Nirudyoga Natulu

Nirudyoga Natulu is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language web series created by Rohit Penumatsa and Camp Sasi. This series revolves around a couple of unemployed actors, Laxman, Anvesh Michael, Pawon Ramesh and Jagadeesh, who struggle with their lives as they strive to act in movies. The series consists of 10 episodes which were released on the YouTube channel Mic Tv.

Filmed in November 2017, the series marked the debut of actors Anvesh Michael and Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari. The series upon release went viral and was well received overseas.

Plot summary
Nirudyoga Natulu follows the story of Laxman who has been struggling to get into movies but has always been type-cast as a musical extra and his friend Anvesh and Jagadeesh who recently moved in with him and Pawan. As these four struggle to get featured in movies they also strive for their regular day-to-day necessities, Jagadeesh manages to get a job at a Bar while Laxman sincerely visits all auditions to take up a role. Eventually Laxman gives up on everything and decides to leave while other keep struggling, hoping for one good day.

Main cast

 * Laxman Meesala as Laxman
 * Anvesh Michael as Anvesh
 * Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari as Jagadeesh
 * Pawon Ramesh as Pawan

Recurring cast

 * Sasi as Rahul Karun
 * Varma as The Director
 * Abhay Bethiganti as Raj Kumar (Co-director)
 * Kiran as Production Manager
 * Vishnu as Assistant Director
 * Chegondi Chandrasekhar as Chego

Guest cast

 * Rahul Ramakrishna as Himself
 * Gayathri Gupta as Director
 * Thanmai Bolt as Journalist

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Vivek Sagar. Camp Sasi wrote the lyrics for song "Baataponti", and Malli Mathaipo was a revamp version of Mathaipo from Vivek and Rohit's earlier work M.I.S.T titled "Mathaipo".

Release and reception
The series had a limited theatrical release on 24 June 2018 at Sarathi Studios in Hyderabad. The first show showed the last two episodes for free. The tenth episode premiered at the screening.

A critic from Telangana Today wrote that "Nirudyoga Natulu hardly makes you feel that it's a story that has been directed, and not a real life scene". A critic from VoxSpace wrote that "this is a bold and extremely well-thought-out piece of filmmaking that everyone needs to experience" and added that "Though it feels very effortless and almost improvisational, the effort put into it astounding. If you want to understand what attracts people that choose this life and on the flipside what scares people away from this career, please check this out and don’t miss this gem".

The success of the series enabled Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari further film offers including Kesava in the Pushpa film series.

The series was edited into a film in 2020 and uploaded on Mic Tv's YouTube channel.