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Ajaya Babu lifts silver by 1kg
India’s Valluri Ajaya Babu took Commonwealth Games silver in men’s 79kg at Glasgow 2026 with a 330kg total — one kilo off gold.
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Three streams, one Friday
One Telugu original and two South Indian films with Telugu versions were listed to land on OTT on July 24. Platforms: Netflix, Prime Video, SonyLIV. The numbers are theirs; the plans behind them are not ours to invent.
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Odyssey pirated on X, box office sails on
A high‑quality copy of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey briefly lived on X and drew millions of eyeballs. Universal says takedowns began immediately. The film, meanwhile, is cruising toward $640 million globally — India included.
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Chennai Love Story: Rs 40.1 cr — makers’ math
The Kiran Abbavaram-starrer says it raced to Rs 40.1 crore worldwide in 3 days. The source behind the number hasn’t shown its working yet.
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Nargis steps in, date still missing
‘Konchem Konchem’ drops, Fakhri’s Telugu debut is in Nenu Ready. The release date? “Very soon,” again.
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‘Lenin’ counts crores; math optional
Akhil Akkineni’s Lenin is being called a success. The numbers depend on which trade tracker you ask — and which day they updated the page.
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Polimera 3 launches; Arjun Sarja aboard
The franchise rolled cameras in Secunderabad on July 27, with reports saying Arjun Sarja joins the cast. The rest — dates, credits, character names — will have to wait for an actual announcement.
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Stuttgart screens India, six awards land
Indian Film Festival Stuttgart wrapped its 23rd edition on July 26. The official slate is public; the Telugu angle some are claiming is not.
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IFFI window opens. Telangana, load the reels
Indian Panorama and OTT awards take entries till August 10; Telugu films and series are eligible on the same rulebook as everyone else. The Centre gets to host the party; we’ll bring the content.
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‘Committee Kurrollu’ takes Telugu top prize
Official: Yadhu Vamsee’s film wins Best Telugu Film at the 72nd National Film Awards for 2024; also bags Best Make-up for P. Ravi Kumar. The banners named are Pink Elephant Pictures and Shree Radha Damodara Studios.
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Nag Ashwin: ‘I know what I’m doing’
Kalki 2898 AD’s director answers a Karna-portrayal flare‑up with a Mahabharata citation and a promise: wait for Part 2.
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Rajamouli tees up Fahadh’s Telugu lead
Teaser out, date locked: Don’t Trouble the Trouble lands 11 September. A Telugu-led star turn for Fahadh, backed by Arka and Karthikeya — minus the usual Delhi chest‑thumping about “national cinema.”
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Arjun Sarja walks into Polimera 3
Hyderabad launch confirms the third instalment; Action King joins Satyam Rajesh and the core cast. Still no plot, date or who he’s hunting.
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Mahesh to fans: back the debutants
Superstar posts a video urging support for nephew Jaya/Jai Krishna and Rasha Thadani ahead of Srinivasa Mangapuram’s July 30 release. The family push arrives on the same date Mahesh says his own debut opened — a detail he credits to Dutt garu’s planning, with a smile.
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BJP’s NEET fix: resign, then spin
Dharmendra Pradhan is out. A BJP leader now says he’d tried to quit on Day 1 — and that the resignation somehow foiled ‘foreign forces’. Documents confirm only the resignation. The rest is party folklore until they show evidence.
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Mahesh boosts nephew’s debut, date set
A video shout-out, a family legacy and a locked July 30 release for Srinivasa Mangapuram. The hype is from Hyderabad; the spin factories in Delhi can sit this one out.
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Chennai Love Story counts, claims, caveats
Kiran Abbavaram’s Chennai Love Story opened July 24. The early “record” numbers doing the rounds are tracker estimates, not audited filings. Read the fine print before the victory lap.
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IFFI 2026 window opens. Telugu, step in
Entries are open for IFFI’s 57th edition in November 2026. Telugu films and OTT series qualify on the rules; selection is earned, not promised.
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Vijay’s ‘final’ film races on estimates
Trade trackers say Jana Nayagan hit ₹171.84 crore worldwide in 3 days. Telugu version’s Day 3 slice: ₹1.40 crore; AP+TS gross: ₹2.09 crore — estimates, not audited cash.
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Hyderabad on screen, August 21
Ameer Log locks its Telugu release with Spirit Media on board; the team promises a basti-rooted Hyderabad story and drops a Rahul Sipligunj track. The politics? For once, not from Delhi — which is already an improvement.