Sony Live’s new Telugu web series, HostA familiar opens opens up with disconnection: any equality for real people is purely coincidence. Yet it does not take a long time to draw similarities between its characters and the political veterans who shaped undivided Andhra Pradesh. NT Ram Rao’s echo, actor-leader-leader; YS Rajashekhara Reddy, Doctor-Politician; And the current Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, and many others wave during the story.
Topic Rise of TitansThe first season of the show is a sharp and dramatic comment on the state’s socio-political fabric. The ambitious in scope and entertaining in the execution, the series draws the audience into the world of power struggle, moves loyalty and replaces the drama behind the scenes.
Co-produce by Dev Katta and Kiran J Kumar, Host Benefits of Dev Katta’s deep interest in politics and bureaucracy – recurring subjects in his earlier work. The long -term format allows for more layered and immersive exploration of character and conflict.
During a political coup, the series closes in mid -1995. The party members are nervous because MLAs receive phone calls, which warns them of adjacent suspension. They begin to gather in a hotel-an episode that remembers, with surest clarity, a real-life coup that is part of the political discipline of Andhra Pradesh. For many people in the Telugu states, the incident has been passed not only through the news archives but also as oral history.
Adding to the drama Kaklala Krishnam Naidu (played by Aadhi Pinisetty) and his friend, Dr. There is a fictional phone call between Ms. Rami Reddy (Chaitanya Rao). Although it is unlikely that we will ever know whether such a call took place between Chandrababu Naidu and YSR, this story tool acts to deepen stress and stain the lines between facts and imagination.
May Sabha (Telugu)
Director: Dev Katta
Cast: Aadhi Pinisetty, Chaitanya Rao, Sai Kumar, Naser
Episode: 9
Story: Two youths meet to become political powers by meeting Kadapa and Chittoor. Will their friendship take their political career on different paths?
Streaming: Sony Live
A brief but loaded exchanges between two former friends set the tone quickly HostCompared to a political coup for Kurukshetra, the characters plant seeds for a high-dot drama, filled with layered characters and shake thin veils for the political symbol of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
“Yudham Ni Dharmam (war is your religion)” – Echoedly echos in the episode. Later seems like a provocative comment with renewed importance, underlining a significant change in the plot and the motivations of its characters.
The series detects two leads of trips in the 1970s – Rami Reddy (Chaitanya Rao) from Pulicherla in Kadapa and Kakarla Krishnam Naidu (Audi Pinnissive) to Narmipalli in Chittor. This is not just a brave rhiz-to-power story. With an episode ‘The Story of India of the Story of Cast’, with an episode, Host Personal ambition and accepts caste weight in shaping public life.
Reddy and Naidu start as idealists expecting to overcome social division, but forces their hands of factional violence, Naxal movements and systemic inequalities. Someone wants to uplift his community through political power; Others, dignity and redemption for their family name. Their separate reactions for social pressure take a fine look at leadership and heritage.
The nine-episode series brings into a huge dress-to influence power-lusting ministers with the margins caught in the crossfier. Ravindra Vijay performs a standout as a person, desperate to protect his family from violence, a calm but powerful resistance. Look out for those characters which are on the lines of Perita Ravi and Vangeveti Mohana Ranga.
Chaitanya Rao’s depiction of Remi Reddy, which is clearly prepared after YSR, is charismatic and grounded. Headgier, the trick, educational pride, all stabbed the late politician without cheating. Chaitanya handles changes with maturity and grace. Meanwhile, Aadhi Pinisetty, provides a restrained and calculated performance in the form of Naidu, a person underestimated by reducing his appearance, but unwavering in his resolve. His arc is patiently built, and his final emergence is satisfactory to see.
The early bond between the two leaders is written with emotional intelligence, which reflects room dadri, mutual honor and ideological friction. Their disagreement is rarely poisonous, which is a refreshing on political rivals.
Sai Kumar in the series | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Where? Host Faults are slightly in their college flashbacks-song-song-and-dance segment and unilateral romance ends their reception in the story.
Later episodes focus on national politics. Divya Dutta plays the role of a PM, who once goes through the upheaval with the slogan -“India is Ira, Ira is India.” She commands the screen, although writing eventually limits the character. His son is a very little fine figure, and some members of his political circle are in Caricature. Nevertheless, reference to real -life, such as emergency and forced sterilization campaign, add heft with more real -life equality.
Some characters feel designed to expose Reddy and Naidu as the right successor to the political mantra. Srikanth Iyenger, playing the role of an insecure, powerful politician, brings conviction, although his character lacks depth. A memorable assembly scene, in which most MLAs appear away from dozens, confirm the idea that strong leadership is in low supply.
There are also moments of fast writing. A standout line – “You will give rise to a line of dictators, using your methods, imposing emergency and not a single one” – provides criticism to a bite of uncontrolled political heritage.
In many sequences, similarities are drawn in social conditions between Naidu and Reddy. As Host Progress, also shows how caste, once opposed by both leads, gradually becomes an essential political tool.
Big artists include enemies, Tanya Ravichandran, Bhavana Vajapandal and Charaita Verma, who are all making their identity. Nasir plays the role of a media baron, reminiscent of Ramoji Rao, which increases RCR (Sai Kumar) meteorite growth. Large-scale rallies, views showing open-jeep campaign and Mirror to Telugu Pride’s dramatic rise of NTR. Shakti Kanth Karthik has a property for music and Praveen KL’s editing story.
There are microscopic Easter eggs between these magnificent moves: Naidu’s wardrobe off-white and yellow, or transfer to their symbolic embrace of the cycle as a party symbol.
At the end, Host The drama takes a compelling imaginary on the real political history packed with ambition and reflection. with clash of the Titans Promised in season two, the series further determines the stage for high stakes.
(Mayasabha: Rise of Titans stream on Sony Live)
Published – 07 August, 2025 07:01 AM IST
