Venky Mama

It is when films like Manam and Venky Mama come along that you remember how almost every working male actor in Telugu cinema is related to each other in some way or the other. (Our working female actors on the other hand are from everywhere in the country except for the Telugu-speaking states, but that is another debate for another day.) The point here is, when so many of these actors are related to each other, merely casting some of them together is enough to guarantee a good opening day collection. And our directors seem to be well aware of it, too, if the recent trend of having real-life co....