Nenu Sitadevi 50days

Few called him a separate state visionary. Few called him a regional fanatic who created a wedge between Telugu people. Few called him a dictator in a democratic system. Others called him a protector of democracy with dictatorial approach. Few called him a fighting force, few called him a hasty man. Few called him a political genius. But for the 4 crore Telangana people, he was the charioteer with a goal… a great leader who made their dreams come true.

It didn’t matter as to who said what and who thought what, he simply went ahead with his movement. This is the history we witnessed and we are now witnessing the present. The moment three letters KCR became the address for Telangana movement, the entire nation began seeing a positive side in people’s movement.

After listening to the tales narrated by my father who was part of the Telangana agitation in 1969 and watching the incidents of current time, the director in me gave sleepless nights. I did some research in this angle and met the Telangana and Samaikyandhra activists separately. I had Goosebumps when I heard the way the likes of NTR, Chandrababu Naidu, YSR, Sonia Gandhi, Chiranjeevi, Lagadapati Rajagopal, Venkaiah Naidu, L K Advani and Pawan Kalyan understood the Telangana agitation.

I discovered that the kind of challenges KCR faced were on par with what Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King faced during their movements. As a filmmaker, I decided to bring this history onscreen. The shooting will commence on June 2^nd, 2017 the Telangana formation day and the film will release on February 17^th, 2018 on the eve of KCR’s birthday. The film will be produced by Raj Kandukuri on his home banner Dharmapada Creations.

– Madhura Sreedhar Reddy

To Produce Director Chandu Mondeti’s next after ‘Premam’ iDream Media , South India’s fastest growing Digital content and International distribution company is venturing into Movie production. iDream media will be producing their first feature film with Director Chandu Mondeti, after his upcoming coming of age Romance ‘Premam’ Starring Naga Chaitanya and Shruthi Hassan. Chandu Mondeti is one of the most promising young directors in Telugu at this time. He made his debut with the runaway supernatural thriller ‘Karthikeya’ starring Nikhil and Swathi. His second film is the remake of the Malayalam Blockbuster ‘Premam’, which is readying for Dussehra ‘2016 release in October. Sharing the news Chandu Mondeti said , I am happy that I will be directing iDream Media’s maiden film production. I have a long association with iDream media’s founders Vasudeva Reddy & Rajkumar Akella. Audience tastes are rapidly changing. The creative land scape has been going through major changes in the last few years. Digital media and Social media have become an integral part of the Movie marketing process. Overseas has become a major territory for Telugu movies. iDream Media has a solid presence in the Digital space and has a great understanding of the International distribution. They also have a young and passionate team. Like me they also believe in good, innovative content. I am keenly looking forward to working on this film. The movie will go on floors towards the end of this year. More details about the cast and crew will be shared soon. With over 1.5 Billion ( 150 Crores ) views on their network of YouTube channels, and over 1 Million (10 lakh) subscribers, 150 channels , over 15,000 hours of digital content (including over 2000 feature films) and making rapid strides in the OTT space, iDream Media is a household name in the Digital space, having operations in New Jersey and Hyderabad. Besides a huge library of Telugu & Tamil feature films, iDream has also commenced production of Original content across genres. While iDream is producing some exciting web series and also making a lot of short form content, iDream’s Celeb interview segments ‘Talking Movies with iDream’ and ‘Indian Political League (IPL) & Frankly with TNR have drawn wide attention. iDream media has also distributed several successful and high profile Telugu films across the globe. Victory Venkateh’s Drushyam, Gopichand ,Rakul Preet singh starrer Loukyam , Sravanthi movies & Energetic Star Ram Pothineni’s block buster family entertainer ‘Nenu Sailaja’ and Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Sardar Gabbar Singh’, which has seen an unprecedented day date release in 42 countries world wide, were some of the recent releases by iDream Media. In their previous analogue avtar , Team iDream had distributed several block busters including Mega Star Chiranjeevi’s Tagore,Stalin, Jai Chiranjeeva; Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Gudumba Shankar, Balu ABCDEFG ; King Nagarjuna’s Sri RamaDasu, Don, Super; Allu Arjun’s Arya , Happy, Parugu, NTR’s Kantri, Sekhar kammula ’s Anand, Godavari, Siddarth’s Nuvvosthanante nenoddantana.. Yeleti Chandra Sekhar’s Aithe, Anukokunda Oka Roju and so on across International territories both Theatrically as well through DVDs and Blue Ray Discs including Prince Mahesh Babu’s Athadu , Pokiri & the cult success Bommarillu.

Speaking on this occasion, Vasudeva Reddy Chinna , Founder & CEO of iDream Media said we are excited to produce Chandu’s next. Movie Production is a natural progression for us and also something that compliments our Digital content initiatives. These are exciting times for not just Telugu but Indian movie industry. The industry is witnessing a paradigm shift in not just the kind of content that is being created, but how it is being created and marketed. Chandu is a very talented director who strives to tell engaging and compelling stories and break new grounds, which is an approach, we believe in too. So we hope to offer something exciting to the audiences, through this project.