There are a number of Telugu movies remade in Tamil . And vice versa. Many Telugu TV serials are made in Tamil (by dubbing ) and vice versa.
Watch maximum number of such movies in both languages. Remember about 20 to 25 % of Telugu vocabulary is derived from Sanskrit . Begin with the names of famous leaders like Rajaji ,Ramaswamy,Jayalalita,Chidambaram , Nataraj , Subba Lakshmi , Thyagarajan , Ranjan and learn the meaning of those names .
Learning Telugu is easy . Good luck and welcome.
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