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మాయాబజార్
Mayabazar
1957 · K. V. Reddy
Wanted
ఆర్ ఆర్ ఆర్
RRR
2022 · S. S. Rajamouli
Being subtitled
మహానటి
Mahanati
2018 · Nag Ashwin
Wanted
ఈగ
Eega
2012 · S. S. Rajamouli
Wanted
సీతా రామం
Sita Ramam
2022 · Hanu Raghavapudi
Wanted
రంగస్థలం
Rangasthalam
2018 · Sukumar
Wanted
జెర్సీ
Jersey
2019 · Gowtam Tinnanuri
Wanted
బాహుబలి
Baahubali
2015 · S. S. Rajamouli
Wanted

Better English subtitles
for Telugu films.

Free to download. Written, timed and checked by fans who know both languages.

Search a film, e.g. RRR→
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Bad subtitles, fixed

Real lines from the English subtitles Telugu films are watched with today. Different films, different studios, the same mistakes.

8 films · official uploads and an old DVD file− 8 broken+ 8 fixed
Godavari2006 · YouTube upload
cue 513
00:36:08,700
Never proofread
-Madam, have you seen a red shirt cIad man?
-No, chiId.
– Ma’am, seen a man in a red shirt?
– No, dear.
what went wrong
Every lowercase l became a capital I when the text was scanned, and no one read it back. It also flashes by at 22 characters a second.
the fix
Proofread, and trim it to what can be read in two and a half seconds.
Race Gurram2014 · YouTube upload
cue 460
00:32:30,689
False friend
Freak out or I’ll kill you.
Have fun, or I’ll kill you.
what went wrong
In Indian English “freak out” means party. Everywhere else it means panic, and the very next line is “I am getting scared.”
the fix
Say what he means. The threat stays funny.
Srimanthudu2015 · YouTube upload
cue 269
00:26:53,042
The threat goes soft
Hey, take these two onto the highway
and dash them with Lorry.
Take these two out to the highway.
Run them over with a truck.
what went wrong
An order to kill two people, written in words that sound like a delivery: “dash” and “Lorry”.
the fix
Plain, cold English. Menace is in what’s left out.
Yamadonga2007 · old DVD file
cue 36
00:04:59,532
Meaning reversed
Why did you inform us?
We were worried.
Why didn’t you tell us?
We were worried sick.
what went wrong
The “not” went missing, so a scolding reads as a thank-you.
the fix
Put the negative back. “Worried sick” is how a relieved family says it.
Paathshala2014 · YouTube upload
cue 89
00:08:40,430
Crore and lakh
It is only four friends for us,
we get from the 700 crore population
Out of seven billion people,
we got four friends.
what went wrong
“Crore” means nothing to most viewers. 700 crore is seven billion, and the sentence around it doesn’t hold together either.
the fix
Convert the number and let the line breathe. It’s meant to be a toast.
Darling2010 · YouTube upload
cue 519
00:48:39,169
Half-heard idiom
Sometimes our money goes drown the drain,
you mustn’t mind it.
Money goes down the drain sometimes.
Don’t take it to heart.
what went wrong
“Down the drain” misheard as “drown the drain”, and 62 characters crammed into 2.6 seconds.
the fix
Fix the idiom, cut to the joke, and keep it readable.
Oohalu Gusagusalade2014 · YouTube upload
cue 1014
00:57:12,542
Grammar hides the joke
I names dog in our street
as KITS and cat as BITS.
I named our street dog KITS
and the cat BITS.
what went wrong
The gag is that KITS and BITS are college names. Broken grammar makes the viewer stop and reread, and the joke dies on the way.
the fix
Clean grammar lets the punchline land in one read.
Janatha Garage2016 · YouTube upload
cue 497
00:45:50,257
Lyrics word for word
“Now heart is like a flight in the clouds”
“My heart has taken off above the clouds”
what went wrong
Dropped articles and dictionary order. The song is soaring and the subtitle reads like a phrasebook.
the fix
Write it the way a lyric would say it, keeping the image.

Lines are quoted exactly, errors included, for criticism and review, from English subtitles published with official YouTube uploads of these films and from an old DVD subtitle file (checked September 2026). The fixes are ours. Red marks show letters that were scanned wrong.

Timing, fixed

A good line is useless if it flashes past or hangs over the next shot.

Too fast to read

Paathshala · 1.3 s31 chars/sec
How do I recognise my beautiful babe sir?
same 1.3 s15 chars/sec
How will I know her?

Runs over the cut

ends 250 ms after the cut
ends 2 frames before it

Two people, one line

who said what?
Ready? Always.
one speaker per line
– Ready?
– Always.

Library

Every subtitle is matched to a specific release, so it lines up with the copy you have.

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RRR

RRR (2022)

Telugu → English · in progress
  • Songstranslated
  • Honorificskept
  • AI usedisclosed
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Mahanati

Mahanati (2018)

Telugu → English · not started
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  • Timingwanted
  • Reviewwanted
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Sita Ramam

Sita Ramam (2022)

Telugu → English · not started
  • Translatorwanted
  • Songswanted
  • Reviewwanted
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TranslateWrite the English. Leave a note on the hard lines.
TimeLine cues up with speech and shot changes.
SongsRewrite lyrics so they still feel like a song.
ReviewWatch it through with the subtitles on and flag what’s off.
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Guidelines

The short version. The full guide comes with the library.

Two lines at most, 42 characters eachfits any screen
No faster than 17 characters a secondreadable at a glance
Keep honorifics like garu and annathey carry the relationship
Translate songs for meaning and rhythmnot word for word
Replace jokes that don’t surviveno footnotes on screen
Say if you used AIyou still own every line
Your own work onlyno ripped streaming subs
Watch it through before you publishwith the subtitles on