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Vishal and Sriya Reddy worked in a 2006 Telugu movie called Pogaru. The movie was a Telugu dubbed version of the Tamil movie Thimiru. In the film, Sriya and Vishal were paired opposite each other and their romantic chemistry was loved by everyone and even remained in headlines for a long time.
However, do you know that Sriya is Vishal's brother's wife! Vishal's brother Vikram married Sriya after the movie was produced. During the shoot, Sriya was not Vishal's sister-in-law.
As per a News18 report, Sriya met Vikram during the shoot of Pogaru. The two clicked quickly and fell in love. Later, they decided to get married.
Coming to Sriya's professional front, she made her debut with Samurai. Over the years, Sriya played many roles. Her notable breakthrough came with roles in films like Gang Leader and Salaar, where she played significant parts.
Currently, Sriya is working with Pawan Kalyan in the film OG and will also be seen in the sequel of Salaar.
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The cartel comprises powerful and wealthy individuals from some of India's neighbouring countries, who have formed alliances with Russia and China. I couldn't help but notice an Antilla-sized parallel where India is represented by a wealthy businessman who wants to control the Prime Minister of India. However, a group of men and women obscured by poor special effects is not the same as one definitive face of evil. Also, this highly secretive and exclusive group is then bumped off in an extended montage, making you wonder what the whole difficulty was in the first place. If the hero manages to escape virtually unharmed and is seemingly unchanged at the end of the story, why and with whom was he at war? Hrithik Roshan and Junior NTR play friends turned foes turned friends who break into a song and dance in the middle of trash-talking each other. There are multiple twists and tangles about who is a good guy pretending to be a bad guy pretending to be a good guy. We get a glimpse into Kabir's back story and understand how Colonel Luthra (Ashutosh Rana) and his colleagues chose boys/men who needed purpose to create a kintsugi of broken but brave agents ready to serve the nation. But unlike Pathaan which had Jim (John Abraham), or Tiger 3 which had Aatish Rehman (Emraan Hashmi), which were both YRF Spy Universe films, War 2 seems hampered by Junior NTR's celebrity status in Telugu cinema. As the film progresses, one can sense the indecisiveness from the creative team, almost as if they were debating as they filmed if a man who has always played the hero could go over to the dark side. Why else would a man get away with murdering an entire family, conspiring to kill the Prime Minister and participating in a conspiracy to destabilise the government, all because of a perceived childhood betrayal or loss of opportunity? 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While he was not an overt villain like Kabir, he didn't offer any sob story for why he was a thief. Unfortunately, in Dhoom 3, Aamir Khan played the villain, and his aura of righteousness cast a shadow on the film's story. Aamir played a double role in the film, performing the characters of twin brothers who are robbing branches of a fictional bank in Chicago. Their crimes are supposedly justified because their father, who couldn't repay the bank's loan, died by suicide in front of his young sons. By adding an element of revenge and moral grandstanding against a bank that became a symbol of capitalism and crushed dreams, Dhoom 3 diluted the premise of the franchise, where a smart cop chased a cool thief who stole stuff simply because he wanted to. Singham and the extended Rohit Shetty cop universe have also suffered because of weak villains or heroes unwilling to show vulnerability. The first Singham saw the earthy, village-bred Bajirao Singham (Ajay Devgn) lock horns with wicked politician Jaikant Shikre (Prakash Raj). The two actors committed themselves completely to the film's over-the-top massy tone, and we saw the hero feel truly challenged in the face of an evil man like Shikre. The subsequent films in the Singham sub franchise, Singham Returns or Singham Again, have not been able to match the impact that Ajay and Prakash Raj on screen. Simmba and Sooryavanshi also lacked memorable villains or villainous characters that were written or performed in a manner that would distinguish them. While Koi… Mil Gaya was more of a film about friendship and loyalty; Krrish had the villainous Dr Arya (Naseeruddin Shah), who wanted to control the world with his futuristic computer. Naseeruddin Shah performed his character like the quintessential bad guy from children's comic books and stories. He was pure evil and unapologetic about it. But sadly, with Krrish 3, things went downhill rapidly. Poor Vivek Oberoi and Kangana Ranaut were reduced to caricatures who seemed more funny than fearsome, and safe to say, those costumes and characters will haunt their filmography for decades to come. Also Read | In Ayan Mukerji's War 2, science, math and emotions are missing in action I once attended a talk with noted lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, who was asked a question about memorable villains like Gabbar and Mogambo. Javed said that the villains he and Salim Khan created weren't run-of-the-mill crooks. They were larger than life, their actions had very serious consequences, and they were determined to succeed. Audiences were intrigued and frightened by them, and worried about whether the hero/heroes would be able to win. This then caused them to invest in the hero's journey and root for him as he overcame obstacles and slowly reached his goal. 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