Telugu
noun
Tel·u·gu
ˈte-lə-ˌgü 
plural Telugu or Telugus
1
: a member of the largest group of people in Telangana, India
2
: the Dravidian language of the Telugu people
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The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is rolling out an extensive tribute program to honor the 100th birth anniversaries of four Indian cinema legends: actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor, director Tapan Sinha, Telugu cinema star Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR), and singer Mohammed Rafi.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
These networks and offerings are in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and other languages.
—Rudie Obias, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
With a collection of $5.2 million in the US markets alone, the Telugu film also made it as the fourth-highest scoring movie over the weekend in the US.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
With the Telugu Desam Party, the contradiction is less obvious.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
These networks and offerings are in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and other languages.
—Rudie Obias, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
With a collection of $5.2 million in the US markets alone, the Telugu film also made it as the fourth-highest scoring movie over the weekend in the US.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
With the Telugu Desam Party, the contradiction is less obvious.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
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“Telugu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Telugu. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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