Episodes

  • RAVI BABU HATES PRE-RELEASE EVENTS!! | EP #101
    Nov 22 2025

    Ravi Babu enters the Permit Room and talks about paaducast, visual comedy, working on ads, Avunu, Avunu 2, movie ideation, ETVWin, pan-India cinema, hating movie marketing and pre-release events and much more!

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    55 mins
  • HISTORY OF TFI w/ NARESH | EP #100
    Nov 15 2025

    Naresh enters the Permit Room and talks about Permit Room memories, Jandhyala, EVV Satyanarayana, SP Balasubramanyam, Jambalakidi Pamba, cars, parties, female fan following, acting and much more!


    Chapters:

    00:00 - Permit Room memories
    01:56 - First memory that makes him smile
    09:19 - Always wanted to become an actor
    17:56 - Jandhyala
    27:45 - Black and white to colour cinema transition
    31:02 - Comic timing
    34:03 - Jambalakidi Pamba
    38:48 - Coming back from disappointments
    43:58 - Female fan following
    50:24 - Which character surprised him?
    59:57 - Making new directors comfortable
    01:09:07 - Working with ETV Win
    01:13:27 - Monitor check chesthara?
    01:15:54 - Appati party culture and ippati party culture
    01:22:16 - Populapette
    01:24:21 - Member questions
    01:39:38 - Four aspects

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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • RAJ TARUN 2.0 | FAME. FAILURE. FUN. | EP #99
    Nov 8 2025

    Ee episode lo Raj Tarun manatho super honest ga maatladadu. From Vizag memories and short film days to Uyyala Jampala fame and the time when things didn’t work out, he opens up about how he handled failures, rebuilt confidence, and finding fun through writing and stand-up.He also talks about his love for cinema, book recommendations, reacts to memes on himself, Chiranjeeva stories, and the movies he'll take as a hostage. Honest, nostalgic, and full of laughs – this is pure Fame. Failure. Fun.


    Chapters:

    00:00 - How are you?
    03:01 - Vizag memories
    10:37 - First film he watched in theatre
    12:39 - Short films journey
    23:10 - Not wanting to earn money from short films
    25:08 - First job in Hyderabad
    31:14 - Fame after Uyyala Jampala
    33:00 - Book recommendations
    39:07 - Does a film not working effect him?
    51:31 - Stand-up comedy
    01:09:47 - Does he follow reviews?
    01:16:43 - Meme reactions
    01:18:38 - Chiranjeeva
    01:23:22 - Comedy actors who make you laugh on set
    01:26:59 - How to write and narrate a script?
    01:31:16 - Hostage movies
    01:41:37 - Four aspects

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Dheekshith Shetty Telugu Podcast | Acting, Nani, Dasara, Auditions, The Girlfriend | EP #98
    Nov 8 2025

    Dheekshith Shetty enters the Permit Room and talks about Dia, serials, transitioning into movies, learning acting, importance of luck, being a lawyer, social media's influence, Dasara audition, narrations, scripts, Hyderabad being the city of dreams and much more!


    Chapters:

    00:00 - Dia movie climax
    04:17 - Serials to movies transition
    11:17 - How important is luck?
    20:57 - Gaining respect as an actor
    25:31 - Can you learn acting?
    31:00 - Did his parents support his career?
    35:06 - He’s a lawyer?
    42:10 - Clashes with director
    46:41 - Social media influencing acting
    05:18 - Hyderabad is the city of dreams
    59:40 - Dealing with gap between shoot and release
    01:10:38 - Dasara audition
    01:18:54 - Reading the script or narrations
    01:23:36 - Chatgpt facts
    01:42:27 - Member questions
    01:47:20 - The Girlfriend
    01:51:12 - Winning an award
    01:54:53 - Book recommendations
    01:56:21 - Four aspects

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    2 hrs and 4 mins
  • Rahul Ravindran On The Girlfriend, Writing, Rashmika Mandanna & Much More! | EP #97
    Nov 1 2025

    Rahul Ravindran enters the Permit Room and talks about being positive, his current headspace, dubbing for Power Rangers, writing The Girlfriend, making a film interesting, Vennela Kishore, Rashmika Mandanna, Dheekshith Shetty, a possible Chi La Sow sequel and much, much more!


    Chapters:

    00:00 - Intha positivity ela?
    04:10 - How is his headspace ippudu?
    09:35 - Dubbing for Power Rangers
    25:28 - Ala Ela
    28:18 - The Girlfriend writing process
    38:20 - How to avoid making a conversational film boring?
    56:19 - Amplifying emotions in a genre
    01:01:05 - Breaking audience’s conditioning
    01:09:11 - Weirdest place he got an idea
    01:10:27 - Member questions (surprise Chi La Sow 2 narration)
    01:47:13 - How did social media effect relationships?
    01:57:26 - Working with Rashmika Mandanna and Dheekshith Shetty
    02:01:34 - Four aspects

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    2 hrs and 13 mins
  • ACTOR AVVALANTE IDHI CHUDANDI w/ CHAITANYA RAO | EP #96
    Oct 25 2025

    Chaitanya Rao enters the Permit Room and talks about his current mindset, if he's an introvert or extrovert, friends in the industry, living in Uppal, camera mundhara kashtalu, auditions kathalu, living in Australia, parents reaction to him acting, 30 Weds 21, drinking career and much more!


    Chapters:

    00:00 - Mindset ippudu ela undhi?
    03:40 - Introvert or extrovert?
    13:58 - Friends in the industry
    17:20 - Uppal, Karkhana kashtalu
    27:06 - Camera mundhara ela edavali
    37:01 - Auditions ela crack cheyyali
    54:31 - Social media networking
    1:28:36 - Funny audition stories
    1:40:29 - Parents reaction to career shift
    1:46:14 - Siggu pakkanpettali
    1:57:06 - Did living in Australia help?
    2:07:16 - Disappointing experience in Vakeel Saab
    2:19:41 - 30 Weds 21
    2:26:18 - Drinking career
    2:35:55 - Four aspects

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    2 hrs and 44 mins
  • Yukti Thareja On Emraan Hashmi, Auditioning, Mumbai, K-Ramp, Marco & Much More | EP #95
    Oct 18 2025

    Yukti Thareja enters the Permit Room and talks about Hyderabad, Haryana, being a great student, becoming a model, landing Lut Gaye, meeting Emraan Hashmi, auditioning, overthinking, differences in work cultures in different industries and much more.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Astrology, Spirituality, Acting & More w/ Raashii Khanna | EP #94
    Oct 11 2025

    Raashii Khanna enters the Permit Room and talks about speaking great Telugu, reads Saran's 2018 DM, schooling, spirituality, karma, meditation, astrology, belief, middle class mentality, acting process and much much more!


    Chapters:

    00:00 - Do promotions work?
    10:19 - She speaks great Telugu
    11:52 - Does she take reviews seriously?
    15:56 - Does she watch movies in theatres?
    23:14 - Saran’s DM to Raashii in 2018
    26:25 - Street food and vegetarianism
    31:35 - School and discipline
    39:37 - Spiritual education
    46:38 - Karma, meditation and praying
    57:24 - Astrology and negativity
    1:09:25 - To a point of delusion I have believed that I will make it in life
    1:11:42 - Middle class mentality
    1:14:14 - Perception of industry after entering the industry
    1:21:37 - Difficult emotions to act
    1:28:51 - Chemistry with actors
    1:33:35 - Which actor surprised her the most?
    1:40:40 - Member question
    1:48:18 - Any difference in being directed by a woman?
    1:55:53 - Books and movies to Mars
    2:04:48 - Four aspects
    2:07:08 - Telusu Kada
    2:08:21 - What did Saran think of the conversation?

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    2 hrs and 12 mins