As #NinnuKori, a touching love story, clocks 6 years today, a thread (1/36) on its origin, the stories behind the popular campfire sequence in the 2nd half n the title track that comes in the opening credits.
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#6yearsforNinnuKori 1) Before Ninnu Kori, Shiva Nirvana had directed a couple of short films–One More Smile and Love Algebra.

The latter was watched by Shiva Thorlapati, an NRI and a dance choreographer who was pretty close to writer Kona Venkat.

As #GudumbaShankar headlined by @PawanKalyan clocks 18 years today, a look at its birth, what went behind-the-scenes, casting Ashish Vidyarthi, the story behind the blockbuster soundtrack n much more…
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A 🧵 (1/41) 1)Initially, Veera Shankar worked on Tiger Sitharamudu for Pawan.

It would’ve seen the actor in the role of a guide. The story had a US backdrop.

It was even launched with Shriya Saran as the heroine.

But then Johnny’s result had a bearing on it.

Tholiprema, a timeless love story, which gave @PawanKalyan enormous following among youth, clocks 24 years since release 2day. A thread (1/31) at how Karunakaran met Pawan to narrate the story, some behind-the-scenes moments, Pawan’s generosity and more…
#24yearsforTholiprema 1) Karunakaran was an assistant director to Kathir on the BO smash Premadesam.

After its release, he wrote Tholiprema, and was on the lookout for a new guy to lead it.

One day at a paan shop in T Nagar, Chennai, he spotted the eyes of the power star on a magazine cover.

10 years of box office smash #GabbarSingh calls for a celebration, right? Here’s a thread (1/30) on the back story of the film, origin of 2 most popular numbers, Pawan’s advice to Harish and much more...
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#10YearsforGabbarSingh 1)When Harish Shankar explained Shruti Haasan’s introduction scene to DSP in detail, the tunesmith straight away started humming the tune of Aakasam ammai aithe….

Lyricist Chandrabose took almost a month to pen it down.

Everybody’s favourite, #Santosham, completes 20 years today. A thread (1/29) on how Dasaradh landed it, some behind the scenes moments, signing on Farah Khan for a dance number n much more...
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#20yearsofSantosham
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@directordasarad
@Gopimohan 1)Initially Durga Arts green-lit Dasaradh’s debut project with someone else.

Around the same time, both KL Narayana and S Gopal Reddy were looking for a suitable story to start a project with Nagarjuna.

One of Venky’s most loved-films, Preminchukundam… Raa celebrates its silver jubilee today. A thread (1/43) on how Jayanth landed the script, his improvisations on sets and what went behind-the-scenes.
#25yearsofPreminchukundamRaa
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@SureshProdns 1)Jayanth C Paranji was initially working on a mass masala script with a lot of action and dash of romance for Venky but he was unhappy with it.

At the same time, a senior director was narrated Preminchukundam… Raa! script by writer Deenraj; it was for Venky as well.

3 years for #Nani and #ShraddhaSrinath-starrer Jersey. Good time to know how the story took shape on paper, what went behind the making of the much-revered railway station scene and much more. #3yearsofJersey
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@ShraddhaSrinath 1)In general, society glorifies success stories through news articles, books, movies or through other forms but there are others who are equally good but situations force them to take a different step.

Their percentage in the society is higher than those of successful people.

The much-loved #Aithe—a seminal film in the landscape of Telugu cinema— clocks 19 years since release today. A look at its birth, what went behind-the-scenes and the woes the unit had to face in the run up to the release. #19yearsofAithe
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@yeletics @ActorShashank 1)Chandra Sekhar Yeleti wasn’t particular about directing the story of Aithe alone for his debut feature after a successful gig with Amrutham.

He had 2-3 storylines with him but as he was a first-time director, he had to make low-budget movie