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SS Rajamouli at the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards (Photo Credit: Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

SS Rajamouli Admits With ‘Jealousy & Pain’ Malayalam Cinema Has Better Actors

The popularity of Malayalam cinema is growing manifold with every new release. The industry has movies for every taste, from intense drama thrillers to action, horror, and romantic comedies. Several Malayalam films have stolen hearts with their plots and casts in the past few months. The cinema impresses the audience so much that celebrated filmmaker SS Rajamouli admits he is jealous.

Several Malayalam movies were recently dubbed in Telugu due to increasing fan demand. After Bramayugam, Premalu is the latest one whose Telugu dubbed version hit the theaters. The Malayalam survival thriller Manjummel Boys is also expected to be soon released in the language.

SS Rajamouli heaps praises on Malayalam rom-com Premalu

SS Rajamouli’s son, SS Karthikeya, brought Premalu’s Telugu version to the big screens. According to Hindustan Times, Rajamouli recently attended an event to celebrate the success of the Malayalam rom-com. During the event, the filmmaker praised Premalu and revealed how the movie is meant to be watched in theaters. Despite rom-coms not being the genre that Rajamouli works in, he thoroughly lauded the film’s script.

SS Rajamouli said, “It’s meant to be watched in theatres because it’s hilarious, when the people next to you laugh, you enjoy it more.” Further, the RRR director admitted that he is jealous of the talent in the industry. He said, “It is with jealousy and pain that I admit the Malayalam film industry produces better actors. In this film too, they did a fantastic job.”

Premalu stars Naslen K Gafoor and Mamitha Baiju in the lead roles. Praising the leading lady, Rajamouli compared her to Sai Pallavi. He said, “I think she has potential and I see a lot of love for her.”

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