Amaravati, the highly-hyped people’s capital of Andhra Pradesh, is witnessing some strange developments these days.
It looks like the gap between the Telugu Desam Party and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party in Andhra Pradesh is widening with every passing day.
Firebrand YSR Congress Party legislator R K Roja from Nagari assembly constituency in Chittoor is known for her innovative protests and aggressive comments at the ruling Telugu Desam Party and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
It has been more than three decades since M Venkaiah Naidu got into national politics. Having served as the BJP national president and Union minister for several years, he had to be in the national capital of New Delhi for a long time.
Governor E S L Narasimhan is understood to have got a dressing down from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for adopting a pro-Telangana Rashtra Samithi stand and looking down upon the opposition parties.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s attempt to create troubles within the Congress party in the state by planting a story in the media indicating that one of its MLAs is joining the ruling party has backfired.
Finally, the production team of Agnyathavasi, starring power star Pawan Kalyan, managed to get permission to run one special show of the film for a week in Telangana as well, after intense lobbying with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government.
Surprising as it might seem, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has become a hot favourite for backward classes in Andhra Pradesh, following his announcement that he would nominate two BCs, including a Yadav, for the Rajya Sabha seats, elections for which will be held in April.
It is now official. The Andhra Pradesh government issued an order (Memo No. 3829/General.A/A2/2017) on Monday, accorded permissions to the managements of theatres and multiplexes to screen special shows of Agnyathavasi on the eve of Sankranti festival from January 10 to 17 between 1 am and 10 am in the entire state.
The ugly war of words in social media between controversial Telugu film critic Kathi Mahesh and fans of power star Pawan Kalyan has provided a lot of fodder to some television channels, but political observers are trying to assess whether the controversy would benefit or damage the political prospects of the mega hero.
What is the reason for Kathi Mahesh targeting only Pawan Kalyan for the last few months, when there were several other actors whose films have triggered controversies or failed at the box office and many others who failed to achieve success in politics?
The Andhra Pradesh government headed by N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to have quietly issued an order allowing the theatres in the state to screen the forthcoming film of power star and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan -- “Agyathavasi” -- round the clock for the first one week.
Praveen Pudi is one the top and highly rated film editor in Tollywood and Chandra Bose is among the top lyricists in the industry. So talented is music director Mickey J Mayor, who has his own style in composing music.
The sudden call from Prime Minister’s Office to Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 12 came as a big surprise for the political circles in the state.
Film critic Kathi Mahesh is the hot news in the film and media circles these days. Reason is simple.
