With the release of #RRR, thread on #AlluriSitaramaRaju one of the two characters on whom the movie is made, albeit in a fictional form. This thread is more about the real life hero, whose story is as fascinating.

Much before #RRR there was the 1974 biopic on #AlluriSitaramaRaju starring veteran actor Krishna, in the lead role, a movie that remains a classic in Telugu cinema to date. Alluri is one of the greatest revolutionaries ever who led a long tribal uprising against the British.

One of the more ignored aspects of the Indian freedom struggle has been the various tribal revolts that broke out against the British rule. Tribals were prohibited from cutting trees for firewood, their traditional Podu cultivation was banned.

And they were often exploited by contractors who used them as labor for building roads in those areas. Many protests broke out in the tribal areas of Eastern India, notably Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Western Odisha, Bengal, one of the more famous one was that of Birsa Munda

The Agency area covering Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, is the name given to the tribal tracts of Northern parts of both the states, bordering Odisha, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, along the Eastern Ghats.