876 WE DO NOT NEED ROBBERS WITH CHECKED-LUNGIS, PATTA-BELTS TO THEIR WAIST, WITH KNIVES PIERCED INTO THEIR CHEEKS, CURLED HAIRSTYLES, TO ROB PEOPLE!!!

Though this particular blog post, prima facie appears to pertain to Telugu (spoken by 100 million people globally) film industry, India, the problem of atrophy and decay persists in almost all languages of the world, in almost all countries. The current rot and atrophy in Telugu film field, is robbing Telugu people all over the world, of their hard-earned millions of bucks and Rupees. Context and Trigger: On the occasion of Sankranti festival (Jan. 14, 2017, the day on which Sun enters the Constellation Capricorn, in its Northern journey towards the Line of Cancer 23 degrees North of equator), two top stars of Telugu film industry are releasing their 100th and 150th films with much noise and visual pollution. The extremities of propaganda and publicity they are resorting to, spending millions of bucks, indicates that they are too nervous and timid. Both the stars, Shri Chiranjeevi, and Shri Balakrishna are established stars with several years of experience and standing. Both are politicians. Shri Chiranjeevi is a former Union Minister of State for Tourism, during the UPA-2 Rule. Shri Balakrishna is the brother-in-law of Present Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu. Mr. Balakrishna is also an M.L.A. (Member of Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly).

KHAIDI NO. 150 (PRISONER NO. 150), robs Rs. 1000 million from the crazy brainless youth of Andhra Pradesh

Shri Chiranjeevi's Khadi Number 150 released with much fanfare in 1404 screens all over the world. In Rupee terms also, the film is said to have raked upto Rs. 1 billion (Rs. 100 crore). The film also claims to have grossed in United States of America itself a million Dollars. Our Mega Star Hero forgets that he is a Former Union Minister, forgets that he has to act with grace and dignity vis-a-vis his past preachings to people, dances to lewd dances. We need not say, that Telugu film fights like their Tamil and Hollywood counterparts will be unrealistic. The film is said to be a remake of the Tamil film by name "katti" (knife). Chiranjeevi plays a double role of 1. katti Seenu (villain-dress hero carrying a knife) and 2. Shankar, a do-gooder Anantapur District villager who is on a mission to make a representation to media and judiciary in Hyderabad.

GOWTHAMI PUTRA SATAKARNI

Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna is a Telugu Desam Party M.L.A. from Hindupuram Constituency which incidentally is in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh.

This film is also reported to be releasing in about 1000 screens globally. The producers and director also may be expecting to make another billion Rupees, a la Khaidi No. 150.

Story: Gowthami Putra SAtakarNi was a Satavahana Dynasty Emperor, who ruled a substantial part of India, during the 2nd Century A.D., with dhAnyakaTakam as Capital (DharaNikota-Amaravati, Guntur District, near the Capital Region of the Andhra Pradesh State). There is much historical haziness about the indepth quality of rule of the Satavahana Rulers. Telugu People take pride, in the glory of the Satavahana Rulers, who are also known as "Andhras", the words 'Andhra' and 'Telugu' almost used both for language and the region, synonymously. Like his father, Late Mr. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Balakrishna may be ambitious to carve a niche in folk, historical, and mythological films. The film can generate mother sentiments, because Satavahana Rulers prefixed their names with the names of their mothers. Father of Shri Balakrishna, introduced a romantic song, for a negative character like Duryodhana, in his film Dana Vira Sura Karna. Likewise, Mr. Balakrishna can also go with some romance for the warrior king Gowthami Putra Satakarni.

Producing folk - historical - mythological films is not easy. Cumbersome. Expensive. Whatever be the quality of the film, we must congratulate Mr. Balakrishna for his courage and adventurism, in a selecting a rare subject.

WHY 1404 SCREENS? WHY 1000 SCREENS? WHY SO MUCH PROPAGANDA?

Why the Heroes, producers and Directors are so timid?

WE DO NOT NEED ROBBERS WITH CHECK-LUNGIS, PATTA BELTS TO THEIR WAIST, WITH KNIVES PIERCED INTO THEIR CHEEKS, CURLED HAIR, TO ROB PEOPLE!

As an after-effect of demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes in India, people are going through tough times, owing to shortage of hard cash. When films are produced with huge outlays, the producers become nervous and also villainish. As distributors buy the films with astronomical sums, they sell/rent out to the Theater owners at high rents. Consequently, hiking the official ticket prices, and black-marketing becomes rampant. For example, a balcony ticket of Rs. 80, The official ticket price is reported to have been hiked to Rs. 250/-. So, if a family of a couple and their two children, have to see both the films, the family has to shell out 250 x 4 x 2 = Rs. 2,000 + auto expenses, petrol expenses, parking charges, soft drinks, popcorn, pea nuts etc. will take the expense to Rs. 4,000/-. Apart from expenses of Rs. 4,000 for going to the films, the Sankranti Festival expenses for eatables, clothes, etc. will be another Rs. 5,000/- per family. There are also reports that at many places a single balcony ticket officially of Rs. 250/- has been sold for Rs. 2,000/- (nearly 8 times more).

then there will be betting on cock-fights, which will cost another Rs. 1 billion for Telugu land.

Bus Operators all over the State, have started charging astronomical amounts for bus journeys,to extort from the people. This will also be in millions.

ARE THE PRODUCERS, DIRECTORS, HEROES AFRAID THAT THEIR FILM WILL NOT GO TO THE SECOND DAY?

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744 Film producers, distributors, directors do not spend private money when they shot in Morocco! It is public money they are wasting.

Gautamiputra SAtakarNi, under production, with Shri Balakrishna as Hero, is a Historical film. Time of the happenings of the historical events may be sometime between 2nd Century B.C. to 2nd Century A.D. Gautamiputra SAtakarNi was a SAtavAhana Emperor. For sometime, his Empire is believed to have spread upto Ganga River, Magadha Kingdom, and PATaliputra -the former Capital of Maurya Emperor Ashoka. Satakarni might have expanded his Empire to satisfy his Imperial Greed, by invading several kingdoms in Central India. In the process, he might have initiated and participated in several battles and wars across the length and breadth of India.

What is there for Telugu people to take pride in it? Besides, filming any historical narrative, at least as far as Telugu film distributors, producers, directors and heros are concerned, involves murdering the story to the best of their abilities, to satisfy the egoes and marketing superstitions of all of them.

Another important thing, which not only Telugu people, or Indians, but every human on this Earth should ponder over seriously is the amounts wasted on shootings at distant places. We can understand if a French film, relating to French colonialisation of Gambia or Senegal is shot in Morocco, or an English film relating to slave trade is shot in Cameroon or Sierra Leone or Morocco.

What Gautami putra SAtakarNi has got to do with Morocco, or North West Africa? Why they are spending public moneys to satisfy their own fancies, frills, and idiosyncracies? It is reported in Media that they have already spent Rs. 80 million for making travel and other arrangements to take up the shooting in Morocco! It is also reported that several tons of battle-war related material has been despatched to Morocco! It has also been reported that they are going to hire 800 persons in Morocco to take part in the shooting. It appears that Media has been told that the locals of Morocco have faces and bodies similar to Indians!

There are hundreds of places in India which can serve as battle grounds in film shootings. Besides, shooting in Indian locations will generate some employment to local people.

Question: When the producers, distributors are spending their private money why are you worried?

Ans: Nobody will invest personal monies in risky ventures. Producers and distributors may borrow monies from Banks. And if the Banks refuse to lend directly for film production, loans taken for productive purposes in the name of other Companies will be diverted to film production. It is how, billions of Rupees have been diverted from Banks into risky, speculative, unproductive ventures like Film production, Cricket betting, Real Estate, and what not. To give a live example, when Mr. Vijay Mallya borrowed thousands of crore from NINETEEN BANKS, and went on a spending spree, everybody praised him as a dynamic hero. Was it the private money or the public money did he spend?

Criminal Mafias and Money Launderers have become active partners in rotating funds in the film industry. No wonder, we find that directors are beaten up demanding refund of fees. Harder days we are yet to see. Hence it will be childish to say that producers, directors, distributors invest their private moneys. ONLY gullible FOOLS will believe it. This CRAZE for shooting in foreign locations has exacerbated after 1991, when Government of India started getting foreign exchange reserves by inviting foreign investments, distributing thousands of acres to foreign MNCs @ Rs. 1 per acre, liberalising or neglecting labor laws and making Indian laborers slaves of foreign MNCs. On the one side, India's Companies are going into foreign hands, and on the other hand, foreign exchange hard currencies mobilised with great difficulty are being squandered in lavish expenditure abroad such as film shootings, import of luxury cars etc. Our Kings-of-frog rulers believe that foreign investors will never withdraw their investments! Not correct! Someday, foreign investments will be taken back, and fresh investments may not come.

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