CHILLING w/ VARUN TEJ | EP #143

Make Your First Film: https://permitroomfilmclub.graphy.com/courses/MAKE-YOUR-FIRST-FILM-6a635de92e7d8d98c029f360Ananthika Sanilkumar enters the Permit Room and talks about her movie watching journey, hobbies, learning dance, school days, why she chose acting, landing roles, memories with Rajinikanth, scenes getting cut, Param Sundari and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Bethlehem Kudumba Unit and movie watching9:41 - Learning dance27:43 - Was she a good student?37:22 - Why acting?46:33 - Studying law 59:39 - Movie not releasing and scenes getting cut1:12:11 - Landing 8 Vasanthalu1:26:02 - Memories with Rajinikanth1:44:24 - Param Sundari 1:48:06 - Hypothetical questions1:50:23 - Movie recommendations1:54:53 - Four aspects

Make Your First Film: https://permitroomfilmclub.graphy.com/courses/MAKE-YOUR-FIRST-FILM-6a635de92e7d8d98c029f360Sumanth Prabhas enters the Permit Room and talks about Bonalu, Ganesh Chaturthi, college, his crazy friends, Nagaram, Sainikpuri, Mem Famous, Godari Gattupaina, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, manifestation, getting rich and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Bonalu and Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations8:55 - Crazy friend group34:40 - Nagaram, Sainikpuri40:39 - Making Mem Famous49:47 - Innocence of parents54:17 - Gap between movies1:01:24 - Why did he like Godari Gattupaina?1:11:58 - Networking in TFI1:21:59 - Validation1:27:22 - Manifestation1:42:19 - Money buys happiness1:46:07 - Hypothetical questions1:49:49 - Drinking career1:51:08 - Movie recommendations1:53:22 - Four aspects

Kittu Vissapragada enters the Permit Room and talks about his favourite song lyrics, some of his best lyrics, his lyrics writing process, movies he likes and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Songs being used in serials9:11 - Script for writing songs?16:15 - Writing for situations21:40 - BTS of Undiporadhey32:57 - BTS of Arere Manasa39:50 - Singers pronounciation 48:25 - Best lyrics1:43:06 - Audience perspective1:55:42 - Hypothetical questions2:02:19 - Movie recommendations2:13:28 - Four aspects

Sameera Bharadwaj enters the Permit Room and talks about performing in America, being a singer, stage fright, dealing with parents, influence of family, schooling, horror movies, dubbing, singing, AI, content creation and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - USA return6:55 - What is she recognised for?9:50 - Getting over stage fright 17:40 - Influence of parents24:12 - Building self-confidence30:00 - Schooling and childhood36:43 - Different climaxes in remakes44:30 - Horror movies52:06 - Ghost stories56:30 - Being calm on stage1:00:40 - Singing for us 1:05:45 - AI in music1:09:48 - Singing questions1:20:53 - Dubbing vs singing1:27:05 - Content creation1:35:13 - Hypothetical questions1:42:19 - Movie recommendations1:49:05 - Four aspects

Make Your First Film: https://permitroomfilmclub.graphy.com/courses/MAKE-YOUR-FIRST-FILM-6a635de92e7d8d98c029f360MS Raju enters the Permit Room and talks about Okkadu, Nuvvostanante Neddontana, Varsham, Nee Sneham, Manasantha Nuvve, Pournami, Paruchuri Brothers, Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Kodi Ramakrishna, Mahesh Babu, Prabhas, Uday Kiran, Tarun and many more TFI stories from the 2000s. Chapters: 00:00 - Filmmaking then vs now8:50 - Stopping Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana shoot10:57 - How did he select Prabhudeva?13:05 - Interest in music14:34 - Being a son of a producer21:22 - Difficulty of being a producer24:50 - Surviving 40 years in TFI28:35 - Dealing with a flop29:18 - Sobhan Babu’s advice34:25 - Manasantha Nuvve’s warmth39:42 - Paruchuri Brothers’ greatness42:57 - Problem with Vaana48:49 - Problems with Varsham54:05 - Magic of Varsham1:01:11 - Magic of Okkadu1:06:58 - Devi’s folklore and fantasy1:12:40 - Producer vs director1:14:02 - Friendship with Kodi Ramakrishna1:21:06 - Comedy in his films1:33:32 - Lyrics of Ghal Ghal1:43:13 - Bond with Mahesh Babu1:52:38 - Why stop after Maska?1:58:12 - Drinking career2:04:46 - Hypothetical questions2:07:17 - Movie recommendations2:07:52 - Four aspects

Make Your First Film: https://permitroomfilmclub.graphy.com/courses/MAKE-YOUR-FIRST-FILM-6a635de92e7d8d98c029f360Varun Tej enters the Permit Room and talks about promotions, childhood, screen presence, keeping himself sane, his acting process, Tholi Prema, fatherhood, if awards are real, dubbing for Aladdin, Korean Kanakaraju and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Promotions after injury6:16 - Do you miss childhood?16:10 - Keeping yourself sane26:20 - What is screen presence?29:55 - Does acting feel like a job?35:30 - Acting process41:53 - Why does he not play safe?48:18 - Tholi Prema53:28 - Fatherhood56:52 - Do awards matter?1:02:08 - Dubbing for Aladdin1:07:33 - Luxury of pushing shoot1:11:02 - Distractions on set1:15:47 - Switching off after shoot1:23:27 - Personal space 1:27:35 - Hypothetical questions1:34:13 - Movie recommendations1:37:52 - Four aspects

Make Your First Film: https://permitroomfilmclub.graphy.com/courses/MAKE-YOUR-FIRST-FILM-6a635de92e7d8d98c029f360Jai Krishna Ghattamaneni enters the Permit Room and talks about acting in his debut film, his normal childhood, studies, wanting to become an actor, becoming an actor, burden of his surname, not being on social media, being superstitious, people taking movies seriously, reviews and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - First time promoting6:49 - Childhood 17:03 - What was his trigger for acting?23:07 - First film he watched28:55 - Are we taking movies too seriously?38:31 - Acting school49:01 - Burden of film family56:00 - No social media1:00:21 - Audience changing1:05:03 - Being superstitious 1:18:45 - Acting process1:32:40 - Favourite Mahesh Babu movies1:44:00 - Hypothetical questions1:46:05 - Comfort films1:48:22 - Four aspects

Make Your First Film: https://permitroomfilmclub.graphy.com/courses/MAKE-YOUR-FIRST-FILM-6a635de92e7d8d98c029f360Sumanth enters the Permit Room and talks about awards, commercial meter, being a director's actor, Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, movies, jealousy, being on sets, Newton's Third Law and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - What do awards mean?3:50 - What is commercial?10:33 - Director’s actor19:20 - Odyssey35:20 - Character name movie titles43:02 - Phases of choosing scripts46:26 - Does he get jealous?54:13 - Balanced in set1:03:07 - Producer mindset1:10:45 - Newton’s Third Law1:18:02 - Movie watching habits1:24:45 - Social media1:26:58 - Hypothetical questions1:30:10 - Movie recommendations1:33:33 - Four aspects

Vamshi enters the Permit Room and talks about France, not watching movies, Instagram, Sing Geetham, comedy, writing, direction, Jathirathnalu, bhoothulu, auditions, prank calls, spirituality, Sadhguru, yoga and more.Chapters: 00:00 - Mansion House Boys memories4:30 - Shooting in France6:49 - Doesn’t watch movies13:39 - Acting in Sing Geetham23:54 - Wamce username25:48 - Intrusive thoughts in comedy33:52 - Why writing?38:03 - Advantages of being a director44:31 - Favourite joke in Jathirathnalu48:16 - What if Jathirathnalu released today?51:28 - Journey of a joke55:50 - Bhoothulu in comedy1:01:17 - Was he a good student?1:03:45 - Prank calls1:10:36 - Content creation1:21:50 - Auditions stories1:28:36 - Spiritual awakening1:42:08 - Hypothetical questions1:45:12 - Hostage films1:47:45 - Drinking career1:53:57 - Four aspects

Rag Mayur enters the Permit Room and talks about promotions, Rao Bahadur, his one rule, scripts, philosophies, premieres, America, balancing a job, fan encounters, indie, mainstream, Vijayawada and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Saran is in Anumana Pakshi2:45 - Transition in promotions7:13 - Rao Bahadur 12:57 - One rule of his 20:30 - Listening to script as an audience29:30 - Brahmaji’s philosophy33:49 - Problems with premieres?39:35 - Why return from America?47:20 - Balancing job and acting53:47 - Fanboying your heroes1:01:44 - Indie vs mainstream films1:05:53 - Working with great talent1:12:18 - Can he watch his own films?1:16:55 - Social media hate1:22:07 - Crazy fan encounter1:25:33 - Hypothetical questions1:29:25 - Movie recommendations1:33:53 - Four aspects1:38:20 - Anumana Pakshi1:48:15 - Vijayawada connection