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Cheaper tickets? Panel, not policy
Big Cine Expo 2026 puts “affordability” on stage in Chennai. Senior exhibitors will talk pricing models; nobody has promised a rupee off yet.
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Publish the list. Then explain
Harish Rao wants Revenue Minister Ponguleti out over the Section 22A mess. The Congress government in Telangana still hasn’t put the prohibited-lands list online — the High Court had to nudge them to even answer for the delay.
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‘The Paradise’ has one date. Calendars don’t
Nani’s next is officially August 21, 2026. A public calendar says September 24, and a single trade piece floats September 25. The makers haven’t moved it — on the record, anyway.
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Paradise date: announced, argued, unconfirmed
Nani–Srikanth Odela’s The Paradise keeps its August 21 card on the table — because the makers put it there and haven’t taken it back on the record. A lone June whisper says otherwise, without receipts.
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Annapurna, EPIC set ‘Pallaburusu’ date
Hyderabad’s Annapurna Studios and EPIC Studios announced Uday Chauhan’s Pallaburusu with an August 14 theatrical date and a toothbrush-for-scales poster. Whether it actually opened on that day is not yet on the public record.
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Karnataka writes a law; hides the law
The Congress government in Karnataka says it okayed a Bill to “regulate” use of public property. The text is missing. Telangana is expected to take this on trust — again.
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Bhu Bharati or busywork? Show the data
Telangana built an “Integrated Land Records Management System”. The Congress government in Telangana built a fog machine around it. If there’s nothing to hide, publish the numbers and the files — not just headlines about probes.
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Kukatpally’s 15.37 acres: on paper, public
Government records say 15.37 acres in Hydernagar (Sy.Nos.148–155) vested with the state and were allotted to HUDA in 2008. The rest of the noise — Rs 2,000 crore valuations, forced DAGPAs, political middlemen — is still noise until someone shows a document.
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Raidurg crores, FTL still a shrug
TGIIC’s Raidurg auctions are raking in four-digit crores. The Congress government in Telangana is sprinting on monetisation while the Durgam Cheruvu FTL question it inherited remains to be notified — because the court asked the Lake Protection Committee to do it, and we’re still waiting.
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Nani’s teaser date was Aug 6. So—did it?
The makers of The Paradise said the teaser would drop on August 6. Ten days later, here’s only what’s confirmed on record — no hype, no invented views.
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Suriya’s Tamil tale, Telugu muscle
Venky Atluri’s Vishwanath & Sons lands on Aug 14, sells a Telugu-Tamil crossover with producer-claimed numbers and a pistol shooter at its core. The credits are real; the crore math is still theirs.
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‘24-hour power’ meets 12-hour maths
The Congress government says farm power is 24 hours. BRS leaders say farmers are getting 10–12. The record shows one thing clearly: the 24-hour promise is on paper; the 12-hour claim isn’t on file.
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Empty benches, full spin
UDISE+ says 2,097 Telangana schools had zero students in 2023–24. The BJP-led Centre quotes that when it suits the script; the Congress now in Hyderabad pretends it began last December. The record says otherwise — and it has numbers, not slogans.
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Paradise date: pick a card
BookMyShow says Sept 24. AMC says Aug 21. The makers last said Aug 21 in May. An “official website” turns out to be a fan page. Telangana audiences get a calendar, not a confirmation.
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Prabhas’ Fauji picks Dec 3. Officially.
Independence Day weekend was the rumour mill; Mythri Movie Makers put a date on the poster: December 3, 2026. That’s the record now.
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Independence Day ‘rush’: three, not seven
A calendar had Telugu cine Twitter braced for a seven-film pile‑up on August 14. The actual list looks thinner — and the data behind it, thinner still.
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Suriya lands in Telugu, on Aug 14
Vishwanath & Sons released on August 14 with a Telugu version listed. Bilingual bravado can wait for an actual confirmation.
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Bilingual on posters, Tamil on set
Vishwanath & Sons was sold as a Tamil–Telugu outing. The director now says they shot only in Tamil and dubbed the Telugu — a familiar gap between marketing and what reached Telangana screens.
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Four films, one long weekend
Telugu screens got a mid-August pile-up: three titles dated for August 14 and one landing today, August 15. The numbers spin can wait; the dates are on the record.
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40 metres isn’t 63 km
A Telangana Congress post tried to sell “expressway collapse” in Uttar Pradesh. NHAI’s own update calls it a local surface slippage near Km 64, fixed the same day. Maths — and the record — have not joined the campaign.