What happened on the early hours of March 8th, 2014 to the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. What are the most convincing conspiracy theories that we had heard.

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043 - The missing flight MH370

Sandy and Chaitu talk about the recent OTT releases: JathiRatnalu, Uppena and WildDog. And as usual followed by their 'Pichaapaati' (read it in telugu)

047 - JathiRatnalu,Uppena,WildDog,Sollu

Greatest inventions ever are discussed in this episode. Chaitu and Sandy talk about the things they feel are the most helpful inventions in their lives. Things like USB cable and a pressure cooker are also considered as their best inventions.

048 - Greatest Inventions

048 - Greatest inventions

Raju Peethala from Cricbuzz joins us to discuss about how online Cricket commentary works. Raju also co-hosts a sports podcast called Cricket Nagaram along with his friend Rahul. Sandy and Chaitu had so many interesting questions about the commentary and inside facts which were never explored before.

049 - Raju Peethala from Cricbuzz

In this episode our hosts discuss about the recently released Telugu movie Narappa

051 - Narappa

052 - Narappa

Dokka Seethamma - She is an unsung hero who hails from Andhra Pradesh and had spent her most of her life serving food for poor people and travellers. In this episode let us learn about who she is and how come her photograph is still in a museum in England.

053 - Dokka Seethamma

Thaggedhele! Today we discuss about the stellar performance of Allu Arjun as Pushpa..PushpaRaj!

055 - Pushpa

In this episode we speak about the India's biggest blockbuster RRR directed by S S Rajamouli starring Ram Charan and Jr.NTR

058 - RRR

An unprepared episode is here. Pichapaati version of talk on various random topics happening in our lives. Mostly discussed about the cringe stuff that we consume on daily basis. Also spoke about Acharya movie, RadheShyam and KGF2. And also spoke about Telugu influencers we have today on various social media platforms.

059 - Maakishtamaina Cringe

In this episode, we talk about the history of Pizza, our favorite Pizzas and how did it became such a commercial success in every country.

061 - Pizza Pichi

In this episode we talk about our top 3 picks of Telugu movies of 2022 in different categories like Worst, Average, Best movies. Also introducing new categories this year like Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Actress and Best Actor

062 - 3 Top Telugu movies of 2022

Back after a long gap with our first episode in 2023. It is about BholaaShankar. We try to find the reasons why this movie failed. Is it because of miscalculations made by the director Meher Ramesh or is it about the choices that are being made by Chiranjeevi after his comeback. We also touch up a little bit on movies like Bro and Jailer.

064 - Ayyo Bholaa

It is all about the Indian Blockbuster of the year, Animal. We discussed about what went well and what went bad about this movie. How did Sandeep Reddy Vanga threw away into the trash about the notions everyone had about making a movie. Will this be a resurgence of new age film making in India?

063 - Animal

The resurrection of Prabhas after three back to back flops is here. In this episode we discussed about how Salaar initially seemed to be heading towards a disaster but then how Prashanth Neel uses Prabhas to head this move towards a blockbuster.

064 - Salaar Ceasefire

065 - Salaar Ceasefire

In this episode we talk about our top 3 picks of Telugu movies of 2023 in different categories like Worst, Average, Best movies. Also introducing new categories this year like Best Song, Best Dubbed Movie, Best Meme of the year

066 - 3 Top Telugu movies of 2023

All about how excited are we about Sankranthi 2024 movies. Especially after watching the trailer of Guntur Kaaram, we are recording this episode immediately to share our excitement with you. We have also discussed the recent comments from ManiSharma to offer him chances to make music along with Thaman. Also more about the other Sankrathi movies like Saindhav, Naa Saami Ranga and Hanuman.

067 - Guntur Kaaram hype, Manisharma, Sankranthi 2024

Discussed about the current season of combacks. Pawan Kalyan emerging as a game changer in Andhra Pradesh politics, Prabhas making a strong comeback through the blockbuster Kalki, Team India winning a world cup after a long wait.

068 - Comeback season - Pawan Kalyan, Kalki, T20 Champion India

Has Pushpa 2 lived upto the expectations? In this episode we discuss how it turned out to be and how Allu Arjun delivered a stellar performance.

069 - Pushpa 2

The most awaited episode of every year is here. The top 3 telugu movies of 2024. 

070 - 3 Top Telugu movies of 2024

All about the hype on They Call Him OG movie starring Pawan Kalyan, directed by Sujeeth Sign!

071 - The OG Hype

The very first episode from the new podcast channel - "The Tollywood Project". Sandy & Chaitu discuss about the latest movies Chi La Sou, Goodachari, Srinivasa Kalyanam, Geetha Govindam. Also they discuss about the curious case of Saaho's release.

001 - Pilot - Pichaapaati

As usual Chaitu and Sandy have many topics to discuss in this episode. They are devastated by the affect of floods in Kerala. So they talk about the help being offered by Tollywood celebrities and how Actor Navdeep has become a helping hand in crisis situations. 

They dive into discussing the movie of the week "Geetha Govindam". What is good and what is bad? Why Rahul Ramakrishna is such a revelation in telugu cinema.How did the Star power of Vijay Deverakonda helped this movie?

Sandy has mixed feelings on the teaser of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy and let us listen to what wondered and bothered him about the teaser.

Chaitu is excited about a movie that is based on a place from his hometown Vizag. C/o Kancherapalem a new age telugu movie which is going to release on September 7th. Listen to him about what he got to say about it!

002 - SyeRaaNarasimhaReddy ki Sye Sye!

This is a very special episode as part of Powerstar Pawan Kalyan 's birthday on September 2nd. An honest conversation between two fans of Pawan Kalyan. Chaitu & Sandy explore the sine wave form of situations they face as Pawan Kalyan fans.

003 - The Sine Wave of a Pawan Kalyan fan

As promised in the last episode, we are back with a special episode on BiggBoss Telugu. This time it is not just our regular hosts but there are three guests who are joining us to discuss the second season of this trending show. Prashy, Phani and Sai are here with us and they get into the skin of the show to explain what is happening around in this house of tremors. It is just the part 1 of our episode and there is more about the phenomenon of Kaushal Army in the part 2.

005 - Bigg Boss 2 Telugu Vishleshana - Part 1

Brought up in an asian country, we know very little about the outbreak of World War 1. It is exactly 100 years ago that the world war 1 had ended.  In this episode we explore about the great war that world had ever seen . What are the causes of this outbreak, which countries fight against whom?

011 - World War 1

2018 has been a great year for Telugu cinema. It has seen new age movies becoming successful with audience embracing this change. This year Tollywood has witnessed highly talented debut directors like Rahul Sankrityan of 'Taxiwala' or Maha Venkatesh of 'Care of Kancharapalem'. In this episode Chaitu and Sandy made a list of Top 5 Telugu movies of 2018 in the following four categories: 5 Worst movies, 5 underrated movies, 5 overrated movies and 5 best movies. These are purely personal opinions of our hosts and not a collective opinion of the general audience.

013 - 5 Top Telugu movies of 2018

In this episode our hosts Sandy and Chaitu speak with a young shutterbug - Praneeth Koduru who hails from Vijayawada is creating a sensation in photography in USA. He works in USA as an Energy engineer but his passion towards photography made him quite a wanted photographer at his place. Let us hear to this conversation with Praneeth where he explains what drove him towards photography and also patiently explains all the basic questions our hosts had about photography and cameras.

020 - Photography with Praneeth Koduru

In this episode we discuss about the evergreen comedy entertainer telugu movie named Jambalakidi Pamba. This gem of a movie from late EVV Satyanarayana garu which released back in 1992 still makes everyone smile even after 27 years. Chaitu and Sandy share their favorite comedy scenes and also revisit the dialogues from this movie. They will take us back to relive the experience of enjoying this movie. Reach out to them on twitter: @TeluguPodcast

022 - Jambalakidi Pamba

Singapore had always been a country of inspiration to many developing nations. It always stood as an example about how one can rise against all the odds no matter how small you are in terms of strength. Sandy and Chaitu discuss about the history of Singapore. What was the land called under the empire of Sri Vijaya kingdom. Who discovered this little island? How did British arrive here? Why did Japan invade it? How did Tamil became one of the national languages in this country? What are the funny laws in this country? Listen to the full episode to discover many such interesting things about this little country.

027 - Why Singapore stands out

Fascination towards old telugu movies drove us to make this episode on the classic blockbuster of all time - MayaBazar. Sandy feels this movie deserves a place among the top 5 all time best telugu movies ever made. A multistarrer having N T Ramarao, S V RangaRao, Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, Savithri alone explains the magnanimity of this movie. Marcus Bartley's cinematography is a magic till today. It still surprises many movie goers about how few sequences in this movie were shot during the ages where computers never existed. We discuss many fun facts about this movie like why NTR was not the first choice as Sri Krishna, how S V Rangarao dominates the whole show. Enjoy the show.

029 - Mayabazar

First part of this two part series on Elon Musk. In this first part we discuss about his childhood and how he became what he is today. Also on SpaceX, Musk's obsession over getting to Mars and his company Tesla.

032 - Elon Musk - Part 1

Continuing our discussion from our last episode on Elon Musk. This is the second part of it. In this part we discuss about StarLink, Solar City, Tesla cars and many more topics

033 - Elon Musk - Part 2

Sandy and Chaitu discuss about Sid Sriram's popularity in Telugu contemporary music. Also the controversy about not encouraging regional talent. We also have our favorite picks from Sid's songs. Listen to this episode about our take on it.

034 - Sid Sriram

In this episode Chaitu and Sandy share their experiences as a father to be in a labor room and later the challenges they had changing the diapers of the baby. Tune in to this episode to know how diaper changing has become an integral part of their daily routine

035 - Diaper changing club

Chaitu and Sandy start off 2021 with an episode on travel tips from their experiences. They also share their nostalgic moments from their travel diaries.

042 - Travel Tips

The Tollywood Project is a podcast started by a bunch of Telugu guys sharing our views on the latest happenings in our Telugu world. We are more interested to speak about the movies and also general current happenings in our Telugu states. You can tweet us at twitter.com/telugupodcast

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