the video from ruining his life, all the while wearing his sherwani. Going by his costume,...
- 10/16/2019
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
TollywoodThe film is the first production venture of actor Vijay Deverakonda.Digital NativeArjun Reddy fame Vijay Deverakonda is turning producer with the Telugu movie Meeku Maathrame Cheptha. Announcing the film, Vijay Deverakonda wrote, “We share all our secrets with our best friends and if the secret is embarrassing - you will be ragged for the rest of your life! No mercy! #MeekuMaathrameChepthaTeaser My Best Friend's Secret! https://youtu.be/VifLV61mjo4.” The teaser reveals how the hero lies about himself to his girlfriend and is in the process of covering it up, which is told with huge doses of humour. Director Tharun Bhascker is playing the lead role in this flick while Abhinav Gomatam, Naveen George Thomas, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Vani Bhojan, Avantika Mishra and Pavani Gangireddy also form a part of the star cast. Shammeer Sultan has directed and scripted the film. The technical crew of Meeku Maathrame Cheptha includes...
- 10/4/2019
- by Priyankar
- The News Minute
TollywoodThe teaser has crossed over one million views on YouTube in less than week after its release.Digital NativeArjun Reddy fame Vijay Deverakonda is turning producer with the Telugu movie Meeku Maathrame Cheptha. The film was announced on August 28 and the teaser is now out. Launching the teaser through his social media handle, Vijay Deverakonda wrote, “We share all our secrets with our best friends and if the secret is embarrassing - you will be ragged for the rest of your life! No mercy! #MeekuMaathrameChepthaTeaser My Best Friend's Secret! https://youtu.be/VifLV61mjo4.” From the teaser, it is evident that the hero had lied about his identity to the woman he loves and is trying to cover it up, to humurous results. Director Tharun Bhascker Dhassyam is playing the lead role in this flick while Abhinav Gomatam, Naveen George Thomas, Anasuya Bharadwaj, Vani Bhojan, Avantika Mishra and Pavani Gangireddy...
- 9/11/2019
- by Anjana
- The News Minute
TollywoodThis was revealed by Vijay Deverakonda and director Tharun Bhascker via an interactive video.Digital NativeDigital NativeAfter the blockbuster hit Pelli Choopulu, Vijay Deverakonda and director Tharun Bhascker are teaming up once again. But this time, Vijay will not be acting and Tharun will not be directing. Vijay will be rolling out his first production venture, with Pelli Choopulu director Tharun Bhascker roped in as a hero for the venture. The film is titled Meeku Maathrame Cheptha, and this was revealed by Vijay and Tharun via an interactive video. Tharun Bhascker began his career as a director helming short films. Some of his critically acclaimed works include Vinoothna Geetha Media, Anukokunda, and Sainma. He then went on to direct his first feature film Pelli Choopulu, which won two National Awards - Best Telugu film and Best Screenplay for Dialogues. Pelli Choopulu also fetched a few other prestigious awards such as the Filmfare.
- 8/29/2019
- by Luke
- The News Minute
TollywoodThe series is the director's first attempt at screenplay.Digital NativeB. Tech, webseries by filmmaker Tharun Bhascker, premiered on a web portal on November 15 and got a good response. Prior to its premiere, the filmmaker, who had penned the story and screenplay had told in an interview to the Times of India, “My first screenplay. This is the only script my dad read. I had such an emotional baggage tied up to this and I didn’t have the courage to take it forward. Then came Uppu, my best friend, a brother I’ve known since kindergarten. He directed it with such finesse that it fills me up with pride. Tanvi Desai, Pratik Prabhan, Vivek Kalepu and a gang of talented folks came together as team Vg and went through many sleepless nights and a roller coaster ride to give you a web series that I’m super proud to present.
- 11/17/2018
- by Priyankar
- The News Minute
TollywoodThe film offers plenty of laughs in a layered story that keeps us entertained always.Krishna SripadaIn what seems to be an autobiographical story, Tharun Bhascker of Pelli Choopulu fame, has pulled off another frolicking film – this time a quirky buddy comedy, the kind for which movie lovers usually go to Tamil or Malayalam cinema to enjoy. Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi has all the usual tropes of a buddy comedy – a friend who is giving up what he loves for ambition, a heartbreak story, a laidback comedian and Goa (of course, Goa!). Yet, it carefully sidesteps all the clichés, keeps refreshing and reinventing itself to give you a pleasurable movie experience, where not a single minute passes by without a laugh, the interval bang being the best of all. The camera angles are experimental, the dialogue delivery is minimalistic with great timing (Tharun Bhascker-special we must call it), the screenplay is clean and taut and the music (no force-fitted friends-are-the-best style track) is complementary. From the guy who constantly roams around in Wayfarers to hide emotions, the one who watches trailers of movies like Focus (that’s a hint) in the parking lot of his office after being fired, to the guy who dubs for animal programmes, a wedding editor who is understatedly nice, to the charmer who is about to inherit a bar, the movie brings the storyline of four childhood friends who are totally different from each other and makes them confront their ghosts. The overall theme of short-filmmaking allows the characters to conjure up comedy in every scene, in every way possible. Vivek Sagar is quickly rising as one of the neo-noir music directors who might do Telugu movies and the urban audiences a favour by giving them music that fits into the story and doesn’t shake the hell out of their brains. Same can be said of the camera work. But, Tharun is the real hero of the movie, his perspective reflecting in the scenes. Who knew it was possible to make a Telugu buddy comedy with no sexism, no crass dialogues or vulgarity? That one could pull this off despite half the movie featuring a character heavily drunk is in itself a heist that deserves applause. The film proceeds from the initial travails/background-building to the get-together and an impulsive Goa plan while interweaving the flashback of one of the characters. The story develops interesting layers which a lot of happy-go-lucky adults might relate to. Abhinav Gomatam as Kaushik gets some wonderfully witty lines (give it to Tharun to create new-age comedians). Sushant, Venkatesh and Vishwak are all wonderful actors relying more on subtlety than overaction. The movie even picks meme inspirations like ‘It’s not you, it’s me’ while not ignoring or being disrespectful towards the two women characters, Anisha and Simran. All in all, if you were waiting for a quirky buddy comedy in Telugu without obscenity, without compromising on humour and without being overly preachy about friendship, this is the one. Tharun Bhascker has pulled off what I thought is a Telugu-ized version of Dil Chahta Hai and Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara. And does it in a moderate budget, with great style. Disclaimer: This review was not paid for or commissioned by anyone associated with the film. Neither Tnm nor any of its reviewers have any sort of business relationship with the film's producers or any other members of its cast and crew. Also read: Ntr biopic: Ex Andhra Cm's son sends legal notice to Balakrishna, director Krish...
- 6/29/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
EntertainmentWill Bhascker’s next live up to the success of ‘Pellichoopulu?”Tnm StaffThe much-awaited trailer of Tharun Bhascker’s next directorial venture Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi was released by the makers on Sunday. The producers at Suresh Productions took to twitter to announce, “It's finally here! Watch the fun filled trailer of #Ene from Tharun Bhascker.. We are sure you're gonna love it! (sic)” The trailer suggests that the film will be a story revolving around a group of four friends, each with their own ambitions, who decide to collaborate and make a short film. New faces Vishwak Sen, Sai Sushanth, Abhinav Gomatam, Venkatesh Kakumanu, Anisha Ambrose and Simran Chowdary make up the cast of the film. “The music for the film is by Vivek Sagar (Tapeloop), Production Design is by Latha Tharun, Cinematography by Niketh Bommireddy, Editing by Raviteja Girijala and Venkat Siddareddy is the Executive Producer,” Suresh Productions said. Watch the trailer below. Several stars from the Telugu film industry also shared the trailer along with words of appreciation. “Each character has its own swag. Mind blowing savage you guys! Way to go..Can’t wait to watch this super cool fun ride! Wishing the world of success to one of my fav director Tharun Bhascker and the entire team!!” actor Lakshmi Manchu tweeted. “Most original and fun trailer I have seen in the recent times .. wishing the team a huge success,” actor Nani said. Here it is!!!!! The #ENETrailer https://t.co/4CO5aljPj2 — Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) June 10, 2018 Most original and fun trailer I have seen in the recent times .. wishing the team a huge success :)#ENETrailer https://t.co/dCQWjAjFUz — Nani (@NameisNani) June 10, 2018 Each character has its own swag. Mind blowing savage you guys! Way to go..Can’t wait to watch this super cool fun ride! Wishing the world of success to one of my fav director #TharunBhascker and the entire team!! #ENETrailer https://t.co/wtzM8sqgg8 — Lakshmi Manchu (@LakshmiManchu) June 10, 2018 Within an hour of its release, the trailer began trending on social media and has received more than 30,000 views so far. Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi is the second feature film of Tharun Bhascker who was acclaimed for his first film, Pellichoopulu, which featured Vijay Devarakonda, Ritu Varma, and Priyadarshi Pulikonda in the lead roles. The story revolved around a boy and a girl who meet at a match making ceremony and realize that they share the same dream. The film was a huge success and was well-received at the box office and by critics, and even won two National Film Awards.
- 6/10/2018
- by Nitin
- The News Minute
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