Golden Globe’s Special Writeup On Telugu Cinema

True that RRR has opened many doors for our Indian cinema in the Western world, otherwise it was just the Bollywood that is known as Indian cinema to the other side of the world. RRR won a Golden Globe Award and now they know that Indian cinema is not just Bollywood, there is much more to it but being ignored for decades.

Terming Tollywood as the largest in box office grosses in India, the story says the media consulting firm Ormax estimates that Tollywood grosses $212 million last year while Bollywood made $197 million.

In a special writeup about South Indian cinema, especially Telugu cinema, Golden Globe mentioned the box office numbers, business, Guinness records, and many more. The article brings up the history of Telugu cinema from 1921’s Bhishma Pratigna, the first talkie in 1931 Bhakta Prahlada, Hyderabad film studios, NTR, Chiranjeevi, Brahmanandam and SS Rajamouli.

In a special mention about RRR, of course, the Golden Globe details the budget, actors NTR and Ram Charan, International, and local reviews, and its collections worldwide. The writeup not just praises Rajamouli’s previous hits Baahubali 1 and 2, but also accolades Sukumar’s Pushpa, Prabhas’s Saaho, Trivikram’s Ala Vaikuntapurramulo, Mahesh Babu’s Dookudu.

Golden Globe Awards did not forget to mention Anaganaga O Dheerudu, a fantasy film that was co-produced by Disney in 2011, and was one of the first in India.

‘As India continues to grow as a film market internationally and domestically, with the rise of streaming platforms its regional language cinema will also grow exponentially, with Tollywood leading the charge’, the editorial concludes.

Check it out here – https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/tollywood-telugu-cinema-india