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Kalki wins; Delhi may finally lose the venue
The Telugu film has officially won a National Film Award. The reported Gujarat ceremony is still waiting for an official confirmation.
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419 courts, 449 courts: The numbers need court
The Supreme Court is monitoring exclusive NDPS courts nationwide. The latest figures remain unverified and internally inconsistent.
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Mirzapur opens at ₹25 crore; Telugu gets crumbs
Trade estimates put the Hindi-led film’s India opening between ₹24.75 crore and ₹25.50 crore. Its Telugu version is estimated at ₹15–25 lakh.
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Seven dead, and Delhi still counting the rubble
The Satya Niketan collapse has exposed a rescue operation without a reliable count of who may still be trapped.
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Priyanka Mohan joins AGS 29. Braille hints, plot hides
AGS Entertainment has announced #AGS29 with Jai and Priyanka Mohan. The thriller has a working identifier, a composer and a poster doing more talking than the producers.
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Ajith’s racing trailer gets a cinema premiere
Gladiators, the Ajith Kumar racing documentary, screened its special trailer in selected theatres on September 6. The film’s bigger release details remain parked somewhere off the grid.
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Mirzapur’s Telugu tally: ₹25 lakh and 24%
The streaming franchise’s theatrical experiment opened in Hindi and Telugu, but the available trade estimates put the Telugu contribution at a modest level.
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Mirzapur reaches Telugu screens; numbers stay in character
Amazon’s streaming franchise opened in Hindi and Telugu on September 4. Early trade estimates put the India opening near ₹25 crore, while the Telugu figure remains a moving target.
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Legacy arrives one day after Fauzi
Vishwak Sen’s reported December 4 release puts the film in a very tight Telugu cinema window.
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Annapurna announces slate, leaves the numbers backstage
The Hyderabad studio says it wants to revive commission-based distribution across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Theatres, terms and screen counts remain undisclosed.
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Mirzapur goes theatrical; box office goes three ways
The Prime Video franchise opened in cinemas on September 4, but trade trackers cannot agree on what the first day earned.
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Regional cinema travels; Hindi still holds 44%
Telugu films are finding audiences beyond home markets, but the numbers do not support a Hindi-collapse storyline.
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Annapurna revives distribution; the fine print is still screening
The Hyderabad studio has announced a September slate across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, but its commission model remains more promise than published paperwork.
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Telangana’s toothbrush lawsuit meets Netflix’s Korean ghost
Two Telugu releases arrive on streaming platforms this week: *Pallaburusu* on Prime Video and *Korean Kanakaraju* on Netflix.
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Ben-Gvir’s seven-year suitcase plan has no destinations
Israel’s national security minister presented a Jewish Power proposal targeting 1.86 million departures from Gaza. The receiving countries, rather inconveniently, remain mostly theoretical.
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Pawan’s OG sequel gets a Samurai dawn
Sujeeth’s birthday video teases the next OG project with animated Samurai imagery and a “Samurai Reimei” tag. A release date remains as elusive as usual.
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September has 11 films. Screens remain a mystery
The Telugu release calendar is crowded, but claims of a screen war are still waiting for actual screen numbers.
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Tamil cinema strike postponed before it started
Tamil producer bodies put their proposed September 1 shutdown on hold after Tamil Nadu government assurances of tripartite talks. Telangana disruption has not been established.
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Mysaa brings a spear to November 27
Rashmika Mandanna’s multilingual theatrical release gets a fierce new poster. The calendar, meanwhile, is already doing crowd control.
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Kalki 2 has 10 shooting days. Planets pending.
Director Nag Ashwin says the sequel will resume when Prabhas is fully available, without offering a date for either the next schedule or release.