Unstoppable (talk show)

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Unstoppable
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Also known asUnstoppable with NBK
Genre Talk show
Written by B. V. S. Ravi
Directed by
  • Arun Seshkumar (2021–2022)
  • Ashim Sen (2022–2023)
  • Diwakaran Raghunathan (2024–present)
Presented by Nandamuri Balakrishna
Music byMahati Swara Sagar
Country of originIndia
Original languageTelugu
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22+1 (special episode)
Production
Producers
  • Fazila Allana (2024–present)
  • Kamna Nirula Menezes (2024–present)
Production locations
Cinematography
  • Gnanam Subramaniam (2021–2023)
  • Diwakaran Raghunathan (2022–2023; 2024–present)
  • Surendra Rao (2023)
Editors
  • Santosh Mallipeddi (2021–2022)
  • Srishailam (2021–2022)
  • Nagendhar (2021–2022)
  • Surendher(2021–2023)
  • Sai Kumar (2021–2022)
  • Prashant Ummanthala (2022–present)
  • Marri Shivashankar (2022–present)
  • Saravanan (2022)
  • Satyanarayana (2023–present)
  • Karan Amigoo (2023–present)
  • Surendra Gavara (2023–present)
  • Tharapath Ganipenini (2024–present)
  • Ambar Vyas (2024–present)
  • Chakry (2024–present)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companySOL Productions
Original release
Network Aha
Release4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) –
present

Unstoppable (marketed as Unstoppable with NBK) [1] is an Indian Telugu-language web television talk show hosted by Nandamuri Balakrishna. Unstoppable was premiered on 4 November 2021 on Aha. [2] The first season became the most watched show on Aha with over 40 crore (400 million) streaming minutes. [3] It has become the top-rated talk show in India on IMDb. [4] Second season was premiered on 14 October 2022. [5] Third season was a limited edition and premiered on 17 October 2023. Fourth season was premiered on 25 October 2024. [6]

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Production

In early October 2021, Nandamuri Balakrishna was approached by Aha for a talk show under the direction of Krish Jagarlamudi. [7] Filming began in Annapurna Studios with Balakrishna being injured during the shoot. [8] The show was formally announced in late-October with 4 November 2021 as its premier date. [9] Prasanth Varma was hired to shoot the promotional teasers for the show. [10] The anthem song of the second season was sung by Roll Rida and composed by Mahati Swara Sagar. [11] [12] Filming of the first episode featuring N. Chandrababu Naidu, was completed on 4 October 2022. [13] An episode featuring Pawan Kalyan was shot on 27 December 2022. [14] [15]

First episode of the third season was filmed in early-October 2023 and was premiered on 17 October 2023. [16] [17] Second episode was filmed in mid-November 2023. [18]

In early-October 2024, fourth season was announced with an animated trailer announcing the launch date as 25 October 2024. [19] [20] First episode of the fourth season featuring Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu was filmed on 20 October 2024 at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad. [21] [22] The second episode was originally scheduled to feature the cast of Kanguva and was shot on 24 October 2024. [23] [24] But, due to the unknown reasons another episode featuring cast and crew of Lucky Baskhar was decided to be the second episode. [25] It was shot on 28 October 2024, while the episode featuring the cast of Kanguva was streamed as the third episode. [26]

Episodes

Season 1

EpisodePremiereGuest(s)
14 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Mohan Babu, Lakshmi Manchu, Vishnu Manchu
212 November 2021 (2021-11-12) Nani
33 December 2021 (2021-12-03) Brahmanandam and Anil Ravipudi
410 December 2021 (2021-12-10) Boyapati Srinu, Srikanth, S. Thaman, Pragya Jaiswal
Geetha Madhuri, Sri Krishna and others have performed the song "Jai Balayya" from the soundtrack album of the film Akhanda .
517 December 2021 (2021-12-17) S. S. Rajamouli, M. M. Keeravani
624 December 2021 (2021-12-24) Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, Sukumar
731 December 2021 (2021-12-31) Ravi Teja, Gopichand Malineni
87 January 2022 (2022-01-07) Rana Daggubati
914 January 2022 (2022-01-14) Vijay Devarakonda, Puri Jagannadh, Charmme Kaur
104 February 2022 (2022-02-04) Mahesh Babu, Vamshi Paidipally

Season 2

EpisodePremiereGuest(s)
114 October 2022 (2022-10-14) N. Chandrababu Naidu, Nara Lokesh
221 October 2022 (2022-10-21) Vishwak Sen, Siddhu Jonnalagadda
34 November 2022 (2022-11-04) Adivi Sesh, Sharwanand
425 November 2022 (2022-11-25) Kiran Kumar Reddy, Radhika Sarathkumar, K. R. Suresh Reddy
52 December 2022 (2022-12-02) D. Suresh Babu, Allu Aravind, K. Raghavendra Rao
623 December 2022 (2022-12-23) Jayasudha, Jaya Prada, Raashii Khanna
730 December 2022 (2022-12-30) (Part 1)
6 January 2023 (2023-01-06) (Part 2)		 Gopichand, Prabhas
813 January 2023 (2023-01-13) Honey Rose, Duniya Vijay, Gopichand Malineni, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
92 February 2023 (2023-02-02) (Part 1) Pawan Kalyan, Sai Tej
1010 February 2023 (2023-02-10) (Part 2) Pawan Kalyan, Sai Tej

Season 3 (Limited Edition)

EpisodePremiereGuest(s)
117 October 2023 (2023-10-17) Anil Ravipudi, Kajal Aggarwal, Sree Leela, Arjun Rampal
To promote their film Bhagavanth Kesari .
224 November 2023 (2023-11-24) Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Sandeep Reddy Vanga
To promote their film Animal .
322 December 2023 (2023-12-22) Suhasini Maniratnam, Harish Shankar, Shriya Saran, and Jayanth Paranjee
A lively conversations and fun with NBK and the guests.

Season 4

EpisodePremiereGuest(s)
125 October 2024 (2024-10-25) N. Chandrababu Naidu
231 October 2024 (2024-10-31) Dulquer Salmaan, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Venky Atluri, Suryadevara Naga Vamsi
38 November 2024 (2024-11-08) Suriya, Bobby Deol, Siva
415 November 2024 (2024-11-15) Allu Arjun, Allu Nirmala (Part 1)

Reception

Reviewing the first episode of second season, 123Telugu stated that "first episode of Unstoppable 2 is more serious than fun". [27]

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