The Great Pre-Wedding Show

The Great Pre-Wedding Show (ది గ్రేట్ ప్రీ వెడ్డింగ్ షో) is a 2025 Telugu rural comedy drama written and directed by Rahul Srinivas Lukalapu, starring Thiruveer as a village photographer and Teena Sravya. It opened in theatres on 7 November 2025 to good reviews, runs 116 minutes, and has streamed on ZEE5 since 5 December 2025.

What the story is about

Ramesh runs a modest photo studio in a small town in rural Andhra Pradesh and is quietly in love with Hema, who works at the panchayat office, though neither has said so. A wealthy, influential man, Anand, hires him to shoot an elaborate pre-wedding video for his marriage to Soundarya. Ramesh does the job, but his assistant Ramu loses the memory card with all the footage. Terrified of what the powerful groom will do, Ramesh starts scheming to delay or derail the wedding so that nobody asks for the missing video, and the cover-up snowballs into village-wide chaos.

Cast and characters

• Thiruveer as Ramesh
• Teena Sravya as Hema
• G. Rohan Roy as Ramu, Ramesh’s assistant
• Narendra Ravi as Mangipudi Anand and Yamini Nageswar as Soundarya
• Prabhavathi Varma as Mangipudi Kanthamma and Krovvidi Joga Rao as Mangipudi Narayana
• Madhavi Prasad and Bank Basha as Soundarya’s parents, and Waltair Vinay as Anand’s friend

Crew and music

• Writer and director: Rahul Srinivas Lukalapu
• Music and background score: Suresh Bobbili
• Production: 7pm Productions and Puppet Show Productions

Release and reception

The film was released on 7 November 2025 and was well received. The Hindu praised Thiruveer’s performance and the writing, and called Suresh Bobbili’s folk songs a “value addition”. Suhas Sistu of The Hans India gave it 3 out of 5, “a cheerful entertainer with laughs, love, and life”, and Suresh Kavirayani of The New Indian Express also gave 3 out of 5, finding the writing fresh. Divya Shree of The Times of India called it a charming rural comedy-drama that balances humour and emotion. Filmfare later reported Thiruveer thanking audiences for the film’s success; no box-office figure is on record from a cited source.

Where to watch The Great Pre-Wedding Show

The Great Pre-Wedding Show streams on ZEE5, which acquired the post-theatrical rights. It premiered there on 5 December 2025.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on The Great Pre-Wedding Show and the reviews and reports it cites; our own cast, crew, release and OTT records.