Analysis
TDP’s ‘sympathy’, NDA-approved
Anonymous sympathy for students, on-record defence of the BJP-led Centre. TDP wants credit both ways — without saying it out loud.
Archive
Stories that have aged off the front pages. Still here, still readable — just no longer the news of the day.
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Rajamouli on Lyon’s wall. Permanently.
Telugu cinema’s global ambassador gets his name etched on the Institut Lumière’s Mur des Cinéastes in Lyon, during a retrospective that screened Eega and RRR with him in the room.
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Jr NTR told: 6–8 weeks, full stop
Team says shoulder injury on July 27; doctors advise complete rest. No word yet on where it happened or what it means for Dragon’s dates.
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Nani’s roar hits 200M. Teaser “soon”
Makers say Aaya Sher from The Paradise has crossed 200 million YouTube views; director Srikanth Odela thanks fans and promises a teaser “soon”. No date attached to “soon”.
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Chief Secretary, no house. Month later.
Sanjay Jaju has been Telangana’s Chief Secretary since June 30. A month on, he is still waiting for an official residence, per a report — while the Housing file gathers dust.
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NTR told: 6–8 weeks off
Team says shoulder injury on July 27; doctors advise complete rest. No word yet on Dragon’s schedule — and no need for panic, they add.
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Rajamouli says Lyon put him on the wall
The Institut Lumière hosted a Rajamouli retrospective and an RRR screening. The filmmaker says they went one further: a plaque on the Mur des Cinéastes. The institute’s public pages confirm the visit; a museum note on the plaque itself isn’t visible yet.
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Venkatesh’s Chittibabu clocks in
Haarika & Hassine drops Trivikram’s ‘Aadarsha Kutumbam’ character video; makers circle October 2 for theatres.
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Slow poison at the box office
Kajal Aggarwal–Shreyas Talpade’s The India Story opened soft across three languages. The estimates disagree on the exact lakhs; they agree it wasn’t near a crowd.
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Jr NTR told: six–eight weeks off
Team statement says shoulder injury, rest prescribed. No diagnosis, no production update, no panic, they insist.
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Kushare clears 2.25, India lands silver
Multiple reports say Sarvesh Anil Kushare took men’s high-jump silver at Glasgow 2026 on countback after 2.25m. The official Games sheet isn’t up yet; the jump is.
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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.