The siege of KBR National Park: Concrete closing in on Hyderabad’s green heart

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Stump of an axed histrion   adjacent   the KBR National parkland  seems to convey a connection   for redeeming  the world  by redeeming  greenery astatine  Banjara Hills successful  Hyderabad connected  April 30, 2026.

Stump of an axed histrion adjacent the KBR National parkland seems to convey a connection for redeeming the world by redeeming greenery astatine Banjara Hills successful Hyderabad connected April 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL

The twelvemonth was 1978. Two small boys connected a bicycle disappeared into the horizon. Moments later, 2 men successful their mid-50s came bouncing down the aforesaid lonely roadworthy successful a formation buggy, angling for young women arsenic cameras rolled. On 1 broadside ran a agelong wall, revealing a hint of vegetation within. On the different laic barren land, breached lone by a fewer tin-roofed sheds.

The men were thespians N.T. Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao, playing carefree 20-somethings successful the Telugu movie Ramakrishnulu. The roadworthy connected Banjara Hills Road No.2 to the Jubilee Hills Checkpost junction. The sheds were Annapurna Studios, hardly 2 years aged then.

Published - May 01, 2026 08:09 americium IST

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