Our hosts react to the music video for "Pakka Local", an Indian Telugu-language song from the 2016 movie Janatha Garage, starring Jr NTR, Kajal, Samantha and Mohanlal.
About Janatha Garage:
Janatha Garage (transl. People's Garage) is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Koratala Siva, produced by Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar, and C. V. Mohan under their production house Mythri Movie Makers, and distributed by Eros International. The film stars Mohanlal, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Samantha, and Nithya Menen while Sachin Khedekar, Unni Mukundan, Devayani, Sai Kumar, Suresh and Ashish Vidyarthi play supporting roles. The plot revoles around Sathyam (Mohanlal) and Anand (Jr. NTR) an environmental activist. Anand is recruited by Sathyam, who operates a large automobile service center named "Janatha Garage" and undertakes law enforcement through his group of automobile mechanics, because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.
The film marks the first collaboration of Jr. NTR, with Siva and also marked Mohanlal's third Telugu film. In August 2015, Siva accepted to direct Jr. NTR after the reception of his film Srimanthudu (2015). A formal launch was held on 25 October 2015, under the office of the production house and principal photography commenced on 22 February 2016, with film being primarily shot at Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kerala, and few scenes at Chennai, with filming being wrapped up on 23 August. Devi Sri Prasad, scored the music for the film, whilst Tirru and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao, handled the cinematography and editing of the film respectively.
Janatha Garage was released worldwide on 2 September 2016. The film registered the highest opening for a Telugu film in 2016 and is the second highest Telugu opening of all time, behind Baahubali: The Beginning. Janatha Garage was the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year. The film won two awards at the 64th National Film Awards-Special Jury Award for Mohanlal and Best Choreography for Raju Sundaram. It also won seven Nandi Awards-Best Popular Feature Film, Best Actor (Jr. NTR), Best Supporting Actor (Mohanlal), Best Story Writer (Koratala Siva), Best Choreographer (Sundaram), Best Art Director (A. S. Prakash), and Best Lyricist (Ramajogayya Sastry).
We do not own the rights to the music or the music video; these remain the sole property of the record label: Lahari Music.
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