Permit Room

Satyadev enters the Permit Room and talks about Rao Bahadur, acting with heavy prosthetics, actor's responsibility, meditation, risks, conditioning, fears, his co-actors, music, Venkatesh Maha, Mahesh Babu and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Intro2:37 - Acting with prosthetics and makeup7:14 - Responsibility of an actor9:42 - Meditating on set16:15 - Was Rao Bahadur a risk?19:30 - Acting with eyes27:16 - Ramappa’s conditioning33:00 - What was censored?47:14 - Process of conditioning52:55 - Ramappa’s fears55:43 - Lavana, Achari, Renuka, Achamma1:05:00 - Smaran’s music1:09:46 - Sync sound vs dubbing1:14:30 - Ramappa’s enemies1:17:22 - Feeling after success1:22:00 - Giving up Rao Bahadur1:24:51 - Confidence in promotions1:29:06 - Thanks to producers1:35:50 - How Satyadev helped Saran

Viraj Ashwin enters the Permit Room and talks about Baby narration, Viraj's role, if he was right, emotions in acting, being possessive, surviving TFI, acting school, short films, America, Spiderman and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Mindset during promotions3:14 - Baby narration8:22 - Is Viraj in Baby wrong?15:52 - Which emotion is tough to act?17:30 - Is he possessive?20:10 - Baby effected his career23:10 - Surviving in the industry31:51 - Marthan K Venkatesh’s edit advice33:55 - Audition stories41:36 - Importance of acting school55:21 - Short films1:02:30 - American movie story1:06:00 - First movie in theatre1:10:11 - Spiderman fan1:14:31 - Thank You Brother1:18:50 - Dream role1:24:42 - Gurthukosthunnayi1:26:13 - Drinking career1:29:50 - Movie recommendations1:32:43 - Four aspects

Virat Karrna enters the Permit Room and talks about his difficult childhood, studies, engineering life, movie fascination, becoming an actor, working out, diet, obsession with Prabhas, Jaya Janaki Nayaka, movie business, Nagabandham and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Promotions2:38 - Difficult childhood6:44 - Good student?11:05 - Movie fascination12:38 - Interest in acting18:58 - Satyanand acting workshop23:05 - Working out and diet30:17 - Seeing Prabhas for the first time32:17 - Jaya Janaki Nayaka34:28 - Prabhas obsession41:32 - Movie business45:05 - Working with Srikanth Addala49:10 - Dealing with a film not working54:50 - Nagabandham’s VFX59:58 - Support from TFI1:03:30 - What is success for Nagabandham?

Venkatesh Maha enters the Permit Room and talks about his personality, dealing with opposing views, hierarchy, industry, female perspectives, excitement for films, commerce, box office, writing process, comedy, villains, narrations, C/O Kancharapalem, Rao Bahadur and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Intro1:20 - What is his personality?7:20 - Dealing with differing opinions13:40 - Open to opinions17:47 - Hierarchy in industry21:34 - Female perspective26:07 - Sustaining excitement for a film30:00 - Struggles in every film33:44 - Commerce and box office for original films42:43 - Writing process50:39 - No writers block?55:18 - What is comedy?1:01:00 - Writing villains1:07:00 - Writing side characters1:15:31 - Does the industry change you?1:20:58 - Venkatesh Maha vs Ragadi1:24:39 - Characters represent your feelings?1:29:26 - Do narrations have improv?1:32:50 - Blockbuster but point isn’t understood1:35:07 - Great reviews but no one watches1:38:29 - Rural vs urban movies1:41:15 - Pressure of Kancharapalem1:43:50 - Definition of success1:47:39 - Watch Rao Bahadur

Harshith Reddy enters the Permit Room and talks about Kalki, Prabhas, getting picked by Raj Nidamoru and Samantha, being influenced by Nani, Vijay Deverakonda, Chiranjeevi, fan moments, social media and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Intro2:25 - How Kalki happened12:52 - Jinxing30:02 - Pandemic was good41:55 - Raj Nidamouru and Samantha choosing him45:08 - Nani, Vijay Deverakonda, Chiranjeevi48:52 - Replying to DMs1:05:30 - Singing1:15:48 - Relationships and Deewana1:23:55 - Web series vs movies1:30:00 - Drinking career1:33:26 - Comfort movies1:40:50 - Four aspects

Ahilya enters the Permit Room and talks about accents, Pondicherry, Auroville, freedom, studies, her inspirations, cinema, Shoojit Sircar, Nag Ashwin, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Sing Geetham and much more. Chapters: 00:00 - Accents with Ahilya3:07 - Hyderabad vs Pondicherry16:43 - What is freedom?28:02 - Food in ashram34:33 - What did she study?40:25 - Her inspirations43:21 - Cinema in her life46:05 - Content creation journey1:04:28 - Traveling 1:12:21 - Shoojit Sircar’s I Want to Talk1:32:10 - Sing Geetham1:48:49 - Andhra vs Telangana accent1:57:17 - Drinking career2:01:15 - Hostage films2:04:59 - Four aspects

Shalini Kondepudi enters the Permit Room and talks about promotions, Shubham, female friendships, female villains, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, being a DSP paglu, dysfunctional family, auditions, writing and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Are promotions fun?3:12 - Life after Shubham7:30 - Best female friendship movies16:09 - Female villains19:55 - Working with Singeetam Srinivasa Rao30:04 - DSP paglus35:48 - Favourite comedy47:01 - Dysfunctional family1:02:23 - Content creation1:08:05 - Does she want to direct?1:14:54 - Funny audition stories1:29:20 - Dealing with a bad day1:35:16 - Traveling 1:38:08 - Movie recommendations1:46:48 - Four aspects1:58:14 - Drinking career

BVS Ravi enters the Permit Room and talks about Shawshank Redemption, Rambo: First Blood and why they are classics that even influenced Telugu cinema.Chapters: 00:00 - How is he?3:48 - Topic of today’s episode4:43 - Protagonists talk very less10:16 - How they influenced Telugu cinema24:25 - Sympathising with the protagonists34:08 - Music in both movies44:53 - Hope 54:37 - Understanding the characters1:10:09 - Vulnerable heros in TFI?1:19:58 - External pain vs internal pain1:31:19 - Shawshank Redemption flopped?

Rathnavelu enters the Permit Room and talks about our new set, Peddi trailer, working on Peddi, meeting Sukumar, VFX breakdowns, why movies get delayed, shooting dual roles, music videos, rich visuals in Peddi, small vs big films, being a Peddi himself and much more!Chapters:00:00 - Rating our new set1:55 - Does he use phone for photos?7:47 - Peddi trailer10:22 - Meeting Sukumar16:32 - Why movies get delayed?28:56 - VFX breakdown34:26 - Born with talent?39:01 - Difficulty with dual role46:54 - Focused in shoot50:23 - Shooting music videos56:22 - Movie watching experience57:54 - Rich visuals in Peddi1:07:14 - Validation1:09:38 - Small film vs big film1:31:42 - Dolby, IMAX1:35:48 - Movie recommendations1:46:28 - Cricketer and Dhoni fan1:49:27 - Four aspects

Varun Reddy enters the Permit Room and talks about starting Permit Room Film Club, Psych SIddhartha, technicians, K Raghavendra Rao, why he's starting Permit Room Film Club, drinking career, risks, movie recommendations and much more!Chapters: 00:00 - Subscribe to Permit Room Film Club3:20 - Breaking down Psych Siddhartha13:12 - Smaran Sai’s music and Prateek’s edit16:55 - K Raghavendra Rao watched Psych Siddhartha?26:10 - Why Permit Room Film Club?45:44 - AI in movies1:00:41 - Risk taking in filmmaking1:20:38 - Common emotions in films1:44:19 - Excited for Permit Room Film Club1:46:10 - Drinking career1:48:21 - Movie recommendations1:52:00 - Four aspects