At last, some activity has begun in Film Nagar in Hyderabad. After 70 days of standstill of production work, Tollywood is gearing up for resumption.
Looks like the Tollywood is slowly coming out of the corona phase and starting to promote films.
OTT platforms are the go-to source for entertainment these days, given the lockdown regulations and filmmakers are making the most of the situation by releasing their films directly on OTT platforms.
As there is no scope for movie watching in theatres, the OTTs like Netflix, Primevideo, Hotstar, Zee5 and Aha have pulled millions of new subscribers in the past two months.
Actress-producer Anushka Sharma is over the moon with the raving reviews her debut web production Paatal Lok has received.
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who has established himself as the poster boy of content-driven entertainment in Bollywood, is happy that his work is being remade in the south.
Super hit reality show Bigg Boss Season 4 was supposed to be in the making by now. Star Maa Network decided to continue Nagarjuna as the host and has also shortlisted the potential contestants for this season.
Megastar Chiranjeevi was the first to call off his film’s shoot even before the Telugu film industry collectively took a decision to bring the industry to a grinding halt.
Films that have been stuck at the post-production stage are now looking towards OTT platforms.
Rana Daggubati, who got hitched to his girlfriend Miheeka Bajaj on Thursday, says that the grand celebration of his wedding depends solely on the world's situation.
Vehicular traffic has increased and the public movement has also seen a rapid raise in the last few days.
Slowly but surely, Tollywood is coming back to normalcy. Post-production works are about to resume and shootings might begin in the first week of June.
As there is an information from the unconfirmed sources that the film shootings can be started from June, many producers are busy scheduling the works.
It is not a big news to see Jyothika's film on OTT as her following is not on par with what she had 15 years ago.
Does talent have a ‘best before date? Does creativity wear out? What happens to imagination over a time? Do these things matter for the success and substance in filmmaking or is it just luck?