Skylab

Skylab is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language period comedy drama film written and directed by debutant Vishvak Khanderao. Produced by Byte Features in association with Nithya Menen Company, the film stars Nithya Menen, Satya Dev and Rahul Ramakrishna. The plot follows fictitious incidents in a Telangana village preceding the disintegration of the American space station Skylab in 1979. The film traces the fear looming among the villagers in a comical manner in light of these developments. Skylab was released theatrically on 4 December 2021. Plot The film is set in 1979 amidst a remote village Bandalingampalli in United Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). This is also the time when a US-based Skylab satellite fails and its debris is all set to fall to Earth. The information about the satellite falling is communicated to scientists working in India. Dr. Anand and Subedar Ramarao become friends over the bus journey to Bandalingampalli. Gowri returns from Hyderabad after learning about her father's illness. Due to car's breakdown, she travels in the same bus Anand and Ramarao were traveling. On reaching the village, Gowri learns that her father was well and her mother along with the servant had sent wrong information. Being disappointed about return from the city, she decides to write and post it. Gowri's mother and Vishnu Oi decide to not tell Gowri about the newspaper dismissal. Meanwhile, Anand wants to earn Rs.5000 to re-establish his lost medical license. He decides to team with Ramarao to open the clinic which has been shut for 25 years. Ramarao's family has a lot of debts and his family is against doing menial jobs. Ramarao decides to pawn another of the family's antique jewellery to re-start the clinic. Despite the village panchayat asking him not to reopen the clinic, the duo decides to make it a big village event. Gowri starts looking into how she can get her big story for publication.