When was the last time a big ticket entertainer made hungama on silver screen? Probably in May 2nd week Balakrishna’s “Lion” and later Ram’s “Pandaga Chesko” are the two notable biggies we have witnessed. On a serious note, people in the two Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have forgotten about these movies and not in a mood to look at the catalogue of upcoming releases too. What’s wrong?
Probably the entertainment political circuits are offering each day are much realistic, sarcastic, funny and gripping that what writers like Kona Venkat are crafting for silver screen. Since Revanth Reddy’s arrest in connection with cash-for-vote scam, both AP and T are excited about each and every news-item being aired about the happening. They made audiences forget to have a tab on upcoming movies. Telugu people are now curious to find out whether this Revanth Reddy episode is a witch-hunting drama initiated by Telangana CM KCR or there is real truth behind it.
If evidences suggest Revanth a culprit, then how legal-bodies like Courts are going to change his political fortunes forever is the question here. When these two characters, Revanth and ACB are supplying with ample dose of entertainment, comments by KCR’s men to include Naidu in the case, and registration of FIR’s by politicians in Andhra region are giving comic relief. Scenes at Revanth’s house, as his daughter’s engagement is scheduled in next two days, are more sentimental than anything.
This political movie is stuffed with more comic scenes, twists, turns and suspense elements for the coming days. With politics administering a feast of excitement for audiences, what’s cinema for them? If this excitement isn’t enough, various political analysts are now using Cash-for-vote episode to fill columns with their analyses– some pro-KCR, some pro-TDP and some pro-People. These are like reviews that talk about many whole movie but can’t predict what box office numbers will be like.
Even Aarthi Agarwal’s death hasn’t pulled anyone towards movies except for the fact that they felt sad for half-a-day. Puri Jagan’s Jyothilakshmi and Dil Raju’s Kerintha are releasing this Friday, but they haven’t turned heads fully so far, such that people will leave politics, forget gluing to small screen and step into big theatres.