Chota TalkieZ - Small Industry Insider: 25 years of the Epic Blockbuster

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25 years ago, a young rebellious director made a film with now well known actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, who was a very well known for his blockbuster film Geetanjali, and nagarjuna was so

impressed with the directors skill and narration and he signed the film and after few days of release it was said to be a industry hit of time. and then it became a brand named as #RGV and the same film was remade in hindi with same name and same starcast.

Though Ramu was new comer and as he hasn't worked under any other director he won the best director award (Nandi Award). The film is cult action in mafia background which shows the power of students. First it was premiered at the 13th International Film Festival of India on January 19, 1990 at the Empire Theater in Kolkata, later upon release the film gained a good Word of Mouth on its release and became an instant hit, other than its awards the film was also added to the CNN-IBN's 100 greatest films of all time.

The music was given by the great Illaiyaraaja who was musical maestro of the times who was already an well established composer. the music was well appreciated in all languages and remakes, coming

to dialogues Tanikella Bharani and Iqbal Durrani have written dialogues for Telugu and Hindi versions of film respectively and it ruled masses and created a lot of buzz in crowds and the best part in the film when Siva(Nagarjuna) takes chain in an action sequence. even these days when people watch this film it gives everyone goosebumps when they watch that particular scene.

All said and done, with this film telugu film industry was divided into two sections, 1. Before siva and 2. After siva. Before siva occured it was only big films with big stars and big budget, but Ram gopal varma made it possible to for every aspiring film maker or actor or any film related person to start working on main films without any budget or limitations and now its been over 25Years and ramu is still inspiring people to make films.

Despite of his controversial comments on movies, directors and gods ramu keeps a low profile when he meets anyone in personal. Even this day of time, ramu guides a lot of young film makers to give it a try before ending up into a private or government jobs.

Here are few images of film on its 25th Anniversary.