​​​The power of good cinema: Six months after its release, people still can't stop talking about Palasa 1978

opened to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike, which is a rarity in Tollywood. The film, which released in March this year, highlights caste discrimination in a village in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. With the motto, 'Educate, Revolt and Organise', director Karuna Kumar brought some core concepts to light that have been a part of our society just like the Tamil filmmaker Pa.Ranjith's Recently, when Pa. Ranjith watched on OTT platform, he couldn't contain his excitement and took to Twitter to appreciate the director's perspective and the clarity with which he narrated the story. He wrote, ", one of the very important movies from the Telugu film industry. It is very bold, raw and very clearly discussed Dalit perspective. I appreciate the movie a lot. Hopefully, more films will be coming in future. Congratulations @Karunafilmmaker”(sic). Soon after, Karuna Kumar thanked Pa. Ranjith for such a warm post.
But this is not the first time that a director has appreciated Earlier, director Mohana Krishna Indraganti also lauded the film.