#Chitti Babu loves Chicken

[luxshine]

I fell into the #Tollywood Rabbit hole and I really want to share it with you! So let's talk about #Rangasthalam, an amazing film that also has some of the best partial deafness representation I've seen in a long while! Check the video at:

[milla984]

This is PERFECTION 😍

I’m having too much fun with these animal bbs 😌🥺

[luxshine]

I made this for @atlinmerrick gorgeous and wonderful story "Let the shadows fall behind you" because the image of Chitti being a dad to a bunch of tadpoles ("Water Chickens" in Atlin's words) was too beautiful not to draw.

Chicken is a bit jealous!

Go and read the story because seriously, you will NOT regret it.

And if you haven't watch Rangasthalam? Go and watch Rangasthalam! It's an EXPERIENCE!

[luxshine]

When a merman and his trusty tuna are angry, everything can be a weapon. Especially if you insult their family's name! This Mermay 2024 piece, Fury, is inspired by Rangasthalam, where Chitti Babu will not let anyone insult his family. And because a merman can't have a Chicken for a pet, well, then here he is Tuna! Still every bit as cute!

If you haven't watched Rangasthalam? You're in for a treat. I think honestly is the best of Charan's movies, maaaybe second to RRR (Maybe. Or maybe they both are in the first place), because Chitti is... Chitti. A force to be reckoned with, a character you will love immediately.

As a taste, here's the trailer:

And if you want to take Merman Chitti home, here's the link for that too!

[luxshine]

As I loved RRR, I've been watching more Tallywood films, in specific with Ram Charan and Tarak as main stars. Unfortunately not together, as their only movie together is RRR when seriously, they have the power and chemistry to be India's Terence Hill and Bud Spencer (To the fetuses in the audience, they were a pair of actors who made a ton of Buddy movies together, where something happened at the beginning that made them have to solve the problem by hitting everyone who got in their way. My personal favorite is Look out, we're mad. The extra twist was that Bud, the fat, hairy one, was usually the level headed one, and Terence, the blonde, blue eyed, traditionally handsome, was chaos in a bottle)

ANYWAY, I've watched so far Magadheera (Adorable romance, Ram Charan does a double role as Harsha, a biker, and Kala Bhairava, his reincarnation), Yamadonga (Funny as hell, where Tarak plays Raja, a thief who falls in love, but also ends up in hell where he steals the God of the Dead's power before getting sent back to earth), Rangashtalam (which I can't describe without spoilers but has one hell of a twist and also portrays a side of India that is not seen in Hollywood movies without being racist, and ALSO has amazing deaf representation in the shape of the lead play by Charan, without being disability porn), and finally, Jai Lava Kusa (A rollercoaster of emotions where Tarak plays not one, but THREE roles and each of them is wonderful)

Each of their roles is so different from Ram and Bheem, you can tell how amazing actors they are even if some cultural references go past you.

That said, Lava Kumar, from Jai Lava Kusa, is SO, SO gullible, that I am almost sure he's single handedly keeping Nigeria's economy afloat. On the other hand, Chitti Babu from Rangashtalam has my award for most human looking chicken, winning over Chickity Boo by a landslide.

[luxshine]

Clone!Verse Pairings and info.

As I am almost finishing the first say, season of the Drrragon!Verse, I started other three fics because my brain and muses won. I kept saying I was NOT going to do it, but... well, I did it. One of them is the one I teased, with Ram being raised by the Buxtons, having a lot of internalized racism inside and Bheem having to help him find himself, that is on A03, and is named The Earth, the Trees, the Tribe. The other two are sort of crossovers because see, I fell in love with RRR, and with Charan and Tarak, and then some lovely people invited me to a discord about RRR and well, next thing I know, I have watched like 10 of their movies and trying to find more.

And then... @ririsasy said in one of the discord servers that it'd be fun if all the different roles of Charan and Tarak were clones and... uhm... a new verse was born in my head.

IT DOES COUNT as an RRR Fic, see, because all of the Charan characters I'm including (7, from 5 different movies as in two of them he plays two characters) are clones of our dear Rama Raju, made by a British lab because of course the British can't leave Rama Raju alone. And while I still haven't said what the deal is with the Tarak Characters (Also 7, from 5 different movies, as in one of them, he plays three characters), they at the very least have dreams of Bheem's life, so yeah, basically, the Universe saw that in modern times there were Seven New Rama Rajus, so it went OOOPS, we need Seven New Bheems to balance. Because yes, obviously, the Rama Rajus are in love with the Bheems. Or well, they will be, as soon as they meet.

(They even have designated pairings. It's not just first come, first served. They have to find their specific Ram or Bheem. The Universe doesn't play around)

Now, I know some of us, specially in the English-speaking side of fandom, haven't watched all of Charan and Tarak's movies, so I am going to be making some posts about the pairings in question, so you guys can get a taste... and WATCH the movies in question!

So let's start with Clone one of the Rams. Chelluboina Chitti Babu, whom you might have seen in my dash before with his beloved chicken, Chicken. Now, Chicken is not that important in the movie Chitti is from, but he became a fan favorite because he's so cute, so in the fic, he's Chitti's pet.

We also have Chitti to thank for Charan now liking lungi more than pants. Just for that, Chitti should be named a national hero.

Anyway, he is from the movie Rangashtalam, which you can watch legally as far as I know in Einthusan in telugu. And it's a movie you NEED to watch. Seriously, anything I say about it (Except that Chicken is only in it for like, two seconds) is a spoiler that will make the experience of watching it for the first time less epic.

Also, Chitti here is half-deaf, and part of the plot is a lot about how he has a lot of inner ableism and the acting of Charan is amazing.

Anyway, he is paired in my fic with this Bheem clone, Anand.

Anand is an environmentalist who, after his uncle panics a bit for a fight he had with some goons, ends up joining a garage, Janatha's Garage (lit. The People's Garage) where they fix... EVERYTHING. And that includes your problems. I know it's a bad summary, but it's again a movie you seriously need to watch. I also adore the music on this one. ALL of the music, but specially the titular Janatha's Garage song.

I also found this one in Einthusan, although I believe Amazon Prime has it in some areas.

They are the very first ones that appear on the fic, so if you have watched them? You can start reading it! (hint hint, nudge nudge)

[luxshine]

I keep mixing my Tollywood favorite films with #Pokemon because I love. And today's Sunday fanart goes to Chitti babu from #Rangasthalam and his team of Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken, because anyone who has seen the movie, knows Chitti likes his chickens. :D Trainers who reach the Rangasthalam's gym think it will be easy, as they all are fire types, what they don't know is that Chitti taught them all to fight, and Torchic Knows BITE.

[luxshine]

So, my favorite crossover pairing for telugu films right now is Anand from Janatha Garage and Chitti Babu from Rangasthalam. They make an amazing pairing for fanfic despite all the diferences in their movies. And, of course, Chicken. Because you can't draw Chitti Babu without Chicken! They're dancing Rangamma Mangamma because I love that song.

[atlinmerrick]

You already know how much I love this Lux, you already received the all caps shouting so let me just say calmly: I love him. Them. His tiny village of creatures, his jewelry, his hair and beard, his smile. I love him!

I made this for @atlinmerrick gorgeous and wonderful story "Let the shadows fall behind you" because the image of Chitti being a dad to a bunch of tadpoles ("Water Chickens" in Atlin's words) was too beautiful not to draw.

Chicken is a bit jealous!

Go and read the story because seriously, you will NOT regret it.

And if you haven't watch Rangasthalam? Go and watch Rangasthalam! It's an EXPERIENCE!

[sally-for-sally]

Awwwwwwww I love them all!!! Especially Chitti Babu’s chicken. I love his dorky face 😂💕 Run away from snake!!! 😂😂😂

I’m having too much fun with these animal bbs 😌🥺