The real "first movie" that defined Tollywood as we know it arrived in 1931. The advent of "talkies" (films with sound) in the late 1920s (with The Jazz Singer in 1927) sent shockwaves through India. H.M. Reddy, unsatisfied with the limitations of silence, acquired the necessary sound recording equipment from England. He then set out to remake Bhakta Prahlada as a full-fledged talkie.