| Jai Bolo Telangana | |
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| Directed by | N. Shankar |
| Screenplay by | N. Shankar |
| Story by | N. Shankar |
| Produced by | N. Shankar |
| Starring | Jagapathi Babu Smriti Irani Meera Nandan Sandeep Singh |
| Cinematography | T. Surendra Reddy |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
| Music by | Chakri |
Production company | Mahalakshmi Arts |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Jai Bolo Telangana (transl. Hail Telangana!) is a 2011 Telugu-language historical drama film based on the Telangana Movement, produced & directed by N.Shankar on Mahalakshmi Arts banner and Cinematography by T. Surendra Reddy. Starring Jagapathi Babu, Smriti Irani, Meera Nandan, Sandeep Singh and music composed by Chakri. Beginning with the 1948 movement against the annexing of Seemandhra region with Hyderabad into state of andhra pradesh, and the circumstances that arose since then, the movie covered the significant events until the tumultuous days at Osmania University in 2009. With the police beating up many peaceful Telangana agitators and Telangana people committing suicide for the formation of a separate Telangana state- all real life incidents. It also shows how politicians from seemandhra region have manipulated and bribed the media often.[1]
The film has won five Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, including the Sarojini Devi Award for a Film on National Integration,[2] and was screened at the 6th South Asian Film Festival, held in Goa during September 2011.[3][4]
- ^ Nanisetti, Serish (5 February 2011). "Everything for a cause - Jai Bolo Telangana". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
- ^ "2011 Nandi Awards winners list". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ Jai Bolo Telangana selected for South Asian Film Festival – Telugu cinema
- ^ "South Asian Film Festival begins in Goa | NDTV Movies.com". Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.