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ram charan portrait — Image: Bollywood Hungama · CC BY 3.0

Craft · 18 Sept 2026

Rangasthalam’s realism was engineered: how Sukumar rebuilt Ram Charan, sound and the village together

A partially deaf hero, a reconstructed 1980s village, Godavari voices and a camera designed to stay inside the action all served the same plan: make a giant star look like he belonged to one specific place.

Allu Arjun as Pushpa Raj in the official Pushpa 2 teaser artwork — Image: Mythri Movie Makers via the official Pushpa 2 teaser

Box office · 18 Sept 2026

Pushpa 2’s opening day came with two numbers — and both belong in the record

The film team said ₹294 crore worldwide; Sacnilk reported about ₹279 crore worldwide gross. The disagreement is exactly why Chitram should store box office as sourced claims, not one magic number.

Promotional artwork for the Srilatha song from Idupu Kayitham — Image: Telugu Film Producers Council

Music · 12 Sept 2026

Priyadarshi and Nagadurga step into the Srilatha melody from Idupu Kayitham

Suresh Bobbili composed the new song for the Telangana family drama, which the makers are targeting for a December theatrical release.

Cover artwork for Dr Praveen Yajjala's book Screenplay Master: Sukumar — Image: Telugu Film Producers Council

Craft · 12 Sept 2026

New book dissects the architecture behind Sukumar's screenplays

Dr Praveen Yajjala's Screenplay Master - Sukumar studies the director's character psychology, structure and rooted storytelling.