Jai Bolo Telangana (2011)

Original title

aజై బోలో తెలంగాణ

Directed by

Nimmala Shankar

Genre

political film

Country

India

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on the Telangana movement, the film shows events from 1948 up to 2009 protests at Osmania University. It follows activists and citizens struggling for a separate state, including police violence and suicides by protesters. Real incidents are depicted to show the fight for statehood.

historicalpolitically chargeddramaticintenseemotionalpatrioticserious

What happens

Jai Bolo Telangana (transl. Hail Telangana!) is a 2011 Telugu-language historical drama film based on the Telangana Movement, produced & directed by N.Shankar on Mahalakshmi Arts banner and Cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy. Starring Jagapathi Babu, Smriti Irani, Meera Nandan, Sandeep Singh and music composed by Chakri. Beginning with the 1948 movement against the annexing of Seemandhra region with Hyderabad into state of Andhra Pradesh, and the circumstances that arose since then, the movie covered the significant events until the tumultuous days at Osmania University in 2009. With the police beating up many peaceful Telangana agitators and Telangana people committing suicide for the formation of a separate Telangana state- all real life incidents. It also shows how politicians from Seemandhra region have manipulated and bribed the media often. The film has won five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, including the Sarojini Devi Award for a Film on National Integration, and was screened at the 6th South Asian Film Festival, held in Goa during September 2011. The film was commercially successful at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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