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nani portrait — Image: Film Companion South · CC BY 3.0

Box office · 18 Sept 2026

Dasara tested a new ceiling for Nani — and the box office moved it

Nani paired the biggest production of his career to that point with a first-time director. Dasara crossed a producer-announced ₹100 crore milestone and Genesis records ₹118.50 crore worldwide gross from Sacnilk for the theatrical run.

s s rajamouli portrait — Image: Dani Charles Silverscreen Media Inc. (https://silverscreen.in) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Craft · 18 Sept 2026

How do you direct a hero who is not on set? Rajamouli’s Eega problem

Eega’s premise was simple: a murdered man returns as a fly. Making the fly behave like a lead actor forced Rajamouli and his crew to rebuild how they shot, edited and reacted to a protagonist that did not physically exist.

mrunal thakur portrait — Image: https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/ · CC BY 3.0

Careers · 18 Sept 2026

Mrunal Thakur thought Sita Ramam would be her first and last Telugu film

Language difficulty nearly pushed Mrunal Thakur away from Telugu cinema. Instead, Sita Ramam gave her the repeat audience she said she had been missing — and led to more Telugu work.