Telugu cinema gears up for summer 2022 with revised plans

As the biggies ‘RRR’, ‘Radhe Shyam’, ‘Bheemla Nayak’, ‘Acharya’ and ‘Sarkaru Vaari Paata’ head to the theatres, the ride gets tougher for smaller films

Have you taken the new Telugu cinema release dates challenge yet? No kidding, but keeping track of the release date announcements and recalling which star’s film is scheduled to release on which date could well be a memory test. The third wave of COVID-19 played spoilsport to the release plans of films such as RRR in January; with things beginning to look up, fresh plans are being chalked out.

A few films are also toying between two dates. Director S S Rajamouli’s RRR, for instance, had announced its plans to release the film either on March 18 or April 28, depending on theatres reopening across the country, before zeroing in on March 25. Bheemla Nayak, Ghani and Ramarao on Duty have also announced tentative dates with plan A and plan B.

An official statement from the team of Ramarao on Duty, directed by Sarath Mandava and starring Ravi Teja, reads thus: “We love our film. At the same time, we have immense respect for other films. We slated Ramarao On Duty for release on March 25. But due to latest developments, we intend to release our film either on March 25 or April 15, 2022.”