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FATAL ATTRACTION

Growing up in Warangal, Telangana, Sandeep Reddy Vanga and his brother Pranay Reddy Vanga were complete movie buffs. First-day first-show for a Chiranjeevi movie was the norm. “The fans used to make such a noise that it was hard to hear the dialogue. You just went for the experience,” he recalls. It was during the next few weeks when he had watched the film for perhaps the fifth time, that he understood what the film was about. But he’s clear that understanding the film didn’t matter as it was always about the star. The director says Chiranjeevi had a way of subtly breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the audience. “He’d be saying his dialogue and then look directly at the camera and say something with his eyes. You felt like he was speaking to you directly. That was the power he had.”

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