Permit Room

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...

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 eye...

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...

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 wo...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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 charac...

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...

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 w...

Vimal Krishna enters the Permit Room and talks about AI, Superstar Krishna, being a Mahesh Babu fan, wanting to be an actor, how he became a director, writing DJ Tillu, Siddu Jonnalagadda, Trivikram's guidance, if Siddu got more credit than him and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Coming back after 3 years4:09 - AI troubles7:28 - Superstar Krishna story21:20 - Favourite Mahesh Babu movie22:58 - Ac...

Ravi Babu enters the Permit Room and talks about the film industry, not understanding music, USA vs India, Indian action movies, gets Saran to punch him, working with Suresh Babu, Razor, Sylvester Stallone and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 1:11 - Film industry takes itself seriously 13:20 - Ninne Ninne Kora vs Mere Haath Mein 18:46 - Good student 19:57 - USA vs India 23:03 - Problem with Indi...

Faria Abdullah enters the Permit Room and talks about finding a niche in art, growing up in Hyderabad, how education helped her, working in theatre, differences between plays and cinema, manifestation, books, how FTII rejected her, Jaathiratnalu and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Saran and Faria’s reel 5:32 - Dubbing in JETLEE 9:49 - Rapping, dancing, painting, acting, writing, directing 17:57 - Gro...

JD Chakravarthy enters the Permit Room and talks about Siva, Hyderabad, nostalgia, being a film buff, Malayalam movies, Money, direction, RGV, being in a Satya hangover, irrelevance and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Saran’s connection to Siva 3:00 - Did Hyderabad change? 11:34 - Film buff 16:26 - Working in Malayalam movies 27:48 - Money and Money, Money 42:20 - Hit vs flop 46:45 - Anaganaga Oka Ro...

Thiruveer enters the Permit Room and talks about tensions during a movie release, going from character roles to lead roles, industry discouragements, insecurity about acting, greatness of KK Menon, watching Hindi movies, funny bargaining stories, parents accepting his career, Papam Pratap and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Release tensions 8:07 - Selling character roles 18:06 - Discouraged by auditi...

Srinath Maganti enters the Permit Room and talks about men's skincare, how his career is going, ego, self confidence, English, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Tharun Bhascker, Venky Atluri, Ranbir Kapoor, dreaming big, drinking career and much more!

Niharika Konidela enters the Permit Room and talks about being blessed to be stressed, Pink Elephant turning 10, Committee Kurrollu, judging a script, being a producer vs an actor, her next production with her brother Varun Tej, managing costs, talent, stage fear, Rakasa and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 1:18 - Blessed to be stressed 2:36 - Pink Elephant turns 10 8:30 - Committee Kurrollu 15:...

Harish Shankar enters the Permit Room and talks about his headspace right now, controversies, being a good student, fan of cinema, improvisation, theatrical plays, being an AD, self confidence, Ram Gopal Varma's Shock offer, Kona Venkat's writing, VV Vinayak helping him, Trivikram's greatness and much more! Chapters: 0:00 - Headspace right now 4:16 - What Does He Think of Controversies...

Samuthirakani enters the Permit Room and talks about positive energy, his directorial movies, writing and directing process, working on serials, working under K. Balachander, directing then vs now, serials vs webseries, Telugu audience, Rajamouli, Vetrimaaran, Trivikram, coining Natural Star for Nani and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Positive energy2:54 - Interesting topics in his directorials7:00...

Dr. Rajashekar enters the Permit Room and talks about Idhemitamma Maya, Gotila Factory, why he became a doctor, his father being a police officer, feeling of success, operation stories, Sai Kumar, Biker, acting process and much more. Chapters:00:00 - Intro2:50 - Idhemitamma Maya & Gotila factory7:00 - Why did he become a doctor?11:21 - Son of a police officer & medical stories18:47 - No bu...

Saanve Megghana enters the Permit Room and talks about how good Saran is, Prabhu Deva, Tharun Bhascker, Allu Arjun, Chiranjeevi, Sai Abhyankar, Manikandan, Vizhi Veekura, doing a special song in Naveen Polishetty's Anaganaga Oka Raju, Virosh, her favourite movies and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Saran facts 4:18 - Dancing with Prabhu Deva 20:42 - Great expressions 26:46 - Bhavans & St. Fra...

Sivaji enters the Permit Room and talks about luck, if he wanted to be an actor, being an editor, working with Trivikram, his own lead movies, dubbing, Valentine's Day, Mangapathi, his comfort movies, why he doesn't drink and so much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Is luck important? 9:27 - Did he want to be an actor? 14:55 - Editor in Gemini TV 21:08 - First movie with Chiranjeevi 25:42 - Working...

Sree Vishnu enters the Permit Room and talks about Venkatesh, stress, observation skills as an actor, Vennela Kishore, Single, dubbing, comedy, memes, tough emotions to act, Swag, Venu Udugula's friendship, being an introvery, shy, realing his potential and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 1:16 - Can two movies with the same lead release on the same day? 5:39 - Meeting Venkatesh 8:21 - Obser...

Shivani Nagaram enters the Permit Room and talks about growing up in Lower Tank Bund, movies she liked recently, being a singer, being a dancer, working with Mouli, Suhas, Little Hearts, marriage, supportive parents, friendships, Hey Bhagwan and much more! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 2:11 - Living in Lower Tank Bund 4:57 - Movies she liked recently 7:30 - Singer and dancer 20:17 - How did she land Amb...