Image: Batthini Vinay Kumar Goud · CC BY-SA 4.0Craft · 18 Sept 2026They kept calling Pelli Choopulu a ‘small film.’ Then it rewrote Tharun Bhascker’s lifeTharun Bhascker said the industry’s treatment of his sub-₹1 crore debut nearly destroyed his confidence. The film ran 50 days, travelled in the US and turned the insult ‘small film’ into a commercial argument.
