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Dulquer moves the goalposts; Prithvi walks in
I’m Game slides to September 3 for a wider rollout; Khalifa hit August 20 as planned. Telugu availability is claimed across listings, with the fine print doing its usual dance.
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Irumudi opens big. The number? Depends
Trade trackers peg Ravi Teja’s Day 1 worldwide gross in the ₹23–24 crore range. Nobody with skin in the film has put a signed figure on it yet.
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Chiru’s Kaaka locks Sankranthi
Title, first glimpse and a January 13, 2027 date are out. The rest of the “milestones” are still whispers, not records.
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Pellets, protest, and a ‘pre-existing’ FIR
Rahul sat outside a Delhi police office for hours. By evening, an FIR appeared—against “unknown persons”. The BJP says procedure was already working. The timestamp will be the joke.
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Black shirts, red faces in Bengaluru
Karnataka’s monsoon session is doing costume drama while the CBI’s charge sheets spell out numbers. The Congress government waves at drought; the BJP shouts slogans. Telangana watching both: deliver funds and fixes, not T‑shirts.
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Pellets denied, FIR filed — after a dharna
Rahul Gandhi sat outside Delhi Police’s DCP office for over six hours with a 19-year-old who says pellets ruined his eye. By evening, an FIR — against “unknown persons” — appeared.
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Parliament ran 15%. Congress calls it “success”
Monsoon Session washed out, Bills rushed, Question Hour lasted nine minutes. Congress congratulated itself; the BJP claimed it begged for debate. Telangana needed scrutiny, got a scoreboard.
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Box office is back. Telugu is in it.
India’s theatres grossed Rs 6,398 crore in Jan–Jun 2026 — the strongest post‑pandemic first half. Telugu films show up in the top ranks. The Rs 15,000‑crore number doing the rounds is a projection for all‑India, not a cheque Telugu cinema has already cashed.
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Congress yells ‘fake’, brings no file
TPCC chief Mahesh Kumar Goud accused the BRS and the BJP of “deliberate misinformation” at a party meet in Hyderabad. He named no claim, showed no document, and offered to fight lies “with facts” — later, presumably.
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Nani’s Paradise picks 24 Sep date
Earlier touted for 21 August, the Srikanth Odela film is now reported to land worldwide on 24 September. The ‘official site’ saying otherwise is, by its own footer, a fan page.
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August 21 dodged. Clash cancelled.
Ravi Teja’s Irumudi holds its Aug 21 date. Nani’s The Paradise has moved to Sept 24 after first staking Aug 21 — the poster now spells it out. Two big Telugu releases, zero same‑day drama.
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BJP shouts ‘land grab’; court says ‘civil suit’
Delhi noise, Uttarakhand paperwork. The BJP tried to pin a Congress-family ‘grab’ on Khan Farm; the High Court’s record shows what actually exists: a live inheritance fight, an injunction, and officials asked to explain their own detour.
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Parliament sat. Debate didn’t.
19 sittings, 15% Lok Sabha time, nine Bills rushed with only the minister speaking. The BJP shouts “foreign powers”; the record says “no discussion”. Telangana needs scrutiny, not theatre.
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Big Cine Expo puts ‘affordability’ on agenda
The Chennai trade show’s programme slotted a panel on making cinema affordable. The industry talking point is written down; the outcomes aren’t.
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‘I’m Game’ skips Aug 20, goes Sep 3
Dulquer Salmaan’s film moves to a five-language rollout on September 3. Telugu joins the party then, not earlier.
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Trade maths is not a mandate
Awarapan 2 “hits” ₹100 crore on paper, Batwara 1947 “loses big” — on the same paper. The figures travel fast; the caveats don’t. Telangana’s viewers deserve the number and its author in the same sentence.
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₹8.11 lakh crore, show the math
The BJP-led Centre audits. The Congress government in Telangana advertises. One of those has a table; the other has a slogan.
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Dulquer’s I’m Game shifts to Sep 3
The makers say the delay is to go wider — Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada — moving out of the Onam rush to a September 3 worldwide date.
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Ravi Teja’s Irumudi drops; date set
Trailer out on August 12, film listed for August 21 in Telugu and Tamil. That’s two confirmed dates without a slogan attached — already above average for the national circus.
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Farmhouse feeder? Show the file
A Telugu daily says a Rs 1.17 crore dedicated 11 kV feeder is being laid from Murtuzaguda substation to Minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy’s farmhouse. Until TGSPDCL or the Congress minister shows the sanction and the bill, it’s a claim — and the onus is on the BJP-led Centre’s favourite “watchdogs” and the Congress-run energy setup to put the papers out.