Indian cinemas have a vast reach throughout the world. The Telugu movie industry is the most popular among the locals.It is popularly known as Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Hollywood and Telugu. The Telugu industry is giving tough competition to the glamourous world of Bollywood too.
Telugu movies are most widely watched by people on every OTT platform, including Youtube. During the global COVID-19 Pandemic, Telugu movies have also gained a large number of views on Youtube, even surpassing the views of some famous Hindi music videos. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the home to Telugu movie Industry. Hyderabad has the largest 3D IMAX screens and the most attended cinema screens in the world. The Telugu movie industry started with producing short movies by RaghupathiVenkaiah, an Indian artist and filmmaker who traveled to most of the regions in Asia to promote the Telugu movie works; therefore, he is also known as the father of Tollywood. The industry started with silent Indian films and talkies. Today large numbers of successful Telugu language films are dubbed in other languages like Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, etc. KeeluGurram, a 1949 Telugu film, was the first Telugu film to be dubbed in Tamil and released as Maya Kudhirai. There are many Telugu actors whose works have been praised not only by the locals but also by foreigners. Some of the Telugu actors are Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, Vijay Devarakonda, Naveen Polishetty, Prabhas are some renowned actors who have won lots of hearts with their mind-blowing acting skills. Samantha Akkineni, Kajal Agarwal, Anushka Shetty, and Tamannah are some of the Telugu actresses who have achieved an immense fan base worldwide because of their enchanting beauty and sensational acting.
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NGK: NGK, abbreviated as NandhaGopalanKumaran, is a 2019 Action/Political drama Tamil language film. The film is directed and written by Selvaraghavan, produced by S.R.Prashanthsai and S.R.Prabhu under Dream Warrior Pictures, music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, and distributed by Reliance Entertainment. Suriya, Sai Pallavi, and RakulPreet Singh play the lead roles, while Devraj, Ponvannan, Nizhalgal Ravi, and Rajkumar play pivot roles. The film was released on 31st May 2019. It is the first Tamil film to be released in South Korea.
Suriya, as NandhaGopalanKumaran, a social worker, Sai Pallavi as GeethaKumari, wife of Kumaran, and RakulPreet Singh as VanathiThiagarajan, the love interest of Kumaran.
It was officially announced that the Telugu dubbed version of NGK would release on Aha App on 3rd April 2019. There is a huge fan base of Suriya in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Fans of Surya were much delighted to know about the release of NGK Telugu dubbed version on Aha. Surya’s performance in the film was praised by many. The critics pointed out that it was one of the best performances of Suriya. The movie showcased the distinguished versions of the actor inside him. It is the story of an educated do-gooder Kumaran who is an organic farmer living in a small village with his wife, Geetha, and his parents, forced to join politics to serve society. Some inevitable circumstances led him to join a political party where he met Vanathi. Vanathi helps him to climb to fame and acquire the Chief Minister’s position. He plans to kill his own family to gain sympathy votes.
The Telugu dubbed version of the movie NGK is made available on the Aha digital platform. Subscribe to Aha to watch Telugu movies online for free and ad-free.