This Valentine's Day, Telugu cinema steps beyond the usual romantic cliches. While re-releases like Orange and Surya S/O Krishnan promise a nostalgic trip, new films such as Laila and Brahma Anandam ...

Jathi Ratnalu director KV Anudeep’s latest film, Funky, is set in a bubble—the Telugu film industry, a world the filmmaker has immediate access to. The premise itself—where an emerging director falls ...