Tollywood Dreams

Lights....

Camera....

Action!

Tollywood came to our door recently! Tollywood, for those of you who do not know, is a take off on Bollywood. The nickname of the Hindi film industry. Tollywood is it's Telugu counterpart in Andhra Pradhesh, where they speak Telugu. Tollywood films are full of romance, violence, song, and dance. We took these pictures from our front yard because the movie company chose our neighborhood to film in. They invaded our streets about 7:00am with their vans, trucks and equipment. The extras filed into the courtyard of our next door neighbors, and sat on the ground to do each other's hair and makeup. The stars were treated a little better. They had a trailer parked down the block to wait in. They were also followed around everywhere they went, by little guys holding big, black umbrellas. The pretty lady you see is Trisha the heroine of our film, and her hero, pictured below is Nagarjuna. A big star here in A.P. It was fun to watch the process, and stare at the actors. To hear the director shout ACTION!, and know that when the movie comes out our house might just make it on screen. Nojo thought we shoul leave our laundry hanging out on the terrace just so we could show people our underwear when the movie came out. I vetoed that idea. By the end of the day word had gotten out and our securtiy guard were having a hard time holding the large crowd at bay that had gathered at our colony gate. Everyone around here was pretty star struck, and we can't wait for the release of the movie.