Rahul Ravindran On The Girlfriend, Writing, Rashmika Mandanna & Much More! | EP #97

Permit Room

Nov 01, 2025•2 hr 13 min

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Episode description

Rahul Ravindran enters the Permit Room and talks about being positive, his current headspace, dubbing for Power Rangers, writing The Girlfriend, making a film interesting, Vennela Kishore, Rashmika Mandanna, Dheekshith Shetty, a possible Chi La Sow sequel and much, much more!

Chapters:

00:00 - Intha positivity ela?
04:10 - How is his headspace ippudu?
09:35 - Dubbing for Power Rangers
25:28 - Ala Ela
28:18 - The Girlfriend writing process
38:20 - How to avoid making a conversational film boring?
56:19 - Amplifying emotions in a genre
01:01:05 - Breaking audience’s conditioning
01:09:11 - Weirdest place he got an idea
01:10:27 - Member questions (surprise Chi La Sow 2 narration)
01:47:13 - How did social media effect relationships?
01:57:26 - Working with Rashmika Mandanna and Dheekshith Shetty
02:01:34 - Four aspects

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