News that will surprise you and make you laugh at us.

 

First, the news that will surprise you and make you laugh at us… Lalitha and I saw a movie in a theatre after a gap of over 5 years! And this comes from a couple who for 3 years, 1981-1983 saw a movie every Friday.

In 2017 we saw the popular Telugu movie FIDAA (in a theatre) especially as it was in Telangana dialect and shot mostly in Banswada/Telangana, and we loved the movie.

And after a gap of 5 years, we chose to see a movie at Prasad’s Multiplex yesterday, 29 October, because of the good reviews and as it was entirely filmed at Keradi, a place about 60 Km from Manipal where my brother and I studied for 5 years. It is based on local beliefs and traditions. Keradi village is in a forest area close to Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary. This film was made at a cost of Rs. 16 Crores in Kannada and Telugu (dubbed) and released on 30 September 2022. To date, that is within a month it has earned over Rs. 250 Crores!

The movie is KANTARA/కాంతార (Mystique forest), and we liked it, and hope you too will!