Chiranjeevi remembers a ‘humiliating’ incident when the South movie trade was sidelined at an occasion

Within the clip from an award ceremony, Chiranjeevi acquired emotional sharing his expertise on the Nationwide Awards operate. The video gained momentum amidst the Bollywood versus South debate.

Rudraveena

Addressing the gathering, the Megastar was quoted saying, “In 1988, I made a film known as Rudraveena with Naga Babu. It acquired the Nargis Dutt Award For Finest Characteristic Movie On Nationwide Integration. We went to Delhi to obtain the award,”

The award ceremony

Speaking concerning the award ceremony, Chiranjeevi mentioned, “The partitions round us have been embellished with posters showcasing the grandeur of Indian cinema. There have been some temporary notes. There have been photographs of Prithiviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, and so forth. They confirmed their footage; they described them fantastically. They praised numerous administrators and heroines. And we thought they might additionally discuss South Indian cinema in such nice element. However they only confirmed a nonetheless picture of MGR (M G Ramachandran) and Jayalalithaa dancing. They described it as South Indian cinema. And Prem Nazir, who performed a hero in a file variety of movies within the historical past of Indian Cinema, they confirmed his image and that was it.”

The Bollywood vs South debate

Then he spoke about some South movie fraternity gems together with Dr. Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, N T Rama Rao, A Nageswara Rao, and Sivaji Ganesan. He revealed “They have been demigods to us. And there have been no footage of them. For me, it was humiliating. I felt very unhappy. They projected solely Hindi cinema as Indian cinema. They usually dismissed different industries as regional language cinema. They did not even trouble to acknowledge its contribution.”

Baahubali and RRR’s pan-India success

Persevering with his speech, he talked concerning the pan-Indian success of Baahubali movie collection and RRR and what they did for Tollywood. “After so a few years, in the present day I really feel so proud, I can thump my chest. Our trade proved that we’re not a regional cinema. Telugu cinema has eliminated these limitations and turns into a part of Indian cinema. Everyone seems to be amazed at our success. We have now overcome discrimination. Due to Baahubali, Baahubali 2, and RRR,” he mentioned.

This yr, Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn and Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep acquired right into a heated argument after the latter identified that Hindi isn’t our nationwide language. Replying to this, Ajay Devgn questioned, if that’s the case, why South movies are dubbed in Hindi.

In the meantime, on the work entrance, after GodFather, Chiranjeevi will lead director Bobby’s untitled drama, Chiru154. Bankrolled by Naveen Yerneni and Y Ravi Shankar beneath the celebrated banner of Mythri Film Makers, Rajendra Prasad, and Vennela Kishore have been roped in to play distinguished roles within the movie, together with Shruti Haasan because the main woman.

The primary look of the movie reveals Chiranjeevi with a cigarette and lighter in his hand. He’s seen donning a trimmed beard, mesh fishnet string vest and gold chains on his neck. As per stories, he will probably be taking part in an undercover cop in his subsequent. Now, coming to the technical crew, Rockstar Devi Sri Prasad has composed the music for the film, and Arthur A Wilson has cranked the digicam.

Going by the stories, common Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will probably be taking part in the antagonist in Chiru154. It’s believed that Bobby narrated the script to Nawazuddin over a telephone name and the actor was fairly impressed with the character supplied to him. Nevertheless, nothing has been finalized but.
Along with this, Chiranjeevi will even entrance Meher Ramesh’s directorial Bholaa Shankar. Whereas Nationwide Award-winning actress Keerthy Suresh will probably be seen as his sister within the film, Tamannaah Bhatia is the main woman. The movie’s forged additionally consists of Raghu Babu, Rao Ramesh, Murali Sharma, Ravi Shankar, Vennela Kishore, Tulasi, Pragathi, Sri Mukhi, Bithiri Sathi, Satya, Getup Srinu, Rashmi Gautam and Uttej amongst others.

Additionally Learn: GodFather: 12 Tweets you should learn earlier than reserving tickets for Chiranjeevi starrer