Telugucinema.com
Type of site
Film news and reviews
Available inEnglish, Telugu
Founder(s)Prasad V. Potluri
EditorJalapathy Gudelli
IndustryInternet services
URLTelugucinema.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree/subscription
Launched1997
Current statusActive

Telugucinema.com is an entertainment website that features information, news, and reviews on Telugu films. It is the first website that was established on the internet focusing on Telugu film industry.[1] It is founded in 1997 by Prasad V. Potluri in Pittsburgh, United States.[1][2] The site is particularly known for its long-form articles on yesteryear film personalities, retrospectives of classic films etc. It is also known for its extensive archive of interviews with people related to Telugu cinema.

It features film news, reviews, box office collections, trailers, interviews, movie schedules, photo galleries and other features related to Telugu cinema.[3][4] The site is primarily monetized through advertising.[1] Telugucinema.com is considered to be among the most popular websites related to Telugu film industry.[1][3][4] The current publisher, editor, and chief critic of the website is Jalapathy Gudelli.[2]

History

Telugucinema.com is a website covering all things related to the Telugu film industry. It was founded by Prasad V. Potluri in Pittsburgh, United States in 1997.[1][2]

In 2006, the site was warned not to carry film reviews anymore. The reason being that the reviews posted on the website after the preview shows apparently affected the box office collections, according to distributors.[1] The website now has an extensive archive of film reviews.[5]

Features

Telugucinema.com is particularly known for its long-form articles on yesteryear film personalities, retrospectives of classic films, seminal events in the film industry etc. The site also features film news, reviews, box office collections, trailers, interviews, movie schedules, photo galleries and other features related to Telugu cinema.

Team

The current publisher, editor, and chief critic of the website is Jalapathy Gudelli, a journalist and film critic with more than 20 years of experience.[6][7][8] Sri Atluri and M Patnaik are other contributors to the site.[2]

Reception

In April 2006, Y. Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu called the website 'a big hit'. She also mentioned that the site has loyal visitors.[1]

Anjali Gera Roy, a professor at IIT Kharagpur, in her 2012 book The Magic of Bollywood: At Home and Abroad mentioned Telugucinema.com as one of the most successful sites devoted to Indian cinema in a particular language.[4]

Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai, an associate professor at Michigan State University, in his 2015 book Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema noted, "Sites like Telugucinema.com are doing an excellent job in creating a space for serious discussion on cinema".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (3 April 2006). "Log in, drink in the cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. Telugucinema.com is another site that is a big hit. This first Telugu film site established eight years ago by Prasad Potluri in Pittsburgh, has loyal visitors.
  2. ^ a b c d "About Us". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran (27 January 2015). Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema. SAGE Publications India. p. 18. ISBN 978-93-5150-212-8. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Roy, Anjali Gera (11 July 2012). The Magic of Bollywood: At Home and Abroad. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 978-81-321-1683-7.
  5. ^ "Reviews". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Jalapathy Gudelli". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Telugu cinema on the horns of a dilemma". The New Indian Express. 21 April 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ^ Adivi, Sashidhar (18 July 2019). "Is Vijay Deverakonda jealous of Kabir Singh?". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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